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  • 4:23 AM

    Mediterranean Concerto

    John McLaughlin

    John McLaughlin: The Mediterranean Concerto

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    John McLaughlin, guitar

    36:07
  • 4:13 AM

    And Birds Are Still...

    Takashi Yoshimatsu

    Yoshimatsu: Piano Concerto

    Manchester Camerata

    Sachio Fujioka, conductor

    7:41
  • 4:06 AM

    Summer Shimmers

    Jennifer Higdon

    Jennifer Higdon: Summer Shimmers

    Susan Glaser, flute

    6:22
  • 4:01 AM

    Bibo No Aozora (Beauty of a Blue Sky)

    Ryuichi Sakamoto

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:41
  • 3:55 AM

    Crystal Sky

    Ola Gjeilo

    Ola Gjeilo: Night

    Ola Gjeilo, piano

    3:43
  • 3:50 AM

    Cinderella: Happiness Waltz

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Symphony No. 6; Waltz Suite

    Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    3:10
  • 3:25 AM

    Flute Sonata

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Flute Sonatas & Solo Works

    Brandon Patrick George, flute

    24:43
  • 3:06 AM

    Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2

    Maurice Ravel

    All These Lighted Things

    Antwerp Symphony Orchestra

    Elim Chan, conductor

    16:45
  • 3:01 AM

    Pan Voyevoda: Nocturne

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Russian Adagios

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor

    4:44
  • 2:40 AM

    Piano Sonata

    Franz Schubert

    Andre Watts at Carnegie Hall

    Andre Watts, piano

    18:47
  • 2:33 AM

    Modern Times: Smile

    Charlie Chaplin

    The Aeolians

    The Aeolians

    Jason Max Ferdinand, conductor

    4:29
  • 2:21 AM

    Winged Creatures

    Michael Abels

    Winged Creatures

    Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra

    Allen Tinkham, conductor

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    11:39
  • 2:14 AM

    Da 5 Bloods: What This Mission's About

    Terence Blanchard

    Da 5 Bloods Original Motion Picture Score

    Studio Orchestra

    4:44
  • 11:53 PM

    Take Me To The Water

    Spiritual

    Take Me To The Water

    Ashley Jackson, harp

    5:31
  • 11:36 PM

    Bassoon Concerto

    Nino Rota

    Rota: Concertos

    Virtuosi Italiani

    Marzio Conti, conductor

    Paolo Carlini, bassoon

    17:03
  • 11:31 PM

    Overjoyed

    Stevie Wonder

    An American Rhapsody

    Calefax Reed Ensemble

    4:05
  • 11:08 PM

    Harp Concerto

    Francois Boieldieu

    Handel, Boieldieu, Mozart: Concertos for Harp

    The King's Violins

    Bernard Labadie, conductor

    Valerie Milot, harp

    22:03
  • 11:03 PM

    Cantata for a More Hopeful Tomorrow: Hope

    Damien Geter

    Cantata for a More Hopeful Tomorrow

    Washington Chorus

    Eugene Rogers, conductor

    Aundi Marie Moore, soprano

    3:01
  • 10:55 PM

    Biguine

    Jerome Moross

    Frankie And Johnny

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    4:48
  • 10:39 PM

    Symphonic Poem No. 6 "Mazeppa"

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: Mazeppa, Kodaly: Hary Janos Suite

    New York Philharmonic

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    15:25
  • 10:20 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: 5 Piano Concertos

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    Ramin Bahrami, piano

    17:25
  • 10:09 PM

    The Wasps: Overture

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Piano Concerto / The Wasps / English Folk Song Suite / The Running Set

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    9:51
  • 10:05 PM

    Las Abejas (The Bees)

    Agustin Barrios

    From The Jungles Of Paraguay: John Williams Plays Barrios

    John Williams, guitar

    2:17
  • 10:01 PM

    The Bumblebee

    Paule Maurice

    Milhaud, Morice, Forsyth, Sowande

    National Arts Centre Orchestra

    Mario Bernardi, conductor

    Julia Nolan, saxophone

    4:02
  • 9:53 PM

    We Shall Overcome

    Spiritual

    The Aeolians

    The Aeolians

    Jason Max Ferdinand, conductor

    6:30
  • 9:39 PM

    St. Paul's Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Music Through the Night

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    12:33
  • 9:34 PM

    Impromptu No. 2

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Impromptus, Op. 90 & 142

    Alfred Brendel, piano

    4:34
  • 9:19 PM

    Little Concerto

    Carl Orff

    Carl Orff: Kleines Konzert

    Mainz Wind Ensemble

    Klaus Rainer Scholl, conductor

    13:02
  • 9:14 PM

    Liebesleid (Love's Sorrow)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Violin Romances

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Gil Shaham, violin

    3:37
  • 9:05 PM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique": 2nd movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    The Tchaikovsky Project, Volume 1

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    8:12
  • 9:03 PM

    Song without Words No. 10

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Blue Hour

    Andreas Ottensamer, clarinet

    2:31
  • 8:50 PM

    Lullaby

    George Gershwin

    New World Quartets

    Brodsky Quartet

    9:02
  • 8:37 PM

    Concert Overture No. 1

    Florence Price

    Price: Songs of the Oak - Concert Overtures Nos. 1-2

    Wurttemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen

    John Jeter, conductor

    11:39
  • 8:21 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Trumpet Concertos

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Ole Edvard Antonsen, trumpet

    14:49
  • 8:10 PM

    North Country Sketches: The March of Spring

    Frederick Delius

    Delius: A Walk in a Paradise Garden

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    9:03
  • 8:04 PM

    Tancredi: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    6:02
  • 8:00 PM

    Cave of the Winds

    Nathaniel Dett

    My Cup Runneth Over: The Complete Piano Works of R. Nathaniel Dett

    Clipper Erickson, piano

    2:58
  • 5:51 PM

    Symphony No. 7: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    7:02
  • 5:26 PM

    Swan Lake: excerpts

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Ballet, Op. 71 (Excerpts), etc.

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vasily Petrenko, conductor

    22:59
  • 5:13 PM

    Miniatures

    William Grant Still

    Vintage America

    Calico Winds

    12:22
  • 5:10 PM

    Musical Toys: The Drummer

    Sofia Gubaidulina

    Melody's Mostly Musical Day

    Jenny Lin, piano

    1:23
  • 5:06 PM

    Pelleas and Melisande: Sicilienne

    Gabriel Faure

    Mad About Love

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    3:59
  • 5:01 PM

    Sine Nomine

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Composer's Collection: Vaughan Williams

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    4:43
  • 4:40 PM

    Symphony

    Johann Vanhal

    Vanhal: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    Celia Nicklin, oboe

    18:53
  • 4:36 PM

    Ol' Man River

    Jerome Kern

    Songs of Free Men

    Columbia Concert Orchestra

    Emanuel Balaban, conductor

    Paul Robeson, bass-baritone

    3:11
  • 4:20 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 1

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Horn Concertos Nos. 1 & 2, Britten: Serenade Op. 31

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Ingo Metzmacher, conductor

    Marie Luise Neunecker, horn

    15:35
  • 4:10 PM

    An Outdoor Overture

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: Billy The Kid; Rodeo Etc.

    Colorado Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    8:19
  • 4:06 PM

    Lyric Pieces: Summer Evening

    Edvard Grieg

    GRIEG: Lyric Pieces, Books 8 - 10, Opp. 65, 68, and 71

    Einar Steen-Nokleberg, piano

    2:43
  • 4:01 PM

    Les Huguenots: Gypsy Dance

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Meyerbeer: Ballet Music From The Operas / Nesterowicz

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Michal Nesterowicz, conductor

    4:40
  • 3:44 PM

    The Merchant of Venice: Suite

    Arthur Sullivan

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Vivian Dunn, conductor

    14:20
  • 3:18 PM

    La Mer (The Sea)

    Claude Debussy

    Impressions Of The Sea

    Long Beach Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    25:02
  • 3:11 PM

    Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

    Florence Price

    Blurred Boundaries

    Apollo Chamber Players

    4:56
  • 3:06 PM

    Joyous March

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Chabrier: Espana

    French National Orchestra

    Armin Jordan, conductor

    3:59
  • 3:01 PM

    Handel in the Strand

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger: Folk-Inspired Works for Piano Duet and Piano Duo

    Bilder Duo

    4:34
  • 2:52 PM

    Serenade No. 1

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Violin Concerto, Serenades, Etc

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    6:22
  • 2:51 PM

    Serenade No. 1

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Violin Concerto, Serenades, Etc

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    6:22
  • 2:38 PM

    Fantasy

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Alexei Lubimov: Der Bote

    Alexei Lubimov, piano

    11:33
  • 2:19 PM

    Siegfried Idyll

    Richard Wagner

    Brahms: Serenade No. 1; Wagner: Sigfried-Idyll

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    18:02
  • 2:08 PM

    The Happy Forest

    Arnold Bax

    Bax: 4 Tone Poems

    Ulster Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    10:15
  • 2:03 PM

    Between Worlds

    Carlos Simon

    Together

    Seth Parker Woods, cello

    4:24
  • 1:52 PM

    Ezekiel Saw the Wheel

    Spiritual

    Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

    American Spiritual Ensemble

    Dr. Everett McCorvey, conductor

    2:31
  • 1:39 PM

    Scherzo fantastique

    Igor Stravinsky

    Petrouchka

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    12:59
  • 1:34 PM

    Minuet

    Luigi Boccherini

    Jewels of the Classics

    Philharmonia Virtuosi

    Richard Kapp, conductor

    3:41
  • 1:26 PM

    Adagio for Strings

    Samuel Barber

    Orchestral Favourites Vol I

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    6:54
  • 1:24 PM

    A Gaelic Blessing

    John Rutter

    Rutter: Gloria

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    1:48
  • 1:20 PM

    Symphony No. 83 "The Hen": 3rd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies 7 and 83

    Handel and Haydn Society

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    3:44
  • 1:06 PM

    Drottningholm Suite

    Johan Roman

    Roman: Music for a Royal Wedding

    Uppsala Chamber Orchestra

    Anthony Halstead, conductor

    9:34
  • 1:04 PM

    Etude No. 5 "Black Keys"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Etudes Op. 10 & Op. 25 op. posth.

    Boris Berezovsky, piano

    1:44
  • 12:57 PM

    String Quartet No. 13: 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Late String Quartets

    Juilliard String Quartet

    2:01
  • 12:49 PM

    Egmont Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Triple Concerto

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    8:18
  • 12:40 PM

    Harlem Symphony: April in Harlem

    James Price Johnson

    Victory Stride: The Symphonic Music of James P. Johnson

    Concordia

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    7:46
  • 12:35 PM

    Thunder and Lightning Polka

    Johann StraussJr.

    Strauss Waltzes

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    2:48
  • 12:29 PM

    Le Bal: Polka-Mazurka

    Anton Rubinstein

    Anton Rubinstein: Le Bal

    Warren Lee, piano

    5:35
  • 12:17 PM

    Introduction and Allegro

    Maurice Ravel

    French Chamber Music for Harp

    Markus Klinko, harp

    10:57
  • 12:07 PM

    Euryanthe Overture

    Carl Maria von Weber

    German Overtures

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    8:31
  • 12:04 PM

    Humoresque No. 7

    Antonin Dvorak

    The Vienna Berlin Music Club Vol. 3

    Philharmonix

    2:37
  • 11:57 AM

    On Children

    Ysaye M. Barnwell

    Selections 1976-1988

    Sweet Honey in the Rock

    1:58
  • 11:53 AM

    Ain' Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around

    Spiritual

    Freedom Song

    Sweet Honey in the Rock

    4:04
  • 11:39 AM

    Russian Easter Festival Overture

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    1812 Overture

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    14:09
  • 11:25 AM

    The Adventures of Robin Hood: Suite

    Erich Korngold

    Captain Blood: Classic Film Scores for Errol Flynn

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    12:23
  • 11:19 AM

    Fantasia on Greensleeves

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Greensleeves/Tallis Fantasia

    New Queen's Hall Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    4:17
  • 11:16 AM

    Hungarian Dance No. 5

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Nine Hungarian Dances; Dvorak

    North German Radio Symphony

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    2:33
  • 11:08 AM

    Sonata for Trumpet and Strings

    Henry Purcell

    Baroque Trumpet Music

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    John Wallace, trumpet

    6:43
  • 11:04 AM

    The Entertainer

    Scott Joplin

    Reflections: Scott Joplin Reconsidered

    Joe Brent, mandolin

    3:15
  • 10:51 AM

    Images for Orchestra: Iberia: On Highways and Byways

    Claude Debussy

    Iberia: Music of Rimsky-Korsakov, Debussy, Turina

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Eduardo Mata, conductor

    6:49
  • 10:30 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 5

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach

    Arion

    Jaap ter Linden, conductor

    Claire Guimond, flute

    19:35
  • 10:28 AM

    Etude No. 104

    Helene de Montgeroult

    Hélène de Montgeroult: Études

    Clare Hammond, piano

    2:02
  • 10:11 AM

    Concertino for Clarinet and Bassoon

    Franz Danzi

    New Era

    Potsdam Chamber Academy

    Andreas Ottensamer, clarinet

    15:56
  • 10:06 AM

    Waltz No. 1 "Grand Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    Byron Janis: True Romantic

    Byron Janis, piano

    4:03
  • 10:01 AM

    Serenade No. 7 "Haffner": 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Haffner Serenade

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Karl Bohm, conductor

    4:31
  • 9:41 AM

    Symphony No. 7 "Song of the Night": 5th movement

    Gustav Mahler

    Mahler Symphony No. 7

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    17:29
  • 9:26 AM

    Swedish Rhapsody No. 1 "Midsummer Vigil"

    Hugo Alfven

    Alfven: Swedish Rhapsodies 1-3, etc.

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Petri Sakari, conductor

    13:36
  • 9:20 AM

    Shelter Island

    Xavier Dubois Foley

    Roots

    Randall Goosby, violin

    5:11
  • 9:06 AM

    Elegy

    Amilcare Ponchielli

    Puccini, Catalani, Ponchielli: for orchestra

    Philharmonic of La Scala

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    12:09
  • 9:01 AM

    Pansies Polka Mazurka

    Josef Strauss

    New Year's Eve Concert 2004

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    4:36
  • 8:47 AM

    Partita No. 5

    Heinrich Biber

    Biber: Harmonia Artificiosa

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    10:51
  • 8:40 AM

    Cordoba

    Ernesto Lecuona

    Malaguena: Piano Music from Cuba and the Philippines

    Adolovni Acosta, piano

    6:29
  • 8:05 AM

    Nonet

    Louis Spohr

    Spohr, Martinu: Nonets / Ensemble Wien-Berlin

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    34:27
  • 8:01 AM

    Fantasia No. 27

    Thomas Lupo

    Thomas Lupo: Fantasia

    Fretwork

    2:39
  • 7:22 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Adolphus Hailstork

    Hailstork: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 3

    Grand Rapids Symphony

    David Lockington, conductor

    36:37
  • 7:18 AM

    Caged Bird

    Abbey Lincoln

    New Day Begun

    Regina Carter, violin

    3:07
  • 7:01 AM

    Pelleas and Melisande Suite

    William Wallace

    Wallace: Creation Symphony, Pelleas and Melisande

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Martyn Brabbins, conductor

    15:20
  • 6:13 AM

    Symphony "Urbs Roma"

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 2; Danse Macabre; Urbs Roma

    Utah Symphony

    Thierry Fischer, conductor

    43:01
  • 6:01 AM

    Sonata

    Domenico Scarlatti

    Music of the Golden Age

    sixty1strings

    9:58
  • 5:52 AM

    Prayer

    Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR)

    New Day Begun

    PUBLIQuartet

    6:07
  • 5:28 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 32

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven

    Alexandre Tharaud, piano

    24:08
  • 5:01 AM

    Symphony No. 9: Adagio

    Gustav Mahler

    Concert Recording

    Warsaw Philharmonic

    Andrey Boreyko, conductor

    24:14
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