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  • 4:50 AM

    Morning Star Waltz

    Justin Holland

    Justin Holland Recording Project

    Michael Vascones, guitar

    8:44
  • 4:10 AM

    String Quartet No. 3

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms By Heart

    Chiara String Quartet

    37:12
  • 4:07 AM

    Prelude and Fugue No. 2

    Clara Schumann

    SCHUMANN, C.: Complete Piano Works

    Jozef de Beenhouwer, piano

    3:40
  • 4:01 AM

    Two Romances

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33, etc.

    Moscow Chamber Orchestra

    Constantine Orbelian, conductor

    Alexander Kniazev, cello

    4:44
  • 3:47 AM

    Canto di Virginia

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Verdi Discoveries

    Milan Symphony Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    Alessandro Potenza, oboe

    11:37
  • 3:19 AM

    Roman Festivals

    Ottorino Respighi

    Bravura: Respighi, Strauss

    Oregon Symphony

    James DePreist, conductor

    25:42
  • 3:14 AM

    Summer Interlude

    Betty King

    Black Renaissance Woman

    Samantha Ege, piano

    3:03
  • 3:06 AM

    Prince and the Mermaid Suite

    William Grant Still

    William Grant Still

    Oregon String Quartet

    7:24
  • 3:01 AM

    In Praise of Music: For the Saint, Cecilia

    Dominick Argento

    Casa Gudi - Frederica Von Stade Sings Dominick Argento

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    4:34
  • 2:52 AM

    Notturno

    Emilie Mayer

    Mayer: Piano Trios; Notturno

    Trio Vivente

    6:25
  • 2:15 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "A Pastoral Symphony"

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Pastoral Symphony

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    Yvonne Kenny, soprano

    35:59
  • 2:09 AM

    Summer Evenings: Under the plane trees

    Bernard Andres

    Soirees d'ete

    Chicago Harp Quartet

    3:27
  • 2:06 AM

    Carmen: Intermezzo

    Georges Bizet

    Dance!: The World's Favourite Ice-Skating Music

    French National Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    2:33
  • 2:01 AM

    Reverie

    Andre Caplet

    Dedicated to Barrere

    Leone Buyse, flute

    4:37
  • 1:43 AM

    Knoxville: Summer of 1915

    Samuel Barber

    Knoxville: Summer of 1915

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    David Zinman, conductor

    Dawn Upshaw, soprano

    15:11
  • 1:22 AM

    On the Waterfront: Symphonic Suite

    Leonard Bernstein

    Leonard Bernstein: Marin Alsop The Complete Naxos Recordings

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    19:20
  • 1:16 AM

    Lost in the Stars

    Kurt Weill

    Exiles' Cafe

    Lara Downes, piano

    4:25
  • 1:07 AM

    Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Pelleas Et Melisande Suite; Prelude To The Afternoon Of A Faun; Three Nocturnes

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    9:22
  • 1:01 AM

    Characteristic Suite: Scherzo

    Henry Schoenefeld

    American Romantics

    Gowanus Arts Ensemble

    Reuben Blundell, conductor

    4:51
  • 12:47 AM

    Sonatine

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: L'oeuvre Pour Piano Seul

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    10:56
  • 12:17 AM

    Symphony No. 7 "Sinfonia Romantica"

    Kurt Atterberg

    Atterberg: Orchestral Works, Vol. 5

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    28:32
  • 12:13 AM

    A Song of Summer

    Albert Ketelbey

    Ketelbey: A Dream Picture

    Rosemary Tuck, piano

    2:42
  • 12:06 AM

    Song for Orchestra

    Ruth Gipps

    Gipps: Symphonies Nos 2 and 4, etc.

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    5:58
  • 12:01 AM

    Romance

    Johann Peter Salomon

    Journey to Mozart

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hope, violin

    4:40
  • 11:49 PM

    Contentment

    William Bolcom

    William Bolcom: The Complete Rags

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    7:38
  • 11:43 PM

    In a Summer Garden

    Frederick Delius

    Delius: Paris; In A Summer Garden; Brigg Fair Etc.

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    15:10
  • 11:34 PM

    The Lark Ascending

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto, Dvorak: Romance, Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending; Massenet: Meditations from Thais

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    14:35
  • 11:26 PM

    Old and Lost Rivers

    Tobias Picker

    Picker: The Encantadas, Romances and Interludes

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Christoph Eschenbach, conductor

    6:32
  • 11:21 PM

    Bella ci dormi

    Traditional Pugliese

    Italy EP

    Between Worlds Ensemble

    Avi Avital, mandolin

    4:02
  • 11:09 PM

    Concerto for Two Mandolins

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Avi Avital - Art of the Mandolin

    Venice Baroque Orchestra

    Avi Avital, mandolin

    11:01
  • 11:05 PM

    Beatles Concerto Grosso No. 1: Penny Lane

    Peter Breiner

    Beatles Go Baroque

    Peter Breiner Chamber Orchestra

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    3:36
  • 10:40 PM

    Tales - A Folklore Symphony

    Carlos Simon

    Tales?A Folklore Symphony

    National Symphony Orchestra

    Gianandrea Noseda, conductor

    22:21
  • 10:36 PM

    Turandot: Nessun dorma

    Giacomo Puccini

    Pavarotti: Greatest Hits

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Luciano Pavarotti, tenor

    2:57
  • 10:21 PM

    Sinfonia No. 3

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    CPE Bach: Six Symphonies for Strings

    CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra

    Hartmut Haenchen, conductor

    9:31
  • 10:13 PM

    On the Nature of Daylight

    Max Richter

    The Blue Notebooks

    Max Richter Orchestra

    Lorenz Dangel, conductor

    6:35
  • 10:01 PM

    Celebration

    Philip Sparke

    Standards

    Gustavus Band

    Douglas Nimmo, conductor

    10:47
  • 9:52 PM

    Two Swedish Folk Tunes

    Johan Svendsen

    Scandinavian String Music

    Orchestra of the Mill

    Andrew Penny, conductor

    5:59
  • 9:38 PM

    Swedish Rhapsody No. 1 "Midsummer Vigil"

    Hugo Alfven

    Ports of Call

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    12:55
  • 9:32 PM

    Youthful Suite: English Waltz

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger: "Dished Up for Piano" Volume One

    Martin Jones, piano

    4:46
  • 9:28 PM

    Turkey in the Straw

    Traditional

    Prairie Echoes - Piano Music of David Guion

    Eugene Rowley, piano

    3:11
  • 9:26 PM

    Flight of the Bumblebee

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    The Essential Canadian Brass

    Canadian Brass

    1:24
  • 9:22 PM

    Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro

    Giacomo Puccini

    Renee Fleming

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    Renee Fleming, soprano

    2:50
  • 9:14 PM

    Prelude No. 15 "Raindrop"

    Frederic Chopin

    Music for a Rainy Day

    Roland Pontinen, piano

    6:09
  • 9:04 PM

    Spiegel im Spiegel (Mirror in the Mirror)

    Arvo Part

    Sonic Alchemy

    Coleman Itzkoff, cello

    10:20
  • 8:54 PM

    Impromptu No. 3

    Franz Schubert

    Alfred Brendel - The Farewell Concerts

    Alfred Brendel, piano

    6:15
  • 8:22 PM

    The Mission: Gabriel's Oboe

    Ennio Morricone

    Appassionato

    Roma Sinfonietta

    Ennio Morricone, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    2:24
  • 8:11 PM

    Snowflake Ballet

    Jacques Offenbach

    Offenbach: Orchestral Works

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    10:23
  • 8:01 PM

    Andante Favori

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Op. 53, 54, 101, Andante Favori

    Alfred Brendel, piano

    9:05
  • 5:47 PM

    Bartered Bride: Dances

    Bedrich Smetana

    The Moldau

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    10:44
  • 5:24 PM

    Symphony No. 7

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Symphones Nos. 3, 6, and 7

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    22:03
  • 5:15 PM

    Four Spanish Pieces: Scherzo Andaluz

    Tomas Breton

    Breton: Four Spanish Pieces, Piano Trio

    LOM Piano Trio

    6:38
  • 5:06 PM

    Spanish Overture No. 2 "Summer Night in Madrid"

    Mikhail Glinka

    Glinka: Capriccio Brillante / Overture in D Major / Souvenir D'Une Nuit D'Ete A Madrid

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vassily Sinaisky, conductor

    8:59
  • 5:01 PM

    Harp Concerto: Joy Ride

    Jennifer Higdon

    American Rapture

    Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra

    Ward Stare, conductor

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    4:25
  • 4:43 PM

    Flute and Oboe Concerto

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Concertos for Flute and Oboe

    Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

    Janos Rolla, conductor

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    15:11
  • 4:25 PM

    Simple Symphony

    Benjamin Britten

    Norwegian Chamber Orchestra

    Iona Brown, conductor

    17:35
  • 4:20 PM

    The Aspen

    George Chadwick

    American Character

    Peter Kairoff, piano

    3:05
  • 4:07 PM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 / A Midsummer Night's Dream

    Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

    Anthony Bramall, conductor

    12:15
  • 4:01 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 4th movement

    Adalbert Gyrowetz

    Contemporaries Of Mozart - Gyrowetz: Symphonies / Bamert, London Mozart Players

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    4:40
  • 3:58 PM

    Mrs. Winter's Jump

    John Dowland

    Lute Works, Vol. 1

    Paul O'Dette, lute

    :52
  • 3:46 PM

    Guitar Sonata No. 5

    Wenzel Matiegka

    W.T. Matiegka: Six Sonatas, Op. 31

    David Starobin, guitar

    11:22
  • 3:35 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Violin Concertos

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    10:11
  • 3:28 PM

    Serenade

    William Grant Still

    Still: Summerland - Violin Suite - Pastorela - American Suite

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Avlana Eisenberg, conductor

    5:58
  • 3:13 PM

    Summer Dreams

    Amy Beach

    Amy Beach: Complete Works for Piano Duo

    Aglika Genova, piano

    13:48
  • 3:06 PM

    Wand of Youth: Overture, Serenade, and Sun Dance

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: The Wand of Youth (Suites No. 1 & 2)

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    6:42
  • 3:00 PM

    String Quartet No. 2: Scherzo

    Alexander Borodin

    Borodin, Smetana: String Quartets

    Cleveland Quartet

    4:47
  • 2:54 PM

    A New Tune

    Anonymous

    The Sunday Sessions: Wish List

    Palladian Ensemble

    4:05
  • 2:49 PM

    Wiener Blut (Vienna Blood)

    Johann StraussJr.

    International Salute

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    8:52
  • 2:45 PM

    Wiener Blut (Vienna Blood)

    Johann StraussJr.

    International Salute

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    8:52
  • 2:05 PM

    Piano Quintet

    Antonin Dvorak

    Emerson String Quartet: Complete Recordings

    Emerson String Quartet

    Menahem Pressler, piano

    39:45
  • 1:57 PM

    Valse triste

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Finlandia, En Saga, The Swan of Tuonela, The Oceanides, Valse Triste, King Christian II Suite

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Thomas Sondergard, conductor

    4:21
  • 1:54 PM

    Porgy and Bess: Summertime

    George Gershwin

    Honey and Rue

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Andre Previn, conductor

    Kathleen Battle, soprano

    2:34
  • 1:49 PM

    The Woods so Wild

    William Byrd

    Renaissance Favorites For Guitar

    David Russell, guitar

    4:11
  • 1:33 PM

    Capriccio Espagnol

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Iberia: Music of Rimsky-Korsakov, Debussy, Turina

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Eduardo Mata, conductor

    Eliot Chapo, violin

    15:18
  • 1:23 PM

    Air and Gavotte

    Arthur Foote

    American Romantics

    Gowanus Arts Ensemble

    Reuben Blundell, conductor

    8:31
  • 1:19 PM

    Summer Skies

    Leroy Anderson

    The Four Seasons: A Musical Calendar Of Favorite Classics

    Eastman-Rochester Pops

    Frederick Fennell, conductor

    3:00
  • 1:10 PM

    Clarinet Quintet: Rondo

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Eddie Daniels and the Composers Quartet

    Composers String Quartet

    Eddie Daniels, clarinet

    5:58
  • 1:04 PM

    Paganini Etude No. 3 "La Campanella"

    Franz Liszt

    Piano for Dummies

    Francois-Rene Duchable, piano

    4:34
  • 12:58 PM

    Prelude

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: The Complete Solo Piano Works

    Seong-Jin Cho, piano

    1:27
  • 12:50 PM

    Alborada del Gracioso (Morning Song of the Jester)

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Jeux de Miroirs

    Paris Orchestra

    Josep Pons, conductor

    7:48
  • 12:44 PM

    Summer Idyls: Meadow-Rest

    Herbert Howells

    Howells: Piano Music, Vol. 1

    Matthew Schellhorn, piano

    4:47
  • 12:34 PM

    Academic Festival Overture

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    9:19
  • 12:25 PM

    Viennese Ladies Landler

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: 12 German Dances, Concert Piece, Rondo

    Ensemble Wien

    7:00
  • 12:17 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Italian Concertos

    Scottish Ensemble

    Jonathan Morton, conductor

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    7:17
  • 12:13 PM

    Summertime Waltz (Waltz Charming)

    Florence Price

    Waltzes and Character Pieces of Florence Price

    Michael Clark, piano

    3:01
  • 12:06 PM

    Waltz-Scherzo

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: None but the Lonely Heart

    National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    Daniel Lozakovich, violin

    5:42
  • 12:04 PM

    Acis and Galatea: Happy We!

    George Frideric Handel

    Grand & Glorious - Great Operatic Choruses / Robert Shaw

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    1:56
  • 11:53 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 3: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Six Brandenburg Concertos

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    5:51
  • 11:41 AM

    Sonatina

    Federico Torroba

    Eduardo Fernandez Spanish Guitar Music

    Eduardo Fernandez, guitar

    11:25
  • 11:30 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 25: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos in C Major K 503 & D Minor K 466

    Orchestra Mozart

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Martha Argerich, piano

    9:23
  • 11:17 AM

    From Italy (Aus Italien): On the Beach at Sorrento

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Don Juan; Aus Italien

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    12:35
  • 11:13 AM

    Old American Songs: At the River

    Aaron Copland

    Daniel Hope: America

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Alexander Ponet, conductor

    Daniel Hope, violin

    3:03
  • 11:07 AM

    Sunburst

    Andrew York

    Play

    Jason Vieaux, guitar

    4:17
  • 11:04 AM

    Fantasy Pieces: Summer Song

    Agathe Grondahl

    Norwegian Classical Favourites

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    2:20
  • 10:52 AM

    Concerto for Two Flutes

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Wind Concerti

    City of London Sinfonia

    Nicholas Kraemer, conductor

    6:30
  • 10:34 AM

    The Seasons: Spring and Summer

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: The Seasons, Scenes de Ballet

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    16:47
  • 10:28 AM

    Prelude No. 15 "Raindrop"

    Frederic Chopin

    The Complete Chopin Preludes

    Yundi Li, piano

    4:48
  • 10:15 AM

    Festival of the Bayaderes

    Franz Berwald

    Berwald: Orchestral Works

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Ulf Bjorlin, conductor

    11:36
  • 10:06 AM

    Heroes Symphony: Sons of the Silent Age

    Philip Glass

    Philip Glass | American Composers Orchestra

    American Composers Orchestra

    Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

    8:20
  • 10:01 AM

    Scarborough Fair

    Traditional English

    Claire Jones: Royal Harp Strings

    London Mozart Players

    Stuart Morley, conductor

    Claire Jones, harp

    4:49
  • 9:33 AM

    String Sextet

    Louis Spohr

    Spohr: String Sextet, etc.

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    25:49
  • 9:17 AM

    Noble and Sentimental Waltzes

    Maurice Ravel

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    13:48
  • 9:11 AM

    Kikujiro: Summer

    Joe Hisaishi

    Fairy Tale

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    3:56
  • 9:06 AM

    Glowing Red Morningstar Lilies

    Traditional Chinese

    Chinese Dreams

    Lydia Maria Bader, piano

    4:38
  • 9:01 AM

    A New Satiesfaction

    Stephan Koncz

    Ray Chen: The Golden Age

    Made in Berlin

    4:32
  • 8:25 AM

    Symphony No. 4

    Florence Price

    Florence Price: Symphony No. 4; William Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    33:44
  • 8:20 AM

    Scenes from Nigeria: Pastorale

    Samuel Akpabot

    Marcus Eley, clarinet

    3:31
  • 8:01 AM

    The Night Callings

    Heino Eller

    Heino Eller: Symphonic Poems

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Olari Elts, conductor

    17:36
  • 7:32 AM

    Nocturnes

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Orchestral Works

    Paris Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    25:34
  • 7:25 AM

    Serenade No. 2

    Bechara El-Khoury

    EL-KHOURY: Meditation poetique / Piano Concerto / Poems Nos 1 and 2

    Colonne Orchestra

    Pierre Dervaux, conductor

    6:24
  • 7:05 AM

    Scenes from Childhood

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Kinderszenen, Kriesleriana

    Martha Argerich, piano

    18:40
  • 7:01 AM

    Cancion de Cuna (Afro-Cuban Lullaby)

    Leo Brouwer

    Classic Williams: Romance of the Guitar

    John Williams, guitar

    3:50
  • 6:33 AM

    Symphony No. 97

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 95, 97, 101

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    25:39
  • 6:20 AM

    Old Wine in New Bottles

    Gordon Jacob

    The Chamber Winds

    Chamber Winds

    11:51
  • 6:01 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Saint-Georges: Violin Concertos, Opp. 2 & 7

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    Fumika Mohri, violin

    16:59
  • 5:35 AM

    Symphony "The Cotswolds"

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: Symphony, "The Cotswolds" / Walt Whitman, Overture / Indra / Japanese Suite / A Winter Idyll

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    23:08
  • 5:18 AM

    Sakuntala Overture

    Karl Goldmark

    Goldmark: Overtures

    Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andras Korodi, conductor

    16:57
  • 5:01 AM

    Divertimento No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Divertimenti KN 113, 137 & 251

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    14:42
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