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  • 4:53 AM

    again (after ecclesiastes)

    David Lang

    David Lang: the writings

    Cappella Amsterdam

    Daniel Reuss, conductor

    5:52
  • 4:27 AM

    Shaker Loops

    John Adams

    Adams: Grand Pianola Music, Shaker Loops etc.

    London Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Warren-Green, conductor

    24:53
  • 4:19 AM

    Grace

    Aaron Jay Kernis

    Primavera IV: The Heart

    Matt Haimovitz, cello

    6:25
  • 4:06 AM

    Hymn for Everyone

    Jessie Montgomery

    Contemporary American Composers

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    11:19
  • 4:01 AM

    Barcarolle No. 3

    Ned Rorem

    American Originals

    Ruskin Cooper, piano

    4:32
  • 3:47 AM

    Carrot Revolution

    Gabriella Smith

    Blueprinting

    Aizuri Quartet

    11:15
  • 3:42 AM

    Let Freedom Ring

    Shara Nova

    SIlent Voices

    Brooklyn Youth Chorus

    Dianne Berkur Menaker, conductor

    4:11
  • 3:27 AM

    American Mirror, Pt. II

    Derrick Skye

    American Mirrors

    Salastina Music Society

    12:59
  • 3:14 AM

    American Mirror, Pt. I

    Derrick Skye

    American Mirrors

    Salastina Music Society

    12:45
  • 3:07 AM

    Never Has Been Yet

    Joseph C. PhillipsJr.

    This Land

    Lara Downes, piano

    5:18
  • 3:01 AM

    In Liquid Days

    Philip Glass

    Songs from Liquid Days

    Philip Glass Ensemble

    Michael Riesman, conductor

    4:46
  • 2:36 AM

    La Mer (The Sea)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Engulfed Cathedral

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    22:26
  • 2:21 AM

    Six Sixteen

    Jeff Beal

    Beal: House of Cards Symphony

    Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra

    Jeff Beal, conductor

    Jason Vieaux, guitar

    14:26
  • 2:16 AM

    Reflections

    Alex Baranowski

    Prism Vol 1

    Jess Gillam Ensemble

    Jess Gillam, soprano saxophone

    3:55
  • 2:06 AM

    Prelude and Quadruple Fugue

    Alan Hovhaness

    Hovhaness: Celestial Gate

    I Fiamminghi

    Rudolf Werthen, conductor

    7:42
  • 2:01 AM

    Nocturne "Le Murmure"

    Maria Szymanowska

    Maria Szymanowska - Piano Works / Anna Ciborowska

    Anna Ciborowska, piano

    4:36
  • 1:49 AM

    Three Ancient Airs, from the Coplas Sefardies

    Alberto Hemsi

    Alberto Hemsi: Chamber Works

    ARC Ensemble

    9:02
  • 1:47 AM

    Sinfonia No. 6

    Leonora Duarte

    Birds on Fire

    Fretwork

    1:49
  • 1:23 AM

    Nights in the Gardens of Spain

    Manuel de Falla

    Falla: Works for Stage and Concert

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano

    22:07
  • 1:19 AM

    Memories of the Alhambra

    Francisco Tarrega

    Spanish Serenades

    Raphael Feuillatre, guitar

    4:01
  • 1:06 AM

    Overture

    Fanny Mendelssohn

    Boulanger, Tailleferre, Mendelssohn, Schumann

    Women's Philharmonic

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    10:31
  • 1:01 AM

    On Falla

    Stephen Hough

    Spanish Album

    Stephen Hough, piano

    4:36
  • 12:53 AM

    The Day is Done

    Stephen Paulus

    Beyond All Mortal Dreams

    Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    5:15
  • 12:50 AM

    Evening Song

    John Ireland

    DELIUS, F. / IRELAND, J.: Songs (arr. for cello and piano)

    Jiaxin Cheng, cello

    2:49
  • 12:20 AM

    Clarinet Concerto

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Clarinet Concerto, Bassoon Concerto

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Karl Leister, clarinet

    28:31
  • 12:06 AM

    Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Orchestral Favourites

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    11:36
  • 12:01 AM

    The Tempest: Rustic Dance

    Ernest Chausson

    Chausson: Symphony in B flat, Op. 20; Soir de Fete, Op. 32; The Tempest, Op. 18: Two Scenes

    Orchestra of Belgian Radio & TV

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    4:51
  • 11:54 PM

    Spring Waltz

    Agustin Barrios

    Music of Barrios

    David Russell, guitar

    4:32
  • 11:44 PM

    English Pastoral Impressions

    Ernest Farrar

    Farrar: Orchestral Works

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Alasdair Mitchell, conductor

    14:13
  • 11:41 PM

    English Pastoral Impressions

    Ernest Farrar

    Farrar: Orchestral Works

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Alasdair Mitchell, conductor

    14:13
  • 11:34 PM

    Suite for Piano

    Ethel Smyth

    Smyth: Complete Piano Works

    Liana Serbescu, piano

    6:16
  • 11:10 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Sergei Prokofiev

    James Ehnes plays Prokofiev

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gianandrea Noseda, conductor

    James Ehnes, violin

    21:49
  • 11:02 PM

    Images for Orchestra: Iberia: On Highways and Byways

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Orchestral Works

    Paris Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    7:38
  • 10:41 PM

    Choral Fantasy

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Haydn: Symphonies No. 94 "Surprise" and No. 101 "Clock"

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra & Chorus

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    19:01
  • 10:36 PM

    Be Thou My Vision

    Traditional

    Sea of Stars

    Lauren Scott, harp

    3:36
  • 10:24 PM

    Scheherazade: The Young Prince and the Young Princess

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade / Tale of Tsar Saltan Suite

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    Maria Larionoff, violin

    10:40
  • 10:14 PM

    Mephisto Waltz No. 1

    Franz Liszt

    Angele Dubeau & La Pieta: Infernal Violins

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    8:53
  • 10:08 PM

    Troubled Water

    Margaret Bonds

    Fantasie

    Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, piano

    5:21
  • 9:52 PM

    Fanfare, Hymn and Finale

    Peter Boyer

    Peter Boyer: Balance of Power - Orchestral Works

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Peter Boyer, conductor

    7:45
  • 9:39 PM

    Ricciardo e Zoraide: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Complete Overtures

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    12:26
  • 9:21 PM

    The Comedians

    Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Kabalevsky, Prokofiev, Glinka, Tchaikovsky

    San Diego Chamber Orchestra

    Donald Barra, conductor

    15:29
  • 9:16 PM

    Diary of the Bee: Forget-me-not

    Helen Leach

    Diary of the Bee: Chamber Works by Helen Leach

    Victoria String Quartet

    John Bradbury, clarinet

    3:35
  • 9:11 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3: Scherzo

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Mozartiana Suites Nos. 3 & 4

    Radio Symphony of Stuttgart

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    4:34
  • 9:06 PM

    Scherzo No. 1

    Clara Schumann

    SCHUMANN, C.: Complete Piano Works

    Jozef de Beenhouwer, piano

    4:38
  • 9:03 PM

    Wedding on the Eiffel Tower: Waltz of the Telegrams

    Germaine Tailleferre

    French Ballet Music of the 1920s

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    2:32
  • 8:53 PM

    Piano Concerto: 3rd movement

    Dora Bright

    Bright & Gipps: Piano Concertos

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Peebles, conductor

    Samantha Ward, piano

    5:46
  • 8:33 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 5

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Six Brandenburg Concertos

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    20:10
  • 8:16 PM

    The Magic Opal Suite

    Isaac Albeniz

    Impressions of Spain

    The Great Necks

    15:04
  • 8:08 PM

    Nocturne No. 17

    Frederic Chopin

    Leif Ove Andsnes: Chopin

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    6:27
  • 8:00 PM

    Masquerade Suite: Waltz and Mazurka

    Aram Khachaturian

    Khachaturian: Gayaneh, Spartacus, Masquerade

    Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra

    Aleksander Lazarev, conductor

    7:00
  • 5:40 PM

    Romeo and Juliet: Ballet Music

    Charles Gounod

    Gounod: Romeo Et Juliette

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    18:01
  • 5:18 PM

    Concertante for Flute and Clarinet

    Franz Danzi

    Winged Creatures

    Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra

    Allen Tinkham, conductor

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    20:39
  • 5:12 PM

    Four Characteristic Pieces: Caprice a la Bolero

    Clara Schumann

    SCHUMANN, C.: Complete Piano Works

    Jozef de Beenhouwer, piano

    3:47
  • 5:06 PM

    Tancredi: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jaime Laredo, conductor

    5:42
  • 5:01 PM

    The Tempest: Banquet Dance

    Arthur Sullivan

    Sullivan: Symphony in E major 'Irish'

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    4:39
  • 4:43 PM

    A Moorside Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Music for Brass and Percussion

    London Brass

    David Honeyball, conductor

    14:55
  • 4:23 PM

    Legends

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 2; Legends Op. 59, Nos. 6-10

    Bratislava Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Stephen Gunzenhauser, conductor

    19:05
  • 4:18 PM

    Pickles and Peppers

    Adaline Shepherd

    Fluffy Ruffle Girls

    Virginia Eskin, piano

    2:39
  • 4:06 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 1st movement

    George Chadwick

    CHADWICK: Symphony No. 2 / Symphonic Sketches

    National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine

    Theodore Kuchar, conductor

    11:31
  • 4:01 PM

    String Quintet: Allegretto

    Niels Gade

    Gade: Chamber Works, Vol. 5

    Ensemble MidtVest

    4:50
  • 3:43 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: 5 Piano Concertos

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    Ramin Bahrami, piano

    15:30
  • 3:22 PM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 2

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs And Dances, Etc

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    18:51
  • 3:11 PM

    Aires de la Mancha

    Federico Torroba

    Joao Luiz: From Spain to Sao Paulo

    Joao Luiz, guitar

    9:42
  • 3:06 PM

    The Carpenter: Overture

    Pavel Vranicky

    Wranitzky: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Marek Stilec, conductor

    4:19
  • 3:01 PM

    Youthful Suite: English Waltz

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger: "Dished Up for Piano" Volume One

    Martin Jones, piano

    4:46
  • 2:53 PM

    Algerian Suite: French Military March

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Marches Celebres

    Orchestra de Liege

    Paul Strauss, conductor

    4:08
  • 2:53 PM

    Serenade: 4th movement

    Arthur Bird

    Bird Songs

    North Texas Chamber Players

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    5:25
  • 2:39 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Classical"

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Bizet, Prokofiev, Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 1

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    13:32
  • 2:12 PM

    Symphony No. 82 "The Bear"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Paris Symphonies Nos. 82, 83, 84

    Tafelmusik

    Bruno Weil, conductor

    25:20
  • 2:05 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2: Rondo

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Complete Piano Concertos

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Andrew Constantine, conductor

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    5:58
  • 2:00 PM

    Ave Maria

    Charles Gounod

    Dream Season: The Christmas Harp

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    2:52
  • 1:51 PM

    Symphonic Scherzo

    Arnold Bax

    Bax: Spring Fire

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    7:26
  • 1:47 PM

    Barcarolle No. 12

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: The Complete Music for Piano

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    3:22
  • 1:38 PM

    Gondoliers Overture

    Arthur Sullivan

    Gilbert & Sullivan: Overtures

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    6:53
  • 1:32 PM

    Jaws: Suite

    John Williams

    John Williams in Vienna

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Williams, conductor

    5:02
  • 1:24 PM

    Violin and Oboe Concerto

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Telemann: Concertos for Woodwind Instruments

    Camerata Cologne

    Mary Utiger, violin

    7:02
  • 1:17 PM

    Cantata No. 208: Sheep May Safely Graze

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Lullabies For Mila

    Alessio Bax, piano

    5:13
  • 1:07 PM

    String Quartet No. 10: 4th movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: String Quartets Nos. 8 and 10

    Albion Quartet

    6:52
  • 1:04 PM

    Carmen: Aragonaise

    Georges Bizet

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

    French National Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    2:25
  • 12:47 PM

    Piano Sonata: Rondo-Allegretto

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Works for Solo Piano, Vol. 2

    Barry Douglas, piano

    12:12
  • 12:44 PM

    Waltz No. 12

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert For Two / Gil Shaham, Göran Söllscher

    Gil Shaham, violin

    1:11
  • 12:40 PM

    Orfeo and Euridice: Dance of the Furies

    Christoph Gluck

    Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice

    Insula Orchestra

    Laurence Equilbey, conductor

    3:58
  • 12:31 PM

    Suite of Scottish Dances

    William Alwyn

    Alwyn: Orchestral Music

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    7:17
  • 12:24 PM

    Scottish March (Marche ecossaise)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Works for Orchestra, Vol. II

    Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg

    Louis de Froment, conductor

    6:15
  • 12:20 PM

    Summerland

    William Grant Still

    Fantasie

    Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, piano

    3:18
  • 12:07 PM

    Clo-Clo Overture

    Franz Lehar

    Lehar: Overtures and Waltzes

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Mikhail Jurowski, conductor

    6:21
  • 12:04 PM

    Rondeau

    Jean-Francois Dandrieu

    Crossover

    Stuttgart Brass Quartet

    1:54
  • 11:47 AM

    Morning Papers Waltz

    Johann StraussJr.

    1995 New Year's Concert

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    10:25
  • 11:40 AM

    Symphony No. 87: 4th movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 83 & 87

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    6:14
  • 11:32 AM

    Legends of the Fall: The Ludlows

    James Horner

    Collage: The Last Work

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Arnold, conductor

    6:19
  • 11:21 AM

    Overture for Wind Instruments

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Overtures

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    9:43
  • 11:15 AM

    Spring Breeze

    Wei-Chieh Lin

    From Hungary to Taiwan

    Formosa Quartet

    5:08
  • 11:07 AM

    Oboe Concerto No. 6

    Tomaso Albinoni

    6 Oboe Concerti - Marcello, Vivaldi, Albinoni, Sammartini

    I Solisti Italiani

    Hansjorg Schellenberger, oboe

    7:15
  • 11:04 AM

    Hungarian Dance No. 3

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Hungarian Dances

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    Andras Keller, violin

    2:04
  • 10:46 AM

    6 German Dances

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: German Dances, Marches

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    11:42
  • 10:23 AM

    Symphonic Variations

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 3, etc.

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    21:26
  • 10:12 AM

    Renaissance Scottish Dances

    Peter Maxwell Davies

    Peter Maxwell Davies

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Peter Maxwell Davies, conductor

    9:19
  • 10:06 AM

    Filles de l'Elysee

    Paul Brantley

    Songs of Love and Despair

    Laura Metcalf, cello

    5:34
  • 10:01 AM

    The Rain

    Joe Hisaishi

    Blanc

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:48
  • 9:47 AM

    The Sorcerer's Apprentice

    Paul Dukas

    Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kije, Dukas: The Sourcerer's Apprentice

    Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yuri Temirkanov, conductor

    10:57
  • 9:30 AM

    Concerto for 2 Horns

    Antonio Rosetti

    Rosetti: Concertos for 2 Horns

    Bavarian Chamber Philharmonic

    Johannes Moesus, conductor

    Klaus Wallendorf, horn

    15:13
  • 9:15 AM

    Octet: 4th movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert Octet

    Boston Symphony Chamber Players

    12:55
  • 9:06 AM

    A Winter Idyll

    Gustav Holst

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

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    8:59
  • 9:01 AM

    Piano Sonata: 2nd movement

    Helene de Montgeroult

    The Future is Female, Vol. 3 "At Play"

    Sarah Cahill, piano

    4:36
  • 8:46 AM

    Suite in the Old Style

    Christian Sinding

    The Perlman Edition: Sibelius and Korngold Violin Concertos

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    12:30
  • 8:27 AM

    Guitar Concerto

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Sharon Isbin box set

    New York Philharmonic

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    18:29
  • 8:07 AM

    Simple Symphony

    Benjamin Britten

    Britten: Lachrymae

    Norwegian Chamber Orchestra

    Iona Brown, conductor

    17:36
  • 8:01 AM

    Funeral Ikos

    John Tavener

    Crossing Over

    Skylark Vocal Ensemble

    5:52
  • 7:37 AM

    The Tender Land Suite

    Aaron Copland

    Suite from "The Tender Land" / 3 Latin-American Sketches / Suite from "The Red Pony"

    Phoenix Symphony

    James Sedares, conductor

    21:22
  • 7:34 AM

    New York Waltzes

    Lou Harrison

    America Again

    Lara Downes, piano

    3:16
  • 7:17 AM

    Symphony

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Le Mozart Noir

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    14:12
  • 7:01 AM

    Concerto for Strings

    Nino Rota

    Rota: La Strada Ballet Suite

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    15:27
  • 6:20 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Robert Schumann

    Robert Schumann Symphonies 1-4

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    38:03
  • 6:16 AM

    Three Pieces for Piano Four-Hands: No. 3

    Amy Beach

    Amy Beach: Complete Works for Piano Duo

    Aglika Genova, piano

    3:48
  • 6:01 AM

    Introduction, Theme and Variations for Clarinet

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Weber: Clarinet Concertos, Etc

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Neidich, clarinet

    13:04
  • 5:36 AM

    Violin Sonata

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    The Silver Album

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    22:22
  • 5:31 AM

    Romeo and Juliet

    Justin Holland

    Jiji Plays Justin Holland: Music for Guitar

    Jiji, guitar

    4:14
  • 5:01 AM

    Ballet Scenes

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: From the Middle Ages; Scenes de Ballet

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    28:16
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