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  • 4:55 AM

    Nocturne "The Stars are Twinkling"

    Selim Palmgren

    Nocturne

    Richard Saxel, piano

    2:40
  • 4:12 AM

    Don Quixote

    Richard Strauss

    Dvorak: Cello Concerto / Strauss, R.: Don Quixote

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Mischa Maisky, cello

    42:17
  • 4:06 AM

    Live the Questions

    Jake Runestad

    Runestad: Sing, Wearing the Sky

    Kantorei Denver

    Joel Rinsema, conductor

    4:51
  • 4:01 AM

    All Dreams Begin With the Horizon: noble

    Christopher Theofanidis

    American Lyricism

    Christopher Atzinger, piano

    4:44
  • 3:44 AM

    The Plain (La Vega)

    Isaac Albeniz

    Concerto for Guitar

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Elmer Bernstein, conductor

    Christopher Parkening, guitar

    14:13
  • 3:32 AM

    Nebraska

    Valgeir Sigurdsson

    South of the Circle

    Siggi String Quartet

    10:51
  • 3:20 AM

    Prairie Journal

    Aaron Copland

    Aaron Copland: Four Dances from Rodeo

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    10:53
  • 3:14 AM

    Summer in the High Grassland

    Zhao Jiping

    Silk Road Journeys: Beyond the Horizon

    Silk Road Ensemble

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    4:33
  • 3:06 AM

    In the Steppes of Central Asia

    Alexander Borodin

    Tchaikovsky: 1812, Marche Slave, Etc / Järvi, Gothenburg So

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    7:21
  • 3:01 AM

    Musical Moment No. 4

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert

    Maurizio Pollini, piano

    4:38
  • 2:46 AM

    Cantilena

    Susan Spain-Dunk

    Rediscovered: British Clarinet Concertos

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Ben Palmer, conductor

    Peter Cigleris, clarinet

    11:24
  • 2:13 AM

    Viola Concerto

    York Bowen

    British Music for Viola and Orchestra

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    Marc Decio Taddei, conductor

    Helen Callus, viola

    31:56
  • 2:06 AM

    A Welcome March

    Charles Stanford

    Stanford | A Song of Agincourt & other works

    Ulster Orchestra

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    5:15
  • 2:01 AM

    Sonata No. 8

    Henry Purcell

    Purcell: Sonatas Vol. 2

    Purcell Quartet

    4:50
  • 1:44 AM

    Music in Four Sharps (on Dowland's Frog Galliard)

    Ian Krouse

    New Renaissance

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    13:58
  • 1:38 AM

    There Will Come Soft Rains

    Connor Koppin

    Sun Moon Rain Stars

    Phoenix Chorale

    Christopher Gabittas, conductor

    5:17
  • 1:15 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 14

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: The Piano Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Alfred Brendel, piano

    22:22
  • 1:06 AM

    Bourree Fantasque

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Chabrier: Orchestral Works

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    6:43
  • 1:01 AM

    Cantilene

    Louis Cahuzac

    French Portraits / Ricardo Morales, Michael Chertok

    Ricardo Morales, clarinet

    4:35
  • 12:49 AM

    Soirees Musicales

    Benjamin Britten

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    9:35
  • 11:47 PM

    Hungarian Sketches

    Bela Bartok

    Bartok: The Miraculous Mandarin, Hungarian Sketches

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    11:23
  • 11:37 PM

    Transcendental Etude No. 11 "Harmonies du soir" (Evening Harmonies)

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: 12 Etudes d'Execution Transcendante

    Alice Sara Ott, piano

    8:41
  • 11:29 PM

    Athalia: Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn in Birmingham, Vol. 5: Overtures

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Edward Gardner, conductor

    8:00
  • 11:19 PM

    Making Hay

    Errollyn Wallen

    Dance of the Night Sky

    Black Oak Ensemble

    8:20
  • 11:00 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

    Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

    17:46
  • 10:48 PM

    Die Meistersinger von Nurmberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremburg): Prelude to Act I

    Richard Wagner

    Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra: Wagner

    Philharmonia Zurich

    Fabio Luisi, conductor

    10:38
  • 10:37 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Two Pictures

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Humperdinck: Fairy-Tale Music

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    10:45
  • 10:30 PM

    Nocturne No. 8

    Frederic Chopin

    Fantasie

    Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, piano

    5:27
  • 10:20 PM

    Symphony: 3rd movement

    Dora Pejacevic

    Pejacevic: Symphony in F sharp minor, Op. 41 - Phantasie concertante

    Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra

    Ari Rasilainen, conductor

    8:13
  • 10:10 PM

    Fantasy for Clarinet and String Quartet

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Meyerbeer, Romberg, Mendelssohn, Weber: Klarinettenquintette

    Consortium Classicum

    Dieter Klocker, clarinet

    8:37
  • 9:59 PM

    Preludio Sinfonico

    Giacomo Puccini

    Puccini: Messa di Gloria

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    10:05
  • 9:53 PM

    Raiders of the Lost Ark March

    John Williams

    Celebrating John Williams

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    5:06
  • 9:46 PM

    Piano Quintet: 2nd movement

    Florence Price

    UNCOVERED Vol. 2

    Catalyst Quartet

    Michelle Cann, piano

    6:14
  • 9:32 PM

    The Three-Cornered Hat: Suite

    Manuel de Falla

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    12:11
  • 9:27 PM

    Spanish Dance No. 5 "Andaluza"

    Enrique Granados

    Milos: Mediterraneo

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    5:12
  • 9:10 PM

    Suite in the Old Style

    Alfred Schnittke

    Modern Portaits

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    15:26
  • 9:05 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 8

    Antonin Dvorak

    Concert A La Carte

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    3:46
  • 9:02 PM

    Duet No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: French Overture, Italian Concerto, Duets

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    2:43
  • 8:50 PM

    Water Traveler

    Joe Hisaishi

    Dream Songs

    Studio Orchestra

    Joe Hisaishi, piano

    8:18
  • 8:39 PM

    Trumpet Concerto No. 2

    Michael Haydn

    Trumpet Concertos

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Elgar Howarth, conductor

    Hakan Hardenberger, trumpet

    10:14
  • 8:07 PM

    Piano Quintet No. 2

    Louise Farrenc

    Schubert Ensemble

    30:57
  • 8:00 PM

    Abdelazer: Suite

    Henry Purcell

    Purcell: Dido and Aeneas

    Boston Baroque

    Martin Pearlman, conductor

    5:44
  • 4:06 PM

    Concert Fantasy

    Napoleon Coste

    Coste: Guitar Works, vol. 2

    Frederic Zigante, guitar

    9:57
  • 4:01 PM

    Serenade No. 7 "Haffner": 7th movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Serenades Nos. 6 and 7

    Capella Savaria

    Nicholas McGegan, conductor

    Zsolt Kallo, violin

    4:52
  • 3:50 PM

    Kunstler-Leben Walzer (Artist's Life)

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    8:19
  • 3:28 PM

    Rossiniana Suite

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Church Windows

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    21:00
  • 3:20 PM

    Italian Serenade

    Hugo Wolf

    Old Souls

    Gili Schwarzman, flute

    7:30
  • 3:15 PM

    Preludes, Book 1: La fille aux cheveux de lin (The Girl with the Flaxen Hair)

    Claude Debussy

    Itzhak Perlman Encores

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    2:33
  • 3:06 PM

    La Belle Helene (Beautiful Helene): Overture

    Jacques Offenbach

    Tortelier's French Bonbons

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    8:40
  • 3:01 PM

    Sonata No. 1

    Giovanni Paulo Cima

    Songs of Orpheus

    Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra

    Jeannette Sorrell, conductor

    Johanna Novom, violin

    4:54
  • 2:45 PM

    Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1

    Georges Enescu

    Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien, Night on Bald Mountain, Sorcerer's Apprentice, Romanian Rhapsody No. 1, Bolero

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Eduardo Mata, conductor

    13:09
  • 2:45 PM

    Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1

    Georges Enescu

    Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien, Night on Bald Mountain, Sorcerer's Apprentice, Romanian Rhapsody No. 1, Bolero

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Eduardo Mata, conductor

    13:09
  • 2:26 PM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: L'Arlesienne & Carmen Suites

    French National Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    17:51
  • 2:21 PM

    hope, faith, life, love

    Eric Whitacre

    Whitacre: Cloudburst

    Polyphony

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    3:47
  • 2:05 PM

    Fantasie for Piano and Orchestra

    Gabriel Faure

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos, conductor

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    14:35
  • 2:00 PM

    Swan Lake: Russian Dance

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    Esther Yoo, violin

    4:24
  • 1:54 PM

    The Magic Flute: O Isis und Osiris

    Wolfgang Mozart

    Zurich Opera Orchestra

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    Matti Salminen, baritone

    2:53
  • 1:47 PM

    Romance

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Music for Flute & Harp

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    5:45
  • 1:37 PM

    Bishop Rock

    Doreen Carwithen

    CARWITHEN: Piano Concerto / Bishop Rock / ODTAA / Suffolk Suite

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    8:16
  • 1:33 PM

    Mexican Landscape

    Aaron Copland

    LAGQ Latin

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    3:05
  • 1:21 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 2nd movement

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3; Isle of the Dead

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    10:23
  • 1:17 PM

    Partita No. 4: Courante

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: The Six Partitas

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    3:53
  • 1:10 PM

    Bagatelles: Allegretto scherzando (1)

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Quartets Opp. 96 & 105

    Takacs Quartet

    Gabor Ormai, harmonium

    2:56
  • 1:04 PM

    Intrada

    Aarre Merikanto

    Aarre Merikanto

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor

    5:17
  • 12:59 PM

    Intrada

    Aarre Merikanto

    Aarre Merikanto

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor

    5:17
  • 12:48 PM

    Scottish Fantasy: Finale

    Max Bruch

    Jean Sibelius: Concerto for Violin in D minor, Op. 47, Max Bruch: Scottish Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 46

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Midori, violin

    9:39
  • 12:44 PM

    A Scots Tune

    Anonymous Scottish

    softLOUD

    Sean Shibe, guitar

    2:47
  • 12:34 PM

    Overture "In the Italian Style"

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Early Symphonies and Stage Music

    Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    8:19
  • 12:24 PM

    From Italy (Aus Italien): Life in Naples

    Richard Strauss

    R. Strauss: Aus Italien, Don Juan

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    8:32
  • 12:14 PM

    Concerto for Two Trumpets

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Pachelbel Canon

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    Michael Laird, trumpet

    8:41
  • 12:11 PM

    Bent Suite: 3rd movement

    Philip Glass

    Brooklyn Rider plays Philip Glass

    Brooklyn Rider

    2:15
  • 12:04 PM

    Clarinet Quintet

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Miro Quartet

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    24:11
  • 11:58 AM

    Clarinet Sonata No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Here With You

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    22:19
  • 11:49 AM

    Symphony No. 8: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 8

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    7:16
  • 11:45 AM

    Howl's Moving Castle: Merry-Go-Round of Life

    Joe Hisaishi

    Cinema

    Plinio Fernandes, guitar

    3:20
  • 11:32 AM

    String Quintet: 3rd movement

    Franz Schubert

    Epilogue

    Miro Quartet

    Matt Haimovitz, cello

    10:41
  • 11:29 AM

    Xerxes: Largo

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel

    Louise Pellerin, oboe

    2:35
  • 11:20 AM

    Serenade No. 1

    Robert Volkmann

    Robert Volkmann, Carl Reinecke: Serenades

    German Chamber Academy

    Johannes Goritzki, conductor

    7:44
  • 11:17 AM

    Etude No. 1 "Aeolian Harp"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Etudes

    Yunchan Lim, piano

    2:16
  • 11:08 AM

    Romance No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Violin Concerto and Romances

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    Gidon Kremer, violin

    7:40
  • 11:04 AM

    The Lark in the Clear Air

    Peter Hope

    British by Arrangement 2

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    3:05
  • 10:40 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 10

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Sonatas

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    17:44
  • 10:26 AM

    Scottish Rhapsody "Prince Charlie"

    John McEwen

    Scottish Fantasies for Violin & Orchestra

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Alexander Platt, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    12:59
  • 10:22 AM

    Hector the Hero

    James Scott Skinner

    String Quartets Op. 77 & Folk Music from Scotland

    Maxwell Quartet

    3:23
  • 10:10 AM

    Concerto for Two Violins and Two Cellos

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Concerti per Mandolini

    Europa Galante

    Fabio Biondi, conductor

    10:05
  • 10:06 AM

    Tales of Hoffmann: Barcarolle

    Jacques Offenbach

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    3:58
  • 10:01 AM

    Symphony No. 6: 2nd movement

    Francois-Joseph Gossec

    Gossec: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    4:46
  • 9:51 AM

    Romance

    Ellen Taaffe Zwilich

    Ellen Taaffe Zwilich: Cello Concerto & Other Works

    Santa Rosa Symphony

    Francesco Lecce-Chong, conductor

    Joseph Engelbergh, violin

    7:01
  • 9:45 AM

    Intermezzo No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Works for Solo Piano, Vol. 1

    Barry Douglas, piano

    6:04
  • 9:19 AM

    String Quartet

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: String Quartet & Sonatas

    Benjamin Nabarro, violin

    24:29
  • 9:10 AM

    The Mother: Three Pieces

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen: Wind Chamber Music

    Bergen Wind Quintet

    6:38
  • 9:06 AM

    Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo

    Pietro Mascagni

    Best Film Classics 100

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    3:41
  • 9:01 AM

    Flute Quartet: Minuet

    Franz Schubert

    New Schubert Works for Flute and Strings

    Martinu Quartet

    Robert Stallman, flute

    4:43
  • 8:54 AM

    Torre Bermeja (Vermillion Tower)

    Isaac Albeniz

    Spanish Serenades

    Raphael Feuillatre, guitar

    3:55
  • 8:32 AM

    Summer Concerto (Concerto de estio)

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Four Seasons

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    Michael Guttman, violin

    21:34
  • 8:13 AM

    Grand Serenade No. 1

    Johann Hummel

    Gragnagi: Quartet, op. 8

    Consortium Classicum

    17:18
  • 8:01 AM

    Concert Overture No. 1

    Florence Price

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

    Wurttemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen

    John Jeter, conductor

    11:39
  • 7:45 AM

    Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Greensleeves/Tallis Fantasia

    New Queen's Hall Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    13:04
  • 7:38 AM

    Peregrine

    Cristina Spinei

    Ex Voto

    Cristina Spinei, piano

    6:24
  • 7:01 AM

    String Quartet No. 14 "Spring"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Haydn Quartets K387 & K421

    Smithson String Quartet

    35:12
  • 6:30 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Josef Foerster

    Foerster: Festive Overture - Symphony No. 1 - From Shakespeare

    Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra

    Marek Stilek, conductor

    28:16
  • 6:21 AM

    Duettino

    Mauro Giuliani

    Guiliani: Music for Flute and Guitar

    Laurel Zucker, flute

    7:29
  • 6:01 AM

    Pelleas and Melisande

    Jean Sibelius

    Schoenberg, Sibelius, Faure: Pelleas et Melisande

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    18:46
  • 5:46 AM

    Between Rain

    Edmund Finnis

    The Air, Turning

    London Contemporary Orchestra

    Robert Ames, conductor

    12:20
  • 5:42 AM

    Chanson de la pluie (Song of the Rain)

    Pauline Viardot-Garcia

    VIARDOT-GARCIA: Songs

    Isabel Bayrakdarian, soprano

    3:01
  • 5:27 AM

    Sonatine

    Marcel Tournier

    Images: Hommage a Marcel Tournier

    Quatuor Voce

    Emmanuel Ceysson, harp

    14:51
  • 5:06 AM

    Suite for Large Orchestra

    Helena Munktell

    Helena Munktell: Orchestral Works

    Gavle Symphony Orchestra

    Tobias Ringborg, conductor

    19:18
  • 5:01 AM

    Notturno

    Fanny Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    4:15
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