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  • 4:56 AM

    Day's End

    John Williams

    From a Bird

    John Williams, guitar

    2:32
  • 4:44 AM

    As I Crossed a Bridge of Dreams

    Anne Boyd

    A Bridge of Dreams

    Ars Nova Copenhagen

    Paul Hillier, conductor

    11:05
  • 4:36 AM

    Calliope Dreaming

    Elena Kats-Chernin

    Play It Again

    Trio Arbos

    7:27
  • 4:30 AM

    Torua

    Gillian Whitehead

    In 27 Pieces: The Hilary Hahn Encores

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    4:05
  • 4:12 AM

    Arafura Dances

    Ross Edwards

    Concerto

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Paul Daniel, conductor

    John Williams, guitar

    17:06
  • 4:06 AM

    Eyes on the Sun

    Sophie Hutchings

    become the sky

    Sophie Hutchings, piano

    4:55
  • 4:01 AM

    Butterflying

    Elena Kats-Chernin

    Nicola Sweeney, violin

    Sarah Nicolls, piano

    4:25
  • 3:43 AM

    Canon

    Kate Moore

    Kate Moore: Dances and Canons

    Saskia Lankhoorn, piano

    15:32
  • 3:25 AM

    Cello Dreaming

    Peter Sculthorpe

    SCULTHORPE: Irkanda I and IV / Lament / Sonata No. 2 / Cello Dreaming / Djilile

    Australian Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Tognetti, conductor

    Emma-Jane Murphy, cello

    15:40
  • 3:22 AM

    Maranoa Lullaby

    Peter Sculthorpe

    Sculthorpe: String Quartets

    Brodsky Quartet

    Anne Sofie von Otter, alto

    2:29
  • 3:07 AM

    Haunted Hills

    Margaret Sutherland

    Concert Recording

    Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

    Jaime Martin, conductor

    13:31
  • 3:01 AM

    The Harp and the Moon: 1st movement

    Ross Edwards

    In Transit

    Emily Granger, harp

    4:47
  • 2:48 AM

    Ode

    Lukas Foss

    Foss: Symphony No. 1; Renaissance Concerto; Three American Pieces; Ode

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    10:36
  • 2:45 AM

    Rocking Chair

    Florence Price

    Arise & Shine: Piano Music by Black Composers for Kids

    Artina McCain, piano

    2:14
  • 2:17 AM

    String Quartet No. 8

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: String Quartets Opp. 80 And 34

    Chilingirian Quartet

    25:53
  • 2:06 AM

    Concert Overture No. 1

    Alberto Williams

    Inca Trail Connections

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

    9:32
  • 2:01 AM

    Andante festivo

    Jean Sibelius

    Live in Concert

    Sphinx Virtuosi

    Damon Gupton, conductor

    4:35
  • 1:48 AM

    Spem in Alium (Hope in all things)

    Thomas Tallis

    A Banquet of Voices

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    9:43
  • 1:41 AM

    Hasapiko

    Anonymous

    Thrace: Sunday Morning Sessions

    Jean-Guihen Queyras, cello

    5:56
  • 1:26 AM

    Etruscan Concerto

    Peggy Glanville-Hicks

    Lou Harrison: Seven Pastorales

    Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra

    Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

    Keith Jarrett, piano

    14:02
  • 1:22 AM

    Three Ancient Airs, from the Coplas Sefardies: Ballata

    Alberto Hemsi

    ARC Ensemble

    2:29
  • 1:06 AM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 1

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    15:11
  • 1:01 AM

    Chi passa per'sta strada

    Filippo Azzaiolo

    Silk Road Ensemble

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    4:41
  • 12:53 AM

    Naples

    Louise Farrenc

    FARRENC, L.: Piano Works (Complete), Vol. 3 - Rondeaux

    Maria Stratigou, piano

    5:06
  • 11:42 PM

    Suite in the Old Style

    Alfred Schnittke

    Modern Portaits

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    15:26
  • 11:28 PM

    Celtic Concerto

    Catrin Finch

    Sinfonia Cymru

    John Rutter, conductor

    Catrin Finch, harp

    12:40
  • 11:22 PM

    Five Meditations: What Sweeter Music

    John Rutter

    Distant Land

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Rutter, conductor

    4:00
  • 11:19 PM

    Open Thou Mine Eyes

    John Rutter

    Rutter: Gloria

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    2:36
  • 11:10 PM

    Piano Quartet: 1st movement

    Fanny Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn, Fanny and Felix: Chamber Works

    Elena Urioste, violin

    8:27
  • 11:01 PM

    Der Rosenkavalier: Waltzes

    Richard Strauss

    Invitation To The Waltz

    Stadium Symphony Orchestra of New York

    Raoul Poliakin, conductor

    8:39
  • 10:50 PM

    Overture

    Josef Myslivecek

    Myslivecek: Symphonies

    Concerto Koln

    9:32
  • 10:40 PM

    Introduction and Polonaise

    Frederic Chopin

    The Rose Album

    Matt Haimovitz, cello

    9:07
  • 10:31 PM

    Prague Waltzes

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Czech Suite, Prague Waltzes, etc.

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    8:55
  • 10:24 PM

    Credo: 2nd movement

    David Sanford

    Credo

    Meridian Arts Ensemble

    4:40
  • 10:14 PM

    An Outdoor Overture

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: Orchestral Works

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Louis Lane, conductor

    8:57
  • 10:06 PM

    Gratitude

    Dawn Avery

    Sweetgrass

    Wilhelmina Smith, cello

    7:00
  • 9:52 PM

    Clarinet Quintet: 4th movement

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Uncovered Vol. 1

    Catalyst Quartet

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    7:04
  • 9:41 PM

    Let There Be Sparrows, then

    Sarah Bassingthwaighte

    Orchestrating the Wild

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Bobby Collins, conductor

    11:01
  • 9:36 PM

    The Salley Gardens

    Traditional Irish

    The Lark in the Clear Air

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    2:46
  • 9:32 PM

    The Magic Opal Suite: Ballet

    Isaac Albeniz

    Impressions of Spain

    The Great Necks

    3:53
  • 9:11 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    19:18
  • 9:06 PM

    Dreams of Love No. 3 (Liebestraum)

    Franz Liszt

    Yundi Li: Liszt

    Yundi Li, piano

    4:30
  • 9:02 PM

    Sentimental Story: Oubli

    Charlotte Sohy

    Charlotte Sohy: Compositrice de la Belle Epoque

    National Orchestra of Avignon-Provence

    Debora Waldman, conductor

    2:35
  • 8:46 PM

    Ma vlast (My Country): Vltava (The Moldau)

    Bedrich Smetana

    Ports of Call

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    12:37
  • 8:31 PM

    String Quartet No. 9

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Hagen Quartet

    14:09
  • 8:25 PM

    Intermezzo No. 6

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Late Piano Works

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    3:25
  • 8:23 PM

    Medhel an Gwyns (Soft is the Wind)

    Anne Dudley

    Women

    Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Irene Delgado-Jimenez, conductor

    Esther Abrami, violin

    2:49
  • 8:11 PM

    Harp Concerto

    George Frideric Handel

    Harp Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Marisa Robles, harp

    10:57
  • 8:00 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
  • 5:34 PM

    Symphony No. 92 "Oxford"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies 88-92, etc.

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    24:49
  • 5:21 PM

    Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

    Claude Debussy

    Reveries

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    Adam Kuenzel, flute

    10:44
  • 5:18 PM

    The Little White Donkey

    Jacques Ibert

    Horizons

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    2:03
  • 5:15 PM

    The British Grenadiers

    Traditional

    The Lark in the Clear Air

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    1:51
  • 5:06 PM

    Whimsical Symphony (Grillensymphonie)

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Suites and Concertos by Telemann

    Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra

    Jeannette Sorrell, conductor

    8:32
  • 5:01 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 2: 1st movement

    William Alwyn

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    4:36
  • 4:36 PM

    Aranjuez Concerto

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Rodrigo, Villa-Lobos, Ponce: Guitar Concertos

    New York Philharmonic

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    22:44
  • 4:20 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Four Horn Concertos

    Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

    Janos Rolla, conductor

    Dale Clevenger, horn

    14:34
  • 4:11 PM

    Brook Green Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: Works for Chamber Orchestra

    New Zealand Chamber Orchestra

    Nicholas Braithwaite, conductor

    7:07
  • 4:06 PM

    Dream of Autumn

    Archibald Joyce

    Joyce: Caravan Suite - Toto - Dreams of You - A Thousand Kisses - Acushla

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Andrew Penny, conductor

    3:43
  • 4:01 PM

    Shenandoah

    Traditional

    Sea Shanties

    Men of the Robert Shaw Chorale

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    4:38
  • 3:50 PM

    Fiesta criolla

    Manuel Gomez Carrillo

    Fiesta Criolla: Latin-American Orchestral Works

    Wurttemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen

    Gabriel Castagna, conductor

    7:10
  • 3:27 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 1

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Sonatas for Violin and Piano Vol. 1

    Pamela Frank, violin

    21:36
  • 3:06 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "A London Symphony:" 1st movement

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Concert Recording

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vasily Petrenko, conductor

    14:29
  • 3:01 PM

    The Feast at Solhaug: Overture

    Pall Isolfsson

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    4:36
  • 2:51 PM

    Swan Lake: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 5, Swan Lake

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    6:54
  • 2:44 PM

    Der fliegende Hollander (The Flying Dutchman): Overture

    Richard Wagner

    Lorin Maazel Conducts Wagner

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    11:55
  • 2:27 PM

    Concerto for 2 Orchestras No. 1

    George Frideric Handel

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    15:23
  • 2:08 PM

    Piano Concerto for the Left Hand

    Maurice Ravel

    Jean-Efflam Bavouzet plays Ravel, Debussy & Massenet

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano

    17:47
  • 2:00 PM

    Swan Lake: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 5, Swan Lake

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    6:54
  • 1:52 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 4: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Six Brandenburg Concertos

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    6:52
  • 1:42 PM

    Requiem: Sanctus

    John Rutter

    John Rutter: Visions; Requiem

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    Alice Halstead, soprano

    2:20
  • 1:37 PM

    Requiem: The Lord is My Shepherd

    John Rutter

    John Rutter: Visions; Requiem

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    Alice Halstead, soprano

    5:07
  • 1:33 PM

    Requiem: Pie Jesu

    John Rutter

    Rutter: Requiem

    City of London Sinfonia

    John Rutter, conductor

    Caroline Ashton, soprano

    4:09
  • 1:30 PM

    Death of a Dream: Tallgrass Prairie Waltz

    Steve Heitzeg

    Death of the Dream

    Tom Linker, piano

    1:53
  • 1:23 PM

    A River Runs Throught It: Selections

    Mark Isham

    Studio Orchestra

    Ken Kugler, conductor

    4:00
  • 1:19 PM

    Liu Yang River

    Bi-Guang Tang

    Chinasong | Shanghai Quartet

    Shanghai Quartet

    2:42
  • 1:10 PM

    Picciola serenata: Minuetto

    Antonio Salieri

    Mozart � Salieri

    Armonia Ensemble

    4:57
  • 1:04 PM

    Czech Suite: Polka

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Czech Suite; Legends

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    4:49
  • 12:53 PM

    Tango

    Isaac Albeniz

    Reflections On Spain

    Louise Bessette, piano

    5:22
  • 12:50 PM

    Tarantango

    Alan Civil

    Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

    3:33
  • 12:45 PM

    Little Concert Suite: Tarantelle Fretillante

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Anthony Parnther, conductor

    2:45
  • 12:37 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
  • 12:31 PM

    Oboe Quintet No. 1: Minuet

    Josef Myslivecek

    Myslivecek: Oboe Quintets, String Quartets

    Dolezal Quartet

    Michaela Hrabankova, oboe

    4:47
  • 12:21 PM

    Concerto Serenade: 1st movement

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Rodrigo: Concertos and Orchestral Works

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    Nancy Allen, harp

    8:31
  • 12:20 PM

    We Enter Together

    Dawn Avery

    Sweetgrass

    Wilhelmina Smith, cello

    5:55
  • 12:09 PM

    Sonata No. 25

    Niccolo Paganini

    Reverie

    Dale Kavanagh, guitar

    4:21
  • 12:04 PM

    Funeral March of a Marionette

    Charles Gounod

    Marches And Overtures A La Francaise

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    3:39
  • 11:53 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 2: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Karl Richter Edition: Mozart/Haydn/Gluck

    Munich Bach Orchestra

    Karl Richter, conductor

    Aurele Nicolet, flute

    5:31
  • 11:47 AM

    Octet: Finale

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Haydn Violin Concertos, Mendelssohn Octet

    Sejong Soloists

    Gil Shaham, violin

    5:35
  • 11:36 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2: 4th movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Piano Concerto No 2

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    Maurizio Pollini, piano

    9:12
  • 11:30 AM

    Symphony No. 6 "Morning": 3rd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn Symphonies 1761-63

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    5:04
  • 11:25 AM

    Souvenir of a Beloved Place: Scherzo

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Complete Works for Violin and Orchestra

    Odense Symphony Orchestra

    Alexander Vedernikov, conductor

    Jennifer Koh, violin

    3:53
  • 11:20 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    William Boyce

    Boyce: The Eight Symphonies

    Menuhin Festival Orchestra

    Yehudi Menuhin, conductor

    4:52
  • 11:16 AM

    She Moved Through the Fair

    Traditional

    The Lark in the Clear Air

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    3:19
  • 11:08 AM

    String Quartet No. 4: Andante

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: The Complete String Quartets

    Emerson String Quartet

    6:05
  • 11:04 AM

    The Birds: Prelude

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: The Birds, Three Boticelli Pictures

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    3:06
  • 10:45 AM

    La Valse

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2 - Valses nobles et sentimentales / Gaspard de la nuit

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    12:38
  • 10:25 AM

    Duet-Concertino

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    Nicole Kern, clarinet

    18:20
  • 10:18 AM

    Prelude No. 15 "Raindrop"

    Frederic Chopin

    Bach: French Suite; Schumann: Papillons, Op.2; Chopin: Two Preludes, Mazurka

    Mieczyslaw Horszowski, piano

    5:40
  • 10:06 AM

    Four Seasons: Summer

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi - The Four Seasons

    Amsterdam Guitar Trio

    11:37
  • 10:01 AM

    Symphony No. 1: 4th movement

    Florence Price

    Chineke! Orchestra: Florence B. Price

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Roderick Cox, conductor

    4:41
  • 9:42 AM

    Simple Symphony

    Benjamin Britten

    Britten: Works for String Orchestra

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    16:49
  • 9:23 AM

    Concerto for Three Violins

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Concertos for One, Two and Three Violins

    Portland Baroque Orchestra

    Monica Huggett, conductor

    Monica Huggett, violin

    16:51
  • 9:09 AM

    Suite for Strings

    John Rutter

    Distant Land

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Rutter, conductor

    12:23
  • 9:06 AM

    To be sung of a summer night

    Frederick Delius

    There is Sweet Music

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    2:16
  • 9:01 AM

    Unsent Love Letters

    Elena Kats-Chernin

    Elena Kats-Chernin: Unsent Love Letters: Meditations on Erik Satie

    Tamara-Anna Cislowska, piano

    4:39
  • 8:43 AM

    Concerto for Strings

    Nino Rota

    Rota: La Strada Ballet Suite

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    15:27
  • 8:37 AM

    Reverie

    Claude Debussy

    Piano Book

    Lang Lang, piano

    5:29
  • 8:06 AM

    Concerto for Two Pianos

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Double Piano Concertos

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Guher & Suher Pekinel, pianos

    29:28
  • 8:01 AM

    Out of Africa: Theme

    John Barry

    The Hollywood Sound

    London Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    3:47
  • 7:38 AM

    Symphony No. 4

    Niels Gade

    Gade: Symphonies 3 & 4

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    20:35
  • 7:27 AM

    Serenade for Strings

    William S Lloyd Webber

    Lloyd Webber: Invocation

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    9:59
  • 7:07 AM

    Guitar Quintet No. 7

    Luigi Boccherini

    Boccherini: The Guitar Quintets

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    18:25
  • 7:01 AM

    Nocturne No. 2

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Nocturnes

    Maria Tipo, piano

    5:23
  • 6:20 AM

    Cello Concerto

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Cello Concerto

    Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra Amsterdam

    Lawrence Renes, conductor

    Pieter Wispelwey, cello

    38:27
  • 6:15 AM

    Notturno

    Fanny Mendelssohn

    Manuscripts Don't Burn

    Inna Faliks, piano

    4:19
  • 6:01 AM

    Le Roi d'Ys Overture

    Edouard Lalo

    Bizet/Roma/Lalo/Le Roi d'Ys

    Bordeaux Aquitaine Orchestra

    Roberto Benzi, conductor

    12:02
  • 5:39 AM

    Lieutenant Kije Suite

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Eduardo Mata, conductor

    19:20
  • 5:15 AM

    String Quartet No. 2

    Robert Schumann

    The Schumann Quartets

    Dover Quartet

    23:06
  • 5:01 AM

    Chimney of King Rene

    Darius Milhaud

    French Wind Music

    Reykjavik Wind Quintet

    12:26
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