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  • 5:51 AM

    of memory and minutiae

    Paula Matthusen

    Of Minutiae and Memory

    Jody Redhage, cello

    6:35
  • 5:06 AM

    Mnemosyne's Pool

    Steven Mackey

    Steven Mackey: Beautiful Passing

    Sydney Symphony Orchestra

    David Robertson, conductor

    42:43
  • 5:01 AM

    composition as explanation: intertext

    David Lang

    David Lang: composition as explanation

    eighth blackbird

    4:52
  • 4:43 AM

    The City of Tomorrow

    15:16
  • 4:26 AM

    Night Peace

    John Luther Adams

    John Luther Adams: The Far Country

    Atlanta Singers

    14:46
  • 4:15 AM

    Eternal Memory

    John Tavener

    John Tavener: Svyati

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    Steven Isserlis, cello

    10:31
  • 4:06 AM

    Hymn

    Valentin Silvestrov

    Ustvolskaya, Silvestrov, Kancheli: Works for Piano and Orchestra

    Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

    Thomas Sanderling, conductor

    6:01
  • 4:01 AM

    Memoryhouse: Fragment/Embers

    Max Richter

    Max Richter: Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:27
  • 3:52 AM

    La Rimembranza

    Johann Kaspar Mertz

    The Romantic Guitar

    Raphaella Smits, guitar

    6:13
  • 3:25 AM

    Cello Sonata No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Reflection: Works by Robert and Clara Schumann and Brahms

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    25:21
  • 3:15 AM

    Premiere Rhapsodie

    Claude Debussy

    Mozart, Debussy, Takemitsu

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    8:24
  • 3:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 2: Nocturne

    Alexander Borodin

    Borodin: Three Symphonies, Petite Suite, Polovetsian Dances

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    8:28
  • 3:01 AM

    Aubade

    Georges Enescu

    Enescu: Early Chamber Music

    Efim Boico, violin

    4:48
  • 2:44 AM

    Idyll

    Joseph Marx

    Marx: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

    Bochum Symphony Orchestra

    Steven Sloane, conductor

    14:49
  • 2:40 AM

    In Sentimental Mood

    Florence Price

    Florence Price: Piano Discoveries: From the Heart

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:30
  • 2:22 AM

    Violin Concerto "To the Memory of My Mother"

    Ina Boyle

    Women

    Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Irene Delgado-Jimenez, conductor

    Esther Abrami, violin

    17:27
  • 2:06 AM

    Ballade

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: L'Oeuvre D'Orchestre, Vol. II

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    Jean-Philippe Collard, piano

    13:46
  • 2:01 AM

    Prelude

    Gerald Finzi

    Music for Brass Septet, Vol. 6

    Septura

    4:38
  • 1:53 AM

    Cantata No. 208: Sheep May Safely Graze

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Stokowski Transcriptions

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    5:34
  • 1:49 AM

    The Water is Wide

    Traditional

    Harvest Home

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    3:54
  • 1:24 AM

    Appalachian Spring

    Aaron Copland

    Rainbow Body

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Spano, conductor

    23:22
  • 1:19 AM

    Automne

    Jean-Michel Damase

    Honey-Coloured Cow

    Laurence Perkins, bassoon

    2:52
  • 1:06 AM

    Pastoral Suite

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    Swedish Orchestral Favourites

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Okko Kamu, conductor

    12:23
  • 1:01 AM

    Song without Words

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Complete Works for Cello and Piano

    Elizabeth Dolin, cello

    4:42
  • 12:55 AM

    Serenatella

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    Guitar Recital: Bokyung Byun

    Bokyung Byun, guitar

    3:19
  • 12:51 AM

    Symphony No. 8: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1-9

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    7:26
  • 12:47 AM

    Symphony No. 8: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1-9

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    7:26
  • 12:30 AM

    Symphony No. 21

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 19, 20, 21, 22, 23

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    16:40
  • 12:15 AM

    Delights and Dances

    Michael Abels

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    13:03
  • 12:04 AM

    Magnolia Suite: Part 1

    Nathaniel Dett

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

    Clipper Erickson, piano

    10:45
  • 12:00 AM

    Tales of Hoffmann: Barcarolle

    Jacques Offenbach

    Sir Charles' Precious Music Box Ii

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    2:40
  • 11:52 PM

    Norwegian Dance No. 1

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Norwegian Dances

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    6:15
  • 11:42 PM

    Old Hungarian Dances

    Ferenc Farkas

    Favourite Music for Wind Quintet

    Frosunda Wind Quintet

    9:35
  • 11:37 PM

    Symphony: 3rd movement

    Pavel Vranicky

    Vranicky: Symphonies in D major, C major

    Dvorak Chamber Orchestra

    Bohumil Gregor, conductor

    4:12
  • 11:32 PM

    Tom and Nancied

    Michael Thurber/Tessa Lark

    Invention

    Tessa Lark, violin

    3:37
  • 11:11 PM

    Spirituals for Strings

    Morton Gould

    Morton Gould: American Salute

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kenneth Klein, conductor

    20:33
  • 11:04 PM

    Balm in Gilead

    Spiritual

    VocalEssence Ensemble Singers

    Melanie DeMore, vocals

    3:52
  • 10:56 PM

    Shepherd's Hey

    Percy Grainger

    Music of Percy Grainger

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Kenneth Montgomery, conductor

    2:15
  • 10:36 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach: Keyboard Concertos Nos. 1, 2 & 4

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Murray Perahia, conductor

    Murray Perahia, piano

    18:53
  • 10:33 PM

    Mass: Agnus Dei; Dona nobis pacem

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Agnus Dei

    The Sixteen

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    2:37
  • 10:18 PM

    Symphony

    Luigi Boccherini

    Boccherini: The Six Symphonies, Op. 35

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Marc Destrube, conductor

    12:46
  • 10:07 PM

    Zerline: Children's Dance

    Daniel Auber

    Auber: Overtures, Vol. 5

    Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra

    Dario Salvi, conductor

    10:05
  • 10:04 PM

    Dolly Suite: Le Pas Espagnol

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: Pelleas Et Melisande, Dolly Suite, Etc

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    2:42
  • 10:02 PM

    Souvenirs: Two-Step

    Samuel Barber

    Simple Gifts

    Gilles Vonsattel, piano

    1:49
  • 9:52 PM

    Concert Polonaise

    Henryk Wieniawski

    Violin on Stage

    NFM Wroclaw Philharmonic

    Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor

    Bomsori Kim, violin

    5:46
  • 9:32 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Night in the Tropics"

    Louis Moreau Gottschalk

    Utah Symphony Orchestra

    Maurice Abravanel, conductor

    18:57
  • 9:30 PM

    Cuban Prelude

    Amadeo Roldan

    Kete: Piano Music of the African Diaspora

    William Chapman Nyaho, piano

    1:52
  • 9:06 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Johann Hummel

    Haydn, Hummel, Etc.: Trumpet Concertos

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    17:36
  • 9:00 PM

    Colas Breugnon Overture

    Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Russian Overtures

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    5:30
  • 6:46 PM

    Concerto for Mixed Instruments

    Antonio Vivaldi

    I Solisti Veneti

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    Ugo Orlandi, mandolin

    Dorina Frati, mandolin

    11:43
  • 6:21 PM

    The Red Pony Suite

    Aaron Copland

    Aaron Copland: Four Dances from Rodeo

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    23:35
  • 6:13 PM

    Romance of the Prairie Lilies

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    6:33
  • 6:06 PM

    Nameday (Namensfeier) Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    6:25
  • 6:01 PM

    Contredanse and Tarantelle

    Frederic Chopin

    Malcolm Frager, piano

    4:35
  • 5:41 PM

    Concertino for Oboe and Strings

    Brenno Blauth

    Camerata Bariloche

    Andres Spiller, oboe

    17:11
  • 5:20 PM

    Symphony No. 25

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Complete Mozart Edition, Vol. 2: Symphonies 21-41

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    20:02
  • 5:13 PM

    Nocturne

    Cecile Chaminade

    Chaminade: Piano Music 2

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    4:37
  • 5:06 PM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Nocturne

    Felix Mendelssohn

    My First Lullaby Album

    Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

    Anthony Bramall, conductor

    6:25
  • 5:01 PM

    String Quartet: 1st movement

    Josef Myslivecek

    Dolezal Quartet

    4:39
  • 4:50 PM

    Don Quixote: Grand Pas de Deux

    Leon Minkus

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    8:07
  • 4:11 PM

    Things to Come: March

    Arthur Bliss

    Bliss: Film Music

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    3:39
  • 4:06 PM

    The Capricious One

    Edward Elgar

    Virtuoso

    Leonidas Kavakos, violin

    4:02
  • 4:01 PM

    Concert Suite No. 6: La Poule (The Hen)

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Rameau: Une Symphonie Imaginaire

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    4:31
  • 3:52 PM

    Concerto Symphonique No. 4: Scherzo

    Henry Litolff

    Romantic Piano Concerto Vol. 14

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Peter Donohoe, piano

    6:30
  • 3:45 PM

    Bolero

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    13:24
  • 3:41 PM

    Danse Rythmique

    Ida Presti

    Pipitule: Roots

    Sara d'Ippolito Reichert, guitar

    3:03
  • 3:06 PM

    Symphony No. 31 "Hornsignal"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    33:54
  • 3:03 PM

    The Love for Three Oranges: March

    Sergei Prokofiev

    The Fiddler Of The Opera

    Gil Shaham, violin

    1:28
  • 2:52 PM

    Cosi fan tutte: Soave sia il vento

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Bryn Terfel: Tutto Mozart

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    Bryn Terfel, baritone

    2:48
  • 2:46 PM

    Hiraeth

    Isata Kanneh-Mason

    River of Music

    The Kanneh-Masons

    5:54
  • 2:38 PM

    Serenade No. 7 "Haffner": 5th movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Haffner Serenade

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Karl Bohm, conductor

    6:10
  • 2:30 PM

    The Fairy Queen: Act IV Symphony

    Henry Purcell

    Sound The Trumpet: Royal Music of Purcell and Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    6:26
  • 2:21 PM

    Hary Janos Suite: Intermezzo and Entrance

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Prokofiev: Leiutenant Kije Suite

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    7:51
  • 2:17 PM

    Souvenirs: Galop

    Samuel Barber

    Barber: Violin & Piano Concertos

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    2:31
  • 2:09 PM

    String Quintet: Allegretto

    Niels Gade

    Gade: Chamber Works, Vol. 5

    Ensemble MidtVest

    4:50
  • 2:04 PM

    Handel in the Strand

    Percy Grainger

    The Grainger Edition, Vol.5 - Works for Chorus and Orchestra 2

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    4:13
  • 1:55 PM

    Maskarade: Overture

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen: Symphonies No 4 & 5

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    4:37
  • 1:48 PM

    Concerto for Strings

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Concerti per archi III

    Accademia Bizantina

    Ottavio Dantone, conductor

    5:38
  • 1:38 PM

    Piano Trio No. 2: 2nd movement

    Franz Schubert

    Trio Bohemo

    8:51
  • 1:30 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Bartok, Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

    Augustin Hadelich, violin

    6:39
  • 1:24 PM

    Pulcinella Suite: Gavotte

    Igor Stravinsky

    Stravinsky: Pulcinella & Danses Concertantes

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    4:05
  • 1:21 PM

    Bright Blue Sky

    Melanie DeMore

    How to Hold On: Songs of Comfort and Solace

    VocalEssence Ensemble Singers

    Melanie DeMore, vocals

    2:47
  • 1:16 PM

    Bright Blue Sky

    Melanie DeMore

    How to Hold On: Songs of Comfort and Solace

    VocalEssence Ensemble Singers

    Melanie DeMore, vocals

    2:47
  • 1:09 PM

    Donna Diana Overture

    Emil von Reznicek

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    6:00
  • 1:04 PM

    Puffin' Billy

    Edward White

    British Light Music: Miniatures

    RTE Concert Orchestra, Dublin

    Ernest Tomlinson, conductor

    3:05
  • 12:50 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Polish": Scherzo

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky Symphonies

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    6:22
  • 12:39 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor": Rondo

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    Evgeny Kissin, piano

    10:02
  • 12:32 PM

    Legend No. 4

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Legends, Symphony No. 8

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    5:29
  • 12:25 PM

    String Quartet No. 2: 1st movement

    Robert Schumann

    The Schumann Quartets

    Dover Quartet

    6:02
  • 12:17 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Vincenzo Bellini

    Trumpet Concertos

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jahja Ling, conductor

    Rolf Smedvig, trumpet

    6:55
  • 12:10 PM

    The Wedding at Dovre

    Johan Svendsen

    Norwegian Classical Favourites

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    5:33
  • 12:05 PM

    Dance of the Shepherd Girl

    Hugo Alfven

    Voyage

    Arcata String Quartet

    Don Bailey, flute

    4:19
  • 11:48 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Niccolo Paganini

    Paganini, Spohr: Violin Concertos

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    10:26
  • 11:23 AM

    Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished"

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: 8 Symphonies

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Karl Bohm, conductor

    22:59
  • 11:12 AM

    The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture

    Otto Nicolai

    Wagner: Siegfried Idyll, Boccherini, Dvorak, Faure, Grieg, Nicolai, Ponchielli, Suppe, Tchaikovsky

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    8:40
  • 11:06 AM

    Celtic Fare

    Scott Tennant/Simon Jeffes

    Air and Ground

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    5:55
  • 11:01 AM

    Callirhoe: Scarf Dance

    Cecile Chaminade

    Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers

    National Orchestra of Metz Grand Est

    David Reiland, conductor

    4:47
  • 10:42 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    16:18
  • 10:27 AM

    Symphony No. 4

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn 2032, Vol. 3: Solo e pensoso

    Il Giardino Armonico

    Giovanni Antonini, conductor

    13:28
  • 10:22 AM

    Southland Sketches: 3rd movement

    Harry T. Burleigh

    An American Rhapsody

    Calefax Reed Ensemble

    2:52
  • 10:06 AM

    Suite in the Old Style

    Alfred Schnittke

    Modern Portaits

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    15:26
  • 10:01 AM

    Piano Concerto: 2nd movement

    Luise Adolpha Le Beau

    Emilie Mayer - Symphony No. 5

    Berlin Chamber Symphony Ensemble

    Jurgen Bruns, conductor

    Katia Tchemberdji, piano

    4:41
  • 9:44 AM

    Romantic Pieces

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Legends, Prague Waltzes

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    14:18
  • 9:31 AM

    Serenade No. 6 "Serenata Notturna"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Serenades K320 & K239, Divertimento K136

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Yehudi Menuhin, conductor

    12:10
  • 9:05 AM

    Forest Scenes

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Waldszenen

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    24:15
  • 9:01 AM

    Summer Evenings: Under the plane trees

    Bernard Andres

    Soirees d'ete

    Chicago Harp Quartet

    3:27
  • 8:20 AM

    Clarinet Quintet

    Johannes Brahms

    Mozart & Brahms

    Pacifica String Quartet

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    37:36
  • 8:18 AM

    Ecossaises

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin

    Mikhail Pletnev, piano

    2:06
  • 8:05 AM

    Trumpet Concerto No. 1

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Concertos for Trumpet

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Maurice Andre, trumpet

    10:36
  • 8:01 AM

    Mandolin Serenade

    Charlie Chaplin

    Chaplin's Smile: Song Arrangements for Violin and Piano

    Philippe Quint, violin

    3:59
  • 7:25 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Zdenek Fibich

    Fibich: Symphonies Nos 2 & 3

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    33:21
  • 7:05 AM

    Sea Sketches

    Grace Williams

    Grace Williams: Orchestral Works

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Andrews, conductor

    18:34
  • 7:01 AM

    Molly on the Shore

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger 'Country Gardens' and other Piano Favourites

    Martin Jones, piano

    3:02
  • 6:34 AM

    Concerto Andaluz

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Interchange: Concertos by Rodrigo and Assad

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    David Amado, conductor

    24:25
  • 6:31 AM

    Klange des waldes (Sounds of the Forest)

    Sofia Gubaidulina

    Carl Vine: Sonata for Flute

    Alexa Still, flute

    3:07
  • 6:01 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Carl Maria von Weber

    C. Schumann: Concerto, Op. 7; Weber: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2

    Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra

    Dennis Burkh, conductor

    Elizabeth Rich, piano

    27:31
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