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  • 5:43 AM

    Canticles of Rumi

    Mark Winges

    This is what happened.

    Volti

    Robert Geary, conductor

    15:09
  • 5:18 AM

    Calligraphy No. 16 "Isfahan"

    Reza Vali

    Vali: The Being of Love

    Wurttemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen

    Fawzi Haimor, conductor

    23:02
  • 5:07 AM

    Beloved, do not let me be discouraged

    Colin Jacobsen

    Silent City

    Brooklyn Rider

    Kayhan Kalhor, kamancheh

    10:36
  • 5:01 AM

    Dance: When you're broken open

    Anna Clyne

    Clyne: Dance - Elgar: Cello Concerto

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    Inbal Segev, cello

    4:40
  • 4:43 AM

    Finding Rothko

    Adam Schoenberg

    Schoenberg

    Kansas City Symphony

    Michael Stern, conductor

    14:48
  • 4:40 AM

    Rothko Chapel 5

    Morton Feldman

    morton feldman: rothko chapel, why patterns?

    University of California-Berkeley Chamber Chorus

    Philip Brett, conductor

    David Abel, viola

    2:47
  • 4:31 AM

    In Color Suite

    Jessie Montgomery

    Standard Stoppages

    Third Coast Percussion

    7:17
  • 4:12 AM

    Color Field

    Anna Clyne

    Anna Clyne: Abstractions

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    17:57
  • 4:07 AM

    Leonardo da Vinci: Optics, Light and Shadow

    Caroline Shaw

    Caroline Shaw: Leonardo da Vinci (Original Score)

    Attacca Quartet

    3:56
  • 4:01 AM

    Black

    Marc Mellits

    Ex Machina

    Donald Sinta Quartet

    4:44
  • 3:52 AM

    Aria and Dance

    Arno Babajanian

    Gems from Armenia

    Aznavoorian Duo

    5:36
  • 3:18 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2, 'The Four Temperaments'

    Seattle Symphony

    Thomas Dausgaard, conductor

    32:50
  • 3:06 AM

    Poem for Flute and Orchestra

    Charles Tomlinson Griffes

    Griffes: Orchestral Music

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Carol Wincenc, flute

    9:59
  • 3:01 AM

    Waltz-Impromptu

    Franz Liszt

    Les Bis de Alexis Weissenberg

    Alexis Weissenberg, piano

    4:35
  • 2:48 AM

    Concerto for Two Cellos

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi & Friends - La Folia (Madness & Other Concertos) / Sorrell, Apollo's Fire

    Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra

    Jeannette Sorrell, conductor

    Rene Schiffer, cello

    10:36
  • 2:43 AM

    Bella ci dormi

    Traditional Pugliese

    Italy EP

    Between Worlds Ensemble

    Avi Avital, mandolin

    4:02
  • 2:23 AM

    Three Botticelli Pictures

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: The Birds, Three Boticelli Pictures

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    18:57
  • 2:07 AM

    Capriccio Italien

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Symphonic Battle Scenes

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    14:37
  • 2:01 AM

    Cantabile

    Niccolo Paganini

    Paganini Duos

    Pekka Kuusisto, violin

    4:44
  • 1:53 AM

    Thais: Meditation

    Jules Massenet

    Escales: French Orchestral Works

    Sinfonia of London

    John Wilson, conductor

    5:34
  • 1:23 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Randall Thompson

    American Masters: Harris, Thompson, Diamond

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    27:45
  • 1:20 AM

    Rondino Pastoral

    Louise Farrenc

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

    Maria Stratigou, piano

    2:04
  • 1:06 AM

    Introduction, Theme and Variations for Clarinet

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Weber: Clarinet Concertos, Etc

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Neidich, clarinet

    13:04
  • 1:01 AM

    Poetic Scenes: On the Mountain

    Benjamin Godard

    Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice

    Kirk Trevor, conductor

    4:38
  • 12:51 AM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Beethoven and Brahms Violin Concertos

    The Knights

    Eric Jacobsen, conductor

    Gil Shaham, violin

    7:39
  • 12:48 AM

    Symphony No. 4 "Romantic": 3rd movement

    Anton Bruckner

    Bruckner 4

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Manfred Honeck, conductor

    10:08
  • 12:34 AM

    Panamanian Dances

    William Grant Still

    Berlin Symphony Orchestra

    Isaiah Jackson, conductor

    14:00
  • 12:31 AM

    Valsette Mignon

    Florence Price

    Waltzes and Character Pieces of Florence Price

    Michael Clark, piano

    2:09
  • 12:14 AM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Keyboard Concertos Nos. 3, 5, 6, 7

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Murray Perahia, conductor

    Murray Perahia, piano

    15:34
  • 12:07 AM

    The Day is Done

    Stephen Paulus

    Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    5:15
  • 12:00 AM

    Romantic Suite: Dance

    Franz Schreker

    SCHREKER: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vassily Sinaisky, conductor

    6:44
  • 11:47 PM

    Overture

    Fanny Mendelssohn

    Boulanger, Tailleferre, Mendelssohn, Schumann

    Women's Philharmonic

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    10:31
  • 11:38 PM

    Four Scottish Dances

    Malcolm Arnold

    Arnold: Dances

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    8:20
  • 11:33 PM

    Concierto de estio: Finale

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Rodrigo: Concertos and Orchestral Works

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    Agustin Leon Ara, violin

    4:57
  • 11:16 PM

    Potpourri on Themes of Mozart

    Louis Spohr

    Spohr: String Sextet, etc.

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    13:32
  • 11:05 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 9 "Jeunehomme": 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Next Generation Mozart Soloists Vol. 12

    Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    Evren Ozel, piano

    9:36
  • 10:56 PM

    Etude No. 1 "Aeolian Harp"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin Etudes

    Jan Lisiecki, piano

    2:25
  • 10:52 PM

    Mysterious Barricades

    Francois Couperin

    The Blue Album

    Pablo Sainz-Villegas, guitar

    3:44
  • 10:33 PM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 2

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    17:48
  • 10:22 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 2

    Heinrich Biber

    Biber: Complete Violin Sonatas (1681)

    Illyria Consort

    Bojan Cicic, violin

    8:41
  • 10:12 PM

    Three Pieces for Piano Four-Hands

    Amy Beach

    Amy Beach: Complete Works for Piano Duo

    Aglika Genova, piano

    8:02
  • 10:06 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    5:04
  • 10:03 PM

    Gloria: Laudamus te

    Francis Poulenc

    Poulenc: Gloria; Stabat Mater

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    2:46
  • 9:45 PM

    A Moorside Suite

    Gustav Holst

    English String Miniatures, Vol. 4

    Northern Sinfonia of England

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    14:10
  • 9:42 PM

    Boston Symphony Chamber Players

    2:51
  • 9:31 PM

    Viola Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Complete Viola D'amore Concertos

    Ars Antigua

    Rachel Barton Pine, viola d'amore

    9:09
  • 9:25 PM

    Rondo alla Rumba

    Edgar Olivero

    Mozart y Mambo La Bella Cubana

    Sarahbanda

    Sarah Willis, horn

    4:26
  • 9:07 PM

    Concert Piece for Four Horns

    Robert Schumann

    Martin Owen plays Strauss, Schumann, and Weber

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Wilson, conductor

    Martin Owen, horn

    17:23
  • 9:00 PM

    Paganini Etude No. 3 "La Campanella"

    Franz Liszt

    DeGaetano Plays Liszt

    Robert DeGaetano, piano

    5:40
  • 6:39 PM

    Manfred Symphony: 4th movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    18:52
  • 6:19 PM

    Lieutenant Kije Suite

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kije, Love for Three Oranges: Suites; Stravinsky: Suites Nos 1 and 2 for Small Orchestra

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Eduardo Mata, conductor

    19:21
  • 6:13 PM

    Rosto Colado

    Paulo Bellinati

    Tempo do Brasil: solo and chamber works

    Marc Regnier, guitar

    3:11
  • 6:06 PM

    Danse Macabre

    Camille Saint-Saens

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    6:55
  • 6:01 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2: 2nd movement

    Edward MacDowell

    Schumann & MacDowell Piano Concertos

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Walter Hendl, conductor

    Van Cliburn, piano

    4:46
  • 5:49 PM

    Toccata and Fugue

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Stokowski Transcriptions

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor

    9:39
  • 5:33 PM

    Four Characteristic Waltzes

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    13:42
  • 5:12 PM

    Ballet de Cour

    Gabriel Pierne

    Prisms

    Chamber Music Palm Beach

    19:55
  • 5:06 PM

    L'elisir d'amore: Una furtiva lagrima

    Gaetano Donizetti

    Nessun Dorma and Other Favourite Italian Tenor Arias

    Hungarian State Opera Orchestra

    Pier Giorgio Morandi, conductor

    Vincenzo La Scola, tenor

    5:09
  • 5:01 PM

    Serenade for Strings: Alla marcia

    Dag Wiren

    Nordic Light

    Strings of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Magnus Ericsson, conductor

    4:45
  • 4:46 PM

    Norwegian Dances Nos. 2-4

    Edvard Grieg

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Petri Sakari, conductor

    11:40
  • 4:21 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 7

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Gidon Kremer, violin

    Martha Argerich, piano

    23:50
  • 4:14 PM

    The Little Match Girl: Prelude

    August Enna

    ENNA: Den lille pige med svovlstikkerne; ZEMLINSKY: Die Seejungfrau

    Danish National Orchestra

    Thomas Dausgaard, conductor

    5:28
  • 4:06 PM

    Hansel and Gretel: Overture

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Humperdinck: Fairy-Tale Music

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    7:29
  • 4:01 PM

    Bassoon Concerto: Allegro

    Christoph Graupner

    Graupner: Instrumental and Vocal Music, Vol. 1

    L'Ensemble des Idees heureuses

    Genevieve Soly, conductor

    Mathieu Lussier, bassoon

    4:43
  • 3:52 PM

    Eugene Onegin: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Dances from the Opera

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    6:37
  • 3:51 PM

    Il barbiere di Siviglia (Barber of Seville): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    7:09
  • 3:43 PM

    Norma

    Justin Holland

    Justin Holland Recording Project

    Gabriele Leite, guitar

    7:42
  • 3:35 PM

    Italian Serenade

    Hugo Wolf

    Schubert: Trout Quintet, Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik, Hugo Wolf: Italian Serenade

    Takacs Quartet

    6:36
  • 3:20 PM

    Concerto for Two Horns

    Franz Pokorny

    The Golden Age of the Horn: Concertos for Two Horns

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Jacek Muzyk, horn

    14:21
  • 3:15 PM

    Songs of Travel: The Roadside Fire

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Songs of Travel - The House of Life

    Roderick Williams, baritone

    2:14
  • 3:00 PM

    Cockaigne Overture (In London Town)

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Complete Symphonies

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    14:47
  • 2:50 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Max Bruch

    Elgar Violin Concerto

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    7:43
  • 2:45 PM

    Joyous March

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Tortelier's French Bonbons

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    3:38
  • 2:32 PM

    Dance of the Hours

    Amilcare Ponchielli

    Intermezzo

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    10:41
  • 2:30 PM

    Rattle Songs: Women's Shuffle

    Pura Fe Crescioni

    Woodland Songs: Music of Jerod Impichcha?achaaha' Tate, Pura Fe, and Dvo?ak

    Dover Quartet

    1:37
  • 2:24 PM

    Waltz-Intermezzo

    Frank Bridge

    Showpieces and Encores

    Moscow Chamber Orchestra

    Constantine Orbelian, conductor

    6:13
  • 2:18 PM

    Credo: 4th movement

    David Sanford

    Credo

    Meridian Arts Ensemble

    4:45
  • 2:09 PM

    Symphony No. 3

    William Boyce

    Boyce: 8 Symphonies

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    5:22
  • 2:04 PM

    Miniature Viennese March

    Fritz Kreisler

    Inventions

    Renaud Capucon, violin

    3:14
  • 1:53 PM

    Czech Suite: Finale

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 "New World"; Czech Suite

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    5:38
  • 1:45 PM

    Straussiana

    Erich Korngold

    Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

    Kazuki Yamada, conductor

    7:14
  • 1:39 PM

    Bonbon Polka

    Johann StraussJr.

    J. Strauss, Jr. Edition: Vol. 25

    Slovak State Phiharmonic, Kosice

    Johannes Wildner, conductor

    4:05
  • 1:31 PM

    Gondoliers Overture

    Arthur Sullivan

    Gilbert & Sullivan: Overtures

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    6:53
  • 1:29 PM

    Saudades do Brazil: Corcovado

    Darius Milhaud

    The Roaring 20s

    Windscape

    1:47
  • 1:21 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 12: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Next Generation Mozart Soloists Vol. 12

    Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    Evren Ozel, piano

    6:28
  • 1:10 PM

    Canzon in Double Echo

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    National Brass Ensemble: Gabrieli

    National Brass Ensemble

    4:19
  • 1:04 PM

    Hungarian March

    Hector Berlioz

    Heavy Classix

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    4:52
  • 12:50 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Spring": Finale

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 1-4

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    8:57
  • 12:46 PM

    Sonata No. 26

    Niccolo Paganini

    Reverie

    Dale Kavanagh, guitar

    2:41
  • 12:37 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 1: Scherzo

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Suites Nos. 1 And 2

    National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

    Stefan Sanderling, conductor

    7:00
  • 12:30 PM

    Perpetual Motion Pieces

    Francis Poulenc

    Romance

    Richard Stoltzman, clarinet

    5:53
  • 12:24 PM

    Dala Suite: Rustic Dances

    Helena Munktell

    Helena Munktell: Orchestral Works

    Gavle Symphony Orchestra

    Tobias Ringborg, conductor

    5:15
  • 12:20 PM

    The Birds: The Hen

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs And Dances I & Iii, Etc

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    2:47
  • 12:16 PM

    Little Concert Suite: A Love Sonnet

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Anthony Parnther, conductor

    3:40
  • 12:09 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 1: Rondo

    Ethel Smyth

    Smyth: Complete Piano Works

    Liana Serbescu, piano

    5:07
  • 12:04 PM

    Minuet

    Luigi Boccherini

    Promenade Concert

    I Solisti Italiani

    3:57
  • 11:47 AM

    La Valse

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    11:32
  • 11:25 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    WA Mozart: The Violin Concertos

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    Yakov Kreizberg, conductor

    Julia Fischer, violin

    20:06
  • 11:09 AM

    Symphony breve

    Louis Theodore Gouvy

    Gouvy: Symphony 4; Fantasie symphonique

    German Radio Philharmonic

    Jacques Mercier, conductor

    14:00
  • 11:06 AM

    Sleepless Night

    George Gershwin

    Original Works and Transcriptions for Solo Piano

    Sara Davis Buechner, piano

    2:32
  • 11:01 AM

    Prayer of Saint Gregory

    Alan Hovhaness

    Hovhaness: Mysterious Mountain; And God Created Great Whales

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    Charles Butler, trumpet

    4:50
  • 10:38 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    20:09
  • 10:23 AM

    Slavonic Rhapsody No. 3

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvo?ak: Legends & Rhapsodies

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Tomas Netopil, conductor

    13:34
  • 10:18 AM

    It Don't Mean a Thing

    Duke Ellington

    Dance

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hope, violin

    3:11
  • 10:06 AM

    Sonatina

    Federico Torroba

    Eduardo Fernandez Spanish Guitar Music

    Eduardo Fernandez, guitar

    11:25
  • 10:01 AM

    Dreaming

    Amy Beach

    Donna voce

    Anna Shelest, piano

    4:43
  • 9:30 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Alexander Borodin

    Borodin: Symphonies No 1 & 2, Etc

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Jun'ichi Hirokami, conductor

    28:16
  • 9:24 AM

    There Will Come

    Rebecca Dale

    Night Seasons

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Michael Collins, conductor

    Steven Isserlis, cello

    5:32
  • 9:05 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 11

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn & Ligeti Concertos & Capriccios

    Danish National Symphony Orchestra

    Shai Wosner, piano

    17:36
  • 9:01 AM

    Laudate Dominum

    William Byrd

    William Byrd: The Golden Renaissance

    Stile Antico

    3:06
  • 8:34 AM

    Clarinet Concerto No. 4

    Louis Spohr

    Krommer, Spohr: Clarinet Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Kenneth Sillito, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    24:10
  • 8:19 AM

    Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra

    Samuel Friedman, conductor

    14:17
  • 8:05 AM

    Serenade No. 2

    Robert Volkmann

    Robert Volkmann, Carl Reinecke: Serenades

    German Chamber Academy

    Johannes Goritzki, conductor

    12:26
  • 8:00 AM

    Romantic Etude

    Frederic Hand

    Across Time

    Frederic Hand, guitar

    3:18
  • 7:26 AM

    Octet

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Octet Op. 20, Quintet Op. 87

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    31:57
  • 7:22 AM

    Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Sleepers Awake)

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Transfigured Bach

    Petronel Malan, piano

    3:49
  • 7:01 AM

    La Peri (The Fairy)

    Paul Dukas

    Dukas: La Peri, De Falla: The Three-Cornered Hat

    New York Philharmonic

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    19:13
  • 6:33 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Erich Korngold

    The Silver Violin

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Kirill Karabits, conductor

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    25:34
  • 6:25 AM

    Steal Away

    Traditional

    Imani Winds: The Classical Underground

    Imani Winds

    6:29
  • 6:01 AM

    Piano Concerto

    Muzio Clementi

    Clementi, Vol. 1

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Francesco d'Avalos, conductor

    Pietro Spada, piano

    22:50
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