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  • 5:46 AM

    Shadow Light

    Elena Ruehr

    Bespoke: NOW Commissions for chamber orchestra

    New Orchestra of Washington

    Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez, conductor

    Marcus Thompson, viola

    12:28
  • 5:43 AM

    Colorless sky became fog

    Jim Fox

    Cold Blue Two

    Theresa Dimond, hammered dulcimer

    3:00
  • 5:36 AM

    Lua Descolorida (Colorless Moon)

    Osvaldo Golijov

    There's a Place for Us

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Robert Spano, conductor

    Nadine Sierra, soprano

    6:15
  • 5:11 AM

    Ink Dark Moon

    Joby Talbot

    The Moon and the Forest

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Ben Gernon, conductor

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    23:25
  • 5:06 AM

    New Moon

    Ola Gjeilo

    Dawn

    Ola Gjeilo, piano

    2:49
  • 5:01 AM

    Tied Together by Twilight

    Kojiro Umezaki

    a distance, intertwined

    Hub New Music

    Kojiro Umezaki, shakuhachi

    4:39
  • 4:53 AM

    I will not be sad in this world

    Eve Beglarian

    Eight Visions - A New Anthology for Flute and Piano

    Marya Martin, flute

    6:23
  • 4:30 AM

    Sacred Place

    Alex Berko

    House of Belonging

    Conspirare

    Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

    Haitham Haidar, tenor

    20:49
  • 4:19 AM

    Known By Heart

    Christopher Tignor

    A Light Below

    Christopher Tignor, violin

    9:26
  • 4:07 AM

    Autumn Landscapes

    Veljo Tormis

    Reminiscentiae

    Tallinn Chamber Orchestra

    Tonu Kaljuste, conductor

    10:04
  • 4:04 AM

    Poem No. 7

    Brian Agro

    Brian Agro: Poems and Preludes

    Tomas Bachli, piano

    1:29
  • 4:01 AM

    Poem No. 3

    Brian Agro

    Brian Agro: Poems and Preludes

    Tomas Bachli, piano

    3:13
  • 3:55 AM

    American Symphonette No. 2: Pavanne

    Morton Gould

    Morton Gould: American Salute

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kenneth Klein, conductor

    3:21
  • 3:11 AM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World"

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Piano Quintets In A, Op.5 & Op.81; Borodin: Quartet

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    42:59
  • 3:06 AM

    Sunrise

    Connor Chee

    Scenes from Dinetah

    Connor Chee, piano

    2:15
  • 3:01 AM

    Suite Piedra libre: La Mancha

    Denis Plante

    Pentaedre

    4:51
  • 2:45 AM

    Dance Poem

    Frank Bridge

    Orchestral Works, Vol. 2

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    13:59
  • 2:24 AM

    Cello Concerto No. 1

    Camille Saint-Saens

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    Steven Isserlis, cello

    18:41
  • 2:18 AM

    Consolation No. 3

    Franz Liszt

    River of Music

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    4:00
  • 2:06 AM

    In Autumn Overture

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Symphony In C Minor Etc.

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Okko Kamu, conductor

    11:25
  • 2:01 AM

    Images, Book 2: Cloches a travers les feuilles (Bells through the leaves)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Images; Preludes Book 2

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    4:52
  • 1:42 AM

    Blackberry Winter

    Conni Ellisor

    Nashville Chamber Orchestra

    Paul Gambill, conductor

    Stephen Seifert, mountain dulcimer and Tennessee music box

    16:46
  • 1:38 AM

    and the swallow

    Caroline Shaw

    Nightfall

    Voces8

    3:47
  • 1:21 AM

    Fantasy on Polish Airs

    Frederic Chopin

    North German Radio Elbphilharmonie Orchestra

    Krzysztof Urbanski, conductor

    Jan Lisiecki, piano

    14:50
  • 1:13 AM

    Polonaise for Violin and Strings

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert, Beethoven, Mozart: Works for Violin and Orchestra

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Thomas Zehetmair, conductor

    Thomas Zehetmair, violin

    5:36
  • 1:06 AM

    Overture to a Comedy No. 1

    Svend Erik Tarp

    Svend Erik Tarp: Orchestral Works Vol. 1

    Aarhus Symphony Orchestra

    Tobias Ringborg, conductor

    6:48
  • 1:01 AM

    String Quintet: Allegretto

    Niels Gade

    Gade: Chamber Works, Vol. 5

    Ensemble MidtVest

    4:50
  • 12:55 AM

    Sonata

    Mateo Albeniz

    Spanish Fireworks

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    2:55
  • 12:50 AM

    Huapango

    Jose Moncayo

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    8:00
  • 12:45 AM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Telemann: Trumpet Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Hakan Hardenberger, trumpet

    10:13
  • 12:31 AM

    Sussex Landscape

    Avril Coleridge-Taylor

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Roderick Cox, conductor

    13:31
  • 12:12 AM

    Lincolnshire Posy

    Percy Grainger

    Lincolnshire Posy

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    17:16
  • 12:00 AM

    Academic Festival Overture

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony no 4, Academic Festival Overture / Previn

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    10:38
  • 11:51 PM

    En Automne

    Moritz Moszkowski

    Jorge Bolet: Encores

    Jorge Bolet, piano

    2:38
  • 11:43 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Bartok, Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

    Augustin Hadelich, violin

    6:39
  • 11:30 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Slavyanskaya": Finale

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: Symphonies 1 & 5

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    8:58
  • 11:24 PM

    A Little Gigue

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Sonatas K457, 533, 545, 570 & 576

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    1:28
  • 11:15 PM

    Symphony No. 31 "Hornsignal": 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Symphonies 31"Hornsignal" & 45 "Farewell"

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    7:01
  • 11:06 PM

    Fair Maid of Barra; The Sporting Pitchfork; Scattery Island

    Traditional Scottish/Traditional Irish

    There I Long to Be

    Ensemble Galilei

    4:33
  • 10:56 PM

    The Prophet: Coronation March

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Classic Marches

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    3:41
  • 10:49 PM

    Easter Cantata: My Spirit be Joyful

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    A Bach Festival

    Empire Brass

    Douglas Major, organ

    5:24
  • 10:34 PM

    Concert Piece

    Franz Schubert

    Beethoven, Dvorak, Schubert

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    9:43
  • 10:22 PM

    Symphonic Scherzo

    Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov

    Ippolitov-Ivanov: Orchestral Works

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Donald Johanos, conductor

    7:14
  • 10:14 PM

    Swan Lake: Neapolitan Dance

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky | Sleeping Beauty & Swan Lake

    Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra

    Aleksander Lazarev, conductor

    2:03
  • 10:12 PM

    Carnival of the Animals: The Swan

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Iberiana

    Claremont Duo

    2:39
  • 10:03 PM

    Hungarian Folksongs from the Csik District

    Bela Bartok

    Exiles' Cafe

    Lara Downes, piano

    3:12
  • 9:56 PM

    The Red Poppy: Russian Sailor's Dance

    Reinhold Gliere

    Pops a la Russe

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    3:38
  • 9:47 PM

    Festival March

    Antonin Dvorak

    Rochester Philharmonic

    David Zinman, conductor

    5:39
  • 9:37 PM

    German Requiem: Wie lieblich (How lovely are thy dwelling places)

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Ein Deutches Requiem

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    5:42
  • 9:29 PM

    The Immovable Do

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger Edition Vol. 5: Works for Chorus & Orchestra 2

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    4:56
  • 9:16 PM

    Clarinet Concerto: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Clarinet Concerto & Quintet

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Stoltzman, conductor

    Richard Stoltzman, clarinet

    8:10
  • 9:11 PM

    String Quartet: 3rd movement

    Florence Price

    UNCOVERED Vol. 2

    Catalyst Quartet

    4:26
  • 9:00 PM

    Symphonic Dance No. 3

    Edvard Grieg

    Edvard Grieg

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    5:50
  • 6:41 PM

    Variations on "La ci darem la mano"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Works for Piano and Orchestra

    North German Radio Elbphilharmonie Orchestra

    Krzysztof Urbanski, conductor

    Jan Lisiecki, piano

    17:28
  • 6:16 PM

    Symphony No. 1

    Carl Maria von Weber

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    23:34
  • 6:12 PM

    La Prima Donna Waltz

    Justin Holland

    Justin Holland Recording Project

    Mark Delpriora, guitar

    2:13
  • 6:06 PM

    Sylvia: Procession of Bacchus

    Leo Delibes

    Masterpieces in Miniature

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    6:01
  • 6:01 PM

    Biguine

    Jerome Moross

    Frankie And Johnny

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    4:48
  • 5:45 PM

    In Italy Overture

    Karl Goldmark

    Goldmark: Overtures

    Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andras Korodi, conductor

    12:40
  • 5:40 PM

    Virrinedda

    Traditional

    Italy EP

    Between Worlds Ensemble

    Avi Avital, mandolin

    4:18
  • 5:19 PM

    Piano Trio No. 4 "Gassenhauer"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Jonathan Cohler, clarinet

    Julia Bruskin, cello

    Donna Kwong, piano

    19:51
  • 5:12 PM

    Le Bal: Polka-Mazurka

    Anton Rubinstein

    Anton Rubinstein: Le Bal

    Warren Lee, piano

    5:35
  • 5:06 PM

    Waltz-Scherzo

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto / Souvenir d'un lieu cher

    Russian Philharmonic Orchestra

    Dmitry Yablonsky, conductor

    Ilya Kaler, violin

    5:35
  • 5:01 PM

    Sonatina No. 2 "Happy Workshop": 2nd movement

    Richard Strauss

    Richard Strauss: Complete Music for Winds

    London Winds

    Michael Collins, conductor

    4:52
  • 4:51 PM

    Impressions from the Countryside: Village Dance

    Zdenek Fibich

    Fibich: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1 - Symphony No. 1 / Impressions from the Countryside

    Czech National Symphony Orchestra

    Marek Stilec, conductor

    7:46
  • 4:16 PM

    Symphony No. 45 "Farewell"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Symphonies 31"Hornsignal" & 45 "Farewell"

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    34:15
  • 4:11 PM

    Romance

    Germaine Tailleferre

    The Flower of France

    Quynh Nguyen, piano

    2:13
  • 4:06 PM

    Giselle: selections

    Adolphe Adam

    Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    4:25
  • 4:01 PM

    Impromptu No. 3

    Frederic Chopin

    The Chopin Collection: The Impromptus

    Artur Rubinstein, piano

    4:51
  • 3:52 PM

    The Queen of Spades: Russian Dance and Romance

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Queen Of Spades Suite; Voyevoda Suite / Breiner, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    6:09
  • 3:45 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms

    Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra Amsterdam

    Yakov Kreizberg, conductor

    Julia Fischer, violin

    7:55
  • 3:28 PM

    Concerto for Two Trumpets

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Christmas Concertos

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Mark Bennett, trumpet

    7:21
  • 3:16 PM

    The Wasps: Overture

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams and Delius

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    8:31
  • 3:07 PM

    Serenade for Winds: Scherzo

    Julius Rontgen

    The Romantic Era in the Netherlands

    Viotta Ensemble

    6:40
  • 3:01 PM

    Carmina Burana: Dance

    Carl Orff

    Orff: Carmina Burana, Holst: The Planets

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    David Hill, conductor

    1:42
  • 2:53 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No. 1

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    Lang Lang, piano

    7:17
  • 2:45 PM

    Czech Suite: Sousedska

    Antonin Dvorak

    Brahms: Nine Hungarian Dances; Dvorak

    North German Radio Symphony

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    3:59
  • 2:41 PM

    Elijah: Lift Thine Eyes to the Mountains

    Felix Mendelssohn

    On The Shoulders Of Giants

    Cantus

    2:03
  • 2:33 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Encore Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hege, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    4:38
  • 2:24 PM

    A Toi (To You) Waltz

    Emil Waldteufel

    Music of Waldteufel

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    7:00
  • 2:17 PM

    Hary Janos Suite: Entrance of the Emperor and His Court

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Kodaly: Hary Janos Suite

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    2:46
  • 2:10 PM

    Handel in the Strand

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger Edition Vol. 5: Works for Chorus & Orchestra 2

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    3:49
  • 2:04 PM

    Flight of the Bumblebee

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade / Tale of Tsar Saltan Suite

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    1:30
  • 1:54 PM

    The Valkyrie: Magic Fire Music

    Richard Wagner

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    4:44
  • 1:48 PM

    "Jig" Fugue

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Composer's Collection: Gustav Holst

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    3:13
  • 1:44 PM

    Danish String Quartet

    2:44
  • 1:32 PM

    Symphony No. 8: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 8

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    7:16
  • 1:28 PM

    Othello Suite: Dance

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Fawzi Haimor, conductor

    2:29
  • 1:20 PM

    Barn Dance No. 1

    Isaac Alderson

    There I Long to Be

    Ensemble Galilei

    3:54
  • 1:12 PM

    Fantasy for a Gentleman: Dance

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    2:01
  • 1:04 PM

    Fanfare for the Common Man

    Aaron Copland

    Copland 100

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    3:31
  • 12:50 PM

    The White-Haired Girl Suite: Greeting the Sun

    Yan Jinxuan

    Concert Suites

    China National Symphony Orchestra

    Zuohuang Chen, conductor

    6:48
  • 12:43 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan": 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos 21 & 22

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Jonathan Biss, piano

    6:33
  • 12:34 PM

    A Fugal Concerto

    Gustav Holst

    Tippett, Holst, Corelli, Bach

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    Kathryn Greenbank, oboe

    7:23
  • 12:30 PM

    Pizzicato Polka

    Johann StraussJr.

    Ein Straussfest

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    2:34
  • 12:19 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Giuseppe Tartini

    Trumpet Concertos

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Ole Edvard Antonsen, trumpet

    9:51
  • 12:15 PM

    Modern Times: Smile

    Charlie Chaplin

    Smile

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    3:17
  • 12:09 PM

    Allegretto

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Fantasie-Sonate D 894, etc.

    Michel Dalberto, piano

    4:26
  • 12:04 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Entry of the Fairies

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    4:28
  • 11:45 AM

    Matinees Musicales

    Benjamin Britten

    Rossini, Respighi: La Boutique Fantasque

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    13:14
  • 11:29 AM

    In Nature's Realm Overture

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Cello Concerto

    Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    14:46
  • 11:22 AM

    Valsisimo

    Astor Piazzolla

    Astor Piazzolla: Escualo

    Ann Hobson Pilot, harp

    5:28
  • 11:06 AM

    Ma vlast (My Country): Vysehrad

    Bedrich Smetana

    Smetana: Ma Vlast

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    14:41
  • 11:01 AM

    Grand Fantasy Quintet: Scherzo

    Rita Strohl

    Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers

    Hanson Quartet

    Ismael Margain, piano

    4:35
  • 10:44 AM

    Der Rosenkavalier: Waltz Sequence No. 1

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Don Juan, Tod und Verklarung

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Tadaaki Otaka, conductor

    13:46
  • 10:25 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Jennifer Higdon

    Jennifer Higdon: All Things Majestic

    Nashville Symphony Orchestra

    Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor

    James Button, oboe

    18:05
  • 10:19 AM

    Requiem: Pie Jesu

    Gabriel Faure

    The Classic Christmas Album

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor

    Kathleen Battle, soprano

    4:02
  • 10:06 AM

    Italian Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Corona Guitar Quartet

    12:29
  • 10:01 AM

    Homage to Paradise Valley: Roho, Pumzika Kwa Amani (Spirits, Rest Peacefully)

    Jeff Scott

    Akropolis Reed Quintet

    4:45
  • 9:30 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 5 "Egyptian"

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens: Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 4, 5

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Jean-Jacques Kantorow, conductor

    Alexandre Kantorow, piano

    27:48
  • 9:26 AM

    L'Egyptienne

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Home

    Elizabeth Hainen, harp

    3:24
  • 9:15 AM

    Kalamary

    Alejandro Tobar

    Inca Trail Connections

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

    9:13
  • 9:01 AM

    Don Juan and Faust: Six airs de ballet

    Moritz Moszkowski

    From Foreign Lands

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    14:03
  • 8:33 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Niels Gade

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    25:28
  • 8:17 AM

    Cello Sonata

    Luigi Boccherini

    Anner Bylsma, cello

    Hopkinson Smith, guitar

    Wieland Kuijken, cello

    14:58
  • 8:05 AM

    The Dream of Gunnar

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen: Orchestral Works

    Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Gennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor

    10:09
  • 8:01 AM

    White Snow in the Spring Sunlight

    Traditional Chinese

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    3:37
  • 7:25 AM

    String Sextet

    Antonin Dvorak

    Tchaikovsky, Dvorak: String Sextets

    Sarah Chang, violin

    33:02
  • 7:20 AM

    Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude and Fugue No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I

    Andras Schiff, piano

    3:51
  • 7:01 AM

    The Wise Virgins Ballet Suite

    William Walton

    English Northern Philharmonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    18:07
  • 6:36 AM

    Symphony No. 96 "Miracle"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    22:00
  • 6:23 AM

    Divertissement on a Pastoral Theme

    Gabriel Pierne

    Pierne: Orchestral Works

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    11:49
  • 6:01 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 28

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Changyong Shin

    Changyong Shin, piano

    21:07
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