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  • 5:42 AM

    Hallelujah Junction

    John Adams

    Road Movies

    Nicolas Hodges, piano

    16:24
  • 5:33 AM

    If I am silent (after The Book of Esther)

    David Lang

    David Lang: the writings

    Cappella Amsterdam

    Daniel Reuss, conductor

    8:02
  • 5:25 AM

    Because Together We Resonate

    Christopher Tignor

    Tomorrow Becomes You

    Slow Six

    6:10
  • 5:10 AM

    Sin Fronteras

    Clarice Assad

    Project W: Works by Diverse Women Composers

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    13:29
  • 5:07 AM

    Ellis Island

    Meredith Monk

    Ellis Island

    Julia Hamos, piano

    3:08
  • 5:01 AM

    Inflection Point

    Margaret Hermant/Neil Leiter/Gary De Cart

    The See Within

    Echo Collective

    4:31
  • 4:38 AM

    Sun Triptych

    Dobrinka Tabakova

    Dobrinka Tabakova: Sun Triptych

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Dobrinka Tabakova, conductor

    Roman Mints, violin

    20:16
  • 4:30 AM

    New Chaconne

    Philip Glass

    Glass

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    5:07
  • 4:23 AM

    Dawn (Chacony for Orchestra)

    Thomas Ades

    Adès: Märchentänze

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Nicholas Collon, conductor

    6:22
  • 4:07 AM

    The Dharma at Big Sur: A New Day

    John Adams

    John Adams: Hallelujah Junction: A Nonesuch Retrospective

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    John Adams, conductor

    Tracy Silverman, violin

    14:32
  • 4:01 AM

    Celeste

    Brian Eno/Roger Eno

    Study of the Invisible

    Vanessa Wagner, piano

    4:39
  • 3:52 AM

    Phantasy

    Ina Boyle

    Irish Roots

    Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Geiss, conductor

    Daniel Hope, violin

    6:46
  • 3:17 AM

    Images for Orchestra

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Orchestral Works

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor

    33:04
  • 3:13 AM

    Emerald and Stone

    Brian Eno/Jon Hopkins/Leo Abrahams

    Jess Gillam: Rise

    Jess Gillam Ensemble

    Jess Gillam, soprano saxophone

    2:15
  • 3:06 AM

    Nocturne No. 7

    John Field

    Field: Sonatas and Nocturnes

    John O'Conor, piano

    6:04
  • 3:01 AM

    Lute Suite: Sarabande and Gigue

    Jan Antonin Losy

    Jan Antonin Losy: Note d'oro

    Jakob Lindberg, lute

    4:39
  • 2:51 AM

    String Quartet No. 2: Nocturne

    Alexander Borodin

    Strings by Starlight

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    Felix Slatkin, conductor

    7:39
  • 2:22 AM

    Serenade for Strings

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Serenades

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    27:04
  • 2:16 AM

    Valse Caprice

    Avril Coleridge-Taylor

    Avril Coleridge-Taylor: Piano Concerto & Orchestral Works

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Andrews, conductor

    3:59
  • 2:06 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: The Complete Violin Concertos

    National Arts Centre Orchestra

    James Ehnes, violin

    9:31
  • 2:01 AM

    Waltz-Impromptu

    Franz Liszt

    Alexis Weissenberg, piano

    4:35
  • 1:48 AM

    Hamlet Overture

    Niels Gade

    Gade: Symphony No. 1; Echoes of Ossian Overture; Hamlet Overture

    Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Dmitri Kitayenko, conductor

    10:03
  • 1:24 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Jan Lisiecki, piano

    22:47
  • 1:18 AM

    Titilayo

    Jeff Scott

    Imani Winds

    Imani Winds

    4:16
  • 1:06 AM

    Four Seasons: Autumn

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Nigel Kennedy, conductor

    Nigel Kennedy, violin

    11:18
  • 1:01 AM

    Guitar Sonata: 3rd movement

    Ferdinando Carulli

    Carulli: Guitar Sonatals Opp. 5 & 21, Nos. 1-3

    Richard Savino, guitar

    4:39
  • 12:51 AM

    Morning, Noon, and Night in Vienna

    Franz von Suppe

    Overtures by Suppe and Auber

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    7:29
  • 12:49 AM

    The Merchant of Venice: Suite Anglaise No. 3

    Henri Rabaud

    Rabaud: Orchestral Works

    Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    8:53
  • 12:32 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 2

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Horn Concertos Nos. 1 & 2, Britten: Serenade Op. 31

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Ingo Metzmacher, conductor

    Marie Luise Neunecker, horn

    18:52
  • 12:23 AM

    String Quartet No. 3

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Saint-Georges: 6 Concertante Quartets

    Arabella String Quartet

    7:27
  • 12:09 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 22

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Garrick Ohlsson: Complete Beethoven Sonatas, Volume 9

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    13:02
  • 12:02 AM

    Symphonie Fantastique: A Ball

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Overtures: Beatrice e Benedict, Le corsaire

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yuri Temirkanov, conductor

    6:21
  • 11:52 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    The Perlman Sound

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    8:21
  • 11:39 PM

    Capriccio Sinfonico

    Giacomo Puccini

    Puccini, Catalani, Ponchielli: for orchestra

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    13:09
  • 11:35 PM

    Here Comes the Sun

    George Harrison

    Here, There and Everywhere: Goran Sollscher Plays The Beatles

    Goran Sollscher, guitar

    1:57
  • 11:20 PM

    Wurttemberg Sonata No. 2

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Keith Jarrett: CPE Bach

    Keith Jarrett, piano

    13:44
  • 11:10 PM

    Whimsical Symphony (Grillensymphonie)

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra

    Jeannette Sorrell, conductor

    8:32
  • 11:02 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Introduction and March

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    7:22
  • 10:50 PM

    Symphony No. 4 "Italian": 1st movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Symphonies

    Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    10:02
  • 10:46 PM

    Sonata for Flute and Two Violas: 4th movement

    Johann Fasch

    Into the Light: Rediscovered chamber music by Christoph Graupner and others

    Musicians of the Old Post Road

    Benjamin Katz, harpsichord

    3:06
  • 10:31 PM

    Ballet Suite No. 1

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Dmitri Kitayenko, conductor

    13:42
  • 10:24 PM

    Symphony No. 4: 4th movement

    Florence Price

    Florence Price: Symphony No. 4; William Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    5:14
  • 10:10 PM

    Second Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Music for Wind Band

    Cleveland Symphonic Winds

    Frederick Fennell, conductor

    11:31
  • 10:06 PM

    Maria Carolina

    Antonio Lauro

    El Diablo Suelto

    John Williams, guitar

    2:33
  • 10:01 PM

    Marriage of Figaro: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Overtures

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    4:12
  • 9:50 PM

    Holberg Suite

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Norwegian Dances

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    20:24
  • 9:40 PM

    Zigeunerweisen (Gypsy Airs)

    Pablo de Sarasate

    2025 Karin Larson YourClassical Prize winner Anna Pitsavas Wakely

    Anna Pitsavas Wakely, violin

    8:05
  • 9:24 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": Largo

    Antonin Dvorak

    Antonín Dvorák: Symphonies Nos. 7 – 9

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    11:47
  • 9:09 PM

    Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom: Cherubic Hymn

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Sacred Treasures

    USSR Ministry of Culture Choir

    Valery Polyansky, conductor

    7:35
  • 9:00 PM

    Salut d'amour (Love's Greeting)

    Edward Elgar

    Salut d'Amour

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    2:45
  • 6:38 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Mercadante; Stamitz: Flute Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Irena Grafenauer, flute

    20:25
  • 6:23 PM

    Plow That Broke the Plains Suite

    Virgil Thomson

    The Stokowski Collection, Vol. 3

    Symphony of the Air

    Leopold Stokowski, conductor

    13:58
  • 6:16 PM

    Hiraeth

    Isata Kanneh-Mason

    River of Music

    The Kanneh-Masons

    5:54
  • 6:11 PM

    Swing Low, Sweet Chariot!

    William Dawson

    The Spirituals of William Dawson

    St. Olaf Choir

    Anton Armstrong, conductor

    3:43
  • 6:06 PM

    The Strenuous Life

    Scott Joplin

    Joplin: Complete Rags

    William Albright, piano

    4:27
  • 6:01 PM

    Symphony No. 5: Scherzo

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: Symphony No. 5 The Seasons

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    4:47
  • 5:45 PM

    Fountains of Rome

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Pines of Rome/ Fountains of Rome/ The Birds

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Istvan Kertesz, conductor

    15:01
  • 5:18 PM

    Arpeggione Sonata

    Franz Schubert

    Brahms, Schubert, Frank: Sonata for Viola and Piano Vol 2

    Tabea Zimmermann, viola

    23:28
  • 5:14 PM

    Snowdrop

    Alexander Grechaninov

    From Russia with Harp

    Sasha Boldachev, harp

    2:04
  • 5:06 PM

    String Quartet No. 1: 2nd movement

    Alexander Borodin

    BORODIN: String Quartets Nos. 1 and 2

    Haydn Quartet

    7:51
  • 5:01 PM

    Symphony No. 3

    William Boyce

    Boyce: The Eight Symphonies

    Menuhin Festival Orchestra

    Yehudi Menuhin, conductor

    4:52
  • 4:45 PM

    Suite for Strings

    Joan Trimble

    Silver Apples of the Moon

    Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Fionnuala Hunt, conductor

    13:23
  • 4:26 PM

    Horn Concerto

    Ruth Gipps

    British Horn Concertos

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Nicholas Braithwaite, conductor

    David Pyatt, horn

    17:05
  • 4:19 PM

    Joyous March

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    88 Keys To Joy

    Yael Weiss, piano

    4:17
  • 4:06 PM

    Symphony

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Concert Recording

    German Symphony Orchestra, Berlin

    Giovanni Antonini, conductor

    12:44
  • 4:01 PM

    Caprice-Chaconne

    Francesco Corbetta

    Alfabeto

    Ensemble Kapsberger

    Rolf Lislevand, conductor

    4:48
  • 3:45 PM

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

    Bedrich Smetana

    Smetana: Ma Vlast

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    13:05
  • 3:39 PM

    Romanian Folk Dances

    Bela Bartok

    Bartok: Romanian Folk-Dances, Kodaly: Galanta Dances, Marosszek Dances

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    6:07
  • 3:20 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 8

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Sonatas

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    17:41
  • 3:08 PM

    Pour une fete de printemps

    Albert Roussel

    Roussel: Evocations, Pour une fete de printemps, Suite in F Major

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    11:12
  • 3:03 PM

    Gymnopedie No. 1

    Erik Satie

    Bonjour Paris

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Mathias Monius, conductor

    Albrecht Mayer, English horn

    3:37
  • 2:56 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven Complete Symphonies

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Andris Nelsons, conductor

    6:16
  • 2:46 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1: Rondo

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin Piano Concertos

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Elim Chan, conductor

    Benjamin Grosvenor, piano

    9:27
  • 2:32 PM

    Brook Green Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Bax: Garden of Fand, Tintagel, November Woods

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Imogen Holst, conductor

    7:04
  • 2:21 PM

    La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: 7 Overtures

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    9:29
  • 2:17 PM

    Caged Bird

    Abbey Lincoln

    New Day Begun

    Regina Carter, violin

    3:07
  • 2:08 PM

    Symphony No. 2: Scherzo

    Alexander Borodin

    Borodin: Symphonies No 1 & 2, Etc

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Jun'ichi Hirokami, conductor

    5:38
  • 2:04 PM

    Dance from Jalisco

    Aaron Copland

    LAGQ Latin

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    3:42
  • 1:52 PM

    Overture "In the Italian Style"

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonies, Vol. 2

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Edward Gardner, conductor

    7:20
  • 1:45 PM

    Madame Butterfly: Un bel di vedremo (One fine day)

    Giacomo Puccini

    Opera Without Words

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    5:31
  • 1:40 PM

    Karelia Suite: Alla Marcia

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Karelia and Kuolema (complete versions)

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    4:07
  • 1:33 PM

    Suite No. 2 for Two Pianos: Waltz

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff for Two

    Sergei Babayan, piano

    5:42
  • 1:29 PM

    Panamanian Dances: Cumbia y Congo

    William Grant Still

    William Grant Still: La Guiablesse, Danzas de Panama, Quit Dat Fool'nish, Summerland

    Berlin Symphony Orchestra

    Isaiah Jackson, conductor

    3:22
  • 1:20 PM

    Symphony No. 82 "The Bear": 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 6 & 82

    Handel and Haydn Society

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    8:00
  • 1:15 PM

    The Grumpy Old Bear

    Julius Fucik

    The Moldau

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    Alan Pendlebury, bassoon

    4:36
  • 1:09 PM

    Over the Rainbow

    Harold Arlen

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    4:37
  • 1:04 PM

    Serenade for Winds: Moderato

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Serenade, Bagatelles, Czech Suite

    National Chamber Players

    Lowell Graham, conductor

    4:44
  • 12:49 PM

    String Quartet No. 2

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Arabella String Quartet

    10:10
  • 12:46 PM

    Tales of Hoffmann: Barcarolle

    Jacques Offenbach

    Sir Charles' Precious Music Box Ii

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    2:40
  • 12:36 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 19: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos 18, K456 & 19, K459

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Mitsuko Uchida, conductor

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    8:03
  • 12:29 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

    La Serenissima

    Adrian Chandler, conductor

    Adrian Chandler, violin

    7:17
  • 12:20 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 2nd movement

    Adolf Lindblad

    LINDBLAD: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2

    Uppsala Chamber Orchestra

    Gerard Korsten, conductor

    7:09
  • 12:16 PM

    Dance of the Shepherd Girl

    Hugo Alfven

    Voyage

    Arcata String Quartet

    Don Bailey, flute

    4:19
  • 12:09 PM

    Song for Orchestra

    Ruth Gipps

    Gipps: Symphonies Nos 2 and 4, etc.

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    5:58
  • 12:04 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3: Bourree and Gigue

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Orchestral Suites

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    3:51
  • 11:46 AM

    La Valse

    Maurice Ravel

    Debussy: Khamma/Ravel: La Valse, etc.

    Ulster Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    12:05
  • 11:26 AM

    Suite Bergamasque

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy Rediscovered

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Emil de Cou, conductor

    18:30
  • 11:22 AM

    Stephanie-Gavotte

    Alphons Czibulka

    Justin Holland: Guitar Works & Arrangements

    Christopher Mallett, guitar

    4:03
  • 11:09 AM

    Vignettes

    William Grant Still

    Get on Board

    Sierra Winds

    (Selected members), conductor

    11:13
  • 11:06 AM

    Song without Words No. 25 "May Breezes"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Autumn Songs

    John O'Conor, piano

    2:29
  • 11:01 AM

    Suite for Large Orchestra: Finale

    Helena Munktell

    Helena Munktell: Orchestral Works

    Gavle Symphony Orchestra

    Tobias Ringborg, conductor

    4:28
  • 10:38 AM

    The Birds

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances, La Boutique Fantasque

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    20:10
  • 10:23 AM

    Sonata No. 3

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Camerata Bern

    Thomas Furi, conductor

    12:51
  • 10:18 AM

    Fantasy Pieces: Humoresque

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Catalyst Quartet

    3:17
  • 10:06 AM

    Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia

    Aram Khachaturian

    Russian Adagios

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor

    11:50
  • 10:01 AM

    Serenade for Strings: Romanza

    Ernst von Dohnanyi

    Dohnanyi: Violin Concerto No. 2

    English Sinfonia

    John Farrer, conductor

    4:37
  • 9:23 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 3

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ludwig van Beethoven: Complete Piano Concertos

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    Krystian Zimerman, piano

    35:18
  • 9:14 AM

    Reverie and Caprice

    Hector Berlioz

    Caprices

    German Symphony Orchestra Berlin

    Mihhail Gerts, conductor

    Maria Duenas, violin

    8:25
  • 9:01 AM

    Solo Flute Partita

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Air on a G String

    David Russell, guitar

    11:20
  • 8:33 AM

    Symphony

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens: Symphonies

    French National Radio and Television Orchestra

    Jean Martinon, conductor

    25:12
  • 8:27 AM

    Simple Prayer for Complex Times

    Dobrinka Tabakova

    Love at Last

    Lara Downes, piano

    5:27
  • 8:15 AM

    A Shropshire Lad

    George Butterworth

    Butterworth Parry Bridge

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    10:18
  • 8:01 AM

    Concert Overture No. 2

    Florence Price

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

    Wurttemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen

    John Jeter, conductor

    13:34
  • 7:33 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Franz Schubert

    Karajan Edition: Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 3 and 4 etc.

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    25:01
  • 7:29 AM

    Lullaby

    Iwona Kisiel

    Modern Lullabies

    Agata Kielar-Dlugosz, flute

    3:13
  • 7:01 AM

    The Blue Pearl

    Erkki Melartin

    Melartin: Orchestral Works

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Hannu Lintu, conductor

    26:15
  • 6:38 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: Complete Concertos

    Russian National Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    20:17
  • 6:17 AM

    Sextet for Winds

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Sextet and Septet

    Consortium Classicum

    20:05
  • 6:01 AM

    The Merchant of Venice: Suite

    Arthur Sullivan

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Vivian Dunn, conductor

    14:20
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