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  • 4:47 AM

    Jhula-Jhule

    Reena Esmail

    Perspectives

    Dawn Dongeun Wohn, violin

    10:51
  • 4:37 AM

    Midnight Sun Variations

    Outi Tarkiainen

    OUTI TARKIANEN: Midnight Sun Variations

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Nicholas Collon, conductor

    10:23
  • 4:29 AM

    Spiegel im Spiegel (Mirror in the Mirror)

    Arvo Part

    Smile

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    7:00
  • 4:26 AM

    Estonian Lullaby

    Veljo Tormis

    Mnemosyne

    Hilliard Ensemble

    1:54
  • 4:21 AM

    Whispered Lullaby

    Dobrinka Tabakova

    Brahms, Bridge, Enescu, Franck, Glinka, Tabakova

    Maxim Rysanov, viola

    4:18
  • 4:07 AM

    Prince of Clouds

    Anna Clyne

    Two x Four

    Curtis 20/21 Ensemble

    Vinay Parameswaran, conductor

    Jennifer Koh, violin

    13:30
  • 4:01 AM

    Lullaby for Lise

    Meredith Monk

    Cellular Songs

    Katie Geissinger, voice

    4:50
  • 3:54 AM

    The Seal Lullaby

    Eric Whitacre

    Eventide

    Voces8

    Lavinia Meijer, harp

    4:06
  • 3:44 AM

    Before Sleep and Dreams: Lullaby

    Aaron Jay Kernis

    Double Echo - New Guitar Concertos from the Americas

    David Tanenbaum, guitar

    9:17
  • 3:31 AM

    Concerto Duo: Mama Dee's Song for Joel

    Joel Puckett

    Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra

    Allen Tinkham, conductor

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    Demarre McGill, flute

    10:20
  • 3:27 AM

    Song for Octave

    Bryce Dessner

    Life

    Mari Samuelsen, violin

    3:17
  • 3:19 AM

    The Currents

    Sarah Kirkland Snider

    American Tapestry

    Orli Shaham, piano

    7:37
  • 3:07 AM

    Skylark Lullaby

    Jennifer Bellor

    Reflections at Dusk

    Eastman Saxophone Project

    Chien-Kwan Lin, conductor

    10:23
  • 3:01 AM

    Harp Concerto: Lullaby

    Jennifer Higdon

    American Rapture

    Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra

    Ward Stare, conductor

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    4:55
  • 2:40 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 30

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Orbiting Around Op. 109

    Vikingur Olafsson, piano

    19:01
  • 2:36 AM

    Sleep for Mama (Icelandic Folk Song)

    Traditional Icelandic

    Winter Tales

    Vikingur Olafsson, piano

    2:37
  • 2:23 AM

    Icelandic Folk Dances

    Jon Leifs

    Leifs: Geysir and Other Orchestral Works

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    12:25
  • 2:07 AM

    Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mikko Franck, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    14:25
  • 2:01 AM

    Norse Legend

    Frank Bridge

    Orchestral Works, Vol. 2

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    4:47
  • 1:52 AM

    Prelude and Fugue No. 13

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Dmitri Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87

    Jenny Lin, piano

    6:00
  • 1:26 AM

    Symphony No. 4

    Robert Schumann

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    25:22
  • 1:18 AM

    F-A-E Sonata: Scherzo

    Johannes Brahms

    Love Letters: Tribute to Clara & Robert Schumann

    Christian-Pierre La Marca, cello

    5:40
  • 1:06 AM

    CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra

    Hartmut Haenchen, conductor

    11:03
  • 1:01 AM

    Oskar Ekberg, piano

    4:39
  • 12:49 AM

    String Quartet No. 12 "Quartettsatz"

    Franz Schubert

    Takacs Quartet

    9:02
  • 12:29 AM

    Concerto Caboclo

    Paulo Bellinati

    Delaware Symphony Orchestra

    David Amado, conductor

    19:13
  • 12:24 AM

    A Chloris (To Chloris)

    Reynaldo Hahn

    Bonjour Paris

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Mathias Monius, conductor

    Albrecht Mayer, English horn

    4:04
  • 12:06 AM

    Music for the Royal Fireworks

    George Frideric Handel

    Cleveland Symphonic Winds

    Frederick Fennell, conductor

    15:57
  • 12:01 AM

    Romance

    Joseph Joachim

    BRAHMS / JOACHIM: Hungarian Dances

    Marat Bisengaliev, violin

    4:44
  • 11:44 PM

    Variations on a Waltz for Orchestra

    Jerome Moross

    London Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    14:16
  • 11:35 PM

    Symphonic Sketches: Jubilee

    George Chadwick

    American Jubilee

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    8:05
  • 11:20 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 3

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart y Mambo

    Havana Lyceum Orchestra

    Jose Antonio Mendez Padron, conductor

    Sarah Willis, horn

    14:18
  • 11:12 PM

    Iberia: Triana

    Isaac Albeniz

    Albeniz: Iberia, Navarra, Suite Espanola

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    5:03
  • 11:08 PM

    Glory in the Meeting House

    Traditional

    Come to the River: An Early American Gathering

    Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra

    Jeannette Sorrell, conductor

    3:21
  • 11:01 PM

    London Fields: St. James' Park - A Lakeside Reverie

    Phyllis Tate

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    4:52
  • 10:47 PM

    Four Seasons: Summer

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Trondheim Soloists

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    11:04
  • 10:34 PM

    Gayane Ballet Suite

    Aram Khachaturian

    Khachaturian: Symphony No. 2; Gayanah Suite

    Royal Scottish Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    12:21
  • 10:25 PM

    Septet: Finale

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Leonidas Kavakos | Beethoven

    Leonidas Kavakos, violin

    7:45
  • 10:15 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 11: 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Piano Concertos

    The King's Violins

    Bernard Labadie, conductor

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    7:48
  • 10:06 PM

    Corsair: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yuri Temirkanov, conductor

    8:56
  • 10:01 PM

    Beatlerianas: Eleanor Rigby

    Leo Brouwer

    British Invasion

    Alexander String Quartet

    William Kanengiser, guitar

    4:31
  • 9:48 PM

    Violin Concerto: Finale

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto

    Russian National Orchestra

    Yakov Kreizberg, conductor

    Julia Fischer, violin

    10:11
  • 9:44 PM

    Perpetual Motion

    Niccolo Paganini

    Eastman Wind Ensemble

    Donald Hunsberger, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, cornet

    4:33
  • 9:32 PM

    El Salon Mexico

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man and Other Favorites

    Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    10:22
  • 9:27 PM

    Folk Songs for Orchestra: My Lord, what a morning

    George Walker

    Cleveland Chamber Symphony

    Edwin London, conductor

    3:33
  • 9:12 PM

    Bartered Bride: Overture, Furiant and Skocna

    Bedrich Smetana

    Smetana: Mein Vaterland

    Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Eliahu Inbal, conductor

    13:27
  • 9:06 PM

    Etude No. 3 "Un Sospiro" (A Sigh)

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: Complete Piano Music Vol. 26

    Daniil Trifonov, piano

    5:17
  • 9:03 PM

    Where Hope Was Sown: Arabesque at the Pond

    Helen Leach

    Diary of the Bee: Chamber Works by Helen Leach

    Victoria String Quartet

    Richard Simpson, oboe

    2:42
  • 8:51 PM

    Symphony No. 29: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 26, 29 & 39

    Sinfonia Varsovia

    Emmanuel Krivine, conductor

    7:29
  • 8:33 PM

    Don Juan

    Richard Strauss

    Bravura: Respighi, Strauss

    Oregon Symphony

    James DePreist, conductor

    16:42
  • 8:20 PM

    Guitar Sonata No. 5

    Wenzel Matiegka

    W.T. Matiegka: Six Sonatas, Op. 31

    David Starobin, guitar

    11:22
  • 8:12 PM

    Violin Sonata: Finale

    Mel Bonis

    Le Temps Retrouve

    Elena Urioste, violin

    6:16
  • 8:06 PM

    Donna Diana Overture

    Emil von Reznicek

    Great Comedy Overtures

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Lance Friedel, conductor

    6:00
  • 8:01 PM

    A Moorside Suite: March

    Gustav Holst

    London Brass

    David Honeyball, conductor

    4:40
  • 7:52 PM

    Perpetual Motion Pieces

    Francis Poulenc

    Romance

    Richard Stoltzman, clarinet

    5:53
  • 5:48 PM

    Trumpet Concerto No. 2

    Johann Hertel

    Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra

    Wolfgang Bauer, conductor

    Wolfgang Bauer, trumpet

    10:28
  • 5:30 PM

    Karelia Suite

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Karelia Suite; Rakastava; Lemminkainen

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Susanna Malkki, conductor

    17:04
  • 5:23 PM

    Magnolia Suite: The Place Where the Rainbow Ends

    Nathaniel Dett

    Settle: Migration Music Part 3

    Lara Downes, piano

    6:04
  • 5:10 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Concerti Grossi, Op. 3 & 6

    Handel and Haydn Society

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    11:10
  • 5:06 PM

    Here, There and Everywhere

    John Lennon/Paul McCartney

    Here, There and Everywhere: Goran Sollscher Plays The Beatles

    Goran Sollscher, guitar

    3:13
  • 5:01 PM

    Nabucco: Va, pensiero (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves)

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Verdi Choruses

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    4:50
  • 4:40 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 7

    Francois Devienne

    Devienne: 14 Concertos pour flute

    Munich Chamber Orchestra

    Hans Stadlmair, conductor

    Andras Adorjan, flute

    18:36
  • 4:21 PM

    Simple Symphony

    Benjamin Britten

    Britten: Lachrymae

    Norwegian Chamber Orchestra

    Iona Brown, conductor

    17:36
  • 4:15 PM

    Prelude on Rhosymedre

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Country Gardens

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    4:03
  • 4:06 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 18: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    MOZART, W.A.: Piano Concertos Nos. 18 and 22 (arr. I. Lachner for piano, string quartet and double bass)

    Fine Arts Quartet

    Alon Goldstein, piano

    7:59
  • 4:01 PM

    Octet: 2nd movement

    Jean Francaix

    Francaix: Divertissement

    Gaudier Ensemble

    4:36
  • 3:54 PM

    Perpetuum mobile

    Simon Jeffes

    "Still Life" At The Penguin Cafe

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    4:29
  • 3:38 PM

    Marosszek Dances

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Kodaly: The Peacock, Galanta Dances, Marosszek Dances

    Budapest Symphony Orchestra

    Gyorgy Lehel, conductor

    13:53
  • 3:34 PM

    March

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Claudio Abbado: Marce E Danze

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    2:27
  • 3:06 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Concert Recording

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Valentin Uryupin, conductor

    Anna Vinnitskaya, piano

    27:44
  • 3:01 PM

    Siciliano

    Harry Dexter

    British Light Music: Miniatures

    RTE Concert Orchestra, Dublin

    Ernest Tomlinson, conductor

    4:47
  • 2:56 PM

    La Florista (The Flower Seller)

    Joaquin Turina

    Romantic Brass: Music of France & Spain

    Empire Brass

    2:00
  • 2:54 PM

    Rodeo: Saturday Night Waltz

    Aaron Copland

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    4:16
  • 2:46 PM

    Four Seasons: Spring

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Four Seasons

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    10:58
  • 2:31 PM

    Mediterranean Diptych

    Vincent d'Indy

    Rhapsodie

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    13:59
  • 2:12 PM

    String Quartet No. 30 "The Joke"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: String Quartets Nos. 30-32

    Chiaroscuro Quartet

    17:53
  • 2:03 PM

    Whimsical Symphony (Grillensymphonie)

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Suites and Concertos by Telemann

    Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra

    Jeannette Sorrell, conductor

    8:32
  • 1:52 PM

    Symphony: 2nd movement

    Charlotte Sohy

    French National Orchestra

    Debora Waldman, conductor

    7:42
  • 1:47 PM

    Tamar Metushelah

    Olivia Belli

    Gaia

    Gautier Capucon, cello

    3:46
  • 1:37 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Complete Symphonies

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    8:54
  • 1:31 PM

    Symphonic Dance No. 2

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Norwegian Dances

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    5:17
  • 1:21 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 2: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: The Violin Concertos

    Lausanne Chamber Orchestra

    Renaud Capucon, violin

    8:21
  • 1:17 PM

    Hungarian Folksongs from the Csik District

    Bela Bartok

    Exiles' Cafe

    Lara Downes, piano

    3:12
  • 1:09 PM

    Symphony No. 3

    William Boyce

    Boyce: The Eight Symphonies / Boughton, English String Orch

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    5:06
  • 1:04 PM

    A Moorside Suite: March

    Gustav Holst

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    4:12
  • 12:56 PM

    Beautiful River (Shall We Gather at the River)

    Robert Lowry

    Harvest Home

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    3:02
  • 12:45 PM

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

    Bedrich Smetana

    Dvorak: New World Symphony

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Istvan Kertesz, conductor

    11:05
  • 12:40 PM

    Partita No. 4: Courante

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach Partitas Nos. 1, 3 & 6

    Richard Goode, piano

    3:11
  • 12:30 PM

    Sinfonia No. 3

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Symphonies - From Berlin to Hamburg

    Academy for Ancient Music Berlin

    Georg Kallweit, conductor

    9:13
  • 12:20 PM

    Three Pieces for Oboe and Strings

    Clive Jenkins

    Eclogue

    Chamber Ensemble of London

    Peter Fisher, conductor

    Michael Stowe, oboe

    9:00
  • 12:15 PM

    London Suite: Knightsbridge March

    Eric Coates

    Eric Coates: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Wilson, conductor

    4:16
  • 12:08 PM

    Sextet for Two Horns and Strings: 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Mozart, Beethoven, Reicha, J Haydn, M Haydn

    Gewandhaus Quartet

    (Selected members), conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    5:26
  • 12:04 PM

    Concerto alla rustica (Rustic Concerto)

    Antonio Vivaldi

    The Italian Job

    La Serenissima

    Adrian Chandler, conductor

    4:10
  • 11:53 AM

    Saltarello and Piva

    Joan Ambrosio Dalza

    Diminuito

    Rolf Lislevand & Ensemble

    6:34
  • 11:47 AM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Joseph White

    Violin Concertos by Black Composers Through the Centuries: 25th Anniversary Edition

    Encore Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hege, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    5:01
  • 11:42 AM

    Piano Quintet: Scherzo

    Antonin Dvorak

    Schumann & Dvorak: Piano Quintets

    Elias String Quartet

    Jonathan Biss, piano

    4:16
  • 11:36 AM

    Birds Singing in the Shade

    Liu Guanyue

    2024 Karin Larson YourClassical Prize winner Ammy Lin

    Ammy Lin, dizi

    3:52
  • 11:30 AM

    Sleeping Beauty: Bluebird pas de deux

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Stravinsky: Le Baiser de la Fee, etc.

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    5:30
  • 11:27 AM

    Suite: Gaio

    Randall Thompson

    Buried Treasure

    Kelly Peterson Peral, oboe

    2:03
  • 11:15 AM

    Harp Concerto

    George Frideric Handel

    A Baroque Feast

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    Maxine Eilander, harp

    11:48
  • 11:07 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2: The Coming of Spring

    Helvi Leiviska

    Leiviska: Orchestral Works

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Dalia Stasevska, conductor

    6:55
  • 11:04 AM

    Waltzing on a Sunbeam

    Florence Price

    Waltzes and Character Pieces of Florence Price

    Michael Clark, piano

    2:46
  • 10:49 AM

    Wiener Blut (Vienna Blood)

    Johann StraussJr.

    Strauss Waltzes

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    8:50
  • 10:26 AM

    Symphony No. 89

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Philharmonia Hungarica

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    21:40
  • 10:19 AM

    To Become (Divenire)

    Ludovico Einaudi

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Clark Rundell, conductor

    Mari Samuelsen, violin

    Hakon Samuelsen, cello

    7:01
  • 10:09 AM

    Italian Serenade

    Hugo Wolf

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    7:22
  • 10:06 AM

    "Twinkle, Twinkle" Variations (Ah, vous dirai-je, maman)

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Melody's Mostly Musical Day

    Jenny Lin, piano

    2:53
  • 10:01 AM

    Trio for Flute, Cello, and Piano: Scherzo

    Louise Farrenc

    Louise Farrenc: Sonata, Trios, Variations

    Linos Ensemble

    4:47
  • 9:42 AM

    Mother Goose (Ma mere l'oye): Suite

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Ma Mere L'Oye; Debussy: Fantaisie; Bizet: Symphony in C

    Prague Philharmonia

    Emmanuel Villaume, conductor

    16:32
  • 9:24 AM

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Marc Destrube, conductor

    16:01
  • 9:17 AM

    As one who has slept

    John Tavener

    Darkness Into Light

    Anonymous 4

    4:57
  • 9:06 AM

    Consort for Ten Winds

    Robert Spittal

    Wind Music

    Atlanta Chamber Winds

    Robert J. Ambrose, conductor

    10:36
  • 9:01 AM

    Cantabile

    Niccolo Paganini

    Paganini Duos

    Pekka Kuusisto, violin

    4:44
  • 8:20 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Leonard Bernstein Plays and Conducts: Mozart, Beethoven, Ravel, Shostakovich, Gershwin

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    Leonard Bernstein, piano

    38:19
  • 8:12 AM

    Spring in Buenos Aires (Primavera Portena)

    Astor Piazzolla

    Vivaldi and Piazzolla

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Tessa Lark, violin

    5:58
  • 8:01 AM

    Norwegian Rhapsody No. 3

    Johan Svendsen

    Halvorsen, J.: Norwegian Rhapsodies Nos. 1 and 2 / Svendsen, J.: Norwegian Rhapsodies Nos. 1-4

    Trondheim Symphony Orchestra

    Ole Kristian Ruud, conductor

    10:49
  • 7:29 AM

    Serenade for Strings

    Josef Suk

    Suk: Fairy Tale, String Serenade

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    29:39
  • 7:20 AM

    Spring Song

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Spring Song, The Bard, etc.

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    8:21
  • 7:06 AM

    Trio Sonata No. 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach Trios

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    12:16
  • 7:01 AM

    Air de familie

    Alexandra Streliski

    Neo-Romance

    Alexandra Streliski, piano

    4:11
  • 6:38 AM

    Concertante for Flute and Clarinet

    Franz Danzi

    Pleyel: Clarinet Concertos in B-flat Major

    Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, conductor

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    19:48
  • 6:34 AM

    Melodic Etude

    Cecile Chaminade

    Piano Music by Cecile Chaminade

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    3:41
  • 6:01 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Florence Price

    Florence Price: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 3

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    31:05
  • 5:36 AM

    String Quartet No. 4

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The String Quartets

    Emerson String Quartet

    22:37
  • 5:17 AM

    Concerto for Harp and String Orchestra

    Alan Hovhaness

    I Fiamminghi

    Rudolf Werthen, conductor

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    18:01
  • 5:01 AM

    English Pastoral Impressions

    Ernest Farrar

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Alasdair Mitchell, conductor

    14:13
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