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  • 4:43 AM

    A child said, what is the grass

    Toivo Tulev

    The Crossing

    Donald Nally, conductor

    15:22
  • 4:38 AM

    Carve the Runes Then Be Content With Silence: walking through heather and peat

    Erland Cooper

    Studio Collective

    Daniel Pioro, violin

    4:29
  • 4:32 AM

    Air to Breath

    Daniel Bjarnason

    Gyda Valtysdottir, cello

    4:39
  • 4:14 AM

    Abstractions

    Anna Clyne

    Anna Clyne: Abstractions

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    17:11
  • 4:07 AM

    Tsuki no Waka

    Akemi Naito

    Sky of My Heart

    New York Polyphony

    5:53
  • 4:01 AM

    Breathturn: Part 1

    John Zorn

    Crossing the Bar

    Mika Stoltzman, marimba

    4:34
  • 3:40 AM

    String Quartet No. 1 "Shades of Green"

    Clint Needham

    As We Are

    Poiesis Quartet

    17:50
  • 3:20 AM

    Verdant cycles of deepening spring

    Jeffrey Mumford

    Jeffrey Mumford: Echoing Depths

    Chicago Composers' Orchestra

    Allen Tinkham, conductor

    Christine Wu, violin

    18:44
  • 3:12 AM

    String Quartet No. 11 "Reykjavik": Spring Song and Dance

    Elena Ruehr

    Elena Ruehr: The Northern Quartets

    Quartet ES

    6:35
  • 3:07 AM

    Varsog (Breath of Spring)

    Henning Sommerro

    Arctic Philharmonic

    Christian Kluxen, conductor

    Eldbjorg Hemsing, violin

    3:41
  • 3:01 AM

    Krysia Osostowicz, violin

    Daniel Tong, piano

    4:34
  • 2:49 AM

    Serenade for Winds

    Richard Strauss

    London Winds

    Michael Collins, conductor

    8:51
  • 2:24 AM

    The Fairy's Kiss: Divertimento

    Igor Stravinsky

    London Sinfonietta

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    23:38
  • 2:20 AM

    Nightlight

    Esther Abrami

    Nightlight

    Esther Abrami Ensemble

    Esther Abrami, violin

    2:35
  • 2:06 AM

    New York Philharmonic

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    13:11
  • 2:01 AM

    Sonata for Flute and Harp

    Gaetano Donizetti

    Marc Grauwels, flute

    Catherine Michel, harp

    4:35
  • 1:51 AM

    Ballade

    Theresa Carreno

    Clara Rodriguez Plays the Music of Teresa Carreno

    Clara Rodriguez, piano

    7:24
  • 1:23 AM

    String Quartet

    Claude Debussy

    Ebene Quartet

    26:06
  • 1:10 AM

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    11:54
  • 1:06 AM

    Lyric Pieces: To Spring

    Edvard Grieg

    Stephen Hough, piano

    3:01
  • 1:01 AM

    The Kid on the Mountain; The Butterfly

    Traditional Irish

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    4:49
  • 12:54 AM

    Finding Rothko: Wine

    Adam Schoenberg

    Kansas City Symphony

    Michael Stern, conductor

    4:08
  • 12:19 AM

    Pictures at an Exhibition

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Mussorgsky; Borodin

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    34:01
  • 12:07 AM

    The Magic Harp Overture (Rosamunde)

    Franz Schubert

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    10:32
  • 12:01 AM

    London Festival Orchestra

    Josef Sakonov, violin

    4:35
  • 11:48 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3: Overture

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Orchestral Suites

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    10:11
  • 11:34 PM

    Sonata for Flute and Orchestra

    Francis Poulenc

    Twentieth Century Flute Concerti

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Steuart Bedford, conductor

    Jennifer Stinton, flute

    12:04
  • 11:20 PM

    Popular Andean Dances

    Celso Garrido-Lecca

    Inca Trail Connections

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

    12:58
  • 11:13 PM

    Rondo for Violin and Orchestra

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 3 & 4

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    Yakov Kreizberg, conductor

    Julia Fischer, violin

    6:10
  • 11:06 PM

    Bourree Fantasque

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Chabrier: Oeuvres pour Piano

    Alain Planes, piano

    6:09
  • 11:01 PM

    Beatlerianas: Eleanor Rigby

    Leo Brouwer

    British Invasion

    Alexander String Quartet

    William Kanengiser, guitar

    4:31
  • 10:49 PM

    Symphony: 1st movement

    Georges Bizet

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

    Prague Philharmonia

    Emmanuel Villaume, conductor

    9:49
  • 10:36 PM

    Capriccio Brillant

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Helen Huang

    New York Philharmonic

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Helen Huang, piano

    11:25
  • 10:24 PM

    Vignettes

    William Grant Still

    Get on Board

    Sierra Winds

    (Selected members), conductor

    11:13
  • 10:14 PM

    Whimsical Symphony (Grillensymphonie)

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Suites and Concertos by Telemann

    Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra

    Jeannette Sorrell, conductor

    8:32
  • 10:06 PM

    La Vida Breve: Interlude and Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Falla: The Three-Cornered Hat, La Vida Breve, Homenajas

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    6:59
  • 10:01 PM

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

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Verdi Choruses

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    4:50
  • 9:49 PM

    Violin Concerto: Finale

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Violin Concerto

    Lucerne Festival Strings

    Daniel Dodds, conductor

    Midori, violin

    9:46
  • 9:43 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 2 "Concord": The Alcotts

    Charles Ives

    The Eye is the First Circle

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    5:28
  • 9:31 PM

    Melee Fantasque

    Arthur Bliss

    British Tone Poems, Vol. 2

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    11:10
  • 9:25 PM

    Clarinet Quintet: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Johannes Brahms

    Melos Ensemble

    Gervase de Peyer, clarinet

    4:46
  • 9:11 PM

    String Symphony No. 4

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Complete String Symphonies

    Gli Incogniti

    Amandine Beyer, conductor

    11:26
  • 9:06 PM

    Impromptu No. 2

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Impromptus

    Radu Lupu, piano

    4:40
  • 9:03 PM

    Morris Dance Tunes: Laudnum Bunches

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: Works for Chamber Orchestra

    New Zealand Chamber Orchestra

    Nicholas Braithwaite, conductor

    2:48
  • 8:45 PM

    Lady Radnor's Suite

    Hubert Parry

    Parry: Symphonic Variations

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Adrian Boult, conductor

    13:19
  • 8:22 PM

    Symphonic Variations

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 3, etc.

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    21:26
  • 8:19 PM

    Spring Wind

    Yu-Xian Deng

    Lang Lang: Dragon Songs

    Lang Lang, piano

    2:03
  • 8:11 PM

    Children's March (Over the Hills and Far Away)

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger: Complete Music for Wind Band, Vol. 2

    Royal Norwegian Navy Band

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    6:40
  • 8:06 PM

    Suite for Strings: Air

    Joan Trimble

    Silver Apples of the Moon

    Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Fionnuala Hunt, conductor

    4:17
  • 8:01 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Polacca

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    4:35
  • 7:46 PM

    Snow Maiden Suite

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Orchestral Suites

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    12:28
  • 5:51 PM

    Grand Canyon Suite: On the Trail

    Ferde Grofe

    Out West!

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    7:24
  • 5:29 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos 1, 2, 3

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    19:56
  • 5:18 PM

    Capriccio for Bassoon and Orchestra

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Verdi Discoveries

    Milan Symphony Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    Andrea Magnani, bassoon

    10:24
  • 5:15 PM

    Rocking Chair

    Florence Price

    Arise & Shine: Piano Music by Black Composers for Kids

    Artina McCain, piano

    2:14
  • 5:07 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Organ": 4th movement

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    Virgil Fox, organ

    7:49
  • 5:01 PM

    Butterfly's Day Out

    Mark O'Connor

    The Essential Yo-Yo Ma

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    4:41
  • 4:46 PM

    Scherzo Capriccioso

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: 9 Symphonien

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Rafael Kubelik, conductor

    12:48
  • 4:23 PM

    Harp Concerto

    Nino Rota

    Rota: Concertos

    Virtuosi Italiani

    Marzio Conti, conductor

    Luisa Prandina, harp

    20:53
  • 4:16 PM

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

    Franz Liszt

    Andre Watts Plays Liszt, Album 2

    Andre Watts, piano

    5:40
  • 4:06 PM

    Norwegian Rhapsody No. 2

    Johan Svendsen

    Svendsen: Norwegian Rhapsodies

    South Jutland Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    8:46
  • 4:01 PM

    12 German Dances for Orchestra: Nos. 5-7

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Complete Overtures

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    4:43
  • 3:50 PM

    Capriccio for Orchestra

    Nancy Dalberg

    Capriccio

    Danish Philharmonic Orchestra

    Frans Rasmussen, conductor

    8:09
  • 3:38 PM

    First Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: Hammersmith, Moorside Suite, Suites 1 And 2 / Dunn

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Howard Dunn, conductor

    10:43
  • 3:31 PM

    Fantasia on Greensleeves

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Bernstein Favorites: The 20th Century

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    David Nadien, violin

    5:03
  • 3:07 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 12

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Concert Recording

    Musikdorf Ernen Festival Orchestra

    Daniel Bard, conductor

    Joonas Ahonen, piano

    23:48
  • 3:01 PM

    Symphonic Suite for Strings: Prelude

    Marion Bauer

    Marion Bauer: American Youth Concerto

    Ambache Chamber Orchestra and Ensemble

    4:39
  • 2:50 PM

    Four Scottish Dances

    Malcolm Arnold

    The Celtic Album

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    8:40
  • 2:48 PM

    Mazurka-Oberek

    Alexander Glazunov

    A La Carte

    Abbey Road Ensemble

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    10:10
  • 2:45 PM

    Feu follet

    Wanda Landowska

    Women, Pianists, Composers

    Yeol Eum Son, piano

    2:33
  • 2:15 PM

    Guitar Concerto No. 1

    Mauro Giuliani

    Schubert

    Australian Chamber Orchestra

    John Williams, guitar

    29:48
  • 2:06 PM

    Oboe Concerto No. 1

    George Frideric Handel

    The Handel Collection

    City of London Sinfonia

    John Rutter, conductor

    Nicholas Daniel, oboe

    8:14
  • 2:00 PM

    Passaggio

    Ludovico Einaudi

    Spheres

    Daniel Hope, violin

    4:35
  • 1:53 PM

    Colas Breugnon Overture

    Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Russian Overtures

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    5:30
  • 1:49 PM

    Canzon in Double Echo

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    Gabrieli, Monteverdi: Antiphonal Music

    Canadian Brass

    Kazuyoshi Akiyama, conductor

    3:37
  • 1:35 PM

    Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1

    Georges Enescu

    Symphonic Spectacular

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    11:52
  • 1:28 PM

    Symphony No. 3

    Georg Anton Benda

    Benda: Sinfonias Nos. 1-6

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    6:46
  • 1:21 PM

    Rondo Brillante

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Weber: Sonatas

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    6:17
  • 1:18 PM

    Romeo and Juliet: Morning Dance

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet - Suites 1 - 3 (complete)

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    2:23
  • 1:11 PM

    Titilayo

    Jeff Scott

    Imani Winds

    Imani Winds

    4:16
  • 1:04 PM

    La Scala di Seta (Silken Ladder): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: 7 Overtures

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    5:56
  • 12:53 PM

    Gotterdammerung: Dawn and Siegfried's Rhine Journey

    Richard Wagner

    Klemperer Conducts Wagner: Album II

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Otto Klemperer, conductor

    6:04
  • 12:47 PM

    Symphony No. 6 "Morning": 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 6 & 82

    Handel and Haydn Society

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    5:49
  • 12:41 PM

    1941: March

    John Williams

    By Request: The Best of John Williams and the Boston Pops Orchestra

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:26
  • 12:30 PM

    Concerto for Two Violins

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Concertos For Two Violins

    Venice Baroque Orchestra

    Andrea Marcon, conductor

    Viktoria Mullova, violin

    10:23
  • 12:23 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    6:15
  • 12:16 PM

    Steal Away

    William Dawson

    The Spirituals of William Dawson

    St. Olaf Choir

    Anton Armstrong, conductor

    6:35
  • 12:11 PM

    Sonata No. 32

    Niccolo Paganini

    Reverie

    Dale Kavanagh, guitar

    3:54
  • 12:04 PM

    Espana

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Chabrier: Espana, Etc / Gardiner, Wiener Philharmoniker

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    5:59
  • 11:53 AM

    Brook Green Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Holst, Williams, Delius, Warlock

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    6:17
  • 11:50 AM

    Preludes, Book 1: La fille aux cheveux de lin (The Girl with the Flaxen Hair)

    Claude Debussy

    Bonjour Paris

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Mathias Monius, conductor

    Albrecht Mayer, oboe

    2:40
  • 11:43 AM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Saint-Georges: Violin Concertos, Opp. 2 & 7

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    Fumika Mohri, violin

    5:49
  • 11:33 AM

    The Loquat in Five Colors

    Xiaogang Ye

    The Backyard of the Village: Orchestral Works by Xiaogang Ye

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Dane Lam, conductor

    9:14
  • 11:30 AM

    The Cowherd's Flute

    He Luting

    Lang Lang: Dragon Songs

    Lang Lang, piano

    2:41
  • 11:22 AM

    Little Folk Suites: Selections

    William Grant Still

    William Grant Still

    Oregon String Quartet

    6:51
  • 11:15 AM

    Symphony No. 35 "Haffner": 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies No 29, 33, 35, 38, And 41

    Orchestra Mozart

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    5:35
  • 11:08 AM

    Piano Trio No. 1: 2nd movement

    Anton Arensky

    Shostakovich & Arensky

    Claremont Trio

    6:15
  • 11:04 AM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1: Menuet

    Georges Bizet

    Breakfast in Bed

    Toronto Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    3:17
  • 10:47 AM

    Symphony No. 12

    William Herschel

    Herschel: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    11:16
  • 10:26 AM

    Holberg Suite

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg, Nielsen: Music for String Orchestra

    Norwegian Chamber Orchestra

    Iona Brown, conductor

    19:22
  • 10:21 AM

    Roma Suite: Lament and Tambourine

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    4:06
  • 10:10 AM

    William Shakespeare Overture

    Friedrich Kuhlau

    Kuhlau: Overtures

    Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Schonwandt, conductor

    9:59
  • 10:06 AM

    Shakespeare in Love: Main Title

    Stephen Warbeck

    Shakespeare's Music

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:23
  • 10:01 AM

    Prelude No. 1

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Guitar Favourites

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    4:48
  • 9:46 AM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 / A Midsummer Night's Dream

    Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

    Anthony Bramall, conductor

    12:15
  • 9:25 AM

    String Quartet No. 32 "The Bird"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    HAYDN: String Quartets Op. 33, Nos. 3, 4 and 6

    Kodaly Quartet

    18:53
  • 9:23 AM

    The Cuckoo

    Traditional Swiss

    Rhapsody in Brass

    Budapest Brass Quintet

    1:29
  • 9:06 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Pastoral"

    Francois-Joseph Gossec

    Le Mozart Noir

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    15:35
  • 9:01 AM

    Contemplation

    Henriette Renie

    The Healing Harp

    Naoko Yoshino, harp

    4:33
  • 8:22 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2; Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1

    Vienna Symphony Orchestra

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    Sviatoslav Richter, piano

    36:07
  • 8:18 AM

    Lejania

    Maria Luisa Anido

    Anido: A Mimita

    Maria Isabel Siewers, guitar

    3:42
  • 8:01 AM

    Serenade for Strings

    Hans Gal

    Late Romantics

    Symphony Nova Scotia

    Georg Tintner, conductor

    15:11
  • 7:46 AM

    Celtic Concerto

    Catrin Finch

    Blessing

    Sinfonia Cymru

    John Rutter, conductor

    Catrin Finch, harp

    12:40
  • 7:39 AM

    Inspiration Waltzes

    Nathaniel Dett

    Clipper Erickson, piano

    6:05
  • 7:16 AM

    Octet for Winds

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Greatest Hits

    Netherlands Wind Ensemble

    21:01
  • 7:01 AM

    A Winter's Tale

    Josef Suk

    uk: A Summer's Tale, Op. 29 & A Winter's Tale, Op. 9

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Mogrelia, conductor

    14:43
  • 6:44 AM

    Romantic Pieces

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Legends, Prague Waltzes

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    14:18
  • 6:31 AM

    Poseidon and Amphitrite: An Ocean Fantasy

    John Knowles Paine

    John Knowles Paine: Orchestral Works 2

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    12:09
  • 6:01 AM

    Symphony No. 6

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 6

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Thomas Sondergard, conductor

    28:18
  • 5:44 AM

    Oboe Quartet

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Flute Quartets Nos. 1-4

    Jasmine Choi, flute

    14:32
  • 5:16 AM

    Symphony No. 4

    Louis Theodore Gouvy

    Gouvy: Symphony 4; Fantasie symphonique

    German Radio Philharmonic

    Jacques Mercier, conductor

    27:11
  • 5:01 AM

    Summer Dreams

    Amy Beach

    Deborah Moriarty and Zhihua Tang, piano

    13:14
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