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  • 4:48 AM

    Skylark Lullaby

    Jennifer Bellor

    Reflections at Dusk

    Eastman Saxophone Project

    Chien-Kwan Lin, conductor

    10:23
  • 4:37 AM

    Oiseaux Bleus et Sauvages

    Jocelyn Morlock

    Jocelyn Morlock: Cobalt

    Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

    Bramwell Tovey, conductor

    10:46
  • 4:24 AM

    The Shadow of the Blackbird

    David Bruce

    Windows

    Bruce Levingston, piano

    12:15
  • 4:16 AM

    Gossamer Albatross

    Cameron Britt

    Janus: i am not

    Janus

    5:42
  • 4:07 AM

    Birds of Eden

    Algirdas Martinaitis

    Algirdas Martinaitis: Seasons and Serenades - Works for String Orchestra

    St. Christopher Chamber Orchestra

    Modestas Barkauskas, conductor

    8:42
  • 4:01 AM

    composition as explanation: intertext

    David Lang

    David Lang: composition as explanation

    eighth blackbird

    4:52
  • 3:50 AM

    Y Deryn Pur (The Gentle Dove)

    Cecilia McDowall

    Eclogue

    Chamber Ensemble of London

    Peter Fisher, conductor

    Peter Cigleris, clarinet

    7:14
  • 3:33 AM

    An Exaltation of Larks

    Jennifer Higdon

    Jennifer Higdon: An Exaltation Of Larks

    Lark Quartet

    16:05
  • 3:25 AM

    Strange Birds Passing

    John Luther Adams

    John Luther Adams: Songbirdsongs

    New England Conservatory Contemporary Ensemble

    John Heiss, conductor

    6:42
  • 3:19 AM

    Spin Bird

    Kate Moore

    In Transit

    Emily Granger, harp

    3:48
  • 3:07 AM

    Birdflight

    Christopher Gunning

    Gunning: Violin & Cello Concertos - Birdflight

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Christopher Gunning, conductor

    12:13
  • 3:01 AM

    The Lost Birds: Bird Raptures

    Christopher Tin

    Christopher Tin: The Lost Birds: An Extinction Elegy

    Voces8

    4:48
  • 2:46 AM

    Summer Day

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Kabalevsky, Prokofiev, Glinka, Tchaikovsky

    San Diego Chamber Orchestra

    Donald Barra, conductor

    12:00
  • 2:44 AM

    Dreaming

    Ola Gjeilo

    Ola Gjeilo: Night

    Ola Gjeilo, piano

    2:27
  • 2:26 AM

    Song-Koi (The Red River)

    Elsa Barraine

    Elsa Barraine: Symphonies 1 & 2

    French National Orchestra

    Cristian Macelaru, conductor

    16:04
  • 2:19 AM

    Pavane for a Dead Princess (Pavane pour une infante defunte)

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Complete Works for Solo Piano

    Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano

    5:48
  • 2:06 AM

    Romance

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Violin Concerto

    New York Philharmonic

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Midori, violin

    11:54
  • 2:01 AM

    Partita No. 3: Sarabande

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    environs

    Pedrick-Hutson Guitar Duo

    4:32
  • 1:55 AM

    Hark! Hark! The Lark

    Franz Schubert

    Liszt: Piano Works Vol. 2

    Jorge Bolet, piano

    3:23
  • 1:21 AM

    Americana Symphony "Variations on Appalachia Waltz"

    Mark O'Connor

    O'Connor: String Quartets Nos 2 & 3

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    32:22
  • 1:06 AM

    Spring Overture

    Hermann Goetz

    Goetz: Spring Overture and Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2

    Magdeburg Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kimbo Ishii, conductor

    12:25
  • 1:01 AM

    Aubade

    Georges Enescu

    Enescu: Early Chamber Music

    Efim Boico, violin

    4:45
  • 12:41 AM

    Double Concerto

    Jonathan Leshnoff

    Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4/ Leshnoff: Double Concerto for Clarinet and Bassoon

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Manfred Honeck, conductor

    Michael Rusinek, clarinet

    17:22
  • 12:33 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "America": Memorial Day

    Dan Locklair

    Locklair: Symphony No. 2 "America"

    Slovak National Symphony Orchestra

    Kirk Trevor, conductor

    6:54
  • 12:21 AM

    Eclogue

    Gerald Finzi

    Eclogue

    Chamber Ensemble of London

    Peter Fisher, conductor

    Margaret Fingerhut, piano

    11:01
  • 12:18 AM

    Blackbird

    John Lennon/Paul McCartney

    Blackbird: The Beatles Album

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    2:31
  • 12:06 AM

    Gli Incogniti

    Amandine Beyer, conductor

    10:06
  • 12:01 AM

    String Quintet: Allegretto

    Niels Gade

    Gade: Chamber Works, Vol. 5

    Ensemble MidtVest

    4:50
  • 11:43 PM

    Second Rhapsody

    George Gershwin

    GERSHWIN, G.: Piano Concerto / Second Rhapsody / I Got Rhythm Variations

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Orion Weiss, piano

    15:48
  • 11:28 PM

    Serenade for Strings

    Antonin Dvorak

    Grieg, Dvorak, Tchaikovsky

    Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra

    Scott Yoo, conductor

    29:04
  • 11:24 PM

    Porgy and Bess: Summertime

    George Gershwin

    Roots

    Randall Goosby, violin

    2:01
  • 11:10 PM

    Second Rhapsody

    George Gershwin

    Gershwin: Rhapsodies

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    Michael Tilson Thomas, piano

    14:17
  • 11:06 PM

    Remembrance

    Florence Price

    Meditations: Florence Price Piano Discoveries

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:55
  • 11:02 PM

    Dona nobis pacem

    Karl Jenkins

    Karl Jenkins: Motets

    Polyphony

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    4:18
  • 10:51 PM

    An Outdoor Overture

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: Orchestral Works

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Louis Lane, conductor

    8:57
  • 10:36 PM

    Theme and Variations on Red River Valley

    David Amram

    Colorado Symphony Orchestra

    David Amram, conductor

    Brook Ellen Ferguson, flute

    14:17
  • 10:30 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 6: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenberg Concertos

    La Stravaganza

    Siegbert Rampe, conductor

    5:00
  • 10:14 PM

    Piano Trio No. 32

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    JOSEPH HAYDN : Piano Trios XV : 14, 18, 21 , 26 & 31

    Trio Wanderer

    13:49
  • 10:04 PM

    War Horse: The Homecoming

    John Williams

    War Horse: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Studio Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    8:06
  • 10:01 PM

    Semper Fidelis

    John Philip Sousa

    SOUSA, J.P.: Music for Wind Band, Vol. 3

    Royal Artillery Band

    Keith Brion, conductor

    2:53
  • 9:53 PM

    Concerto for Four Violins

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Telemann: Sinfonia Spirituosa

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    6:24
  • 9:48 PM

    Canon

    Johann Pachelbel

    A New Baroque

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    5:03
  • 9:31 PM

    Three Preludes on Welsh Hymn Tunes

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Nash Ensemble

    15:30
  • 9:19 PM

    Concerto for Two Horns: 1st movement

    Friedrich Witt

    Herrmann Baumann

    Concerto Amsterdam

    Jaap Schroder, conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    9:55
  • 9:13 PM

    American Salute (When Johnny Comes Marching Home)

    Morton Gould

    Utah Symphony Orchestra

    Maurice Abravanel, conductor

    4:27
  • 9:06 PM

    Dance of the Blessed Spirits

    Christoph Gluck

    Fantasy: A Night At The Opera

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    5:42
  • 9:03 PM

    Sentimental Waltz

    Ricardo Castro

    Salon Mexicano

    Jorge Federico Osorio, piano

    2:36
  • 8:49 PM

    Four Scottish Dances

    Malcolm Arnold

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    10:51
  • 8:31 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 8

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Sonatas

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    17:41
  • 8:16 PM

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

    Bedrich Smetana

    Romantic Adagio

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    12:24
  • 8:07 PM

    Adagio for Strings

    Samuel Barber

    Adorations

    Isidore String Quartet

    7:14
  • 8:00 PM

    Goin' Home

    Antonin Dvorak

    Bryn Terfel Sings Favorites

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    Bryn Terfel, baritone

    5:38
  • 5:44 PM

    Suite for Strings

    Armstrong Gibbs

    Guildhall Strings

    Robert Salter, conductor

    14:02
  • 5:20 PM

    Fantasy for a Gentleman

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    22:27
  • 5:12 PM

    American Ballads: Amber Waves

    Morton Gould

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kenneth Klein, conductor

    7:12
  • 5:06 PM

    1941: March

    John Williams

    John Williams at the Movies

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    Christopher Martin, trumpet

    4:25
  • 5:01 PM

    Taps/America

    Traditional

    The American Album

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    4:44
  • 4:38 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos 1&2; Symphony No. 5 "Reformation"

    Quebec Symphony Orchestra

    Louis Lortie, conductor

    Louis Lortie, piano

    20:43
  • 4:18 PM

    Symphony No. 31 "Paris"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 31, 36 & 38

    London Mozart Players

    Jane Glover, conductor

    18:21
  • 4:11 PM

    Ashokan Farewell

    Jay Ungar

    Stillpoint

    Adagio Trio

    5:11
  • 4:06 PM

    Gerald Peregrine, cello

    3:55
  • 4:01 PM

    Four Waltzes

    Johannes Brahms

    Canadian Brass

    4:52
  • 3:38 PM

    String Quartet "For Art"

    Eduard Toldra

    Casals, Toldra, Montsalvatge

    Andorra National Chamber Orchestra

    Gerard Claret, conductor

    20:40
  • 3:23 PM

    Harp Concerto

    George Frideric Handel

    Baroque, Vol. 6

    Toulouse Chamber Orchestra

    Louis Auriacombe, conductor

    Lily Laskine, harp

    13:42
  • 3:19 PM

    America My Home: Luverne Movement

    Wynton Marsalis

    The War, A Ken Burns Film, The Soundtrack

    Amanda Forsyth, cello

    2:16
  • 3:07 PM

    Fratres (Brothers)

    Arvo Part

    Concert Recording

    Tallinn Chamber Orchestra

    Tonu Kaljuste, conductor

    Hans Christian Aavik, violin

    11:06
  • 3:01 PM

    The Shining Shore

    Traditional

    Anonymous 4

    4:42
  • 2:49 PM

    Violin Concerto: Finale

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Violin Concerto

    Lucerne Festival Strings

    Daniel Dodds, conductor

    Midori, violin

    9:46
  • 2:49 PM

    Violin Concerto: Finale

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Violin Concerto

    Lucerne Festival Strings

    Daniel Dodds, conductor

    Midori, violin

    9:46
  • 2:40 PM

    Overture "In the Italian Style"

    Franz Schubert

    Musa Italiana

    Philharmonic of La Scala

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    8:14
  • 2:26 PM

    Victory at Sea Suite

    Richard Rodgers

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Sergiu Comissiona, conductor

    13:27
  • 2:08 PM

    Le Tombeau de Couperin

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Ma Mere L'Oye, Le Tombeau de Couperin

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    17:11
  • 2:04 PM

    Yesterday

    John Lennon/Paul McCartney

    Here, There and Everywhere: Goran Sollscher Plays The Beatles

    Goran Sollscher, guitar

    3:17
  • 2:00 PM

    The Road Home

    Stephen Paulus

    Concert Recording

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    3:41
  • 1:49 PM

    Symphony No. 4: Finale

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 4, Etc

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    9:44
  • 1:39 PM

    Finlandia

    Jean Sibelius

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    7:47
  • 1:32 PM

    Polonaise No. 6 "Heroic"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Piano Works

    Martha Argerich, piano

    6:35
  • 1:24 PM

    JFK: Arlington

    John Williams

    Close Encounters: The Essential John Williams

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paul Bateman, conductor

    7:24
  • 1:18 PM

    Passaggio

    Ludovico Einaudi

    Ludovico Einaudi: Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    5:07
  • 1:09 PM

    Heroic Music

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Music for Organ, Brass & Percussion

    Empire Brass

    Michael Murray, organ

    5:48
  • 1:04 PM

    Soldier's Farewell

    Charles Fernandez

    Fernandez: The Statue

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Fernandez, conductor

    4:47
  • 12:48 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": 4th movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Antonín Dvorák: Symphonies Nos. 7 – 9

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    11:38
  • 12:41 PM

    Generations: Sinfonietta No. 2: Alla sarabande

    Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson

    Serenely Cedille: Relaxing Rarities From Chicago's Classical Label

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    5:36
  • 12:34 PM

    Bethena

    Scott Joplin

    Scott Joplin: The Easy Winners

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    6:33
  • 12:25 PM

    Spitfire Prelude and Fugue

    William Walton

    Walton: Battle of Britain Suite, Etc

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    8:35
  • 12:19 PM

    Saving Private Ryan: Hymn to the Fallen

    John Williams

    Eventide

    Voces8

    4:40
  • 12:15 PM

    Symphony X: Requiem for a Hero

    Don Gillis

    Home For The Harvest

    Sinfonia Varsovia

    Ian Hobson, conductor

    3:39
  • 12:08 PM

    Intermezzo No. 6

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Handel Variations

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    5:33
  • 12:04 PM

    Xerxes: Largo

    George Frideric Handel

    Ombra Mai Fu; Pachelbel: Canon

    I Solisti Italiani

    3:32
  • 11:47 AM

    Agincourt Overture

    Walter Leigh

    Overtures from the British Isles Volume 2

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    12:29
  • 11:41 AM

    Vater unser

    Arvo Part

    Part: Tractus

    Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

    Tonu Kaljuste, conductor

    Marrit Gerretz-Traksmann, piano

    3:41
  • 11:31 AM

    Violin Sonata: 2nd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Sonatas for Piano and Violin

    Lars Vogt, piano

    9:49
  • 11:22 AM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 38: 1st movement

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    C.P.E. Bach Concertos

    Lyra Baroque Orchestra

    Jacques Ogg, conductor

    Jacques Ogg, harpsichord

    9:05
  • 11:16 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3: Air on the G String

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Joshua Bell, violin

    4:51
  • 11:13 AM

    Dona Nobis Pacem (Give Us Peace)

    Traditional

    Songs Of Joy And Peace

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    1:58
  • 11:04 AM

    Ambarvalia

    Ruth Gipps

    Bright & Gipps: Piano Concertos

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Peebles, conductor

    7:48
  • 10:47 AM

    Mephisto Waltz No. 1

    Franz Liszt

    Strauss, Liszt, Korngold, Busoni, Schreker

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Kazuki Yamada, conductor

    11:22
  • 10:23 AM

    Sinfonia Concertante

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Piano Concerto, Violin Concerto No. 1

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    Vladimir Spivakov, violin

    22:12
  • 10:16 AM

    Scherzo on Tropical Airs

    Santos Cifuentes

    Inca Trail Connections

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

    6:47
  • 10:11 AM

    Sometime I Feel Like a Motherless Child

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Summertime

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    3:56
  • 10:06 AM

    In Memoriam

    Gary Schocker

    Voyage: American Works For Flute And Harp

    Jonathan Keeble, flute

    3:56
  • 10:01 AM

    Deep River

    Spiritual

    Blue Wheat

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    4:42
  • 9:39 AM

    Trombone Concerto

    Derek Bourgeois

    Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra

    Chikara Imamura, conductor

    Christian Lindberg, trombone

    19:47
  • 9:16 AM

    Symphony on a Hymn Tune

    Virgil Thomson

    Hanson Conducts McPhee Sessions Thomson

    Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra

    Howard Hanson, conductor

    20:25
  • 9:10 AM

    Song for World Peace

    John Williams

    John Williams: American Journey

    Recording Arts Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:41
  • 9:06 AM

    Four Songs: A Mother's Grief

    Edvard Grieg

    Mother

    Anderson & Roe Piano Duo

    3:24
  • 9:01 AM

    Spring Waltz

    Agustin Barrios

    Music of Barrios

    David Russell, guitar

    4:32
  • 8:22 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    Esther Yoo, violin

    36:30
  • 8:14 AM

    Barcarolle

    Amy Beach

    The Solo Piano Music of Amy Beach, Vol. 1

    Joanne Polk, piano

    6:58
  • 8:01 AM

    Norwegian Rhapsody No. 2

    Johan Halvorsen

    Halvorsen: Norwegian Rhapsody, Norwegian Festival Overture, etc.

    Bergen Symphony Orchestra

    Karsten Andersen, conductor

    11:29
  • 7:39 AM

    Symphony No. 35 "Haffner"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 35 & 38

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    19:27
  • 7:21 AM

    Summer Evening

    Zoltan Kodaly

    KODALY, Z.: Hary Janos Suite / Summer Evening / Symphony in C Major

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    16:56
  • 7:08 AM

    American Rhapsody

    Kenneth Fuchs

    Poems and Rhapsodies

    Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra

    Volodymyr Sirenko, conductor

    Solomiya Ivakhiv, violin

    11:43
  • 7:01 AM

    Variations on Lift Every Voice and Sing

    Lettie B. Alston

    New Day Begun

    Lara Downes, piano

    6:10
  • 6:30 AM

    Ballet Scenes

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: The Seasons, Scenes de Ballet

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    28:21
  • 6:18 AM

    Suite of Three Pieces

    Benjamin Godard

    La Flute Enchantee

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Susan Milan, flute

    10:48
  • 6:01 AM

    Ramuntcho Suite No. 2

    Gabriel Pierne

    Philharmonie de Lorraine

    Jacques Houtmann, conductor

    15:35
  • 5:36 AM

    String Quartet No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The String Quartets

    Emerson String Quartet

    22:27
  • 5:18 AM

    Concertino for Horn

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Telemann: Horn Concerto, Etc.

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Barry Tuckwell, horn

    16:50
  • 5:01 AM

    French Suite No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Partita No 1, Etc

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    15:27
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