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  • 4:46 AM

    Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann

    Clara Schumann

    The Future is Female, Volume 2: The Dance

    Sarah Cahill, piano

    12:24
  • 4:19 AM

    Piano Trio No. 3

    Robert Schumann

    Complete Schumann Trios

    Horszowski Trio

    26:45
  • 4:06 AM

    Sleeping Beauty: Two Pictures

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Humperdinck: Fairy-Tale Music

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    10:46
  • 4:01 AM

    A Night in Lisbon: Barcarolle

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens: Dance Macabre - Carnaval Des Animaux - OSF

    Symphony Orchestra of France

    Laurent Petitgirard, conductor

    4:33
  • 3:44 AM

    Warmth from Other Suns

    Carlos Simon

    Ivalas Quartet

    14:31
  • 3:30 AM

    Something for the Dark

    Sarah Kirkland Snider

    Forward Into Light

    Metropolis Ensemble

    Andrew Cyr, conductor

    11:58
  • 3:20 AM

    Night Prayer

    Eriks Esenvalds

    Esenvalds: Passion And Resurrection

    Polyphony

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    9:20
  • 3:06 AM

    blue cathedral

    Jennifer Higdon

    Rainbow Body

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Spano, conductor

    12:18
  • 3:01 AM

    Silent Woods

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak Trios

    Alisa Weilerstein, cello

    4:44
  • 2:57 AM

    Excursions

    Samuel Barber

    The Irish Piano

    Michael McHale, piano

    3:07
  • 12:52 AM

    Lemminkainen's Return

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Karelia Suite; Rakastava; Lemminkainen

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Susanna Malkki, conductor

    6:22
  • 12:12 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    Murray Perahia, piano

    38:45
  • 12:06 AM

    Dance Suite after Couperin: Entrance

    Richard Strauss

    Kempe Conducts Richard Strauss - 3

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Rudolf Kempe, conductor

    3:31
  • 12:01 AM

    French Suite No. 4: Allemande; Courante

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    The French Suites

    Murray Perahia, piano

    4:37
  • 11:54 PM

    Sure on This Shining Night

    Samuel Barber

    Romancero Gitano

    Los Angeles Chamber Singers

    1:59
  • 11:49 PM

    Sevres of Ancient France

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ballets

    Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Adriano, conductor

    8:25
  • 11:31 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Samuel Barber

    Barber & Meyer Violin Concertos

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    23:03
  • 11:18 PM

    On the Town: Three Dance Episodes

    Leonard Bernstein

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    10:31
  • 11:10 PM

    Route 66

    Michael Daugherty

    Daugherty: Route 66, Ghost Ranch, Time Machine

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    6:52
  • 11:04 PM

    Short Ride in a Fast Machine

    John Adams

    John Adams: Harmonielehre

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    4:17
  • 10:59 PM

    Perpetual Motion

    Niccolo Paganini

    Carnaval

    Eastman Wind Ensemble

    Donald Hunsberger, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, cornet

    4:33
  • 10:51 PM

    Pacific Coast Highway

    Andrew York

    Labyrinth

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    5:08
  • 10:40 PM

    Concerto for Orchestra: Finale

    Bela Bartok

    Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra

    Karina Canellakis, conductor

    9:44
  • 10:32 PM

    Le Voyage dans la Lune (Voyage to the Moon): Overture

    Jacques Offenbach

    Offenbach: Orchestral Works

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    6:55
  • 10:22 PM

    The Planets: Jupiter

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: The Planets

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Colin Davis, conductor

    8:14
  • 10:18 PM

    The Planets: Mercury

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: The Planets

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Colin Davis, conductor

    4:15
  • 10:10 PM

    The Planets: Venus

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: The Planets

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Colin Davis, conductor

    8:02
  • 10:04 PM

    Saving Private Ryan: Revisiting Normandy

    John Williams

    Saving Private Ryan: Music from the Original Motion Picture

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:05
  • 9:50 PM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral": 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 6

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    11:29
  • 9:37 PM

    Sonatine

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Works For Solo Piano

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    11:43
  • 9:32 PM

    1B

    Edgar Meyer

    The Essential Yo-Yo Ma

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    4:01
  • 9:19 PM

    Trio Sonata No. 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach Trios

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    12:16
  • 9:15 PM

    Libertango

    Astor Piazzolla

    Latin Reverie

    Clea Galhano, recorder

    2:29
  • 9:08 PM

    Aida: Triumphal March

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Classic Marches

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    6:21
  • 9:04 PM

    Fanfare for the Common Man

    Aaron Copland

    Copland 100

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    3:31
  • 9:01 PM

    Fanfare for the Common Man

    Aaron Copland

    Copland 100

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    3:31
  • 8:44 PM

    Hallelujah Junction

    John Adams

    Visions

    Christina and Michelle Naughton, piano duo

    14:19
  • 8:21 PM

    Symphony No. 7

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Symphones Nos. 3, 6, and 7

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    22:03
  • 8:09 PM

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    8:53
  • 8:02 PM

    Vocalise

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    The Beautiful Voice

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Renee Fleming, soprano

    5:36
  • 5:47 PM

    Morning Papers Waltz

    Johann StraussJr.

    Strauss

    Vienna Volksoper Orchestra

    Franz Bauer-Theussl, conductor

    10:37
  • 5:21 PM

    Symphony No. 47 "Palindrome"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies, Vol 7 - c. 1772: 45, 46, 47, 51, 52, 64

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    24:04
  • 5:10 PM

    Mazurka-oberek

    Alexander Glazunov

    Swiss Italian Orchestra

    Alexander Vedernikov, conductor

    Chloe Hanslip, violin

    9:48
  • 5:06 PM

    Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    CHRISTMAS WITH THE 5 BROWNS

    Ryan Brown, piano

    3:39
  • 5:01 PM

    King Carotte Overture

    Jacques Offenbach

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    4:44
  • 4:47 PM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral": 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 6

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    11:29
  • 4:19 PM

    Harp Concerto

    Reinhold Gliere

    Gliere, Ginastera: Harp Concertos, etc.

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Rachel Masters, harp

    26:59
  • 4:12 PM

    Air de ballet

    Cecile Chaminade

    Chaminade: Piano Works

    Eric Parkin, piano

    5:03
  • 4:06 PM

    Swan Lake: Scene finale

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    TCHAIKOVSKY: The Nutcracker / Swan Lake / Sleeping Beauty

    Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    5:13
  • 4:01 PM

    Bardenklange: Love Song

    Johann Kaspar Mertz

    The Romantic Guitar

    Raphaella Smits, guitar

    4:39
  • 3:50 PM

    Symphonie Espagnole: Rondo

    Edouard Lalo

    Greatest Hits

    Paris Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    8:01
  • 3:36 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 3

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart y Mambo

    Havana Lyceum Orchestra

    Jose Antonio Mendez Padron, conductor

    Sarah Willis, horn

    14:18
  • 3:21 PM

    Liebeslieder Walzer (Love-Song Waltzes)

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    12:52
  • 3:13 PM

    Viennese Ladies Landler

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: 12 German Dances, Concert Piece, Rondo

    Ensemble Wien

    7:00
  • 3:06 PM

    Colas Breugnon Overture

    Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Russian Overtures

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    5:30
  • 3:00 PM

    Iberia: Triana

    Isaac Albeniz

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    4:53
  • 2:49 PM

    Carnival Overture

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Violin Concerto

    New York Philharmonic

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    9:48
  • 2:48 PM

    Fantasy on La Traviata

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Fantasy: A Night At The Opera

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    10:19
  • 2:41 PM

    Route 66

    Michael Daugherty

    Daugherty: Route 66, Ghost Ranch, Time Machine

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    6:52
  • 2:34 PM

    Road Movies: Relaxed Groove

    John Adams

    American Road Trip

    Augustin Hadelich, violin

    5:06
  • 2:14 PM

    Divertimento on "Sellinger's Round"

    Michael Tippett

    Concert Recording

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    18:06
  • 2:09 PM

    Sellinger's Round

    William Byrd

    Concert Recording

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    3:56
  • 2:03 PM

    Toccata Marziale

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Eastman Wind Ensemble

    Eastman Wind Ensemble

    Donald Hunsberger, conductor

    4:32
  • 1:52 PM

    Global Warming

    Michael Abels

    African Heritage Symphonic Series Vol. 3

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    8:19
  • 1:47 PM

    Octet: Scherzo

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: The Complete String Quartets

    Emerson String Quartet

    4:14
  • 1:39 PM

    Festive Overture

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    James DePreist, conductor

    6:17
  • 1:32 PM

    Bluesette

    Toots Thielemans

    From the Top 25

    Laurel Harned, guitar

    4:58
  • 1:28 PM

    Canzon No. 13

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    Music of Gabrieli

    Empire Brass

    2:30
  • 1:22 PM

    Eugene Onegin: Polonaise

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 3, Capriccio Italien

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    4:51
  • 1:18 PM

    Preludes, Book 2: Bruyeres (Heather)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy's Harp

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    2:50
  • 1:11 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 6: 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven Piano Sonatas Vol. 4

    Jonathan Biss, piano

    3:47
  • 1:04 PM

    Hary Janos Suite: Intermezzo

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Prokofiev: Leiutenant Kije Suite

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    4:46
  • 12:51 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "Romantic": Finale

    Howard Hanson

    Howard Hanson Symphonies 1, 2; Elegy in Memory of Serge Koussevitky

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    7:06
  • 12:46 PM

    Darest, O Soul

    Mari Esabel Valverde

    COVID-19 Sessions

    Cantus

    3:02
  • 12:35 PM

    Clarinet Quintet: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart & Brahms

    Pacifica String Quartet

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    9:08
  • 12:29 PM

    Staatskapelle Weimar

    Peter Gulke, conductor

    4:38
  • 12:17 PM

    The Four Seasons: Spring

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Concert Recording

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Kyu-Young Kim, violin

    9:53
  • 12:11 PM

    A Summer Day

    Lena McLin

    Kaleidoscope: Music by African-American Women

    Helen Walker-Hill, piano

    3:57
  • 12:08 PM

    Norwegian Dance No. 2

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Norwegian Dances

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    2:19
  • 12:04 PM

    Acis and Galatea: Happy We!

    George Frideric Handel

    Grand & Glorious - Great Operatic Choruses / Robert Shaw

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    1:56
  • 11:51 AM

    Symphony No. 5: 1st movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonies 5 & 8

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    7:07
  • 11:45 AM

    Sonata No. 10 "Pastorella"

    Johann Georg Rauch

    La Notte: Concertos and Pastorales for Christmas Night

    Illyria Consort

    Bojan Cicic, violin

    5:34
  • 11:35 AM

    Symphony No. 98: Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: The London Symphonies, Vol. I

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    8:04
  • 11:31 AM

    Three Dances: Waltz

    Alfred Uhl

    Chanson et Danses

    Montreal Winds

    Jacques Lacombe, conductor

    3:14
  • 11:19 AM

    Summer

    Frank Bridge

    Bridge, Bantock & Butterworth

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    10:41
  • 11:16 AM

    Meditation

    Florence Price

    Piano Heroines

    Claire Huangci, piano

    2:13
  • 11:08 AM

    Paulus (St. Paul): Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn in Birmingham, Vol. 5: Overtures

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Edward Gardner, conductor

    6:29
  • 11:04 AM

    Trumpet Voluntary (The Prince of Denmark's March)

    Jeremiah Clarke

    The Lighter Side

    Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

    2:47
  • 10:50 AM

    Suite of Scottish Dances

    William Alwyn

    British World Premieres

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    7:47
  • 10:31 AM

    Sonatina

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak For Two

    Gil Shaham, violin

    17:30
  • 10:24 AM

    Wildflower (Yolanda's Song)

    Arturo Sandoval

    Wildflower

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    7:17
  • 10:14 AM

    A Fugal Concerto

    Gustav Holst

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    Kathryn Greenbank, oboe

    Julia Bogorad-Kogan, flute

    7:22
  • 10:06 AM

    Dance of the Blessed Spirits

    Christoph Gluck

    Pachelbel Canon and Other Favorites

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    7:53
  • 10:01 AM

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

    Phyllis Tate

    Box of Delights: British Light Music Gems

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    4:52
  • 9:44 AM

    Guitar Sonata No. 1

    Celil Refik Kaya

    Bokyung Byun, guitar

    14:07
  • 9:26 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "Mysterious Mountain"

    Alan Hovhaness

    The Five Sacred Trees

    London Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    16:37
  • 9:13 AM

    Four Seasons: Summer

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi | Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin

    11:08
  • 9:06 AM

    Prelude No. 15 "Raindrop"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin Preludes

    Ivan Moravec, piano

    6:28
  • 9:01 AM

    Loch Lomond

    Traditional

    Chanticleer

    4:39
  • 8:27 AM

    Symphony No. 4 "Tragic"

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: The Symphonies

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    31:07
  • 8:18 AM

    Lore-Lore

    Lou Koster

    Koster: Orchestral Music

    Estro Armonico Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra

    Jonathan Kaell, conductor

    7:55
  • 8:01 AM

    Sinfonia "Le campane di Roma" ("Bells of Rome")

    Giuseppe Demachi

    Improvisata: Sinfonie con titoli

    Europa Galante

    Fabio Biondi, conductor

    Fabio Biondi, violin

    15:58
  • 7:37 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Britten; Shostakovich; Enesco

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    21:12
  • 7:31 AM

    String Quartet No. 1: Let's Sit Beneath the Stars

    Elena Ruehr

    Elena Ruehr: Six String Quartets

    Cypress String Quartet

    5:27
  • 7:18 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "In the Spring": 4th movement

    John Knowles Paine

    John Knowles Paine: Orchestral Works 2

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    11:09
  • 7:01 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Orchestral Works

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    Maurice Bourgue, oboe

    16:34
  • 6:23 AM

    Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spake Zarathustra)

    Richard Strauss

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    34:57
  • 6:21 AM

    The Deserted Garden

    Florence Price

    Perspectives

    Dawn Dongeun Wohn, violin

    1:54
  • 6:01 AM

    Guitar Quintet No. 5

    Luigi Boccherini

    Boccherini: The Guitar Quintets

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    17:50
  • 5:26 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Niels Gade

    Gade: Symphonies No 1 & 8 / Järvi, Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    31:41
  • 5:18 AM

    Flute Concertino

    Cecile Chaminade

    Frisson

    Czech Philharmonic Wind Ensemble

    Shea Lolin, conductor

    Fiona Sweeney, flute

    8:15
  • 5:01 AM

    Serenade for Strings

    Max Bruch

    Bruch: Orchestral Works

    Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra

    George Hanson, conductor

    15:03
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