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  • 4:53 AM

    Lament

    Brandon Ridenour

    Canadian Brass Takes Flight

    Canadian Brass

    5:01
  • 4:37 AM

    My Brother's Brain: The Hymn of Forgiving

    Carter Pann

    Northwestern University Symphonic Wind Ensemble

    Mallory Thompson, conductor

    14:40
  • 4:33 AM

    A Nearer Sun

    The Westerlies

    The Westerlies

    2:36
  • 4:14 AM

    River of Time

    David Biedenbender

    David Biedenbender: River of Time

    Lansing Symphony Orchestra

    Timothy Muffitt, conductor

    Neil Mueller, trumpet

    18:25
  • 4:06 AM

    Fanfare for Uncommon Times

    Valerie Coleman

    Brass for Uncommon Times

    Brass for Uncommon Times

    Brian Kaufman, conductor

    6:44
  • 4:01 AM

    Elements of Nature: Water, Fire

    Paul Osterfield

    Brass Tacks 3

    Jozef Zimka, trumpet

    4:28
  • 3:51 AM

    Illuminations of the Beyond (Eclairs sur l'au-dela): Apparition du Christ glorieux (Apparition of the Glorious Christ)

    Olivier Messiaen

    Messiaen: Illuminations of the Beyond

    Orchestre de la Bastille

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    6:40
  • 3:47 AM

    Instrumental Round No. 1 in Snaketime

    Moondog (Louis Hardin)

    Extension Ensemble

    2:59
  • 3:32 AM

    Bells for Stokowski

    Michael Daugherty

    Bells for Stokowski

    University of Texas Wind Ensemble

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    13:55
  • 3:25 AM

    To the Lighthouse

    Linda Kouvaras

    Linda Kouvaras: Piano Music, Chamber Works and Songs, Volume 3

    Lyrebird Brass

    5:35
  • 3:07 AM

    Concerto for Brass "SIGNAL"

    Dani Howard

    Concert Recording

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    16:22
  • 3:01 AM

    Credo: 4th movement

    David Sanford

    Credo

    Meridian Arts Ensemble

    4:45
  • 2:45 AM

    Lute Sonata "Pastorella"

    Bernhard Joachim Hagen

    John Schneiderman, lute

    Elizabeth Blumenstock, violin

    William Skeen, cello

    13:15
  • 2:12 AM

    Symphony

    Edvard Grieg

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    31:56
  • 2:06 AM

    Three Norwegian Dances

    Anonymous

    Sublimation: Songs and dances from 18th-century Scandinavia

    The Curious Bards

    3:22
  • 2:01 AM

    Nocturne No. 5

    Stephan Elmas

    Mikael Ayrapetyan, piano

    4:44
  • 1:52 AM

    Attacca Quartet

    5:49
  • 1:29 AM

    Nights in the Gardens of Spain

    Manuel de Falla

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano

    22:14
  • 1:13 AM

    Provence Suite

    Darius Milhaud

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    14:09
  • 1:06 AM

    L'Isle joyeuse (Joyous Isle)

    Claude Debussy

    Singing on the Water

    Carol Rosenberger, piano

    6:04
  • 1:01 AM

    Four Medieval Dances: Pavane

    Joseph Lauber

    Rachel Talitman, harp

    Marcos Fregnani-Martins, flute

    4:48
  • 12:49 AM

    Danish National Chamber Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    9:20
  • 12:45 AM

    Shine

    Jon Batiste

    Black Mozart

    Jon Batiste, piano

    2:28
  • 12:15 AM

    Serenade for Strings

    Antonin Dvorak

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    29:44
  • 12:06 AM

    Romanian Folk Dances

    Bela Bartok

    Dancing For 100 Years

    Quebec Symphony Orchestra

    Yoav Talmi, conductor

    6:44
  • 12:01 AM

    Grande Serenade: Finale

    Mauro Giuliani

    Louise Schulman, viola

    Bill Zito, guitar

    4:49
  • 11:50 PM

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    8:29
  • 11:41 PM

    Fountains of Rome

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Pini di Roma, Fontane di Roma, etc.

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    16:39
  • 11:36 PM

    Celebration: Joy and Celebration

    Gao Hong

    Symphony of Self

    "The President's Own" United States Marine Band

    Captain Darren Y. Lin, conductor

    4:02
  • 11:27 PM

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    8:29
  • 11:11 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

    Academy for Ancient Music Berlin

    Isabelle Faust, violin

    14:33
  • 11:05 PM

    Hungarian Melody

    Franz Schubert

    Shai Wosner, piano

    4:14
  • 11:00 PM

    Hungarian March

    Hector Berlioz

    Pomp & Pizazz

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    5:02
  • 10:50 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 5 "L'Incendie par L'Orage": 3rd movement

    John Field

    FIELD: Piano Concertos Nos. 5 and 6

    Northern Sinfonia of England

    David Haslam, conductor

    Benjamin Frith, piano

    7:33
  • 10:37 PM

    Symphonic Dances: 1st movement

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: The Bells & Symphonic Dances

    Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra

    Karina Canellakis, conductor

    11:55
  • 10:33 PM

    Vespers: Praise the Name of the Lord

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff Vespers

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    2:45
  • 10:19 PM

    Concerto for Two Horns

    Leopold Mozart

    The Golden Age of the Horn: Concertos for Two Horns

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Jacek Muzyk, horn

    12:28
  • 10:12 PM

    Fifty Folk Tunes from Hardanger: selections

    Geirr Tveitt

    Geirr Tveitt

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    5:36
  • 10:02 PM

    Sigurd Jorsalfar: Homage March

    Edvard Grieg

    Sibelius: Finlandia, Valse Triste; Grieg: Sigurd Jorsalfar

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    8:46
  • 9:53 PM

    Introduction and Caprice-Jota

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Sarasate: Music For Violin And Orchestra 3

    Navarra Symphony Orchestra

    Ernest Martinez Izquierdo, conductor

    Tianwa Yang, violin

    7:08
  • 9:42 PM

    Rosen aus dem Suden (Roses from the South) Waltz

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    10:33
  • 9:34 PM

    Prelude No. 15 "Raindrop"

    Frederic Chopin

    Ivan Moravec, piano

    6:26
  • 9:28 PM

    Concerto Grosso: March

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Orchestral Works

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    4:30
  • 9:07 PM

    Bassoon Concerto

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mito Chamber Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    Dag Jensen, bassoon

    18:48
  • 9:02 PM

    String Quartet No. 15: Minuet

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    W.A. Mozart: The String Quartets

    Amadeus Quartet

    3:41
  • 8:52 PM

    Scottish March (Marche ecossaise)

    Claude Debussy

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    6:44
  • 8:41 PM

    Kreisleriana No. 2

    Robert Schumann

    For Clara

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    10:10
  • 8:36 PM

    Cello Suite No. 6: Gavottes

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Matt Haimovitz, cello

    4:40
  • 8:23 PM

    Cuban Overture

    George Gershwin

    Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    10:34
  • 8:20 PM

    Four Spanish Pieces: Cubana

    Manuel de Falla

    Impressions of Spain

    The Great Necks

    3:53
  • 8:03 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Hakan Hardenberger, trumpet

    14:30
  • 8:00 PM

    The Love for Three Oranges: March

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg: Speaking in Strings

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin

    1:41
  • 5:47 PM

    Snowflake Ballet

    Jacques Offenbach

    Offenbach Music from the Operettas

    Gulbenkian Orchestra

    Michel Swierczewski, conductor

    11:06
  • 5:33 PM

    Concerto for Oboe and Violin

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Kahane, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    Allan Vogel, oboe

    13:01
  • 5:24 PM

    Impressions from the Countryside: Village Dance

    Zdenek Fibich

    Czech National Symphony Orchestra

    Marek Stilec, conductor

    7:46
  • 5:13 PM

    Zarabanda Lejana

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Rodrigo: Concertos and Orchestral Works

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    9:22
  • 5:06 PM

    Tancredi: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    6:33
  • 5:01 PM

    La Convalescente

    Francois Couperin

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    4:35
  • 4:44 PM

    The Merchant of Venice: Suite

    Arthur Sullivan

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Vivian Dunn, conductor

    14:20
  • 4:22 PM

    Symphony No. 95

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 95, 97, 101

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    20:24
  • 4:14 PM

    Sensemaya

    Silvestre Revueltas

    Mi Alma Mexicana

    Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas

    Alondra de la Parra, conductor

    6:35
  • 4:06 PM

    Capriccio

    Felix Mendelssohn

    MENDELSSOHN: Sonata in G Minor / Fantasia, Op. 15 / Variations, Op. 83

    Benjamin Frith, piano

    6:55
  • 4:01 PM

    Festival Coronation March for Alexander III

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    4:39
  • 3:51 PM

    Italian Serenade

    Hugo Wolf

    Emerson String Quartet

    7:06
  • 3:33 PM

    Guitar Concerto

    Ferdinando Carulli

    Carulli, Molino: Guitar Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    16:18
  • 3:29 PM

    Humoresque No. 7

    Antonin Dvorak

    Philharmonix

    2:36
  • 3:06 PM

    Billy the Kid: Suite

    Aaron Copland

    Concert Recording

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Ryan Bancroft, conductor

    21:50
  • 3:01 PM

    O Praise the Lord

    Adolphus Hailstork

    Adolphus Hailstork Choral Works

    McCullough Chorale

    Donald McCullough, conductor

    4:32
  • 2:53 PM

    Romeo and Juliet: Dance of the Knights

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    5:34
  • 2:50 PM

    Concertante Quartet No. 6

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Uncovered, Vol. 4

    Catalyst Quartet

    8:24
  • 2:40 PM

    Flying Dragon Concerto

    Gao Hong

    Symphony of Self

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Michael Poll, conductor

    Gao Hong, pipa

    9:07
  • 2:17 PM

    Carnival of the Animals

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Philippe Entremont, conductor

    Philippe Entremont, piano

    Gaby Casadesus, piano

    Alain Marion, flute

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Soloists

    22:00
  • 2:11 PM

    Dumbo: Baby Mine

    Frank Churchill/Ned Washington

    Lang Lang: The Disney Book

    Lang Lang, piano

    4:52
  • 2:04 PM

    Rodeo: Buckaroo Holiday

    Aaron Copland

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    7:35
  • 2:01 PM

    Carmen: March of the Toreadors

    Georges Bizet

    Dance!: The World's Favourite Ice-Skating Music

    French National Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    2:06
  • 1:50 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1: Rondo

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Piano Concertos

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Jerzy Semkow, conductor

    Rafal Blechacz, piano

    9:51
  • 1:43 PM

    Morning Meditation

    David Evan Thomas

    Thomas: Transformations

    Sonja Thompson, piano

    2:10
  • 1:31 PM

    Seattle Baroque Orchestra

    Stephen Stubbs, conductor

    Maxine Eilander, harp

    12:00
  • 1:21 PM

    L'Etoile du Nord: Dance Suite

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Meyerbeer: Ballet Music From The Operas / Nesterowicz

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Michal Nesterowicz, conductor

    9:07
  • 1:18 PM

    An American Mosaic: Caretakers and Research Physicians

    Richard Danielpour

    Danielpour/Dinnerstein - An American Mosaic

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    2:17
  • 1:10 PM

    Quintet: 3rd movement

    Johann Christian Bach

    J. C. Bach: 3 Quintets, Sextet

    English Concert

    5:21
  • 1:04 PM

    Serenade for Strings: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    4:01
  • 12:56 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 11

    Antonin Dvorak

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Andres Orozco-Estrada, conductor

    3:37
  • 12:50 PM

    Sinfonia Concertante: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 1, Sinfonia Concertante, etc.

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    6:07
  • 12:46 PM

    Alla Turc Movement

    Jon Batiste

    Black Mozart

    Jon Batiste, piano

    3:17
  • 12:39 PM

    Sonata No. 10 "Pastorella"

    Johann Georg Rauch

    La Notte: Concertos and Pastorales for Christmas Night

    Illyria Consort

    Bojan Cicic, violin

    5:34
  • 12:29 PM

    Academy for Ancient Music Berlin

    8:50
  • 12:20 PM

    Euterpe Overture

    George Chadwick

    Nashville Symphony Orchestra

    Kenneth Schermerhorn, conductor

    8:59
  • 12:15 PM

    String Sextet No. 1: Scherzo

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: String Sextets

    Cypress String Quartet

    Barry Shiffman, violin

    3:10
  • 12:09 PM

    Milan Symphony Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    5:11
  • 12:04 PM

    Handel in the Strand

    Percy Grainger

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    4:02
  • 11:50 AM

    Norwegian Rhapsody No. 2

    Johan Svendsen

    Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    9:14
  • 11:45 AM

    String Quartet No. 63 "Sunrise": Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 76, Nos. 4 & 6

    Orlando Quartet

    5:04
  • 11:32 AM

    Symphony No. 4: 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies No 4 & 5

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    11:20
  • 11:28 AM

    Canzon in Double Echo

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    The Glory of Gabrieli

    Empire Brass & Friends

    3:34
  • 11:24 AM

    Bachianinha No. 1

    Paulinho Nogueira

    Bacheando

    Plinio Fernandes, guitar

    3:20
  • 11:15 AM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 6: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Keyboard Concerti Vol. 2

    Australian Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Tognetti, conductor

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    7:19
  • 11:07 AM

    Overture No. 2

    Louise Farrenc

    European Soloists, Luxembourg

    Christoph Konig, conductor

    7:07
  • 11:04 AM

    12 Ensemble

    2:34
  • 10:50 AM

    The Planets: Jupiter

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: The Planets

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    7:53
  • 10:34 AM

    Five Bagatelles

    Gerald Finzi

    FINZI: Clarinet Concerto / Five Bagatelles / Three Soliloquies / Romance

    Northern Sinfonia

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    Robert Plane, clarinet

    14:32
  • 10:29 AM

    Robert Shaw Festival Singers

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    4:52
  • 10:13 AM

    Jasmine Choi, flute

    Florian Zwiauer, violin

    Vera Reigersberg, viola

    Attila Szekely, cello

    14:31
  • 10:06 AM

    Symphonic Dance No. 1

    Edvard Grieg

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    6:20
  • 10:01 AM

    Vals gayo

    Theresa Carreno

    Clara Rodriguez Plays the Music of Teresa Carreno

    Clara Rodriguez, piano

    4:48
  • 9:49 AM

    Fantasy on Themes from "La Traviata"

    Emanuel Krakamp/Giulio Briccialdi

    Cavatina Duo

    9:29
  • 9:28 AM

    Siegfried Idyll

    Richard Wagner

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    18:50
  • 9:20 AM

    A Morning in the Woods

    Leo Ornstein

    Janice Weber, piano

    6:16
  • 9:06 AM

    Springtime Suite

    Eric Coates

    Coates: Springtime Suite - Four Ways Suite - Saxo-Rhapsody

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Penny, conductor

    13:26
  • 9:01 AM

    Symphony Concertante: Rondeau

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    Yury Revich, violin

    Libor Jezek, violin

    Pavla Honsova, viola

    4:51
  • 8:20 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Nathalie Stutzmann, conductor

    Haochen Zhang, piano

    38:02
  • 8:15 AM

    Overjoyed

    Stevie Wonder

    An American Rhapsody

    Calefax Reed Ensemble

    4:05
  • 8:01 AM

    From Italy (Aus Italien): On the Beach at Sorrento

    Richard Strauss

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    12:34
  • 7:30 AM

    String Quartet No. 23 "Prussian"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Shanghai Quartet

    28:42
  • 7:20 AM

    As You Like It: Suite

    Roger Quilter

    Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    9:16
  • 7:08 AM

    Quiet City

    Aaron Copland

    Landscapes

    University of Kansas Wind Ensemble

    Paul Popiel, conductor

    Margaret Marco, English horn

    10:10
  • 7:01 AM

    La Celosa and Un Recuerdo

    Ignacio Cervantes

    Guitar Music of Cuba

    Elias Barreiro, guitar

    5:49
  • 6:34 AM

    Symphony on a French Mountain Air

    Vincent d'Indy

    Radio Philharmonic Orchestra of France

    Marek Janowski, conductor

    Catherine Collard, piano

    23:57
  • 6:07 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Erich Korngold

    Player 1

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Cristian Macelaru, conductor

    Ray Chen, violin

    25:38
  • 6:01 AM

    Waltz No. 2

    Cecile Chaminade

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    4:54
  • 5:16 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Polish"

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    42:05
  • 5:11 AM

    Solitude in the Fields (Feldeinsamkeit)

    Johannes Brahms

    Zuill Bailey, cello

    Awadagin Pratt, piano

    2:51
  • 5:01 AM

    Scintillation

    Carlos Salzedo

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    9:44
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