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  • 4:44 AM

    Approaching Autumn

    Mark Abel

    Jonah Kim, cello

    Robert Koenig, piano

    14:46
  • 4:14 AM

    Meditations on Ecclesiastes

    Norman Dello Joio

    Oregon Symphony

    James DePreist, conductor

    28:00
  • 4:06 AM

    Four Short Prayers of Saint Francis of Assisi

    Francis Poulenc

    Poulenc: Choral Works

    Robert Shaw Festival Singers

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    Christopher Cock, tenor

    7:11
  • 4:01 AM

    Intermezzo No. 4

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Late Piano Works

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    4:50
  • 3:53 AM

    Hymnus for 12 Cellos

    Julius Klengel

    Neighbors

    UCCELLO

    Matt Haimovitz, cello

    4:53
  • 3:32 AM

    Sinfonietta No. 2 "Generations"

    Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    19:29
  • 3:28 AM

    To be sung on the water

    Samuel Barber

    Polyphony

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    2:49
  • 3:06 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Samuel Barber

    Concert Recording

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    James Gaffigan, conductor

    20:46
  • 3:01 AM

    Violin Sonata: Scherzo

    Amy Beach

    Amy Beach: Violin Sonata etc.

    Gabrielle Lester, violin

    4:35
  • 2:49 AM

    Susann McDonald, harp

    8:58
  • 2:19 AM

    Kalevala Suite

    Uuno Klami

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor

    29:15
  • 2:12 AM

    Souvenir

    Jean Sibelius

    Nordic Rhapsody

    Johan Dalene, violin

    4:31
  • 2:06 AM

    Cantata No. 208: Sheep May Safely Graze

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    5:42
  • 2:01 AM

    Nocturne No. 11

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: Nocturnes and Barcarolles

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    4:53
  • 1:42 AM

    Chanson et Danses (Song and Dances)

    Vincent d'Indy

    Chanson et Danses

    Montreal Winds

    Jacques Lacombe, conductor

    15:42
  • 1:23 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 8 "Pathetique"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Jonathan Biss, piano

    17:21
  • 1:19 AM

    Mondnacht (Moon Night)

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann

    Camerata Salzburg

    Gregory Ahss, conductor

    Kian Soltani, cello

    3:44
  • 1:06 AM

    Sentimental Story

    Charlotte Sohy

    Charlotte Sohy: Compositrice de la Belle Epoque

    National Orchestra of Avignon-Provence

    Debora Waldman, conductor

    11:24
  • 1:01 AM

    Cantilene

    Louis Cahuzac

    French Portraits / Ricardo Morales, Michael Chertok

    Ricardo Morales, clarinet

    4:35
  • 12:51 AM

    Trio Sonata No. 6

    Thomas Alexander Erskine

    London Circa 1760: J.C. Bach, C.F. Abel & Friends

    La Reveuse

    7:32
  • 12:13 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "A Pastoral Symphony"

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    Yvonne Kenny, soprano

    35:59
  • 12:06 AM

    Pastoral

    Arthur Bliss

    Emma Johnson, clarinet

    Malcolm Martineau, piano

    5:04
  • 12:01 AM

    Daniel's Chaconne

    Ronn McFarlane

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    Carolyn Surrick, viola da gamba

    4:49
  • 11:52 PM

    Symphony No. 4: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Complete Symphonies

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    5:54
  • 11:30 PM

    Suite for Viola da gamba and Strings

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Les Plaisirs

    Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

    Monica Huggett, conductor

    Sarah Cunningham, viola da gamba

    21:16
  • 11:21 PM

    Path at Sunrise, Masses of Flowers

    Margaret Brouwer

    Brouwer: Rhapsodies

    Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    8:01
  • 11:13 PM

    Toward a New Life

    Josef Suk

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    5:53
  • 11:06 PM

    Asturias (Leyenda)

    Isaac Albeniz

    Albeniz, Turina: Works for the Guitar

    Manuel Barrueco, guitar

    6:42
  • 11:01 PM

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    Matthew Hagle, piano

    4:46
  • 10:49 PM

    Bright Blue Music

    Michael Torke

    Javelin - the Music of Michael Torke

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    9:06
  • 10:36 PM

    Four Seasons: Autumn

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Nigel Kennedy, conductor

    Nigel Kennedy, violin

    11:18
  • 10:25 PM

    Comet Prelude

    Avril Coleridge-Taylor

    Avril Coleridge-Taylor: Piano Concerto & Orchestral Works

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Andrews, conductor

    10:31
  • 10:13 PM

    Irish Suite for Strings

    Arthur Duff

    Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Fionnuala Hunt, conductor

    10:05
  • 10:06 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
  • 10:01 PM

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    4:30
  • 9:53 PM

    Conga del Fuego nuevo

    Arturo Marquez

    Gustavo Dudamel: Discoveries

    Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    4:54
  • 9:47 PM

    Wedding March

    John Philip Sousa

    SOUSA, J.P.: Music for Wind Band, Vol. 16

    Marine Band of the Royal Netherlands Navy

    Keith Brion, conductor

    6:33
  • 9:31 PM

    Scherzo Capriccioso

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphonies 5 & 6

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    14:05
  • 9:26 PM

    Piano Quintet: Scherzo

    Robert Schumann

    Elias String Quartet

    Jonathan Biss, piano

    4:43
  • 9:17 PM

    Coppelia: Slavonic Theme and Variation

    Leo Delibes

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    6:50
  • 9:06 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3: Overture

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    10:09
  • 9:03 PM

    Wedding on the Eiffel Tower: Waltz of the Telegrams

    Germaine Tailleferre

    French Ballet Music of the 1920s

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    2:32
  • 8:47 PM

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

    John Knowles Paine

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    11:09
  • 8:19 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    26:07
  • 8:14 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 6

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: 21 Hungarian Dances

    Katia & Marielle Labeque, pianos

    3:13
  • 8:06 PM

    String Quartet No. 2: Nocturne

    Alexander Borodin

    Pops a la Russe

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    7:43
  • 8:01 PM

    Etienne Marcel: Waltz

    Camille Saint-Saens

    SAINT-SAENS, C.: Dances and Ballet Music

    Residentie Orchestra The Hague

    Jun Markl, conductor

    4:50
  • 7:41 PM

    Cinnamon Grove

    Nathaniel Dett

    My Cup Runneth Over: The Complete Piano Works of R. Nathaniel Dett

    Clipper Erickson, piano

    17:30
  • 5:47 PM

    Unter bluhenden Linden

    Lou Koster

    Koster: Orchestral Music

    Estro Armonico Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra

    Jonathan Kaell, conductor

    10:53
  • 5:23 PM

    Symphony No. 100 "Military"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    London Classical Players

    Roger Norrington, conductor

    23:00
  • 5:16 PM

    Crown Imperial

    William Walton

    Walton: Belshazzar's Feast/ Henry V Suite

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    6:51
  • 5:12 PM

    Rosemary Tuck, piano

    2:36
  • 5:06 PM

    Bass Tuba Concerto: Romance

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Concertos

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    Patrick Harrild, tuba

    5:22
  • 5:01 PM

    Loch Lomond

    Traditional

    Chanticleer

    4:39
  • 4:48 PM

    In Spring Overture

    Karl Goldmark

    Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andras Korodi, conductor

    10:31
  • 4:25 PM

    Aranjuez Concerto

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Rodrigo, Turina, Falla

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    Alfonso Moreno, guitar

    21:08
  • 4:15 PM

    Sonatina No. 1 "From an Invalid's Workshop": 2nd movement

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Complete Works for Winds

    London Winds

    Michael Collins, conductor

    9:09
  • 4:06 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
  • 4:06 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Concert Recording

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Elena Schwarz, conductor

    Alina Ibragimova, violin

    26:46
  • 4:01 PM

    Symphony No. 5: Scherzo

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: Symphony No. 5 The Seasons

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    4:47
  • 3:51 PM

    Fleeting Pleasure

    Joseph Lanner

    Vienna String Ensemble

    7:13
  • 3:29 PM

    London Mozart Players

    Jane Glover, conductor

    20:15
  • 3:24 PM

    Dance-Song

    Sirvart Karamanuk

    By Women

    Sahan Arzruni, piano

    3:38
  • 3:07 PM

    Dance Suite

    Edmund Thornton Jenkins

    Concert Recording

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Jonathon Heyward, conductor

    16:59
  • 3:01 PM

    Variations on a Theme by Rossini

    Frederic Chopin

    Duo Recital

    Maxence Larrieu, flute

    4:48
  • 2:49 PM

    Overture for Wind Instruments

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Romantic Wind Serenades

    Consortium Classicum

    9:21
  • 2:48 PM

    String Quartet No. 3: 1st movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Hagen Quartet

    10:22
  • 2:45 PM

    Klavierstuck (Piano Piece)

    Fanny Mendelssohn

    Fanny Mendelssohn: Complete Solo Piano Works, Vol. 1

    Ana-Marija Markovina, piano

    4:03
  • 2:28 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Andrew Manze, violin

    Richard Egarr, harpsichord

    Jaap ter Linden, baroque cello

    16:18
  • 2:26 PM

    Swedish Judge's Dance (Domaredansen)

    Otto Olsson

    Let Your Voice Be Heard

    Cantus

    1:40
  • 2:10 PM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 1

    Ottorino Respighi

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    14:53
  • 2:03 PM

    Shenandoah

    Traditional

    Evolution Of The Brass Quintet

    Copper Street Brass Quintet

    5:27
  • 2:00 PM

    Morning Song

    Edward Elgar

    Daniel Hope | Belle Epoque

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hope, violin

    3:11
  • 1:47 PM

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

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphonies 7, 8 & 9

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    11:42
  • 1:41 PM

    The Four Moons: The Osage Variation: Marjorie Tallchief

    Louis Ballard

    Ballard: The Four Moons, Devil's Promenade, Fantasy Aborigine No. 3, & Scenes from Indian Life

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    4:04
  • 1:31 PM

    Orpheus in the Underworld: Overture

    Jacques Offenbach

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    9:36
  • 1:23 PM

    Years of Pilgrimage: The Fountains at the Villa d'Este

    Franz Liszt

    Franz Liszt

    Jerome Lowenthal, piano

    6:52
  • 1:18 PM

    String Quartet No. 1: Menuetto

    Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf

    Franz Schubert Quartet

    4:47
  • 1:10 PM

    Sinfonia in Classic Mode: Minuet

    Joseph Marx

    Bochum Symphony Orchestra

    Steven Sloane, conductor

    4:41
  • 1:04 PM

    Symphony No. 101 "The Clock": Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonien Nr. 101 & 102

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    5:24
  • 12:53 PM

    Symphony No. 3: Finale

    Louise Farrenc

    Farrenc: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3

    European Soloists, Luxembourg

    Christoph Konig, conductor

    6:29
  • 12:45 PM

    String Quartet No. 5: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Cypress String Quartet

    6:46
  • 12:36 PM

    Symphony No. 5: 4th movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonies 5 & 8

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    7:38
  • 12:31 PM

    Norwegian Dance No. 5

    Johan Halvorsen

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Ari Rasilainen, conductor

    Harald Aadland, violin

    5:05
  • 12:22 PM

    Global Warming

    Michael Abels

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    8:19
  • 12:15 PM

    Piano Sonata: Andante

    Florence Price

    Calefax Reed Ensemble

    5:27
  • 12:09 PM

    Symphony "The Cotswolds": 3rd movement

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: Orchestral Works, Vol. 4

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    5:30
  • 12:04 PM

    Violin Partita No. 3: Prelude

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Sonatas and Partitas - Complete

    Paul Galbraith, guitar

    4:01
  • 11:51 AM

    In the Steppes of Central Asia

    Alexander Borodin

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Loris Tjeknavorian, conductor

    8:00
  • 11:45 AM

    Octet: Finale

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Cleveland Quartet

    5:50
  • 11:36 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Spring": Finale

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: The Symphonies

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    7:41
  • 11:30 AM

    From Shakespeare: Viola

    Josef Foerster

    Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra

    Marek Stilek, conductor

    4:54
  • 11:26 AM

    Othello Suite: Children's Intermezzo

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Fawzi Haimor, conductor

    3:51
  • 11:20 AM

    Troisieme Valse brillante

    Cecile Chaminade

    Chaminade: Piano Music 3

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    5:16
  • 11:16 AM

    Belle Epine

    Chris Lynch

    Alyosha

    The Dust of Suns Ensemble

    3:01
  • 11:07 AM

    Jean de Paris: Overture

    Francois Boieldieu

    Francois-Adrien Boieldieu: Piano Concerto; Six Overtures

    Swiss Italian Orchestra

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    7:50
  • 11:04 AM

    A Chloris (To Chloris)

    Reynaldo Hahn

    Cantabile

    Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Olivieri-Munroe, conductor

    Sol Gabetta, cello

    2:26
  • 10:51 AM

    Prague Waltzes

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Legends, Prague Waltzes

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    7:35
  • 10:28 AM

    Symphony No. 66

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Philharmonia Hungarica

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    22:00
  • 10:22 AM

    German Requiem: Wie lieblich (How lovely are thy dwelling places)

    Johannes Brahms

    MDR Radio Chorus Leipzig

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    4:52
  • 10:10 AM

    Consort for Ten Winds

    Robert Spittal

    Wind Music

    Atlanta Chamber Winds

    Robert J. Ambrose, conductor

    10:36
  • 10:06 AM

    Mexican Landscape

    Aaron Copland

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    3:05
  • 10:01 AM

    La Sampaguita (The Flower of Manila)

    Dolores Paterno

    To A Camia: Piano Music from Romantic Manila

    Sally Pinkas, piano

    4:46
  • 9:51 AM

    Sleeping Beauty: Introduction and March

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    7:23
  • 9:34 AM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Keyboard Concerti Vol. 2

    Australian Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Tognetti, conductor

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    16:00
  • 9:22 AM

    Capriol Suite

    Peter Warlock

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    10:02
  • 9:06 AM

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Marc Destrube, conductor

    15:08
  • 9:01 AM

    Bees and Bumblebees

    Eugene Arcade Dede

    American Romantics

    Gowanus Arts Ensemble

    Reuben Blundell, conductor

    4:33
  • 8:21 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Vasily Kalinnikov

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    37:19
  • 8:17 AM

    Suite No. 3 for Two Pianos "Variations": Nocturne

    Anton Arensky

    Aglika Genova, piano

    Liuben Dimitrov, piano

    3:21
  • 8:05 AM

    Hymn to a Blue Hour

    John Mackey

    Asphalt Cocktail: The Music of John Mackey

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    10:38
  • 8:01 AM

    Life for Rent

    Dido

    12 Ensemble

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    3:06
  • 7:25 AM

    Pictures at an Exhibition

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Moussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition, Ravel: La Valse

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Andre Previn, conductor

    33:24
  • 7:21 AM

    Nocturne

    Dobrinka Tabakova

    Halo: Music for Piano

    Andrew Matthews-Owen, piano

    3:28
  • 7:01 AM

    Concerto for Harp and String Orchestra

    Alan Hovhaness

    Music of Hovhaness

    I Fiamminghi

    Rudolf Werthen, conductor

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    18:02
  • 6:40 AM

    Der Rosenkavalier: Waltzes

    Richard Strauss

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Rudolf Kempe, conductor

    17:43
  • 6:28 AM

    Tango Ballet

    Astor Piazzolla

    Trace of Time

    Apollo Chamber Players

    Melissa Reardon, viola

    11:54
  • 6:01 AM

    Clarinet Concerto No. 2

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Kirk Trevor, conductor

    Richard Stoltzman, clarinet

    25:01
  • 5:22 AM

    Piano Trio No. 7 "Archduke"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Trio Wanderer

    36:35
  • 5:15 AM

    Funeral Ikos

    John Tavener

    Skylark Vocal Ensemble

    5:51
  • 5:01 AM

    Dioclesian Instrumental Music

    Henry Purcell

    Purcell: Ayres for the Theatre

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    12:23
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