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  • 4:54 AM

    Canticles of the Sky: Sky with Endless Stars

    John Luther Adams

    The Wind in High Places

    Northwestern University Cello Ensemble

    Hans Jorgen Jensen, conductor

    4:23
  • 4:44 AM

    Nightfall

    Meredith Monk

    Lost and Found

    Sean Shibe, electric guitar

    9:38
  • 4:40 AM

    To the Hands: Ever Ever Ever

    Caroline Shaw

    Seven Responses

    The Crossing

    Donald Nally, conductor

    3:11
  • 4:24 AM

    Salt Air, Salt Earth

    Clarice Jensen

    Salt

    Maya Beiser, cello

    15:28
  • 4:18 AM

    In This Life

    Sophia Subbayya Vastek

    In Our Softening

    Sophia Subbayya Vastek, piano

    3:33
  • 4:13 AM

    Mass for the Endangered: Alleluia

    Sarah Kirkland Snider

    Sarah Kirkland Snider: Mass for the Endangered

    Gallicantus

    Gabriel Crouch, conductor

    4:16
  • 4:07 AM

    Rainbows, I

    Stephen Scott

    New Music for Bowed Piano

    The Bowed Piano Ensemble

    5:54
  • 4:01 AM

    Life of Joel

    Steve Tibbetts

    Life Of

    Steve Tibbetts, guitar and piano

    4:15
  • 3:51 AM

    Final

    Clarice Jensen

    Clarice Jensen: The experience of repetition as death

    Clarice Jensen, cello

    6:47
  • 3:39 AM

    Truro Canticles

    Dobrinka Tabakova

    Dobrinka Tabakova: Kynance Cove, On the South Downs, and Works for Choir

    Truro Cathedral Choir

    Christopher Gray, conductor

    Joseph Wicks, organ

    12:00
  • 3:29 AM

    Vicky Chow, piano

    8:13
  • 3:24 AM

    In Paradisum

    Galina Grigorjeva

    Grigorjeva: Nature Morte

    Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

    Paul Hillier, conductor

    4:03
  • 3:08 AM

    The Dharma at Big Sur: A New Day

    John Adams

    John Adams: Hallelujah Junction: A Nonesuch Retrospective

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    John Adams, conductor

    Tracy Silverman, violin

    14:32
  • 3:01 AM

    Canticles of the Sky: Sky with Endless Stars

    John Luther Adams

    The Wind in High Places

    Northwestern University Cello Ensemble

    Hans Jorgen Jensen, conductor

    4:23
  • 2:48 AM

    Andante and Hungarian Rondo

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Hummel, Weber: Bassoon Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Klaus Thunemann, bassoon

    9:47
  • 2:24 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Henryk Wieniawski

    Tchaikovsky/Wieniawsky: Violin Concertos

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    22:48
  • 2:20 AM

    Toccata

    Cecile Chaminade

    Piano Postcards

    Stephen Hough, piano

    3:26
  • 2:06 AM

    String Symphony No. 6

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Twelve String Symphonies

    London Festival Orchestra

    Ross Pople, conductor

    12:26
  • 2:01 AM

    Intermedio

    Vicente Arregui

    Andres Segovia Archive

    Roberto Moronn Perez, guitar

    4:43
  • 1:54 AM

    Wondrous Free

    Shawn E. Okpebholo

    Hold These Truths

    Lara Downes, piano

    3:54
  • 1:26 AM

    Piano Quintet

    Florence Price

    UNCOVERED Vol. 2

    Catalyst Quartet

    Michelle Cann, piano

    26:55
  • 1:20 AM

    Four Black American Dances: Ring Shout

    Carlos Simon

    Dvo?ak: Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95 gFrom the New Worldh; Simon: Four Black American Dances

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Manfred Honeck, conductor

    4:16
  • 1:06 AM

    Slavonic Rhapsody No. 3

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvo?ak: Legends & Rhapsodies

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Tomas Netopil, conductor

    13:34
  • 1:01 AM

    String Poetic: Nocturne

    Jennifer Higdon

    String Poetic

    Jennifer Koh, violin

    4:46
  • 12:49 AM

    By the Beautiful Blue Danube (An der schonen, blauen Donau)

    Johann StraussJr.

    Strauss II: The Best Of

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Ondrej Lenard, conductor

    9:25
  • 12:17 AM

    Serenade for Strings

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Favourite Serenades for Orchestra

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    29:47
  • 12:06 AM

    Grande Overture

    Mauro Giuliani

    The Romantic Guitar

    Raphaella Smits, guitar

    9:34
  • 12:01 AM

    The Tempest: Rustic Dance

    Ernest Chausson

    Chausson: Symphony in B flat, Op. 20; Soir de Fete, Op. 32; The Tempest, Op. 18: Two Scenes

    Orchestra of Belgian Radio & TV

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    4:51
  • 11:43 PM

    Harp Concertino

    Ernst von Dohnanyi

    Dohnányi: Concertos - Variations on a Nursery Song

    Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra

    Modestas Pitrenas, conductor

    Silke Aichhorn, harp

    15:10
  • 11:38 PM

    El Pronunciamento

    Edmond Dede

    Gary Hammond, piano

    3:13
  • 11:24 PM

    Charterhouse Suite

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Williams: Lark Ascending

    Israel Chamber Orchestra

    Dalia Atlas, conductor

    13:32
  • 11:16 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Giuseppe Torelli

    Trumpet Concertos

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jahja Ling, conductor

    Rolf Smedvig, trumpet

    6:30
  • 11:06 PM

    Hungarian Dances Nos. 1-3

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Hungarian Dances

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    Andras Keller, violin

    9:01
  • 11:01 PM

    The Chrysanthemum

    Scott Joplin

    JOPLIN: Piano Rags, Vol. 2

    Benjamin Loeb, piano

    4:40
  • 10:52 PM

    Aranjuez Concerto: 1st movement

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Xuefei Yang: Rodrigo, Albeniz

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    6:03
  • 10:34 PM

    Eine kleine Nachtmusik

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Paper Music

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Bobby McFerrin, conductor

    17:27
  • 10:21 PM

    Quartet No. 4

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Six Wind Quartets

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    11:54
  • 10:15 PM

    London Suite: Knightsbridge March

    Eric Coates

    Eric Coates: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Wilson, conductor

    4:16
  • 10:06 PM

    The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture

    Otto Nicolai

    Great Comedy Overtures

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Lance Friedel, conductor

    8:19
  • 10:01 PM

    Forgotten Melodies: Festive Dance

    Nikolai Medtner

    Sonatas by Medtner, Rachmaninov, Scriabin

    Kenny Broberg, piano

    4:48
  • 9:46 PM

    Ma vlast (My Country): From Bohemia's Woods and Fields

    Bedrich Smetana

    Smetana: Ma Vlast

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    12:31
  • 9:42 PM

    Souvenirs: Schottische

    Samuel Barber

    Barber: Violin Concerto

    Royal Scottish Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    2:25
  • 9:23 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Complete Keyboard Concertos; J.S. Bach-Vivaldi: Two Concertos

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Saulius Sondeckis, conductor

    Julia Zilberquit, piano

    17:12
  • 9:15 PM

    Octet: 5th movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert Octet

    Isabelle Faust, violin

    7:15
  • 9:08 PM

    Symphony No. 4 "Italian": Saltarello

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Symphonies 3 & 4

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    5:33
  • 9:06 PM

    Carmen: March of the Toreadors

    Georges Bizet

    Mad About the Classics

    Orchestre de la Bastille

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    2:07
  • 9:03 PM

    Mariana

    Carlos Guastavino

    At the Break

    Christopher O'Riley, piano

    2:42
  • 8:50 PM

    Three Spirituals

    Adolphus Hailstork

    Virginia Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    8:08
  • 8:29 PM

    Symphony No. 95

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 95, 97, 101

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    20:24
  • 8:21 PM

    Rossini on Ilkla Moor Overture

    Eric Fenby

    British Light Music Discoveries

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    6:35
  • 8:15 PM

    Two Ritournelles

    Henry Cowell

    Dancing with Henry

    Josephine Gandolfi, piano

    4:10
  • 8:06 PM

    Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances

    Alexander Borodin

    Dies Irae: The Essential Choral Collection

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    8:32
  • 8:01 PM

    The Capricious One

    Edward Elgar

    Debut

    Sarah Chang, violin

    4:45
  • 7:52 PM

    Samson and Delilah: Bacchanale

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Gustavo Dudamel: Discoveries

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    6:43
  • 5:54 PM

    Levee Dance

    Clarence Cameron White

    Blues Dialogues: Music by Black Composers

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    3:54
  • 5:38 PM

    Rapsodie espagnole

    Maurice Ravel

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    14:43
  • 5:34 PM

    La Vida Breve: Spanish Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Carmen Fantasy

    Sergei Nakariakov, trumpet

    3:22
  • 5:16 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 11

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: 12 Concerti Grossi

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    16:42
  • 5:06 PM

    Academic Festival Overture

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    9:19
  • 5:01 PM

    Abbywood Trail

    Dale Kavanagh

    Guitar Gala Night

    Dale Kavanagh, guitar

    4:44
  • 4:45 PM

    Concerto for Oboe and Violin

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach: Violin Concertos

    Janine Jansen and Friends

    Janine Jansen, violin

    13:31
  • 4:21 PM

    Symphony No. 31

    Alan Hovhaness

    Hovhaness Treasures

    Northwest Sinfonia

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    21:59
  • 4:10 PM

    Poet and Peasant Overture

    Franz von Suppe

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    9:24
  • 4:06 PM

    Scenes from Childhood: Dreaming

    Robert Schumann

    The Best of Schumann

    Jeno Jando, piano

    3:12
  • 4:01 PM

    A John Field Suite: Polka

    Hamilton Harty

    Ulster Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    4:51
  • 3:54 PM

    Jota aragonese

    Camille Saint-Saens

    SAINT-SAENS, C.: Ascanio: Ballet / Overtures to Stage Works (Malmo Symphony, Markl)

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    4:07
  • 3:37 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 9

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Sonatas

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    15:37
  • 3:06 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Concert Recording

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Jakub Hrusa, conductor

    Karen Gomyo, violin

    28:42
  • 3:01 PM

    Torre Bermeja (Vermillion Tower)

    Isaac Albeniz

    Serenata Espanola

    Xavier de Maistre, harp

    4:51
  • 2:54 PM

    Amelia Goes to the Ball: Overture

    Gian Carlo Menotti

    Barber/Schippers

    New York Philharmonic

    Thomas Schippers, conductor

    4:15
  • 2:49 PM

    E.T.: Adventures on Earth

    John Williams

    The Spielberg/Williams Collaboration

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    9:49
  • 2:35 PM

    Miss Sally's Party

    William Grant Still

    VocalEssence Orchestra

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    19:02
  • 2:15 PM

    Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Don Juan, Tod und Verklarung

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Tadaaki Otaka, conductor

    15:47
  • 2:05 PM

    Concerto for Three Oboes

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Telemann: Triple Concertos

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Simon Standage, conductor

    8:55
  • 2:00 PM

    Fanfare and March

    Anthony Hopkins

    Life is a Dream

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    4:13
  • 1:49 PM

    Violin Concerto: Finale

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Violin Concerto

    Lucerne Festival Strings

    Daniel Dodds, conductor

    Midori, violin

    9:46
  • 1:44 PM

    Ganymed

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert Lieder

    Clara Osowski, mezzo-soprano

    4:10
  • 1:36 PM

    Symphony No. 104 "London": Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 104 "London" and 100 "Military"

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    6:22
  • 1:30 PM

    Waltz-Intermezzo

    Frank Bridge

    Showpieces and Encores

    Moscow Chamber Orchestra

    Constantine Orbelian, conductor

    6:13
  • 1:26 PM

    Suite: Baiao

    Edmundo Villani Cortes

    Latin Reverie

    Clea Galhano, recorder

    2:17
  • 1:20 PM

    Serenade No. 2: Rondo

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    5:58
  • 1:18 PM

    Flight of the Bumblebee

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rhythm Song

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    Evelyn Glennie, percussion

    1:21
  • 1:11 PM

    The Bumblebee

    Paule Maurice

    Milhaud, Morice, Forsyth, Sowande

    National Arts Centre Orchestra

    Mario Bernardi, conductor

    Julia Nolan, saxophone

    4:02
  • 1:04 PM

    Tancredi: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    6:02
  • 12:54 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Polacca

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    4:57
  • 12:47 PM

    Guitar Concerto No. 1: 1st movement

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    Niccolo Paganini, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    London Mozart Players

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Nicola Hall, guitar

    6:35
  • 12:35 PM

    Symphony No. 29: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies No. 25, 28 & 29

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    10:20
  • 12:31 PM

    Blackbird

    John Lennon/Paul McCartney

    The Secret Letter

    Cantus

    3:28
  • 12:19 PM

    Armenian Folk Songs and Dances

    Gomidas Vartabed

    A Sicilian Traveller

    Avos Chamber Orchestra

    Alessio Pianelli, cello

    11:58
  • 12:16 PM

    Flowers from Froso: Folk Humor

    Wilhelm Peterson-Berger

    Peterson-Berger: Frosoblomster

    Niklas Sivelov, piano

    2:04
  • 12:08 PM

    Phantasy

    Ina Boyle

    Irish Roots

    Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Geiss, conductor

    Daniel Hope, violin

    6:46
  • 12:04 PM

    Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Ceremonial Music for Trumpet & Symphonic Organ

    Rolf Smedvig, trumpet

    3:12
  • 11:52 AM

    Images for Orchestra: Iberia: On Highways and Byways

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Images, etc.

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    7:11
  • 11:45 AM

    Namouna: Cigarette Waltz

    Edouard Lalo

    Lalo: Namuona - Musique de Ballet

    Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Robertson, conductor

    6:15
  • 11:37 AM

    Symphony No. 4

    William Boyce

    Boyce: 8 Symphonies

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    6:50
  • 11:29 AM

    Be Thou My Vision

    David Gillingham

    Recollections

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    7:01
  • 11:20 AM

    Spring Song

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Lemminkainen Suite; Spring Song; Belshazzar's Feast Suite

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    9:05
  • 11:15 AM

    Fur Elise

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    The Journey

    Leon Fleisher, piano

    3:28
  • 11:08 AM

    Concerto for Strings

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Concerti & Sinfonie Per Archi

    Venice Baroque Orchestra

    Andrea Marcon, conductor

    6:00
  • 11:04 AM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 1: Gagliarda

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    3:26
  • 10:47 AM

    Cantilena

    Susan Spain-Dunk

    Rediscovered: British Clarinet Concertos

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Ben Palmer, conductor

    Peter Cigleris, clarinet

    11:24
  • 10:30 AM

    Les Preludes

    Franz Liszt

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique; Liszt - Solti

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    15:04
  • 10:26 AM

    Little Concert Suite: A Love Sonnet

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha OVerture / Petite Suite

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    3:58
  • 10:15 AM

    String Quartet

    Germaine Tailleferre

    Stenhammar Quartet

    9:45
  • 10:06 AM

    Alborada del Gracioso (Morning Song of the Jester)

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: La tombeau de Couperin, Pavane pour une infante defunte

    Lyon Opera Orchestra

    Kent Nagano, conductor

    7:57
  • 10:01 AM

    Reminiscence

    Irene Britton Smith

    Unbounded: Music by American Women

    Dawn Dongeun Wohn, violin

    4:37
  • 9:45 AM

    New Russia Orchestra

    David Amos, conductor

    13:38
  • 9:26 AM

    Suite Lyrique

    John Rutter

    Blessing

    Sinfonia Cymru

    John Rutter, conductor

    Catrin Finch, harp

    17:16
  • 9:12 AM

    Pastoral Suite

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    A Swedish Pastorale

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Jan-Olav Wedin, conductor

    12:16
  • 9:06 AM

    Suite Colombiana No. 3: The Song of the Dreamer

    Gentil Montana

    Guitar Music of Colombia

    Jose Antonio Escobar, guitar

    5:02
  • 9:01 AM

    Night and Day

    Cole Porter

    Night and Day

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin

    4:34
  • 8:27 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Complete Beethoven Edition Vol. 1: Symphonies

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    31:01
  • 8:23 AM

    Liebesleid (Love's Sorrow)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Encores 2

    Emma Johnson, clarinet

    3:46
  • 8:01 AM

    Piano Sonata

    Clara Schumann

    Romance: The Music of Clara Schumann

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    20:10
  • 7:38 AM

    Cello Suite No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Six Evolutions

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    20:19
  • 7:20 AM

    Pelleas and Melisande Suite

    Gabriel Faure

    Schoenberg and Faure: Pelleas and Melisande

    Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    16:56
  • 7:07 AM

    Symphony No. 9

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov, A.K.: Orchestral Works, Vol. 12 - Symphonies Nos. 3 and 9

    Moscow Symphony Orchestra

    Alexander Anissimov, conductor

    11:26
  • 7:01 AM

    Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5: Aria (Cantilena)

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Trio Concertant

    Trio Concertante

    5:39
  • 6:37 AM

    Symphony No. 89

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies 84-95

    Philharmonia Hungarica

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    21:41
  • 6:24 AM

    Sentimental Story

    Charlotte Sohy

    Charlotte Sohy: Compositrice de la Belle Epoque

    National Orchestra of Avignon-Provence

    Debora Waldman, conductor

    11:24
  • 6:01 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 1

    Saverio Mercadante

    Saverio Mercadante: 3 Concertos pour Flute

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    21:33
  • 5:38 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 2

    Ernest Bloch

    Ernest Bloch: Concerti Grossi 1 & 2

    Amadeus Chamber Orchestra

    Agnieszka Duczmal, conductor

    20:15
  • 5:18 AM

    The Garden of Fand

    Arnold Bax

    Bax: 4 Tone Poems

    Ulster Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    18:48
  • 5:01 AM

    Polonaise-Fantasie

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: 4 Impromptus, 3 Walzer, Etc

    Stanislav Bunin, piano

    15:46
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