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  • 5:30 AM

    Meditations on Ecclesiastes

    Norman Dello Joio

    Oregon Symphony

    James DePreist, conductor

    28:00
  • 5:24 AM

    again (after ecclesiastes)

    David Lang

    Lang: The Little Match Girl Passion

    Theatre of Voices

    Paul Hillier, conductor

    5:31
  • 5:18 AM

    In the Dark

    Bix Beiderbecke

    Free Range Saxophone Quartet

    3:59
  • 5:07 AM

    Variazioni pastorali

    Jon Leifs

    Nordic Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Lindberg, conductor

    10:44
  • 5:01 AM

    Small Variations

    Nico Muhly

    Variations

    Mishka Rushdie Momen, piano

    4:27
  • 4:47 AM

    Gantriis-Zimmermann Duo

    11:13
  • 4:30 AM

    Paraphrase on Themes of Brian Eno

    Timo Andres

    Metropolis Ensemble

    Andrew Cyr, conductor

    Timo Andres, piano

    14:13
  • 4:21 AM

    Etude No. 5

    Philip Glass

    Lavinia Meijer, harp

    8:08
  • 4:07 AM

    Auld Lang Syne Variations

    Franz Waxman

    Kremerata Baltica

    Gidon Kremer, violin

    Louis Lortie, piano

    12:43
  • 4:01 AM

    Caprice Variations: Nos. 11, 12, 40

    George Rochberg

    Eliot Fisk, guitar

    4:29
  • 3:48 AM

    Moseltraume

    Lou Koster

    Koster: Orchestral Music

    Estro Armonico Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra

    Jonathan Kaell, conductor

    10:41
  • 3:19 AM

    Les Sylphides Ballet

    Frederic Chopin

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    27:20
  • 3:15 AM

    Contemplation (Wie Melodien zieht es mir)

    Johannes Brahms

    Blue Hour

    Andreas Ottensamer, clarinet

    2:09
  • 3:06 AM

    Intermezzo: Dreaming by the Fireside

    Richard Strauss

    R. Strauss: Rosenkavalier Suite, Etc

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Andre Previn, conductor

    7:57
  • 3:01 AM

    Lakme: Flower Duet

    Leo Delibes

    Claire Jones: Royal Harp Strings

    London Mozart Players

    Stuart Morley, conductor

    Claire Jones, harp

    4:53
  • 2:50 AM

    Fantasy on Mozart's Se Vuol ballare

    Anton Reicha

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    Isaac Stern, violin

    Mstislav Rostropovich, cello

    8:30
  • 2:22 AM

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    26:37
  • 2:12 AM

    Four Seasons: Winter

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Saint Cecilia Academy

    Luka Sulic, cello

    8:10
  • 2:06 AM

    Fantasia on Greensleeves

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Leonard Bernstein: The Encore Collection Vol. 2

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    5:02
  • 2:01 AM

    Three Etudes

    Fernando Sor

    Sor: 24 Progressive Etudes; 6 Little Pieces

    Norbert Kraft, guitar

    4:42
  • 1:51 AM

    Variations on a Viennese "Heurigen" Melody

    Hans Gal

    Piano Trios: Gal, Shostakovich

    Briggs Piano Trio

    6:57
  • 1:13 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Florence Price

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    37:15
  • 1:06 AM

    Polonaise No. 3 "Military"

    Frederic Chopin

    Rafal Blechacz, piano

    4:53
  • 1:01 AM

    A New Satiesfaction

    Stephan Koncz

    Ray Chen: The Golden Age

    Made in Berlin

    4:32
  • 12:49 AM

    La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    8:53
  • 12:45 AM

    La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    8:53
  • 12:36 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    London Sinfonietta

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Richard Watkins, horn

    8:33
  • 12:29 AM

    Piva and Canario

    Johannes Kapsberger

    Alla Luce: Music of Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger

    Chatham Baroque

    5:34
  • 12:20 AM

    Crown Imperial

    William Walton

    Walton: Belshazzar's Feast/ Henry V Suite

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    6:51
  • 12:05 AM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 3

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    14:43
  • 11:59 PM

    Handel in the Strand

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger: Folk-Inspired Works for Piano Duet and Piano Duo

    Bilder Duo

    4:34
  • 11:46 PM

    Symphony No. 5: 4th movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky Symphonies

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    12:22
  • 11:26 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Il Giardino Armonico

    Giovanni Antonini, conductor

    18:05
  • 11:21 PM

    Ave Verum Corpus

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    The Music of King's

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge

    Stephen Cleobury, conductor

    Henry Websdale, organ

    2:43
  • 11:02 PM

    Froissart Overture

    Edward Elgar

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    13:49
  • 11:00 PM

    Ascanio: Bacchanale

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    1:38
  • 10:46 PM

    Water Music Suite No. 3

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Water Music, Royal Fireworks

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    10:12
  • 10:32 PM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral": 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 Pastoral

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    12:43
  • 10:29 PM

    Vignettes: Carmela

    William Grant Still

    Get on Board

    Sierra Winds

    (Selected members), conductor

    2:51
  • 10:17 PM

    Dynamids Waltz

    Josef Strauss

    New Year's Concert 2007

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    10:00
  • 10:04 PM

    Snowflake Ballet

    Jacques Offenbach

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    10:23
  • 9:59 PM

    Songs of Farewell: There is an old belief

    Hubert Parry

    Septura

    4:40
  • 9:48 PM

    Variations on "I Got Rhythm"

    George Gershwin

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

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Orion Weiss, piano

    8:49
  • 9:18 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Emil Mlynarski

    Polish Chamber Orchestra

    Jacek Kaspszyk, conductor

    Nigel Kennedy, violin

    28:47
  • 9:13 PM

    Waltz No. 1 "Grand Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    Trifonov plays Chopin

    Daniil Trifonov, piano

    4:08
  • 9:07 PM

    Things to Come: Ballet for Children

    Arthur Bliss

    Bliss: Film Music

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    3:38
  • 9:05 PM

    Auld Lang Syne

    Traditional

    Rachel Van Voorhees, harp

    1:50
  • 9:00 PM

    Eugene Onegin: Polonaise

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 6, Etc

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    4:31
  • 7:48 PM

    Concert Waltz No. 1

    Alexander Glazunov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade, Arensky: Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky, Glazunov: The Seasons, Concert Waltzes

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor

    9:43
  • 7:27 PM

    Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra

    Jorg Faerber, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    20:00
  • 7:22 PM

    The Road Home

    Stephen Paulus

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge

    Stephen Cleobury, conductor

    3:25
  • 7:09 PM

    Concerto for Trumpet and Two Oboes

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    John Wallace, trumpet

    11:25
  • 7:06 PM

    Radetzky March

    Johann StraussSr.

    New Year's Concert 2012

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    3:41
  • 6:44 PM

    Sonata No. 4

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

    (Selected members), conductor

    13:36
  • 6:41 PM

    Toast for the New Year (Toast pour le nouvel an)

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Album Francais

    Chorus Musicus

    2:07
  • 6:16 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 1

    Gabriel Faure

    Bomsori Kim, violin

    Rafal Blechacz, piano

    24:08
  • 6:10 PM

    Downton Abbey: Sunset Waltz

    John Lunn

    Downton Abbey Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Chamber Orchestra of London

    Alastair King, conductor

    3:52
  • 6:06 PM

    The Royal Palaces Suite: The Ballroom in Buckingham Palace

    Arthur Bliss

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    4:00
  • 6:01 PM

    Suite Piedra libre: La Mancha

    Denis Plante

    Pentaedre

    4:51
  • 5:45 PM

    Ballet Suite No. 1

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    13:34
  • 4:00 PM

    New Year's Day from Vienna 2020

    :00
  • 3:54 PM

    Liebesleid (Love's Sorrow)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Yevgeny Sudbin, piano

    4:32
  • 3:54 PM

    Liebesleid (Love's Sorrow)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Yevgeny Sudbin, piano

    4:32
  • 3:17 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Johannes Brahms

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Gil Shaham, violin

    37:04
  • 3:14 PM

    Cachucha Galop

    Johann StraussSr.

    2011 New Year's Concert

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Franz Welser-Most, conductor

    2:08
  • 3:06 PM

    The Boatswain's Mate: Overture

    Ethel Smyth

    Overtures from the British Isles Volume 2

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    6:07
  • 3:00 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "Four Temperaments": 2nd movement

    Carl Nielsen

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    4:42
  • 2:49 PM

    Concerto for Mixed Instruments

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Concerti per Mandolini

    Europa Galante

    Fabio Biondi, conductor

    9:11
  • 2:45 PM

    La Traviata: Libiamo, ne'lieti calici (Brindisi)

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Milan Symphony Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    Cecilia Bartoli, mezzo-soprano

    Luciano Pavarotti, tenor

    2:52
  • 2:34 PM

    Carnival Overture

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphonies No 7, 8 & 9, etc.

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor

    9:31
  • 2:29 PM

    Ascanio: Finale

    Camille Saint-Saens

    SAINT-SAËNS, C.: Ascanio: Ballet / Overtures to Stage Works (Malmö Symphony, Märkl)

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    3:58
  • 2:22 PM

    String Quartet No. 9 "Razumovsky No. 3": 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    The Kernis Project: Beethoven

    Jasper String Quartet

    6:20
  • 2:18 PM

    Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba

    George Frideric Handel

    Albinoni: Adagio; Pachelbel: Canon; Etc

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    3:04
  • 2:06 PM

    Gold and Silver Waltz

    Franz Lehar

    Vienna Soiree

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    8:49
  • 2:04 PM

    Don Giovanni: Fin ch'han dal vino (Champagne Aria)

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Wolfgang Schulz, flute

    Hansjorg Schellenberger, oboe

    1:16
  • 1:49 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 5

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach

    The King's Violins

    Bernard Labadie, conductor

    Alexandre Tharaud, piano

    9:44
  • 1:46 PM

    Carmen: Seguedilla

    Georges Bizet

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    1:45
  • 1:40 PM

    Harp Concerto: Joy Ride

    Jennifer Higdon

    Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra

    Ward Stare, conductor

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    4:25
  • 1:32 PM

    Voices of Spring Waltz (Fruhlingsstimmen)

    Johann StraussJr.

    Strauss

    Vienna Volksoper Orchestra

    Franz Bauer-Theussl, conductor

    7:05
  • 1:27 PM

    Symphony No. 5: 3rd movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphony No 5; Mendelssohn: Symphony No 4

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Frans Bruggen, conductor

    4:55
  • 1:22 PM

    Boris Godunov: Polonaise

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Dances from the Opera

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:28
  • 1:19 PM

    Cantate Domino

    Claudio Monteverdi

    The Music of King's

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge

    Stephen Cleobury, conductor

    Donal McCann, organ

    2:08
  • 1:08 PM

    Auld Lang Syne Variations

    Robert Burns

    Homecoming

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    4:07
  • 1:04 PM

    Canzon Primi Toni No. 1

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    Wallace Collection

    3:09
  • 12:50 PM

    The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture

    Otto Nicolai

    Wagner: Siegfried Idyll, Boccherini, Dvorak, Faure, Grieg, Nicolai, Ponchielli, Suppe, Tchaikovsky

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    8:40
  • 12:46 PM

    Miniature Viennese March

    Fritz Kreisler

    Renaud Capucon, violin

    Gautier Capucon, cello

    Aude Capucon, piano

    3:13
  • 12:36 PM

    Concerto Koln

    8:42
  • 12:30 PM

    Legend No. 5

    Antonin Dvorak

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    4:17
  • 12:26 PM

    Pulcinella Suite: Gavotte

    Igor Stravinsky

    Stravinsky: Pulcinella, Dumbarton Oaks

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    4:00
  • 12:18 PM

    Scherzando No. 1

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn Ensemble Berlin

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    6:08
  • 12:14 PM

    Music for the Royal Fireworks: La Rejouissance

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Music For The Royal Fireworks; Water Music

    Capella Istropolitana

    Bohdan Warchal, conductor

    3:30
  • 12:09 PM

    Danse noble

    Emile Paladilhe

    Illuminations

    Chamber Music Palm Beach

    3:41
  • 12:04 PM

    Minuet

    Luigi Boccherini

    Boccherini: String Quintets Op. 11, 4-6

    Smithsonian Chamber Players

    3:57
  • 11:46 AM

    Celtic Concerto

    Catrin Finch

    Blessing

    Sinfonia Cymru

    John Rutter, conductor

    Catrin Finch, harp

    12:40
  • 11:39 AM

    Serenade No. 10 "Gran Partita": Adagio

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Marlboro Wind Ensemble

    6:35
  • 11:28 AM

    Sinfonia

    Carlo Lonati

    Ensemble Giardino di Delizie

    9:23
  • 11:22 AM

    Melodie for Violin and Orchestra

    Gustavo E. Campa

    Mi Alma Mexicana

    Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas

    Alondra de la Parra, conductor

    Daniel Andai, violin

    5:26
  • 11:19 AM

    Three Dream Portraits: Dream Variation

    Margaret Bonds

    Malcolm J. Merriweather, baritone

    Ashley Jackson, harp

    2:36
  • 11:09 AM

    String Quartet No. 2: Nocturne

    Alexander Borodin

    Mad About Romance

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    8:19
  • 11:06 AM

    Allegretto

    Mauro Giuliani

    David Starobin, guitar

    2:12
  • 11:01 AM

    String Quartet "For Art": 2nd movement

    Eduardo Toldra

    Casals, Toldra, Montsalvatge

    Andorra National Chamber Orchestra

    Gerard Claret, conductor

    4:27
  • 10:42 AM

    German Dances and Trios

    Franz Schubert

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    16:11
  • 10:35 AM

    War and Peace: New Year's Eve Ball Waltz

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    5:38
  • 10:27 AM

    Sarabande and Cortege

    Henri Dutilleux

    Karen Geoghegan, bassoon

    Philip Fisher, piano

    7:41
  • 10:14 AM

    Unter bluhenden Linden

    Lou Koster

    Estro Armonico Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra

    Jonathan Kaell, conductor

    10:53
  • 10:06 AM

    Minuet Antique

    Maurice Ravel

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    7:24
  • 10:01 AM

    A Lady in Her Tower

    Gabriel Faure

    Sivan Magen, harp

    4:38
  • 9:32 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 4 "Mozartiana"

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Suites Nos. 1-4

    Prague Symphony Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    25:54
  • 9:27 AM

    Menuet and A Little Gigue

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Sonatas

    Sara Davis Buechner, piano

    4:32
  • 9:16 AM

    Fratres (Brothers)

    Arvo Part

    Kronos Quartet

    9:28
  • 9:10 AM

    Lyric for Strings

    George Walker

    Live in Concert

    Sphinx Virtuosi

    Damon Gupton, conductor

    5:33
  • 9:06 AM

    Gymnopedie No. 2

    Erik Satie

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    3:23
  • 9:01 AM

    Intermezzo No. 4

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    4:39
  • 8:42 AM

    The Lark Ascending

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams; Tavener

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    15:55
  • 8:37 AM

    Nocturne No. 20

    Frederic Chopin

    Return

    Sonora Slocum, flute

    4:34
  • 8:28 AM

    Under the Eye of Heaven: The Enigma

    Nick Bicat

    Power

    London Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Warren-Green, conductor

    7:28
  • 8:06 AM

    Octet for Winds

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Music for Winds

    Stephen Taylor, oboe

    21:22
  • 8:01 AM

    Paco Pena, guitar

    4:25
  • 7:49 AM

    Memories of the Straw Brook Waltz

    Joseph Lanner

    Vienna String Ensemble

    9:35
  • 7:36 AM

    Be Kind to One Another (Rag)

    Terry Riley

    Sarah Cahill, piano

    12:39
  • 7:06 AM

    Mississippi River Suite

    Florence Price

    The Oak - Mississippi River Suite - Symphony No. 3

    Women's Philharmonic

    Apo Hsu, conductor

    27:44
  • 7:01 AM

    Out of the Night

    Ludovico Einaudi

    Ludovico Einaudi: Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:33
  • 6:36 AM

    Tamara

    Mily Balakirev

    Danse Macabre

    Montreal Symphony Orchestra

    Kent Nagano, conductor

    22:01
  • 6:21 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 2

    Zara Levina

    Maria Lettberg, piano

    15:06
  • 6:06 AM

    Shades of Darkness: Midnight Blue

    Stefania de Kenessey

    Andiamo Chamber Ensemble

    12:33
  • 6:01 AM

    Cantata No. 156: Arioso

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    4:29
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