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  • 5:25 AM

    String Quartet No. 5

    Antonin Dvorak

    Prague Quartet

    33:21
  • 5:10 AM

    Umbrian Scene

    Ulysses Kay

    Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Arthur Fagen, conductor

    13:33
  • 5:07 AM

    Deep River

    Spiritual

    The Essential Leontyne Price

    Leonard de Paur, conductor

    Leontyne Price, soprano

    3:06
  • 5:01 AM

    Nocturne

    Frederic Chopin

    Something Borrowed: Transcriptions for Cello

    Jonathan Aasgaard, cello

    4:43
  • 4:46 AM

    Sonata Mexicana

    Manuel Ponce

    Eladio Scharron, guitar

    12:05
  • 4:28 AM

    Halcyon Sun

    Jonathan Bailey Holland

    American Portraits

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    17:22
  • 4:24 AM

    Sonora Slocum, flute

    John Wilson, piano

    3:46
  • 4:13 AM

    Trio Sonata No. 2

    Dietrich Buxtehude

    Baroque

    Eroica Trio

    9:47
  • 4:06 AM

    Serenade No. 10 "Gran Partita": Adagio

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart 250 - A Celebration

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Winds

    Colin Davis, conductor

    5:16
  • 4:01 AM

    Nocturne

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Russian Masterpieces for Cello and Orchestra

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    Zuill Bailey, cello

    4:51
  • 3:51 AM

    Epitaph (To Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.)

    Adolphus Hailstork

    African Heritage Symphonic Series, Vol. II

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    7:38
  • 3:18 AM

    Symphony No. 4

    Florence Price

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    31:25
  • 3:09 AM

    Strum

    Jessie Montgomery

    Strum: Music for Strings

    Catalyst Quartet

    6:52
  • 3:06 AM

    Umoja (Unity)

    Valerie Coleman

    Imani Winds

    2:23
  • 3:01 AM

    Fantasie Negre No. 4

    Florence Price

    Florence Price: Piano Discoveries: Fantsie Negre No. 4

    Lara Downes, piano

    4:45
  • 2:46 AM

    Sonatina

    Federico Torroba

    Spanish and South American Guitar Works

    Norbert Kraft, guitar

    12:03
  • 2:28 AM

    The Lark Ascending

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Nigel Kennedy's Greatest Hits

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    Nigel Kennedy, violin

    17:29
  • 2:21 AM

    Madame Butterfly: Un bel di vedremo (One fine day)

    Giacomo Puccini

    New Philharmonia Orchestra

    Edward Downes, conductor

    Leontyne Price, soprano

    4:58
  • 2:06 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 9

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Awadagin Pratt: Beethoven Piano Sonatas

    Awadagin Pratt, piano

    13:00
  • 2:01 AM

    Romantic Waltz

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy's Harp

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    4:34
  • 1:44 AM

    The Fairy Queen: Suite

    Henry Purcell

    Sound The Trumpet: Royal Music of Purcell and Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    14:07
  • 1:37 AM

    Musique sur l'eau

    Florent Schmitt

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Susan Platts, mezzo-soprano

    5:43
  • 1:23 AM

    Panamanian Dances

    William Grant Still

    Berlin Symphony Orchestra

    Isaiah Jackson, conductor

    14:00
  • 1:06 AM

    Masques and Bergamasques

    Gabriel Faure

    Pavane

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    14:22
  • 1:01 AM

    In The Bottoms Suite: Barcarolle

    Nathaniel Dett

    Clipper Erickson, piano

    4:48
  • 12:40 AM

    Violin and Viola Concerto

    Max Bruch

    Walton: Viola Concerto; Bruch: Violin & Viola Concerto

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    Yuri Bashmet, viola

    18:28
  • 12:32 AM

    My Soul Hath Found Refuge in Thee

    Evelyn Simpson-Curenton

    The Aeolians

    The Aeolians

    Jason Max Ferdinand, conductor

    5:29
  • 12:25 AM

    Ducal Suite: Heaven

    Duke Ellington

    Dover Quartet

    David Shifrin, clarinet

    6:26
  • 12:20 AM

    English Suite No. 2: Gigue

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Enrique Graf, piano

    3:23
  • 12:06 AM

    Introduction and Allegro

    Edward Elgar

    And the Bridge is Love: English Music for Strings

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Julian Lloyd Webber, conductor

    13:55
  • 12:01 AM

    Flowers of the Forest

    Anonymous

    On the Banks of Helicon

    Baltimore Consort

    4:36
  • 11:45 PM

    Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1

    Georges Enescu

    Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Kristjan Jarvi, conductor

    11:56
  • 11:42 PM

    Silk Road Ensemble

    3:26
  • 11:30 PM

    Danish National Chamber Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    10:34
  • 11:19 PM

    Variations on an African American Spiritual

    Joshua McGhee

    Where Freedom Rings: Compositions by Contemporary African American Composers

    Picasso Ensemble

    9:55
  • 11:17 PM

    The Gospel Train

    Spiritual

    The Aeolians

    The Aeolians

    Jason Max Ferdinand, conductor

    1:41
  • 11:06 PM

    Carnival Overture

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Overtures

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    9:53
  • 11:01 PM

    Concerto for 2 Horns: Rondo

    Antonio Rosetti

    Bavarian Chamber Philharmonic

    Johannes Moesus, conductor

    Klaus Wallendorf, horn

    Sarah Willis, horn

    4:34
  • 10:50 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Polish": Finale

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky Symphonies

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    8:38
  • 10:47 PM

    Etude No. 10

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin Etudes

    Jan Lisiecki, piano

    2:16
  • 10:42 PM

    Venezuelan Waltz No. 3 "Natalia"

    Antonio Lauro

    Affinity

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    2:57
  • 10:33 PM

    Chicago

    Edmond Dede

    DEDE: Mon pauvre coeur / Francoise et Tirtillard / Mefisto masque

    Hot Springs Music Festival Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Rosenberg, conductor

    8:35
  • 10:25 PM

    Solace (A Mexican Serenade)

    Scott Joplin

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    Andre Previn, piano

    7:07
  • 10:10 PM

    Quintet

    Franz Danzi

    Ensemble Wien-Berlin

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    13:36
  • 10:06 PM

    Tales of Hoffmann: Barcarolle

    Jacques Offenbach

    Opera Without Words

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    3:34
  • 10:03 PM

    But Beautiful

    Jimmy Van Heusen

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:38
  • 9:46 PM

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    12:16
  • 9:21 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Florence Price

    Janacek Philharmonic

    Ryan Cockerham, conductor

    Er-Gene Kahng, violin

    24:05
  • 9:19 PM

    Shortnin' Bread

    Florence Price

    Apollo Chamber Players

    1:19
  • 9:15 PM

    An die Musik (To Music)

    Franz Schubert

    Daniel Hope, violin

    Christoph Israel, piano

    2:57
  • 9:06 PM

    Il barbiere di Siviglia (Barber of Seville): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini & Verdi Overtures

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    7:27
  • 9:01 PM

    Orchestra of the Royal Swedish Opera

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    4:34
  • 8:48 PM

    Prince Igor: Overture

    Alexander Borodin

    Borodin

    Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

    Bramwell Tovey, conductor

    10:46
  • 6:34 PM

    Symphony No. 8

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8

    Tafelmusik

    Bruno Weil, conductor

    24:29
  • 6:25 PM

    Steal Away

    William Dawson

    The Spirituals of William Dawson

    St. Olaf Choir

    Anton Armstrong, conductor

    6:35
  • 6:21 PM

    Andante festivo

    Jean Sibelius

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    3:35
  • 6:15 PM

    Piano Sonata: Andante

    Florence Price

    Hiroko Ishimoto, piano

    4:23
  • 6:06 PM

    Whimsical Symphony (Grillensymphonie)

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Suites and Concertos by Telemann

    Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra

    Jeannette Sorrell, conductor

    8:32
  • 6:01 PM

    The Color Purple: Main Theme

    Quincy Jones

    Cinema Serenade

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    4:30
  • 5:47 PM

    Capriol Suite

    Peter Warlock

    Warlock: The Curlew

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Alan Barlow, conductor

    10:54
  • 5:24 PM

    Harlem Symphony

    James Price Johnson

    Victory Stride: The Symphonic Music of James P. Johnson

    Concordia

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    21:44
  • 5:10 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    13:21
  • 5:06 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 5

    Johannes Brahms

    Aquarelle Guitar Quartet

    Lisa Friend, flute

    2:38
  • 5:01 PM

    Romance

    Johann Peter Salomon

    Journey to Mozart

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hope, violin

    4:40
  • 4:31 PM

    Symphony No. 90

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Frans Bruggen, conductor

    27:46
  • 4:26 PM

    Ezekiel Saw the Wheel

    Spiritual

    Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

    American Spiritual Ensemble

    Dr. Everett McCorvey, conductor

    2:31
  • 4:16 PM

    Les Barocudas

    9:14
  • 4:06 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Introduction and March

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    8:33
  • 4:01 PM

    Serenade

    Roman Hoffstetter

    Greatest Hits Of 1790

    Philharmonia Virtuosi

    Richard Kapp, conductor

    4:45
  • 3:53 PM

    Symphony No. 3: 4th movement

    Florence Price

    The Oak - Mississippi River Suite - Symphony No. 3

    Women's Philharmonic

    Apo Hsu, conductor

    5:01
  • 3:42 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Jean-Marie Leclair

    Jean-Marie Leclair: Violin Concertos

    La Cetra

    Leila Schayegh, conductor

    Leila Schayegh, violin

    16:37
  • 3:35 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Jean-Marie Leclair

    Jean-Marie Leclair: Violin Concertos

    La Cetra

    Leila Schayegh, conductor

    Leila Schayegh, violin

    16:54
  • 3:29 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 3

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dancing For 100 Years

    Quebec Symphony Orchestra

    Yoav Talmi, conductor

    4:35
  • 3:18 PM

    Guitar Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Camerata Bern

    Thomas Furi, conductor

    Goran Sollscher, guitar

    10:36
  • 3:08 PM

    Negro Folk Symphony: O, Le' Me Shine, Shine Like A Morning Star!

    William Dawson

    Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Arthur Fagen, conductor

    8:14
  • 3:00 PM

    "Twinkle, Twinkle" Variations (Ah, vous dirai-je, maman)

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 21 & 26

    Andre Previn, piano

    7:45
  • 2:53 PM

    Harp Concerto

    George Frideric Handel

    Masterworks for the Harp

    Philomusica of London

    Granville Jones, conductor

    Osian Ellis, harp

    13:44
  • 2:45 PM

    Tarantella

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Winged Creatures

    Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra

    Allen Tinkham, conductor

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    6:08
  • 2:40 PM

    Amazing Grace

    Traditional

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    Jessye Norman, soprano

    3:21
  • 2:35 PM

    Fanfare on Amazing Grace

    Adolphus Hailstork

    Virginia Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    3:26
  • 2:22 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Anthony Newman, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    12:23
  • 2:18 PM

    Wind Quintet: Minuet

    Anton Reicha

    Ibert, J.: 3 Pieces Breves / Reicha, A.: Wind Quintet in E-Flat Major / Arnold, M.: 3 Shanties / Klughardt, A.F.M.: Wind Quintet

    Bergen Wind Quintet

    2:41
  • 2:10 PM

    Suite in Old Style: 3rd movement

    Dobrinka Tabakova

    Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra

    Maxim Rysanov, conductor

    Maxim Rysanov, viola

    Vaiva Eidukaityte-Storastiene, harpsichord

    5:04
  • 2:04 PM

    Hungarian March

    Hector Berlioz

    International Salute

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    4:30
  • 1:51 PM

    Folk Suite No. 2

    William Grant Still

    Get on Board

    Sierra Winds

    7:11
  • 1:46 PM

    La Vida Breve: Dance No. 1

    Manuel de Falla

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    3:25
  • 1:40 PM

    Hook: Flight to Neverland

    John Williams

    John Williams in Vienna

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Williams, conductor

    5:06
  • 1:29 PM

    Toy Symphony

    Leopold Mozart

    I Musici Montreal

    Yuli Turovsky, conductor

    9:32
  • 1:25 PM

    Cave of the Winds

    Nathaniel Dett

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

    Clipper Erickson, piano

    2:58
  • 1:15 PM

    Salut d'amour (Love's Greeting)

    Edward Elgar

    Edward Elgar: Violin Concerto; Salut d'Amour

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    3:02
  • 1:08 PM

    Symphony No. 3

    William Boyce

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Ronald Thomas, conductor

    5:05
  • 1:04 PM

    Fur Elise

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Greatest Hits: The Piano, Vol. 1

    Andre Watts, piano

    2:57
  • 12:52 PM

    Aranjuez Concerto: 1st movement

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Xuefei Yang: Rodrigo, Albeniz

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    6:03
  • 12:47 PM

    Introduction No. 4

    Pietro Locatelli

    Raglan Baroque Players

    Elizabeth Wallfisch, conductor

    4:14
  • 12:37 PM

    Violin Concerto: Andante

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Martyn Brabbins, conductor

    Anthony Marwood, violin

    8:28
  • 12:32 PM

    Consort for Ten Winds: Sautereau

    Robert Spittal

    Atlanta Chamber Winds

    Robert J. Ambrose, conductor

    3:32
  • 12:30 PM

    L'embarquement pour Cythere

    Francis Poulenc

    Poulenc: Concerto pour 2 Pianos et Orchestre

    Katia & Marielle Labeque, pianos

    1:59
  • 12:19 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
  • 12:16 PM

    Down a Southern Lane

    Florence Price

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:03
  • 12:10 PM

    Pied Piper

    Walter Mourant

    Musical Fun and Games

    Northern Sinfonia of England

    Steuart Bedford, conductor

    George MacDonald, clarinet

    4:38
  • 12:04 PM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Paper Music

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Bobby McFerrin, conductor

    4:24
  • 11:48 AM

    Sleeping Beauty: Two Pictures

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    10:48
  • 11:32 AM

    Symphony

    Carl Stamitz

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    14:45
  • 11:19 AM

    Folk Songs for Orchestra

    George Walker

    Cleveland Chamber Symphony

    Edwin London, conductor

    11:35
  • 11:17 AM

    Ev'ry Time I Feel the Spirit

    William Dawson

    The Spirituals of William Dawson

    St. Olaf Choir

    Anton Armstrong, conductor

    1:58
  • 11:10 AM

    Andantino

    Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf

    Classical Oboe

    Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

    Lajos Lencses, oboe

    5:37
  • 11:06 AM

    Carmen: Intermezzo

    Georges Bizet

    Orchestra of the Bastille

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    2:42
  • 11:01 AM

    Sinfonia

    Lelio Colista

    Colista: Sinfonie a Tre

    Ensemble Giardino di Delizie

    4:36
  • 10:41 AM

    Piano Trio No. 4 "Gassenhauer"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: 11 Trios

    Beaux Arts Trio

    17:47
  • 10:23 AM

    Suite Andaluza

    Celedonio Romero

    A Touch of Romance

    Angel Romero, guitar

    16:21
  • 10:14 AM

    In Memoriam: The Colored Soldiers Who Died for Democracy

    William Grant Still

    STILL, W.G.: Symphony No. 1, "Afro-American" / In Memoriam / Africa (Fort Smith Symphony, Jeter)

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    7:19
  • 10:06 AM

    Soliloquy

    Jennifer Higdon

    Jennifer Higdon: Summer Shimmers

    Lark Quartet

    Susan Glaser, flute

    6:43
  • 10:01 AM

    Elegy, to Calvin Simmons

    Lou Harrison

    California Symphony

    Barry Jekowsky, conductor

    4:43
  • 9:47 AM

    The Sorcerer's Apprentice

    Paul Dukas

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    11:16
  • 9:28 AM

    Piano Concerto in One Movement

    Florence Price

    Recorded Music of the African Diaspora, Vol. 3 - Florence B. Price: Concerto in One Movement; Symphony in E Minor

    New Black Music Repertory Ensemble

    Leslie B. Dunner, conductor

    Karen Walwyn, piano

    18:26
  • 9:06 AM

    String Quartet

    Fanny Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Felix & Fanny

    Ebene Quartet

    20:21
  • 9:01 AM

    Treuliebchen (True Love) Polka

    Eduard Strauss

    Locomotiv-Musik II

    Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mika Eichenholz, conductor

    4:39
  • 8:47 AM

    Aurora Awakes

    John Mackey

    North Texas Wind Symphony | Mackey

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    10:53
  • 8:43 AM

    Requiem: Pie Jesu

    Gabriel Faure

    The Classic Christmas Album

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor

    Kathleen Battle, soprano

    4:02
  • 8:35 AM

    Brother Malcolm...

    Jean "Rudy" Perrault

    Tanbou Kache

    Diana Golden, cello

    7:45
  • 8:07 AM

    Love's Labours Lost Suite

    Gerald Finzi

    Finzi: Suite From "Love's Labours Lost", Clarinet Concerto, Prelude, Romance

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    27:02
  • 8:01 AM

    Concert Study

    Felix Godefroid

    Valerie Milot, harp

    4:46
  • 7:33 AM

    Fantasie for Violin and Piano

    Franz Schubert

    Tessa Lark, violin

    Amy Yang, piano

    25:22
  • 7:19 AM

    American Mirror, Pt. I

    Derrick Skye

    Salastina Music Society

    12:44
  • 7:06 AM

    Winged Creatures

    Michael Abels

    Winged Creatures

    Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra

    Allen Tinkham, conductor

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    11:39
  • 7:01 AM

    Partita No. 3: Sarabande

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Pedrick-Hutson Guitar Duo

    4:32
  • 6:47 AM

    Coincident Dances

    Jessie Montgomery

    Project W: Works by Diverse Women Composers

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    11:42
  • 6:41 AM

    Suite for Flute and Oboe

    Ulysses Kay

    New York Flute Club

    Members of...

    5:25
  • 6:07 AM

    Symphony No. 5 "Sinfonia brevis"

    Erkki Melartin

    Melartin: Symphony No. 5

    Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leonid Grin, conductor

    32:21
  • 6:01 AM

    Cinderella: Adagio

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Cinderella

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    4:47
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