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  • 4:51 AM

    Clarice Jensen, cello

    6:47
  • 4:43 AM

    Guard My Tongue

    Julia Wolfe

    .and...

    Ars Nova Copenhagen

    Paul Hillier, conductor

    7:33
  • 4:39 AM

    Brigid's Flame

    Amy Williams

    What Is Left Behind

    Matthew McCright, piano

    3:38
  • 4:31 AM

    Atlas: Earth Seen from Above

    Meredith Monk

    Studio Orchestra

    Wayne Hankin, conductor

    7:35
  • 4:21 AM

    Point of Departure

    Hildur Gudnadottir

    Nordic Affect

    7:48
  • 4:11 AM

    The Air, Turning

    Edmund Finnis

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Ilan Volkov, conductor

    8:55
  • 4:06 AM

    String Quartet

    Olafur Arnalds, piano

    4:10
  • 4:01 AM

    lumee's dream (Nadia Sirota viola study)

    Ellen Reid

    Nadia Sirota, viola

    4:52
  • 3:48 AM

    Teen Murti

    Reena Esmail

    Visions Take Flight

    ROCO

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    9:45
  • 3:40 AM

    Ba Yin (The Eight Sounds): Song of the Chu

    Chen Yi

    Rascher Saxophone Quartet

    Robin Engelen, conductor

    5:55
  • 3:24 AM

    Tripotage Miniatures

    Anna Meredith

    Aurora Orchestra

    15:02
  • 3:16 AM

    Drawings for Meyoko

    Angelica Negron

    Janus

    7:35
  • 3:11 AM

    Leyendas: An Andean Walkabout: Coquetos

    Gabriela Lena Frank

    Del Sol String Quartet

    3:09
  • 3:07 AM

    Starburst

    Jessie Montgomery

    Strum: Music for Strings

    String Orchestra

    3:26
  • 3:01 AM

    Third Sound Ensemble

    4:35
  • 2:36 AM

    6 Pieces for Violin and Piano

    Amanda Rontgen-Maier

    Thomas Albertus Irnberger, violin

    Barbara Moser, piano

    21:52
  • 2:23 AM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": Largo

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 'From The New World'

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Istvan Kertesz, conductor

    12:28
  • 2:18 AM

    Dolly Suite: Le Jardin de Dolly

    Gabriel Faure

    Steven Osborne, piano

    Paul Lewis, piano

    2:16
  • 2:06 AM

    Symphony No. 1: Mountain Flowers

    Rued Langgaard

    Langgaard: Symphony No. 1; Fra Dybet

    Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    11:48
  • 2:01 AM

    Sleeping Beauty: Entry of the Fairies

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    4:49
  • 1:48 AM

    Three Pieces for Orchestra

    Edgar Bainton

    Bainton: Concerto Fantasia, etc.

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paul Daniel, conductor

    10:27
  • 1:43 AM

    Farewell to Stromness

    Peter Maxwell Davies

    At the Break

    Christopher O'Riley, piano

    3:32
  • 1:17 AM

    Concierto del Sur

    Manuel Ponce

    Mi Alma Mexicana

    Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas

    Alondra de la Parra, conductor

    Pablo Sainz Villegas, guitar

    26:13
  • 1:07 AM

    String Quartet No. 2: Nocturne

    Alexander Borodin

    Mad About Romance

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    8:19
  • 1:01 AM

    Suite of Three Pieces: Idylle

    Benjamin Godard

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Susan Milan, flute

    4:50
  • 12:42 AM

    Concerto for 2 Orchestras No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks, Concerti a due cori

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    16:01
  • 12:23 AM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 2

    Ottorino Respighi

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    17:47
  • 12:17 AM

    The Current

    Ryan Brown

    Ryan Brown, piano

    4:12
  • 12:07 AM

    Fair Melusina Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Edward Gardner, conductor

    10:24
  • 12:01 AM

    Salon Buenos Aires: Samba

    Miguel del Aguila

    Camerata San Antonio

    4:41
  • 11:39 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Il Giardino Armonico

    Giovanni Antonini, conductor

    18:09
  • 11:15 PM

    Fantasy for a Gentleman

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    22:30
  • 11:12 PM

    Alexandre Tharaud, piano

    1:30
  • 11:06 PM

    Tales of Hoffmann: Barcarolle

    Jacques Offenbach

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    4:03
  • 11:01 PM

    Romance

    Johann Peter Salomon

    Journey to Mozart

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hope, violin

    4:40
  • 10:36 PM

    Symphony No. 88

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    La Petite Bande

    Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor

    21:55
  • 10:17 PM

    Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mikko Franck, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    16:55
  • 10:10 PM

    Danse (Tarantelle styrienne)

    Claude Debussy

    Ravel: Bolero; Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    5:07
  • 10:06 PM

    Carmen: Entrance of the Toreadors

    Georges Bizet

    Dies Irae: The Essential Choral Collection

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    3:52
  • 9:48 PM

    From Italy (Aus Italien): In the Campagna

    Richard Strauss

    R. Strauss: Aus Italien, Don Juan

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    10:28
  • 9:43 PM

    Impromptu No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    Yundi Li, piano

    4:00
  • 9:23 PM

    Miss Sally's Party

    William Grant Still

    VocalEssence Orchestra

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    19:02
  • 9:18 PM

    Fanfare on Amazing Grace

    Adolphus Hailstork

    Virginia Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    3:26
  • 9:12 PM

    Serenade No. 10 "Gran Partita": Minuet II

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Serenade for 13 Winds etc.

    Scottish National Orchestra Wind Ensemble

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    4:31
  • 9:06 PM

    Chen Yi, violin

    Lars Hannibal, guitar

    5:30
  • 9:03 PM

    Etude No. 1 "Venezia"

    Benna Moe

    Cathrine Penderup, piano

    2:50
  • 8:47 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 8

    Bruce Haynes

    J.S. Bach: Nouveaux "Brandebourgeois" Nos. 7-12

    Montreal Baroque Orchestra

    Eric Milnes, conductor

    11:06
  • 8:42 PM

    Snow Maiden: Dance of the Tumblers

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Exotic Dances from the Opera

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    3:47
  • 8:20 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 2

    Saverio Mercadante

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Irena Grafenauer, flute

    20:13
  • 8:17 PM

    Nora's Dance

    Nora Holt

    Lara Downes, piano

    1:47
  • 8:06 PM

    Violin Concerto: 1st movement

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Encore Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hege, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    10:24
  • 8:01 PM

    A Moorside Suite: March

    Gustav Holst

    Music for Brass and Percussion

    London Brass

    David Honeyball, conductor

    4:41
  • 7:50 PM

    Symphonic Sketches: Jubilee

    George Chadwick

    Chadwick

    Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    8:11
  • 5:38 PM

    Symphony No. 95

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    19:48
  • 5:22 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Margaret Batjer, conductor

    Margaret Batjer, violin

    David Shostac, flute

    Brook Ellen Schoenwald, flute

    14:19
  • 5:16 PM

    Here I Stand

    Karen Linford

    iSing Silicon Valley

    Jennah Delp Somers/Shane Troll, conductor

    4:56
  • 5:06 PM

    Waltz Fantasy

    Mikhail Glinka

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    9:26
  • 5:01 PM

    String Quintet No. 1: Finale

    Luigi Boccherini

    Boccherini: String Quintets, Vol. VI

    La Magnifica Comunita

    4:46
  • 4:50 PM

    In the Steppes of Central Asia

    Alexander Borodin

    Borodin: Symphony No. 2

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Loris Tjeknavorian, conductor

    8:00
  • 4:19 PM

    Sinfonia Concertante

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Clarinet Concerto, etc.

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Hans Vonk, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    29:18
  • 4:14 PM

    Madeleine Stucki, piano

    4:19
  • 4:06 PM

    Overture to a Comedy No. 1

    Svend Erik Tarp

    Aarhus Symphony Orchestra

    Tobias Ringborg, conductor

    6:47
  • 4:01 PM

    Baile de las mascaras

    Francesco Corradini

    El Maestro Farinelli

    Concerto Koln

    Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor

    4:54
  • 3:51 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "Song of a New Race": 4th movement

    William Grant Still

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    7:13
  • 3:48 PM

    Bagatelles: Allegretto scherzando (1)

    Antonin Dvorak

    Takacs Quartet

    Gabor Ormai, harmonium

    2:56
  • 3:20 PM

    Violin Sonata

    Cesar Franck

    Paris: La Belle Epoque

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    26:39
  • 3:13 PM

    Variations on La Folia

    Mauro Giuliani

    Dale Kavanagh, guitar

    4:15
  • 3:06 PM

    Broceliande Overture

    Lucien-Leon Lambert

    Hot Springs Music Festival Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Rosenberg, conductor

    6:47
  • 3:01 PM

    Fantasia Suite No. 1

    John Jenkins

    Locke Consort

    4:32
  • 2:50 PM

    Rosen aus dem Suden (Roses from the South) Waltz

    Johann StraussJr.

    Strauss Waltzes

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    8:38
  • 2:46 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel and Haydn Society

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    11:48
  • 2:21 PM

    Concert Champetre

    Francis Poulenc

    Messiaen: Turangalila Symphony etc.

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    Simon Preston, harpsichord

    24:11
  • 2:16 PM

    Reverie

    Germaine Tailleferre

    Reverie

    Kassia Ensemble

    Mary Elizabeth Bowden, trumpet

    4:21
  • 2:07 PM

    Scherzando No. 1

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn Ensemble Berlin

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    6:08
  • 2:02 PM

    Symphonic Dance No. 1

    Cyril Scott

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Martyn Brabbins, conductor

    4:40
  • 2:01 PM

    Prelude No. 2, Op. 23

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Steven Osborne, piano

    3:43
  • 1:43 PM

    Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances

    Alexander Borodin

    Mussorgsky: Pictures from an Exhibition

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    13:36
  • 1:38 PM

    Three Latin-American Sketches: Dance from Jalisco

    Aaron Copland

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    3:25
  • 1:30 PM

    Gaelic Symphony: 2nd movement

    Amy Beach

    Nashville Symphony Orchestra

    Kenneth Schermerhorn, conductor

    7:20
  • 1:26 PM

    Preludes, Book 1: La fille aux cheveux de lin (The Girl with the Flaxen Hair)

    Claude Debussy

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    Sandra Rivers, piano

    2:36
  • 1:23 PM

    Shepherd's Hey

    Percy Grainger

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    2:02
  • 1:16 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 6: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Six Brandenburg Concertos

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    5:59
  • 1:09 PM

    An English Suite: Frolic

    Hubert Parry

    Elgar: Seranade, etc./Parry: An English Suite, etc.

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    3:26
  • 1:04 PM

    The Prophet: Ballet of the Skaters: Galop

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Michal Nesterowicz, conductor

    4:55
  • 12:57 PM

    The Chop Waltz (Chopsticks)

    Arthur de Lulli

    Piano Book

    Lang Lang, piano

    2:07
  • 12:50 PM

    Heideland

    Lou Koster

    Koster: Orchestral Music

    Estro Armonico Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra

    Jonathan Kaell, conductor

    7:48
  • 12:45 PM

    Turkish Rondo

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Reverie

    Kassia Ensemble

    Mary Elizabeth Bowden, trumpet

    3:31
  • 12:36 PM

    L'amant anonyme: Overture-Symphony

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Le Mozart Noir

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    7:42
  • 12:31 PM

    Algerian Suite: French Military March

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    4:29
  • 12:26 PM

    Dances of Somogy

    Sandor Veress

    Offenburg String Trio

    3:32
  • 12:22 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1: 2nd movement

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Paris

    Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mikko Franck, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    3:55
  • 12:10 PM

    Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Sleepers Awake)

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Mark Small, guitar

    Robert Torres, guitar

    Nancy Hair, cello

    Kathy Halvorson, English horn

    5:01
  • 12:04 PM

    Flowers from Froso: Entry to the Summer Meadow

    Wilhelm Peterson-Berger

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Okko Kamu, conductor

    4:43
  • 11:53 AM

    Symphony No. 102: 4th movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    London Classical Players

    Roger Norrington, conductor

    4:31
  • 11:45 AM

    Cantabile and Presto

    Georges Enescu

    Marina Piccinini, flute

    Anne Epperson, piano

    6:23
  • 11:36 AM

    Bassoon Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    St. Mary's Chamber Players

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    John Miller, bassoon

    8:24
  • 11:31 AM

    Pulcinella Suite: Gavotte

    Igor Stravinsky

    Bartok: Divertimento; Romanian Folk Dances; Stravinsky: Pulcinella Suite; Dumbarton Oaks

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    4:01
  • 11:24 AM

    Andersen: Entr'acte

    Oskar Nedbal

    Dvorak Chamber Orchestra

    Miroslav Homolka, conductor

    5:28
  • 11:21 AM

    Minuet in Blue

    Ron Goodwin

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    Ron Goodwin, conductor

    2:47
  • 11:13 AM

    Symphony No. 5: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    6:20
  • 11:04 AM

    Pest Waltzes

    Joseph Lanner

    The Waltz - Ecstasy and Mysticism

    Concerto Koln

    7:38
  • 10:50 AM

    Images for Orchestra: Rondes de printemps (Spring Rounds)

    Claude Debussy

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    8:06
  • 10:47 AM

    Lilies of the Valley

    Anton Arensky

    Sasha Boldachev, harp

    2:38
  • 10:38 AM

    Exaltation of Larks

    Norman Dello Joio

    Atlantic Sinfonietta

    Edvard Tchivzhel, conductor

    7:44
  • 10:21 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenbug Concertos Nos. 4, 5, 6

    Boston Baroque

    Martin Pearlman, conductor

    16:30
  • 10:18 AM

    Noble Waltz No. 3

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert For Two / Gil Shaham, Göran Söllscher

    Gil Shaham, violin

    2:34
  • 10:10 AM

    Danish National Chamber Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    5:58
  • 10:06 AM

    Molly on the Shore

    Percy Grainger

    Michael McHale, piano

    3:37
  • 10:01 AM

    Schnofler-Dance

    Johann Mayer

    Ensemble Bella Musica Vienna

    4:36
  • 9:46 AM

    The Oak

    Florence Price

    The Oak - Mississippi River Suite - Symphony No. 3

    Women's Philharmonic

    Apo Hsu, conductor

    12:36
  • 9:20 AM

    Clarinet Quintet

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Beethoven: Center of Gravity, 4

    Miro Quartet

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    24:11
  • 9:15 AM

    Lark Song (Lerchengesang)

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Works For Cello And Piano

    Zuill Bailey, cello

    3:31
  • 9:06 AM

    Sicilian Vespers: Four Seasons: Spring

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Verdi: Ballet Music

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    8:02
  • 9:01 AM

    Fragments from Hans Andersen: A leaf from the sky

    York Bowen

    Nicolas Namoradze, piano

    4:40
  • 8:50 AM

    Orison

    Robert Honstein

    Sleeping Giant: ASH

    Ashley Bathgate, cello

    8:44
  • 8:45 AM

    Phoenix (Agnus Dei)

    Ola Gjeilo

    Life And Breath

    Phoenix Chorale

    Charles Bruffy, conductor

    4:18
  • 8:16 AM

    Romantic Suite

    Franz Schreker

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vassily Sinaisky, conductor

    27:23
  • 8:06 AM

    Andante Favori

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Sonata in B-Flat "Hammerklavier"

    Barry Douglas, piano

    9:07
  • 8:01 AM

    Eventide

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Elgar and Vaughan Williams

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    George Hurst, conductor

    4:52
  • 7:34 AM

    Bold Island Suite

    Howard Hanson

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    23:57
  • 7:27 AM

    Michael Mizrahi, piano

    7:27
  • 7:17 AM

    Company

    Philip Glass

    Philip Glass, Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    8:03
  • 7:06 AM

    A Colour Symphony: Blue

    Arthur Bliss

    English Northern Philharmonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    10:07
  • 7:01 AM

    Ballo detto Pollicio/La Cattarina

    Tarquinio Merula

    Ensemble Fitzwilliam

    4:45
  • 6:13 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Andris Nelsons, conductor

    45:34
  • 6:06 AM

    Joanne Polk, piano

    5:07
  • 6:01 AM

    Jakob Lindberg, orpharion

    4:48
  • 5:44 AM

    Poema Autunnale (Autumn Poem)

    Ottorino Respighi

    Poeme

    Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yakov Kreizberg, conductor

    Julia Fischer, violin

    14:20
  • 5:25 AM

    Fantasie for Piano Four-Hands

    Franz Schubert

    Four Hands

    Leon Fleisher, piano

    19:03
  • 5:06 AM

    Cypresses (selected)

    Antonin Dvorak

    Cypress String Quartet

    16:37
  • 5:01 AM

    Two Elegiac Melodies: Last Spring (Varen)

    Edvard Grieg

    Edvard Grieg: Works For String Orchestra

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:42