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  • 4:11 AM

    Piano Sonata

    Franz Schubert

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    47:39
  • 4:06 AM

    Two Elegiac Melodies: The Wounded Heart

    Edvard Grieg

    Winter Dreams

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    2:49
  • 4:01 AM

    Louise Dubin, cello

    Saeunn Thorsteinsdottir, cello

    4:43
  • 3:47 AM

    Beloved, do not let me be discouraged

    Colin Jacobsen

    Brooklyn Rider

    Kayhan Kalhor, kamancheh

    Jeff Beecher, bass

    Mark Suter, percussion

    10:35
  • 3:37 AM

    In the Distance (Au loin)

    Charles Koechlin

    Koechlin: Le boisson ardent; Sur les flots lointains

    Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    8:15
  • 3:30 AM

    Earth Teach Me Quiet

    Eriks Esenvalds

    Rising with The Crossing

    The Crossing

    Donald Nally, conductor

    7:11
  • 3:23 AM

    Ave Maria

    Charles Gounod

    Vida breve

    Stephen Hough, piano

    5:24
  • 3:07 AM

    Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Spano, conductor

    16:17
  • 3:01 AM

    Four Medieval Dances: Pavane

    Joseph Lauber

    Joseph Lauber, 1864-1952

    Rachel Talitman, harp

    4:48
  • 2:47 AM

    Double Concerto

    Michael Fine

    Michael Fine: Seasons

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Philip Mann, conductor

    Igor Gruppman, violin

    11:02
  • 2:44 AM

    Sarabande

    George Frideric Handel

    Pachelbel Canon and Other Favorites

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    2:58
  • 2:24 AM

    Guitar Concerto

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Rodrigo, Villa-Lobos, Ponce: Guitar Concertos

    New York Philharmonic

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    18:27
  • 2:12 AM

    Berceuse

    Franz Liszt

    Benjamin Grosvenor, piano

    9:40
  • 2:06 AM

    Cerulean: Lullaby

    David Biedenbender

    Donald Sinta Quartet

    5:48
  • 2:01 AM

    Waltz after Lasse in Lyby

    Traditional

    Wood Works

    Danish String Quartet

    4:37
  • 1:54 AM

    Estonian Lullaby: Kuus Kuus kallike

    Arvo Part

    Hesperion XXI

    Montserrat Figueras, soprano

    Arianna Savall, mezzo-soprano

    4:06
  • 1:11 AM

    Symphony No. 6

    Antonin Dvorak

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    41:53
  • 1:06 AM

    Deborah: Polka

    Josef Foerster

    Small Czech Musical Gems

    Prague Symphony Orchestra

    Vaclav Smetacek, conductor

    3:07
  • 1:01 AM

    String Poetic: Nocturne

    Jennifer Higdon

    Jennifer Koh, violin

    Reiko Uchida, piano

    4:44
  • 12:53 AM

    Pansies Polka Mazurka

    Josef Strauss

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    4:36
  • 12:45 AM

    Alice Kogan Weinreb, flute

    Nicholas Stovall, oboe

    Paul Cigan, clarinet

    Truman Harris, bassoon

    Laurel Bennert Ohlson, horn

    7:49
  • 12:19 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Franz Schubert

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    24:31
  • 12:15 AM

    The Frog Galliard

    John Dowland

    Durch Raum und Zeit

    Jochen Ross, mandolin

    2:34
  • 12:06 AM

    Three Spirituals

    Adolphus Hailstork

    Virginia Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    8:08
  • 12:01 AM

    9:15 Revue: Get Happy

    Harold Arlen

    Get Happy

    Jenny Lin, piano

    4:51
  • 11:44 PM

    Comedy Overture

    Hamilton Harty

    Harty: An Irish Symphony

    Ulster Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    14:11
  • 11:43 PM

    Popular Andean Dances

    Celso Garrido-Lecca

    Inca Trail Connections

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

    12:58
  • 11:42 PM

    Three Pieces: Baiao (Dance)

    Cesar Guerra-Peixe

    Images of Brazil

    Francesca Anderegg, violin

    1:04
  • 11:39 PM

    Three Pieces: Toque je-je (Laughing game)

    Cesar Guerra-Peixe

    Images of Brazil

    Francesca Anderegg, violin

    2:52
  • 11:20 PM

    Danish National Chamber Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    17:46
  • 11:10 PM

    Oboe Concerto No. 3

    George Frideric Handel

    Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

    Nicholas McGegan, conductor

    Bruce Haynes, oboe

    8:03
  • 11:06 PM

    Sebastian: Barcarolle

    Gian Carlo Menotti

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    3:41
  • 11:01 PM

    Transports of Joy

    Olivier Messiaen

    Catherine Rodland, organ

    4:43
  • 10:28 PM

    Piano Concerto

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg, Chopin: Piano Concertos

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    Olli Mustonen, piano

    30:18
  • 10:12 PM

    Russian Easter Festival Overture

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    14:50
  • 10:04 PM

    Behold, the Beautiful Light of the Sun

    Traditional Norwegian

    Strid

    Oslo Chamber Choir

    Hakon Daniel Nystedt, conductor

    Helga Gunnes, soprano

    6:52
  • 9:49 PM

    Rhapsody in Blue

    George Gershwin

    Columbia Jazz Band

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    George Gershwin, piano

    13:43
  • 9:38 PM

    Aida: Triumphal March

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Verdi: Requiem & Operatic Choruses

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    9:34
  • 9:32 PM

    Impressionist Suite No. 2: Caillebotte

    Rick Sowash

    Mark Ostoich, oboe

    Ron Aufmann, clarinet

    Mark Ortwein, bassoon

    4:14
  • 9:22 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Kaddish": Kaddish No. 2

    Leonard Bernstein

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    Montserrat Caballe, soprano

    8:15
  • 9:14 PM

    Passion Week: Of Thy Mystical Supper

    Alexander Grechaninov

    Lux Aurumque

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    4:40
  • 9:04 PM

    Romeo and Juliet: Dance of the Knights

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet, Op. 64

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    5:34
  • 8:57 PM

    The Seasons: April (Snowdrop)

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Lang Lang, piano

    3:20
  • 8:53 PM

    April in Paris

    Vernon Duke

    For All Seasons

    Yehudi Menuhin, violin

    3:36
  • 8:40 PM

    Fantasy for a Gentleman: Canario

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Louis Fremaux, conductor

    John Williams, guitar

    4:48
  • 8:33 PM

    Voices of Spring Waltz (Fruhlingsstimmen)

    Johann StraussJr.

    Wienerwaltzer Paprika

    Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    6:06
  • 8:15 PM

    1812 Overture

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture

    Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    14:49
  • 8:12 PM

    The Love for Three Oranges: March

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Encore!

    Midori, violin

    1:35
  • 8:00 PM

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Eric Whitacre, conductor

    9:02
  • 5:44 PM

    Quintet

    Franz Danzi

    Ensemble Wien-Berlin

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    13:36
  • 5:22 PM

    Suite for Viola da gamba and Strings

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

    Monica Huggett, conductor

    Sarah Cunningham, viola da gamba

    21:15
  • 5:17 PM

    Symphony: 3rd movement

    Alice Mary Smith

    London Mozart Players

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    4:06
  • 5:06 PM

    Concert Waltz No. 1

    Alexander Glazunov

    Russian State Symphony Orchestra

    Valery Polyansky, conductor

    9:11
  • 5:00 PM

    Orchestral Quartet No. 5: Rondo

    Carl Stamitz

    Carl Stamitz: Orchestral Quartets, Op. 14

    NZSO Chamber Orchestra

    Donald Armstrong, conductor

    4:40
  • 4:42 PM

    Mother Goose (Ma mere l'oye)

    Maurice Ravel

    Katia & Marielle Labeque play Ravel

    Katia & Marielle Labeque, pianos

    16:28
  • 4:30 PM

    Fantasia on Welsh Nursery Tunes

    Grace Williams

    Grace Williams: Sea Sketches

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    10:54
  • 4:26 PM

    Over the Stone (Tros y Gareg)

    Traditional Welsh

    Wild Mountain Thyme: Celtic Music for Guitar

    Scott Tennant, guitar

    2:39
  • 4:06 PM

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    18:21
  • 4:01 PM

    Pieces from the Lumley Part Books (selections)

    Anonymous

    Fretwork

    4:27
  • 3:52 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 1 "La Tempesta di Mare" ("Storm at Sea")

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: 6 Concerti, Op. 10

    New Irish Chamber Orchestra

    James Galway, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    6:43
  • 3:47 PM

    Seascapes: Lonely Sail

    Alexey Shor

    Motherland

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Parry, conductor

    David Aaron Carpenter, viola

    4:27
  • 3:22 PM

    Sea Pictures

    Uuno Klami

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Petri Sakari, conductor

    23:40
  • 3:17 PM

    Drunken Sailor

    Traditional

    Brooklyn Rider

    Martin Hayes, Irish fiddle

    2:24
  • 3:06 PM

    Scheherazade: The Sea and Sinbad's Ship

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    10:39
  • 3:01 PM

    The Waves

    Ludovico Einaudi

    Pulsations

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:27
  • 2:47 PM

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

    John Knowles Paine

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    11:09
  • 2:47 PM

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

    John Knowles Paine

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    11:09
  • 2:44 PM

    Water Music Suite No. 3: Country Dance

    George Frideric Handel

    The Handel Collection

    City of London Sinfonia

    John Rutter, conductor

    1:32
  • 2:06 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "A London Symphony": 2nd movement

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    12:10
  • 2:00 PM

    Farewell to Stromness

    Peter Maxwell Davies

    Peter Maxwell Davies, piano

    4:44
  • 1:54 PM

    The Valkyrie: Ride of the Valkyries

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Wesendonck-Lieder; Preludes And Overtures

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Franz Welser-Most, conductor

    5:11
  • 1:50 PM

    The Big Country

    Jerome Moross

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:03
  • 1:46 PM

    The Summer of '42: The Summer Knows

    Michel Legrand

    Michael Chertock, piano

    3:00
  • 1:39 PM

    Cinq Poemes de Beaudelaire: Harmonies du soir

    Claude Debussy

    Dawn Upshaw, soprano

    :00
  • 1:34 PM

    Dolly Suite: Tendresse

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: Pelleas Et Melisande, Dolly Suite, Etc

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    4:24
  • 1:30 PM

    The Prince of Denmark's March

    Jeremiah Clarke

    Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

    2:47
  • 1:18 PM

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

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: The Symphonies

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Istvan Kertesz, conductor

    11:16
  • 1:04 PM

    Drottningholm Suite

    Johan Roman

    Roman: Music for a Royal Wedding

    Uppsala Chamber Orchestra

    Anthony Halstead, conductor

    9:34
  • 12:56 PM

    Etude No. 12 "Revolutionary"

    Frederic Chopin

    Frederic Chiu, piano

    2:59
  • 12:46 PM

    Cello Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Camille Saint-Saens

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Scott Yoo, conductor

    Hee-Young Lim, cello

    8:55
  • 12:36 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 3: 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Piano Concertos

    Norwegian Chamber Orchestra

    Leif Ove Andsnes, conductor

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    8:24
  • 12:31 PM

    Dead Poets Society: Carpe Diem

    Maurice Jarre

    Brussels Philharmonic

    Stephane Deneve, conductor

    Renaud Capucon, violin

    2:56
  • 12:20 PM

    Poet and Peasant Overture

    Franz von Suppe

    Popular Operatic Overtures

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    9:45
  • 12:14 PM

    Paganini Etude No. 3 "La Campanella"

    Franz Liszt

    Rediscovered - Liszt Recital

    Jorge Bolet, piano

    4:49
  • 12:07 PM

    Danzon Cubano

    Aaron Copland

    Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    6:31
  • 12:04 PM

    Acis and Galatea: Happy We!

    George Frideric Handel

    Grand & Glorious - Great Operatic Choruses / Robert Shaw

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    1:56
  • 11:51 AM

    Serenade for Strings: Finale

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    7:30
  • 11:37 AM

    Excelsior! Symphonic Overture

    Wilhelm Stenhammar

    Stenhammar: Excelsior! Op. 13; Symphony No 2 G Minor Op. 34

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    12:22
  • 11:30 AM

    Concert Suite for Violin and Orchestra: Gavotte

    Sergei Taneyev

    Kiev Virtuosi Symphony Orchestra

    Dmitri Yablonsky, conductor

    Annelle Gregory, violin

    6:03
  • 11:21 AM

    Overture "In the Italian Style"

    Franz Schubert

    Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    8:19
  • 11:16 AM

    March

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Complete Chamber Music with Piano

    Duo Sollini-Barbatano

    3:58
  • 11:07 AM

    Alborada del Gracioso (Morning Song of the Jester)

    Maurice Ravel

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    7:30
  • 11:04 AM

    Flight of the Bumblebee

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    The 5 Browns

    The 5 Browns

    1:21
  • 10:47 AM

    Fantastic Rondo on a Spanish Theme ("El Contrabandista")

    Franz Liszt

    Valentina Lisitsa plays Liszt

    Valentina Lisitsa, piano

    11:14
  • 10:29 AM

    Clarinet Concerto

    Johann Stamitz

    Potsdam Chamber Academy

    Andreas Ottensamer, clarinet

    16:41
  • 10:23 AM

    Fantasia on Waltzing Matilda

    Harry Sdraulig

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    4:50
  • 10:15 AM

    Ottone overture

    George Frideric Handel

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    7:55
  • 10:11 AM

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

    Claude Debussy

    The World of the Harp

    Susann McDonald, harp

    2:35
  • 10:06 AM

    Waltz No. 1

    Antonin Dvorak

    Stamitz Quartet

    3:59
  • 10:01 AM

    Trio Sonata

    Giuseppe Tartini

    La Magnifica Comunita

    Enrico Casazza, violin

    Isabella Longa, violin

    Marcello Scandelli, cello

    Giorgio Cerasoli, harpsichord

    4:34
  • 9:49 AM

    Reflection of the Moon in the Er-Quan Spring

    Yan-Jun Hua

    Chinese National Symphony Orchestra

    China National Symphony Orchestra

    Zuohuang Chen, conductor

    8:34
  • 9:41 AM

    Heavy Rain

    Normand Corbeil

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    7:44
  • 9:17 AM

    Theme and Variations

    Amy Beach

    Carol Wincenc, flute

    Kevin Lawrence, violin

    Carolyn Stuart, violin

    Sheila Brown, viola

    Brooks Whitehouse, cello

    21:58
  • 9:06 AM

    Les Barocudas

    9:14
  • 9:01 AM

    Symphony: Larghetto

    Joseph Martin Kraus

    Kraus: Complete Symphonies, Vol. 4

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Petter Sundkvist, conductor

    4:34
  • 8:44 AM

    Phantasy

    York Bowen

    Ascent

    Matthew Lipman, viola

    14:37
  • 8:31 AM

    Dioclesian Instrumental Music

    Henry Purcell

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    12:25
  • 8:15 AM

    Afro-Cuban Concerto

    Valerie Coleman

    Imani Winds: The Classical Underground

    Imani Winds

    15:32
  • 8:06 AM

    Quintet for English Horn and Strings: 2nd movement

    Eric Ewazen

    Julie Ann Giacobassi: English Horn and Oboe d'Amore

    Julie Ann Giacobassi, English horn

    7:05
  • 8:01 AM

    Nocturne

    Frederic Chopin

    Something Borrowed: Transcriptions for Cello

    Jonathan Aasgaard, cello

    4:43
  • 7:38 AM

    Rossiniana Suite

    Ottorino Respighi

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    20:59
  • 7:27 AM

    Gran Sonata Eroica

    Mauro Giuliani

    Martha Masters, guitar

    10:03
  • 7:06 AM

    Oboe Concerto No. 4

    Ludwig Lebrun

    Radio Chamber Orchestra

    Jan Willem de Vriend, conductor

    Bart Schneemann, oboe

    18:57
  • 7:01 AM

    Orphee Suite: Orphee and the Princess

    Philip Glass

    The Orpheus Suite for Piano

    Paul Barnes, piano

    4:36
  • 6:46 AM

    The Oak

    Florence Price

    The Oak - Mississippi River Suite - Symphony No. 3

    Women's Philharmonic

    Apo Hsu, conductor

    12:36
  • 6:40 AM

    Silent Woods

    Antonin Dvorak

    Alisa Weilerstein - Dvorak

    Alisa Weilerstein, cello

    4:58
  • 6:17 AM

    Symphony No. 18

    Julius Rontgen

    North German Radio Philharmonic

    David Porcelijn, conductor

    23:00
  • 6:06 AM

    Alleluia and Fugue for Strings

    Alan Hovhaness

    I Fiamminghi

    Rudolf Werthen, conductor

    8:39
  • 6:01 AM

    Beyond the Fog: Mist

    Gary Schocker

    Emily Mitchell, harp

    Gary Schocker, flute

    4:31
  • 5:29 AM

    Piano Quartet No. 1

    Gabriel Faure

    Domus

    29:28
  • 5:11 AM

    Variations on a Theme of Franz Schubert

    Emil Reesen

    Aalborg Symphony Orchestra

    Bo Holten, conductor

    16:48
  • 5:06 AM

    Die Nacht (Night)

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Songs for Male Chorus

    Robert Shaw Chamber Singers

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    3:27
  • 5:01 AM

    Harp Consort No. 3

    William Lawes

    Lawes: Harp Consorts

    Les Voix Humaines

    Maxine Eilander, harp

    4:40