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  • 4:46 AM

    Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Richard Studt, conductor

    12:18
  • 4:19 AM

    Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Handel Variations

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    25:55
  • 4:06 AM

    Chaconne

    George Frideric Handel

    Baroque Inventions

    Gray & Pearl Guitar Duo

    11:12
  • 4:01 AM

    The Beatitudes

    Vladimir Martynov

    Berlin Konzerthaus Orchestra

    Jonathan Stockhammer, conductor

    Mari Samuelsen, violin

    4:43
  • 3:47 AM

    Nebraska

    Valgeir Sigurdsson

    South of the Circle

    Siggi String Quartet

    10:51
  • 3:18 AM

    Lux Aeterna

    Morten Lauridsen

    Sinfonia Orchestra

    Paul Salamunovich, conductor

    27:28
  • 3:06 AM

    In the Arms of the Beloved: Arietta

    Richard Danielpour

    Iris Chamber Orchestra

    Michael Stern, conductor

    Jaime Laredo, violin

    Sharon Robinson, cello

    10:26
  • 3:01 AM

    D'un matin de printemps (Of a Spring Morning)

    Lili Boulanger

    Sarah Frisof, flute

    Daniel Pesca, piano

    4:42
  • 2:44 AM

    Naive Music: selections

    Valentin Silvestrov

    Mykola Suk, pianist

    Mykola Suk, piano

    14:34
  • 2:39 AM

    Canticles of the Sky: Sky with Endless Stars

    John Luther Adams

    Northwestern University Cello Ensemble

    Hans Jorgen Jensen, conductor

    4:23
  • 2:35 AM

    Canticles of the Sky: Sky with Nameless Colors

    John Luther Adams

    Northwestern University Cello Ensemble

    Hans Jorgen Jensen, conductor

    4:22
  • 2:30 AM

    Canticles of the Sky: Sky with Four Moons

    John Luther Adams

    Northwestern University Cello Ensemble

    Hans Jorgen Jensen, conductor

    4:21
  • 2:26 AM

    Canticles of the Sky: Sky with Four Suns

    John Luther Adams

    Northwestern University Cello Ensemble

    Hans Jorgen Jensen, conductor

    4:22
  • 2:15 AM

    Mass for the Endangered: Credo

    Sarah Kirkland Snider

    Sarah Kirkland Snider: Mass for the Endangered

    Gallicantus

    Gabriel Crouch, conductor

    7:59
  • 2:07 AM

    Global Warming

    Michael Abels

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    8:19
  • 2:01 AM

    Walking (Hommage a Thoreau)

    Lars Aksel Bisgaard

    Carl Petersson, piano

    4:52
  • 1:53 AM

    Time Lapse

    Ludovico Einaudi

    Ludovico Einaudi: Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:56
  • 1:31 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "The Camp Meeting"

    Charles Ives

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    21:16
  • 1:15 AM

    Fantasia on Shenandoah

    Rick Sowash

    Shelburne String Quartet

    John Bell, guitar

    14:15
  • 1:06 AM

    Ave Maria

    Franz Biebl

    Star of Wonder

    Chor Leoni Men's Chorus

    Erick Lichte, conductor

    7:45
  • 1:01 AM

    London Fields: St. James' Park - A Lakeside Reverie

    Phyllis Tate

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    4:52
  • 12:44 AM

    Vikingur Olafsson, piano

    14:37
  • 12:16 AM

    Clarinet Quintet

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Uncovered Vol. 1

    Catalyst Quartet

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    27:50
  • 12:07 AM

    Pavane for a Dead Princess (Pavane pour une infante defunte)

    Maurice Ravel

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    5:58
  • 12:01 AM

    Barcarolle No. 9

    Gabriel Faure

    Paul Crossley, piano

    4:44
  • 11:49 PM

    Oboe Concerto

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Scottish Ensemble

    Jonathan Morton, conductor

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    9:42
  • 11:11 PM

    Symphony No. 8

    Antonin Dvorak

    Great American Showpieces

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    36:35
  • 11:06 PM

    Prince Igor: Dance of the Polovtsian Maidens

    Alexander Borodin

    Borodin: Symphony No. 2 in B minor, etc.

    Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor

    2:35
  • 11:01 PM

    Nonetto: 1st movement

    Bohuslav Martinu

    Lahti Chamber Ensemble

    4:42
  • 10:49 PM

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Eric Whitacre, conductor

    9:02
  • 10:22 PM

    Piano Concerto

    Ruth Gipps

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Peebles, conductor

    Murray McLachlan, piano

    26:05
  • 10:20 PM

    Three-Part Sinfonia No. 10

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bela Fleck, banjo

    Chris Thile, mandolin

    Edgar Meyer, double bass

    :57
  • 10:06 PM

    Pastoral Suite

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Jan-Olav Wedin, conductor

    12:16
  • 10:01 PM

    Philemon und Baucis: Overture

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    4:44
  • 9:45 PM

    The Enchanted Forest (La foret enchantee)

    Vincent d'Indy

    D'Indy: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    13:39
  • 9:40 PM

    The King and the Mockingbird

    Wojciech Kilar

    Jouer, chanter, danser/Play, sing, dance

    Manon Le Comte, harp

    3:09
  • 9:22 PM

    Symphony No. 2

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor

    17:25
  • 9:15 PM

    Paraphrase on Schubert's "Ave Maria"

    Franz Liszt

    Benjamin Grosvenor, piano

    5:26
  • 9:06 PM

    Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    8:17
  • 9:01 PM

    Clarinet Quintet: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Pacifica String Quartet

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    4:32
  • 8:55 PM

    Carmen: Intermezzo

    Georges Bizet

    LAGQ Latin

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    3:02
  • 8:23 PM

    Concierto Espagnol

    Joan Manen

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    Mark Kaplan, violin

    31:02
  • 8:06 PM

    Rapsodie espagnole

    Maurice Ravel

    Sinfonia of London

    John Wilson, conductor

    14:31
  • 8:01 PM

    Keyboard Sonata No. 7

    Antonio Soler

    Martina Filjak, piano

    4:45
  • 7:48 PM

    Dance of the Hours

    Amilcare Ponchielli

    Intermezzo

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    10:41
  • 4:52 PM

    Jota de Pamplona

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Sarasate: Violin and Orchestra Music, Vol. 4

    Navarra Symphony Orchestra

    Ernest Martinez Izquierdo, conductor

    Tianwa Yang, violin

    6:43
  • 4:29 PM

    Symphony No. 1

    Adolphus Hailstork

    Virginia Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    21:04
  • 4:10 PM

    Double Keyboard Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Hamburg Philharmonic

    Christoph Eschenbach, conductor

    Christoph Eschenbach, piano

    Justus Frantz, piano

    17:48
  • 4:06 PM

    Ballet des Feus

    Michael Praetorius

    Michael Praetorius: Dances from Terpsichore (1612)

    Parley of Instruments

    Peter Holman, conductor

    2:48
  • 4:01 PM

    From Olden Times: Intrada

    Johan Halvorsen

    Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:46
  • 3:47 PM

    Mephisto Waltz No. 1

    Franz Liszt

    Strauss, Liszt, Korngold, Busoni, Schreker

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Kazuki Yamada, conductor

    11:22
  • 3:42 PM

    Lyric Pieces: At the Cradle

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Lyric Pieces

    Emil Gilels, piano

    3:17
  • 3:37 PM

    When My Eye, Tired By Toil

    Traditional Norwegian

    Strid

    Oslo Chamber Choir

    Hakon Daniel Nystedt, conductor

    Helga Gunnes, soprano

    5:09
  • 3:16 PM

    Spirituals for Strings

    Morton Gould

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kenneth Klein, conductor

    20:32
  • 3:06 PM

    Violin Sonata

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Violin Sonatas

    Alina Ibragimova, violin

    8:10
  • 3:01 PM

    Royal Academy of Music Brass

    4:49
  • 2:38 PM

    Terzetto

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Streichquartette Vol. 5

    Stamitz Quartet

    (Selected members), conductor

    19:55
  • 2:35 PM

    Mysterious Barricades

    Francois Couperin

    Labyrinth

    Khatia Buniatishvili, piano

    2:22
  • 2:17 PM

    Blackberry Winter

    Conni Ellisor

    Conversations in Silence

    Nashville Chamber Orchestra

    Paul Gambill, conductor

    Stephen Seifert, mountain dulcimer and Tennessee music box

    16:46
  • 2:06 PM

    An Outdoor Overture

    Aaron Copland

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    9:14
  • 2:01 PM

    Les Brises d'Orient: Souvenir d'Occident

    Felicien David

    Daniel Blumenthal, piano

    4:35
  • 1:48 PM

    Fantasy on a Hymn by Justin Morgan

    Thomas Canning

    Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    10:14
  • 1:45 PM

    Miniatures: Song

    Sulkhan Tsintsadze

    Avi Avital: Between Worlds

    Avi Avital, mandolin

    2:10
  • 1:43 PM

    Miniatures: Shepherd's Dance

    Sulkhan Tsintsadze

    Avi Avital: Between Worlds

    Avi Avital, mandolin

    1:22
  • 1:24 PM

    Holberg Suite

    Edvard Grieg

    Scandinavian String Music

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Richard Studt, conductor

    19:02
  • 1:06 PM

    Symphony No. 12

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    The Hidden Haydn

    Apollo Ensemble

    John Hsu, conductor

    15:52
  • 10:38 AM

    Carnival of the Animals

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Weekend Classics: Children's Favorites - The Carnival of the Animals

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Skitch Henderson, conductor

    Julius Katchen, piano

    20:57
  • 10:32 AM

    Animal Requiem: Prayer of St. Francis

    Rachel Fuller

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Robert Ziegler, conductor

    4:06
  • 10:26 AM

    Songs of the Sea: Homeward Bound

    Charles Stanford

    There Lies the Home

    Cantus

    5:40
  • 10:06 AM

    Peter Grimes: Four Sea Interludes

    Benjamin Britten

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    17:54
  • 10:01 AM

    The Shining Shore

    Traditional

    Anonymous 4

    4:42
  • 9:49 AM

    Serenade for Winds

    Richard Strauss

    Richard Strauss: Don Juan; Burlesque; Serenade; Till Eulenspiegel

    Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paavo Berglund, conductor

    9:16
  • 9:15 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Emilie Mayer

    North German Radio Philharmonic

    Leo McFall, conductor

    33:08
  • 9:07 AM

    Ballade No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Awadagin Pratt, piano

    6:23
  • 9:01 AM

    Reflexoes No. 6: Doloroso

    Jaime Zenamon

    Rupert Boyd, guitar

    Laura Metcalf, cello

    4:35
  • 8:24 AM

    Pictures at an Exhibition

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition

    Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    34:29
  • 8:18 AM

    Picture Etudes: Olive Orchard

    Adam Schoenberg

    Nadia Shpachenko, piano

    5:35
  • 8:06 AM

    Suite Rococo

    Andre Gretry

    I Fiamminghi

    France Springuel, cello

    9:50
  • 8:01 AM

    Slavonic Dance No. 12

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Slavonic Dances

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    4:48
  • 7:46 AM

    Ebb and Flow

    Tony Banks

    Czech National Symphony Orchestra

    Nick Ingman, conductor

    12:48
  • 7:22 AM

    String Quartet No. 63 "Sunrise"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: 6 String Quartets Op 76

    Amadeus Quartet

    22:31
  • 7:13 AM

    Mediodia en el Llano (Noon on the Plain)

    Antonio Estevez

    Fiesta

    Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    7:52
  • 7:06 AM

    Suite Colombiana No. 2: Guabina Viajera

    Gentil Montana

    Jose Antonio Escobar, guitar

    5:55
  • 7:01 AM

    Summer Evening: Waltz

    Oscar Merikanto

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:35
  • 6:41 AM

    Serenade for Strings "Nachtmusik"

    Richard Heuberger

    RIAS Sinfonietta

    Jiri Starek, conductor

    17:30
  • 6:31 AM

    Night Revels

    Leevi Madetoja

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Jorma Panula, conductor

    7:58
  • 6:07 AM

    Forest Scenes

    Robert Schumann

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    24:16
  • 6:01 AM

    Pan's Flute: Pan and the Nymphs

    Jules Mouquet

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Philippe Auguin, conductor

    Manuela Wiesler, flute

    4:51
  • 5:51 AM

    Romance for Violin and Orchestra

    Johan Svendsen

    Violin Romances

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Gil Shaham, violin

    6:49
  • 5:14 AM

    String Quartet No. 14 "Spring"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Smithson String Quartet

    35:32
  • 5:06 AM

    Blumine (Flowers)

    Gustav Mahler

    Mahler: Four Movements

    Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    7:21
  • 5:01 AM

    Scarborough Fair

    Traditional English

    Claire Jones: Royal Harp Strings

    London Mozart Players

    Stuart Morley, conductor

    Claire Jones, harp

    4:49