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  • 4:44 AM

    Terra Incognita

    Wayne Shorter

    Imani Winds

    14:14
  • 4:22 AM

    Spirituals for Strings

    Morton Gould

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kenneth Klein, conductor

    20:32
  • 4:06 AM

    Flute Sonata

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Flute Sonatas

    Andrea Oliva, flute

    14:49
  • 4:01 AM

    Djilile

    Peter Sculthorpe

    SCULTHORPE: Irkanda I and IV / Lament / Sonata No. 2 / Cello Dreaming / Djilile

    Australian Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Tognetti, conductor

    4:26
  • 3:51 AM

    We Shall Overcome

    Spiritual

    The Aeolians

    The Aeolians

    Jason Max Ferdinand, conductor

    6:30
  • 3:21 AM

    Ballet Scenes

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: The Seasons, Scenes de Ballet

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    28:21
  • 3:16 AM

    Under the Rug

    Ryan Brown

    Janus

    5:10
  • 3:06 AM

    Graceful Ghost Rag

    William Bolcom

    Gil Shaham, violin

    Jonathan Feldman, piano

    8:26
  • 3:01 AM

    Dance of the Graceful Girl

    Alberto Ginastera

    John Novacek, piano

    4:53
  • 2:52 AM

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    5:40
  • 2:24 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "Song of a New Race"

    William Grant Still

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    26:55
  • 2:18 AM

    Peace of Mind

    Hazel Scott

    Phenomenal Women

    Lara Downes, piano

    3:45
  • 2:06 AM

    Romance

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Violin Concerto

    New York Philharmonic

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Midori, violin

    11:54
  • 2:01 AM

    Arcata String Quartet

    Don Bailey, flute

    4:49
  • 1:35 AM

    Children's Games (Jeux d'enfants)

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    23:35
  • 1:24 AM

    South Bohemian Suite: Reverie

    Vitezslav Novak

    Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra

    Marek Stilec, conductor

    8:57
  • 1:20 AM

    Umoja (Unity)

    Valerie Coleman

    Umoja

    Imani Winds

    2:23
  • 1:06 AM

    The Fairy Tale: Overture

    Stanislaw Moniuszko

    Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

    Antoni Wit, conductor

    13:22
  • 1:01 AM

    Good Night and Good Rest

    John Johnson

    Jakob Lindberg, lute

    4:42
  • 12:48 AM

    Old Polish Suite

    Andrei Panufnik

    Polish Chamber Orchestra

    Mariusz Smolij, conductor

    10:03
  • 12:17 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 5 "Turkish"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    Yakov Kreizberg, conductor

    Julia Fischer, violin

    29:50
  • 12:06 AM

    French Suite No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Glenn Gould, piano

    9:05
  • 12:01 AM

    Rondo Amoroso

    Harald Saeverud

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Per Dreier, conductor

    4:35
  • 11:51 PM

    Nocturne

    Adolphus Hailstork

    Dance Like the Wind: Music of Today's Black Composers

    VocalEssence

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    Maria Jette, soprano

    6:55
  • 11:32 PM

    Overture, Scherzo and Finale

    Robert Schumann

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    17:50
  • 11:25 PM

    Minuet Antique

    Maurice Ravel

    Haydn, Ravel, Stravinsky

    Tesla Quartet

    5:44
  • 11:19 PM

    Four Paths of Light: Part 3

    Pat Metheny

    Jason Vieaux, guitar

    5:28
  • 11:06 PM

    Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia

    Aram Khachaturian

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor

    11:50
  • 11:01 PM

    Mikhail Pletnev, piano

    4:42
  • 10:53 PM

    My Soul Hath Found Refuge in Thee

    Evelyn Simpson-Curenton

    The Aeolians

    The Aeolians

    Jason Max Ferdinand, conductor

    5:29
  • 10:39 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Violin Concertos

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    Andrew Manze, violin

    13:13
  • 10:29 PM

    Morning Papers Waltz

    Johann StraussJr.

    Strauss Waltzes

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    8:00
  • 10:22 PM

    Caprice-Waltz

    Henryk Wieniawski

    Virtuoso

    Leonidas Kavakos, violin

    6:10
  • 10:15 PM

    Symphony No. 5: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky Waltzes

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Sergiu Comissiona, conductor

    6:29
  • 10:09 PM

    I Stood on the River of Jordan

    Spiritual

    Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

    American Spiritual Ensemble

    Everett McCorvey, conductor

    4:08
  • 10:06 PM

    Fanfare on Amazing Grace

    Adolphus Hailstork

    Virginia Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    3:26
  • 10:01 PM

    Concerto No. 1

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Albinoni: 12 Concerti a cinque, Op.5

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Simon Standage, conductor

    4:36
  • 9:47 PM

    Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter": Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies No. 40 & 41

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    10:58
  • 9:37 PM

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    9:06
  • 9:27 PM

    Romance No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Vanessa-Mae, violin

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Viktor Fedotov, conductor

    Vanessa-Mae, violin

    8:31
  • 9:23 PM

    Romance for Horn

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Belle Epoque: French Music for Winds

    Alec Frank-Gemmill, horn

    3:41
  • 9:10 PM

    Hungarian Sketches

    Bela Bartok

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    11:23
  • 9:06 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 17

    Johannes Brahms

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    3:31
  • 9:03 PM

    The Fence, the Rooftop, and the Distant Sea: Dance

    Kinan Azmeh

    Kinan Azmeh, clarinet

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    2:42
  • 8:44 PM

    Carmen Fantasy

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Leila Josefowicz, violin

    13:53
  • 8:19 PM

    Symphony No. 79

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Accademia Bizantina

    Ottavio Dantone, conductor

    23:54
  • 8:06 PM

    Toccata

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Toccatas

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    10:53
  • 8:01 PM

    Sonata Concertante: Rondo

    Louis Spohr

    Marielle Nordmann, harp

    Andras Adorjan, flute

    4:48
  • 7:39 PM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: Carmen. L'Arlesienne, etc.

    Paris Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    19:33
  • 5:48 PM

    Mandolin Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Potsdam Chamber Academy

    Avi Avital, mandolin

    Shalev Ad-El, harpsichord

    9:34
  • 5:46 PM

    Maple Leaf Rag

    Scott Joplin

    Calico Winds

    1:53
  • 5:30 PM

    Fantastic Scherzo

    Josef Suk

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    14:50
  • 5:20 PM

    Aurora Orchestra

    Nicholas Collon, conductor

    7:26
  • 5:06 PM

    String Quartet No. 9

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Hagen Quartet

    14:09
  • 5:01 PM

    The Prophet: Ballet of the Skaters: Galop

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Michal Nesterowicz, conductor

    4:55
  • 4:48 PM

    Andante and Hungarian Rondo

    Carl Maria von Weber

    London Mozart Players

    Nicholas Cleobury, conductor

    Yoshiyuki Nakanishi, bassoon

    10:33
  • 4:20 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 11

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Andras Schiff, piano

    25:34
  • 4:08 PM

    Gli Incogniti

    Amandine Beyer, conductor

    10:29
  • 4:06 PM

    The Love for Three Oranges: March

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Lisa Batiashvili, violin

    1:33
  • 4:01 PM

    La verita in cimento (The Truth Contested): Sinfonia

    Antonio Vivaldi

    The King's Violins

    Mathieu Lussier, conductor

    4:44
  • 3:51 PM

    Rusalka: Song to the Moon

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak In Prague: A Celebration

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    Frederica von Stade, mezzo-soprano

    6:54
  • 3:31 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Night in the Tropics"

    Louis Moreau Gottschalk

    Utah Symphony Orchestra

    Maurice Abravanel, conductor

    18:57
  • 3:20 PM

    Variations and finale on "Clair de la Lune"

    Charles Lucien Lambert

    Yi-Chun Sunny Kuo, piano

    9:40
  • 3:09 PM

    Carnaval

    Robert Schumann

    RAVEL, M.: Orchestral Works, Vol. 3

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    9:50
  • 3:06 PM

    The Three-Cornered Hat: Miller's Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    2:52
  • 3:00 PM

    Sinfonia in Classic Mode: Minuet

    Joseph Marx

    Bochum Symphony Orchestra

    Steven Sloane, conductor

    4:41
  • 2:38 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos 1 & 2

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    20:48
  • 2:37 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos 1 & 2

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    20:48
  • 2:28 PM

    Pirates of Penzance Overture

    Arthur Sullivan

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    7:07
  • 2:22 PM

    All the Things You Are

    Jerome Kern

    Leon Fleisher, piano

    4:49
  • 2:11 PM

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Kirk Trevor, conductor

    Richard Stoltzman, clarinet

    Richard Fredrickson, double bass

    9:59
  • 2:05 PM

    The Colorado Trail

    Marcel Grandjany

    Elizabeth Hainen, harp

    5:17
  • 1:59 PM

    Marriage of Figaro: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Overtures

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    4:50
  • 1:46 PM

    Scheherazade: The Young Prince and the Young Princess

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade, etc.

    Kirov Orchestra

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    Sergei Levitin, violin

    10:54
  • 1:42 PM

    Princess Mononoke: Ashitaka and San

    Joe Hisaishi

    Dream Songs

    Joe Hisaishi, piano

    3:57
  • 1:34 PM

    Sonata No. 12

    Dario Castello

    Music of the Italian Baroque

    Belladonna

    6:04
  • 1:31 PM

    Le Carnaval de Londres: Filch; Filch's Dance; Mazurka

    Darius Milhaud

    Milhaud: Carnaval d'Aix; Carnaval de Londres, etc.

    New London Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    2:22
  • 1:22 PM

    Concerto for Two Trumpets

    Antonio Vivaldi

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Simon Preston, conductor

    Wolfgang Laubin, trumpet

    Hannes Laubin, trumpet

    7:27
  • 1:17 PM

    The Robber's Castle: Overture

    Friedrich Kuhlau

    Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Schonwandt, conductor

    4:01
  • 1:10 PM

    Ukrainian Dance

    Traditional

    Far Behind I Left My Country: Klezmer And East European Folk Music

    UCalgary String Quartet

    4:07
  • 1:04 PM

    Il Signor Bruschino: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    4:46
  • 12:50 PM

    Das Rheingold: Entry of the Gods into Valhalla

    Richard Wagner

    New York Philharmonic

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    6:35
  • 12:35 PM

    Petite Suite

    Claude Debussy

    Rhapsodie

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    12:57
  • 12:33 PM

    Intermezzo No. 3

    Johannes Brahms

    Radu Lupu, piano

    1:39
  • 12:27 PM

    Symphony No. 1: Scherzo

    Jean Sibelius

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    4:31
  • 12:22 PM

    Silverado: Themes

    Bruce Broughton

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    4:12
  • 12:18 PM

    Dancing for Love, Dancing for the Gods: Light and Quick

    Bruce Broughton

    Dance Sketches

    Chicago Harp Quartet

    3:07
  • 12:09 PM

    Prague Waltzes

    Antonin Dvorak

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    7:35
  • 12:04 PM

    Covent Garden: Overture

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    London Classical Players

    Roger Norrington, conductor

    4:12
  • 11:51 AM

    Appearances are Deceptive: Overture

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Cimarosa: Overtures, Vol. 6

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice

    Patrick Gallois, conductor

    6:39
  • 11:46 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Afro-American": Animato

    William Grant Still

    African Heritage Symphonic Series, Vol. 1

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    3:19
  • 11:38 AM

    Introduction and Caprice-Jota

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Sarasate: Music For Violin And Orchestra 3

    Navarra Symphony Orchestra

    Ernest Martinez Izquierdo, conductor

    Tianwa Yang, violin

    7:08
  • 11:34 AM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2: Farandole

    Georges Bizet

    Orchestra of the Bastille

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    3:20
  • 11:19 AM

    Rob Roy: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    13:03
  • 11:15 AM

    Judas Maccabaeus: See, the Conqu'ring Hero Comes!

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Coronation Anthems

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    3:38
  • 11:08 AM

    Dance Odyssey

    Oliver Davis

    Oliver Davis: Dance

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Bateman, conductor

    5:19
  • 11:04 AM

    Concerto alla rustica (Rustic Concerto)

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Strings! The Definitive Collection

    Guildhall Strings

    3:42
  • 10:45 AM

    St. Paul's Suite

    Gustav Holst

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    12:50
  • 10:41 AM

    Mazurka No. 36

    Frederic Chopin

    Mirian Conti, piano

    3:45
  • 10:32 AM

    Bukoolika (Bucolic)

    Ester Magi

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Arvo Volmer, conductor

    8:08
  • 10:28 AM

    The Enchanted Garden: Childhood Memory

    Richard Danielpour

    Xiayin Wang, piano

    3:00
  • 10:13 AM

    Charterhouse Suite

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Williams: Lark Ascending

    Israel Chamber Orchestra

    Dalia Atlas, conductor

    13:32
  • 10:06 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 17 "The Tempest": 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Stephen Kovacevich, piano

    6:27
  • 10:01 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 1

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Maria Bergmann, piano

    4:37
  • 9:45 AM

    Fantasy Quartet

    E.J. Moeran

    Moeran: Chamber Music

    Vanbrugh Quartet

    Nicholas Daniel, oboe

    13:53
  • 9:39 AM

    The Beatitudes

    Vladimir Martynov

    Berlin Konzerthaus Orchestra

    Jonathan Stockhammer, conductor

    Mari Samuelsen, violin

    4:43
  • 9:18 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    Jeanne Lamon, violin

    19:11
  • 9:06 AM

    Miniature Suite

    Cyril Rootham

    Northern Sinfonia of England

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Alan Fearon, piano

    10:35
  • 9:01 AM

    Memories of the Alhambra

    Francisco Tarrega

    Albeniz, Granados, Tarrega, Turina Etc.

    Eduardo Fernandez, guitar

    4:39
  • 8:55 AM

    The Lark in the Clear Air

    Traditional Irish

    Celtic Airs

    Barry Douglas, piano

    3:42
  • 8:28 AM

    String Sextet

    Louis Spohr

    Spohr: String Sextet, etc.

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    25:49
  • 8:19 AM

    Variations on a Theme of Sor

    Miguel Llobet

    Anabel Montesinos, guitar

    7:49
  • 8:06 AM

    Symphony No. 9 "Choral": 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    12:00
  • 8:01 AM

    Slavonic Dance No. 9

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: The Slavonic Dances

    Katia & Marielle Labeque, pianos

    4:39
  • 7:41 AM

    Symphonie Periodique No. 6

    Ignaz Pleyel

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    17:48
  • 7:38 AM

    A Tide of Living Water

    Clarice Assad

    Lara Downes, piano

    1:48
  • 7:10 AM

    Cello Sonata

    Ernst von Dohnanyi

    Mark Kosower, cello

    Jee-Won Oh, piano

    26:40
  • 7:06 AM

    The Snow Queen: Lullaby

    Tuomas Kantelinen

    Kantelinen: Lumikuningatar

    Finnish National Opera Orchestra

    Tuomas Kantelinen, conductor

    3:20
  • 7:01 AM

    The Old Church

    Stephen Paulus

    Provenance

    Kinnara Ensemble

    J.D. Burnett, conductor

    4:31
  • 6:41 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 9

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Alfred Brendel, piano

    16:52
  • 6:35 AM

    Anthracite Fields: Flowers

    Julia Wolfe

    Choir of Trinity Church, Wall Street

    Julian Wachner, conductor

    6:38
  • 6:06 AM

    Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto

    He Zhanhao/Chen Gang

    China Girl

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Viktor Fedotov, conductor

    Vanessa-Mae, violin

    26:37
  • 6:01 AM

    I Musici Montreal

    Yuli Turovsky, conductor

    Yuli Turovsky, cello

    4:35
  • 5:32 AM

    String Quartet No. 10

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: String Quartet D 87

    L'Archibudelli

    26:03
  • 5:10 AM

    Petite Symphony

    Charles Gounod

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    20:00
  • 5:06 AM

    Kelly Hall-Tompkins, violin

    Craig Ketter, piano

    3:25
  • 5:01 AM

    Waltz No. 3

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Opp. 33-36, 38

    Maurizio Pollini, piano

    4:37