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  • 4:35 AM

    Concerto for Two Pianos

    Bryce Dessner

    Paris Orchestra

    Matthias Pintscher, conductor

    Katia & Marielle Labeque, pianos

    Marielle Labeque, piano

    22:38
  • 4:30 AM

    Etude 1A

    Nico Muhly

    Nadia Sirota, viola

    3:40
  • 4:24 AM

    A Door into the Dark

    Missy Mazzoli

    Victoire

    5:24
  • 4:17 AM

    The night is darkening round me

    Tonu Korvits

    Kreek's Notebook

    Choir of Royal Holloway

    Rupert Gough, conductor

    6:17
  • 4:06 AM

    La lugubre gondola No. 2 (The Black Gondola)

    Franz Liszt

    John Adams: El Dorado

    London Sinfonietta

    John Adams, conductor

    9:50
  • 4:01 AM

    Leaving Capri

    Tonu Korvits

    Tonu Korvits: Hymns to the Nordic Lights

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Risto Joost, conductor

    4:35
  • 3:27 AM

    Violin Concerto "Distant Light"

    Peteris Vasks

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Renaud Capucon, conductor

    Renaud Capucon, violin

    31:46
  • 3:22 AM

    light moving

    David Lang

    In 27 Pieces: The Hilary Hahn Encores

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    2:48
  • 3:17 AM

    Air for the Poet

    Lou Harrison

    Tammittam Percussion Ensemble

    Guido Facchin, conductor

    4:48
  • 3:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 5 "In Search of La vita nuova": 3rd movement

    Richard Danielpour

    Delray String Quartet

    7:57
  • 3:01 AM

    Partita: Sarabande

    Caroline Shaw

    Roomful of Teeth

    Brad Wells, conductor

    4:46
  • 2:48 AM

    Sacred and Profane Dances

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy, Caplet

    IRIS Orchestra

    Michael Stern, conductor

    Elizabeth Hainen, harp

    9:53
  • 2:30 AM

    Cinnamon Grove

    Nathaniel Dett

    Clipper Erickson, piano

    17:30
  • 2:15 AM

    The Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan

    Charles Tomlinson Griffes

    Griffes: Orchestral Music

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    12:19
  • 2:06 AM

    The Sweetness of Epicurus

    Lou Harrison

    Hovhaness: Mysterious Mountain, Lousadzak; Lou Harrison: Elegiac Symphony

    American Composers Orchestra

    Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

    8:38
  • 2:01 AM

    Second Suite: Intermezzo

    Charles-Edouard Lefebvre

    Sylvan Winds

    Nicholas Gallas, clarinet

    4:30
  • 1:50 AM

    Maria Kliegel, cello

    Nina Tichman, piano

    8:03
  • 1:23 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Susan Palma, flute

    24:59
  • 1:12 AM

    String Quartet No. 4

    Maddalena Laura Sirmen

    Sirmen: The 6 String Quartets / Allegri String Quartet

    Allegri String Quartet

    9:44
  • 1:06 AM

    Khovanshchina: Prelude (Dawn over the River Moscow)

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Russian Overtures

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    5:25
  • 1:01 AM

    Spring Ensemble

    Eric Dudley, conductor

    4:46
  • 12:50 AM

    Trio Anima Mundi

    8:49
  • 12:17 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Spring"

    Robert Schumann

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    31:04
  • 12:12 AM

    White Snow in the Spring Sunlight

    Traditional Chinese

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    3:37
  • 12:06 AM

    Colas Breugnon Overture

    Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Darrell Ang, conductor

    4:50
  • 12:02 AM

    The Capricious One

    Edward Elgar

    Sarah Chang, violin

    Sandra Rivers, piano

    4:44
  • 12:01 AM

    36 Greek Dances: Ipirotikos

    Nikos Skalkottas

    Avos Chamber Orchestra

    Alessio Pianelli, cello

    1:41
  • 11:49 PM

    Zampa Overture

    Ferdinand Herold

    Sir Charles' Precious Music Box Ii

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    8:17
  • 11:33 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Six Brandenburg Concertos

    Dunedin Consort

    John Butt, conductor

    14:33
  • 11:16 PM

    Irish Rhapsody

    Victor Herbert

    Victor Herbert: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 and 2

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    15:47
  • 11:12 PM

    Cascades

    Scott Joplin

    Calico Winds

    2:49
  • 11:06 PM

    Festive Overture

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Summon the Heroes

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    6:17
  • 11:01 PM

    Symphony: Larghetto

    Joseph Martin Kraus

    Kraus: Complete Symphonies, Vol. 4

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Petter Sundkvist, conductor

    4:34
  • 10:40 PM

    Concerto for Two Horns

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Horn Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    18:28
  • 10:34 PM

    El Amor Brujo: Ritual Fire Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    3:33
  • 10:26 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    The Knights

    Eric Jacobsen, conductor

    Gil Shaham, violin

    7:38
  • 10:13 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 8

    Bruce Haynes

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

    Montreal Baroque Orchestra

    Eric Milnes, conductor

    11:06
  • 10:06 PM

    Nameday (Namensfeier) Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Overtures

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    6:51
  • 9:50 PM

    Beatrice and Benedict: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Overtures

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    8:03
  • 9:38 PM

    Irish Suite for Strings

    Arthur Duff

    Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Fionnuala Hunt, conductor

    10:05
  • 9:29 PM

    Flute Concertino

    Cecile Chaminade

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Susan Milan, flute

    8:03
  • 9:25 PM

    Miniature Viennese March

    Fritz Kreisler

    The Kreisler Album

    Joshua Bell, violin

    3:15
  • 9:15 PM

    Overture for Wind Instruments

    Felix Mendelssohn

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    9:42
  • 9:11 PM

    Ojos Brujos (Magic Eyes)

    Leo Brouwer

    Marco Tamayo, guitar

    2:38
  • 9:06 PM

    The Valkyrie: Magic Fire Music

    Richard Wagner

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    4:44
  • 9:03 PM

    Julian Lloyd Webber, cello

    John Lenehan, piano

    2:34
  • 8:42 PM

    Capriccio Espagnol

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Tchaikovsky: 1812, Marche Slave, Etc / Järvi, Gothenburg So

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    15:42
  • 8:25 PM

    Divertissement

    Jacques Ibert

    Ulster Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    15:26
  • 8:22 PM

    36 Greek Dances: Kleftikos

    Nikos Skalkottas

    A Sicilian Traveller

    Avos Chamber Orchestra

    Alessio Pianelli, cello

    2:01
  • 8:20 PM

    36 Greek Dances: Ipirotikos

    Nikos Skalkottas

    Avos Chamber Orchestra

    Alessio Pianelli, cello

    1:41
  • 8:06 PM

    Rebel

    Jorg-Michael Schwarz, conductor

    Matthias Maute, flute

    12:45
  • 8:01 PM

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    4:44
  • 7:46 PM

    Italian Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Italian Concerto; French Overture; Aria Variata

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    12:01
  • 5:17 PM

    Piano Concerto

    Reynaldo Hahn

    Romantic Piano Concerto Vol. 15

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Jean-Yves Ossonce, conductor

    Stephen Coombs, piano

    28:23
  • 5:11 PM

    Fantastic Dance

    Enrique Soro

    Inca Trail Connections

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

    4:25
  • 5:06 PM

    Polonaise

    Mauro Giuliani

    David Starobin Performs Mauro Giuliani, Volume Two

    David Starobin, guitar

    4:53
  • 5:01 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "In the Forest": 3rd movement

    Joachim Raff

    Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic

    Urs Schneider, conductor

    4:46
  • 4:41 PM

    Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony, etc.

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Adrian Boult, conductor

    16:33
  • 4:33 PM

    Sonata for Trumpet and Strings

    Henry Purcell

    Baroque Trumpet Music

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    John Wallace, trumpet

    6:43
  • 4:22 PM

    Symphony No. 7

    John Marsh

    Marsh: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    10:01
  • 4:14 PM

    Gary Hammond, piano

    6:27
  • 4:06 PM

    Don Quixote: Grand Pas de Deux

    Leon Minkus

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    8:07
  • 4:01 PM

    Baile de las mascaras

    Francesco Corradini

    El Maestro Farinelli

    Concerto Koln

    Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor

    4:54
  • 3:52 PM

    We Shall Overcome

    Spiritual

    The Aeolians

    The Aeolians

    Jason Max Ferdinand, conductor

    6:30
  • 3:46 PM

    Elegy - In Memoriam - Stephen Lawrence

    Philip Herbert

    Spark Catchers

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Anthony Parnther, conductor

    6:54
  • 3:14 PM

    Symphony No. 3

    Florence Price

    Women's Philharmonic

    Apo Hsu, conductor

    29:20
  • 3:07 PM

    Generations: Sinfonietta No. 2: Alla sarabande

    Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson

    Serenely Cedille: Relaxing Rarities From Chicago's Classical Label

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    5:36
  • 3:01 PM

    Prelude: 2nd movement

    William Grant Still

    New Zealand String Quartet

    Alexa Still, flute

    Susan DeWitt Smith, piano

    4:30
  • 2:52 PM

    Waltz No. 2 "Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin

    Claudio Arrau, piano

    6:12
  • 2:40 PM

    Sinfonia Concertante

    Peter Josef von Lindpaintner

    Music for Woodwinds and Orchestra

    Gran Canaria Philharmonic Orchestra

    Christoph Konig, conductor

    Radovan Cavallin, clarinet

    18:23
  • 2:32 PM

    Waltz No. 2 "Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin

    Claudio Arrau, piano

    6:12
  • 2:17 PM

    Horn Concerto

    Leopold Mozart

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Nicholas McGegan, conductor

    Alec Frank-Gemmill, horn

    14:28
  • 2:08 PM

    String Quartet: 1st movement

    Richard Strauss

    Enso String Quartet

    8:18
  • 2:01 PM

    Serenade for Strings: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    4:01
  • 1:55 PM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 2: Rustic Dance

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    3:41
  • 1:51 PM

    March of the Trolls

    Edvard Grieg

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Okko Kamu, conductor

    Michala Petri, recorder

    3:26
  • 1:43 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 3: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach: 6 Brandenburg Concertos

    Oregon Bach Festival Chamber Orchestra

    Helmuth Rilling, conductor

    5:57
  • 1:41 PM

    Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    3:00
  • 1:39 PM

    The Jolly Miller

    Traditional

    Benjamin Luxon, baritone

    :00
  • 1:31 PM

    The Boatswain's Mate: Overture

    Ethel Smyth

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    6:06
  • 1:21 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 7

    Arcangelo Corelli

    I Solisti Italiani

    9:10
  • 1:17 PM

    Turkish Rondo

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    The Little Tin Box

    The 5 Browns

    3:15
  • 1:08 PM

    Andante festivo

    Jean Sibelius

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    5:04
  • 1:04 PM

    Rodeo: Hoe-Down

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: Appalachian Spring, Rodeo, Billy The Kid, Fanfare For The Common Man

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    3:05
  • 12:56 PM

    Sea Suite: Dance of the Walrus

    Bruce Paine

    Gunter Herbig, guitar

    1:55
  • 12:49 PM

    Three Celebrations: At the Bay

    Jenny McLeod

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    Uwe Grodd, conductor

    6:26
  • 12:41 PM

    Symphony No. 7: Scherzo

    Emilie Mayer

    Berlin Chamber Symphony Ensemble

    Jurgen Bruns, conductor

    6:46
  • 12:35 PM

    Trio Sonata

    Willem de Fesch

    De Fesch: Chamber Music

    Ensemble of the Auvergne

    4:39
  • 12:32 PM

    Impromptu

    Halfdan Kjerulf

    COMPLETE WORKS FOR PIANO

    Einar Steen-Nokleberg, piano

    2:22
  • 12:21 PM

    Violin Concerto: Finale

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    The Knights

    Eric Jacobsen, conductor

    Gil Shaham, violin

    9:48
  • 12:08 PM

    Symphony: 4th movement

    Alice Mary Smith

    Smith, A.M.: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    6:19
  • 12:04 PM

    Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba

    George Frideric Handel

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    2:47
  • 11:52 AM

    Ballet de Cour: Pavane and Saltarelle

    Gabriel Pierne

    Chamber Music Palm Beach

    6:09
  • 11:47 AM

    Polonaise No. 3 "Military"

    Frederic Chopin

    Artur Rubinstein, piano

    4:11
  • 11:39 AM

    Clarinet Quintet: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart, Brahms: Clarinet Quintets

    Emerson String Quartet

    David Shifrin, clarinet

    6:45
  • 11:29 AM

    Garden of Roses (Il giardino di rose): Concerto No. 2

    Alessandro Scarlatti

    Accademia Bizantina

    Ottavio Dantone, conductor

    8:36
  • 11:20 AM

    Siegfried: Forest Murmurs

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen (Excerpts)

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    8:25
  • 11:15 AM

    The Good-humored Ladies: 2nd movement

    Vincenzo Tommasini

    Concert Arts Orchestra

    Robert Irving, conductor

    3:14
  • 11:08 AM

    Brazilian Suite: Intermezzo

    Alberto Nepomuceno

    Minas Gerais Philharmonic Orchestra

    Fabio Mechetti, conductor

    6:13
  • 11:04 AM

    Fur Elise

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Immortal Beloved Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Murray Perahia, piano

    2:54
  • 10:51 AM

    Symphony No. 6

    William Boyce

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    7:07
  • 10:45 AM

    Nocturnes: Fetes (Festivals)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Trois Nocturnes, Jeux

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    6:17
  • 10:39 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Florence Price

    Janacek Philharmonic

    Ryan Cockerham, conductor

    Er-Gene Kahng, violin

    4:33
  • 10:32 AM

    Bethena

    Scott Joplin

    Magnetic Rags

    Avatar Brass Ensemble

    5:28
  • 10:19 AM

    Indian Queen: selections

    Henry Purcell

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    12:40
  • 10:16 AM

    Szatmar Dances

    Sandor Veress

    Hungarian Serenade

    Offenburg String Trio

    2:31
  • 10:09 AM

    Estudiantina

    Emil Waldteufel

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    5:13
  • 10:06 AM

    Song without Words No. 29 "Venetian Gondola Song"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Javier Perianes, piano

    2:48
  • 10:01 AM

    Characteristic Suite: Scherzo

    Henry Schoenefeld

    American Romantics

    Gowanus Arts Ensemble

    Reuben Blundell, conductor

    4:51
  • 9:44 AM

    Songs of the Roses

    Morten Lauridsen

    Los Angeles Chamber Singers

    14:39
  • 9:27 AM

    Ennanga for String Quartet, Harp, and Piano

    William Grant Still

    Videmus

    15:28
  • 9:17 AM

    Two Nocturnal Impressions

    Manuel Ponce

    Musica Mexicana

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    8:35
  • 9:06 AM

    Ballade No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    Yundi Li, piano

    9:28
  • 9:01 AM

    A Pile of Dust

    Johann Johannsson

    Johann Johannsson: Orphee

    Air Lyndhurst String Orchestra

    Anthony Weeden, conductor

    4:49
  • 8:53 AM

    Serenade No. 10 "Gran Partita": Adagio

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart13Berg

    Ensemble Intercontemporain

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    5:06
  • 8:42 AM

    Ashley Bathgate, cello

    11:26
  • 8:11 AM

    Sinfonia for Strings

    Kurt Atterberg

    ATTERBERG: Sinfonia for Strings

    Camerata Nordica

    Ulf Wallin, conductor

    29:03
  • 8:06 AM

    Song without Words

    John Williams

    John Williams, guitar

    4:00
  • 8:01 AM

    Let God Bring Tomorrow

    Joshua McGhee

    Where Freedom Rings: Compositions by Contemporary African American Composers

    Picasso Ensemble

    Douglas Brown, bassoon

    4:27
  • 7:42 AM

    Fountains of Rome

    Ottorino Respighi

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    15:57
  • 7:39 AM

    Two Nocturnes: Venise

    Charles Koechlin

    Belle Epoque: French Music for Winds

    Alec Frank-Gemmill, horn

    3:07
  • 7:07 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2 "La Campanella"

    Niccolo Paganini

    Paganini: Violin Concertos

    Moscow Chamber Orchestra

    Constantine Orbelian, conductor

    Ilya Grubert, violin

    30:20
  • 7:01 AM

    Orchestra of the Royal Swedish Opera

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    4:34
  • 6:55 AM

    Six Bagatelles: No. 2

    Jean Sibelius

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    2:51
  • 6:26 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Elfrida Andree

    Stockholm Symphony Orchestra

    Gustaf Sjokvist, conductor

    28:53
  • 6:07 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 4

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Discovering Dutch Ensembles

    Liza Ferschtman, violin

    17:55
  • 6:01 AM

    Sarabanda

    Nino Rota

    L'arpa notturna

    Elisabeth Plank, harp

    4:51
  • 5:55 AM

    We Shall Walk Through the Valley

    Undine Smith Moore

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

    VocalEssence

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    2:53
  • 5:06 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    Leon Fleisher, piano

    47:18
  • 5:01 AM

    She Walks in Beauty

    Toby Hession

    Enchanted Isle

    Voces8

    4:49