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  • 4:18 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Adolphus Hailstork

    Grand Rapids Symphony

    David Lockington, conductor

    40:35
  • 4:10 AM

    My Soul Hath Found Refuge in Thee

    Evelyn Simpson-Curenton

    The Aeolians

    The Aeolians

    Jason Max Ferdinand, conductor

    5:29
  • 4:06 AM

    Sonora Slocum, flute

    John Wilson, piano

    3:46
  • 4:01 AM

    Let God Bring Tomorrow

    Joshua McGhee

    Where Freedom Rings: Compositions by Contemporary African American Composers

    Picasso Ensemble

    Douglas Brown, bassoon

    4:27
  • 3:45 AM

    Symphony No. 3: Finale

    Aaron Copland

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    13:20
  • 3:20 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 16

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Sonatas 9

    Bernard Roberts, piano

    23:01
  • 3:12 AM

    Elegy for Cello and Orchestra

    John Williams

    Recording Arts Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    6:17
  • 3:06 AM

    Serenade for Winds: 4th movement

    Emil Hartmann

    Consortium Classicum

    5:45
  • 3:01 AM

    Carnival-Waltz

    Florent Schmitt

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    4:48
  • 2:40 AM

    An American in Paris

    George Gershwin

    Seattle Symphony

    Ludovic Morlot, conductor

    18:35
  • 2:30 AM

    Mandolin Sonata

    Cristoforo Signorelli

    Artemandoline

    8:28
  • 2:17 AM

    Marimba Concerto: 3rd movement

    Alexis Alrich

    City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong

    Jean Thorel, conductor

    Evelyn Glennie, marimba

    11:48
  • 2:06 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    9:26
  • 2:01 AM

    String Symphony No. 8: 3rd movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra

    Scott Yoo, conductor

    4:50
  • 1:39 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 6

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mantova Chamber Orchestra

    Carlo Fabiano, conductor

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    19:53
  • 1:31 AM

    Shepherd Fennel's Dance

    Henry Gardiner

    British Light Music Classics 4

    New London Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    5:33
  • 1:28 AM

    Simple Gifts

    Traditional

    Harvest Home

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    Linda Chatterton, flute

    2:14
  • 1:06 AM

    November Woods

    Arnold Bax

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    20:27
  • 1:01 AM

    Bass Tuba Concerto: Romance

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    20th-Century Tuba Concertos

    Singapore Symphony Orchestra

    Anne Manson, conductor

    Oystein Baadsvik, tuba

    4:45
  • 12:37 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 5

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Murray Perahia, conductor

    Murray Perahia, piano

    Kenneth Sillito, violin

    Jaime Martin, flute

    Jakob Lindberg, theorbo

    21:07
  • 12:27 AM

    Julius Caesar Overture

    Robert Schumann

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Thomas Dausgaard, conductor

    8:23
  • 12:16 AM

    Bachianas Brasileiras No. 9

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    New World Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    9:35
  • 12:06 AM

    Rustic Suite (Suite Champetre)

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Spring Song, The Bard, etc.

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    9:01
  • 12:01 AM

    Symphony No. 1: Menuetto

    Louise Farrenc

    Farrenc: Symphony No. 1 - Overtures - Grand Variations

    European Soloists, Luxembourg

    Christoph Konig, conductor

    4:33
  • 11:53 PM

    Piano Quintet: Finale

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Catalyst Quartet

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    5:20
  • 11:50 PM

    Ev'ry Time I Feel the Spirit

    William Dawson

    The Spirituals of William Dawson

    St. Olaf Choir

    Anton Armstrong, conductor

    1:58
  • 11:43 PM

    Negro Folk Symphony: O, Le' Me Shine, Shine Like A Morning Star!

    William Dawson

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    7:22
  • 11:37 PM

    Faust Ballet Music

    Charles Gounod

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    21:09
  • 11:21 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Le Mozart Noir

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    Linda Melsted, violin

    21:08
  • 11:17 PM

    Three Dream Portraits: Dream Variation

    Margaret Bonds

    Will Liverman, baritone

    Paul Sanchez, piano

    2:08
  • 11:05 PM

    Folk Songs for Orchestra

    George Walker

    George Walker: Orchestral Works

    Cleveland Chamber Symphony

    Edwin London, conductor

    11:36
  • 11:02 PM

    Weeping Willow

    Scott Joplin

    Marcus Eley, clarinet

    2:50
  • 10:54 PM

    Sakura Variations

    Yuquijiro Yocoh

    Stepping Stones

    John Williams, guitar

    6:12
  • 10:50 PM

    Requiem: Ingemisco

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Pavarotti's Greatest Hits

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Georg Solti, conductor

    Luciano Pavarotti, tenor

    3:33
  • 10:42 PM

    Spiegel im Spiegel (Mirror in the Mirror)

    Arvo Part

    Smile

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    7:00
  • 10:16 PM

    Concierto Breve

    Xavier Montsalvatge

    North German Radio Philharmonic

    Celso Antunes, conductor

    Jenny Lin, piano

    24:25
  • 10:07 PM

    Elegie

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: Requiem

    Paris Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    Eric Picard, cello

    6:29
  • 9:57 PM

    Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    David Russell, guitar

    3:46
  • 9:37 PM

    Carmen Suite No. 1

    Georges Bizet

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    James DePreist, conductor

    19:08
  • 9:31 PM

    Four English Country Dances

    John Playford

    Hesperus

    4:50
  • 9:22 PM

    Symphonie Fantastique: March to the Scaffold

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique Op. 14 / Tristia

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    6:58
  • 9:15 PM

    We Shall Overcome

    Spiritual

    The Aeolians

    The Aeolians

    Jason Max Ferdinand, conductor

    6:30
  • 9:04 PM

    Camel Bells Along the Silk Road

    Ning Yong

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    7:43
  • 8:55 PM

    Symphony No. 4 "Italian": Saltarello

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Symphony No. 4

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    5:20
  • 8:47 PM

    The Days (I giorni)

    Ludovico Einaudi

    Ludovico Einaudi: Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    5:44
  • 8:44 PM

    Cello Suite No. 1: Prelude

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Overtures to Bach

    Matt Haimovitz, cello

    2:13
  • 8:34 PM

    Die Fledermaus: Overture

    Johann StraussJr.

    Strauss: Waltzes And Overtures

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Franz Welser-Most, conductor

    7:48
  • 8:15 PM

    Variations on a Russian Theme

    Anton Eberl

    Piano Trios

    Pleyel Trio

    14:39
  • 8:10 PM

    Praise at Sunrise

    Traditional

    Himmelrand

    Uranienborg Vocal Ensemble

    Elisabeth Holte, conductor

    4:51
  • 8:01 PM

    Rainey Afternoon

    Stanley Woolner

    Ivan Konev

    6:47
  • 5:57 PM

    Pictures at an Exhibition: Tuileries

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Awadagin Pratt: Transformations

    Awadagin Pratt, piano

    1:09
  • 5:47 PM

    Prelude, Fugue, and Variation

    Cesar Franck

    Awadagin Pratt, piano

    10:20
  • 5:42 PM

    Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

    Florence Price

    Apollo Chamber Players

    4:56
  • 5:36 PM

    There Is a Balm in Gilead

    Spiritual

    In Bright Mansions

    Fisk Jubilee Singers

    4:36
  • 5:29 PM

    Suite for Violin and Piano: Mother and Child

    William Grant Still

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    Matthew Hagle, piano

    6:18
  • 5:21 PM

    Harlem Symphony: April in Harlem

    James Price Johnson

    Concordia

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    7:45
  • 5:06 PM

    Little Concert Suite

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    13:36
  • 5:00 PM

    Enchantment: Song of the Shrine

    Nathaniel Dett

    Clipper Erickson, piano

    4:26
  • 4:49 PM

    Impromptu No. 1

    Franz Schubert

    Murray Perahia, piano

    9:43
  • 4:31 PM

    Sinfonia No. 4

    Franz Beck

    Beck: Symphonies Op. 3, Nos. 1-4

    Toronto Chamber Orchestra

    Kevin Mallon, conductor

    16:45
  • 4:24 PM

    Suite on Chinese Folk Tunes II: Love Song

    Bao Yuan-kai

    China National Symphony Orchestra

    Zuohuang Chen, conductor

    4:02
  • 4:06 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Kenneth Sillito, conductor

    John Williams, guitar

    17:55
  • 4:01 PM

    Apollo Chamber Players

    4:35
  • 3:50 PM

    L'Africaine: Indian March

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Michal Nesterowicz, conductor

    8:44
  • 3:24 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 5 "Spring"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Isaac Stern, violin

    Eugene Istomin, piano

    24:11
  • 3:19 PM

    Mirliton fin de siecle (End of the Century Kazoo)

    Edmond Dede

    Hot Springs Music Festival Chorus

    Richard Rosenberg, conductor

    3:54
  • 3:06 PM

    Chamber Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Cologne Camerata

    Michael Schneider, recorder

    11:18
  • 3:01 PM

    The Prince and the Pauper

    Erich Korngold

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    4:48
  • 2:46 PM

    Unter bluhenden Linden

    Lou Koster

    Estro Armonico Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra

    Jonathan Kaell, conductor

    10:53
  • 2:41 PM

    Symphony No. 4: 1st movement

    Gustav Mahler

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    17:02
  • 2:15 PM

    Isabel Bayrakdarian, soprano

    Serouj Kradjian, piano

    3:35
  • 2:02 PM

    Swedish Rhapsody No. 1 "Midsummer Vigil"

    Hugo Alfven

    The Four Seasons: A Musical Calendar Of Favorite Classics

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    12:44
  • 1:59 PM

    Shepherd's Hey

    Percy Grainger

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    1:59
  • 1:48 PM

    Mignon: Overture

    Ambroise Thomas

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    8:06
  • 1:45 PM

    The Deer Hunter: Cavatina

    Stanley Myers

    John Williams Plays The Movies

    Studio Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    John Williams, guitar

    3:11
  • 1:41 PM

    Umoja (Unity)

    Valerie Coleman

    Umoja

    Imani Winds

    2:23
  • 1:30 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1: Rondo

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Piano Concertos

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    Ingrid Fliter, piano

    10:10
  • 1:24 PM

    The Canadian set

    Traditional Canadian

    The Alehouse Sessions

    Barokksolistene

    Bjarte Eike, violin

    4:11
  • 1:19 PM

    A John Field Suite: Polka

    Hamilton Harty

    Ulster Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    4:51
  • 1:06 PM

    Symphony

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2

    Academy for Ancient Music Berlin

    8:50
  • 1:04 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 10

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Nine Hungarian Dances; Dvorak

    North German Radio Symphony

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    1:44
  • 12:52 PM

    Bartered Bride: Overture

    Bedrich Smetana

    The Moldau

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    6:52
  • 12:48 PM

    Dances of the Dolls: Lyric Waltz

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Lisa Batiashvili: Echoes Of Time

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    Lisa Batiashvili, violin

    3:23
  • 12:38 PM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique": 3rd movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    9:02
  • 12:33 PM

    Musical Jewelry Box

    Stephen Hough

    Jenny Lin, piano

    3:19
  • 12:24 PM

    Grand Nonetto: Finale

    Louis Spohr

    Spohr, Martinu: Nonets / Ensemble Wien-Berlin

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    7:33
  • 12:16 PM

    Six English Tunes

    Peter Warlock

    Warlock: Capriol Suite; The Curlew; Six English Tunes; Serenade; Six Italian Dance Tunes; Ross Pople/London Festival Orchestra

    London Festival Orchestra

    Ross Pople, conductor

    7:11
  • 12:07 PM

    Trio Sonata No. 9

    William Boyce

    Boyce: Trio Sonatas

    Parley of Instruments

    Peter Holman, conductor

    7:41
  • 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
  • 11:52 AM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Johann Fasch

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    6:10
  • 11:49 AM

    Song without Words No. 30 "Spring Song"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    Andre Previn, piano

    2:19
  • 11:38 AM

    Israeli Melodies

    Julius Chajes

    Members of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Amos, conductor

    8:53
  • 11:30 AM

    The Little Square Suite

    Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari

    Wolf-Ferrari: Suites and Overtures

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    6:56
  • 11:22 AM

    Symphony No. 8: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    7:18
  • 11:17 AM

    Arabesque No. 1

    Claude Debussy

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    4:10
  • 11:07 AM

    The Royal Children: Overture

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Humperdinck: Fairy-Tale Music

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    7:49
  • 11:04 AM

    Etude No. 1 "Aeolian Harp"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Etudes Op. 10 & Op. 25 op. posth.

    Boris Berezovsky, piano

    2:20
  • 10:43 AM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 1

    Ottorino Respighi

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    15:11
  • 10:37 AM

    Raymonda: Entr'acte

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: Raymonda

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:20
  • 10:31 AM

    Slavonic Dance No. 10

    Antonin Dvorak

    Quebec Symphony Orchestra

    Yoav Talmi, conductor

    6:02
  • 10:23 AM

    Jasmine Flower

    Traditional Chinese

    Piano Book

    Lang Lang, piano

    6:41
  • 10:17 AM

    Voyevoda: Trust me, my dear

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    4:24
  • 10:06 AM

    Benvenuto Cellini: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Munch Conducts Berlioz

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Munch, conductor

    10:26
  • 10:01 AM

    Cello Concerto: Finale

    Nicola Porpora

    La Folia Baroque Orchestra

    Robin Peter Muller, conductor

    Jan Vogler, cello

    4:30
  • 9:42 AM

    Serenade No. 2

    Robert Fuchs

    Cologne Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Ludwig, conductor

    16:03
  • 9:23 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Boston Baroque

    Martin Pearlman, conductor

    17:32
  • 9:15 AM

    Requiem for Discourse

    Gordon Kennedy

    Habemus Quartet

    5:46
  • 9:06 AM

    Introduction and Allegro "Grand Solo"

    Fernando Sor

    Brouwer, Villa-Lobos, Orbon

    Manuel Barrueco, guitar

    8:48
  • 9:01 AM

    Concert Suite No. 4: La Rameau

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Baroque Nouveau

    4:40
  • 8:46 AM

    Symphony No. 5: 3rd movement

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5; Scenes adapted from Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Martyn Brabbins, conductor

    12:15
  • 8:38 AM

    Facades

    Philip Glass

    Philip Glass: Glassmasters

    Glass Ensemble

    Michael Riesman, conductor

    7:21
  • 8:06 AM

    Piano Concerto

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg, Chopin: Piano Concertos

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    Olli Mustonen, piano

    30:18
  • 8:01 AM

    Eduardo Mata University Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Rivero Weber, conductor

    4:46
  • 7:30 AM

    Mother Goose (Ma mere l'oye): Ballet

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Bolero

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    28:09
  • 7:23 AM

    Wave Radiance

    Phillip Houghton

    Guitar Trek

    6:26
  • 7:18 AM

    Estrellita (My little star)

    Manuel Ponce

    Voice Of The Violin

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Michael Stern, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    3:13
  • 7:06 AM

    Divertissement on a Pastoral Theme

    Gabriel Pierne

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    11:48
  • 7:01 AM

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    4:47
  • 6:38 AM

    Scenes from Childhood

    Robert Schumann

    Lise de la Salle, piano

    20:13
  • 6:30 AM

    Andante for Clarinet and Orchestra

    Alice Mary Smith

    Smith, A.M.: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    Angela Malsbury, clarinet

    7:05
  • 6:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 21 "Prussian"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Amadeus Quartet

    22:18
  • 6:01 AM

    Septura

    4:38
  • 5:41 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 12

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Stephen Kovacevich, piano

    17:33
  • 5:37 AM

    Red Dragonfly

    Kosaku Yamada

    Japanese Melodies

    Paillard Chamber Orchestra

    Jean-Francois Paillard, conductor

    3:20
  • 5:06 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Emil Mlynarski

    Polish Chamber Orchestra

    Jacek Kaspszyk, conductor

    Nigel Kennedy, violin

    28:47
  • 5:01 AM

    The Red Pony Suite: The Gift

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: The Red Pony; Our Town; The Heiress Suite; Music For Movies

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    4:50