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  • 4:41 AM

    Clarinet Trio No. 1 "Voyage of the Spirit"

    Rick Sowash

    Trio les Gavottes

    17:33
  • 4:18 AM

    American Triptych

    Jake Runestad

    Conspirare

    Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

    Carla McElhaney, piano

    23:35
  • 4:11 AM

    American Symphony: Prayer

    Adam Schoenberg

    Kansas City Symphony

    Michael Stern, conductor

    4:58
  • 4:06 AM

    Poem for Doreen

    Anne LeBaron

    Alison Bjorkedal, harp

    3:20
  • 4:01 AM

    All Dreams Begin With the Horizon: noble

    Christopher Theofanidis

    Christopher Atzinger, piano

    4:44
  • 3:51 AM

    i thank You God for most this amazing day

    Eric Whitacre

    Eric Whitacre Singers

    Eric Whitacre, conductor

    6:56
  • 3:44 AM

    William Bolcom, piano

    7:23
  • 3:19 AM

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    23:42
  • 3:12 AM

    Arise My Love

    Dale Warland

    Cosmos Trio

    5:21
  • 3:07 AM

    i carry your heart

    Eric Whitacre

    Studio Recording

    Eric Whitacre Singers

    Eric Whitacre, conductor

    4:32
  • 3:01 AM

    Three Late Love Songs: Tranquillo

    Kurt Schwertsik

    Christopher van Kampen, cello

    Nicola Meecham, piano

    4:32
  • 2:43 AM

    Lute Suite No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Eduardo Fernandez, guitar

    16:02
  • 2:32 AM

    Why the Caged Bird Sings

    Jake Runestad

    The Hope of Loving: Choral Music of Jake Runestad

    Conspirare

    Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

    Alissa Ruth Suver, soprano

    9:02
  • 2:25 AM

    Be Still and Know

    Carlos Simon

    My Ancestor's Gift

    Phoebe Wu, piano

    6:28
  • 2:06 AM

    Cello Sonata

    Charles Koechlin

    Mats Lidstrom, cello

    Bengt Forsberg, piano

    16:49
  • 2:01 AM

    Elegy, to Calvin Simmons

    Lou Harrison

    Lou Harrison: A Portrait

    California Symphony

    Barry Jekowsky, conductor

    4:44
  • 1:45 AM

    Wind Quintet

    Geraldine Mucha

    Mucha: Chamber Music

    Prague Wind Quintet

    13:45
  • 1:29 AM

    Poema Autunnale (Autumn Poem)

    Ottorino Respighi

    Poeme

    Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yakov Kreizberg, conductor

    Julia Fischer, violin

    14:20
  • 1:25 AM

    Two Meditations on Poems of Mary Oliver: Linen of Words

    Evan Premo

    River Town Duo

    4:37
  • 1:07 AM

    Symphonie Fantastique: Reveries

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    15:43
  • 1:01 AM

    Song and Dance No. 9

    Federico Mompou

    Stephen Hough, piano

    4:33
  • 12:53 AM

    Crisantemi (Chrysanthemums)

    Giacomo Puccini

    Leipzig String Quartet

    5:13
  • 12:48 AM

    The Seasons: April (Snowdrop)

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Lang Lang, piano

    3:20
  • 12:13 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky/Wieniawsky: Violin Concertos

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    35:27
  • 12:06 AM

    Picture of a Rose

    Johann Reichardt

    Premieres of the Old and New

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Amos, conductor

    Meir Rimon, horn

    3:54
  • 12:01 AM

    Three Etudes

    Fernando Sor

    Sor: 24 Progressive Etudes; 6 Little Pieces

    Norbert Kraft, guitar

    4:42
  • 11:50 PM

    Play of the Elves

    Franz Berwald

    Franz Berwald: Symphonies Nos. 1-4

    Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Thomas Dausgaard, conductor

    8:42
  • 11:30 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Franz Liszt

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    Yundi Li, piano

    17:48
  • 11:18 PM

    Quintettino "La musica notturna di Madrid"

    Luigi Boccherini

    United Strings of Europe

    Julian Azkoul, conductor

    11:03
  • 11:07 PM

    Introduction and Allegro

    Maurice Ravel

    French Chamber Music for Harp

    Markus Klinko, harp

    10:57
  • 11:01 PM

    The Merrymakers

    Eric Coates

    Boult conducts Coates

    New Philharmonia Orchestra

    Adrian Boult, conductor

    4:34
  • 10:47 PM

    Gotterdammerung: Dawn and Siegfried's Rhine Journey

    Richard Wagner

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    10:57
  • 10:14 PM

    Symphony No. 36 "Linz"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    31:41
  • 10:06 PM

    Arabesque

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann

    Nelson Freire, piano

    6:21
  • 10:01 PM

    Pastoral Suite: Villagers' Dance

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Dukas: La Peri; L'Apprenti sorcier/Chabrier: Suite pastorale; Espana

    Ulster Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    4:42
  • 9:45 PM

    In the Fen Country

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    New Queen's Hall Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    13:46
  • 9:20 PM

    String Quartet No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: String Quartets Op. 18

    Jerusalem Quartet

    23:33
  • 9:15 PM

    Budapest Strings

    Lajos Lencses, oboe

    3:11
  • 9:06 PM

    L'amant anonyme: Overture-Symphony

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Le Mozart Noir

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    7:42
  • 9:01 PM

    Sonata No. 12

    Johann Schmelzer

    English Concert

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    4:37
  • 8:49 PM

    La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    8:53
  • 8:21 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Leopold Kozeluch

    Kozeluch: Piano Concertos Nos. 1, 5, and 6

    London Mozart Players

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    Howard Shelley, piano

    26:46
  • 8:15 PM

    When I Lay Me Down to Sleep

    James Mulholland

    The Aeolians

    The Aeolians

    Jason Max Ferdinand, conductor

    4:35
  • 8:06 PM

    Three Spirituals

    Adolphus Hailstork

    Virginia Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    8:08
  • 8:01 PM

    Anthony Glise, guitar

    4:33
  • 7:48 PM

    Capriol Suite

    Peter Warlock

    Moeran: Serenade; Warlock: Capriol Suite

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    9:12
  • 4:44 PM

    The Lark Ascending

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Poeme

    Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yakov Kreizberg, conductor

    Julia Fischer, violin

    14:15
  • 4:39 PM

    Winterreise (Winter Journey): Der Lindenbaum (The Linden Tree)

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Winterreise

    Matthias Goerne, baritone

    5:21
  • 4:13 PM

    Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 Etc

    Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    Lang Lang, piano

    23:50
  • 4:06 PM

    Creatures of Prometheus: Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 "Eroica", etc.

    London Classical Players

    Roger Norrington, conductor

    4:54
  • 4:01 PM

    Morning on the Water

    Jacques Ibert

    La Harpe Consolatrice

    Kyunghee Kim-Sutre, harp

    4:34
  • 3:40 PM

    Lieutenant Kije Suite

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky; Lieutenant Kije

    Utah Symphony

    Thierry Fischer, conductor

    18:27
  • 3:26 PM

    Concerto for Oboe and Violin

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Chamber Orchestra

    Lisa Batiashvili, violin

    12:03
  • 3:23 PM

    Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude and Fugue No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Vikingur Olafsson, piano

    3:00
  • 3:17 PM

    Fantasia on Waltzing Matilda

    Harry Sdraulig

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    4:50
  • 3:06 PM

    Suite for Orchestra 'The B's': Overture

    Herbert Howells

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    9:56
  • 3:01 PM

    Angela's Ashes: Angela's Prayer

    John Williams

    Angela's Ashes (Music From The Motion Picture)

    Studio Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:47
  • 2:50 PM

    Guitar Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi, Giuliani, Rodrigo

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    John Williams, guitar

    8:38
  • 2:20 PM

    Quintet for Piano and Winds

    Andre Caplet

    Belle Epoque: French Music for Winds

    Orsino Ensemble

    Pavel Kolesnikov, piano

    27:32
  • 2:15 PM

    Suite Bergamasque: Clair de lune (Moonlight)

    Claude Debussy

    Romantic Favorites

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    5:01
  • 2:06 PM

    Overture No. 2

    Louise Farrenc

    European Soloists, Luxembourg

    Christoph Konig, conductor

    7:07
  • 2:01 PM

    Serenade No. 3: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Orchestra of the Auvergne

    Leopold Hager, conductor

    Jean-Jacques Kantorow, violin

    4:51
  • 1:45 PM

    Trio Sonata No. 5

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    Alina Ibragimova, violin

    Mark Caudle, cello

    Alastair Ross, harpsichord

    13:34
  • 1:27 PM

    Simple Symphony

    Benjamin Britten

    English Music for Strings

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    16:03
  • 1:12 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 34

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Piano Sonatas 29, 31, 34, 35, 49

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    14:30
  • 1:06 PM

    Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo

    Pietro Mascagni

    Intermezzo

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:07
  • 1:01 PM

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    4:42
  • 10:48 AM

    Conversation Symphony for Two Orchestras

    John Marsh

    Marsh: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    10:41
  • 10:29 AM

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    18:15
  • 10:23 AM

    Carol of the Birds

    Traditional Catalan

    Surrounded By Angels

    Ensemble Galilei

    3:26
  • 10:19 AM

    A Whitman Triptych: Facing West

    David Conte

    Cappella SF

    Ragnar Bohlin, conductor

    Rita Lilly, soprano

    Jonathan Thomas, tenor

    Matthew Peterson, baritone

    4:08
  • 10:06 AM

    Albany Symphony Orchestra

    David Alan Miller, conductor

    Weixiong Wang, clarinet

    10:28
  • 10:01 AM

    North by Northwest: Conversation Piece

    Bernard Herrmann

    Psycho: The Essential Alfred Hitchcock

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paul Bateman, conductor

    4:41
  • 9:42 AM

    Joan Baez Suite

    John Duarte

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    15:58
  • 9:16 AM

    String Quartet No. 2 "Intimate Letters"

    Leos Janacek

    Intimate Letters

    Lyris Quartet

    25:34
  • 9:11 AM

    Grandmother's Minuet

    Edvard Grieg

    Albeniz, Piazzolla, Weill, Grieg, Mozart, Koetsier, Bizet

    tenThing

    2:06
  • 9:06 AM

    Nocturne No. 20

    Frederic Chopin

    Sonora Slocum, flute

    John Wilson, piano

    4:33
  • 9:01 AM

    Susann McDonald, harp

    4:38
  • 8:28 AM

    Fairy Tale

    Josef Suk

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    30:28
  • 8:24 AM

    Gymnopedie No. 3

    Erik Satie

    The Magic of Satie

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    3:01
  • 8:06 AM

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    16:26
  • 8:01 AM

    Vento Chiaro

    4:33
  • 7:34 AM

    Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    24:36
  • 7:24 AM

    The Bard

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Spring Song, The Bard, etc.

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    8:06
  • 7:21 AM

    Paul O'Dette, lute

    2:18
  • 7:06 AM

    Poem for Cello and Orchestra

    Henriette Bosmans

    Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Ed Spanjaard, conductor

    Dimitri Ferschtman, cello

    14:31
  • 7:01 AM

    On Distant Waves (Sur les flots lointains)

    Charles Koechlin

    Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:45
  • 6:42 AM

    Continents of City and Love

    Michael Byron

    FLUX Quartet

    Sarah Cahill, piano

    Joseph Kubera, piano

    Gregg August, double bass

    Kathleen Supove, synthesizer

    16:36
  • 6:36 AM

    Solo Flute Partita: Allemande

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandon Patrick George, flute

    5:55
  • 6:06 AM

    Symphony No. 45 "Farewell"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Hanover Band

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    27:20
  • 6:01 AM

    Etudes: Adagio

    Knudage Riisager

    Aarhus Symphony Orchestra

    Andreas Delfs, conductor

    4:45
  • 5:23 AM

    Piano Sonata

    Franz Schubert

    Inon Barnatan, piano

    35:44
  • 5:18 AM

    Mysterious Habitats

    Dusan Bogdanovic

    Xavier Jara, guitar

    3:08
  • 5:06 AM

    Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: La Mer, Faune, Danses

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    10:41
  • 5:01 AM

    Cinderella: Adagio

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Cinderella

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    4:47