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  • 4:27 AM

    Meditations on a Theme of John Blow

    Arthur Bliss

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    31:41
  • 4:23 AM

    Hallelujah

    Leonard Cohen

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    Didier Osindero, violin

    Alinka Rowe, viola

    Yong Jun Lee, cello

    3:26
  • 4:06 AM

    Folk Suite

    Morton Gould

    London Symphony Orchestra

    David Amos, conductor

    14:50
  • 4:01 AM

    After the Wars: A snowy morning/And smoke from the kitchen roof-/It is good.

    Peter Garland

    After the Wars

    Sarah Cahill, piano

    4:49
  • 3:50 AM

    Reverie and Caprice

    Hector Berlioz

    French Showpieces

    Quebec Symphony Orchestra

    Yoav Talmi, conductor

    8:30
  • 3:18 AM

    Piano Quintet No. 1

    Ernst von Dohnanyi

    Takacs Quartet

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    30:21
  • 3:12 AM

    Pilgrim's Song

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    A Sicilian Traveller

    Avos Chamber Orchestra

    Alessio Pianelli, cello

    3:53
  • 3:06 AM

    Piece en forme de Passacaille

    Alexandre Tansman

    Thibaut Garcia, guitar

    5:42
  • 3:01 AM

    Figure Humaine: Liberte

    Francis Poulenc

    12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic

    4:34
  • 2:56 AM

    Preludes, Book 1: La fille aux cheveux de lin (The Girl with the Flaxen Hair)

    Claude Debussy

    Jorge Bolet, piano

    2:40
  • 2:47 AM

    Unter bluhenden Linden

    Lou Koster

    Estro Armonico Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra

    Jonathan Kaell, conductor

    10:53
  • 2:40 AM

    Concertstuck

    Cecile Chaminade

    Beach, Chaminade, Howell: Piano Concertos

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Rebecca Miller, conductor

    Danny Driver, piano

    14:51
  • 2:27 AM

    "La Follia" Variations for String Orchestra

    Michi Wiancko

    East Coast Chamber Orchestra

    12:38
  • 2:27 AM

    "La Follia" Variations for String Orchestra

    Michi Wiancko

    East Coast Chamber Orchestra

    12:38
  • 2:15 AM

    Ma Vlast (My Country): From Bohemia's Woods and Fields

    Bedrich Smetana

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    12:30
  • 2:14 AM

    Ma vlast (My Country): From Bohemia's Woods and Fields

    Bedrich Smetana

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    12:30
  • 1:00 AM

    Minnesota Orchestra LIVE

    Minnesota Orchestra LIVE

    60:00
  • 12:50 AM

    Scherzando No. 3

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn Ensemble Berlin

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    8:07
  • 12:25 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Tchaikovsky & Mendelssohn Concertos

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Munch, conductor

    Jascha Heifetz, violin

    24:03
  • 12:20 AM

    Song without Words "Wanderlied"

    Fanny Mendelssohn

    Sylviane Deferne, piano

    2:59
  • 12:06 AM

    Introduction and Allegro

    Edward Elgar

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    13:11
  • 12:01 AM

    Nonetto: 1st movement

    Bohuslav Martinu

    Spohr, Martinu: Nonets / Ensemble Wien-Berlin

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    4:50
  • 11:48 PM

    Der fliegende Hollander (The Flying Dutchman): Overture

    Richard Wagner

    New Philharmonia Orchestra

    Otto Klemperer, conductor

    10:44
  • 11:45 PM

    Symphony No. 5: 3rd and 4th movements

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies 5 and 5

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor

    13:49
  • 11:12 PM

    Grand Canyon Suite

    Ferde Grofe

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    36:08
  • 11:07 PM

    Cantata No. 208: Sheep May Safely Graze

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    The Art of Bach

    Anderson & Roe Piano Duo

    4:44
  • 10:46 PM

    Choral Fantasy

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven In Berlin - 1991 New Year's Eve Concert

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Evgeny Kissin, piano

    18:38
  • 10:33 PM

    Final Fantasy

    Nobuo Uematsu

    Angele Dubeau & La Pieta: Game Music

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    11:47
  • 10:05 PM

    1812 Overture

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    14:33
  • 9:37 PM

    Symphony No. 8

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 8

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    25:20
  • 9:29 PM

    Rusalka: Song to the Moon

    Antonin Dvorak

    The #1 Opera Album

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    Renee Fleming, soprano

    6:39
  • 9:22 PM

    The Drop That Contained the Sea: Iza Ngomso (Come Tomorrow)

    Christopher Tin

    The Drop That Contained the Sea

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Christopher Tin, conductor

    4:07
  • 9:10 PM

    Divertimento No. 3

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Camerata Salzburg

    Sandor Vegh, conductor

    9:51
  • 9:02 PM

    Lyric Pieces Book V: Norwegian Dance

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Piano Sonata, Lyric Pieces

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    3:22
  • 8:52 PM

    Cantus Arcticus: Swans Migrating

    Einojuhani Rautavaara

    Finlandia: A Festival of Finnish Music

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    6:28
  • 8:35 PM

    In the Garden

    Max Richter

    Pulsations

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    5:20
  • 8:31 PM

    Fanfare for the Common Man

    Aaron Copland

    He Got Game - The Music Of Aaron Copland (Motion Picture Soundtrack)

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Aaron Copland, conductor

    3:17
  • 8:14 PM

    Consecration of the House: Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Otto Klemperer, conductor

    12:12
  • 8:08 PM

    Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto: Finale

    He Zhanhao/Chen Gang

    Chen/He: The Butterfly Lovers; Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto

    Singapore Symphony Orchestra

    Lan Shui, conductor

    Gil Shaham, violin

    4:59
  • 8:00 PM

    The Days (I giorni)

    Ludovico Einaudi

    German Chamber Orchestra Berlin

    Simon Halsey, conductor

    Daniel Hope, violin

    Jacques Ammon, piano

    5:38
  • 5:46 PM

    blue cathedral

    Jennifer Higdon

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Spano, conductor

    12:19
  • 5:30 PM

    Flute Concerto

    Frederick the Great

    CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra

    Hartmut Haenchen, conductor

    Manfred Friedrich, flute

    14:42
  • 5:26 PM

    Suite No. 3 for Two Pianos "Variations": Nocturne

    Anton Arensky

    Aglika Genova, piano

    Liuben Dimitrov, piano

    3:21
  • 5:06 PM

    Concert Piece for Four Horns

    Robert Schumann

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    18:14
  • 5:01 PM

    Court Sonata No. 4

    Heinrich Biber

    Purcell Quartet

    Michael Laird, trumpet

    Mark Bennett, trumpet

    4:44
  • 4:43 PM

    String Quartet No. 5

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Quartetto Italiano

    15:32
  • 4:40 PM

    Valse romantique

    Deodat de Severac

    Les Bis de Alexis Weissenberg

    Alexis Weissenberg, piano

    3:18
  • 4:15 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Henryk Wieniawski

    Tchaikovsky/Wieniawsky: Violin Concertos

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    22:48
  • 4:06 PM

    Broceliande Overture

    Lucien-Leon Lambert

    Hot Springs Music Festival Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Rosenberg, conductor

    6:47
  • 4:00 PM

    The Birds of Aristophanes: Bridal March of the Birds

    Hubert Parry

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:44
  • 3:46 PM

    Italian Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Andras Schiff, piano

    12:15
  • 3:30 PM

    Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks

    Richard Strauss

    Kempe Conducts Richard Strauss - 1

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Rudolf Kempe, conductor

    14:44
  • 3:16 PM

    12 Variations on Handel's "See, The Conquering Hero Comes" from Judas Maccabaeus

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    David Finckel, cello

    Wu Han, piano

    12:06
  • 3:06 PM

    North Country Sketches: The March of Spring

    Frederick Delius

    Delius: A Walk in a Paradise Garden

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    9:03
  • 3:01 PM

    Benedicta es celorum

    Anonymous Medieval

    Words of the Angel

    Trio Mediaeval

    4:47
  • 2:49 PM

    Schwanda the Bagpiper: Polka and Fugue

    Jaromir Weinberger

    Dvorak: New World Symphony,

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    9:18
  • 2:44 PM

    And the Swallow

    Caroline Shaw

    Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge

    Anna Lapwood, conductor

    3:58
  • 2:26 PM

    Peer Gynt Suite No. 2

    Edvard Grieg

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    17:03
  • 2:24 PM

    Lyric Pieces: Salon

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Lyric Pieces

    Stephen Hough, piano

    2:06
  • 2:07 PM

    Capriccio Espagnol

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: 3 Symphonies / Jarvi, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    15:43
  • 2:01 PM

    Chi passa per'sta strada

    Filippo Azzaiolo

    Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble ?– Silk Road Journeys

    Silk Road Ensemble

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    4:39
  • 1:49 PM

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

    William Dawson

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    7:22
  • 1:47 PM

    Symphony No. 5: 4th movement

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich: Symphonies 5 & 9

    Kirov Orchestra

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    11:26
  • 1:46 PM

    Ev'ry Time I Feel the Spirit

    William Dawson

    The Spirituals of William Dawson

    St. Olaf Choir

    Anton Armstrong, conductor

    1:58
  • 1:42 PM

    Beautiful Dreamer

    Stephen Foster

    In My Room

    Larry Goldings, piano

    3:33
  • 1:31 PM

    By the Beautiful Blue Danube (An der schonen, blauen Donau)

    Johann StraussJr.

    New Year's Concert 1989

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Carlos Kleiber, conductor

    9:52
  • 1:22 PM

    The Fanatic for Ancient Romans: Overture

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Cimarosa: Overtures, 2

    Toronto Chamber Orchestra

    Kevin Mallon, conductor

    7:32
  • 1:16 PM

    Symphony for Brass: 1st movement

    Jan Koetsier

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

    tenThing

    4:57
  • 1:05 PM

    Serenade No. 7 "Haffner": Rondo

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    North German Radio Symphony

    Gunter Wand, conductor

    8:10
  • 12:53 PM

    Symphony No. 104 "London": Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    6:33
  • 12:48 PM

    Concerto alla rustica (Rustic Concerto)

    Antonio Vivaldi

    VIVALDI-CONCERTI>>Alla Rustica<<

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Simon Standage, violin

    3:36
  • 12:37 PM

    Momentum Suite

    Peter Hope

    English String Miniatures, Vol. 4

    Northern Sinfonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    10:10
  • 12:32 PM

    London Fields: Hampstead Heath - Rondo for Roundabouts

    Phyllis Tate

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    3:18
  • 12:21 PM

    Water Music Suite No. 3

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Water Music, Royal Fireworks

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    10:12
  • 12:15 PM

    Eugene Onegin: Polonaise

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Pops Caviar

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    4:30
  • 12:07 PM

    Wedding Cake

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Dances for Piano and Orchestra

    Northwest Sinfonietta

    Christophe Chagnard, conductor

    Joel Fan, piano

    6:18
  • 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
  • 11:51 AM

    Piano Quintet: Finale

    Antonin Dvorak

    Schumann & Dvorak: Piano Quintets

    Elias String Quartet

    Jonathan Biss, piano

    8:03
  • 11:46 AM

    Waltz No. 1

    Antonin Dvorak

    Stamitz Quartet

    3:59
  • 11:30 AM

    Excelsior! Symphonic Overture

    Wilhelm Stenhammar

    Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    14:19
  • 11:21 AM

    Concert Piece for Clarinet and Basset Horn

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Wiener Virtuosen

    7:41
  • 11:16 AM

    Christoph Denoth, guitar

    4:05
  • 11:08 AM

    The Fairy Queen: Overture

    Henry Purcell

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Ronald Thomas, conductor

    6:43
  • 11:04 AM

    Othello Suite: Willow Song

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    2:34
  • 10:48 AM

    Symphony No. 7

    Georg Anton Benda

    Benda: Sinfonias Nos. 7-12

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    10:45
  • 10:32 AM

    Norwegian Rhapsody No. 4

    Johan Svendsen

    Trondheim Symphony Orchestra

    Ole Kristian Ruud, conductor

    14:07
  • 10:23 AM

    Serenata No. 5

    James Oswald

    Chatham Baroque

    8:07
  • 10:22 AM

    A little pretty bonny lass

    John Farmer

    King's Singers

    1:13
  • 10:12 AM

    Concerto for Three Trumpets

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    8:43
  • 10:06 AM

    Waltz No. 1 "Grand Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    Zoltan Kocsis, piano

    4:52
  • 10:01 AM

    When I Lay Me Down to Sleep

    James Mulholland

    The Aeolians

    The Aeolians

    Jason Max Ferdinand, conductor

    4:35
  • 9:43 AM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Johann Stamitz

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Hakan Hardenberger, trumpet

    15:38
  • 9:25 AM

    Piano Sonata

    Marianne Martines

    Adalberto Maria Riva, piano

    15:56
  • 9:16 AM

    All Things Majestic: String Lake

    Jennifer Higdon

    Nashville Symphony Orchestra

    Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor

    7:04
  • 9:06 AM

    Gymnopedies

    Erik Satie

    Miki Aoki, piano

    9:44
  • 9:01 AM

    Prague Symphony Orchestra

    Vaclav Smetacek, conductor

    4:48
  • 8:36 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Ned Rorem

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    22:06
  • 8:26 AM

    Concerto for 4 Voices

    Baldassare Galuppi

    Arias for Farinelli

    Academy of Ancient Music Berlin

    Rene Jacobs, conductor

    10:03
  • 8:06 AM

    Sonata for Flute, Viola, and Harp

    Claude Debussy

    Marina Piccinini, flute

    Kim Kashkashian, viola

    Sivan Magen, harp

    18:04
  • 8:01 AM

    Krysia Osostowicz, violin

    Daniel Tong, piano

    4:34
  • 7:45 AM

    German Chamber Academy

    Johannes Goritzki, conductor

    13:25
  • 7:40 AM

    Sonora Slocum, flute

    John Wilson, piano

    3:46
  • 7:11 AM

    String Quartet No. 4

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn Quartets, Vol. 2

    Eroica Quartet

    28:17
  • 7:06 AM

    The Man Who Cried: Close Your Eyes

    Osvaldo Golijov

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:01
  • 7:01 AM

    China Gates

    John Adams

    Orli Shaham, piano

    4:45
  • 6:40 AM

    Duet-Concertino

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss, Honegger

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    Kenneth Munday, bassoon

    18:34
  • 6:36 AM

    Spring Intermezzo

    Betty King

    Kaleidoscope: Music by African-American Women

    Helen Walker-Hill, piano

    2:29
  • 6:06 AM

    Concerto Antico

    Richard Harvey

    Harvey, Gray: Guitar Concertos

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Daniel, conductor

    John Williams, guitar

    28:41
  • 6:01 AM

    Notes in the Margin

    John Williams

    From a Bird

    John Williams, guitar

    4:40
  • 5:55 AM

    Reverie champetre

    Edmond Dede

    Nancy Ambrose King, oboe

    Wesley Baldwin, cello

    Jia An, piano

    2:58
  • 5:18 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Sinfonia Espansiva"

    Carl Nielsen

    New York Philharmonic

    Alan Gilbert, conductor

    Erin Morley, soprano

    Joshua Hopkins, baritone

    36:57
  • 5:06 AM

    Concert Variations for Violin and Piano

    Louise Farrenc

    Brigitte Engerer, piano

    Guillaume Sutre, violin

    9:41
  • 5:01 AM

    Serenade for Strings: Andante

    Max Bruch

    Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra

    George Hanson, conductor

    4:34