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  • 4:27 AM

    Lux Aeterna

    Morten Lauridsen

    Lux Aeterna - The Choral Music of Morten Lauridsen

    Chamber Choir of Europe

    Nicol Matt, conductor

    31:41
  • 4:20 AM

    Oboe Concerto: Chant

    Peter Schickele

    Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    Pamela Pecha, oboe

    5:56
  • 4:06 AM

    Three Romances

    Clara Schumann

    Lara Downes, piano

    12:10
  • 4:01 AM

    Prayer of Saint Gregory

    Alan Hovhaness

    Manhattan Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Auldon Clark, conductor

    Chris Gekker, trumpet

    4:37
  • 3:44 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 9 "Kreutzer": 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ying String Quartet

    Zuill Bailey, cello

    14:31
  • 3:31 AM

    The Oceanides

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Tone Poems

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    10:04
  • 3:19 AM

    Emily Hoile, harp

    12:19
  • 3:06 AM

    Poetic Waltzes

    Enrique Granados

    Granados: Goyescas, etc.

    Xiayin Wang, piano

    11:12
  • 3:01 AM

    Two Elegiac Melodies: Last Spring (Varen)

    Edvard Grieg

    Edvard Grieg: Works For String Orchestra

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:42
  • 2:49 AM

    Divertissement for Bassoon and String Quintet

    Jean Francaix

    Gaudier Ensemble

    9:36
  • 2:15 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Sergei Prokofiev

    The Silver Age

    Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    Daniil Trifonov, piano

    32:29
  • 2:06 AM

    Comedy Overture

    Ferruccio Busoni

    Rome Symphony Orchestra

    Francesco La Vecchia, conductor

    7:01
  • 2:01 AM

    Violin Sonata: 3rd movement

    Frantisek Jiranek

    Il Violino Boemo

    Lenka Torgersen, violin

    4:40
  • 1:48 AM

    Fair Melusina Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Edward Gardner, conductor

    10:24
  • 1:23 AM

    String Quartet

    Reynaldo Hahn

    Reynaldo Hahn

    Parisii Quartet

    23:03
  • 1:14 AM

    Laurel Zucker, flute

    Richard Savino, guitar

    7:30
  • 1:01 AM

    Aleko: Women's Dance

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    4:36
  • 12:48 AM

    Variations on an African American Spiritual

    Joshua McGhee

    Where Freedom Rings: Compositions by Contemporary African American Composers

    Picasso Ensemble

    9:55
  • 12:20 AM

    French National Radio and Television Orchestra

    Jean Martinon, conductor

    26:55
  • 12:12 AM

    Gary Hammond, piano

    6:27
  • 12:06 AM

    La grotta di Trofonio: Overture

    Antonio Salieri

    Armonia Ensemble

    5:13
  • 12:01 AM

    Vespers: Laudate Dominum

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Michael Stern, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    4:40
  • 11:43 PM

    A Song of Agincourt

    Charles Stanford

    Ulster Orchestra

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    15:39
  • 11:24 PM

    Amsterdam Sinfonietta

    Jaap ter Linden, conductor

    Pauline Oostenrijk, oboe

    17:51
  • 11:18 PM

    Cello Suite No. 6: Sarabande

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Jochen Ross, mandolin

    Jens-Uwe Popp, guitar

    3:58
  • 11:06 PM

    Bartered Bride: Dances

    Bedrich Smetana

    The Moldau

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    10:44
  • 11:01 PM

    Dardanus: Overture

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Frans Bruggen, conductor

    4:45
  • 10:49 PM

    Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Janine Jansen

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    Janine Jansen, violin

    8:58
  • 10:22 PM

    Symphony No. 1

    Charles Gounod

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    25:33
  • 10:17 PM

    Reverie D'Automne

    Wanda Landowska

    Jeanne Golan, piano

    3:52
  • 10:07 PM

    Intermezzo: Travel Fever and Waltz Scene

    Richard Strauss

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Andre Previn, conductor

    9:49
  • 10:01 PM

    Suite: Festival

    Marcel Tournier

    French Flute Chamber Music - Pierne, Francaix, Roussel, Etc / Mirage Quintet

    Mirage Quintet

    4:47
  • 9:53 PM

    D'un matin de printemps (Of a Spring Morning)

    Lili Boulanger

    Women's Philharmonic

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    4:57
  • 4:53 PM

    The Entertainer

    Scott Joplin

    Piano Rags By Scott Joplin

    Joshua Rifkin, piano

    5:02
  • 4:26 PM

    Piano Trio No. 1

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Trios by Ravel: Saint-Saens, Chaminade

    Rembrandt Trio

    26:05
  • 4:12 PM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral": 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 6

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    12:04
  • 4:06 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3: Air on the G String

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Orchestral Suites

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Philip Ledger, conductor

    4:45
  • 4:01 PM

    Characteristic Suite: Scherzo

    Henry Schoenefeld

    American Romantics

    Gowanus Arts Ensemble

    Reuben Blundell, conductor

    4:51
  • 3:50 PM

    The Cider House Rules: End Credits

    Rachel Portman

    Studio Orchestra

    David Snell, conductor

    4:35
  • 3:47 PM

    Star Trek: Enterprising Young Men

    Michael Giacchino

    Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra

    Tim Simonec, conductor

    2:39
  • 3:43 PM

    Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan: Main Title

    James Horner

    Star Tracks II

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:21
  • 3:37 PM

    Hidalgo: The Final Three

    James Newton Howard

    Studio Orchestra

    James Newton Howard, conductor

    5:17
  • 3:33 PM

    The Big Country: Main Theme

    Jerome Moross

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Tony Bremner, conductor

    3:14
  • 3:24 PM

    Treasure of the Sierra Madre: Suite

    Max Steiner

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    7:47
  • 3:19 PM

    El Cid: Fanfare and Entry of the Nobles

    Miklos Rozsa

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:22
  • 3:12 PM

    8 1/2: Walking the Gangplank

    Nino Rota

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    5:31
  • 3:06 PM

    The Prince and the Pauper

    Erich Korngold

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    4:48
  • 3:01 PM

    Braveheart: End Credits

    James Horner

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    Eric Rigler, Uilleann pipes

    4:47
  • 2:48 PM

    "Twinkle, Twinkle" Variations (Ah, vous dirai-je, maman)

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Book

    Lang Lang, piano

    10:13
  • 2:25 PM

    The Forest

    Howard Shore

    The Moon and the Forest

    National Arts Centre Orchestra

    Alexander Shelley, conductor

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    20:48
  • 2:16 PM

    Siegfried: Forest Murmurs

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Orchestral Music from The Ring

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    7:40
  • 2:06 PM

    Concerto for Oboe and Bassoon

    Antonio Vivaldi

    City of London Sinfonia

    Nicholas Kraemer, conductor

    9:20
  • 1:52 PM

    La Scala di Seta (Silken Ladder): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    5:51
  • 1:33 PM

    Cinnamon Grove

    Nathaniel Dett

    Clipper Erickson, piano

    17:30
  • 1:28 PM

    Summer Skies

    Leroy Anderson

    Eastman-Rochester Pops

    Frederick Fennell, conductor

    2:59
  • 1:22 PM

    Sonata

    Domenico Scarlatti

    Ballade

    Emily Hoile, harp

    5:16
  • 1:06 PM

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    15:30
  • 12:40 PM

    Simple Symphony

    Benjamin Britten

    I Musici Montreal

    Yuli Turovsky, conductor

    18:18
  • 12:17 PM

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    22:36
  • 12:07 PM

    Empire Brass

    7:58
  • 12:01 PM

    Overture No. 2 "La Calamita de Cuori"

    Johann Christian Bach

    JC Bach: Sinfonias

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    4:40
  • 11:47 AM

    The Sorcerer's Apprentice

    Paul Dukas

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

    Ulster Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    11:29
  • 11:36 AM

    Flute Concertino

    Cecile Chaminade

    Adam Walker, flute

    Pavel Kolesnikov, piano

    8:28
  • 11:24 AM

    Concerto No. 5

    Capel Bond

    Capel Bond: Six Concertos in Seven Parts (1766)

    Parley of Instruments

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    11:55
  • 11:10 AM

    Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    New Queen's Hall Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    13:14
  • 11:06 AM

    Noble Waltz No. 3

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert For Two / Gil Shaham, Göran Söllscher

    Gil Shaham, violin

    2:34
  • 11:01 AM

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:40
  • 10:51 AM

    Trio Sonata No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    James Galway, flute

    Monica Huggett, violin

    Sarah Cunningham, viola da gamba

    Phillip Moll, harpsichord

    7:52
  • 10:33 AM

    Philomena: Suite

    Alexandre Desplat

    Studio Orchestra

    Alexandre Desplat, conductor

    16:06
  • 10:24 AM

    Valse-Caprice No. 1

    Gabriel Faure

    Paul Crossley, piano

    8:03
  • 10:06 AM

    Wand of Youth Suite No. 2

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance Marches

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    15:55
  • 10:01 AM

    Chacony (Chaconne)

    Henry Purcell

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    4:33
  • 9:46 AM

    Violin Sonata

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Violin Sonatas K. 301, 304, 376, 526

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    12:39
  • 9:26 AM

    Sinfonia Concertante

    Francois Devienne

    Devienne: 14 Concertos pour flute

    Munich Chamber Orchestra

    Hans Stadlmair, conductor

    Andras Adorjan, flute

    18:28
  • 9:17 AM

    A Lovely Rose

    Fu Renchang

    Xiamen Philharmonic Orchestra

    Fu Renchang, conductor

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    7:03
  • 9:06 AM

    Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Images pour Orchestre

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    10:19
  • 9:01 AM

    Veni, dilecte mi

    Sebastian de Vivanco

    Desires: A Song of Songs Collection

    ORA

    Suzi Digby, conductor

    4:40
  • 8:46 AM

    Gotterdammerung: Dawn and Siegfried's Rhine Journey

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen (Excerpts)

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    12:33
  • 8:27 AM

    Imagenes

    Candelario Huizar

    Mi Alma Mexicana

    Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas

    Alondra de la Parra, conductor

    16:46
  • 8:23 AM

    Song for the Lonely

    William Grant Still

    Lecolion Washington, bassoon

    Mark Ensley, piano

    3:47
  • 8:06 AM

    Symphony No. 6 "Tragic": Andante

    Gustav Mahler

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    16:12
  • 8:01 AM

    La Bergamasca: Sonata No. 21

    Marco Uccellini

    Arcadian Academy

    4:41
  • 7:38 AM

    Variations for Piano and Orchestra

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Verdi Discoveries

    Milan Symphony Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    20:17
  • 7:27 AM

    Quartet No. 6

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Six Wind Quartets

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    10:49
  • 7:15 AM

    Akhnaten: Hymn to the Sun

    Philip Glass

    The King's Violins

    Jonathan Cohen, conductor

    Anthony Roth Costanzo, countertenor

    9:55
  • 7:09 AM

    lumee's dream (Nadia Sirota viola study)

    Ellen Reid

    Nadia Sirota, viola

    4:52
  • 7:06 AM

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    3:01
  • 7:01 AM

    Lost in the Stars

    Kurt Weill

    Lara Downes, piano

    4:25
  • 6:47 AM

    O'Keeffe Images: Ladder to the Moon

    Elena Ruehr

    Boston Modern Orchestra Project

    Gil Rose, conductor

    11:41
  • 6:38 AM

    Big Sky, Low Horizon

    Michael Ippolito

    Michael Ippolito: Songlines

    Attacca Quartet

    7:54
  • 6:06 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Serious Symphony"

    Franz Berwald

    Franz Berwald: Symphonies Nos. 1-4

    Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Thomas Dausgaard, conductor

    30:05
  • 6:01 AM

    Concert Study

    Felix Godefroid

    Revelation

    Valerie Milot, harp

    4:46
  • 5:54 AM

    Consolation No. 3

    Franz Liszt

    Serenade

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Measham, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    4:15
  • 5:18 AM

    Piano Sonata

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Piano Sonatas

    Shai Wosner, piano

    35:52
  • 5:06 AM

    Barcarolle venetienne

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Navarra Symphony Orchestra

    Ernest Martinez Izquierdo, conductor

    Tianwa Yang, violin

    9:49
  • 5:01 AM

    Cantata No. 156: Arioso

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach Favorites

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    4:29