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  • 4:42 AM

    Arafura Dances

    Ross Edwards

    Concerto

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Paul Daniel, conductor

    John Williams, guitar

    17:06
  • 4:25 AM

    String Quartet No. 3

    Viktor Ullmann

    Voices of Defiance

    Dover Quartet

    14:46
  • 4:07 AM

    Six Epigraphes Antiques

    Claude Debussy

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    17:47
  • 4:01 AM

    The Desert of Roses: 3rd movement

    Robert Moran

    Robert Moran: Desert of Roses/Open Veins, etc.

    Piano Circus Band

    Craig Smith, conductor

    4:35
  • 3:50 AM

    Sleep: Dream 13

    Max Richter

    Max Richter: From Sleep

    American Contemporary Music Ensemble

    Max Richter, electronics

    8:54
  • 3:39 AM

    Sophia Subbayya Vastek, piano

    9:16
  • 3:22 AM

    Harp Concertino

    Germaine Tailleferre

    Women's Philharmonic

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Gillian Benet, harp

    16:01
  • 3:17 AM

    Pastorale

    Germaine Tailleferre

    L'album Des Six

    Emily Beynon, flute

    3:52
  • 3:06 AM

    Scherzo No. 2

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Schzeri, Impromptus

    Yundi Li, piano

    10:02
  • 3:01 AM

    Lighten our Darkness

    Ben Parry

    Ben Parry: The Hours

    Choir of Royal Holloway

    Rupert Gough, conductor

    4:42
  • 2:52 AM

    The Days (I giorni)

    Ludovico Einaudi

    Ludovico Einaudi: Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    5:44
  • 2:30 AM

    The Isle of the Dead

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Orchestral Music

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    20:28
  • 2:27 AM

    Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom: We Hymn Thee

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninov, S.: Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom

    Kansas City Chorale

    Charles Bruffy, conductor

    3:19
  • 2:06 AM

    Prelude, Chorale and Fugue

    Cesar Franck

    Awadagin Pratt, piano

    18:42
  • 2:01 AM

    Old and Lost Rivers

    Tobias Picker

    London Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:34
  • 1:50 AM

    Reflection of the Moon in the Er-Quan Spring

    Yan-Jun Hua

    Chinese National Symphony Orchestra

    China National Symphony Orchestra

    Zuohuang Chen, conductor

    8:34
  • 1:47 AM

    The Chinese Garden: Red Flowers Blooming all over the Mountain

    Stephen Goss

    40 Degrees North

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    2:19
  • 1:24 AM

    Theme and Variations "Dried Flowers"

    Franz Schubert

    Emily Skala, flute

    Norman Krieger, piano

    20:42
  • 1:06 AM

    Noble and Sentimental Waltzes

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Ballet And Dance Music

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    16:37
  • 1:01 AM

    L'incoronazione di Poppea: Pur ti miro

    Claudio Monteverdi

    Axiom Quartet

    4:35
  • 12:51 AM

    Under the Eye of Heaven: The Enigma

    Nick Bicat

    London Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Warren-Green, conductor

    7:28
  • 12:11 AM

    In the Path of Thunder: Ballet Suite

    Kara Karayev

    Moscow Radio and TV Symphony Orchestra

    Rauf Abdulayev, conductor

    38:08
  • 12:06 AM

    Chorale Prelude No. 10: My heart is ever yearning

    Johannes Brahms

    Canadian Brass

    2:43
  • 12:01 AM

    Song without Words No. 7

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Tzimon Barto: Popular Encores

    Tzimon Barto, piano

    4:44
  • 11:48 PM

    New York Chamber Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin

    10:48
  • 11:26 PM

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    Verena Fischer, flute

    20:41
  • 11:22 PM

    El Amor Brujo: Danse de la frayeur

    Manuel de Falla

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    2:09
  • 11:06 PM

    Tannhauser: Overture

    Richard Wagner

    Klemperer Conducts Wagner: Album I

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Otto Klemperer, conductor

    14:46
  • 11:01 PM

    Three Etudes

    Fernando Sor

    Sor: 24 Progressive Etudes; 6 Little Pieces

    Norbert Kraft, guitar

    4:42
  • 10:50 PM

    Verdun: Heroic Epilogue

    Charles Stanford

    Ulster Orchestra

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    8:02
  • 10:12 PM

    Triple Concerto

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    36:50
  • 10:06 PM

    Legend No. 10

    Antonin Dvorak

    Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    4:08
  • 10:01 PM

    Calling Home the Cattle

    Veljo Tormis

    Water Under Snow is Weary

    Tapiola Choir

    Erkki Pohjola, conductor

    4:43
  • 9:47 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Six Brandenburg Concertos

    Dunedin Consort

    John Butt, conductor

    10:54
  • 9:26 PM

    Michael Collins, clarinet

    Roger Chase, viola

    Ian Brown, piano

    19:57
  • 9:14 PM

    Overture to a Picaresque Comedy

    Arnold Bax

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    10:52
  • 9:06 PM

    Symphony No. 4

    William Boyce

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    6:36
  • 9:01 PM

    A Gaelic Blessing: Meditation

    John Rutter

    Blessing

    Sinfonia Cymru

    John Rutter, conductor

    Catrin Finch, harp

    4:43
  • 8:53 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Giuseppe Torelli

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    5:45
  • 8:34 PM

    A Gaelic Blessing: Meditation

    John Rutter

    Blessing

    Sinfonia Cymru

    John Rutter, conductor

    Catrin Finch, harp

    4:43
  • 8:33 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Giuseppe Torelli

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    5:45
  • 8:22 PM

    Concerto for a Festival

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez and More

    Naples Philharmonic Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    David Russell, guitar

    29:40
  • 8:16 PM

    Shanghai Quartet

    5:10
  • 8:07 PM

    L'Italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    7:43
  • 8:01 PM

    Siciliano

    Harry Dexter

    RTE Concert Orchestra, Dublin

    Ernest Tomlinson, conductor

    4:47
  • 7:52 PM

    Lord of Salisbury Pavan and Galliard

    Orlando Gibbons

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    6:04
  • 4:45 PM

    Henry V Suite

    William Walton

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Carl Davis, conductor

    13:20
  • 4:40 PM

    Sonnets without Words: Sweet Love Remember'd

    Roxanna Panufnik

    Ben Goldscheider, horn

    Huw Watkins, piano

    4:52
  • 4:16 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 3

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Violin Concertos K 216 & 219

    Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra

    Isabelle van Keulen, violin

    22:05
  • 4:09 PM

    Chaconne

    Johannes Kapsberger

    Kapsberger: Libro Quarto D'intavolatura di Chitarone

    Rolf Lislevand & Ensemble

    5:15
  • 4:06 PM

    Ballet des Feus

    Michael Praetorius

    Michael Praetorius: Dances from Terpsichore (1612)

    Parley of Instruments

    Peter Holman, conductor

    2:48
  • 4:01 PM

    String Quartet: 3rd movement

    Johan Svendsen

    Oslo String Quartet

    4:41
  • 3:52 PM

    Norwegian Dance No. 1

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Norwegian Dances

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    6:15
  • 3:48 PM

    Three Easy Pieces

    Igor Stravinsky

    Steven Osborne, piano

    Paul Lewis, piano

    4:03
  • 3:25 PM

    Flute Concerto

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    CPE Bach: Concertos

    Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra

    Jorg Faerber, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    21:00
  • 3:06 PM

    The Incredible Flutist: Suite

    Walter Piston

    Oregon Symphony

    Carlos Kalmar, conductor

    17:08
  • 3:01 PM

    Toccata

    Girolamo Frescobaldi

    Jian Wang: The Baroque Album

    Camerata Salzburg

    Jian Wang, cello

    4:37
  • 2:34 PM

    Symphony No. 83 "The Hen"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    24:17
  • 2:28 PM

    Fragments from Hans Andersen: The bird of popular song

    York Bowen

    Bowen: Fragments from Hans Andersen, Studies for piano Op.46

    Nicolas Namoradze, piano

    4:23
  • 2:13 PM

    Sonata No. 5

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Minna Pensola, violin

    Antti Tikkanen, violin

    Tuomas Lehto, cello

    Niek de Groot, double bass

    14:12
  • 2:06 PM

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    5:21
  • 2:01 PM

    Grande Serenade: Finale

    Mauro Giuliani

    An Italian in Vienna: Duos by Mauro Giuliani

    Louise Schulman, viola

    4:56
  • 1:40 PM

    Symphony No. 31 "Paris"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 31, 36 & 38

    London Mozart Players

    Jane Glover, conductor

    18:21
  • 1:34 PM

    Jazz Suite No. 2: Waltz No. 1

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich: Ballet Suites Nos. 1 & 3, Jazz Suites Nos. 1 & 2

    Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Dmitri Kitayenko, conductor

    3:42
  • 1:25 PM

    Keyboard Suite No. 5

    George Frideric Handel

    Murray Perahia, piano

    8:55
  • 1:11 PM

    Four Dances

    Edward Elgar

    Athena Ensemble

    11:38
  • 1:06 PM

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    4:59
  • 1:01 PM

    Pansies Polka Mazurka

    Josef Strauss

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    4:36
  • 10:53 AM

    The dreamy fish

    Erik Satie

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    5:29
  • 10:48 AM

    Promenade (Walking the Dog)

    George Gershwin

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    John Fullam, clarinet

    3:29
  • 10:45 AM

    Running Dog

    John Williams

    From a Bird

    John Williams, guitar

    2:12
  • 10:38 AM

    Monteverdiana

    Claudio Monteverdi

    For Thy Pleasure

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    7:08
  • 10:06 AM

    Symphony No. 22 "City of Light"

    Alan Hovhaness

    Seattle Symphony

    Alan Hovhaness, conductor

    29:35
  • 10:01 AM

    Lead, Kindly Light

    John B. Dykes

    Then Sings My Soul

    Mormon Tabernacle Choir

    Craig Jessop, conductor

    4:46
  • 9:44 AM

    Suite for Strings

    Armstrong Gibbs

    Guildhall Strings

    Robert Salter, conductor

    14:02
  • 9:25 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    6 Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord

    Jaime Laredo, violin

    17:35
  • 9:17 AM

    Glass Houses: No. 2

    Ann Southam

    Taktus

    6:51
  • 9:06 AM

    Lake of the Woods

    Robert Farnon

    Farnon: Capt. Horation Hornblower

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Douglas Gamley, conductor

    9:55
  • 9:01 AM

    Contemplation

    Henriette Renie

    Naoko Yoshino, harp

    4:33
  • 8:32 AM

    The Golden Cockerel: Suite

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    26:44
  • 8:26 AM

    Fantasia which imitates the harp in the manner of Ludovico

    Alonso Mudarra

    Rolf Lislevand & Ensemble

    5:14
  • 8:06 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 8

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Midori Live At Carnegie Hall

    Midori, violin

    18:11
  • 8:01 AM

    Overture No. 5: Andante

    Carl Friedrich Abel

    Il Fondamento

    Paul Dombrecht, conductor

    4:44
  • 7:24 AM

    String Quartet No. 14 "Spring"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mosaiques Quartet

    34:20
  • 7:19 AM

    Spring Ensemble

    Eric Dudley, conductor

    4:46
  • 7:06 AM

    Improvisations on Bach's "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring"

    Noam Sivan

    Yael Weiss, piano

    10:47
  • 7:01 AM

    Bass Tuba Concerto: Romance

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    20th-Century Tuba Concertos

    Singapore Symphony Orchestra

    Anne Manson, conductor

    Oystein Baadsvik, tuba

    4:45
  • 6:26 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Niccolo Paganini

    New York Philharmonic

    Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor

    Gil Shaham, violin

    31:54
  • 6:13 AM

    Saga of the Prairies

    Aaron Copland

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    11:38
  • 6:06 AM

    Duo for Flute and Piano: Flowing

    Aaron Copland

    Return

    Sonora Slocum, flute

    5:57
  • 6:01 AM

    Pavane and Gigue

    William Byrd

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    4:43
  • 5:33 AM

    String Quartet No. 57

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Endellion String Quartet

    25:15
  • 5:17 AM

    Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra

    Samuel Friedman, conductor

    14:17
  • 5:06 AM

    Concerto No. 10 "Pastorale"

    Lorenzo Zavateri

    Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

    Gottfried von der Goltz, conductor

    9:54
  • 5:01 AM

    Nocturne No. 3

    John Field

    Field: Complete Nocturnes

    Elizabeth Joy Roe, piano

    4:53