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  • 4:35 AM

    String Quartet No. 3 "Glitter, Doom, Shards, Memory"

    Shulamit Ran

    Pacifica Quartet

    22:47
  • 4:25 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 2

    Avner Dorman

    The Grand Duo

    SoJin Kim, violin

    9:57
  • 4:20 AM

    Etude 1

    Nico Muhly

    Nadia Sirota, viola

    3:31
  • 4:07 AM

    The Bowed Piano Ensemble

    11:46
  • 4:01 AM

    Etude No. 14

    Philip Glass

    Vikingur Olafsson, piano

    4:34
  • 3:42 AM

    A Shout, a Whisper, and a Trace

    Derek Bermel

    Albany Symphony Orchestra

    David Alan Miller, conductor

    16:23
  • 3:37 AM

    Atlas: Overture

    Meredith Monk

    Studio Orchestra

    Wayne Hankin, conductor

    2:56
  • 3:21 AM

    A child said, what is the grass

    Toivo Tulev

    The Tower and the Garden

    The Crossing

    Donald Nally, conductor

    15:23
  • 3:06 AM

    Last Hour Story

    Julia Kent

    Julia Kent, cello

    12:15
  • 3:01 AM

    Secret Machine No. 6

    Scott Wollschleger

    Karl Larson, piano

    4:26
  • 2:42 AM

    Scherzo Capriccioso

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 7, In Nature's Realm Scherzo Capriccioso

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    15:27
  • 2:33 AM

    Bassoon Sonatine

    Alexandre Tansman

    French Works for Bassoon and Piano

    Karen Geoghegan, bassoon

    7:38
  • 2:32 AM

    Bassoon Sonatine

    Alexandre Tansman

    French Works for Bassoon and Piano

    Karen Geoghegan, bassoon

    7:38
  • 2:30 AM

    Seven Desires: 5

    Tan Dun

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    2:02
  • 2:07 AM

    Linen and Lace

    Bill Whelan

    RTE National Symphony Orchestra

    David Brophy, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    22:50
  • 2:01 AM

    A Cage for Two Nightingales

    Lubos Sluka

    Katerina Englichova, harp

    Vilem Veverka, oboe

    4:29
  • 1:36 AM

    Symphony No. 7

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 7

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    22:18
  • 1:31 AM

    Romance

    Bent Sorensen

    Full Circle

    Seunghee Lee, clarinet

    4:30
  • 1:20 AM

    Lake of the Woods

    Robert Farnon

    Farnon: Capt. Horation Hornblower

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Douglas Gamley, conductor

    9:55
  • 1:16 AM

    Blue Piece

    Libby Larsen

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:43
  • 1:06 AM

    Bright Blue Music

    Michael Torke

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    9:05
  • 1:01 AM

    I'll make music

    Karl Jenkins

    Polyphony

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    4:33
  • 12:39 AM

    String Quartet No. 2

    Bedrich Smetana

    Smetana: String Quartets

    Pavel Haas Quartet

    18:55
  • 12:17 AM

    Viola Concerto

    Franz Hoffmeister

    Stamitz, Hoffmeister: Viola Concertos

    Baltimore Chamber Orchestra

    Markand Thakar, conductor

    Victoria Chiang, viola

    20:57
  • 12:07 AM

    Wiener Blut (Vienna Blood)

    Johann StraussJr.

    Strauss Waltzes

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    8:50
  • 12:01 AM

    A Scotts Tune; A Scots Tune; Swit Sant Nickola

    Anonymous Scottish

    softLOUD

    Sean Shibe, guitar

    4:49
  • 11:42 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 3

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    The Tchaikovsky Project

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    Kirill Gerstein, piano

    16:04
  • 11:24 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 2

    Zara Levina

    Yury Revich, violin

    Maria Lettberg, piano

    15:51
  • 11:13 PM

    Serenade: 4th movement

    Ethel Smyth

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Odaline de la Martinez, conductor

    9:04
  • 11:06 PM

    Trio Sonata

    Sebastian de Brossard

    Sacrifices

    La Nuova Musica

    David Bates, conductor

    7:06
  • 11:01 PM

    Koanga: La Calinda

    Frederick Delius

    Halle Orchestra

    John Barbirolli, conductor

    4:31
  • 10:42 PM

    Symphonic Variations

    Cesar Franck

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos, conductor

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    16:50
  • 10:36 PM

    Concerto for 7 Trumpets and Timpani

    Johann Altenburg

    The Sound of Trumpets

    New York Trumpet Ensemble

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    4:27
  • 10:18 PM

    Concertino for Clarinet and Bassoon

    Franz Danzi

    New Era

    Potsdam Chamber Academy

    Andreas Ottensamer, clarinet

    15:56
  • 10:13 PM

    Symphony No. 10: 3rd movement

    Gustav Mahler

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    4:16
  • 10:06 PM

    Polonaise for Violin and Strings

    Franz Schubert

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    5:58
  • 9:45 PM

    Froissart Overture

    Edward Elgar

    English Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    13:15
  • 9:44 PM

    Etude No. 9 "Butterfly"

    Frederic Chopin

    Jan Lisiecki, piano

    :56
  • 9:25 PM

    Le Tombeau de Couperin

    Maurice Ravel

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    17:53
  • 9:20 PM

    L'Exquise

    Francois Couperin

    Couperin: Keyboard Music Vol. 2

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    3:46
  • 9:10 PM

    Anacreon: Overture

    Luigi Cherubini

    Cherubini: Overtures

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    8:36
  • 9:06 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 15

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Slavonic Dances

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    3:26
  • 9:03 PM

    The Three-Cornered Hat: Miller's Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Eduardo Fernandez Spanish Guitar Music

    Eduardo Fernandez, guitar

    2:43
  • 8:38 PM

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    Matt Haimovitz, cello

    19:58
  • 8:31 PM

    Farewell

    John Dowland

    Nocturnal

    Jakob Lindberg, lute

    5:30
  • 8:27 PM

    Ashokan Farewell

    Jay Ungar

    Ensemble

    James Galway, flute

    Ensemble

    3:58
  • 8:21 PM

    Road to the Sun: Part 3

    Pat Metheny

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    3:29
  • 8:06 PM

    Night Ride and Sunrise

    Jean Sibelius

    Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    14:32
  • 8:01 PM

    Four Medieval Dances: Pavane

    Joseph Lauber

    Joseph Lauber, 1864-1952

    Rachel Talitman, harp

    4:48
  • 7:46 PM

    Spellbound Concerto

    Miklos Rozsa

    Hollywood Nightmares

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    John Mauceri, conductor

    Stephen Hough, piano

    12:01
  • 5:43 PM

    Cello Concerto

    Luigi Boccherini

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    Anner Bylsma, cello

    15:41
  • 5:27 PM

    Swedish Rhapsody No. 1 "Midsummer Vigil"

    Hugo Alfven

    Alfven: Swedish Rhapsodies 1-3, etc.

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Petri Sakari, conductor

    13:36
  • 5:12 PM

    The Virtuous Wife: Suite

    Henry Purcell

    Henry Purcell: Sonatas and Theatre Music

    Chatham Baroque

    13:19
  • 5:06 PM

    La Cambiale di Matrimonio (The Marriage Contract): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    5:25
  • 5:01 PM

    Memories of the Alhambra

    Francisco Tarrega

    Albeniz, Granados, Tarrega, Turina Etc.

    Eduardo Fernandez, guitar

    4:39
  • 4:32 PM

    String Quartet No. 12 "American"

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: G Major Op. 106 & F Major Op. 96 "American"

    Pavel Haas Quartet

    26:26
  • 4:17 PM

    Concerto for Trumpet and Two Oboes

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Telemann: Trumpet Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Hakan Hardenberger, trumpet

    13:46
  • 4:10 PM

    Intermezzo for Harp and Strings

    Robert Farnon

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Towse, conductor

    Aline Brewer, harp

    5:17
  • 4:06 PM

    Spring Intermezzo

    Betty King

    Lara Downes, piano

    3:03
  • 4:01 PM

    Three American Pieces: Early Song

    Lukas Foss

    Nancy Ruffer, flute

    Helen Crayford, piano

    4:42
  • 3:55 PM

    Danse Lente

    Joseph Jongen

    Denis-Pierre Gustin, flute

    Carmen-Elena Rotaru, piano

    3:45
  • 3:46 PM

    Omphale's Spinning Wheel

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Marc Soustrot, conductor

    8:03
  • 3:42 PM

    Violin Partita No. 3: Gavotte

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Destination Rachmaninoff: Departure

    Daniil Trifonov, piano

    2:46
  • 3:13 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Daniil Trifonov, piano

    28:08
  • 3:06 PM

    Le Mariage aux lanternes: Overture

    Jacques Offenbach

    Offenbach: Orchestral Works

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    5:31
  • 3:01 PM

    Ensemble Giardino di Delizie

    4:35
  • 2:57 PM

    Strange Meadowlark

    Dave Brubeck

    Dave Brubeck, piano

    :00
  • 2:44 PM

    Provence Suite

    Darius Milhaud

    Milhaud: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2, Suite Provencale

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    14:09
  • 2:43 PM

    Provence Suite

    Darius Milhaud

    Milhaud: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2, Suite Provencale

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    14:09
  • 2:21 PM

    Guitar Quintet No. 5

    Luigi Boccherini

    Marlboro Music Festival - 40th Anniversary: Boccherini Quintets

    Pina Carmirelli, violin

    20:46
  • 2:12 PM

    Finlandia

    Jean Sibelius

    Ports of Call

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    7:48
  • 2:04 PM

    Reflections on the Mississippi: Mist

    Michael Daugherty

    Albany Symphony Orchestra

    David Alan Miller, conductor

    Carol Jantsch, tuba

    5:35
  • 2:00 PM

    Travel Pictures: On the Road

    Vincent d'Indy

    D'Indy: Orchestral Works

    Wurttemberg Philharmonic

    Gilles Nopre, conductor

    2:53
  • 1:51 PM

    Samson and Delilah: Bacchanale

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Camille Saint-Saens: Organ Symphony; Tone Poems

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    7:12
  • 1:41 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 8 "Pathetique": 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Yundi Li, piano

    8:30
  • 1:30 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 7

    Charles Avison

    Scarlatti, Vivaldi, Avison: Salve Regina, Stabat Mater

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    10:26
  • 1:24 PM

    Karelia Suite: Alla Marcia

    Jean Sibelius

    Finlandia 3 - Finnish Music

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Okko Kamu, conductor

    4:28
  • 1:17 PM

    The Creation (Die Schopfung): The heavens are telling (Die Himmel erzahlen)

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Die Schopfung

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    Judith Blegen, soprano

    5:14
  • 1:10 PM

    Sinfonia

    Johan Roman

    Orpheus Chamber Ensemble

    3:45
  • 1:04 PM

    La Boheme: Che gelida manina

    Giacomo Puccini

    Opera Without Words

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    5:10
  • 12:58 PM

    Tchaikovsky and Other Russians

    Kurt Weill & Ira Gershwin

    Studio orchestra

    Danny Kaye, vocal

    :00
  • 12:49 PM

    Symphony No. 1

    Vasily Kalinnikov

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    37:19
  • 12:45 PM

    Lincolnshire Posy: Horkstow Grange

    Percy Grainger

    Brooklyn Bridge

    University of Michigan Symphony Band

    Michael Haithcock, conductor

    3:04
  • 12:41 PM

    Folk Suite No. 3: Wade in the Water

    William Grant Still

    Oregon String Quartet

    1:48
  • 12:38 PM

    The Merry Widow (Die Lustige Witwe): Lippen schweigen

    Franz Lehar

    100 Best Classics

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Charles Abell, conductor

    Diana Damrau, soprano

    3:06
  • 12:32 PM

    Abduction from the Seraglio: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail

    Academy for Ancient Music Berlin

    Rene Jacobs, conductor

    4:00
  • 12:31 PM

    Susann McDonald, harp

    1:22
  • 12:25 PM

    Consolation No. 3

    Franz Liszt

    Mariam Batsashvili, piano

    3:33
  • 12:22 PM

    Our Town: Grover's Corners

    Aaron Copland

    Essential Aaron Copland: 12 Greatest Hits

    London Sinfonietta

    Elgar Howarth, conductor

    2:56
  • 12:10 PM

    Sonata No. 4

    Giovanni Fontana

    Les Barocudas

    5:30
  • 12:04 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Scottish": 2nd movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    4:31
  • 11:45 AM

    Symphony No. 38 "Prague"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 35 & 38

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    32:15
  • 11:41 AM

    Violin Partita No. 3: Gavotte

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Testament

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    2:42
  • 11:33 AM

    Symphonie Espagnole: Rondo

    Edouard Lalo

    Mad About Violins

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Shlomo Mintz, violin

    6:56
  • 11:27 AM

    Jeux d'eau (Fountains)

    Maurice Ravel

    Carol Rosenberger, piano

    5:32
  • 11:16 AM

    Sinfonia Veneziana

    Antonio Salieri

    SALIERI: Sinfonias and Overtures

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    9:57
  • 11:09 AM

    Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

    Florence Price

    Apollo Chamber Players

    4:56
  • 11:04 AM

    Serenade for Strings: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    4:01
  • 10:39 AM

    Suite for Large Orchestra

    Helena Munktell

    Gavle Symphony Orchestra

    Tobias Ringborg, conductor

    19:17
  • 10:36 AM

    Johnson's March

    Francis Johnson

    Those Fabulous Americans

    Symphony Orchestra of America

    Matthew H. Phillips, conductor

    3:13
  • 10:28 AM

    Trio Sonata No. 5: Allegro

    Jan Zelenka

    Heinz Holliger Ensemble

    6:14
  • 10:24 AM

    Saint Petersburg Etchings: Romance

    Yuriy Smirnov

    White Nights Serenades

    Anton Baranov, guitar

    2:42
  • 10:20 AM

    Carmen: Seguedilla and Dragoons

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: Carmen Suite, L'arlesienne Suites Etc.

    Orchestra of the Bastille

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    3:41
  • 10:12 AM

    Suite Bergamasque: Clair de lune (Moonlight)

    Claude Debussy

    It Ain't Necessarily So

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin

    5:59
  • 10:06 AM

    La Scala di Seta (Silken Ladder): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    5:57
  • 10:01 AM

    Lute Concerto: Allegro

    Silvius Weiss

    The Galileo Project: Music of the Spheres

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    Lucas Harris, lute

    4:43
  • 9:37 AM

    Rossiniana Suite

    Ottorino Respighi

    Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra

    George Hanson, conductor

    21:49
  • 9:22 AM

    Serenade for Strings

    Lennox Berkeley

    The Berkeley Edition, Volume 1 - Pyatt

    BBC Welsh National Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    12:46
  • 9:17 AM

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    Matthew Hagle, piano

    3:53
  • 9:06 AM

    Symphony

    Leopold Mozart

    Leopold Mozart: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    9:52
  • 9:01 AM

    Gold Dust Waltz

    Erik Satie

    Anne Queffelec, piano

    4:33
  • 8:36 AM

    Clarinet Sonata No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Clarinet Sonatas

    Gervase de Peyer, clarinet

    22:05
  • 8:33 AM

    Jasspodspolska (Banquet Polska)

    Traditional

    Wood Works

    Danish String Quartet

    2:50
  • 8:27 AM

    String Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Italian Oratorios

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    5:33
  • 8:06 AM

    Piano Trio

    Gabriel Faure

    Horszowski Trio

    19:14
  • 8:01 AM

    Three Poems by Fricis Barda: Prayer

    Maija Einfelde

    SWR Vocal Ensemble Stuttgart

    Marcus Creed, conductor

    4:36
  • 7:56 AM

    Gagliarda and Corrente

    Johannes Kapsberger

    Alla Luce: Music of Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger

    Chatham Baroque

    2:38
  • 7:15 AM

    The Mermaid

    Alexander von Zemlinsky

    Zemlinsky: Die Seejungfrau, Psalm 8

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    40:11
  • 7:10 AM

    Heavy, gloomy clouds of night

    Carl Nielsen

    Carl Nielsen: Songs For Choir

    Ars Nova Copenhagen

    Michael Bojesen, conductor

    3:02
  • 7:06 AM

    Silver Clouds Chasing the Moon

    Ren Guang

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    3:33
  • 7:01 AM

    Fantasia Suite No. 5

    John Jenkins

    Locke Consort

    4:34
  • 6:33 AM

    Cello Concerto

    Charles Stanford

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    Gemma Rosefield, cello

    25:30
  • 6:23 AM

    Hansel and Gretel: Dream Pantomime

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Late Romantics

    Symphony Nova Scotia

    Georg Tintner, conductor

    8:53
  • 6:06 AM

    Indra

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: Symphony, "The Cotswolds" / Walt Whitman, Overture / Indra / Japanese Suite / A Winter Idyll

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    15:44
  • 6:01 AM

    The Green Bough

    Joan Trimble

    Bruce Posner, piano

    Donald Garvelmann, piano

    4:28
  • 5:33 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 3

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    25:21
  • 5:11 AM

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Thomas Beecham, conductor

    20:29
  • 5:06 AM

    Lyric Pieces: To Spring

    Edvard Grieg

    Piano Book

    Lang Lang, piano

    3:58
  • 5:01 AM

    Kasia Kadlubowska, percussion

    Dominik Bukowski, percussion

    4:36