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  • 4:50 AM

    Lines Made By Walking: Up the Mountain

    John Luther Adams

    JACK Quartet

    7:56
  • 4:46 AM

    Piers Lane, piano

    2:16
  • 4:06 AM

    Piano Concerto

    Arthur Bliss

    Rubbra, Bliss: Piano Concertos

    Orchestra Now

    Leon Botstein, conductor

    Piers Lane, piano

    39:48
  • 4:01 AM

    Louise Dubin, cello

    Saeunn Thorsteinsdottir, cello

    4:43
  • 3:51 AM

    Idyll

    Alexander Glazunov

    Russian Horn Concertos

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Werner Andreas Albert, conductor

    Marie Luise Neunecker, horn

    7:28
  • 3:23 AM

    Emerson String Quartet

    Edgar Meyer, double bass

    26:42
  • 3:06 AM

    Prelude and Bourree

    Wilhelm Stenhammar

    Gavle Symphony Orchestra

    Hannu Koivula, conductor

    14:46
  • 3:01 AM

    Night and Day

    Cole Porter

    Night and Day

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin

    4:34
  • 2:43 AM

    Ramuntcho Suite No. 2

    Gabriel Pierne

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    14:36
  • 2:21 AM

    Trio for Flute, Cello, and Piano

    Bohuslav Martinu

    Martinu: Chamber Music

    Lahti Chamber Ensemble

    20:39
  • 2:19 AM

    Dumka No. 3

    Bohuslav Martinu

    Exiles' Cafe

    Lara Downes, piano

    1:40
  • 2:06 AM

    Orchestra-Symphony No. 4

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    CPE Bach: 4 Symphonies

    English Concert

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    11:34
  • 2:01 AM

    Vocalise

    Andre Previn

    Sylvia McNair, soprano

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Andre Previn, piano

    4:32
  • 1:36 AM

    String Quartet

    Gabriel Faure

    Saint-Saens/Faure: The String Quartets

    Miami String Quartet

    22:05
  • 1:25 AM

    The Happy Forest

    Arnold Bax

    Ulster Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    10:14
  • 1:23 AM

    Seule dans la foret

    Germaine Tailleferre

    Patrizio Mazzola, piano

    1:27
  • 1:18 AM

    Our Town: Grover's Corners

    Aaron Copland

    London Sinfonietta

    Elgar Howarth, conductor

    2:55
  • 1:06 AM

    William Shakespeare Overture

    Friedrich Kuhlau

    Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Schonwandt, conductor

    9:59
  • 1:01 AM

    Calling Home the Cattle

    Veljo Tormis

    Water Under Snow is Weary

    Tapiola Choir

    Erkki Pohjola, conductor

    4:43
  • 12:50 AM

    Whimsical Symphony (Grillensymphonie)

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Telemann: The Baroque Gypsies

    Ensemble Caprice

    Matthias Maute, conductor

    8:05
  • 12:20 AM

    Cello Concerto

    Edouard Lalo

    French Cello Concertos

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Scott Yoo, conductor

    Hee-Young Lim, cello

    28:12
  • 12:15 AM

    Canzon Duodecimi Toni

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    Music of Gabrieli

    Empire Brass

    3:37
  • 12:06 AM

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    8:08
  • 12:01 AM

    English Idyll No. 2

    George Butterworth

    Halle Orchestra

    Mark Elder, conductor

    4:36
  • 11:26 PM

    Piano Concerto

    Robert Schumann

    Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3

    London Symphony Orchestra

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    31:21
  • 11:23 PM

    Lullaby

    Sveinbjorn Sveinbjornsson

    SVEINBJORNSSON: Piano Trios / Violin Sonata

    Audur Hafsteinsdottir, violin

    2:12
  • 11:18 PM

    Die schone Mullerin: Des Baches Wiegenlied (The Brook's Lullaby)

    Franz Schubert

    A Second of Silence

    The Knights

    Eric Jacobsen, conductor

    4:23
  • 11:06 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 9 (after Corelli)

    Francesco Geminiani

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    10:25
  • 11:01 PM

    Aleko: Men's Dance

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vasily Petrenko, conductor

    4:42
  • 10:41 PM

    Carmen Suite No. 2

    Georges Bizet

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    17:39
  • 10:30 PM

    Sinfonia Concertante

    Michael Hurd

    English String Miniatures, Vol. 3

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    Robert Gibbs, violin

    9:41
  • 10:26 PM

    If the Silver Bird Could Speak

    Eleanor Alberga

    William Chapman Nyaho, piano

    3:17
  • 10:15 PM

    A Tall Story for Orchestra

    Jerome Moross

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    9:04
  • 10:06 PM

    Lucio Silla: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Overtures

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    8:35
  • 10:01 PM

    Algerian Suite: French Military March

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens Organ Symphony (No. 3 In C Minor, Op. 78)

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    4:44
  • 9:51 PM

    Suite No. 1: Fuga con Pajarillo

    Aldemaro Romero

    Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    7:07
  • 9:46 PM

    Spanish Dance No. 5 "Andaluza"

    Enrique Granados

    Durch Raum und Zeit

    Jochen Ross, mandolin

    3:42
  • 9:33 PM

    Folk Songs for Orchestra

    George Walker

    Cleveland Chamber Symphony

    Edwin London, conductor

    11:35
  • 9:31 PM

    Song without Words No. 25 "May Breezes"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Andras Schiff, piano

    2:24
  • 9:19 PM

    German Chamber Academy

    Johannes Goritzki, conductor

    10:52
  • 9:06 PM

    Second Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Music for Wind Band

    Cleveland Symphonic Winds

    Frederick Fennell, conductor

    11:31
  • 9:03 PM

    Salterello

    Orazio Vecchi

    Canzonetta

    King's Noyse

    2:35
  • 8:42 PM

    Concerto for Two Violins

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Violin Concertos

    Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

    Petra Mullejans, violin

    15:29
  • 8:40 PM

    Ticklin' Toes

    Florence Price

    Kete: Piano Music of the African Diaspora

    William Chapman Nyaho, piano

    1:03
  • 8:17 PM

    Symphony No. 47 "Palindrome"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Il Giardino Armonico

    Giovanni Antonini, conductor

    21:49
  • 8:14 PM

    Etude No. 5 "Black Keys"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: 12 Etudes, Op. 10; Rondos Opp. 1, 5, 16, 73

    Frederic Chiu, piano

    1:39
  • 8:06 PM

    The Caliph of Bagdad: Overture

    Francois Boieldieu

    French Music for the Stage

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    7:15
  • 8:01 PM

    Symphony No. 5: Scherzo

    Alexander Glazunov

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    4:47
  • 7:43 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 4

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    The Journey

    Leon Fleisher, piano

    15:09
  • 5:48 PM

    Scheherazade: The Sea and Sinbad's Ship

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade; Tsar Saltan Suite etc.

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    10:39
  • 5:36 PM

    Breaking Waves

    Helena Munktell

    Helena Munktell: Orchestral Works

    Gavle Symphony Orchestra

    Tobias Ringborg, conductor

    11:14
  • 5:18 PM

    Sonata No. 6

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

    (Selected members), conductor

    16:03
  • 5:14 PM

    Swansea Town

    Traditional

    Sea Shanties

    Men of the Robert Shaw Chorale

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    2:57
  • 5:06 PM

    Traditional Hornpipe Suite

    Adrian Cruft

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    7:08
  • 5:01 PM

    Brave: Through the Castle

    Patrick Doyle

    London Symphony Orchestra

    James Shearman, conductor

    4:33
  • 4:38 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: Complete Concertos

    Russian National Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    20:17
  • 4:31 PM

    Silent Woods

    Antonin Dvorak

    Alisa Weilerstein - Dvorak

    Alisa Weilerstein, cello

    4:58
  • 4:14 PM

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    16:26
  • 4:11 PM

    Polichinelle

    Fritz Kreisler

    Joshua Bell, violin

    Paul Coker, piano

    1:41
  • 4:06 PM

    Funeral March of a Marionette

    Charles Gounod

    Tortelier's French Bonbons

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    4:27
  • 4:01 PM

    Eduardo Mata University Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Rivero Weber, conductor

    4:46
  • 3:49 PM

    Brodsky Quartet

    9:02
  • 3:19 PM

    Symphony No. 39

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies 32, 35 & 39

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    28:54
  • 3:14 PM

    Homage to Mistral: Prelude

    Matilde Salvadore

    Dejan Ivanovic, guitar

    2:58
  • 3:06 PM

    Il Cimento: Violin Concerto No. 10 "La caccia" ("The Hunt")

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Il Cimento Dell'Armonia e Dell'Inventione

    Raglan Baroque Players

    Nicholas Kraemer, conductor

    Monica Huggett, violin

    7:42
  • 3:01 PM

    Trumpet Concerto: 2nd movement

    Franz Richter

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Elgar Howarth, conductor

    Hakan Hardenberger, trumpet

    4:52
  • 2:56 PM

    Tick-Tock Polka

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    2:31
  • 2:55 PM

    Tick-Tock Polka

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    2:31
  • 2:53 PM

    Five O'Clock Foxtrot

    Maurice Ravel

    Sabre Dance

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Sergiu Comissiona, conductor

    2:23
  • 2:41 PM

    Toccata

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Toccatas

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    10:53
  • 2:32 PM

    Halcyon Days

    Eric Coates

    East of England Orchestra

    Malcolm Nabarro, conductor

    8:01
  • 2:12 PM

    String Quintet No. 6

    Luigi Boccherini

    Boccherini: String Quintets, Cello Sonatas

    Sigiswald Kuijken, violin

    18:25
  • 2:04 PM

    The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture

    Otto Nicolai

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    7:38
  • 1:57 PM

    Cavatina

    John Ireland

    Ireland: Music for String Orchestra

    Orchestra of the Swan

    David Curtis, conductor

    Raphael Wallfisch, cello

    5:07
  • 1:56 PM

    Blowin' in the Wind

    Bob Dylan

    Donand Angle, harpsichord

    :00
  • 1:51 PM

    Blowin' in the Wind

    Bob Dylan

    Leontyne Price, soprano

    4:00
  • 1:47 PM

    Etude No. 1 "Aeolian Harp"

    Frederic Chopin

    The Chopin I Love

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    2:12
  • 1:31 PM

    Concert Rondo "Krakowiak"

    Frederic Chopin

    Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

    Antoni Wit, conductor

    Eldar Nebolsin, piano

    14:21
  • 1:21 PM

    Dynamids Waltz

    Josef Strauss

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    8:36
  • 1:17 PM

    Venezuelan Dance (Seis por derecho)

    Antonio Lauro

    Romance de Amor

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    3:00
  • 1:09 PM

    La Sampaguita (The Flower of Manila)

    Dolores Paterno

    To A Camia: Piano Music from Romantic Manila

    Sally Pinkas, piano

    4:46
  • 1:04 PM

    Candide: Overture

    Leonard Bernstein

    Bernstein conducts Bernstein

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    4:10
  • 12:48 PM

    Dance of the Hours

    Amilcare Ponchielli

    Offenbach: Gaite Parisienne

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    9:56
  • 12:40 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 3rd movement

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Hans-Peter Frank, conductor

    6:45
  • 12:31 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan": 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Simone Dinnerstein: Mozart in Havana

    Havana Lyceum Orchestra

    Jose Antonio Mendez Padron, conductor

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    7:23
  • 12:22 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Y Chamber Symphony of New York

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    Gerard Schwarz, trumpet

    8:10
  • 12:16 PM

    Clarinet Quintet: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Pacifica String Quartet

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    4:32
  • 12:10 PM

    Scotch Strathspey and Reel

    Percy Grainger

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    4:39
  • 12:04 PM

    Ruslan and Ludmila: Overture

    Mikhail Glinka

    Glinka: Capriccio Brillante / Overture in D Major / Souvenir D'Une Nuit D'Ete A Madrid

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vassily Sinaisky, conductor

    5:04
  • 11:49 AM

    Four Seasons: Spring

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

    London Chamber Orchestra

    10:02
  • 11:47 AM

    Song without Words No. 30 "Spring Song"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    The Four Seasons: A Musical Calendar Of Favorite Classics

    Daniel Barenboim, piano

    2:03
  • 11:36 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 1: Overture

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Orchestral Suites

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    9:36
  • 11:33 AM

    Miniatures: Yaravi

    William Grant Still

    Sylvan Winds

    2:15
  • 11:25 AM

    Symphony: Scherzo

    Georges Bizet

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor

    6:49
  • 11:18 AM

    Tarantella

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Borrowed Treasures

    Debra Wendells-Cross, flute

    6:09
  • 11:14 AM

    Little Concert Suite: Tarantelle Fretillante

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    2:39
  • 11:10 AM

    Peer Gynt: Anitra's Dance

    Edvard Grieg

    Minnesota Orchestra At One Hundred

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    3:25
  • 11:04 AM

    Arion

    Stephen Stubbs, conductor

    5:12
  • 10:50 AM

    Symphony No. 101 "The Clock": 2nd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 101 & 103

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Frans Bruggen, conductor

    8:12
  • 10:47 AM

    The Tic-Toc-Choc (or the mallets)

    Francois Couperin

    Couperin: Keyboard Music

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    2:06
  • 10:39 AM

    Romance for Violin and Orchestra

    Johan Svendsen

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    Henning Kraggerud, violin

    7:30
  • 10:33 AM

    Piva and Canario

    Johannes Kapsberger

    Alla Luce: Music of Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger

    Chatham Baroque

    5:34
  • 10:20 AM

    Symphony No. 2: 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Andris Nelsons, conductor

    12:01
  • 10:15 AM

    Blowin' in the Wind

    Bob Dylan

    Songs from America's Heartland

    Mormon Tabernacle Choir

    Jerold Ottley, conductor

    3:57
  • 10:06 AM

    Alborada del Gracioso (Morning Song of the Jester)

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Bolero

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    7:15
  • 10:01 AM

    Piano Sonata

    Andrea Luchesi

    Andrea Luchesi: Piano Sonatas and Rondos

    Roberto Plano, piano

    4:32
  • 9:41 AM

    Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mikko Franck, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    16:55
  • 9:23 AM

    String Quartet No. 11

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Quartetto Italiano

    16:35
  • 9:19 AM

    Sasha Boldachev, harp

    2:03
  • 9:07 AM

    Snow Maiden Suite

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    12:28
  • 9:01 AM

    The Seasons: Petit Adagio

    Alexander Glazunov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade, Arensky: Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky, Glazunov: The Seasons, Concert Waltzes

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor

    4:48
  • 8:41 AM

    Fountains of Rome

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Concerto in modo misolidio, Fountains of Rome

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    17:13
  • 8:28 AM

    Harmonies du Soir (Evening Harmonies)

    Franz Liszt

    Night Moods

    Carol Rosenberger, piano

    12:17
  • 8:06 AM

    Concertante for Flute and Clarinet

    Franz Danzi

    Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra

    Allen Tinkham, conductor

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    Demarre McGill, flute

    20:39
  • 8:01 AM

    La verita in cimento (The Truth Contested): Sinfonia

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Australian Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Tognetti, conductor

    4:38
  • 7:38 AM

    The Tender Land Suite

    Aaron Copland

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Aaron Copland, conductor

    20:42
  • 7:22 AM

    Concerto da Camera

    Howard Hanson

    Ying String Quartet

    Adam Neiman, piano

    15:16
  • 7:17 AM

    Jalousie

    Jacob Gade

    Songs and Dances

    Kottos

    3:52
  • 7:06 AM

    Variations and finale on "Clair de la Lune"

    Charles Lucien Lambert

    Yi-Chun Sunny Kuo, piano

    9:40
  • 7:01 AM

    Orchestra of the Royal Swedish Opera

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    4:34
  • 6:41 AM

    Lute Suite No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Lute Suites

    John Williams, guitar

    17:03
  • 6:13 AM

    Pas de Deux

    James Horner

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vasily Petrenko, conductor

    Mari Samuelsen, violin

    Hakon Samuelsen, cello

    27:40
  • 6:06 AM

    Twilight

    Heino Eller

    Heino Eller: Symphonic Poems

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Olari Elts, conductor

    5:09
  • 6:01 AM

    Lyric Quartet: The Quiet One

    William Grant Still

    Oregon String Quartet

    4:35
  • 5:41 AM

    Bridge of Light

    Keith Jarrett

    Fairfield Orchestra

    Thomas Crawford, conductor

    Patricia McCarty, viola

    16:59
  • 5:37 AM

    In the Dark

    Bix Beiderbecke

    Free Range Saxophone Quartet

    3:59
  • 5:24 AM

    Motet: Warum is das Licht gegeben

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Werke Fur Chor Un Orchester

    Collegium Vocale, Ghent

    Philippe Herreweghe, conductor

    10:13
  • 5:06 AM

    Intimate Impressions

    Federico Mompou

    Mompou: Impresiones Intimas

    Anita Pontremoli, piano

    17:38
  • 5:01 AM

    Lament

    Frank Bridge

    Finzi; Parry; Bridge

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    4:41