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  • 4:51 AM

    Latvian Radio Choir

    Sigvards Klava, conductor

    7:07
  • 4:40 AM

    Nordic Affect

    10:06
  • 4:33 AM

    The Slow Descent Has Begun

    Dustin O'Halloran/Adam Wiltzie

    A Winged Victory for the Sullen

    4:56
  • 4:14 AM

    Perpetual Chaconne

    Aaron Jay Kernis

    Jasper String Quartet

    David Shifrin, clarinet

    18:23
  • 4:06 AM

    Three Chaconnes in Blue: No. 2

    Ed Bland

    Judith Olson, piano

    6:36
  • 4:01 AM

    Donald Sinta Quartet

    4:43
  • 3:53 AM

    Moto Perpetuo

    Behzad Ranjbaran

    Sejong Soloists

    4:32
  • 3:49 AM

    New Berlin, New York

    The Westerlies

    The Westerlies

    3:07
  • 3:20 AM

    Saxophone Concerto

    John Adams

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    David Robertson, conductor

    Timothy McAllister, saxophone

    27:40
  • 3:07 AM

    Now Ensemble

    11:04
  • 3:01 AM

    Blue Notes and Other Clashes: Off Waltz; Dappled Grooves

    Steven Mackey

    Color Theory

    Prism Quartet

    4:27
  • 2:51 AM

    Deep Summer Music

    Libby Larsen

    Libby Larsen

    Colorado Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    7:16
  • 2:26 AM

    String Quartet

    Claude Debussy

    Brooklyn Rider

    23:24
  • 2:11 AM

    Etruscan Concerto

    Peggy Glanville-Hicks

    Lou Harrison: Seven Pastorales

    Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra

    Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

    Keith Jarrett, piano

    14:02
  • 2:06 AM

    Gymnopedie No. 1

    Erik Satie

    Fleur de Paris

    12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic

    3:41
  • 2:01 AM

    Summer Evening: Waltz

    Oscar Merikanto

    Scandinavian Rhapsody, A Selection of Orchestral Favourites

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:36
  • 1:48 AM

    Souvenir of a Beloved Place: Meditation

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Complete Works for Violin and Orchestra

    Odense Symphony Orchestra

    Alexander Vedernikov, conductor

    Jennifer Koh, violin

    10:39
  • 1:26 AM

    The Forest

    Howard Shore

    The Moon and the Forest

    National Arts Centre Orchestra

    Alexander Shelley, conductor

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    20:48
  • 1:21 AM

    Waldesrauschen (Forest Murmurs)

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: Harmonies du Sor

    Nelson Freire, piano

    3:51
  • 1:14 AM

    Studio Orchestra

    Claire Jones, harp

    5:29
  • 1:06 AM

    Sarnia: In a May Morning

    John Ireland

    Orchestra of the Swan

    David Curtis, conductor

    6:56
  • 1:01 AM

    Suite of Three Pieces: Idylle

    Benjamin Godard

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Susan Milan, flute

    4:50
  • 12:45 AM

    Delights and Dances

    Michael Abels

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    13:03
  • 12:18 AM

    Appalachian Spring

    Aaron Copland

    Aurora Orchestra

    25:48
  • 12:13 AM

    Fruhlingsblick

    Robert Franz

    Onyx Brass

    2:26
  • 12:06 AM

    The Gadfly: Romance

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Film Music of Dmitri Shostakovich, Vol. 2

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vassily Sinaisky, conductor

    6:33
  • 12:01 AM

    Grand Canyon Suite: Sunset

    Ferde Grofe

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    4:43
  • 11:37 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 5

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

    Il Giardino Armonico

    Giovanni Antonini, conductor

    20:40
  • 11:26 PM

    Five Little Duets for Flute and Harp

    Jean Francaix

    Images for Flute and Harp

    Laurel Zucker, flute

    8:55
  • 11:21 PM

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    4:44
  • 11:12 PM

    Three Short Pieces

    Jacques Ibert

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    6:57
  • 11:06 PM

    Ruler of the Spirits: Overture

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Weber: Overtures; Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes of Carl Maria von Weber

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    6:20
  • 11:01 PM

    Paris Quartet No. 11: Pas vite and Un peu gai

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Telemann: 12 Paris Quartets

    Barthold Kuijken, flute

    4:41
  • 10:34 PM

    Piano Concerto

    Francis Edward Bache

    Romantic Piano Concerto Vol. 43

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    Howard Shelley, piano

    24:43
  • 10:21 PM

    Concerto No. 6

    Lorenzo Zavateri

    Zavateri: Concerti Da Chiesa E Da Camera

    Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

    Gottfried von der Goltz, conductor

    11:05
  • 10:14 PM

    When the Guitar

    Reena Esmail

    The Singing Guitar

    Conspirare

    Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

    6:25
  • 10:10 PM

    March of the Little Lead Soldiers

    Gabriel Pierne

    Paris Orchestra

    Jean-Pierre Jacquillat, conductor

    2:54
  • 10:06 PM

    Liebesfreud (Love's Joy)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Violin Romances

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Gil Shaham, violin

    3:04
  • 9:48 PM

    Fantasy on Mozart's "La ci darem la mano"

    Franz Danzi

    Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra

    Jorg Faerber, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    10:11
  • 9:44 PM

    Humoresque No. 7

    Antonin Dvorak

    Stephen Hough, piano

    3:06
  • 9:29 PM

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    12:40
  • 9:25 PM

    Spring Breeze

    Yu-Xian Deng

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    3:55
  • 9:10 PM

    Dance Poem

    Frank Bridge

    Orchestral Works, Vol. 2

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    13:59
  • 9:06 PM

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    3:23
  • 9:03 PM

    Three Spirituals: Everytime I Feel the Spirit

    Adolphus Hailstork

    Virginia Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    2:49
  • 8:48 PM

    La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    9:33
  • 8:45 PM

    Tjovane (The thieves)

    Traditional Norwegian

    Folk Songs

    Trio Mediaeval

    Birger Mistereggen, percussion

    2:36
  • 8:24 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 3

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: 3 Piano Concertos

    Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    19:57
  • 8:16 PM

    Romanian Folk Dances

    Bela Bartok

    Avos Chamber Orchestra

    Alessio Pianelli, cello

    6:09
  • 8:06 PM

    Concerto Koln

    9:31
  • 8:01 PM

    Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

    Alfred Walter, conductor

    4:49
  • 7:49 PM

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

    9:12
  • 5:41 PM

    Rhapsody in Blue

    George Gershwin

    New World Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    Michael Tilson Thomas, piano

    17:16
  • 5:32 PM

    Fanfare Ritmico

    Jennifer Higdon

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    7:10
  • 5:20 PM

    Pour une fete de printemps

    Albert Roussel

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    11:11
  • 5:06 PM

    Divertimento No. 14

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    12:37
  • 5:01 PM

    English Suite: Prelude and Round Dance

    John Duarte

    Wild Mountain Thyme: Celtic Music for Guitar

    Scott Tennant, guitar

    4:31
  • 4:55 PM

    Napolitanella

    Frederico Alagna

    Malena

    London Orchestra

    Yvan Cassar, conductor

    Roberto Alagna, tenor

    3:10
  • 4:46 PM

    Venezia e Napoli: Tarantella

    Franz Liszt

    Benjamin Grosvenor, piano

    9:09
  • 4:32 PM

    From Italy (Aus Italien): On the Beach at Sorrento

    Richard Strauss

    R. Strauss: Aus Italien, Don Juan

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    11:50
  • 4:21 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 12 "La Follia"

    Arcangelo Corelli

    Alison Melville, recorder

    Lucas Harris, archlute

    Nadina Mackie Jackson, bassoon

    Borys Medicky, harpsichord

    Joelle Marton, bass viol

    11:10
  • 4:06 PM

    In Italy Overture

    Karl Goldmark

    Goldmark: Overtures

    Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andras Korodi, conductor

    12:40
  • 4:01 PM

    Royal Academy of Music Brass

    4:49
  • 3:44 PM

    Introduction et Variations Brillantes

    Ferdinand Ries

    Ries: Piano Concertos, Volume 3

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Uwe Grodd, conductor

    Christopher Hinterhuber, piano

    14:33
  • 3:14 PM

    Enigma Variations

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Enigma Variations, etc.

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Georg Solti, conductor

    28:52
  • 3:09 PM

    Spring Song

    Frank Bridge

    Elgar

    Heath Quartet

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    2:17
  • 3:06 PM

    Rustle of Spring

    Christian Sinding

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    2:39
  • 3:01 PM

    Cello Suite No. 4: Bourrees

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Paul Galbraith, guitar

    4:31
  • 2:43 PM

    The Good-humored Ladies

    Vincenzo Tommasini

    Concert Arts Orchestra

    Robert Irving, conductor

    14:56
  • 2:42 PM

    The Good-humored Ladies

    Vincenzo Tommasini

    Concert Arts Orchestra

    Robert Irving, conductor

    14:56
  • 2:15 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 1

    Gabriel Faure

    The Faure Album

    Gil Shaham, violin

    25:51
  • 2:10 PM

    Tosca: Vissi d'arte

    Giacomo Puccini

    The #1 Opera Album

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano

    3:18
  • 2:01 PM

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    6:26
  • 1:52 PM

    Hary Janos Suite: Intermezzo and Entrance

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Prokofiev: Leiutenant Kije Suite

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    7:51
  • 1:43 PM

    String Quintet in g: 3rd mvt

    Wolfgang Mozart

    Juilliard Quartet

    John Graham, violin

    8:44
  • 1:37 PM

    Second Suite: Petite Waltz

    Theodore Dubois

    Sylvan Winds

    Diva Goodfriend-Koven, flute

    Mark Dover, clarinet

    Nanci Belmont, bassoon

    2:51
  • 1:31 PM

    Pastoral and Reel

    Thomas C. Kelly

    Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Fionnuala Hunt, conductor

    4:39
  • 1:21 PM

    Scottish Fantasy: Finale

    Max Bruch

    Scottish Fantasy

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Joshua Bell, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    8:32
  • 1:16 PM

    Farewell to Stromness

    Peter Maxwell Davies

    Message of the Sea: Celtic Music for Guitar

    David Russell, guitar

    3:37
  • 1:06 PM

    The Planets: Mars

    Gustav Holst

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    6:45
  • 1:04 PM

    Battle Galliard

    Samuel Scheidt

    Canadian Brass Takes Flight

    Canadian Brass

    1:36
  • 12:55 PM

    Mondnacht (Moon Night)

    Robert Schumann

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    3:47
  • 12:48 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    6:14
  • 12:42 PM

    Among the Poppies

    Eric Coates

    East of England Orchestra

    Malcolm Nabarro, conductor

    4:22
  • 12:28 PM

    Matinees Musicales

    Benjamin Britten

    Rossini, Respighi: La Boutique Fantasque

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    13:15
  • 12:22 PM

    The Dawn's Early Light: While they were fishing

    Kile Smith

    Conspirare

    Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

    Douglas Harvey, cello

    4:46
  • 12:09 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 9

    Bruce Haynes

    Montreal Baroque Orchestra

    Eric Milnes, conductor

    6:29
  • 12:04 PM

    Arabesque No. 1

    Claude Debussy

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    4:10
  • 11:57 AM

    Vikingur Olafsson, piano

    :56
  • 11:54 AM

    Le Rappel des Oiseaux (The Assembly of the Birds)

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Vikingur Olafsson, piano

    2:39
  • 11:44 AM

    Trumpet Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Overtures

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    9:02
  • 11:44 AM

    Coracao que sente

    Ernesto Nazareth

    Odeon: Brazilian Dances by Ernesto Nazareth

    Antoine Zemor, piano

    4:28
  • 11:34 AM

    Symphony No. 101 "The Clock": 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos 101 The Clock and 104 London

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    8:08
  • 11:30 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Afro-American": Animato

    William Grant Still

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    3:06
  • 11:17 AM

    String Quartet No. 1

    Maddalena Laura Sirmen

    Sirmen: The 6 String Quartets / Allegri String Quartet

    Allegri String Quartet

    12:14
  • 11:10 AM

    Fantasy for a Gentleman: Canario

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Milos: Aranjuez

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    4:49
  • 11:04 AM

    Canon and Gigue

    Johann Pachelbel

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    5:09
  • 10:51 AM

    Concerto for Two Trumpets

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Concertos for Trumpet

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Maurice Andre, trumpet

    7:21
  • 10:49 AM

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Stankovsky, conductor

    2:11
  • 10:38 AM

    Clarinet Concerto: 2nd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Soulful Serenade

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Neidich, clarinet

    8:37
  • 10:32 AM

    Etude No. 3 "Un Sospiro" (A Sigh)

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: Piano Sonata & 3 Concert Studies

    Louis Lortie, piano

    6:07
  • 10:28 AM

    Pastoral

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    Lars-Erik Larsson: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    3:39
  • 10:20 AM

    Cantata No. 42: Sinfonia

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra

    William Lacey, conductor

    7:08
  • 10:10 AM

    A Fugal Concerto

    Gustav Holst

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Duke Dobing, flute

    Christopher Hooker, oboe

    8:25
  • 10:06 AM

    Song without Words No. 30 "Spring Song"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Songs without Words

    Luba Edlina, piano

    2:58
  • 10:01 AM

    String Quartet No. 2: Scherzo

    Alexander Borodin

    Emerson String Quartet

    4:47
  • 9:47 AM

    The Geniuses, or Love's Characters Ballet: Suite

    Mademoiselle Duval

    Women's Philharmonic

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    11:42
  • 9:26 AM

    Variations on a Theme by Haydn "St. Antoni Chorale"

    Johannes Brahms

    Johannes Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 1-4

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Kurt Sanderling, conductor

    18:38
  • 9:06 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Champs-Elysees Orchestra

    Alessandro Moccia, conductor

    Giuliano Carmignola, violin

    18:23
  • 9:01 AM

    Lute Suite "L'Infidele": Sarabande

    Silvius Weiss

    L'infidele

    Jon Mendle, archguitar

    4:48
  • 8:45 AM

    Wind Quintet

    Geraldine Mucha

    Mucha: Chamber Music

    Prague Wind Quintet

    13:45
  • 8:11 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 3

    John Field

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    John O'Conor, piano

    32:11
  • 8:06 AM

    Chelys Consort of Viols

    4:05
  • 8:01 AM

    Songs of Farewell: There is an old belief

    Hubert Parry

    Music for Brass Septet, Vol. 6

    Septura

    4:41
  • 7:24 AM

    Symphony No. 7

    Emilie Mayer

    Berlin Chamber Symphony Ensemble

    Jurgen Bruns, conductor

    34:14
  • 7:18 AM

    Lullaby to Wake Up With

    Phil Rosheger

    David Russell, guitar

    5:10
  • 7:10 AM

    Songs of the Auvergne: Bailero

    Joseph Canteloube

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano

    6:42
  • 7:06 AM

    Two Nocturnes: Dans la foret

    Charles Koechlin

    Belle Epoque: French Music for Winds

    Alec Frank-Gemmill, horn

    3:26
  • 7:01 AM

    Pol

    Johann Johannsson

    Johann Johannsson: 12 Conversations with Thilo Heinzmann

    Echo Collective

    4:33
  • 6:22 AM

    Symphony No. 8

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 8, Scherzo Capriccioso, Notturno

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    36:22
  • 6:12 AM

    String Quartet

    Josef Myslivecek

    Myslivecek: Oboe Quintets, String Quartets

    Dolezal Quartet

    8:47
  • 6:06 AM

    Earthly Angels

    5:05
  • 6:01 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "In the Forest": 3rd movement

    Joachim Raff

    Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic

    Urs Schneider, conductor

    4:46
  • 5:43 AM

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    Daniel Varsano, piano

    15:14
  • 5:39 AM

    Jason Vieaux, guitar

    3:13
  • 5:06 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Kurt Atterberg

    Atterberg: Symphonies

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    31:25
  • 5:01 AM

    Lachrimae Tristes

    John Dowland

    DOWLAND: Lachrimae, or seaven teares

    The Dowland Consort

    Jakob Lindberg, conductor

    4:46