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  • 4:56 AM

    When Almonds Blossomed

    Giya Kancheli

    Motherland

    Khatia Buniatishvili, piano

    2:08
  • 4:17 AM

    Symphony

    Paul Dukas

    Dukas: Symphonie en Ut, La Peri, L'Apprenti Sorcier

    French National Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    38:56
  • 4:06 AM

    Nocturne for Flute and Guitar

    Ferdinando Carulli

    Carulli: Music for Flute and Guitar

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    9:02
  • 4:01 AM

    Vlado Perlemuter, piano

    4:34
  • 3:54 AM

    Requiem: Lux Aeterna

    Maurice Durufle

    Faure: Requiem, op. 48; Durufle: Requiem, op. 9

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    3:55
  • 3:24 AM

    Serenade (after Plato's Symposium)

    Leonard Bernstein

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    29:15
  • 3:14 AM

    Sonata for Strings

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Berlin Baroque Soloists

    Rainer Kussmaul, conductor

    7:56
  • 3:06 AM

    In Memoriam: The Colored Soldiers Who Died for Democracy

    William Grant Still

    STILL, W.G.: Symphony No. 1, "Afro-American" / In Memoriam / Africa (Fort Smith Symphony, Jeter)

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    7:19
  • 3:01 AM

    Serenade for Strings: Larghetto

    Antonin Dvorak

    String Serenades, Vol. 2

    Anima Musicae Chamber Orchestra

    Laszlo G. Horvath, conductor

    4:36
  • 2:50 AM

    Concerto for Two Hunting Horns

    Johann Heinichen

    Heinichen: Dresden Concerti

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    8:32
  • 2:41 AM

    Catalyst Quartet

    6:52
  • 2:06 AM

    Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spake Zarathustra)

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra; Mahler: Totenfeier

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    33:12
  • 2:01 AM

    Caitlin Sullivan, cello

    4:37
  • 1:50 AM

    Romance for Violin and Orchestra

    Johan Svendsen

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra: Portrait

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    James DePreist, conductor

    Anton Kontra, violin

    7:46
  • 1:25 AM

    String Quartet No. 61 "Fifths"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Modigliani Quartet

    23:40
  • 1:21 AM

    Small River Flowing

    Traditional Chinese

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    2:31
  • 1:08 AM

    Ma vlast (My Country): Vltava (The Moldau)

    Bedrich Smetana

    Smetana: Ma Vlast

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    12:48
  • 1:01 AM

    The Prophet: Ballet of the Skaters: Galop

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Meyerbeer: Ballet Music From The Operas / Nesterowicz

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Michal Nesterowicz, conductor

    4:46
  • 12:47 AM

    Rondo Arlecchinesco

    Ferruccio Busoni

    North German Radio Symphony

    Werner Andreas Albert, conductor

    11:38
  • 12:18 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "Sinfonie Capricieuse"

    Franz Berwald

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    27:33
  • 12:15 AM

    Guasa (Dance)

    Celedonio Romero

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    1:56
  • 12:06 AM

    Symphonic Scherzo

    Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Donald Johanos, conductor

    7:13
  • 12:01 AM

    Fable of a Wistful Night

    Leokadia Myszynska-Woyciechowska

    The Salon of Polish Women Composers

    Magdalena Lisak, piano

    4:41
  • 11:29 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 5 "Egyptian"

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    Jean-Philippe Collard, piano

    28:58
  • 11:23 PM

    The Seasons: June (Barcarolle)

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Seasons

    Lydia Artymiw, piano

    4:16
  • 11:20 PM

    Spring Song

    Frank Bridge

    Elgar

    Heath Quartet

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    2:17
  • 11:10 PM

    Children Suite

    Ding Shan-de

    Jie Chen, piano

    8:45
  • 11:06 PM

    Canon

    Johann Pachelbel

    Albinoni: Adagio; Pachelbel: Canon; Etc

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    4:15
  • 11:01 PM

    Nocturne-Quadrille

    Johann StraussJr.

    J. Strauss, Jr. Edition: Vol. 1

    CSSR State Philharmonic Orchestra

    Alfred Walter, conductor

    4:42
  • 10:53 PM

    Fantasia on Greensleeves

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    New Queen's Hall Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    4:08
  • 10:46 PM

    Rondo a Capriccio (Rage Over a Lost Penny)

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Alice Sara Ott: Beethoven Piano Sonatas

    Alice Sara Ott, piano

    6:20
  • 10:26 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 2

    Richard Strauss

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Ingo Metzmacher, conductor

    Marie Luise Neunecker, horn

    18:55
  • 10:17 PM

    The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture

    Otto Nicolai

    Wagner: Siegfried Idyll, Boccherini, Dvorak, Faure, Grieg, Nicolai, Ponchielli, Suppe, Tchaikovsky

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    8:40
  • 10:12 PM

    Old Bollnas Polska

    Anonymous

    Baroque Tales

    Lynx Ensemble

    3:28
  • 10:06 PM

    Sylvia: Procession of Bacchus

    Leo Delibes

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    6:00
  • 10:01 PM

    Philemon und Baucis: Overture

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    4:44
  • 9:44 PM

    Rounds for String Orchestra

    David Diamond

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    14:14
  • 9:36 PM

    L'Americaine: grande valse brillante

    Charles Lucien Lambert

    Daryl Shay, piano

    6:54
  • 9:15 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: The Violin Concertos

    Orchestra Mozart

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Giuliano Carmignola, violin

    19:11
  • 9:09 PM

    Danza negra

    Ernesto Lecuona

    Suelos

    Caracas Clarinet Quartet

    Anat Cohen, clarinet

    3:58
  • 9:06 PM

    Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Sleepers Awake)

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Murray Perahia, piano

    3:20
  • 9:03 PM

    Dance Intermezzo

    Jean Sibelius

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    2:44
  • 8:50 PM

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Antonio Pappano, conductor

    Han-Na Chang, cello

    8:11
  • 8:24 PM

    Symphony No. 92 "Oxford"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    24:47
  • 8:19 PM

    Sacred Origins

    Ola Gjeilo

    The Merton Collection: Merton College at 750

    Choir of Merton College, Oxford

    Peter Phillips/Benjamin Nichols, conductor

    4:18
  • 8:14 PM

    Klara Min, piano

    2:47
  • 8:06 PM

    Sicilian Vespers: Four Seasons: Spring

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Verdi: Ballet Music

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    8:02
  • 8:01 PM

    Terpsichore: Chaconne

    George Frideric Handel

    The Power Of Love: Arias From Handel Operas

    Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra

    Jeannette Sorrell, conductor

    4:43
  • 7:55 PM

    Carmen: Intermezzo

    Georges Bizet

    LAGQ Latin

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    3:02
  • 5:41 PM

    Lincolnshire Posy

    Percy Grainger

    Lincolnshire Posy

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    17:16
  • 5:38 PM

    Danny Boy (Irish Tune from County Derry)

    Traditional Irish

    Let Your Voice Be Heard

    Cantus

    2:49
  • 5:14 PM

    Cello Concerto No. 10

    Luigi Boccherini

    Dolce Duello

    Cappella Gabetta

    Andres Gabetta, conductor

    Sol Gabetta, cello

    22:07
  • 5:10 PM

    Remembrance

    Florence Price

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:55
  • 5:06 PM

    National Emblem March

    Edwin Bagley

    US Air Force Band in Blue

    US Air Force Band in Blue

    Capt. Philip Chevallard, conductor

    3:14
  • 5:01 PM

    Merry Mount: Maypole Dances

    Howard Hanson

    American Visions

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    4:43
  • 4:37 PM

    Flute Concerto

    Franz Benda

    Benda, Quantz, Rampal

    Orchestra Ensemble of Paris

    Jean Pierre Wallez, conductor

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    21:39
  • 4:33 PM

    Song and Dance No. 1

    Federico Mompou

    Imogen Cooper, piano

    3:22
  • 4:16 PM

    Divertissement

    Jacques Ibert

    Ulster Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    15:26
  • 4:06 PM

    Concerto for Strings

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Arion

    8:26
  • 4:01 PM

    Partita: Pavane

    Paul Lansky

    David Starobin, guitar

    Mari Yoshinaga, percussion

    4:39
  • 3:52 PM

    Jota de Pamplona

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Sarasate: Violin and Orchestra Music, Vol. 4

    Navarra Symphony Orchestra

    Ernest Martinez Izquierdo, conductor

    Tianwa Yang, violin

    6:43
  • 3:14 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 3

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Alan Gilbert, conductor

    Inon Barnatan, piano

    36:28
  • 3:10 PM

    Fireflies

    Amy Beach

    Alan Feinberg, piano

    2:36
  • 3:06 PM

    Ballet des Feus

    Michael Praetorius

    Michael Praetorius: Dances from Terpsichore (1612)

    Parley of Instruments

    Peter Holman, conductor

    2:48
  • 3:01 PM

    Pastoral Suite: Villagers' Dance

    Emmanuel Chabrier

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

    Ulster Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    4:42
  • 2:52 PM

    Romance of the Prairie Lilies

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    6:33
  • 2:48 PM

    Lyric Pieces: At the Cradle

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Lyric Pieces

    Emil Gilels, piano

    3:17
  • 2:43 PM

    When My Eye, Tired By Toil

    Traditional Norwegian

    Strid

    Oslo Chamber Choir

    Hakon Daniel Nystedt, conductor

    Helga Gunnes, soprano

    5:09
  • 2:21 PM

    Spirituals for Strings

    Morton Gould

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kenneth Klein, conductor

    20:32
  • 2:15 PM

    A Moorside Suite: March

    Gustav Holst

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    4:12
  • 2:06 PM

    Violin Sonata

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Violin Sonatas

    Alina Ibragimova, violin

    8:10
  • 2:01 PM

    Deep River

    Spiritual

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    4:41
  • 1:50 PM

    Euryanthe Overture

    Carl Maria von Weber

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Eliahu Inbal, conductor

    8:51
  • 1:33 PM

    Symphony "The Hunt"

    Carl Stamitz

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    16:17
  • 1:26 PM

    String Quartet No. 12 "American": 4th movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: The String Quartets

    Prague Quartet

    5:40
  • 1:19 PM

    Silk Road Ensemble

    Toumani Diabate, kora

    Balla Kouyate, balafon

    6:30
  • 1:18 PM

    Kwela No. 1

    Isak Roux

    Kete: Piano Music of the African Diaspora

    William Chapman Nyaho, piano

    :45
  • 1:10 PM

    Water Music Suite No. 3

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Water Music, Il Pastor Fido

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    6:48
  • 1:06 PM

    Semper Fidelis

    John Philip Sousa

    Royal Artillery Band

    Keith Brion, conductor

    2:52
  • 1:01 PM

    Tarantella

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    Guitar Recital: Olsen, Stein-Erik - DYENS, R. / BARRIOS MANGORE, A. / SAINZ DE LA MAZA, E. / PIAZZOLLA, A. / RUIZ-PIPO, A. / KOSHKIN, N. / DUARTE, J.

    Stein-Erik Olsen, guitar

    4:34
  • 12:51 PM

    The Force of Destiny: Overture

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Philharmonic of La Scala

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    7:41
  • 12:46 PM

    Brave: Fate and Destiny

    Patrick Doyle

    Brave: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    London Symphony Orchestra

    James Shearman, conductor

    4:17
  • 12:35 PM

    Mandolin Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Potsdam Chamber Academy

    Avi Avital, mandolin

    Shalev Ad-El, harpsichord

    9:34
  • 12:32 PM

    Lyric Pieces: Waltz

    Edvard Grieg

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    2:03
  • 12:17 PM

    Jasmine Choi, flute

    Florian Zwiauer, violin

    Vera Reigersberg, viola

    Attila Szekely, cello

    14:31
  • 12:10 PM

    Czardashian Rhapsody

    Traditional

    Shiksa

    Lara St. John, violin

    6:03
  • 12:06 PM

    Americans We

    Henry Fillmore

    Eastman Wind Ensemble

    Frederick Fennell, conductor

    2:50
  • 12:01 PM

    Hungarian March

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: La Marseillaise, Etc

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    4:31
  • 11:49 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 3: Rondo

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Hans Vonk, conductor

    Christian Zacharias, piano

    8:53
  • 11:36 AM

    Recorder Concerto

    Giovanni Sammartini

    Baroque Journey

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Lucie Horsch, recorder

    12:24
  • 11:27 AM

    Britannia (A Nautical Overture)

    Alexander Mackenzie

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    8:07
  • 11:21 AM

    Scherzo

    Alfredo Catalani

    Puccini, Catalani, Ponchielli: for orchestra

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    4:42
  • 11:12 AM

    Gaelic Symphony: 2nd movement

    Amy Beach

    Beach: Gaelic Symphony, Piano Concerto

    Nashville Symphony Orchestra

    Kenneth Schermerhorn, conductor

    7:26
  • 11:06 AM

    Carolan's Welcome/Carolan's Cottage

    Turlough O'Carolan

    the seas are deep

    David Pedrick, guitar

    5:32
  • 11:03 AM

    The Music Box

    Anatol Liadov

    From Russia with Harp

    Sasha Boldachev, harp

    2:34
  • 10:48 AM

    Poet and Peasant Overture

    Franz von Suppe

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    9:48
  • 10:42 AM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Johann Fasch

    Carole Dawn Reinhart

    German Bach Soloists

    Helmut Winschermann, conductor

    Carole Dawn Reinhart, trumpet

    6:16
  • 10:31 AM

    Cello Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Camille Saint-Saens

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Scott Yoo, conductor

    Hee-Young Lim, cello

    8:55
  • 10:26 AM

    Only in Sleep

    Eriks Esenvalds

    Here I Stand

    iSing Silicon Valley

    Jennah Delp Somers/Shane Troll, conductor

    Mia Hamilton, soprano

    4:42
  • 10:17 AM

    Lyric Fantasy

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    8:38
  • 10:14 AM

    Brejeiro (Mischievous)

    Ernesto Nazareth

    Gabriela Montero, piano

    1:46
  • 10:06 AM

    Danzon Cubano

    Aaron Copland

    Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    6:31
  • 10:01 AM

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    4:46
  • 9:48 AM

    By the Beautiful Blue Danube (An der schonen, blauen Donau)

    Johann StraussJr.

    New Year's Concert 2012

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    9:51
  • 9:25 AM

    Guitar Quintet No. 7

    Luigi Boccherini

    Marlboro Music Festival - 40th Anniversary: Boccherini Quintets

    Marlboro Festival Orchestra

    21:47
  • 9:21 AM

    Lappish Melodies

    Ester Magi

    Marcel Worms, piano

    3:06
  • 9:06 AM

    Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra

    Hans Graf, conductor

    13:37
  • 9:01 AM

    Hopkinson Smith, lute

    4:35
  • 8:56 AM

    Six Israeli Melodies: Kinnereth

    Joachim Stutschewsky

    Children's Cello

    Steven Isserlis, cello

    2:23
  • 8:41 AM

    King Arthur: Suite

    Henry Purcell

    Sound The Trumpet: Royal Music of Purcell and Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    14:13
  • 8:22 AM

    Grand Duo Concertant

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Brahms/Schumann/Reger/Gade/Weber: The Art of the Romantic Clarinet

    Charles Stier, clarinet

    18:10
  • 8:06 AM

    Ballade No. 2

    Franz Liszt

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    14:53
  • 8:01 AM

    Pol

    Johann Johannsson

    Johann Johannsson: 12 Conversations with Thilo Heinzmann

    Echo Collective

    4:33
  • 7:36 AM

    Viola Sonata No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Pinchas Zukerman: Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon and Philips

    Pinchas Zukerman, viola

    22:16
  • 7:33 AM

    Isabel Leonard, mezzo-soprano

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    2:39
  • 7:29 AM

    Tu Imagen (Your Image)

    Agustin Barrios

    Sonidos Latinos

    David Russell, guitar

    3:09
  • 7:06 AM

    Symphony No. 4 "Poem of Ecstasy"

    Alexander Scriabin

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    21:59
  • 7:01 AM

    Duo Similia

    4:38
  • 6:31 AM

    Double Concerto

    Jonathan Leshnoff

    IRIS Orchestra

    Michael Stern, conductor

    Charles Wetherbee, violin

    Roberto Diaz, viola

    27:18
  • 6:25 AM

    Improvisation No. 1

    Gabriela Montero

    Sergei Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2; Gabriela Montero: Ex Patria, 3 Improvisations

    Gabriela Montero, piano

    5:20
  • 6:06 AM

    Concertino for Oboe and Strings

    Brenno Blauth

    Death of an Angel

    Camerata Bariloche

    Andres Spiller, oboe

    17:12
  • 6:01 AM

    Two Etudes

    Andres Segovia

    Eduardo Fernandez, guitar

    4:47
  • 5:33 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Max Bruch

    Montreal Symphony Orchestra

    Mario Bernardi, conductor

    James Ehnes, violin

    25:05
  • 5:28 AM

    An Evening Song

    Haydn Wood

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Ernest Tomlinson, conductor

    4:08
  • 5:06 AM

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    20:37
  • 5:01 AM

    Dardanus: Overture

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Frans Bruggen, conductor

    4:45