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  • 4:38 AM

    Equinox: Afternoon

    Henning Kraggerud

    Equinox

    Arctic Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra

    Henning Kraggerud, conductor

    Henning Kraggerud, violin

    20:36
  • 4:25 AM

    The Wild Goose

    Ryan George

    American Voices

    United States Air Force Band

    Larry H. Lang, conductor

    11:27
  • 4:06 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Franz Liszt

    Great Pianists of the 20th Century: Martha Argerich I

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Martha Argerich, piano

    17:36
  • 4:01 AM

    Sketchbook of a Journey: Night at Sea with Stars

    Anthony Sidney

    Miguel Bonachea, guitar

    Gretchen Chell Cover, harp

    4:24
  • 3:47 AM

    Summer

    Gotthard Odermatt

    Bonjour Paris

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Mathias Monius, conductor

    Albrecht Mayer, oboe

    11:00
  • 3:21 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 4

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    24:20
  • 3:14 AM

    Peer Gynt: Solveig's Song

    Edvard Grieg

    Reveries

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    5:32
  • 3:06 AM

    The Coolin

    Traditional Irish

    Celtic Reflections

    Barry Douglas, piano

    7:17
  • 3:01 AM

    Irmelin Prelude

    Frederick Delius

    Northern Sinfonia of England

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    4:46
  • 2:42 AM

    Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Orchestral Works

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    15:52
  • 2:29 AM

    Carmen Fantasy

    Franz Waxman

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin

    10:59
  • 2:23 AM

    Like a Singing Bird

    Bob Chilcott

    iSing Silicon Valley

    Jennah Delp Somers/Shane Troll, conductor

    4:36
  • 2:06 AM

    Wind Quintet

    Franz Danzi

    Academia Wind Quintet

    16:45
  • 2:01 AM

    Caprice-Chaconne

    Francesco Corbetta

    Alfabeto

    Ensemble Kapsberger

    Rolf Lislevand, conductor

    4:48
  • 1:43 AM

    Concertino for piano and orchestra

    Alexander Arutiunian

    Arutiunian: Violin Concerto, etc.

    Moscow Chamber Orchestra

    Constantine Orbelian, conductor

    Narine Arutunian, piano

    14:50
  • 1:17 AM

    Cello Concerto No. 1

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn and Myslivecek

    Camerata Chicago

    Drostan Hall, conductor

    Wendy Warner, cello

    25:31
  • 1:11 AM

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    3:58
  • 1:06 AM

    Four Sketches: Romance

    Eugene Goossens

    Goossens: Chamber Works

    London Chamber Music Group

    Susan Milan, flute

    4:23
  • 1:01 AM

    Amazing Grace

    Traditional

    Serafin String Quartet

    4:35
  • 12:45 AM

    Polonaise-Fantasie

    Frederic Chopin

    Artur Rubinstein, piano

    12:56
  • 12:22 AM

    Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    22:08
  • 12:17 AM

    Joan Baez Suite: Where have all the Flowers Gone?

    John Duarte

    Journey To The New World

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    3:10
  • 12:06 AM

    Concerto for Mixed Instruments

    Antonio Vivaldi

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Simon Standage, violin

    Elizabeth Wilcock, violin

    10:06
  • 12:01 AM

    Moths and Butterflies and Wild Bears

    Edward Elgar

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    4:33
  • 11:40 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 30

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Awadagin Pratt: Beethoven Piano Sonatas

    Awadagin Pratt, piano

    18:37
  • 11:27 PM

    Gotterdammerung: Dawn and Siegfried's Rhine Journey

    Richard Wagner

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    12:16
  • 11:17 PM

    Sinfonia Concertante: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Flute And Harp Concerto; Sinfonia Concertante

    Orchestra Mozart

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Lucas Macias Navarro, oboe

    8:08
  • 11:08 PM

    Fantasy Pieces: Minuet and Trio

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Catalyst Quartet

    6:53
  • 11:06 PM

    Click-Clack (Klipp-klapp) Galop

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    2:04
  • 11:01 PM

    Chiling o guiry (Celia O'Gara)

    Burke Thumoth

    Concerto Caledonia

    David McGuinness, conductor

    4:46
  • 10:48 PM

    Toccata and Fugue

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    8:58
  • 10:39 PM

    Italian Serenade

    Hugo Wolf

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    7:29
  • 10:25 PM

    Wind Quintet

    Anton Reicha

    Ibert, J.: 3 Pieces Breves / Reicha, A.: Wind Quintet in E-Flat Major / Arnold, M.: 3 Shanties / Klughardt, A.F.M.: Wind Quintet

    Bergen Wind Quintet

    14:06
  • 10:17 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 11: 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn & Ligeti Concertos & Capriccios

    Danish National Symphony Orchestra

    Shai Wosner, piano

    7:28
  • 10:10 PM

    Symphony No. 1: Finale

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: The 10 Symphonies

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    5:59
  • 10:06 PM

    Waltz No. 1

    Antonin Dvorak

    Cecilia String Quartet

    3:33
  • 10:01 PM

    La Folia/Chi passa

    Anonymous

    Airs Populaires Anglais di XVIIe

    Broadside Band

    Jeremy Barlow, conductor

    4:46
  • 9:47 PM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Symphony No. 4

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    11:26
  • 9:43 PM

    The Parting Glass

    Traditional

    Invisible Stars - Choral Works of Ireland and Scotland

    The Choral Scholars of University College Dublin

    Desmond Earley, conductor

    Mark Waters, tenor

    3:03
  • 9:32 PM

    Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia

    Aram Khachaturian

    Barber: Adagio, Sibelius: Valse Triste

    Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    9:49
  • 9:29 PM

    Seven Desires: 1

    Tan Dun

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    1:50
  • 9:18 PM

    Scherzo No. 4

    Frederic Chopin

    Benjamin Grosvenor, piano

    9:59
  • 9:06 PM

    Introduction and Allegro

    Maurice Ravel

    Tokyo String Quartet

    Ransom Wilson, flute

    David Shifrin, clarinet

    Nancy Allen, harp

    11:05
  • 9:03 PM

    Jaunting Car

    Peter Hope

    New London Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    2:47
  • 8:43 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 4

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Horn Concertos and Concert Rondo

    London Sinfonietta

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Richard Watkins, horn

    15:37
  • 8:25 PM

    Capriccio Espagnol

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    16:11
  • 8:15 PM

    Concerto for Three Oboes

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Telemann: Triple Concertos

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Simon Standage, conductor

    8:55
  • 8:06 PM

    Romance No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Violin Concerto

    Lucerne Festival Strings

    Daniel Dodds, conductor

    Midori, violin

    7:48
  • 8:01 PM

    French Suite No. 4: Allemande; Courante

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Murray Perahia, piano

    4:36
  • 7:46 PM

    Oboe Concerto No. 2

    Tomaso Albinoni

    I Musici

    Heinz Holliger, oboe

    12:25
  • 5:47 PM

    Four Seasons: Autumn

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, etc.

    Raglan Baroque Players

    Nicholas Kraemer, conductor

    Monica Huggett, violin

    11:20
  • 5:12 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Piano Concertos

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Hannu Lintu, conductor

    Stephen Hough, piano

    33:09
  • 5:06 PM

    Flute Concerto: Rondo

    Johann Vanhal

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Bruno Meier, flute

    4:28
  • 5:01 PM

    O clap your hands together

    Orlando Gibbons

    Faire is the Heaven

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    4:38
  • 4:49 PM

    Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

    Franz Liszt

    International Salute

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    9:43
  • 4:39 PM

    Harlem Symphony: April in Harlem

    James Price Johnson

    Concordia

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    7:45
  • 4:28 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

    10:09
  • 4:22 PM

    Fantastic Dance

    Enrique Soro

    Inca Trail Connections

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

    4:25
  • 4:06 PM

    String Quartet No. 12

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Quartetto Italiano

    15:49
  • 4:01 PM

    Etude No. 8

    Giulio Regondi

    David Starobin, guitar

    4:49
  • 3:42 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 48

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano

    16:16
  • 3:25 PM

    Simple Symphony

    Benjamin Britten

    Works by Britten, Tippett, Walton

    Guildhall Strings

    15:55
  • 3:18 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss, Weber: Horn Concertos Nos. 1 & 2, Concertino For Horn

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    5:19
  • 3:14 PM

    By and By Thou Wilt Return (By and By, Ho'i Mai Oe)

    Queen Liliuokalani

    Songs Of Liliuokalani ?

    Galliard String Quartet

    2:25
  • 3:06 PM

    Oboe Concerto No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Alexander's Feast, 3 Oboe Concertos, Sonata A 5

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Heinz Holliger, oboe

    8:16
  • 3:01 PM

    String Quartet No. 4: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Dover Quartet

    4:39
  • 2:45 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 3

    Joseph Wolfl

    Wolfl: 4 Piano Sonatas

    Jon Nakamatsu, piano

    13:45
  • 2:38 PM

    Pines of Rome

    Ottorino Respighi

    Pines of Rome - Fountains of Rome - Metamorphoseon Modi XII

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    20:17
  • 2:24 PM

    Papillons (Butterflies)

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann

    Nelson Freire, piano

    13:00
  • 2:10 PM

    Symphony No. 17

    William Herschel

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    11:49
  • 2:03 PM

    We Are Climbing Jacob's Ladder

    Traditional

    Bernice Johnson Reagon, vocal

    :00
  • 1:53 PM

    Lara Downes, piano

    5:14
  • 1:45 PM

    Oh, What a Beautiful City

    Traditional

    Kathleen Battle, soprano

    Jessye Norman. soprano

    :00
  • 1:38 PM

    Polonaise for Violin and Strings

    Franz Schubert

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Thomas Zehetmair, conductor

    Thomas Zehetmair, violin

    5:36
  • 1:30 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Titan": 2nd movement

    Gustav Mahler

    Mahler: Symphony No. 1

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    7:27
  • 1:25 PM

    Handel in the Strand

    Percy Grainger

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    3:49
  • 1:21 PM

    Mediterranean

    Arnold Bax

    Bax: Cello Concerto, etc.

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    3:51
  • 1:18 PM

    36 Greek Dances: Kritikos

    Nikos Skalkottas

    Avos Chamber Orchestra

    Alessio Pianelli, cello

    2:08
  • 1:12 PM

    Humoresque No. 4

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak and America

    Benjamin Pasternack, piano

    2:52
  • 1:06 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Grand Pas de Deux

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    4:58
  • 1:04 PM

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    1:24
  • 12:51 PM

    Symphony No. 8: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    7:25
  • 12:45 PM

    Symphony No. 94 "Surprise": Minuet

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    London Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Warren-Green, conductor

    4:47
  • 12:33 PM

    Gli Incogniti

    Amandine Beyer, conductor

    10:29
  • 12:28 PM

    For Claire and Philip

    Caroline Shaw

    River Town Duo

    3:53
  • 12:18 PM

    Drottningholm Suite

    Johan Roman

    Roman: Music for a Royal Wedding

    Uppsala Chamber Orchestra

    Anthony Halstead, conductor

    9:34
  • 12:15 PM

    Musical Moment No. 3

    Franz Schubert

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    1:46
  • 12:08 PM

    The Seasons: June (Barcarolle)

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leonid Grin, conductor

    :00
  • 12:04 PM

    Carousel: June is Bustin' Out all Over

    Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein

    English Northern Philharmonia

    Paul Daniel, conductor

    Bryn Terfel, baritone

    :00
  • 11:50 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    English Baroque Soloists

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    Kati Debretzeni, violin

    7:42
  • 11:47 AM

    Canarios

    Gaspar Sanz

    Folias And Canarios

    Rolf Lislevand, guitar

    2:03
  • 11:39 AM

    Oboe Concerto: 3rd movement

    (Marie) Clemence de Grandval

    Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Andrey Boreyko, conductor

    Lajos Lencses, oboe

    6:27
  • 11:33 AM

    Serenade No. 1: Rondo

    Johannes Brahms

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    5:06
  • 11:19 AM

    Chimney of King Rene

    Darius Milhaud

    Printemps

    Berlin Philharmonic Winds

    12:54
  • 11:15 AM

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    3:01
  • 11:07 AM

    Symphony No. 4

    William Boyce

    Boyce: Symphonies I-VIII

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    6:29
  • 11:04 AM

    Mysterious Barricades

    Francois Couperin

    Labyrinth

    Khatia Buniatishvili, piano

    2:22
  • 10:47 AM

    The Elf's Hill: Overture

    Friedrich Kuhlau

    Kuhlau: Overtures

    Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Schonwandt, conductor

    11:13
  • 10:40 AM

    Magic Flute: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Ultimate Overtures

    Paris Orchestral Ensemble

    Armin Jordan, conductor

    6:44
  • 10:33 AM

    Adagio for Strings

    Samuel Barber

    Canadian Brass

    5:57
  • 10:28 AM

    Aida: Triumphal Chorus & Grand March

    Giuseppe Verdi

    New Philharmonia Orchestra

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    4:32
  • 10:19 AM

    Four Scottish Dances

    Malcolm Arnold

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    8:40
  • 10:10 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 4

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi Recorder Concertos

    Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

    Nicholas McGegan, conductor

    Marion Verbruggen, recorder

    6:59
  • 10:06 AM

    Salut d'amour (Love's Greeting)

    Edward Elgar

    Stephen Hough, piano

    2:53
  • 10:01 AM

    Quintet No. 2: 1st movement

    Jean Francaix

    Mobius

    4:39
  • 9:50 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "Song of a New Race": 1st movement

    William Grant Still

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    8:46
  • 9:31 AM

    Suite for Strings

    Arthur Foote

    American Stringbook

    do.gma chamber orchestra

    Mikhail Gurewitsch, conductor

    16:11
  • 9:26 AM

    Dances of Somogy

    Sandor Veress

    Offenburg String Trio

    3:32
  • 9:06 AM

    Tam O'Shanter

    George Chadwick

    Thompson: Symphony No. 2/Chadwick: Overtures, etc.

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    19:32
  • 9:01 AM

    Bird Songs at Eventide

    Eric Coates

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Wilson, conductor

    4:55
  • 8:46 AM

    Trio Sonata No. 4

    George Frideric Handel

    Trios for 4

    Palladian Ensemble

    12:10
  • 8:41 AM

    Cancao sertaneja (Song of the Farmlands)

    Camargo Guarnieri

    Essencia Do Brasil

    Brazilian Guitar Quartet

    4:25
  • 8:12 AM

    Cello Sonata No. 2

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Marcy Rosen, cello

    Lydia Artymiw, piano

    27:48
  • 8:06 AM

    A Cotswold Hill Tune

    Charles Wilfrid Orr

    Green And Pleasant Land

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    5:00
  • 8:01 AM

    Plantation Melodies: Negro Lullaby

    Harry T. Burleigh

    Apollo Chamber Players

    4:49
  • 7:27 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Spring"

    Robert Schumann

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    31:28
  • 7:20 AM

    The White Peacock

    Charles Tomlinson Griffes

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    6:06
  • 7:06 AM

    Cello Concerto No. 2 "Presence": 3rd movement

    Peteris Vasks

    Vasks: Presence

    Amsterdam Sinfonietta

    Candida Thompson, conductor

    Sol Gabetta, cello

    12:25
  • 7:01 AM

    Seringapatam

    Bruce Paine

    Waitemata Reverie: Music by Bruce Paine

    Gunter Herbig, guitar

    4:34
  • 6:34 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 6

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Sonatas K. 281, 282, 284, 545

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    24:51
  • 6:30 AM

    Fireside Tales: From a German forest

    Edward MacDowell

    Calico Winds

    2:34
  • 6:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 16

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The String Quartets

    Emerson String Quartet

    22:31
  • 6:01 AM

    L'Arlesiana: E la solita storia (Federico's Lament)

    Francesco Cilea

    Jonas Kaufmann: Verismo Arias

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Antonio Pappano, conductor

    Jonas Kaufmann, tenor

    4:30
  • 5:28 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms Violin and Viola Sonatas

    Shlomo Mintz, violin

    30:42
  • 5:18 AM

    The Distant Princess

    Nikolai Tcherepnin

    The Enchanted Kingdom

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    9:09
  • 5:07 AM

    Negro Folk Symphony: Hope in the Night

    William Dawson

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    9:51
  • 5:01 AM

    Edgar: Act I Prelude

    Giacomo Puccini

    Puccini

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jacek Kaspszyk, conductor

    4:37