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  • 4:55 AM

    Bend Willow Branch

    Carmen Braden

    Songs of the Invisible Summer Stars

    Derek Charke, flute

    3:31
  • 4:21 AM

    Symphony for Strings "...For Love is Strong as Death..."

    Richard Danielpour

    Russian String Orchestra

    Misha Rachlevsky, conductor

    33:30
  • 4:07 AM

    Music after a While

    Michael Nyman

    Fretwork

    11:50
  • 4:01 AM

    Caitlin Sullivan, cello

    4:37
  • 3:46 AM

    Perfectly Voiceless

    Devonte Hynes

    Third Coast Percussion

    11:29
  • 3:36 AM

    Re-greening

    Tansy Davies

    Davies: Nature

    National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain

    8:28
  • 3:31 AM

    Chrysalis

    Sarah Kirkland Snider

    Reverie

    Kassia Ensemble

    Mary Elizabeth Bowden, trumpet

    3:08
  • 3:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 3

    Elena Ruehr

    Cypress String Quartet

    23:32
  • 3:01 AM

    Blue Notes and Other Clashes: Off Waltz; Dappled Grooves

    Steven Mackey

    Color Theory

    Prism Quartet

    4:27
  • 2:51 AM

    Shuo Chang

    Chen Yi

    Sketches of China

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    7:06
  • 2:26 AM

    Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra

    Claude Debussy

    DEBUSSY, C.: Orchestral Works, Vol. 7 (Markl) - Fantaisie / 2 Danses / Rhapsodies

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    24:15
  • 2:19 AM

    Dreams of Love No. 3 (Liebestraum)

    Franz Liszt

    Virtuose Harfenmusik

    Jutta Zoff, harp

    5:14
  • 2:06 AM

    Saga of the Prairies

    Aaron Copland

    Pacific Symphony Orchestra

    Keith Clark, conductor

    11:53
  • 2:01 AM

    Pavane and Gigue

    William Byrd

    Stokowski's Symphonic Baroque

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    4:43
  • 1:43 AM

    Fountains of Rome

    Ottorino Respighi

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    15:57
  • 1:37 AM

    Netsuke: Jewel of Wisdom with Mountain Pavilions

    Stephen Hartke

    Jennifer Frautschi, violin

    John Blacklow, piano

    5:17
  • 1:22 AM

    Little Concert Suite

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    13:36
  • 1:11 AM

    Suite Castellana

    Federico Torroba

    Torroba: Guitar Concertos 1

    Vicente Coves, guitar

    9:17
  • 1:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 3 "Tapas": Five

    Marc Mellits

    Friction Quartet

    4:16
  • 1:01 AM

    Minuets with Contredances

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Dances and Minuets

    Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra

    Hans Graf, conductor

    4:41
  • 12:44 AM

    Bravura Variations on a Theme by Rossini

    Cipriani Potter

    Cipriani Potter: Piano Concertos; Rossini Variations

    Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    Howard Shelley, piano

    14:58
  • 12:21 AM

    Fantasy for a Gentleman

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Rodrigo: Fantasía para un gentilhombre & Concierto de Aranjuez

    Spanish Radio and TV Orchestra

    Pedro Amaral, conductor

    Xianji Liu, guitar

    21:39
  • 12:17 AM

    Canzon Primi Toni No. 2

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    National Brass Ensemble: Gabrieli

    National Brass Ensemble

    2:38
  • 12:06 AM

    Piano Trio "Notturno"

    Franz Schubert

    After A Dream

    Lysander Piano Trio

    9:22
  • 12:01 AM

    The Girl from Corsica

    Trevor Duncan

    British Light Music Classics - 3

    New London Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    4:39
  • 11:48 PM

    Swan of Tuonela

    Jean Sibelius

    Reveries

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    Marni Hougham, English horn

    9:32
  • 11:31 PM

    String Quartet No. 30 "The Joke"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Spektral Quartet

    16:15
  • 11:24 PM

    L'Amazone: caprice-mazurka

    Charles Lucien Lambert

    Gary Hammond, piano

    6:09
  • 11:17 PM

    Bassoon Concerto: 3rd movement

    Johann Vanhal

    Mozart, Vanhal: Bassoon Concertos

    St. Mary's Chamber Players

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    John Miller, bassoon

    5:05
  • 11:06 PM

    Overture to a Picaresque Comedy

    Arnold Bax

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    10:52
  • 11:01 PM

    The Tempest: Rustic Dance

    Ernest Chausson

    Chausson: Symphony in B flat, Op. 20; Soir de Fete, Op. 32; The Tempest, Op. 18: Two Scenes

    Orchestra of Belgian Radio & TV

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    4:51
  • 10:36 PM

    Symphony No. 88

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Frans Bruggen, conductor

    21:05
  • 10:30 PM

    Piano Quintet: Finale

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Catalyst Quartet

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    5:20
  • 10:19 PM

    Trio Sonata No. 2

    Dietrich Buxtehude

    Baroque

    Eroica Trio

    9:47
  • 10:06 PM

    As You Like It Overture

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    West Australian Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Penny, conductor

    11:54
  • 9:42 PM

    The Kitchen Review

    Bohuslav Martinu

    Martinu: Chamber Music

    Lahti Chamber Ensemble

    15:08
  • 9:37 PM

    Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

    Florence Price

    Apollo Chamber Players

    4:56
  • 9:23 PM

    Symphony No. 4

    Samuel Wesley

    Wesley: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    13:15
  • 9:20 PM

    The Little White Donkey

    Jacques Ibert

    Kyung Wha Chung, violin

    Itamar Golan, piano

    2:24
  • 9:06 PM

    Snow Maiden Suite

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    Roberta Alexander, soprano

    12:17
  • 9:03 PM

    Amelie's Waltz

    Yann Tiersen

    Manon Le Comte, harp

    Victor Fournelle-Blain, violin

    2:48
  • 8:49 PM

    Mignon: Overture

    Ambroise Thomas

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    8:18
  • 8:45 PM

    Fantastic Dances: Dance of Elegy

    Loris Tjeknavorian

    Tara Kamangar, piano

    3:53
  • 8:26 PM

    Wand of Youth Suite No. 1

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: The Wand of Youth, Suites I & II; Dream Children; Nursery Suite; Starlight Express

    Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    17:57
  • 8:10 PM

    Lyric Quartet

    William Grant Still

    William Grant Still

    Oregon String Quartet

    13:44
  • 8:06 PM

    Cantata No. 208: Sheep May Safely Graze

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Johann Sebastian Bach: Lieder ohne Worte

    Sinfonia Varsovia

    Albrecht Mayer, oboe

    4:25
  • 8:01 PM

    The Sacred Veil: Child of Wonder

    Eric Whitacre

    Los Angeles Master Chorale

    Eric Whitacre, conductor

    Lisa Edwards, piano

    Jeffrey Zeigler, cello

    4:42
  • 7:50 PM

    Global Warming

    Michael Abels

    African Heritage Symphonic Series Vol. 3

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    8:19
  • 5:37 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 1

    Saverio Mercadante

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    21:38
  • 5:26 PM

    Guitar Sonatina

    Manuel Ponce

    De Falla, Ponce, Rodrigo

    Manuel Barrueco, guitar

    8:59
  • 5:12 PM

    Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1

    Georges Enescu

    Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Kristjan Jarvi, conductor

    11:56
  • 5:06 PM

    Romanian Folk Dances

    Bela Bartok

    Avos Chamber Orchestra

    Alessio Pianelli, cello

    6:09
  • 5:01 PM

    The Broom of Cowdenknows

    John Playford

    A Trip to Killburn

    Baltimore Consort

    Custer LaRue, soprano

    4:34
  • 4:22 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Johann Hummel

    Hummel: Piano Concertos

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    Stephen Hough, piano

    35:38
  • 4:15 PM

    Elegies of Thule: I Look Up to the Hill

    Tonu Korvits

    Tonu Korvits: Hymns to the Nordic Lights

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Risto Joost, conductor

    5:22
  • 4:06 PM

    Serenade No. 9 "Posthorn": 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    7:32
  • 4:01 PM

    Chacony (Chaconne)

    Henry Purcell

    Chaconne

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    4:34
  • 3:37 PM

    Mandolin Concerto No. 2

    Raffaele Calace

    Come una volta

    Concerto Italiano

    Rinaldo Alessandrini, conductor

    Julien Martineau, mandolin

    21:48
  • 3:35 PM

    Pony Rondo

    Paul Creston

    Mirian Conti, piano

    2:03
  • 3:16 PM

    Barococo

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    Larsson: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    17:23
  • 3:06 PM

    New Era Dance

    Aaron Jay Kernis

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    7:48
  • 3:01 PM

    Song without Words

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Marcy Rosen, cello

    Lydia Artymiw, piano

    4:41
  • 2:58 PM

    The Wind that Shakes the Barley/The Reel with the Beryle

    Traditional

    Aureole Trio

    Glen Velez, bodhran

    4:03
  • 2:51 PM

    Far and Away: Suite

    John Williams

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    5:36
  • 2:46 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 5

    Giovanni Paisiello

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Stephanie Gonley, conductor

    Mariaclara Monetti, piano

    12:17
  • 2:37 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 5

    Giovanni Paisiello

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Stephanie Gonley, conductor

    Mariaclara Monetti, piano

    12:17
  • 2:13 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "Choral": 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    Helena Juntunen, soprano

    Katarina Karneus, mezzo-soprano

    Daniel Norman, tenor

    Neal Davies, bass

    22:29
  • 2:01 PM

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    9:16
  • 1:53 PM

    String Quartet No. 62 "Emperor": Adagio

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Emerson String Quartet

    6:37
  • 1:47 PM

    Allegro appassionato

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens

    Bertrand Chamayou, piano

    5:44
  • 1:44 PM

    Flight of the Bumblebee

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rhythm Song

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    Evelyn Glennie, percussion

    1:21
  • 1:36 PM

    Viennese Ladies Landler

    Franz Schubert

    Ensemble Wien

    7:00
  • 1:28 PM

    Three Celebrations: At the Bay

    Jenny McLeod

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    Uwe Grodd, conductor

    6:26
  • 1:20 PM

    Bartered Bride: Overture

    Bedrich Smetana

    Smetana: The Bartered Bride & From My Life

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    6:36
  • 1:17 PM

    Ballade in the Phrygian Mode

    Jehan Alain

    Alain: Complete Works for Organ

    Kevin Bowyer, organ

    2:24
  • 1:11 PM

    Trumpet Voluntary

    John Stanley

    Bride's Guide to Wedding Music

    Maurice Andre, trumpet

    2:50
  • 1:05 PM

    Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Pure Classics

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    5:12
  • 12:48 PM

    From Italy (Aus Italien): In the Campagna

    Richard Strauss

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    9:54
  • 12:43 PM

    Kiss Me, Kate: We Open in Venice

    Cole Porter

    London Sinfonietta

    John McLinn, conductor

    :00
  • 12:37 PM

    Introduction No. 6

    Pietro Locatelli

    Locatelli: Introduttioni Teatralli and Concerti, Op. 4

    Raglan Baroque Players

    Elizabeth Wallfisch, conductor

    5:38
  • 12:33 PM

    Procession of the Sardar

    Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov

    Stokowski Showcase / National Philharmonic Orchestra

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leopold Stokowski, conductor

    3:32
  • 12:26 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 1; Beethoven: Egmont Overture

    Munich Philharmonic Orchestra

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    5:15
  • 12:22 PM

    Fantasy Pieces: Humoresque

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Catalyst Quartet

    3:17
  • 12:11 PM

    Tarantella

    David Popper

    Harmonies du Soir

    Munich Chamber Orchestra

    Hans Stadlmair, conductor

    Werner Thomas, cello

    4:53
  • 12:04 PM

    Danse (Tarantelle styrienne)

    Claude Debussy

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    5:25
  • 11:52 AM

    Dances With Wolves: Themes

    John Barry

    Hollywood's Greatest Hits Volume II

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    6:18
  • 11:44 AM

    The Red Pony Suite: selections

    Aaron Copland

    Aaron Copland: Four Dances from Rodeo

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    7:21
  • 11:30 AM

    Miniature Suite

    Cyril Rootham

    Peacock Pie: Gibbs, Jacob, Rootham, Milford, Dring

    Guildhall Strings

    Robert Salter, conductor

    Martin Roscoe, piano

    11:48
  • 11:19 AM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique": 3rd movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    9:52
  • 11:15 AM

    Song without Words No. 29 "Venetian Gondola Song"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Lieder Ohne Worte

    Javier Perianes, piano

    2:49
  • 11:10 AM

    Minuet No. 3

    Giacomo Puccini

    Puccini: Chrisantemi/3 Minuetti, etc.

    Orchestra of the Auvergne

    Jean Jacques Kantorow, conductor

    3:12
  • 11:04 AM

    Rondo

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Haydn: Violinkonzerte, Mozart: Rondo

    Northern Sinfonia of England

    Heinrich Schiff, conductor

    Christian Tetzlaff, violin

    5:30
  • 10:50 AM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms & Bruch: Violin Concertos

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin

    8:37
  • 10:41 AM

    Nabucco: Overture

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    6:56
  • 10:33 AM

    Morning Song "Maytime in Sussex"

    Arnold Bax

    Orchestra Now

    Leon Botstein, conductor

    Piers Lane, piano

    7:35
  • 10:29 AM

    Sara Chenal, violin

    Jean-Pierre Ferey, piano

    3:17
  • 10:10 AM

    Clarinet Concerto No. 11

    Carl Stamitz

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    17:51
  • 10:06 AM

    Slavonic Dance No. 5

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Slavonic Dances

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    3:23
  • 10:01 AM

    Three Parts on a Ground

    Henry Purcell

    Purcell Quartet

    4:33
  • 9:48 AM

    Preludio Sinfonico

    Giacomo Puccini

    Puccini: Messa di Gloria

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    10:05
  • 9:25 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 17 "The Tempest"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Haydn: Symphonies No. 94 "Surprise" and No. 101 "Clock"

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    22:01
  • 9:19 AM

    Reminiscences from "Come Back, Little Sheba"

    Franz Waxman

    Escape To Paradise: The Hollywood Album

    German Chamber Philharmonic Quartet

    Daniel Hope, violin

    4:12
  • 9:06 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    Concentus Musicus Vienna

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    12:09
  • 9:02 AM

    Minuetto

    Ricardo Castro

    El arbol de la vida

    Eduardo Mata University Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Rivero Weber, conductor

    4:47
  • 8:40 AM

    String Quartet No. 43

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    The Haydn Project

    Emerson String Quartet

    22:49
  • 8:23 AM

    Flute Sonatine

    Walter Gieseking

    In The French Style

    Trudy Kane, flute

    15:05
  • 8:06 AM

    Symphony No. 18

    Carlos Baguer

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    16:10
  • 8:01 AM

    Out of the Night

    Ludovico Einaudi

    Ludovico Einaudi: Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:34
  • 7:41 AM

    Poeme for Violin and Orchestra

    George Walker

    Cleveland Chamber Symphony

    Edwin London, conductor

    Gregory Walker, violin

    17:50
  • 7:20 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 2

    Ernest Bloch

    Amadeus Chamber Orchestra

    Agnieszka Duczmal, conductor

    20:15
  • 7:14 AM

    La Fileuse (The Spinner)

    Joachim Raff

    Piano Classics: Popular Works for Solo Piano

    John O'Conor, piano

    4:08
  • 7:06 AM

    Omphale's Spinning Wheel

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Sinfonia of London

    John Wilson, conductor

    7:24
  • 7:01 AM

    Gnossienne No. 1

    Erik Satie

    Satie: The Complete Solo Piano Music

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    4:34
  • 6:34 AM

    Sextet

    Louise Farrenc

    Farrenc, L.: Piano Trio, Op. 33 / Clarinet Trio, Op. 44 / Sextet, Op. 40

    Linos Ensemble

    24:51
  • 6:32 AM

    Nigerian Dance No. 1

    Joshua Uzoigwe

    William Chapman Nyaho, piano

    1:18
  • 6:06 AM

    Sinfonietta

    E.J. Moeran

    Northern Sinfonia of England

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    24:21
  • 6:01 AM

    Lyrical Serenade

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Miniatures

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    4:42
  • 5:26 AM

    Emerson String Quartet

    32:41
  • 5:23 AM

    Prelude No. 12

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Mad About Piano

    Lilya Zilberstein, piano

    2:22
  • 5:06 AM

    Five Bagatelles

    Gerald Finzi

    Joy and Desolation

    Tesla Quartet

    Alexander Fiterstein, clarinet

    14:52
  • 5:01 AM

    A Country Woman

    Bedrich Smetana

    Smetana: Short Orchestral Pieces

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Stankovsky, conductor

    4:34