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  • 4:31 AM

    Piano Quintet

    Florence Price

    American Quintets

    Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective

    27:28
  • 4:18 AM

    Quiet City

    Aaron Copland

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    Philip Smith, trumpet

    Thomas Stacy, English horn

    10:35
  • 4:11 AM

    Light: Close Your Eyes

    Ramon Humet

    Ramon Humet: Light (Llum)

    Latvian Radio Choir

    Sigvards Klava, conductor

    Agnese Paunina, soprano

    6:48
  • 4:06 AM

    Hudson Preludes: Take Care

    Nico Muhly

    Benjamin Nicholas, organ

    4:40
  • 4:01 AM

    Reflexoes No. 6: Doloroso

    Jaime Zenamon

    Rupert Boyd, guitar

    Laura Metcalf, cello

    4:35
  • 3:47 AM

    Serenata for Chamber Orchestra

    George Walker

    Cleveland Chamber Symphony

    Edwin London, conductor

    11:45
  • 3:17 AM

    Symphony No. 9: Adagio

    Anton Bruckner

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Manfred Honeck, conductor

    27:37
  • 3:06 AM

    Kellojen kumarrus (The Bells Bow Down)

    Ilari Kaila

    The Bells Bow Down

    Aizuri Quartet

    Adrienne Kim, piano

    9:22
  • 3:01 AM

    Summer Evening

    John Ireland

    Eric Parkin, piano

    4:46
  • 2:53 AM

    The Gadfly: Nocturne

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Inspiration

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla, conductor

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    5:03
  • 2:42 AM

    Stories for Ocean Shells

    Kate Moore

    Ashley Bathgate, cello

    9:21
  • 2:39 AM

    O Virgin Mary/O Mary, Star of the Sea

    Las Huelgas Codex

    Anonymous 4

    3:16
  • 2:15 AM

    Sea Pictures

    Uuno Klami

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Petri Sakari, conductor

    23:40
  • 2:07 AM

    Summer Shimmers

    Jennifer Higdon

    Jennifer Higdon: Summer Shimmers

    Susan Glaser, flute

    6:22
  • 2:01 AM

    On Distant Waves (Sur les flots lointains)

    Charles Koechlin

    Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:45
  • 1:50 AM

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Spano, conductor

    8:17
  • 1:37 AM

    American Mirror, Pt. II

    Derrick Skye

    Salastina Music Society

    12:59
  • 1:24 AM

    American Mirror, Pt. I

    Derrick Skye

    Salastina Music Society

    12:44
  • 1:06 AM

    Images, Book 2

    Claude Debussy

    Paul Crossley, piano

    14:52
  • 1:01 AM

    Two Pastorales

    Lou Harrison

    Lou Harrison: Seven Pastorales

    Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra

    Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

    4:36
  • 12:44 AM

    Poem for Cello and Orchestra

    Henriette Bosmans

    Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Ed Spanjaard, conductor

    Dimitri Ferschtman, cello

    14:31
  • 12:26 AM

    Suite Andaluza

    Celedonio Romero

    Angel Romero, guitar

    16:20
  • 12:23 AM

    Variations on a Milanese Galliard

    Antonio de Cabezon

    Armada

    Fretwork

    2:30
  • 12:06 AM

    12 German Dances

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Piano Sonatas, D537 and D664, etc.

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    14:55
  • 12:01 AM

    Four Medieval Dances: Pavane

    Joseph Lauber

    Joseph Lauber, 1864-1952

    Rachel Talitman, harp

    4:48
  • 11:50 PM

    Corsair: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    8:04
  • 11:44 PM

    Three Shanties

    Malcolm Arnold

    Bergen Wind Quintet

    6:36
  • 11:29 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "Ocean": 7th movement

    Anton Rubinstein

    Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

    Stephen Gunzenhauser, conductor

    13:24
  • 11:21 PM

    Paris Chamber Orchestra

    Adrien Perruchon, conductor

    Gautier Capucon, cello

    6:20
  • 11:07 PM

    Noble and Sentimental Waltzes

    Maurice Ravel

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    13:46
  • 11:01 PM

    Wind Quintet: 2nd movement

    Carl Nielsen

    Chamber Music Northwest

    4:52
  • 10:46 PM

    Serenade No. 6 "Serenata Notturna"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Saar Chamber Orchestra

    Karl Ristenpart, conductor

    12:01
  • 10:17 PM

    Concert Fantasia

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Romantic Piano Concerto Vol. 50

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    Stephen Hough, piano

    28:16
  • 10:12 PM

    Fantasia No. 6

    Henry Purcell

    Emerson String Quartet

    3:40
  • 10:06 PM

    Farewell to Stromness

    Peter Maxwell Davies

    Soundscapes

    Mississippi Guitar Quartet

    4:20
  • 10:01 PM

    Orchestral Study No. 3

    Arthur Bliss

    English Northern Philharmonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    4:51
  • 9:45 PM

    Popular Andean Dances

    Celso Garrido-Lecca

    Inca Trail Connections

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

    12:58
  • 9:43 PM

    Marizapolos

    Gaspar Sanz

    Waverly Consort

    Michael Jaffee, conductor

    2:00
  • 9:26 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos - Harpsichord and Violin Concertos

    Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra

    15:30
  • 9:14 PM

    On the Town: Three Dance Episodes

    Leonard Bernstein

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    10:31
  • 9:07 PM

    Three Roses

    Florence Price

    Lara Downes, piano

    7:02
  • 9:01 PM

    Czech Suite: Polka

    Antonin Dvorak

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    4:42
  • 8:48 PM

    Academic Festival Overture

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Serenade No. 2; Haydn: Variationen

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    9:59
  • 8:27 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Karol Szymanowski

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vasily Petrenko, conductor

    Baiba Skride, violin

    19:44
  • 8:25 PM

    Waltz No. 19

    Frederic Chopin

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    2:09
  • 8:06 PM

    Concerto for 2 Orchestras No. 3

    George Frideric Handel

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    16:28
  • 8:01 PM

    Suite in modo polonico: Kujawiak Mazurka and Oberek Mazurka

    Alexandre Tansman

    Tomasz Zawierucha, guitar

    4:53
  • 7:51 PM

    Capriccio Burlesco

    William Walton

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    7:28
  • 4:49 PM

    An Outdoor Overture

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: Orchestral Works

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Louis Lane, conductor

    8:57
  • 4:45 PM

    Witness: Building the Barn

    Maurice Jarre

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Maurice Jarre, conductor

    4:30
  • 4:20 PM

    Flute Concerto

    Francois Devienne

    Devienne: 14 Concertos pour flute

    Munich Chamber Orchestra

    Hans Stadlmair, conductor

    Andras Adorjan, flute

    22:38
  • 4:12 PM

    Three Pieces for Cello and Piano

    Nadia Boulanger

    Mon Ami

    Matt Haimovitz, cello

    6:44
  • 4:06 PM

    D'un matin de printemps (Of a Spring Morning)

    Lili Boulanger

    Women's Philharmonic

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    4:57
  • 4:01 PM

    David of the White Rock

    John Thomas

    Sebastien Lipman, harp

    4:29
  • 3:43 PM

    Three Preludes on Welsh Hymn Tunes

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Early Chamber Music

    Nash Ensemble

    15:31
  • 3:22 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 29

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Piano Sonatas 29, 31, 34, 35, 49

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    19:00
  • 3:18 PM

    Summer Night

    Edvard Grieg

    Edvard Grieg: Songs from the Heart

    Melissa Holm-Johansen, soprano

    2:12
  • 3:06 PM

    Norwegian Dances Nos. 2-4

    Edvard Grieg

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Petri Sakari, conductor

    11:40
  • 3:01 PM

    Treuliebchen (True Love) Polka

    Eduard Strauss

    Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mika Eichenholz, conductor

    4:39
  • 2:53 PM

    New Vienna Landler

    Joseph Lanner

    Ensemble Bella Musica Vienna

    Michael Dittrich, conductor

    5:34
  • 2:19 PM

    Symphony No. 1

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    32:06
  • 2:16 PM

    Dammrung senkte sich von oben (Twilight sank from high above)

    Fanny Mendelssohn

    Marina Thibeault, viola

    Marie-Eve Scarfone, piano

    2:12
  • 2:06 PM

    Alborada del Gracioso (Morning Song of the Jester)

    Maurice Ravel

    Paris Orchestra

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    8:30
  • 2:01 PM

    Trio Sonata

    Willem de Fesch

    De Fesch: Chamber Music

    Ensemble of the Auvergne

    4:39
  • 1:48 PM

    Cantilena and Finale

    Carlos Guastavino

    Camerata Bariloche

    9:42
  • 1:44 PM

    Three Pieces: Toque je-je (Laughing game)

    Cesar Guerra-Peixe

    Images of Brazil

    Francesca Anderegg, violin

    2:52
  • 1:20 PM

    Children's Games (Jeux d'enfants)

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    23:35
  • 1:06 PM

    Quartet No. 4

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Six Wind Quartets

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    11:54
  • 1:01 PM

    Symphony: 1st movement

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    4:49
  • 10:46 AM

    Trio Sonata No. 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach Trios

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    12:16
  • 10:40 AM

    Magnificat: Of a rose, a lovely rose

    John Rutter

    Rutter: Magnificat / The Falcon / Two Festival Anthems

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    Patricia Forbes, soprano

    5:02
  • 10:28 AM

    Adagio

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Power

    London Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Warren-Green, conductor

    Christopher Warren-Green, violin

    9:47
  • 10:24 AM

    Ocean Song

    Julie Hanney

    Where the Ocean Meets the Sky

    Julie Hanney, piano

    3:48
  • 10:17 AM

    Winter Morning Walks: How Important It Must Be

    Maria Schneider

    Australian Chamber Orchestra

    Dawn Upshaw, soprano

    Jay Anderson, bass

    Frank Kimbrough, piano

    Scott Robinson, clarinets

    6:02
  • 10:07 AM

    Piano Concerto: Adagio

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Piano Concertos, Etc

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Martha Argerich, piano

    9:30
  • 10:01 AM

    Serenade for Strings: Alla marcia

    Dag Wiren

    Nordic Light

    Strings of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Magnus Ericsson, conductor

    4:45
  • 9:46 AM

    Sonata for Flute and Orchestra

    Francis Poulenc

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Steuart Bedford, conductor

    Jennifer Stinton, flute

    12:03
  • 9:27 AM

    String Quartet No. 53 "The Lark"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    The Haydn Project

    Emerson String Quartet

    17:45
  • 9:19 AM

    Exaltation of Larks

    Norman Dello Joio

    Atlantic Sinfonietta

    Edvard Tchivzhel, conductor

    7:44
  • 9:06 AM

    Unter bluhenden Linden

    Lou Koster

    Estro Armonico Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra

    Jonathan Kaell, conductor

    10:53
  • 9:01 AM

    Prelude on an Old Folk Tune

    Amy Beach

    Joanne Polk, piano

    4:36
  • 8:54 AM

    The Hours: The Poet Acts

    Philip Glass

    Kasia Kadlubowska, percussion

    Dominik Bukowski, percussion

    4:01
  • 8:19 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Charles Ives

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    35:37
  • 8:06 AM

    Hymn to a Blue Hour

    John Mackey

    Asphalt Cocktail: The Music of John Mackey

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    10:38
  • 8:01 AM

    The Beatitudes

    Vladimir Martynov

    Berlin Konzerthaus Orchestra

    Jonathan Stockhammer, conductor

    Mari Samuelsen, violin

    4:43
  • 7:47 AM

    Our Town

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: Our Town, El Salon Mexico

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Aaron Copland, conductor

    10:58
  • 7:44 AM

    Slumber Song

    Howard Hanson

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:32
  • 7:12 AM

    String Quartet

    Ottorino Respighi

    Italian Journey

    Cremona Quartet

    30:42
  • 7:06 AM

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    5:06
  • 7:01 AM

    Julian Bream, guitar

    John Williams, guitar

    4:42
  • 6:34 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 1

    Ernest Bloch

    Bloch, Barber, etc.

    Israel Chamber Orchestra

    Yoav Talmi, conductor

    24:10
  • 6:24 AM

    Alleluia

    Eric Whitacre

    Water Night

    Eric Whitacre Singers

    Eric Whitacre, conductor

    9:07
  • 6:06 AM

    String Trio "Serenade"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    James Galway, flute

    Phillip Moll, piano

    16:28
  • 6:01 AM

    Two Elegiac Melodies: Last Spring (Varen)

    Edvard Grieg

    Edvard Grieg: Works For String Orchestra

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:42
  • 5:49 AM

    Nocturne for violin and orchestra

    Joseph Joachim

    Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    Daniel Hope, violin

    9:21
  • 5:16 AM

    String Quartet

    Amanda Rontgen-Maier

    The Maier Quartet - Rendezvous: Leipzig

    Maier Quartet

    31:49
  • 5:06 AM

    The Sweetness of Epicurus

    Lou Harrison

    Hovhaness: Mysterious Mountain, Lousadzak; Lou Harrison: Elegiac Symphony

    American Composers Orchestra

    Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

    8:38
  • 5:01 AM

    Susann McDonald, harp

    4:38