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  • 4:45 AM

    Polaris

    Thomas Ades

    Ades: Asyla; Tevot; Polaris

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Thomas Ades, conductor

    13:23
  • 4:37 AM

    Blue Calx

    Aphex Twin

    Acoustica

    Alarm Will Sound

    Alan Pierson, conductor

    7:21
  • 4:28 AM

    Dance Card: Celestial Blue

    Jennifer Higdon

    Project W: Works by Diverse Women Composers

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    7:58
  • 4:22 AM

    Suite for Violin and American Gamelan: Air

    Lou Harrison

    American Gamelan

    John Bergamo, conductor

    David Abel, violin

    4:01
  • 4:17 AM

    Sei Sei

    Kaki King

    Kaki King, guitar

    3:53
  • 4:07 AM

    Pauline Oliveros, voice

    Stuart Dempster, garden hose and voice

    Panaiotis, voice and whistling

    9:53
  • 4:01 AM

    Duo for Flute and Piano: 2nd movement

    Laura Kaminsky

    Tara Helen O'Connor, flute

    Margaret Kampmeier, piano

    4:33
  • 3:41 AM

    Guitar Concerto "Affinity"

    Chris Brubeck

    Affinity

    Maryland Symphony Orchestra

    Elizabeth Schulze, conductor

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    16:02
  • 3:17 AM

    Violin Concerto "Shrink"

    Nico Muhly

    Norwegian Chamber Orchestra

    Pekka Kuusisto, violin

    22:15
  • 3:11 AM

    Balinese Ceremonial Music: Taboeh Teloe

    Colin McPhee

    Peter Pears: Balinese Ceremonial Music

    Nico Muhly, piano

    4:44
  • 3:07 AM

    The Song That I Came to Sing

    Craig Hella Johnson

    The Singing Guitar

    Conspirare

    Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

    Douglas Harvey, cello

    2:42
  • 3:01 AM

    Barcarolle No. 3

    Ned Rorem

    Ruskin Cooper, piano

    4:32
  • 2:45 AM

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    13:27
  • 2:38 AM

    Folk Suite No. 4

    William Grant Still

    Calico Winds

    5:28
  • 2:22 AM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 1

    Ottorino Respighi

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    14:53
  • 2:17 AM

    Polska after Olof Norblad

    Anonymous

    Lynx Ensemble

    3:31
  • 2:06 AM

    Norwegian Rhapsody No. 1

    Johan Svendsen

    Halvorsen, J.: Norwegian Rhapsodies Nos. 1 and 2 / Svendsen, J.: Norwegian Rhapsodies Nos. 1-4

    Trondheim Symphony Orchestra

    Ole Kristian Ruud, conductor

    10:19
  • 2:01 AM

    Eventide

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Elgar and Vaughan Williams

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    George Hurst, conductor

    4:52
  • 1:48 AM

    Bleached Memories

    Elena Kats-Chernin

    Bluetongue

    Guitar Trek

    10:03
  • 1:20 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Edward MacDowell

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Walter Hendl, conductor

    Van Cliburn, piano

    26:59
  • 1:16 AM

    Mortal Storm: Little Song

    Robert Lee Owens

    Will Liverman, baritone

    Paul Sanchez, piano

    2:20
  • 1:07 AM

    Summer Pastorale

    Arthur Honegger

    Honegger: Pacific 231, Horace Victorieux Etc.

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    8:55
  • 1:01 AM

    Zarabanda Solitaria

    Jon Lord

    Dance

    Smith Quartet

    4:28
  • 12:45 AM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Leopold Mozart

    Virtuoso Trumpet: Bach, Mozart, Telemann

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jahja Ling, conductor

    Rolf Smedvig, trumpet

    12:58
  • 12:25 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Flute Concertos

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    19:46
  • 12:18 AM

    The Forest Bird (L'Oiseau des bois)

    Franz Doppler

    Doppler: Music for Flutes and Piano

    Per Oien, flute

    5:14
  • 12:06 AM

    Legende

    Florent Schmitt

    Schmitt: La Tragédie de Salomé - Musique sur l'eau

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Nikki Chooi, violin

    10:21
  • 12:01 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 26

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Cimarosa: Keyboard Sonatas, Vol. 2

    Victor Sangiorgio, piano

    4:47
  • 11:32 PM

    Symphony No. 101 "The Clock"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    26:29
  • 11:22 PM

    Grand Tarantelle

    Louis Moreau Gottschalk

    Dances for Piano and Orchestra

    Northwest Sinfonietta

    Christophe Chagnard, conductor

    Joel Fan, piano

    8:07
  • 11:16 PM

    Overture

    Luigi Boccherini

    Boccherini: Concertos For Violoncello and Orchestra, Overture, Octet, Sinfonia

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    5:04
  • 11:13 PM

    Noble Waltz No. 4

    Franz Schubert

    Gil Shaham, violin

    Goran Sollscher, guitar

    1:21
  • 11:06 PM

    Welcome the Queen

    Arthur Bliss

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    6:46
  • 11:01 PM

    English Suite No. 3: Gavottes

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Ivo Pogorelich, piano

    4:30
  • 10:53 PM

    Don't Drink and Dance

    Olav L. Mjelva

    Nordic Fiddlers Bloc

    4:16
  • 10:43 PM

    Kunstler-Leben Walzer (Artist's Life)

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Franz Welser-Most, conductor

    9:23
  • 10:28 PM

    Harvest Dance Suite

    Ilmari Hannikainen

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Petri Sakari, conductor

    14:34
  • 10:23 PM

    Bas-Pelles Eriks Brudpolska

    Per Westberg

    Bonfrost

    Nordic Fiddlers Bloc

    3:31
  • 10:15 PM

    Impressions of the Puna

    Alberto Ginastera

    Music for a Sunday Morning

    Shanghai Quartet

    Eugenia Zukerman, flute

    6:53
  • 10:06 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    London Sinfonietta

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Richard Watkins, horn

    8:33
  • 9:46 PM

    Rome Symphony Orchestra

    Francesco La Vecchia, conductor

    11:56
  • 9:42 PM

    Fur Elise

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Classics: Popular Works for Solo Piano

    John O'Conor, piano

    2:45
  • 9:30 PM

    Concerto for Two Violins

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Concertos For Two Violins

    Venice Baroque Orchestra

    Andrea Marcon, conductor

    Viktoria Mullova, violin

    10:40
  • 9:20 PM

    L'Etoile du Nord: Dance Suite

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Michal Nesterowicz, conductor

    9:06
  • 9:08 PM

    Prince Igor: Overture

    Alexander Borodin

    Borodin: Three Symphonies, Petite Suite, Polovetsian Dances

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    10:09
  • 9:06 PM

    The Prince of Denmark's March

    Jeremiah Clarke

    Bach Transcriptions, 2

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    2:21
  • 9:03 PM

    Lady Atherny

    Turlough O'Carolan

    The Celtic Lute

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    2:30
  • 8:34 PM

    Appalachian Spring

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: Appalachian Spring/Rodeo/Fanfare

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Louis Lane, conductor

    22:22
  • 8:33 PM

    Simple Gifts

    Aaron Copland

    American Boychoir

    James Litton, conductor

    1:44
  • 8:17 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Margaret Batjer, conductor

    Margaret Batjer, violin

    David Shostac, flute

    Brook Ellen Schoenwald, flute

    14:19
  • 8:06 PM

    Moderntimes_1800

    Ilia Korol, conductor

    9:13
  • 8:01 PM

    Norwegian Rhapsody: 2nd movement

    Edouard Lalo

    French National Radio and Television Orchestra

    Jean Martinon, conductor

    4:53
  • 7:42 PM

    Piano Duet Sonata

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Sonatas for Piano Duet, K 381 & 521; Sonata for 2 Pianos, K 448; Andante and Variations, K 501

    Martha Argerich, piano

    15:47
  • 5:49 PM

    Taming of the Shrew Overture

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    West Australian Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Penny, conductor

    9:14
  • 5:23 PM

    Clarinet Concerto No. 2

    Louis Spohr

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Kenneth Sillito, conductor

    Julian Bliss, clarinet

    24:14
  • 5:10 PM

    Concerto for Two Mandolins

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Venice Baroque Orchestra

    Avi Avital, mandolin

    Alon Sariel, mandolin

    11:00
  • 5:06 PM

    Mirliton fin de siecle (End of the Century Kazoo)

    Edmond Dede

    Hot Springs Music Festival Chorus

    Richard Rosenberg, conductor

    3:54
  • 5:01 PM

    From Olden Times: Gigue

    Johan Halvorsen

    Halvorsen: Suite ancienne, Mascarade Suite

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Ari Rasilainen, conductor

    4:35
  • 4:46 PM

    Suite Francaise

    Francis Poulenc

    Poulenc: Orchestral Works

    Paris Orchestra

    Georges Pretre, conductor

    12:23
  • 4:38 PM

    Valse-Caprice No. 2

    Gabriel Faure

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    7:33
  • 4:18 PM

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

    Johannes Brahms

    Johannes Brahms: Serenade No. 1; Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn

    Residentie Orchestra of the Hague

    Jan Willem de Vriend, conductor

    17:55
  • 4:15 PM

    36 Greek Dances: Kritikos

    Nikos Skalkottas

    Avos Chamber Orchestra

    Alessio Pianelli, cello

    2:08
  • 4:06 PM

    Symphony No. 5

    William Boyce

    Boyce: 8 Symphonies

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    7:57
  • 4:01 PM

    Maskarade: Overture

    Carl Nielsen

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:35
  • 3:47 PM

    Air Russe Varie

    Louise Farrenc

    Joanne Polk, piano

    10:59
  • 3:18 PM

    String Quartet

    Maurice Ravel

    Tesla Quartet

    28:25
  • 3:10 PM

    Serenade No. 10 "Gran Partita": Minuet II

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Serenade KV 361 "Gran Partita"

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    5:09
  • 3:06 PM

    Tales of Hoffmann: Barcarolle

    Jacques Offenbach

    The Greatest Classical Show On Earth

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    3:59
  • 3:01 PM

    Oskar Ekberg, piano

    4:39
  • 2:44 PM

    Leonore Overture No. 3

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphony No 7, Leonore Overture No 3

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    13:53
  • 2:42 PM

    Leonore Overture No. 3

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphony No 7, Leonore Overture No 3

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    13:53
  • 2:30 PM

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Ben Palmer, conductor

    Peter Cigleris, clarinet

    11:26
  • 2:23 PM

    Valencia

    Caroline Shaw

    Unbound

    Jasper String Quartet

    5:54
  • 2:08 PM

    Symphony No. 5: 2nd movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 5, Swan Lake

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    13:36
  • 2:01 PM

    Waltz No. 2 "Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    Valse Brillante

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    4:56
  • 1:56 PM

    Summer Skies

    Leroy Anderson

    Eastman-Rochester Pops

    Frederick Fennell, conductor

    2:59
  • 1:49 PM

    Violin Concerto

    James Newton Howard

    Kernis, Howard, Tovey

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Cristian Macelaru, conductor

    James Ehnes, violin

    26:33
  • 1:44 PM

    Victoria and Abdul: Gain the Ocean (End Title)

    Thomas Newman

    Victoria and Abdul: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Studio Orchestra

    Thomas Newman, conductor

    Anoushka Shankar, sitar

    2:43
  • 1:31 PM

    Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Die erste Walpurgisnacht, Infalice, Trompeten-Ouverture

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    11:02
  • 1:25 PM

    Goldberg Variations: Aria

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    4:39
  • 1:23 PM

    Flight of the Bumblebee

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    The 5 Browns

    The 5 Browns

    1:21
  • 1:17 PM

    To Shiver The Sky: Courage

    Christopher Tin

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Dominic Ellis-Peckham, conductor

    Anna Lapwood, organ

    4:41
  • 1:08 PM

    Iberia: Triana

    Isaac Albeniz

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    4:53
  • 1:04 PM

    Symphony No. 31 "Paris": Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    3:24
  • 12:57 PM

    Carmen: L''amour est un oiseau rebelle (Habanera)

    Georges Bizet

    Denyce Graves, mezzo-soprano

    3:00
  • 12:44 PM

    Africa Fantasie

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens: Complete Piano Concertos

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    Stephen Hough, piano

    9:35
  • 12:36 PM

    Waltzes and Landler

    Franz Schubert

    Bonbons aus Wien

    Boskovsky Ensemble

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    6:04
  • 12:30 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish": 3rd movement

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: The Symphonies

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    5:06
  • 12:26 PM

    The Birds: Prelude

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Les Pins De Rome, Les Fontaines De Rome, Les Oiseaux

    San Francisco Symphony

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    2:46
  • 12:22 PM

    Scottishe Kerlou

    Calum Stewart

    Nordic Fiddlers Bloc

    3:14
  • 12:11 PM

    Swan Lake: Russian Dance

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    Esther Yoo, violin

    4:23
  • 12:08 PM

    Divertimento: Prelude

    Leonard Salzedo

    Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

    2:00
  • 12:04 PM

    The Beachcomber

    Clive Richardson

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Ernest Tomlinson, conductor

    2:41
  • 11:54 AM

    Symphony No. 4: 3rd movement

    Florence Price

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    5:13
  • 11:45 AM

    Serenade No. 2: 1st movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    7:43
  • 11:37 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 17 "The Tempest": 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Stephen Kovacevich, piano

    6:27
  • 11:31 AM

    Symphony No. 83 "The Hen": 3rd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 83 & 87

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    4:48
  • 11:20 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 7

    Arcangelo Corelli

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    9:26
  • 11:15 AM

    Four English Country Dances

    John Playford

    Hesperus

    4:50
  • 11:10 AM

    Mysterious Barricades

    Francois Couperin

    Air on a G String

    David Russell, guitar

    3:06
  • 11:04 AM

    The Thracian Lovers: Overture

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Cimarosa: Overtures, Vol. 6

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice

    Patrick Gallois, conductor

    Barbora Tomeckova, oboe

    5:05
  • 10:48 AM

    Much Ado about Nothing Overture

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    West Australian Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Penny, conductor

    10:07
  • 10:45 AM

    Romeo and Juliet: The Sleep of Juliet

    Charles Gounod

    Reveries

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    3:17
  • 10:38 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3: Air on the G String

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Albinoni: Adagio; Pachelbel: Canon; Etc

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    4:41
  • 10:29 AM

    Clarinet Quintet: 4th movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Quintets by Mozart and Weber

    Mendelssohn String Quartet

    Charles Neidich, bassett horn

    9:13
  • 10:22 AM

    Novelletta

    Giuseppe Martucci

    Martucci: Symphony No. 1; Novelletta; Notturno; Tarantella

    Philharmonia

    Francesco d'Avalos, conductor

    6:08
  • 10:09 AM

    A Children's Overture

    Roger Quilter

    Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    11:08
  • 10:06 AM

    Songs My Mother Taught Me

    Antonin Dvorak

    Julian Lloyd Webber, cello

    John Lenehan, piano

    2:37
  • 10:01 AM

    Flowers of the Forest

    Anonymous

    Baltimore Consort

    4:35
  • 9:39 AM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: Carmen. L'Arlesienne, etc.

    Paris Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    19:33
  • 9:23 AM

    Horn Concerto

    Johann Neruda

    Before Mozart: Early Horn Concertos

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Nicholas McGegan, conductor

    Alec Frank-Gemmill, horn

    14:17
  • 9:18 AM

    El Portenito

    Angel Villoldo

    Pinpoints

    Gantriis-Zimmermann Duo

    2:23
  • 9:06 AM

    Rapsodia santiaguena

    Manuel Gomez Carrillo

    Fiesta Criolla: Latin-American Orchestral Works

    Wurttemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen

    Gabriel Castagna, conductor

    11:48
  • 9:01 AM

    Symphony: 2nd movement

    Johann Vanhal

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    Celia Nicklin, oboe

    4:48
  • 8:43 AM

    Saskia Lankhoorn, piano

    15:31
  • 8:34 AM

    Company

    Philip Glass

    Philip Glass, Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    8:03
  • 8:09 AM

    Clarinet Concerto No. 2

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra

    Lukas Foss, conductor

    Jon Manasse, clarinet

    23:19
  • 8:06 AM

    Cantata No. 156: Arioso

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach Sinfonia

    Accademia Bizantina

    Ottavio Dantone, conductor

    2:34
  • 8:01 AM

    Elegy, to Calvin Simmons

    Lou Harrison

    Lou Harrison: A Portrait

    California Symphony

    Barry Jekowsky, conductor

    4:44
  • 7:50 AM

    There Will Be Rest

    Frank Ticheli

    Phoenix Bach Choir

    Charles Bruffy, conductor

    7:46
  • 7:40 AM

    String Quartet

    Germaine Tailleferre

    Debussy, Tailleferre, Ravel

    Stenhammar Quartet

    9:45
  • 7:06 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 4

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Op. 7 & Op 10/3

    Claudio Arrau, piano

    32:43
  • 7:01 AM

    Two Romances

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33, etc.

    Moscow Chamber Orchestra

    Constantine Orbelian, conductor

    Alexander Kniazev, cello

    4:44
  • 6:26 AM

    Enigma Variations

    Edward Elgar

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    32:37
  • 6:19 AM

    Song for Orchestra

    Ruth Gipps

    Gipps: Symphonies Nos 2 and 4, etc.

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    5:57
  • 6:07 AM

    Sonata No. 6

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Sonatas Op. 5

    London Baroque

    11:28
  • 6:01 AM

    String Symphony No. 8: 3rd movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra

    Scott Yoo, conductor

    4:50
  • 5:40 AM

    Sonatina

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak, Janacek, Smetana: Romantic Pieces

    James Ehnes, violin

    18:43
  • 5:31 AM

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    6:22
  • 5:13 AM

    Liquid Melancholy

    James Stephenson

    Liquid Melancholy: Clarinet Music of James M. Stephenson

    Lake Forest Symphony

    Vladimir Kulenovic, conductor

    John Bruce Yeh, clarinet

    18:03
  • 5:06 AM

    En Blanc et Noir: Lent. Sombre

    Claude Debussy

    Martha Argerich, piano

    Daniel Barenboim, piano

    6:12
  • 5:01 AM

    Sarabande: For Katharine in April

    Ron Nelson

    Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra

    Howard Hanson, conductor

    4:53