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  • 4:21 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "Awakening of Spring"

    Rued Langgaard

    Langgaard, R.: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 3

    Danish National Symphony Orchestra

    Thomas Dausgaard, conductor

    Inger Dam-Jensen, soprano

    37:32
  • 4:12 AM

    The Screens: The Orchard

    Philip Glass

    Pekka Kuusisto, violin

    Nico Muhly, piano

    7:18
  • 4:06 AM

    Music for the Theatre: Interlude

    Aaron Copland

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    5:07
  • 4:01 AM

    Six Short Pieces: selections

    Henriette Renie

    La Harpe Consolatrice

    Kyunghee Kim-Sutre, harp

    4:47
  • 3:52 AM

    Sea Sketches: Calm Sea in Summer

    Grace Williams

    Manitoba Chamber Orchestra

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    6:06
  • 3:14 AM

    String Quartet No. 13

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: G Major Op. 106 & F Major Op. 96 "American"

    Pavel Haas Quartet

    36:39
  • 3:06 AM

    Sakura Variations

    Yuquijiro Yocoh

    Stepping Stones

    John Williams, guitar

    6:12
  • 3:01 AM

    Bassoon Concerto: Adagio

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Weber: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2, Bassoon Concerto

    BBC Philharmonic

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    Karen Geoghegan, bassoon

    4:45
  • 2:52 AM

    Concerto for Five: Calme

    Joseph Jongen

    The Atlantic Sinfonietta: Music for Flute, Harp and Strings

    Atlantic Sinfonietta

    6:19
  • 2:51 AM

    Scenes from the Poet's Dreams: In the Blue Fields They Sing

    Jennifer Higdon

    Jennifer Higdon: An Exaltation Of Larks

    Lark Quartet

    Gary Graffman, piano

    7:05
  • 2:42 AM

    English Folk Song Suite

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: A Serenade to Music, etc.

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Adrian Boult, conductor

    8:51
  • 2:29 AM

    Miniatures

    William Grant Still

    Vintage America

    Calico Winds

    12:22
  • 2:24 AM

    Andante festivo

    Jean Sibelius

    Sphinx Virtuosi

    Damon Gupton, conductor

    4:35
  • 1:00 AM

    Minnesota Orchestra LIVE

    Minnesota Orchestra LIVE

    60:00
  • 12:45 AM

    Into the Twilight

    Arnold Bax

    Ulster Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    12:52
  • 12:41 AM

    Le Rossignol

    Anonymous

    Journey To The New World

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    3:40
  • 12:18 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos 1 & 2

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    20:48
  • 12:06 AM

    Sleeping Beauty: Two Pictures

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    10:48
  • 12:01 AM

    Sonata No. 1

    Heinrich Biber

    Biber: Sonatae tam aris quam aulis servientes

    Purcell Quartet

    Michael Laird, trumpet

    4:49
  • 11:36 PM

    Pulcinella Suite

    Igor Stravinsky

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    22:34
  • 11:35 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Samuel Barber

    Barber & Meyer Violin Concertos

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    23:03
  • 11:24 PM

    Grand Overture No. 4

    Johann Christian Bach

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    10:54
  • 11:12 PM

    Gloriana: Courtly Dances

    Benjamin Britten

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    10:18
  • 11:09 PM

    Alceste: Grand Entree

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Overtures

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    2:41
  • 11:01 PM

    Three Preludes

    George Gershwin

    Septura

    7:03
  • 10:44 PM

    In the Fen Country

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    15:30
  • 10:41 PM

    Mock Morris

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger 'Country Gardens' and other Piano Favourites

    Martin Jones, piano

    3:13
  • 10:20 PM

    Symphony No. 2: Finale

    Otto Nicolai

    Nicolai: 4 Overtures, Symphony in D Major

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacker, conductor

    9:03
  • 10:12 PM

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge

    David Willcocks, conductor

    7:12
  • 9:58 PM

    Symphony No. 3: 1st movement

    Johannes Brahms

    North German Radio Symphony

    Gunter Wand, conductor

    12:33
  • 9:33 PM

    Violin Concerto: 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Violin Concerto

    Lucerne Festival Strings

    Daniel Dodds, conductor

    Midori, violin

    23:36
  • 9:26 PM

    What a Wonderful World

    George Weiss/Bob Thiele

    Concert Recording

    Concordia Choir of Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota

    Rene Clausen, conductor

    5:14
  • 9:22 PM

    Cantata No. 29: Sinfonia

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Switched-On Bach

    Wendy Carlos, moog synthesizer

    3:25
  • 9:17 PM

    Dichterliebe: Im wunderschonen Monat Mai

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Lieder, Vol. 1

    Peter Schreier, tenor

    1:44
  • 9:09 PM

    Prague Waltzes

    Antonin Dvorak

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    7:35
  • 9:03 PM

    Magic Hour

    Kenji Bunch

    Ahn Trio: Lullaby For My Favorite Insomniac

    Ahn Trio

    2:26
  • 8:47 PM

    Danny Boy (Irish Tune from County Derry)

    Traditional Irish

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    7:07
  • 8:38 PM

    Sylvia: Procession of Bacchus

    Leo Delibes

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    6:00
  • 8:32 PM

    The Typewriter

    Leroy Anderson

    Leroy Anderson Favorites

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    1:51
  • 8:24 PM

    Magic Flute: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Overtures - Eine kleine Nachtmusik

    Tafelmusik

    Bruno Weil, conductor

    6:28
  • 8:14 PM

    German Chamber Philharmonic Bremen

    Albrecht Mayer, oboe

    6:14
  • 8:00 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Winter Dreams": 1st movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Complete Symphonies

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    11:49
  • 5:53 PM

    Armonia for a Temple of the Night

    Antonio Salieri

    Mozart � Salieri

    Armonia Ensemble

    5:31
  • 5:17 PM

    Symphonie Espagnole

    Edouard Lalo

    Lalo; Saint-Saens; Ravel

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Antonio Pappano, conductor

    Maxim Vengerov, violin

    34:26
  • 5:14 PM

    Christopher Parkening, guitar

    2:03
  • 5:06 PM

    Demetrio e Polibio: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Prague Sinfonia Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    6:30
  • 5:01 PM

    Robin Hood Suite: March of the Bowmen

    Frederic Curzon

    New London Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    4:44
  • 4:44 PM

    Symphony No. 18

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 3, 11, 18, 19 & 20

    Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    13:43
  • 4:38 PM

    Etude No. 3 "Un Sospiro" (A Sigh)

    Franz Liszt

    Andre Watts, piano

    5:45
  • 4:18 PM

    Holberg Suite

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg; Nielsen; Sibelius; Wiren

    Guildhall Strings

    19:04
  • 4:12 PM

    Ofra Harnoy, cello

    Mike Herriott, trombone

    3:58
  • 4:06 PM

    Valse Triste

    Jean Sibelius

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    5:27
  • 4:01 PM

    String Quartet: 1st movement

    Josef Myslivecek

    Dolezal Quartet

    4:39
  • 3:47 PM

    Scaramouche

    Darius Milhaud

    Creation

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Branford Marsalis, saxophone

    11:20
  • 3:44 PM

    Spanish Pavan

    Michael Praetorius

    Arbeau: Orchesographie

    New York Renaissance Band

    Sally Logemann, conductor

    1:08
  • 3:21 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 15

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    23:33
  • 3:16 PM

    Summer Evenings: Under the plane trees

    Bernard Andres

    Chicago Harp Quartet

    3:27
  • 3:06 PM

    Soirees Musicales

    Benjamin Britten

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    9:35
  • 3:01 PM

    Flowers from Froso: Entry to the Summer Meadow

    Wilhelm Peterson-Berger

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Okko Kamu, conductor

    4:43
  • 2:52 PM

    Nulla in mundo

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Paradisum

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    Emma Kirkby, soprano

    6:33
  • 2:50 PM

    Play of the Elves

    Franz Berwald

    Franz Berwald: Symphonies Nos. 1-4

    Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Thomas Dausgaard, conductor

    8:42
  • 2:40 PM

    Play of the Elves

    Franz Berwald

    Franz Berwald: Symphonies Nos. 1-4

    Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Thomas Dausgaard, conductor

    8:42
  • 2:01 PM

    The Valkyrie: Magic Fire Music

    Richard Wagner

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    4:44
  • 1:50 PM

    Richard III: Selections

    William Walton

    Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    9:44
  • 1:49 PM

    True Constancy: Sinfonia

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Opera Overtures

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    8:24
  • 1:39 PM

    La Belle Helene (Beautiful Helene): Overture

    Jacques Offenbach

    Lille National Orchestra

    Darrell Ang, conductor

    8:29
  • 1:36 PM

    Venezuelan Waltz No. 3 "Natalia"

    Antonio Lauro

    Alexander-Sergei Ramirez, guitar

    2:03
  • 1:31 PM

    Piano Quintet: 3rd movement

    Florence Price

    Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective

    3:48
  • 1:28 PM

    Cello Suite No. 1: Prelude

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    2:16
  • 1:21 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Josef Myslivecek

    Myslivecek: Violin Concertos - 1

    Dvorak Chamber Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    Shizuka Ishikawa, violin

    6:17
  • 1:19 PM

    Mystic Flute

    Alan Hovhaness

    Marvin Rosen, piano

    1:30
  • 1:08 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Il'ya Muromets": 3rd movement

    Reinhold Gliere

    Gliere: Symphony No. 3, Op. 42, "Il'ya Murometz"

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Leon Botstein, conductor

    7:04
  • 1:04 PM

    Lieutenant Kije: Troika

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky; Lieutenant Kije; Scythian Suite

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    2:44
  • 12:49 PM

    Sigurd Jorsalfar: Homage March

    Edvard Grieg

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    9:08
  • 12:45 PM

    Trumpet Voluntary

    John Stanley

    London Brass

    3:35
  • 12:38 PM

    Magnolia Suite: Magnolias

    Nathaniel Dett

    Clipper Erickson, piano

    4:56
  • 12:33 PM

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:15
  • 12:22 PM

    Flute and Harp Concerto: Rondo

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Flute and Harp Concerto, etc.

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    Lisa Beznosiuk, flute

    9:46
  • 12:16 PM

    Ballet Scenes: Polonaise

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: From the Middle Ages; Scenes de Ballet

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    5:10
  • 12:11 PM

    March of the Little Lead Soldiers

    Gabriel Pierne

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    3:01
  • 12:07 PM

    Rodeo: Hoe-Down

    Aaron Copland

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    4:14
  • 12:04 PM

    Acis and Galatea: Happy We!

    George Frideric Handel

    Grand & Glorious - Great Operatic Choruses / Robert Shaw

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    1:56
  • 11:52 AM

    L'Estro Armonico: Concerto No. 6 for Violin

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Venice Baroque Orchestra

    Avi Avital, mandolin

    6:56
  • 11:47 AM

    Nocturne No. 1

    John Field

    Field: Complete Nocturnes

    Elizabeth Joy Roe, piano

    3:39
  • 11:35 AM

    Irish Suite for Strings

    Arthur Duff

    Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Fionnuala Hunt, conductor

    10:05
  • 11:31 AM

    Bartered Bride: Dance of the Comedians

    Bedrich Smetana

    Leonard Bernstein: The Encore Collection Vol. 1

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    3:39
  • 11:25 AM

    Roma Suite: A Roma Song

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha OVerture / Petite Suite

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    4:07
  • 11:18 AM

    Symphony No. 5: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    6:06
  • 11:11 AM

    Aria in Classic Style

    Marcel Grandjany

    Classics for Chamber Orchestra

    Stockholm Chamber Orchestra

    Jan-Olav Wedin, conductor

    Christine Muhlbach, harp

    5:58
  • 11:04 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 6: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Six Brandenburg Concertos

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    5:59
  • 10:46 AM

    Un Ballo in Maschera Quadrille

    Johann StraussJr.

    2018 New Year's Concerto

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    5:28
  • 10:28 AM

    Sextet for Two Horns and Strings

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Mozart, Beethoven, Reicha, J Haydn, M Haydn

    Gewandhaus Quartet

    (Selected members), conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    16:48
  • 10:19 AM

    Siegfried: Forest Murmurs

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Orchestral Music from The Ring

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    7:40
  • 10:11 AM

    Andante for Oboe and Orchestra

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Oboe Concertos

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jose Luis Garcia, conductor

    Fumiaki Miyamoto, oboe

    7:04
  • 10:06 AM

    Auf Flugeln des Gesanges (On wings of song)

    Felix Mendelssohn

    My Gift To You

    Antonin Kubalek, piano

    4:04
  • 10:01 AM

    Childhood Dream (Reve d'enfant)

    Eugene Ysaye

    French Impressions

    Bienne Symphony Orchestra

    Jean-Jacques Kantorow, conductor

    Rachel Kolly d'Alba, violin

    4:35
  • 9:42 AM

    German Dances and Trios

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphony No. 5

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    16:12
  • 9:39 AM

    Novelette No. 1

    Francis Poulenc

    Vento Chiaro

    2:37
  • 9:19 AM

    Guitar Concerto "Chaconne"

    Wayne Siegel

    Jakob Bangsø: Guitar Concertos

    Tallinn Chamber Orchestra

    Kaisa Roose, conductor

    Jakob Bangso, guitar

    18:29
  • 9:16 AM

    Nora's Dance

    Nora Holt

    Lara Downes, piano

    1:47
  • 9:06 AM

    Invitation to the Dance

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    8:49
  • 9:01 AM

    String Quartet No. 1: Minuet

    Wilhelm Kienzl

    Thomas Christian Ensemble

    4:28
  • 8:28 AM

    Piano Concerto

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann, Grieg: Piano Concertos

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    Murray Perahia, piano

    30:27
  • 8:23 AM

    Budapest Strings

    Lajos Lencses, oboe

    3:11
  • 8:06 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Muzio Clementi

    Rome Symphony Orchestra

    Francesco La Vecchia, conductor

    16:23
  • 8:01 AM

    The Bells of St. Genevieve

    Marin Marais

    Strings! The Definitive Collection

    Guildhall Strings

    4:47
  • 7:46 AM

    La Valse

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Ballet And Dance Music

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    12:23
  • 7:37 AM

    Thibaut Garcia, guitar

    8:20
  • 7:23 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Viktoria Mullova, violin

    Bruno Canino, piano

    12:50
  • 7:06 AM

    In the Summer Wind (Im Sommerwind)

    Anton Webern

    Boulez Conducts Webern II

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    15:58
  • 7:01 AM

    Czech Suite: Romance

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Czech Suite; Nocturne; Serenade for Strings

    Padua Chamber Orchestra

    David Golub, conductor

    4:46
  • 6:28 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Cyril Scott

    Scott: Concerto For Cello, Symphony No 1 / Watkins, Brabbins

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Martyn Brabbins, conductor

    30:36
  • 6:18 AM

    In Memoriam

    Arnold Bax

    Leslie Reed, English horn

    Ensemble

    7:53
  • 6:15 AM

    Tenebrae

    Nigel Short, conductor

    2:48
  • 6:06 AM

    Melancholy Serenade

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Gil Shaham, violin

    8:14
  • 6:01 AM

    Four Etudes

    Fernando Sor

    Norbert Kraft, guitar

    4:36
  • 5:38 AM

    Symphonic Poem No. 2 "Tasso, Lament and Triumph"

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: Symphonic Poems

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    20:38
  • 5:25 AM

    Etude No. 2

    Philip Glass

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    11:13
  • 5:06 AM

    Fantasy Variations

    Ulysses Kay

    Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony - U. Kay: Fantasy Variations - Umbrian Scene

    Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Arthur Fagen, conductor

    17:55
  • 5:01 AM

    Violin Partita No. 3: Loure

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Partitas Nos. 2 and 3; Sonata No. 3

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    4:48