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  • 4:39 AM

    Keys to the City

    Tobias Picker

    Russian Philharmonic Orchestra

    Thomas Sanderling, conductor

    Jeremy Denk, piano

    19:19
  • 4:28 AM

    Duet No. 1, Chorale Pointing Downwards

    Nico Muhly

    Nadia Sirota, viola

    Clarice Jensen, cello

    10:08
  • 4:24 AM

    Railroad (Travel Song)

    Meredith Monk

    Conrad Tao, piano

    1:58
  • 4:07 AM

    Mythic Birds Waltz

    Terry Riley

    Kronos Quartet

    16:10
  • 4:01 AM

    Control: Beehive

    Nico Muhly

    Utah Symphony Orchestra

    Thierry Fischer, conductor

    4:52
  • 3:41 AM

    Quintet for Alto Saxophone and String Quartet

    Ellen Taaffe Zwilich

    Pacifica Quartet

    Otis Murphy, saxophone

    16:54
  • 3:22 AM

    Tabuh-Tabuhan, Toccata for Orchestra

    Colin McPhee

    Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra

    Howard Hanson, conductor

    16:32
  • 3:18 AM

    The Listeners: Sail through this to that

    Caroline Shaw

    Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

    Nicholas McGegan, conductor

    2:34
  • 3:06 AM

    The Spark Catchers

    Hannah Kendall

    Spark Catchers

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Kevin John Edusei, conductor

    9:36
  • 3:01 AM

    Michael Jon Fink, celesta

    4:43
  • 2:50 AM

    Tragic Interlude

    William Alwyn

    Alwyn: Orchestral Music

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    9:07
  • 2:46 AM

    Three Ballads: Sevenlere dair

    Fazil Say

    casalQuartett

    Fazil Say, piano

    3:52
  • 2:43 AM

    Three Ballads: Kumru

    Fazil Say

    Ballads & Quintets

    casalQuartett

    Fazil Say, piano

    3:02
  • 2:40 AM

    Three Ballads: Nazim

    Fazil Say

    casalQuartett

    Fazil Say, piano

    3:28
  • 2:16 AM

    Viola Concerto No. 1

    Carl Stamitz

    Baltimore Chamber Orchestra

    Markand Thakar, conductor

    Victoria Chiang, viola

    22:07
  • 2:06 AM

    All Things Majestic: String Lake

    Jennifer Higdon

    Nashville Symphony Orchestra

    Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor

    7:04
  • 2:01 AM

    Nocturne "Le Murmure"

    Maria Szymanowska

    Anna Ciborowska, piano

    4:36
  • 1:56 AM

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    2:00
  • 1:11 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 1, Serenade No. 2

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    44:10
  • 11:52 PM

    Nocturne

    Salomon Jadassohn

    Masterpieces Rediscovered

    David Shostac, flute

    6:21
  • 11:23 PM

    Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto

    He Zhanhao/Chen Gang

    Singapore Symphony Orchestra

    Lan Shui, conductor

    Gil Shaham, violin

    27:25
  • 11:19 PM

    Liu Yang River

    Bi-Guang Tang

    Shanghai Quartet

    2:42
  • 11:11 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra

    Marios Papadopoulous, conductor

    Paul Merkelo, trumpet

    6:50
  • 11:06 PM

    Giselle: selections

    Adolphe Adam

    Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    4:25
  • 11:01 PM

    Symphony No. 11: 2nd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    4:36
  • 10:33 PM

    Symphony on a French Mountain Air

    Vincent d'Indy

    Franck: Symphony in D Minor, Works by D'Indy and Berlioz

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Munch, conductor

    Nicole Henriot-Schweitzer, piano

    25:21
  • 10:26 PM

    Jota of San Fermin

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Sarasate: Violin and Orchestra Music, Vol. 4

    Navarra Symphony Orchestra

    Ernest Martinez Izquierdo, conductor

    Tianwa Yang, violin

    5:53
  • 10:19 PM

    Quintet for Alto Saxophone and String Quartet: 1st movement

    Ellen Taaffe Zwilich

    Pacifica Quartet

    Otis Murphy, saxophone

    5:43
  • 10:16 PM

    Melodie

    Ignaz Paderewski

    Stephen Hough's New Piano Album

    Stephen Hough, piano

    1:58
  • 10:06 PM

    Overture (Sinfonia)

    Giovanni Sammartini

    Europa Galante

    Fabio Biondi, conductor

    Fabio Biondi, violin

    9:04
  • 9:55 PM

    Radetzky March

    Johann Strauss, Sr.

    Vienna Volksopera Orchestra

    Franz Bauer-Theussl, conductor

    3:16
  • 9:46 PM

    Barcarolle

    Frederic Chopin

    Ingrid Fliter, piano

    8:59
  • 9:23 PM

    Flute Concerto

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    CPE Bach: Concertos

    Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra

    Jorg Faerber, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    21:00
  • 9:06 PM

    The Merchant of Venice Overture

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO, M.: Shakespeare Overtures, Vol. 2

    West Australian Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Penny, conductor

    15:00
  • 9:03 PM

    The Diary of Anne Frank: Candlefire

    Michael Nyman

    Chasing Pianos: The Piano Music of Michael Nyman

    Valentina Lisitsa, piano

    2:23
  • 8:50 PM

    Rondo for Cello and Orchestra

    Charles Stanford

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    Gemma Rosefield, cello

    8:25
  • 8:31 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Franz Liszt

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    Yundi Li, piano

    17:48
  • 8:18 PM

    Quintettino "La musica notturna di Madrid"

    Luigi Boccherini

    United Strings of Europe

    Julian Azkoul, conductor

    11:03
  • 8:06 PM

    Overture

    Juan Arriaga

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    11:06
  • 8:01 PM

    Bagatelles: Poco Allegro

    Antonin Dvorak

    Quartetto Gelato

    4:36
  • 7:52 PM

    Arabesque

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann

    Nelson Freire, piano

    6:21
  • 5:49 PM

    La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    8:53
  • 5:44 PM

    Terpsichore: 3 Bransles

    Michael Praetorius

    Praetorius: Dances from Terpischore, 1612

    Andrew Lawrence-King, harp

    4:27
  • 5:16 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Leopold Kozeluch

    Kozeluch: Piano Concertos Nos. 1, 5, and 6

    London Mozart Players

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    Howard Shelley, piano

    26:46
  • 5:06 PM

    Three Spirituals

    Adolphus Hailstork

    Virginia Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    8:08
  • 5:01 PM

    Sonata No. 12

    Johann Schmelzer

    English Concert

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    4:37
  • 4:49 PM

    Capriol Suite

    Peter Warlock

    Moeran: Serenade; Warlock: Capriol Suite

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    9:12
  • 4:26 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 1

    August Muller

    Muller: Flute Concertos

    South German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim

    Timo Handschuh, conductor

    Tatjana Ruhland, flute

    21:36
  • 4:23 PM

    First Romance

    Florence Price

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:04
  • 4:06 PM

    Concerto for Three Violins

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

    Petra Mullejans, violin

    Gottfried von der Goltz, violin

    Anne Katharina Schreiber, violin

    15:57
  • 4:01 PM

    Le Tombeau de Couperin: Menuet

    Maurice Ravel

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    4:40
  • 3:50 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    8:44
  • 3:32 PM

    Symphony No. 4

    David Diamond

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    16:19
  • 3:27 PM

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:15
  • 3:06 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 30

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Volume VI

    John O'Conor, piano

    19:25
  • 3:01 PM

    Love's Labours Lost: 3 Soliloquies

    Gerald Finzi

    Northern Sinfonia

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    4:48
  • 2:53 PM

    Symphonie Fantastique: March to the Scaffold

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique; Varese: Ionisation

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    4:54
  • 2:51 PM

    Swan Lake: Pas de trois

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake - Highlights

    Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    6:55
  • 2:46 PM

    When I Lay Me Down to Sleep

    James Mulholland

    The Aeolians

    The Aeolians

    Jason Max Ferdinand, conductor

    4:35
  • 2:14 PM

    Piano Trio No. 1

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Dvorak, Mendelssohn: Piano Trios

    Beaux Arts Trio

    30:53
  • 2:06 PM

    Samson and Delilah: Bacchanale

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Camille Saint-Saens: Organ Symphony; Tone Poems

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    7:12
  • 2:00 PM

    Jazz Suite No. 2: Little Polka

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich: Ballet Suites Nos. 1 & 3, Jazz Suites Nos. 1 & 2

    Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Dmitri Kitayenko, conductor

    3:05
  • 1:48 PM

    Festival Overture

    Hugo Alfven

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Niklas Willen, conductor

    9:39
  • 1:45 PM

    Sinfonietta: Fanfare

    Leos Janacek

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    2:29
  • 1:37 PM

    String Quartet No. 5: 4th movement

    Alexander Glazunov

    Saint Petersburg String Quartet

    6:56
  • 1:31 PM

    Little Waltz (Mi Teresita)

    Theresa Carreno

    Solatino

    Gabriela Montero, piano

    4:24
  • 1:22 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 1: 4th movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach: 6 Brandenburg Concertos

    Oregon Bach Festival Chamber Orchestra

    Helmuth Rilling, conductor

    8:17
  • 1:18 PM

    Romantic Pieces: Capriccio

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Legends, Prague Waltzes

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    2:19
  • 1:07 PM

    Four Dances

    Thomas Morley

    Dances From Renaissance To Nutcracker

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    7:18
  • 1:04 PM

    Carmen: Intermezzo

    Georges Bizet

    Dance!: The World's Favourite Ice-Skating Music

    French National Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    2:33
  • 12:54 PM

    Aida: Triumphal March

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Dies Irae: The Essential Choral Collection

    German Opera Orchestra

    Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor

    5:08
  • 12:50 PM

    Three "Springar"

    Halfdan Kjerulf

    Einar Steen-Nokleberg, piano

    3:25
  • 12:38 PM

    Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

    Franz Liszt

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    10:03
  • 12:35 PM

    Souvenirs: Galop

    Samuel Barber

    Barber: Violin & Piano Concertos

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    2:31
  • 12:31 PM

    Souvenirs: Two-Step

    Samuel Barber

    Barber: Violin & Piano Concertos

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    1:52
  • 12:25 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 1: Scherzo

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Suites Nos. 1-4

    Prague Symphony Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    6:30
  • 12:21 PM

    String Quartet No. 3 "Glitter, Doom, Shards, Memory": Menace

    Shulamit Ran

    Pacifica Quartet

    3:11
  • 12:07 PM

    Praeludium and Allegro

    Fritz Kreisler

    Janoska Ensemble

    6:40
  • 12:04 PM

    Prince Igor: Dance of the Polovtsian Maidens

    Alexander Borodin

    Peter Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture; Alexander Borodin: Polovtsian Dances

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    2:11
  • 11:51 AM

    Symphony No. 2: 3rd movement

    Heinrich von Herzogenberg

    Herzogenberg: Symphonies opp. 50 & 70

    North German Radio Philharmonic

    Frank Beermann, conductor

    6:15
  • 11:46 AM

    In the Mountains: Sunny Day

    Josef Foerster

    Foerster: Symphony No. 5 & In den Bergen

    Osnabruck Symphony Orchestra

    Hermann Baumer, conductor

    4:29
  • 11:37 AM

    German Dance Suite

    Johann Pezel

    Canadian Brass

    7:29
  • 11:32 AM

    Guildhall Strings

    Robert Salter, conductor

    4:21
  • 11:22 AM

    Serenade No. 10 "Gran Partita": Minuet I

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Gran Partita

    Netherlands Wind Ensemble

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    9:17
  • 11:16 AM

    Flute Sonata: 3rd movement

    Francois Devienne

    Devienne: Flute Sonatas

    Joanna Marsden, flute

    4:37
  • 11:08 AM

    Cello Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Cello Concertos

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Robin O'Neill, conductor

    Zuill Bailey, cello

    6:24
  • 11:04 AM

    L'Amico Fritz: Preludietto

    Pietro Mascagni

    Italian Overtures

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    3:41
  • 10:40 AM

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    18:15
  • 10:36 AM

    Carol of the Birds

    Traditional Catalan

    Surrounded By Angels

    Ensemble Galilei

    3:26
  • 10:23 AM

    Conversation Symphony for Two Orchestras

    John Marsh

    Marsh: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    10:41
  • 10:11 AM

    Albany Symphony Orchestra

    David Alan Miller, conductor

    Weixiong Wang, clarinet

    10:28
  • 10:06 AM

    A Whitman Triptych: Facing West

    David Conte

    Cappella SF

    Ragnar Bohlin, conductor

    Rita Lilly, soprano

    Jonathan Thomas, tenor

    Matthew Peterson, baritone

    4:08
  • 10:01 AM

    Dance of the Flowers

    Amy Beach

    Joanne Polk, piano

    4:41
  • 9:33 AM

    String Quartet No. 2 "Intimate Letters"

    Leos Janacek

    Intimate Letters

    Lyris Quartet

    25:34
  • 9:15 AM

    Joan Baez Suite

    John Duarte

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    15:58
  • 9:11 AM

    Grandmother's Minuet

    Edvard Grieg

    Albeniz, Piazzolla, Weill, Grieg, Mozart, Koetsier, Bizet

    tenThing

    2:06
  • 9:06 AM

    Nocturne No. 20

    Frederic Chopin

    Sonora Slocum, flute

    John Wilson, piano

    4:33
  • 9:01 AM

    Blue Violet Duo

    4:30
  • 8:48 AM

    Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: La Mer, Faune, Danses

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    10:41
  • 8:44 AM

    Mysterious Habitats

    Dusan Bogdanovic

    Xavier Jara, guitar

    3:08
  • 8:06 AM

    Piano Sonata

    Franz Schubert

    Inon Barnatan, piano

    35:44
  • 8:01 AM

    Vento Chiaro

    4:33
  • 7:34 AM

    Triple Concerto

    Eric Ewazen

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Jonathan Lombardo, trombone

    Timothy Smith, trombone

    Jeffrey Dee, bass trombone

    24:25
  • 7:24 AM

    The Bard

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Spring Song, The Bard, etc.

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    8:06
  • 7:22 AM

    Paul O'Dette, lute

    2:18
  • 7:06 AM

    Poem for Cello and Orchestra

    Henriette Bosmans

    Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Ed Spanjaard, conductor

    Dimitri Ferschtman, cello

    14:31
  • 7:01 AM

    On Distant Waves (Sur les flots lointains)

    Charles Koechlin

    Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:45
  • 6:52 AM

    Solo Flute Partita: Allemande

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandon Patrick George, flute

    5:55
  • 6:25 AM

    Symphony No. 45 "Farewell"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Hanover Band

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    27:20
  • 6:06 AM

    Continents of City and Love

    Michael Byron

    FLUX Quartet

    Sarah Cahill, piano

    Joseph Kubera, piano

    Gregg August, double bass

    Kathleen Supove, synthesizer

    16:36
  • 6:01 AM

    Etudes: Adagio

    Knudage Riisager

    Aarhus Symphony Orchestra

    Andreas Delfs, conductor

    4:45
  • 5:42 AM

    Symphony No. 9 "Choral": 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven Complete Symphonies

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Andris Nelsons, conductor

    16:01
  • 5:37 AM

    Gymnopedie No. 3

    Erik Satie

    The Magic of Satie

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    3:01
  • 5:07 AM

    Fairy Tale

    Josef Suk

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    30:28
  • 5:01 AM

    Cinderella: Adagio

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Cinderella

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    4:47