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  • 4:45 AM

    Papillons (Butterflies)

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann

    Nelson Freire, piano

    13:00
  • 4:29 AM

    Afro-Cuban Concerto

    Valerie Coleman

    Imani Winds: The Classical Underground

    Imani Winds

    15:32
  • 4:15 AM

    Birdflight

    Christopher Gunning

    Gunning: Violin & Cello Concertos - Birdflight

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Christopher Gunning, conductor

    12:13
  • 4:06 AM

    Soul-Bird

    Todd Cochran

    Marcus Eley, clarinet

    8:24
  • 4:01 AM

    Birds of Spring (Pajaros de primavera)

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Angel Romero, guitar

    4:44
  • 3:55 AM

    Ave Maria

    Nathaniel Dett

    Got the Saint Louis Blues

    VocalEssence

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    Ryan French, baritone

    3:29
  • 3:25 AM

    Clarinet Quintet

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Uncovered Vol. 1

    Catalyst Quartet

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    27:50
  • 3:06 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "Mysterious Mountain"

    Alan Hovhaness

    Hovhaness: Mysterious Mountain; And God Created Great Whales

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    17:00
  • 3:01 AM

    Gnossienne No. 7

    Erik Satie

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    4:50
  • 2:40 AM

    Suite in Old Style

    Dobrinka Tabakova

    Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra

    Maxim Rysanov, conductor

    Maxim Rysanov, viola

    Vaiva Eidukaityte-Storastiene, harpsichord

    18:35
  • 2:35 AM

    Kelly Hall-Tompkins, violin

    Craig Ketter, piano

    3:25
  • 2:16 AM

    Miss Sally's Party

    William Grant Still

    Plymouth Music Series Orchestra

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    19:05
  • 2:06 AM

    L'Heure du berger (The Shepherd's Hour)

    Jean Francaix

    Gaudier Ensemble

    7:22
  • 2:01 AM

    Scherzo No. 2

    Clara Schumann

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    4:47
  • 1:49 AM

    Violin Concerto: Hootenanny

    Wynton Marsalis

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Cristian Macelaru, conductor

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    9:34
  • 1:45 AM

    Celebration!

    Adolphus Hailstork

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    3:19
  • 1:22 AM

    In The South Overture (Alassio)

    Edward Elgar

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    20:30
  • 1:01 AM

    Two Poetic Waltzes

    Enrique Granados

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    4:39
  • 12:44 AM

    Horn Concerto

    Antonio Rosetti

    Herrmann Baumann

    Concerto Amsterdam

    Jaap Schroder, conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    13:51
  • 12:15 AM

    Mississippi River Suite

    Florence Price

    The Oak - Mississippi River Suite - Symphony No. 3

    Women's Philharmonic

    Apo Hsu, conductor

    27:44
  • 12:10 AM

    Randall Goosby, violin

    Zhu Wang, piano

    3:37
  • 12:06 AM

    Petite Suite: Reverie

    Alexander Borodin

    Borodin: Symphony No. 2 in B minor, etc.

    Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor

    3:02
  • 12:01 AM

    Duettino

    Jan Dussek

    Gretchen Van Hoesen, harp

    Heidi van Hoesen Gorton, harp

    4:42
  • 11:43 PM

    Butterfly Overture

    Ge Gan-ru

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Tsung Yeh, conductor

    15:11
  • 11:37 PM

    Duo for Flute and Piano: Flowing

    Aaron Copland

    Return

    Sonora Slocum, flute

    5:57
  • 11:24 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Martyn Brabbins, conductor

    Anthony Marwood, violin

    11:41
  • 11:20 PM

    My Soul's Been Anchored in the Lord

    Traditional

    Morehouse College Glee Club

    David Morrow, conductor

    3:27
  • 11:07 PM

    Helios Overture

    Carl Nielsen

    Danish National Symphony Orchestra

    Thomas Dausgaard, conductor

    11:55
  • 11:01 PM

    Concerto for 7 Trumpets and Timpani

    Johann Altenburg

    The Sound of Trumpets

    New York Trumpet Ensemble

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    4:27
  • 10:40 PM

    Three Botticelli Pictures

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    18:02
  • 10:25 PM

    Prisms, Cycles, Leaps

    Derrick Skye

    Prisms, Cycles, Leaps

    Bridge to Everywhere

    14:08
  • 10:22 PM

    Piano Suite No. 2 "Times of Solitude": A Midsummer Waltz

    John Wineglass

    Duo Dolce

    2:32
  • 10:06 PM

    Quintet

    Franz Danzi

    Ensemble Wien-Berlin

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    13:36
  • 10:01 PM

    12 Minuets for Orchestra: Nos. 10-11

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    4:41
  • 9:50 PM

    Magnolia Suite: Part 2

    Nathaniel Dett

    Denver Oldham, piano

    8:29
  • 9:46 PM

    The Lily of the Valley

    Spiritual

    American Spiritual Ensemble

    Dr. Everett McCorvey, conductor

    3:43
  • 9:15 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Spring"

    Robert Schumann

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    29:23
  • 9:12 PM

    Partita No. 5: Corrente

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    1:30
  • 9:09 PM

    Partita No. 5: Allemande

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    3:30
  • 9:06 PM

    Partita No. 5: Preambulum

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    For Glenn Gould

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    2:22
  • 9:01 PM

    Minuet No. 1

    Giacomo Puccini

    Puccini

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jacek Kaspszyk, conductor

    4:39
  • 8:44 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra

    Marios Papadopoulous, conductor

    Paul Merkelo, trumpet

    14:51
  • 8:41 PM

    Ev'ry Time I Feel the Spirit

    William Dawson

    The Spirituals of William Dawson

    St. Olaf Choir

    Anton Armstrong, conductor

    1:58
  • 8:37 PM

    Woogie Boogie

    Errollyn Wallen

    Blues Dialogues: Music by Black Composers

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    2:27
  • 8:29 PM

    Chicago

    Edmond Dede

    DEDE: Mon pauvre coeur / Francoise et Tirtillard / Mefisto masque

    Hot Springs Music Festival Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Rosenberg, conductor

    8:36
  • 8:07 PM

    Lachian Dances

    Leos Janacek

    Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

    Antoni Wit, conductor

    20:19
  • 8:01 PM

    Church Sonata No. 17

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Complete Mozart Edition, Vol. 21: Organ Sonatas & Solos

    German Bach Soloists

    Helmut Winschermann, conductor

    Daniel Chorzempa, organ

    4:46
  • 7:43 PM

    Bassoon Concerto No. 1

    Francois Devienne

    Devienne: Bassoon Concertos

    Slovak Chamber Orchestra

    Bohdan Warchal, conductor

    Eckart Hubner, bassoon

    15:24
  • 6:45 PM

    Froissart Overture

    Edward Elgar

    English Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    13:15
  • 6:23 PM

    Petite Symphony

    Charles Gounod

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    20:00
  • 6:20 PM

    Children's Corner: The Little Shepherd

    Claude Debussy

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, piano

    2:44
  • 6:14 PM

    There Is a Balm in Gilead

    Spiritual

    In Bright Mansions

    Fisk Jubilee Singers

    4:36
  • 6:06 PM

    Recorder Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Il Giardino Armonico

    Giovanni Antonini, recorder

    7:39
  • 6:01 PM

    Theater Set: Overture

    Ulysses Kay

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    4:29
  • 5:49 PM

    The Wreckers Overture

    Ethel Smyth

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    9:10
  • 5:35 PM

    The Oak

    Florence Price

    The Oak - Mississippi River Suite - Symphony No. 3

    Women's Philharmonic

    Apo Hsu, conductor

    12:36
  • 5:31 PM

    Fanfare on Amazing Grace

    Adolphus Hailstork

    Virginia Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    3:26
  • 5:17 PM

    Sonata Concertata

    Niccolo Paganini

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    John Williams, guitar

    11:34
  • 5:06 PM

    By the Beautiful Blue Danube (An der schonen, blauen Donau)

    Johann StraussJr.

    2018 New Year's Concerto

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    11:05
  • 5:01 PM

    Concertino for Horn: Polacca

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    4:47
  • 4:50 PM

    Negro Folk Symphony: O, Le' Me Shine, Shine Like A Morning Star!

    William Dawson

    Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Arthur Fagen, conductor

    8:14
  • 4:43 PM

    My Soul Hath Found Refuge in Thee

    Evelyn Simpson-Curenton

    The Aeolians

    The Aeolians

    Jason Max Ferdinand, conductor

    5:29
  • 4:21 PM

    Overture, Scherzo and Finale

    Robert Schumann

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    20:04
  • 4:12 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": 3rd movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9, Carnival Overture

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    8:03
  • 4:06 PM

    Fugue "Little"

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Stravinsky, Bach, Stokowski

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    3:55
  • 4:00 PM

    Suite: Festival

    Marcel Tournier

    French Flute Chamber Music - Pierne, Francaix, Roussel, Etc / Mirage Quintet

    Mirage Quintet

    4:47
  • 3:53 PM

    Always: Theme

    John Williams

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    5:31
  • 3:51 PM

    My Fair Lady: Main Title

    Frederick Loewe

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    3:55
  • 3:46 PM

    Funny Face: Overture

    George Gershwin

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    5:51
  • 3:42 PM

    Charade: Charade

    Henry Mancini

    Royal Philharmonic Pops

    Henry Mancini, conductor

    Henry Mancini, piano

    3:30
  • 3:34 PM

    The Nun's Story: Suite

    Franz Waxman

    Legends Of Hollywood: Franz Waxman Volume Two

    Queensland Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Mills, conductor

    11:04
  • 3:33 PM

    Phantom Thread: For the Hungry Boy

    Jonny Greenwood

    Phantom Thread Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Robert Ziegler, conductor

    Katherine Tinker, piano

    3:41
  • 3:28 PM

    Lincoln: The American Process

    John Williams

    Lincoln Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    3:57
  • 3:21 PM

    The Age of Innocence: End Credits

    Elmer Bernstein

    Studio Orchestra

    Elmer Bernstein, conductor

    5:04
  • 3:16 PM

    The Last of the Mohicans: Main Theme

    Trevor Jones

    Cinema's Classic Romances

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kenneth Alwyn, conductor

    3:14
  • 3:07 PM

    My Left Foot

    Elmer Bernstein

    Elmer Bernstein By Elmer Bernstein

    Royal Philharmonic Pops

    Elmer Bernstein, conductor

    7:10
  • 3:01 PM

    Lincoln: With Malice Toward None

    John Williams

    John Williams at the Movies

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    4:12
  • 2:55 PM

    Let Us Break Bread Together

    Spiritual

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    William Brown, tenor

    3:11
  • 2:52 PM

    Let Us Break Bread Together

    Moses Hogan

    Duo Dolce

    2:49
  • 2:28 PM

    Guitar Concerto No. 1

    Mauro Giuliani

    Vivaldi, Giuliani, Rodrigo

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    John Williams, guitar

    22:07
  • 2:23 PM

    Quintet for Alto Saxophone and String Quartet: 2nd movement

    Ellen Taaffe Zwilich

    Pacifica Quartet

    Otis Murphy, saxophone

    4:06
  • 2:06 PM

    Capriccio Italien

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Ports of Call

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    15:53
  • 1:50 PM

    La Cenerentola (Cinderella): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jaime Laredo, conductor

    7:50
  • 1:31 PM

    Sinfonia Concertante

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Aurele Nicolet, flute

    Heinz Holliger, oboe

    17:13
  • 1:23 PM

    Broceliande Overture

    Lucien-Leon Lambert

    Hot Springs Music Festival Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Rosenberg, conductor

    6:47
  • 1:20 PM

    Umoja (Unity)

    Valerie Coleman

    Imani Winds

    Imani Winds

    2:49
  • 1:06 PM

    Bassoon Sonata

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Judith LeClair, bassoon

    Jonathan Feldman, piano

    12:25
  • 12:55 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Sunday Symphony": Awakening

    William Grant Still

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    3:41
  • 12:49 PM

    Soli Deo Gloria

    Courtney Bryan

    Duo Noire

    5:28
  • 12:33 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Janine Jansen, violin

    Jan Jansen, harpsichord

    14:28
  • 12:15 PM

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    16:29
  • 12:07 PM

    Alborada del Gracioso (Morning Song of the Jester)

    Maurice Ravel

    Seattle Symphony

    Ludovic Morlot, conductor

    7:42
  • 12:01 PM

    The Arts and the Hours

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Debussy | Rameau | Vikingur Olafsson

    Vikingur Olafsson, piano

    4:45
  • 11:32 AM

    String Quartet No. 8

    Antonin Dvorak

    Chilingirian Quartet

    25:52
  • 11:27 AM

    A Summer Day

    Lena McLin

    Helen Walker-Hill, piano

    3:57
  • 11:19 AM

    African Suite: Joyful Day

    Fela Sowande

    Black Composers Series 1974-1978

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    7:38
  • 11:16 AM

    Three Dream Portraits: Dream Variation

    Margaret Bonds

    Will Liverman, baritone

    Paul Sanchez, piano

    2:08
  • 11:07 AM

    String Quartet No. 2: Nocturne

    Alexander Borodin

    Mad About Romance

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    8:19
  • 11:01 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 1

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Maria Bergmann, piano

    4:37
  • 10:51 AM

    Mandolin Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Music for Lute and Mandolin

    Parley of Instruments

    Paul O'Dette, lute

    7:03
  • 10:28 AM

    Rossiniana Suite

    Ottorino Respighi

    Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra

    George Hanson, conductor

    21:49
  • 10:23 AM

    We Shall Walk Through the Valley

    Undine Smith Moore

    Dance Like the Wind: Music of Today's Black Composers

    VocalEssence

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    2:53
  • 10:13 AM

    Variations on an African American Spiritual

    Joshua McGhee

    Where Freedom Rings: Compositions by Contemporary African American Composers

    Picasso Ensemble

    9:55
  • 10:06 AM

    Nocturnes: Nuages (Clouds)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Pelleas Et Melisande Suite; Prelude To The Afternoon Of A Faun; Three Nocturnes

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    6:22
  • 10:01 AM

    Fantasia Suite No. 8

    John Jenkins

    Locke Consort

    4:36
  • 9:50 AM

    Variations on "Early One Morning"

    Jean-Michel Damase

    Shigenori Kudo, flute

    Naoko Yoshino, harp

    8:33
  • 9:27 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Joseph White

    Encore Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hege, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    21:34
  • 9:23 AM

    Examine Me

    Cedric Dent

    The Aeolians

    The Aeolians

    Jason Max Ferdinand, conductor

    3:35
  • 9:06 AM

    New London Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    14:44
  • 9:01 AM

    Second Suite: Intermezzo

    Charles-Edouard Lefebvre

    Sylvan Winds

    Nicholas Gallas, clarinet

    4:30
  • 8:31 AM

    Piano Quintet

    Florence Price

    American Quintets

    Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective

    27:28
  • 8:22 AM

    Andante Cantabile

    Peter Tchaikovsky

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

    Moscow Chamber Orchestra

    Constantine Orbelian, conductor

    Alexander Kniazev, cello

    8:00
  • 8:06 AM

    Fratres (Brothers)

    Arvo Part

    MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Kristjan Jarvi, conductor

    14:23
  • 8:01 AM

    Sonatina: 2nd movement

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    Andrea Lieberknecht, flute

    Frank Bungarten, guitar

    4:32
  • 7:47 AM

    Coincident Dances

    Jessie Montgomery

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    11:42
  • 7:23 AM

    Gumboots

    David Bruce

    Bruce: Gumboots

    Carducci Quartet

    Julian Bliss, clarinet

    22:48
  • 7:06 AM

    Summer Night

    Othmar Schoeck

    Schoeck: Cello Concerto; Sommernacht

    German Chamber Academy

    Johannes Goritzki, conductor

    Johannes Goritzki, cello

    15:21
  • 7:01 AM

    American Suite: 2nd movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    4:38
  • 6:27 AM

    Symphony No. 5 "Reformation"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    31:03
  • 6:20 AM

    Be Still and Know

    Carlos Simon

    My Ancestor's Gift

    Phoebe Wu, piano

    6:28
  • 6:05 AM

    Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Richard Studt, conductor

    12:18
  • 6:01 AM

    Lute Suite: Sarabande and Gigue

    Jan Antonin Losy

    Jan Antonin Losy: Note d'oro

    Jakob Lindberg, lute

    4:39
  • 5:37 AM

    Umbrian Scene

    Ulysses Kay

    Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Arthur Fagen, conductor

    13:33
  • 5:13 AM

    Catalyst Quartet

    24:05
  • 5:01 AM

    Musica Celestis

    Aaron Jay Kernis

    Kernis: Colored Field, Musica Celestis, Air

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    12:22
  • 5:00 AM

    Barcarolle No. 9

    Gabriel Faure

    Paul Crossley, piano

    4:44