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  • 4:52 AM

    Pan's Flute: Pan and the Birds

    Jules Mouquet

    Nocturne

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Measham, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    6:08
  • 4:36 AM

    Four Piano Pieces

    Elfrida Andree

    Oskar Ekberg, piano

    15:24
  • 4:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 16

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Quartetto Italiano

    28:22
  • 4:01 AM

    Prelude No. 25

    Frederic Chopin

    Vanessa Perez, piano

    4:50
  • 3:48 AM

    Variazioni pastorali

    Jon Leifs

    Nordic Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Lindberg, conductor

    10:44
  • 3:41 AM

    A Door into the Dark

    Missy Mazzoli

    Victoire

    5:24
  • 3:24 AM

    String Quartet No. 15: 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Dreams and Prayers

    A Far Cry Orchestra

    16:22
  • 3:19 AM

    Cello Suite No. 6: Gigue

    Peter Gregson

    Recomposed by Peter Gregson: Bach: The Cello Suites

    Peter Gregson, cello

    2:48
  • 3:06 AM

    This Midnight Hour

    Anna Clyne

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    12:42
  • 3:01 AM

    Rondeau dans Zaide

    Michel Blavet

    Nine Notes that Shook the World

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    4:30
  • 2:44 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 9

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Concerti Grossi Op 6, 9-12

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    14:06
  • 2:41 AM

    Swanwhite Suite: The harp falls briefly silent and strikes up a new melody

    Jean Sibelius

    Turku Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    2:21
  • 2:29 AM

    Funerailles

    Franz Liszt

    Stephen Hough, piano

    11:08
  • 2:06 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Arvo Part

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Franz Welser-Most, conductor

    21:06
  • 2:01 AM

    Sonnets without Words: Music to Hear

    Roxanna Panufnik

    Ben Goldscheider, horn

    Huw Watkins, piano

    4:41
  • 1:53 AM

    Lullaby for Natalie

    John Corigliano

    The American Masters: Barber, Corigliano, Bates

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    5:09
  • 1:29 AM

    Symphony No. 6

    William Banfield

    Childs, B: The Distant Land, etc.

    Akron Symphony Orchestra

    Alan Balter, conductor

    22:51
  • 1:20 AM

    Yellow Beach

    Michael Nyman

    Ahn Trio

    6:54
  • 1:06 AM

    Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    13:05
  • 1:01 AM

    What Inspires Poetry: About Rain and Storm

    Jorge Grundman

    Minds

    Ara Malikian, violin

    4:38
  • 12:26 AM

    Luba Edlina, piano

    Rostislav Dubinsky, violin

    Michael Thompson, horn

    32:38
  • 12:18 AM

    If I Were a Swan

    Kevin Puts

    Puts: Symphony No. 4

    Conspirare

    Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

    6:23
  • 12:12 AM

    Etude No. 21

    Louise Farrenc

    Joanne Polk, piano

    4:12
  • 12:06 AM

    Spanish Waltz

    Emil Waldteufel

    Music of Waldteufel

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    5:26
  • 12:01 AM

    Harp Consort No. 3

    William Lawes

    Lawes: Harp Consorts

    Les Voix Humaines

    Maxine Eilander, harp

    4:40
  • 11:50 PM

    Musical Moment No. 6

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Piano Sonata, D. 959 etc.

    Stephen Kovacevich, piano

    7:42
  • 11:38 PM

    CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra

    Hartmut Haenchen, conductor

    10:57
  • 11:27 PM

    Citywinds

    9:35
  • 11:20 PM

    String Quartet: Andante

    Amanda Rontgen-Maier

    The Maier Quartet - Rendezvous: Leipzig

    Maier Quartet

    5:35
  • 11:06 PM

    Dance Poem

    Frank Bridge

    Orchestral Works, Vol. 2

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    13:59
  • 11:01 PM

    The Dance of the Goblins (La ronde des Lutins)

    Antonio Bazzini

    Stokowski Stereo Collection: Shostakovich - Symphony No. 6, Khachaturian - Symphony No. 3

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    4:38
  • 10:44 PM

    Tragic Overture

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    13:34
  • 10:28 PM

    English Pastoral Impressions

    Ernest Farrar

    Farrar: Orchestral Works

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Alasdair Mitchell, conductor

    14:13
  • 10:25 PM

    Prelude for Lute

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    2:10
  • 10:18 PM

    Grand Tarantelle

    Louis Moreau Gottschalk

    Sakiko Ohashi, piano

    Gary Hammond, piano

    6:18
  • 10:06 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 1st movement

    Elfrida Andree

    Stockholm Symphony Orchestra

    Gustaf Sjokvist, conductor

    11:21
  • 10:01 PM

    Merry Mount: Maypole Dances

    Howard Hanson

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    4:42
  • 9:48 PM

    Momentum Suite

    Peter Hope

    English String Miniatures, Vol. 4

    Northern Sinfonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    10:10
  • 9:39 PM

    String Symphony No. 6

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    8:42
  • 9:36 PM

    Etude No. 5 "Black Keys"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Etudes / John Browning

    John Browning, piano

    1:30
  • 9:20 PM

    Clarinet Concerto

    Johann Stamitz

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    15:39
  • 9:11 PM

    Wedding Day at Troldhaugen

    Edvard Grieg

    Ballad for Edvard Grieg

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    6:17
  • 9:06 PM

    A Welcome March

    Charles Stanford

    Ulster Orchestra

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    5:15
  • 9:03 PM

    Cascades

    Scott Joplin

    Calico Winds

    2:49
  • 8:46 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    11:20
  • 8:42 PM

    Bransles

    Antoine Francisque

    Masterworks for the Harp

    Marisa Robles, harp

    3:29
  • 8:19 PM

    Siegfried Idyll

    Richard Wagner

    Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 6 and 9; Wagner

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Andris Nelsons, conductor

    20:45
  • 8:06 PM

    Concert Overture

    Karol Szymanowski

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Edward Gardner, conductor

    12:07
  • 8:01 PM

    Sonata for Flute and Harp

    Gaetano Donizetti

    Marc Grauwels, flute

    Catherine Michel, harp

    4:35
  • 7:44 PM

    Violin Sonata "The Devil's Trill"

    Giuseppe Tartini

    Italia

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Curnyn, conductor

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    13:50
  • 5:49 PM

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    9:21
  • 5:24 PM

    Swan Lake Ballet Suite

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    23:10
  • 5:20 PM

    Scottish Folk Songs: Turn Ye to Me

    Helen Hopekirk

    Gary Steigerwalt, piano

    3:14
  • 5:06 PM

    Flute Concerto

    Johann Stamitz

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    Barthold Kuijken, flute

    13:10
  • 5:01 PM

    Tanguori

    Jeremy Cohen

    Quartet San Francisco

    4:33
  • 4:47 PM

    The Sorcerer's Apprentice

    Paul Dukas

    Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yuri Temirkanov, conductor

    10:56
  • 4:44 PM

    The Magic Box

    Francis Bebey

    John Williams, guitar

    3:09
  • 4:16 PM

    The Fairy Queen

    Henry Purcell

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    27:33
  • 4:06 PM

    Ground Floor

    Alice Julien-Laferriere, violin

    6:42
  • 4:01 PM

    Three Poems by Fricis Barda: Prayer

    Maija Einfelde

    SWR Vocal Ensemble Stuttgart

    Marcus Creed, conductor

    4:36
  • 3:49 PM

    Marche Slave

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: 1812, Marche Slave, Etc / Järvi, Gothenburg So

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    9:36
  • 3:34 PM

    Piano Trio "Elegiaque" No. 1

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov: Piano Trios

    Lang Lang, piano

    14:49
  • 3:15 PM

    Suite Lyrique

    John Rutter

    Blessing

    Sinfonia Cymru

    John Rutter, conductor

    Catrin Finch, harp

    17:22
  • 3:10 PM

    Carmina Burana: In trutina (In the Balance)

    Carl Orff

    Voice Of The Violin

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Michael Stern, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    2:28
  • 3:06 PM

    The Gumsuckers March

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger Edition Vol. 4: Works for Wind Orchestra

    Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra

    Timothy Reynish, conductor

    3:46
  • 3:01 PM

    Ruslan and Ludmila: March of Chernomor

    Mikhail Glinka

    Glinka: Capriccio Brillante / Overture in D Major / Souvenir D'Une Nuit D'Ete A Madrid

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vassily Sinaisky, conductor

    4:31
  • 2:55 PM

    Music for the Royal Fireworks: La Rejouissance

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Music For The Royal Fireworks; Water Music

    Capella Istropolitana

    Bohdan Warchal, conductor

    3:30
  • 2:54 PM

    Music for the Royal Fireworks: La Rejouissance

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Music For The Royal Fireworks; Water Music

    Capella Istropolitana

    Bohdan Warchal, conductor

    3:30
  • 2:49 PM

    Dead Symphony No. 6: If I Had the World to Give

    Lee Johnson

    Russian National Orchestra

    Lee Johnson, conductor

    3:59
  • 2:20 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    Sarah Chang, violin

    27:40
  • 2:13 PM

    American Serenade: Spiritual

    Antal Dorati

    Aalborg Symphony Orchestra

    Moshe Atzmon, conductor

    6:05
  • 2:05 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 9

    Bruce Haynes

    Montreal Baroque Orchestra

    Eric Milnes, conductor

    6:29
  • 1:59 PM

    Serenade for Strings: Alla marcia

    Dag Wiren

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Richard Studt, conductor

    4:48
  • 1:48 PM

    Symphony No. 7: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 7

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    8:46
  • 1:43 PM

    Mignon: Connais-tu le pays?

    Ambroise Thomas

    Cantabile

    Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Olivieri-Munroe, conductor

    Sol Gabetta, cello

    4:36
  • 1:30 PM

    Capriol Suite

    Peter Warlock

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Christopher Parkening, guitar

    10:51
  • 1:21 PM

    The Frogs

    Granville Bantock

    Overtures from the British Isles

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    8:27
  • 1:17 PM

    The Frog Galliard

    John Dowland

    Durch Raum und Zeit

    Jochen Ross, mandolin

    2:34
  • 1:12 PM

    Children's Corner: Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum

    Claude Debussy

    Desirae Brown, piano

    Deondra Brown, piano

    2:25
  • 1:05 PM

    Serenade No. 1: Rondo

    Johannes Brahms

    Weekend Serenade: Brahms - Serenade 1 & 2

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Istvan Kertesz, conductor

    5:42
  • 12:51 PM

    Symphony No. 1: Finale

    Alexander Borodin

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Jun'ichi Hirokami, conductor

    7:54
  • 12:46 PM

    Matinees Musicales: Moto Perpetuo

    Benjamin Britten

    Britten: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge; Matinees & Soirees Musicales

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    2:49
  • 12:43 PM

    Gavotte Fantastique

    Amy Beach

    Adalberto Maria Riva, piano

    3:06
  • 12:33 PM

    L'Italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    7:47
  • 12:28 PM

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    5:08
  • 12:22 PM

    Scherzo Final

    Mel Bonis

    Mel Bonis: Chamber Music with Flute

    Tatjana Ruhland, flute

    4:05
  • 12:17 PM

    St. Cecilia: Overture

    Maurice Greene

    Baroque Band

    Garry Clarke, conductor

    3:45
  • 12:11 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1: Rondo

    Emil von Sauer

    Romantic Piano Concerto Vol. 11

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    Stephen Hough, piano

    4:29
  • 12:04 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Bluebird pas de deux

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Stravinsky: Le Baiser de la Fee, etc.

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    5:30
  • 11:52 AM

    Morning, Noon, and Night in Vienna

    Franz von Suppe

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    7:32
  • 11:47 AM

    Six Etudes for Piano Left Hand Alone: No. 4 "Bourree"

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Piers Lane, piano

    3:40
  • 11:45 AM

    Six Etudes for Piano Left Hand Alone: No. 2 "Alla Fuga"

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Piers Lane, piano

    2:03
  • 11:37 AM

    Symphony No. 104 "London": Minuet

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies 22, 104, Piano Concerto in D

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    6:19
  • 11:32 AM

    Trumpet Sonata No. 1

    Henry Purcell

    Purcell Quartet

    Mark Bennett, trumpet

    4:05
  • 11:24 AM

    Impressions from the Countryside: Village Dance

    Zdenek Fibich

    Czech National Symphony Orchestra

    Marek Stilec, conductor

    7:46
  • 11:19 AM

    Sekstur from Vensyssel/The Peat Dance

    Traditional

    Danish String Quartet

    3:57
  • 11:10 AM

    Octet: 5th movement

    Franz Schubert

    Isabelle Faust, violin

    Anne-Katharina Schreiber, violin

    James Boyd, viola

    Kristin von der Goltz, cello

    James Munro, bass

    Lorenzo Coppola, clarinet

    7:15
  • 11:05 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3: Bourree and Gigue

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Orchestral Suites

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    3:51
  • 10:49 AM

    Concerto for Two Cellos

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi's Cello

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    8:56
  • 10:46 AM

    Waly, Waly (The Water is Wide)

    Traditional

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    2:46
  • 10:29 AM

    Harp Concerto

    Jean Eichner

    Kurpfalz Chamber Orchestra

    Stefan Fraas, conductor

    Silke Aichhorn, harp

    15:43
  • 10:24 AM

    From Olden Times: Gigue

    Johan Halvorsen

    Halvorsen: Suite ancienne, Mascarade Suite

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Ari Rasilainen, conductor

    4:35
  • 10:17 AM

    Jeux d'eau (Fountains)

    Maurice Ravel

    Alexandre Tharaud, piano

    5:18
  • 10:07 AM

    Fair Melusina Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Seascapes

    Virginia Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    10:11
  • 10:01 AM

    The Seasons: Petit Adagio

    Alexander Glazunov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade, Arensky: Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky, Glazunov: The Seasons, Concert Waltzes

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor

    4:48
  • 9:39 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 4

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

    Isaac Stern, conductor

    Isaac Stern, violin

    19:31
  • 9:19 AM

    Cinnamon Grove

    Nathaniel Dett

    Clipper Erickson, piano

    17:30
  • 9:14 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Pastoral": Finale

    Francois-Joseph Gossec

    Le Mozart Noir

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    4:38
  • 9:06 AM

    Appalachian Spring: Variations on a Shaker Melody

    Aaron Copland

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    6:47
  • 9:01 AM

    Encantamento

    Camargo Guarnieri

    Brazilian Music for Viola and Piano

    Barbara Westphal, viola

    4:36
  • 8:55 AM

    Boston Symphony Chamber Players

    2:51
  • 8:50 AM

    Adalberto Maria Riva, piano

    5:00
  • 8:07 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Polish"

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    42:05
  • 8:01 AM

    Petite Suite: En Bateau (Boating)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Music for Oboe and Harp

    Humbert Lucarelli, oboe

    4:42
  • 7:49 AM

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Sedares, conductor

    9:32
  • 7:44 AM

    Chaconne

    Silvius Weiss

    A Distant Show

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    4:18
  • 7:06 AM

    String Sextet No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Sextets Op. 18 And Op. 36

    L'Archibudelli

    36:03
  • 7:01 AM

    Nocturne No. 4

    Frederic Chopin

    Leif Ove Andsnes: Chopin

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    4:41
  • 6:31 AM

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    27:45
  • 6:28 AM

    Meditation

    Florence Price

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:17
  • 6:19 AM

    Vocalise

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    shadow, echo, memory

    Northwestern University Cello Ensemble

    7:27
  • 6:06 AM

    English Horn Concerto

    Joseph Fiala

    Potsdam Chamber Academy

    Albrecht Mayer, conductor

    Albrecht Mayer, English horn

    11:45
  • 6:01 AM

    Spring

    Edvard Grieg

    Nordic Light

    Danish National Radio Choir

    Stefan Parkman, conductor

    4:44
  • 5:48 AM

    Clearing, Dawn, Dance

    Judd Greenstein

    Beautiful Mechanical

    yMusic

    10:08
  • 5:18 AM

    Humoreske

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Humoreske, Fantasiestucke, Op. 12

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    29:17
  • 5:06 AM

    The Winter's Tale

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    10:10
  • 5:01 AM

    Mikhail Pletnev, piano

    4:36