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  • 4:13 AM

    Lemminkainen Suite (Four Legends from the Kalevala)

    Jean Sibelius

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    Susan Tyte, English horn

    Adrian Shepard, cello

    44:50
  • 4:06 AM

    Invitation to the Voyage

    Julia Kent

    Julia Kent, cello

    5:30
  • 4:01 AM

    Forgotten Fairy Tales: Selections

    Edward MacDowell

    James Barbagallo, piano

    4:51
  • 3:49 AM

    The Distant Princess

    Nikolai Tcherepnin

    The Enchanted Kingdom

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    9:09
  • 3:20 AM

    String Quartet

    Maurice Ravel

    Emerson String Quartet: Complete Recordings

    Emerson String Quartet

    28:03
  • 3:14 AM

    Reflections at Dusk

    Jennifer Bellor

    Reflections at Dusk

    James Whiting, vibraphone

    4:14
  • 3:06 AM

    Romance

    Gerald Finzi

    English String Miniatures, Vol. 3

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    6:55
  • 3:01 AM

    Sanctus

    Ola Gjeilo

    Tenebrae

    4:46
  • 2:45 AM

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    Jean-Philippe Collard, piano

    13:45
  • 2:44 AM

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    Jean-Philippe Collard, piano

    13:45
  • 2:34 AM

    Winged Creatures

    Michael Abels

    Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra

    Allen Tinkham, conductor

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    Demarre McGill, flute

    11:38
  • 2:26 AM

    Hymn and Fuguing Tune No. 10

    Henry Cowell

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Celia Nicklin, oboe

    6:50
  • 1:00 AM

    Minnesota Orchestra LIVE

    Minnesota Orchestra LIVE

    60:00
  • 12:49 AM

    Introduction and Polonaise

    Frederic Chopin

    Jian Wang, cello

    Carol Rosenberger, piano

    9:07
  • 12:45 AM

    Sea Suite: Dance of the Walrus

    Bruce Paine

    Gunter Herbig, guitar

    1:55
  • 12:22 AM

    Sleeping Beauty Ballet Suite

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky | Sleeping Beauty & Swan Lake

    Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra

    Aleksander Lazarev, conductor

    23:18
  • 12:15 AM

    Canzona Matinata

    Nikolai Medtner

    Nikolai Demidenko, piano

    5:07
  • 12:06 AM

    Oboe Concerto No. 6

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Venetian Oboe Concertos

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Simon Wright, conductor

    John Anderson, oboe

    8:11
  • 12:01 AM

    Wallom Green/Curtain Tune

    John Playford/Henry Purcell

    Barokksolistene

    Bjarte Eike, violin

    4:40
  • 11:40 PM

    Norwegian Dances

    Edvard Grieg

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Petri Sakari, conductor

    18:00
  • 11:02 PM

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Mark O'Connor, violin

    Edgar Meyer, double bass

    4:00
  • 10:59 PM

    Die Vogelhochzeit (The Bird's Wedding)

    Traditional German

    Wondrous Love: A World Folk Song Collection

    Chanticleer

    3:01
  • 10:44 PM

    Spring Waters

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    My Restless Soul

    Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone

    2:13
  • 10:30 PM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    German Overtures

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    12:56
  • 10:24 PM

    Scottish Rondo

    John Field

    Miceal O'Rourke, piano

    4:34
  • 10:15 PM

    Concerto for Clarinet

    Artie Shaw

    Ebony Concerto

    DePaul Jazz Ensemble

    John Bruce Yeh, clarinet

    7:36
  • 10:03 PM

    Chasing Butterflies

    Issam Rafea/Gao Hong

    Issam Rafea, oud

    Gao Hong, pipa

    4:25
  • 9:28 PM

    Prelude, Fugue and Riffs

    Leonard Bernstein

    New World Jazz

    New World Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    Tad Calcara, clarinet

    8:25
  • 9:10 PM

    Fountains of Rome

    Ottorino Respighi

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    15:57
  • 9:04 PM

    O Magnum Mysterium (O Great Mystery)

    Morten Lauridsen

    Eventide

    Voces8

    5:44
  • 8:43 PM

    English Suite No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach: Partitas Nos. 1 & 2, English Suites Nos. 2 & 3

    Anne-Marie McDermott, piano

    16:57
  • 8:23 PM

    Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    19:32
  • 8:07 PM

    Variations on America

    Charles Ives

    Organ Odyssey

    Mary Preston, organ

    8:45
  • 8:00 PM

    Appalachian Spring: Variations on a Shaker Tune

    Aaron Copland

    American Postcard

    Christina and Michelle Naughton, piano duo

    5:37
  • 5:53 PM

    The Tender Land: The Promise of Living

    Aaron Copland

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    5:40
  • 5:20 PM

    Symphony No. 4

    Florence Price

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    31:25
  • 5:06 PM

    Serenade for Flute and Guitar

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Italian Serenade

    James Galway, flute

    11:41
  • 5:01 PM

    Amazing Grace

    Traditional

    Serafin String Quartet

    4:35
  • 4:47 PM

    Bavarian Dances

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance Marches

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    11:36
  • 4:28 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    6 Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord

    Jaime Laredo, violin

    17:35
  • 4:11 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Johann Neruda

    Baroque Trumpet Concertos

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    Sergei Nakariakov, trumpet

    15:14
  • 4:06 PM

    Procession of the Sardar

    Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov

    Classic Marches

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    4:07
  • 4:01 PM

    March No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Marches and Dances

    Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra

    Hans Graf, conductor

    4:52
  • 3:48 PM

    L'Apotheose de Moliere

    Darius Milhaud

    Milhaud: Carnaval d'Aix; Carnaval de Londres, etc.

    New London Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    9:53
  • 3:44 PM

    Fantasy Pieces: Humoresque

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Uncovered Vol. 1

    Catalyst Quartet

    3:17
  • 3:22 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 31

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Awadagin Pratt: Beethoven Piano Sonatas

    Awadagin Pratt, piano

    20:15
  • 3:12 PM

    Scherzando No. 3

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn Ensemble Berlin

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    8:07
  • 3:06 PM

    Romanian Folk Dances

    Bela Bartok

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    6:14
  • 3:01 PM

    Il delirio amoroso: Introduction

    George Frideric Handel

    Le Concert d'Astree

    Emmanuelle Haim, conductor

    4:50
  • 2:47 PM

    Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave)

    Felix Mendelssohn

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    10:23
  • 2:37 PM

    Memories of the Straw Brook Waltz

    Joseph Lanner

    Vienna String Ensemble

    9:35
  • 2:21 PM

    Concert Piece for Harp and Orchestra

    Gabriel Pierne

    Andre Cluytens: Artist Profile

    Orchestra of the Society of Conservatory Concerts

    Andre Cluytens, conductor

    Annie Chalan, harp

    14:16
  • 2:18 PM

    Etude No. 1 "Aeolian Harp"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Etudes

    Maurizio Pollini, piano

    2:12
  • 2:00 PM

    The Love for Three Oranges: March

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Woody Allen Classics

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    1:29
  • 1:51 PM

    Le Roi malgre lui (The King in Spite of Himself): Fete polonaise

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    7:23
  • 1:42 PM

    Anna Ciborowska, piano

    7:30
  • 1:33 PM

    Symphony No. 38 "Prague": Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphony No. 38 "Prague"

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Frans Bruggen, conductor

    7:46
  • 1:30 PM

    La Peri (The Fairy): Fanfare

    Paul Dukas

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    1:50
  • 1:21 PM

    King John Overture

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

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

    West Australian Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Penny, conductor

    8:16
  • 1:16 PM

    The Firebird (L'oiseau de feu): Berceuse

    Igor Stravinsky

    Nocturne

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Measham, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    3:15
  • 1:07 PM

    Symphony No. 4: Scherzo

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    5:48
  • 1:04 PM

    Rondeau

    Jean-Joseph Mouret

    Wynton Marsalis: In Gabriel's Garden

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Anthony Newman, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    2:02
  • 12:51 PM

    Il barbiere di Siviglia (Barber of Seville): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    7:14
  • 12:50 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish": 1st movement

    Robert Schumann

    Robert Schumann Symphonies 1-4

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    8:53
  • 12:42 PM

    Orb and Sceptre

    William Walton

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    7:25
  • 12:34 PM

    Suite for Piano

    Ethel Smyth

    Smyth: Complete Piano Works

    Liana Serbescu, piano

    6:16
  • 12:30 PM

    Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba

    George Frideric Handel

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    2:47
  • 12:24 PM

    Karelia Suite: Alla Marcia

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Karelia and Kuolema (complete versions)

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    4:06
  • 12:19 PM

    Ca'azapa (Popular Paraguayan Song)

    Agustin Barrios

    Berta Rojas, guitar

    4:35
  • 12:16 PM

    Gavotte

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Kodaly: String Quartets No. 1 and 2; Gavotte

    Kontra Quartet

    2:32
  • 12:07 PM

    Il barbiere di Siviglia (Barber of Seville): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jaime Laredo, conductor

    7:19
  • 12:04 PM

    Acis and Galatea: Happy We!

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel Bars: Popular Works of George Frideric Handel

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    1:53
  • 11:56 AM

    Preludes, Book 1: La fille aux cheveux de lin (The Girl with the Flaxen Hair)

    Claude Debussy

    Gervase de Peyer, clarinet

    Gwenneth Pryor, piano

    2:07
  • 11:52 AM

    String Quintet: 2nd mvt

    Antonin Dvorak

    Pacifica Quartet

    Michael Tree, viola

    4:00
  • 11:38 AM

    Sinfonia Veneziana

    Antonio Salieri

    SALIERI: Sinfonias and Overtures

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    9:57
  • 11:31 AM

    Venice Baroque Orchestra

    Andrea Marcon, conductor

    5:58
  • 11:22 AM

    Italian Serenade

    Hugo Wolf

    Wagner: Siegfried-Idyll/Sibelius: Valse Triste/etc.

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    7:18
  • 11:18 AM

    Paul Lewis, piano

    3:21
  • 11:11 AM

    Symphony No. 100 "Military": 2nd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Seven London Symphonies

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    5:49
  • 11:04 AM

    Folk Suite No. 4

    William Grant Still

    Calico Winds

    5:28
  • 10:49 AM

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    9:06
  • 10:36 AM

    Sleeping Beauty: Two Pictures

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    10:48
  • 10:30 AM

    Dirait-on (So They Say)

    Morten Lauridsen

    Turtle Creek Chorale

    Timothy Seelig, conductor

    6:13
  • 10:23 AM

    Pavane

    Gabriel Faure

    Pure Classics

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    6:14
  • 10:12 AM

    Navarra Symphony Orchestra

    Ernest Martinez Izquierdo, conductor

    Tianwa Yang, violin

    9:51
  • 10:06 AM

    Waltz No. 1 "Grand Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 3; Ballade No. 4; Waltzes, Mazurkas, Barcarolle

    Ingrid Fliter, piano

    5:29
  • 10:01 AM

    The Jane Pickering Lute Book

    Anonymous

    The Scottish Lute

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    4:41
  • 9:42 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 10

    Francois Devienne

    Devienne: 14 Concertos pour flute

    Munich Chamber Orchestra

    Hans Stadlmair, conductor

    Andras Adorjan, flute

    16:20
  • 9:22 AM

    Ballad Without Words

    Kurt Atterberg

    Atterberg: Symphony No. 6, etc.

    Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra

    Jun'ichi Hirokami, conductor

    18:31
  • 9:17 AM

    Bas-Pelles Eriks Brudpolska

    Per Westberg

    Bonfrost

    Nordic Fiddlers Bloc

    3:31
  • 9:06 AM

    Symphony No. 7: 2nd movement

    Emilie Mayer

    Berlin Chamber Symphony Ensemble

    Jurgen Bruns, conductor

    10:07
  • 9:01 AM

    Wind Quintet: 2nd movement

    Carl Nielsen

    Carion: Nielsen's Footsteps

    Carion Wind Quintet

    4:36
  • 8:35 AM

    Piano Concerto

    Ester Magi

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Arvo Volmer, conductor

    Ada Kuuseoks, piano

    22:36
  • 8:30 AM

    Sehnsucht (Longing)

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Songs for Male Chorus

    Robert Shaw Chamber Singers

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    4:30
  • 8:06 AM

    Symphony No. 10: Adagio

    Gustav Mahler

    The Romantic Age

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    22:48
  • 8:01 AM

    Variations for Arinushka

    Arvo Part

    Piano Icons For The 21st Century

    Elena Riu, piano

    4:30
  • 7:47 AM

    Flute Quartet No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    Christoph Poppen, violin

    Hariolf Schlichtig, viola

    Jean-Guihen Queyras, cello

    11:39
  • 7:30 AM

    The Incredible Flutist: Suite

    Walter Piston

    Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra

    Howard Hanson, conductor

    16:21
  • 7:22 AM

    Les nuits d'ete (Summer Nights): The Spectre of the Rose

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Le Nuits D'ete, Harold En Italie

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano

    6:36
  • 7:06 AM

    French Suite No. 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Murray Perahia, piano

    14:59
  • 7:01 AM

    Suite from Esclarmonde: Hymenee

    Jules Massenet

    Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kenneth Jean, conductor

    4:34
  • 6:29 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "The Midnight Hour"

    Eivind Groven

    Groven: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2

    Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra

    Peter Szilvay, conductor

    29:24
  • 6:14 AM

    The Garden of Cosmic Speculation: Garden of the Senses Suite

    Michael Gandolfi

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Spano, conductor

    12:55
  • 6:06 AM

    The Planets: Saturn

    Gustav Holst

    Zoforbit: A Space Odyssey

    ZOFO Duet

    7:38
  • 6:01 AM

    Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens: Adagio

    John Williams

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    4:31
  • 5:32 AM

    The Blue Pearl

    Erkki Melartin

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Hannu Lintu, conductor

    26:15
  • 5:24 AM

    Sivan Magen, harp

    6:48
  • 5:06 AM

    Noble and Sentimental Waltzes

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Ballet And Dance Music

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    16:37
  • 5:01 AM

    Sleepsong

    Rolf Lovland

    Invisible Stars - Choral Works of Ireland and Scotland

    The Choral Scholars of University College Dublin

    Desmond Earley, conductor

    Emily Doyle, soprano

    4:37