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  • 4:46 AM

    blue cathedral

    Jennifer Higdon

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Spano, conductor

    12:19
  • 4:13 AM

    Piano Trio No. 1

    Emilie Mayer

    Mayer: Piano Trios; Notturno

    Trio Vivente

    30:56
  • 4:06 AM

    L'Isle joyeuse (Joyous Isle)

    Claude Debussy

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Branford Marsalis, saxophone

    6:42
  • 4:01 AM

    Nocturne

    Alan Hovhaness

    Harp Spectacular

    Susann McDonald, harp

    4:39
  • 3:42 AM

    String Quartet No. 12: 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Prism 1

    Danish String Quartet

    16:21
  • 3:29 AM

    Light: Luminous Crumbs

    Ramon Humet

    Ramon Humet: Light (Llum)

    Latvian Radio Choir

    Sigvards Klava, conductor

    Agnese Paunina, soprano

    11:23
  • 3:23 AM

    A Closed World of Fine Feelings

    Graeme Koehne

    Rupert Boyd: The Guitar

    Rupert Boyd, guitar

    5:20
  • 3:06 AM

    Symphony No. 6 "Tragic": Andante

    Gustav Mahler

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    15:13
  • 3:01 AM

    Lachrimae Tristes

    John Dowland

    DOWLAND: Lachrimae, or seaven teares

    The Dowland Consort

    Jakob Lindberg, conductor

    4:46
  • 2:50 AM

    Missa Pange lingua: Agnus dei

    Josquin des Prez

    Stile Antico

    8:26
  • 2:11 AM

    The Protecting Veil

    John Tavener

    I Fiamminghi

    Rudolf Werthen, conductor

    France Springuel, cello

    37:45
  • 2:06 AM

    Fantasy Pieces: Summer Song

    Agathe Grondahl

    Norwegian Classical Favourites

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    2:20
  • 2:01 AM

    Summer Idyls: Meadow-Rest

    Herbert Howells

    Howells: Piano Music, Vol. 1

    Matthew Schellhorn, piano

    4:47
  • 1:51 AM

    National Arts Centre Orchestra

    Alain Trudel, conductor

    Jonathan Crow, violin

    7:07
  • 1:27 AM

    Gaspard de la Nuit

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Works For Solo Piano

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    23:19
  • 1:07 AM

    Duet Concertino

    Richard Strauss

    Sinfonia Iuventas

    Gabriel Chmura, conductor

    Waldemar Zarow, clarinet

    Alicja Kieruzalska, bassoon

    18:12
  • 1:01 AM

    Show Me

    Aoife O'Donovan

    The Brooklyn Rider Almanac

    Brooklyn Rider

    4:53
  • 12:40 AM

    Divertimento

    Michael Ippolito

    Divertissement!

    C/O Chamber Orchestra

    18:21
  • 12:36 AM

    Divertimento No. 1

    James Oswald

    softLOUD

    Sean Shibe, guitar

    2:59
  • 12:14 AM

    Three Dances

    Maurice Durufle

    Escales: French Orchestral Works

    Sinfonia of London

    John Wilson, conductor

    21:14
  • 12:06 AM

    Dance of Wild Irravel

    Arnold Bax

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    5:27
  • 12:01 AM

    Divertimento No. 14: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Divertimenti

    Berlin Philharmonic Winds

    4:30
  • 11:50 PM

    Mignon: Overture

    Ambroise Thomas

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    8:18
  • 11:43 PM

    Cascay

    Francisco Pulgar Vidal

    Inca Trail Connections

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

    6:50
  • 11:24 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 8

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Sonatas for Piano & Violin

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    17:40
  • 11:12 PM

    Bassoon Concerto

    Johann Fasch

    Concerti Virtuosi

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    Dominic Teresi, bassoon

    9:15
  • 11:06 PM

    Madame Butterfly: Un bel di vedremo (One fine day)

    Giacomo Puccini

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    5:31
  • 11:01 PM

    The Sun Never Says

    Dan Forrest

    Enchanted Isle

    Voces8

    4:47
  • 10:47 PM

    Les Eolides

    Cesar Franck

    Franck: Symphony in D minor; Les �olides

    New York Philharmonic

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    11:20
  • 10:26 PM

    Sonatina

    Antonin Dvorak

    Roots

    Randall Goosby, violin

    19:34
  • 10:19 PM

    Avatar Brass Ensemble

    5:27
  • 10:06 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Grand Pas de Deux

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    11:48
  • 10:01 PM

    Tarantella

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    Guitar Recital: Olsen, Stein-Erik - DYENS, R. / BARRIOS MANGORE, A. / SAINZ DE LA MAZA, E. / PIAZZOLLA, A. / RUIZ-PIPO, A. / KOSHKIN, N. / DUARTE, J.

    Stein-Erik Olsen, guitar

    4:34
  • 9:42 PM

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    16:26
  • 9:20 PM

    Viola Concerto

    Franz Hoffmeister

    Stamitz, Hoffmeister: Viola Concertos

    Baltimore Chamber Orchestra

    Markand Thakar, conductor

    Victoria Chiang, viola

    20:46
  • 9:15 PM

    Cinderella: Gavotte

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Daniil Trifonov, piano

    3:09
  • 9:06 PM

    La Cenerentola (Cinderella): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    7:50
  • 9:01 PM

    Sextet: Rondo

    Luigi Gatti

    Calamus Ensemble

    4:44
  • 8:45 PM

    Tales from the Vienna Woods

    Johann StraussJr.

    Mad About the Waltz

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    13:14
  • 8:25 PM

    Piano Concerto

    Gabriel Pierne

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano

    18:24
  • 8:19 PM

    Serenade No. 10 "Gran Partita": Romance

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart � Salieri

    Armonia Ensemble

    5:47
  • 8:06 PM

    Unter bluhenden Linden

    Lou Koster

    Koster: Orchestral Music

    Estro Armonico Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra

    Jonathan Kaell, conductor

    10:53
  • 8:01 PM

    Staatskapelle Weimar

    Peter Gulke, conductor

    4:38
  • 7:50 PM

    English Dances: First Set

    Malcolm Arnold

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    8:41
  • 4:50 PM

    From Italy (Aus Italien): Life in Naples

    Richard Strauss

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    8:12
  • 4:47 PM

    Marechiare

    Francesco Tosti

    Malena

    London Orchestra

    Yvan Cassar, conductor

    Roberto Alagna, tenor

    2:23
  • 4:22 PM

    Symphony No. 43 "Mercury"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Cantilena

    Adrian Shepherd, conductor

    23:55
  • 4:18 PM

    Dances in the Canebrakes: Silk Hat and Walking Cane

    Florence Price

    William Chapman Nyaho, piano

    2:38
  • 4:06 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 8

    Bruce Haynes

    Montreal Baroque Orchestra

    Eric Milnes, conductor

    11:05
  • 4:01 PM

    Pastoral Suite: Villagers' Dance

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Dukas: La Peri; L'Apprenti sorcier/Chabrier: Suite pastorale; Espana

    Ulster Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    4:42
  • 3:43 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 9

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    15:33
  • 3:36 PM

    El mariner (The Sailor)

    Traditional Catalan

    Arianna Savall, mezzo-soprano

    Petter Udland Johansen, voice and Hardanger fiddle

    Sveinung Lillehier, guitar

    Miquel Angel Cordero, double bass

    David Mayoral, percussion

    6:11
  • 3:23 PM

    Folk Songs for Orchestra

    George Walker

    Cleveland Chamber Symphony

    Edwin London, conductor

    11:35
  • 3:06 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Josef Myslivecek

    Myslivecek: Violin Concertos - 1

    Dvorak Chamber Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    Shizuka Ishikawa, violin

    15:01
  • 3:01 PM

    Divertissement: 2nd movement

    Emile Bernard

    Divertissement!

    C/O Chamber Orchestra

    4:45
  • 2:46 PM

    Serenade for Strings

    Edward Elgar

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    12:32
  • 2:24 PM

    Concertante for Flute and Clarinet

    Franz Danzi

    Winged Creatures

    Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra

    Allen Tinkham, conductor

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    20:39
  • 2:20 PM

    Petite Suite: Menuet

    Claude Debussy

    Steven Osborne, piano

    Paul Lewis, piano

    2:41
  • 2:06 PM

    Romance for Violin and Orchestra

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Encore Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hege, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    12:37
  • 2:01 PM

    Benedicta es celorum

    Anonymous Medieval

    Words of the Angel

    Trio Mediaeval

    4:47
  • 1:35 PM

    Aranjuez Concerto

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Rodrigo, Villa-Lobos, Ponce: Guitar Concertos

    New York Philharmonic

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    22:44
  • 1:25 PM

    Valse-Caprice No. 4

    Gabriel Faure

    Paul Crossley, piano

    8:21
  • 1:20 PM

    Summer Soiree No. 5

    Felicien David

    Les Quatre Saisons

    Limoges Baroque Ensemble

    4:55
  • 1:06 PM

    Danish National Chamber Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    11:52
  • 1:01 PM

    Rinaldo: Sibilar gli angui d'Aletto

    George Frideric Handel

    Septura

    Matthew Gee, trombone

    4:50
  • 10:52 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Night in the Tropics": 2nd movement

    Louis Moreau Gottschalk

    Utah Symphony Orchestra

    Maurice Abravanel, conductor

    6:11
  • 10:40 AM

    Children's Games (Jeux d'enfants)

    Georges Bizet

    Rossini: La Boutique Fantasque

    Toronto Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    11:30
  • 10:28 AM

    Nocturne for violin and orchestra

    Joseph Joachim

    Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    Daniel Hope, violin

    9:21
  • 10:21 AM

    A Musical Joke (Ein musikalischer Spass): Adagio

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    English Concert

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    6:48
  • 10:06 AM

    Florida Suite: Daybreak

    Frederick Delius

    Welsh National Opera Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    12:27
  • 10:01 AM

    North by Northwest: Conversation Piece

    Bernard Herrmann

    Always And Forever - Movies' Greatest Love Songs

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    John Mauceri, conductor

    4:52
  • 9:42 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Andre Watts, piano

    16:30
  • 9:31 AM

    String Quartet No. 12 "Quartettsatz"

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: String Quartets

    Belcea Quartet

    9:26
  • 9:12 AM

    Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Spano, conductor

    16:17
  • 9:06 AM

    Nocturne

    Ivor Gurney

    Richard Saxel, piano

    5:45
  • 9:01 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
  • 8:55 AM

    The Seasons: Summer: The Heather Bells

    James Oswald

    Alison Melville, recorder

    Mary-Katherine Finch, cello

    Kirk Elliott, harp/guitar

    Ben Grossman, percussion

    Michael Jarvis, harpsichord

    3:24
  • 8:15 AM

    Piano Concerto

    Arthur Bliss

    Rubbra, Bliss: Piano Concertos

    Orchestra Now

    Leon Botstein, conductor

    Piers Lane, piano

    39:48
  • 8:06 AM

    Ave Maria

    Paul Mealor

    Paul Mealor: A Tender Light

    Tenebrae

    Nigel Short, conductor

    6:55
  • 8:01 AM

    Night Song

    Edward Elgar

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    4:43
  • 7:42 AM

    Romeo and Juliet: Love Scene

    Hector Berlioz

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    16:41
  • 7:40 AM

    Le rossignol des lilas

    Reynaldo Hahn

    Barbara Hendricks, soprano

    Michel Dalberto, piano

    1:41
  • 7:11 AM

    Double Quartet No. 2

    Louis Spohr

    Spohr: The Four Double Quartets

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble

    27:11
  • 7:06 AM

    Soeur Monique (Sister Monica)

    Francois Couperin

    Couperin: Keyboard Music

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    3:56
  • 7:01 AM

    Two Pastorales

    Lou Harrison

    Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra

    Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

    4:36
  • 6:50 AM

    Daughter of the Waves

    Sarah Kirkland Snider

    yMusic

    8:46
  • 6:12 AM

    Mediterranean Concerto

    John McLaughlin

    John McLaughlin: The Mediterranean Concerto

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    John McLaughlin, guitar

    36:07
  • 6:06 AM

    Habanera

    Moritz Moszkowski

    From Foreign Lands

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    4:59
  • 6:01 AM

    Iberia: El Puerto

    Isaac Albeniz

    IBERIA Y FRANCIA

    Imogen Cooper, piano

    4:53
  • 5:26 AM

    String Quartet No. 10

    Antonin Dvorak

    Takacs Quartet

    32:03
  • 5:10 AM

    Impressions d'ardennes

    Joseph Jongen

    National Orchestra of Belgium

    Roman Kofman, conductor

    14:47
  • 5:06 AM

    Sonata alla Scarlatti

    Germaine Tailleferre

    Alessandra Ziveri, harp

    3:08
  • 5:01 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 4 "Mozartiana": Preghiera (Prayer)

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Suites Nos. 1-4

    Prague Symphony Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    4:37