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  • 4:37 AM

    Serenata Notturna

    William Bolcom

    Boston Symphony Chamber Players

    20:09
  • 4:34 AM

    Sometimes: Lullaby (God to Hungry Child)

    Frederic Rzewski

    Bruits

    Imani Winds

    Janai Brugger, soprano

    2:41
  • 4:21 AM

    American Triptych: Come to the Woods

    Jake Runestad

    Conspirare

    Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

    Carla McElhaney, piano

    11:14
  • 4:07 AM

    Suite for Cello and Harp

    Lou Harrison

    Karen Gottlieb, harp

    Dan Reiter, cello

    13:32
  • 4:01 AM

    On Seven-Star-Shoes

    Julia Wolfe

    Never Sing Before Breakfast

    Quintet of the Americas

    4:44
  • 3:39 AM

    Markings

    Ulysses Kay

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    19:15
  • 3:22 AM

    American Canvas

    Jennifer Higdon

    Dolce Suono Trio

    14:56
  • 3:17 AM

    Starburst

    Jessie Montgomery

    Strum: Music for Strings

    String Orchestra

    3:26
  • 3:07 AM

    Catalyst Quartet

    Julian Wachner, conductor

    9:02
  • 3:01 AM

    Hudson Preludes: Take Care

    Nico Muhly

    Benjamin Nicholas, organ

    4:40
  • 2:44 AM

    Prelude and Bourree

    Wilhelm Stenhammar

    Gavle Symphony Orchestra

    Hannu Koivula, conductor

    14:46
  • 2:16 AM

    Symphony No. 99

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Handel and Haydn Society

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    26:03
  • 2:10 AM

    Polka Italienne

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    When Do We Dance

    Lise de la Salle, piano

    4:15
  • 2:06 AM

    New Pizzicato Polka

    Johann StraussJr.

    J. Strauss, Jr. Edition: Vol. 2

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Alfred Walter, conductor

    3:24
  • 2:01 AM

    Romance No. 3

    Robert Schumann

    Oboe Obsession: Romantic And Virtuosic Works For Oboe

    Allan Vogel, oboe

    4:43
  • 1:50 AM

    Bohemian-Danish Folk Tune (Bohmisk-Dansk folketone)

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen: Orchestral Works

    Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Gennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor

    8:25
  • 1:26 AM

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

    Shulamit Ran

    Pacifica Quartet

    22:47
  • 1:19 AM

    Les illusions non perdue

    Aleksander Yasnev

    White Nights Serenades

    Anton Baranov, guitar

    5:19
  • 1:06 AM

    Heidi Lowy, piano

    11:46
  • 1:01 AM

    Waterfalls: 2nd movement

    Gareth Farr

    Fantasie

    Duo Venandi

    4:28
  • 12:50 AM

    Three Pieces

    Arthur Foote

    Fenwick Smith, flute

    Randall Hodgkinson, piano

    8:35
  • 12:27 AM

    String Quartet

    Niels Gade

    Kontra Quartet

    21:48
  • 12:23 AM

    Solitude on the Mountain

    Ole Bull

    Orchestra of the Mill

    Andrew Penny, conductor

    2:33
  • 12:06 AM

    Octet No. 4 (Notturno)

    Luigi Boccherini

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    15:12
  • 12:01 AM

    Out Of It All

    Helen Jane Long

    Helen Jane Long, piano

    Helen Jane Long, cello and double bass

    Jonathan Hill, violin and viola

    4:36
  • 11:43 PM

    The Enormous Room

    David Diamond

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    15:27
  • 11:38 PM

    Etude No. 12 "Revolutionary"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Etudes Op. 10 & Op. 25 op. posth.

    Boris Berezovsky, piano

    2:53
  • 11:21 PM

    Suite Andaluza

    Celedonio Romero

    Angel Romero, guitar

    16:20
  • 11:06 PM

    Othello Overture

    Antonin Dvorak

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    13:40
  • 11:01 PM

    Violin Sonata: 4th movement

    Johann Georg Pisendel

    La Serenissima

    Adrian Chandler, violin

    4:35
  • 10:44 PM

    The Fairy Tale: Overture

    Stanislaw Moniuszko

    Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

    Antoni Wit, conductor

    13:22
  • 10:30 PM

    Trumpet Concerto No. 1

    Johann Hertel

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Elgar Howarth, conductor

    Hakan Hardenberger, trumpet

    13:22
  • 10:25 PM

    Flute Quartet No. 6

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Dolezal Quartet

    Loic Poulain, flute

    4:20
  • 10:21 PM

    Dances in the Canebrakes: Nimble Feet

    Florence Price

    Jeni Slotchiver, piano

    2:14
  • 10:06 PM

    Peer Gynt Suite No. 1

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Symphonic Dances/Sigurd Jorsalfar/Peer Gynt

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    14:25
  • 9:48 PM

    Serenade No. 10 "Gran Partita": Theme and Variations

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Gran Partita

    Netherlands Wind Ensemble

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    9:44
  • 9:41 PM

    Aladdin: Dances

    Ernest Tomlinson

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Ernest Tomlinson, conductor

    6:35
  • 9:31 PM

    Schatz Waltz (Treasure Waltz)

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    8:02
  • 9:26 PM

    Violin Sonata: Scherzo

    Helena Munktell

    Tobias Ringborg, violin

    Peter Friis Johansson, piano

    5:02
  • 9:12 PM

    String Symphony No. 6

    Felix Mendelssohn

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    12:15
  • 9:06 PM

    Wonderful Town: Overture

    Leonard Bernstein

    Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    5:17
  • 9:03 PM

    Simple Symphony: Frolicsome Finale

    Benjamin Britten

    Works By Britten, Tippett, Walton

    Guildhall Strings

    2:51
  • 8:53 PM

    Rodeo: Hoe-Down

    Aaron Copland

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    4:14
  • 8:44 PM

    Concert Piece for Horn and Orchestra

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Gliere, Saint-Saens, Dukas, Chabrier: Works For Horn

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    8:35
  • 8:34 PM

    L'Estro Armonico: Concerto No. 10 for Four Violins and Cello

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Brecon Baroque

    Rachel Podger, violin

    8:42
  • 8:06 PM

    Piano Trio No. 3

    Robert Schumann

    Robert Schumann: Complete Piano Trios, Quartet & Quintet

    Trio Wanderer

    26:13
  • 8:01 PM

    Duo Similia

    4:38
  • 7:42 PM

    Irish Rhapsody

    Victor Herbert

    Victor Herbert: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 and 2

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    15:47
  • 5:46 PM

    Symphony

    Luigi Boccherini

    Boccherini: Complete Symphonies Vol. 5

    German Chamber Academy

    Johannes Goritzki, conductor

    11:53
  • 5:19 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Christian Tetzlaff, violin

    Lars Vogt, piano

    25:22
  • 5:16 PM

    Staccato Movement

    John Thomas

    Lipman Harp Duo

    Sayo Lipman, harp

    2:51
  • 5:06 PM

    Huapango

    Jose Moncayo

    Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas

    Alondra de la Parra, conductor

    8:19
  • 5:01 PM

    Il finto Stanislao: Overture

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Philharmonic of La Scala

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    4:43
  • 4:41 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 3

    Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Kabalevsky: Piano Concertos

    North German Radio Philharmonic

    Alun Francis, conductor

    Michael Korstick, piano

    17:29
  • 4:30 PM

    Divertimento for String Trio

    Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf

    Divertimenti of the Viennese Classical Period

    Vienna String Trio

    9:15
  • 4:15 PM

    Comedy Overture

    Hamilton Harty

    Harty: An Irish Symphony

    Ulster Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    14:11
  • 4:06 PM

    Mandolin Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons and Other Concertos

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Louis Auriacombe, conductor

    Andre Saint-Clivier, mandolin

    7:16
  • 4:01 PM

    Vera Beths, violin

    Gijs Beths, violin

    Anner Bylsma, cello

    4:49
  • 3:40 PM

    The Birds

    Ottorino Respighi

    Classical Zoo

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Louis Lane, conductor

    18:24
  • 3:21 PM

    Symphony No. 2

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor

    17:25
  • 3:12 PM

    Fanfare Ritmico

    Jennifer Higdon

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    7:10
  • 3:06 PM

    Prince Igor: Polovtsian March

    Alexander Borodin

    White Nights: Romantic Russian Showpieces

    Kirov Orchestra

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    5:25
  • 3:01 PM

    A New Satiesfaction

    Stephan Koncz

    Ray Chen: The Golden Age

    Made in Berlin

    4:32
  • 2:46 PM

    Helios Overture

    Carl Nielsen

    Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    12:01
  • 2:45 PM

    Helios Overture

    Carl Nielsen

    Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    12:01
  • 2:38 PM

    Road to the Sun: Part 2

    Pat Metheny

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    6:45
  • 2:13 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Samuel Barber

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    23:10
  • 2:09 PM

    Fugue "Little"

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Canadian Brass

    3:16
  • 1:58 PM

    Symphony No. 5

    Johann Christian Bach

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    8:09
  • 1:54 PM

    Willy Wonka: Pure Imagination

    Anthony Newley & Leslie Bricusse

    Stringspace

    3:33
  • 1:39 PM

    Trumpet Concerto No. 2

    Johann Molter

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    12:15
  • 1:31 PM

    Abdelazar: Incidental Music

    Henry Purcell

    A Baroque Feast

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    7:02
  • 1:24 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Eroica": 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphony No. 3

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    5:44
  • 1:20 PM

    Rondino on a Theme of Beethoven

    Fritz Kreisler

    Julien Martineau, mandolin

    Vanessa Benelli Mosell, piano

    2:35
  • 1:18 PM

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin

    Sandra Rivers, piano

    :59
  • 1:09 PM

    La Scala di Seta (Silken Ladder): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures Vol 2 / Benda, Prague Sinfonia

    Prague Sinfonia Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    6:02
  • 1:04 PM

    Joyous March

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Tortelier's French Bonbons

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    3:38
  • 12:48 PM

    Carmen Suite No. 1

    Georges Bizet

    Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

    James DePreist, conductor

    12:00
  • 12:36 PM

    English Folk Song Suite

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Cleveland Symphonic Winds

    Frederick Fennell, conductor

    10:42
  • 12:28 PM

    Symphonie Fantastique: A Ball

    Hector Berlioz

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Harding, conductor

    6:24
  • 12:22 PM

    Shenandoah

    Traditional

    Jeni Slotchiver, piano

    5:01
  • 12:11 PM

    Ground after the Scotch Humour

    Nicola Matteis

    Palladian Ensemble

    4:15
  • 12:07 PM

    Lenox Avenue: The Blues

    William Grant Still

    Jeni Slotchiver, piano

    2:33
  • 12:05 PM

    Billy the Kid: Celebration

    Aaron Copland

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    2:13
  • 12:00 PM

    Symphonie Fantastique: A Ball

    Hector Berlioz

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Harding, conductor

    6:24
  • 11:51 AM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique": 2nd movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    The Tchaikovsky Project, Volume 1

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    8:12
  • 11:42 AM

    Faniska: Overture

    Luigi Cherubini

    Cherubini: Overtures

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    7:18
  • 11:31 AM

    Drottningholm Suite

    Johan Roman

    Roman: Music for a Royal Wedding

    Uppsala Chamber Orchestra

    Anthony Halstead, conductor

    9:34
  • 11:25 AM

    Grand Canyon Suite: Sunrise

    Ferde Grofe

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    William Stromberg, conductor

    5:20
  • 11:18 AM

    Fantasie No. 2

    Florence Price

    Randall Goosby, violin

    Zhu Wang, piano

    5:25
  • 11:09 AM

    Symphony No. 85 "The Queen": 2nd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Mozart Coronation Mass

    Handel and Haydn Society

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    7:11
  • 11:04 AM

    The Royal Palaces Suite: The Ballroom in Buckingham Palace

    Arthur Bliss

    Bliss: Film Music

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    4:00
  • 10:50 AM

    Waltz No. 1

    Antonin Dvorak

    Cecilia String Quartet

    3:33
  • 10:38 AM

    Brazilian Suite: Dawn at the Mountains

    Alberto Nepomuceno

    Nepomuceno: Symphony in G minor

    Minas Gerais Philharmonic Orchestra

    Fabio Mechetti, conductor

    10:07
  • 10:31 AM

    Clarinet Concerto: 2nd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sabine Meyer: Clarinet Connection

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Hans Vonk, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    6:36
  • 10:27 AM

    Die schone Mullerin: Des Baches Wiegenlied (The Brook's Lullaby)

    Franz Schubert

    A Second of Silence

    The Knights

    Eric Jacobsen, conductor

    4:23
  • 10:17 AM

    Fuquoi in the Sugar Cane

    Henry Lissant-Collins

    South African Broadcast Orchestra

    Peter Marchbank, conductor

    8:39
  • 10:09 AM

    Hercules Overture

    George Frideric Handel

    English Baroque Soloists

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    6:57
  • 10:06 AM

    Shepherd's Hey

    Percy Grainger

    Bilder Duo

    2:23
  • 10:01 AM

    English Suite: Prelude and Round Dance

    John Duarte

    Stein-Erik Olsen, guitar

    4:46
  • 9:41 AM

    Wind Quintet

    Franz Danzi

    Danzi: Wind Quintets Op. 76 Nos. 1-3, Piano Quintet Op. 53

    Berlin Philharmonic Winds

    17:10
  • 9:20 AM

    Holberg Suite

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg; Nielsen; Sibelius; Wiren

    Guildhall Strings

    19:04
  • 9:15 AM

    Ack Varmeland, du skona

    Traditional

    Wood Works

    Danish String Quartet

    3:10
  • 9:06 AM

    Symphony

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2

    Academy for Ancient Music Berlin

    8:50
  • 9:01 AM

    Etude-Tableau No. 5

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Yuja Wang, piano

    4:32
  • 8:50 AM

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Olari Elts, conductor

    7:40
  • 8:37 AM

    Flute and Oboe Concerto

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Concertos for Flute and Oboe

    Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

    Janos Rolla, conductor

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    13:05
  • 8:14 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 1

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Pamela Frank, violin

    Claude Frank, piano

    21:45
  • 8:06 AM

    On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

    Frederick Delius

    Vaughan Williams, Delius, Walton

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    7:09
  • 8:01 AM

    Live the Questions

    Jake Runestad

    Runestad: Sing, Wearing the Sky

    Kantorei Denver

    Joel Rinsema, conductor

    4:51
  • 7:52 AM

    Simple Lines

    Bill Ryan

    Ashley Bathgate, cello

    6:17
  • 7:44 AM

    Cantus in memory of Benjamin Britten

    Arvo Part

    Arvo Part: Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    7:08
  • 7:38 AM

    Diferencias on O Gloriosa Domina

    Luis de Narvaez

    Frank Wallace, vihuela

    5:27
  • 7:06 AM

    Four Tone Poems after Arnold Bocklin

    Max Reger

    Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    30:21
  • 7:01 AM

    Song without Words No. 7

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Tzimon Barto: Popular Encores

    Tzimon Barto, piano

    4:44
  • 6:24 AM

    String Quartet No. 2

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Ying String Quartet

    34:01
  • 6:17 AM

    Distant Land

    John Rutter

    Distant Land

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Rutter, conductor

    6:09
  • 6:06 AM

    Scherzo No. 2

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 2, Scherzos

    Simon Trpceski, piano

    9:47
  • 6:01 AM

    Andantino

    Alfredo Catalani

    Catalani: Ero e Leandro / Contemplazione / Il Mattino

    Rome Symphony Orchestra

    Francesco La Vecchia, conductor

    4:31
  • 5:52 AM

    The Tale of Honza: Valse Triste

    Oskar Nedbal

    Dvorak Chamber Orchestra

    Miroslav Homolka, conductor

    6:18
  • 5:49 AM

    The Fog is Lifting

    Carl Nielsen

    James Galway Plays Nielsen

    James Galway, flute

    2:06
  • 5:06 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Irish"

    Charles Stanford

    Stanford: Symphony No. 3 'Irish'

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    41:30
  • 5:01 AM

    The Kid on the Mountain; The Butterfly

    Traditional Irish

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    4:52