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  • 4:51 AM

    The Screens: The Orchard

    Philip Glass

    Pekka Kuusisto, violin

    Nico Muhly, piano

    7:18
  • 4:19 AM

    Lux Aeterna

    Morten Lauridsen

    Lux Aeterna - The Choral Music of Morten Lauridsen

    Chamber Choir of Europe

    Nicol Matt, conductor

    31:41
  • 4:06 AM

    Improvisations on Bach's "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring"

    Noam Sivan

    Yael Weiss, piano

    10:47
  • 4:01 AM

    Zephyr Quartet

    4:27
  • 3:48 AM

    Boston Modern Orchestra Project

    Gil Rose, conductor

    11:24
  • 3:40 AM

    Summer Shimmers

    Jennifer Higdon

    Jennifer Higdon: Summer Shimmers

    Susan Glaser, flute

    6:22
  • 3:25 AM

    Romantic Pieces

    Antonin Dvorak

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    14:18
  • 3:06 AM

    Knoxville: Summer of 1915

    Samuel Barber

    New Philharmonia Orchestra

    Thomas Schippers, conductor

    Leontyne Price, soprano

    16:19
  • 3:01 AM

    Summer Evening

    John Ireland

    Ireland: Music for String Orchestra

    Orchestra of the Swan

    David Curtis, conductor

    4:23
  • 2:19 AM

    O ignis spiritus (O fire of the Paraclete)

    Hildegard von Bingen

    A Far Cry Orchestra

    8:25
  • 2:17 AM

    Symphony No. 22 "City of Light"

    Alan Hovhaness

    Seattle Symphony

    Alan Hovhaness, conductor

    29:34
  • 2:14 AM

    Peter Pan: Dream with Me

    Leonard Bernstein

    Zuill Bailey, cello

    Lara Downes, piano

    3:01
  • 2:06 AM

    American Ballads: Amber Waves

    Morton Gould

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kenneth Klein, conductor

    7:12
  • 2:01 AM

    Partita No. 3: Sarabande

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Pedrick-Hutson Guitar Duo

    4:32
  • 1:51 AM

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    7:40
  • 1:13 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Charles Ives

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    36:18
  • 1:06 AM

    Songs and Dances: Folk Song

    Bill Douglas

    Songs and Dances

    San Marco Chamber Music Society

    4:54
  • 1:01 AM

    Sarah Nicolls, piano

    4:48
  • 12:43 AM

    Scherzo Capriccioso

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 7, In Nature's Realm Scherzo Capriccioso

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    15:27
  • 12:28 AM

    Hallelujah Junction

    John Adams

    Christina and Michelle Naughton, piano duo

    14:18
  • 12:06 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 4

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Israel Sinfonietta

    Uri Mayer, conductor

    David Jolley, horn

    15:57
  • 12:01 AM

    Of Thee I Sing: Overture

    George Gershwin

    Gershwin: Overtures

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    4:38
  • 11:42 PM

    1812 Overture

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture, Sleeping Beauty, Voyevoda, Moscow

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    16:11
  • 11:38 PM

    Etincelles (Sparks)

    Moritz Moszkowski

    Stephen Hough's New Piano Album

    Stephen Hough, piano

    2:54
  • 11:30 PM

    Variations on America

    Charles Ives

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    7:01
  • 11:15 PM

    Symphony No. 4

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    14:28
  • 11:07 PM

    Folk Suite No. 2

    William Grant Still

    Sierra Winds

    7:10
  • 11:01 PM

    Orchestral Study No. 3

    Arthur Bliss

    English Northern Philharmonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    4:51
  • 10:50 PM

    Grand Canyon Suite: On the Trail

    Ferde Grofe

    Grofe: Grand Canyon Suite, Gershwin: Catfish Row

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    8:01
  • 10:47 PM

    Simple Gifts/Goin' Home

    Aaron Copland/Antonin Dvorak

    The 5 Browns

    3:04
  • 10:15 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish"

    Robert Schumann

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    31:13
  • 10:07 PM

    German Chamber Philharmonic Bremen

    Albrecht Mayer, oboe

    6:14
  • 10:01 PM

    Maskarade: Overture

    Carl Nielsen

    Sibelius: Finlandia, Valse Triste; Grieg: Sigurd Jorsalfar

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    4:46
  • 9:41 PM

    Music for the Royal Fireworks

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks, Water Music

    Boston Baroque

    Martin Pearlman, conductor

    17:21
  • 9:21 PM

    Quiet Summer Night

    Samuel A. Livingston

    Pedroia String Quartet

    Yhasmin Valenzuela, clarinet

    18:21
  • 9:16 PM

    Venezuelan Dance (Seis por derecho)

    Antonio Lauro

    Romance de Amor

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    3:00
  • 9:07 PM

    An Outdoor Overture

    Aaron Copland

    Copland

    Utah Symphony Orchestra

    Maurice Abravanel, conductor

    9:19
  • 9:01 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 1: 1st movement

    Alexander Reinagle

    Sylvia Glickman, piano

    4:42
  • 8:47 PM

    Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances

    Alexander Borodin

    1812 Overture

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    11:06
  • 8:43 PM

    Over the Rainbow

    Harold Arlen

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    3:36
  • 8:21 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 3

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Simon Standage, violin

    21:17
  • 8:11 PM

    Carousel Waltz

    Richard Rodgers

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    7:49
  • 8:07 PM

    Mirliton fin de siecle (End of the Century Kazoo)

    Edmond Dede

    Hot Springs Music Festival Chorus

    Richard Rosenberg, conductor

    3:54
  • 8:01 PM

    Artists' Quadrille (Kunstler-Quadrille)

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    4:46
  • 7:43 PM

    Suite in the Old Style

    Alfred Schnittke

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    15:26
  • 4:49 PM

    Clarinet Concertino

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Jean-Jacques Kantorow, conductor

    Martin Frost, clarinet

    9:10
  • 4:36 PM

    Medley Overture

    James Hewitt

    Sinfonia Finlandia Jyvaskyla

    Patrick Gallois, conductor

    11:52
  • 4:30 PM

    Symphony on Themes of John Philip Sousa: After Fairest of the Fair

    Ira Hearshen

    United States Air Force Heritage of America Band

    Lowell Graham, conductor

    5:12
  • 4:17 PM

    Concerto Italiano

    Rinaldo Alessandrini, conductor

    11:32
  • 4:06 PM

    Twelve German Dances

    Franz Schubert

    Bertrand Chamayou, piano

    9:54
  • 4:01 PM

    Chi passa per'sta strada

    Filippo Azzaiolo

    Silk Road Ensemble

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    4:41
  • 3:44 PM

    Ma vlast (My Country): Vysehrad

    Bedrich Smetana

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    14:42
  • 3:15 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 15 "Pastoral"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Paul Lewis, piano

    26:22
  • 3:11 PM

    Oklahoma: Oh, what a beautiful mornin'!

    Richard Rodgers

    English Northern Philharmonia

    Paul Daniel, conductor

    Bryn Terfel, baritone

    2:58
  • 3:06 PM

    America the Beautiful

    Samuel Ward/Katharine Bates

    Canadian Brass

    4:25
  • 3:01 PM

    From Olden Times: Gigue

    Johan Halvorsen

    Halvorsen: Suite ancienne, Mascarade Suite

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Ari Rasilainen, conductor

    4:35
  • 2:54 PM

    Molly on the Shore

    Percy Grainger

    Pops Britannia

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:23
  • 2:40 PM

    Six Promenades

    Edward Elgar

    Athena Ensemble

    14:03
  • 2:22 PM

    Strings and Threads Suite

    Mark O'Connor

    Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra

    Scott Yoo, conductor

    Mark O'Connor, violin

    15:29
  • 2:06 PM

    Divertimento No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Serenades K320 & K239, Divertimento K136

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Yehudi Menuhin, conductor

    12:36
  • 2:01 PM

    Flowers from Froso: Entry to the Summer Meadow

    Wilhelm Peterson-Berger

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Okko Kamu, conductor

    4:43
  • 1:40 PM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2

    Georges Bizet

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    18:15
  • 1:34 PM

    Fiddle Faddle

    Leroy Anderson

    Kristina Musser, violin

    Catherine Wilson, piano

    3:58
  • 1:22 PM

    Three American Sketches

    Peter Hope

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    11:56
  • 1:06 PM

    Symphony No. 38 "Echo"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Philharmonia Hungarica

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    13:52
  • 1:01 PM

    Fourth of July Overture

    Americana

    Eastman Wind Ensemble

    Donald Hunsberger, conductor

    4:33
  • 10:50 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "America": Independence Day

    Dan Locklair

    Slovak National Symphony Orchestra

    Kirk Trevor, conductor

    8:45
  • 10:43 AM

    Summer in February: Final Kiss

    Benjamin Wallfisch

    Summer In February Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Chamber Orchestra of London

    Benjamin Wallfisch, conductor

    Yuja Wang, piano

    5:02
  • 10:38 AM

    Aloha 'Oe (Farewell to You)

    Queen Liliuokalani

    Rose Ensemble

    4:19
  • 10:24 AM

    Born on the Fourth of July Suite

    John Williams

    Copland, Williams: Music for the Stage and Screen

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    14:03
  • 10:20 AM

    Hymn for America

    Stephen Paulus

    Celebrating the American Spirit

    Essential Voices USA

    Judith Clurman, conductor

    3:05
  • 10:13 AM

    The Music of Life: Prairie Hymn

    Joseph Curiale

    The Music of Life

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Joseph Curiale, conductor

    5:02
  • 10:06 AM

    Romance of the Prairie Lilies

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    6:33
  • 10:01 AM

    The Patriot

    Arthur Pryor

    American Serenade Band

    Henry Charles Smith, conductor

    4:50
  • 9:46 AM

    St. Paul's Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Tippett, Holst, Corelli, Bach

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    12:28
  • 9:29 AM

    New England Triptych

    William Schuman

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    15:20
  • 9:23 AM

    Alleluia

    Randall Thompson

    American Anthem: The Music Of Samuel Barber And Howard Hanson

    Ying String Quartet

    5:21
  • 9:06 AM

    Symphony No. 6

    Johann Christian Bach

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Simon Standage, conductor

    15:01
  • 9:01 AM

    Lotus Land

    Cyril Scott

    Nancy Ruffer, flute

    Helen Crayford, piano

    4:51
  • 8:50 AM

    Summer Seascape No. 2

    Howard Hanson

    Philadelphia Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Spalding, conductor

    Adriana Linares, viola

    8:23
  • 8:44 AM

    Seascapes: No. 7

    Kevin Puts

    Marya Martin, flute

    Stewart Rose, horn

    Amy Schwartz Moretti, violin

    Choong-Jin Chang, viola

    Nicholas Canellakis, cello

    Jeffrey Beecher, double bass

    5:50
  • 8:06 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Charles Ives

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    35:48
  • 8:01 AM

    Dreaming

    Amy Beach

    Donna voce

    Anna Shelest, piano

    4:43
  • 7:31 AM

    Piano Quintet

    Florence Price

    American Quintets

    Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective

    27:28
  • 7:07 AM

    Swedish Dances

    Max Bruch

    Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra

    George Hanson, conductor

    22:53
  • 7:01 AM

    Nocturne No. 10

    Frederic Chopin

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    4:41
  • 6:36 AM

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    22:22
  • 6:31 AM

    Song and Dance No. 1

    Antonio Ruiz-Pipo

    David Russell, guitar

    4:21
  • 6:18 AM

    Amazing Grace

    Ben Johnston

    Kronos Quartet

    11:49
  • 6:07 AM

    Quiet City

    Aaron Copland

    Eastman Wind Ensemble

    Donald Hunsberger, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    Phillip Koch, English horn

    10:52
  • 6:01 AM

    Contemplation

    Henriette Renie

    Naoko Yoshino, harp

    4:33
  • 5:27 AM

    Fantasie

    Robert Schumann

    Mozart & Schumann Fantasies

    Piotr Anderszewski, piano

    31:41
  • 5:13 AM

    Serenata for Chamber Orchestra

    George Walker

    Cleveland Chamber Symphony

    Edwin London, conductor

    11:45
  • 5:06 AM

    i thank You God for most this amazing day

    Eric Whitacre

    Elora Festival Singers

    Noel Edison, conductor

    6:29
  • 5:01 AM

    London Fields: St. James' Park - A Lakeside Reverie

    Phyllis Tate

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    4:52