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  • 4:37 AM

    that secret from the river

    Joel Puckett

    Reflections

    Northwestern University Symphonic Wind Ensemble

    Mallory Thompson, conductor

    21:06
  • 4:27 AM

    Nights

    Shamsi Karimov

    Mevan Younes: Ether

    Mevan Younes, buzuk

    8:11
  • 4:18 AM

    Guard My Tongue

    Julia Wolfe

    .and...

    Ars Nova Copenhagen

    Paul Hillier, conductor

    7:33
  • 4:06 AM

    Ashley Bathgate, cello

    11:26
  • 4:01 AM

    And the North

    Mevan Younes

    Mevan Younes, buzuk

    Anastasia Suvorov, piano

    Hogir Goregen, percusison

    4:48
  • 3:57 AM

    Eight Memories in Watercolor: Staccato Beans

    Tan Dun

    Beijing Guitar Duo

    1:20
  • 3:30 AM

    Emerson String Quartet

    Edgar Meyer, double bass

    26:42
  • 3:20 AM

    Incantation for a Stormy Sea

    Veljo Tormis

    Cantus

    7:40
  • 3:06 AM

    Summer Dances

    Peteris Vasks

    Vasks: Distant Light, Piano Quartet, Summer Dances

    Vadim Gluzman, violin

    12:00
  • 3:01 AM

    Third Sound Ensemble

    4:35
  • 2:50 AM

    Mandolin Sonata

    Cristoforo Signorelli

    Artemandoline

    8:28
  • 2:29 AM

    An American in Paris

    George Gershwin

    Seattle Symphony

    Ludovic Morlot, conductor

    18:35
  • 2:16 AM

    Phantasy Trio

    Joan Trimble

    Fidelio Trio

    11:48
  • 2:06 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    9:26
  • 2:01 AM

    String Symphony No. 8: 3rd movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra

    Scott Yoo, conductor

    4:50
  • 1:53 AM

    Suite for Oboe and Harp

    William Alwyn

    Sarah Francis, oboe

    Lucy Wakeford, harp

    5:45
  • 1:32 AM

    Piano Concerto

    Dorothy Howell

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Rebecca Miller, conductor

    Danny Driver, piano

    19:23
  • 1:28 AM

    Daisies

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Simon Trpceski plays Rachmaninoff

    Simon Trpceski, piano

    2:46
  • 1:12 AM

    Suite No. 1

    Johann Rosenmuller

    Rosenmuller: Sonate da camera e Sinfonie

    Hesperion XX

    Jordi Savall, conductor

    14:23
  • 1:06 AM

    Nocturnes: Nuages (Clouds)

    Claude Debussy

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    6:05
  • 1:01 AM

    From Andersen's Fairy-Tales: Barcarolle and Arabesque

    Bohuslav Martinu

    Giorgio Koukl, piano

    4:38
  • 12:45 AM

    Musica Callada (Silent Music): Book 3

    Federico Mompou

    Jenny Lin, piano

    12:54
  • 12:29 AM

    Flute Sonata

    Philippe Gaubert

    Susan Milan & Ian Brown

    Susan Milan, flute

    14:39
  • 12:26 AM

    Frostiana: The Pasture

    Randall Thompson

    A Harvest Home

    Cantus

    2:50
  • 12:07 AM

    String Quartet No. 53 "The Lark"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: "Lark," "Rider" And "La Chasse" Quartets

    Hagen Quartet

    17:56
  • 12:01 AM

    The Queen's Delight; Half hanniken

    Anonymous

    The Queen's Delight

    King's Noyse

    4:35
  • 11:32 PM

    Piano Trio

    Maurice Ravel

    Claremont Trio

    26:13
  • 11:27 PM

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    3:16
  • 11:23 PM

    Choro No. 1

    Guido Santorsola

    David Russell, guitar

    3:23
  • 11:06 PM

    Symphony "La Casa del Diavolo"

    Luigi Boccherini

    Boccherini: Symphonies Op. 12 Nos. 4-6

    German Chamber Academy

    Johannes Goritzki, conductor

    15:32
  • 11:01 PM

    Serenade

    Roman Hoffstetter

    Greatest Hits Of 1790

    Philharmonia Virtuosi

    Richard Kapp, conductor

    4:45
  • 10:31 PM

    Symphony No. 40

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 35 "Haffner", 40 & 41 "Jupiter"

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    26:38
  • 10:24 PM

    Roaring Fork Quintet: Whitewater Rapids

    Eric Ewazen

    Borealis Wind Quintet

    4:54
  • 10:18 PM

    Musique sur l'eau

    Florent Schmitt

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Susan Platts, mezzo-soprano

    5:43
  • 10:13 PM

    Gondoliera

    Frank Bridge

    The English Viola

    Eniko Magyar, viola

    4:06
  • 10:06 PM

    Nameday (Namensfeier) Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Complete Overtures

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    6:27
  • 9:48 PM

    Polonaise Brillante

    Franz Liszt

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Misha Dichter, piano

    9:26
  • 9:28 PM

    Overture No. 2

    Francesco Veracini

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    19:23
  • 9:25 PM

    Children's Corner: The Little Shepherd

    Claude Debussy

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, piano

    2:44
  • 9:22 PM

    La pastorella al prato (The Shepherdess)

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Songs for Male Chorus

    Robert Shaw Chamber Singers

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    2:06
  • 9:16 PM

    F-A-E Sonata: Scherzo

    Johannes Brahms

    Josefowicz, Novacek: Recital

    Leila Josefowicz, violin

    5:16
  • 9:06 PM

    Carnival Overture

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: New World Symphony,

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    8:55
  • 9:03 PM

    Lincoln: Elegy

    John Williams

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    2:34
  • 8:43 PM

    Four Characteristic Waltzes

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    13:42
  • 8:21 PM

    Symphony No. 7

    Jean Sibelius

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor

    20:59
  • 8:11 PM

    Concerto for Two Cellos

    Antonio Vivaldi

    European Union Chamber Orchestra

    Hans-Peter Hofmann, conductor

    Julian Lloyd Webber, cello

    Jiaxin Lloyd Webber, cello

    9:03
  • 8:06 PM

    Auf Flugeln des Gesanges (On wings of song)

    Felix Mendelssohn

    My Gift To You

    Antonin Kubalek, piano

    4:04
  • 8:01 PM

    Scotch Strathspey and Reel

    Percy Grainger

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    4:39
  • 7:43 PM

    Concertstuck

    Cecile Chaminade

    Beach, Chaminade, Howell: Piano Concertos

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Rebecca Miller, conductor

    Danny Driver, piano

    14:51
  • 5:37 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 1

    Saverio Mercadante

    James Galway: The Man with the Golden Flute

    I Solisti Veneti

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    21:02
  • 5:20 PM

    Symphonic Poem No. 6 "Mazeppa"

    Franz Liszt

    New York Philharmonic

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    15:25
  • 5:15 PM

    Claremont Duo

    2:57
  • 5:06 PM

    Serenade: 4th movement

    Ethel Smyth

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Odaline de la Martinez, conductor

    9:04
  • 5:01 PM

    Reflections on the Mississippi: Steamboat

    Michael Daugherty

    Albany Symphony Orchestra

    David Alan Miller, conductor

    Carol Jantsch, tuba

    4:37
  • 4:33 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 7 for Three Pianos

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    Katia & Marielle Labeque, pianos

    Semyon Bychkov, piano

    25:16
  • 4:26 PM

    Caprice-Waltz

    Henryk Wieniawski

    Virtuoso

    Leonidas Kavakos, violin

    6:10
  • 4:23 PM

    36 Greek Dances: Ipirotikos

    Nikos Skalkottas

    Avos Chamber Orchestra

    Alessio Pianelli, cello

    1:41
  • 4:19 PM

    Waltz-Impromptu

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Lyric Pieces

    Stephen Hough, piano

    3:19
  • 4:07 PM

    Concerto No. 5

    Capel Bond

    Capel Bond: Six Concertos in Seven Parts (1766)

    Parley of Instruments

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    11:55
  • 4:01 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3: Scherzo

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Mozartiana Suites Nos. 3 & 4

    Radio Symphony of Stuttgart

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    4:34
  • 3:44 PM

    Mediterranean Diptych

    Vincent d'Indy

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    13:59
  • 3:16 PM

    Symphony

    Jan Vorisek

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    27:08
  • 3:13 PM

    Sarabande

    Elena Kats-Chernin

    Elena Kats-Chernin: Unsent Love Letters: Meditations on Erik Satie

    Tamara-Anna Cislowska, piano

    2:19
  • 3:06 PM

    Seattle Slew: Derby Dressage

    William Bolcom

    Louisville Orchestra

    Lawrence Leighton Smith, conductor

    5:26
  • 3:01 PM

    Romeo and Juliet: Ballet Music: Danse Bohemienne

    Charles Gounod

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    4:37
  • 2:52 PM

    Waltz No. 2 "Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin

    Claudio Arrau, piano

    6:12
  • 2:38 PM

    Cello Concerto No. 1

    Camille Saint-Saens

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    Steven Isserlis, cello

    18:41
  • 2:35 PM

    Symphony No. 23: 4th movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    2:28
  • 2:19 PM

    Suite for Strings

    Joan Trimble

    Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Fionnuala Hunt, conductor

    13:22
  • 2:05 PM

    Ma vlast (My Country): From Bohemia's Woods and Fields

    Bedrich Smetana

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    12:30
  • 1:59 PM

    Piano Trio No. 1 "Four Seasons in Belleville": Spring

    Rick Sowash

    Mirecourt Trio

    4:40
  • 1:48 PM

    Danzon No. 2

    Arturo Marquez

    Mi Alma Mexicana

    Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas

    Alondra de la Parra, conductor

    9:25
  • 1:44 PM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 3: Italiana

    Ottorino Respighi

    Meditations at Sunset

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    3:18
  • 1:41 PM

    Sylvia: Pizzicati

    Leo Delibes

    Delibes: Coppelia / Gounod: Faust

    Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra

    Janos Sandor, conductor

    2:49
  • 1:37 PM

    They Can't Take That Away from Me

    George Gershwin

    Barbara Hendricks, soprano

    Katia & Marielle Labeque, pianos

    3:10
  • 1:32 PM

    Jazz Suite No. 2: Waltz No. 2

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    The Knights

    Eric Jacobsen, conductor

    Jan Vogler, cello

    3:25
  • 1:21 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 7

    Arcangelo Corelli

    I Solisti Italiani

    9:10
  • 1:17 PM

    Rodeo: Hoe-Down

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: Appalachian Spring, Rodeo, Billy The Kid, Fanfare For The Common Man

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    3:05
  • 1:10 PM

    E.T.: Bicycle Chase (Flying Theme)

    John Williams

    Aisle Seat

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    3:44
  • 1:04 PM

    Symphony No. 4: Scherzo

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 4, Etc

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    5:39
  • 12:57 PM

    Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro

    Giacomo Puccini

    Sole Amore: Puccini Arias

    Lyon Opera Orchestra

    Kent Nagano, conductor

    Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano

    2:21
  • 12:50 PM

    Three Celebrations: At the Bay

    Jenny McLeod

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    Uwe Grodd, conductor

    6:26
  • 12:48 PM

    Sea Suite: Dance of the Walrus

    Bruce Paine

    Gunter Herbig, guitar

    1:55
  • 12:38 PM

    Sinfonia

    Johan Roman

    Orpheus Chamber Ensemble

    8:05
  • 12:33 PM

    Octet: Scherzo

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Haydn Violin Concertos, Mendelssohn Octet

    Sejong Soloists

    Gil Shaham, violin

    4:06
  • 12:21 PM

    Legende

    Florent Schmitt

    Schmitt: La Tragédie de Salomé - Musique sur l'eau

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Nikki Chooi, violin

    10:21
  • 12:08 PM

    Symphony No. 7: Scherzo

    Emilie Mayer

    Berlin Chamber Symphony Ensemble

    Jurgen Bruns, conductor

    6:46
  • 12:04 PM

    Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba

    George Frideric Handel

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    2:47
  • 11:48 AM

    Scheherazade: The Young Prince and the Young Princess

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade, Russian Easter Overture

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Spano, conductor

    Cecylia Arzewski, violin

    10:17
  • 11:46 AM

    Flight of the Bumblebee

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    1:09
  • 11:39 AM

    Symphony No. 6: Intermezzo

    Alexander Glazunov

    Alexander Glazunov: Symphony No. 6, Lyric Poems

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    5:00
  • 11:32 AM

    Ballet de Cour: Pavane and Saltarelle

    Gabriel Pierne

    Chamber Music Palm Beach

    6:09
  • 11:28 AM

    The Good-humored Ladies: 2nd movement

    Vincenzo Tommasini

    Concert Arts Orchestra

    Robert Irving, conductor

    3:14
  • 11:19 AM

    Siegfried: Forest Murmurs

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen (Excerpts)

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    8:25
  • 11:15 AM

    Les Boreades: Contredanse en rondeau

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Frans Bruggen, conductor

    2:34
  • 11:08 AM

    Clarinet Quintet: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart, Brahms: Clarinet Quintets

    Emerson String Quartet

    David Shifrin, clarinet

    6:45
  • 11:04 AM

    Rondeau

    Jean-Joseph Mouret

    Wynton Marsalis: In Gabriel's Garden

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Anthony Newman, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    2:02
  • 10:45 AM

    Octet: 4th movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert Octet

    Boston Symphony Chamber Players

    12:55
  • 10:38 AM

    Symphony No. 6

    William Boyce

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    7:07
  • 10:30 AM

    Bethena

    Scott Joplin

    Magnetic Rags

    Avatar Brass Ensemble

    5:28
  • 10:17 AM

    Indian Queen: selections

    Henry Purcell

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    12:40
  • 10:14 AM

    Szatmar Dances

    Sandor Veress

    Hungarian Serenade

    Offenburg String Trio

    2:31
  • 10:09 AM

    Chanson triste (Sad song)

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Queensland Symphony Orchestra

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    Takako Nishizaki, violin

    3:24
  • 10:06 AM

    Song without Words No. 29 "Venetian Gondola Song"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Javier Perianes, piano

    2:48
  • 10:01 AM

    Characteristic Suite: Scherzo

    Henry Schoenefeld

    American Romantics

    Gowanus Arts Ensemble

    Reuben Blundell, conductor

    4:51
  • 9:44 AM

    Fantasie for Piano and Orchestra

    Gabriel Faure

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos, conductor

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    14:35
  • 9:27 AM

    Ennanga for String Quartet, Harp, and Piano

    William Grant Still

    Videmus

    15:28
  • 9:16 AM

    Two Nocturnal Impressions

    Manuel Ponce

    Musica Mexicana

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    8:35
  • 9:06 AM

    Ballade No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    Yundi Li, piano

    9:28
  • 9:01 AM

    A Pile of Dust

    Johann Johannsson

    Johann Johannsson: Orphee

    Air Lyndhurst String Orchestra

    Anthony Weeden, conductor

    4:49
  • 8:45 AM

    The Night Gatherers

    Judd Greenstein

    first things first

    Chiara String Quartet

    Nadia Sirota, viola

    12:54
  • 8:41 AM

    Valse Triste

    Reinhold Gliere

    Russian Horn Concertos

    Marie Luise Neunecker, horn

    3:25
  • 8:11 AM

    Sinfonia for Strings

    Kurt Atterberg

    ATTERBERG: Sinfonia for Strings

    Camerata Nordica

    Ulf Wallin, conductor

    29:03
  • 8:06 AM

    Song without Words

    John Williams

    John Williams, guitar

    4:00
  • 8:01 AM

    Orchestra of the Royal Swedish Opera

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    4:34
  • 7:42 AM

    Fountains of Rome

    Ottorino Respighi

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    15:57
  • 7:38 AM

    Two Nocturnes: Venise

    Charles Koechlin

    Belle Epoque: French Music for Winds

    Alec Frank-Gemmill, horn

    3:07
  • 7:06 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2 "La Campanella"

    Niccolo Paganini

    Paganini: Violin Concertos

    Moscow Chamber Orchestra

    Constantine Orbelian, conductor

    Ilya Grubert, violin

    30:20
  • 7:01 AM

    Let God Bring Tomorrow

    Joshua McGhee

    Where Freedom Rings: Compositions by Contemporary African American Composers

    Picasso Ensemble

    Douglas Brown, bassoon

    4:27
  • 6:55 AM

    Six Bagatelles: No. 2

    Jean Sibelius

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    2:51
  • 6:26 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Elfrida Andree

    Stockholm Symphony Orchestra

    Gustaf Sjokvist, conductor

    28:53
  • 6:06 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 4

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Discovering Dutch Ensembles

    Liza Ferschtman, violin

    17:55
  • 6:01 AM

    Sarabanda

    Nino Rota

    L'arpa notturna

    Elisabeth Plank, harp

    4:51
  • 5:55 AM

    We Shall Walk Through the Valley

    Undine Smith Moore

    Dance Like the Wind: Music of Today's Black Composers

    VocalEssence

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    2:53
  • 5:06 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    Leon Fleisher, piano

    47:18
  • 5:01 AM

    She Walks in Beauty

    Toby Hession

    Enchanted Isle

    Voces8

    4:49