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  • 4:32 AM

    Fifteen Variations and a Fugue on an Original Theme (Eroica Variations)

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Variations

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    26:25
  • 4:27 AM

    Heroic Berceuse

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Works for Orchestra, Vol. II

    Radio Luxembourg Orchestra

    Louis de Froment, conductor

    3:58
  • 4:06 AM

    Siegfried Idyll

    Richard Wagner

    German Opera Orchestra

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    19:14
  • 4:01 AM

    L'incoronazione di Poppea: Pur ti miro

    Claudio Monteverdi

    Axiom Quartet

    4:35
  • 3:46 AM

    Symphony No. 5: 3rd movement

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5; Scenes adapted from Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Martyn Brabbins, conductor

    12:15
  • 3:34 AM

    Nocturne No. 17

    John Field

    Field: Sonatas and Nocturnes

    John O'Conor, piano

    10:52
  • 3:17 AM

    Mediterranean Concerto: Slow and Sad

    John McLaughlin

    John McLaughlin: The Mediterranean Concerto

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    John McLaughlin, guitar

    15:33
  • 3:06 AM

    Citywinds

    9:35
  • 3:01 AM

    Echo Collective

    4:31
  • 2:49 AM

    The Air, Turning

    Edmund Finnis

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Ilan Volkov, conductor

    8:55
  • 2:20 AM

    Te Deum

    Arvo Part

    Part: Te Deum

    Tallinn Chamber Orchestra

    Tonu Kaljuste, conductor

    28:36
  • 2:07 AM

    Entr'acte

    Caroline Shaw

    Attacca Quartet

    10:54
  • 2:01 AM

    Partita No. 4: Allemande

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Dances

    Benjamin Grosvenor, piano

    4:44
  • 1:49 AM

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Alexander Schneider, conductor

    Isaac Stern, violin

    8:55
  • 1:47 AM

    Isabel Bayrakdarian, soprano

    Serouj Kradjian, piano

    1:55
  • 1:15 AM

    Fairy Tale

    Josef Suk

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    30:28
  • 1:06 AM

    A Dream in the Forest (Un Sueno en la Floresta)

    Agustin Barrios

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    7:02
  • 1:01 AM

    Nocturne

    Frederic Chopin

    Something Borrowed: Transcriptions for Cello

    Jonathan Aasgaard, cello

    4:43
  • 12:47 AM

    Variations on The Wayfaring Stranger

    James Cohn

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Vakhtang Jordania, conductor

    11:29
  • 12:43 AM

    Pilgrims' Hymn

    Stephen Paulus

    Bernstein and Britten

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    3:19
  • 12:14 AM

    Cello Sonata No. 3

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    27:54
  • 12:06 AM

    Pavane

    Gabriel Faure

    Vaughan Williams, Barber, Grainger, Faure, Satie

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    5:44
  • 12:01 AM

    Two Pastorales

    Lou Harrison

    Lou Harrison: Seven Pastorales

    Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra

    Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

    4:36
  • 11:23 PM

    Symphonic Dances

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    35:33
  • 11:13 PM

    Minuet in Fandango Style

    Salvador Castro de Gistau

    Artemandoline

    8:23
  • 11:06 PM

    Andante festivo

    Jean Sibelius

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    5:04
  • 11:01 PM

    Magic Forest Dances: Zephyr

    Stefania de Kenessey

    William Meredith, oboe

    Stefania de Kenessey, piano

    4:45
  • 10:40 PM

    String Quartet No. 43

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    The Haydn Project

    Emerson String Quartet

    22:49
  • 10:20 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Sunday Symphony"

    William Grant Still

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    17:48
  • 10:17 PM

    Porgy and Bess: Summertime

    George Gershwin

    Randall Goosby, violin

    Zhu Wang, piano

    2:01
  • 10:06 PM

    Drottningholm Suite

    Johan Roman

    Roman: Music for a Royal Wedding

    Uppsala Chamber Orchestra

    Anthony Halstead, conductor

    9:34
  • 10:01 PM

    Bagatelles: Canon

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Serenade, Bagatelles, Czech Suite

    National Chamber Players

    Lowell Graham, conductor

    4:32
  • 9:41 PM

    Eine kleine Nachtmusik

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, Divertimenti

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    17:20
  • 9:23 PM

    Reminiscences of Bellini's Norma

    Franz Liszt

    Benjamin Grosvenor, piano

    16:25
  • 9:19 PM

    Six Pieces: Romance

    Pauline Viardot-Garcia

    Reto Kuppel, violin

    Wolfgang Manz, piano

    3:09
  • 9:07 PM

    Fair Melusina Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Overtures

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    11:25
  • 9:01 PM

    Variations on a Theme by Rossini

    Frederic Chopin

    Maxence Larrieu, flute

    Susanna Mildonian, harp

    4:47
  • 8:42 PM

    Sinfonia No. 4

    Franz Beck

    Beck: Symphonies Op. 3, Nos. 1-4

    Toronto Chamber Orchestra

    Kevin Mallon, conductor

    16:45
  • 8:19 PM

    Clarinet Trio

    Conradin Kreutzer

    Beethoven's Forgotten Contemporaries: Clarinet Trios by Eberl, Ries, Kreutzer

    Trio Ecco

    21:27
  • 8:09 PM

    Preziosa: Overture

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Weber: Overtures

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    7:52
  • 8:06 PM

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

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy's Harp

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    2:20
  • 8:01 PM

    Second Suite: Intermezzo

    Charles-Edouard Lefebvre

    Sylvan Winds

    Nicholas Gallas, clarinet

    4:30
  • 7:46 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": Largo

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 'From The New World'

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Istvan Kertesz, conductor

    12:28
  • 4:49 PM

    English Folk Song Suite

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    9:08
  • 4:26 PM

    Piano Concerto

    Maurice Ravel

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    21:50
  • 4:22 PM

    D'un vieux jardin (An Ancient Garden)

    Lili Boulanger

    Merz Trio

    2:25
  • 4:16 PM

    Into the Blue: Wildwood Flower

    Greg Danner

    Cumberland Quintet

    5:05
  • 4:06 PM

    An Outdoor Overture

    Aaron Copland

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    9:14
  • 4:01 PM

    Le roi s'amuse (The King Has Fun): Pavane and Scene du bouquet

    Leo Delibes

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:40
  • 3:41 PM

    Piano Trio No. 4 "Gassenhauer"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beaux Arts Trio

    17:47
  • 3:22 PM

    Fantasy Variations

    Ulysses Kay

    Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony - U. Kay: Fantasy Variations - Umbrian Scene

    Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Arthur Fagen, conductor

    17:55
  • 3:14 PM

    Two Serenades: Serenade pour la vie

    Einojuhani Rautavaara

    Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mikko Franck, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    6:35
  • 3:06 PM

    Waltz-Intermezzo

    Frank Bridge

    Moscow Chamber Orchestra

    Constantine Orbelian, conductor

    6:12
  • 3:01 PM

    Royal Academy of Music Brass

    4:49
  • 2:48 PM

    Gli Incogniti

    Amandine Beyer, conductor

    10:11
  • 2:42 PM

    Concierto de "Dance Hits": Salsa Pasada

    Aaron Jay Kernis

    New Century Chamber Orchestra

    Aaron Jay Kernis, conductor

    David Tanenbaum, guitar

    4:49
  • 2:24 PM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 3

    Ottorino Respighi

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    16:57
  • 2:15 PM

    Farfalla (Butterfly)

    Emile Sauret

    Sauret: Violin and Piano Music - Scenes villageoises / Souvenir d'Orient / Souvenir de Los Angeles

    Michi Wiancko, violin

    7:05
  • 2:06 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Three Pictures

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    8:48
  • 2:01 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 161: Presto

    Johann Quantz

    Dresden Chamber Soloists

    Johannes Walter, flute

    4:39
  • 1:42 PM

    Wand of Youth Suite No. 2

    Edward Elgar

    Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    16:27
  • 1:34 PM

    Gymnopedies

    Erik Satie

    The Artistry of Christopher Parkening

    Christopher Parkening, guitar

    7:06
  • 1:24 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 2nd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphonies 1-4

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    9:12
  • 1:20 PM

    Berceuse (Lullaby)

    Pauline Viardot-Garcia

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    Matthew Hagle, piano

    2:34
  • 1:06 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 10

    Arcangelo Corelli

    Corelli: Concerti Grossi Op 6

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    12:29
  • 1:01 PM

    Harp Consort No. 3

    William Lawes

    Lawes: Harp Consorts

    Les Voix Humaines

    Maxine Eilander, harp

    4:40
  • 10:49 AM

    Summer Music

    Arnold Bax

    Bax: 4 Tone Poems

    Ulster Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    9:48
  • 10:44 AM

    Septet: 5th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven, Strauss

    Montreal Symphony Orchestra Soloists

    3:01
  • 10:31 AM

    Festival of the Bayaderes

    Franz Berwald

    Berwald: Orchestral Works

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Ulf Bjorlin, conductor

    11:36
  • 10:25 AM

    The Seasons: July and August

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Seasons, etc.

    Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leonid Grin, conductor

    6:07
  • 10:13 AM

    Violin Sonatine

    Pauline Viardot-Garcia

    Thomas Albertus Irnberger, violin

    Barbara Moser, piano

    10:43
  • 10:06 AM

    Rusalka: Song to the Moon

    Antonin Dvorak

    Paris Chamber Orchestra

    Adrien Perruchon, conductor

    Gautier Capucon, cello

    5:39
  • 10:01 AM

    The Planets: Mercury

    Gustav Holst

    Wind Band Music - THURSTON, R. / PUCKETT, J. / WILBY, P. / WILLIAMS, J. / EWAZEN, E. (Air Force Blue) (United States Air Force Band, L.H. Lang)

    United States Air Force Band

    Larry H. Lang, conductor

    4:37
  • 9:41 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

    17:54
  • 9:28 AM

    Unter bluhenden Linden

    Lou Koster

    Estro Armonico Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra

    Jonathan Kaell, conductor

    10:53
  • 9:23 AM

    A Little Piece of Music

    Sophie Eckhardt-Gramatte

    It's a Girl!

    Thomas Albertus Irnberger, violin

    5:03
  • 9:16 AM

    Suite Colombiana No. 3: The Song of the Dreamer

    Gentil Montana

    Jose Antonio Escobar, guitar

    5:02
  • 9:06 AM

    Spring Song

    Jean Sibelius

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    9:04
  • 9:01 AM

    Sonata No. 8

    Henry Purcell

    Purcell Quartet

    4:51
  • 8:51 AM

    Prelude No. 15 "Raindrop"

    Frederic Chopin

    Ivo Pogorelich, piano

    7:22
  • 8:48 AM

    Chanson de la pluie (Song of the Rain)

    Pauline Viardot-Garcia

    Isabel Bayrakdarian, soprano

    Serouj Kradjian, piano

    3:00
  • 8:21 AM

    French National Radio and Television Orchestra

    Jean Martinon, conductor

    25:05
  • 8:07 AM

    Violin Sonata "Posthume"

    Maurice Ravel

    Daniel Hope | Belle Epoque

    Daniel Hope, violin

    14:11
  • 8:01 AM

    Octet: 2nd movement

    Jean Francaix

    Gaudier Ensemble

    4:36
  • 7:38 AM

    Images for Orchestra: Iberia

    Claude Debussy

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    20:39
  • 7:28 AM

    In a Landscape

    John Cage

    Rothko Chapel

    Sarah Rothenberg, piano

    9:40
  • 7:15 AM

    Nebraska

    Valgeir Sigurdsson

    South of the Circle

    Siggi String Quartet

    10:51
  • 7:06 AM

    Reverie and Caprice

    Hector Berlioz

    French Showpieces

    Quebec Symphony Orchestra

    Yoav Talmi, conductor

    8:30
  • 7:01 AM

    Pan's Flute: Pan and the Nymphs

    Jules Mouquet

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Philippe Auguin, conductor

    Manuela Wiesler, flute

    4:51
  • 6:29 AM

    Waltz Suite

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    29:07
  • 6:14 AM

    Andante and Allegro molto

    Niels Gade

    Kontra Quartet

    Hans Nygaard, cello

    13:53
  • 6:06 AM

    Du bist die Ruh (You are repose)

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Works for Solo Piano, Vol. 1

    Barry Douglas, piano

    6:39
  • 6:01 AM

    Keltic Lament

    John Foulds

    Foulds: Dynamic Triptych, Music-Pictures Iii

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    4:31
  • 5:45 AM

    Everything Lasts Forever

    Michael Kurth

    Michael Kurth: Everything Lasts Forever

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Spano, conductor

    13:23
  • 5:38 AM

    Memories

    Djivan Gasparian

    Provenance

    Maya Beiser, cello

    7:01
  • 5:06 AM

    Swanwhite Suite

    Jean Sibelius

    Turku Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    29:24
  • 5:01 AM

    The Jane Pickering Lute Book

    Anonymous

    The Scottish Lute

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    4:41