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  • 4:15 AM

    Symphony No. 5

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Jaap van Zweden, conductor

    42:55
  • 4:10 AM

    Cantata No. 22: Sanctify us

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    3:10
  • 4:06 AM

    Schola Cantorum Reykjavik

    Hordur Askelsson, conductor

    3:53
  • 4:01 AM

    Waltz No. 3

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Opp. 33-36, 38

    Maurizio Pollini, piano

    4:37
  • 3:48 AM

    On the Town: Three Dance Episodes

    Leonard Bernstein

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    10:31
  • 3:44 AM

    Canzon Septimi et Octavi Toni

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    National Brass Ensemble

    3:02
  • 3:21 AM

    Fantasie Symphonique

    Louis Theodore Gouvy

    German Radio Philharmonic

    Jacques Mercier, conductor

    21:40
  • 3:06 AM

    Pohadka (Fairy Tale)

    Leos Janacek

    Shuffle. Play. Listen.

    Matt Haimovitz, cello

    13:09
  • 3:01 AM

    Bibo No Aozora (Beauty of a Blue Sky)

    Ryuichi Sakamoto

    Blanc

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:42
  • 2:50 AM

    Why the Caged Bird Sings

    Jake Runestad

    The Hope of Loving: Choral Music of Jake Runestad

    Conspirare

    Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

    Alissa Ruth Suver, soprano

    9:02
  • 2:16 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "Antar"

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Bergen Symphony Orchestra

    Dmitri Kitayenko, conductor

    32:30
  • 2:06 AM

    The Meaning of Water

    Andrew Schultz

    Bolmimerie

    Seven Harp Ensemble

    Alice Giles, conductor

    7:34
  • 2:01 AM

    Calling Home the Cattle

    Veljo Tormis

    Water Under Snow is Weary

    Tapiola Choir

    Erkki Pohjola, conductor

    4:43
  • 1:55 AM

    Aria Antica

    Daniel Kidane

    Hyeyoon Park, violin

    Benjamin Grosvenor, piano

    3:07
  • 11:55 PM

    Venezuelan Waltz No. 3 "Natalia"

    Antonio Lauro

    Berta Rojas, guitar

    2:53
  • 11:48 PM

    Images for Orchestra: Iberia: On Highways and Byways

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Images, Etc

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    6:50
  • 11:26 PM

    The Firebird (L'oiseau de feu): Suite

    Igor Stravinsky

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    19:59
  • 11:15 PM

    Variations on an African American Spiritual

    Joshua McGhee

    Where Freedom Rings: Compositions by Contemporary African American Composers

    Picasso Ensemble

    9:55
  • 11:06 PM

    School for Scandal Overture

    Samuel Barber

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    8:16
  • 11:01 PM

    All Dreams Begin With the Horizon: noble

    Christopher Theofanidis

    Christopher Atzinger, piano

    4:44
  • 10:40 PM

    Oboe d'Amore Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    New Bach Collegium Musicum Leipzig

    Max Pommer, conductor

    Burkhard Glaetzner, oboe d'amore

    18:37
  • 10:33 PM

    Rondo a Capriccio (Rage Over a Lost Penny)

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Barbara Nissman, piano

    6:06
  • 10:24 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": 3rd movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9, In der Nature

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    7:49
  • 10:20 PM

    Psalm 129

    Pawel Lukaszewski

    De Profundis: Polish Psalms of the 20th and 21st Century

    National Forum of Music Choir

    Agnieszka Frankow-Zelazny, conductor

    2:47
  • 10:17 PM

    Joanna Goldstein, piano

    2:23
  • 10:06 PM

    The Wasps: Overture

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams and Delius

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    10:12
  • 10:01 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Violin Concertos by Black Composers

    Encore Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hege, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    4:37
  • 9:51 PM

    Danzon Cubano

    Aaron Copland

    Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    6:31
  • 9:32 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Amanda Rontgen-Maier

    Amanda Meyer: Volume 1

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Andreas Stoehr, conductor

    Gregory Maytan, violin

    17:14
  • 9:23 PM

    String Quartet No. 3: Finale

    Robert Schumann

    Calidore String Quartet

    7:15
  • 9:11 PM

    Symphony No. 9

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    12:11
  • 9:06 PM

    Algerian Suite: French Military March

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Swiss Italian Orchestra

    Francis Travis, conductor

    4:13
  • 9:03 PM

    Trumpet Tune

    Henry Purcell

    Laird Brass Ensemble

    Peter Hurford, organ

    2:36
  • 8:52 PM

    Sylvana: Overture

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    5:30
  • 8:47 PM

    Chilean Dance

    Andrew York

    Andrew York, guitar

    4:30
  • 8:24 PM

    Cello Concerto No. 10

    Luigi Boccherini

    Dolce Duello

    Cappella Gabetta

    Andres Gabetta, conductor

    Sol Gabetta, cello

    22:07
  • 8:20 PM

    Magnolia Suite: My Lady Love

    Nathaniel Dett

    Clipper Erickson, piano

    3:00
  • 8:06 PM

    Tragic Overture

    Johannes Brahms

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    12:54
  • 8:01 PM

    Divertissement: 2nd movement

    Emile Bernard

    Sylvan Winds

    4:40
  • 7:42 PM

    Capriccio Espagnol

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Great Orchestral Works

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    15:56
  • 5:58 PM

    Prelude No. 11

    Frederic Chopin

    The Complete Chopin Preludes

    Yundi Li, piano

    :35
  • 5:44 PM

    Introduction and Allegro

    Edward Elgar

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    13:10
  • 5:20 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 3

    Edvard Grieg

    Franck, Grieg, Dvorak

    Renaud Capucon, violin

    22:59
  • 5:12 PM

    Alfonsina y el Mar (Alfonsina and the Sea)

    Ariel Ramirez

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    5:56
  • 5:06 PM

    Concerto for Strings

    Tomaso Albinoni

    ALBINONI: Double Oboe Concertos and Concertos for Strings, Vol. 2

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Simon Standage, conductor

    6:14
  • 5:01 PM

    Paganini Etude No. 3 "La Campanella"

    Franz Liszt

    Yundi Li: Liszt

    Yundi Li, piano

    4:39
  • 4:48 PM

    The Happy Forest

    Arnold Bax

    Ulster Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    10:14
  • 4:45 PM

    Dream Variation

    Margaret Bonds

    Lara Downes, piano

    Rhiannon Giddens, vocals

    2:32
  • 4:21 PM

    Fantasy for a Gentleman

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Rodrigo: Fantasía para un gentilhombre & Concierto de Aranjuez

    Spanish Radio and TV Orchestra

    Pedro Amaral, conductor

    Xianji Liu, guitar

    21:39
  • 4:06 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 5

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    13:53
  • 4:01 PM

    Four Poetic Waltzes

    Enrique Granados

    Granados: Goyescas, etc.

    Xiayin Wang, piano

    4:39
  • 3:55 PM

    Things to Come: March

    Arthur Bliss

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    3:38
  • 3:49 PM

    Impromptu No. 2

    Franz Schubert

    Marie-Pierre Langlamet, harp

    5:10
  • 3:24 PM

    String Quartet No. 6

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The String Quartets

    Emerson String Quartet

    24:00
  • 3:13 PM

    La Stravaganza: Violin Concerto No. 3

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    Monica Huggett, violin

    8:35
  • 3:06 PM

    Romantic Suite: Dance

    Franz Schreker

    SCHREKER: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vassily Sinaisky, conductor

    6:44
  • 3:01 PM

    Symphony: 2nd movement

    Johan Zander

    The Gustavian Symphony

    Royal Swedish Opera Orchestra

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    4:30
  • 2:52 PM

    Cantata No. 49: Sinfonia

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Berlin Baroque Soloists

    Rainer Kussmaul, conductor

    Raphael Alpermann, organ

    6:00
  • 2:51 PM

    Bourree Fantasque

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Chabrier: Orchestral Works

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    6:43
  • 2:35 PM

    Images, Book 1

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Images, Etudes

    Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano

    14:20
  • 2:28 PM

    Empire Brass

    Michael Murray, organ

    5:48
  • 2:02 PM

    Symphony No. 96 "Miracle"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    24:22
  • 1:57 PM

    Music for a Puppet Court: Puzzle II

    Oliver Knussen

    London Sinfonietta

    Oliver Knussen, conductor

    2:39
  • 1:50 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 9

    Bruce Haynes

    Montreal Baroque Orchestra

    Eric Milnes, conductor

    6:29
  • 1:44 PM

    Czech Suite: Sousedska

    Antonin Dvorak

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    4:43
  • 1:34 PM

    Scottish Fantasy: Finale

    Max Bruch

    Scottish Fantasy

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Joshua Bell, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    8:32
  • 1:31 PM

    Three Favorite Airs: Ye Banks and Braes

    Sophia Dussek

    Kyunghee Kim-Sutre, harp

    3:06
  • 1:22 PM

    A Fugal Concerto

    Gustav Holst

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Duke Dobing, flute

    Christopher Hooker, oboe

    8:25
  • 1:18 PM

    Album Leaf

    Richard Wagner

    Leslie Howard, piano

    3:00
  • 1:10 PM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2: Menuet

    Georges Bizet

    Breakfast in Bed

    Toronto Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    4:16
  • 1:04 PM

    The Imaginary Armida: Overture

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Cimarosa: Overtures, 2

    Toronto Chamber Orchestra

    Kevin Mallon, conductor

    5:02
  • 12:53 PM

    String Trio: Rondo

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Complete Trios

    Grumiaux Trio

    5:46
  • 12:45 PM

    Minuet Antique

    Maurice Ravel

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    6:14
  • 12:36 PM

    Concerto for Two Trumpets

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Baroque Music for Trumpet

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    7:27
  • 12:31 PM

    Symphony No. 10

    Georg Anton Benda

    Benda: Sinfonias Nos. 7-12

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    4:15
  • 12:26 PM

    Tune for Lucas/Up Da Stroods Da Sailor Goes

    Kevin Henderson/Traditional Shetland

    Bonfrost

    Nordic Fiddlers Bloc

    3:38
  • 12:16 PM

    Dances in the Canebrakes

    Florence Price

    Project W: Works by Diverse Women Composers

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    9:29
  • 12:07 PM

    Violin Concerto: Allegro

    Jean-Marie Leclair

    Le Mozart Noir

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    Genevieve Gilardeau, violin

    7:15
  • 12:04 PM

    Les Tourbillons

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Debussy | Rameau | Vikingur Olafsson

    Vikingur Olafsson, piano

    1:42
  • 11:50 AM

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    9:00
  • 11:46 AM

    Prince Igor: Dance of the Polovtsian Maidens

    Alexander Borodin

    Borodin: Symphony No. 2 in B minor, etc.

    Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor

    2:35
  • 11:32 AM

    String Quartet No. 2

    Maddalena Laura Sirmen

    Erato Quartet

    12:19
  • 11:30 AM

    Les Gouts-reunis: Concerto No. 13: Chaconne

    Francois Couperin

    Barthold Kuijken, flute

    Immanuel Davis, flute

    1:03
  • 11:23 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 5 "Spring": 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Martha Argerich, piano

    Gidon Kremer, violin

    6:03
  • 11:17 AM

    Divertimento No. 2: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, Divertimenti

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    5:06
  • 11:14 AM

    Picadilly

    Erik Satie

    Satie: The Complete Solo Piano Music

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    1:31
  • 11:04 AM

    Prague Waltzes

    Antonin Dvorak

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    8:58
  • 10:45 AM

    Froissart Overture

    Edward Elgar

    English Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    13:15
  • 10:38 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 2: Allegro

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    James Ehnes, violin

    5:41
  • 10:30 AM

    March Militaire No. 1

    Franz Schubert

    Vladimir Horowitz, piano

    6:09
  • 10:22 AM

    Norwegian Dance No. 6

    Johan Halvorsen

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Ari Rasilainen, conductor

    Harald Aadland, violin

    7:20
  • 10:18 AM

    Cancion de Cuna (Afro-Cuban Lullaby)

    Leo Brouwer

    Sound of Silence

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    3:21
  • 10:06 AM

    Semiramide: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    11:36
  • 10:01 AM

    Pastoral and Reel

    Thomas C. Kelly

    Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Fionnuala Hunt, conductor

    4:39
  • 9:42 AM

    The Ball of Beatrice d'Este

    Reynaldo Hahn

    Paris Orchestra

    Jean-Pierre Jacquillat, conductor

    16:01
  • 9:37 AM

    Paris Quartet No. 6: 6th movement

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Trio Sonnerie

    Wilbert Hazelzet, flute

    4:34
  • 9:22 AM

    Suite: Paris

    Haydn Wood

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Ernest Tomlinson, conductor

    13:34
  • 9:11 AM

    In a Landscape

    John Cage

    American Harp

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    9:47
  • 9:06 AM

    Suspirium

    Thom Yorke

    Jess Gillam Ensemble

    Jess Gillam, soprano saxophone

    3:48
  • 9:01 AM

    Concert Suite No. 6: La Poule (The Hen)

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    4:31
  • 8:36 AM

    String Quartet No. 51

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    London Haydn Quartet

    22:48
  • 8:33 AM

    Three Folksongs: Sing, sing, sickles

    Cyrillus Kreek

    Baltic Runes

    Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

    Paul Hillier, conductor

    2:55
  • 8:10 AM

    Nocturnal Dances of Don Juanquixote (Chamber Music III)

    Aulis Sallinen

    Sallinen: Violin Concerto; Don Juanquixote, etc.

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    Torleif Thedeen, cello

    20:34
  • 8:06 AM

    La captive

    Amy Beach

    Rebecca Clarke: Epilogue; Amy Beach: Sonata, Opus 40

    Pamela Frame, cello

    3:24
  • 8:01 AM

    Four Medieval Dances: Galliarde

    Joseph Lauber

    Rachel Talitman, harp

    Marcos Fregnani-Martins, flute

    4:38
  • 7:24 AM

    Seven Beauties: Ballet Suite

    Kara Karayev

    Kara Karayev: Ballet Suites

    Moscow Radio and TV Symphony Orchestra

    Rauf Abdulayev, conductor

    34:16
  • 7:12 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 3

    Pieter Hellendaal

    Combattimento Consort Amsterdam

    Jan Willem de Vriend, conductor

    10:34
  • 7:06 AM

    Prelude

    Gerald Finzi

    English String Miniatures, Vol. 3

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    5:04
  • 7:01 AM

    Over the Rainbow

    Harold Arlen

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    4:37
  • 6:51 AM

    To Become (Divenire)

    Ludovico Einaudi

    Ludovico Einaudi: Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    7:02
  • 6:06 AM

    Piano Trio No. 2

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: The Piano Trio

    Beaux Arts Trio

    43:45
  • 6:01 AM

    Capriccio No. 3: Allemande

    Jan Zelenka

    Zelenka: The Capriccios

    Bach Sinfonia

    Daniel Abraham, conductor

    4:33
  • 5:26 AM

    String Quartet

    Edvard Grieg

    Emerson String Quartet

    32:03
  • 5:24 AM

    Down in yon bank

    Anonymous

    On the Banks of Helicon

    Baltimore Consort

    1:38
  • 5:01 AM

    A Lady in Her Tower

    Gabriel Faure

    Sivan Magen, harp

    4:38