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  • 4:31 AM

    To Notice Such Things

    Jon Lord

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Clark Rundell, conductor

    Jon Lord, piano

    Cormac Henry, flute

    27:00
  • 4:27 AM

    Chelys Consort of Viols

    3:34
  • 4:18 AM

    Dum sigillum

    Perotin

    Perotin

    Hilliard Ensemble

    7:37
  • 4:06 AM

    Symphonie Fantastique: Reveries

    Hector Berlioz

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    11:26
  • 4:01 AM

    End of Day

    Todd Reynolds

    Todd Reynolds, viola

    4:28
  • 3:52 AM

    Forest of Charm and Enchantment

    Marcel Grandjany

    Impressions de France

    Caroline Leonardelli, harp

    5:52
  • 3:30 AM

    The Forest

    Howard Shore

    The Moon and the Forest

    National Arts Centre Orchestra

    Alexander Shelley, conductor

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    20:48
  • 3:10 AM

    The Night Callings

    Heino Eller

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Olari Elts, conductor

    17:35
  • 3:06 AM

    Romance

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    3:53
  • 3:01 AM

    Serenade No. 10 "Gran Partita": Adagio

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart � Salieri

    Armonia Ensemble

    4:36
  • 2:50 AM

    Piano Trio "Notturno"

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert

    Trio Vitruvi

    8:16
  • 2:28 AM

    The River Suite

    Duke Ellington

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    21:04
  • 2:22 AM

    A Single Petal of a Rose

    Duke Ellington

    Reflections on Duke

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    3:43
  • 2:06 AM

    Ennanga for String Quartet, Harp, and Piano

    William Grant Still

    Videmus

    15:28
  • 2:01 AM

    Lyrical Serenade

    Edward Elgar

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    4:41
  • 1:46 AM

    Agincourt Overture

    Walter Leigh

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    12:28
  • 1:15 AM

    Piano Trio No. 1

    Rosalind Ellicott

    Trio Anima Mundi

    28:53
  • 1:06 AM

    Pieta, Signore

    Alessandro Stradella

    Premieres of the Old and New

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Amos, conductor

    Meir Rimon, horn

    7:31
  • 1:01 AM

    English Suite: Prelude and Round Dance

    John Duarte

    Stein-Erik Olsen, guitar

    4:46
  • 12:50 AM

    New Era Dance

    Aaron Jay Kernis

    Dance Mix

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    7:49
  • 12:18 AM

    Symphony No. 5

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven 5 And 7

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Manfred Honeck, conductor

    31:12
  • 12:06 AM

    String Quartet

    Germaine Tailleferre

    Debussy, Tailleferre, Ravel

    Stenhammar Quartet

    9:45
  • 12:01 AM

    Il finto Stanislao: Overture

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Philharmonic of La Scala

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    4:43
  • 11:45 PM

    Symphony No. 4: 4th movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 4, Tragic Overture

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    10:17
  • 11:41 PM

    Concert Piece for Piano and Orchestra

    Carl Maria von Weber

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Alfred Brendel, piano

    17:19
  • 11:40 PM

    The Road Home

    Stephen Paulus

    Sounds from Minnesota

    The Summer Singers

    Vicki Peters, conductor

    3:48
  • 11:35 PM

    May Morning Playground (The Then and Now)

    Stanley Woolner

    blue horizon

    Ivan Konev, piano

    4:48
  • 11:28 PM

    Valencia

    Caroline Shaw

    Unbound

    Jasper String Quartet

    5:54
  • 11:13 PM

    Rhapsody in Blue

    George Gershwin

    Columbia Jazz Band

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    George Gershwin, piano

    13:43
  • 11:07 PM

    Call of the Champions

    John Williams

    Utah Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:57
  • 11:02 PM

    The Peaceable Kingdom: Ye Shall Have a Song

    Randall Thompson

    Choose Something Like a Star

    Mormon Tabernacle Choir

    Craig Jessop, conductor

    4:24
  • 10:55 PM

    Symphony No. 4: 3rd movement

    Florence Price

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    5:13
  • 10:43 PM

    Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter": 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies No 29, 33, 35, 38, And 41

    Orchestra Mozart

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    11:24
  • 10:38 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 2: Rondo

    Franz Xaver Mozart

    Franz Xaver Mozart: Chamber Works

    Lukasz Blaszczyk, violin

    4:12
  • 10:31 PM

    Suite Bergamasque: Clair de lune (Moonlight)

    Claude Debussy

    Mad About Piano

    Alexis Weissenberg, piano

    5:05
  • 10:14 PM

    Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Ballet And Dance Music

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    15:49
  • 9:38 PM

    Peter and the Wolf

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Children's Classics

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    Leonard Bernstein, narrator

    26:57
  • 9:32 PM

    Liebesleid (Love's Sorrow)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Simply Anne-Sophie

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    4:15
  • 9:23 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "Romantic": Finale

    Howard Hanson

    Howard Hanson Symphonies 1, 2; Elegy in Memory of Serge Koussevitky

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    7:06
  • 9:13 PM

    Images for Orchestra: Iberia: On Highways and Byways

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Orchestral Music

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    7:08
  • 9:05 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 161: Presto

    Johann Quantz

    Dresden Chamber Soloists

    Johannes Walter, flute

    4:39
  • 8:55 PM

    Children's March (Over the Hills and Far Away)

    Percy Grainger

    Michigan State Symphonic Band

    Keith Brion, conductor

    6:58
  • 8:39 PM

    Summon the Heroes

    John Williams

    John Williams: American Journey

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    6:16
  • 8:30 PM

    Schwanda the Bagpiper: Polka and Fugue

    Jaromir Weinberger

    Pomp and Pipes

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Frederick Fennell, conductor

    Paul Riedo, organ

    7:50
  • 8:06 PM

    Pines of Rome

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Pines of Rome, Fountains of Rome, Metamorphosen

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    20:19
  • 8:00 PM

    Ave Verum Corpus

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Exsultate, Jubilate

    Vienna Boys Choir

    Uwe Christian Harrer, conductor

    3:04
  • 5:53 PM

    Inbal Segev, cello

    Timo Andres, piano

    5:41
  • 5:21 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Spring"

    Robert Schumann

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    30:24
  • 5:11 PM

    Negro Folk Symphony: O, Le' Me Shine, Shine Like A Morning Star!

    William Dawson

    Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Arthur Fagen, conductor

    8:14
  • 5:06 PM

    Joyous March

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    French National Orchestra

    Armin Jordan, conductor

    3:56
  • 5:01 PM

    Wallom Green/Curtain Tune

    John Playford/Henry Purcell

    Barokksolistene

    Bjarte Eike, violin

    4:40
  • 4:47 PM

    Flute Sonata

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Flute Sonatas

    Andrea Oliva, flute

    11:49
  • 4:17 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "Romantic"

    Howard Hanson

    Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra

    Howard Hanson, conductor

    27:54
  • 4:12 PM

    A Morning

    Ludovico Einaudi

    Emotions

    Gautier Capucon, cello

    3:10
  • 4:06 PM

    Suite Bergamasque: Clair de lune (Moonlight)

    Claude Debussy

    The Stowkowski Sound

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    5:26
  • 4:01 PM

    Fantasia Suite No. 8

    John Jenkins

    Locke Consort

    4:36
  • 3:52 PM

    Periodical Overture

    Niccolo Jommelli

    El Maestro Farinelli

    Concerto Koln

    Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor

    5:45
  • 3:25 PM

    Serenade for Winds

    Antonin Dvorak

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    25:40
  • 3:21 PM

    Serenade

    Cecile Chaminade

    Chaminade: Piano Works

    Eric Parkin, piano

    3:17
  • 3:17 PM

    Gowanus Arts Ensemble

    Reuben Blundell, conductor

    2:20
  • 3:06 PM

    Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra

    Hans Graf, conductor

    10:52
  • 3:01 PM

    Eduardo Mata University Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Rivero Weber, conductor

    4:46
  • 2:48 PM

    Much Ado about Nothing Overture

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    West Australian Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Penny, conductor

    10:07
  • 2:47 PM

    Much Ado about Nothing Overture

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    West Australian Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Penny, conductor

    10:07
  • 2:43 PM

    Three Dances

    Pierre Phalese

    La Rocque 'n' Roll

    Baltimore Consort

    3:20
  • 2:20 PM

    Harp Concerto

    Francois Boieldieu

    Great Works for Harp

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Ernst Marzendorfer, conductor

    Nicanor Zabaleta, harp

    21:34
  • 2:03 PM

    Polonaise No. 4

    Frederic Chopin

    Rafal Blechacz, piano

    6:44
  • 1:59 PM

    Peer Gynt: Anitra's Dance

    Edvard Grieg

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    3:18
  • 1:48 PM

    Symphony No. 4 "Italian": 1st movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Symphonies 3 & 4

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    10:01
  • 1:44 PM

    Simple Gifts

    Aaron Copland

    Classic Yo-Yo

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    2:30
  • 1:35 PM

    Symphonie Espagnole: Rondo

    Edouard Lalo

    Paris Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    8:01
  • 1:29 PM

    Spanish Waltz

    Emil Waldteufel

    Music of Waldteufel

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    5:26
  • 1:25 PM

    Partita No. 1: Gigue

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach Partitas

    Igor Levit, piano

    2:07
  • 1:11 PM

    Clarinet Quintet: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart & Brahms

    Pacifica String Quartet

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    6:42
  • 1:05 PM

    Symphony No. 7 "Pastoral": Scherzo

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: Symphonies 4 And 7

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    5:10
  • 12:53 PM

    The Bourgeois Gentleman: Entrance and Dance of the Tailors

    Richard Strauss

    R. Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos (Suite)

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    5:20
  • 12:46 PM

    Symphony No. 6

    William Boyce

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    6:35
  • 12:36 PM

    Waltz Fantasy

    Mikhail Glinka

    Glinka: Capriccio Brillante / Overture in D Major / Souvenir D'Une Nuit D'Ete A Madrid

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vassily Sinaisky, conductor

    8:23
  • 12:31 PM

    Piano Trio No. 2: Scherzo

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Trios

    Trio Sora

    3:24
  • 12:23 PM

    If I Were King: Overture

    Adolphe Adam

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Lance Friedel, conductor

    7:15
  • 12:19 PM

    Bagatelles: Allegretto scherzando (3)

    Antonin Dvorak

    Takacs Quartet

    Gabor Ormai, harmonium

    3:01
  • 12:16 PM

    The Comedians: Gavotte

    Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Kabalevsky, Prokofiev, Glinka, Tchaikovsky

    San Diego Chamber Orchestra

    Donald Barra, conductor

    2:00
  • 12:07 PM

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Nicholas McGegan, conductor

    Alec Frank-Gemmill, horn

    7:56
  • 12:04 PM

    Acis and Galatea: Happy We!

    George Frideric Handel

    Grand & Glorious - Great Operatic Choruses / Robert Shaw

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    1:56
  • 11:48 AM

    Moseltraume

    Lou Koster

    Koster: Orchestral Music

    Estro Armonico Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra

    Jonathan Kaell, conductor

    10:42
  • 11:42 AM

    New Vienna Landler

    Joseph Lanner

    Ensemble Bella Musica Vienna

    Michael Dittrich, conductor

    5:34
  • 11:29 AM

    Children's Games (Jeux d'enfants)

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: Symphony in C; Carmen - Suites Nos 1 & 2; Jeux d'enfants - Suite; Overture: Patrie

    French National Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    10:53
  • 11:25 AM

    The Maiden's Wish

    Frederic Chopin

    Mariam Batsashvili, piano

    3:00
  • 11:17 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 6

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Patrick Gallois, flute

    7:20
  • 11:11 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "In the Forest": 3rd movement

    Joachim Raff

    Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic

    Urs Schneider, conductor

    4:46
  • 11:04 AM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 2: Bergamasca

    Ottorino Respighi

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    5:10
  • 10:50 AM

    Concerto Koln

    8:01
  • 10:39 AM

    Fairy Tales (Feen-Marchen) Waltz

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Alfred Eschwe, conductor

    9:45
  • 10:26 AM

    "Twinkle, Twinkle" Variations (Ah, vous dirai-je, maman)

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    For Children

    Helen Huang, piano

    12:54
  • 10:20 AM

    Lullaby to Wake Up With

    Phil Rosheger

    David Russell, guitar

    5:10
  • 10:11 AM

    Adagio amoroso

    Kurt Atterberg

    Camerata Nordica

    Ulf Wallin, conductor

    7:56
  • 10:06 AM

    Fantasia on Greensleeves

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Orchestral Works

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    4:13
  • 10:01 AM

    Intermezzo for String Trio

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Domus

    4:42
  • 9:41 AM

    L'Horloge de Flore (The Flower Clock)

    Jean Francaix

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Mathias Monius, conductor

    Albrecht Mayer, oboe

    17:03
  • 9:25 AM

    From Grandmother's Garden

    Amy Beach

    Beach: Fire-flies: The Solo Piano Music of Amy Beach Vol. 3

    Joanne Polk, piano

    14:02
  • 9:13 AM

    Pour une fete de printemps

    Albert Roussel

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    11:11
  • 9:06 AM

    The Gadfly: Romance

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Belgian Radio and TV Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    6:09
  • 9:01 AM

    Four Preludes for Guitar

    Manuel Ponce

    Victoria Drake, harp

    4:45
  • 8:53 AM

    Zone Blue

    Ed Bland

    Judith Olson, piano

    5:06
  • 8:36 AM

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    16:26
  • 8:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 4

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn Quartets, Vol. 2

    Eroica Quartet

    28:17
  • 8:03 AM

    Song without Words No. 10

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Blue Hour

    Andreas Ottensamer, clarinet

    2:31
  • 8:01 AM

    Song without Words No. 33

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Blue Hour

    Andreas Ottensamer, clarinet

    2:22
  • 7:41 AM

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    17:23
  • 7:36 AM

    Tahdet Taivahalla (Stars in the Sky)

    Maria Kalaniemi

    Leslie Shank, violin

    Joseph Hagedorn, guitar

    3:59
  • 7:20 AM

    Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra

    Samuel Friedman, conductor

    15:07
  • 7:06 AM

    Little Concerto

    Carl Orff

    Mainz Wind Ensemble

    Klaus Rainer Scholl, conductor

    13:01
  • 7:01 AM

    Walking (Hommage a Thoreau)

    Lars Aksel Bisgaard

    Carl Petersson, piano

    4:52
  • 6:28 AM

    Symphony No. 7

    Niels Gade

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    30:37
  • 6:15 AM

    Gregorian Chant

    Paul Creston

    New York Chamber Orchestra

    Arthur Lief, conductor

    11:05
  • 6:06 AM

    Gymnopedies

    Erik Satie

    Pascal Roge, piano

    8:12
  • 6:01 AM

    Pan Voyevoda: Nocturne

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Russian Adagios

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor

    4:44
  • 5:45 AM

    The Mission: Suite

    Ennio Morricone

    Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture: The Mission

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Ennio Morricone, conductor

    13:41
  • 5:27 AM

    Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mikko Franck, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    16:55
  • 5:06 AM

    French Suite No. 5

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Inventionen/Sinfonien/Franzosische Suite V

    Till Fellner, piano

    19:14
  • 5:01 AM

    Suite of Three Pieces: Idylle

    Benjamin Godard

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Susan Milan, flute

    4:50