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  • 4:48 AM

    Quartet for Queen Mab

    Missy Mazzoli

    Aeolus Quartet

    8:40
  • 4:41 AM

    The North Wind Was a Woman: The Mountain Shares her Solitary Dreams

    David Bruce

    The North Wind Was a Woman: Chamber Works by David Bruce

    The North Wind Ensemble

    Nora Fischer, soprano

    5:28
  • 4:28 AM

    A Thousand Whirling Dreams

    Dana Wilson

    American Voices

    Waldland Ensemble

    12:48
  • 4:06 AM

    Being: Parts 1-4

    Michael Torke

    American Modern Ensemble

    Michael Torke, conductor

    19:19
  • 4:01 AM

    M is for Man, Music, Mozart: Instrumental I

    Louis Andriessen

    Louis Andriessen: De Stijl, M is for Man Music Mozart

    Orkest de Volharding

    4:46
  • 3:49 AM

    The Light Is the Same

    Reena Esmail

    Bruits

    Imani Winds

    8:50
  • 3:34 AM

    Dune of Footprints

    Tansy Davies

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Karen Kamensek, conductor

    13:53
  • 3:29 AM

    To the Hands: Her Beacon-Hands Beckon

    Caroline Shaw

    The Crossing

    Donald Nally, conductor

    3:37
  • 3:25 AM

    To the Hands: Ever Ever Ever

    Caroline Shaw

    The Crossing

    Donald Nally, conductor

    3:10
  • 3:22 AM

    To the Hands: I Will Hold You

    Caroline Shaw

    The Crossing

    Donald Nally, conductor

    3:05
  • 3:07 AM

    Sin Fronteras

    Clarice Assad

    Project W: Works by Diverse Women Composers

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    13:29
  • 3:01 AM

    Choirbook: The Milky Way

    Jesper Koch

    Jesper Koch: Choirbook

    Danish National Vocal Ensemble

    Flemming Windekilde, conductor

    4:52
  • 2:32 AM

    Cello Concerto

    Edward Elgar

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Justin Brown, conductor

    Anne Gastinel, cello

    26:10
  • 2:14 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 26 "Les adieux"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Mikhail Pletnev, piano

    16:04
  • 2:06 AM

    In the Well: The Rising of the Moon

    Vilem Blodek

    Small Czech Musical Gems

    Prague Symphony Orchestra

    Vaclav Smetacek, conductor

    6:26
  • 2:01 AM

    Blacksmith's Tune

    Bengt Hallberg

    Brass Festival

    Scandinavian Brass Ensemble

    Jorma Panula, conductor

    4:46
  • 1:48 AM

    Spiegel im Spiegel (Mirror in the Mirror)

    Arvo Part

    Lisa Batiashvili, violin

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    10:18
  • 1:28 AM

    Guitar Concerto

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    New York Philharmonic

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    18:30
  • 1:26 AM

    Danza Paraguaya No. 3 (London Carape)

    Agustin Barrios

    Berta Rojas, guitar

    1:48
  • 1:13 AM

    Caprice on Danish and Russian Tunes

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Belle Epoque: French Music for Winds

    Orsino Ensemble

    Pavel Kolesnikov, piano

    11:35
  • 1:06 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    William Boyce

    Boyce: Symphonies, Op. 2

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    6:25
  • 1:01 AM

    Reflexoes No. 6: Doloroso

    Jaime Zenamon

    Rupert Boyd, guitar

    Laura Metcalf, cello

    4:35
  • 12:30 AM

    Piano Trio No. 1

    Robert Schumann

    Robert Schumann: Complete Piano Trios, Quartet & Quintet

    Trio Wanderer

    28:43
  • 12:20 AM

    String Symphony No. 6

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    CPhE Bach: 6 Hamburg Symphonies Wq. 182

    Camerata Bern

    Thomas Furi, conductor

    8:45
  • 12:11 AM

    Two Serenades: Serenade pour mon amour

    Einojuhani Rautavaara

    Paris

    Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mikko Franck, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    7:48
  • 12:06 AM

    Serenade

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Piano Music

    Peter Pettinger, piano

    3:07
  • 12:01 AM

    Romance No. 2

    Robert Schumann

    Songs of the Reeds

    Albrecht Mayer, oboe

    4:38
  • 11:50 PM

    Caroline Leonardelli, harp

    8:37
  • 11:23 PM

    Symphony No. 8

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 8

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    25:20
  • 11:16 PM

    Romance No. 1

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Violin Concerto

    Lucerne Festival Strings

    Daniel Dodds, conductor

    Midori, violin

    6:02
  • 11:09 PM

    Sword Dance

    Xu Changjun

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    5:36
  • 11:06 PM

    Gayane: Sabre Dance

    Aram Khachaturian

    Kirov Orchestra

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    2:10
  • 11:01 PM

    2 Pieces for piano 6 hands: Romance

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Tharaud Plays Rachmaninoff

    Alexandre Tharaud, piano

    4:33
  • 10:48 PM

    Toccata and Fugue

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Stravinsky, Bach, Stokowski

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    10:07
  • 10:47 PM

    Two-Part Invention No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

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

    Till Fellner, piano

    1:20
  • 10:33 PM

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    12:40
  • 10:27 PM

    Fantasie No. 2

    Florence Price

    Roots

    Randall Goosby, violin

    5:25
  • 10:16 PM

    Oboe Concerto No. 6

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Venetian Oboe Concertos

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Simon Wright, conductor

    John Anderson, oboe

    8:11
  • 10:06 PM

    Poet and Peasant Overture

    Franz von Suppe

    Popular Operatic Overtures

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    9:45
  • 9:48 PM

    From Italy (Aus Italien): In the Campagna

    Richard Strauss

    R. Strauss: Aus Italien, Don Juan

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    10:28
  • 9:23 PM

    Symphony No. 100 "Military"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    23:31
  • 9:17 PM

    Ruslan and Ludmila: Overture

    Mikhail Glinka

    The London Horn Sound

    London Horns

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    5:31
  • 9:12 PM

    Fanfare on Amazing Grace

    Adolphus Hailstork

    Virginia Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    3:26
  • 9:07 PM

    Serenade No. 10 "Gran Partita": Minuet II

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Serenade for 13 Winds etc.

    Scottish National Orchestra Wind Ensemble

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    4:31
  • 9:03 PM

    Etude No. 1 "Venezia"

    Benna Moe

    Cathrine Penderup, piano

    2:50
  • 8:47 PM

    Tales from the Vienna Woods

    Johann StraussJr.

    Ein Straussfest

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    King Keyes, zither

    11:02
  • 8:43 PM

    Lakme: Flower Duet

    Leo Delibes

    Guilty Pleasures

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Sebastian Lang-Lessing, conductor

    Renee Fleming, soprano

    3:45
  • 8:21 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 2

    Saverio Mercadante

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Irena Grafenauer, flute

    20:13
  • 8:17 PM

    Nora's Dance

    Nora Holt

    Lara Downes, piano

    1:47
  • 8:07 PM

    Violin Concerto: 1st movement

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Encore Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hege, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    10:24
  • 8:01 PM

    A Moorside Suite: March

    Gustav Holst

    Music for Brass and Percussion

    London Brass

    David Honeyball, conductor

    4:41
  • 7:50 PM

    Symphonic Sketches: Jubilee

    George Chadwick

    Chadwick

    Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    8:11
  • 5:39 PM

    Symphony No. 95

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: 12 London Symphonies

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    19:48
  • 5:23 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Margaret Batjer, conductor

    Margaret Batjer, violin

    David Shostac, flute

    Brook Ellen Schoenwald, flute

    14:19
  • 5:18 PM

    I will lift up mine eyes

    Morten Lauridsen

    Polyphony

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    3:10
  • 5:07 PM

    Estonian Dance Suite

    Eduard Tubin

    Eduard Tubin: Symphony No. 7; Estonian Dance Suite; Music for strings

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Hans-Peter Frank, conductor

    11:15
  • 5:01 PM

    String Quintet No. 1: Finale

    Luigi Boccherini

    Boccherini: String Quintets, Vol. VI

    La Magnifica Comunita

    4:46
  • 4:52 PM

    Overture to a Comedy No. 1

    Svend Erik Tarp

    Aarhus Symphony Orchestra

    Tobias Ringborg, conductor

    6:47
  • 4:21 PM

    Sinfonia Concertante

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Clarinet Concerto, etc.

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Hans Vonk, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    29:18
  • 4:16 PM

    Madeleine Stucki, piano

    4:19
  • 4:07 PM

    In the Steppes of Central Asia

    Alexander Borodin

    Borodin: Symphony No. 2

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Loris Tjeknavorian, conductor

    8:00
  • 4:01 PM

    Symphonic Metamorphosis: March

    Paul Hindemith

    Claudio Abbado: Marce E Danze

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    4:33
  • 3:55 PM

    Bagatelles: Allegretto scherzando (1)

    Antonin Dvorak

    Takacs Quartet

    Gabor Ormai, harmonium

    2:56
  • 3:48 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "Song of a New Race": 4th movement

    William Grant Still

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    7:13
  • 3:20 PM

    Violin Sonata

    Cesar Franck

    Paris: La Belle Epoque

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    26:39
  • 3:13 PM

    Variations on La Folia

    Mauro Giuliani

    Dale Kavanagh, guitar

    4:15
  • 3:06 PM

    Broceliande Overture

    Lucien-Leon Lambert

    Hot Springs Music Festival Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Rosenberg, conductor

    6:47
  • 3:01 PM

    Hungarian March

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: La Marseillaise, Etc

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    4:31
  • 2:50 PM

    Rosen aus dem Suden (Roses from the South) Waltz

    Johann StraussJr.

    Strauss Waltzes

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    8:38
  • 2:44 PM

    The Leopard (Il Gattopardo): Dances

    Nino Rota

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    16:11
  • 2:32 PM

    Four Seasons: Summer

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

    Trondheim Soloists

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    11:04
  • 2:22 PM

    Three Tone Pictures

    Elfrida Andree

    Oskar Ekberg, piano

    7:25
  • 2:00 PM

    The Little Square Suite

    Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari

    Wolf-Ferrari: Suites and Overtures

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    6:56
  • 1:45 PM

    Carmina Burana: Selections

    Carl Orff

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    Arleen Auger, soprano

    :00
  • 1:35 PM

    Music of the Spheres Waltz

    Josef Strauss

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    9:53
  • 1:30 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 1: Presto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach and Beyond 2

    Jennifer Koh, violin

    3:27
  • 1:21 PM

    Symphonic Sketches: Jubilee

    George Chadwick

    Chadwick: Symphony No. 2; Symphonic Sketches

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    7:42
  • 1:17 PM

    Six Bagatelles: No. 3

    Gyorgy Ligeti

    London Winds

    2:40
  • 1:07 PM

    Gaelic Symphony: 2nd movement

    Amy Beach

    Beach: Gaelic Symphony, Piano Concerto

    Nashville Symphony Orchestra

    Kenneth Schermerhorn, conductor

    7:26
  • 1:04 PM

    Shepherd's Hey

    Percy Grainger

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    2:02
  • 12:53 PM

    Symphony No. 3: 4th movement

    Max Bruch

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    5:56
  • 12:47 PM

    Piano Quintet "Trout": Scherzo

    Franz Schubert

    Trout Quintet | Sviatoslav Richter & Borodin Quartet

    Borodin Quartet

    Sviatoslav Richter, piano

    4:27
  • 12:38 PM

    Hans Heiling Overture

    Heinrich Marschner

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    8:29
  • 12:33 PM

    Philharmonia Virtuosi

    Richard Kapp, conductor

    3:33
  • 12:24 PM

    L'amant anonyme: Overture-Symphony

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Le Mozart Noir

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    7:42
  • 12:21 PM

    Porgy and Bess: Summertime

    George Gershwin

    Randall Goosby, violin

    Zhu Wang, piano

    2:01
  • 12:09 PM

    Suite No. 4: Fete Boheme

    Jules Massenet

    Massenet: Scenes Alsaciennes, Scenes Pittoresques, Etc

    Monte Carlo Opera Orchestra

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    4:58
  • 12:04 PM

    La Vida Breve: Spanish Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Brodsky Unlimited

    Brodsky Quartet

    3:59
  • 11:56 AM

    Hungarian Dance No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Con Amore

    Kyung Wha Chung, violin

    3:09
  • 11:47 AM

    Folk Suite No. 2

    William Grant Still

    Sierra Winds

    7:10
  • 11:38 AM

    Pest Waltzes

    Joseph Lanner

    The Waltz - Ecstasy and Mysticism

    Concerto Koln

    7:38
  • 11:32 AM

    Symphony No. 102: 4th movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    London Classical Players

    Roger Norrington, conductor

    4:31
  • 11:22 AM

    Bassoon Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    St. Mary's Chamber Players

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    John Miller, bassoon

    8:24
  • 11:18 AM

    Pulcinella Suite: Gavotte

    Igor Stravinsky

    Bartok: Divertimento; Romanian Folk Dances; Stravinsky: Pulcinella Suite; Dumbarton Oaks

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    4:01
  • 11:11 AM

    Andersen: Entr'acte

    Oskar Nedbal

    Nedbal: From Tale To Tale

    Dvorak Chamber Orchestra

    Miroslav Homolka, conductor

    5:29
  • 11:04 AM

    Berceuse (Lullaby)

    Frederic Chopin

    The Complete Piano Works of Chopin, Vol 5: Masterpieces & Miniatures

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    5:58
  • 10:47 AM

    Lilies of the Valley

    Anton Arensky

    Sasha Boldachev, harp

    2:38
  • 10:38 AM

    Exaltation of Larks

    Norman Dello Joio

    Atlantic Sinfonietta

    Edvard Tchivzhel, conductor

    7:44
  • 10:21 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenbug Concertos Nos. 4, 5, 6

    Boston Baroque

    Martin Pearlman, conductor

    16:30
  • 10:18 AM

    Noble Waltz No. 3

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert For Two / Gil Shaham, Göran Söllscher

    Gil Shaham, violin

    2:34
  • 10:10 AM

    Danish National Chamber Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    5:58
  • 10:06 AM

    Molly on the Shore

    Percy Grainger

    Michael McHale, piano

    3:37
  • 10:01 AM

    Flowers from Froso: Entry to the Summer Meadow

    Wilhelm Peterson-Berger

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Okko Kamu, conductor

    4:43
  • 9:34 AM

    Sinfonietta

    E.J. Moeran

    Northern Sinfonia of England

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    24:21
  • 9:20 AM

    The Oak

    Florence Price

    The Oak - Mississippi River Suite - Symphony No. 3

    Women's Philharmonic

    Apo Hsu, conductor

    12:36
  • 9:14 AM

    Lark Song (Lerchengesang)

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Works For Cello And Piano

    Zuill Bailey, cello

    3:31
  • 9:06 AM

    Sicilian Vespers: Four Seasons: Spring

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Verdi: Ballet Music

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    8:02
  • 9:01 AM

    Fragments from Hans Andersen: A leaf from the sky

    York Bowen

    Nicolas Namoradze, piano

    4:40
  • 8:50 AM

    Orison

    Robert Honstein

    Sleeping Giant: ASH

    Ashley Bathgate, cello

    8:44
  • 8:45 AM

    Phoenix (Agnus Dei)

    Ola Gjeilo

    Life And Breath

    Phoenix Chorale

    Charles Bruffy, conductor

    4:18
  • 8:16 AM

    Romantic Suite

    Franz Schreker

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vassily Sinaisky, conductor

    27:23
  • 8:06 AM

    Andante Favori

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Sonata in B-Flat "Hammerklavier"

    Barry Douglas, piano

    9:07
  • 8:01 AM

    Lotus Land

    Cyril Scott

    Nancy Ruffer, flute

    Helen Crayford, piano

    4:51
  • 7:50 AM

    Company

    Philip Glass

    Philip Glass, Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    8:03
  • 7:42 AM

    Michael Mizrahi, piano

    7:27
  • 7:17 AM

    Bold Island Suite

    Howard Hanson

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    23:57
  • 7:06 AM

    A Colour Symphony: Blue

    Arthur Bliss

    Bliss: A Colour Symphony; Adam Zero

    English Northern Philharmonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    10:07
  • 7:01 AM

    Ballo detto Pollicio/La Cattarina

    Tarquinio Merula

    Ensemble Fitzwilliam

    4:45
  • 6:53 AM

    Silver Dagger

    Stacy Garrop

    Heare Ensemble

    5:04
  • 6:06 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Andris Nelsons, conductor

    45:34
  • 6:01 AM

    A Dream

    John Dowland

    John Dowland: Lute Music

    Jakob Lindberg, orpharion

    4:49
  • 5:44 AM

    Poema Autunnale (Autumn Poem)

    Ottorino Respighi

    Poeme

    Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yakov Kreizberg, conductor

    Julia Fischer, violin

    14:20
  • 5:25 AM

    Symphony

    Michael Haydn

    Michael Hadyn: Symphonies

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Hans-Peter Frank, conductor

    19:05
  • 5:06 AM

    Cypresses (selected)

    Antonin Dvorak

    Cypress String Quartet

    16:37
  • 5:01 AM

    Two Elegiac Melodies: Last Spring (Varen)

    Edvard Grieg

    Edvard Grieg: Works For String Orchestra

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:42