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  • 4:50 AM

    Dancing Fairy Tale

    Nikolai Medtner

    Geoffrey Tozer, piano

    8:24
  • 4:18 AM

    Through the Looking Glass

    Deems Taylor

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    31:17
  • 4:06 AM

    Gallimaufry

    Rob Deemer

    Akropolis Reed Quintet

    9:59
  • 4:01 AM

    The Seawall Song

    Tamezo Narita

    Paillard Chamber Orchestra

    Jean-Francois Paillard, conductor

    4:33
  • 3:32 AM

    String Quartet No. 5 "Bel Canto"

    Elena Ruehr

    Cypress String Quartet

    26:26
  • 3:19 AM

    Psalms of David

    Cyrillus Kreek

    Baltic Voices 1

    Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

    Paul Hillier, conductor

    10:42
  • 3:15 AM

    Three Marian Prayers: Poem for Maria

    Atli Heimir Sveinsson

    Last Song

    Una Sveinbjarnardottir, violin

    2:56
  • 3:06 AM

    Dance Card: Celestial Blue

    Jennifer Higdon

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    7:57
  • 3:01 AM

    Lute Suite No. 3: Allemande

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach Vol. 1: Works for Lute

    Jason Vieaux, guitar

    4:41
  • 2:47 AM

    Winged Creatures

    Michael Abels

    Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra

    Allen Tinkham, conductor

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    Demarre McGill, flute

    11:38
  • 2:42 AM

    If the Silver Bird Could Speak

    Eleanor Alberga

    William Chapman Nyaho, piano

    3:17
  • 2:19 AM

    Symphonic Variations

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9, Symphonic Variations

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    22:30
  • 2:06 AM

    Manfred Overture

    Robert Schumann

    Polish National Radio Orchestra

    Johannes Wildner, conductor

    10:48
  • 2:01 AM

    God is Gone Up

    Gerald Finzi

    Septura

    4:26
  • 1:41 AM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 3

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Trittico Botticelliano, Gli Uccelli, Antiche Danze

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    16:58
  • 1:28 AM

    Keyboard Suite No. 5

    George Frideric Handel

    Lisa Smirnova, piano

    11:27
  • 1:14 AM

    Rome Symphony Orchestra

    Francesco La Vecchia, conductor

    11:56
  • 1:01 AM

    String Quartet No. 50: Minuet

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: String Quartets Vol. 5

    Leipzig String Quartet

    4:53
  • 12:50 AM

    Dances in the Canebrakes

    Florence Price

    Jeni Slotchiver, piano

    8:23
  • 12:18 AM

    Flute and Harp Concerto

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    L. Laskine Joue Boieldieu, Mozart, Pierne

    Paillard Chamber Orchestra

    Jean-Francois Paillard, conductor

    Lily Laskine, harp

    29:57
  • 12:08 AM

    Serenata No. 5

    James Oswald

    Chatham Baroque

    8:07
  • 12:06 AM

    Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    For Thy Pleasure

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    1:54
  • 12:01 AM

    Scherzo No. 2

    Clara Schumann

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    4:47
  • 11:41 PM

    Dolly Suite

    Gabriel Faure

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    17:20
  • 11:21 PM

    Cello Concerto No. 1

    Camille Saint-Saens

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    Steven Isserlis, cello

    18:41
  • 11:06 PM

    Consecration of the House: Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphony No. 7, The Consecration of the House

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    12:39
  • 11:01 PM

    Christian Lindberg, trombone

    Roland Pontinen, piano

    4:30
  • 10:42 PM

    Capriccio Italien

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 3, Capriccio Italien

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    16:27
  • 10:32 PM

    Whirling Dance

    Yiu-Kwong Chung

    Chung, Yiu-Kwong: Whirling Dance / Flute Concerto / Ma, Shui-Long: Bamboo Flute Concerto

    Taipei Chinese Orchestra

    Yiu-Kwong Chung, conductor

    Sharon Bezaly, flute

    8:22
  • 10:16 PM

    Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks

    Richard Strauss

    R Strauss: An Alpine Symphony, etc.

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    15:01
  • 10:13 PM

    Kleine Gigue

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Complete Piano Sonatas

    Kristian Bezuidenhout, fortepiano

    1:34
  • 10:06 PM

    Festive Overture

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Classics at the Pops

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    6:46
  • 10:01 PM

    Ensemble Bella Musica Vienna

    4:47
  • 9:44 PM

    Symphony No. 16

    Michael Haydn

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    14:18
  • 9:16 PM

    Piano Concerto

    Ruth Gipps

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Peebles, conductor

    Murray McLachlan, piano

    26:05
  • 9:13 PM

    Media Vita

    Kerensa Briggs

    All Things Are Quite Silent

    Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge

    Anna Lapwood, conductor

    2:58
  • 9:06 PM

    Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4

    Edward Elgar

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    4:59
  • 9:01 PM

    Symphony "The Cotswolds": 3rd movement

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: Symphony, "The Cotswolds" / Walt Whitman, Overture / Indra / Japanese Suite / A Winter Idyll

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    4:51
  • 8:43 PM

    Symphony No. 70

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Philharmonia Hungarica

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    15:11
  • 8:17 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 23 "Appassionata"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Andrew von Oeyen, piano

    24:47
  • 8:07 PM

    Il Cimento: Violin Concerto No. 5 "La tempesta di Mare" ("Storm at Sea")

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    9:09
  • 8:01 PM

    The Tempest: Act IV Overture

    Arthur Sullivan

    Shakespeare's Tempest

    Kansas City Symphony

    Michael Stern, conductor

    4:45
  • 7:45 PM

    Concerto for Recorder and Flute

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Georg Philipp Telemann: Double Concerti For Winds And Strings

    Rebel

    Jorg-Michael Schwarz, conductor

    Matthias Maute, recorder

    13:16
  • 7:36 PM

    Suite dramatique

    Lou Koster

    Estro Armonico Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra

    Jonathan Kaell, conductor

    8:15
  • 7:12 PM

    Piano Trio No. 3

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: The Newstead Trio

    Newstead Trio

    22:55
  • 7:06 PM

    Intrada

    Aarre Merikanto

    Aarre Merikanto

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor

    5:17
  • 7:01 PM

    Violin Partita No. 2: Allemande

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    David Russell Plays Bach

    David Russell, guitar

    4:43
  • 6:49 PM

    Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave)

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3

    London Symphony Orchestra

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    9:51
  • 6:10 PM

    Symphony No. 7

    Antonin Dvorak

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Istvan Kertesz, conductor

    37:10
  • 6:06 PM

    Polonaise

    Johann Muthel

    Musica Alta Ripa

    3:08
  • 6:01 PM

    Ubi Caritas

    Paul Mealor

    Jubilate: 500 Years of Cathedral Music

    Choir of St. Paul's Cathedral

    Andrew Carwood, conductor

    4:35
  • 5:43 PM

    Fantasie for Piano and Orchestra

    Gabriel Faure

    Toulouse Chamber Orchestra

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    Jean-Philippe Collard, piano

    14:52
  • 5:22 PM

    Variations on a Rococo Theme

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations, Prokofiev: Sinfonia Concertante

    Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    Gautier Capucon, cello

    19:25
  • 5:15 PM

    Paraphrase on Schubert's "Ave Maria"

    Franz Liszt

    Benjamin Grosvenor, piano

    5:26
  • 5:06 PM

    Fantasy for Clarinet and String Quartet

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Consortium Classicum

    Dieter Klocker, clarinet

    8:38
  • 5:01 PM

    Symphony No. 12: 3rd movement

    Georg Anton Benda

    Benda: Sinfonias Nos. 7-12

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    4:29
  • 4:46 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel and Haydn Society

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    11:49
  • 4:30 PM

    En voyage

    Elizabeth Lutyens

    Box of Delights: British Light Music Gems

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Simon Joly, conductor

    14:49
  • 4:25 PM

    Waltz No. 13

    Frederic Chopin

    Claudio Arrau, piano

    3:50
  • 4:13 PM

    By the Beautiful Blue Danube (An der schonen, blauen Donau)

    Johann StraussJr.

    Strauss: Waltzes And Overtures

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Franz Welser-Most, conductor

    9:39
  • 4:06 PM

    Introduction and Fandango

    Luigi Boccherini

    L.A. Guitar Quartet

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    5:58
  • 4:01 PM

    Trio Pasquier

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    Tasso Adamopoulos, viola

    4:41
  • 3:55 PM

    Return of the Jedi: Parade of the Ewoks

    John Williams

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:40
  • 3:52 PM

    The Last of the Mohicans: Main Theme

    Trevor Jones

    Cinema's Classic Romances

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kenneth Alwyn, conductor

    3:14
  • 3:48 PM

    Jurassic Park: The Lost World: Theme

    John Williams

    The Lost World: Jurassic Park Original Motion Picture Score

    Studio Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    3:34
  • 3:41 PM

    Dances With Wolves: Themes

    John Barry

    The Nature of America: A Musical Impression

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    6:16
  • 3:31 PM

    Close Encounters of the Third Kind: excerpts

    John Williams

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Williams, conductor

    7:41
  • 3:27 PM

    Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: Scherzo for Motorcycle

    John Williams

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    2:49
  • 3:22 PM

    The Shining: Opening

    Wendy Carlos

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:02
  • 3:19 PM

    Forrest Gump: Feather Theme

    Alan Silvestri

    The Nature of America: A Musical Impression

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    2:32
  • 3:15 PM

    A River Runs Through It: Main Theme

    Mark Isham

    Beautiful Hollywood

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    2:54
  • 3:07 PM

    How the West Was Won

    Alfred Newman

    Round-Up

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    7:21
  • 3:01 PM

    Star Trek V: Main Theme and March of the Klingons

    Jerry Goldsmith

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    John Mauceri, conductor

    4:09
  • 2:39 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble

    19:14
  • 2:17 PM

    Randall Goosby, violin

    Zhu Wang, piano

    19:34
  • 2:10 PM

    The Nightingale

    Alexander Alabiev

    From Russia with Harp

    Sasha Boldachev, harp

    4:54
  • 2:06 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    4:05
  • 1:42 PM

    Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra No. 1 "Sant Angelo"

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto Koln

    Martin Frost, clarinet

    15:53
  • 1:27 PM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral": 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The 9 Symphonies

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    13:00
  • 1:22 PM

    Upon Your Heart

    Eleanor Daley

    All Things Are Quite Silent

    Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge

    Anna Lapwood, conductor

    3:51
  • 1:10 PM

    Fantasia on Welsh Nursery Tunes

    Grace Williams

    Grace Williams: Sea Sketches

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    10:54
  • 1:06 PM

    Berceuse (Lullaby)

    Amy Beach

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    Matthew Hagle, piano

    3:45
  • 12:45 PM

    Quintettino "La musica notturna di Madrid"

    Luigi Boccherini

    Luigi Boccherini

    Quinteto Boccherini

    13:10
  • 12:23 PM

    Symphony No. 30

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 26, 27, 28, 30 & 32

    London Mozart Players

    Jane Glover, conductor

    20:03
  • 12:20 PM

    Marriage of Figaro: Sull'aria...Che soave zefiretto

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Wolfgang Schulz, flute

    Hansjorg Schellenberger, oboe

    2:24
  • 12:06 PM

    St. Paul's Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Orchestral Favourites Vol I

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    12:33
  • 12:01 PM

    Cello Suite No. 5: Gavottes

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Christopher Parkening, guitar

    4:46
  • 11:44 AM

    Piano Trio No. 22

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Beaux Arts Trio

    14:12
  • 11:27 AM

    Flight

    Oliver Davis

    Oliver Davis: Flight

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Bateman, conductor

    Kerenza Peacock, violin

    15:30
  • 11:26 AM

    Early Morning Melody

    Meredith Monk

    Jess Gillam, soprano saxophone

    :57
  • 11:10 AM

    Phantasy

    York Bowen

    Ascent

    Matthew Lipman, viola

    14:37
  • 11:06 AM

    Sarabande

    George Frideric Handel

    Pachelbel Canon and Other Favorites

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    2:58
  • 11:01 AM

    Irmelin Prelude

    Frederick Delius

    Symphony Nova Scotia

    Georg Tintner, conductor

    4:46
  • 10:50 AM

    Swan of Tuonela

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 etc.

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    Havard Norang, English horn

    8:29
  • 10:28 AM

    Serenade for Winds

    Emil Hartmann

    Romantic Wind Serenades

    Consortium Classicum

    19:39
  • 10:11 AM

    Avos Chamber Orchestra

    Alessio Pianelli, cello

    15:53
  • 10:06 AM

    Pastorale

    Erkki Melartin

    Music by Erkki Melartin

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Ilpo Mansnerus, conductor

    4:17
  • 10:01 AM

    Lyric Quartet: The Quiet One

    William Grant Still

    Oregon String Quartet

    4:35
  • 9:44 AM

    Vikingur Olafsson, piano

    14:37
  • 9:20 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 1

    August Muller

    Muller: Flute Concertos

    South German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim

    Timo Handschuh, conductor

    Tatjana Ruhland, flute

    21:36
  • 9:12 AM

    Dawn Chorus

    Phil Kline

    Grand Valley State University New Music Ensemble

    Bill Ryan, conductor

    6:22
  • 9:06 AM

    A Song Before Sunrise

    Frederick Delius

    Delius: Miniatures

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    5:48
  • 9:01 AM

    Three Country Dances

    John Playford

    Airs Populaires Anglais di XVIIe

    Broadside Band

    Jeremy Barlow, conductor

    4:43
  • 8:29 AM

    Piano Quartet No. 2

    Emilie Mayer

    Mariani Piano Quartet

    29:34
  • 8:12 AM

    Prelude and Bourree

    Wilhelm Stenhammar

    Gavle Symphony Orchestra

    Hannu Koivula, conductor

    14:46
  • 8:06 AM

    Crisantemi (Chrysanthemums)

    Giacomo Puccini

    R. Strauss, Verdi, Puccini: String Quartets

    Enso String Quartet

    5:48
  • 8:01 AM

    Torre Bermeja (Vermillion Tower)

    Isaac Albeniz

    Albeniz: Serenata

    Stephen Marchionda, guitar

    4:41
  • 7:43 AM

    Concerto for String Orchestra

    Grazyna Bacewicz

    Cracow Philharmonic Orchestra

    Roland Bader, conductor

    15:10
  • 7:19 AM

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    22:22
  • 7:13 AM

    Buenas noches (Sweet Night)

    Traditional Sephardic

    Arianna Savall, mezzo-soprano

    Petter Udland Johansen, voice and Hardanger fiddle

    Sveinung Lillehier, guitar

    Miquel Angel Cordero, double bass

    David Mayoral, percussion

    5:46
  • 7:06 AM

    Pavane for a Dead Princess (Pavane pour une infante defunte)

    Maurice Ravel

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    5:58
  • 7:01 AM

    String Poetic: Nocturne

    Jennifer Higdon

    String Poetic

    Jennifer Koh, violin

    4:46
  • 6:19 AM

    Symphony No. 5

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5 - Finzi: Clarinet Concerto

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Michael Collins, conductor

    39:24
  • 6:09 AM

    Motet: Furchte dich nicht, ich bin bei dir (Do Not Be Afraid)

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Pygmalion

    Raphael Pichon, conductor

    7:29
  • 6:06 AM

    Cantata No. 12: Sinfonia

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Johann Sebastian Bach: Lieder ohne Worte

    Sinfonia Varsovia

    Albrecht Mayer, oboe

    2:50
  • 6:01 AM

    Nocturne No. 19

    Frederic Chopin

    Ivan Moravec, piano

    4:45
  • 5:54 AM

    American Symphonette No. 2: Pavanne

    Morton Gould

    American Light Music Classics

    New London Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    3:52
  • 5:21 AM

    String Quintet "American"

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: String Quartet Op 105, String Quintet Op 97

    Takacs Quartet

    Lawrence Power, viola

    32:39
  • 5:06 AM

    The Winter's Tale Overture

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    West Australian Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Penny, conductor

    13:23
  • 5:01 AM

    Abbywood Trail

    Dale Kavanagh

    Guitar Gala Night

    Dale Kavanagh, guitar

    4:44