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  • 4:46 AM

    Shadow of the Wind

    Rain Worthington

    Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra

    Stanislav Vavrinek, conductor

    Ivo Fiser, cello

    12:28
  • 4:33 AM

    Piano Quartet

    Gustav Mahler

    Daniel Hope, violin

    Paul Neubauer, viola

    David Finckel, cello

    Wu Han, piano

    11:37
  • 4:06 AM

    Metamorphosen

    Richard Strauss

    Oculi Ensemble

    25:30
  • 4:01 AM

    Small Variations

    Nico Muhly

    Variations

    Mishka Rushdie Momen, piano

    4:27
  • 3:47 AM

    Air for Violin

    Aaron Jay Kernis

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    Truls Mork, cello

    11:42
  • 3:14 AM

    Meditations on a Theme of John Blow

    Arthur Bliss

    Bliss: Meditations on a Theme of John Blow; Checkmate; Adam Zero

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    31:42
  • 3:06 AM

    again (after ecclesiastes)

    David Lang

    Lang: The Little Match Girl Passion

    Theatre of Voices

    Paul Hillier, conductor

    5:31
  • 3:01 AM

    Good Night and Good Rest

    John Johnson

    Jakob Lindberg, lute

    4:42
  • 2:54 AM

    Last Song Before the News

    Una Sveinbjarnardottir

    Una Sveinbjarnardottir, violin

    Tinna Thorsteinsdottir, piano

    4:22
  • 2:14 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "A Pastoral Symphony"

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 3 "Pastoral", Symphony No. 4

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    Heather Harper, soprano

    38:07
  • 2:06 AM

    Song for Orchestra

    Ruth Gipps

    Gipps: Symphonies Nos 2 and 4, etc.

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    5:57
  • 2:01 AM

    Krysia Osostowicz, violin

    Daniel Tong, piano

    4:32
  • 1:47 AM

    Coincident Dances

    Jessie Montgomery

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    11:42
  • 1:24 AM

    The Tender Land Suite

    Aaron Copland

    Phoenix Symphony

    James Sedares, conductor

    21:21
  • 1:06 AM

    Images, Book 1

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Piano Works

    Jean-Bernard Pommier, piano

    15:45
  • 1:01 AM

    Wind Quintet: 2nd movement

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen: Wind Chamber Music

    Bergen Wind Quintet

    4:45
  • 12:45 AM

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Spano, conductor

    12:59
  • 12:15 AM

    String Quartet

    Maurice Ravel

    Haydn, Ravel, Stravinsky

    Tesla Quartet

    28:25
  • 12:06 AM

    Three Dances: Divertissement

    Maurice Durufle

    Sinfonia of London

    John Wilson, conductor

    7:12
  • 12:01 AM

    Sonatina: 2nd movement

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    Andrea Lieberknecht, flute

    Frank Bungarten, guitar

    4:32
  • 11:46 PM

    Celtic Concerto

    Catrin Finch

    Blessing

    Sinfonia Cymru

    John Rutter, conductor

    Catrin Finch, harp

    12:40
  • 11:27 PM

    Terzetto

    Antonin Dvorak

    Music@Menlo 2008: The Unfolding Of Music Ii, Vol. 3

    Arnaud Sussmann, violin

    17:44
  • 11:16 PM

    Six Variations on "Mio caro Adone"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Complete Piano Sonatas

    Kristian Bezuidenhout, fortepiano

    8:32
  • 11:07 PM

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Alexander Schneider, conductor

    Isaac Stern, violin

    8:55
  • 11:01 PM

    Romance No. 1

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Czech State Symphony Orchestra, Kosice

    Alfred Walter, conductor

    4:39
  • 10:52 PM

    A Severn Rhapsody

    Gerald Finzi

    FINZI: Clarinet Concerto / Five Bagatelles / Three Soliloquies / Romance

    Northern Sinfonia

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    6:43
  • 10:21 PM

    Piano Concerto

    Doreen Carwithen

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Howard Shelley, piano

    28:52
  • 10:16 PM

    Sonata No. 12

    Henry Purcell

    Pavlo Beznosiuk, violin

    Rachel Podger, violin

    Christophe Coin, cello

    Christopher Hogwood, organ

    5:17
  • 10:07 PM

    Concert Piece for Clarinet and Basset Horn

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Works for Clarinet and String Orchestra

    Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra

    Jorg Faerber, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    7:39
  • 10:01 PM

    From Meadow to Mayfair Suite: Evening in Town

    Eric Coates

    Boult conducts Coates

    New Philharmonia Orchestra

    Adrian Boult, conductor

    4:39
  • 9:35 PM

    String Quartet

    Reynaldo Hahn

    Reynaldo Hahn

    Parisii Quartet

    23:03
  • 9:31 PM

    Johnson's March

    Francis Johnson

    Those Fabulous Americans

    Symphony Orchestra of America

    Matthew H. Phillips, conductor

    3:13
  • 9:19 PM

    Rhapsodie

    Ignatz Waghalter

    WAGHALTER, I.: Violin Concerto / Rhapsody / Violin Sonata

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Alexander Walker, conductor

    Irmina Trynkos, violin

    11:08
  • 9:06 PM

    Bartered Bride: Dances

    Bedrich Smetana

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    10:44
  • 9:01 PM

    Humoreske

    Alexander von Zemlinsky

    Wind Quintets

    Vento Chiaro

    4:33
  • 8:45 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Concerts Brandebourgeois Nos. 1, 3, 4

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    13:34
  • 8:17 PM

    English Baroque Soloists

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    26:08
  • 8:13 PM

    Apollo Chamber Players

    4:24
  • 8:07 PM

    Polonaise

    Anatol Liadov

    Liadov: The Enchanted Lake, and other orchestral works.

    Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    4:19
  • 8:01 PM

    Romanza Andaluza

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Berlin Guitar Ensemble

    Hans Maile, violin

    4:33
  • 7:49 PM

    Impromptu No. 1

    Franz Schubert

    Murray Perahia, piano

    9:43
  • 4:42 PM

    Cockaigne Overture (In London Town)

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Enigma Variations, Cockaigne Overture

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    15:51
  • 4:27 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Baroque

    Benedetti Baroque Orchestra

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    14:10
  • 4:20 PM

    Inspiration Waltzes

    Nathaniel Dett

    My Cup Runneth Over: The Complete Piano Works of R. Nathaniel Dett

    Clipper Erickson, piano

    6:05
  • 4:16 PM

    Minuet No. 60

    Traditional Danish

    Last Leaf

    Danish String Quartet

    2:39
  • 4:07 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Leopold Mozart

    Wynton Marsalis - The London Concert - Haydn, Hummel, Mozart

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    8:57
  • 4:01 PM

    Hopkinson Smith, lute

    4:35
  • 3:42 PM

    Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mikko Franck, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    16:55
  • 3:38 PM

    Chanson de la pluie (Song of the Rain)

    Pauline Viardot-Garcia

    Isabel Bayrakdarian, soprano

    Serouj Kradjian, piano

    3:00
  • 3:18 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sonnerie

    Monica Huggett, conductor

    17:45
  • 3:06 PM

    Hymn to a Blue Hour

    John Mackey

    Asphalt Cocktail: The Music of John Mackey

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    10:38
  • 3:01 PM

    Gondoliera

    Moritz Moszkowski

    From Foreign Lands

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    4:46
  • 2:39 PM

    Miss Sally's Party

    William Grant Still

    VocalEssence Orchestra

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    19:02
  • 2:18 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 1

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos 1-3

    Gidon Kremer, violin

    19:39
  • 2:06 PM

    The Magic Harp Overture (Rosamunde)

    Franz Schubert

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    10:32
  • 2:01 PM

    Morning on the Water

    Jacques Ibert

    La Harpe Consolatrice

    Kyunghee Kim-Sutre, harp

    4:34
  • 1:42 PM

    Symphony No. 31 "Paris"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    16:42
  • 1:32 PM

    Etude No. 6 "En forme de valse"

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Lise de la Salle, piano

    7:56
  • 1:21 PM

    Summer

    Frank Bridge

    Bridge, Bantock & Butterworth

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    10:40
  • 1:06 PM

    Quartet No. 5

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    12:54
  • 1:01 PM

    Out of the Night

    Ludovico Einaudi

    Ludovico Einaudi: Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:33
  • 10:49 AM

    Concerto No. 4

    John Hebden

    Hebden: Six Concertos for Strings

    Cantilena

    Adrian Shepherd, conductor

    9:54
  • 10:42 AM

    i carry your heart

    Eric Whitacre

    Studio Recording

    Eric Whitacre Singers

    Eric Whitacre, conductor

    4:32
  • 10:33 AM

    Mignon: Overture

    Ambroise Thomas

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    8:18
  • 10:22 AM

    Point of Tranquility

    Kenneth Fuchs

    Kenneth Fuchs: Point of Tranquility

    United States Coast Guard Band

    Adam Williamson, conductor

    10:12
  • 10:14 AM

    Orchestral Study No. 2

    Arthur Bliss

    Bliss: Cello Concerto, Music for Strings

    English Northern Philharmonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    6:38
  • 10:06 AM

    The Cruel Sister

    Traditional

    Sugarloaf Mountain: An Appalachian Gathering

    Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra

    Jeannette Sorrell, conductor

    Amanda Powell, soprano

    6:55
  • 10:01 AM

    My Brilliant Friend: Elena and Lila

    Max Richter

    Voyager: Essential Max Richter

    Air Lyndhurst String Orchestra

    Andy Massey, piano

    4:54
  • 9:46 AM

    Harmonies du Soir (Evening Harmonies)

    Franz Liszt

    Night Moods

    Carol Rosenberger, piano

    12:17
  • 9:20 AM

    La Mer (The Sea)

    Claude Debussy

    Long Beach Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    25:00
  • 9:11 AM

    Distant Green Valley

    Zhao Jiping

    Silk Road Journeys: Beyond the Horizon

    Silk Road Ensemble

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    7:03
  • 9:06 AM

    A Summer Day

    Lena McLin

    Helen Walker-Hill, piano

    3:57
  • 9:01 AM

    Sketchbook of a Journey: Night at Sea with Stars

    Anthony Sidney

    Miguel Bonachea, guitar

    Gretchen Chell Cover, harp

    4:24
  • 8:29 AM

    String Quartet No. 10 "Harp"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The String Quartets

    Emerson String Quartet

    29:24
  • 8:18 AM

    Spem in Alium (Hope in all things)

    Thomas Tallis

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    9:43
  • 8:06 AM

    Ballade No. 4

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 3; Ballade No. 4; Waltzes, Mazurkas, Barcarolle

    Ingrid Fliter, piano

    11:02
  • 8:01 AM

    Rondo Amoroso

    Harald Saeverud

    Norwegian Composers Now - For Tomorrow: Harald Saeverud

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Per Dreier, conductor

    4:36
  • 7:46 AM

    Concerto for Viola d'amore and Lute

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Concert for the Prince of Poland

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    12:50
  • 7:38 AM

    Prelude Pastoral

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    6:37
  • 7:15 AM

    Clarinet Sonata No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    BRAHMS: Clarinet Sonatas Nos. 1 and 2 / Clarinet Trio

    Martin Frost, clarinet

    21:51
  • 7:06 AM

    Night Revels

    Leevi Madetoja

    Music by Leevi Madetoja & Tauno Pylkkanen

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Jorma Panula, conductor

    7:59
  • 7:01 AM

    Lullaby (Berceuse)

    Arnold Bax

    Bax: Viola and Piano Music

    Charles Matthews, piano

    4:34
  • 6:29 AM

    Cello Concerto No. 2

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn & Boccherini: Cello Concertos

    London Symphony Orchestra

    John Barbirolli, conductor

    Jacqueline Du Pre, cello

    29:42
  • 6:12 AM

    Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    THE BRITISH PROJECT

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla, conductor

    15:18
  • 6:06 AM

    The Green Bough

    Joan Trimble

    Bruce Posner, piano

    Donald Garvelmann, piano

    4:28
  • 6:01 AM

    Sospiri (Sighs)

    Edward Elgar

    THE BRITISH PROJECT

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla, conductor

    4:48
  • 5:41 AM

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    17:22
  • 5:33 AM

    Heat curls up from the dust

    Jeff Herriott

    Dawn Chorus

    Grand Valley State University New Music Ensemble

    Bill Ryan, conductor

    7:17
  • 5:21 AM

    Saga of the Prairies

    Aaron Copland

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    11:38
  • 5:06 AM

    The Balcarres Lute Book (3)

    Anonymous

    Highland King

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    12:51
  • 5:01 AM

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    Zuill Bailey, cello

    4:50