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  • 4:40 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Jennifer Higdon

    Jennifer Higdon: All Things Majestic

    Nashville Symphony Orchestra

    Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor

    James Button, oboe

    18:06
  • 4:36 AM

    O Salutaris Hostia

    Eriks Esenvalds

    Meditatio

    Schola Cantorum Reykjavik

    Hordur Askelsson, conductor

    Thelma Hronn Sigurdorsdottir, soprano

    3:27
  • 4:23 AM

    Andante Favori

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Claudio Arrau, piano

    11:44
  • 4:06 AM

    In the Summer Wind (Im Sommerwind)

    Anton Webern

    Boulez Conducts Webern II

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    15:58
  • 4:01 AM

    China Gates

    John Adams

    American Grace - Piano Music from John Adams and Steven Mackey

    Orli Shaham, piano

    4:46
  • 3:41 AM

    Six Epigraphes Antiques

    Claude Debussy

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    17:47
  • 3:22 AM

    Songs of the Roses

    Morten Lauridsen

    Polyphony

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    17:12
  • 3:06 AM

    Poetic Waltzes

    Enrique Granados

    Bach to Tan Dun

    Beijing Guitar Duo

    13:54
  • 3:01 AM

    The Seasons: Petit Adagio

    Alexander Glazunov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade, Arensky: Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky, Glazunov: The Seasons, Concert Waltzes

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor

    4:48
  • 2:42 AM

    Harp Concertino

    Germaine Tailleferre

    Women's Philharmonic

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Gillian Benet, harp

    16:01
  • 2:31 AM

    Alexa Still, flute

    Susan DeWitt Smith, piano

    10:36
  • 2:26 AM

    Walden Pond: The Pond

    Dominick Argento

    Argento: Walden Pond

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    3:56
  • 2:06 AM

    Cello Suite No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Zuill Bailey, cello

    17:34
  • 2:01 AM

    Music for Symphony Orchestra: Andante

    Yasushi Akutagawa

    Japanese Orchestral Favourites

    Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra

    Ryusuke Numajiri, conductor

    4:42
  • 1:44 AM

    Japanese Folk Song Suite No. 2

    Hajime Komatsu

    Apollo Chamber Players

    14:41
  • 1:20 AM

    Tamara

    Mily Balakirev

    Danse Macabre

    Montreal Symphony Orchestra

    Kent Nagano, conductor

    22:01
  • 1:06 AM

    Ballade

    Gabriel Faure

    Ravel

    Yuja Wang, piano

    11:59
  • 1:01 AM

    Koanga: La Calinda

    Frederick Delius

    Halle Orchestra

    John Barbirolli, conductor

    4:31
  • 12:51 AM

    Chaconne

    Robert de Visee

    La Mascarade

    Rolf Lislevand, theorbo

    6:57
  • 12:15 AM

    Piano Trio

    Louise Farrenc

    Neave Trio

    34:37
  • 12:06 AM

    Images for Orchestra: Rondes de printemps (Spring Rounds)

    Claude Debussy

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor

    6:59
  • 12:01 AM

    Orchestral Quartet No. 5: Rondo

    Carl Stamitz

    Carl Stamitz: Orchestral Quartets, Op. 14

    NZSO Chamber Orchestra

    Donald Armstrong, conductor

    4:40
  • 11:51 PM

    Barthold Kuijken, flute

    Bob van Asperen, harpsichord

    7:32
  • 11:28 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mikko Franck, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    21:27
  • 11:12 PM

    Prelude and Fugue "St Anne"

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    20th Century Bach / Seiji Ozawa, Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    14:44
  • 11:06 PM

    Fantasia on Greensleeves

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Sir Charles' Precious Music Box 1

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    4:33
  • 11:01 PM

    Intermezzo for String Trio

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Dohnanyi, Kodaly, Martinu: String Trios

    Domus

    4:42
  • 10:50 PM

    Vals Capricho

    Ricardo Castro Herrera

    Dances for Piano and Orchestra

    Northwest Sinfonietta

    Christophe Chagnard, conductor

    Joel Fan, piano

    7:56
  • 10:13 PM

    Symphony No. 3

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Four Symphonies

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    35:51
  • 10:06 PM

    Canon and Gigue

    Johann Pachelbel

    Pachelbel Canon

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    5:10
  • 10:01 PM

    Lute Sonata: 1st movement

    Bernhard Joachim Hagen

    John Schneiderman, lute

    Elizabeth Blumenstock, violin

    William Skeen, cello

    4:39
  • 9:44 PM

    Andante Spianato and Grand Polonaise

    Frederic Chopin

    Yundi Li: Chopin

    Yundi Li, piano

    14:30
  • 9:40 PM

    C'est l'amour

    Sophia Dussek

    Kyunghee Kim-Sutre, harp

    4:18
  • 9:19 PM

    Choral Fantasy

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Haydn: Symphonies No. 94 "Surprise" and No. 101 "Clock"

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra & Chorus

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    19:01
  • 9:07 PM

    Overture No. 3

    Jean-Marie Leclair

    Rare Fruits Council

    10:34
  • 9:01 PM

    Suite in modo polonico: Kujawiak Mazurka and Oberek Mazurka

    Alexandre Tansman

    Tomasz Zawierucha, guitar

    4:53
  • 8:37 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 5

    Maddalena Laura Sirmen

    Women's Philharmonic

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Terry Baune, violin

    21:15
  • 8:26 PM

    Concert Waltz No. 1

    Alexander Glazunov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade, Arensky: Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky, Glazunov: The Seasons, Concert Waltzes

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor

    9:43
  • 8:23 PM

    Dolly Suite: Kitty-Valse

    Gabriel Faure

    Steven Osborne, piano

    Paul Lewis, piano

    2:16
  • 8:06 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Johann Neruda

    Baroque Trumpet Concertos

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    Sergei Nakariakov, trumpet

    15:14
  • 8:01 PM

    Minuet No. 1

    Giacomo Puccini

    Orchestra of the Auvergne

    Jean Jacques Kantorow, conductor

    4:38
  • 7:43 PM

    New England Triptych

    William Schuman

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    15:20
  • 4:48 PM

    Quartettino

    Rezso Kokai

    Walter Boeykens Ensemble

    10:14
  • 4:28 PM

    Suite for Large Orchestra

    Helena Munktell

    Gavle Symphony Orchestra

    Tobias Ringborg, conductor

    19:17
  • 4:19 PM

    Keyboard Suite No. 7

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Suites for Keyboard

    Keith Jarrett, piano

    8:15
  • 4:06 PM

    Symphony No. 4

    Johann Christian Bach

    J.C. Bach: Orchestral Works

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Simon Standage, conductor

    10:53
  • 4:01 PM

    Sonata

    Domenico Scarlatti

    Scarlatti: Sonatas (arr. for guitar)

    Stephen Marchionda, guitar

    4:39
  • 3:51 PM

    Brook Green Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: Works for Chamber Orchestra

    New Zealand Chamber Orchestra

    Nicholas Braithwaite, conductor

    7:07
  • 3:22 PM

    Piano Concerto

    Luise Adolpha Le Beau

    Berlin Chamber Symphony Ensemble

    Jurgen Bruns, conductor

    Katia Tchemberdji, piano

    27:59
  • 3:13 PM

    Sarabande and Cortege

    Henri Dutilleux

    Dutilleux: Le Loup

    Sinfonia of London

    John Wilson, conductor

    Jonathan Davies, bassoon

    7:10
  • 3:06 PM

    Novelette (Valse)

    Alexander Glazunov

    Saint Petersburg String Quartet

    5:58
  • 3:01 PM

    Paul's Steeple and Stingo

    John Playford

    Apollo's Banquet

    4:42
  • 2:56 PM

    The Little White Donkey

    Jacques Ibert

    Carnival Fantasy

    Salut Salon

    2:00
  • 2:48 PM

    Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Showpieces

    RCA Symphony Orchestra

    William Steinberg, conductor

    Jascha Heifetz, violin

    8:26
  • 2:47 PM

    The Little White Donkey

    Jacques Ibert

    Carnival Fantasy

    Salut Salon

    2:00
  • 2:23 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 8

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 8 & 9

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    22:55
  • 2:06 PM

    Night Ride and Sunrise

    Jean Sibelius

    Nielsen: Symphony No. 5; Sibelius: Luonnotar, etc.

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    15:16
  • 2:01 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 3rd movement

    Richard Hol

    Residentie Orchestra The Hague

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    4:42
  • 1:47 PM

    Sinfonia Melodica

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra

    Barthold Kuijken, conductor

    11:00
  • 1:43 PM

    Handel in the Strand

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger, Leighton: Chamber Works

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    4:25
  • 1:33 PM

    Songs from Lake Ladoga

    Erkki Melartin

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Jorma Panula, conductor

    7:54
  • 1:16 PM

    Five Pieces in Folk-Style

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Cello Concerto

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    16:07
  • 1:06 PM

    Athalia: Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn Overtures

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Claus Peter Flor, conductor

    8:26
  • 1:01 PM

    Sextet for Two Horns and Strings: 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Septet Op. 20; Sextet Op. 81b

    Consortium Classicum

    4:52
  • 10:51 AM

    Nulla in mundo pax sincera

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Italia

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Curnyn, conductor

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    6:59
  • 10:46 AM

    There is a Balm in Gilead

    Spiritual

    Spirituals in Concert

    Unknown orchestra/ensemble

    James Levine, conductor

    Kathleen Battle, soprano

    4:33
  • 10:36 AM

    Sleep: Path 19

    Max Richter

    American Contemporary Music Ensemble

    Max Richter, electronics

    7:50
  • 10:24 AM

    Six Etudes for Piano Left Hand Alone: Nos. 1-4; 6

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Piers Lane, piano

    11:37
  • 10:20 AM

    Ingonyama (The Lion)

    Traditional South African

    My God is a Rock

    Winston-Salem State University Choir

    D'Walla Simmons-Burke, conductor

    3:38
  • 10:11 AM

    Woofin' the Cat Suite

    Traditional

    Jouer, chanter, danser/Play, sing, dance

    Manon Le Comte, harp

    6:34
  • 10:06 AM

    When I Lay Me Down to Sleep

    James Mulholland

    The Aeolians

    The Aeolians

    Jason Max Ferdinand, conductor

    4:35
  • 10:01 AM

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    4:50
  • 9:43 AM

    Indra

    Gustav Holst

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

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    15:44
  • 9:37 AM

    Doce de coco

    Jaco do Bandolim

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Paquito d'Rivera, clarinet

    Romero Lubambo, guitar

    5:15
  • 9:15 AM

    Ballet de Cour

    Gabriel Pierne

    Chamber Music Palm Beach

    19:54
  • 9:06 AM

    The Snow Queen: Pas de Deux

    Tuomas Kantelinen

    Finnish National Opera Orchestra

    Tuomas Kantelinen, conductor

    7:24
  • 9:01 AM

    From Andersen's Fairy-Tales: Barcarolle and Arabesque

    Bohuslav Martinu

    Martinu: Piano Music, Vol. 7

    Giorgio Koukl, piano

    4:38
  • 8:18 AM

    String Quartet No. 7 "Razumovsky No. 1"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Middle String Quartets

    Cypress String Quartet

    40:23
  • 8:06 AM

    Symphony No. 7: 2nd movement

    Emilie Mayer

    Berlin Chamber Symphony Ensemble

    Jurgen Bruns, conductor

    10:07
  • 8:01 AM

    Rosary Sonata No. 8: The Crowning with Thorns

    Heinrich Biber

    Biber: The Mystery Sonatas (Die Rosenkranz Sonaten)

    Tragicomedia

    John Holloway, violin

    4:40
  • 7:52 AM

    Andante Cantabile

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Stokowski Transcriptions

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor

    6:26
  • 7:32 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Zara Levina

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Ariane Matiakh, conductor

    Maria Lettberg, piano

    19:12
  • 7:30 AM

    A Short Story

    Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Perchance To Dream: A Lullaby Album For Children And Adults

    Carol Rosenberger, piano

    2:06
  • 7:06 AM

    Symphony No. 55 "The Schoolmaster"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Northern Chamber Orchestra

    Nicholas Ward, conductor

    21:50
  • 7:01 AM

    Suite Piedra libre: La Mancha

    Denis Plante

    Pentaedre

    4:51
  • 6:29 AM

    Dvorak Chamber Orchestra

    Bohumil Gregor, conductor

    29:18
  • 6:23 AM

    Passacalle

    Andrea Falconieri

    Dances on Moveable Ground

    Ciaramella

    5:27
  • 6:06 AM

    En Blanc et Noir

    Claude Debussy

    Martha Argerich, piano

    Daniel Barenboim, piano

    14:53
  • 6:01 AM

    Waltz after Lasse in Lyby

    Traditional

    Danish String Quartet

    4:37
  • 5:54 AM

    I Cover the Waterfront

    Johnny Green

    Lara Downes, piano

    4:05
  • 5:13 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Adolphus Hailstork

    Grand Rapids Symphony

    David Lockington, conductor

    40:35
  • 5:06 AM

    Hymnus for 12 Cellos

    Julius Klengel

    Elgar

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    5:10
  • 5:01 AM

    Symphony: Larghetto

    Joseph Martin Kraus

    Kraus: Complete Symphonies, Vol. 4

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Petter Sundkvist, conductor

    4:34