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  • 4:49 AM

    Almost Morning

    Jeff Beal

    Trio Accento

    Michael Chang, viola

    9:10
  • 4:36 AM

    Shadow Light

    Elena Ruehr

    Bespoke: NOW Commissions for chamber orchestra

    New Orchestra of Washington

    Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez, conductor

    Marcus Thompson, viola

    12:28
  • 4:32 AM

    Etude 1A

    Nico Muhly

    Nadia Sirota, viola

    3:40
  • 4:21 AM

    Tesla Quartet

    Alexander Fiterstein, clarinet

    8:27
  • 4:06 AM

    Oregon Symphony

    Carlos Kalmar, conductor

    14:02
  • 4:01 AM

    Nocturne No. 12

    Nick Peros

    Michael Kolk, guitar

    4:40
  • 3:39 AM

    Allusions

    Paul Patterson

    An Eventful Morning in East London - 21st Century Violin Concertos

    English String Orchestra

    Kenneth Woods, conductor

    Harriet Mackenzie, violin

    19:02
  • 3:28 AM

    Ecstatic Science

    Missy Mazzoli

    yMusic

    8:25
  • 3:18 AM

    Teen Murti

    Reena Esmail

    Visions Take Flight

    ROCO

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    9:45
  • 3:06 AM

    Middleground

    Shelley Washington

    PUBLIQuartet

    9:16
  • 3:01 AM

    Notes in the Margin

    John Williams

    From a Bird

    John Williams, guitar

    4:40
  • 2:34 AM

    Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    24:36
  • 2:30 AM

    Alone in the dark forest's clasp (Ensam in dunkla skogarnas famn)

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Complete Works For Mixed Choir

    Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

    Heikki Seppanen, conductor

    2:13
  • 2:18 AM

    Hymn to St. Cecilia

    Charles Gounod

    Leslie Howard, piano

    11:21
  • 2:06 AM

    The Magic Harp Overture (Rosamunde)

    Franz Schubert

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    10:32
  • 2:01 AM

    Miniatures: A Piacere

    Vivian Fung

    Maia String Quartet

    John Bruce Yeh, clarinet

    Maia Quartet

    4:39
  • 1:44 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 53

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    14:00
  • 1:19 AM

    Concerto Andaluz

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Rodrigo: Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    23:57
  • 1:06 AM

    Lumen in Christo: Andante

    Howard Hanson

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    10:36
  • 1:01 AM

    Battle Suite

    Samuel Scheidt

    American Brass Quintet

    4:49
  • 12:31 AM

    Piano Concerto

    Alexander Scriabin

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    Anatol Ugorski, piano

    27:12
  • 12:19 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 3

    Pieter Hellendaal

    Combattimento Consort Amsterdam

    Jan Willem de Vriend, conductor

    10:34
  • 12:15 AM

    Puppet Serenade

    Ron Goodwin

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    Ron Goodwin, conductor

    2:40
  • 12:07 AM

    Dance Card: Celestial Blue

    Jennifer Higdon

    Project W: Works by Diverse Women Composers

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    7:58
  • 12:01 AM

    Spanish Serenade

    Xaver Scharwenka

    Stephen Hough, piano

    4:32
  • 11:52 PM

    Little Suite: Intermezzo

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen: Symphony No. 1

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    5:25
  • 11:19 PM

    Symphony No. 2

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    32:15
  • 11:15 PM

    An American Mosaic: Teachers and Students

    Richard Danielpour

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    2:21
  • 11:06 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Johann Fasch

    La Stravaganza Cologne

    Veronika Skuplik, violin

    8:02
  • 11:01 PM

    Julia Florida

    Agustin Barrios

    From The Jungles Of Paraguay: John Williams Plays Barrios

    John Williams, guitar

    4:30
  • 10:32 PM

    Flute Concerto

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    C.P.E. Bach Concertos

    Lyra Baroque Orchestra

    Jacques Ogg, conductor

    Wilbert Hazelzet, flute

    26:14
  • 10:28 PM

    American Preludes: Pastorale

    Alberto Ginastera

    Gabriela Montero, piano

    2:24
  • 10:20 PM

    Winter in Buenos Aires (Invierno Porteno)

    Astor Piazzolla

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Tessa Lark, violin

    7:03
  • 10:06 PM

    Swedish Rhapsody No. 1 "Midsummer Vigil"

    Hugo Alfven

    The Four Seasons: A Musical Calendar Of Favorite Classics

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    12:44
  • 9:46 PM

    Rienzi: Overture

    Richard Wagner

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    11:42
  • 9:40 PM

    A Downland Suite: Elegy

    John Ireland

    Ireland: Music for String Orchestra

    Orchestra of the Swan

    David Curtis, conductor

    5:30
  • 9:24 PM

    Danish National Chamber Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    14:14
  • 9:20 PM

    Catherine Wilson, piano

    Robert Conway, piano

    3:01
  • 9:10 PM

    Concerto for Violin and Cello

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    Anner Bylsma, cello

    Jeanne Lamon, violin

    8:36
  • 9:06 PM

    Pulcinella Suite: Gavotte

    Igor Stravinsky

    Stravinsky: Pulcinella, Dumbarton Oaks

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    4:00
  • 9:03 PM

    Five Tails in Cold Blood: Bluetongue

    Richard Charlton

    Guitar Trek

    2:44
  • 8:52 PM

    Light Cavalry Overture

    Franz von Suppe

    Overtures by Suppe and Auber

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    6:22
  • 8:38 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 9

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Awadagin Pratt, piano

    12:59
  • 8:24 PM

    Concerto Grosso "Alexander's Feast"

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Concerti Grossi, Op. 6

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Simon Standage, conductor

    12:35
  • 8:18 PM

    If Music be the Food of Love

    David Dickau

    St. Olaf Choir

    Anton Armstrong, conductor

    4:22
  • 8:06 PM

    Ma vlast (My Country): Vltava (The Moldau)

    Bedrich Smetana

    The Water Planet

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    11:27
  • 8:01 PM

    Paul's Steeple and Stingo

    John Playford

    Apollo's Banquet

    4:42
  • 7:46 PM

    Serenade for Strings

    Edward Elgar

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    12:32
  • 5:48 PM

    Moseltraume

    Lou Koster

    Koster: Orchestral Music

    Estro Armonico Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra

    Jonathan Kaell, conductor

    10:42
  • 5:17 PM

    Piano Trio No. 1

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Trios

    Trio Sora

    28:26
  • 5:13 PM

    Preludes, Book 1: La fille aux cheveux de lin (The Girl with the Flaxen Hair)

    Claude Debussy

    Brodsky Unlimited

    Brodsky Quartet

    3:00
  • 5:06 PM

    The Gadfly: Romance

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Belgian Radio and TV Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    6:09
  • 5:01 PM

    Pansies Polka Mazurka

    Josef Strauss

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    4:36
  • 4:51 PM

    Suite "Water Piece"

    George Frideric Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    7:18
  • 4:17 PM

    Pictures at an Exhibition

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    32:03
  • 4:13 PM

    I Never Knew I Loved Thee

    Traditional Scottish

    Solstice Spirit: The Musical Visions of Sister Gildaherd the Benign

    Kirk Elliott

    2:20
  • 4:06 PM

    Two Sketches

    Adam Carse

    Northern Sinfonia of England

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    6:48
  • 4:01 PM

    Flute Sonata: 1st movement

    Francis Poulenc

    The Beauty of Two

    Toshiko Kohno, flute

    4:31
  • 3:48 PM

    Norwegian Rhapsody No. 2

    Johan Svendsen

    Trondheim Symphony Orchestra

    Ole Kristian Ruud, conductor

    9:36
  • 3:28 PM

    Cello Concerto No. 1

    Camille Saint-Saens

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Mstislav Rostropovich, conductor

    Han-Na Chang, cello

    19:20
  • 3:24 PM

    Ev'ry Time I Feel the Spirit

    William Dawson

    The Spirituals of William Dawson

    St. Olaf Choir

    Anton Armstrong, conductor

    1:58
  • 3:06 PM

    Concert Piece for Piano and Orchestra

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Schumann: Klavierkonzert; Weber: Konzertstuck

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Alfred Brendel, piano

    17:19
  • 3:01 PM

    Oskar Ekberg, piano

    4:39
  • 2:53 PM

    Raiders of the Lost Ark March

    John Williams

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Williams, conductor

    5:43
  • 2:43 PM

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    9:06
  • 2:37 PM

    Fantasy for a Gentleman

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Rodrigo: Fantasía para un gentilhombre & Concierto de Aranjuez

    Spanish Radio and TV Orchestra

    Pedro Amaral, conductor

    Xianji Liu, guitar

    21:39
  • 2:36 PM

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

    Maurice Ravel

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    5:58
  • 2:13 PM

    Fantasy for a Gentleman

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Rodrigo: Fantasía para un gentilhombre & Concierto de Aranjuez

    Spanish Radio and TV Orchestra

    Pedro Amaral, conductor

    Xianji Liu, guitar

    21:39
  • 2:08 PM

    Cello Suite No. 6: Gigue

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Inspired by Bach

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    3:38
  • 2:02 PM

    Czech Suite: Romance

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 "New World"; Czech Suite

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    4:22
  • 1:51 PM

    The Wreckers Overture

    Ethel Smyth

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    9:10
  • 1:46 PM

    String Quartet No. 1 "Accordion": 2nd movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    2013-2014 Class Notes: Classical MPR Presents A Musical History Tour

    Artaria Quartet

    3:49
  • 1:39 PM

    Festive Overture

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 6 and 7; King Lear

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Andris Nelsons, conductor

    6:12
  • 1:30 PM

    String Symphony No. 5

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    7:30
  • 1:21 PM

    The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture

    Otto Nicolai

    Halle Orchestra

    John Barbirolli, conductor

    8:18
  • 1:17 PM

    Etude-Tableau No. 6 "Red Riding Hood and the Wolf"

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Etudes-tableaux, op. 39; Moments musicaux, op. 16

    Boris Giltburg, piano

    2:37
  • 1:10 PM

    Promenade (Walking the Dog)

    George Gershwin

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    3:17
  • 1:04 PM

    Symphonic Dance No. 2

    Edvard Grieg

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    5:40
  • 12:48 PM

    Academic Festival Overture

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 4

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    10:57
  • 12:40 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 3: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Eivind Aadland, conductor

    Baiba Skride, violin

    6:04
  • 12:31 PM

    L'assedio di Corinto (Siege of Corinth): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    8:53
  • 12:26 PM

    Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba

    George Frideric Handel

    The Handel Collection

    City of London Sinfonia

    John Rutter, conductor

    3:13
  • 12:19 PM

    Spring in Buenos Aires (Primavera Portena)

    Astor Piazzolla

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Tessa Lark, violin

    5:57
  • 12:08 PM

    Symphony No. 29: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies No. 29 & 34

    Vienna Philharmonic

    4:08
  • 12:04 PM

    Sonatina No. 2 "Happy Workshop": 3rd movement

    Richard Strauss

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    4:11
  • 11:47 AM

    Piano Quintet

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Joseph Haydn: Piano Chamber Music

    Haydn Trio Eisenstadt

    Martin Brambock, horn

    11:15
  • 11:45 AM

    Lute Suite No. 1: Bourree

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Lute Suites

    Eduardo Fernandez, guitar

    1:18
  • 11:34 AM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique": 3rd movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    9:02
  • 11:29 AM

    Among the Poppies

    Eric Coates

    East of England Orchestra

    Malcolm Nabarro, conductor

    4:22
  • 11:19 AM

    Spanish Overture No. 2 "Summer Night in Madrid"

    Mikhail Glinka

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vassily Sinaisky, conductor

    8:58
  • 11:16 AM

    Prince Igor: Dance of the Polovtsian Maidens

    Alexander Borodin

    Borodin: Symphony No. 2 in B minor, etc.

    Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor

    2:35
  • 11:10 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2: 2nd movement

    Edward MacDowell

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Walter Hendl, conductor

    Van Cliburn, piano

    4:45
  • 11:06 AM

    Elijah: He Watching Over Israel

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Elijah

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    3:08
  • 11:04 AM

    Elijah: Lift Thine Eyes to the Mountains

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Elijah

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    1:42
  • 10:33 AM

    Viola Concerto No. 1

    Carl Stamitz

    Baltimore Chamber Orchestra

    Markand Thakar, conductor

    Victoria Chiang, viola

    22:07
  • 10:22 AM

    Variations on Mozart's "Bei Mannern"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    9:17
  • 10:13 AM

    Sinfonia for Strings

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Concerti & Sinfonie Per Archi

    Venice Baroque Orchestra

    Andrea Marcon, conductor

    7:06
  • 10:06 AM

    Eugene Onegin: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    6:41
  • 10:01 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2: 2nd movement

    Edward MacDowell

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Walter Hendl, conductor

    Van Cliburn, piano

    4:45
  • 9:52 AM

    Espana

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Chabrier: Espana

    French National Orchestra

    Armin Jordan, conductor

    6:28
  • 9:47 AM

    Strange Fruit

    Abel Meeropol

    Lara Downes, piano

    3:57
  • 9:20 AM

    Cello Concerto

    Edouard Lalo

    Romance: Lalo, Tchaikovsky, Casals, etc.

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Antonio Pappano, conductor

    Han-Na Chang, cello

    25:17
  • 9:06 AM

    Concerto Grosso

    Giovanni Sammartini

    La Serenissima

    Adrian Chandler, conductor

    Adrian Chandler, violin

    Cecili Bernardini, violin

    Gail Hennessy, oboe

    Mark Radcliffe, oboe

    13:06
  • 9:01 AM

    Trio for Piano, Oboe, and Horn: Adagio

    Carl Reinecke

    Dallas Chamber Players

    4:38
  • 8:41 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 2

    Francois Devienne

    Munich Chamber Orchestra

    Hans Stadlmair, conductor

    Andras Adorjan, flute

    17:22
  • 8:37 AM

    Melody

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Lyric Pieces

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    3:00
  • 8:10 AM

    Cello Sonata No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    Truls Mork, cello

    25:19
  • 8:06 AM

    Peace of Mind

    Hazel Scott

    Phenomenal Women

    Lara Downes, piano

    3:45
  • 8:01 AM

    Mazurka No. 36

    Frederic Chopin

    Late Piano Music of Frederic Chopin

    Aleck Karis, piano

    4:46
  • 7:45 AM

    Adagio with Variations

    Ottorino Respighi

    Adagio

    Paris Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    Mischa Maisky, cello

    12:48
  • 7:41 AM

    A Young Sprout

    Minoru Miki

    Mitsouko Kado, piano

    3:45
  • 7:06 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Serious Symphony"

    Franz Berwald

    Berwald: Sinfonie Serieuse/Symphony No. 4

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    33:15
  • 7:01 AM

    Les Huguenots: Gypsy Dance

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Meyerbeer: Ballet Music From The Operas / Nesterowicz

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Michal Nesterowicz, conductor

    4:40
  • 6:35 AM

    Oboe Sonata

    Herbert Howells

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Benjamin Wallfisch, conductor

    Emily Pailthorpe, oboe

    Hugh Webb, harp

    23:19
  • 6:28 AM

    Rakastava (The Lover)

    Jean Sibelius

    Baltic Runes

    Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

    Paul Hillier, conductor

    6:23
  • 6:06 AM

    Suite No. 2

    Jacques Aubert

    Aubert: Concerts de Simphonies & Concertos

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Simon Standage, conductor

    20:24
  • 6:01 AM

    Magic Forest Dances: Flower Nymphs

    Stefania de Kenessey

    William Meredith, oboe

    Stefania de Kenessey, piano

    4:35
  • 5:22 AM

    String Quartet No. 13

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: G Major Op. 106 & F Major Op. 96 "American"

    Pavel Haas Quartet

    36:39
  • 5:18 AM

    Ricercar 34

    Francesco da Milano

    Delphin

    Frank Wallace, vihuela

    2:39
  • 5:06 AM

    Kol Nidrei

    Max Bruch

    Voice of Hope

    Brussels Philharmonic

    Mathieu Herzog, conductor

    Camille Thomas, cello

    10:35
  • 5:01 AM

    Flute Sonata: Aria

    Otar Taktakishvili

    Marina Piccinini, flute

    Ewa Kupiec, piano

    4:39