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  • 4:51 AM

    Through the Mangrove Tunnels: Floating Away

    Scott Lee

    Scott Lee: Through the Mangrove Tunnels

    JACK Quartet

    Steven Beck, piano

    7:03
  • 4:36 AM

    Become River

    John Luther Adams

    Seattle Symphony

    Ludovic Morlot, conductor

    14:49
  • 4:26 AM

    River Song II

    Eple Trio

    In The Clearing-In the Cavern

    Eple Trio

    9:53
  • 4:06 AM

    Still/Rapids

    Joan Tower

    Albany Symphony Orchestra

    David Alan Miller, conductor

    Blair McMillen, piano

    17:37
  • 4:01 AM

    Suzanne's River-Song

    Martin Butler

    Simon Blendis, violin

    William Howard, piano

    4:46
  • 3:52 AM

    Grand Valley State University New Music Ensemble

    Bill Ryan, conductor

    5:56
  • 3:37 AM

    Beijing Harmony

    Michael Gordon

    The Unchanging Sea

    Seattle Symphony

    Pablo Rus Broseta, conductor

    14:39
  • 3:31 AM

    So Percussion

    Caroline Shaw, vocals

    4:10
  • 3:21 AM

    Doublespeak

    Nico Muhly

    eighth blackbird

    9:04
  • 3:18 AM

    Attacca Quartet

    2:48
  • 3:06 AM

    Tuple

    8:27
  • 3:01 AM

    Fast Dances: No. 3 and No. 2

    Nico Muhly

    Duo Scorpio

    4:50
  • 2:47 AM

    Harp Sonata

    Paul Hindemith

    Elisabeth Plank, harp

    10:58
  • 2:22 AM

    Serenade No. 12

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Greatest Hits

    Netherlands Wind Ensemble

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    24:19
  • 2:13 AM

    Two Serenades: Serenade pour la vie

    Einojuhani Rautavaara

    Paris

    Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mikko Franck, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    6:35
  • 2:06 AM

    Musical Moment No. 4

    Franz Schubert

    David Fray, piano

    6:22
  • 2:01 AM

    Suite of Three Pieces: Idylle

    Benjamin Godard

    La Flute Enchantee

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Susan Milan, flute

    4:54
  • 1:44 AM

    English Suite No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach: Partitas Nos. 1 & 2, English Suites Nos. 2 & 3

    Anne-Marie McDermott, piano

    15:05
  • 1:36 AM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Nocturne

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    6:30
  • 1:32 AM

    Fear no more the heat o' the sun

    Roger Quilter

    Songs to Shakespeare

    Anthony Rolfe Johnson, tenor

    3:31
  • 1:22 AM

    Cymbeline: Sunset

    David Bruce

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

    Dover Quartet

    Avi Avital, mandolin

    7:34
  • 1:06 AM

    Cymbeline: Overture

    Cipriani Potter

    Potter: Symphony No. 1; Introduzione e Rondo; Overture to Cymbelene

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    15:12
  • 1:01 AM

    The Bills: William Bolcom

    Carter Pann

    Joel Hastings, piano

    4:50
  • 12:45 AM

    Horn Concerto

    Antonio Rosetti

    Herrmann Baumann

    Concerto Amsterdam

    Jaap Schroder, conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    13:51
  • 12:25 AM

    Cola di Rienzo

    Giovanni Sgambati

    SGAMBATI, G.: Symphony No. 1 / Cola di Rienzo

    Rome Symphony Orchestra

    Francesco La Vecchia, conductor

    18:15
  • 12:19 AM

    Venice and Naples (Venezia e Napoli): Gondoliera

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: Piano Works Vol. 6

    Jorge Bolet, piano

    5:02
  • 12:07 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Baroque

    Benedetti Baroque Orchestra

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    10:55
  • 12:01 AM

    La danza

    Gioacchino Rossini

    The Clarinotts

    Wiener Virtuosen

    4:29
  • 11:43 PM

    String Quintet No. 2 "Del Fandango"

    Luigi Boccherini

    Quinteto Boccherini

    14:46
  • 11:26 PM

    Capriccio Espagnol

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Bergen Symphony Orchestra

    Dmitri Kitayenko, conductor

    16:18
  • 11:18 PM

    Three Short Pieces

    Jacques Ibert

    FRENCH MUSIC FOR WIND QUINTET

    Danish National Symphony Wind Quintet

    6:51
  • 11:08 PM

    Morning, Noon, and Night in Vienna

    Franz von Suppe

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    8:07
  • 11:06 PM

    Four Characteristic Waltzes: Bohemian Waltz

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    2:22
  • 11:01 PM

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    4:36
  • 10:52 PM

    Rondo for Violin and Orchestra

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Violin Concertos etc.

    Berlin Philharmonic

    David Oistrakh, conductor

    David Oistrakh, violin

    6:41
  • 10:49 PM

    I Got Rhythm

    George Gershwin

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    2:10
  • 10:35 PM

    Pastoral Suite

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    A Swedish Pastorale

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Jan-Olav Wedin, conductor

    12:16
  • 10:29 PM

    Three Preludes

    George Gershwin

    Summertime

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    6:26
  • 10:10 PM

    Clarinet Concerto

    Johann Stamitz

    Potsdam Chamber Academy

    Andreas Ottensamer, clarinet

    16:41
  • 10:06 PM

    Morning Song

    Edward Elgar

    Breakfast in Bed

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    3:01
  • 9:51 PM

    Suite No. 1: Fuga con Pajarillo

    Aldemaro Romero

    Fiesta

    Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    7:08
  • 9:47 PM

    La Vida Breve: Spanish Dance No. 1

    Manuel de Falla

    Christina and Michelle Naughton, piano duo

    3:01
  • 9:31 PM

    Rounds for String Orchestra

    David Diamond

    do.gma chamber orchestra

    Mikhail Gurewitsch, conductor

    14:46
  • 9:21 PM

    12 Contredanses

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 "Eroica"

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    8:51
  • 9:10 PM

    Old Hungarian Dances

    Ferenc Farkas

    Frosunda Wind Quintet

    9:35
  • 9:06 PM

    Schwanengesang, Book 1: Standchen (Serenade)

    Franz Schubert

    Romance Of The Violin

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Michael Stern, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    3:42
  • 9:03 PM

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    2:39
  • 8:34 PM

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Marek Stilec, conductor

    23:25
  • 8:16 PM

    Five Pieces in Folk-Style

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Cello Concerto

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    16:07
  • 8:10 PM

    Irish Roots Medley

    Traditional

    Modern Mandolin Quartet

    4:42
  • 8:06 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 11

    Antonin Dvorak

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    3:25
  • 8:01 PM

    Suite No. 4

    Francois Chauvon

    Washington McClain, oboe

    Alison Melville, recorder

    Julia Wedman, violin

    Michael McCraw, bassoon

    Charlotte Nediger, harpsichord

    4:46
  • 7:42 PM

    Concerto for 2 Orchestras No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    16:46
  • 5:57 PM

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    :57
  • 5:42 PM

    Karelia Suite

    Jean Sibelius

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    15:42
  • 5:38 PM

    Bas-Pelles Eriks Brudpolska

    Per Westberg

    Bonfrost

    Nordic Fiddlers Bloc

    3:31
  • 5:16 PM

    The Little Trifles (Les petits riens)

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Complete Mozart Edition, Vol. 25: Theatre and Ballet Music

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    19:46
  • 5:08 PM

    Straussiana

    Erich Korngold

    Strauss, Liszt, Korngold, Busoni, Schreker

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Kazuki Yamada, conductor

    7:14
  • 5:06 PM

    The Love for Three Oranges: March

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Music For Brass Septet 3

    Septura

    1:44
  • 5:00 PM

    From Olden Times: Gigue

    Johan Halvorsen

    Halvorsen: Suite ancienne, Mascarade Suite

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Ari Rasilainen, conductor

    4:35
  • 4:44 PM

    In Nature's Realm Overture

    Antonin Dvorak

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    14:26
  • 4:37 PM

    Scherzo No. 3

    Frederic Chopin

    Simon Trpceski, piano

    7:14
  • 4:17 PM

    Clarinet Concerto

    Ruth Gipps

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Martyn Brabbins, conductor

    Robert Plane, clarinet

    18:41
  • 4:11 PM

    The New German Waltz

    Sophia Dussek

    Kyunghee Kim-Sutre, harp

    3:52
  • 4:06 PM

    Hamlet: Ballet Music: Valse-Mazurka

    Ambroise Thomas

    Thomas: Hamlet

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    3:46
  • 4:01 PM

    English Suite: Prelude and Round Dance

    John Duarte

    Stein-Erik Olsen, guitar

    4:46
  • 3:53 PM

    Four Characteristic Waltzes: Queen's Waltz

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    5:14
  • 3:18 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    Yefim Bronfman, piano

    33:54
  • 3:13 PM

    Summer Evenings: Under the plane trees

    Bernard Andres

    Chicago Harp Quartet

    3:27
  • 3:06 PM

    Waltz-Scherzo

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    Daniel Lozakovich, violin

    5:42
  • 3:01 PM

    Second Suite: Intermezzo

    Charles-Edouard Lefebvre

    Music of the Gilded Age

    Sylvan Winds

    Nicholas Gallas, clarinet

    4:31
  • 2:51 PM

    Il barbiere di Siviglia (Barber of Seville): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures, Vol. 2

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    7:05
  • 2:51 PM

    Il barbiere di Siviglia (Barber of Seville): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures, Vol. 2

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    7:05
  • 2:43 PM

    An Italian Straw Hat: Ferdinand

    Michael Torke

    National Ballet of Canada Orchestra

    Ormsby Wilkins, conductor

    8:00
  • 2:35 PM

    Songs of the Auvergne: Three Bourrees

    Joseph Canteloube

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Kent Nagano, conductor

    Dawn Upshaw, soprano

    6:57
  • 2:11 PM

    Bassoon Concerto

    Johann Hummel

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Janne Nisonen, conductor

    Jaakko Luoma, bassoon

    22:40
  • 2:05 PM

    Symphony No. 5: 2nd movement

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Kirov Orchestra

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    5:14
  • 2:00 PM

    Waltz No. 8

    Frederic Chopin

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

    Ingrid Fliter, piano

    3:16
  • 1:46 PM

    Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter": Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies No 29, 33, 35, 38, And 41

    Orchestra Mozart

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    11:41
  • 1:41 PM

    The Planets: Mercury

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: The Planets

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    3:55
  • 1:31 PM

    The Royal Children: Overture

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Humperdinck: Fairy-Tale Music

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    7:49
  • 1:24 PM

    Landmarks: Reel Variations

    Matthew Dunne

    David Russell, guitar

    6:00
  • 1:21 PM

    Mac Ananty's Reel

    John Larchet

    Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Fionnuala Hunt, conductor

    2:29
  • 1:17 PM

    L'incoronazione di Poppea: Pur ti miro

    Claudio Monteverdi

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Michael Stern, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    3:37
  • 1:05 PM

    Die Fledermaus: Overture

    Johann StraussJr.

    Ultimate Overtures

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    8:59
  • 12:53 PM

    Serenade for Winds: Finale

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Serenades Opp. 22 & 24

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    5:58
  • 12:44 PM

    The Unexpected Encounter: Sinfonia

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Opera Overtures

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    6:59
  • 12:38 PM

    Piano Quintet: Finale

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Catalyst Quartet

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    5:20
  • 12:32 PM

    Little Women: Under the Umbrella

    Thomas Newman

    Cinema's Classic Romances

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kenneth Alwyn, conductor

    4:09
  • 12:25 PM

    Symphonie Fantastique: A Ball

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique

    Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Eliahu Inbal, conductor

    6:34
  • 12:20 PM

    Porgy and Bess: Summertime

    George Gershwin

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    3:25
  • 12:09 PM

    Flute Concerto: 3rd movement

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    James Galway: The Man with the Golden Flute

    Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra

    Jorg Faerber, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    5:20
  • 12:04 PM

    Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Simply Christmas

    Katia & Marielle Labeque, pianos

    3:20
  • 11:52 AM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream Overture

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    West Australian Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Penny, conductor

    6:35
  • 11:47 AM

    Summer Skies

    Leroy Anderson

    Eastman-Rochester Pops

    Frederick Fennell, conductor

    2:59
  • 11:37 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 5 "Turkish": 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Eivind Aadland, conductor

    Baiba Skride, violin

    8:19
  • 11:33 AM

    Etude No. 1 "La Fileuse"

    Laura Netzel

    Fredrik Ullen, piano

    3:00
  • 11:25 AM

    Homestead Dances: Quilters' Dance

    Don Ray

    Home For The Harvest

    Dublin Philharmonic Orchestra

    Derek Gleeson, conductor

    7:58
  • 11:17 AM

    Italian Serenade

    Hugo Wolf

    Janacek: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2

    Hagen Quartet

    6:23
  • 11:11 AM

    Six Variations on La Folia

    Mauro Giuliani

    The Essential Giuliani, Vol. 1

    Richard Savino, guitar

    5:06
  • 11:04 AM

    An English Suite: Pastoral and In Minuet Style

    Hubert Parry

    Elgar: Seranade, etc./Parry: An English Suite, etc.

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    5:41
  • 10:49 AM

    English Dances: First Set

    Malcolm Arnold

    Arnold for Band

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    9:30
  • 10:42 AM

    Polonaise for Violin and Strings

    Franz Schubert

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Emil Tchakarov, conductor

    Gidon Kremer, violin

    5:40
  • 10:29 AM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral": 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven Symphonies

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    12:21
  • 10:24 AM

    Madrigal

    Philippe Gaubert

    Paris: La Belle Epoque

    Robert Langevin, flute

    4:14
  • 10:09 AM

    Petite Suite

    Claude Debussy

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    13:00
  • 10:06 AM

    Wiegenlied (Lullaby)

    Johannes Brahms

    Mother

    Anderson & Roe Piano Duo

    2:50
  • 10:01 AM

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    4:46
  • 9:36 AM

    String Quartet No. 63 "Sunrise"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: String Quartets Op. 76 Nos. 2-4

    Alban Berg Quartet

    22:07
  • 9:15 AM

    Concerto Caboclo

    Paulo Bellinati

    Delaware Symphony Orchestra

    David Amado, conductor

    19:13
  • 9:06 AM

    The Anonymous Lover: Overture-Symphony

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    7:41
  • 9:01 AM

    Octet: 3rd movement

    Jean Francaix

    Gaudier Ensemble

    4:49
  • 8:39 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Alexander Borodin

    Borodin: Symphonies 1 & 3, etc.

    Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor

    19:40
  • 8:17 AM

    Piano Sonata

    Clara Schumann

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    20:09
  • 8:06 AM

    There is a Willow Grows Aslant a Brook

    Frank Bridge

    The Banks of Green Willow

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    10:16
  • 8:01 AM

    Beyond the Fog: Mist

    Gary Schocker

    Emily Mitchell, harp

    Gary Schocker, flute

    4:31
  • 7:44 AM

    Summer Day

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf & other music for children

    New London Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    14:45
  • 7:22 AM

    Cello Concerto "Never Give Up"

    Fazil Say

    Brussels Philharmonic

    Stephane Deneve, conductor

    Camille Thomas, cello

    21:26
  • 7:12 AM

    Aghavni (Doves)

    Mary Kouyoumdjian

    Nicholas Phillips, piano

    8:53
  • 7:06 AM

    Tall as the Poplar Tree

    Gomidas Vartabed

    Chamber Players of the Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra

    Eduard Topchjan, conductor

    Isabel Bayrakdarian, soprano

    4:48
  • 7:01 AM

    Giunto alla tomba

    Giaches de Wert

    Gabriele Palomba, lute

    Franco Pavan, lute

    4:46
  • 6:15 AM

    Symphony "Urbs Roma"

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 2; Danse Macabre; Urbs Roma

    Utah Symphony

    Thierry Fischer, conductor

    43:01
  • 6:06 AM

    Shades of Darkness: Indigo

    Stefania de Kenessey

    Andiamo Chamber Ensemble

    7:45
  • 6:01 AM

    Partita No. 3: Sarabande

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    environs

    Pedrick-Hutson Guitar Duo

    4:32
  • 5:44 AM

    Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky

    Anton Arensky

    Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings, Op. 48; Elegy; Anton Arensky: Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky

    Saint Petersburg Camerata

    Saulius Sondeckis, conductor

    14:21
  • 5:23 AM

    Variations on a Theme by Chopin

    Federico Mompou

    Daniil Trifonov, piano

    20:31
  • 5:06 AM

    Variations on an Ancient Theme

    Carlos Salzedo

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    14:56
  • 5:01 AM

    Suite in the Ancient Style: Choral

    Mel Bonis

    Tatjana Ruhland, flute

    Gesa Jenne-Donneweg, violin

    Ingrid Philippi, viola

    Florian Wiek, piano

    4:28