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  • 4:25 AM

    Violin Concerto "Distant Light"

    Peteris Vasks

    O/Modernt Chamber Orchestra

    Hugo Ticciati, conductor

    Hugo Ticciati, violin

    33:44
  • 4:19 AM

    Trinity Serivce: O lux beata Trinitas

    Jaakko Mantyjarvi

    Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    4:21
  • 4:06 AM

    Serenata for Chamber Orchestra

    George Walker

    Cleveland Chamber Symphony

    Edwin London, conductor

    11:45
  • 4:01 AM

    Pan Voyevoda: Nocturne

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Russian Adagios

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor

    4:44
  • 3:40 AM

    Guitar Concerto "Chaconne"

    Wayne Siegel

    Jakob Bangsø: Guitar Concertos

    Tallinn Chamber Orchestra

    Kaisa Roose, conductor

    Jakob Bangso, guitar

    18:29
  • 3:29 AM

    Piano Concerto: Adagio

    Maurice Ravel

    100 Best Classics

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    10:00
  • 3:21 AM

    Imagined Archipelagos: The Island with the Imaginary Moons

    Reinaldo Moya

    Francesca Anderegg, violin

    Brent Funderburk, piano

    6:36
  • 3:06 AM

    Enchanted Kingdom

    Nikolai Tcherepnin

    The Enchanted Kingdom

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    13:27
  • 3:01 AM

    The Wind (El Viento)

    Mario Armengol

    Isabelle Perrin, harp

    Baltazar Juarez, harp

    4:28
  • 2:45 AM

    Fantasy Sonata

    John Ireland

    Reawakened

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Martyn Brabbins, conductor

    Robert Plane, clarinet

    13:27
  • 2:18 AM

    Fantasy Pieces

    Robert Schumann

    Lara Downes, piano

    25:38
  • 2:12 AM

    Songs from Before: Autumn Music 2

    Max Richter

    Max Richter: Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    3:37
  • 2:06 AM

    Pavane

    Gabriel Faure

    Vaughan Williams, Barber, Grainger, Faure, Satie

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    5:44
  • 2:01 AM

    Serenade for Strings: Romanza

    Ernst von Dohnanyi

    English Sinfonia

    John Farrer, conductor

    4:37
  • 1:35 AM

    Suite for 13 Wind Instruments

    Richard Strauss

    R. Strauss: Music for Wind Ensemble

    Netherlands Wind Ensemble

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    23:44
  • 11:50 PM

    Schwanda the Bagpiper: Polka and Fugue

    Jaromir Weinberger

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    8:26
  • 11:42 PM

    Prelude and Fugue No. 1

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, piano

    6:42
  • 11:24 PM

    Concerto for Three Violins

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Portland Baroque Orchestra

    Monica Huggett, conductor

    Monica Huggett, violin

    Carla Moore, violin

    Rob Diggins, violin

    16:50
  • 11:13 PM

    6 Early Netherlands Dances

    Julius Rontgen

    Rontgern: Symphony No. 18

    North German Radio Philharmonic

    David Porcelijn, conductor

    9:29
  • 11:06 PM

    Jeux d'eau (Fountains)

    Maurice Ravel

    Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano

    6:03
  • 11:01 PM

    Village Dance

    Claude Champagne

    Dancing For 100 Years

    Quebec Symphony Orchestra

    Yoav Talmi, conductor

    4:48
  • 10:48 PM

    On the Town: Three Dance Episodes

    Leonard Bernstein

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    10:31
  • 10:26 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Murray Perahia, piano

    20:02
  • 10:20 PM

    Concerto for 7 Trumpets and Timpani

    Johann Altenburg

    Trumpet Concertos and Fanfares

    Wallace Collection

    John Wallace, conductor

    6:06
  • 10:10 PM

    Cello Sonata No. 4: 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Hope Amid Tears

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    8:40
  • 10:06 PM

    Impressions of the Puna: Dance

    Alberto Ginastera

    Shanghai Quartet

    Eugenia Zukerman, flute

    2:33
  • 10:01 PM

    The Mermaid Suite: Dance of 24 Mermaids

    Wu Zuqiang/Du Mingxin

    China National Symphony Orchestra

    Zuohuang Chen, conductor

    4:43
  • 9:47 PM

    Soirees Musicales

    Benjamin Britten

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Okko Kamu, conductor

    11:04
  • 9:43 PM

    Humoresque No. 7

    Antonin Dvorak

    Encore

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    3:49
  • 9:32 PM

    Four Seasons: Spring

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

    Australian Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Tognetti, conductor

    Richard Tognetti, violin

    9:32
  • 9:26 PM

    Shenandoah

    Traditional

    Jeni Slotchiver, piano

    5:01
  • 9:12 PM

    German Chamber Academy

    Johannes Goritzki, conductor

    12:44
  • 9:06 PM

    Il Signor Bruschino: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    5:07
  • 9:03 PM

    Serenata for Orchestra: Con spirito

    Walter Piston

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    2:47
  • 8:45 PM

    Harp Concerto

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Organ Concertos Op. 4

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Ursula Holliger, harp

    13:07
  • 8:41 PM

    Four Characteristic Waltzes: Rustic Waltz

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    3:01
  • 8:30 PM

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Ben Palmer, conductor

    Peter Cigleris, clarinet

    11:26
  • 8:18 PM

    Yefim Bronfman, piano

    Isaac Stern, violin

    9:40
  • 8:07 PM

    Overture No. 3

    Carl Friedrich Abel

    Abel: Overtures & Sinfonias

    Il Fondamento

    Paul Dombrecht, conductor

    10:47
  • 8:01 PM

    Choro No. 1 "Tipico Brasileiro"

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    David Russell, guitar

    4:30
  • 7:41 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Orchestral Suites for a Young Prince

    Sonnerie

    Monica Huggett, conductor

    17:33
  • 5:51 PM

    Capriccio Burlesco

    William Walton

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    7:28
  • 5:32 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Johann Hummel

    Haydn, Hummel, Etc.: Trumpet Concertos

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    17:40
  • 5:15 PM

    Wand of Youth Suite No. 2

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance Marches

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    15:55
  • 5:09 PM

    Avos Chamber Orchestra

    Alessio Pianelli, cello

    3:52
  • 5:06 PM

    Umoja (Unity)

    Valerie Coleman

    Imani Winds

    Imani Winds

    2:49
  • 5:01 PM

    Clio Gould, violin

    Rachel Portman, piano

    4:33
  • 4:38 PM

    Concertante for Flute and Clarinet

    Franz Danzi

    Winged Creatures

    Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra

    Allen Tinkham, conductor

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    20:39
  • 4:19 PM

    Don Juan

    Richard Strauss

    Richard Strauss: Don Juan; Burlesque; Serenade; Till Eulenspiegel

    Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paavo Berglund, conductor

    17:25
  • 4:06 PM

    The Prophet: Overture

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    Darrell Ang, conductor

    11:01
  • 4:01 PM

    Gil Shaham, violin

    Akira Eguchi, piano

    4:51
  • 3:37 PM

    Symphony No. 7

    Jean Sibelius

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor

    20:59
  • 3:32 PM

    Jason Vieaux, guitar

    4:57
  • 3:14 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 1

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Nicholas McGegan, conductor

    Alec Frank-Gemmill, horn

    16:17
  • 3:10 PM

    Juba Dance

    Nathaniel Dett

    Jeni Slotchiver, piano

    2:19
  • 3:06 PM

    Concerto alla rustica (Rustic Concerto)

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Strings! The Definitive Collection

    Guildhall Strings

    3:42
  • 3:01 PM

    Silvain Overture

    Andre Gretry

    Gretry: Suites and Overtures

    Orchestre De Bretagne

    Stefan Sanderling, conductor

    4:45
  • 2:46 PM

    Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1

    Georges Enescu

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    12:17
  • 2:46 PM

    Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1

    Georges Enescu

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    12:17
  • 2:24 PM

    Symphony No. 35 "Haffner"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies 34, 35, 39

    London Mozart Players

    Jane Glover, conductor

    20:07
  • 2:12 PM

    Water Music Suite No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Water Music

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    10:31
  • 2:08 PM

    Voices for Peace

    Robert Kyr

    Kyr: In Praise of Music

    Antioch Chamber Ensemble

    Joshua Copeland, conductor

    3:09
  • 2:00 PM

    Beatrice and Benedict: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique

    New York Philharmonic

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    7:41
  • 1:54 PM

    The Carpenter: Overture

    Paul Wranitzky

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Marek Stilec, conductor

    4:19
  • 1:46 PM

    Horn Trio: Finale

    Johannes Brahms

    Gyorgy Sebok, piano

    Arthur Grumiaux, violin

    Francis Orval, horn

    6:25
  • 1:36 PM

    Bright Blue Music

    Michael Torke

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    9:05
  • 1:33 PM

    Suite: Gaio

    Randall Thompson

    Buried Treasure

    Kelly Peterson Peral, oboe

    2:03
  • 1:21 PM

    Invitation to the Dance

    Carl Maria von Weber

    BBC Philharmonic

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    10:01
  • 1:18 PM

    Dance Intermezzo

    Jean Sibelius

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    2:44
  • 1:09 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Grand Pas de Deux

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    4:58
  • 1:05 PM

    The Entertainer

    Scott Joplin

    Giovanni De Chiaro, guitar

    3:56
  • 12:51 PM

    Fidelio Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 'Erioca'

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    6:44
  • 12:43 PM

    Empire Brass

    William Kuhlman, organ

    6:55
  • 12:36 PM

    Sylvia: Procession of Bacchus

    Leo Delibes

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    6:00
  • 12:27 PM

    Symphony No. 33: Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Orchestra Mozart

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    7:56
  • 12:23 PM

    Sonatina: Scherzo

    Antonin Dvorak

    The Sunday Sessions: American Air

    Gil Shaham, violin

    3:02
  • 12:19 PM

    Billy the Kid: Celebration

    Aaron Copland

    Colorado Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    3:12
  • 12:09 PM

    Hot Springs Music Festival Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Rosenberg, conductor

    8:35
  • 12:05 PM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2: Farandole

    Georges Bizet

    Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite

    Toronto Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    3:10
  • 11:54 AM

    Symphony No. 97: Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    4:41
  • 11:45 AM

    Il Cimento: Violin Concerto No. 10 "La caccia" ("The Hunt")

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Il Cimento Dell'Armonia e Dell'Inventione

    Raglan Baroque Players

    Nicholas Kraemer, conductor

    Monica Huggett, violin

    7:42
  • 11:40 AM

    Salut d'amour (Love's Greeting)

    Edward Elgar

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    Petr Limonov, piano

    3:06
  • 11:29 AM

    Fantasia on Welsh Nursery Tunes

    Grace Williams

    Grace Williams: Sea Sketches

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    10:54
  • 11:24 AM

    Petite Symphony: Scherzo

    Charles Gounod

    Bizet: L'Arlesienne; Gounod: Symphonies

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    4:08
  • 11:20 AM

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

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Claire Jones, harp

    2:26
  • 11:10 AM

    Reveille

    Tony Banks

    Czech National Symphony Orchestra

    Nick Ingman, conductor

    8:56
  • 11:04 AM

    Peer Gynt: Morning Mood

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Peer Gynt

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    4:19
  • 10:48 AM

    String Quartet No. 4

    Maddalena Laura Sirmen

    Allegri String Quartet

    9:44
  • 10:31 AM

    Symphony No. 18

    Carlos Baguer

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    16:10
  • 10:20 AM

    English Suite

    Paul Lewis

    Northern Sinfonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    10:04
  • 10:15 AM

    Pieces from the Lumley Part Books (selections)

    Anonymous

    Fretwork

    4:27
  • 10:11 AM

    Venezuelan Waltz No. 3 "Natalia"

    Antonio Lauro

    Berta Rojas, guitar

    2:53
  • 10:06 AM

    Liebesleid (Love's Sorrow)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Tango Song and Dance

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    4:20
  • 10:01 AM

    Rondo Amoroso

    Harald Saeverud

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Per Dreier, conductor

    4:35
  • 9:41 AM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 2

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    17:48
  • 9:36 AM

    Jasspodspolska (Banquet Polska)

    Traditional

    Wood Works

    Danish String Quartet

    2:50
  • 9:24 AM

    The Geniuses, or Love's Characters Ballet: Suite

    Mademoiselle Duval

    Women's Philharmonic

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    11:42
  • 9:16 AM

    L'Isle joyeuse (Joyous Isle)

    Claude Debussy

    Seong-Jin Cho, piano

    6:15
  • 9:06 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 3 "Il gardellino" ("The Goldfinch")

    Antonio Vivaldi

    La Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy

    Jean-Claude Malgoire, conductor

    Jean-Claude Veilhan, recorder

    9:24
  • 9:01 AM

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:40
  • 8:51 AM

    Three Pieces for Cello and Piano

    Nadia Boulanger

    Marina Thibeault, viola

    Marie-Eve Scarfone, piano

    7:06
  • 8:14 AM

    Piano Trio No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    For the Love of Brahms

    Joshua Bell, violin

    36:53
  • 8:06 AM

    Rondino for Winds

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Leipzig Radio Orchestra Winds

    (Selected members), conductor

    6:07
  • 8:01 AM

    Cello Suite No. 3: Sarabande

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Yo-Yo Ma Plays Bach

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    4:41
  • 7:53 AM

    Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra

    Howard Hanson, conductor

    4:59
  • 7:22 AM

    Piano Sonata

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Piano Sonata D 568

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    31:04
  • 7:06 AM

    Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Elgar: Introduction and Allegro, etc; Vaughan Williams

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    14:10
  • 7:01 AM

    Ave maris stella

    Owain Park

    Owain Park: Choral Works

    Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    4:26
  • 6:31 AM

    Pas de Deux

    James Horner

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vasily Petrenko, conductor

    Mari Samuelsen, violin

    Hakon Samuelsen, cello

    27:40
  • 6:22 AM

    Fantaisie

    Georges Hue

    Sonora Slocum, flute

    John Wilson, piano

    7:58
  • 6:06 AM

    Norwegian Rhapsody No. 4

    Johan Svendsen

    Halvorsen, J.: Norwegian Rhapsodies Nos. 1 and 2 / Svendsen, J.: Norwegian Rhapsodies Nos. 1-4

    Trondheim Symphony Orchestra

    Ole Kristian Ruud, conductor

    14:08
  • 6:01 AM

    Waltz-Impromptu

    Franz Liszt

    Les Bis de Alexis Weissenberg

    Alexis Weissenberg, piano

    4:35
  • 5:35 AM

    The Fairy's Kiss: Divertimento

    Igor Stravinsky

    London Sinfonietta

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    23:38
  • 5:30 AM

    Zomer

    Kate Moore

    Kate Moore: Dances and Canons

    Saskia Lankhoorn, piano

    3:59
  • 5:22 AM

    Deep Summer Music

    Libby Larsen

    Libby Larsen

    Colorado Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    7:16
  • 5:17 AM

    Distribution of the Flowers

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Marc Regnier, guitar

    Tacy Edwards, flute

    3:46
  • 5:01 AM

    Etude No. 14

    Philip Glass

    Vikingur Olafsson, piano

    4:34