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  • 4:44 AM

    Noble and Sentimental Waltzes

    Maurice Ravel

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    13:46
  • 4:24 AM

    Piano Quintet

    Szymon Laks

    Chamber Works by Szymon Laks

    ARC Ensemble

    Dianne Werner, piano

    20:06
  • 4:14 AM

    The Air, Turning

    Edmund Finnis

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Ilan Volkov, conductor

    8:55
  • 4:06 AM

    Breathing Underwater

    Danielle Eva Schwob

    Nathalie Joachim, flute

    Wei-Yang Andy Lin, viola

    Kristi Shade, harp

    6:49
  • 4:01 AM

    For Alina

    Arvo Part

    Motherland

    Khatia Buniatishvili, piano

    4:51
  • 3:50 AM

    Concerto for Cello and Strings: Longing

    Dobrinka Tabakova

    Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra

    Maxim Rysanov, conductor

    Kristina Blaumane, cello

    8:40
  • 3:25 AM

    Stabat Mater

    Paul Mealor

    Paul Mealor: A Tender Light

    Tenebrae

    Nigel Short, conductor

    Grace Davidson, soprano

    23:23
  • 3:14 AM

    The Way North: Elegy for the Nameless/Dreams of Flight

    Reinaldo Moya

    Matthew McCright, piano

    9:00
  • 3:06 AM

    In Air Clear and Unseen: An Autumn Evening

    Alexander Knaifel

    Keller Quartet

    7:09
  • 3:01 AM

    Hudson Preludes: Take Care

    Nico Muhly

    Benjamin Nicholas, organ

    4:40
  • 2:31 AM

    Come in!

    Vladimir Martynov

    Silencio

    Kremerata Baltica

    Gidon Kremer, conductor

    Gidon Kremer, violin

    26:57
  • 2:17 AM

    Musica Celestis

    Aaron Jay Kernis

    Kernis: Colored Field, Musica Celestis, Air

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    12:22
  • 2:12 AM

    Lux Aurumque

    Eric Whitacre

    Lux Aurumque

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    3:37
  • 2:06 AM

    Dances

    Mario Broeders

    Bella Danza: Music of the Dance

    Bell' Alma Duo

    5:16
  • 2:01 AM

    The Arts and the Hours

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Debussy | Rameau | Vikingur Olafsson

    Vikingur Olafsson, piano

    4:45
  • 1:46 AM

    Into the Twilight

    Arnold Bax

    Ulster Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    12:52
  • 1:19 AM

    Guitar Quintet

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO, M.: Guitar Quintet / Fantasia / Ecloghe

    Louis Vandory, violin

    24:50
  • 1:06 AM

    Sierra Winds

    (Selected members), conductor

    11:13
  • 1:01 AM

    The Tempest: Rustic Dance

    Ernest Chausson

    Chausson: Symphony in B flat, Op. 20; Soir de Fete, Op. 32; The Tempest, Op. 18: Two Scenes

    Orchestra of Belgian Radio & TV

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    4:51
  • 12:51 AM

    Nocturne No. 18

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    6:19
  • 12:31 AM

    Three Botticelli Pictures

    Ottorino Respighi

    Long Beach Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    19:04
  • 12:12 AM

    Cinnamon Grove

    Nathaniel Dett

    Clipper Erickson, piano

    17:30
  • 12:06 AM

    Czech Suite: Romance

    Antonin Dvorak

    Brahms: Nine Hungarian Dances; Dvorak

    North German Radio Symphony

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    4:56
  • 12:01 AM

    Humoresque No. 3

    Jean Sibelius

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Pekka Kuusisto, conductor

    Pekka Kuusisto, violin

    4:32
  • 11:50 PM

    Two Nocturnal Impressions

    Manuel Ponce

    Musica Mexicana

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    8:35
  • 11:30 PM

    Quiet Summer Night

    Samuel A. Livingston

    Pedroia String Quartet

    Yhasmin Valenzuela, clarinet

    18:21
  • 11:15 PM

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    Jean-Philippe Collard, piano

    13:45
  • 11:06 PM

    Adagio

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 3 & 4

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    Yakov Kreizberg, conductor

    Julia Fischer, violin

    7:50
  • 11:01 PM

    Lute Suite No. 4: Prelude

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    A Distant Show

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    4:37
  • 10:39 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "Mysterious Mountain"

    Alan Hovhaness

    Works by Stravinsky and Hovhaness

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    19:24
  • 10:36 PM

    Children's Corner: The Snow is Dancing

    Claude Debussy

    Steven Osborne, piano

    2:32
  • 10:16 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 2

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Horn Concertos Nos. 1 & 2, Britten: Serenade Op. 31

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Ingo Metzmacher, conductor

    Marie Luise Neunecker, horn

    18:52
  • 10:07 PM

    Carousel Waltz

    Richard Rodgers

    New London Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    7:32
  • 10:01 PM

    Overture "Water Music": Menuet; Gigue; Canarie

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    4:34
  • 9:51 PM

    Aurora Orchestra

    Nicholas Collon, conductor

    7:26
  • 9:18 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor: Violin Concerto

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Martyn Brabbins, conductor

    Anthony Marwood, violin

    31:48
  • 9:14 PM

    Lenox Avenue: The Blues

    William Grant Still

    Jeni Slotchiver, piano

    2:33
  • 9:06 PM

    Serenade No. 1: Rondo

    Johannes Brahms

    Residentie Orchestra of the Hague

    Jan Willem de Vriend, conductor

    6:24
  • 9:01 PM

    The Running Set

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    George Hurst, conductor

    4:43
  • 8:49 PM

    Africa Fantasie

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens: Complete Piano Concertos

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    Stephen Hough, piano

    9:35
  • 8:15 PM

    Symphony No. 5

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Erich Leinsdorf, conductor

    31:41
  • 8:06 PM

    Serenata in Vano

    Carl Nielsen

    Buried Treasure

    Chamber Music Palm Beach

    7:22
  • 8:01 PM

    Romeo and Juliet: Ballet Music: Danse Bohemienne

    Charles Gounod

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    4:37
  • 7:44 PM

    Introduction and Allegro appassionato

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Antonio Pappano, conductor

    Jan Lisiecki, piano

    14:26
  • 4:49 PM

    Eclogue

    Gerald Finzi

    Ferguson: Amore Langueo; Piano Concerto/Finzi: Eclogue

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Howard Shelley, piano

    9:42
  • 4:41 PM

    Elegy - In Memoriam - Stephen Lawrence

    Philip Herbert

    Spark Catchers

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Anthony Parnther, conductor

    6:54
  • 4:17 PM

    Arpeggione Sonata

    Franz Schubert

    Ludwig Quandt, cello

    Marie-Pierre Langlamet, harp

    22:45
  • 4:09 PM

    Manuel Barrueco, guitar

    5:30
  • 4:06 PM

    Lauda Jerusalem

    Gabriel Diaz

    Empire Brass

    2:55
  • 4:01 PM

    Robin Hood Suite: March of the Bowmen

    Frederic Curzon

    New London Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    4:44
  • 3:43 PM

    Tannhauser: Overture

    Richard Wagner

    Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra: Wagner

    Philharmonia Zurich

    Fabio Luisi, conductor

    15:37
  • 3:16 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 3

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    25:21
  • 3:06 PM

    Plymouth Hoe

    John Ansell

    Overtures from the British Isles Volume 2

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    7:57
  • 3:01 PM

    Concerto No. 1

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Albinoni: 12 Concerti a cinque, Op.5

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Simon Standage, conductor

    4:36
  • 2:41 PM

    The Ball of Beatrice d'Este

    Reynaldo Hahn

    Harmonie Ensemble

    Steven Richman, conductor

    16:56
  • 2:17 PM

    String Quartet No. 15

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Amadeus Quartet

    23:28
  • 2:06 PM

    Barcarolle

    Frederic Chopin

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    8:42
  • 2:01 PM

    Dance of the Orange Blossoms

    Eric Coates

    East of England Orchestra

    Malcolm Nabarro, conductor

    4:32
  • 1:49 PM

    Viola Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Complete Viola D'amore Concertos

    Ars Antigua

    Rachel Barton Pine, viola d'amore

    9:09
  • 1:40 PM

    Six Ricercars on a Theme of F.C. da Milano

    Dusan Bogdanovic

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    6:59
  • 1:25 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 53

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    14:00
  • 1:22 PM

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    1:24
  • 1:06 PM

    Sinfonia No. 5

    Gaspard Fritz

    La Stagione Frankfurt

    Michael Schneider, conductor

    15:53
  • 1:01 PM

    A New Satiesfaction

    Stephan Koncz

    Ray Chen: The Golden Age

    Made in Berlin

    4:32
  • 10:47 AM

    From Italy (Aus Italien): On the Beach at Sorrento

    Richard Strauss

    R. Strauss: Aus Italien, Don Juan

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    11:50
  • 10:38 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 1: 4th movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

    Le Concert Des Nations

    Jordi Savall, conductor

    8:47
  • 10:32 AM

    The Last Rose of Summer

    Friedrich Kuhlau

    Wisps in the Dell

    Makaris

    4:02
  • 10:28 AM

    Four Songs: A Mother's Grief

    Edvard Grieg

    Anderson & Roe Piano Duo

    3:24
  • 10:24 AM

    On the Nature of Daylight/Written on the Sky

    Max Richter

    Max Richter: Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:00
  • 10:16 AM

    Canon and Gigue

    Johann Pachelbel

    Pinchas Zukerman: Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon and Philips

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    6:59
  • 10:06 AM

    Where the lemon-trees blossom (Wo die Zitronen bluh'n) Waltz

    Johann StraussJr.

    New Year's Concert 2007

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    9:04
  • 10:01 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 3: Adagio

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1-3

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    4:47
  • 9:50 AM

    Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia

    Aram Khachaturian

    White Nights: Romantic Russian Showpieces

    Kirov Orchestra

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    8:55
  • 9:19 AM

    South Bohemian Suite

    Vitezslav Novak

    Novak: Orchestral Works 1

    Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra

    Marek Stilec, conductor

    29:21
  • 9:06 AM

    Concerto No. 4 "Le Carillon"

    Jacques Aubert

    Aubert: Concerts de Simphonies & Concertos

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Simon Standage, conductor

    10:53
  • 9:01 AM

    Intermezzo for String Trio

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Domus

    4:42
  • 8:54 AM

    Sarabande

    Claude Debussy

    pictures at an exhibition

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    4:05
  • 8:23 AM

    Piano Trio No. 4 "Dumky"

    Antonin Dvorak

    Eroica Trio

    31:02
  • 8:18 AM

    Landmarks: Cancion

    Matthew Dunne

    David Russell, guitar

    3:23
  • 8:06 AM

    Summer

    Gotthard Odermatt

    Bonjour Paris

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Mathias Monius, conductor

    Albrecht Mayer, oboe

    11:00
  • 8:01 AM

    Symphony No. 6: 2nd movement

    Francois-Joseph Gossec

    Gossec: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    4:46
  • 7:46 AM

    The River Cam

    Eric Whitacre

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Eric Whitacre, conductor

    Julian Lloyd Webber, cello

    11:54
  • 7:42 AM

    The Seal Lullaby

    Eric Whitacre

    Eventide

    Voces8

    Lavinia Meijer, harp

    4:06
  • 7:12 AM

    String Quartet No. 5

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Alexander String Quartet

    28:04
  • 7:06 AM

    Earthly Angels

    5:05
  • 7:01 AM

    Valse Triste

    Jean Sibelius

    Wagner: Siegfried-Idyll/Sibelius: Valse Triste/etc.

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    4:37
  • 6:22 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Zara Levina

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Ariane Matiakh, conductor

    Maria Lettberg, piano

    36:51
  • 6:17 AM

    The Piano: The Heart Asks Pleasure First

    Michael Nyman

    Paris Chamber Orchestra

    Adrien Perruchon, conductor

    Gautier Capucon, cello

    3:39
  • 6:06 AM

    A Night Piece

    Arthur Foote

    New Zealand Chamber Orchestra

    Nicholas Braithwaite, conductor

    Alexa Still, flute

    9:15
  • 6:01 AM

    Jakob Lindberg, orpharion

    4:48
  • 5:49 AM

    The Magic Harp

    Ina Boyle

    Dan Godfrey Encores

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    9:15
  • 5:11 AM

    String Quartet No. 13 "Rosamunde"

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: String Quartets

    Belcea Quartet

    36:53
  • 5:06 AM

    Mignon

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Piano Music Volume 2

    Daniel Levy, piano

    3:43
  • 5:01 AM

    Kasia Kadlubowska, percussion

    Dominik Bukowski, percussion

    4:36