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  • 4:29 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "The Midnight Hour"

    Eivind Groven

    Groven: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2

    Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra

    Peter Szilvay, conductor

    29:24
  • 4:15 AM

    A Way A Lone

    Toru Takemitsu

    Asian Music for String Quartet

    New Zealand String Quartet

    11:43
  • 4:06 AM

    The Planets: Saturn

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: The Planets

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Colin Davis, conductor

    8:52
  • 4:01 AM

    I Will Lift Mine Eyes

    Jake Runestad

    Kantorei Denver

    Joel Rinsema, conductor

    4:31
  • 3:49 AM

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    David Garvey, piano

    9:04
  • 3:25 AM

    Concierto de Castilla

    Federico Torroba

    Extremadura Symphony Orchestra

    Manuel Coves, conductor

    Vicente Coves, guitar

    22:48
  • 3:15 AM

    Bishop Rock

    Doreen Carwithen

    CARWITHEN: Piano Concerto / Bishop Rock / ODTAA / Suffolk Suite

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    8:16
  • 3:06 AM

    Sinfonia

    Johan Roman

    Orpheus Chamber Ensemble

    8:05
  • 3:01 AM

    The Jester at the Wedding: Caprice

    Eric Coates

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Wilson, conductor

    4:41
  • 2:47 AM

    Introduction and Allegro

    Maurice Ravel

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    11:04
  • 2:30 AM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Keyboard Concertos Nos. 3, 5, 6, 7

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Murray Perahia, conductor

    Murray Perahia, piano

    15:34
  • 2:18 AM

    Dream Machine

    Charles Daniels

    the space in which to see

    Borderlands Ensemble

    10:15
  • 2:06 AM

    The Elf's Hill: Overture

    Friedrich Kuhlau

    Kuhlau: Overtures

    Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Schonwandt, conductor

    11:13
  • 2:01 AM

    Summer in the High Grassland

    Zhao Jiping

    Silk Road Ensemble

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    4:33
  • 1:41 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 4

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    CBC Vancouver Orchestra

    Mario Bernardi, conductor

    James Sommerville, horn

    16:51
  • 1:16 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Franz Schubert

    National Arts Centre Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    24:22
  • 1:10 AM

    Ascanio: Divertissement No. 6

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    3:23
  • 1:06 AM

    Arpegiatta and Canarios

    Johannes Kapsberger

    Folias And Canarios

    Rolf Lislevand, guitar

    3:47
  • 1:01 AM

    Bees and Bumblebees

    Eugene Arcade Dede

    Gowanus Arts Ensemble

    Reuben Blundell, conductor

    4:33
  • 12:46 AM

    Gotterdammerung: Dawn and Siegfried's Rhine Journey

    Richard Wagner

    Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra: Wagner

    Philharmonia Zurich

    Fabio Luisi, conductor

    12:10
  • 12:20 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 5 "Spring"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    Marc Neikrug, piano

    24:06
  • 12:15 AM

    Hungarian Dance No. 17

    Johannes Brahms

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    3:31
  • 12:06 AM

    Bassoon Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    St. Mary's Chamber Players

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    John Miller, bassoon

    8:24
  • 12:01 AM

    Concert Suite No. 6: La Poule (The Hen)

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    4:31
  • 11:52 PM

    Danny Boy

    Traditional

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hope, violin

    Marie-Pierre Langlamet, harp

    4:27
  • 11:47 PM

    Aida: Triumphal March

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    11:48
  • 11:12 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 3

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Complete Piano Concertos

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Stephen Hough, piano

    38:06
  • 10:57 PM

    Symphony Concertante

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    Yury Revich, violin

    Libor Jezek, violin

    Pavla Honsova, viola

    13:35
  • 10:47 PM

    3 Epitaphs

    Mikis Theodorakis

    The Guitarist

    John Williams, guitar

    7:16
  • 10:25 PM

    Fantastic Dances

    Joaquin Turina

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    14:37
  • 10:21 PM

    Elijah: He Watching Over Israel

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Elijah

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    3:08
  • 10:19 PM

    Elijah: Lift Thine Eyes to the Mountains

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Elijah

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    1:42
  • 10:11 PM

    Portraits of Josephine: Paris 1925

    Valerie Coleman

    Imani Winds

    6:39
  • 10:07 PM

    Farewell to Stromness

    Peter Maxwell Davies

    Dances of Spain and Argentina

    Minneapolis Guitar Quartet

    3:42
  • 10:02 PM

    Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)

    Billy Joel

    COVID-19 Sessions

    Cantus

    4:21
  • 9:59 PM

    Here Comes the Sun

    George Harrison

    Blackbird: The Beatles Album

    String Ensemble

    Christopher Austin, conductor

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    3:02
  • 9:28 PM

    Scottish Fantasy

    Max Bruch

    Max Bruch: Concerto No. 2; Scottish Fantasy

    Montreal Symphony Orchestra

    Mario Bernardi, conductor

    James Ehnes, violin

    29:44
  • 9:04 PM

    Piano Quartet No. 1: 4th movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms, Schumann, Mahler: Piano Quartets

    Daniel Hope, violin

    8:37
  • 8:57 PM

    Walden Pond: The Pond

    Dominick Argento

    Argento: Walden Pond

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    3:56
  • 8:35 PM

    On the Waterfront: Symphonic Suite

    Leonard Bernstein

    Bernstein: Chichester Psalms

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    19:20
  • 8:31 PM

    Turandot: Nessun dorma

    Giacomo Puccini

    Carreras Domingo Pavarotti In Concert

    Orchestra of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Luciano Pavarotti, tenor

    2:59
  • 8:18 PM

    Ballade No. 4

    Frederic Chopin

    Eric Lu, piano

    11:39
  • 8:07 PM

    Alleluia and Fugue for Strings

    Alan Hovhaness

    I Fiamminghi

    Rudolf Werthen, conductor

    8:39
  • 8:00 PM

    The Last Rose of Summer

    Traditional

    Renee Fleming: The Beautiful Voice

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Renee Fleming, soprano

    4:50
  • 5:40 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Patrick Gallois, flute

    17:55
  • 5:17 PM

    Images for Orchestra: Iberia

    Claude Debussy

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    22:17
  • 5:11 PM

    The Gumsuckers March

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger Edition Vol. 4: Works for Wind Orchestra

    Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra

    Timothy Reynish, conductor

    3:46
  • 5:06 PM

    Midnight Polka

    Emil Waldteufel

    Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra

    Theodor Guschlbauer, conductor

    4:24
  • 5:01 PM

    Light of a Clear Blue Morning

    Dolly Parton

    A Company Of Voices: Conspirare In Concert

    Conspirare

    Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

    4:31
  • 4:48 PM

    Bartered Bride: Dances

    Bedrich Smetana

    The Moldau

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    10:44
  • 4:27 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 5

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Australian Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Tognetti, conductor

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    19:52
  • 4:22 PM

    Flower Drum

    Qu Wei

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    3:01
  • 4:06 PM

    Tintagel

    Arnold Bax

    Virginia Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    14:48
  • 4:01 PM

    Symphony: Intermezzo

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Symphony, In Autumn, Etc

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:32
  • 3:43 PM

    Butterfly Overture

    Ge Gan-ru

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Tsung Yeh, conductor

    15:11
  • 3:21 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 28

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Op. 53, 54, 101, Andante Favori

    Alfred Brendel, piano

    21:12
  • 3:14 PM

    Starlight Express: Waltz

    Edward Elgar

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    George Hurst, conductor

    4:29
  • 3:06 PM

    Trio No. 2 "London"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Laurel Zucker, flute

    Renee Siebert, flute

    Samuel Magill, cello

    6:54
  • 3:01 PM

    Concerto Grosso: 2nd movement

    Henry Cowell

    Cowell: Concerto Grosso/Hymn & Fuguing Tune No 10

    Manhattan Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Auldon Clark, conductor

    4:41
  • 2:51 PM

    Overture "In the Italian Style"

    Franz Schubert

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Istvan Kertesz, conductor

    7:17
  • 2:49 PM

    Rhapsodie d'Auvergne

    Camille Saint-Saens

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    Stephen Hough, piano

    8:54
  • 2:45 PM

    Symphony No. 4: 3rd movement

    Florence Price

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    5:13
  • 2:31 PM

    Suite Francaise

    Francis Poulenc

    Paris Orchestra

    Georges Pretre, conductor

    12:22
  • 2:21 PM

    Rhapsodie d'Auvergne

    Camille Saint-Saens

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    Stephen Hough, piano

    8:54
  • 2:19 PM

    Songs of the Auvergne: Lou Coucut (The cuckoo)

    Joseph Canteloube

    Canteloube: Chants d'Auvergne

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Pascal Rophe, conductor

    Carolyn Sampson, soprano

    1:52
  • 1:59 PM

    Carnival-Waltz

    Florent Schmitt

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    4:48
  • 1:53 PM

    Paganini Etude No. 3 "La Campanella"

    Franz Liszt

    Yundi Li: Liszt

    Yundi Li, piano

    4:39
  • 1:44 PM

    Corsair: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Munch, conductor

    8:03
  • 1:39 PM

    David Russell, guitar

    3:53
  • 1:34 PM

    Tunbridge Fair

    Walter Piston

    University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    4:29
  • 1:31 PM

    Sorochinsky Fair: Gopak

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Moussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    1:40
  • 1:24 PM

    Symphony: 2nd movement

    Alice Mary Smith

    London Mozart Players

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    5:47
  • 1:17 PM

    String Quartet No. 8 "Razumovsky No. 2": 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven Around the World

    Ebene Quartet

    5:40
  • 1:08 PM

    The Bourgeois Gentleman: Entrance and Dance of the Tailors

    Richard Strauss

    R. Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos (Suite)

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    5:20
  • 1:04 PM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1: Menuet

    Georges Bizet

    Toronto Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    3:17
  • 12:52 PM

    Flute Concerto: 1st movement

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    C.P.E. Bach Concertos

    Lyra Baroque Orchestra

    Jacques Ogg, conductor

    Wilbert Hazelzet, flute

    6:46
  • 12:48 PM

    Impromptu No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    Impromptu

    Shai Wosner, piano

    3:41
  • 12:33 PM

    Italian Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Harp Consort

    Andrew Lawrence-King, conductor

    13:12
  • 12:30 PM

    A Chloris (To Chloris)

    Reynaldo Hahn

    Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Olivieri-Munroe, conductor

    Sol Gabetta, cello

    2:26
  • 12:21 PM

    Omphale's Spinning Wheel

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Sinfonia of London

    John Wilson, conductor

    7:24
  • 12:15 PM

    Wind Quintet No. 1: Rondo

    Giovanni Giuseppe Cambini

    CAMBINI: Wind Quintets Nos. 1-3 / BRICCIALDI: Wind Quintet in D Major

    Avalon Wind Quintet

    4:34
  • 12:07 PM

    Nameday (Namensfeier) Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Overtures

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    6:51
  • 12:04 PM

    Acis and Galatea: Happy We!

    George Frideric Handel

    Grand & Glorious - Great Operatic Choruses / Robert Shaw

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    1:56
  • 11:50 AM

    The Skaters Waltz

    Emil Waldteufel

    With Love from Vienna

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    8:04
  • 11:47 AM

    Noble Waltz No. 4

    Franz Schubert

    Gil Shaham, violin

    Goran Sollscher, guitar

    1:21
  • 11:40 AM

    The Queen of Spades: You today, me tomorrow

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    6:02
  • 11:35 AM

    Peer Gynt: Anitra's Dance

    Edvard Grieg

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    3:18
  • 11:31 AM

    Divertimento

    Vincenzo Sorrentino

    Dance Sketches

    Chicago Harp Quartet

    3:47
  • 11:21 AM

    Symphony No. 39: 2nd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    9:20
  • 11:15 AM

    In the Mountains: Sunny Day

    Josef Foerster

    Foerster: Symphony No. 5 & In den Bergen

    Osnabruck Symphony Orchestra

    Hermann Baumer, conductor

    4:29
  • 11:09 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 20

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Cimarosa: Keyboard Sonatas, Vol. 2

    Victor Sangiorgio, piano

    5:19
  • 11:04 AM

    The Soul of the Philosopher: Overture

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Opera Overtures

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    4:02
  • 10:47 AM

    Serenade for Strings

    Edward Elgar

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    11:47
  • 10:33 AM

    Symphony No. 5

    Samuel Wesley

    Wesley: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    13:08
  • 10:28 AM

    Tales of Hoffmann: Barcarolle

    Jacques Offenbach

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    3:34
  • 10:14 AM

    Wine, Women, and Song (Wein, Weib und Gesang)

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Linos Ensemble

    12:49
  • 10:08 AM

    Up in the Air

    The OK Factor

    The OK Factor

    4:14
  • 10:06 AM

    Waltz No. 15

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Works for Solo Piano, Vol. 3

    Barry Douglas, piano

    1:35
  • 10:01 AM

    Symphony: Finale

    Juan Arriaga

    Algarve Orchestra

    Alvaro Cassuto, conductor

    4:37
  • 9:43 AM

    Divertimento for Strings

    Gareth Walters

    Manitoba Chamber Orchestra

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    15:53
  • 9:29 AM

    Four Seasons: Summer

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Amsterdam Guitar Trio

    11:42
  • 9:19 AM

    The Bard

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Spring Song, The Bard, etc.

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    8:06
  • 9:06 AM

    Sonata No. 3

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Camerata Bern

    Thomas Furi, conductor

    12:51
  • 9:01 AM

    Coracao que sente

    Ernesto Nazareth

    Odeon: Brazilian Dances by Ernesto Nazareth

    Antoine Zemor, piano

    4:28
  • 8:44 AM

    Prisms, Cycles, Leaps

    Derrick Skye

    Prisms, Cycles, Leaps

    Bridge to Everywhere

    14:08
  • 8:18 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 23

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Radoslaw Szulc, conductor

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    26:24
  • 8:06 AM

    Fantasy on Mozart's "La ci darem la mano"

    Franz Danzi

    Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra

    Jorg Faerber, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    10:11
  • 8:01 AM

    Don Giovanni: Crudele? Non mi dir

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Flute and Oboe duets from Operas

    Wolfgang Schulz, flute

    4:32
  • 7:41 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Franz Liszt

    Great Pianists of the 20th Century: Martha Argerich I

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Martha Argerich, piano

    17:36
  • 7:32 AM

    Reflection of the Moon in the Er-Quan Spring

    Yan-Jun Hua

    Chinese National Symphony Orchestra

    China National Symphony Orchestra

    Zuohuang Chen, conductor

    8:34
  • 7:06 AM

    Mythic Gardens

    Howard Shore

    Howard Shore: Two Concerti

    21st Century Chamber Orchestra

    Ludwig Wicki, conductor

    Sophie Shao, cello

    23:36
  • 7:01 AM

    Good Night and Good Rest

    John Johnson

    Jakob Lindberg, lute

    4:42
  • 6:41 AM

    The Incredible Flutist: Suite

    Walter Piston

    Oregon Symphony

    Carlos Kalmar, conductor

    17:08
  • 6:37 AM

    Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ (I Call to Thee, Lord Jesus Christ)

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Canto Oscuro

    Anna Gourari, piano

    3:39
  • 6:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 1

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: String Quartets, Op. 18 Nos. 1-3

    Cleveland Quartet

    28:55
  • 6:01 AM

    Ave Maria mater dei

    Robert Hunt

    Blue Heron

    Scott Metcalfe, conductor

    4:34
  • 5:37 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "The Camp Meeting"

    Charles Ives

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    21:16
  • 5:27 AM

    Tzigane

    Maurice Ravel

    Fantasia

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Kristian Jarvi, conductor

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    9:55
  • 5:06 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 12

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Complete Piano Sonatas

    Kristian Bezuidenhout, fortepiano

    18:49
  • 5:01 AM

    Duo Similia

    4:38