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  • 4:42 AM

    Blue as the Turquoise Night of Neyshabur

    Kayhan Kalhor

    Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble ?– Silk Road Journeys

    Silk Road Ensemble

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    15:34
  • 4:36 AM

    Let Freedom Ring

    Shara Nova

    Brooklyn Youth Chorus

    Dianne Berkur Menaker, conductor

    4:11
  • 4:19 AM

    A Shout, a Whisper, and a Trace

    Derek Bermel

    Albany Symphony Orchestra

    David Alan Miller, conductor

    16:23
  • 4:07 AM

    Fire in my mouth: Immigration

    Julia Wolfe

    New York Philharmonic

    Jaap van Zweden, conductor

    11:23
  • 4:01 AM

    Chasing Butterflies

    Issam Rafea/Gao Hong

    Issam Rafea, oud

    Gao Hong, pipa

    4:25
  • 3:58 AM

    Dreamcatcher

    Marcos Balter

    Lior Willinger, piano

    3:08
  • 3:46 AM

    Passing Ships

    Jay Vosk

    the space in which to see

    Borderlands Ensemble

    11:23
  • 3:42 AM

    Dreamcatcher

    Marcos Balter

    Lior Willinger, piano

    3:08
  • 3:36 AM

    The Revolt of the Stars

    Mary Kouyoumdjian

    Caitlin Sullivan, cello

    5:32
  • 3:17 AM

    We Will Sing One Song

    Eve Beglarian

    Apollo Chamber Players

    Joan DerHovsepian, viola

    Arsen Petrosyan, duduk

    Pejman Hadadi, percussion

    17:49
  • 3:07 AM

    Memory Game: Migration

    Meredith Monk

    Meredith Monk & Vocal Ensemble

    7:40
  • 3:01 AM

    The Snow

    Redi Hasa

    The Stolen Cello

    Redi Hasa, cello

    4:32
  • 2:53 AM

    Dreams of Love No. 3 (Liebestraum)

    Franz Liszt

    Jutta Zoff, harp

    5:14
  • 2:46 AM

    My Mind is Still

    Nainita Desai

    Voces8

    Thomas Gould, violin

    Leif Kaner-Lidstrom, piano

    Elsa Bradley, vibraphone

    5:34
  • 2:19 AM

    Idyll for String Orchestra

    Leos Janacek

    Janacek: Idyll; Mladi

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    26:28
  • 2:06 AM

    Flute Sonata

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Flute Sonatas

    Andrea Oliva, flute

    11:11
  • 2:01 AM

    Pieces from the Lumley Part Books (selections)

    Anonymous

    Fretwork

    4:27
  • 1:51 AM

    Overture No. 1

    Louise Farrenc

    European Soloists, Luxembourg

    Christoph Konig, conductor

    6:59
  • 1:23 AM

    Piano Trio No. 3

    Robert Schumann

    Robert Schumann: Complete Piano Trios, Quartet & Quintet

    Trio Wanderer

    26:13
  • 1:16 AM

    Mr. John Langton's Pavan

    John Dowland

    Dowland: Musicke for the Lute

    Paul O'Dette, lute

    5:47
  • 1:06 AM

    Concert Waltz No. 1

    Alexander Glazunov

    Russian State Symphony Orchestra

    Valery Polyansky, conductor

    9:11
  • 1:01 AM

    Sonata No. 8

    Henry Purcell

    Purcell Quartet

    4:49
  • 11:52 PM

    Rondo a Capriccio (Rage Over a Lost Penny)

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Alice Sara Ott: Beethoven Piano Sonatas

    Alice Sara Ott, piano

    6:20
  • 11:45 PM

    Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra

    Allen Tinkham, conductor

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    Demarre McGill, flute

    6:08
  • 11:30 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Classical"

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Symphonies Nos, 1 & 5

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    13:44
  • 11:25 PM

    Startin' Sumthin'

    Jeff Scott

    Startin' Sumthin'

    Imani Winds

    4:50
  • 11:12 PM

    Concerto Italiano

    Rinaldo Alessandrini, conductor

    11:32
  • 11:06 PM

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    5:21
  • 11:01 PM

    Abbywood Trail

    Dale Kavanagh

    Guitar Gala Night

    Dale Kavanagh, guitar

    4:44
  • 10:53 PM

    Bird Songs at Eventide

    Eric Coates

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Wilson, conductor

    4:55
  • 10:42 PM

    Magnolia Suite: Part 1

    Nathaniel Dett

    Clipper Erickson, piano

    10:44
  • 10:24 PM

    Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2

    Maurice Ravel

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    16:47
  • 10:19 PM

    Hear, Heaven's Creator

    Thorkell Sigurbjornsson

    Voces8: Infinity

    Voces8

    3:34
  • 10:06 PM

    Fair Melusina Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    11:28
  • 9:50 PM

    Rondo for Cello and Orchestra

    Charles Stanford

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    Gemma Rosefield, cello

    8:25
  • 9:45 PM

    The Harmonious Blacksmith

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Keyboard Suites 2

    Philip Edward Fisher, piano

    4:43
  • 9:28 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Johann Neruda

    Baroque Trumpet Concertos

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    Sergei Nakariakov, trumpet

    15:14
  • 9:20 PM

    Eugene Onegin: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    6:41
  • 9:10 PM

    Middleground

    Shelley Washington

    PUBLIQuartet

    9:16
  • 9:06 PM

    Our Town: Grover's Corners

    Aaron Copland

    London Sinfonietta

    Elgar Howarth, conductor

    2:55
  • 9:03 PM

    Three Piano Pieces: Dance

    Zara Levina

    Maria Lettberg, piano

    2:46
  • 8:48 PM

    Gloriana: Courtly Dances

    Benjamin Britten

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    9:59
  • 8:22 PM

    Symphony No. 1

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonien 1-9

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    24:43
  • 8:16 PM

    The Piano: The Heart Asks Pleasure First

    Michael Nyman

    Paris Chamber Orchestra

    Adrien Perruchon, conductor

    Gautier Capucon, cello

    3:39
  • 8:06 PM

    Variations and finale on "Clair de la Lune"

    Charles Lucien Lambert

    Yi-Chun Sunny Kuo, piano

    9:40
  • 8:01 PM

    Harp Consort No. 3

    William Lawes

    Lawes: Harp Consorts

    Les Voix Humaines

    Maxine Eilander, harp

    4:40
  • 5:43 PM

    Suite for Violin and String Orchestra

    Laura Netzel

    Laura Netzel: Chamber Portrait

    Musica Vitae

    Malin Broman, conductor

    Malin Broman, violin

    15:01
  • 5:26 PM

    Concertino for Clarinet and Bassoon

    Franz Danzi

    New Era

    Potsdam Chamber Academy

    Andreas Ottensamer, clarinet

    15:56
  • 5:12 PM

    The Butterfly's Ball

    Frederic Cowen

    Slovak State Phiharmonic, Kosice

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    11:48
  • 5:06 PM

    Minuet Antique

    Maurice Ravel

    Haydn, Ravel, Stravinsky

    Tesla Quartet

    5:44
  • 5:01 PM

    Sinfonia: 3rd movement

    Josef Myslivecek

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    4:38
  • 4:52 PM

    Banff Camerata

    Audrey Andrist, piano

    6:23
  • 4:21 PM

    Symphonic Dances

    Edvard Grieg

    Edvard Grieg

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    28:41
  • 4:18 PM

    A Bird Song

    Edvard Grieg

    Edvard Grieg: Songs from the Heart

    Melissa Holm-Johansen, soprano

    2:32
  • 4:09 PM

    3 Balletti e Correnti

    Giovanni Legrenzi

    La Serenissima

    Adrian Chandler, conductor

    Adrian Chandler, violin

    7:27
  • 4:06 PM

    Lieutenant Kije: Troika

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kije Suite, Symphony No. 5

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    2:43
  • 4:01 PM

    Nonetto: 4th movement

    Bohuslav Martinu

    Lahti Chamber Ensemble

    4:49
  • 3:50 PM

    Negro Folk Symphony: O, Le' Me Shine, Shine Like A Morning Star!

    William Dawson

    Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Arthur Fagen, conductor

    8:14
  • 3:24 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 15

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos 6, 15 & 27

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Pierre-Laurent Aimard, conductor

    Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano

    24:55
  • 3:18 PM

    Kremerata Baltica

    Gidon Kremer, conductor

    Gidon Kremer, violin

    5:42
  • 3:06 PM

    My Home Overture

    Antonin Dvorak

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Istvan Kertesz, conductor

    9:31
  • 3:01 PM

    Pastoral Suite: Villagers' Dance

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Chabrier: Orchestral Works

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    4:37
  • 2:55 PM

    The Gadfly: Romance

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Le Cinema

    Gidon Kremer, violin

    Oleg Maisenberg, piano

    3:00
  • 2:53 PM

    Smile

    Charlie Chaplin

    Le Cinema

    Gidon Kremer, violin

    Oleg Maisenberg, piano

    3:00
  • 2:12 PM

    Cello Concerto

    Antonin Dvorak

    Alisa Weilerstein - Dvorak

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    Alisa Weilerstein, cello

    38:34
  • 2:07 PM

    Ashokan Farewell

    Jay Ungar

    Stillpoint

    Adagio Trio

    5:11
  • 1:59 PM

    Linde Consort

    6:05
  • 1:48 PM

    Marche Slave

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Symphonic Spectacular

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    9:09
  • 1:40 PM

    Symphony No. 5: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    6:06
  • 1:35 PM

    Symphony No. 5: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    6:06
  • 1:31 PM

    Sonatina: Scherzo

    Antonin Dvorak

    Roots

    Randall Goosby, violin

    3:01
  • 1:26 PM

    Die Zwillingsbruder: Overture

    Franz Schubert

    Prague Sinfonia

    Christian Benda, conductor

    3:54
  • 1:17 PM

    St. Matthew Passion: Erbarme dich

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Simply Baroque

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    7:18
  • 1:09 PM

    Fable of a Wistful Night

    Leokadia Myszynska-Woyciechowska

    Magdalena Lisak, piano

    4:42
  • 1:04 PM

    Symphony No. 94 "Surprise": Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 45 & 94; Horn Concerto No. 1

    London Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Warren-Green, conductor

    3:44
  • 12:50 PM

    Four South African Folktunes

    Traditional

    National Symphony Orchestra of the S.A.B.C.

    Peter Marchbank, conductor

    7:42
  • 12:45 PM

    Well Hall

    John Playford

    Baltimore Consort

    4:02
  • 12:40 PM

    Pelleas and Melisande: Sicilienne

    Gabriel Faure

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    Han-Na Chang, cello

    3:37
  • 12:30 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 13: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 13 & 14

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    9:10
  • 12:24 PM

    Three Etudes

    Fernando Sor

    Sor: 24 Progressive Etudes; 6 Little Pieces

    Norbert Kraft, guitar

    4:42
  • 12:21 PM

    momentary

    Olafur Arnalds

    Voces8: Infinity

    Voces8

    Olafur Arnalds, electronics

    2:46
  • 12:07 PM

    Gondoliers Overture

    Arthur Sullivan

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    6:53
  • 12:04 PM

    The King's Hunting Jig

    John Bull

    Music for the Courts of Europe

    Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

    2:02
  • 11:46 AM

    Triple Concerto: Rondo alla Polacca

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Christian Zacharias, piano

    12:51
  • 11:42 AM

    Song without Words No. 3 "Hunting Song"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Bach-Busoni, Mendelssohn, Schubert, Liszt: Music without Words

    Murray Perahia, piano

    2:02
  • 11:33 AM

    Morning, Noon, and Night in Vienna

    Franz von Suppe

    Vienna Soiree

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    8:08
  • 11:29 AM

    Miniature Viennese March

    Fritz Kreisler

    Inventions

    Renaud Capucon, violin

    3:14
  • 11:26 AM

    La Bersan (The Lord of Bersan)

    Francois Couperin

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    2:47
  • 11:20 AM

    Scherzo Final

    Mel Bonis

    Mel Bonis: Chamber Music with Flute

    Tatjana Ruhland, flute

    4:05
  • 11:17 AM

    String Sextet No. 1: Scherzo

    Johannes Brahms

    Cypress String Quartet

    Barry Shiffman, violin

    Zuill Bailey, cello

    3:10
  • 11:09 AM

    Concerto for Four Violins

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    6:20
  • 11:04 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3: Air on the G String

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Serenade

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    3:56
  • 10:51 AM

    Symphony No. 2: 2nd movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonies, Vol. 2

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Edward Gardner, conductor

    7:44
  • 10:37 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 1

    Arcangelo Corelli

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    11:40
  • 10:33 AM

    Cantigas de Santiago: Non e gran cousa se sabe

    Stephen Goss

    David Russell, guitar

    3:59
  • 10:21 AM

    Unter bluhenden Linden

    Lou Koster

    Estro Armonico Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra

    Jonathan Kaell, conductor

    10:53
  • 10:18 AM

    Three Favorite Airs: Air Andantino Brillante

    Sophia Dussek

    Kyunghee Kim-Sutre, harp

    2:53
  • 10:14 AM

    Novelette No. 1

    Francis Poulenc

    Vento Chiaro

    2:37
  • 10:06 AM

    Brook Green Suite

    Gustav Holst

    New Zealand Chamber Orchestra

    Nicholas Braithwaite, conductor

    7:07
  • 10:01 AM

    Suite for Strings: Prelude

    Joan Trimble

    Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Fionnuala Hunt, conductor

    4:46
  • 9:42 AM

    Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yakov Kreizberg, conductor

    Julia Fischer, violin

    16:05
  • 9:41 AM

    Two-Part Invention No. 8

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Inventions and Sinfonias

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    :44
  • 9:17 AM

    Trio for Oboe, Horn, and Piano

    Heinrich von Herzogenberg

    Songs of the Reeds

    Albrecht Mayer, oboe

    22:17
  • 9:06 AM

    The Distant Princess

    Nikolai Tcherepnin

    The Enchanted Kingdom

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    9:09
  • 9:01 AM

    String Quartet No. 1: Menuetto

    Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf

    Franz Schubert Quartet

    4:47
  • 8:26 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Frank Martin

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Thierry Fischer, conductor

    Baiba Skride, violin

    32:48
  • 8:20 AM

    Intermezzo No. 6

    Johannes Brahms

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    5:11
  • 8:12 AM

    Nox Aurumque

    Eric Whitacre

    Light & Gold

    Eric Whitacre Singers

    Eric Whitacre, conductor

    6:16
  • 8:06 AM

    The Beatitudes

    Vladimir Martynov

    Music Of Vladimir Martynov

    Kronos Quartet

    5:26
  • 8:01 AM

    Sarabande: For Katharine in April

    Ron Nelson

    Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra

    Howard Hanson, conductor

    4:53
  • 7:46 AM

    Serenade No. 6 "Serenata Notturna"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Jeffrey Tate / English Chamber Orchestra

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    12:59
  • 7:38 AM

    A Dream in the Forest (Un Sueno en la Floresta)

    Agustin Barrios

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    7:02
  • 7:24 AM

    Everything Lasts Forever

    Michael Kurth

    Michael Kurth: Everything Lasts Forever

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Spano, conductor

    13:23
  • 7:06 AM

    Rondo for Violin and Piano

    Franz Schubert

    Isaac Stern, violin

    Daniel Barenboim, piano

    16:00
  • 7:01 AM

    Flowers of the Forest

    Anonymous

    Baltimore Consort

    4:35
  • 6:26 AM

    Emerson String Quartet

    32:52
  • 6:22 AM

    Cinema Paradiso: Love Theme

    Ennio Morricone

    Morricone 60

    Czech National Symphony Orchestra

    Ennio Morricone, conductor

    3:30
  • 6:07 AM

    Fantasy on French Folk Themes

    Vincent d'Indy

    Wurttemberg Philharmonic

    Jean-Marc Burfin, conductor

    Philippe Cousu, oboe

    13:38
  • 6:01 AM

    Eventide

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Elgar and Vaughan Williams

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    George Hurst, conductor

    4:52
  • 5:55 AM

    Sei Sei

    Kaki King

    Kaki King, guitar

    3:53
  • 5:41 AM

    Prince of Clouds

    Anna Clyne

    Two x Four

    Curtis 20/21 Ensemble

    Vinay Parameswaran, conductor

    Jennifer Koh, violin

    13:30
  • 5:13 AM

    Piano Trio No. 2

    Emilie Mayer

    Trio Vivente

    25:41
  • 5:06 AM

    Oboe Sonata

    George Frideric Handel

    G. F. Handel: Recorder & Oboe Sonatas

    Amarillis

    Heloise Gaillard, oboe

    6:07
  • 5:01 AM

    Lyric Waltz

    Jean Sibelius

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:49