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  • 4:49 AM

    Alleluia and Fugue for Strings

    Alan Hovhaness

    Hovhaness: Mysterious Mountain; And God Created Great Whales

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    9:18
  • 4:12 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Charles Ives

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    35:37
  • 4:06 AM

    First Xinjiang Dance

    Ding Shan-de

    Shanghai Philharmonic

    Cao Peng, conductor

    5:01
  • 4:01 AM

    A Scotts Tune; A Scots Tune; Swit Sant Nickola

    Anonymous Scottish

    softLOUD

    Sean Shibe, guitar

    4:49
  • 3:44 AM

    Calidore String Quartet

    14:25
  • 3:22 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    Lang Lang, piano

    20:50
  • 3:06 AM

    The Winter's Tale Overture

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    West Australian Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Penny, conductor

    13:23
  • 3:01 AM

    Songs of the Auvergne: Shepherd's Song

    Joseph Canteloube

    Canteloube: Chants D'auvergne / Upshaw, Nagano

    Lyon Opera Orchestra

    Kent Nagano, conductor

    Dawn Upshaw, soprano

    4:41
  • 2:47 AM

    Ashley Bathgate, cello

    11:26
  • 2:22 AM

    Clarinet Concerto

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen: Clarinet and Flute Concertos

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    23:31
  • 2:15 AM

    Avos Chamber Orchestra

    Alessio Pianelli, cello

    5:02
  • 2:06 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Carl Friedrich Abel

    Cantilena

    Adrian Shepherd, conductor

    8:17
  • 2:01 AM

    String Quartet No. 2: Scherzo

    Alexander Borodin

    Cleveland Quartet

    4:46
  • 1:51 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Peter Damm, horn

    9:02
  • 1:50 AM

    String Quartet No. 2: Scherzo

    Alexander Borodin

    Cleveland Quartet

    4:46
  • 1:49 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Peter Damm, horn

    9:02
  • 1:43 AM

    Carolan's Concerto

    Turlough O'Carolan

    Italian Concerto

    Harp Consort

    Andrew Lawrence-King, conductor

    Andrew Lawrence-King, harp

    5:17
  • 1:28 AM

    Suite for Strings

    Armstrong Gibbs

    Guildhall Strings

    Robert Salter, conductor

    14:02
  • 1:07 AM

    Petite Symphony

    Charles Gounod

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    20:00
  • 1:01 AM

    Suite No. 1 for Two Pianos: Waltz

    Anton Arensky

    Aglika Genova, piano

    Liuben Dimitrov, piano

    4:33
  • 12:50 AM

    Air and Scherzo

    Henry Cowell

    Manhattan Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Auldon Clark, conductor

    Gary Louie, saxophone

    8:06
  • 12:25 AM

    Pibroch Suite

    Alexander Mackenzie

    Scottish Fantasies for Violin & Orchestra

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Alexander Platt, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    23:37
  • 12:18 AM

    Kamarinskaya

    Mikhail Glinka

    Kabalevsky, Prokofiev, Glinka, Tchaikovsky

    San Diego Chamber Orchestra

    Donald Barra, conductor

    6:09
  • 12:06 AM

    Chamber Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Musica Pacifica

    10:20
  • 12:01 AM

    Bees and Bumblebees

    Eugene Arcade Dede

    Gowanus Arts Ensemble

    Reuben Blundell, conductor

    4:33
  • 11:47 PM

    Viennese Waltzes

    Emma Kodaly

    Hiroko Ishimoto, piano

    9:58
  • 11:27 PM

    Concert Piece for Four Horns

    Robert Schumann

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    18:47
  • 11:19 PM

    Symphony No. 39: Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Ensemble Appassionato

    Mathieu Herzog, conductor

    5:32
  • 11:14 PM

    Spring Festival Overture

    Huan Zhi Li

    Jin-xuan Yan, Huan Zhi Li & Wei Qu: Orchestral Music

    Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kektjiang Lim, conductor

    5:02
  • 11:06 PM

    L'Italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Frans Bruggen, conductor

    8:06
  • 11:01 PM

    Flute Concerto: 1st movement

    Jacques Ibert

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Susan Milan, flute

    4:38
  • 10:42 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "Great": 1st movement

    Franz Schubert

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    16:21
  • 10:31 PM

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    8:49
  • 10:18 PM

    Concerto No. 7

    Pietro Locatelli

    Raglan Baroque Players

    Elizabeth Wallfisch, conductor

    11:11
  • 10:13 PM

    Dance Suite after Couperin: Sarabande

    Richard Strauss

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Rudolf Kempe, conductor

    4:07
  • 10:06 PM

    Symphony No. 96 "Miracle": 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 96 & 101

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    7:10
  • 10:01 PM

    Discover the Wild

    Kenneth Fuchs

    Kenneth Fuchs: Point of Tranquility

    United States Coast Guard Band

    Adam Williamson, conductor

    4:43
  • 9:51 PM

    Finlandia

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Finlandia, Valse Triste; Grieg: Sigurd Jorsalfar

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    7:32
  • 9:47 PM

    Contemplation (Wie Melodien zieht es mir)

    Johannes Brahms

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Harding, conductor

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    3:20
  • 9:30 PM

    La Serenissima

    Adrian Chandler, conductor

    14:49
  • 9:27 PM

    La rosa roja (The Red Rose)

    Oscar Hernandez

    El Canto Quiere Ser Luz: Cuban Choral Music

    Cuban National Chorus

    Digna Guerra, conductor

    2:17
  • 9:17 PM

    Islamey (Oriental Fantasy)

    Mily Balakirev

    Natasha

    Natasha Paremski, piano

    8:30
  • 9:06 PM

    Bartered Bride: Dances

    Bedrich Smetana

    The Moldau

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    10:44
  • 9:03 PM

    The Seasons: September (The Hunt)

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Moscow Chamber Orchestra

    Constantine Orbelian, conductor

    2:41
  • 8:49 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Sinfonia Espansiva": 4th movement

    Carl Nielsen

    Seattle Symphony

    Thomas Dausgaard, conductor

    9:14
  • 8:45 PM

    Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Pachelbel: Canon / Albinoni: Adagio / Bach / Molter / Bonporti

    Paillard Chamber Orchestra

    Jean-Francois Paillard, conductor

    3:57
  • 8:26 PM

    Variations on "La ci darem la mano"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Works for Piano and Orchestra

    North German Radio Elbphilharmonie Orchestra

    Krzysztof Urbanski, conductor

    Jan Lisiecki, piano

    17:28
  • 8:19 PM

    Fisherman's Song by Moonlight

    Traditional Chinese

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    Yuan Sha, guzheng

    5:00
  • 8:06 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    Mercury Baroque

    Antoine Plante, conductor

    11:59
  • 8:01 PM

    Suite for Violin and Piano: African Dancer

    William Grant Still

    Blues Dialogues: Music by Black Composers

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    4:34
  • 5:28 PM

    Piano Concerto

    Emilie Mayer

    New Brandenburg Phiharmonic

    Sebastian Tewinkel, conductor

    Ewa Kupiec, piano

    29:50
  • 5:14 PM

    Violin Sonata

    Josef Gurecky

    Lenka Torgersen, violin

    Vaclav Luks, harpsichord

    Libor Masek, cello

    11:42
  • 5:11 PM

    American Series: Peruvian Waltz

    Hector Ayala

    David Russell, guitar

    1:20
  • 5:06 PM

    Louise Pellerin, oboe

    Dom Andre Laberge, organ

    5:09
  • 5:01 PM

    Grand Duchess of Gerolstein: Overture

    Jacques Offenbach

    Gulbenkian Orchestra

    Michel Swierczewski, conductor

    4:33
  • 4:49 PM

    As You Like It: Suite

    Roger Quilter

    Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    9:16
  • 4:20 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos, Vol. 4

    Manchester Camerata

    Gabor Takacs-Nagy, conductor

    Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano

    27:51
  • 4:15 PM

    Isabel Bayrakdarian, soprano

    Serouj Kradjian, piano

    3:35
  • 4:06 PM

    Preziosa: Overture

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Weber: Overtures

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    7:52
  • 4:01 PM

    Daniel's Chaconne

    Ronn McFarlane

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    Carolyn Surrick, viola da gamba

    4:49
  • 3:50 PM

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    Gemma Rosefield, cello

    8:17
  • 3:44 PM

    Rondino for Winds

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Leipzig Radio Orchestra Winds

    (Selected members), conductor

    6:07
  • 3:23 PM

    Symphony No. 95

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    19:48
  • 3:11 PM

    String Quartet No. 6

    Maddalena Laura Sirmen

    Allegri String Quartet

    9:57
  • 3:06 PM

    Thais: Meditation

    Jules Massenet

    Nocturne

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Measham, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    4:07
  • 3:01 PM

    Romance

    Johann Peter Salomon

    Journey to Mozart

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hope, violin

    4:40
  • 2:55 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor

    3:24
  • 2:38 PM

    Symphony No. 2

    Muzio Clementi

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    16:33
  • 2:21 PM

    Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Don Juan, Tod und Verklarung

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Tadaaki Otaka, conductor

    15:47
  • 2:17 PM

    Children's Corner: Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum

    Claude Debussy

    Desirae Brown, piano

    Deondra Brown, piano

    2:25
  • 2:09 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 3

    Johann Quantz

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Barry Tuckwell, horn

    7:10
  • 2:02 PM

    Minuet Antique

    Maurice Ravel

    Haydn, Ravel, Stravinsky

    Tesla Quartet

    5:44
  • 1:45 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 2

    Anne-Louise Brillon de Jouy

    Nicolas Horvath, piano

    8:45
  • 1:36 PM

    The Planets: Mars

    Gustav Holst

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    6:45
  • 1:30 PM

    Jaws: Suite

    John Williams

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Williams, conductor

    5:01
  • 1:22 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 6

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Patrick Gallois, flute

    7:20
  • 1:18 PM

    Swan Lake: Neapolitan Dance

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 5, Swan Lake

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    2:10
  • 1:11 PM

    Spanish Dance No. 5 "Andaluza"

    Enrique Granados

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Fionnuala Hunt, conductor

    Fionnuala Hunt, violin

    4:32
  • 1:05 PM

    Sinfonia No. 3: 3rd movement

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Gli Incogniti

    Amandine Beyer, conductor

    4:51
  • 12:50 PM

    Symphony No. 7: 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven 5 And 7

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Manfred Honeck, conductor

    8:58
  • 12:46 PM

    Venezuelan Dance (Seis por derecho)

    Antonio Lauro

    Romance de Amor

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    3:00
  • 12:34 PM

    Rondo Brilliant

    Felix Mendelssohn

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    Stephen Hough, piano

    10:45
  • 12:25 PM

    Suite "Water Piece"

    George Frideric Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    7:18
  • 12:21 PM

    Rotten Row

    Angela Morley

    Philharmonic Concert Orchestra

    Iain Sutherland, conductor

    2:24
  • 12:18 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 10

    Johannes Brahms

    Moskowski

    Esther Budiardjo, piano

    2:05
  • 12:08 PM

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    8:25
  • 12:04 PM

    Carnival of the Animals: The Swan

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Inspiration

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestral Cellos

    Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla, conductor

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    2:34
  • 11:54 AM

    My Soul's Been Anchored in the Lord

    Traditional

    Concert Recording

    VocalEssence Ensemble Singers

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    3:32
  • 11:48 AM

    Folk Suite No. 4

    William Grant Still

    Get on Board

    Sierra Winds

    4:59
  • 11:40 AM

    Symphony No. 5: 1st movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonies 5 & 8

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    7:07
  • 11:33 AM

    Sleeping Beauty: Bluebird pas de deux

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Stravinsky: Le Baiser de la Fee, etc.

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    5:30
  • 11:30 AM

    Cupid's Fancy

    R.J. Mitchell

    A Wedding By the Lake

    Four Voices String Quartet

    2:19
  • 11:23 AM

    Prelude Baroque

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Piano Works, Vol. 5

    Stefan Irmer, piano

    6:22
  • 11:16 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 6: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 4, 5, 6

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    6:11
  • 11:10 AM

    Budapest Strings

    Lajos Lencses, oboe

    3:51
  • 11:04 AM

    Pastoral Suite: Scherzo-valse

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Chabrier: Espana, Etc / Gardiner, Wiener Philharmoniker

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    5:20
  • 10:50 AM

    Piano Trio No. 1: 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: The Piano Trios

    Beaux Arts Trio

    8:01
  • 10:35 AM

    Symphony No. 11

    Michael Haydn

    Michael Haydn: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    14:07
  • 10:19 AM

    Irish Rhapsody

    Victor Herbert

    Victor Herbert: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 and 2

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    15:47
  • 10:15 AM

    Spatter the Dew

    Traditional Irish

    Message of the Sea: Celtic Music for Guitar

    David Russell, guitar

    3:09
  • 10:10 AM

    Ae Romeser

    Traditional Danish

    Last Leaf

    Danish String Quartet

    4:02
  • 10:06 AM

    Our Town: Grover's Corners

    Aaron Copland

    Essential Aaron Copland: 12 Greatest Hits

    London Sinfonietta

    Elgar Howarth, conductor

    2:56
  • 10:01 AM

    Song without Words No. 7

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Tzimon Barto: Popular Encores

    Tzimon Barto, piano

    4:44
  • 9:40 AM

    Toronto Chamber Orchestra

    Kevin Mallon, conductor

    Zhou Qian, violin

    18:24
  • 9:29 AM

    The Planets: Venus

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: The Planets; Elgar: Pomp and Cirucmstance March No. 1

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    9:33
  • 9:24 AM

    Transit of Venus

    Joby Talbot

    Jess Gillam: Rise

    Jess Gillam Ensemble

    Jess Gillam, soprano saxophone

    4:16
  • 9:06 AM

    Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Ballet And Dance Music

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    15:49
  • 9:01 AM

    Trio Sonata No. 1: Gigue

    Johann Goldberg

    London Baroque

    Ingrid Seifert, violin

    Richard Gwilt, violin

    4:37
  • 8:22 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Vienna Symphony Orchestra

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    Sviatoslav Richter, piano

    36:10
  • 8:12 AM

    Fantasie

    Camille Saint-Saens

    The Romantic Harp

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    8:52
  • 8:06 AM

    Serenade No. 10 "Gran Partita": Adagio

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart

    Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival

    Alan Gilbert, conductor

    5:08
  • 8:01 AM

    Sospiri (Sighs)

    Edward Elgar

    THE BRITISH PROJECT

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla, conductor

    4:48
  • 7:37 AM

    Viola Sonata No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms and Schumann

    Patricia McCarty, viola

    21:05
  • 7:26 AM

    Concerto No. 6

    John Hebden

    Cantilena

    Adrian Shepherd, conductor

    9:33
  • 7:15 AM

    Serenade to Music

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    10:38
  • 7:06 AM

    Shades of Darkness: Tawny Rose

    Stefania de Kenessey

    Andiamo Chamber Ensemble

    8:09
  • 7:01 AM

    Four English Country Dances

    John Playford

    Hesperus

    4:50
  • 6:44 AM

    Etruscan Concerto

    Peggy Glanville-Hicks

    Lou Harrison: Seven Pastorales

    Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra

    Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

    Keith Jarrett, piano

    14:02
  • 6:21 AM

    Pines of Rome

    Ottorino Respighi

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    21:52
  • 6:06 AM

    Sonata No. 4

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Camerata Bern

    Thomas Furi, conductor

    13:44
  • 6:01 AM

    The Girl from Corsica

    Trevor Duncan

    British Light Music Classics - 3

    New London Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    4:39
  • 5:48 AM

    Barcarolle venetienne

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Navarra Symphony Orchestra

    Ernest Martinez Izquierdo, conductor

    Tianwa Yang, violin

    9:49
  • 5:22 AM

    Flute and Harp Concerto

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Susan Palma, flute

    Nancy Allen, harp

    26:34
  • 5:06 AM

    Enchanted Kingdom

    Nikolai Tcherepnin

    The Enchanted Kingdom

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    13:27
  • 5:01 AM

    Oboe Quartet: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Chicago Chamber Musicians

    4:46