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  • 4:35 AM

    Symphony No. 6

    William Banfield

    Childs, B: The Distant Land, etc.

    Akron Symphony Orchestra

    Alan Balter, conductor

    22:51
  • 4:28 AM

    Be Still and Know

    Carlos Simon

    My Ancestor's Gift

    Phoebe Wu, piano

    6:28
  • 4:18 AM

    Dynamics of Vanishing Bodies: Auras

    Brendon Randall-Myers

    Dither

    8:06
  • 4:06 AM

    Quiet Reflections

    Jack Gallagher

    London Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    12:01
  • 4:01 AM

    Benedicta es celorum

    Anonymous Medieval

    Words of the Angel

    Trio Mediaeval

    4:47
  • 3:33 AM

    String Quartet No. 6

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Pacifica String Quartet

    25:35
  • 3:18 AM

    Birdflight

    Christopher Gunning

    Gunning: Violin & Cello Concertos - Birdflight

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Christopher Gunning, conductor

    12:13
  • 3:15 AM

    light moving

    David Lang

    In 27 Pieces: The Hilary Hahn Encores

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    2:48
  • 3:06 AM

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Olari Elts, conductor

    7:40
  • 3:01 AM

    Kasia Kadlubowska, percussion

    Dominik Bukowski, percussion

    4:36
  • 2:47 AM

    Coincident Dances

    Jessie Montgomery

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    11:42
  • 2:41 AM

    My Mind is Still

    Nainita Desai

    Voces8

    Thomas Gould, violin

    Leif Kaner-Lidstrom, piano

    Elsa Bradley, vibraphone

    5:34
  • 2:23 AM

    Clarinet Concerto

    Aaron Copland

    Australian Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Tognetti, conductor

    Martin Frost, clarinet

    Lucy Reeves, harp

    Benjamin Martin, piano

    16:05
  • 2:06 AM

    Printemps (Spring)

    Claude Debussy

    Radio Luxembourg Orchestra

    Louis de Froment, conductor

    15:17
  • 2:01 AM

    String Quartet No. 1: 3rd movement

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Villa-Lobos String Quartets, Vol. 1

    Cuarteto Latinoamericano

    4:51
  • 1:40 AM

    Divertimento

    Michael Ippolito

    C/O Chamber Orchestra

    18:21
  • 1:22 AM

    The Love for Three Oranges: Suite

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Kansas City Symphony

    Michael Stern, conductor

    16:04
  • 1:17 AM

    Sandy's Portrait: Toccata

    Sergio Assad

    Cantigas de Santiago

    David Russell, guitar

    3:46
  • 1:06 AM

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    10:00
  • 1:01 AM

    Concertino for Horn: Polacca

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    4:47
  • 12:54 AM

    Berceuse (Lullaby)

    Frederic Chopin

    300

    Ingolf Wunder, piano

    4:22
  • 12:51 AM

    In Sentimental Mood

    Florence Price

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:30
  • 11:46 PM

    Recorder Concerto

    Giovanni Sammartini

    Baroque Journey

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Lucie Horsch, recorder

    12:24
  • 11:41 PM

    For the Beauty of the Earth

    Conrad Kocher

    A Harvest Home

    Cantus

    3:01
  • 11:21 PM

    Dolly Suite

    Gabriel Faure

    French National Radio and Television Orchestra

    Thomas Beecham, conductor

    17:55
  • 11:19 PM

    Othello Suite: Dance

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    2:16
  • 11:06 PM

    Helios Overture

    Carl Nielsen

    Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    12:01
  • 11:01 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 52: 3rd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Roman Rabinovich, piano

    4:35
  • 10:44 PM

    Sinfonia Concertante: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Pinchas Zukerman: Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon and Philips

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    13:27
  • 10:28 PM

    Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances

    Alexander Borodin

    Borodin: Symphony No. 2 in B minor, etc.

    Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor

    15:07
  • 10:25 PM

    Second Suite: Petite Waltz

    Theodore Dubois

    Sylvan Winds

    Diva Goodfriend-Koven, flute

    Mark Dover, clarinet

    Nanci Belmont, bassoon

    2:51
  • 10:18 PM

    Fragments from Hans Andersen: A leaf from the sky

    York Bowen

    Nicolas Namoradze, piano

    4:40
  • 10:06 PM

    The Seasons: Autumn

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: The Seasons, Scenes de Ballet

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    11:45
  • 10:01 PM

    String Quartet No. 1: Menuetto

    Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf

    Franz Schubert Quartet

    4:47
  • 9:50 PM

    Il Sacrifizio de Abramo: Sinfonia

    Camilla de Rossi

    Women's Philharmonic

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    JoAnn Falletta, lute

    7:39
  • 9:47 PM

    Suite No. 9: Sarabande

    Robert de Visee

    Barthold Kuijken, flute

    Arnie Tanimoto, viola da gamba

    Donald Livingston, harpsichord

    2:31
  • 9:28 PM

    Danish National Chamber Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    17:46
  • 9:20 PM

    Fiesta criolla

    Manuel Gomez Carrillo

    Fiesta Criolla: Latin-American Orchestral Works

    Wurttemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen

    Gabriel Castagna, conductor

    7:10
  • 9:14 PM

    The Cat and the Mouse

    Aaron Copland

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    4:08
  • 9:06 PM

    Die Fledermaus: Overture

    Johann StraussJr.

    Strauss: Waltzes And Overtures

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Franz Welser-Most, conductor

    7:48
  • 9:03 PM

    Round Dance (Reigen)

    David Popper

    Wendy Warner, cello

    2:36
  • 8:44 PM

    The Good-humored Ladies

    Vincenzo Tommasini

    Concert Arts Orchestra

    Robert Irving, conductor

    14:56
  • 8:26 PM

    String Quartet No. 30 "The Joke"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Emerson String Quartet

    16:08
  • 8:24 PM

    Impressions: Game

    Ulvi Cemal Erkin

    Beyza Yazgan, piano

    1:04
  • 8:10 PM

    Concertino for Oboe

    Lille Soderlundh

    A Swedish Serenade

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    Alf Nilsson, oboe

    13:13
  • 8:06 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 3

    Johannes Brahms

    Genevieve Chinn, piano

    Allen Brings, piano

    2:32
  • 8:01 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Polacca

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    4:35
  • 7:15 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble

    19:14
  • 6:11 PM

    Il viaggio a Reims (The Journey to Rheims): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    7:22
  • 5:39 PM

    Cassation

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Divertimento K 131, Cassation K 99

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    18:49
  • 5:19 PM

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Benjamin Wallfisch, conductor

    Emily Pailthorpe, oboe

    19:18
  • 5:15 PM

    Planxty O'Rourke

    Turlough O'Carolan

    Fermi's Paradox

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    2:52
  • 5:06 PM

    Morning, Noon, and Night in Vienna

    Franz von Suppe

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    7:32
  • 5:01 PM

    Schnofler-Dance

    Johann Mayer

    Ensemble Bella Musica Vienna

    4:36
  • 4:39 PM

    Three Botticelli Pictures

    Ottorino Respighi

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    19:20
  • 4:35 PM

    Maids of Cadiz

    Leo Delibes

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Sebastian Lang-Lessing, conductor

    Renee Fleming, soprano

    3:25
  • 4:19 PM

    In The Bottoms Suite

    Nathaniel Dett

    Denver Oldham, piano

    14:12
  • 4:11 PM

    Scottish March (Marche ecossaise)

    Claude Debussy

    National Opera of Paris Orchestra

    Manuel Rosenthal, conductor

    6:33
  • 4:06 PM

    Concerto for 7 Trumpets and Timpani

    Johann Altenburg

    The Sound of Trumpets

    New York Trumpet Ensemble

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    4:27
  • 4:01 PM

    Symphonic Metamorphosis: March

    Paul Hindemith

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    4:35
  • 3:49 PM

    Viola Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Complete Viola D'amore Concertos

    Ars Antigua

    Rachel Barton Pine, viola d'amore

    9:09
  • 3:43 PM

    Namouna: Cigarette Waltz

    Edouard Lalo

    French National Orchestra

    Jean Martinon, conductor

    5:23
  • 3:24 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 30

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Awadagin Pratt: Beethoven Piano Sonatas

    Awadagin Pratt, piano

    18:37
  • 3:11 PM

    Soirees Musicales

    Benjamin Britten

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    11:02
  • 3:06 PM

    Molly on the Shore

    Percy Grainger

    Lincolnshire Posy

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    4:08
  • 3:01 PM

    Summer Evening: Waltz

    Oscar Merikanto

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:35
  • 2:41 PM

    Capriccio Italien

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Ports of Call

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    15:53
  • 2:35 PM

    Sonata No. 10

    Dario Castello

    Folias Festivas

    Belladonna

    5:08
  • 2:31 PM

    Suite for Flute and Piano: Scherzo

    Charles-Marie Widor

    Paris: La Belle Epoque

    Robert Langevin, flute

    2:49
  • 2:28 PM

    Two Ronnies

    Ronnie Power

    Ofra Harnoy, cello

    Fergus O'Byrne, guitar

    Mike Herriott, brass

    2:19
  • 2:08 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble

    19:14
  • 2:00 PM

    Il viaggio a Reims (The Journey to Rheims): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    7:22
  • 1:51 PM

    Clarinet Quintet: 4th movement

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Catalyst Quartet

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    7:03
  • 1:41 PM

    Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter": 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    More Mozart's Greatest Hits

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    8:18
  • 1:33 PM

    Italian Serenade

    Hugo Wolf

    Brodsky Quartet

    6:47
  • 1:30 PM

    Trio Sonata No. 9: 4th movement (Spirituoso)

    William Boyce

    Boyce: Trio Sonatas

    Parley of Instruments

    Peter Holman, conductor

    2:05
  • 1:23 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2: Presto

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1, Saint-Saens: Piano Concerto No. 2

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    Andre Watts, piano

    6:22
  • 1:17 PM

    Norma: Casta diva

    Vincenzo Bellini

    Romance Of The Violin

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Michael Stern, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    4:52
  • 1:07 PM

    Brook Green Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    6:16
  • 1:04 PM

    Dances in the Canebrakes: Nimble Feet

    Florence Price

    Project W: Works by Diverse Women Composers

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    2:34
  • 12:54 PM

    Beautiful Mazurka

    Emil Waldteufel

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    5:04
  • 12:51 PM

    Fantasy for a Gentleman: Dance

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez

    City of Granada Orchestra

    Josep Pons, conductor

    Marco Socias, guitar

    2:13
  • 12:45 PM

    Musette de Choisie and Tavernie

    Francois Couperin

    The Sun King's Paradise

    Palladian Ensemble

    5:18
  • 12:40 PM

    The Umbrellas of Cherbourg: I Will Wait for You

    Michel Legrand

    Jessye Norman, soprano

    John Williams, piano

    3:57
  • 12:35 PM

    Les Parapluies de Cherbourg (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg)

    Michel Legrand

    Cinema Serenade

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    3:44
  • 12:30 PM

    Dance of the Paper Umbrellas

    Elena Kats-Chernin

    Erica Ramallo Lucini, violin

    Marian Herrero, viola

    Simon Veis, cello

    Daniel Del Pino, piano

    3:53
  • 12:20 PM

    Carnival Overture

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Overtures

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    9:53
  • 12:16 PM

    Idomenee: Rigaudon

    Andre Campra

    Empire Brass

    Robert Woods, conductor

    Michael Murray, organ

    2:52
  • 12:10 PM

    Symphony No. 104 "London": Minuet

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos 101 The Clock and 104 London

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    4:39
  • 12:04 PM

    The English Patient: Convento di Sant'Anna

    Gabriel Yared

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    4:41
  • 11:48 AM

    Women's Philharmonic

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    10:31
  • 11:44 AM

    Die Forelle (The Trout)

    Franz Schubert

    Mischa Maisky, cello

    Daria Hovora, piano

    2:08
  • 11:35 AM

    In the Steppes of Central Asia

    Alexander Borodin

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    7:25
  • 11:30 AM

    Sextet for Winds: Rondo

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Music for Winds

    David Shifrin, clarinet

    3:42
  • 11:21 AM

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

    William Dawson

    Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Arthur Fagen, conductor

    8:14
  • 11:18 AM

    Chamber Music: Pastorale

    Paul Ben-Haim

    Embracing the Wind

    Aureole Trio

    2:46
  • 11:08 AM

    Images for Orchestra: Rondes de printemps (Spring Rounds)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Images, etc.

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    8:20
  • 11:04 AM

    Morning Song

    Edward Elgar

    And the Bridge is Love: English Music for Strings

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Julian Lloyd Webber, conductor

    Julian Lloyd Webber, cello

    3:09
  • 10:47 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 4: 1st movement

    Johann Baptist Cramer

    Cramer: Piano Concertos Nos. 4 and 5

    London Mozart Players

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    Howard Shelley, piano

    11:55
  • 10:29 AM

    Concerto for 2 Orchestras No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    15:42
  • 10:21 AM

    Alborada del Gracioso (Morning Song of the Jester)

    Maurice Ravel

    Suites

    French National Radio and Television Orchestra

    Leopold Stokowski, conductor

    7:23
  • 10:17 AM

    Miao Mountain Morning

    Chen Gang

    Chinasong | Shanghai Quartet

    Shanghai Quartet

    3:52
  • 10:09 AM

    Toute vie

    Lou Koster

    Estro Armonico Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra

    Jonathan Kaell, conductor

    6:05
  • 10:06 AM

    Bagatelles: Allegretto scherzando (3)

    Antonin Dvorak

    Takacs Quartet

    Gabor Ormai, harmonium

    3:01
  • 10:01 AM

    Suite of Dances No. 6

    Johann Ernst Rieck

    Stradivaria

    4:45
  • 9:43 AM

    Little Suite

    Carl Nielsen

    Orchestra of the Mill

    Andrew Penny, conductor

    15:12
  • 9:29 AM

    Swedish Rhapsody No. 1 "Midsummer Vigil"

    Hugo Alfven

    Sibelius: Finlandia, Valse Triste; Grieg: Sigurd Jorsalfar

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    13:13
  • 9:24 AM

    Trio Mediaeval

    2:11
  • 9:06 AM

    Scenes from Childhood

    Robert Schumann

    Mirian Conti, piano

    17:38
  • 9:01 AM

    Sextet: Rondo

    Luigi Gatti

    Calamus Ensemble

    4:44
  • 8:50 AM

    Byblos, The Old City

    Bechara El-Khoury

    Hope

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hope, violin

    8:21
  • 8:38 AM

    Kanon Pokajanen (Canon of Repentance): Prayer

    Arvo Part

    Arvo Part: Kanon Pokajanen

    Estonian Chamber Choir

    Tonu Kaljuste, conductor

    10:54
  • 8:12 AM

    Church Windows

    Ottorino Respighi

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    24:59
  • 8:06 AM

    Evening Rhapsody (Abends-Rhapsodie)

    Joachim Raff

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Francesco d'Avalos, conductor

    5:10
  • 8:01 AM

    The Bells of St. Genevieve

    Marin Marais

    Strings! The Definitive Collection

    Guildhall Strings

    4:47
  • 7:51 AM

    Scenes from the Poet's Dreams: Summer Shimmers Across the Glass of Green Ponds

    Jennifer Higdon

    Lark Quartet

    Gary Graffman, piano

    6:58
  • 7:06 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Lisa Batiashvili, conductor

    Lisa Batiashvili, violin

    43:34
  • 7:01 AM

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    4:25
  • 6:55 AM

    Prelude to a Song

    John Williams

    John Williams, guitar

    3:20
  • 6:16 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "A Pastoral Symphony"

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 3 "Pastoral", Symphony No. 4

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    Heather Harper, soprano

    38:07
  • 6:06 AM

    Ballad

    Amy Beach

    Anna Shelest, piano

    8:27
  • 6:01 AM

    Chacony (Chaconne)

    Henry Purcell

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    4:33
  • 5:52 AM

    Tippett Quartet

    Mark van de Wiel, clarinet

    6:36
  • 5:30 AM

    Concerto for Cello and Strings

    Dobrinka Tabakova

    Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra

    Maxim Rysanov, conductor

    Kristina Blaumane, cello

    20:50
  • 5:24 AM

    Musical Moment No. 3

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Xiayin Wang, piano

    5:58
  • 5:20 AM

    Saint Petersburg Etchings: Romance

    Yuriy Smirnov

    White Nights Serenades

    Anton Baranov, guitar

    2:42
  • 5:01 AM

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    Zuill Bailey, cello

    4:50