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  • 4:46 AM

    Poema concertante

    Xavier Montsalvatge

    North German Radio Philharmonic

    Celso Antunes, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    12:29
  • 4:36 AM

    Distant Festivals

    Federico Mompou

    Pierre Huybregts, piano

    9:05
  • 4:32 AM

    Freedom is the purest gold

    Carl Nielsen

    Carl Nielsen: Songs For Choir

    Ars Nova Copenhagen

    Michael Bojesen, conductor

    3:55
  • 4:06 AM

    Harp Concerto

    Nino Rota

    Nino Rota

    Montreal Metropolitan Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Jennifer Swartz, harp

    24:21
  • 4:01 AM

    Elegy

    Alla Pavlova

    Alla Pavlova: Symphony No. 5; Elegy

    Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra

    Vladimir Ziva, conductor

    Andrei Korobeinikov, piano

    4:36
  • 3:48 AM

    Negro Folk Symphony: Hope in the Night

    William Dawson

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    9:51
  • 3:40 AM

    Sonata No. 9 "The Golden Sonata"

    Henry Purcell

    Purcell: Ten Sonatas (1697)

    London Baroque

    6:38
  • 3:34 AM

    By Night

    Sophie Hutchings

    Night Sky

    Sophie Hutchings, piano

    5:24
  • 3:15 AM

    Serenade for Strings "Nachtmusik"

    Richard Heuberger

    RIAS Sinfonietta

    Jiri Starek, conductor

    17:30
  • 3:06 AM

    El canto del ruisenor (The Song of the Nightingale)

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Sarasate

    Julia Fischer, violin

    8:20
  • 3:01 AM

    Herbstlied (Autumn Song)

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Phoenix in Flight

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Kirk Trevor, conductor

    Richard Stoltzman, clarinet

    4:41
  • 2:48 AM

    Prelude, Fugue, and Variation

    Cesar Franck

    Awadagin Pratt, piano

    10:20
  • 2:21 AM

    Variations, Chaconne and Finale

    Norman Dello Joio

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Sedares, conductor

    25:37
  • 2:06 AM

    Suite in the Old Style

    Christian Sinding

    Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    Henning Kraggerud, violin

    12:47
  • 2:01 AM

    Memories of the Alhambra

    Francisco Tarrega

    Albeniz, Granados, Tarrega, Turina Etc.

    Eduardo Fernandez, guitar

    4:39
  • 1:45 AM

    Poema Autunnale (Autumn Poem)

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Concerto Gregoriano, Poema Autunnale

    Singapore Symphony Orchestra

    Choo Hoey, conductor

    Takako Nishizaki, violin

    13:32
  • 1:35 AM

    Ecce beatam lucem

    Alessandro Striggio

    Utopia Triumphans

    Huelgas Ensemble

    Paul van Nevel, conductor

    9:10
  • 1:14 AM

    Nocturnal Dances of Don Juanquixote (Chamber Music III)

    Aulis Sallinen

    Sallinen: Violin Concerto; Don Juanquixote, etc.

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    Torleif Thedeen, cello

    20:34
  • 1:09 AM

    Le Chat Noir

    Elena Kats-Chernin

    Tamara-Anna Cislowska, piano

    2:53
  • 1:06 AM

    Heart of a Dog: Flow

    Laurie Anderson

    Laurie Anderson, violin

    2:13
  • 1:01 AM

    Chaconne

    John Blow

    Chaconne

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    4:33
  • 12:33 AM

    A Child's Reliquary

    Richard Danielpour

    Vermont Symphony Orchestra

    Sarah Hicks, conductor

    Jaime Laredo, violin

    Sharon Robinson, cello

    25:43
  • 12:29 AM

    Venus Projection

    Paula Kimper

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:09
  • 12:20 AM

    The Planets: Venus

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: The Planets

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Colin Davis, conductor

    8:02
  • 12:06 AM

    Student Music: Suite

    Johann Rosenmuller

    Rosenmuller: 17th Century Instrumental and Vocal Music

    King's Noyse

    David Douglass, conductor

    12:26
  • 12:01 AM

    Two German Dances

    Franz Schubert

    Yaara Tal, piano

    Andreas Groethuysen, piano

    4:39
  • 11:50 PM

    Mignon: Overture

    Ambroise Thomas

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    8:18
  • 11:25 PM

    The Fairy's Kiss: Divertimento

    Igor Stravinsky

    London Sinfonietta

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    23:38
  • 11:13 PM

    Bassoon Concerto

    Johann Fasch

    Concerti Virtuosi

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    Dominic Teresi, bassoon

    9:15
  • 11:06 PM

    Cascay

    Francisco Pulgar Vidal

    Inca Trail Connections

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

    6:50
  • 11:01 PM

    The Sun Never Says

    Dan Forrest

    Enchanted Isle

    Voces8

    4:47
  • 10:47 PM

    Les Eolides

    Cesar Franck

    New York Philharmonic

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    11:20
  • 10:43 PM

    Seasonal Breezes: Autumn Breeze

    Rick Sowash

    Seasonal Breezes: Five Chamber Works by Rick Sowash

    Sylvan Trio

    3:38
  • 10:20 PM

    Cello Concerto No. 1

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Trondheim Soloists

    Alisa Weilerstein, cello

    21:29
  • 10:06 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Grand Pas de Deux

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    11:48
  • 10:01 PM

    Hansel and Gretel: Witch's Ride

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Fright Night

    Gurzenich Orchestra

    John Pritchard, conductor

    4:39
  • 9:42 PM

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    16:26
  • 9:20 PM

    Viola Concerto

    Franz Hoffmeister

    Stamitz, Hoffmeister: Viola Concertos

    Baltimore Chamber Orchestra

    Markand Thakar, conductor

    Victoria Chiang, viola

    20:46
  • 9:14 PM

    Cinderella: Gavotte

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Daniil Trifonov, piano

    3:09
  • 9:06 PM

    La Cenerentola (Cinderella): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    7:50
  • 9:01 PM

    Sextet: Rondo

    Luigi Gatti

    Calamus Ensemble

    4:44
  • 8:46 PM

    Tales from the Vienna Woods

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    13:13
  • 8:26 PM

    Piano Concerto

    Gabriel Pierne

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano

    18:24
  • 8:19 PM

    Serenade No. 10 "Gran Partita": Romance

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart � Salieri

    Armonia Ensemble

    5:47
  • 8:06 PM

    Unter bluhenden Linden

    Lou Koster

    Estro Armonico Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra

    Jonathan Kaell, conductor

    10:53
  • 8:01 PM

    Staatskapelle Weimar

    Peter Gulke, conductor

    4:38
  • 4:42 PM

    Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony, etc.

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Adrian Boult, conductor

    16:33
  • 4:32 PM

    Goyescas: Los requiebros (The flatterers)

    Enrique Granados

    Xiayin Wang, piano

    8:07
  • 4:22 PM

    Symphony No. 7

    John Marsh

    Marsh: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    10:01
  • 4:14 PM

    Gary Hammond, piano

    6:27
  • 4:06 PM

    Sonata for Trumpet and Strings

    Henry Purcell

    Baroque Trumpet Music

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    John Wallace, trumpet

    6:43
  • 4:01 PM

    The Wedding Waltz

    Heikki Aaltoila

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:37
  • 3:52 PM

    We Shall Overcome

    Spiritual

    The Aeolians

    The Aeolians

    Jason Max Ferdinand, conductor

    6:30
  • 3:44 PM

    Elegy - In Memoriam - Stephen Lawrence

    Philip Herbert

    Spark Catchers

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Anthony Parnther, conductor

    6:54
  • 3:14 PM

    Symphony No. 3

    Florence Price

    Women's Philharmonic

    Apo Hsu, conductor

    29:20
  • 3:06 PM

    Generations: Sinfonietta No. 2: Alla sarabande

    Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson

    Serenely Cedille: Relaxing Rarities From Chicago's Classical Label

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    5:36
  • 3:01 PM

    Prelude: 2nd movement

    William Grant Still

    New Zealand String Quartet

    Alexa Still, flute

    Susan DeWitt Smith, piano

    4:30
  • 2:39 PM

    Guitar Concerto No. 1

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Miguel Gomez Martinez, conductor

    Eduardo Fernandez, guitar

    19:49
  • 2:22 PM

    Horn Concerto

    Leopold Mozart

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Nicholas McGegan, conductor

    Alec Frank-Gemmill, horn

    14:28
  • 2:17 PM

    The Willow Tree

    Traditional

    The Lark in the Clear Air

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    2:58
  • 2:06 PM

    Rosen aus dem Suden (Roses from the South) Waltz

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    10:33
  • 2:01 PM

    Piano Trio No. 1 "Four Seasons in Belleville": Spring

    Rick Sowash

    Mirecourt Trio

    4:40
  • 1:26 PM

    String Quintet "American"

    Antonin Dvorak

    Emerson String Quartet

    Paul Neubauer, viola

    32:36
  • 1:19 PM

    Chilesotti Lutebook: 3 Dances

    Anonymous

    Canzonetta

    Paul O'Dette, lute

    4:12
  • 1:15 PM

    Valse Lente

    Henrique Oswald

    Brasileiro - Villa-Lobos & Friends / Nelson Freire

    Nelson Freire, piano

    3:04
  • 1:06 PM

    Huapango

    Jose Moncayo

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    8:00
  • 1:01 PM

    Nocturne No. 10

    Frederic Chopin

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    4:41
  • 10:45 AM

    Octet: 4th movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert Octet

    Boston Symphony Chamber Players

    12:55
  • 10:38 AM

    Farfalla (Butterfly)

    Emile Sauret

    Sauret: Violin and Piano Music - Scenes villageoises / Souvenir d'Orient / Souvenir de Los Angeles

    Michi Wiancko, violin

    7:05
  • 10:31 AM

    Bethena

    Scott Joplin

    Magnetic Rags

    Avatar Brass Ensemble

    5:28
  • 10:18 AM

    Indian Queen: selections

    Henry Purcell

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    12:40
  • 10:15 AM

    Szatmar Dances

    Sandor Veress

    Hungarian Serenade

    Offenburg String Trio

    2:31
  • 10:10 AM

    Chanson triste (Sad song)

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Queensland Symphony Orchestra

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    Takako Nishizaki, violin

    3:24
  • 10:06 AM

    Song without Words No. 29 "Venetian Gondola Song"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Javier Perianes, piano

    2:48
  • 10:01 AM

    Characteristic Suite: Scherzo

    Henry Schoenefeld

    American Romantics

    Gowanus Arts Ensemble

    Reuben Blundell, conductor

    4:51
  • 9:44 AM

    Fantasie for Piano and Orchestra

    Gabriel Faure

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos, conductor

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    14:35
  • 9:28 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 4

    Jean-Marie Leclair

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Simon Standage, violin

    13:37
  • 9:15 AM

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    Jonathan Aasgaard, cello

    11:13
  • 9:06 AM

    Two Nocturnal Impressions

    Manuel Ponce

    Musica Mexicana

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    8:35
  • 9:01 AM

    A Pile of Dust

    Johann Johannsson

    Johann Johannsson: Orphee

    Air Lyndhurst String Orchestra

    Anthony Weeden, conductor

    4:49
  • 8:29 AM

    Piano Quartet No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Quartets

    Andre Previn, piano

    29:05
  • 8:25 AM

    Valse Triste

    Reinhold Gliere

    Russian Horn Concertos

    Marie Luise Neunecker, horn

    3:25
  • 8:11 AM

    The Night Gatherers

    Judd Greenstein

    first things first

    Chiara String Quartet

    Nadia Sirota, viola

    12:54
  • 8:06 AM

    Song without Words

    John Williams

    John Williams, guitar

    4:00
  • 8:01 AM

    Orchestra of the Royal Swedish Opera

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    4:34
  • 7:42 AM

    Fountains of Rome

    Ottorino Respighi

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    15:57
  • 7:38 AM

    Two Nocturnes: Venise

    Charles Koechlin

    Belle Epoque: French Music for Winds

    Alec Frank-Gemmill, horn

    3:07
  • 7:06 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2 "La Campanella"

    Niccolo Paganini

    Paganini: Violin Concertos

    Moscow Chamber Orchestra

    Constantine Orbelian, conductor

    Ilya Grubert, violin

    30:20
  • 7:01 AM

    Let God Bring Tomorrow

    Joshua McGhee

    Where Freedom Rings: Compositions by Contemporary African American Composers

    Picasso Ensemble

    Douglas Brown, bassoon

    4:27
  • 6:55 AM

    Six Bagatelles: No. 2

    Jean Sibelius

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    2:51
  • 6:26 AM

    Symphony No. 4 "Tragic"

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Douglas Boyd, conductor

    28:13
  • 6:07 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 4

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Discovering Dutch Ensembles

    Liza Ferschtman, violin

    17:55
  • 6:01 AM

    Sarabanda

    Nino Rota

    L'arpa notturna

    Elisabeth Plank, harp

    4:51
  • 5:11 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    Leon Fleisher, piano

    47:18
  • 5:06 AM

    We Shall Walk Through the Valley

    Undine Smith Moore

    Dance Like the Wind: Music of Today's Black Composers

    VocalEssence

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    2:53
  • 5:01 AM

    She Walks in Beauty

    Toby Hession

    Enchanted Isle

    Voces8

    4:49