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  • 4:26 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Aaron Jay Kernis

    Seattle Symphony

    Ludovic Morlot, conductor

    James Ehnes, violin

    32:13
  • 4:16 AM

    Baltic Sketches

    Stephen Scott

    Stephen Scott: Ice and Fire

    The Bowed Piano Ensemble

    7:57
  • 4:11 AM

    Turn to the Sea

    William Kanengiser

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    3:40
  • 4:06 AM

    Soundings: Waves

    Cindy McTee

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    4:11
  • 4:01 AM

    Moto Perpetuo

    Behzad Ranjbaran

    Sejong Soloists

    4:32
  • 3:53 AM

    Come Wander with Me

    Jeff Alexander

    Voces8

    4:02
  • 3:45 AM

    Going Home

    Rahim Alhaj

    Letters From Iraq

    Rahim AlHaj, oud

    7:39
  • 3:42 AM

    Gas Station Canon Song

    Scott Wollschleger

    Karl Larson, piano

    2:28
  • 3:22 AM

    Traveling Music

    Ken Benshoof

    25 Years

    Kronos Quartet

    18:58
  • 3:11 AM

    Music for Airports: 1/2

    Brian Eno

    Bang on a Can All-Stars

    8:54
  • 3:06 AM

    Atlas: Night Travel

    Meredith Monk

    Studio Orchestra

    Wayne Hankin, conductor

    3:15
  • 3:01 AM

    Boston String Quartet

    4:41
  • 2:52 AM

    Adolovni Acosta, piano

    6:28
  • 2:16 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2 "Characteristic"

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Prague Symphony Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    34:47
  • 2:11 AM

    Berceuse

    Frank Bridge

    Bridge, F.: Cello Sonata / 4 Short Pieces / Serenade in A Major / Berceuse / Britten, B.: Cello Sonata in C Major

    Oystein Birkeland, cello

    2:55
  • 2:06 AM

    The Beekeeper: Farewell Theme

    Eleni Karaindrou

    Camerata Orchestra

    Alexandros Myrat, conductor

    Jan Garbarek, tenor saxophone

    Eleni Karaindrou, piano

    4:22
  • 2:01 AM

    Jakob Lindberg, orpharion

    4:48
  • 1:30 AM

    Variations on a Hungarian Folksong

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    28:25
  • 1:16 AM

    Introductions, Variations and Rondo

    Fanny Hunerwadel

    Adalberto Maria Riva, piano

    12:33
  • 1:06 AM

    Impressions from the Countryside: Village Dance

    Zdenek Fibich

    Czech National Symphony Orchestra

    Marek Stilec, conductor

    7:46
  • 1:01 AM

    William Tell: Pas de Soldats (Soldiers' Dance)

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    4:31
  • 12:49 AM

    Andante and Hungarian Rondo

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Hummel, Weber: Bassoon Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Klaus Thunemann, bassoon

    9:47
  • 12:46 AM

    Raining at Sunset

    Chris Thile

    Jochen Ross, mandolin

    Jens-Uwe Popp, guitar

    2:15
  • 12:20 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 23 "Appassionata"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ingrid Fliter, piano

    24:49
  • 12:13 AM

    Strange Days (Giorni dispari)

    Ludovico Einaudi

    Ludovico Einaudi: Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    5:30
  • 12:06 AM

    Alsacian Scenes: Under the Lindens

    Jules Massenet

    Rhapsodie

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    5:28
  • 12:01 AM

    Intermezzo No. 2 "Klavierstucke"

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Late Piano Works

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    4:37
  • 11:56 PM

    Buttermilk Point: Reel

    Joan Trimble

    Bruce Posner, piano

    Donald Garvelmann, piano

    2:02
  • 11:51 PM

    London Suite: Knightsbridge March

    Eric Coates

    Eric Coates: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Wilson, conductor

    4:16
  • 11:21 PM

    Symphony No. 104 "London"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    29:06
  • 11:06 PM

    Introduction and Allegro

    Robert Schumann

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Murray Perahia, piano

    12:45
  • 11:01 PM

    L'incoronazione di Poppea: Pur ti miro

    Claudio Monteverdi

    Axiom Quartet

    4:35
  • 10:42 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 1

    Richard Strauss

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Radovan Vlatkovic, horn

    16:05
  • 10:28 PM

    Ma vlast (My Country): From Bohemia's Woods and Fields

    Bedrich Smetana

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    12:30
  • 10:22 PM

    Fantasie No. 2

    Florence Price

    Randall Goosby, violin

    Zhu Wang, piano

    5:25
  • 10:13 PM

    Concerto No. 5

    Lorenzo Zavateri

    Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

    Gottfried von der Goltz, conductor

    6:21
  • 10:06 PM

    Minuet Antique

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: The Orchestral Works

    New York Philharmonic

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    7:08
  • 9:45 PM

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, viola

    13:20
  • 9:42 PM

    Prelude

    Arno Babajanian

    Lyricism

    Catherine Manoukian, violin

    2:11
  • 9:23 PM

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Marek Stilec, conductor

    18:00
  • 9:17 PM

    Shenandoah

    Traditional

    Jeni Slotchiver, piano

    5:01
  • 9:11 PM

    The Truth About the Russian Dancers: Overture

    Arnold Bax

    Bax: Orchestral Works, Vol. 9

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    4:10
  • 9:06 PM

    Swan Lake: Russian Dance

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto, Etc

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    4:27
  • 9:01 PM

    Jazz Suite No. 1: Waltz

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich: Jazz Music

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    2:37
  • 8:45 PM

    Papillons (Butterflies)

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann

    Nelson Freire, piano

    13:00
  • 8:19 PM

    Serenade No. 4

    Robert Fuchs

    Fuchs: Serenades Nos. 3, 4 and 5

    Cologne Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Ludwig, conductor

    25:19
  • 8:12 PM

    Sabrina: Theme

    John Williams

    Recording Arts Orchestra of Los Angeles

    John Williams, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    4:52
  • 8:06 PM

    Serenade: 4th movement

    Arthur Bird

    North Texas Chamber Players

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    5:25
  • 8:01 PM

    Sonata No. 8

    Henry Purcell

    Purcell Quartet

    4:49
  • 5:46 PM

    Forest Idylls

    Vaino Raitio

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Tuomas Ollila-Hannikainen, conductor

    12:51
  • 5:42 PM

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:53
  • 5:16 PM

    Symphony No. 4

    Walter Piston

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    24:19
  • 5:06 PM

    Music of the Spheres Waltz

    Josef Strauss

    Strauss: Gala I

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    8:27
  • 5:01 PM

    Waltz after Lasse in Lyby

    Traditional

    Wood Works

    Danish String Quartet

    4:37
  • 4:48 PM

    Fantasy on a Hymn by Justin Morgan

    Thomas Canning

    Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    10:14
  • 4:17 PM

    Sinfonia Concertante

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    Yakov Kreizberg, conductor

    Julia Fischer, violin

    Gordan Nikolic, viola

    29:56
  • 4:11 PM

    Randall Goosby, violin

    Zhu Wang, piano

    3:37
  • 4:06 PM

    Giulio Cesare: V'adoro, pupille (I adore you, dear eyes)

    George Frideric Handel

    Aria

    Eugenia Zukerman, flute

    4:29
  • 4:01 PM

    Spanish Serenade

    Xaver Scharwenka

    Stephen Hough, piano

    4:32
  • 3:52 PM

    Jota de Pamplona

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Sarasate: Violin and Orchestra Music, Vol. 4

    Navarra Symphony Orchestra

    Ernest Martinez Izquierdo, conductor

    Tianwa Yang, violin

    6:43
  • 3:14 PM

    Symphony No. 3

    Johannes Brahms

    Bernstein Century - Brahms: Symphonies No 2 & 3

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    36:21
  • 3:10 PM

    Fireflies

    Amy Beach

    Alan Feinberg, piano

    2:36
  • 3:06 PM

    Ballet des Feus

    Michael Praetorius

    Michael Praetorius: Dances from Terpsichore (1612)

    Parley of Instruments

    Peter Holman, conductor

    2:48
  • 3:01 PM

    Suspicion: Prelude

    Franz Waxman

    A History Of Hitchcock: Dial M For Murder

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paul Bateman, conductor

    4:40
  • 2:22 PM

    Symphony No. 7

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    36:10
  • 2:14 PM

    Romance of the Prairie Lilies

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    6:33
  • 2:05 PM

    St. Matthew Passion: Erbarme dich

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Simply Baroque

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    7:18
  • 1:59 PM

    Romeo and Juliet: The Young Juliet

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    3:32
  • 1:38 PM

    Flute Concerto

    Wilhelm Friedemann Bach

    WF & CPE Bach, L. Hofmann: Flute Concertos

    Vienna Academy

    Martin Haselbock, conductor

    Christian Gurtner, flute

    20:16
  • 1:32 PM

    Tarantella

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    Guitar Recital: Olsen, Stein-Erik - DYENS, R. / BARRIOS MANGORE, A. / SAINZ DE LA MAZA, E. / PIAZZOLLA, A. / RUIZ-PIPO, A. / KOSHKIN, N. / DUARTE, J.

    Stein-Erik Olsen, guitar

    4:34
  • 1:21 PM

    Overture on Hebrew Themes

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    Jorja Fleezanis, violin

    Ian Swensen, violin

    Paul Neubauer, viola

    David Finckel, cello

    Anna Polonsky, piano

    9:34
  • 1:13 PM

    Run

    Michael Torke

    Javelin - the Music of Michael Torke

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    6:32
  • 1:04 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Johann Fasch

    Baroque Music for Trumpet

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    5:37
  • 12:50 PM

    The Force of Destiny: Overture

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5

    West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    7:59
  • 12:44 PM

    Brave: Fate and Destiny

    Patrick Doyle

    Brave: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    London Symphony Orchestra

    James Shearman, conductor

    4:17
  • 12:30 PM

    Celtic Concerto

    Catrin Finch

    Blessing

    Sinfonia Cymru

    John Rutter, conductor

    Catrin Finch, harp

    12:40
  • 12:27 PM

    Lyric Pieces: Sommerfugl (Butterfly)

    Edvard Grieg

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Okko Kamu, conductor

    Michala Petri, recorder

    1:39
  • 12:21 PM

    Fantasie No. 2

    Florence Price

    Randall Goosby, violin

    Zhu Wang, piano

    5:25
  • 12:10 PM

    Hungarian March

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: La Marseillaise, Etc

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    4:31
  • 12:04 PM

    Spanish March

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    2011 New Year's Concert

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Franz Welser-Most, conductor

    5:14
  • 11:49 AM

    Britannia (A Nautical Overture)

    Alexander Mackenzie

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    8:07
  • 11:34 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Barry Tuckwell, conductor

    Barry Tuckwell, horn

    12:56
  • 11:21 AM

    Recorder Concerto

    Giovanni Sammartini

    Baroque Journey

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Lucie Horsch, recorder

    12:24
  • 11:16 AM

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    4:42
  • 11:10 AM

    Andras Schiff, piano

    4:14
  • 11:07 AM

    Andras Schiff, piano

    3:00
  • 11:04 AM

    The Music Box

    Anatol Liadov

    From Russia with Harp

    Sasha Boldachev, harp

    2:34
  • 10:48 AM

    Symphony No. 6

    Georg Anton Benda

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    Karel Stadtherr, violin

    10:56
  • 10:37 AM

    North West German Philharmonic

    Werner Albert, conductor

    8:48
  • 10:33 AM

    Bagatelles: Canon

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Quartets Opp. 96 & 105

    Takacs Quartet

    Gabor Ormai, harmonium

    3:12
  • 10:20 AM

    Dioclesian Instrumental Music

    Henry Purcell

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    12:25
  • 10:11 AM

    Nocturnes: Nuages (Clouds)

    Claude Debussy

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    7:04
  • 10:06 AM

    Clouds

    Florence Price

    Meditations: Florence Price Piano Discoveries

    Lara Downes, piano

    4:59
  • 10:01 AM

    Intermezzo for String Trio

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Domus

    4:42
  • 9:36 AM

    Symphony No. 6 "Morning"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    22:25
  • 9:15 AM

    The Birds

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Les Pins De Rome, Les Fontaines De Rome, Les Oiseaux

    San Francisco Symphony

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    18:40
  • 9:06 AM

    A Fugal Concerto

    Gustav Holst

    Tippett, Holst, Corelli, Bach

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    Kathryn Greenbank, oboe

    7:23
  • 9:01 AM

    Clio Gould, violin

    Rachel Portman, piano

    4:33
  • 8:45 AM

    Aeolian Suite

    John Williams

    Studio Orchestra

    William Goodchild, conductor

    John Williams, guitar

    12:51
  • 8:32 AM

    Netherlands Wind Ensemble

    12:44
  • 8:10 AM

    Eternal Longing

    Vitezslav Novak

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    20:25
  • 8:06 AM

    Out of Africa: Love Theme

    John Barry

    Cinema Serenade

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    3:21
  • 8:01 AM

    Norse Legend

    Frank Bridge

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    4:47
  • 7:53 AM

    Marcus Eley, clarinet

    5:12
  • 7:41 AM

    Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

    Paul Hillier, conductor

    12:17
  • 7:06 AM

    Serenade

    Wilhelm Stenhammar

    Wilhelm Stenhammar: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2; Serenade; Excelsior!

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    32:37
  • 7:01 AM

    Le roi s'amuse (The King Has Fun): Pavane and Scene du bouquet

    Leo Delibes

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:40
  • 6:54 AM

    Elegy: O Doux Printemps D'Autrefois

    Jules Massenet

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Michael Stern, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    4:06
  • 6:32 AM

    Rossiniana Suite

    Ottorino Respighi

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    20:59
  • 6:19 AM

    Ballade "Hommage a Chopin"

    Szymon Laks

    En hommage

    Vladimir Stoupel, piano

    12:32
  • 6:06 AM

    Divertimento No. 8

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Divertimenti

    Berlin Philharmonic Winds

    11:21
  • 6:01 AM

    Barcarolle No. 3

    Ned Rorem

    Ruskin Cooper, piano

    4:32
  • 5:26 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor: Violin Concerto

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Martyn Brabbins, conductor

    Anthony Marwood, violin

    31:48
  • 5:10 AM

    Naive Music: selections

    Valentin Silvestrov

    Mykola Suk, pianist

    Mykola Suk, piano

    14:34
  • 5:06 AM

    Fantasia No. 11

    Henry Purcell

    Chaconnes and Fantasias: Music of Britten and Purcell

    Emerson String Quartet

    3:03
  • 5:01 AM

    Spanish Dance No. 2 "Oriental"

    Enrique Granados

    Three Guitars

    Pro Arte Guitar Trio

    4:30