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  • 4:30 AM

    Piano Quartet

    Ferdinand Ries

    Ries: Piano Quartets

    Mendelssohn Trio Berlin

    Daniel Raiskin, viola

    28:05
  • 4:22 AM

    Impressions of the Puna

    Alberto Ginastera

    Music for a Sunday Morning

    Shanghai Quartet

    Eugenia Zukerman, flute

    6:53
  • 4:06 AM

    Ports of Call (Escales)

    Jacques Ibert

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Eduardo Mata, conductor

    14:52
  • 4:01 AM

    Missa L'homme arme: Gloria in excelsis Deo

    Francisco de Penalosa

    New York Polyphony

    4:43
  • 3:48 AM

    Variazioni pastorali

    Jon Leifs

    Nordic Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Lindberg, conductor

    10:44
  • 3:37 AM

    Scintillation

    Carlos Salzedo

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    9:29
  • 3:28 AM

    Serenata No. 5

    James Oswald

    Chatham Baroque

    8:07
  • 3:19 AM

    Andante Cantabile

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Reveries

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    7:02
  • 3:06 AM

    Suite for Strings

    John Rutter

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Rutter, conductor

    12:23
  • 3:01 AM

    Carrickfergus

    Traditional Irish

    Barry Douglas, piano

    4:54
  • 2:56 AM

    Ev'ry Time I Feel the Spirit

    Traditional

    Umoja

    Imani Winds

    2:06
  • 2:14 AM

    Suite from Romeo and Juliet

    Prokofiev

    Minnesota Orchestra

    35:00
  • 1:23 AM

    Aile du songe (Wing of the Dream), Flute Concerto

    Kaija Saariaho

    Minnesota Orchestra

    15:00
  • 1:02 AM

    Umoja, The First Day of Kwanzaa

    Valerie Coleman

    Minnesota Orchestra

    3:00
  • 12:51 AM

    Moses Variations

    Niccolo Paganini

    Gil Shaham, violin

    Goran Sollscher, guitar

    7:15
  • 12:27 AM

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    22:36
  • 12:17 AM

    Global Warming

    Michael Abels

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    8:19
  • 12:06 AM

    Allegro for Strings

    Douglas Lilburn

    Lilburn: Landfall In Unknown Seas, Diversions For String Orchestra

    New Zealand Chamber Orchestra

    10:06
  • 12:01 AM

    I'll make music

    Karl Jenkins

    Polyphony

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    4:33
  • 11:52 PM

    Scherzando No. 1

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn Ensemble Berlin

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    6:08
  • 11:48 PM

    Songs of a Wayfarer: Ging heut Morgen ubers Feld (Morning Walk)

    Gustav Mahler

    Mahler: Orchestral Songs

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Susanna Malkki, conductor

    Katarina Karneus, mezzo-soprano

    4:17
  • 11:08 PM

    Piano Concerto

    Moritz Moszkowski

    Rubinstein, Moszkowski: Piano Concertos

    Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leonid Grin, conductor

    Matti Raekallio, piano

    37:31
  • 11:03 PM

    Four Last Songs: September

    Richard Strauss

    Berlin Philharmonic | Strauss

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    Gundula Janowitz, soprano

    4:50
  • 10:38 PM

    Gaspard de la Nuit

    Maurice Ravel

    Voyages

    Conrad Tao, piano

    22:22
  • 10:30 PM

    Sanctus from Lord Nelson Mass

    Haydn

    English Baroque Soloists/Monteverdi Choir

    john Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    8:39
  • 10:22 PM

    Suite Bergamasque: Clair de lune (Moonlight)

    Claude Debussy

    Music for a Rainy Day

    Roland Pontinen, piano

    5:35
  • 10:06 PM

    Polyeucte Overture

    Paul Dukas

    BBC Philhamonic

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    15:03
  • 10:01 PM

    Lux Aeterna

    Edward Elgar

    Voces8

    3:52
  • 9:46 PM

    Rhapsody in Blue

    George Gershwin

    Columbia Jazz Band

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    George Gershwin, piano

    13:43
  • 9:41 PM

    Music for the Royal Fireworks: La Rejouissance

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Water Music, Royal Fireworks

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    3:05
  • 9:30 PM

    String Sextet No. 1 (movement 1)

    Brahms

    Raphael Ensemble

    10:50
  • 9:13 PM

    Three Waltzes

    Serge Bortkiewicz

    Pierre Huybregts, piano

    10:49
  • 9:13 PM

    Thy Truth Within

    Leland Sateren

    Eternity

    National Lutheran Choir

    David Cherwien, conductor

    4:04
  • 9:04 PM

    Variations on a Theme by Mozart

    Fernando Sor

    Narciso Yepes, guitar

    7:22
  • 8:56 PM

    Wanting Memories

    Ysaye M. Barnwell

    That Eternal Day

    Cantus

    4:53
  • 8:44 PM

    Aurora Awakes

    John Mackey

    North Texas Wind Symphony | Mackey

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    10:53
  • 8:41 PM

    Mazurka No. 41

    Chopin

    Artur Rubinstein, piano

    2:13
  • 8:28 PM

    Night on Bald Mountain

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Mephisto and Co.

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    11:49
  • 8:22 PM

    Nabucco: Va, pensiero (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves)

    Giuseppe Verdi

    The #1 Opera Album

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    4:34
  • 8:05 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 1

    Richard Strauss

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Radovan Vlatkovic, horn

    16:05
  • 8:00 PM

    Rodeo: Hoe-Down

    Aaron Copland

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    4:14
  • 5:51 PM

    Scherzo Capriccioso

    Antonin Dvorak

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    14:04
  • 5:45 PM

    Scherzo Capriccioso

    Antonin Dvorak

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    14:04
  • 5:18 PM

    Arpeggione Sonata

    Franz Schubert

    Nobuko Imai, viola

    Roger Vignoles, piano

    25:00
  • 5:11 PM

    J'Ecoutois autrefois; Je n'entens qu'a regret

    Jacques Hotteterre

    La Magnifique: Flute Music for the Court of Louis XIV

    Barthold Kuijken, flute

    5:00
  • 5:06 PM

    Lord Lovat's Lament

    David Fraser

    English Symphony Orchetra

    Donald Fraser, conductor

    4:23
  • 5:01 PM

    Symphony No. 13: 3rd movement

    William Herschel

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    4:33
  • 4:42 PM

    Eine kleine Nachtmusik

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    16:52
  • 4:31 PM

    Leonard Becker, guitar

    9:14
  • 4:27 PM

    By and By Thou Wilt Return (By and By, Ho'i Mai Oe)

    Queen Liliuokalani

    Songs Of Liliuokalani ?

    Galliard String Quartet

    2:25
  • 4:06 PM

    By and By Thou Wilt Return (By and By, Ho'i Mai Oe)

    Queen Liliuokalani

    Songs Of Liliuokalani ?

    Galliard String Quartet

    2:25
  • 4:06 PM

    The Wise Virgins Ballet Suite

    William Walton

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    19:41
  • 4:01 PM

    Symphony No. 100 "Military": Minuet

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    4:41
  • 3:49 PM

    Robert le Diable: Pas de cinq

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Meyerbeer: Ballet Music From The Operas / Nesterowicz

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Michal Nesterowicz, conductor

    9:20
  • 3:23 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 5 "Spring"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    24:27
  • 3:18 PM

    Johnson's March

    Francis Johnson

    Those Fabulous Americans

    Symphony Orchestra of America

    Matthew H. Phillips, conductor

    3:13
  • 3:06 PM

    Hungarian Pastoral Fantasy

    Franz Doppler

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Steuart Bedford, conductor

    William Bennett, flute

    11:21
  • 3:01 PM

    Semele: Where E'er You Walk

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Arias

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    Bryn Terfel, baritone

    4:32
  • 2:38 PM

    On the Waterfront: Symphonic Suite

    Leonard Bernstein

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    19:25
  • 2:36 PM

    Te Deum: Prelude

    Marc-Antoine Charpentier

    Crossover

    Stuttgart Brass Quartet

    1:01
  • 2:00 PM

    Joyous March

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    4:00
  • 1:54 PM

    Come again

    John Dowland

    Sting, vocal

    :00
  • 1:50 PM

    Morning Has Broken

    Traditional Gaelic

    Blanc

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    3:26
  • 1:44 PM

    Susannah: The trees on the mountains

    Carlisle Floyd

    Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

    James Levine, conductor

    Renee Fleming, soprano

    5:31
  • 1:38 PM

    Nabucco: Va, pensiero (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves)

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Verdi: Choruses

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    4:30
  • 1:32 PM

    Piano Trio No. 10

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Trios Vol. 1

    Florestan Trio

    4:50
  • 1:28 PM

    The Lark

    Mikhail Glinka

    From Russia with Harp

    Sasha Boldachev, harp

    2:57
  • 1:20 PM

    Symphony No. 2: Finale

    Louis Spohr

    Spohr: Symphonies, Vol. 2

    North German Radio Philharmonic

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    7:05
  • 1:18 PM

    Shortnin' Bread

    Florence Price

    Apollo Chamber Players

    1:19
  • 1:06 PM

    The Planets: Jupiter

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: The Planets

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    7:56
  • 1:04 PM

    Platee: Entrance of Mercury

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    1:26
  • 12:49 PM

    Sonata No. 2

    Johann Heinrich Schmelzer

    Stylus Phantasticus

    Pacific MusicWorks

    Stephen Stubbs, conductor

    Tekla Cunningham, Baroque violin

    7:54
  • 12:45 PM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1: Menuet

    Georges Bizet

    Toronto Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    3:17
  • 12:38 PM

    Eduardo Mata University Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Rivero Weber, conductor

    4:46
  • 12:36 PM

    The Song of the Earth: Of Youth

    Gustav Mahler

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    Stuart Skelton, tenor

    3:00
  • 12:29 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2 "Characteristic": Dance

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Suites Nos. 1 And 2

    National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

    Stefan Sanderling, conductor

    4:16
  • 12:20 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 4: 1st movement

    Chevalier de Meude-Monpas

    Encore Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hege, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    7:58
  • 12:15 PM

    Violin Partita No. 3: Prelude

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    par.ti.ta - J.S. Bach; Ysaye; Auerbach

    Vadim Gluzman, violin

    3:37
  • 12:06 PM

    Symphonic Scherzo

    Arnold Bax

    Bax: Spring Fire

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    7:26
  • 12:04 PM

    Acis and Galatea: Happy We!

    George Frideric Handel

    Grand & Glorious - Great Operatic Choruses / Robert Shaw

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    1:56
  • 11:48 AM

    Capriccio: String Sextet

    Richard Strauss

    German Opera Orchestra

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    10:58
  • 11:41 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Richard Strauss

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Radovan Vlatkovic, horn

    5:05
  • 11:33 AM

    Octet: 5th movement

    Franz Schubert

    Isabelle Faust, violin

    Anne-Katharina Schreiber, violin

    James Boyd, viola

    Kristin von der Goltz, cello

    James Munro, bass

    Lorenzo Coppola, clarinet

    7:15
  • 11:31 AM

    Suite: Gaio

    Randall Thompson

    Kelly Peterson Peral, oboe

    Michael Forte, clarinet

    Elizabeth Derderian-Wood, viola

    2:02
  • 11:27 AM

    Roma Suite: A Roma Dance

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    2:03
  • 11:19 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 15: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos 6, 15 & 27

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Pierre-Laurent Aimard, conductor

    Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano

    7:53
  • 11:15 AM

    My Lodging is on the Cold Ground

    Mauro Giuliani

    David Russell, guitar

    2:29
  • 11:07 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 1

    Alessandro Scarlatti

    I Musici

    William Bennett, flute

    Lenore Smith, flute

    6:23
  • 11:04 AM

    The Prince of Denmark's March

    Jeremiah Clarke

    Bach Transcriptions, 2

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    2:21
  • 10:48 AM

    Symphony No. 4: 4th movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 4

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    10:08
  • 10:43 AM

    Atalanta: Overture

    George Frideric Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    3:50
  • 10:28 AM

    Rapsodie espagnole

    Maurice Ravel

    Rhapsodie

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    14:44
  • 10:24 AM

    Five Meditations: The Lord bless you and keep you

    John Rutter

    Distant Land

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Rutter, conductor

    2:39
  • 10:11 AM

    Concert Pieces

    Francois Couperin

    Jian Wang: The Baroque Album

    Camerata Salzburg

    Jian Wang, cello

    12:41
  • 10:06 AM

    Carmen: Toreador Song

    Georges Bizet

    Bryn Terfel Sings Favorites

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    Bryn Terfel, baritone

    3:52
  • 10:01 AM

    Dance of the Orange Blossoms

    Eric Coates

    East of England Orchestra

    Malcolm Nabarro, conductor

    4:32
  • 9:48 AM

    Swedish Dances

    Max Bruch

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    9:50
  • 9:28 AM

    String Quintet No. 6 "L'ucceliera" (The Aviary)

    Luigi Boccherini

    Smithsonian Chamber Players

    18:57
  • 9:21 AM

    Jurassic Park: Theme

    John Williams

    John Williams in Vienna

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Williams, conductor

    5:56
  • 9:06 AM

    Sonata for Two Pianos

    Muzio Clementi

    Anagnoson & Kinton, duo pianos

    13:38
  • 9:01 AM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Violin Concertos by Black Composers

    Encore Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hege, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    4:37
  • 8:30 AM

    The Golden Cockerel: Suite

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    28:06
  • 8:26 AM

    Berta Rojas, guitar

    3:47
  • 8:06 AM

    Piano Sonata

    Franz Schubert

    Andras Schiff, piano

    18:05
  • 8:01 AM

    Music for Symphony Orchestra: Andante

    Yasushi Akutagawa

    Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra

    Ryusuke Numajiri, conductor

    4:41
  • 7:44 AM

    Flute Quartet No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Lisa Beznosiuk, flute

    Pavlo Beznosiuk, violin

    Tom Dunn, viola

    Richard Tunnicliffe, cello

    14:03
  • 7:36 AM

    An Irish Symphony: In the Antrim Hills

    Hamilton Harty

    Ulster Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    7:21
  • 7:10 AM

    String Quartet

    Gabriel Faure

    Debussy, Faure, Ravel: String Quartets

    Ebene Quartet

    24:20
  • 7:06 AM

    The Royal Palaces Suite: Theme

    Arthur Bliss

    Bliss: Film Music

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    3:39
  • 7:01 AM

    Ballade No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms on Brass

    Canadian Brass

    4:43
  • 6:36 AM

    Gaspard de la Nuit

    Maurice Ravel

    Voyages

    Conrad Tao, piano

    22:22
  • 6:29 AM

    Palladian Ensemble

    6:47
  • 6:06 AM

    Symphonic Poem No. 2 "Tasso, Lament and Triumph"

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: Tasso, Totentanz, Piano Concerto

    Beethoven Orchestra of Bonn

    Stefan Blunier, conductor

    20:43
  • 6:01 AM

    Lute Suite: Sarabande and Gigue

    Jan Antonin Losy

    Jan Antonin Losy: Note d'oro

    Jakob Lindberg, lute

    4:39
  • 5:42 AM

    The Lark Ascending

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Iona Brown, violin

    16:06
  • 5:30 AM

    Paroles - Suite for Clarinet and Orchestra: I. Parole des Abimes au Soleil

    Dia Succari

    Uneven Sky

    German Symphony Orchestra

    Manuel Nawri, conductor

    Kinan Azmeh, clarinet

    11:33
  • 5:06 AM

    A Card Game (Jeu de cartes)

    Igor Stravinsky

    Stravinsky: Jeu de Cartes; Orpheus

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    22:07
  • 5:01 AM

    Lakme: Flower Duet

    Leo Delibes

    The Opera Album

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    Natalie Dessay, soprano

    4:49