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  • 4:21 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Sinfonia Espansiva"

    Carl Nielsen

    New York Philharmonic

    Alan Gilbert, conductor

    Erin Morley, soprano

    Joshua Hopkins, baritone

    36:57
  • 4:13 AM

    Nocturne No. 8

    Frederic Chopin

    Carol Rosenberger, piano

    6:54
  • 4:06 AM

    Soliloquy

    Haydn Wood

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Ernest Tomlinson, conductor

    5:50
  • 4:01 AM

    Ubi Caritas

    Paul Mealor

    Jubilate: 500 Years of Cathedral Music

    Choir of St. Paul's Cathedral

    Andrew Carwood, conductor

    4:35
  • 3:52 AM

    The Limpid Stream

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Tchaikovsky, Miaskovsky, Shostakovich

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Maxim Shostakovich, conductor

    Julian Lloyd Webber, cello

    6:55
  • 3:41 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 6

    Arcangelo Corelli

    Trio Sonnerie

    9:58
  • 3:20 AM

    Clarinet Sonata

    Ruth Gipps

    Peter Cigleris, clarinet

    Duncan Honeybourne, piano

    19:06
  • 3:11 AM

    Les Gouts-reunis: Concerto No. 13

    Francois Couperin

    Barthold Kuijken, flute

    Immanuel Davis, flute

    8:35
  • 3:06 AM

    Etude de concert

    Gabriel Pierne

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    3:30
  • 2:51 AM

    Earth Teach Me Quiet

    Eriks Esenvalds

    Rising with The Crossing

    The Crossing

    Donald Nally, conductor

    7:11
  • 2:44 AM

    Atlas: Earth Seen from Above

    Meredith Monk

    San Francisco Symphony Chorus

    Vance George, conductor

    7:12
  • 2:34 AM

    Prelude and Fugue

    Ethel Smyth

    Smyth: Complete Piano Works

    Liana Serbescu, piano

    8:09
  • 2:06 AM

    Concerto in Galant Style

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Rodrigo: Concertos and Orchestral Works

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    Robert Cohen, cello

    25:46
  • 2:01 AM

    Dance of the Orange Blossoms

    Eric Coates

    Coates: Four Centuries

    East of England Orchestra

    Malcolm Nabarro, conductor

    4:32
  • 1:42 AM

    Schicksalslied (Song of Destiny)

    Johannes Brahms

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    16:01
  • 1:17 AM

    Sea Pictures

    Uuno Klami

    Klami: Karelian Rhapsody, etc.

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Petri Sakari, conductor

    23:35
  • 1:06 AM

    Two English Idylls

    George Butterworth

    English Rhapsody: Delius & Butterworth

    Halle Orchestra

    Mark Elder, conductor

    9:11
  • 1:01 AM

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:37
  • 12:40 AM

    Harp Concertino

    Germaine Tailleferre

    Boulanger, Tailleferre, Mendelssohn, Schumann

    Women's Philharmonic

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Gillian Benet, harp

    16:01
  • 12:27 AM

    Suite Francaise

    Francis Poulenc

    Paris Orchestra

    Georges Pretre, conductor

    12:22
  • 12:10 AM

    A Faust Symphony: Gretchen

    Franz Liszt

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    14:55
  • 12:06 AM

    Prelude

    (Marie) Clemence de Grandval

    GRANDVAL: Oboe Works

    Lajos Lencses, English horn

    2:58
  • 12:01 AM

    Salve Regina

    Francis Poulenc

    Chants sacres et profanes

    Tafelmusik Chamber Choir

    Ivars Taurins, conductor

    4:37
  • 11:50 PM

    Swan of Tuonela

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Lemminkainen Suite; Spring Song; Belshazzar's Feast Suite

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    Alison Teale, English horn

    8:54
  • 11:26 PM

    Symphony No. 83 "The Hen"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    22:30
  • 11:06 PM

    A Downland Suite

    John Ireland

    Music of John Ireland and Frank Bridge

    English Chamber Orchestra

    David Garforth, conductor

    17:30
  • 11:01 PM

    Concerto for Strings "Conch Shell"

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Concertos for Strings

    I Musici

    4:35
  • 10:44 PM

    Comedy Overture

    Hamilton Harty

    Harty: An Irish Symphony

    Ulster Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    14:11
  • 10:40 PM

    Jazz Suite No. 2: Waltz No. 2

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Best Film Classics 100

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    3:41
  • 10:31 PM

    Cantos de Espana: Cordoba

    Isaac Albeniz

    40 Degrees North

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    6:58
  • 10:20 PM

    Highland Memories

    Hamish MacCunn

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    John Wilson, conductor

    9:56
  • 10:06 PM

    Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Bern Symphony Orchestra

    Peter Maag, conductor

    13:22
  • 10:01 PM

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    4:46
  • 9:31 PM

    Symphony No. 5

    Franz Schubert

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Edward Gardner, conductor

    27:10
  • 9:17 PM

    Chimney of King Rene

    Darius Milhaud

    Danish National Symphony Wind Quintet

    12:42
  • 9:13 PM

    Ubi Caritas

    Eriks Esenvalds

    Esenvalds: Northern Lights and Other Choral Works

    Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    2:42
  • 9:06 PM

    Sonata for Piano 4-Hands

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Complete Piano Duets

    Amy Hamann, piano

    6:12
  • 9:01 PM

    Four Pieces: Dudelsack and Waltz

    Alfred Uhl

    Into The Blue

    Cumberland Quintet

    4:43
  • 8:47 PM

    Gran Capriccio

    Amilcare Ponchielli

    Ponchielli: Concertos

    Mecklenburg Staatskapelle Schwerin

    Matthias Foremny, conductor

    Simone Sommerhalder, oboe

    11:21
  • 8:17 PM

    String Quintet No. 6

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: String Quintets, Vol. 2

    Orlando Quartet

    Nobuko Imai, viola

    29:16
  • 8:12 PM

    Joanne Polk, piano

    3:56
  • 8:06 PM

    Air and Dance for Strings

    Frederick Delius

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    5:02
  • 8:01 PM

    Like a Singing Bird

    Bob Chilcott

    iSing Silicon Valley

    Jennah Delp Somers/Shane Troll, conductor

    4:36
  • 4:54 PM

    Tales of Hoffmann: Barcarolle

    Jacques Offenbach

    Karajan Conducts Orchestral Favorites II

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    4:09
  • 4:44 PM

    Shenandoah

    Traditional

    Songs of Comfort and Hope

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    5:21
  • 4:36 PM

    The Ball of Beatrice d'Este: Courante

    Reynaldo Hahn

    Poulenc: Aubade, Sinfonietta; Hahn: Le Bal de Beatrice d'Este

    New London Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    3:36
  • 4:28 PM

    Symphonie Fantastique: A Ball

    Hector Berlioz

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yuri Temirkanov, conductor

    6:20
  • 4:12 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Wynton Marsalis: In Gabriel's Garden

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Anthony Newman, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    12:25
  • 4:01 PM

    Abduction from the Seraglio: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    5:39
  • 3:54 PM

    Polonaise for Violin and Strings

    Franz Schubert

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    5:55
  • 3:45 PM

    Bohemian Forest: In Troubled Times

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: From The Bohemian Forest; Dumky

    Artur Pizarro, piano

    4:16
  • 3:31 PM

    Cuban Overture

    George Gershwin

    Gershwin: Concerto In F

    Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jeff Tyzik, conductor

    10:30
  • 3:23 PM

    Danzon Cubano

    Aaron Copland

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    6:58
  • 3:17 PM

    Idylle arabe

    Cecile Chaminade

    Bengt Forsberg, piano

    David Huang, piano

    2:18
  • 3:10 PM

    La Scala di Seta (Silken Ladder): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    5:51
  • 3:01 PM

    On the Town: "Times Square: 1944"

    Leonard Bernstein

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    5:10
  • 2:55 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2: 2nd movement

    Edward MacDowell

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Walter Hendl, conductor

    Van Cliburn, piano

    4:45
  • 2:47 PM

    Faithful Shepherd: Largo

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Overtures

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    3:54
  • 2:41 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Polacca

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    4:57
  • 2:32 PM

    Appalachia Waltz

    Mark O'Connor

    Mark O'Connor, violin

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Edgar Meyer, double bass

    5:45
  • 2:24 PM

    Clarinet Concerto: 2nd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Best Film Classics 100

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Hans Vonk, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, basset clarinet

    6:36
  • 2:14 PM

    Holberg Suite: Air

    Edvard Grieg

    Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2; Grieg: Holberg Suite

    Mito Chamber Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    6:20
  • 2:08 PM

    Caprice No. 24

    Niccolo Paganini

    Virtuoso Guitar Transcriptions

    Nicola Hall, guitar

    4:46
  • 2:00 PM

    French Suite No. 5: Gigue

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Andras Schiff, piano

    3:29
  • 1:49 PM

    Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Janine Jansen

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    Janine Jansen, violin

    8:58
  • 1:38 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 10

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: The Slavonic Dances

    Katia & Marielle Labeque, pianos

    6:23
  • 1:34 PM

    Madame Butterfly: Humming Chorus

    Giacomo Puccini

    The #1 Opera Album

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    2:57
  • 1:26 PM

    Symphony No. 98: 3rd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: 12 London Symphonies

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    4:01
  • 1:22 PM

    Waltz No. 10

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin on Violin

    Catherine Manoukian, violin

    3:30
  • 1:11 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Eroica": 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The 9 Symphonies

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    5:56
  • 10:40 AM

    Overture, Scherzo and Finale

    Robert Schumann

    Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    17:05
  • 10:29 AM

    Sonata da Camera

    George Frideric Handel

    Baroque Music for Brass and Organ

    Empire Brass

    William Kuhlman, organ

    9:32
  • 10:20 AM

    Three Movements from Petrushka: La semaine grasse

    Igor Stravinsky

    Tippet Rise OPUS 2016: Domo

    Jenny Chen, piano

    8:18
  • 10:06 AM

    Fantasy on Der Freischutz

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    11:39
  • 10:01 AM

    Go, My Children

    Traditional

    Great Hymns of Faith II

    St. Olaf Choir

    Anton Armstrong, conductor

    4:50
  • 9:41 AM

    Clarinet Concerto No. 10

    Carl Stamitz

    Johann & Carl Stamitz: Clarinet Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    17:23
  • 9:26 AM

    Fantasia

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: 3 Piano Sonatas

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    13:07
  • 9:19 AM

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Stuart Duncan, fiddle

    Chris Thile, mandolin

    Edgar Meyer, double bass

    5:40
  • 9:06 AM

    Transylvanian Symphony for Strings

    Kurt Schwertsik

    Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

    HK Gruber, conductor

    11:55
  • 9:01 AM

    Hansel and Gretel: Dream Pantomime

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    New York Pops

    Skitch Henderson, conductor

    4:52
  • 8:54 AM

    Romance

    Bent Sorensen

    Full Circle

    Seunghee Lee, clarinet

    4:30
  • 8:06 AM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique"

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    45:56
  • 8:01 AM

    The Queen's Delight; Half hanniken

    Anonymous

    The Queen's Delight

    King's Noyse

    4:35
  • 7:56 AM

    The Hope of Loving: The Hope of Loving

    Jake Runestad

    Conspirare

    Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

    Stefanie Moore, soprano

    Dann Coakwell, tenor

    Simon Barrad, baritone

    Stephen Redfield, violin

    Caleb Polashek, violin

    Bruce Williams, viola

    2:45
  • 7:43 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 24

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Piano Sonatas

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    11:57
  • 7:16 AM

    Concierto Antillano

    Ernesto Cordero

    Sofia Soloists

    Plamen Djurov, conductor

    Carlos Barbosa-Lima, guitar

    25:58
  • 7:06 AM

    Aghavni (Doves)

    Mary Kouyoumdjian

    Shift

    Nicholas Phillips, piano

    8:54
  • 7:01 AM

    Harp Consort No. 3

    William Lawes

    Lawes: Harp Consorts

    Les Voix Humaines

    Maxine Eilander, harp

    4:40
  • 6:57 AM

    New York Waltzes: Waltz No. 2

    Lou Harrison

    Lara Downes, piano

    1:16
  • 6:37 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 6

    Saverio Mercadante

    Mercadante: Flute Concertos

    I Solisti Veneti

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    19:25
  • 6:06 AM

    Piano Sextet

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Martha Argerich And Friends Live From The Lugano Festival 2009

    Khatia Buniatishvili, piano

    29:05
  • 6:01 AM

    Views of the Sea: 1st movement

    Eduard Toldra

    Andorra National Chamber Orchestra

    Gerard Claret, conductor

    4:38
  • 5:20 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Charles Ives

    Seattle Symphony

    Ludovic Morlot, conductor

    38:10
  • 5:17 AM

    Meditation

    Frank Bridge

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

    Oystein Birkeland, cello

    3:05
  • 5:07 AM

    Serenade for Winds

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: An Alpine Symphony, Serenade

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    8:49
  • 5:01 AM

    Wandering I

    Eydis Evensen

    Bylur

    Eydis Evensen, piano

    4:38