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  • 4:46 AM

    Molitva (Prayer)

    Galina Grigorjeva

    Estonian National Male Choir

    Mikk Uleoja, conductor

    Allar Kaasik, cello

    13:31
  • 4:45 AM

    Molitva (Prayer)

    Galina Grigorjeva

    Estonian National Male Choir

    Mikk Uleoja, conductor

    Allar Kaasik, cello

    13:31
  • 4:34 AM

    The Window

    Vijay Iyer

    Inbal Segev, cello

    Vijay Iyer, piano

    9:55
  • 4:23 AM

    Refuge

    Baljinder Sekhon

    Baljinder Sekhon: Places and Times

    McCormick Percussion Group

    Robert McCormick, conductor

    8:50
  • 4:14 AM

    Byblos, The Old City

    Bechara El-Khoury

    Hope

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hope, violin

    8:21
  • 4:06 AM

    The Flowers of Esfahan

    Colin Jacobsen

    Brooklyn Rider

    7:18
  • 4:01 AM

    Mkhammas Suite: Ya Fajr

    Layale Chaker

    Sarafand

    Layale Chaker, violin

    Jake Charkey, cello

    Nick Dunston, bass

    Phillip Golub, piano

    Adam Maalouf, percussion

    4:43
  • 3:49 AM

    After The Treewatcher

    Jeffrey Brooks

    Bang on a Can All-Stars

    7:53
  • 3:16 AM

    Harmonium

    John Adams

    San Francisco Symphony

    John Adams, conductor

    31:42
  • 3:06 AM

    Michael Mizrahi, piano

    7:27
  • 3:01 AM

    Donald Sinta Quartet

    4:43
  • 2:53 AM

    Sakura Variations

    Yuquijiro Yocoh

    Stepping Stones

    John Williams, guitar

    6:12
  • 2:52 AM

    Sakura Variations

    Yuquijiro Yocoh

    Stepping Stones

    John Williams, guitar

    6:12
  • 2:20 AM

    Clarinet Sonata No. 1

    Camillo Schumann

    Camillo Schumann: Works for Clarinet & Piano

    Bettina Beigelbeck, clarinet

    31:12
  • 2:07 AM

    Symphony No. 12

    Georg Anton Benda

    Benda: Sinfonias Nos. 7-12

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    11:28
  • 2:01 AM

    Hook: Flight to Neverland

    John Williams

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    4:48
  • 1:53 AM

    Cello Suite No. 4: Bourrees

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Six Suites for Viola Solo

    Kim Kashkashian, viola

    5:28
  • 1:17 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 22

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    34:50
  • 1:06 AM

    Overture to Gwendoline

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    8:31
  • 1:01 AM

    Garmoshka

    Ljova

    The Knights

    Eric Jacobsen, conductor

    Johnny Gandelsman, violin

    Colin Jacobsen, violin

    4:36
  • 12:53 AM

    Lullaby for Natalie

    John Corigliano

    The American Masters: Barber, Corigliano, Bates

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    5:09
  • 12:40 AM

    Enigma Variations

    Edward Elgar

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    32:37
  • 12:20 AM

    Enigma Variations

    Edward Elgar

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    32:37
  • 12:13 AM

    Daniel's Chaconne

    Ronn McFarlane

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    Carolyn Surrick, viola da gamba

    4:49
  • 12:06 AM

    Ballade "About Olden Times"

    Anatol Liadov

    Liadov: The Enchanted Lake, and other orchestral works.

    Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    5:53
  • 12:01 AM

    From Meadow to Mayfair Suite: Evening in Town

    Eric Coates

    Boult conducts Coates

    New Philharmonia Orchestra

    Adrian Boult, conductor

    4:39
  • 11:37 PM

    Holberg Suite

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Symphonic Dances, From Holberg's Time, Old Norwegian Melody

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    21:12
  • 11:30 PM

    Concert Etude "Feu follet"

    Laura Netzel

    Simon Crawford-Phillips, piano

    3:08
  • 11:13 PM

    Delights and Dances

    Michael Abels

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    13:03
  • 11:00 PM

    Oboe Concerto No. 3

    George Frideric Handel

    Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

    Nicholas McGegan, conductor

    Bruce Haynes, oboe

    8:03
  • 10:38 PM

    1812 Overture

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture, Sleeping Beauty, Voyevoda, Moscow

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    16:11
  • 10:33 PM

    In The Bottoms Suite: Dance

    Nathaniel Dett

    Clipper Erickson, piano

    1:55
  • 10:24 PM

    Song of Jean Racine (Cantique de Jean Racine)

    Gabriel Faure

    City of London Sinfonia

    John Rutter, conductor

    6:41
  • 10:16 PM

    Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    The Art of Life

    Daniil Trifonov, piano

    4:17
  • 10:07 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 1: Gavottes

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Orchestral Suites

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    3:26
  • 10:01 PM

    Intermezzo No. 3

    Johannes Brahms

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    1:47
  • 9:54 PM

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    5:12
  • 9:36 PM

    Bolero

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    13:24
  • 9:28 PM

    Lauda Jerusalem

    Gabriel Diaz

    Empire Brass & Friends

    2:54
  • 9:21 PM

    Festmarsch (Festive March)

    Richard Strauss

    Metamorphosen: Strauss Chamber Works

    Oculi Ensemble

    5:17
  • 9:09 PM

    African Suite: Joyful Day

    Fela Sowande

    Milhaud, Morice, Forsyth, Sowande

    National Arts Centre Orchestra

    Mario Bernardi, conductor

    7:49
  • 9:02 PM

    Marriage of Figaro: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Paper Music

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Bobby McFerrin, conductor

    4:13
  • 8:53 PM

    Appalachian Spring: Variations on a Shaker Tune

    Aaron Copland

    The Green Album

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    5:38
  • 8:45 PM

    The Harmonious Blacksmith

    George Frideric Handel

    Earl Wild - The Romantic Master

    Earl Wild, piano

    4:26
  • 8:41 PM

    The Bourgeois Gentleman: Courante

    Richard Strauss

    R. Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos (Suite)

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    2:48
  • 8:29 PM

    Karelia Overture

    Jean Sibelius

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    7:46
  • 8:24 PM

    Tune for Lucas/Up Da Stroods Da Sailor Goes

    Kevin Henderson/Traditional Shetland

    Bonfrost

    Nordic Fiddlers Bloc

    3:38
  • 8:11 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 4: Rondo

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Jan Lisiecki, conductor

    Jan Lisiecki, piano

    8:48
  • 8:00 PM

    Danse (Tarantelle styrienne)

    Claude Debussy

    French Showpieces

    Quebec Symphony Orchestra

    Yoav Talmi, conductor

    5:31
  • 5:54 PM

    Conga del Fuego

    Arturo Marquez

    Gustavo Dudamel: Discoveries

    Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    4:47
  • 5:50 PM

    Serenade No. 10 "Gran Partita": Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Gran Partita

    Netherlands Wind Ensemble

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    3:22
  • 5:43 PM

    Carnival of the Animals: The Swan

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Inspiration

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestral Cellos

    Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla, conductor

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    2:34
  • 5:41 PM

    Carnival of the Animals: Aquarium

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Aquarium

    The Kanneh-Masons

    2:46
  • 5:29 PM

    The Lord of the Rings: Suite

    Howard Shore

    Wings of Song

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Klauspeter Seibel, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    6:43
  • 5:26 PM

    The Heather Glen

    Joan Trimble

    Bruce Posner, piano

    Donald Garvelmann, piano

    2:16
  • 5:16 PM

    A Welcome March

    Charles Stanford

    Stanford | A Song of Agincourt & other works

    Ulster Orchestra

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    5:15
  • 5:01 PM

    Carmen Suite No. 1

    Georges Bizet

    L'Arlesienne-Suiten & Carmen-Suite

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    8:58
  • 4:56 PM

    Snow Maiden: Dance of the Tumblers

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Pops a la Russe

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    3:45
  • 4:38 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Alessio Bax, piano

    14:10
  • 4:29 PM

    F-A-E Sonata: Scherzo

    Johannes Brahms

    Arabella Steinbacher, violin

    Robert Kulek, piano

    5:38
  • 4:24 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 3rd movement

    Florence Price

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    3:38
  • 4:17 PM

    Jubilation

    R.J. Mitchell

    A Wedding By the Lake

    Four Voices String Quartet

    3:04
  • 4:09 PM

    Orb and Sceptre

    William Walton

    Walton: Symphony No. 1; Orb & Sceptre; Crown Imperial

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    7:10
  • 4:00 PM

    The Prophet: Coronation March

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Classic Marches

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    3:41
  • 3:53 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    6:14
  • 3:48 PM

    La Florista (The Flower Seller)

    Joaquin Turina

    Romantic Brass: Music of France & Spain

    Empire Brass

    2:00
  • 3:45 PM

    Danse (Tarantelle styrienne)

    Claude Debussy

    French Showpieces

    Quebec Symphony Orchestra

    Yoav Talmi, conductor

    5:31
  • 3:38 PM

    Der Rosenkavalier: Waltzes

    Richard Strauss

    Fritz Reiner conducts Richard Strauss

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    8:38
  • 3:31 PM

    O sole mio

    Eduardo Di Capua

    The Greatest Classical Show On Earth

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Giancarlo Chiaramello, conductor

    Luciano Pavarotti, tenor

    3:21
  • 3:27 PM

    Sonata

    Antonio Soler

    Serenata Espanola

    Xavier de Maistre, harp

    3:41
  • 3:19 PM

    Star Trek: Main Theme

    Jerry Goldsmith

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Jerry Goldsmith, conductor

    4:14
  • 3:12 PM

    Suite Bergamasque: Clair de lune (Moonlight)

    Claude Debussy

    Carol Rosenberger, piano

    5:45
  • 3:00 PM

    Concerto for Two Oboes

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Celia Nicklin, oboe

    Barry Davis, oboe

    6:44
  • 2:56 PM

    Boogie Woogie Etude

    Morton Gould

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    2:13
  • 2:36 PM

    Rhapsody in Blue

    George Gershwin

    MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Kristjan Jarvi, conductor

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    17:41
  • 2:27 PM

    Serenade

    Roman Hoffstetter

    Promenade Concert

    I Solisti Italiani

    5:29
  • 2:23 PM

    Vespers: Rejoice, O Virgin (Bogoroditse Devo)

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff Vespers

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    2:31
  • 2:12 PM

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Stuart Duncan, fiddle

    Chris Thile, fiddle

    Edgar Meyer, double bass

    5:28
  • 1:59 PM

    La Cenerentola (Cinderella): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    8:06
  • 1:45 PM

    Sinfonietta: Fanfare

    Leos Janacek

    The 20th Century Album

    Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

    2:16
  • 1:39 PM

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:00
  • 1:28 PM

    Music for the Royal Fireworks: Overture

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks, Concerti a due cori

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    7:42
  • 1:21 PM

    Music for Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet: Juliet and her Nurse

    David Diamond

    New York Chamber Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    2:12
  • 1:10 PM

    Grand Canyon Suite: On the Trail

    Ferde Grofe

    Grofe: Grand Canyon Suite

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    7:24
  • 1:04 PM

    The Little White Donkey

    Jacques Ibert

    Carnival Fantasy

    Salut Salon

    2:00
  • 12:52 PM

    Polonaise No. 6 "Heroic"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Piano Works

    Martha Argerich, piano

    6:35
  • 12:45 PM

    Champagne Polka

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    2:19
  • 12:40 PM

    Mock Morris

    Percy Grainger

    Lincolnshire Posy

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    3:39
  • 12:28 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 3: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Violin Concertos 3 & 5

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Peter Maag, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    6:48
  • 12:24 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 3: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Violin Concertos 3 & 5

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Peter Maag, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    6:48
  • 12:21 PM

    Art of Fugue: Contrapunctus 9

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    The Art of Life

    Daniil Trifonov, piano

    2:29
  • 12:12 PM

    Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman No. 1

    Joan Tower

    Colorado Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    2:33
  • 12:04 PM

    Fanfare for the Common Man

    Aaron Copland

    Copland 100

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    3:31
  • 11:49 AM

    Symphony No. 2: 2nd movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphony No. 2, etc.

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    8:47
  • 11:46 AM

    Lyric Pieces: Sommerfugl (Butterfly)

    Edvard Grieg

    Emil Gilels, piano

    1:41
  • 11:42 AM

    Thurber's Dogs: Dog and Butterfly

    Peter Schickele

    Voices from the Gallery: Stephen Paulus/Thurber's Dogs: Peter Schickele

    Pro Musica Chamber Orchestra

    Timothy Russell, conductor

    2:47
  • 11:41 AM

    Etude No. 9 "Butterfly"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin Etudes

    Jan Lisiecki, piano

    :56
  • 11:32 AM

    The Ballerina in Love: Overture

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Cimarosa: Overtures, Vol. 5

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice

    Patrick Gallois, conductor

    6:37
  • 11:22 AM

    Piano Trio No. 5 "Ghost": 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ives, Part, Beethoven

    Bakken Trio

    8:35
  • 11:17 AM

    Legend No. 5

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Legends, Symphony No. 8

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    4:13
  • 11:09 AM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Giuseppe Torelli

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    5:45
  • 11:04 AM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 2: Rustic Dance

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    3:41
  • 10:48 AM

    Sinfonia melodica for Two Oboes

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Telemann: Sinfonia Melodica

    Berlin Baroque Soloists

    Rainer Kussmaul, conductor

    Albrecht Mayer, oboe

    10:08
  • 10:45 AM

    Dance Intermezzo

    Jean Sibelius

    Sallinen: Violin Concert

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    2:37
  • 10:39 AM

    Nocturne No. 2

    Frederic Chopin

    Ivan Moravec, piano

    4:31
  • 10:22 AM

    Eine kleine Nachtmusik

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    James Galway, conductor

    16:39
  • 10:18 AM

    Estrellita (My little star)

    Manuel Ponce

    David Russell, guitar

    2:53
  • 10:10 AM

    Brook Green Suite

    Gustav Holst

    New Zealand Chamber Orchestra

    Nicholas Braithwaite, conductor

    7:07
  • 10:06 AM

    King Arthur: Chaconne

    Henry Purcell

    Oslo Circles

    3:20
  • 10:01 AM

    Double Quartet No. 1: Scherzo

    Louis Spohr

    Spohr: The Four Double Quartets

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble

    4:26
  • 9:46 AM

    Ocean's Kingdom: Moonrise

    Paul McCartney

    Paul McCartney: Ocean's Kingdom

    London Classical Orchestra

    John Wilson, conductor

    12:25
  • 9:25 AM

    Piano Trio

    Gabriel Faure

    French Moments

    Neave Trio

    18:47
  • 9:10 AM

    In the Fen Country

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    New Queen's Hall Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    13:46
  • 9:06 AM

    Galliard and Two Almaines

    Anthony Holborne

    Musica Dolce Ensemble

    3:23
  • 9:01 AM

    Cantata No. 156: Arioso

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach Favorites

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    4:29
  • 8:16 AM

    Symphony No. 4

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    42:15
  • 8:06 AM

    Barcarolle

    Frederic Chopin

    Homages

    Benjamin Grosvenor, piano

    8:24
  • 8:01 AM

    The Moon

    William S Lloyd Webber

    And the Bridge is Love: English Music for Strings

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Julian Lloyd Webber, conductor

    4:26
  • 7:38 AM

    Theme and Variations "Dried Flowers"

    Franz Schubert

    Emily Skala, flute

    Norman Krieger, piano

    20:42
  • 7:34 AM

    momentary

    Olafur Arnalds

    Voces8: Infinity

    Voces8

    Olafur Arnalds, electronics

    2:46
  • 7:18 AM

    In the Mists

    Leos Janacek

    Presentiment

    Orion Weiss, piano

    15:24
  • 7:06 AM

    Autumn Legend

    William Alwyn

    Alwyn: Orchestral Music

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    Rachael Pankhurst, English horn

    10:50
  • 7:01 AM

    Consolation No. 3

    Franz Liszt

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    4:42
  • 6:26 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Christopher Gunning

    Gunning: Violin & Cello Concertos - Birdflight

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Christopher Gunning, conductor

    Harriet Mackenzie, violin

    32:55
  • 6:19 AM

    Metamorphosis II

    Philip Glass

    Jenny Lin, piano

    6:31
  • 6:06 AM

    Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: La Mer, Faune, Danses

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    10:41
  • 6:01 AM

    Good Night and Good Rest

    John Johnson

    Jakob Lindberg, lute

    4:42
  • 5:44 AM

    Songs of the Roses

    Morten Lauridsen

    Los Angeles Chamber Singers

    14:39
  • 5:37 AM

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    5:37
  • 5:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 10 "Harp"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The String Quartets

    Emerson String Quartet

    29:24
  • 5:01 AM

    Duettino

    Jan Dussek

    Genetic Harps

    Gretchen Van Hoesen, harp

    4:42