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  • 4:37 AM

    Terra Santa

    Sira Hernandez

    Sira Hernandez, piano

    21:14
  • 4:19 AM

    Six Epigraphes Antiques

    Claude Debussy

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    17:47
  • 4:06 AM

    Nebraska

    Valgeir Sigurdsson

    South of the Circle

    Siggi String Quartet

    10:51
  • 4:01 AM

    The Spheres (Kyrie eleison)

    Ola Gjeilo

    Life And Breath

    Phoenix Chorale

    Charles Bruffy, conductor

    4:47
  • 3:49 AM

    Night Song

    Wayne Barlow

    Music For Quiet Listening

    Eastman Philharmonia

    Howard Hanson, conductor

    9:11
  • 3:15 AM

    Piano Trio No. 1

    Anton Arensky

    Shostakovich & Arensky

    Claremont Trio

    32:19
  • 3:06 AM

    Deep Summer Music

    Libby Larsen

    Libby Larsen

    Colorado Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    7:16
  • 3:01 AM

    Suite in modo polonico: Kujawiak Mazurka and Oberek Mazurka

    Alexandre Tansman

    Tomasz Zawierucha, guitar

    4:53
  • 2:34 AM

    Symphonic Poem No. 12 "Die Ideale"

    Franz Liszt

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    25:54
  • 2:33 AM

    Suite in modo polonico: Kujawiak Mazurka and Oberek Mazurka

    Alexandre Tansman

    Tomasz Zawierucha, guitar

    4:53
  • 2:33 AM

    Symphonic Poem No. 12 "Die Ideale"

    Franz Liszt

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    25:54
  • 2:20 AM

    Scaramouche

    Darius Milhaud

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Branford Marsalis, saxophone

    11:20
  • 2:16 AM

    Slink and Stride

    Ryan Latimer

    Antiarkie

    Psappha

    3:37
  • 2:10 AM

    Pinocchio: When You Wish Upon a Star

    Leigh Harline

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    3:38
  • 2:06 AM

    Pearl Fishers: Je crois entendre encore (I still can hear)

    Georges Bizet

    Voice Of The Violin

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Michael Stern, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    3:27
  • 2:01 AM

    Landler

    Anton Wunderer

    Horn Quartets

    Detmold Horn Quartet

    4:45
  • 1:54 AM

    Sunset

    Foday Musa Suso

    Kronos Quartet: Pieces of Africa

    Kronos Quartet

    Soloists

    4:24
  • 1:18 AM

    Appalachian Spring

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: Appalachian Spring - Music for the Theatre

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    34:49
  • 1:12 AM

    Pine Trees

    Mary Lattimore

    Mary Lattimore, harp

    3:19
  • 1:06 AM

    Song for Orchestra

    Ruth Gipps

    Gipps: Symphonies Nos 2 and 4, etc.

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    5:57
  • 1:01 AM

    Pretty Saro

    Traditional

    Appalachian Stories

    Essential Voices USA

    Judith Clurman, conductor

    Tessa Lark, violin

    4:45
  • 12:57 AM

    In The Bottoms Suite

    Nathaniel Dett

    Denver Oldham, piano

    14:12
  • 12:57 AM

    Pretty Saro

    Traditional

    Appalachian Stories

    Essential Voices USA

    Judith Clurman, conductor

    Tessa Lark, violin

    4:45
  • 12:44 AM

    In The Bottoms Suite

    Nathaniel Dett

    Denver Oldham, piano

    14:12
  • 12:14 AM

    Concerto for a Festival

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Rodrigo: Concierto para una Fiesta

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    28:11
  • 12:06 AM

    La Vida Breve: Interlude and Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    6:35
  • 12:01 AM

    Images, Book 2: Cloches a travers les feuilles (Bells through the leaves)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Images; Preludes Book 2

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    4:52
  • 11:38 PM

    Ballet Suite No. 2

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    19:39
  • 11:19 PM

    Eine kleine Nachtmusik

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Bobby McFerrin, conductor

    17:27
  • 11:13 PM

    A Little Piece of Music

    Sophie Eckhardt-Gramatte

    It's a Girl!

    Thomas Albertus Irnberger, violin

    5:03
  • 11:08 PM

    Joyous March

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    4:00
  • 11:06 PM

    Te Deum: Prelude

    Marc-Antoine Charpentier

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    1:36
  • 11:01 PM

    Bassoon Concerto: 2nd movement

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Five Concerti for Bassoon, Strings and Continuo

    I Solisti Veneti

    Milan Turkovich, bassoon

    4:39
  • 10:49 PM

    Symphony No. 8: 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    9:06
  • 10:46 PM

    William Chapman Nyaho, piano

    2:10
  • 10:29 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach: Violin Concertos

    Janine Jansen and Friends

    15:56
  • 10:18 PM

    Old Polish Suite

    Andrei Panufnik

    Panufnik: Homage to Polish Music

    Polish Chamber Orchestra

    Mariusz Smolij, conductor

    10:03
  • 10:09 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "Song of a New Race": 4th movement

    William Grant Still

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    7:13
  • 10:06 PM

    Venezuelan Waltz No. 3 "Natalia"

    Antonio Lauro

    Concierto Latinoamericano

    Berta Rojas, guitar

    2:54
  • 10:01 PM

    Serenade for Strings: Alla marcia

    Dag Wiren

    Nordic Light

    Strings of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Magnus Ericsson, conductor

    4:45
  • 9:47 PM

    Cuban Overture

    George Gershwin

    Gershwin: Concerto In F

    Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jeff Tyzik, conductor

    10:30
  • 9:40 PM

    Rondo for Horn and Orchestra

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart y Mambo

    Havana Lyceum Orchestra

    Jose Antonio Mendez Padron, conductor

    Sarah Willis, horn

    6:26
  • 9:31 PM

    Omphale's Spinning Wheel

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Marc Soustrot, conductor

    8:03
  • 9:26 PM

    En Sourdine (Muted bliss)

    Gabriel Faure

    Voice of Nature - The Anthropocene

    Renee Fleming, soprano

    3:27
  • 9:17 PM

    Halcyon Days

    Eric Coates

    Coates: The Three Elizabeths Suite

    East of England Orchestra

    Malcolm Nabarro, conductor

    8:02
  • 9:10 PM

    Trio Sonata No. 6

    William Boyce

    Boyce: Trio Sonatas

    Parley of Instruments

    Peter Holman, conductor

    6:36
  • 9:06 PM

    Morning Song

    Edward Elgar

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    3:21
  • 9:03 PM

    The Fence, the Rooftop, and the Distant Sea: Dance

    Kinan Azmeh

    Kinan Azmeh, clarinet

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    2:42
  • 8:51 PM

    La Scala di Seta (Silken Ladder): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jaime Laredo, conductor

    6:25
  • 8:48 PM

    Musical Jewelry Box

    Stephen Hough

    Jenny Lin, piano

    3:19
  • 8:30 PM

    Summer Scenes from Hame

    Vaino Raitio

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Tuomas Ollila-Hannikainen, conductor

    15:58
  • 8:26 PM

    Tjonneblomen (Water Lily)

    Gjermund Haugen

    Danish String Quartet

    3:51
  • 8:13 PM

    Symphony No. 12

    William Herschel

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    11:14
  • 8:06 PM

    Nameday (Namensfeier) Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Overtures

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    6:43
  • 8:01 PM

    The Red Pony Suite: Morning on the Ranch

    Aaron Copland

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    4:32
  • 5:45 PM

    Popular Andean Dances

    Celso Garrido-Lecca

    Inca Trail Connections

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

    12:58
  • 5:20 PM

    Cello Concerto No. 2

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Robin O'Neill, conductor

    Zuill Bailey, cello

    24:21
  • 5:06 PM

    Dioclesian Instrumental Music

    Henry Purcell

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    12:25
  • 5:01 PM

    9:15 Revue: Get Happy

    Harold Arlen

    Get Happy

    Jenny Lin, piano

    4:51
  • 4:41 PM

    Mandolin Concerto

    Johann Hummel

    Hummell: Mandolin Concerto, etc.

    London Mozart Players

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    Alison Stephens, mandolin

    17:32
  • 4:17 PM

    Moses: Ballet Music

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    21:16
  • 4:10 PM

    The Carpenter: Overture

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Cimarosa: Overtures, Vol. 1

    Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia

    Alessandro Amoretti, conductor

    5:25
  • 4:06 PM

    Concerto alla rustica (Rustic Concerto)

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi Concerti for Strings

    The King's Violins

    Bernard Labadie, conductor

    3:59
  • 4:01 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 2nd movement

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens: Symphonies 1

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Marc Soustrot, conductor

    4:42
  • 3:48 PM

    Variations on an African American Spiritual

    Joshua McGhee

    Where Freedom Rings: Compositions by Contemporary African American Composers

    Picasso Ensemble

    9:55
  • 3:27 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 12

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Piano Sonatas II

    Ingrid Haebler, piano

    20:02
  • 3:18 PM

    Sonata No. 4 "La Castella"

    Giovanni Pandolfi Mealli

    Pacific MusicWorks

    Stephen Stubbs, conductor

    Tekla Cunningham, Baroque violin

    7:36
  • 3:06 PM

    Fair Melusina Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    10:47
  • 3:01 PM

    Flowers from Froso: Entry to the Summer Meadow

    Wilhelm Peterson-Berger

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Okko Kamu, conductor

    4:43
  • 2:29 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 10

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos 9 & 10

    Martha Argerich, piano

    27:19
  • 2:12 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 6

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: 12 Concerti Grossi

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    16:17
  • 2:04 PM

    Suite for Piano

    Ethel Smyth

    Smyth: Complete Piano Works

    Liana Serbescu, piano

    6:16
  • 1:59 PM

    Eugene Onegin: Polonaise

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yuri Temirkanov, conductor

    4:38
  • 1:54 PM

    Solitaire: Sarabande

    Malcolm Arnold

    Arnold: Dances

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    3:11
  • 1:50 PM

    Septet: 5th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven, Strauss

    Montreal Symphony Orchestra Soloists

    3:01
  • 1:45 PM

    Macbeth: Tre volte miagola (Witches Scene)

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Verdi: Choruses

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    4:01
  • 1:40 PM

    Shakespeare in Love: Main Title

    Stephen Warbeck

    Shakespeare's Music

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:24
  • 1:31 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 6

    John Stanley

    Stanley: Concertos, Op. 2

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Simon Standage, conductor

    7:50
  • 1:25 PM

    Symphony No. 95: 2nd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: The London Symphonies, Vol. I

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    4:16
  • 1:18 PM

    Waltz No. 2 "Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin

    Claudio Arrau, piano

    6:12
  • 1:09 PM

    Colas Breugnon Overture

    Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Russian Overtures

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    5:30
  • 1:04 PM

    Cantabile

    Niccolo Paganini

    Cantabile

    Duo Similia

    3:40
  • 12:49 PM

    La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures (Complete), Vol. 1

    Prague Sinfonia Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    9:50
  • 12:44 PM

    Schwanengesang, Book 1: Standchen (Serenade)

    Franz Schubert

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    James MacMillan, conductor

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    4:08
  • 12:36 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan": 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos K467 And K595

    Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    Lars Vogt, piano

    6:25
  • 12:32 PM

    Minuet No. 2

    Giacomo Puccini

    Puccini: Chrisantemi/3 Minuetti, etc.

    Orchestra of the Auvergne

    Jean Jacques Kantorow, conductor

    3:16
  • 12:24 PM

    Minuet Antique

    Maurice Ravel

    Stanislaw Skrowaczewski - The Minnesota Orchestra: The Vox Recordings

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor

    7:44
  • 12:15 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 2: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Chamber Orchestra

    Lisa Batiashvili, violin

    7:07
  • 12:09 PM

    Legend No. 6

    Antonin Dvorak

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    4:55
  • 12:04 PM

    Minuet

    Luigi Boccherini

    Jewels of the Classics

    Philharmonia Virtuosi

    Richard Kapp, conductor

    3:41
  • 11:50 AM

    Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave)

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto, Symphony No. 4

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    9:02
  • 11:49 AM

    Four Scottish Dances

    Malcolm Arnold

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    8:40
  • 11:35 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 2 after Scarlatti

    Charles Avison

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    11:05
  • 11:30 AM

    Entry March of the Boyars

    Johan Halvorsen

    Symphonic Spectacular

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    4:23
  • 11:17 AM

    String Symphony No. 4

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Gli Incogniti

    Amandine Beyer, conductor

    11:25
  • 11:15 AM

    Swan Lake: Dance of the Little Swans

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra

    Aleksander Lazarev, conductor

    1:45
  • 11:08 AM

    Minneapolis Guitar Quartet

    5:01
  • 11:04 AM

    Miniature Viennese March

    Fritz Kreisler

    Encore!

    Midori, violin

    3:12
  • 10:45 AM

    Harp Concerto

    George Frideric Handel

    Great Works for Harp

    Kuentz Chamber Orchestra

    Paul Kuentz, conductor

    Nicanor Zabaleta, harp

    13:41
  • 10:31 AM

    String Quartet No. 1

    Maddalena Laura Sirmen

    Sirmen: The 6 String Quartets / Allegri String Quartet

    Allegri String Quartet

    12:14
  • 10:25 AM

    Pavane for a Dead Princess (Pavane pour une infante defunte)

    Maurice Ravel

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    5:58
  • 10:21 AM

    Second Suite: Petite Waltz

    Theodore Dubois

    Sylvan Winds

    Diva Goodfriend-Koven, flute

    Mark Dover, clarinet

    Nanci Belmont, bassoon

    2:51
  • 10:09 AM

    London Baroque

    10:14
  • 10:06 AM

    Pelleas and Melisande: Intermezzo

    Jean Sibelius

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    2:51
  • 10:01 AM

    Hopkinson Smith, lute

    4:30
  • 9:41 AM

    Violin Sonata

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonatas for Keyboard and Violin

    Alina Ibragimova, violin

    16:49
  • 9:21 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 7

    Francois Devienne

    Munich Chamber Orchestra

    Hans Stadlmair, conductor

    Andras Adorjan, flute

    18:35
  • 9:10 AM

    Ouverture legere

    Lou Koster

    Estro Armonico Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra

    Jonathan Kaell, conductor

    9:23
  • 9:06 AM

    Tales of Hoffmann: Barcarolle

    Jacques Offenbach

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    3:34
  • 9:01 AM

    L'incoronazione di Poppea: Pur ti miro

    Claudio Monteverdi

    Axioms: Moments of Truth

    Axiom Quartet

    4:35
  • 8:55 AM

    Homage to Mistral: Prelude

    Matilde Salvadore

    Dejan Ivanovic, guitar

    2:58
  • 8:34 AM

    Whistler Waves

    Caroline Mallonee

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Feng Hew, cello

    20:52
  • 8:06 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 17 "The Tempest"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Sonatas 8, 17, and 23

    Ingrid Fliter, piano

    25:52
  • 8:01 AM

    Prelude

    Heino Kaski

    Scandinavian Rhapsody, A Selection of Orchestral Favourites

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:41
  • 7:23 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    George Chadwick

    Chadwick: Symphony No. 2; Symphonic Sketches

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    34:55
  • 7:18 AM

    A Hermit Thrush at Eve

    Amy Beach

    Hiroko Ishimoto, piano

    5:00
  • 7:06 AM

    Winter Poem No. 1

    Glenn Buhr

    Winter Poems - Music of Glenn Buhr

    Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra

    Bramwell Tovey, conductor

    10:02
  • 7:01 AM

    The Jane Pickering Lute Book

    Anonymous

    The Scottish Lute

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    4:41
  • 6:44 AM

    Concertstuck

    Cecile Chaminade

    Beach, Chaminade, Howell: Piano Concertos

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Rebecca Miller, conductor

    Danny Driver, piano

    14:51
  • 6:19 AM

    Swanwhite Suite

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Works for Violin and Orchestra

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Pekka Kuusisto, conductor

    23:07
  • 6:06 AM

    Air

    Aaron Jay Kernis

    Living Music

    Alice K. Dade, flute

    12:00
  • 6:01 AM

    El cant dels ocells (Song of the Birds)

    Pablo Casals

    Romance: Lalo, Tchaikovsky, Casals, etc.

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Antonio Pappano, conductor

    Han-Na Chang, cello

    4:37
  • 5:51 AM

    Barcarolle No. 3

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: The Complete Music for Piano

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    7:09
  • 5:46 AM

    D'un matin de printemps (Of a Spring Morning)

    Lili Boulanger

    Women's Philharmonic

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    4:57
  • 5:14 AM

    Cleveland Quartet

    30:58
  • 5:01 AM

    Cinderella: Adagio

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Cinderella

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    4:47