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  • 4:51 AM

    Violin Concerto "Shrink"

    Nico Muhly

    Norwegian Chamber Orchestra

    Pekka Kuusisto, violin

    22:15
  • 4:36 AM

    Violin Concerto "Shrink"

    Nico Muhly

    Norwegian Chamber Orchestra

    Pekka Kuusisto, violin

    22:15
  • 4:31 AM

    Fast Dances: No. 3 and No. 2

    Nico Muhly

    Duo Scorpio

    4:50
  • 4:11 AM

    Home Stretch

    Timo Andres

    Home Stretch

    Metropolis Ensemble

    Andrew Cyr, conductor

    Timo Andres, piano

    18:10
  • 4:07 AM

    To the Hands: I Will Hold You

    Caroline Shaw

    The Crossing

    Donald Nally, conductor

    3:05
  • 4:01 AM

    Siggi String Quartet

    4:37
  • 3:52 AM

    Evening

    Kevin Puts

    Renee Fleming, soprano

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, piano

    5:56
  • 3:47 AM

    Air for Violin and Piano

    Kevin Puts

    Anthony Marwood, violin

    Gilles Vonsattel, piano

    4:18
  • 3:15 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1 "Latin Concerto"

    Gabriela Montero

    Orchestra of the Americas

    Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor

    Gabriela Montero, piano

    29:52
  • 3:06 AM

    The Consolation of Rain: 3rd movement

    David Bruce

    The North Wind Was a Woman: Chamber Works by David Bruce

    Camerata Pacifica

    6:18
  • 3:01 AM

    Rumba Machine

    Martin Butler

    Martin Butler: Dirty Beasts & Other Chamber Works

    Martin Butler, piano

    4:40
  • 2:52 AM

    Presto

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Spring Song, The Bard, etc.

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    6:42
  • 2:24 AM

    Quintet for Oboe, Clarinet and String Trio

    Ruth Gipps

    Peter Cigleris, clarinet

    Gareth Hulse, oboe

    John Mills, violin

    Lydia Lowndes-Northcott, viola

    Bozidar Vukotic, cello

    26:27
  • 2:16 AM

    Prelude No. 3

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Julian Bream, guitar

    5:29
  • 2:06 AM

    Trio Sonata No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Royal Brass: Music from the Renaissance & Baroque

    Empire Brass

    9:52
  • 2:01 AM

    Symphony: Finale

    Juan Arriaga

    Algarve Orchestra

    Alvaro Cassuto, conductor

    4:37
  • 1:51 AM

    Eugene Onegin: Lensky's Aria

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations, etc.

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Mischa Maisky, cello

    6:49
  • 1:46 AM

    A Prayer of the Middle Ages

    Howard Hanson

    Lux Aurumque

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    3:45
  • 1:07 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    Yundi Li, piano

    38:23
  • 1:01 AM

    Overture No. 2: Gavotte

    Francesco Veracini

    Veracini: Five Overtures

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    4:41
  • 12:48 AM

    Fantasy on a Hymn by Justin Morgan

    Thomas Canning

    Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    10:14
  • 12:25 AM

    Symphony No. 74

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Philharmonia Hungarica

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    21:20
  • 12:17 AM

    Quintet for English Horn and Strings: 2nd movement

    Eric Ewazen

    Julie Ann Giacobassi: English Horn and Oboe d'Amore

    Julie Ann Giacobassi, English horn

    7:05
  • 12:06 AM

    Poem for Flute and Orchestra

    Charles Tomlinson Griffes

    Griffes: Orchestral Music

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Carol Wincenc, flute

    9:59
  • 12:01 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 22

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Cimarosa: Keyboard Sonatas, Vol. 2

    Victor Sangiorgio, piano

    4:48
  • 11:37 PM

    Harp Concerto

    Francois Boieldieu

    Great Works for Harp

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Ernst Marzendorfer, conductor

    Nicanor Zabaleta, harp

    21:34
  • 11:27 PM

    The Skaters Waltz

    Emil Waldteufel

    Dance!: The World's Favourite Ice-Skating Music

    Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    7:50
  • 11:21 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Eroica": 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Manfred Honeck, conductor

    5:36
  • 11:13 PM

    Scottish March (Marche ecossaise)

    Claude Debussy

    The Chamber Music of Claude Debussy

    Anne-Marie McDermott, piano

    6:34
  • 11:06 PM

    Symphony No. 6

    William Boyce

    William Boyce Symphonies

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Ronald Thomas, conductor

    6:37
  • 11:01 PM

    Serenade for Strings: Romanza

    Ernst von Dohnanyi

    English Sinfonia

    John Farrer, conductor

    4:37
  • 10:51 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 20: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Jeremy Denk, piano

    7:12
  • 10:28 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Johann Sebastian Bach: Four Orchestral Suites

    La Petite Bande

    Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor

    21:11
  • 10:19 PM

    Flute Concertino

    Cecile Chaminade

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Philippe Auguin, conductor

    Manuela Wiesler, flute

    8:31
  • 10:06 PM

    Suffolk Suite

    Doreen Carwithen

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    11:34
  • 9:55 PM

    Sure on This Shining Night

    Samuel Barber

    Zuill Bailey, cello

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:24
  • 9:39 PM

    Symphony

    Antonio Rosetti

    Rosetti: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    16:21
  • 9:28 PM

    Variations on a Theme by Handel

    Mauro Giuliani

    Romance Guitar

    Lars Hannibal, guitar

    8:50
  • 9:20 PM

    String Quartet No. 5: 3rd movement

    Dmitri Klebanov

    Chamber Works by Dmitri Klebanov

    ARC Ensemble

    7:43
  • 9:06 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 10

    Arcangelo Corelli

    Corelli: Concerti Grossi Op 6

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    12:29
  • 9:03 PM

    Morris Dance Tunes: Laudnum Bunches

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: Works for Chamber Orchestra

    New Zealand Chamber Orchestra

    Nicholas Braithwaite, conductor

    2:48
  • 8:45 PM

    Polonaise-Fantasie

    Frederic Chopin

    Rafal Blechacz, piano

    12:30
  • 8:23 PM

    Tale of Tsar Saltan Suite

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Suites

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    20:58
  • 8:17 PM

    Lonely Waterloo

    Traditional Newfoundland

    On the Rock

    Ofra Harnoy, cello

    3:59
  • 8:06 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Telemann: Trumpet Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Hakan Hardenberger, trumpet

    10:33
  • 8:01 PM

    Handel in the Strand

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger: Folk-Inspired Works for Piano Duet and Piano Duo

    Bilder Duo

    4:34
  • 5:48 PM

    The Sorcerer's Apprentice

    Paul Dukas

    French National Orchestra

    Georges Pretre, conductor

    10:24
  • 5:27 PM

    On the Waterfront: Symphonic Suite

    Leonard Bernstein

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    19:25
  • 5:20 PM

    Raymonda: Grand Adagio

    Alexander Glazunov

    Russian Adagios

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor

    5:14
  • 5:06 PM

    Concerto for Two Horns

    Leopold Mozart

    Concerto Rotterdam

    Heinz Freisen, conductor

    Herman Jeurissen, horn

    Michael Holtzel, horn

    13:31
  • 5:01 PM

    Perpetual Motion

    Niccolo Paganini

    Eastman Wind Ensemble

    Donald Hunsberger, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, cornet

    4:33
  • 4:28 PM

    Piano Concerto

    Edvard Grieg

    Wonderland

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    Alice Sara Ott, piano

    30:13
  • 4:20 PM

    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
  • 4:12 PM

    Welcome the Queen

    Arthur Bliss

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    6:46
  • 4:06 PM

    Folk Songs for Orchestra: Going to lay down my sword and shield

    George Walker

    Cleveland Chamber Symphony

    Edwin London, conductor

    4:03
  • 4:03 PM

    Lyric Pieces: Homeward

    Edvard Grieg

    Ballad for Edvard Grieg

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    2:45
  • 4:00 PM

    Lyric Pieces: Waltz

    Edvard Grieg

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    2:03
  • 3:41 PM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2

    Georges Bizet

    Rossini: La Boutique Fantasque

    Toronto Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    17:26
  • 3:17 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 3

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    WA Mozart: The Violin Concertos

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    Yakov Kreizberg, conductor

    Julia Fischer, violin

    23:23
  • 3:14 PM

    Andrew Lawrence-King, harp

    :48
  • 3:06 PM

    Adagio for Strings

    Samuel Barber

    Adventures in Early Music

    Smithsonian Chamber Players

    Kenneth Slowik, conductor

    7:34
  • 3:01 PM

    Anthony Glise, guitar

    4:33
  • 2:44 PM

    Ma vlast (My Country): Vysehrad

    Bedrich Smetana

    Smetana: Ma Vlast

    Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra

    Zdenek Macal, conductor

    14:08
  • 2:36 PM

    Prelude No. 15 "Raindrop"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin Preludes

    Ivan Moravec, piano

    6:28
  • 2:16 PM

    Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

    Gustav Leonhardt, conductor

    Anner Bylsma, cello

    19:19
  • 2:08 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1, Saint-Saens: Piano Concerto No. 2

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    Andre Watts, piano

    6:40
  • 1:59 PM

    Giselle: Entrance of Giselle

    Adolphe Adam

    Adam: Giselle

    Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    7:13
  • 1:48 PM

    An Outdoor Overture

    Aaron Copland

    Copland

    Utah Symphony Orchestra

    Maurice Abravanel, conductor

    9:19
  • 1:43 PM

    Time For Three

    3:54
  • 1:34 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Il'ya Muromets": 3rd movement

    Reinhold Gliere

    Gliere: Symphony No. 3, Op. 42, "Il'ya Murometz"

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Leon Botstein, conductor

    7:04
  • 1:28 PM

    Clarinet Quintet: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Juilliard String Quartet

    Charles Neidich, clarinet

    5:03
  • 1:21 PM

    Symphony Concertante: Rondeau

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    Yury Revich, violin

    Libor Jezek, violin

    5:58
  • 1:17 PM

    Randall Goosby, violin

    Zhu Wang, piano

    3:37
  • 1:07 PM

    Symphony No. 83 "The Hen": 4th movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies 7 and 83

    Handel and Haydn Society

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    6:00
  • 1:04 PM

    The Prince of Denmark's March

    Jeremiah Clarke

    The Greatest Classical Show On Earth

    Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

    2:47
  • 12:52 PM

    Symphony No. 4

    Georg Anton Benda

    Benda: Sinfonias Nos. 1-6

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    7:25
  • 12:46 PM

    Karelia Suite: Alla Marcia

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Karelia and Kuolema (complete versions)

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    4:06
  • 12:39 PM

    Prelude and Scherzo

    Henri Busser

    Laurel Zucker, flute

    Paul Switzler, piano

    5:42
  • 12:32 PM

    Voyevoda: Dance of the Hay Girls

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    5:32
  • 12:22 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 25: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Piano Concertos

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Jeremy Denk, piano

    8:28
  • 12:12 PM

    Benjamin Perrot, Baroque guitar

    2:47
  • 12:04 PM

    Wiener Blut (Vienna Blood)

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    8:01
  • 11:46 AM

    Cello Concerto: 3rd movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    The Essential Yo-Yo Ma

    New York Philharmonic

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    12:50
  • 11:37 AM

    Concerto No. 5

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Simon Standage, conductor

    7:20
  • 11:29 AM

    Danzon Cubano

    Aaron Copland

    Tangazo

    New World Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    7:00
  • 11:24 AM

    Legend No. 1

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Legends

    Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    3:37
  • 11:20 AM

    Be Like the Bird

    Abbie Betinis

    COVID-19 Sessions

    Cantus

    2:16
  • 11:16 AM

    Liebesleid (Love's Sorrow)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Joshua Bell, violin

    Paul Coker, piano

    3:40
  • 11:09 AM

    Clarinet Concerto No. 7: 3rd movement

    Carl Stamitz

    New Era

    Potsdam Chamber Academy

    Andreas Ottensamer, clarinet

    5:29
  • 11:04 AM

    Pulcinella Suite: Gavotte

    Igor Stravinsky

    Bartok: Divertimento; Romanian Folk Dances; Stravinsky: Pulcinella Suite; Dumbarton Oaks

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    4:01
  • 10:49 AM

    L'assedio di Corinto (Siege of Corinth): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    8:53
  • 10:47 AM

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    1:56
  • 10:33 AM

    Irish Rhapsody No. 1

    Charles Stanford

    Stanford: Symphony No. 6

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    13:39
  • 10:25 AM

    Oboe Concerto No. 1

    George Frideric Handel

    Sound The Trumpet: Royal Music of Purcell and Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    7:27
  • 10:15 AM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique": 3rd movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Manfred Honeck, conductor

    8:56
  • 10:06 AM

    Overture No. 2

    Louise Farrenc

    European Soloists, Luxembourg

    Christoph Konig, conductor

    7:07
  • 10:01 AM

    Rondo on an Irish Air "Cory Owen"

    George Frederick Pinto

    PINTO: Fantasia and Sonata in C minor / Minuetto in A-Flat Major / Grand Sonata in E-Flat Minor

    Miceal O'Rourke, piano

    4:35
  • 9:49 AM

    Concerto for Two Mandolins

    Antonio Vivaldi

    La Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy

    Jean-Claude Malgoire, conductor

    Christian Schneider, mandolin

    Andre Saint-Clivier, mandolin

    9:20
  • 9:45 AM

    Shenandoah

    Traditional

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    2:52
  • 9:26 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 8

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Isaac Stern, violin

    Eugene Istomin, piano

    17:55
  • 9:19 AM

    Jocelyn: Berceuse

    Benjamin Godard

    Duo Similia

    5:04
  • 9:06 AM

    Indian Queen: selections

    Henry Purcell

    Purcell: Ayres for the Theatre

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    12:40
  • 9:01 AM

    Iberia: Triana

    Isaac Albeniz

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Daniel, conductor

    John Williams, guitar

    4:37
  • 8:43 AM

    Sonata for Clarinet and Piano

    Camille Saint-Saens

    French Music for Clarinet and Piano

    Gervase de Peyer, clarinet

    15:02
  • 8:39 AM

    Naja's Waltz

    Fredrik Sjolin

    Danish String Quartet

    3:16
  • 8:16 AM

    Intermezzo: Interludes

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Symphonic Music from Operas

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    22:17
  • 8:06 AM

    Andiamo Chamber Ensemble

    8:54
  • 8:01 AM

    Sarabande with variations

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Susato, Moritz von Hessen, Bach, Franke, Sammartini, Mendelssohn, Ewald

    Ludwig Guttler Brass Ensemble

    Ludwig Guttler, conductor

    4:35
  • 7:43 AM

    Borderlands Ensemble

    14:52
  • 7:39 AM

    Schlummerlied (Slumber Song)

    Robert Schumann

    Violin Lullabies / Rachel Barton Pine

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    3:39
  • 7:14 AM

    Sinfonietta

    E.J. Moeran

    Northern Sinfonia of England

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    24:21
  • 7:06 AM

    Six Ricercars on a Theme of F.C. da Milano

    Dusan Bogdanovic

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    6:59
  • 7:01 AM

    On Distant Waves (Sur les flots lointains)

    Charles Koechlin

    Koechlin: Le boisson ardent; Sur les flots lointains

    Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:46
  • 6:31 AM

    Pas de Deux

    James Horner

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vasily Petrenko, conductor

    Mari Samuelsen, violin

    Hakon Samuelsen, cello

    27:40
  • 6:26 AM

    Stephen Hough, piano

    4:13
  • 6:17 AM

    Bucolique

    Eugene Bozza

    Ricardo Morales, clarinet

    Michael Chertock, piano

    7:02
  • 6:06 AM

    String Symphony No. 5

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

    Thomas Hengelbrock, conductor

    10:52
  • 6:01 AM

    Three Waltzes

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    BEETHOVEN: 12 Country Dances / 12 German Dances / 6 Minuets / 11 Modling Dances

    L'Orfeo Baroque Orchestra

    Michi Gaigg, conductor

    4:32
  • 5:40 AM

    Flute Concerto

    Louis Gianella

    Italian Flute Concertos

    I Solisti Veneti

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    17:46
  • 5:34 AM

    The Days (I giorni)

    Ludovico Einaudi

    Ludovico Einaudi: Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    5:44
  • 5:15 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 14

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mostly Mozart

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    17:34
  • 5:06 AM

    Swan of Tuonela

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 etc.

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    Havard Norang, English horn

    8:29
  • 5:01 AM

    Vlado Perlemuter, piano

    4:34