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  • 4:47 AM

    Canto V: Into the heart of light

    Einojuhani Rautavaara

    Dedicated to

    Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra

    Juha Kangas, conductor

    11:34
  • 4:32 AM

    ConTempo Quartet

    Linda Buckley, electronics

    14:28
  • 4:19 AM

    Fantasia

    Raminta Serksnyte

    Northscapes

    Ieva Jokubaviciute, piano

    10:18
  • 4:07 AM

    Truro Canticles

    Dobrinka Tabakova

    Truro Cathedral Choir

    Christopher Gray, conductor

    Joseph Wicks, organ

    12:00
  • 4:01 AM

    Echo Collective

    4:31
  • 3:51 AM

    Music without Metaphor

    Scott Wollschleger

    Karl Larson, piano

    7:20
  • 3:35 AM

    The City of Tomorrow

    15:16
  • 3:27 AM

    Matangi Quartet

    Emily D'Angelo, mezzo-soprano

    5:30
  • 3:17 AM

    Known By Heart

    Christopher Tignor

    A Light Below

    Christopher Tignor, violin

    9:26
  • 3:07 AM

    Flowers of Herself

    Max Richter

    Max Richter: Exiles

    Baltic Sea Philharmonic

    Kristjan Jarvi, conductor

    8:34
  • 3:01 AM

    Peter Gregson, cello

    Peter Gregson, electronics

    4:36
  • 2:54 AM

    Andante for Oboe and Strings

    Gaetano Donizetti

    Ensemble Berlin

    Christoph Hartmann, oboe

    4:23
  • 2:16 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Zara Levina

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Ariane Matiakh, conductor

    Maria Lettberg, piano

    36:51
  • 2:06 AM

    The Enchanted Lake

    Anatol Liadov

    Impressions Of The Sea

    Long Beach Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    7:37
  • 2:01 AM

    Caprice-Chaconne

    Francesco Corbetta

    Ensemble Kapsberger

    Rolf Lislevand, conductor

    4:47
  • 1:48 AM

    Hymn to a Blue Hour

    John Mackey

    Asphalt Cocktail: The Music of John Mackey

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    10:38
  • 1:18 AM

    Cello Sonata No. 2

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Marcy Rosen, cello

    Lydia Artymiw, piano

    27:48
  • 1:06 AM

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    10:35
  • 1:01 AM

    Prague Symphony Orchestra

    Vaclav Smetacek, conductor

    4:48
  • 12:52 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "Mysterious Mountain"

    Alan Hovhaness

    London Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    16:43
  • 12:42 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "Mysterious Mountain"

    Alan Hovhaness

    London Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    16:43
  • 12:38 AM

    Gymnopedie No. 1

    Erik Satie

    Memory

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    3:12
  • 12:19 AM

    Le Tombeau de Couperin

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Jeux de Miroirs

    Paris Orchestra

    Josep Pons, conductor

    17:45
  • 12:06 AM

    Four Seasons: Autumn

    Antonio Vivaldi

    The Four Seasons: A Musical Calendar Of Favorite Classics

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Shlomo Mintz, violin

    10:55
  • 12:01 AM

    Caprice No. 24

    Niccolo Paganini

    Nicola Hall, guitar

    4:46
  • 11:44 PM

    Variations on "La belle Francoise"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Ingrid Haebler, piano

    14:07
  • 11:26 PM

    Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony, etc.

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Adrian Boult, conductor

    16:33
  • 11:22 PM

    Bist du bei mir (If Thou art Near)

    Gottfried Heinrich Stolzel

    Bach to Bach | A Celebration of Baroque Music for Cello

    Ofra Harnoy, cello

    2:47
  • 11:10 PM

    New Federal Overture

    James Hewitt

    Sinfonia Finlandia Jyvaskyla

    Patrick Gallois, conductor

    10:56
  • 11:06 PM

    Fanfare on Amazing Grace

    Adolphus Hailstork

    Adolphus Hailstork: An American Port Of Call

    Virginia Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    3:25
  • 11:01 PM

    Amazing Grace

    Traditional

    Serafin String Quartet

    4:35
  • 10:33 PM

    Symphony No. 79

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Accademia Bizantina

    Ottavio Dantone, conductor

    23:54
  • 10:30 PM

    Umoja (Unity)

    Valerie Coleman

    Umoja

    Imani Winds

    2:23
  • 10:21 PM

    Scherzo No. 3

    Frederic Chopin

    Seong-Jin Cho, piano

    7:18
  • 10:07 PM

    Georgian Chamber Orchestra

    Lisa Batiashvili, conductor

    Lisa Batiashvili, violin

    12:25
  • 10:06 PM

    Tambourin

    Francois-Joseph Gossec

    James Galway - Celebrating 70: A Collection of Personal Favorites

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    1:24
  • 9:41 PM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 3

    Ottorino Respighi

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    16:52
  • 9:31 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Giuseppe Tartini

    Italian Concertos

    Scottish Ensemble

    Jonathan Morton, conductor

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    9:40
  • 9:25 PM

    Minuet

    Ignaz Paderewski

    My Favorite Things: Virtuoso Encores

    Stephen Hough, piano

    4:29
  • 9:17 PM

    Rondo for Violin and Orchestra

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Thomas Zehetmair, conductor

    Thomas Zehetmair, violin

    6:53
  • 9:09 PM

    Impressions of the Puna

    Alberto Ginastera

    Music for a Sunday Morning

    Shanghai Quartet

    Eugenia Zukerman, flute

    6:53
  • 9:06 PM

    Prince Igor: Dance of the Polovtsian Maidens

    Alexander Borodin

    Peter Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture; Alexander Borodin: Polovtsian Dances

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    2:11
  • 9:03 PM

    Benjamin Perrot, Baroque guitar

    2:47
  • 8:48 PM

    By the Beautiful Blue Danube (An der schonen, blauen Donau)

    Johann StraussJr.

    New Year's Concert 1989

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Carlos Kleiber, conductor

    9:52
  • 8:44 PM

    Pelleas and Melisande: Sicilienne

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure, G.: Music for Cello and Piano

    Ina-Esther Joost Ben-Sasson, cello

    3:33
  • 8:26 PM

    Symphony

    Luigi Boccherini

    Boccherini: Symphonies Op. 12 Nos. 4-6

    German Chamber Academy

    Johannes Goritzki, conductor

    15:53
  • 8:10 PM

    Concerto for Recorder and Viola

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Michala Petri, recorder

    Pinchas Zukerman, viola

    14:44
  • 8:06 PM

    Peer Gynt: Anitra's Dance

    Edvard Grieg

    Peer Gynt

    San Francisco Symphony

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    3:34
  • 8:01 PM

    Fantasia Suite No. 8

    John Jenkins

    Locke Consort

    4:36
  • 5:42 PM

    Harp Concerto

    Jean Eichner

    Kurpfalz Chamber Orchestra

    Stefan Fraas, conductor

    Silke Aichhorn, harp

    15:43
  • 5:19 PM

    Rossiniana Suite

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Church Windows

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    21:00
  • 5:16 PM

    La Boite a Musique (Music Box)

    Pierre Sancan

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    1:38
  • 5:06 PM

    Invitation to the Dance

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Weber: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2, Bassoon Concerto

    BBC Philharmonic

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    10:02
  • 5:01 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 3rd movement

    Johan Svendsen

    Svendsen: Symphonies 1 & 2

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    4:45
  • 4:51 PM

    Sinfonia for 3 Trumpets No. 3

    Johann Christian Hertel

    Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra

    Wolfgang Bauer, conductor

    Wolfgang Bauer, trumpet

    7:23
  • 4:44 PM

    Medley of Scots Tunes

    Rachel Barton Pine

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Alexander Platt, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    Alasdair Fraser, fiddle

    5:58
  • 4:29 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 4

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Sonatas K. 281, 282, 284, 545

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    14:24
  • 4:12 PM

    Prelude and Fugue "St Anne"

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    14:44
  • 4:06 PM

    Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5: Aria (Cantilena)

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Avi Avital, mandolin

    Richard Galliano, accordion

    Klaus Stoll, double bass

    5:17
  • 4:01 PM

    Silvain Overture

    Andre Gretry

    Gretry: Suites and Overtures

    Orchestre De Bretagne

    Stefan Sanderling, conductor

    4:45
  • 3:48 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 3 "Il gardellino" ("The Goldfinch")

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: 6 Flute Concertos Op 10

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Lisa Beznosiuk, flute

    9:57
  • 3:31 PM

    Dumbarton Oaks Concerto

    Igor Stravinsky

    Ensemble Intercontemporain

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    15:13
  • 3:13 PM

    String Quartet No. 53 "The Lark"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Emerson String Quartet

    17:45
  • 3:06 PM

    Colas Breugnon Overture

    Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Russian Overtures

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    5:30
  • 3:01 PM

    Suite Piedra libre: La Mancha

    Denis Plante

    Pentaedre

    4:51
  • 2:53 PM

    Strange Days (Giorni dispari)

    Ludovico Einaudi

    Ludovico Einaudi: Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    5:30
  • 2:45 PM

    String Quartet No. 12: 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Prism 1

    Danish String Quartet

    6:41
  • 2:20 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 15 "Pastoral"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Sonatas 8, 15, 27 & 30

    Jonathan Biss, piano

    23:41
  • 2:15 PM

    hope, faith, life, love

    Eric Whitacre

    Polyphony

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    3:46
  • 1:59 PM

    Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    13:05
  • 1:47 PM

    From Italy (Aus Italien): In the Campagna

    Richard Strauss

    R. Strauss: Aus Italien, Don Juan

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    10:28
  • 1:41 PM

    Startin' Sumthin'

    Jeff Scott

    Startin' Sumthin'

    Imani Winds

    4:50
  • 1:29 PM

    Gli Incogniti

    Amandine Beyer, conductor

    10:11
  • 1:21 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Titan": 2nd movement

    Gustav Mahler

    Mahler: Symphony No. 1

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    7:27
  • 1:18 PM

    Flight of the Bumblebee

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    The Essential Canadian Brass

    Canadian Brass

    1:24
  • 1:08 PM

    Guitar Quintet No. 4 "Fandango": Fandango

    Luigi Boccherini

    Souvenirs of Spain and Italy

    Pacifica Quartet

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    6:59
  • 1:04 PM

    Carmen: Intermezzo

    Georges Bizet

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    Futaba Inoue, piano

    2:23
  • 12:58 PM

    Lady in the Dark: Tchaikovsky and other Russians

    Kurt Weill & Ira Gershwin

    Danny Kaye, vocal

    :00
  • 12:48 PM

    Serenade for Strings: 1st movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    The Tchaikovsky Project

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    9:35
  • 12:42 PM

    The Prophet: Coronation March

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Marches And Overtures A La Francaise

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    4:25
  • 12:36 PM

    Rinaldo: Let me weep (Lascia ch'io pianga)

    George Frideric Handel

    Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

    Harry Bicket, conductor

    Renee Fleming, soprano

    4:26
  • 12:30 PM

    Armida: Overture

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos 60 & 91

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    5:02
  • 12:26 PM

    La Vida Breve: Spanish Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Iberischer Klangzauber

    Dorothea von Albrecht, cello

    3:28
  • 12:23 PM

    Etude No. 12 "Revolutionary"

    Frederic Chopin

    Seong-Jin Cho, piano

    2:35
  • 12:10 PM

    Teseo Overture

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Overtures

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    5:20
  • 12:04 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 1

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Gunter Wand, conductor

    5:04
  • 11:51 AM

    Serenade No. 7 "Haffner": Rondo

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    North German Radio Symphony

    Gunter Wand, conductor

    8:10
  • 11:48 AM

    Ca' the Yowes

    Traditional

    The Four Quarteres

    Solem Quartet

    2:19
  • 11:43 AM

    Concerto alla rustica (Rustic Concerto)

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Concertos

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    3:44
  • 11:33 AM

    Artemisia, Queen of Caria: Overture

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Patrick Gallois, conductor

    8:29
  • 11:24 AM

    The Anonymous Lover: Overture-Symphony

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    7:41
  • 11:16 AM

    Symphony No. 1: 3rd movement

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    6:30
  • 11:08 AM

    Traditional Hornpipe Suite

    Adrian Cruft

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    7:08
  • 11:04 AM

    Preludes, Book 1: La fille aux cheveux de lin (The Girl with the Flaxen Hair)

    Claude Debussy

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    Sandra Rivers, piano

    2:36
  • 10:47 AM

    Symphony No. 8

    Georg Anton Benda

    Benda: Sinfonias Nos. 7-12

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    7:24
  • 10:41 AM

    Canzon No. 7

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    Empire Brass & Friends

    3:55
  • 10:27 AM

    Royal Concert No. 2

    Francois Couperin

    Smithsonian Chamber Players

    Kenneth Slowik, conductor

    13:34
  • 10:23 AM

    The Piano: The Heart Asks Pleasure First

    Michael Nyman

    Paris Chamber Orchestra

    Adrien Perruchon, conductor

    Gautier Capucon, cello

    3:39
  • 10:12 AM

    Cantata No. 169: Sinfonia

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach Sinfonia

    Accademia Bizantina

    Ottavio Dantone, conductor

    Stefano Demicheli, organ

    8:50
  • 10:06 AM

    Dreams of Love No. 3 (Liebestraum)

    Franz Liszt

    Virtuose Harfenmusik

    Jutta Zoff, harp

    5:14
  • 10:01 AM

    Variations on a Theme by Rossini

    Frederic Chopin

    Duo Recital

    Maxence Larrieu, flute

    4:48
  • 9:42 AM

    Simple Symphony

    Benjamin Britten

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    16:00
  • 9:24 AM

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    16:26
  • 9:20 AM

    Polonaise for Flute

    Johann Muthel

    Concertos and Chamber Music

    Musica Alta Ripa

    3:25
  • 9:06 AM

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    12:23
  • 9:01 AM

    Intermezzo No. 4

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    4:39
  • 8:49 AM

    String Quartet No. 12 "Quartettsatz"

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: String Quartets

    Belcea Quartet

    9:26
  • 8:37 AM

    Etude No. 2

    Philip Glass

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    11:13
  • 8:06 AM

    Sinfonia for Strings

    Kurt Atterberg

    ATTERBERG: Sinfonia for Strings

    Camerata Nordica

    Ulf Wallin, conductor

    29:03
  • 8:01 AM

    Suite of Three Pieces: Idylle

    Benjamin Godard

    La Flute Enchantee

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Susan Milan, flute

    4:54
  • 7:55 AM

    Intermezzo: A Scene from the Past

    Kian Soltani

    Cello Unlimited

    Kian Soltani, cello

    3:41
  • 7:39 AM

    Musica Callada (Silent Music): Book 2

    Federico Mompou

    Lilit Grigoryan, piano

    15:32
  • 7:22 AM

    Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra

    Samuel Friedman, conductor

    15:07
  • 7:06 AM

    Wind Quintet

    Franz Danzi

    Danzi: Wind Quintets, Op. 56 Nos. 1 & 2, Op. 68 Nos. 1 & 2

    Academia Wind Quintet

    15:08
  • 7:01 AM

    Chaconne

    John Blow

    Chaconne

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    4:33
  • 6:53 AM

    Golden Butterflies

    Ludovico Einaudi

    Ludovico Einaudi: Seven Days Walking: Day One

    Ludovico Einaudi, piano

    5:51
  • 6:24 AM

    The Golden Spinning Wheel

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Piano Concerto, The Golden Spinning Wheel

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    28:20
  • 6:06 AM

    Goldberg Variations: selections

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Catalyst Quartet

    16:11
  • 6:01 AM

    Two Etudes

    Andres Segovia

    Eduardo Fernandez, guitar

    4:47
  • 5:18 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Adolphus Hailstork

    Hailstork: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 3

    Grand Rapids Symphony

    David Lockington, conductor

    40:33
  • 5:12 AM

    The Last Words of M

    Isobel Waller-Bridge

    Studio Orchestra

    4:09
  • 5:06 AM

    Abendlied (Evening Song)

    Robert Schumann

    Carol Rosenberger, piano

    5:04
  • 5:01 AM

    Eventide

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Elgar and Vaughan Williams

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    George Hurst, conductor

    4:52