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  • 5:50 AM

    The Planets: Neptune

    Gustav Holst

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    8:25
  • 5:46 AM

    Jess Gillam Ensemble

    Jess Gillam, soprano saxophone

    4:21
  • 5:06 AM

    Images for Orchestra

    Claude Debussy

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    37:24
  • 5:01 AM

    Bruce Levingston, piano

    4:50
  • 4:50 AM

    Adagio amoroso

    Kurt Atterberg

    Camerata Nordica

    Ulf Wallin, conductor

    7:56
  • 4:48 AM

    Body At Rest

    Daniel Gilliam

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:03
  • 4:18 AM

    Songbook

    Daron Hagen

    Built For Buffalo

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Michael Ludwig, violin

    27:49
  • 4:12 AM

    Goodnight Moon

    Eric Whitacre

    Matthew Guard, conductor

    Alissa Ruth Suver, soprano

    David McGrory, piano

    4:56
  • 4:06 AM

    Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra

    Howard Hanson, conductor

    4:59
  • 4:01 AM

    Prelude on an Old Folk Tune

    Amy Beach

    The Solo Piano Music of Amy Beach, Vol. 2

    Joanne Polk, piano

    4:37
  • 3:56 AM

    The Journey Continues

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Complete Works For Mixed Choir

    Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

    Heikki Seppanen, conductor

    Jenny Carlstedt, mezzo-soprano

    2:30
  • 3:52 AM

    Growing Dusky Polska

    Maria Kalaniemi

    Over Land And Sea

    Minneapolis Guitar Quartet

    4:05
  • 3:47 AM

    Peer Gynt: Solveig's Song

    Edvard Grieg

    Songs of Comfort and Hope

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    4:38
  • 3:16 AM

    Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Opus 98

    Johannes Brahms

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Dima Slobodeniouk,, conductor

    Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano

    40:00
  • 2:29 AM

    Songs of a Wayfarer

    Gustav Mahler

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Dima Slobodeniouk,, conductor

    Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano

    18:00
  • 2:06 AM

    Suite from "The Quiet One"

    Ulysses Kay

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Dima Slobodeniouk,, conductor

    Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano

    16:00
  • 1:48 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Philharmonia Hungarica

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    9:03
  • 1:36 AM

    Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra No. 3 "Il Mezzetino"

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Martin Frost - Vivaldi

    Concerto Koln

    Martin Frost, clarinet

    11:05
  • 1:30 AM

    Waiting in the Rain for Snow

    David Crowell

    Awake

    Now Ensemble

    8:40
  • 1:14 AM

    Fantasy for a Gentleman

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Spanish Radio and TV Orchestra

    Pedro Amaral, conductor

    Xianji Liu, guitar

    21:39
  • 1:10 AM

    To A White Rose

    Florence Price

    Lara Downes, piano

    1:53
  • 1:06 AM

    Schwanengesang, Book 1: Standchen (Serenade)

    Franz Schubert

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    James MacMillan, conductor

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    4:08
  • 1:01 AM

    From Foreign Lands: Italy

    Moritz Moszkowski

    From Foreign Lands

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    4:45
  • 12:22 AM

    Symphonic Dances

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninov: Symphonies/Symphonic Dances

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    36:11
  • 12:14 AM

    In the Steppes of Central Asia

    Alexander Borodin

    Bavarian State Orchestra

    Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor

    7:23
  • 12:04 AM

    Clarinet Quintet: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart, Brahms: Clarinet Quintets

    Emerson String Quartet

    David Shifrin, clarinet

    9:18
  • 11:56 PM

    Spiegel im Spiegel (Mirror in the Mirror)

    Arvo Part

    Smile

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    7:00
  • 11:47 PM

    Lemminkainen's Return

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Lemminkainen Suite, Op. 22 (original versions)

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    6:29
  • 11:39 PM

    Goin' Home

    Antonin Dvorak

    Sing Me Home

    Silk Road Ensemble

    Abigail Washburn, cello banjo and vocals

    5:34
  • 11:34 PM

    Etude No. 5

    Frederic Chopin

    Boris Berezovsky, piano

    3:20
  • 11:22 PM

    Symphony No. 5: 4th movement

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 9

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    8:57
  • 11:11 PM

    Camel Bells Along the Silk Road

    Ning Yong

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    7:43
  • 11:06 PM

    The Snowman: Walking in the Air

    Howard Blake

    MPR Taste Of The Holidays, Vol. 1

    Copper Street Brass Quintet

    3:52
  • 10:29 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Stephen Hough, piano

    32:11
  • 10:24 PM

    I Vow to Thee, My Country

    Gustav Holst

    Angel Voices

    Libera

    Robert Prizeman, conductor

    3:19
  • 10:21 PM

    Twin Cites Trumpet Ensemble

    2:09
  • 10:07 PM

    Come Sunday

    Duke Ellington

    Spirits

    Richard Stoltzman, clarinet

    5:20
  • 10:03 PM

    Interstellar: Coward

    Hans Zimmer

    Interstellar Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Studio Orchestra

    Gavin Greenaway/Richard Harvey, conductor

    8:27
  • 9:59 PM

    Gloria: Gloria in Excelsis

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Gloria! Vivaldi's Angels

    Ensemble Caprice

    Matthias Maute, conductor

    2:16
  • 9:49 PM

    Premiere Rhapsodie

    Claude Debussy

    Mozart, Debussy, Takemitsu

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    8:24
  • 9:43 PM

    Ashokan Farewell

    Jay Ungar

    Nashville Chamber Orchestra

    Paul Gambill, conductor

    5:05
  • 9:33 PM

    Agnus Dei

    Samuel Barber

    Cathedral Classics

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    8:34
  • 9:20 PM

    Women's Philharmonic

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    10:31
  • 9:12 PM

    Die Fledermaus: Overture

    Johann StraussJr.

    Viennafest

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    8:21
  • 9:00 PM

    Horn Concerto

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    From the Forest: Early Classical Works for Horn

    St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble

    Stewart Rose, horn

    8:49
  • 6:44 PM

    Mediterranean Diptych

    Vincent d'Indy

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    13:59
  • 6:18 PM

    Symphony No. 4 "Italian"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Hanson Conducts Moore, Carpenter, Rogers and Philips

    Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor

    25:16
  • 6:14 PM

    Ten Pieces: Gavotte

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Music For Brass Septet 3

    Septura

    2:45
  • 6:06 PM

    La Stravaganza: Violin Concerto No. 11

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: La Stravaganza

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    Monica Huggett, violin/viola

    6:30
  • 6:00 PM

    Four Pieces: Dudelsack and Waltz

    Alfred Uhl

    Cumberland Quintet

    4:42
  • 5:51 PM

    Symphony No. 32

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 26, 27, 28, 30 & 32

    London Mozart Players

    Jane Glover, conductor

    8:21
  • 5:21 PM

    Piano Concerto

    Luise Adolpha Le Beau

    Berlin Chamber Symphony Ensemble

    Jurgen Bruns, conductor

    Katia Tchemberdji, piano

    27:59
  • 5:15 PM

    Scottishe Kerlou

    Calum Stewart

    Bonfrost

    Nordic Fiddlers Bloc

    3:15
  • 5:06 PM

    The Wasps: Overture

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams and Delius

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    8:31
  • 5:01 PM

    Chi passa per'sta strada

    Filippo Azzaiolo

    Silk Road Ensemble

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    4:39
  • 4:47 PM

    Night on Bald Mountain

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Mussorgsky: Pictures from an Exhibition, etc.

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    10:57
  • 4:41 PM

    Short Ride in a Fast Machine

    John Adams

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    5:00
  • 4:25 PM

    Clarinet Concerto

    Johann Stamitz

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    15:39
  • 4:10 PM

    Piano Trio No. 10

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: The Piano Trios

    Beaux Arts Trio

    12:59
  • 4:06 PM

    The Red Poppy: Russian Sailor's Dance

    Reinhold Gliere

    Greatest Hits: The Ballet, Vol. II

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    3:24
  • 4:01 PM

    Three Country Dances

    John Playford

    Broadside Band

    Jeremy Barlow, conductor

    4:43
  • 3:41 PM

    Overture, Scherzo and Finale

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Overture, Scherzo & Finale; Konzertstuck; Symphony No. 1

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    17:51
  • 3:35 PM

    My Soul Hath Found Refuge in Thee

    Evelyn Simpson-Curenton

    The Aeolians

    The Aeolians

    Jason Max Ferdinand, conductor

    5:29
  • 3:17 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Orchestral Suites for a Young Prince

    Sonnerie

    Monica Huggett, conductor

    17:33
  • 3:04 PM

    Military March

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Greatest Hits

    Netherlands Wind Ensemble

    4:10
  • 3:00 PM

    Mock Morris

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger 'Country Gardens' and other Piano Favourites

    Martin Jones, piano

    3:13
  • 2:51 PM

    Festive Overture

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Summon the Heroes

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    6:17
  • 2:48 PM

    Venezuelan Waltz No. 3 "Natalia"

    Antonio Lauro

    Berta Rojas, guitar

    2:53
  • 2:41 PM

    Le Mariage aux lanternes: Overture

    Jacques Offenbach

    Offenbach: Orchestral Works

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    5:31
  • 2:33 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Johann Fasch

    Carole Dawn Reinhart

    German Bach Soloists

    Helmut Winschermann, conductor

    Carole Dawn Reinhart, trumpet

    6:16
  • 2:29 PM

    Estrellita (My little star)

    Manuel Ponce

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Michael Stern, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    3:12
  • 2:22 PM

    Petite Suite: Finale

    Alexander Borodin

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    6:11
  • 2:18 PM

    Bagatelles: Allegretto scherzando (3)

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Quartets Opp. 96 & 105

    Takacs Quartet

    Gabor Ormai, harmonium

    3:03
  • 2:10 PM

    In the Mountains: Sunny Day

    Josef Foerster

    Foerster: Symphony No. 5 & In den Bergen

    Osnabruck Symphony Orchestra

    Hermann Baumer, conductor

    4:29
  • 2:04 PM

    Serenade

    Roman Hoffstetter

    Greatest Hits Of 1790

    Philharmonia Virtuosi

    Richard Kapp, conductor

    4:45
  • 1:52 PM

    Voices of Spring Waltz (Fruhlingsstimmen)

    Johann StraussJr.

    F. Schubert: Symphony No. 9

    SWR Baden-Baden and Freiburg Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Gielen, conductor

    7:15
  • 1:45 PM

    Rhapsody No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Radu Lupu, piano

    5:42
  • 1:40 PM

    Folk Songs for Orchestra: My Lord, what a morning

    George Walker

    George Walker: Orchestral Works

    Cleveland Chamber Symphony

    Edwin London, conductor

    3:33
  • 1:31 PM

    Concerto No. 8

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Simon Standage, conductor

    7:52
  • 1:22 PM

    Symphony: 2nd movement

    Frederic Lamond

    Lamond: Symphony; Scottish Highlands Overture

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Martyn Brabbins, conductor

    7:35
  • 1:15 PM

    Cello Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Transfigured Night

    Trondheim Soloists

    Alisa Weilerstein, cello

    5:46
  • 1:10 PM

    Serenade for Strings: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    4:01
  • 1:07 PM

    Five Impressions of a Holiday: The Water Wheel

    Eugene Goossens

    Goossens: Chamber Works

    London Chamber Music Group

    Susan Milan, flute

    2:11
  • 1:04 PM

    Acis and Galatea: Happy We!

    George Frideric Handel

    Grand & Glorious - Great Operatic Choruses / Robert Shaw

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    1:56
  • 12:53 PM

    Perpetual Motion Pieces

    Francis Poulenc

    Aleck Karis Plays Francis Poulenc: Music For Piano (1918-1959)

    Aleck Karis, piano

    5:38
  • 12:49 PM

    Symphony No. 36 "Linz": Menuetto

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 28 & 36 "Linz"

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Frans Bruggen, conductor

    3:14
  • 12:45 PM

    Wand of Youth: Sun Dance

    Edward Elgar

    Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    2:48
  • 12:33 PM

    Guitar Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Sharon Isbin box set

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    10:15
  • 12:25 PM

    Overture "In the Italian Style"

    Franz Schubert

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Istvan Kertesz, conductor

    7:17
  • 12:21 PM

    Little David Play on Your Harp

    Traditional

    Umoja

    Imani Winds

    2:41
  • 12:14 PM

    Symphony Concertante: Rondeau

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    Yury Revich, violin

    Libor Jezek, violin

    Pavla Honsova, viola

    4:51
  • 12:08 PM

    Symphony No. 6: Intermezzo

    Alexander Glazunov

    Alexander Glazunov: Symphony No. 6, Lyric Poems

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    5:00
  • 12:04 PM

    Paul Lewis, piano

    3:22
  • 11:48 AM

    Trumpet Concerto No. 2

    Michael Haydn

    Trumpet Concertos

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Elgar Howarth, conductor

    Hakan Hardenberger, trumpet

    10:14
  • 11:40 AM

    Nocturnes: Nuages (Clouds)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Pelleas Et Melisande Suite; Prelude To The Afternoon Of A Faun; Three Nocturnes

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    6:22
  • 11:25 AM

    Concertino

    Josef Myslivecek

    Myslivecek: Symphonies

    Concerto Koln

    14:39
  • 11:20 AM

    Carmen: Bohemian Song

    Georges Bizet

    Debra Wendells-Cross, flute

    Robert Alemany, clarinet

    JoAnn Falletta, guitar

    4:12
  • 11:10 AM

    Lyric Fantasy

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    8:38
  • 11:06 AM

    Le Carillon de Cithere (The Bells of Cithere)

    Francois Couperin

    Alexandre Tharaud, piano

    3:46
  • 11:01 AM

    A Lady in Her Tower

    Gabriel Faure

    French Reflections

    Sivan Magen, harp

    4:38
  • 10:47 AM

    Breaking Waves

    Helena Munktell

    Helena Munktell: Orchestral Works

    Gavle Symphony Orchestra

    Tobias Ringborg, conductor

    11:14
  • 10:21 AM

    Alina Ibragimova, violin

    Cedric Tiberghien, piano

    24:20
  • 10:11 AM

    Flowers of Herself

    Max Richter

    Max Richter: Exiles

    Baltic Sea Philharmonic

    Kristjan Jarvi, conductor

    8:34
  • 10:06 AM

    At the Bier of a Young Artist

    Carl Nielsen

    Scandinavian String Music

    Orchestra of the Mill

    Andrew Penny, conductor

    4:21
  • 10:01 AM

    Octet: 2nd movement

    Jean Francaix

    Gaudier Ensemble

    4:36
  • 9:19 AM

    Hallelujah Junction

    John Adams

    Christina and Michelle Naughton, piano duo

    14:18
  • 9:06 AM

    Variations on a Swedish Air

    Bernhard Crusell

    Ostgota Symphonic Wind Ensemble

    Arie van Beek, conductor

    Martin Frost, clarinet

    11:11
  • 9:01 AM

    Two Romances

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33, etc.

    Moscow Chamber Orchestra

    Constantine Orbelian, conductor

    Alexander Kniazev, cello

    4:44
  • 8:12 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    Nelson Freire, piano

    46:34
  • 8:06 AM

    Suite dramatique: The evening song

    Lou Koster

    Estro Armonico Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra

    Jonathan Kaell, conductor

    4:03
  • 8:01 AM

    Lute Suite No. 3: Allemande

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach Vol. 1: Works for Lute

    Jason Vieaux, guitar

    4:41
  • 7:52 AM

    Alleluia

    Kile Smith

    Kile Smith: Canticle

    Cincinnati Vocal Arts Ensemble

    Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

    6:42
  • 7:30 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Samuel Barber

    Kansas City Symphony

    Michael Stern, conductor

    20:56
  • 7:26 AM

    D'un vieux jardin (An Ancient Garden)

    Lili Boulanger

    Merz Trio

    2:25
  • 7:06 AM

    Clarinet and Viola Concerto

    Max Bruch

    Bruch/Werke fur Klarinette und Viola

    Lyon Opera Orchestra

    Kent Nagano, conductor

    Paul Meyer, clarinet

    19:31
  • 7:01 AM

    Etude-Tableau No. 5

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Yuja Wang, piano

    4:32
  • 6:46 AM

    Zorahayda

    Johan Svendsen

    Svendsen: Norwegian Rhapsodies

    South Jutland Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    12:13
  • 6:39 AM

    Nocturne No. 8

    Frederic Chopin

    Carol Rosenberger, piano

    6:54
  • 6:06 AM

    String Quintet No. 2

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    30:54
  • 6:01 AM

    The Kid on the Mountain; The Butterfly

    Traditional Irish

    The Celtic Lute

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    4:53