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  • 5:53 AM

    Canticles of the Holy Wind: Dream of the Hermit Thrush

    John Luther Adams

    The Crossing

    Donald Nally, conductor

    John Grecia, piano

    Amy Garapic, percussion

    5:22
  • 5:49 AM

    Alexandra Streliski, piano

    2:17
  • 5:43 AM

    The White Peacock

    Charles Tomlinson Griffes

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    6:06
  • 5:06 AM

    Piano Quartet No. 2

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: Piano Quartets, Opp. 15 & 45

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    35:27
  • 5:01 AM

    Barcarolle No. 3

    Ned Rorem

    Ruskin Cooper, piano

    4:32
  • 4:42 AM

    String Quartet No. 2 "musica instrumentalis": Sarabande Double, Sarabande Simple

    Aaron Jay Kernis

    Jasper String Quartet

    16:09
  • 4:34 AM

    Serenade: Notturno

    Wilhelm Stenhammar

    Wilhelm Stenhammar: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2; Serenade; Excelsior!

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    6:20
  • 4:32 AM

    And the Maiden Joins the Ring

    Hugo Alfven

    Danish National Radio Choir

    Stefan Parkman, conductor

    1:12
  • 4:30 AM

    In Our Meadow (Uti var hage)

    Hugo Alfven

    Nordic Light

    Danish National Radio Choir

    Stefan Parkman, conductor

    2:04
  • 4:06 AM

    Piano Concerto

    Ester Magi

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Arvo Volmer, conductor

    Ada Kuuseoks, piano

    22:36
  • 4:01 AM

    Concerto No. 1

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Albinoni: 12 Concerti a cinque, Op.5

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Simon Standage, conductor

    4:36
  • 3:42 AM

    Blue as the Turquoise Night of Neyshabur

    Kayhan Kalhor

    Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble ?– Silk Road Journeys

    Silk Road Ensemble

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    15:34
  • 3:22 AM

    Prelude, Chorale and Fugue

    Cesar Franck

    Awadagin Pratt, piano

    18:42
  • 3:06 AM

    Camerata Budapest

    Hanspeter Gmur, conductor

    14:35
  • 3:01 AM

    Mosaics: Scenes from Summer

    Aminollah Hossein

    East Of Melancholy

    Tara Kamangar, piano

    4:40
  • 2:48 AM

    Friede auf Erden (Peace on Earth)

    Arnold Schoenberg

    Evocation of the Spirit

    Robert Shaw Festival Singers

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    10:31
  • 2:42 AM

    Plea for Peace

    Augusta Read Thomas

    Jennie Oh Brown, alto flute

    Elizabeth Brausa Brathwaite, violin

    Cristina Buciu, violin

    Amanda Grimm, viola

    Paula Kosower, cello

    5:44
  • 2:32 AM

    Two Ballades

    Fazil Say

    Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra

    Scott Yoo, conductor

    Fazil Say, piano

    7:24
  • 2:29 AM

    Ballade

    Anna Segal

    Rachel Talitman, harp

    3:52
  • 2:06 AM

    Nocturnal Dances of Don Juanquixote (Chamber Music III)

    Aulis Sallinen

    Sallinen: Violin Concerto; Don Juanquixote, etc.

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    Torleif Thedeen, cello

    20:34
  • 2:01 AM

    Elegy

    Alla Pavlova

    Alla Pavlova: Symphony No. 5; Elegy

    Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra

    Vladimir Ziva, conductor

    Andrei Korobeinikov, piano

    4:36
  • 1:39 AM

    Cello Concerto No. 1

    Camille Saint-Saens

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Mstislav Rostropovich, conductor

    Han-Na Chang, cello

    19:20
  • 1:24 AM

    Serenade for Strings

    Dag Wiren

    Orchestral Favourites Volume Ii

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    14:28
  • 1:16 AM

    Silouan's Song

    Arvo Part

    Part: Te Deum

    Tallinn Chamber Orchestra

    Tonu Kaljuste, conductor

    5:31
  • 1:07 AM

    The Theory of Everything Suite

    Johann Johannsson

    Pulsations

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    8:42
  • 1:01 AM

    Sonata No. 12

    Johann Schmelzer

    English Concert

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    4:37
  • 12:54 AM

    La Vida Breve: Spanish Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Brodsky Unlimited

    Brodsky Quartet

    3:59
  • 12:24 AM

    Harp Concerto

    Elias Parish-Alvars

    Romantic Harp Concertos

    Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, conductor

    Marielle Nordmann, harp

    29:04
  • 12:11 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Venetian Oboe Concertos

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Simon Wright, conductor

    John Anderson, oboe

    10:30
  • 12:06 AM

    Peer Gynt: Ase's Death

    Edvard Grieg

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    4:30
  • 12:01 AM

    The Merry Wives of Windsor: O susser Mond (Moon chorus)

    Otto Nicolai

    Otto Nicolai: The Merry Wives of Windsor

    Staatskapelle Berlin

    Bernhard Klee, conductor

    4:42
  • 11:40 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 2

    I Musici Montreal

    Maxim Shostakovich, conductor

    Dmitri Shostakovich, piano

    18:12
  • 11:18 PM

    Concertante for Flute and Clarinet

    Franz Danzi

    Danzi: Flute and Clarinet Concertos

    Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra

    Jorg Faerber, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    20:56
  • 11:14 PM

    Les Sylvains (The Fauns)

    Cecile Chaminade

    Donna voce

    Anna Shelest, piano

    3:56
  • 11:06 PM

    Danse (Tarantelle styrienne)

    Claude Debussy

    French National Radio and Television Orchestra

    Jean Martinon, conductor

    5:44
  • 11:01 PM

    Concierto en Flamenco: Alegrias de Cadiz

    Federico Torroba

    Malaga Philharmonic Orchestra

    Manuel Coves, conductor

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    4:42
  • 10:41 PM

    Piano Trio No. 4 "Gassenhauer"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beaux Arts Trio

    17:47
  • 10:27 PM

    Oboe Quintet No. 2

    Josef Myslivecek

    Myslivecek: Oboe Quintets, String Quartets

    Dolezal Quartet

    Michaela Hrabankova, oboe

    11:55
  • 10:18 PM

    String Quartet No. 5: 3rd movement

    Dmitri Klebanov

    Chamber Works by Dmitri Klebanov

    ARC Ensemble

    7:43
  • 10:07 PM

    Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Overtures

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    11:03
  • 10:01 PM

    L'incoronazione di Poppea: Pur ti miro

    Claudio Monteverdi

    Axiom Quartet

    4:35
  • 9:23 PM

    Symphony No. 5

    Jean Sibelius

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    35:37
  • 9:13 PM

    Concerto No. 9

    Pietro Locatelli

    Locatelli: Introduttioni Teatralli and Concerti, Op. 4

    Raglan Baroque Players

    Elizabeth Wallfisch, conductor

    7:45
  • 9:06 PM

    F-A-E Sonata: Scherzo

    Johannes Brahms

    Arabella Steinbacher, violin

    Robert Kulek, piano

    5:38
  • 9:01 PM

    Quartet San Francisco

    Jeremy Cohen, violin

    Kayo Miki, violin

    Emily Onderdonk, viola

    Joel Cohen, cello

    4:37
  • 5:53 PM

    Fantasia on Greensleeves

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Leonard Bernstein: The Encore Collection Vol. 2

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    5:02
  • 5:44 PM

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Richard Egarr, conductor

    Pavlo Beznosiuk, violin

    8:56
  • 5:34 PM

    Six German Dances

    Franz Schubert

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    8:27
  • 5:25 PM

    The Merchant of Venice: Suite Anglaise No. 3

    Henri Rabaud

    Rabaud: Orchestral Works

    Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    8:53
  • 5:16 PM

    Scherzo No. 3

    Frederic Chopin

    CHOPIN Piano Concerto No. 2, Scherzi

    Seong-Jin Cho, piano

    7:19
  • 5:06 PM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique": 3rd movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    9:02
  • 5:01 PM

    Concert Study

    Felix Godefroid

    Revelation

    Valerie Milot, harp

    4:46
  • 4:47 PM

    Symphony No. 5: Adagietto

    Gustav Mahler

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    11:01
  • 4:20 PM

    Symphony on a French Mountain Air

    Vincent d'Indy

    Franck: Symphony in D Minor, Works by D'Indy and Berlioz

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Munch, conductor

    Nicole Henriot-Schweitzer, piano

    25:21
  • 4:06 PM

    Roma Suite

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha OVerture / Petite Suite

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    12:40
  • 4:01 PM

    Aranjuez Concerto: 3rd movement

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Milos: Aranjuez

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    4:35
  • 3:28 PM

    Piano Quintet

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Piano Concerto, Piano Quintet

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    29:59
  • 3:23 PM

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    Steven Isserlis, cello

    4:23
  • 3:20 PM

    Banalities: Hotel

    Francis Poulenc

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    1:42
  • 3:06 PM

    Concert Pieces

    Francois Couperin

    Jian Wang: The Baroque Album

    Camerata Salzburg

    Jian Wang, cello

    12:41
  • 3:01 PM

    Hary Janos Suite: Intermezzo

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    4:35
  • 2:39 PM

    Amsterdam Sinfonietta

    Jaap ter Linden, conductor

    Pauline Oostenrijk, oboe

    19:37
  • 2:36 PM

    Armenian Folk Songs and Dances: My Scarlet Kerchief

    Gomidas Vartabed

    Avos Chamber Orchestra

    Alessio Pianelli, cello

    2:09
  • 2:17 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 26 "Les adieux"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Alfred Brendel, piano

    17:02
  • 2:06 PM

    English Dances: Second Set

    Malcolm Arnold

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    9:31
  • 2:01 PM

    Iberia: Triana

    Isaac Albeniz

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Daniel, conductor

    John Williams, guitar

    4:37
  • 11:48 AM

    Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

    Franz Liszt

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    10:03
  • 11:40 AM

    Egmont Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Triple Concerto

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    8:18
  • 11:30 AM

    Suite for Strings: Finale

    Ethel Smyth

    South German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim

    Douglas Bostock, conductor

    8:19
  • 11:22 AM

    CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra

    Hartmut Haenchen, conductor

    7:30
  • 11:15 AM

    Treuliebchen (True Love) Polka

    Eduard Strauss

    Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mika Eichenholz, conductor

    4:39
  • 11:12 AM

    Song without Words "Wanderlied"

    Fanny Mendelssohn

    Sylviane Deferne, piano

    2:59
  • 11:06 AM

    Rodeo: Saturday Night Waltz

    Aaron Copland

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Aaron Copland, conductor

    4:40
  • 11:01 AM

    La verita in cimento (The Truth Contested): Sinfonia

    Antonio Vivaldi

    The King's Violins

    Mathieu Lussier, conductor

    4:44
  • 10:40 AM

    Guitar Concerto "Chaconne"

    Wayne Siegel

    Jakob Bangsø: Guitar Concertos

    Tallinn Chamber Orchestra

    Kaisa Roose, conductor

    Jakob Bangso, guitar

    18:29
  • 10:20 AM

    Souvenir of a Beloved Place

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Complete Works for Violin and Orchestra

    Odense Symphony Orchestra

    Alexander Vedernikov, conductor

    Jennifer Koh, violin

    18:51
  • 10:15 AM

    The Wise Woman (Die Kluge): Scene with Three Vagabonds

    Carl Orff

    Mainz Wind Ensemble

    Klaus Rainer Scholl, conductor

    3:15
  • 10:06 AM

    The Skaters Waltz

    Emil Waldteufel

    Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    7:49
  • 10:01 AM

    Serenade for Strings: Romanza

    Ernst von Dohnanyi

    English Sinfonia

    John Farrer, conductor

    4:37
  • 9:20 AM

    Piano Sonata

    Franz Schubert

    Paul Lewis, piano

    38:04
  • 9:16 AM

    Grab und Mond (Grave and Moon)

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Songs for Male Chorus

    Robert Shaw Chamber Singers

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    3:42
  • 9:06 AM

    Spiegel im Spiegel (Mirror in the Mirror)

    Arvo Part

    Arvo Part: Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    8:23
  • 9:01 AM

    Birds of Spring (Pajaros de primavera)

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Angel Romero, guitar

    4:44
  • 8:32 AM

    String Quartet No. 8

    Antonin Dvorak

    Chilingirian Quartet

    25:52
  • 8:25 AM

    Ahn Trio

    6:48
  • 8:06 AM

    The Garden of Fand

    Arnold Bax

    Bax: Tone Poems

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    17:27
  • 8:01 AM

    Serenade No. 10 "Gran Partita": Adagio

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart � Salieri

    Armonia Ensemble

    4:36
  • 7:42 AM

    Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

    Benjamin Britten

    Benjamin Britten: Four Sea Interludes

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    16:37
  • 7:30 AM

    Rhapsody

    Ruth Gipps

    Dedication - The Clarinet Chamber Music of Ruth Gipps

    Tippett Quartet

    Peter Cigleris, clarinet

    11:04
  • 7:26 AM

    Ubi Caritas

    Paul Mealor

    Lux

    Voces8

    3:42
  • 7:06 AM

    Partita No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Johann Sebastian Bach: The Six Partitas

    Sergey Schepkin, piano

    18:00
  • 7:01 AM

    Amazing Grace

    Traditional

    Serafin String Quartet

    4:35
  • 6:53 AM

    Czech Suite: Finale

    Antonin Dvorak

    North German Radio Symphony

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    5:37
  • 6:13 AM

    Septet

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Septuor op.20

    Nash Ensemble

    39:29
  • 6:06 AM

    Morceaux de Fantaisie: Elegie

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Yuja Wang, piano

    4:44
  • 6:01 AM

    Elegy, to Calvin Simmons

    Lou Harrison

    Lou Harrison: A Portrait

    California Symphony

    Barry Jekowsky, conductor

    4:44