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  • 5:51 AM

    Keymaster

    Caleb Burhans

    Janus

    7:33
  • 5:45 AM

    For Scott Kelly, Returned to Earth

    Mary Lattimore

    Mary Lattimore, harp

    6:04
  • 5:37 AM

    The Boxer

    Kate Moore

    Anna McMichael, violin

    Genevieve Lang, harp

    Claire Edwardes, percussion

    Rowena MacNeish, cello

    Kirsty McCahon, double bass

    6:59
  • 5:22 AM

    St. Carolyn by the Sea

    Bryce Dessner

    Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre de Ridder, conductor

    Bryce Dessner, guitar

    Aaron Dessner, guitar

    13:05
  • 5:17 AM

    Soleil rouge

    Francois Couturier

    Moderato Cantabile

    Anja Lechner, cello

    3:37
  • 5:07 AM

    Ciel d'Hiver (Winter Sky)

    Kaija Saariaho

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Hannu Lintu, conductor

    9:39
  • 5:01 AM

    In Liquid Days

    Philip Glass

    Philip Glass Ensemble

    Michael Riesman, conductor

    4:45
  • 4:49 AM

    Doublespeak

    Nico Muhly

    eighth blackbird

    9:04
  • 4:39 AM

    The Raven Conspiracy

    Carmen Braden

    Gillian Smith, violin

    Nadia Francavilla, violin

    Susan Sayles, viola

    Norman Adams, cello

    9:34
  • 4:24 AM

    The Shadow of the Blackbird

    David Bruce

    Windows

    Bruce Levingston, piano

    12:15
  • 4:15 AM

    Exaltation of Larks

    Norman Dello Joio

    Music for Martha Graham

    Atlantic Sinfonietta

    Edvard Tchivzhel, conductor

    7:44
  • 4:07 AM

    Strange Birds Passing

    John Luther Adams

    New England Conservatory Contemporary Ensemble

    John Heiss, conductor

    6:41
  • 4:01 AM

    Everything Lasts Forever: Bird Sing Love

    Michael Kurth

    Michael Kurth: Everything Lasts Forever

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Spano, conductor

    4:50
  • 3:49 AM

    String Quartet No. 4

    Maddalena Laura Sirmen

    Sirmen: The 6 String Quartets / Allegri String Quartet

    Allegri String Quartet

    9:44
  • 3:24 AM

    Hours of the Day

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    James DePreist, conductor

    22:36
  • 3:11 AM

    Ballade

    Gabriel Faure

    Ravel

    Yuja Wang, piano

    11:59
  • 3:06 AM

    Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo

    Pietro Mascagni

    Mad About Romance

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:02
  • 3:01 AM

    The Seasons: October (Autumn Song)

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    Ofra Harnoy, cello

    4:40
  • 2:48 AM

    Twelfth Night Overture

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    West Australian Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Penny, conductor

    10:29
  • 2:29 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 8 "Pathetique"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Yundi Li, piano

    18:04
  • 2:15 AM

    Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra

    Fabio Mastrangelo, conductor

    11:54
  • 2:06 AM

    Sinfonia

    Johan Roman

    Orpheus Chamber Ensemble

    8:05
  • 2:01 AM

    Minuet No. 1

    Giacomo Puccini

    Puccini

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jacek Kaspszyk, conductor

    4:39
  • 1:42 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 2

    Zara Levina

    Yury Revich, violin

    Maria Lettberg, piano

    15:51
  • 1:22 AM

    Lieutenant Kije Suite

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky; Lieutenant Kije

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    19:34
  • 1:16 AM

    Pirates of the Caribbean: Jack Sparrow

    Hans Zimmer

    Cello Unlimited

    Kian Soltani, cello

    3:46
  • 1:06 AM

    Robert le Diable: Pas de cinq

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Meyerbeer: Ballet Music From The Operas / Nesterowicz

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Michal Nesterowicz, conductor

    9:20
  • 1:01 AM

    Abbywood Trail

    Dale Kavanagh

    Guitar Gala Night

    Dale Kavanagh, guitar

    4:44
  • 12:50 AM

    L'amant anonyme: Overture-Symphony

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Le Mozart Noir

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    7:42
  • 12:42 AM

    Swan Lake: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Sergiu Comissiona, conductor

    7:21
  • 12:26 AM

    Double Concerto for Recorder and Bassoon

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Telemann & Vivaldi: Concertos for Recorder, Baroque Bassoon & Strings

    Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble

    Clas Pehrsson, recorder

    15:08
  • 12:22 AM

    After the Cakewalk

    Nathaniel Dett

    My Cup Runneth Over: The Complete Piano Works of R. Nathaniel Dett

    Clipper Erickson, piano

    3:26
  • 12:10 AM

    Bartered Bride: Dances

    Bedrich Smetana

    The Moldau

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    10:44
  • 12:06 AM

    Dance Suite after Couperin: Tourbillon

    Richard Strauss

    Kempe Conducts Richard Strauss - 3

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Rudolf Kempe, conductor

    3:16
  • 12:01 AM

    Legend No. 6

    Antonin Dvorak

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    4:47
  • 11:37 PM

    Symphony No. 87

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    21:14
  • 11:24 PM

    Cello Sonata: Finale

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Muse

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    10:53
  • 11:11 PM

    Sierra Winds

    (Selected members), conductor

    11:13
  • 11:06 PM

    Candide: Overture

    Leonard Bernstein

    New York Philharmonic | An American Celebration

    New York Philharmonic

    4:34
  • 10:49 PM

    Huapango

    Jose Moncayo

    Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas

    Alondra de la Parra, conductor

    8:19
  • 10:43 PM

    Picturesque Pieces: Pompous Minuet

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Chabrier: Piano Works

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    5:50
  • 10:24 PM

    Eine kleine Nachtmusik

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Kremerata Baltica

    Gidon Kremer, violin

    17:28
  • 10:09 PM

    The Oak

    Florence Price

    The Oak - Mississippi River Suite - Symphony No. 3

    Women's Philharmonic

    Apo Hsu, conductor

    12:36
  • 10:06 PM

    Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Essential Bach

    Marisa Robles, harp

    3:13
  • 10:03 PM

    Minuet in Blue

    Ron Goodwin

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    Ron Goodwin, conductor

    2:47
  • 9:48 PM

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    Janine Jansen, violin

    9:38
  • 9:44 PM

    Etude No. 12 "Revolutionary"

    Frederic Chopin

    Encores

    Van Cliburn, piano

    2:59
  • 9:25 PM

    Music for the Royal Fireworks

    George Frideric Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    17:54
  • 9:10 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Leopold Mozart

    Virtuoso Trumpet: Bach, Mozart, Telemann

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jahja Ling, conductor

    Rolf Smedvig, trumpet

    12:58
  • 9:06 PM

    Snow Maiden: Dance of the Tumblers

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Dances from the Opera

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:43
  • 9:01 PM

    Siciliano

    Harry Dexter

    RTE Concert Orchestra, Dublin

    Ernest Tomlinson, conductor

    4:47
  • 6:46 PM

    The Three-Cornered Hat: Suite

    Manuel de Falla

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    12:11
  • 6:26 PM

    Three Botticelli Pictures

    Ottorino Respighi

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Tamas Vasary, conductor

    18:40
  • 6:22 PM

    Daniel, Daniel, Servant of the Lord

    Undine Smith Moore

    Steal Away: The African American Concert Spiritual

    Seraphic Fire

    Patrick Dupre Quigley, conductor

    2:11
  • 6:06 PM

    French Suite No. 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: 6 French Suites/Italian Concerto

    Andras Schiff, piano

    15:26
  • 6:01 PM

    The Overturned Carriages: Overture

    Francois Boieldieu

    Swiss Italian Orchestra

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    4:52
  • 5:48 PM

    Kullervo Goes to War

    Tauno Pylkkanen

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor

    10:26
  • 5:17 PM

    Symphony No. 103 "Drum Roll"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    28:44
  • 5:11 PM

    Sunburst

    Andrew York

    Play

    Jason Vieaux, guitar

    4:17
  • 5:06 PM

    Amadigi di Gaula: Sento la gioia (I feel the joy)

    George Frideric Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    4:33
  • 5:01 PM

    March No. 1

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Titans

    Anagnoson & Kinton, duo pianos

    4:41
  • 4:47 PM

    Children's Games (Jeux d'enfants)

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: Symphony, Jeux d'enfants, Roma

    Paris Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    10:58
  • 4:45 PM

    Pony Rondo

    Paul Creston

    Mirian Conti, piano

    2:03
  • 4:19 PM

    Cello Concerto No. 1

    Victor Herbert

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Mark Kosower, cello

    25:22
  • 4:06 PM

    Poet and Peasant Overture

    Franz von Suppe

    Popular Operatic Overtures

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    9:45
  • 4:01 PM

    Graceful Ghost Rag

    William Bolcom

    Richard Dowling, piano

    4:32
  • 3:40 PM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 3

    Ottorino Respighi

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    16:57
  • 3:31 PM

    Morning Papers Waltz

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    8:20
  • 3:14 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 3

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    The Chicago Principal

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Dale Clevenger, horn

    16:02
  • 3:09 PM

    Scherzo a la Russe

    Igor Stravinsky

    A. Skrjabin Symphony No. 3

    Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Gielen, conductor

    4:01
  • 3:00 PM

    Waltz No. 1 "Grand Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    The Chopin Album

    Lang Lang, piano

    5:48
  • 2:48 PM

    Symphony No. 4: 4th movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 4

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    10:08
  • 2:44 PM

    Wind Quintet: 3rd movement

    August Klughardt

    Hexagon Ensemble

    3:28
  • 2:36 PM

    Bartered Bride: Overture

    Bedrich Smetana

    Menuhin and Czech Music

    Brno State Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yehudi Menuhin, conductor

    6:32
  • 2:29 PM

    Piano Sonata: 4th movement

    Clara Schumann

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    5:08
  • 2:22 PM

    Funny Face: Overture

    George Gershwin

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    5:51
  • 2:17 PM

    The Seasons: Summer: The Heather Bells

    James Oswald

    Alison Melville, recorder

    Mary-Katherine Finch, cello

    Kirk Elliott, harp/guitar

    Ben Grossman, percussion

    Michael Jarvis, harpsichord

    3:24
  • 2:12 PM

    Philadelphia Gray's Quickstep

    Francis Johnson

    Symphony Orchestra of America

    Matthew H. Phillips, conductor

    2:05
  • 2:04 PM

    King Stephen: Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    6:45
  • 1:52 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Alexander Borodin

    Borodin: Three Symphonies, Petite Suite, Polovetsian Dances

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    6:33
  • 1:47 PM

    Tara Kamangar, piano

    5:05
  • 1:38 PM

    Brook Green Suite

    Gustav Holst

    New Zealand Chamber Orchestra

    Nicholas Braithwaite, conductor

    7:07
  • 1:30 PM

    Trio Sonata

    Sebastian de Brossard

    Sacrifices

    La Nuova Musica

    David Bates, conductor

    7:06
  • 1:26 PM

    Cantata No. 29: Sinfonia

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Accademia Bizantina

    Ottavio Dantone, conductor

    3:34
  • 1:20 PM

    Cello Sonata: 2nd movement

    Samuel Barber

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    4:12
  • 1:10 PM

    Il mondo della luna (Life on the Moon): Overture

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Opera Overtures

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    3:46
  • 1:04 PM

    Funeral March of a Marionette

    Charles Gounod

    European Light Music Classics

    New London Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    4:20
  • 12:53 PM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 1: Gagliarda

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs And Dances, Etc

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    3:36
  • 12:50 PM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 1: Balletto

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs And Dances, Etc

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    2:57
  • 12:46 PM

    Gagliarda and Corrente

    Johannes Kapsberger

    Alla Luce: Music of Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger

    Chatham Baroque

    2:38
  • 12:39 PM

    Spanish Dance No. 5 "Andaluza"

    Enrique Granados

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    5:36
  • 12:33 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 11: 3rd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Danish National Symphony Orchestra

    Shai Wosner, piano

    4:16
  • 12:21 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 1st movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: The Complete Symphonies

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    11:22
  • 12:17 PM

    Salut d'amour (Love's Greeting)

    Edward Elgar

    Violin Romances

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Gil Shaham, violin

    2:56
  • 12:08 PM

    Sinfonia Concertante: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Flute And Harp Concerto; Sinfonia Concertante

    Orchestra Mozart

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Lucas Macias Navarro, oboe

    8:08
  • 12:04 PM

    Mysterious Barricades

    Francois Couperin

    The Water Is Wide

    Mark Small, guitar

    2:41
  • 11:51 AM

    Prague Waltzes

    Antonin Dvorak

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    7:35
  • 11:47 AM

    Consort for Ten Winds: Sautereau

    Robert Spittal

    Atlanta Chamber Winds

    Robert J. Ambrose, conductor

    3:32
  • 11:39 AM

    The Song without Words

    Helena Lopuska

    Magdalena Lisak, piano

    6:14
  • 11:28 AM

    Fantasia on Welsh Nursery Tunes

    Grace Williams

    Grace Williams: Sea Sketches

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    10:54
  • 11:15 AM

    Suite for Viol

    Louis de Caix D'Hervelois

    Dans le sillage de Marin Marais

    La Reveuse

    11:38
  • 11:06 AM

    Alborada del Gracioso (Morning Song of the Jester)

    Maurice Ravel

    Seattle Symphony

    Ludovic Morlot, conductor

    7:42
  • 11:01 AM

    Ensemble Giardino di Delizie

    4:35
  • 10:46 AM

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    Maxine Eilander, harp

    11:52
  • 10:21 AM

    Sleeping Beauty Ballet Suite

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky | Sleeping Beauty & Swan Lake

    Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra

    Aleksander Lazarev, conductor

    23:18
  • 10:11 AM

    Nocturne No. 4

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: The Complete Music for Piano

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    7:41
  • 10:06 AM

    Dance of the Blessed Spirits

    Christoph Gluck

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hope, violin

    5:07
  • 10:01 AM

    Orchestral Quartet No. 5: Rondo

    Carl Stamitz

    Carl Stamitz: Orchestral Quartets, Op. 14

    NZSO Chamber Orchestra

    Donald Armstrong, conductor

    4:40
  • 9:48 AM

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Skaila Kanga, harp

    9:28
  • 9:44 AM

    Northern Lights (Pulchra es, amica mea)

    Ola Gjeilo

    Phoenix Chorale

    Charles Bruffy, conductor

    4:21
  • 9:17 AM

    Quartet for Flute, Viola, Guitar and Cello

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Trout Quintet, Guitar Quartets

    Wolfgang Schulz, flute

    25:12
  • 9:06 AM

    Overture to Shakespeare's "As You Like It"

    John Knowles Paine

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    10:23
  • 9:01 AM

    Rondo Amoroso

    Harald Saeverud

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Per Dreier, conductor

    4:35
  • 8:51 AM

    Helen Callus, viola

    Robert McDonald, piano

    7:19
  • 8:24 AM

    Autumn Gardens

    Einojuhani Rautavaara

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    26:24
  • 8:06 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Sonatas 13, 14, 23

    Andre Watts, piano

    16:30
  • 8:01 AM

    Elegies of Thule: The Night is Darkening

    Tonu Korvits

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Risto Joost, conductor

    4:49
  • 7:47 AM

    Coincident Dances

    Jessie Montgomery

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    11:42
  • 7:19 AM

    Piano Quintet

    Florence Price

    American Quintets

    Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective

    27:28
  • 7:06 AM

    Divertimento

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Ensemble Wien-Berlin

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    10:58
  • 7:01 AM

    String Quartet No. 1: Menuetto

    Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf

    Franz Schubert Quartet

    4:47
  • 6:26 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 1

    New York Philharmonic

    Alan Gilbert, conductor

    33:19
  • 6:23 AM

    Gammelkjerringvalsen

    Traditional Norwegian

    Trio Mediaeval

    Arve Henriksen, trumpet

    2:06
  • 6:06 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 11

    Anne-Louise Brillon de Jouy

    Nicolas Horvath, piano

    14:23
  • 6:01 AM

    Lute Suite: Sarabande and Gigue

    Jan Antonin Losy

    Jan Antonin Losy: Note d'oro

    Jakob Lindberg, lute

    4:39