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  • 5:46 AM

    Isabelle O'Connell, piano

    Linda Buckley, electronics

    12:03
  • 5:21 AM

    Gnarly Buttons

    John Adams

    London Sinfonietta

    John Adams, conductor

    Michael Collins, clarinet

    24:23
  • 5:15 AM

    This Land Sings: Bread and Roses

    Michael Daugherty

    David Alan Miller, conductor

    Annika Socolofsky, soprano

    Oleksiy Zakharov, bassoon

    4:13
  • 5:06 AM

    Point of Departure

    Hildur Gudnadottir

    Nordic Affect

    7:48
  • 5:01 AM

    Short Stories: Coyote Nights

    Jennifer Higdon

    Bel Cuore Quartet

    4:39
  • 4:50 AM

    Going Home

    Rahim Alhaj

    Letters From Iraq

    Rahim AlHaj, oud

    7:39
  • 4:44 AM

    Fellow Traveler

    John Adams

    Fellow Traveler - The Complete String Quartet Works of John Adams

    Attacca Quartet

    5:09
  • 4:19 AM

    American Landscapes

    Stanley Grill

    Stanley Grill: At the Center of All Things

    Diderot String Quartet

    22:45
  • 4:12 AM

    American Triptych: The Peace of Wild Things

    Jake Runestad

    Conspirare

    Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

    Carla McElhaney, piano

    5:11
  • 4:06 AM

    Autumn Song

    Paul Moravec

    Moravec: Chamber Symphony; Cool Fire; Autumn Song

    Marya Martin, flute

    4:57
  • 4:01 AM

    Concierto de "Dance Hits": Salsa Pasada

    Aaron Jay Kernis

    New Century Chamber Orchestra

    Aaron Jay Kernis, conductor

    David Tanenbaum, guitar

    4:49
  • 3:27 AM

    Symphony No. 5

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    31:16
  • 3:16 AM

    Concerto for Three Trumpets

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Trumpet Concertos

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Simon Preston, conductor

    Hannes Laubin, trumpet

    9:17
  • 3:12 AM

    Musica Callada (Silent Music): Book 1: No. 6

    Federico Mompou

    Federico Mompou: Musica Callada

    Lilit Grigoryan, piano

    2:18
  • 3:06 AM

    Serenade

    Roman Hoffstetter

    Promenade Concert

    I Solisti Italiani

    5:29
  • 3:01 AM

    The Floating One Polka Mazurka

    Josef Strauss

    Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra

    Arthur Kulling, conductor

    4:37
  • 2:48 AM

    Trio Sonata

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    (Selected members), conductor

    Angel Romero, guitar

    Kenneth Sillito, violin

    10:03
  • 2:32 AM

    New England Triptych

    William Schuman

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    15:38
  • 2:28 AM

    Lyric Pieces: Homeward

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Lyric Pieces

    Stephen Hough, piano

    3:02
  • 2:17 AM

    Spem in Alium (Hope in all things)

    Thomas Tallis

    Tallis: Spem in Alium

    ORA

    Suzi Digby, conductor

    9:13
  • 2:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 4

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Amadeus Quartet

    10:12
  • 2:01 AM

    Quartet San Francisco

    Jeremy Cohen, violin

    Kayo Miki, violin

    Emily Onderdonk, viola

    Joel Cohen, cello

    4:37
  • 12:49 AM

    Tintagel

    Arnold Bax

    Virginia Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    14:48
  • 12:49 AM

    Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave)

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto, Symphony No. 4

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    9:02
  • 12:49 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    William Boyce

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    7:58
  • 12:49 AM

    Octet: 3rd movement

    Franz Schubert

    Boston Symphony Chamber Players

    5:06
  • 12:49 AM

    Canzon Noni Toni

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    Philadelphia Brass Ensemble

    3:15
  • 12:49 AM

    Concerto Symphonique No. 4: Scherzo

    Henry Litolff

    Masterpieces in Miniature

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    Yuja Wang, piano

    7:26
  • 12:48 AM

    Scottish Rondo

    John Field

    Miceal O'Rourke, piano

    4:34
  • 12:43 AM

    Tintagel

    Arnold Bax

    Virginia Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    14:48
  • 12:34 AM

    Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave)

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto, Symphony No. 4

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    9:02
  • 12:24 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    William Boyce

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    7:58
  • 12:19 AM

    Octet: 3rd movement

    Franz Schubert

    Boston Symphony Chamber Players

    5:06
  • 12:14 AM

    Canzon Noni Toni

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    Philadelphia Brass Ensemble

    3:15
  • 12:06 AM

    Concerto Symphonique No. 4: Scherzo

    Henry Litolff

    Masterpieces in Miniature

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    Yuja Wang, piano

    7:26
  • 12:01 AM

    Scottish Rondo

    John Field

    Miceal O'Rourke, piano

    4:34
  • 11:48 PM

    My Home Overture

    Antonin Dvorak

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Istvan Kertesz, conductor

    9:31
  • 11:34 PM

    Suite for Strings

    Joan Trimble

    Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Fionnuala Hunt, conductor

    13:22
  • 11:20 PM

    Ethiopia's Shadow in America

    Florence Price

    Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

    John Jeter, conductor

    12:44
  • 11:11 PM

    Fra Diavolo: Overture

    Daniel Auber

    Great Comedy Overtures

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Lance Friedel, conductor

    8:10
  • 11:06 PM

    Fugue "Little"

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Stravinsky, Bach, Stokowski

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    3:55
  • 10:51 PM

    Harvest Dances (Ernte Tanze) Waltz

    Johann StraussJr.

    J. Strauss, Jr. Edition: Vol. 14

    Czech State Symphony Orchestra, Kosice

    Alfred Walter, conductor

    7:12
  • 10:47 PM

    Harvest Home Suite: Thanksgiving Hymn

    Jay Ungar

    Nashville Chamber Orchestra

    Paul Gambill, conductor

    Jay Ungar, fiddle

    Molly Mason, guitar

    3:18
  • 10:29 PM

    Capriccio Italien

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    16:27
  • 10:24 PM

    Andante

    Oskar Lindberg

    Alison Balsom: Caprice

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Edward Gardner, conductor

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    4:07
  • 10:09 PM

    Sonata No. 1

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Camerata Bern

    Thomas Furi, conductor

    13:45
  • 10:06 PM

    Children's Corner: Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum

    Claude Debussy

    Desirae Brown, piano

    Deondra Brown, piano

    2:25
  • 10:03 PM

    Piece in the Form of a Habanera

    Maurice Ravel

    Katerina Englichova, harp

    Vilem Veverka, oboe

    2:43
  • 9:47 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphonie 2, Academic Festival Overture

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    10:05
  • 9:25 PM

    The Tender Land Suite

    Aaron Copland

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Aaron Copland, conductor

    20:42
  • 9:13 PM

    String Symphony No. 5

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

    Gustav Leonhardt, conductor

    11:09
  • 9:06 PM

    The Boatswain's Mate: Overture

    Ethel Smyth

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    6:06
  • 9:01 PM

    Requiebros

    Gaspar Cassado

    I Musici Montreal

    Yuli Turovsky, conductor

    Yuli Turovsky, cello

    4:48
  • 6:47 PM

    Capriccio Brillant

    Felix Mendelssohn

    New York Philharmonic

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Helen Huang, piano

    11:25
  • 6:26 PM

    Holberg Suite

    Edvard Grieg

    Rotterdam Chamber Orchestra

    Conrad van Alphen, conductor

    19:39
  • 6:06 PM

    Concerto Grosso "Alexander's Feast"

    George Frideric Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    12:49
  • 6:01 PM

    Waltz No. 5 "Grande Valse"

    Frederic Chopin

    Claudio Arrau, piano

    4:33
  • 5:53 PM

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    5:06
  • 5:33 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 11 "Turkish"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Sonatas and Variations

    Fazil Say, piano

    18:32
  • 5:30 PM

    Three Ballads: Kumru

    Fazil Say

    Ballads & Quintets

    casalQuartett

    Fazil Say, piano

    3:02
  • 5:16 PM

    Dinorah: Overture

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    Darrell Ang, conductor

    13:11
  • 5:06 PM

    Images for Orchestra: Rondes de printemps (Spring Rounds)

    Claude Debussy

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    8:07
  • 5:01 PM

    Algarve Orchestra

    Alvaro Cassuto, conductor

    4:36
  • 4:43 PM

    Suite for String Orchestra

    Susan Spain-Dunk

    British Music for Strings, Vol. 3

    South German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim

    Douglas Bostock, conductor

    15:37
  • 4:17 PM

    Clarinet Concerto No. 2

    Louis Spohr

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Kenneth Sillito, conductor

    Julian Bliss, clarinet

    24:14
  • 4:13 PM

    Milonga de Don Taco

    Cacho Tirao

    Graham Anthony Devine, guitar

    2:52
  • 4:06 PM

    Festival March

    Antonin Dvorak

    Rochester Philharmonic

    David Zinman, conductor

    5:39
  • 4:01 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 24

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Victor Sangiorgio, piano

    4:48
  • 3:52 PM

    Symphony No. 5 "Western Hemisphere": 4th movement

    William Grant Still

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    6:47
  • 3:42 PM

    Shaker Suite

    Rayburn Wright

    Made in the USA

    Canadian Brass

    Lukas Foss, conductor

    9:05
  • 3:28 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Violin Concertos

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    Andrew Manze, violin

    13:13
  • 3:22 PM

    Ashokan Farewell

    Jay Ungar

    Stillpoint

    Adagio Trio

    5:11
  • 3:08 PM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral": 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 6

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    12:04
  • 3:00 PM

    Romanian Folk Dances

    Bela Bartok

    Bartok: Romanian Folk-Dances, Kodaly: Galanta Dances, Marosszek Dances

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    6:07
  • 2:56 PM

    The Wasps: March of the Kitchen Utensils

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    New Philharmonia Orchestra

    Adrian Boult, conductor

    2:55
  • 2:46 PM

    Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Isaac Stern - A Life In Music - Lalo, Saint-Saens, Chausson

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    Isaac Stern, violin

    8:49
  • 2:37 PM

    L'Italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jaime Laredo, conductor

    8:00
  • 2:32 PM

    Mlada: Bohemian Dance

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    3:48
  • 2:28 PM

    Prelude No. 5

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    3:21
  • 2:20 PM

    Sinfonia Concertante: 3rd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Mozart: Symphony No. 96; Sinfonia Concertante

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Marieke Blankestijn, violin

    6:19
  • 2:18 PM

    Children's Games (Jeux d'enfants): Merry-Go-Round

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet, Ravel, Faure

    Katia & Marielle Labeque, pianos

    1:17
  • 2:07 PM

    Carousel Waltz

    Richard Rodgers

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    7:49
  • 2:04 PM

    Trumpet Tune

    Jeremiah Clarke

    Empire Brass

    William Kuhlman, organ

    1:14
  • 1:54 PM

    Lakme: Flower Duet

    Leo Delibes

    Guilty Pleasures

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Sebastian Lang-Lessing, conductor

    Renee Fleming, soprano

    3:45
  • 1:47 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 3rd movement

    Heinrich von Herzogenberg

    Herzogenberg: Symphonies opp. 50 & 70

    North German Radio Philharmonic

    Frank Beermann, conductor

    6:15
  • 1:43 PM

    Shepherd's Hey

    Percy Grainger

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    2:02
  • 1:35 PM

    L'Estro Armonico: Concerto No. 1 for Four Violins

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Brecon Baroque

    Rachel Podger, violin

    7:39
  • 1:32 PM

    Liana Serbescu, piano

    2:22
  • 1:24 PM

    Symphony No. 5: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    6:20
  • 1:20 PM

    Ethiopia's Shadow in America: His Adaptation

    Florence Price

    Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

    John Jeter, conductor

    3:08
  • 1:10 PM

    The Capricious One

    Edward Elgar

    Virtuoso

    Leonidas Kavakos, violin

    4:02
  • 1:04 PM

    Marriage of Figaro: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Paper Music

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Bobby McFerrin, conductor

    4:13
  • 12:49 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 4: 3rd movement

    Johann Baptist Cramer

    Cramer: Piano Concertos Nos. 4 and 5

    London Mozart Players

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    Howard Shelley, piano

    9:47
  • 12:43 PM

    Trio Sonata No. 10

    Arcangelo Corelli

    Purcell Quartet

    4:32
  • 12:34 PM

    Concertino for Oboe and Orchestra

    Gaetano Donizetti

    Donizetti, Lindpaintner: Concerti for Wind

    RIAS Sinfonietta

    Jiri Starek, conductor

    Gunther Passin, oboe

    7:20
  • 12:30 PM

    Sevillanas

    Traditional

    LAGQ Latin

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    3:07
  • 12:27 PM

    Song without Words No. 25 "May Breezes"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Voice Of The Violin

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Michael Stern, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    2:19
  • 12:20 PM

    Czech Suite: Polka

    Antonin Dvorak

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    5:31
  • 12:16 PM

    String Quartet No. 4: 3rd movement

    Dmitri Klebanov

    Chamber Works by Dmitri Klebanov

    ARC Ensemble

    3:26
  • 12:08 PM

    An English Suite: Pastoral and In Minuet Style

    Hubert Parry

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    5:40
  • 12:04 PM

    Xerxes: Largo

    George Frideric Handel

    Ombra Mai Fu; Pachelbel: Canon

    I Solisti Italiani

    3:32
  • 11:49 AM

    Flower Festival in Genzano: Pas de deux

    Eduard Helsted

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    9:03
  • 11:47 AM

    Nora's Dance

    Nora Holt

    Lara Downes, piano

    1:47
  • 11:43 AM

    Swedish Polka

    Hugo Alfven

    European Light Music Classics

    New London Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    2:25
  • 11:29 AM

    Irish Rhapsody No. 1

    Charles Stanford

    Stanford: Symphony No. 6

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    13:39
  • 11:26 AM

    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
  • 11:20 AM

    Danny Boy

    Traditional

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hope, violin

    Marie-Pierre Langlamet, harp

    4:27
  • 11:11 AM

    The Italian Girl in London: Overture

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Toronto Chamber Orchestra

    Kevin Mallon, conductor

    7:37
  • 11:06 AM

    Fantasia on Greensleeves

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Mad About Romance

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    4:27
  • 11:01 AM

    Symphony No. 11: 2nd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    4:36
  • 10:43 AM

    Rapsodie espagnole

    Maurice Ravel

    Seattle Symphony

    Ludovic Morlot, conductor

    15:13
  • 10:34 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan": Andante

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Concertos Nos. 9 & 21

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    7:38
  • 10:16 AM

    Suite Lyrique

    John Rutter

    Blessing

    Sinfonia Cymru

    John Rutter, conductor

    Catrin Finch, harp

    17:22
  • 10:06 AM

    Sonata for Strings

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Berlin Baroque Soloists

    Rainer Kussmaul, conductor

    7:56
  • 10:01 AM

    Pastoral and Reel

    Thomas C. Kelly

    Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Fionnuala Hunt, conductor

    4:39
  • 9:44 AM

    Terra Incognita

    Wayne Shorter

    Imani Winds

    14:14
  • 9:36 AM

    A Dream in the Forest (Un Sueno en la Floresta)

    Agustin Barrios

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    7:02
  • 9:11 AM

    Violin Sonata

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Violin Sonatas

    Andrew Manze, violin

    23:43
  • 9:06 AM

    Tales of Hoffmann: Barcarolle

    Jacques Offenbach

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    4:03
  • 9:01 AM

    Valse Triste

    Jean Sibelius

    Wagner: Siegfried-Idyll/Sibelius: Valse Triste/etc.

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    4:37
  • 8:27 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Florence Price

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    31:05
  • 8:17 AM

    Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann

    Clara Schumann

    Angela Cheng, piano

    9:02
  • 8:06 AM

    Fantasy on Mozart's "La ci darem la mano"

    Franz Danzi

    New Era

    Potsdam Chamber Academy

    Andreas Ottensamer, clarinet

    10:03
  • 8:01 AM

    The Jane Pickering Lute Book

    Anonymous

    The Scottish Lute

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    4:41
  • 7:52 AM

    Romance of the Prairie Lilies

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    6:33
  • 7:22 AM

    Piano Trio No. 1

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Horszowski Trio

    29:05
  • 7:06 AM

    Romantic Pieces

    Antonin Dvorak

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    14:18
  • 7:01 AM

    Music for Symphony Orchestra: Andante

    Yasushi Akutagawa

    Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra

    Ryusuke Numajiri, conductor

    4:41
  • 6:52 AM

    Ballade No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Awadagin Pratt, piano

    6:23
  • 6:42 AM

    O'Keeffe Images: Sky Above Clouds

    Elena Ruehr

    Boston Modern Orchestra Project

    Gil Rose, conductor

    9:29
  • 6:12 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "The Midnight Hour"

    Eivind Groven

    Groven: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2

    Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra

    Peter Szilvay, conductor

    29:24
  • 6:07 AM

    In the Dark

    Bix Beiderbecke

    Free Range Saxophone Quartet

    3:59
  • 6:01 AM

    Irmelin Prelude

    Frederick Delius

    Northern Sinfonia of England

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    4:46