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  • 5:55 AM

    Wild Swans: Eliza's Aria

    Elena Kats-Chernin

    Nicola Sweeney, violin

    Sarah Nicolls, piano

    3:20
  • 5:34 AM

    November Woods

    Arnold Bax

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    20:27
  • 5:15 AM

    Lute Suite No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Lute Suites

    John Williams, guitar

    17:03
  • 5:06 AM

    Andante Cantabile

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    The Essential Yo-Yo Ma

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    8:19
  • 5:01 AM

    Walking (Hommage a Thoreau)

    Lars Aksel Bisgaard

    Carl Petersson, piano

    4:52
  • 4:52 AM

    Alleluia

    Randall Thompson

    American Polyphony

    Polyphony

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    6:10
  • 4:35 AM

    String Quartet No. 15: 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Dreams and Prayers

    A Far Cry Orchestra

    16:22
  • 4:23 AM

    Fantasy on a Hymn by Justin Morgan

    Thomas Canning

    Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    10:14
  • 4:17 AM

    Apartment House 1776: Harmony No. 20. O Give Thanks

    John Cage

    Arditti String Quartet

    5:11
  • 4:06 AM

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    Martin Jones, piano

    9:45
  • 4:01 AM

    Suite in the Ancient Style: Choral

    Mel Bonis

    Tatjana Ruhland, flute

    Gesa Jenne-Donneweg, violin

    Ingrid Philippi, viola

    Florian Wiek, piano

    4:28
  • 3:53 AM

    Berceuse

    Jack Gallagher

    Gallagher: Orchestral Music

    London Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    5:18
  • 3:28 AM

    Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff, Paganini Rhapsody, Piano Concerto No. 2

    Mahler Chamber Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Yuja Wang, piano

    23:00
  • 3:12 AM

    Poema Autunnale (Autumn Poem)

    Ottorino Respighi

    Poeme

    Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yakov Kreizberg, conductor

    Julia Fischer, violin

    14:20
  • 3:06 AM

    Serenade No. 10 "Gran Partita": Adagio

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Gran Partita

    Netherlands Wind Ensemble

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    5:39
  • 3:01 AM

    The Woods so Wild

    William Byrd

    Ayreheart

    4:32
  • 2:50 AM

    Impromptu No. 4

    Franz Schubert

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    8:06
  • 2:24 AM

    String Quartet No. 12 "American"

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Quartet No. 14, No. 12 American

    Cleveland Quartet

    25:01
  • 2:16 AM

    The Day is Done

    Stephen Paulus

    Beyond All Mortal Dreams

    Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    5:15
  • 2:06 AM

    Preludio Sinfonico

    Giacomo Puccini

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    10:05
  • 2:01 AM

    Eventide

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Elgar and Vaughan Williams

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    George Hurst, conductor

    4:52
  • 1:46 AM

    Suite in the Old Style

    Christian Sinding

    The Perlman Edition: Sibelius and Korngold Violin Concertos

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    12:30
  • 1:40 AM

    Sonora Slocum, flute

    John Wilson, piano

    3:46
  • 1:12 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Florence Price

    Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

    John Jeter, conductor

    27:29
  • 1:06 AM

    Concerto for Strings

    Antonio Vivaldi

    La Serenissima

    Adrian Chandler, conductor

    4:21
  • 1:01 AM

    Dance of the Flowers

    Amy Beach

    Joanne Polk, piano

    4:41
  • 12:46 AM

    Variations on The Wayfaring Stranger

    James Cohn

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Vakhtang Jordania, conductor

    11:29
  • 12:43 AM

    Wayfaring Stranger

    Traditional

    Anonymous 4

    2:50
  • 12:27 AM

    Flute Concerto

    Frederick the Great

    CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra

    Hartmut Haenchen, conductor

    Manfred Friedrich, flute

    14:42
  • 12:10 AM

    The Kitchen Review

    Bohuslav Martinu

    Lahti Chamber Ensemble

    15:08
  • 12:06 AM

    Czech Suite: Prelude-Pastorale

    Antonin Dvorak

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    3:37
  • 12:01 AM

    Schnofler-Dance

    Johann Mayer

    Ensemble Bella Musica Vienna

    4:36
  • 11:51 PM

    Aria in Classic Style

    Marcel Grandjany

    Classics for Chamber Orchestra

    Stockholm Chamber Orchestra

    Jan-Olav Wedin, conductor

    Christine Muhlbach, harp

    5:58
  • 11:35 PM

    Piano Trio No. 32

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Beaux Arts Trio

    16:11
  • 11:30 PM

    Pilgrims' Hymn

    Stephen Paulus

    Bernstein and Britten

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    3:19
  • 11:24 PM

    Autumn Landscape

    Martin Mailman

    Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra

    Howard Hanson, conductor

    5:03
  • 11:20 PM

    Harvest Celebration

    Jing-Ping Zhang

    Shanghai Quartet

    3:24
  • 11:06 PM

    Concerto for 2 Orchestras No. 3

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Music For The Royal Fireworks

    English Baroque Soloists

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    13:24
  • 11:01 PM

    Two German Dances

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Capella Istropolitana

    Johannes Wildner, conductor

    4:49
  • 10:53 PM

    Lovefeast of Thanksgiving

    Music of the Moravians

    Lost Music of Early America: Music of the moravians

    Boston Baroque

    Martin Pearlman, conductor

    4:43
  • 10:49 PM

    Let Us Break Bread Together

    Moses Hogan

    Duo Dolce

    2:49
  • 10:29 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    19:18
  • 10:23 PM

    Folk Suite No. 4

    William Grant Still

    Calico Winds

    5:28
  • 10:06 PM

    In the Fen Country

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    15:30
  • 10:03 PM

    Table Music: Galliard

    Johann Schein

    Dance Music of the High Renaissance

    Collegium Terpsichore

    Fritz Neumeyer, conductor

    2:36
  • 9:46 PM

    The Song of Hiawatha: Overture

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    11:22
  • 9:27 PM

    Clarinet Trio No. 1 "Voyage of the Spirit"

    Rick Sowash

    Trio les Gavottes

    17:33
  • 9:23 PM

    The Traveller Benighted in Snow

    Traditional Scottish

    Winter's Delights

    Quadriga Consort

    3:27
  • 9:10 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": Largo

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Piano Quintets In A, Op.5 & Op.81; Borodin: Quartet

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    11:34
  • 9:06 PM

    Concerto alla rustica (Rustic Concerto)

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Strings! The Definitive Collection

    Guildhall Strings

    3:42
  • 9:01 PM

    Bella Bocca Polka

    Emil Waldteufel

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    4:46
  • 8:48 PM

    String Quartet No. 6

    Maddalena Laura Sirmen

    Allegri String Quartet

    9:57
  • 8:15 PM

    Americana Symphony "Variations on Appalachia Waltz"

    Mark O'Connor

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    32:21
  • 8:06 PM

    Fidelio Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Fidelio - Highlights

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    6:28
  • 8:01 PM

    Petite Symphony: Finale

    Charles Gounod

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    4:47
  • 7:46 PM

    Trio Sonata No. 4

    George Frideric Handel

    Trios for 4

    Palladian Ensemble

    12:10
  • 7:18 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Edward MacDowell

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Andre Watts, piano

    25:58
  • 7:09 PM

    i thank You God for most this amazing day

    Eric Whitacre

    Eric Whitacre Singers

    Eric Whitacre, conductor

    6:56
  • 7:06 PM

    Nun danket alle Gott

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Classic Hymns

    The King's Brass

    Tim Zimmerman, trumpet

    2:52
  • 7:01 PM

    String Quartet No. 67: 2nd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: String Quartets Opp. 77 &103

    Takacs Quartet

    4:52
  • 3:49 PM

    American Ballads: Amber Waves

    Morton Gould

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kenneth Klein, conductor

    7:12
  • 3:45 PM

    Frostiana: The Pasture

    Randall Thompson

    Roberts Wesleyan College Chorale

    Paul Shewan, conductor

    3:16
  • 3:40 PM

    Estancia: Dance of the Wheat

    Alberto Ginastera

    Tangazo

    New World Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    3:59
  • 3:13 PM

    Serenade for Winds

    Antonin Dvorak

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    25:40
  • 3:02 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "America": Thanksgiving Day

    Dan Locklair

    Slovak National Symphony Orchestra

    Kirk Trevor, conductor

    9:04
  • 2:59 PM

    Jacqueline Schwab, piano

    2:22
  • 2:53 PM

    Peer Gynt: Morning Mood

    Edvard Grieg

    Norwegian Classical Favourites

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    4:01
  • 2:42 PM

    Symphony No. 36 "Linz": Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies No. 36 & 38

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    10:09
  • 2:33 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Leopold Mozart

    Trumpet Concertos

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    7:54
  • 2:31 PM

    Ulysses' Gaze: Ulysses Theme

    Eleni Karaindrou

    Kim Kashkashian, viola

    2:00
  • 2:18 PM

    Cantata No. 192: Nun danket alle Gott

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Monteverdi Choir

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    Joanne Lunn, soprano

    William Towers, alto

    James Gilchrist, tenor

    Peter Harvey, bass

    10:42
  • 2:12 PM

    Divertimento: Turkey Trot

    Leonard Bernstein

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    1:43
  • 2:04 PM

    Strike Up the Band: Overture

    George Gershwin

    Gershwin: Overtures

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    7:08
  • 1:48 PM

    Our Town

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: Our Town, El Salon Mexico

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Aaron Copland, conductor

    10:58
  • 1:44 PM

    Song without Words No. 3 "Hunting Song"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Jorge Bolet, piano

    2:39
  • 1:26 PM

    Medley: Simple Gifts; Lovely Love

    Shaker Songs

    William Coulter, guitar

    Barry Phillips, cello

    3:00
  • 1:20 PM

    Thanksgiving Waltz

    Jay Ungar

    Jay Ungar, fiddle

    Molly Mason, guitar

    Abby Newton, cello

    Steve Rust, bass

    Mary Lea, fiddle

    3:46
  • 1:09 PM

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    9:21
  • 1:04 PM

    Philharmonia Virtuosi

    Richard Kapp, conductor

    4:14
  • 12:50 PM

    Tafelmusik, Part III: Overture

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Musica Antiqua Koln

    9:11
  • 12:41 PM

    Legends of the Fall: The Ludlows

    James Horner

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Arnold, conductor

    6:19
  • 12:36 PM

    Symphony No. 8: 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 8

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    4:05
  • 12:32 PM

    Thurber's Dogs: Dog Asleep

    Peter Schickele

    Pro Musica Chamber Orchestra

    Timothy Russell, conductor

    3:00
  • 12:22 PM

    Lajos Lencses, oboe

    Libor Sima, bassoon

    Francois Killian, piano

    8:14
  • 12:17 PM

    Voluntary on Old Hundredth

    Henry Purcell

    Canadian Brass

    :00
  • 12:08 PM

    Minuet Antique

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Sheherazade; Le Tombeau De Couperin/Debussy: Ballades de Villon

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    7:25
  • 12:04 PM

    Reverie (Abide with Me)

    William Henry Monk

    The Water Is Wide

    Mark Small, guitar

    3:33
  • 11:43 AM

    String Quartet No. 5

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Quartetto Italiano

    15:32
  • 11:27 AM

    Theme and Variations on Red River Valley

    David Amram

    Colorado Symphony Orchestra

    David Amram, conductor

    Brook Ellen Ferguson, flute

    14:17
  • 11:22 AM

    Two Meditations on Poems of Mary Oliver: Linen of Words

    Evan Premo

    River Town Duo

    4:37
  • 11:17 AM

    Two Meditations on Poems of Mary Oliver: Early Morning, New Hampshire

    Evan Premo

    River Town Duo

    5:20
  • 11:12 AM

    hope, faith, life, love

    Eric Whitacre

    Whitacre: Cloudburst

    Polyphony

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    3:47
  • 11:06 AM

    Schwanengesang, Book 1: Standchen (Serenade)

    Franz Schubert

    Gil Shaham, violin

    Goran Sollscher, guitar

    4:10
  • 11:01 AM

    Pan Voyevoda: Nocturne

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor

    4:44
  • 10:44 AM

    Symphony No. 20

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 3, 11, 18, 19 & 20

    Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    14:20
  • 10:39 AM

    The Road Home

    Stephen Paulus

    Conspirare

    Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

    3:55
  • 10:20 AM

    Six Epigraphes Antiques

    Claude Debussy

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    17:47
  • 10:10 AM

    Six Studies in English Folk Song

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Pastoral

    Emma Johnson, clarinet

    9:02
  • 10:07 AM

    To a Wild Rose

    Edward MacDowell

    Manhattan Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Auldon Clark, conductor

    2:42
  • 10:01 AM

    Prague Symphony Orchestra

    Vaclav Smetacek, conductor

    4:48
  • 9:20 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Charles Ives

    Seattle Symphony

    Ludovic Morlot, conductor

    38:10
  • 9:15 AM

    Amazing Grace

    John Newton

    Fermi's Paradox

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    2:59
  • 9:06 AM

    Alleluia and Fugue for Strings

    Alan Hovhaness

    I Fiamminghi

    Rudolf Werthen, conductor

    8:39
  • 9:01 AM

    Hudson Preludes: Take Care

    Nico Muhly

    Benjamin Nicholas, organ

    4:40
  • 8:40 AM

    Poeme for Violin and Orchestra

    George Walker

    Cleveland Chamber Symphony

    Edwin London, conductor

    Gregory Walker, violin

    17:50
  • 8:34 AM

    Etude No. 3 "Un Sospiro" (A Sigh)

    Franz Liszt

    Andre Watts, piano

    5:45
  • 8:07 AM

    The Blue Pearl

    Erkki Melartin

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Hannu Lintu, conductor

    26:15
  • 8:01 AM

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    Zuill Bailey, cello

    4:50
  • 7:51 AM

    Premiere Rhapsodie

    Claude Debussy

    Lille National Orchestra

    Alexandre Bloch, conductor

    Annelien Van Wauwe, clarinet

    7:33
  • 7:37 AM

    American Mirror, Pt. II

    Derrick Skye

    Salastina Music Society

    12:59
  • 7:25 AM

    American Mirror, Pt. I

    Derrick Skye

    Salastina Music Society

    12:44
  • 7:06 AM

    8 Variations on an Original Theme

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Piano Music for Four Hands, Vol III

    Yaara Tal, piano

    16:27
  • 7:01 AM

    Lyric Waltz

    Jean Sibelius

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:49
  • 6:35 AM

    Roman Festivals

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Roman Trilogy

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    23:56
  • 6:29 AM

    Vespers for Violin

    Missy Mazzoli

    Olivia de Prato, violin

    Missy Mazzoli, electronics

    5:10
  • 6:25 AM

    Vespers: Gladsome Light

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninov: All-Night Vigil

    Latvian Radio Choir

    Sigvards Klava, conductor

    3:18
  • 6:01 AM

    Canarios

    Santiago de Murcia

    Jacaras! Santiago de Murcia

    Paul O'Dette, guitar

    4:53