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  • 5:20 AM

    Piano Sonata

    Franz Schubert

    Alfred Brendel, piano

    37:48
  • 5:16 AM

    David of the White Rock

    John Thomas

    Sebastien Lipman, harp

    4:29
  • 5:10 AM

    Never Get Lost/Take Me to the World

    Marc Blitzstein/Stephen Sondheim

    I Wish It So

    Studio Orchestra

    Eric Stern, conductor

    Dawn Upshaw, soprano

    3:54
  • 5:06 AM

    Into the Woods: No One Is Alone

    Stephen Sondheim

    Music of the Night: Pops on Broadway 1990

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:06
  • 5:01 AM

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:40
  • 4:48 AM

    L'Estro Armonico: Concerto No. 8 for Two Violins

    Antonio Vivaldi

    The King's Violins

    Bernard Labadie, conductor

    Nicole Trotier, violin

    Julie Triquet, violin

    10:00
  • 4:30 AM

    Laurel Zucker, flute

    Richard Savino, guitar

    16:55
  • 4:27 AM

    Children's Corner: Serenade for the Doll

    Claude Debussy

    Vikingur Olafsson, piano

    1:57
  • 4:14 AM

    String Quartet No. 7

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: The String Quartets

    Quartetto Italiano

    11:12
  • 4:06 AM

    Dance Card: Celestial Blue

    Jennifer Higdon

    Project W: Works by Diverse Women Composers

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    7:58
  • 4:01 AM

    Lux Aeterna

    Ivo Antognini

    Mid-Winter Songs/Un Soir De Neige

    Phoenix Chamber Choir

    4:41
  • 3:51 AM

    To the Evening Star

    Abbie Betinis

    Into the Night

    Vox Humana

    David N. Childs, conductor

    Kara Kirkendoll Welch, flute

    7:43
  • 3:30 AM

    Symphony No. 95

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Hanover Band

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    19:02
  • 3:26 AM

    Berceuse

    Frank Bridge

    The English Viola

    Eniko Magyar, viola

    3:31
  • 3:21 AM

    Hallelujah

    Leonard Cohen

    Canadiana

    Canadian Brass

    3:35
  • 3:06 AM

    L'assedio di Corinto (Siege of Corinth): Ballet Music

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Ballet Music

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    14:13
  • 3:01 AM

    Nonetto: 1st movement

    Bohuslav Martinu

    Chamber Music Palm Beach

    4:47
  • 2:30 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Xaver Scharwenka

    Romantic Piano Concerto Vol. 38

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Stern, conductor

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    27:58
  • 2:17 AM

    Serenata for Chamber Orchestra

    George Walker

    Cleveland Chamber Symphony

    Edwin London, conductor

    11:45
  • 2:13 AM

    Evening Primrose: I Remember

    Stephen Sondheim

    For Lenny

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:06
  • 2:06 AM

    A Little Night Music: Night Waltz

    Stephen Sondheim

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    John Mauceri, conductor

    6:23
  • 2:01 AM

    Two Aquarelles

    Frederick Delius

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    4:35
  • 1:49 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    William Herschel

    Herschel: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    9:34
  • 1:45 AM

    Klange des waldes (Sounds of the Forest)

    Sofia Gubaidulina

    Carl Vine: Sonata for Flute

    Alexa Still, flute

    3:07
  • 1:18 AM

    Concierto del Sur

    Manuel Ponce

    New York Philharmonic

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    25:41
  • 1:06 AM

    Adagio and Allegro

    Robert Schumann

    Truls Mork, cello

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    10:08
  • 1:01 AM

    Algerian Suite: French Military March

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens Organ Symphony (No. 3 In C Minor, Op. 78)

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    4:44
  • 12:26 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Stephen Hough, piano

    32:11
  • 12:15 AM

    Christ Church Cathedral Choir

    Stephen Darlington, conductor

    9:54
  • 12:05 AM

    Spiegel im Spiegel (Mirror in the Mirror)

    Arvo Part

    Arvo Part: Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    8:23
  • 11:52 PM

    Of the Earth

    Stanley Woolner

    Ivan Konev, piano

    11:33
  • 11:45 PM

    Thais: Meditation

    Jules Massenet

    Paris: La Belle Epoque

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    5:48
  • 11:39 PM

    Columba aspexit (The Dove peered in)

    Hildegard von Bingen

    Hildegard Von Bingen: Feather On The Breath Of God

    Gothic Voices

    Christopher Page, conductor

    Emma Kirkby, soprano

    5:13
  • 11:10 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Harding, conductor

    Ray Chen, violin

    27:46
  • 11:05 PM

    Northern Lights (Pulchra es, amica mea)

    Ola Gjeilo

    Phoenix Chorale

    Charles Bruffy, conductor

    4:21
  • 11:00 PM

    Cantata No. 208: Sheep May Safely Graze

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Ton Koopman, organ

    3:38
  • 10:49 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Organ": 4th movement

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Barber, Poulenc, Saint Saens

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Christoph Eschenbach, conductor

    Olivier Latry, organ

    8:41
  • 10:31 PM

    Violin Concerto: 1st movement

    Jean Sibelius

    Schoenberg, Sibelius: Violin Concertos

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    17:13
  • 10:14 PM

    Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan-Williams - Symphony No.5, Tallis Fantasia

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    15:57
  • 10:08 PM

    Rocky Point Holiday

    Ron Nelson

    Holidays And Epiphanies: The Music Of Ron Nelson

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    5:00
  • 10:04 PM

    The Children of Lir: Welcome To The Cavalcade Of Steeds

    Patrick Cassidy

    Patrick Cassidy: The Children of Lir

    London Symphony Orchestra

    3:04
  • 9:48 PM

    Viola Concerto

    Carl Stamitz

    Baltimore Chamber Orchestra

    Markand Thakar, conductor

    Victoria Chiang, viola

    12:01
  • 9:43 PM

    Tannhauser: Dich, teure Halle (Elisabeth's Aria)

    Richard Wagner

    Lise Davidesen | Wagner and Strauss

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    Lise Davidsen, soprano

    3:34
  • 9:30 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Eroica": 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 8

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    11:39
  • 9:23 PM

    Organ Symphony No. 5: Toccata

    Charles-Marie Widor

    Organ Odyssey

    Mary Preston, organ

    4:57
  • 9:18 PM

    Candide: Make Our Garden Grow

    Leonard Bernstein

    The Bernstein Songbook

    Original Broadway Cast

    4:01
  • 9:07 PM

    Symphony

    Johann Reichardt

    Jet Set! Classical Glitterati

    New Dutch Academy

    Simon Murphy, conductor

    9:42
  • 9:00 PM

    Simple Gifts

    Joseph Brackett

    That Eternal Day

    Cantus

    3:29
  • 6:49 PM

    Africa Fantasie

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens: Complete Piano Concertos

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    Stephen Hough, piano

    9:35
  • 6:45 PM

    Elizabeth Hainen, harp

    3:23
  • 6:24 PM

    Lieutenant Kije Suite

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Eduardo Mata, conductor

    19:20
  • 6:12 PM

    String Quartet

    Germaine Tailleferre

    Debussy, Tailleferre, Ravel

    Stenhammar Quartet

    9:45
  • 6:06 PM

    Rondo

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Haydn: Violinkonzerte, Mozart: Rondo

    Northern Sinfonia of England

    Heinrich Schiff, conductor

    Christian Tetzlaff, violin

    5:30
  • 6:01 PM

    From Olden Times: Gigue

    Johan Halvorsen

    Halvorsen: Suite ancienne, Mascarade Suite

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Ari Rasilainen, conductor

    4:35
  • 5:35 PM

    String Quartet No. 66

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Emerson String Quartet: Complete Recordings

    Emerson String Quartet

    22:49
  • 5:21 PM

    In Italy Overture

    Karl Goldmark

    Goldmark: Overtures

    Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andras Korodi, conductor

    12:40
  • 5:14 PM

    Die Nacht

    Franz Schubert

    Hope

    Ensemble Amarcord

    Daniel Hope, violin

    4:27
  • 5:06 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Introduction and March

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    7:53
  • 5:01 PM

    The Seawall Song

    Tamezo Narita

    Paillard Chamber Orchestra

    Jean-Francois Paillard, conductor

    4:33
  • 4:48 PM

    Der fliegende Hollander (The Flying Dutchman): Overture

    Richard Wagner

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Georg Solti, conductor

    10:37
  • 4:19 PM

    Piano Trio

    Maurice Ravel

    Claremont Trio

    26:13
  • 4:15 PM

    Dolly Suite: Berceuse

    Gabriel Faure

    Silence Wakes My Song

    Julia Shaw, harp

    2:49
  • 4:06 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Three Pictures

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    8:48
  • 4:01 PM

    Lyric Pieces: Bell Ringing

    Edvard Grieg

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    4:36
  • 3:51 PM

    March Militaire No. 1

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Unfinished Symphony, Rosamunde; Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Efrem Kurtz, conductor

    5:00
  • 3:08 PM

    Winged Creatures

    Michael Abels

    Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra

    Allen Tinkham, conductor

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    Demarre McGill, flute

    11:38
  • 2:59 PM

    An Outdoor Overture

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: Billy The Kid; Rodeo Etc.

    Colorado Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    8:19
  • 2:51 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 2: 3rd movement

    Henryk Wieniawski

    Tchaikovsky/Wieniawsky: Violin Concertos

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    6:08
  • 2:47 PM

    English Dances: First Set

    Malcolm Arnold

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    8:41
  • 2:35 PM

    Capriol Suite

    Peter Warlock

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Christopher Parkening, guitar

    10:51
  • 2:30 PM

    The Winter's Tale: Siciliana

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    Lars-Erik Larsson: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    3:21
  • 2:20 PM

    Cantata No. 169: Sinfonia

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach Sinfonia

    Accademia Bizantina

    Ottavio Dantone, conductor

    Stefano Demicheli, organ

    8:50
  • 2:17 PM

    Widmung (Dedication)

    Robert Schumann

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    2:13
  • 2:09 PM

    A New Tune

    Anonymous

    The Sunday Sessions: Wish List

    Palladian Ensemble

    4:06
  • 2:04 PM

    Pastoral Suite: Villagers' Dance

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Dukas: La Peri; L'Apprenti sorcier/Chabrier: Suite pastorale; Espana

    Ulster Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    4:42
  • 1:52 PM

    Impromptu No. 3

    Franz Schubert

    11th Van Cliburn Piano Competition

    Olga Kern, piano

    6:59
  • 1:47 PM

    Atalanta: Overture

    George Frideric Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    3:50
  • 1:36 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 38: 1st movement

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    C.P.E. Bach Concertos

    Lyra Baroque Orchestra

    Jacques Ogg, conductor

    Jacques Ogg, harpsichord

    9:05
  • 1:30 PM

    Clarinet Concerto No. 7: 3rd movement

    Carl Stamitz

    New Era

    Potsdam Chamber Academy

    Andreas Ottensamer, clarinet

    5:29
  • 1:25 PM

    The Red Poppy: Russian Sailor's Dance

    Reinhold Gliere

    Greatest Hits: The Ballet, Vol. II

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    3:24
  • 1:15 PM

    The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture

    Otto Nicolai

    The Kiss: Music for Love and Passion

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    George Randolph Warren, conductor

    8:47
  • 1:07 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 2nd movement

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: The Symphonies

    Staatskapelle Berlin

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    7:14
  • 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
  • 12:52 PM

    Symphony No. 7: Scherzo

    Emilie Mayer

    Berlin Chamber Symphony Ensemble

    Jurgen Bruns, conductor

    6:46
  • 12:49 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 1: Marche Miniature

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Suites Nos. 1 And 2

    National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

    Stefan Sanderling, conductor

    2:04
  • 12:42 PM

    Recit and Allegro

    Gabbier Gallon

    French Works for Bassoon and Piano

    Karen Geoghegan, bassoon

    5:40
  • 12:32 PM

    Concerto for Violin and Cello

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    Anner Bylsma, cello

    Jeanne Lamon, violin

    8:36
  • 12:25 PM

    Serenade No. 7 "Haffner": 5th movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Serenades 5 & 6

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    5:37
  • 12:20 PM

    What Sweeter Music

    John Rutter

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    4:18
  • 12:16 PM

    Cherry Ripe

    Frank Bridge

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    3:14
  • 12:08 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 4

    Antonin Dvorak

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    6:05
  • 12:04 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
  • 11:49 AM

    Sacred and Profane Dances

    Claude Debussy

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Edmon Colomer, conductor

    Vanessa McKeand, harp

    9:33
  • 11:18 AM

    South Bohemian Suite

    Vitezslav Novak

    Novak: Orchestral Works 1

    Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra

    Marek Stilec, conductor

    29:21
  • 11:14 AM

    The Russian Seasons: Fertilizing Song

    Leonid Desyatnikov

    The Russian Seasons

    Kremerata Baltica

    Gidon Kremer, conductor

    Gidon Kremer, violin

    3:11
  • 11:09 AM

    The Good-humored Ladies: 5th movement

    Vincenzo Tommasini

    Concert Arts Orchestra

    Robert Irving, conductor

    3:19
  • 11:06 AM

    Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba

    George Frideric Handel

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    2:47
  • 11:01 AM

    Christian Lindberg, trombone

    Roland Pontinen, piano

    4:30
  • 10:46 AM

    Harmonies du Soir (Evening Harmonies)

    Franz Liszt

    Night Moods

    Carol Rosenberger, piano

    12:17
  • 10:30 AM

    Flute Concerto

    Leopold Hofmann

    WF & CPE Bach, L. Hofmann: Flute Concertos

    Vienna Academy

    Martin Haselbock, conductor

    Christian Gurtner, flute

    16:14
  • 10:14 AM

    Ballet Suite No. 1

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    13:34
  • 10:11 AM

    So Dread a Fate I'll ne'er believe

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    1:43
  • 10:06 AM

    Aleko: Women's Dance

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    4:21
  • 10:01 AM

    Symphony No. 13: 3rd movement

    William Herschel

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    4:33
  • 9:56 AM

    Suite for Piano: Gavotte and Bourree

    Ethel Smyth

    Liana Serbescu, piano

    2:49
  • 9:16 AM

    String Sextet No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: String Sextets

    Cypress String Quartet

    Barry Shiffman, violin

    39:33
  • 9:07 AM

    Swan of Tuonela

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Finlandia

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    Gerhard Stempnik, English horn

    7:53
  • 9:01 AM

    Spanish Serenade

    Joaquin Malats

    Homages: A Musical Dedication

    Christoph Denoth, guitar

    4:35
  • 8:46 AM

    Variations serieuses (Serious Variations)

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Lieder Ohne Worte

    Javier Perianes, piano

    11:53
  • 8:40 AM

    Arabian Caprice

    Francisco Tarrega

    Anabel Montesinos: Guitar Recital

    Anabel Montesinos, guitar

    5:20
  • 8:09 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    York Bowen

    Bowen: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 / Davis, Bbc Philharmonic

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    29:44
  • 8:06 AM

    Down a Southern Lane

    Florence Price

    Florence Price: Piano Discoveries: Excursions

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:03
  • 8:01 AM

    Suite of Dances No. 6

    Johann Ernst Rieck

    Stradivaria

    4:45
  • 7:48 AM

    Paroles - Suite for Clarinet and Orchestra: II. Parole de l'Arbre au Vent

    Dia Succari

    Uneven Sky

    German Symphony Orchestra

    Manuel Nawri, conductor

    Kinan Azmeh, clarinet

    10:50
  • 7:33 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 6

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Paul Lewis, piano

    14:11
  • 7:07 AM

    Cello Concerto No. 2

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    CPE Bach: Cello Concertos

    Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

    Gustav Leonhardt, conductor

    Anner Bylsma, cello

    24:47
  • 7:01 AM

    Edgar: Act I Prelude

    Giacomo Puccini

    Puccini

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jacek Kaspszyk, conductor

    4:37
  • 6:55 AM

    Five Kurpian Songs: Hey, down, downhill

    Henryk Gorecki

    Baltic Voices 3

    Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

    Paul Hillier, conductor

    3:50
  • 6:31 AM

    Piano Trio

    Claude Debussy

    French Moments

    Neave Trio

    22:59
  • 6:06 AM

    Dala Suite

    Helena Munktell

    Gavle Symphony Orchestra

    Tobias Ringborg, conductor

    23:17
  • 6:01 AM

    Andante with Variations

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Romantic Music for Flute and Harp

    Marc Grauwels, flute

    4:43