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  • 5:48 AM

    The Messenger

    Valentin Silvestrov

    Camerata Salzburg

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    10:27
  • 5:43 AM

    The Quiet at Night

    Mary Lattimore

    At the Dam

    Mary Lattimore, harp

    4:12
  • 5:25 AM

    almost all the time

    David Lang

    Jasper String Quartet

    17:57
  • 5:10 AM

    Nashville Symphony Orchestra

    Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor

    12:19
  • 5:06 AM

    The Lord's Prayer

    Part Uusberg

    UUSBERG, P.: Choral Music, Vol. 1

    Collegium Musicale Chamber Choir

    Endrik Uksvarav, conductor

    2:44
  • 5:01 AM

    A Symphony On Distance

    Maiya Hershey

    Maiya Hershey

    Maiya Hershey

    4:48
  • 4:55 AM

    Four Prayers: Second Prayer

    Ned Rorem

    Marya Martin, flute

    Colette Valentine, piano

    2:59
  • 4:16 AM

    The Protecting Veil

    John Tavener

    I Fiamminghi

    Rudolf Werthen, conductor

    France Springuel, cello

    37:45
  • 4:06 AM

    The Fifth Century: Eternity Is a Mysterious Absence of Times and Ages

    Gavin Bryars

    The Crossing

    Donald Nally, conductor

    6:41
  • 4:01 AM

    Music for Bill and Me

    Lou Harrison

    Music for Harp

    Karen Gottlieb, harp

    4:28
  • 3:51 AM

    Elegie

    Gabriel Faure

    Elgar

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    7:32
  • 3:32 AM

    Six Epigraphes Antiques

    Claude Debussy

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    17:47
  • 3:21 AM

    Aghavni (Doves)

    Mary Kouyoumdjian

    Shift

    Nicholas Phillips, piano

    8:54
  • 3:06 AM

    The Lark Ascending

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 2, The Lark Ascending

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    Barry Griffiths, violin

    14:15
  • 3:01 AM

    Lyric Waltz

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Spring Song, The Bard, etc.

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:49
  • 2:43 AM

    Octet No. 4 (Notturno)

    Luigi Boccherini

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    15:12
  • 2:22 AM

    Piano Concerto

    Franz Berwald

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Okko Kamu, conductor

    Niklas Sivelov, piano

    20:33
  • 2:18 AM

    Psalms of David: Bless the Lord, O my soul

    Cyrillus Kreek

    Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

    Paul Hillier, conductor

    2:35
  • 2:06 AM

    Norwegian Rhapsody No. 1

    Johan Svendsen

    Halvorsen, J.: Norwegian Rhapsodies Nos. 1 and 2 / Svendsen, J.: Norwegian Rhapsodies Nos. 1-4

    Trondheim Symphony Orchestra

    Ole Kristian Ruud, conductor

    10:19
  • 2:01 AM

    Lyric Quartet: The Quiet One

    William Grant Still

    Oregon String Quartet

    4:35
  • 1:47 AM

    Rondo Arlecchinesco

    Ferruccio Busoni

    North German Radio Symphony

    Werner Andreas Albert, conductor

    11:38
  • 1:21 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Florence Price

    Janacek Philharmonic

    Ryan Cockerham, conductor

    Er-Gene Kahng, violin

    24:05
  • 1:16 AM

    Benjamin Perrot, Baroque guitar

    2:47
  • 1:06 AM

    Philharmonia

    Francesco d'Avalos, conductor

    9:43
  • 1:01 AM

    Bagatelles: Poco Allegro

    Antonin Dvorak

    National Chamber Players

    Lowell Graham, conductor

    4:44
  • 12:45 AM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy: A Midsummer Night's Dream

    Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra

    Helmuth Rilling, conductor

    12:54
  • 12:36 AM

    Lore-Lore

    Lou Koster

    Koster: Orchestral Music

    Estro Armonico Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra

    Jonathan Kaell, conductor

    7:54
  • 12:25 AM

    Albany Symphony Orchestra

    David Alan Miller, conductor

    Weixiong Wang, clarinet

    10:28
  • 12:21 AM

    English Suite No. 1: Gigue

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: English Suites 1-3

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    2:31
  • 12:06 AM

    Symphony No. 11

    Michael Haydn

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    14:02
  • 12:01 AM

    Norse Legend

    Frank Bridge

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    4:47
  • 11:44 PM

    Organ Concerto No. 3 "Hallelujah"

    George Frideric Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Simon Preston, organ

    14:45
  • 11:38 PM

    Adalberto Maria Riva, piano

    3:58
  • 11:20 PM

    Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mikko Franck, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    16:55
  • 11:10 PM

    String Symphony No. 6

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Gli Incogniti

    Amandine Beyer, conductor

    8:32
  • 11:06 PM

    Trumpet Voluntary

    John Stanley

    Intrada - London Brass

    London Brass

    3:35
  • 10:50 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Introduction and March

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty

    Kirov Orchestra

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    7:38
  • 10:47 PM

    Venezuelan Dance (Seis por derecho)

    Antonio Lauro

    El Diablo Suelto

    John Williams, guitar

    3:18
  • 10:26 PM

    Piano Trio No. 4 "Gassenhauer"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Vienna Piano Trio

    18:38
  • 10:11 PM

    Symphony No. 18

    Franz Joseph Haydn

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

    Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    13:43
  • 10:06 PM

    Carmen: Entrance of the Toreadors

    Georges Bizet

    The Greatest Choral Show On Earth

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    4:16
  • 10:03 PM

    Miniature Suite: Rigaudon

    Poldowski

    Music of the Gilded Age

    Sylvan Winds

    2:34
  • 9:50 PM

    Walt Whitman Overture

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: Symphony, "The Cotswolds" / Walt Whitman, Overture / Indra / Japanese Suite / A Winter Idyll

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    7:17
  • 9:46 PM

    Fox Tracks

    Ludovico Einaudi

    Ludovico Einaudi: Seven Days Walking: Day One

    Ludovico Einaudi, piano

    3:38
  • 9:24 PM

    Symphony No. 35 "Haffner"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies 34, 35, 39

    London Mozart Players

    Jane Glover, conductor

    20:07
  • 9:18 PM

    In the Mountains: Sunny Day

    Josef Foerster

    Foerster: Symphony No. 5 & In den Bergen

    Osnabruck Symphony Orchestra

    Hermann Baumer, conductor

    4:29
  • 9:06 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    11:41
  • 9:01 PM

    Daniel's Chaconne

    Ronn McFarlane

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    Carolyn Surrick, viola da gamba

    4:49
  • 6:51 PM

    My Aunt Aurore: Overture

    Francois Boieldieu

    Francois-Adrien Boieldieu: Piano Concerto; Six Overtures

    Swiss Italian Orchestra

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    7:21
  • 6:43 PM

    Tralala

    Christina Courtin

    The Brooklyn Rider Almanac

    Brooklyn Rider

    7:14
  • 6:21 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 5

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

    St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble

    20:33
  • 6:10 PM

    Waltz Fantasy

    Mikhail Glinka

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    9:26
  • 6:06 PM

    Miniature Viennese March

    Fritz Kreisler

    Renaud Capucon, violin

    Gautier Capucon, cello

    Aude Capucon, piano

    3:13
  • 6:01 PM

    American Suite: 3rd movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    4:31
  • 5:51 PM

    Oboe Concertino

    Gaetano Donizetti

    Oboe Italiano

    Stuttgart Arcata Chamber Orchestra

    Patrick Strub, conductor

    Lajos Lencses, oboe

    7:17
  • 5:22 PM

    Symphony No. 103 "Drum Roll"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    28:03
  • 5:19 PM

    The Tic-Toc-Choc (or the mallets)

    Francois Couperin

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    2:17
  • 5:07 PM

    Overture to a Picaresque Comedy

    Arnold Bax

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    10:52
  • 5:01 PM

    Hary Janos Suite: Intermezzo

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    4:35
  • 4:48 PM

    Violin Sonatine

    Pauline Viardot-Garcia

    Ladies' Night

    Thomas Albertus Irnberger, violin

    10:43
  • 4:23 PM

    Pulcinella Suite

    Igor Stravinsky

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    22:34
  • 4:20 PM

    Sasha Boldachev, harp

    2:03
  • 4:06 PM

    Ma vlast (My Country): Vltava (The Moldau)

    Bedrich Smetana

    Tchaikovsky, Smetana, Glinka, Moussorgsky

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    12:52
  • 4:01 PM

    Calling Home the Cattle

    Veljo Tormis

    Tapiola Choir

    Erkki Pohjola, conductor

    4:42
  • 3:45 PM

    Oboe Concerto

    Christoph Forster

    La Follia

    Christophe Poiget, conductor

    Lajos Lencses, oboe

    13:28
  • 3:36 PM

    Chicago

    Edmond Dede

    DEDE: Mon pauvre coeur / Francoise et Tirtillard / Mefisto masque

    Hot Springs Music Festival Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Rosenberg, conductor

    8:36
  • 3:31 PM

    Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

    Florence Price

    Apollo Chamber Players

    4:56
  • 3:14 PM

    Capriccio Espagnol

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: 3 Symphonies / Jarvi, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    15:43
  • 3:02 PM

    Helios Overture

    Carl Nielsen

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    John Mauceri, conductor

    10:08
  • 2:55 PM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1: Carillon

    Georges Bizet

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    4:18
  • 2:48 PM

    Proud Thames, Coronation Overture

    Elizabeth Maconchy

    Maconchy: Orchestral Works

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    5:46
  • 2:39 PM

    Serenade for Strings: Finale

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Favourite Serenades for Orchestra

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    7:30
  • 2:31 PM

    Three Short Pieces

    Jacques Ibert

    Gounod, Poulenc, Ibert: Music for Wind

    Athena Ensemble

    6:59
  • 2:26 PM

    Czech Suite: Polka

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 "New World"; Czech Suite

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    4:45
  • 2:21 PM

    Fantasy Pieces: Humoresque

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Catalyst Quartet

    3:17
  • 2:14 PM

    Serenata for Orchestra: Con spirito

    Walter Piston

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    2:47
  • 2:05 PM

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

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    7:59
  • 1:45 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Johann Neruda

    Haydn, Hummel: Trumpet Concertos

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    Niklas Eklund, trumpet

    14:01
  • 1:44 PM

    Fascinatin' Rhythm

    George Gershwin

    Lark Quartet

    :56
  • 1:38 PM

    From Olden Times: Gigue

    Johan Halvorsen

    Halvorsen: Suite ancienne, Mascarade Suite

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Ari Rasilainen, conductor

    4:35
  • 1:33 PM

    Scherzo

    (Marie) Clemence de Grandval

    GRANDVAL: Oboe Works

    Budapest Strings

    Lajos Lencses, oboe

    4:17
  • 1:27 PM

    Waltz No. 1 "Grand Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    The Chopin I Love

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    4:56
  • 1:22 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1: 2nd movement

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Paris

    Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mikko Franck, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    3:55
  • 1:10 PM

    Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

    Alfred Walter, conductor

    4:49
  • 1:05 PM

    Marriage of Figaro: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Goes to a Party

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    3:57
  • 12:49 PM

    Water Music Suite No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel Bars: Popular Works of George Frideric Handel

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    10:28
  • 12:44 PM

    Years of Pilgrimage: A Spring

    Franz Liszt

    Ashley Wass, piano

    4:23
  • 12:37 PM

    Bassoon Concerto: Rondo

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Weber: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2, Bassoon Concerto

    BBC Philharmonic

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    Karen Geoghegan, bassoon

    4:09
  • 12:25 PM

    Viola Concerto

    Johann Christian Bach

    Nemanja Radulovic: Bach

    Double Sens

    Nemanja Radulovic, viola

    11:59
  • 12:18 PM

    Kamarinskaya

    Mikhail Glinka

    Encore

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    6:09
  • 12:09 PM

    Cringlemire Garden

    Ruth Gipps

    British Music for Strings, Vol. 3

    South German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim

    Douglas Bostock, conductor

    6:19
  • 12:05 PM

    La Vida Breve: Spanish Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Virtuoso Guitar Transcriptions

    Nicola Hall, guitar

    3:41
  • 11:51 AM

    Brook Green Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: Works for Chamber Orchestra

    New Zealand Chamber Orchestra

    Nicholas Braithwaite, conductor

    7:07
  • 11:39 AM

    Calico Winds

    12:22
  • 11:35 AM

    Little Birdie

    Frederick Delius

    DELIUS, F. / IRELAND, J.: Songs (arr. for cello and piano)

    Julian Lloyd Webber, cello

    1:43
  • 11:25 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 3 "Il gardellino" ("The Goldfinch")

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Flute Concertos

    Australian Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Tognetti, conductor

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    9:11
  • 11:16 AM

    Images for Orchestra: Gigues

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Images, Prelude, La Mer

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    8:13
  • 11:11 AM

    Sunlight

    Max Richter

    Baltic Sea Philharmonic

    Kristjan Jarvi, conductor

    3:54
  • 11:06 AM

    Schwanengesang, Book 1: Standchen (Serenade)

    Franz Schubert

    Night Wanderer

    Mischa Maisky, cello

    4:13
  • 11:01 AM

    Siciliano

    Harry Dexter

    RTE Concert Orchestra, Dublin

    Ernest Tomlinson, conductor

    4:47
  • 10:45 AM

    Trio Sonata No. 5

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    Alina Ibragimova, violin

    Mark Caudle, cello

    Alastair Ross, harpsichord

    13:34
  • 10:22 AM

    Le Tombeau de Couperin

    Maurice Ravel

    Diamond Settings: Hommage a Satie

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    20:54
  • 10:15 AM

    Choral Concerto: Complete this Work

    Alfred Schnittke

    Lux Aurumque

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    5:14
  • 10:06 AM

    New York Philharmonic

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    8:21
  • 10:01 AM

    Dr. Case's Pavan

    John Dowland

    Lute Music of Dowland

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    4:41
  • 9:15 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 3

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Daniil Trifonov, piano

    43:08
  • 9:06 AM

    Crisantemi (Chrysanthemums)

    Giacomo Puccini

    Brodsky Quartet

    7:14
  • 9:01 AM

    London Fields: St. James' Park - A Lakeside Reverie

    Phyllis Tate

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    4:52
  • 8:42 AM

    Harp Concertino

    Germaine Tailleferre

    Women's Philharmonic

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Gillian Benet, harp

    16:01
  • 8:34 AM

    Reflection of the Moon in the Er-Quan Spring

    Yan-Jun Hua

    China National Symphony Orchestra

    Zuohuang Chen, conductor

    8:34
  • 8:13 AM

    Prelude, Chorale and Fugue

    Cesar Franck

    Awadagin Pratt, piano

    18:42
  • 8:06 AM

    The Tale of Honza: Valse Triste

    Oskar Nedbal

    Dvorak Chamber Orchestra

    Miroslav Homolka, conductor

    6:18
  • 8:01 AM

    Orchestral Quartet No. 5: Rondo

    Carl Stamitz

    Carl Stamitz: Orchestral Quartets, Op. 14

    NZSO Chamber Orchestra

    Donald Armstrong, conductor

    4:40
  • 7:50 AM

    Three Essays: Nimrod

    Caroline Shaw

    Calidore String Quartet

    8:34
  • 7:27 AM

    Nursery Suite

    Edward Elgar

    Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    22:00
  • 7:06 AM

    Serenade for Clarinet and Piano

    Camillo Schumann

    Camillo Schumann: Works for Clarinet & Piano

    Bettina Beigelbeck, clarinet

    19:17
  • 7:01 AM

    Serenade for Strings: Andante

    Max Bruch

    Bruch: Orchestral Works

    Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra

    George Hanson, conductor

    4:35
  • 6:40 AM

    Suite in Old Style

    Dobrinka Tabakova

    Dobrinka Tabakova: String Paths

    Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra

    Maxim Rysanov, conductor

    Maxim Rysanov, viola

    18:35
  • 6:33 AM

    Sakura, Sakura

    Traditional Japanese

    Romance de Amor

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    5:59
  • 6:06 AM

    Death and Transfiguration (Tod und Verklarung)

    Richard Strauss

    Into the Light: Symphonic Expressions of the Spirit

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    25:24
  • 6:01 AM

    Prayer of Saint Gregory

    Alan Hovhaness

    Visions - The Alan Hovhaness Sampler

    Manhattan Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Auldon Clark, conductor

    Chris Gekker, trumpet

    4:37