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  • 5:53 AM

    An Elegy (A Cry from the Grave)

    Carlos Simon

    My Ancestor's Gift

    Teagan Faran, violin

    5:20
  • 5:15 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Sinfonia Espansiva"

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen: Symphony No. 3; Symphony No. 4

    Seattle Symphony

    Thomas Dausgaard, conductor

    Esteli Gomez, soprano

    36:39
  • 5:06 AM

    Reverie and Caprice

    Hector Berlioz

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

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Guillermo Figueroa, violin

    7:53
  • 5:01 AM

    Waltz No. 3

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Opp. 33-36, 38

    Maurizio Pollini, piano

    4:37
  • 4:56 AM

    To the Fatherland

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Complete Works For Mixed Choir

    Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

    Heikki Seppanen, conductor

    2:06
  • 4:33 AM

    Swanwhite Suite

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Works for Violin and Orchestra

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Pekka Kuusisto, conductor

    23:07
  • 4:18 AM

    Emily Hoile, harp

    12:19
  • 4:06 AM

    Prairie Journal

    Aaron Copland

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    10:55
  • 4:01 AM

    Elegy, to Calvin Simmons

    Lou Harrison

    California Symphony

    Barry Jekowsky, conductor

    4:43
  • 3:48 AM

    Concerto Antico: Cantilena

    Richard Harvey

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Daniel, conductor

    John Williams, guitar

    10:00
  • 3:21 AM

    Piano Quintet

    Reynaldo Hahn

    Reynaldo Hahn

    Parisii Quartet

    Alexandre Tharaud, piano

    26:09
  • 3:06 AM

    Piece for String Orchestra

    Billy Childs

    VocalEssence Orchestra

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    12:56
  • 3:01 AM

    Birds of Spring (Pajaros de primavera)

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Joaquin Rodrigo: Works for Solo Guitar

    Angel Romero, guitar

    4:45
  • 2:49 AM

    Ballade No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    Murray Perahia, piano

    8:50
  • 2:46 AM

    Diferencias sobra La Dama le demand

    Antonio de Cabezon

    Entremeneo Del Siglo Del Oro

    Hesperion XX

    3:20
  • 2:24 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Pastoral Symphony

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    David Theodore, oboe

    19:58
  • 2:01 AM

    Perpetuum Mobile

    Jurgis Juozapaitis

    Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra

    Juha Kangas, conductor

    4:29
  • 1:42 AM

    Mother Goose (Ma mere l'oye): Suite

    Maurice Ravel

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    16:57
  • 1:15 AM

    Symphony No. 20

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies, Vol. 6

    Danish National Chamber Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    24:56
  • 1:09 AM

    Sebastian: Barcarolle

    Gian Carlo Menotti

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    3:41
  • 1:06 AM

    light moving

    David Lang

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    Cory Smythe, piano

    2:48
  • 1:01 AM

    Carnival-Waltz

    Florent Schmitt

    French Ballet Music of the 1920s

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    4:48
  • 12:56 AM

    Romantic Etude

    Alice Tegner

    Bengt Forsberg, piano

    2:45
  • 12:50 AM

    The Valkyrie: Magic Fire Music

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner Without Words

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    4:45
  • 12:39 AM

    Andante and Hungarian Rondo

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Hummel, Weber: Bassoon Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Klaus Thunemann, bassoon

    9:47
  • 12:35 AM

    Spanish Dance No. 5 "Andaluza"

    Enrique Granados

    Granados: Twelve Spanish Dances

    Razumovsky Sinfonia

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    Norbert Kraft, guitar

    4:30
  • 12:06 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Visions of Prokofiev

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Lisa Batiashvili, violin

    26:15
  • 12:01 AM

    Hary Janos Suite: Intermezzo

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Prokofiev: Leiutenant Kije Suite

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    4:46
  • 11:43 PM

    Piano Trio "Elegiaque" No. 1

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff

    Barbican Piano Trio

    15:01
  • 11:16 PM

    Symphony No. 9

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 9

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    25:20
  • 11:12 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 42

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Mozart and Contemporaries

    Vikingur Olafsson, piano

    2:23
  • 11:06 PM

    The Market of Malmantile: Overture

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Sinfonia Finlandia Jyvaskyla

    Patrick Gallois, conductor

    5:38
  • 11:01 PM

    From Jewish Life: Prayer

    Ernest Bloch

    Elgar

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    4:31
  • 10:29 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish"

    Robert Schumann

    Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    29:51
  • 10:18 PM

    Introduction and Polonaise

    Frederic Chopin

    Edgar Moreau, cello

    Pierre-Yves Hodique, piano

    9:01
  • 10:14 PM

    Kyunghee Kim-Sutre, harp

    4:10
  • 10:06 PM

    Perpetual Motion Pieces

    Francis Poulenc

    Poulenc: Piano Music

    Pascal Roge, piano

    5:25
  • 10:01 PM

    Eight Russian Folk Songs: selections

    Anatol Liadov

    Kottos

    4:39
  • 9:45 PM

    Delights and Dances

    Michael Abels

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    13:03
  • 9:16 PM

    Portraits of Josephine

    Valerie Coleman

    Imani Winds

    28:41
  • 9:09 PM

    Inspiration Waltzes

    Nathaniel Dett

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

    Clipper Erickson, piano

    6:05
  • 7:27 PM

    Fire Shut Up in My Bones part 2

    Terrence Blanchard

    Met Opera

    Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor

    108:04
  • 6:59 PM

    Fire Shut Up in My Bones part 1

    Terrence Blanchard

    Met Opera

    Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor

    79:43
  • 5:44 PM

    Dance Poem

    Frank Bridge

    Orchestral Works, Vol. 2

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    13:59
  • 5:42 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 10

    Johannes Brahms

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    1:48
  • 5:39 PM

    The Devil's Beauties

    Francois Dompierre

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    3:10
  • 5:19 PM

    Cello Concerto No. 9

    Luigi Boccherini

    Jian Wang: The Baroque Album

    Camerata Salzburg

    Jian Wang, cello

    19:25
  • 5:12 PM

    Gayane: Adagio

    Aram Khachaturian

    KHACHATURIAN, A.I.: Gayane Suites Nos. 1-3

    Saint Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Anichanov, conductor

    4:56
  • 5:06 PM

    Pathetique Overture

    Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Kabalevsky: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Darrell Ang, conductor

    4:09
  • 5:01 PM

    Treuliebchen (True Love) Polka

    Eduard Strauss

    Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mika Eichenholz, conductor

    4:39
  • 4:31 PM

    Mission Impossible: Suite

    Danny Elfman

    Studio Orchestra

    10:10
  • 4:26 PM

    Murder on the Orient Express: Waltz

    Richard Rodney Bennett

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    John Mauceri, conductor

    3:35
  • 4:19 PM

    Hidden Figures: Hidden Figures

    Hans Zimmer/Pharrell Williams/Benjamin Wallfisch

    Hidden Figures Original Motion Picture Score

    Studio Orchestra

    3:49
  • 4:12 PM

    Dances With Wolves: Themes

    John Barry

    The Nature of America: A Musical Impression

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    6:16
  • 4:07 PM

    Philadelphia Story: Suite

    Franz Waxman

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    3:36
  • 4:01 PM

    North by Northwest: Conversation Piece

    Bernard Herrmann

    To Catch A Thief: A History Of Hitchcock II

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paul Bateman, conductor

    4:41
  • 3:40 PM

    The Wise Virgins Ballet Suite

    William Walton

    English Northern Philharmonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    18:07
  • 3:30 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 16

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Vikingur Olafsson, piano

    8:35
  • 3:23 PM

    Sarabanda

    Nino Rota

    L'arpa notturna

    Elisabeth Plank, harp

    4:51
  • 3:06 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Kahane, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    16:29
  • 2:31 PM

    Mascarade Suite

    Johan Halvorsen

    Halvorsen: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

    Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    27:41
  • 2:22 PM

    The Truth About the Russian Dancers: Dance of Motherhood

    Arnold Bax

    Bax: Orchestral Works, Vol. 9

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    6:16
  • 2:17 PM

    Swan Lake: Russian Dance

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    Janine Jansen, violin

    4:01
  • 2:10 PM

    Musette de Choisie and Tavernie

    Francois Couperin

    The Sun King's Paradise

    Palladian Ensemble

    5:18
  • 2:06 PM

    La Muzette

    Robert de Visee

    La Mascarade

    Rolf Lislevand, Baroque guitar

    4:07
  • 1:49 PM

    Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave)

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Overtures

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    9:41
  • 1:42 PM

    Aria in Classic Style

    Marcel Grandjany

    Classics for Chamber Orchestra

    Stockholm Chamber Orchestra

    Jan-Olav Wedin, conductor

    Christine Muhlbach, harp

    5:58
  • 1:18 PM

    Flute Quintet

    Franz Schubert

    New Schubert Works for Flute and Strings

    Martinu Quartet

    Robert Stallman, flute

    22:04
  • 1:06 PM

    Miniature Suite

    Poldowski

    Music of the Gilded Age

    Sylvan Winds

    10:29
  • 1:01 PM

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

    Phyllis Tate

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    4:52
  • 12:46 PM

    Triple Concerto: Rondo alla Polacca

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Triple Concerto & Symphony No. 7

    West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    12:30
  • 12:33 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 4

    John Field

    Benjamin Frith, piano

    11:32
  • 12:27 PM

    Legend No. 4

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Legends, Prague Waltzes

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    5:35
  • 12:16 PM

    Concert Suite No. 4

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Rameau: Pieces de clavecin en concerts

    Isaac Stern, violin

    9:38
  • 12:06 PM

    L'assedio di Corinto (Siege of Corinth): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    8:53
  • 12:01 PM

    Belle of the Ball

    Leroy Anderson

    Catherine Wilson, piano

    4:39
  • 11:48 AM

    Benvenuto Cellini: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Pictures at a Gallery

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    10:12
  • 11:32 AM

    Concerto da Camera

    Howard Hanson

    Ying String Quartet

    Adam Neiman, piano

    15:16
  • 11:29 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 9: Andante spiritoso

    Baldassare Galuppi

    Mozart and Contemporaries

    Vikingur Olafsson, piano

    2:02
  • 11:09 AM

    String Quartet No. 53 "The Lark"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Emerson String Quartet

    17:45
  • 11:06 AM

    Deborah: Polka

    Josef Foerster

    Small Czech Musical Gems

    Prague Symphony Orchestra

    Vaclav Smetacek, conductor

    3:07
  • 11:01 AM

    flight

    Rachel Portman

    ask the river

    Clio Gould, violin

    4:34
  • 10:51 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "Song of a New Race": 4th movement

    William Grant Still

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    7:19
  • 10:45 AM

    Thais: Meditation

    Jules Massenet

    Adagio

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    Michel Schwalbe, violin

    6:04
  • 10:29 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 9

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Mari Kodama, piano

    13:34
  • 10:18 AM

    Dream Machine

    Charles Daniels

    the space in which to see

    Borderlands Ensemble

    10:15
  • 10:06 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Carl Friedrich Abel

    Cantilena

    Adrian Shepherd, conductor

    10:59
  • 10:01 AM

    Church of Trees

    Liz Story

    Liz Story

    Liz Story, piano

    4:42
  • 9:36 AM

    All Things Majestic

    Jennifer Higdon

    Nashville Symphony Orchestra

    Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor

    22:24
  • 9:29 AM

    Jason Vieaux, guitar

    Julien Labro, accordina

    6:21
  • 9:15 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 1

    George Frideric Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    11:51
  • 9:06 AM

    Wish You Were Here

    Nico Muhly

    Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra

    Edwin Outwater, conductor

    8:49
  • 9:01 AM

    Sospiri (Sighs)

    Edward Elgar

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla, conductor

    4:48
  • 8:19 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Andris Nelsons, conductor

    39:23
  • 8:15 AM

    Tu es Petrus (Thou art Peter)

    Giovanni Palestrina

    New York Polyphony

    3:06
  • 8:06 AM

    Sarabande and Cortege

    Henri Dutilleux

    Karen Geoghegan, bassoon

    Philip Fisher, piano

    7:41
  • 8:01 AM

    Night

    Ludovico Einaudi

    Pulsations

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:37
  • 7:53 AM

    falling still

    Emily Doolittle

    English String Orchestra

    Kenneth Woods, conductor

    Harriet Mackenzie, violin

    4:52
  • 7:35 AM

    Three Botticelli Pictures

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    18:02
  • 7:25 AM

    Shining River

    Shafer Mahoney

    Duo Damiana

    9:01
  • 7:06 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Isaac Stern - A Life In Music - Beethoven: Violin Sonatas

    Isaac Stern, violin

    17:30
  • 7:01 AM

    Salve Regina

    Francis Poulenc

    Tafelmusik Chamber Choir

    Ivars Taurins, conductor

    4:37
  • 6:26 AM

    String Quartet No. 13 "Rosamunde"

    Franz Schubert

    Emerson String Quartet

    32:40
  • 6:21 AM

    Bookmarks from Japan: Evening Snow at Kambara

    Julie Giroux

    United States Air Force Band

    Larry H. Lang, conductor

    4:19
  • 6:06 AM

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    13:02
  • 6:01 AM

    Barcarolle No. 9

    Gabriel Faure

    Paul Crossley, piano

    4:44