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  • 5:41 AM

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    17:23
  • 5:38 AM

    When Almonds Blossomed

    Giya Kancheli

    Motherland

    Khatia Buniatishvili, piano

    2:08
  • 5:33 AM

    The Beekeeper: Farewell Theme

    Eleni Karaindrou

    Camerata Orchestra

    Alexandros Myrat, conductor

    Jan Garbarek, tenor saxophone

    Eleni Karaindrou, piano

    4:22
  • 5:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 5

    Dmitri Klebanov

    Chamber Works by Dmitri Klebanov

    ARC Ensemble

    25:40
  • 5:01 AM

    Farewell

    Part Uusberg

    Collegium Musicale Chamber Choir

    Endrik Uksvarav, conductor

    4:40
  • 4:39 AM

    Concerto Ballata

    Alexander Glazunov

    Russian National Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    Wen-Sinn Yang, cello

    19:51
  • 4:31 AM

    Starry Night

    Alan Hovhaness

    Hovhaness Treasures

    Scott Goff, flute

    5:50
  • 4:27 AM

    Calme des nuits (Nocturnal Calm)

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Tafelmusik Chamber Choir

    Ivars Taurins, conductor

    3:59
  • 4:06 AM

    Jeux (Games)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Orchestral Music

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    18:50
  • 4:01 AM

    The Woods so Wild

    William Byrd

    Ayreheart

    4:32
  • 3:52 AM

    The Pleasure at Being the Cause

    Christopher Cerrone

    Inbal Segev, cello

    Timo Andres, piano

    6:23
  • 3:12 AM

    String Quartet No. 14

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Miro Quartet: Beethoven Complete String Quartets Opus 131

    Miro Quartet

    38:28
  • 3:06 AM

    Lullaby for Pegi

    John Rutter

    Blessing

    Sinfonia Cymru

    John Rutter, conductor

    Catrin Finch, harp

    3:47
  • 3:01 AM

    Sleeping Beauty: Polacca

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    4:35
  • 2:32 AM

    Quintet for Oboe, Clarinet and String Trio

    Ruth Gipps

    Peter Cigleris, clarinet

    Gareth Hulse, oboe

    John Mills, violin

    Lydia Lowndes-Northcott, viola

    Bozidar Vukotic, cello

    26:27
  • 2:17 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    13:42
  • 2:13 AM

    La Comparsa (Carnival Procession)

    Ernesto Lecuona

    Gabriela Montero, piano

    1:53
  • 2:06 AM

    Symphony No. 5 "The Carnival": 1st movement

    Alfred Hill

    Alfred Hill: Symphonies Nos. 5 and 10

    Queensland Symphony Orchestra

    Wilfred Lehmann, conductor

    4:34
  • 2:01 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 52: 3rd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Roman Rabinovich, piano

    4:35
  • 1:38 AM

    The Firebird (L'oiseau de feu): Suite

    Igor Stravinsky

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    19:59
  • 1:30 AM

    Gowanus Arts Ensemble

    Reuben Blundell, conductor

    6:22
  • 1:27 AM

    In the Gloaming

    George Chadwick

    Peter Kairoff, piano

    3:14
  • 1:06 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Jean-Marie Leclair

    Jean-Marie Leclair: Violin Concertos

    La Cetra

    Leila Schayegh, conductor

    Leila Schayegh, violin

    19:23
  • 1:01 AM

    O clap your hands together

    Orlando Gibbons

    Faire is the Heaven

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    4:38
  • 12:48 AM

    Kaiser-Walzer (Emperor Waltz)

    Johann StraussJr.

    The Key to Classics: J. Strauss

    Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    10:12
  • 12:26 AM

    String Quartet No. 62 "Emperor"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Amadeus Quartet

    21:12
  • 12:20 AM

    Fantasy for Flute and Piano

    Gabriel Faure

    Jonathan Snowden, flute

    Andrew Litton, piano

    5:16
  • 12:18 AM

    Snowflakes: The Snowdrop

    Alexander Grechaninov

    Grechaninov: Symphony No. 1 Etc.

    Russian State Symphony Orchestra

    Valery Polyansky, conductor

    1:58
  • 12:06 AM

    Salome: Dance of the Seven Veils

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss, Liszt, Korngold, Busoni, Schreker

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Kazuki Yamada, conductor

    9:40
  • 12:01 AM

    Second Suite: Intermezzo

    Charles-Edouard Lefebvre

    Sylvan Winds

    Nicholas Gallas, clarinet

    4:30
  • 11:52 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Cantata on the Death of Emperor Joseph II; Symphony No. 2

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    6:42
  • 11:43 PM

    Toccata

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Toccatas

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    7:21
  • 11:21 PM

    Pastoral Suite

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    French National Orchestra

    Armin Jordan, conductor

    20:28
  • 11:18 PM

    Willow Song

    Traditional

    The Lark in the Clear Air

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    2:00
  • 11:14 PM

    Bonita rama de sauce (Beautiful Willow Branch)

    Carlos Guastavino

    Kim Kashkashian, viola

    Robert Levin, piano

    3:40
  • 11:06 PM

    Concerto for Two Horns

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Timothy Brown, horn

    Nicolas Hill, horn

    7:37
  • 11:01 PM

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    4:36
  • 10:50 PM

    Jubilee Overture

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    7:41
  • 10:46 PM

    Humoresque No. 7

    Antonin Dvorak

    Virtuoso

    Leonidas Kavakos, violin

    3:59
  • 10:26 PM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 2

    Ottorino Respighi

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    18:50
  • 10:21 PM

    String Quartet No. 1: Minuet

    Wilhelm Kienzl

    Thomas Christian Ensemble

    4:28
  • 10:17 PM

    Mysterious Barricades

    Francois Couperin

    Nancy Allen: A Celebration for Harp

    Nancy Allen, harp

    2:47
  • 10:06 PM

    Il Convegno (The Meeting)

    Amilcare Ponchielli

    The Clarinotts

    Wiener Virtuosen

    9:48
  • 10:03 PM

    Serenade No. 2: Scherzo: Vivace

    Johannes Brahms

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    2:43
  • 9:47 PM

    Der fliegende Hollander (The Flying Dutchman): Overture

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Overtures and Preludes

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    11:09
  • 9:43 PM

    The Temple of Glory: Passepieds

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

    Nicholas McGegan, conductor

    3:08
  • 9:26 PM

    Suite Bergamasque

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Suite Bergamasque, etc.

    Jacques Rouvier, piano

    16:14
  • 9:17 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 1

    George Frideric Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    8:27
  • 9:12 PM

    Titus Underwood, oboe

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:57
  • 9:06 PM

    Toward a New Life

    Josef Suk

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    5:53
  • 9:01 PM

    The Grumpy Old Bear

    Julius Fucik

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    Alan Pendlebury, bassoon

    4:36
  • 6:49 PM

    Violin Concerto: Finale

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Violin Concerto

    Lucerne Festival Strings

    Daniel Dodds, conductor

    Midori, violin

    9:46
  • 6:28 PM

    Piano Sonata

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Piano Sonatas, D537 and D664, etc.

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    19:16
  • 6:19 PM

    Global Warming

    Michael Abels

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    8:19
  • 6:06 PM

    Concerto No. 7

    Pietro Locatelli

    Raglan Baroque Players

    Elizabeth Wallfisch, conductor

    11:11
  • 6:01 PM

    Masques

    Claude Debussy

    Shadowlines

    Gilles Vonsattel, piano

    4:35
  • 5:50 PM

    Oboe Concerto No. 1

    George Frideric Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    David Reichenberg, oboe

    7:58
  • 5:32 PM

    Faust Ballet Music

    Charles Gounod

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    17:20
  • 5:27 PM

    Pine Apple Rag

    Scott Joplin

    Giovanni De Chiaro, guitar

    3:47
  • 5:06 PM

    Flute Quartet No. 3

    Ferdinand Ries

    RIES: 3 Flute Quartets, Op. 145

    John Herrick Littlefield, flute

    19:28
  • 5:01 PM

    Fantasia Suite No. 5

    John Jenkins

    Locke Consort

    4:34
  • 4:49 PM

    Overture for a Masque

    E.J. Moeran

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    9:31
  • 4:42 PM

    Cavatina

    John Ireland

    Ireland: Music for String Orchestra

    Orchestra of the Swan

    David Curtis, conductor

    Raphael Wallfisch, cello

    5:07
  • 4:25 PM

    Irish Rhapsody No. 3

    Charles Stanford

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    Gemma Rosefield, cello

    16:31
  • 4:18 PM

    Jeux d'eau (Fountains)

    Maurice Ravel

    Heidi Lowy, piano

    6:01
  • 4:06 PM

    Sinfonia No. 2

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    CPhE Bach: 6 Hamburg Symphonies Wq. 182

    Camerata Bern

    Thomas Furi, conductor

    10:59
  • 4:01 PM

    L'Orfeo Baroque Orchestra

    Michi Gaigg, conductor

    4:31
  • 3:54 PM

    Piva and Canario

    Johannes Kapsberger

    Alla Luce: Music of Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger

    Chatham Baroque

    5:34
  • 3:38 PM

    Fantasia on Russian Themes

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Kiev Virtuosi Symphony Orchestra

    Dimitri Yablonsky, conductor

    Annelle Gregory, violin

    15:17
  • 3:33 PM

    Polonaise No. 3 "Military"

    Frederic Chopin

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    3:42
  • 3:26 PM

    Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied

    Heinrich Schutz

    Your Heart Shall Rejoice

    Concordia Choir of Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota

    Rene Clausen, conductor

    5:30
  • 3:05 PM

    Symphony No. 95

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    19:48
  • 3:01 PM

    Preludes, Book 1: La fille aux cheveux de lin (The Girl with the Flaxen Hair)

    Claude Debussy

    Brodsky Unlimited

    Brodsky Quartet

    3:00
  • 2:51 PM

    Symphony No. 3: Finale

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 3, etc.

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    8:55
  • 2:45 PM

    Symphony No. 18: 1st movement

    Julius Rontgen

    Rontgern: Symphony No. 18

    North German Radio Philharmonic

    David Porcelijn, conductor

    4:55
  • 2:39 PM

    Sonata: 2nd movement

    Amanda Rontgen-Maier

    Breaking Waves: Music by Swedish Women Composers

    Paula Gudmundson, flute

    3:53
  • 2:33 PM

    Entry March of the Boyars

    Johan Halvorsen

    Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kenneth Jean, conductor

    5:01
  • 2:31 PM

    Six Songs: Greeting

    Edvard Grieg

    Edvard Grieg

    Lise Davidsen, soprano

    1:05
  • 2:21 PM

    London Mozart Players

    Jane Glover, conductor

    8:25
  • 2:17 PM

    Winds of Nagual: Don Juan clowns for Carlos

    Michael Colgrass

    Composer's Collection: Michael Colgrass

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Migliaro Corporon, conductor

    2:42
  • 2:10 PM

    Trumpet Sonata No. 1

    Henry Purcell

    Purcell Quartet

    Mark Bennett, trumpet

    4:05
  • 2:04 PM

    Tales of Hoffmann: Barcarolle

    Jacques Offenbach

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    4:03
  • 1:56 PM

    The Good-humored Ladies: 5th movement

    Vincenzo Tommasini

    Concert Arts Orchestra

    Robert Irving, conductor

    3:19
  • 1:53 PM

    The Good-humored Ladies: 4th movement

    Vincenzo Tommasini

    Concert Arts Orchestra

    Robert Irving, conductor

    2:39
  • 1:51 PM

    The Good-humored Ladies: 1st movement

    Vincenzo Tommasini

    Concert Arts Orchestra

    Robert Irving, conductor

    1:56
  • 1:49 PM

    Musical Moment No. 3

    Franz Schubert

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    1:46
  • 1:38 PM

    Scottish Fantasy: Finale

    Max Bruch

    Jean Sibelius: Concerto for Violin in D minor, Op. 47, Max Bruch: Scottish Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 46

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Midori, violin

    9:39
  • 1:30 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2 "Characteristic": Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Suites Nos. 1 And 2

    National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

    Stefan Sanderling, conductor

    6:28
  • 1:24 PM

    Toccata Marziale

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Eastman Wind Ensemble

    Donald Hunsberger, conductor

    4:32
  • 1:22 PM

    The Ruins of Athens: Turkish March

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Alessio Bax Plays Beethoven

    Alessio Bax, piano

    1:41
  • 1:16 PM

    The Ruins of Athens: Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    4:59
  • 1:08 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 4

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: 6 Flute Concertos Op 10

    I Musici

    Aurele Nicolet, flute

    6:45
  • 1:04 PM

    Morning Song

    Edward Elgar

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    3:21
  • 12:53 PM

    Three Botticelli Pictures: Birth of Venus

    Ottorino Respighi

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    4:42
  • 12:48 PM

    Minuet

    Luigi Boccherini

    Jewels of the Classics

    Philharmonia Virtuosi

    Richard Kapp, conductor

    3:41
  • 12:37 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3: Overture

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Orchestral Suites

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    10:11
  • 12:32 PM

    Prelude and Fugue No. 5

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Keith Jarrett, piano

    4:05
  • 12:24 PM

    Acis and Galatea: Sinfonia

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    6:33
  • 12:16 PM

    Prince and the Mermaid Suite

    William Grant Still

    Oregon String Quartet

    7:24
  • 12:07 PM

    Oboe Concerto: 3rd movement

    Jan Anton Kozeluh

    Lost and Found

    Potsdam Chamber Academy

    Albrecht Mayer, conductor

    Albrecht Mayer, oboe

    7:28
  • 12:04 PM

    Shepherd's Hey

    Percy Grainger

    Elegant Classics for Brass

    Denver Brass

    2:07
  • 11:31 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 5

    Henri Vieuxtemps

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    Chee-Yun, violin

    20:50
  • 11:28 AM

    Etude No. 8 "Sixths"

    Frederic Chopin

    Nikita Magaloff, piano

    1:12
  • 11:21 AM

    Dance of the Blessed Spirits

    Christoph Gluck

    Pure Classics

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    6:16
  • 11:16 AM

    Robin Hill, guitar

    Peter Wiltschinsky, guitar

    4:29
  • 11:11 AM

    Legend No. 1

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Legends

    Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    3:37
  • 11:06 AM

    Carmen: Gypsy Dance

    Georges Bizet

    Grieg: Carmen - Peer Gynt

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    4:41
  • 11:01 AM

    Piano Trio No. 4 "Angel Band": Morning

    Daron Hagen

    Finisterra Trio

    4:37
  • 10:39 AM

    Suite for Strings

    Frank Bridge

    Butterworth Parry Bridge

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    19:44
  • 10:34 AM

    Mazurka

    David Popper

    Wendy Warner plays Popper and Piatigorsky

    Wendy Warner, cello

    3:46
  • 10:19 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 4

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Murray Perahia, conductor

    Murray Perahia, piano

    13:38
  • 10:12 AM

    Red Clay and Mississippi Delta

    Valerie Coleman

    Startin' Sumthin'

    Imani Winds

    5:19
  • 10:06 AM

    Reflections on the Mississippi: Mist

    Michael Daugherty

    Albany Symphony Orchestra

    David Alan Miller, conductor

    Carol Jantsch, tuba

    5:35
  • 10:01 AM

    Symphony No. 5: 3rd movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonies 5 & 8

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Georg Solti, conductor

    4:37
  • 9:42 AM

    Dream in White on White

    John Luther Adams

    The Apollo Quartet and Strings

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Barbara Chapman, harp

    16:22
  • 9:38 AM

    Sonando Contigo (Dreaming of you)

    Gabriela Montero

    Solatino

    Gabriela Montero, piano

    3:06
  • 9:07 AM

    Concerto Gregoriano

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Concerto Gregoriano, Poema Autunnale

    Singapore Symphony Orchestra

    Choo Hoey, conductor

    Takako Nishizaki, violin

    30:39
  • 9:01 AM

    Serenade for Strings: Andante

    Max Bruch

    Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra

    George Hanson, conductor

    4:34
  • 8:56 AM

    Neopolitan Galliard

    Antonio Valente

    Daniel Hope: Air

    Daniel Hope, violin

    1:51
  • 8:42 AM

    Etruscan Concerto

    Peggy Glanville-Hicks

    Lou Harrison: Seven Pastorales

    Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra

    Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

    Keith Jarrett, piano

    14:02
  • 8:16 AM

    String Quartet

    Ernst von Dohnanyi

    Dohnanyi: String Quartet, Serenade, and Sextet

    Nash Ensemble

    25:21
  • 8:11 AM

    Sanctuary Road: Rain

    Paul Moravec

    Oratorio Society of New York Orchestra

    Kent Tritle, conductor

    Laquita Mitchell, soprano

    Raehann Bryce-Davis, mezzo

    Joshua Blue, tenor

    Malcolm J. Merriweather, baritone

    Dashon Burton, bass

    4:01
  • 8:06 AM

    Estampes: Jardins sous la pluie (Gardens in the Rain)

    Claude Debussy

    Vikingur Olafsson, piano

    3:54
  • 8:01 AM

    Sonatina No. 2 "Happy Workshop": 2nd movement

    Richard Strauss

    Netherlands Wind Ensemble

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    4:32
  • 7:54 AM

    Lark in the Morning Medley

    Traditional Irish

    Come to the River: An Early American Gathering

    Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra

    Jeannette Sorrell, conductor

    Kathie Stewart, flute

    4:25
  • 7:06 AM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique"

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    45:56
  • 7:01 AM

    Sonatina: 2nd movement

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    Andrea Lieberknecht, flute

    Frank Bungarten, guitar

    4:32
  • 6:45 AM

    The Enchanted Forest (La foret enchantee)

    Vincent d'Indy

    D'Indy: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    13:39
  • 6:35 AM

    In the Mountain Suite: In the woods in spring

    Joseph Canteloube

    Violin Music Of Canteloube And Breville

    Philippe Graffin, violin

    9:03
  • 6:06 AM

    Piano Concerto

    Alexander Scriabin

    Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    Roland Pontinen, piano

    27:13
  • 6:01 AM

    Silent Woods

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak Trios

    Alisa Weilerstein, cello

    4:44