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  • 5:44 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "Ad Astra": Revelation

    Jimmy Lopez Bellido

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Andres Orozco-Estrada, conductor

    14:23
  • 5:35 AM

    Exploding Stars

    Linda Buckley

    Linda Buckley: From Ocean's Floor

    Darragh Morgan, violin

    8:09
  • 5:27 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "Ad Astra": Hubble

    Jimmy Lopez Bellido

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Andres Orozco-Estrada, conductor

    6:08
  • 5:21 AM

    The Hubble Cantata: Fistful of Stars

    Paola Prestini/Royce Vavrek

    Washington Chorus

    Julian Wachner, conductor

    Nathan Gunn, baritone

    Jessica Rivera, soprano

    5:32
  • 5:06 AM

    To Shiver The Sky: We Choose To Go To The Moon

    Christopher Tin

    To Shiver the Sky

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Dominic Ellis-Peckham, conductor

    Danielle de Niese, soprano

    10:20
  • 5:01 AM

    Jess Gillam Ensemble

    Jess Gillam, soprano saxophone

    4:21
  • 4:41 AM

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    17:22
  • 4:34 AM

    Warmth from Other Suns: Rays of Light

    Carlos Simon

    Light: Migration Music Part 1

    Ivalas Quartet

    5:34
  • 4:30 AM

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:42
  • 4:22 AM

    Inbal Segev, cello

    Anna Polonsky, piano

    7:19
  • 4:01 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 5

    George Walker

    Steven Beck, piano

    4:42
  • 3:46 AM

    Suite for Viol

    Louis de Caix D'Hervelois

    Dans le sillage de Marin Marais

    La Reveuse

    11:38
  • 3:19 AM

    Piano Quintet

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Uncovered Vol. 1

    Catalyst Quartet

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    26:01
  • 3:12 AM

    Steal Away

    Spiritual

    The Spirituals

    American Spiritual Ensemble

    Dr. Everett McCorvey, conductor

    5:12
  • 3:06 AM

    Spanish Dance No. 5 "Andaluza"

    Enrique Granados

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    5:36
  • 3:01 AM

    Rondo Amoroso

    Harald Saeverud

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Per Dreier, conductor

    4:35
  • 2:48 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
  • 2:33 AM

    Oboe d'Amore Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Amsterdam Sinfonietta

    Jaap ter Linden, conductor

    Pauline Oostenrijk, oboe d'amore

    13:14
  • 2:21 AM

    Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra

    Fabio Mastrangelo, conductor

    11:54
  • 2:15 AM

    Mikael Ayrapetyan, piano

    3:50
  • 2:06 AM

    Chicago

    Edmond Dede

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

    Hot Springs Music Festival Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Rosenberg, conductor

    8:36
  • 2:01 AM

    Total Tango

    David Matthews

    Orchestra Nova

    George Vass, conductor

    4:40
  • 1:48 AM

    Academic Festival Overture

    Johannes Brahms

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    10:22
  • 1:30 AM

    Cypresses (selected)

    Antonin Dvorak

    Cypress String Quartet

    16:37
  • 1:15 AM

    Piece for String Orchestra

    Billy Childs

    VocalEssence Orchestra

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    12:56
  • 1:06 AM

    Fantasy Overture

    York Bowen

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    8:27
  • 1:01 AM

    Flowers of the Forest

    Anonymous

    Baltimore Consort

    4:35
  • 12:44 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 5

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    13:54
  • 12:29 AM

    Euphonium Concerto

    Amilcare Ponchielli

    Mecklenburg Staatskapelle Schwerin

    Matthias Foremny, conductor

    Roland Froscher, euphonium

    13:22
  • 12:24 AM

    O Praise the Lord

    Adolphus Hailstork

    Jason Max Ferdinand Singers

    Jason Max Ferdinand, conductor

    Natrickie Louissaint, soprano

    Mykel Robinson-Collins, soprano

    Mark Simons, tenor

    Louis Cleare, bass

    4:38
  • 12:11 AM

    Pastoral Suite

    Gunnar De Frumerie

    Stockholm Chamber Ensemble

    Jan-Olav Wedin, conductor

    Gunilla von Bahr, flute

    11:28
  • 12:06 AM

    Concerto alla rustica (Rustic Concerto)

    Antonio Vivaldi

    La Serenissima

    Adrian Chandler, conductor

    4:09
  • 12:01 AM

    Sinfonia in Classic Mode: Minuet

    Joseph Marx

    Bochum Symphony Orchestra

    Steven Sloane, conductor

    4:41
  • 11:40 PM

    Piano Concerto

    Jan Dussek

    Ulster Orchestra

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    Howard Shelley, piano

    18:04
  • 11:22 PM

    Three Preludes on Welsh Hymn Tunes

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Early Chamber Music

    Nash Ensemble

    15:31
  • 11:16 PM

    Lyric for Strings

    George Walker

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    5:52
  • 11:09 PM

    Allegro appassionato

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens

    Bertrand Chamayou, piano

    5:44
  • 11:06 PM

    Cello Suite No. 1: Prelude

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Six Evolutions

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    2:30
  • 10:49 PM

    An Outdoor Overture

    Aaron Copland

    Copland

    Utah Symphony Orchestra

    Maurice Abravanel, conductor

    9:19
  • 10:42 PM

    Folk Suite No. 4

    William Grant Still

    Calico Winds

    5:28
  • 10:28 PM

    Grand Overture No. 3

    Johann Christian Bach

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    13:11
  • 10:20 PM

    Arabesque

    Robert Schumann

    Arabesque

    Nicolas Namoradze, piano

    6:47
  • 10:08 PM

    From Italy (Aus Italien): In the Campagna

    Richard Strauss

    R. Strauss: Aus Italien, Don Juan

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    10:28
  • 10:06 PM

    Rondeau

    Jean-Francois Dandrieu

    Wynton Marsalis: In Gabriel's Garden

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Anthony Newman, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    1:59
  • 10:03 PM

    Rondino on a Theme of Beethoven

    Fritz Kreisler

    Julien Martineau, mandolin

    Vanessa Benelli Mosell, piano

    2:35
  • 9:53 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Grand Pas de Deux

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    4:58
  • 9:44 PM

    Dana Maiben, violin

    Robert Mealy, violin

    Jane Hershey, viola da gamba

    Peter Sykes, harpsichord

    Frances Conover Fitch, harpsichord

    8:11
  • 9:25 PM

    An American in Paris

    George Gershwin

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    18:21
  • 9:06 PM

    Concerto for 2 Orchestras No. 3

    George Frideric Handel

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    16:28
  • 9:01 PM

    9:15 Revue: Get Happy

    Harold Arlen

    Get Happy

    Jenny Lin, piano

    4:51
  • 6:48 PM

    Variations on an African American Spiritual

    Joshua McGhee

    Where Freedom Rings: Compositions by Contemporary African American Composers

    Picasso Ensemble

    9:55
  • 6:26 PM

    Symphony No. 85 "The Queen"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Capella Istropolitana

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    21:05
  • 6:10 PM

    Violin Sonatina No. 1

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Arpeggione

    Anne Gastinel, cello

    13:27
  • 6:06 PM

    Masquerade: Waltz

    Aram Khachaturian

    Khachaturian: Piano Concerto, etc.

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    3:55
  • 6:01 PM

    Album Leaf

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Music of the Gilded Age

    Sylvan Winds

    Boris Baev, oboe

    4:38
  • 5:51 PM

    Overture in the French Style: Overture

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Andrew von Oeyen, piano

    7:48
  • 5:19 PM

    Clarinet Quintet

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart & Brahms

    Pacifica String Quartet

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    30:51
  • 5:15 PM

    Wood Notes: Whippoorwill's Shoes

    William Grant Still

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    2:25
  • 5:06 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 3

    Johann Quantz

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Barry Tuckwell, horn

    7:10
  • 5:01 PM

    Village Dance

    Claude Champagne

    Quebec Symphony Orchestra

    Yoav Talmi, conductor

    4:47
  • 4:52 PM

    Andante and Rondo Capriccioso

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Lydia Artymiw, piano

    6:19
  • 4:21 PM

    String Quartet

    Maurice Ravel

    Cleveland Quartet

    29:15
  • 4:15 PM

    Symphony No. 3: 3rd movement

    Florence Price

    Women's Philharmonic

    Apo Hsu, conductor

    5:05
  • 4:06 PM

    Polish Concerto (Concerto Polonois)

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    7:39
  • 4:01 PM

    Pavane and Gigue

    William Byrd

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    4:43
  • 3:54 PM

    Ave Maria

    Franz Schubert

    Songs From The Arc Of Life

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    4:12
  • 3:40 PM

    Two Pieces

    Frank Bridge

    English String Miniatures, Vol. 4

    Northern Sinfonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    12:41
  • 3:37 PM

    Plum Blossoms in the Snow

    Huang Zi

    40 Degrees North

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    2:08
  • 3:20 PM

    Little Concert Suite

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    16:03
  • 3:05 PM

    Piano Trio No. 22

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Beaux Arts Trio

    14:12
  • 3:00 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 5

    Johannes Brahms

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    2:06
  • 2:53 PM

    The Path

    Zoe Keating

    Zoe Keating, cello

    5:42
  • 2:50 PM

    Suite: Gaio

    Randall Thompson

    Kelly Peterson Peral, oboe

    Michael Forte, clarinet

    Elizabeth Derderian-Wood, viola

    2:02
  • 2:44 PM

    Flute Concerto: Rondo

    Johann Vanhal

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Bruno Meier, flute

    4:28
  • 2:38 PM

    Titilayo

    Jeff Scott

    Imani Winds

    4:15
  • 2:35 PM

    Ezekiel Saw de Wheel

    William Dawson

    The Spirituals of William Dawson

    St. Olaf Choir

    Anton Armstrong, conductor

    2:54
  • 2:23 PM

    Rosen aus dem Suden (Roses from the South) Waltz

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    10:33
  • 2:19 PM

    Miniature Viennese March

    Fritz Kreisler

    The Kreisler Album

    Joshua Bell, violin

    3:15
  • 2:09 PM

    Iberia: Malaga

    Isaac Albeniz

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    5:45
  • 2:04 PM

    Perpetuum mobile

    Simon Jeffes

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    4:29
  • 1:47 PM

    Symphony No. 7: 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven Complete Symphonies

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Andris Nelsons, conductor

    11:48
  • 1:42 PM

    Joanne Polk, piano

    5:05
  • 1:36 PM

    Symphony: 1st movement

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    4:07
  • 1:31 PM

    Miao Mountain Morning

    Chen Gang

    Chinasong | Shanghai Quartet

    Shanghai Quartet

    3:52
  • 1:26 PM

    L'Amico Fritz: Preludietto

    Pietro Mascagni

    Italian Overtures

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    3:41
  • 1:20 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 6: 3rd movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Light in a Time of Darkness

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    5:42
  • 1:07 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 3rd movement

    Cipriani Potter

    Potter: Symphony No. 1; Introduzione e Rondo; Overture to Cymbelene

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    5:45
  • 1:04 PM

    Carmen: Toreadors

    Georges Bizet

    LAGQ Latin

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    2:18
  • 12:51 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 1st movement

    Charles Gounod

    Gounod Symphonies

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    6:08
  • 12:40 PM

    Serenade No. 7 "Haffner": Rondo

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    8:40
  • 12:32 PM

    The White-Haired Girl Suite: Greeting the Sun

    Yan Jinxuan

    Concert Suites

    China National Symphony Orchestra

    Zuohuang Chen, conductor

    6:48
  • 12:26 PM

    Panamanian Dances: Punto

    William Grant Still

    William Grant Still: La Guiablesse, Danzas de Panama, Quit Dat Fool'nish, Summerland

    Berlin Symphony Orchestra

    Isaiah Jackson, conductor

    4:15
  • 12:22 PM

    Canzon "La Lusignuola" (The Nightingale)

    Tarquinio Merula

    Folias Festivas

    Belladonna

    4:05
  • 12:17 PM

    Molly on the Shore

    Percy Grainger

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    4:06
  • 12:08 PM

    Double Violin Concerto

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Berlin Baroque Soloists

    Rainer Kussmaul, conductor

    Rainer Kussmaul, violin

    Rudiger Liebermann, violin

    7:48
  • 12:04 PM

    Solo Flute Partita: Bourree

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Flute Sonatas & Solo Works

    Brandon Patrick George, flute

    2:39
  • 11:50 AM

    Images for Orchestra: Rondes de printemps (Spring Rounds)

    Claude Debussy

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    8:07
  • 11:44 AM

    Fantasie No. 2

    Florence Price

    Randall Goosby, violin

    Zhu Wang, piano

    5:25
  • 11:37 AM

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    5:21
  • 11:28 AM

    Symphony No. 2: 2nd movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonien Nos. 1 & 2

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    8:35
  • 11:25 AM

    Small River Flowing

    Traditional Chinese

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    2:31
  • 11:20 AM

    D'un matin de printemps (Of a Spring Morning)

    Lili Boulanger

    Women's Philharmonic

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    4:57
  • 11:12 AM

    Symphony No. 6

    William Boyce

    William Boyce Symphonies

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Ronald Thomas, conductor

    6:37
  • 11:06 AM

    Memories of the Alhambra

    Francisco Tarrega

    Reflections of Spain: Spanish Favorites for Guitar

    David Russell, guitar

    5:25
  • 11:01 AM

    12 Minuets for Orchestra: Nos. 10-11

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    4:41
  • 10:41 AM

    Scenes from Childhood

    Robert Schumann

    Mirian Conti, piano

    17:38
  • 10:20 AM

    Holberg Suite

    Edvard Grieg

    Norwegian Chamber Orchestra

    Iona Brown, conductor

    19:21
  • 10:10 AM

    Alice Kogan Weinreb, flute

    Nicholas Stovall, oboe

    Paul Cigan, clarinet

    Truman Harris, bassoon

    Laurel Bennert Ohlson, horn

    7:49
  • 10:06 AM

    Rosemary

    Frank Bridge

    Finzi; Parry; Bridge

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    3:28
  • 10:01 AM

    Court Sonata No. 4

    Heinrich Biber

    Purcell Quartet

    Michael Laird, trumpet

    Mark Bennett, trumpet

    4:44
  • 9:39 AM

    Magnolia Suite

    Nathaniel Dett

    Clipper Erickson, piano

    19:36
  • 9:32 AM

    Serenade: Notturno

    Wilhelm Stenhammar

    Wilhelm Stenhammar: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2; Serenade; Excelsior!

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    6:20
  • 9:12 AM

    Divertimento

    Michael Ippolito

    C/O Chamber Orchestra

    18:21
  • 9:06 AM

    Musette de Choisie and Tavernie

    Francois Couperin

    The Sun King's Paradise

    Palladian Ensemble

    5:18
  • 9:01 AM

    Shepherd's Song

    Han-Kun Sha

    Chinasong | Shanghai Quartet

    Shanghai Quartet

    4:47
  • 8:43 AM

    Bassoon Concerto

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Janne Nisonen, conductor

    Jaakko Luoma, bassoon

    15:53
  • 8:35 AM

    Three Chaconnes in Blue: No. 2

    Ed Bland

    Judith Olson, piano

    6:36
  • 8:16 AM

    Guitar Concerto "Chaconne"

    Wayne Siegel

    Jakob Bangsø: Guitar Concertos

    Tallinn Chamber Orchestra

    Kaisa Roose, conductor

    Jakob Bangso, guitar

    18:29
  • 8:06 AM

    The Bells of St. Genevieve

    Marin Marais

    Spectre de la Rose

    8:24
  • 8:01 AM

    Susann McDonald, harp

    4:38
  • 7:47 AM

    Coincident Dances

    Jessie Montgomery

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    11:42
  • 7:45 AM

    Dancing Barefoot in the Rain

    Nkeiru Okoye

    Kete: Piano Music of the African Diaspora

    William Chapman Nyaho, piano

    1:00
  • 7:06 AM

    Images for Orchestra

    Claude Debussy

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    37:12
  • 7:01 AM

    Symphony No. 1: Menuetto

    Louise Farrenc

    European Soloists, Luxembourg

    Christoph Konig, conductor

    4:32
  • 6:46 AM

    Romance for Violin and Orchestra

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Encore Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hege, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    12:37
  • 6:39 AM

    Favourite Things (More Light)

    Errollyn Wallen

    Errollyn Wallen, piano

    6:10
  • 6:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 13 "Rosamunde"

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert Quartets

    Chilingirian Quartet

    31:13
  • 6:01 AM

    The Seasons: June (Barcarolle)

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    50 Best Relaxing Piano

    Mikhail Pletnev, piano

    4:35