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  • 5:38 AM

    Piano Sonata

    Clara Schumann

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    20:09
  • 5:31 AM

    Ave Regina caelorum

    Alexander Campkin

    Stella: Renaissance Gems and their Reflections Volume 3: Victoria

    ORA

    Suzi Digby, conductor

    6:47
  • 5:26 AM

    Canticles of the Sky: Sky with Endless Stars

    John Luther Adams

    Northwestern University Cello Ensemble

    Hans Jorgen Jensen, conductor

    4:23
  • 5:10 AM

    Terra Incognita

    Wayne Shorter

    Imani Winds

    14:14
  • 5:06 AM

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    3:58
  • 5:01 AM

    Echo Collective

    4:31
  • 4:54 AM

    The Hours: The Poet Acts

    Philip Glass

    Kasia Kadlubowska, percussion

    Dominik Bukowski, percussion

    4:01
  • 4:16 AM

    Boom of the Tingling Strings

    Jon Lord

    Jon Lord: Boom Of The Tingling Strings

    Odense Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Mann, conductor

    Nelson Goerner, piano

    36:21
  • 4:06 AM

    Soul-Bird

    Todd Cochran

    Marcus Eley, clarinet

    8:24
  • 4:01 AM

    Sonata No. 8

    Henry Purcell

    Purcell Quartet

    4:51
  • 3:53 AM

    Symphony Concertante: Allegro

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Saint-Georges: Symphonies Concertantes, Opp. 9, 10 & Op. 11, No. 1

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    Yury Revich, violin

    5:22
  • 3:29 AM

    String Quartet No. 6

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Emerson String Quartet: Complete Recordings

    Emerson String Quartet

    23:50
  • 3:23 AM

    Peace

    Jessie Montgomery

    Here With You

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    4:39
  • 3:17 AM

    Lyric for Strings

    George Walker

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    5:52
  • 3:14 AM

    Three Dream Portraits: I, Too

    Margaret Bonds

    Will Liverman, baritone

    Paul Sanchez, piano

    1:39
  • 3:12 AM

    Three Dream Portraits: Dream Variation

    Margaret Bonds

    Will Liverman, baritone

    Paul Sanchez, piano

    2:08
  • 3:10 AM

    Three Dream Portraits: Minstrel Man

    Margaret Bonds

    Will Liverman, baritone

    Paul Sanchez, piano

    2:02
  • 1:21 AM

    Dance Card: Celestial Blue

    Jennifer Higdon

    Project W: Works by Diverse Women Composers

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    7:58
  • 1:08 AM

    Sonata for Flute and Orchestra

    Francis Poulenc

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Steuart Bedford, conductor

    Jennifer Stinton, flute

    12:03
  • 1:03 AM

    Prelude on an Old Folk Tune

    Amy Beach

    Joanne Polk, piano

    4:36
  • 1:00 AM

    Sure on This Shining Night

    Samuel Barber

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    2:09
  • 12:51 AM

    Three Preludes

    George Gershwin

    Septura

    7:03
  • 12:40 AM

    On the Town: Three Dance Episodes

    Leonard Bernstein

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    10:31
  • 12:35 AM

    Etude No. 11 "Winter Wind"

    Frederic Chopin

    Lang Lang, piano

    3:51
  • 12:19 AM

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    14:12
  • 12:14 AM

    Snow Maiden: Dance of the Tumblers

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Dances from the Opera

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:43
  • 12:00 AM

    Overture burlesque

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Academy for Ancient Music Berlin

    Bernhard Forck, conductor

    12:49
  • 11:55 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    London Classical Players

    Roger Norrington, conductor

    4:16
  • 11:45 PM

    Fantasie No. 2

    Florence Price

    Randall Goosby, violin

    Zhu Wang, piano

    5:25
  • 11:40 PM

    Procession of the Sardar

    Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov

    Sir Charles' Precious Music Box Ii

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    4:33
  • 11:29 PM

    Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance, etc.

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    5:03
  • 11:20 PM

    The Planets: Jupiter

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: The Planets

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    7:49
  • 11:11 PM

    Joyous March

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Ernest Ansermet, Vol. 10: Chabrier, Lalo

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Ernest Ansermet, conductor

    4:00
  • 11:00 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 3

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 From The New Worls; 3 Slavonic Dances

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    5:55
  • 10:45 PM

    Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Bern Symphony Orchestra

    Peter Maag, conductor

    13:22
  • 10:38 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 1: 3rd movement

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure And Strauss Violin Sonatas

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    4:08
  • 10:32 PM

    A Musical Joke (Ein musikalischer Spass): Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Night Music

    English Concert

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    4:03
  • 10:24 PM

    Las Abejas (The Bees)

    Agustin Barrios

    Play

    Jason Vieaux, guitar

    2:03
  • 10:19 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Andante (Puss-In-Boots)

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Greatest Hits: The Ballet, Vol. III

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    1:42
  • 10:10 PM

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Renee Fleming, soprano

    5:37
  • 10:00 PM

    Symphony No. 91: Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies 88-92, etc.

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    5:03
  • 9:54 PM

    Maskarade: Overture

    Carl Nielsen

    Sibelius: Finlandia, Valse Triste; Grieg: Sigurd Jorsalfar

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    4:46
  • 9:42 PM

    Romance No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Simply Anne-Sophie

    New York Philharmonic

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    8:20
  • 9:22 PM

    In the Fen Country

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    New Queen's Hall Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    13:46
  • 9:13 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 3: 3rd movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Six Concertos for the Margrave of Brandenburg

    European Brandenburg Ensemble

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    4:40
  • 9:09 PM

    Carnival of the Animals: The Swan

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Inspiration

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestral Cellos

    Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla, conductor

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    2:34
  • 9:00 PM

    Hungarian Dances Nos. 20 and 21

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 2, Hungarian Dances

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    4:04
  • 6:54 PM

    Abduction from the Seraglio: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail

    Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble

    3:57
  • 6:47 PM

    String Sextet No. 1: Scherzo

    Johannes Brahms

    The Menuhin Century [Luxury Edition]

    Yehudi Menuhin, violin

    3:01
  • 6:44 PM

    Song without Words No. 1 "Sweet Remembrance"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Yevgeny Kutik, violin

    John Novacek, piano

    2:58
  • 6:32 PM

    The Planets: Mars

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    7:09
  • 6:14 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    Tasmin Little, violin

    10:57
  • 6:11 PM

    Fugue

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Royal Brass: Music from the Renaissance & Baroque

    Empire Brass

    2:52
  • 6:01 PM

    Ruslan and Ludmila: Overture

    Mikhail Glinka

    White Nights: Romantic Russian Showpieces

    Kirov Orchestra

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    4:49
  • 5:53 PM

    Pirates of Penzance Overture

    Arthur Sullivan

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    7:07
  • 5:46 PM

    Waltz No. 6 "Minute"

    Frederic Chopin

    Autograph

    Alexandre Tharaud, piano

    1:50
  • 5:42 PM

    Peer Gynt: Arabian Dance

    Edvard Grieg

    Minnesota Orchestra At One Hundred

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    4:15
  • 5:33 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 2nd movement

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens: Symphonies 1

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Marc Soustrot, conductor

    4:42
  • 5:26 PM

    Oboe Concerto: Rondo

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Vivaldi/Marcello/Haydn/Mozart: Oboe Concertos

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Derek Wickens, oboe

    5:35
  • 5:14 PM

    Inspiration Waltzes

    Nathaniel Dett

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

    Clipper Erickson, piano

    6:05
  • 5:10 PM

    The Birds: Prelude

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: The Birds, Three Boticelli Pictures

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    3:06
  • 5:00 PM

    Bartered Bride: Polka

    Bedrich Smetana

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    4:58
  • 4:48 PM

    Four Seasons: Summer

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

    Janine Jansen, violin

    10:08
  • 4:36 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor": 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Essential Beethoven

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    7:43
  • 4:29 PM

    Serenade for Strings: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Mad About the Waltz

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    3:51
  • 4:26 PM

    Oboe Concerto: Minuet and Musette

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams, Delius, Walton

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    Neil Black, oboe

    2:49
  • 4:15 PM

    Octet: 3rd movement

    Jean Francaix

    Gaudier Ensemble

    4:49
  • 4:10 PM

    Karelia Suite: Alla Marcia

    Jean Sibelius

    Scandinavian Rhapsody, A Selection of Orchestral Favourites

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:35
  • 4:00 PM

    Aranjuez Concerto: 3rd movement

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez; Villa-Lobos: Concerto for Guitar, Five Preludes

    Monteverdi Orchestra

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    Julian Bream, guitar

    5:05
  • 3:47 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1: Finale

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Piano Concertos

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Andris Nelsons, conductor

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    12:04
  • 3:41 PM

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:42
  • 3:35 PM

    Fair Maid of Perth: Two Dances

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet Orchestral Works Vol. 2

    Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    5:23
  • 3:24 PM

    Violin Sonata: 4th movement

    Cesar Franck

    Franck, Grieg, Janacek: Violin Sonatas

    Vadim Repin, violin

    6:08
  • 3:11 PM

    Adagio for Strings

    Samuel Barber

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    7:28
  • 3:02 PM

    Symphony No. 83 "The Hen": 4th movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    5:48
  • 2:51 PM

    Violin Concerto: Hootenanny

    Wynton Marsalis

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Cristian Macelaru, conductor

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    9:34
  • 2:43 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 4: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: The Four Hornbone Concertos

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Jean-Jacques Kantorow, conductor

    Christian Lindberg, trombone

    3:26
  • 2:39 PM

    Violin Partita No. 3: Gavotte

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Ilya Gringolts, violin

    2:33
  • 2:32 PM

    The Firebird (L'oiseau de feu) Ballet

    Igor Stravinsky

    Stravinsky: Firebird, Nightingale, Rite of Spring

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    20:41
  • 2:28 PM

    Mysterious Barricades

    Francois Couperin

    Baroque Conversations

    David Greilsammer, piano

    2:11
  • 2:19 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Slavyanskaya": Scherzo

    Alexander Glazunov

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:48
  • 2:12 PM

    Bagatelles: Allegretto scherzando (3)

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Serenade, Bagatelles, Czech Suite

    National Chamber Players

    Lowell Graham, conductor

    3:10
  • 2:04 PM

    The Dancing Doll

    Ede Poldini

    Sir Charles' Precious Music Box Ii

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    3:45
  • 1:49 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 4: Rondo

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Complete Piano Concertos

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Andrew Constantine, conductor

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    10:05
  • 1:40 PM

    Sonata No. 3

    Giovanni Fontana

    John Holloway, violin

    Lars Ulrik Mortensen, harpsichord

    4:31
  • 1:34 PM

    Jazz Suite No. 2: Waltz No. 2

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Best Film Classics 100

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    3:41
  • 1:26 PM

    Waltz No. 4 "Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    Maurizio Pollini, piano

    2:05
  • 1:18 PM

    The Deer Hunter: Cavatina

    Stanley Myers

    Mad About Guitars

    Goran Sollscher, guitar

    3:32
  • 1:12 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 1: Gavotte

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Suites Nos. 1-4

    Prague Symphony Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    5:16
  • 1:04 PM

    Handel in the Strand

    Percy Grainger

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    3:49
  • 12:48 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 3: 3rd movement

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Montreal Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Dutoit, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    10:52
  • 12:44 PM

    Scenes from Childhood: Dreaming

    Robert Schumann

    Romance Of The Violin

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Michael Stern, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    2:21
  • 12:34 PM

    Adagio and Allegro

    Robert Schumann

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    8:43
  • 12:26 PM

    Three Short Pieces

    Jacques Ibert

    Syrinx Quintet

    6:24
  • 12:21 PM

    Eine kleine Nachtmusik: Romance

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Overtures - Eine kleine Nachtmusik

    Tafelmusik

    Bruno Weil, conductor

    4:35
  • 12:16 PM

    The Queen of Spades: They met on an unhappy day

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    3:26
  • 12:08 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Violin Concertos, RV 187, 195, 197, 204, 209, 242, 364

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    6:28
  • 12:04 PM

    Te Deum: Prelude

    Marc-Antoine Charpentier

    Empire Brass

    William Kuhlman, organ

    2:24
  • 11:46 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 8

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano

    12:09
  • 11:31 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach

    Ensemble Caprice

    Matthias Maute, conductor

    13:17
  • 11:16 AM

    Tintagel

    Arnold Bax

    Virginia Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    14:48
  • 11:13 AM

    Piece in the Form of a Habanera

    Maurice Ravel

    French Chamber Music for Harp

    Markus Klinko, harp

    2:53
  • 11:06 AM

    Creatures of Prometheus: Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphony No 3

    Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    5:02
  • 11:01 AM

    Romance No. 2

    Robert Schumann

    Songs of the Reeds

    Albrecht Mayer, oboe

    4:38
  • 10:48 AM

    Introduction and Caprice

    Giulio Regondi

    Anabel Montesinos, guitar

    9:59
  • 10:27 AM

    Responses, Hosanna and Fugue

    Arnold Rosner

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    David Amos, conductor

    20:06
  • 10:14 AM

    Piano Suite No. 2 "Times of Solitude"

    John Wineglass

    Duo Dolce

    10:45
  • 10:06 AM

    Andante grazioso

    Robert Fuchs

    Fuchs: Serenades Nos. 1 and 2

    Cologne Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Ludwig, conductor

    7:15
  • 10:01 AM

    L'incoronazione di Poppea: Pur ti miro

    Claudio Monteverdi

    Axiom Quartet

    4:35
  • 9:44 AM

    Quebec Symphony Orchestra

    Yoav Talmi, conductor

    James Ehnes, violin

    14:54
  • 9:40 AM

    By the Still Waters

    Amy Beach

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    3:03
  • 9:31 AM

    Flowers of Herself

    Max Richter

    Max Richter: Exiles

    Baltic Sea Philharmonic

    Kristjan Jarvi, conductor

    8:34
  • 9:06 AM

    Spring Music

    Joseph Marx

    Bochum Symphony Orchestra

    Steven Sloane, conductor

    23:04
  • 9:01 AM

    Variations for Arinushka

    Arvo Part

    Piano Icons For The 21st Century

    Elena Riu, piano

    4:30
  • 8:53 AM

    For Piano: Sarabande

    Claude Debussy

    Quietude

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    5:00
  • 8:23 AM

    Fairy Tale

    Josef Suk

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    30:28
  • 8:06 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Janine Jansen, violin

    Jan Jansen, harpsichord

    14:28
  • 8:01 AM

    Lyric Waltz

    Jean Sibelius

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:49
  • 7:46 AM

    Musicians Wrestle Everywhere

    Judith Weir

    Ensemble X

    Mark Davis Scatterday, conductor

    12:31
  • 7:43 AM

    I hide myself

    Eric Whitacre

    Polyphony

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    2:46
  • 7:34 AM

    A Moonlit Night on the Spring River

    Traditional Chinese

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    7:17
  • 7:06 AM

    Nights

    Florent Schmitt

    Florent Schmitt: Symphonie Concertante, Reves, Soirs

    Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Robertson, conductor

    26:36
  • 7:01 AM

    The Arts and the Hours

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Debussy | Rameau | Vikingur Olafsson

    Vikingur Olafsson, piano

    4:45
  • 6:47 AM

    Ashley Bathgate, cello

    11:26
  • 6:34 AM

    Negro Folk Symphony: Hope in the Night

    William Dawson

    Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Arthur Fagen, conductor

    12:39
  • 6:01 AM

    Pan's Flute: Pan and the Nymphs

    Jules Mouquet

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Philippe Auguin, conductor

    Manuela Wiesler, flute

    4:51