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  • 5:41 AM

    I Fiamminghi

    Rudolf Werthen, conductor

    17:38
  • 5:34 AM

    Troparion for Holy Wednesday

    Kassia

    Cappella Romana

    5:49
  • 5:06 AM

    Fifteen Variations and a Fugue on an Original Theme (Eroica Variations)

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Variations

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    26:25
  • 5:01 AM

    Everything Lasts Forever: Bird Sing Love

    Michael Kurth

    Michael Kurth: Everything Lasts Forever

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Spano, conductor

    4:50
  • 4:51 AM

    Two Ballades

    Fazil Say

    Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra

    Scott Yoo, conductor

    Fazil Say, piano

    7:24
  • 4:27 AM

    Gumboots

    David Bruce

    Bruce: Gumboots

    Carducci Quartet

    Julian Bliss, clarinet

    22:48
  • 4:22 AM

    Memory Mist

    Florence Price

    Holes in the Sky

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:39
  • 4:06 AM

    Yamekraw, A Negro Rhapsody

    James Price Johnson

    JOHNSON, J.P.: Yamekraw / RESER, H.: Suite / GERSHWIN, G.: Rhapsody in Blue

    Hot Springs Music Festival Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Rosenberg, conductor

    Gary Hammond, piano

    15:31
  • 4:01 AM

    Etude No. 8

    Giulio Regondi

    David Starobin, guitar

    4:49
  • 3:50 AM

    Three Essays: Nimrod

    Caroline Shaw

    Calidore String Quartet

    8:34
  • 3:44 AM

    Fantasy-Impromptu

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Impromptus, Waltzes and Mazurkas

    Pavel Kolesnikov, piano

    5:28
  • 3:14 AM

    Portraits of Josephine

    Valerie Coleman

    Imani Winds

    28:41
  • 3:10 AM

    Banalities: Hotel

    Francis Poulenc

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    1:42
  • 3:06 AM

    Beauty and the Beast: The Banquet Hall

    Georges Auric

    Auric: Belle Et La Bete (La) (Beauty and the Beast)

    Moscow Symphony Orchestra

    Adriano, conductor

    3:35
  • 3:01 AM

    Trio Sonata No. 1: Gigue

    Johann Goldberg

    London Baroque

    Ingrid Seifert, violin

    Richard Gwilt, violin

    4:37
  • 2:43 AM

    Little Suite

    Carl Nielsen

    Orchestra of the Mill

    Andrew Penny, conductor

    15:12
  • 2:21 AM

    Six Dances for String Orchestra

    Ulysses Kay

    Westphalian Symphony Orchestra, Recklinghausen

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    20:17
  • 2:14 AM

    Empire Brass

    Michael Murray, organ

    5:48
  • 2:06 AM

    Andante and Rondo Capriccioso

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Jan Lisiecki, piano

    7:06
  • 2:01 AM

    Legend No. 6

    Antonin Dvorak

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    4:47
  • 1:41 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 8

    Francois Devienne

    Devienne, Cimarosa: Flute Concertos

    London Mozart Players

    James Galway, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    17:11
  • 1:34 AM

    Warmth from Other Suns: Rays of Light

    Carlos Simon

    Light: Migration Music Part 1

    Ivalas Quartet

    5:34
  • 1:22 AM

    Moseltraume

    Lou Koster

    Koster: Orchestral Music

    Estro Armonico Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra

    Jonathan Kaell, conductor

    10:42
  • 1:09 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 50

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano

    12:06
  • 1:06 AM

    Hungarian Dance No. 5

    Johannes Brahms

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    2:18
  • 1:01 AM

    Eduardo Mata University Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Rivero Weber, conductor

    4:46
  • 12:55 AM

    Caprice-Chaconne

    Francesco Corbetta

    Alfabeto

    Ensemble Kapsberger

    Rolf Lislevand, conductor

    4:48
  • 12:15 AM

    Mazurka No. 13

    Frederic Chopin

    Memory

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    4:18
  • 11:50 PM

    Give Me Jesus

    Traditional

    Trinity

    National Lutheran Choir

    Larry L. Fleming, conductor

    3:27
  • 11:44 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight": 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Richard Goode, piano

    5:37
  • 11:40 PM

    String Quartet No. 3 "Mishima": Closing

    Philip Glass

    Brooklyn Rider

    3:22
  • 11:30 PM

    Three Essays: Nimrod

    Caroline Shaw

    Calidore String Quartet

    8:34
  • 11:26 PM

    Holberg Suite: Prelude

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Symphonic Dances, From Holberg's Time, Old Norwegian Melody

    Oslo Symphony Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    2:44
  • 11:23 PM

    Rustle of Spring

    Christian Sinding

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    2:39
  • 11:04 PM

    The Marines' Hymn (From the Halls of Montezuma)

    Traditional

    God Bless America

    Mormon Tabernacle Choir

    2:40
  • 10:53 PM

    Gnossienne No. 3

    Erik Satie

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    3:14
  • 10:45 PM

    Capriccio "On the Departure of a Brother"

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    10:05
  • 10:38 PM

    Zadok the Priest

    George Frideric Handel

    The Sixteen

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    5:42
  • 10:28 PM

    Dances in the Canebrakes

    Florence Price

    Project W: Works by Diverse Women Composers

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    9:29
  • 10:20 PM

    Suite Bergamasque: Clair de lune (Moonlight)

    Claude Debussy

    Music for a Rainy Day

    Roland Pontinen, piano

    5:35
  • 10:03 PM

    After a Dream (Apres un Reve)

    Gabriel Faure

    Songs From The Arc Of Life

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    2:38
  • 9:49 PM

    William Tell: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    11:12
  • 9:40 PM

    Highland Cathedral

    Michael Korb/Uli Roewer

    Musica Variata

    Musica Variata

    7:49
  • 9:26 PM

    Swedish Rhapsody No. 1 "Midsummer Vigil"

    Hugo Alfven

    The Four Seasons: A Musical Calendar Of Favorite Classics

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    12:44
  • 9:21 PM

    Das Land des Lachelns (The Land of Smiles): You are my heart's delight

    Franz Lehar

    Heart's Delight: The Songs Of Richard Tauber

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Lukasz Borowicz, conductor

    Piotr Beczala, tenor

    3:23
  • 9:14 PM

    Swan Lake: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Essential Ballet

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    6:52
  • 9:04 PM

    The Planets: Jupiter

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: The Planets

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    7:56
  • 9:00 PM

    Promenade (Walking the Dog)

    George Gershwin

    Rendezvous with Tashi

    Tashi

    2:39
  • 6:55 PM

    Joanne Polk, piano

    3:56
  • 6:37 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 4

    Chevalier de Meude-Monpas

    Encore Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hege, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    16:59
  • 6:13 PM

    Aranjuez Concerto

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Rodrigo, Villa-Lobos

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    John Williams, guitar

    22:23
  • 6:06 PM

    Partita No. 6: Courante

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach Partitas

    Igor Levit, piano

    5:15
  • 6:01 PM

    Introduction and Tarantella

    Pablo de Sarasate

    A La Carte

    Abbey Road Ensemble

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    4:32
  • 5:57 PM

    See-Saw Waltz

    Justin Holland

    Jiji Plays Justin Holland: Music for Guitar

    Jiji, guitar

    2:23
  • 5:42 PM

    Second Rhapsody

    George Gershwin

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Justin Brown, conductor

    Anne-Marie McDermott, piano

    14:01
  • 5:18 PM

    Flute Concerto

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    CPE Bach: Concertos

    Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra

    Jorg Faerber, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    21:00
  • 5:06 PM

    El Camino Real

    Alfred Reed

    Senzoku Gakuen Symphonic Wind Orchestra

    Alfred Reed, conductor

    11:01
  • 5:01 PM

    Concert Suite No. 3: La La Popliniere

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Baroque Nouveau

    4:39
  • 4:26 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Antonin Dvorak

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    Pamela Frank, violin

    31:50
  • 4:16 PM

    Keyboard Suite No. 7

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Suites for Keyboard

    Keith Jarrett, piano

    8:15
  • 4:09 PM

    The Colorado Trail

    Marcel Grandjany

    Elizabeth Hainen, harp

    5:17
  • 4:06 PM

    Three Dances: Waltz

    Alfred Uhl

    Montreal Winds

    Jacques Lacombe, conductor

    3:13
  • 4:01 PM

    The Floating One Polka Mazurka

    Josef Strauss

    Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra

    Arthur Kulling, conductor

    4:37
  • 3:52 PM

    Die Meistersinger von Nurmberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremburg): Dance; Finale

    Richard Wagner

    Reiner Conducts Wagner

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    6:18
  • 3:18 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Concertos

    Staatskapelle Berlin

    Andris Nelsons, conductor

    Daniel Barenboim, piano

    32:21
  • 3:06 PM

    Enchantment: Song of the Shrine

    Nathaniel Dett

    Clipper Erickson, piano

    4:26
  • 3:00 PM

    Nocturne No. 2

    Frederic Chopin

    Ivan Moravec, piano

    4:31
  • 2:48 PM

    Violin Concerto in the Style of Vivaldi

    Fritz Kreisler

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Gil Shaham, violin

    11:12
  • 2:44 PM

    Musical Jewellery Box

    Stephen Hough

    Stephen Hough, piano

    2:57
  • 2:42 PM

    The King and I: Hello, Young Lovers

    Richard Rodgers

    Stephen Hough, piano

    2:23
  • 2:28 PM

    Scheherazade: The Festival at Baghdad

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade, etc.

    Kirov Orchestra

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    Sergei Levitin, violin

    12:04
  • 2:22 PM

    Oriental Dance

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Steven Isserlis, cello

    Stephen Hough, piano

    4:53
  • 2:19 PM

    Nymphs and Satyr Suite: Scherzo

    Howard Hanson

    Philadelphia Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Spalding, conductor

    Holly Blake, bassoon

    3:02
  • 2:04 PM

    The Song of Hiawatha: Overture

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    11:22
  • 1:51 PM

    Symphony No. 4: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 4; Hungarian Dances

    Halle Orchestra

    Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor

    6:12
  • 1:46 PM

    The Color Purple: Main Theme

    Quincy Jones

    Cinema Serenade

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    4:31
  • 1:39 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 3

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak Symphony No. 2, Slavonic Dances

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    5:04
  • 1:32 PM

    Overture

    Franz Schubert

    Complete Schubert Overtures Vol. 2

    Prague Sinfonia

    Christian Benda, conductor

    6:40
  • 1:28 PM

    Motet: Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied: Lobet den Herrn

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    A Banquet of Voices

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    3:38
  • 1:24 PM

    La complaisante

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    CPE Bach

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    2:55
  • 1:20 PM

    The Firebird (L'oiseau de feu): Finale

    Igor Stravinsky

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    3:19
  • 1:07 PM

    Bassoon Concerto

    Christoph Graupner

    Graupner: Instrumental and Vocal Music, Vol. 1

    L'Ensemble des Idees heureuses

    Genevieve Soly, conductor

    Mathieu Lussier, bassoon

    11:28
  • 1:04 PM

    Acis and Galatea: Happy We!

    George Frideric Handel

    Grand & Glorious - Great Operatic Choruses / Robert Shaw

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    1:56
  • 12:51 PM

    School for Scandal Overture

    Samuel Barber

    New York Philharmonic

    Thomas Schippers, conductor

    7:33
  • 12:43 PM

    Introduction No. 5

    Pietro Locatelli

    Raglan Baroque Players

    Elizabeth Wallfisch, conductor

    6:34
  • 12:38 PM

    Lohengrin: Prelude to Act III

    Richard Wagner

    Pops Concert

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    2:54
  • 12:33 PM

    The Maiden with the Daffodil

    Arnold Bax

    Bax: Piano Music, Vol. 3

    Eric Parkin, piano

    4:29
  • 12:22 PM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique": 3rd movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    9:52
  • 12:17 PM

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    Matthew Hagle, piano

    3:53
  • 12:11 PM

    Peer Gynt: Ase's Death

    Edvard Grieg

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    4:30
  • 12:04 PM

    Concerto for Two Trumpets

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi, Scarlatti, Torelli, Stradella

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Simon Wright, conductor

    John Wallace, trumpet

    6:12
  • 11:45 AM

    Concert Piece

    Gustaf Heinze

    The Clarinet in Concert 2

    English Chamber Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    Thea King, clarinet

    13:41
  • 11:38 AM

    Symphonie Fantastique: A Ball

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    6:29
  • 11:29 AM

    Blumenstucke (Flower Pieces)

    Robert Schumann

    Pierre Huybregts, piano

    7:11
  • 11:20 AM

    North Country Sketches: The March of Spring

    Frederick Delius

    Delius: A Walk in a Paradise Garden

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    9:03
  • 11:16 AM

    Spring Intermezzo

    Betty King

    Lara Downes, piano

    3:03
  • 11:12 AM

    Abduction from the Seraglio: Hier soll ich dich denn sehen

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Netherlands Wind Ensemble

    2:42
  • 11:06 AM

    Romeo and Juliet: Capulets and Montagues

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet - Suites 1 - 3 (complete)

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    5:18
  • 11:01 AM

    Sonatina: 2nd movement

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO, M.: Guitar Quintet / Fantasia / Ecloghe

    Chloe Dufossez, flute

    4:37
  • 10:44 AM

    Chamber Concerto No. 1

    Charles Alkan

    Romantic Piano Concerto Vo. 7

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Martyn Brabbins, conductor

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    14:16
  • 10:34 AM

    Romance No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Romances

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Gil Shaham, violin

    7:31
  • 10:24 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 4 "Vida breve"

    Stephen Hough

    Stephen Hough, piano

    9:26
  • 10:06 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 5

    Pieter Hellendaal

    Hellendaal: Six Grand Concertos for Violins, etc. in Eight Parts Opus 3

    Combattimento Consort Amsterdam

    Jan Willem de Vriend, conductor

    17:08
  • 10:01 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3: Scherzo

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Mozartiana Suites Nos. 3 & 4

    Radio Symphony of Stuttgart

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    4:34
  • 9:27 AM

    Piano Quartet No. 3

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Piano Quartets Nos. 1-3

    Domus

    30:45
  • 9:21 AM

    Magnolia Suite: The Place Where the Rainbow Ends

    Nathaniel Dett

    Lara Downes, piano

    6:04
  • 9:11 AM

    Flute Sonatine

    Darius Milhaud

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    Eric le Sage, piano

    8:31
  • 9:06 AM

    Phunky Phrogs Rag

    Ed Bland

    Judith Olson, piano

    4:14
  • 9:01 AM

    Sonata

    Domenico Scarlatti

    Viaggio in Italia

    Martha Masters, guitar

    4:32
  • 8:51 AM

    In the Steppes of Central Asia

    Alexander Borodin

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    7:21
  • 8:40 AM

    Prairie Journal

    Aaron Copland

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    10:55
  • 8:15 AM

    Concerto Serenade

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    Catherine Michel, harp

    23:27
  • 8:06 AM

    Sinfonia spirituosa

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    8:02
  • 8:01 AM

    Christmas Tree Suite: Abendglocken (Evening Bells)

    Franz Liszt

    Franz Liszt

    Jerome Lowenthal, piano

    4:30
  • 7:38 AM

    Symphony on a Hymn Tune

    Virgil Thomson

    Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra

    Howard Hanson, conductor

    20:21
  • 7:34 AM

    Hungarian Folksongs from the Csik District

    Bela Bartok

    Exiles' Cafe

    Lara Downes, piano

    3:12
  • 7:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 5

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The String Quartets

    Emerson String Quartet

    26:25
  • 7:01 AM

    In Delius' Sleep

    Harold Budd

    Zeitgeist

    Harold Budd, piano

    Bob Samarotto, clarinet

    4:40
  • 6:38 AM

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vassily Sinaisky, conductor

    20:40
  • 6:36 AM

    Tender Thought

    Ulysses Kay

    Kete: Piano Music of the African Diaspora

    William Chapman Nyaho, piano

    1:08
  • 6:06 AM

    The Knights

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Michael Ward-Bergeman, hyper-accordion

    Jamey Haddad, percussion

    Cyro Baptista, percussion

    28:06
  • 6:01 AM

    Waltz No. 9 "L'adieu"

    Frederic Chopin

    Claudio Arrau, piano

    4:41