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  • 4:44 AM

    The Dharma at Big Sur: A New Day

    John Adams

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    John Adams, conductor

    Tracy Silverman, violin

    14:32
  • 4:37 AM

    Poem for 2084

    Edie Hill

    Evolutionary Spirits

    The Crossing

    Donald Nally, conductor

    5:34
  • 4:28 AM

    Strange Birds Passing

    John Luther Adams

    New England Conservatory Contemporary Ensemble

    John Heiss, conductor

    6:41
  • 4:23 AM

    On Hearing Nightbirds at Dusk

    Aaron Jay Kernis

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    4:02
  • 4:16 AM

    Mass for the Endangered: Sanctus and Benedictus

    Sarah Kirkland Snider

    Sarah Kirkland Snider: Mass for the Endangered

    Gallicantus

    Gabriel Crouch, conductor

    6:58
  • 4:06 AM

    Global Warming

    Michael Abels

    African Heritage Symphonic Series Vol. 3

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    8:19
  • 4:01 AM

    Canticles of the Sky: Sky with Four Suns

    John Luther Adams

    Northwestern University Cello Ensemble

    Hans Jorgen Jensen, conductor

    4:22
  • 3:55 AM

    Joan Baez Suite: Where have all the Flowers Gone?

    John Duarte

    Journey To The New World

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    3:10
  • 3:48 AM

    All Things Majestic: String Lake

    Jennifer Higdon

    Jennifer Higdon: All Things Majestic

    Nashville Symphony Orchestra

    Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor

    7:05
  • 3:38 AM

    From Wilderness: Oregon

    Jeffrey Derus

    Choral Arts Initiative

    Brandon Elliott, conductor

    8:26
  • 3:22 AM

    Vicky Chow, piano

    15:13
  • 3:12 AM

    Drone Mass: The Mountain View, the Majesty of the Snow-Clad Peaks, from a Place of Contemplation and Reflection

    Johann Johannsson

    Theatre of Voices

    Paul Hillier, conductor

    8:42
  • 3:07 AM

    Berlin Konzerthaus Orchestra

    Jonathan Stockhammer, conductor

    Mari Samuelsen, violin

    Christian Badzura, piano

    3:35
  • 3:01 AM

    Control: Mountain

    Nico Muhly

    Utah Symphony Orchestra

    Thierry Fischer, conductor

    4:26
  • 2:54 AM

    Kasia Kadlubowska, percussion

    Dominik Bukowski, percussion

    3:40
  • 2:09 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Jean Sibelius

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    Pietari Inkinen, conductor

    43:53
  • 2:06 AM

    Invention

    Ethel Smyth

    Liana Serbescu, piano

    1:29
  • 2:01 AM

    The Red Pony Suite: The Gift

    Aaron Copland

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    4:49
  • 1:50 AM

    Canadian Folk Song Suite

    Morley Calvert

    Hannaford Street Silver Band

    Stephen Chenette, conductor

    8:36
  • 1:33 AM

    Les Preludes

    Franz Liszt

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique; Liszt - Solti

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    15:03
  • 1:24 AM

    A Fugal Concerto

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: St. Paul's Suite, etc.

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Duke Dobing, flute

    8:25
  • 1:11 AM

    The Song of Hiawatha: Overture

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    11:22
  • 1:06 AM

    Minuet

    Andre Gretry

    Gretry: Suites and Overtures

    Bretagne Orchestra

    Stefan Sanderling, conductor

    4:26
  • 1:01 AM

    Evening Mood

    Josef Suk

    Clair de Lune (Violin Encores)

    Josef Suk, violin

    4:54
  • 12:52 AM

    Andersen: Entr'acte

    Oskar Nedbal

    Nedbal: From Tale To Tale

    Dvorak Chamber Orchestra

    Miroslav Homolka, conductor

    5:29
  • 12:20 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 1, 4, and 6

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    30:42
  • 12:14 AM

    Air de ballet

    Cecile Chaminade

    Eric Parkin, piano

    5:03
  • 12:06 AM

    Swan Lake: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Pas de Deux - Tchaikovsky: Famous Waltzes

    New York Philharmonic

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    7:17
  • 12:01 AM

    Spain

    Chick Corea

    Whirled Chamber Music

    Quartet San Francisco

    Jeremy Cohen, violin

    4:37
  • 11:35 PM

    Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vasily Petrenko, conductor

    Simon Trpceski, piano

    22:54
  • 11:28 PM

    Oboe Concerto No. 9

    Tomaso Albinoni

    I Musici

    Heinz Holliger, oboe

    6:15
  • 11:17 PM

    Fantasy on Themes from Verdi's Rigoletto

    Franz & Karl Doppler

    The Clarinotts

    Wiener Virtuosen

    9:53
  • 11:07 PM

    Le Roi malgre lui (The King in Spite of Himself): Fete polonaise

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    7:23
  • 11:06 PM

    Prelude for Lute

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Eduardo Fernandez, guitar

    1:27
  • 11:01 PM

    Cello Sonata: 2nd movement

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Troika

    Matt Haimovitz, cello

    4:48
  • 10:39 PM

    Bull on the Roof (Le boeuf sur le toit)

    Darius Milhaud

    French National Orchestra

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    19:33
  • 10:28 PM

    Sonata No. 3

    Jean-Joseph Mondonville

    Mondonville: Six Sonatas Op. 3

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    8:58
  • 10:22 PM

    The Demise of the Shepard Glacier

    Philip Maneval

    Five MInutes for Earth

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    4:50
  • 10:17 PM

    Tales of Hoffmann: Barcarolle

    Jacques Offenbach

    The Greatest Classical Show On Earth

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    3:59
  • 10:06 PM

    Fair Melusina Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Virginia Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    10:11
  • 9:46 PM

    Four Dances

    Edward Elgar

    Athena Ensemble

    11:38
  • 9:37 PM

    The White-Haired Girl Suite: White-Haired Girl

    Yan Jinxuan

    China National Symphony Orchestra

    Zuohuang Chen, conductor

    8:04
  • 9:21 PM

    Suite in the Old Style

    Alfred Schnittke

    Modern Portaits

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    15:26
  • 9:10 PM

    School for Scandal Overture

    Samuel Barber

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    8:56
  • 9:06 PM

    Turkish Rondo

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Music for My Little Friends

    London Mozart Players

    James Galway, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    3:44
  • 9:03 PM

    Rustle of Spring

    Christian Sinding

    Christian Sinding: Music For Piano

    Jerome Lowenthal, piano

    2:42
  • 8:37 PM

    Tale of Tsar Saltan Suite

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    20:46
  • 8:21 PM

    Symphony Concertante

    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

    13:36
  • 8:11 PM

    Moravian Dances

    Leos Janacek

    Janacek: Taras Bulba, Lachian Dances / Wit, Warsaw

    Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

    Antoni Wit, conductor

    8:57
  • 8:06 PM

    The Harmonious Blacksmith

    George Frideric Handel

    London Brass

    4:30
  • 8:01 PM

    Piano Sonata: Scherzo

    Franz Schubert

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    4:45
  • 5:42 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 1

    Richard Strauss

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    Barry Tuckwell, horn

    16:35
  • 5:21 PM

    Brandenburg State Orchestra Frankfurt

    David Porcelijn, conductor

    19:23
  • 5:15 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 17

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 2, Hungarian Dances

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    3:32
  • 5:06 PM

    Variations on Mozart's "Bei Mannern"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    David Finckel, cello

    Wu Han, piano

    9:16
  • 5:01 PM

    A John Field Suite: Polka

    Hamilton Harty

    Harty: John Field; Water Music Suites

    Ulster Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    4:52
  • 4:39 PM

    Petite Symphony

    Charles Gounod

    The Chamber Winds

    Chamber Winds

    19:18
  • 4:21 PM

    Cockaigne Overture (In London Town)

    Edward Elgar

    Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra

    Bramwell Tovey, conductor

    16:43
  • 4:17 PM

    Duet No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: French Overture, Italian Concerto, Duets

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    2:30
  • 4:13 PM

    West Side Story Suite: Mambo

    Leonard Bernstein

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Alexander Ponet, conductor

    Daniel Hope, violin

    2:17
  • 4:06 PM

    American Serenade: Dance

    Antal Dorati

    Aalborg Symphony Orchestra

    Moshe Atzmon, conductor

    7:01
  • 4:01 PM

    Trumpet Sinfonia "Il Barcheggio"

    Alessandro Stradella

    Italian Trumpet Concertos

    New Bach Collegium Musicum Leipzig

    Max Pommer, conductor

    Ludwig Guttler, trumpet

    4:45
  • 3:52 PM

    Rondo Brillante

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Weber: Sonatas

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    6:17
  • 3:19 PM

    Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    W.A. Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 32, 33 & 41 "Jupiter"

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Emmanuel Krivine, conductor

    31:26
  • 3:12 PM

    Tarantella

    David Popper

    Munich Chamber Orchestra

    Hans Stadlmair, conductor

    Werner Thomas, cello

    4:53
  • 3:06 PM

    Picturesque Pieces: Pompous Minuet

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Chabrier: Piano Works

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    5:50
  • 3:01 PM

    Bagatelles: Poco Allegro

    Antonin Dvorak

    National Chamber Players

    Lowell Graham, conductor

    4:44
  • 2:51 PM

    Dance of the Blessed Spirits

    Christoph Gluck

    Music for My Little Friends

    London Mozart Players

    James Galway, flute

    7:15
  • 2:37 PM

    Much Ado About Nothing Suite

    Erich Korngold

    Barber, Korngold: Violin Concertos Etc.

    Gil Shaham, violin

    12:59
  • 2:20 PM

    Simple Symphony

    Benjamin Britten

    Works by Britten, Tippett, Walton

    Guildhall Strings

    15:55
  • 2:13 PM

    Andante and Rondo Capriccioso

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Lydia Artymiw, piano

    6:19
  • 2:00 PM

    Four Scottish Dances

    Malcolm Arnold

    Arnold for Band

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    10:52
  • 1:46 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 21 "Waldstein": 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Sonatas Opp. 53, 54, 57

    Richard Goode, piano

    9:34
  • 1:33 PM

    Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

    Franz Liszt

    International Salute

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    9:43
  • 1:28 PM

    Clarinet Sonata No. 1: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    Gloria Chien, piano

    4:05
  • 1:22 PM

    Madrigal

    Philippe Gaubert

    Paris: La Belle Epoque

    Robert Langevin, flute

    4:15
  • 1:17 PM

    Concerto Grosso: March

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Orchestral Works

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    4:30
  • 1:09 PM

    Sonata for Two Violins: Gigue

    Johann Goldberg

    Johann Gottlieb Goldberg: Beyond the Variations

    Rebel

    Jorg-Michael Schwarz, conductor

    Jorg-Michael Schwarz, violin

    4:19
  • 1:04 PM

    Molly on the Shore

    Percy Grainger

    Pops Britannia

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:22
  • 12:51 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "Four Temperaments": 4th movement

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2, 'The Four Temperaments'

    Seattle Symphony

    Thomas Dausgaard, conductor

    6:47
  • 12:47 PM

    Folk Suite No. 2

    William Grant Still

    Get on Board

    Sierra Winds

    7:11
  • 12:39 PM

    Serenade No. 7 "Haffner": 8th movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Serenades 5 & 6

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    6:09
  • 12:30 PM

    Zampa Overture

    Ferdinand Herold

    French Opera Highlights

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    7:26
  • 12:27 PM

    The Ruins of Athens: Turkish March

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Classic Marches

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    1:37
  • 12:23 PM

    Memory of Trees

    Gary Schocker

    Five MInutes for Earth

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    3:18
  • 12:09 PM

    Symphony No. 5

    William Boyce

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Ronald Thomas, conductor

    7:27
  • 12:04 PM

    Algerian Suite: French Military March

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens, Vol. 1

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    4:18
  • 11:51 AM

    Giselle: Lever du jour and Finale

    Adolph Adam

    Royal Opera House Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    8:00
  • 11:45 AM

    Il Signor Bruschino: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    4:46
  • 11:34 AM

    Cello Concerto No. 1: 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Cello Concertos In C Major & D Major

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jose Luis Garcia, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    9:03
  • 11:31 AM

    Carmen: Toreadors

    Georges Bizet

    LAGQ Latin

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    2:18
  • 11:21 AM

    Miniature Concerto

    Robin Milford

    Guildhall Strings

    9:09
  • 11:14 AM

    Far and Away: Suite

    John Williams

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    5:36
  • 11:09 AM

    Cantata No. 29: Sinfonia

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Accademia Bizantina

    Ottavio Dantone, conductor

    3:34
  • 11:04 AM

    Peer Gynt: Morning Mood

    Edvard Grieg

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    4:07
  • 10:45 AM

    Basque Caprice

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Leonidas Kavakos, violin

    Enrico Pace, piano

    5:20
  • 10:36 AM

    Mignon: Overture

    Ambroise Thomas

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    8:18
  • 10:31 AM

    A Moorside Suite: March

    Gustav Holst

    English String Miniatures, Vol. 6

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    4:20
  • 10:21 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Thomas Arne

    Arne: Four Symphonies / Adrian Shepherd, Cantilena

    Cantilena

    Adrian Shepherd, conductor

    9:31
  • 10:17 AM

    String Quartet No. 4: 4th movement

    Dmitri Klebanov

    ARC Ensemble

    3:37
  • 10:11 AM

    Legend No. 3

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Legends, Symphony No. 8

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    4:02
  • 10:06 AM

    Dreams of Love No. 3 (Liebestraum)

    Franz Liszt

    Yundi Li: Liszt

    Yundi Li, piano

    4:30
  • 10:01 AM

    Violin Sonata: 3rd movement

    Frantisek Jiranek

    Il Violino Boemo

    Lenka Torgersen, violin

    4:40
  • 9:45 AM

    Ballet Suite No. 1

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich: Ballet Suites Nos. 1 & 3, Jazz Suites Nos. 1 & 2

    Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Dmitri Kitayenko, conductor

    13:45
  • 9:29 AM

    Sonatina No. 1 "From an Invalid's Workshop": 3rd movement

    Richard Strauss

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    13:36
  • 9:15 AM

    To a Nordic Princess

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger Edition Vol. 11: Works for Chorus & Orchestra 4

    Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    12:33
  • 9:06 AM

    Theme and Variations

    Jean Francaix

    Sinfonia Iuventas

    Gabriel Chmura, conductor

    Waldemar Zarow, clarinet

    8:28
  • 9:01 AM

    Fantasie Negre No. 4

    Florence Price

    Florence Price: Piano Discoveries: Fantsie Negre No. 4

    Lara Downes, piano

    4:45
  • 8:54 AM

    By the Sleepy Lagoon

    Eric Coates

    British Light Music Classics 4

    New London Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    4:04
  • 8:34 AM

    The Isle of the Dead

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Pictures at a Gallery

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    19:28
  • 8:10 AM

    English Suite No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: English Suites 1, 3, And 5

    Piotr Anderszewski, piano

    22:52
  • 8:06 AM

    Andante Cantabile

    Robert Schumann

    The Artistry of Christopher Parkening

    Christopher Parkening, guitar

    2:55
  • 8:01 AM

    Melody

    Vladimir Peskin

    Peskin: Complete Trumpet Music

    Giuliano Sommerhalder, trumpet

    4:46
  • 7:41 AM

    Variations on a Theme by Haydn "St. Antoni Chorale"

    Johannes Brahms

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    17:06
  • 7:34 AM

    Nocturne No. 1

    Charles Alkan

    Michael Landrum, piano

    6:04
  • 7:21 AM

    Celtic Concerto

    Catrin Finch

    Blessing

    Sinfonia Cymru

    John Rutter, conductor

    Catrin Finch, harp

    12:40
  • 7:06 AM

    Symphony No. 30 "Alleluia"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    13:33
  • 7:01 AM

    Requiem: The Lord is My Shepherd

    John Rutter

    Rutter Requiem

    City of London Sinfonia

    Stephen Cleobury, conductor

    4:43
  • 6:25 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Antonin Dvorak

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    Sarah Chang, violin

    33:43
  • 6:20 AM

    Aria

    Jacques Ibert

    "Paris"

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    3:39
  • 6:06 AM

    Serenade No. 2

    Robert Volkmann

    German Chamber Academy

    Johannes Goritzki, conductor

    12:25
  • 6:01 AM

    Variations for Arinushka

    Arvo Part

    Piano Icons For The 21st Century

    Elena Riu, piano

    4:31
  • 5:40 AM

    Symphony No. 3: 3rd movement

    Gustav Mahler

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Benjamin Zander, conductor

    18:13
  • 5:18 AM

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    22:10
  • 5:06 AM

    Rondo for Piano

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos 21 And 23

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Ingrid Jacoby, piano

    9:32
  • 5:01 AM

    Good Night and Good Rest

    John Johnson

    Nocturnal

    Jakob Lindberg, lute

    4:42
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