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  • 4:54 AM

    The Spheres (Kyrie eleison)

    Ola Gjeilo

    Life And Breath

    Phoenix Chorale

    Charles Bruffy, conductor

    4:47
  • 4:42 AM

    Romance

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Violin Concerto, Romance / Suk: Fantasy

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    Pamela Frank, violin

    10:41
  • 4:07 AM

    City of London Sinfonia

    John Rutter, conductor

    Caroline Ashton, soprano

    Stephen Varcoe, baritone

    John Scott, organ

    Simon Standage, violin

    34:27
  • 4:01 AM

    Serenade for Strings: Romanza

    Ernst von Dohnanyi

    English Sinfonia

    John Farrer, conductor

    4:37
  • 3:50 AM

    A Night Piece

    Arthur Foote

    Arcata String Quartet

    Don Bailey, flute

    Grace Paradise, harp

    7:52
  • 3:41 AM

    Spem in Alium (Hope in all things)

    Thomas Tallis

    Tallis: Sacred Choral Works

    The Sixteen

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    9:22
  • 3:25 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 3: 3rd movement

    Philip Glass

    Circles: Piano Concertos by Bach and Glass

    A Far Cry Orchestra

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    13:54
  • 3:20 AM

    Reverie

    Germaine Tailleferre

    Reverie

    Kassia Ensemble

    Mary Elizabeth Bowden, trumpet

    4:21
  • 3:13 AM

    Notturno

    Clara Schumann

    Nightscapes

    Magdalena Hoffmann, harp

    5:19
  • 3:06 AM

    Prelude Pastoral

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Chabrier: Espana, Etc / Gardiner, Wiener Philharmoniker

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    6:38
  • 3:01 AM

    Red Dragonfly

    Kosaku Yamada

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    Sandra Rivers, piano

    4:47
  • 2:55 AM

    Requiem: Lacrimosa

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    RIAS Chamber Choir

    Rene Jacobs, conductor

    3:21
  • 2:23 AM

    Angels' Songs

    William Alwyn

    William Alwyn: Lyra Angelica, Autumn Legend

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    William Alwyn, conductor

    Osian Ellis, harp

    31:15
  • 2:16 AM

    A Sad Pavane for these Distracted Times

    Thomas Tomkins

    A Bridge To Bach

    Andrew Rangell, piano

    5:12
  • 2:06 AM

    Alleluia and Fugue for Strings

    Alan Hovhaness

    I Fiamminghi

    Rudolf Werthen, conductor

    8:39
  • 2:01 AM

    Ah dolente partita

    Claudio Monteverdi

    Maya Beiser, cello

    4:44
  • 1:49 AM

    Piano Concerto: Adagio

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Piano Concertos, Etc

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Martha Argerich, piano

    9:30
  • 1:44 AM

    Lachrimae Tristes

    John Dowland

    The Dowland Consort

    Jakob Lindberg, conductor

    4:45
  • 1:33 AM

    Swan of Tuonela

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Lemminkainen Suite; Spring Song; Belshazzar's Feast Suite

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    Alison Teale, English horn

    8:55
  • 1:16 AM

    Soir, Matin

    Mel Bonis

    Ravel, Faure, and Bonis: Trios avec piano

    Trio George Sand

    7:11
  • 1:06 AM

    Eclogue

    Gerald Finzi

    Ferguson: Amore Langueo; Piano Concerto/Finzi: Eclogue

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Howard Shelley, piano

    9:42
  • 1:01 AM

    Eclogue

    Gerald Finzi

    Ferguson: Amore Langueo; Piano Concerto/Finzi: Eclogue

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Howard Shelley, piano

    9:42
  • 1:00 AM

    In Winter's House

    Joanna Marsh

    United Strings of Europe

    Julian Azkoul, conductor

    4:33
  • 12:50 AM

    Chicago College of Performing Arts Chamber Orchestra

    Markand Thakar, conductor

    8:32
  • 12:42 AM

    Adagio

    Tomaso Albinoni

    A Touch of Class

    Angel Romero, guitar

    7:20
  • 12:24 AM

    String Quartet No. 15: 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Dreams and Prayers

    A Far Cry Orchestra

    16:22
  • 12:21 AM

    Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude No. 10

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Vikingur Olafsson, piano

    2:57
  • 12:06 AM

    Symphony No. 5: Adagietto

    Gustav Mahler

    Mahler: Symphony No. 5

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    12:39
  • 12:01 AM

    Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom: The Lord's Prayer (Otche nash)

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge

    Stephen Cleobury, conductor

    4:38
  • 11:42 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "Choral": 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonien 1-9

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    15:52
  • 11:13 PM

    String Quartet No. 6

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Epilogue

    Miro Quartet

    27:51
  • 11:10 PM

    Peace I leave with you

    Amy Beach

    All Things Are Quite Silent

    Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge

    Anna Lapwood, conductor

    1:34
  • 11:06 PM

    Notturno for harp, violin and strings

    Arnold Schoenberg

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hope, violin

    Jane Berthe, harp

    3:10
  • 11:01 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "In the Forest": 3rd movement

    Joachim Raff

    Raff: Symphonies Nos. 3 And 10

    Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic

    Urs Schneider, conductor

    4:47
  • 10:53 PM

    Requiem: Pie Jesu

    Maurice Durufle

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    3:42
  • 10:41 PM

    Splash of Indigo

    Marty Regan

    Blurred Boundaries

    Apollo Chamber Players

    11:32
  • 10:31 PM

    'Til Human Voices Wake Us

    Don Davis

    Debussy Trio

    8:00
  • 10:21 PM

    Prelude, Fugue, and Variation

    Cesar Franck

    Awadagin Pratt: Live from South Africa

    Awadagin Pratt, piano

    10:13
  • 10:15 PM

    Materna Requiem: Libera Me

    Rebecca Dale

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:03
  • 10:06 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs": 2nd movement

    Henryk Gorecki

    Gorecki: Symphony No. 3

    London Sinfonietta

    David Zinman, conductor

    Dawn Upshaw, soprano

    9:26
  • 10:01 PM

    Peer Gynt: Solveig's Song

    Edvard Grieg

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    4:34
  • 9:47 PM

    Agnus Dei

    Samuel Barber

    Evocation of the Spirit

    Robert Shaw Festival Singers

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    10:56
  • 9:44 PM

    Sarabande

    Johann Pezel

    Royal Brass: Music from the Renaissance & Baroque

    Empire Brass

    2:06
  • 9:32 PM

    Flute Concertino

    Svend Erik Tarp

    Svend Erik Tarp: Orchestral Works Vol. 1

    Aarhus Symphony Orchestra

    Tobias Ringborg, conductor

    Lena Kildahl, flute

    10:50
  • 9:23 PM

    Trio Sonata No. 8

    William Boyce

    Parley of Instruments

    Peter Holman, conductor

    8:57
  • 9:19 PM

    Venezuelan Dance (Seis por derecho)

    Antonio Lauro

    Romance de Amor

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    3:01
  • 9:06 PM

    Carmen Fantasy

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    11:34
  • 9:03 PM

    Umoja (Unity)

    Valerie Coleman

    Imani Winds

    Imani Winds

    2:50
  • 8:36 PM

    Carnival of the Animals

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Kids Classics: Animals

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    22:03
  • 8:23 PM

    Summer

    Frank Bridge

    Bridge, Bantock & Butterworth

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    10:40
  • 8:17 PM

    Intermezzo No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    5:49
  • 8:13 PM

    Dance Suite

    Pierre Attaingnant

    Le Jardin de Melodies

    King's Noyse

    3:06
  • 8:06 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Johann Fasch

    Carole Dawn Reinhart

    German Bach Soloists

    Helmut Winschermann, conductor

    Carole Dawn Reinhart, trumpet

    6:16
  • 8:01 PM

    Scherzo

    Alfredo Catalani

    Puccini, Catalani, Ponchielli: for orchestra

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    4:42
  • 5:53 PM

    Aria and Dance

    Arno Babajanian

    Gems from Armenia

    Aznavoorian Duo

    5:36
  • 5:44 PM

    Oboe Concerto No. 1

    George Frideric Handel

    City of London Sinfonia

    Nicholas Ward, conductor

    Anthony Camden, oboe

    7:50
  • 5:32 PM

    Breaking Waves

    Helena Munktell

    Gavle Symphony Orchestra

    Tobias Ringborg, conductor

    11:13
  • 5:06 PM

    La Mer (The Sea)

    Claude Debussy

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    23:40
  • 5:00 PM

    Siciliano

    Harry Dexter

    RTE Concert Orchestra, Dublin

    Ernest Tomlinson, conductor

    4:47
  • 4:48 PM

    Rhapsodie d'Auvergne

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Jean-Jacques Kantorow, conductor

    Alexandre Kantorow, piano

    10:01
  • 4:44 PM

    We Shall Walk Through the Valley

    Undine Smith Moore

    Dance Like the Wind: Music of Today's Black Composers

    VocalEssence

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    2:53
  • 4:30 PM

    Lyric Quartet

    William Grant Still

    William Grant Still

    Oregon String Quartet

    13:43
  • 4:20 PM

    Il Sacrifizio de Abramo: Sinfonia

    Camilla de Rossi

    Baroque Treasures

    Women's Philharmonic

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    JoAnn Falletta, lute

    7:39
  • 4:06 PM

    Sonata No. 4

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Camerata Bern

    Thomas Furi, conductor

    13:44
  • 4:01 PM

    From Foreign Lands: Italy

    Moritz Moszkowski

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    4:43
  • 3:57 PM

    A Piece without Title

    John Dowland

    The Renaissance Album

    Goran Sollscher, guitar

    :47
  • 3:50 PM

    Arabesque

    Robert Schumann

    Undersong

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    7:32
  • 3:22 PM

    Symphony No. 29

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies No. 28, 29 & 34

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    26:05
  • 3:20 PM

    Othello Suite: Military March

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha OVerture / Petite Suite

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    1:57
  • 3:15 PM

    Norwegian Folk Tunes and Folk Dances: Siklebakken

    Agathe Grondahl

    Sara Aimee Smiseth, piano

    2:59
  • 3:06 PM

    Norwegian Festival Overture

    Johan Halvorsen

    Bergen Symphony Orchestra

    Karsten Andersen, conductor

    9:16
  • 3:01 PM

    Flute Concerto: 3rd movement

    Johan Agrell

    Concerto Copenhagen

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    Maria Bania, flute

    4:38
  • 2:53 PM

    Lyric Pieces: Homesickness

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Lyric Pieces

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    4:50
  • 2:22 PM

    Serenade for Strings

    Josef Suk

    Suk: Fairy Tale, String Serenade

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    29:39
  • 2:05 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 3rd movement

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Symphonies Nos. 1-3 etc.

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    15:44
  • 2:00 PM

    Humoresque

    Ika Peyron

    Swedish Violin Treasures

    Cecilia Zilliacus, violin

    4:15
  • 1:50 PM

    Trio Sonata No. 5

    Dietrich Buxtehude

    Trio Sonatas, op. 1

    Arcangelo

    Jonathan Cohen, conductor

    8:29
  • 1:45 PM

    Judas Maccabaeus: See, the Conqu'ring Hero Comes!

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Coronation Anthems

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    3:38
  • 1:38 PM

    The Lark

    Mikhail Glinka

    Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition

    Evgeny Kissin, piano

    5:14
  • 1:32 PM

    Symphony No. 4: Scherzo

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4/ Leshnoff: Double Concerto for Clarinet and Bassoon

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Manfred Honeck, conductor

    5:32
  • 1:23 PM

    Sicilian Vespers: Four Seasons: Spring

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Verdi: Ballet Music

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    8:02
  • 1:17 PM

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    4:46
  • 1:07 PM

    Picturesque Pieces: Pompous Minuet

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    6:45
  • 1:04 PM

    Musical Moment No. 3

    Franz Schubert

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    1:46
  • 12:53 PM

    La Vida Breve: Interlude and Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    6:35
  • 12:45 PM

    Novelette "In Spanish Style"

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: Five Novelettes; String Quartet No. 5

    Saint Petersburg String Quartet

    6:42
  • 12:40 PM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1: Carillon

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: "Carmen" Suite, "L'Arlesienne" Suite/Offenbach: Barcarolle, "Orpheus in the Underworld" Overture

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    4:03
  • 12:30 PM

    Flower Festival in Genzano: Pas de deux

    Eduard Helsted

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    9:03
  • 12:23 PM

    Fantasie No. 2

    Florence Price

    Randall Goosby, violin

    Zhu Wang, piano

    5:25
  • 12:16 PM

    Symphony No. 4 "Italian": 3rd movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    6:19
  • 12:08 PM

    Perpetual Motion Pieces

    Francis Poulenc

    Romance

    Richard Stoltzman, clarinet

    5:53
  • 12:04 PM

    Marriage of Figaro: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Goes to a Party

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    3:57
  • 11:51 AM

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

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen: Symphony No. 2

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    7:37
  • 11:48 AM

    Album Leaf

    Agathe Grondahl

    Hiroko Ishimoto, piano

    2:18
  • 11:38 AM

    Suite for Strings: Finale

    Ethel Smyth

    South German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim

    Douglas Bostock, conductor

    8:19
  • 11:30 AM

    Fantasie for Flute and Piano

    Philippe Gaubert

    Flute Music by French Composers

    Laurel Zucker, flute

    6:46
  • 11:23 AM

    Beautiful Mazurka

    Emil Waldteufel

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    5:04
  • 11:15 AM

    Romance No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Violin Concerto and Romances

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    Gidon Kremer, violin

    7:39
  • 11:08 AM

    Jeux d'eau (Fountains)

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Works For Solo Piano

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    5:38
  • 11:04 AM

    The Lark in the Clear Air

    Peter Hope

    British by Arrangement 2

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    3:05
  • 10:48 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 4

    George Frideric Handel

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    10:40
  • 10:30 AM

    Summer Scenes from Hame

    Vaino Raitio

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Tuomas Ollila-Hannikainen, conductor

    15:58
  • 10:24 AM

    Suite Piedra libre: La Mancha

    Denis Plante

    Pentaedre

    4:51
  • 10:20 AM

    Summer Days by the Sea: Summer Meadow

    Maj Sonstevold

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Karsten Andersen, conductor

    3:34
  • 10:14 AM

    Rolf Lislevand & Ensemble

    5:14
  • 10:06 AM

    Overture "In the Italian Style"

    Franz Schubert

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    7:33
  • 10:01 AM

    Oboe Quintet: Canzonetta

    Theodore Dubois

    Trio Hochelaga

    Jean-Luc Plourde, viola

    Philippe Magnan, oboe

    4:40
  • 9:49 AM

    Violin Concerto "Per la Sra Chiara"

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Europa Galante

    Fabio Biondi, conductor

    9:39
  • 9:27 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    John Field

    New Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Janos Furst, conductor

    John O'Conor, piano

    20:25
  • 9:21 AM

    Nocturne "Homage to John Field"

    Samuel Barber

    Ruth Slenczynska, piano

    4:52
  • 9:06 AM

    Serenade No. 6 "Serenata Notturna"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Serenata Notturna, Divertimenti

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    13:17
  • 9:01 AM

    Romance

    Oscar Merikanto

    Oscar Merinkanto: Summer Evening

    Izumi Tateno, piano

    4:42
  • 8:22 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Adolphus Hailstork

    Hailstork: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 3

    Grand Rapids Symphony

    David Lockington, conductor

    36:36
  • 8:13 AM

    Ethel

    7:51
  • 8:06 AM

    Adagietto for Orchestra

    Erkki Salmenhaara

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Ralf Sjoblom, conductor

    5:39
  • 8:01 AM

    Summerland

    William Grant Still

    Citizen

    Bruce Levingston, piano

    4:50
  • 7:49 AM

    Citywinds

    9:35
  • 7:19 AM

    Violin Sonata

    Cesar Franck

    Pinchas Zukerman: Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon and Philips

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    28:59
  • 7:06 AM

    Solo Flute Partita

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    David Russell, guitar

    11:20
  • 7:01 AM

    Spring Ensemble

    Eric Dudley, conductor

    4:46
  • 6:42 AM

    String Quartet No. 4

    Dmitri Klebanov

    Chamber Works by Dmitri Klebanov

    ARC Ensemble

    16:41
  • 6:18 AM

    Suite on Ukrainian Themes

    Mykola Lysenko

    Ukrainian Rhapsody

    Anna Shelest, piano

    22:43
  • 6:06 AM

    There is a Willow Grows Aslant a Brook

    Frank Bridge

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    10:16
  • 6:01 AM

    Old and Lost Rivers

    Tobias Picker

    London Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:34
  • 5:54 AM

    Arabesque No. 1

    Claude Debussy

    Memory

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    4:14
  • 5:06 AM

    Scheherazade

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    45:59
  • 5:01 AM

    From Andersen's Fairy-Tales: Barcarolle and Arabesque

    Bohuslav Martinu

    Martinu: Piano Music, Vol. 7

    Giorgio Koukl, piano

    4:38
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