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  • 4:48 AM

    Duet No. 1, Chorale Pointing Downwards

    Nico Muhly

    Nadia Sirota, viola

    Clarice Jensen, cello

    10:08
  • 4:42 AM

    By Night

    Sophie Hutchings

    Voces8: Infinity

    Voces8

    Olivia Jageurs, harp

    4:36
  • 4:07 AM

    Soul House

    Robert Honstein

    Hub New Music

    33:47
  • 4:01 AM

    Inflection Point

    Margaret Hermant/Neil Leiter/Gary De Cart

    The See Within

    Echo Collective

    4:31
  • 3:54 AM

    Tromba Lontana

    John Adams

    San Francisco Symphony

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    Soloists

    4:15
  • 3:44 AM

    Alva Noto and Ryuichi Sakamoto

    8:51
  • 3:38 AM

    Love Abounds in Everything

    Clarice Jensen

    Lys

    American Contemporary Music Ensemble

    Mari Samuelsen, violin

    4:22
  • 3:30 AM

    Lullaby and Doina

    Osvaldo Golijov

    Plain Song, Fantastic Dances

    Boston Symphony Chamber Players

    7:37
  • 3:22 AM

    Alma redemptoris Mater

    Dobrinka Tabakova

    Truro Cathedral Choir

    Christopher Gray, conductor

    5:55
  • 3:07 AM

    Oregon Symphony

    Carlos Kalmar, conductor

    14:02
  • 3:01 AM

    String Poetic: Nocturne

    Jennifer Higdon

    Jennifer Koh, violin

    Reiko Uchida, piano

    4:44
  • 2:51 AM

    Three Roses

    Florence Price

    Florence Price: Piano Discoveries: From the Heart

    Lara Downes, piano

    7:02
  • 2:21 AM

    String Quartet

    Emilie Mayer

    String Quartets

    Erato Quartet

    29:18
  • 2:13 AM

    Nocturne and Allegro Scherzando

    Philippe Gaubert

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Steuart Bedford, conductor

    William Bennett, flute

    5:43
  • 2:07 AM

    Etude No. 3 "Tristesse"

    Frederic Chopin

    My Life in Music

    Ruth Slenczynska, piano

    6:10
  • 2:01 AM

    Poem

    Zdenek Fibich

    Small Czech Musical Gems

    Prague Symphony Orchestra

    Vaclav Smetacek, conductor

    4:48
  • 1:49 AM

    Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Works for Orchestra, Vol. I

    Radio Luxembourg Orchestra

    Louis de Froment, conductor

    9:28
  • 1:46 AM

    Abendserenade (Evening Serenade)

    Valentin Silvestrov

    Hieroglyphen der Nacht

    Anja Lechner, cello

    3:11
  • 1:44 AM

    Abendserenade (Evening Serenade)

    Valentin Silvestrov

    Hieroglyphen der Nacht

    Anja Lechner, cello

    3:11
  • 1:26 AM

    The Night Callings

    Heino Eller

    Heino Eller: Symphonic Poems

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Olari Elts, conductor

    17:36
  • 1:11 AM

    The Day Dawn

    Sally Beamish

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Ola Rudner, conductor

    13:19
  • 1:06 AM

    Memories of the Alhambra

    Francisco Tarrega

    Dreams of a World

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    4:09
  • 1:01 AM

    Barcarolle No. 11

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: Barcarolles

    Paul Crossley, piano

    4:53
  • 12:51 AM

    Sleeping Beauty: Rose adagio

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Ballet Suites

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    6:58
  • 12:37 AM

    Wind Quintet

    Geraldine Mucha

    Mucha: Chamber Music

    Prague Wind Quintet

    13:45
  • 12:15 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Adolphus Hailstork

    Adolphus Hailstork: An American Port Of Call

    Virginia Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    21:04
  • 12:06 AM

    Prague Sinfonia

    Christian Benda, conductor

    6:40
  • 12:01 AM

    Four Waltzes

    Johannes Brahms

    Canadian Brass

    4:52
  • 11:39 PM

    Violin and Viola Concerto

    Max Bruch

    Walton: Viola Concerto; Bruch: Violin & Viola Concerto

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    Yuri Bashmet, viola

    18:28
  • 11:29 PM

    Prelude and Fugue

    Ethel Smyth

    Smyth: Complete Piano Works

    Liana Serbescu, piano

    8:09
  • 11:18 PM

    Three Pieces for Orchestra

    Edgar Bainton

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paul Daniel, conductor

    10:27
  • 11:10 PM

    String Quartet: Romance

    Fanny Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Felix & Fanny

    Ebene Quartet

    6:41
  • 11:06 PM

    Estampes: Jardins sous la pluie (Gardens in the Rain)

    Claude Debussy

    Vikingur Olafsson, piano

    3:54
  • 11:01 PM

    Three Parts on a Ground

    Henry Purcell

    Stradivaria

    4:45
  • 10:44 PM

    Concerto for Recorder and Viola

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Michala Petri, recorder

    Pinchas Zukerman, viola

    14:44
  • 10:38 PM

    Let My Love Be Heard

    Jake Runestad

    The Hope of Loving: Choral Music of Jake Runestad

    Conspirare

    Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

    5:00
  • 10:28 PM

    Memory of the Norwegian Mountains

    Franz Berwald

    Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Thomas Dausgaard, conductor

    8:12
  • 10:23 PM

    Consolation No. 3

    Franz Liszt

    Mariam Batsashvili, piano

    3:33
  • 10:10 PM

    Air

    Aaron Jay Kernis

    Living Music

    Alice K. Dade, flute

    12:00
  • 10:06 PM

    The Chrysanthemum

    Scott Joplin

    Lara Downes, piano

    3:28
  • 9:44 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 4

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Complete Piano Sonatas

    Fazil Say, piano

    13:19
  • 9:27 PM

    In the Fen Country

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Orchestral Favourites

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    15:26
  • 9:23 PM

    A Spring Idyl

    John Knowles Paine

    Piano Music of John Knowles Paine

    Christopher Atzinger, piano

    2:37
  • 9:10 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": Largo

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9, Carnival Overture

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    12:32
  • 9:06 PM

    Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    3:20
  • 9:03 PM

    Three Pieces: Toque je-je (Laughing game)

    Cesar Guerra-Peixe

    Images of Brazil

    Francesca Anderegg, violin

    2:52
  • 8:38 PM

    Guitar Concerto No. 1

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Guitar Concertos

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    Kazuhito Yamashita, guitar

    19:13
  • 8:33 PM

    Etude No. 21

    Louise Farrenc

    Joanne Polk, piano

    4:12
  • 8:23 PM

    Fantasy on a Hymn by Justin Morgan

    Thomas Canning

    Into the Light: Symphonic Expressions of the Spirit

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    8:58
  • 8:10 PM

    Estonian Dance Suite

    Eduard Tubin

    Eduard Tubin: Symphony No. 7; Estonian Dance Suite; Music for strings

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Hans-Peter Frank, conductor

    11:15
  • 8:06 PM

    Minuet

    Luigi Boccherini

    Jewels of the Classics

    Philharmonia Virtuosi

    Richard Kapp, conductor

    3:41
  • 8:01 PM

    Dreaming

    Amy Beach

    Donna voce

    Anna Shelest, piano

    4:43
  • 5:44 PM

    Italian Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Amadeus Guitar Duo

    13:58
  • 5:19 PM

    Flute Concerto

    Jerome Moross

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Alexa Still, flute

    23:54
  • 5:13 PM

    Nocturne

    Ignaz Paderewski

    Night Music

    Jan Lisiecki, piano

    4:21
  • 5:06 PM

    Waltz-Intermezzo

    Frank Bridge

    Showpieces and Encores

    Moscow Chamber Orchestra

    Constantine Orbelian, conductor

    6:13
  • 5:01 PM

    flight

    Rachel Portman

    ask the river

    Clio Gould, violin

    4:34
  • 4:48 PM

    Concert Suite No. 3

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Les Talens Lyriques

    Christophe Rousset, conductor

    10:32
  • 4:32 PM

    Tragic Overture

    Johannes Brahms

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor

    15:29
  • 4:25 PM

    Petroushskates

    Joan Tower

    Da Capo Chamber Players

    5:40
  • 4:21 PM

    Eight Descriptive Pieces: Birds at Dawn

    Fannie Charles Dillon

    The Future is Female: Vol. 1 In Nature

    Sarah Cahill, piano

    2:57
  • 4:06 PM

    Froissart Overture

    Edward Elgar

    Victorian Concert Overtures

    English Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    13:16
  • 4:00 PM

    Harp Consort No. 3

    William Lawes

    Les Voix Humaines

    Maxine Eilander, harp

    4:39
  • 3:44 PM

    Symphony No. 4

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Volume 1

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    14:28
  • 3:19 PM

    Oboe Concerto

    Richard Strauss

    Academy of London

    Richard Stamp, conductor

    Ray Still, oboe

    24:19
  • 3:11 PM

    Souvenirs: Waltz

    Samuel Barber

    Royal Scottish Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    4:22
  • 3:06 PM

    Africa Fantasie

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Carnival Fantasy

    Salut Salon

    5:08
  • 3:01 PM

    Spanish Serenade

    Joaquin Malats

    Homages: A Musical Dedication

    Christoph Denoth, guitar

    4:34
  • 2:52 PM

    Goin' Home

    Antonin Dvorak

    That Eternal Day

    Cantus

    5:18
  • 2:41 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": Largo

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Piano Quintets In A, Op.5 & Op.81; Borodin: Quartet

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    11:33
  • 2:10 PM

    St. Olaf Choirs; University of Michigan Men's Glee Club

    Mark Stover, conductor

    Tesfa Wondemagegnehu, narrator

    :00
  • 1:59 PM

    Lyric for Strings

    George Walker

    Serenely Cedille: Relaxing Rarities From Chicago's Classical Label

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    5:18
  • 1:52 PM

    Mother Goose (Ma mere l'oye): The Fairy Garden

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Sheherazade, etc.

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    5:24
  • 1:46 PM

    Dreams of Love No. 3 (Liebestraum)

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: My Piano Hero

    Lang Lang, piano

    4:51
  • 1:32 PM

    Divertimento No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Divertimenti KN 113, 137 & 251

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    12:55
  • 1:21 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 2nd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 1

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Gunter Wand, conductor

    9:27
  • 1:16 PM

    The Maiden's Wish

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Etudes and 6 Polish Songs

    Luiza Borac, piano

    4:11
  • 1:10 PM

    The Water is Wide

    Traditional; arr. Shelley Phillips

    The Fairie Round

    Shelley Phillips, english Horn

    4:00
  • 1:04 PM

    Sometimes I Feel like a Motherless Child

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    3:57
  • 12:59 PM

    Pilgrims' Hymn

    Stephen Paulus

    Concert Recording

    VocalEssence

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    3:19
  • 12:54 PM

    Deborah: Polka

    Josef Foerster

    Small Czech Musical Gems

    Prague Symphony Orchestra

    Vaclav Smetacek, conductor

    3:07
  • 12:49 PM

    Keyboard Suite in g: Passacaille

    George Frederick Handel

    Daria van den Berken, piano

    4:22
  • 12:38 PM

    Symphony No. 5: 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies No 4 & 5

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    9:36
  • 12:32 PM

    Guitar Concerto: Largo

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Angel Romero, conductor

    Angel Romero, guitar

    4:42
  • 12:24 PM

    Serenade for Winds: Andante

    Julius Rontgen

    The Romantic Era in the Netherlands

    Viotta Ensemble

    6:44
  • 12:21 PM

    Maple Leaf Rag

    Scott Joplin

    Reflections: Scott Joplin Reconsidered

    The Band

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:54
  • 12:12 PM

    Magic Flute: Chorus of Priests

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    English Baroque Soloists

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    2:42
  • 12:04 PM

    Magic Flute: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Everybody's Mozart

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    7:02
  • 11:56 AM

    Daria van den Berken, piano

    4:00
  • 11:46 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 10 after Scarlatti

    Charles Avison

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    7:05
  • 11:37 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan": Andante

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Simone Dinnerstein: Mozart in Havana

    Havana Lyceum Orchestra

    Jose Antonio Mendez Padron, conductor

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    7:05
  • 11:30 AM

    Waltz-Scherzo

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    Esther Yoo, violin

    6:21
  • 11:24 AM

    Mother Goose (Ma mere l'oye): Laideronnette, Empress of the Pagodas

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Sheherazade, etc.

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    5:03
  • 11:16 AM

    Symphony No. 1: 3rd movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Early Symphonies and Stage Music

    Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    4:57
  • 11:07 AM

    Heather Hill

    Constance Warren

    South German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim

    Douglas Bostock, conductor

    6:45
  • 11:04 AM

    Preludes, Book 2: Bruyeres (Heather)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Images; Preludes Book 2

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    2:44
  • 10:47 AM

    Suite Bergamasque: Clair de lune (Moonlight)

    Claude Debussy

    Paris Chamber Orchestra

    Adrien Perruchon, conductor

    Gautier Capucon, cello

    4:51
  • 10:39 AM

    Brook Green Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    6:16
  • 10:25 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 9

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Awadagin Pratt: Beethoven Piano Sonatas

    Awadagin Pratt, piano

    13:00
  • 10:20 AM

    Dance Suite after Couperin: Sarabande

    Richard Strauss

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Rudolf Kempe, conductor

    4:07
  • 10:10 AM

    Suite on Galician Songs: Morning Song

    Enrique Granados

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Pablo Gonzalez, conductor

    9:21
  • 10:06 AM

    Piece in the Form of a Habanera

    Maurice Ravel

    French Chamber Music for Harp

    Markus Klinko, harp

    2:53
  • 10:01 AM

    String Quartet: 3rd movement

    Johan Svendsen

    Svendsen: String Quartet

    Oslo String Quartet

    4:41
  • 9:51 AM

    Under the Eye of Heaven: The Enigma

    Nick Bicat

    Power

    London Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Warren-Green, conductor

    7:28
  • 9:30 AM

    Three Botticelli Pictures

    Ottorino Respighi

    Long Beach Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    19:04
  • 9:20 AM

    Almost Morning

    Jeff Beal

    Trio Accento

    Michael Chang, viola

    9:10
  • 9:06 AM

    Ma vlast (My Country): Vltava (The Moldau)

    Bedrich Smetana

    Romantic Adagio

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    12:24
  • 9:01 AM

    Nocturne No. 15

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin opp. 55-58

    Maurizio Pollini, piano

    4:35
  • 8:46 AM

    The Caledonian Road

    Sally Beamish

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Ola Rudner, conductor

    12:49
  • 8:40 AM

    Nocturne No. 11

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: Piano Music (Complete Works)

    Jean-Philippe Collard, piano

    4:25
  • 8:16 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Concertos for Flute and Oboe

    Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

    Janos Rolla, conductor

    Pierre Pierlot, oboe

    22:57
  • 8:06 AM

    Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra

    Volodymyr Sirenko, conductor

    Solomiya Ivakhiv, violin

    9:21
  • 8:01 AM

    Chacony (Chaconne)

    Henry Purcell

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    4:33
  • 7:48 AM

    The Dream of Gunnar

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen: Orchestral Works

    Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Gennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor

    10:09
  • 7:43 AM

    Ae Romeser

    Traditional Danish

    Last Leaf

    Danish String Quartet

    4:02
  • 7:37 AM

    Ludus pro Patria: Night and Love

    Augusta Holmes

    Holmes: Orchestral Works

    Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic

    Patrick Davin, conductor

    5:40
  • 7:06 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Hans Gal

    Schubert: Symphony No. 6; Gal: Symphony No. 1 / Zehetmair, Northern Sinfonia

    Northern Sinfonia

    Thomas Zehetmair, conductor

    29:34
  • 7:01 AM

    Arvo Leibur, violin

    Vardo Rumessen, piano

    4:49
  • 6:28 AM

    Summer Day on the Mountain

    Vincent d'Indy

    D'Indy: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    30:41
  • 6:21 AM

    Summer Shimmers

    Jennifer Higdon

    Susan Glaser, flute

    Stephen Taylor, oboe

    Todd Palmer, clarinet

    Marc Goldberg, bassoon

    Joseph Anderer, horn

    John Novacek, piano

    6:22
  • 6:06 AM

    Aeolian Suite

    John Williams

    Studio Orchestra

    William Goodchild, conductor

    John Williams, guitar

    12:51
  • 6:01 AM

    The Seasons: January (At the Fireside)

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Freddy Kempf, piano

    4:39
  • 5:34 AM

    Fantasie for Violin and Piano

    Franz Schubert

    Violin Fantasies

    Jennifer Koh, violin

    24:28
  • 5:25 AM

    For Mattia

    Douwe Eisenga

    Beyond the Horizon: New Music for Lever Harp

    Lauren Scott, harp

    7:59
  • 5:20 AM

    Jennifer Koh, violin

    4:03
  • 5:06 AM

    Cello Concerto No. 2 "Presence": 3rd movement

    Peteris Vasks

    Amsterdam Sinfonietta

    Candida Thompson, conductor

    Sol Gabetta, cello

    12:24
  • 5:01 AM

    Partita No. 4: Allemande

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Benjamin Grosvenor, piano

    4:44
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