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  • 4:51 AM

    Drone Mass: Divine Objects

    Johann Johannsson

    Johann Johannsson: Drone Mass

    Theatre of Voices

    Paul Hillier, conductor

    6:58
  • 4:38 AM

    Leonardo Saw the Spring

    Ingrid Stolzel

    Sophia Tegart, flute

    Michael Seregow, piano

    12:38
  • 4:28 AM

    Alyssa Park, violin

    Kathleen Sloan, violin

    Brett Banducci, viola

    Vanessa Freebairn-Smith, cello

    9:50
  • 4:17 AM

    Pilgrim's Song

    Arvo Part: Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    8:51
  • 4:07 AM

    New York Drones

    Stephen Scott

    Stephen Scott: Ice and Fire

    The Bowed Piano Ensemble

    9:22
  • 4:01 AM

    Short Stories: Coyote Nights

    Jennifer Higdon

    Bel Cuore Quartet

    4:39
  • 3:41 AM

    Unified Field

    Teddy Abrams

    All In

    Louisville Orchestra

    Teddy Abrams, conductor

    16:51
  • 3:34 AM

    Textures: Round-Wound

    Paul Lansky

    icarus Quartet

    5:06
  • 3:21 AM

    Last Hour Story

    Julia Kent

    Julia Kent, cello

    12:15
  • 3:08 AM

    Fairytale Poem (Marchenbild)

    Sofia Gubaidulina

    Hannover Radio Philharmonic Orchestra

    Bernhard Klee, conductor

    12:11
  • 3:01 AM

    Boston String Quartet

    4:41
  • 2:50 AM

    Three Bach Transcriptions: Epilogue

    Richard Danielpour

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    8:29
  • 2:12 AM

    Oboe d'Amore Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Camerata Bern

    Erich Hobarth, conductor

    Heinz Holliger, oboe d'amore

    13:57
  • 2:06 AM

    Where the Lark Sings (Wo die Lerche singt)

    Franz Lehar

    Lehar: Waltzes

    Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    6:00
  • 2:01 AM

    Prayer of Saint Gregory

    Alan Hovhaness

    Manhattan Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Auldon Clark, conductor

    Chris Gekker, trumpet

    4:37
  • 1:51 AM

    Romance for Violin and Orchestra

    Johan Svendsen

    Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    Henning Kraggerud, violin

    7:41
  • 1:28 AM

    Wind Quintet

    Jean Francaix

    Imani Winds

    20:57
  • 1:25 AM

    The Candlestick Branle

    Thoinot Arbeau

    Arbeau: Orchesographie

    New York Renaissance Band

    Sally Logemann, conductor

    1:59
  • 1:19 AM

    Attaboy

    Edgar Meyer/Chris Thile/Stuart Duncan

    The Goat Rodeo Sessions

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    5:41
  • 1:06 AM

    Concert Overture

    Karol Szymanowski

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Edward Gardner, conductor

    12:07
  • 1:01 AM

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:37
  • 12:50 AM

    Suite for Oboe and Strings

    Tauno Pylkkanen

    Music by Leevi Madetoja & Tauno Pylkkanen

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Petri Sakari, conductor

    Aale Lindgren, oboe

    8:21
  • 12:23 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 3

    Bela Bartok

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    25:40
  • 12:18 AM

    An Evening Fragrant with Roses (Erev Shel Shoshanim)

    Josef Hadar

    Inspiration

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestral Cellos

    Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla, conductor

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    2:59
  • 12:06 AM

    Sinfonia No. 6

    Gaspard Fritz

    Fritz: 5 Sinfonias

    La Stagione Frankfurt

    Michael Schneider, conductor

    11:28
  • 12:01 AM

    In the Mists: No. 1

    Leos Janacek

    Water

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    4:35
  • 11:38 PM

    Serenade No. 1

    Robert Fuchs

    Fuchs: Serenades Nos. 1 and 2

    Cologne Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Ludwig, conductor

    19:39
  • 11:29 PM

    Sonata No. 5 "In Imitation of Corelli"

    William McGibbon

    Chatham Baroque

    7:53
  • 11:20 PM

    Der Zigeunerbaron (The Gypsy Baron): Overture

    Johann StraussJr.

    J Strauss: An der Schonen Blauen Donau and others

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    7:57
  • 11:13 PM

    Sinfonia Concertante: 3rd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Cello Concertos in C & D, Sinfonia Concertante

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Roger Norrington, conductor

    Marieke Blankestijn, violin

    6:37
  • 11:09 PM

    The Magic Box

    Francis Bebey

    Odyssey

    Alexander-Sergei Ramirez, guitar

    2:19
  • 11:06 PM

    Partita No. 1: Courante

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach Partitas

    Igor Levit, piano

    2:46
  • 11:01 PM

    String Quartet No. 1 "From the Salvation Army": 1st movement

    Charles Ives

    Emerson String Quartet

    4:48
  • 10:34 PM

    Cello Concerto No. 2

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    Mstislav Rostropovich, cello

    23:00
  • 10:30 PM

    Vespers: Rejoice, O Virgin (Bogoroditse Devo)

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff Vespers

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    2:31
  • 10:24 PM

    Vespers: Laudate Dominum

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Vikingur Olafsson, piano

    4:54
  • 10:17 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "Ocean": 4th movement

    Anton Rubinstein

    Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

    Stephen Gunzenhauser, conductor

    5:00
  • 10:06 PM

    Scheherazade: The Sea and Sinbad's Ship

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    10:39
  • 9:56 PM

    Carmen: March of the Toreadors

    Georges Bizet

    Mad About the Classics

    Orchestre de la Bastille

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    2:07
  • 9:46 PM

    Grande Overture

    Mauro Giuliani

    Raphaella Smits, guitar

    9:33
  • 9:35 PM

    Night on Bald Mountain

    Modest Mussorgsky

    The Fantastic Stokowski

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    8:43
  • 9:23 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 21 "Waldstein": 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Reubke, Beethoven: Sonata, Waldstein, Tandeln und Scherzen

    Richard Raymond, piano

    11:17
  • 9:08 PM

    Dinorah: Overture

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    Darrell Ang, conductor

    13:11
  • 9:06 PM

    Shepherd's Hey

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger: Folk-Inspired Works for Piano Duet and Piano Duo

    Bilder Duo

    2:23
  • 9:03 PM

    Danny Boy (Irish Tune from County Derry)

    Traditional Irish

    Let Your Voice Be Heard

    Cantus

    2:49
  • 8:37 PM

    Hamlet Fantasy Overture

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    TCHAIKOVSKY 1812 OVERTURE/THE TEMPEST/HAMLET

    Oregon Symphony

    James DePreist, conductor

    19:53
  • 8:30 PM

    Summer Evening

    Frederick Delius

    Vaughan Williams and Delius

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    6:14
  • 8:25 PM

    Nocturne

    Alexander Borodin

    The Most Relaxing Classical Album In The World...Ever!

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    3:57
  • 8:16 PM

    Northern Chamber Orchestra

    Nicholas Ward, conductor

    8:15
  • 8:06 PM

    Suite of Creole Dances

    Alberto Ginastera

    Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra

    Gisele Ben-Dor, conductor

    9:12
  • 8:01 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3: Scherzo

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Mozartiana Suites Nos. 3 & 4

    Radio Symphony of Stuttgart

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    4:34
  • 5:47 PM

    Gran Capriccio

    Amilcare Ponchielli

    Mecklenburg Staatskapelle Schwerin

    Matthias Foremny, conductor

    Simone Sommerhalder, oboe

    11:20
  • 5:24 PM

    Symphonic Variations

    Antonin Dvorak

    Brahms: Nine Hungarian Dances; Dvorak

    North German Radio Symphony

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    21:07
  • 5:16 PM

    Jack in the Box

    Erik Satie

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    5:44
  • 5:06 PM

    Overture to Shakespeare's "As You Like It"

    John Knowles Paine

    John Knowles Paine: Orchestral Works

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    10:23
  • 5:01 PM

    The Red Pony Suite: Morning on the Ranch

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: The Red Pony; Our Town; The Heiress Suite; Music For Movies

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    4:33
  • 4:56 PM

    Imani Winds

    2:23
  • 4:30 PM

    Symphony No. 60 "Il Distratto"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    25:10
  • 4:22 PM

    Graceful Ghost Rag

    William Bolcom

    Haerim Elizabeth Lee, violin

    Alex Brown, piano

    6:32
  • 4:17 PM

    Out of Africa: Theme

    John Barry

    The Hollywood Sound

    London Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    3:47
  • 4:06 PM

    Irish Suite for Strings

    Arthur Duff

    Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Fionnuala Hunt, conductor

    10:05
  • 4:01 PM

    Rie Schmidt, flute

    Benjamin Verdery, guitar

    4:40
  • 3:31 PM

    Serenade for Strings

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky & Suk:Serenades for Strings/Grieg:Holberg Suite and Two Elegiac Melodies

    Poland Radio Chamber Orchestra

    Agnieszka Duczmal, conductor

    27:23
  • 3:19 PM

    The Two Barons of Roccazzura: Overture

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Sinfonia Finlandia Jyvaskyla

    Patrick Gallois, conductor

    10:15
  • 3:15 PM

    Pine Apple Rag

    Scott Joplin

    William Albright, piano

    3:19
  • 3:06 PM

    Symphony No. 5: 3rd movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 5, etc.

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    7:39
  • 3:00 PM

    Overture No. 2 "La Calamita de Cuori"

    Johann Christian Bach

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    4:40
  • 2:29 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Herbert Howells

    Piano Concerto No 2 • Concerto For Strings • Three Dances

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    26:57
  • 2:23 PM

    Requiem: Selections

    Herbert Howells

    The Singers

    Matthew Culloton, conductor

    4:00
  • 2:11 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 8

    Bruce Haynes

    Montreal Baroque Orchestra

    Eric Milnes, conductor

    11:05
  • 2:08 PM

    Cello Suite No. 1: Prelude

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Zuill Bailey

    Zuill Bailey, cello

    2:23
  • 2:02 PM

    Zapateado

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Sarasate

    Julia Fischer, violin

    3:12
  • 1:48 PM

    Scottish Rhapsody "Prince Charlie"

    John McEwen

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Alexander Platt, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    12:58
  • 1:44 PM

    Silver Threads Among the Gold

    H. P. Danks

    American Virtuosa - Tribute to Maud Powell

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    3:05
  • 1:36 PM

    Pictures at an Exhibition: The Great Gate of Kyiv

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Chicago Symphony

    Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor

    5:00
  • 1:31 PM

    The Valkyrie: Magic Fire Music

    Richard Wagner

    Operatic Piano: Liszt, Wagner, etc.

    Michael Ponti, piano

    4:19
  • 1:26 PM

    Suite Bergamasque: Clair de lune (Moonlight)

    Claude Debussy

    Duo Recital

    Susanna Mildonian, harp

    4:13
  • 1:25 PM

    Looking for a Boy

    George Gershwin

    Sara Davis Buechner, piano

    2:26
  • 1:21 PM

    Concerto alla rustica (Rustic Concerto)

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi Concerti for Strings

    The King's Violins

    Bernard Labadie, conductor

    3:59
  • 1:17 PM

    Set Me as a Seal

    Rene Clausen

    Clausen: Choral Works

    Kansas City Chorale

    Charles Bruffy, conductor

    2:55
  • 1:08 PM

    Symphony No. 1: Scherzo

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: The Complete Symphonies

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    4:31
  • 1:04 PM

    Tahiti Trot (Tea for Two)

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    3:31
  • 12:52 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 1

    Alessandro Scarlatti

    I Musici

    William Bennett, flute

    Lenore Smith, flute

    6:23
  • 12:36 PM

    Poet and Peasant Overture

    Franz von Suppe

    Popular Operatic Overtures

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    9:45
  • 12:30 PM

    Trumpet Symphony

    Giuseppe Torelli

    Wynton Marsalis: In Gabriel's Garden

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Anthony Newman, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    4:59
  • 12:25 PM

    Peer Gynt: Morning Mood

    Edvard Grieg

    Norwegian Classical Favourites

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    4:01
  • 12:21 PM

    Trio Sonata No. 1: Allegro moderato

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Vikingur Olafsson, piano

    Halla Oddny Magnusdottir, piano

    2:22
  • 12:09 PM

    Serenade No. 10 "Gran Partita": Minuet II

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Gran Partita

    Netherlands Wind Ensemble

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    5:21
  • 12:04 PM

    Il mondo della luna (Life on the Moon): Overture

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    4:16
  • 11:55 AM

    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
  • 11:47 AM

    Hercules Overture

    George Frideric Handel

    English Baroque Soloists

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    6:57
  • 11:43 AM

    Promenade No. 3

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Music for Wind Quintet, Vol. 2

    Athena Ensemble

    2:20
  • 11:36 AM

    Symphony No. 2: 3rd movement

    Heinrich von Herzogenberg

    Herzogenberg: Symphonies opp. 50 & 70

    North German Radio Philharmonic

    Frank Beermann, conductor

    6:15
  • 11:30 AM

    Guitar Concerto: Largo

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Angel Romero, conductor

    Angel Romero, guitar

    4:42
  • 11:20 AM

    The Planets: Jupiter

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: The Planets; Elgar: Pomp and Cirucmstance March No. 1

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    8:17
  • 11:15 AM

    Prelude and Fuge

    Clara Schumann

    SCHUMANN, C.: Complete Piano Works

    Jozef de Beenhouwer, piano

    4:07
  • 11:08 AM

    Espana

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Portraits in Sound

    Concert Arts Orchestra

    Erich Leinsdorf, conductor

    6:07
  • 11:04 AM

    Pastorale

    Igor Stravinsky

    J. Strauss: Waltz Transcriptions/Stravinsky: Chamber Music

    Boston Symphony Chamber Players

    2:52
  • 10:50 AM

    Sleeping Beauty: Introduction and March

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    7:54
  • 10:46 AM

    Au matin (Etude de Concert)

    Marcel Tournier

    Maria Graf � Recital: Debussy, Faure, Caplet, Tailleferre, Tournier, Roussel, Ravel

    Maria Graf, harp

    3:53
  • 10:28 AM

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

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    16:42
  • 10:26 AM

    Novelette No. 2

    Francis Poulenc

    Miki Aoki, piano

    1:49
  • 10:16 AM

    Symphony No. 8: 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    9:06
  • 10:11 AM

    Minuet No. 2

    Giacomo Puccini

    Orchestra of the Auvergne

    Jean Jacques Kantorow, conductor

    3:15
  • 10:06 AM

    La clemenza di Tito (The Clemency of Titus): Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Overtures

    Norwegian National Opera Orchestra

    Rinaldo Alessandrini, conductor

    4:27
  • 10:01 AM

    Return from Fingal; Irish Jig

    Traditional Irish

    Scott Tennant, guitar

    4:39
  • 9:48 AM

    Sacred and Profane Dances

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy and Takemitsu: Air: Music for Harp, Flute and Strings

    Oberlin 21

    Bridget-Michaele Reischl, conductor

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    10:20
  • 9:24 AM

    Swedish Dances

    Max Bruch

    Bruch: Orchestral Works

    Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra

    George Hanson, conductor

    22:53
  • 9:17 AM

    Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: Hedwig's Theme

    John Williams

    Celebrating John Williams

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    4:54
  • 9:06 AM

    String Symphony No. 3

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Amadeus Ensemble

    Agnieszka Duczmal, conductor

    10:08
  • 9:01 AM

    Stephen Hough, piano

    4:39
  • 8:53 AM

    Cell Fone Blues

    Ed Bland

    Judith Olson, piano

    4:56
  • 8:38 AM

    Flute Concerto

    Virgil Thomson

    Czech National Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    Mary Stolper, flute

    14:25
  • 8:17 AM

    String Quartet No. 61 "Fifths"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Amadeus Quartet

    19:40
  • 8:06 AM

    Ensemble Variations

    10:28
  • 8:01 AM

    In Delius' Sleep

    Harold Budd

    Harold Budd: She is a Phantom

    Zeitgeist

    Harold Budd, piano

    4:41
  • 7:52 AM

    Ave Verum Corpus

    Imant Raminsh

    Into Light

    Musica Intima

    6:15
  • 7:28 AM

    Justin Pearson, cello

    Ian Jones, piano

    23:34
  • 7:11 AM

    Symphony No. 12

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 10, "46," "42," 12 & 13

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    15:14
  • 7:06 AM

    Lost in the Stars

    Kurt Weill

    Exiles' Cafe

    Lara Downes, piano

    4:25
  • 7:01 AM

    Suite of Dances No. 6

    Johann Ernst Rieck

    Stradivaria

    4:45
  • 6:51 AM

    Out of the Mist

    Lilian Elkington

    Elgar: Spirit Of England

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    7:46
  • 6:17 AM

    String Quartet No. 8 "Razumovsky No. 2"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Juilliard String Quartet

    32:42
  • 6:06 AM

    The Planets: Venus

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: The Planets; Elgar: Pomp and Cirucmstance March No. 1

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    9:33
  • 6:01 AM

    Three Late Love Songs: Tranquillo

    Kurt Schwertsik

    Christopher van Kampen, cello

    Nicola Meecham, piano

    4:32
  • 5:38 AM

    Oboe Concerto No. 2

    Ludwig Lebrun

    Radio Chamber Orchestra

    Jan Willem de Vriend, conductor

    Bart Schneemann, oboe

    20:33
  • 5:23 AM

    Pohjola's Daughter

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Tone Poems & Incidental Music

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    14:16
  • 5:20 AM

    The Fairy Round

    Anthony Holborne

    Goran Sollscher, guitar

    1:27
  • 5:06 AM

    Suite for String Orchestra

    Marion Bauer

    Vienna Orchestra

    Charles Adler, conductor

    13:17
  • 5:01 AM

    Pastoral

    David Guion

    Eugene Rowley, piano

    4:36