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  • 4:28 AM

    Harp Concerto

    Elias Parish-Alvars

    Harp Concertos

    Bulgarian National Radio Orchestra

    Rossen Milanov, conductor

    Elizabeth Hainen, harp

    30:44
  • 4:15 AM

    Jhula-Jhule

    Reena Esmail

    Perspectives

    Dawn Donegun Wohn, violin

    10:51
  • 4:06 AM

    Two Nocturnal Impressions

    Manuel Ponce

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    8:35
  • 4:01 AM

    Lotus Land

    Cyril Scott

    British Fantasies American Dreams

    Nancy Ruffer, flute

    4:52
  • 3:49 AM

    What the Wild Flowers Tell Me

    Gustav Mahler

    Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    9:23
  • 3:27 AM

    Six Dances for String Orchestra

    Ulysses Kay

    The Incredible Flutist

    Westphalian Symphony Orchestra, Recklinghausen

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    20:16
  • 3:11 AM

    Warmth from Other Suns

    Carlos Simon

    Ivalas Quartet

    14:31
  • 12:42 AM

    The Incredible Flutist: Suite

    Walter Piston

    Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra

    Howard Hanson, conductor

    16:21
  • 12:18 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Flute Concertos, Clarinet Concertos

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Eugenia Zukerman, flute

    22:39
  • 12:10 AM

    Rain Falling from the Roof

    Wu Tong

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    5:27
  • 12:06 AM

    The Planets: Mercury

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: The Planets

    Kansas City Symphony

    Michael Stern, conductor

    3:54
  • 12:01 AM

    Silvain Overture

    Andre Gretry

    Gretry: Suites and Overtures

    Orchestre De Bretagne

    Stefan Sanderling, conductor

    4:45
  • 11:48 PM

    String Quartet No. 63 "Sunrise": 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 76, Nos. 4 & 6

    Orlando Quartet

    8:39
  • 11:42 PM

    Evening Prayer

    Life And Breath

    Phoenix Chorale

    Charles Bruffy, conductor

    Ola Gjeilo, piano

    5:51
  • 11:22 PM

    Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    19:13
  • 11:11 PM

    Lime Jello Marshmallow Cottage Cheese Surprise

    William Bolcom

    Serious Fun!

    Jody Karin Applebaum, soprano

    2:46
  • 11:06 PM

    Somewhere in Time: Main Theme

    John Barry

    In Session: A Film Music Celebration

    Royal Scottish Orchestra

    John Debney, conductor

    3:38
  • 10:46 PM

    Concerto for Double Bass

    Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf

    Dittersdorf: Viola and Double Bass Concertos

    Dvorak Chamber Orchestra

    Frantisek Vajnar, conductor

    Frantisek Posta, double bass

    18:28
  • 10:35 PM

    Battle Hymn of the Republic

    William Steffe

    Mormon Tabernacle Choir

    Craig Jessop, conductor

    5:29
  • 10:31 PM

    Amazing Grace

    John Newton

    Fermi's Paradox

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    2:59
  • 10:15 PM

    Piano Trio "Elegiaque" No. 1

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Tchaikovsky & Rachmaninoff

    Trio Solisti

    14:00
  • 10:11 PM

    A Child of Our Time: Steal Away

    Twentieth-Century Masters Vol 3: Copland and His American Contemporaries

    Choir of New College, Oxford

    Edward Higginbottom, conductor

    3:10
  • 10:04 PM

    The Days (I giorni)

    Ludovico Einaudi

    Spheres

    German Chamber Orchestra Berlin

    Simon Halsey, conductor

    Daniel Hope, violin

    5:38
  • 9:59 PM

    Sing Me to Heaven

    Daniel Gawthrop

    Alleluia: An American Hymnal

    Kansas City Chorale

    Charles Bruffy, conductor

    4:18
  • 9:25 PM

    Symphony No. 97

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    23:36
  • 9:14 PM

    Mass: Sanctus

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Mass in B Minor

    Monteverdi Choir

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    5:10
  • 9:03 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2: 2nd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Concerto No 2, Beethoven: Sonata No. 23

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Erich Leinsdorf, conductor

    Sviatoslav Richter, piano

    8:42
  • 8:56 PM

    Let My Love Be Heard

    Jake Runestad

    The Hope of Loving: Choral Music of Jake Runestad

    Conspirare

    Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

    5:00
  • 8:51 PM

    Humoresque No. 3

    Antonin Dvorak

    42: Orion Weiss Performs Dvorak, Bartok, Prokofiev

    Orion Weiss, piano

    4:24
  • 8:48 PM

    Humoresque No. 2

    Antonin Dvorak

    42: Orion Weiss Performs Dvorak, Bartok, Prokofiev

    Orion Weiss, piano

    2:37
  • 8:41 PM

    Magic Flute: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Overtures - Eine kleine Nachtmusik

    Tafelmusik

    Bruno Weil, conductor

    6:28
  • 8:34 PM

    Wedding Day at Troldhaugen

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Sonata, 7 Fugues, Etc

    Mikhail Pletnev, piano

    5:41
  • 8:29 PM

    To Shiver The Sky: Sogno di Volare (The Dream of Flight)

    Christopher Tin

    To Shiver the Sky

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Dominic Ellis-Peckham, conductor

    Anna Lapwood, organ

    3:52
  • 8:19 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 12 "La Follia"

    Arcangelo Corelli

    Shining Night

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    8:27
  • 8:00 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 3: 1st movement

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No 3; Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No 2

    Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    Yuja Wang, piano

    15:50
  • 5:47 PM

    Hungarian Sketches

    Bela Bartok

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    10:59
  • 5:40 PM

    Suite for Piano

    Ethel Smyth

    Smyth: Complete Piano Works

    Liana Serbescu, piano

    6:16
  • 5:19 PM

    In The South Overture (Alassio)

    Edward Elgar

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    20:30
  • 5:12 PM

    First Xinjiang Dance

    Ding Shan-de

    Shanghai Philharmonic

    Cao Peng, conductor

    5:01
  • 5:06 PM

    Images, Book 1: Reflets dans l'eau (Reflections in the Water)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Piano Music

    Stephen Hough, piano

    4:56
  • 5:01 PM

    Lyric Waltz

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Spring Song, The Bard, etc.

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:49
  • 4:42 PM

    Santa Cruz de Pacairigua

    Evencio Castellanos

    Fiesta

    Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    16:19
  • 4:21 PM

    Cello Concerto No. 1

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Cello Concertos - Bloch, Dvorak, Faure, Haydn, Lalo, Saint-Saens

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Emmanuel Krivine, conductor

    Anne Gastinel, cello

    19:06
  • 4:15 PM

    Dirait-on (So They Say)

    Morten Lauridsen

    Lux Aeterna - The Choral Music of Morten Lauridsen

    Chamber Choir of Europe

    Nicol Matt, conductor

    Morten Lauridsen, piano

    5:11
  • 4:06 PM

    Bukoolika (Bucolic)

    Ester Magi

    Ester Magi: Orchestral Music

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Arvo Volmer, conductor

    8:09
  • 4:01 PM

    Garden of Roses (Il giardino di rose): Sinfonia

    Alessandro Scarlatti

    A. Scarlatti: Sinfonie & Concertos

    Accademia Bizantina

    Ottavio Dantone, conductor

    4:43
  • 3:44 PM

    Ma vlast (My Country): Vysehrad

    Bedrich Smetana

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    14:41
  • 3:42 PM

    Tambourines to Glory

    Undine Smith Moore

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

    VocalEssence

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    1:03
  • 3:38 PM

    Umoja (Unity)

    Valerie Coleman

    Imani Winds

    Imani Winds

    2:49
  • 3:29 PM

    Suite: Overture

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Wallfisch Band

    Elizabeth Wallfisch, conductor

    Elizabeth Wallfisch, violin

    8:17
  • 3:21 PM

    Novelettes

    Francis Poulenc

    Eric Parkin, piano

    6:07
  • 3:06 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 3

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Havana Lyceum Orchestra

    Jose Antonio Mendez Padron, conductor

    Sarah Willis, horn

    14:17
  • 3:01 PM

    Aleko: Women's Dance

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    4:36
  • 2:42 PM

    Fantastic Scherzo

    Josef Suk

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    14:50
  • 2:00 PM

    Flute Sonata

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Sonatas for Flute

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    9:40
  • 1:46 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": 1st movement

    Antonin Dvorak

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

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    12:04
  • 1:42 PM

    Berceuse (Lullaby)

    Amy Beach

    Elena Urioste, violin

    Tom Poster, piano

    3:01
  • 1:37 PM

    Suite for the Birthday of Prince Charles

    Michael Tippett

    Tippett, M.: Midsummer Marriage (The) / Suite for the Birthday of Prince Charles

    English Northern Philharmonia

    Michael Tippett, conductor

    17:58
  • 1:31 PM

    What Sweeter Music

    John Rutter

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    4:18
  • 1:31 PM

    Sussex Carol (On Christmas Night)

    Traditional English

    100 Years of Nine Lessons and Carols

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge

    David Willcocks, conductor

    1:53
  • 1:23 PM

    The Boatswain's Mate: Overture

    Ethel Smyth

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    6:06
  • 1:17 PM

    Wind Quintet: 2nd movement

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen, Loeffler, Prokofiev

    Chamber Music Northwest

    4:52
  • 1:09 PM

    Symphony: 1st movement

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    4:49
  • 1:04 PM

    John Peel

    Traditional, arr. Chris Hazell

    Greensleeves

    Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    4:00
  • 12:52 PM

    The Royal Children: Overture

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    7:53
  • 12:45 PM

    Ballet Scenes: Polonaise

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: From the Middle Ages; Scenes de Ballet

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    5:10
  • 12:33 PM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral": 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Symphonies

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    10:13
  • 12:26 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Giuseppe Torelli

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    5:45
  • 12:23 PM

    Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vasily Petrenko, conductor

    Simon Trpceski, piano

    22:54
  • 12:18 PM

    Peer Gynt: Anitra's Dance

    Edvard Grieg

    Minnesota Orchestra At One Hundred

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    3:25
  • 12:15 PM

    Little Concert Suite: Tarantelle Fretillante

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha OVerture / Petite Suite

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    2:39
  • 12:07 PM

    Brook Green Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: Works for Chamber Orchestra

    New Zealand Chamber Orchestra

    Nicholas Braithwaite, conductor

    7:07
  • 12:04 PM

    Acis and Galatea: Happy We!

    George Frideric Handel

    Grand & Glorious - Great Operatic Choruses / Robert Shaw

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    1:56
  • 11:50 AM

    Symphony No. 8: 4th movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    9:35
  • 11:45 AM

    Oboe Concerto: Siciliano

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Essential Bach

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Heinz Holliger, oboe

    4:17
  • 11:34 AM

    Clarinet Concerto: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart 250 - A Celebration

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    Robert Marcellus, clarinet

    8:49
  • 11:30 AM

    March of the Little Lead Soldiers

    Gabriel Pierne

    Pierne: Orchestral Works

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    3:01
  • 11:24 AM

    Introduction No. 3

    Pietro Locatelli

    Locatelli: Introduttioni Teatralli and Concerti, Op. 4

    Raglan Baroque Players

    Elizabeth Wallfisch, conductor

    5:28
  • 11:17 AM

    Bachianas Brasileiras No. 1: Prelude

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Classics Meet Pops

    12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic

    5:55
  • 11:08 AM

    The Red Pony Suite: selections

    Aaron Copland

    Aaron Copland: Four Dances from Rodeo

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    7:21
  • 11:04 AM

    Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo

    Pietro Mascagni

    Best Film Classics 100

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    3:41
  • 10:35 AM

    Symphony No. 18

    Julius Rontgen

    North German Radio Philharmonic

    David Porcelijn, conductor

    23:00
  • 10:29 AM

    Three Preludes

    George Gershwin

    Summertime

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    6:26
  • 10:22 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    William Boyce

    Boyce: 8 Symphonies

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    5:22
  • 10:19 AM

    Song without Words No. 25 "May Breezes"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Voice Of The Violin

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Michael Stern, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    2:19
  • 10:16 AM

    Mark Clinton, piano

    Nicole Narboni, piano

    2:33
  • 10:10 AM

    Legend No. 3

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Legends

    Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    4:14
  • 10:06 AM

    Trumpet Voluntary

    John Stanley

    Intrada - London Brass

    London Brass

    3:35
  • 10:01 AM

    Le Tombeau de Couperin: Menuet

    Maurice Ravel

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    4:40
  • 9:52 AM

    Asturias (Leyenda)

    Isaac Albeniz

    Albeniz, Turina

    Manuel Barrueco, guitar

    6:42
  • 9:35 AM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Keyboard Concertos Nos. 3, 5, 6, 7

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Murray Perahia, conductor

    Murray Perahia, piano

    15:34
  • 9:18 AM

    Gareth Hulse, oboe

    Marcia Crayford, violin

    Roger Chase, viola

    Christopher van Kampen, cello

    14:50
  • 9:06 AM

    Sonata for Cello and Guitar

    Radames Gnattali

    Histoires

    Claremont Duo

    11:09
  • 9:01 AM

    Gold Dust Waltz

    Erik Satie

    Erik Satie: Oeuvres pour piano

    Anne Queffelec, piano

    4:33
  • 8:56 AM

    The Listeners: Sail through this to that

    Caroline Shaw

    Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

    Nicholas McGegan, conductor

    2:34
  • 8:51 AM

    Romance

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    3:53
  • 8:06 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Winter Dreams"

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    43:40
  • 8:01 AM

    Prelude No. 25

    Frederic Chopin

    Yundi Li, piano

    4:31
  • 7:44 AM

    Fratres (Brothers)

    Arvo Part

    MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Kristjan Jarvi, conductor

    14:23
  • 7:31 AM

    Prelude, Allegro and Pastorale

    Rebecca Clarke

    Julian Farrell, clarinet

    Michael Ponder, viola

    11:54
  • 7:20 AM

    Concerto for Violin and Organ

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Music for the Chapel of the Pieta

    La Serenissima

    10:08
  • 7:06 AM

    Sandy's Portrait

    Sergio Assad

    David Russell, guitar

    13:04
  • 7:01 AM

    Lyrical Serenade

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Miniatures

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    4:42
  • 6:34 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 7

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Complete Beethoven Edition Vol. 7: Violin Sonatas

    Gidon Kremer, violin

    23:45
  • 6:28 AM

    Les sirenes

    Lili Boulanger

    New London Chamber Choir

    James Wood, conductor

    5:48
  • 6:10 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Aarre Merikanto

    Violin Concertos 2 & 4

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    James DePreist, conductor

    Kaija Saarikettu, violin

    16:09
  • 6:06 AM

    Lute Suite "L'Infidele": Entrance

    Silvius Weiss

    L'infidele

    Eduardo Eguez, lute

    3:37
  • 6:01 AM

    Song and Dance No. 9

    Federico Mompou

    Stephen Hough, piano

    4:33
  • 5:40 AM

    Danish National Chamber Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    17:57
  • 5:36 AM

    A Cradle Song of the Lonely Mother

    Amy Beach

    Joanne Polk, piano

    4:05
  • 5:06 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Randall Thompson

    American Masters: Harris, Thompson, Diamond

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    27:45
  • 5:01 AM

    Romance

    Clara Schumann

    SCHUMANN, C.: Complete Piano Works

    Jozef de Beenhouwer, piano

    4:44