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  • 5:53 AM

    Orchestra of the Swan

    5:02
  • 5:25 AM

    Clarinet Quintet

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Uncovered Vol. 1

    Catalyst Quartet

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    27:50
  • 5:17 AM

    Nocturne

    Ivor Gurney

    Richard Saxel, piano

    5:45
  • 5:06 AM

    Three Pieces for Orchestra

    Edgar Bainton

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paul Daniel, conductor

    10:27
  • 5:01 AM

    Mrs Anne Grene her Leaves be Green

    John Danyel

    Nocturnal

    Jakob Lindberg, lute

    4:52
  • 4:52 AM

    Dedication to J. S. B.

    Valentin Silvestrov

    The Art of Instrumentation: Homage to Glenn Gould

    Gidon Kremer, violin

    5:52
  • 4:18 AM

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    33:37
  • 4:07 AM

    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
  • 4:01 AM

    What Inspires Poetry: About Rain and Storm

    Jorge Grundman

    Minds

    Ara Malikian, violin

    4:38
  • 3:50 AM

    Cancion de el alma (Song of the Soul)

    Edie Hill

    Edie Hill: Clay Jug

    The Crossing

    Donald Nally, conductor

    8:51
  • 3:42 AM

    Soliloquy

    Jennifer Higdon

    Jennifer Higdon: Summer Shimmers

    Lark Quartet

    Susan Glaser, flute

    6:43
  • 3:17 AM

    Symphony No. 4: 3rd movement

    Gustav Mahler

    Mahler: Symphony No. 4

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    23:02
  • 3:06 AM

    Langsamer Satz (Slow Movement)

    Anton Webern

    The Mathilde album

    Arod Quartet

    9:25
  • 3:01 AM

    Viola Sonata No. 1: 2nd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Tabea Zimmermann, viola

    Kirill Gerstein, piano

    4:42
  • 2:44 AM

    Poetic Waltzes

    Enrique Granados

    Beijing Guitar Duo

    13:54
  • 2:15 AM

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    27:45
  • 2:07 AM

    Three Roses

    Florence Price

    Lara Downes, piano

    7:02
  • 2:01 AM

    Symphony Concertante: Rondeau

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    Yury Revich, violin

    Libor Jezek, violin

    Pavla Honsova, viola

    4:51
  • 1:55 AM

    D'un vieux jardin (An Ancient Garden)

    Lili Boulanger

    Emile Naoumoff, piano

    3:22
  • 1:19 AM

    Seven Beauties: Ballet Suite

    Kara Karayev

    Kara Karayev: Ballet Suites

    Moscow Radio and TV Symphony Orchestra

    Rauf Abdulayev, conductor

    34:16
  • 1:06 AM

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Marisa Robles, harp

    Desmond Dupre, lute

    10:55
  • 1:01 AM

    Nocturne No. 3

    John Field

    Field: Complete Nocturnes

    Elizabeth Joy Roe, piano

    4:53
  • 12:38 AM

    Toronto Symphony Orchestra

    Peter Oundjian, conductor

    Sarah Jeffrey, oboe

    19:56
  • 12:26 AM

    Four Seasons: Autumn

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Amsterdam Guitar Trio

    10:49
  • 12:13 AM

    Sleeping Beauty: Two Pictures

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Humperdinck: Fairy-Tale Music

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    10:45
  • 12:06 AM

    The Gadfly: Romance

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Film Music of Dmitri Shostakovich, Vol. 2

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vassily Sinaisky, conductor

    6:33
  • 12:01 AM

    Andromaque: Prelude to Act IV

    Camille Saint-Saens

    SAINT-SAËNS, C.: Ascanio: Ballet / Overtures to Stage Works (Malmö Symphony, Märkl)

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    4:52
  • 11:54 PM

    Four Spanish Pieces: Bolero

    Tomas Breton

    Breton: Four Spanish Pieces, Piano Trio

    LOM Piano Trio

    4:23
  • 11:16 PM

    Symphonic Dances

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    36:58
  • 11:12 PM

    Menuets Nos. 1 and 2

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Vikingur Olafsson, piano

    2:43
  • 11:06 PM

    Rodeo: Saturday Night Waltz

    Aaron Copland

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    4:27
  • 11:01 PM

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    4:33
  • 10:47 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Martyn Brabbins, conductor

    Anthony Marwood, violin

    11:41
  • 10:24 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Afro-American"

    William Grant Still

    African Heritage Symphonic Series, Vol. 1

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    21:09
  • 10:18 PM

    Breaths

    Ysaye M. Barnwell

    Selections 1976-1988

    Sweet Honey in the Rock

    3:52
  • 10:07 PM

    In The Bottoms Suite: Barcarolle

    Nathaniel Dett

    Bach to Black: Suites for Piano

    Rochelle Sennet, piano

    5:33
  • 10:01 PM

    String Quartet No. 1: Menuetto

    Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf

    Dittersdorf: String Quartets

    Franz Schubert Quartet

    4:48
  • 9:50 PM

    Concert Piece for Clarinet and Basset Horn

    Felix Mendelssohn

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Alun Francis, conductor

    Thea King, clarinet

    Georgina Dobree, basset horn

    8:17
  • 9:20 PM

    Symphony No. 4 "Tragic"

    Franz Schubert

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Douglas Boyd, conductor

    28:37
  • 9:12 PM

    Nulla in mundo pax sincera

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Italia

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Curnyn, conductor

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    6:59
  • 9:06 PM

    Waltz No. 7

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin

    Claudio Arrau, piano

    4:18
  • 9:01 PM

    The Tempest: Act IV Overture

    Arthur Sullivan

    Shakespeare's Tempest

    Kansas City Symphony

    Michael Stern, conductor

    4:45
  • 5:53 PM

    William Tell: Pas de six

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    4:55
  • 5:19 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Antonio Pappano, conductor

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    32:43
  • 5:15 PM

    Hidden Realm of Light

    Andrew York

    Opalescent

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    2:30
  • 5:07 PM

    La Stravaganza: Violin Concerto No. 7

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    Monica Huggett, violin

    7:44
  • 5:01 PM

    London Suite: Covent Garden

    Eric Coates

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Wilson, conductor

    4:38
  • 4:51 PM

    Dance Suite

    Tielman Susato

    Ludwig Guttler Brass Ensemble

    Ludwig Guttler, conductor

    7:12
  • 4:23 PM

    Symphony No. 40

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 40 & 41 Jupiter

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Rafael Kubelik, conductor

    27:14
  • 4:18 PM

    The Cowherd's Flute

    He Luting

    Lang Lang: Dragon Songs

    Lang Lang, piano

    2:41
  • 4:06 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 1

    George Frideric Handel

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    11:16
  • 4:01 PM

    Waltz No. 4

    Cecile Chaminade

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    4:47
  • 3:49 PM

    Orpheus in the Underworld: Overture

    Jacques Offenbach

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    9:36
  • 3:43 PM

    Shai Wosner, piano

    4:28
  • 3:17 PM

    Clarinet Concerto No. 3

    Bernhard Crusell

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Alun Francis, conductor

    Thea King, clarinet

    25:39
  • 3:06 PM

    Four Scottish Dances

    Malcolm Arnold

    The Celtic Album

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    8:40
  • 3:01 PM

    Giuliano Sommerhalder, trumpet

    Kasia Wieczorek, piano

    4:46
  • 2:37 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 5

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Six Concertos for the Margrave of Brandenburg

    European Brandenburg Ensemble

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Katy Bircher, flute

    20:40
  • 2:34 PM

    God Grant We Grace

    Thomas Tallis

    Tudor City

    New York Polyphony

    1:17
  • 2:14 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 59 "Genzinger"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    19:15
  • 2:06 PM

    Minuet Antique

    Maurice Ravel

    Paris Orchestra

    Jean Martinon, conductor

    6:25
  • 2:01 PM

    Overture No. 2: Gavotte

    Francesco Veracini

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    4:40
  • 11:42 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Muzio Clementi

    Clementi: Symphony No. 1, etc.

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    16:34
  • 11:30 AM

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    Martin Jones, piano

    9:42
  • 11:24 AM

    Terpsichore: 3 Bransles

    Michael Praetorius

    Praetorius: Dances from Terpischore, 1612

    Andrew Lawrence-King, harp

    4:27
  • 11:06 AM

    Minuets and Trios

    Franz Schubert

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    17:32
  • 11:01 AM

    Forgotten Fairy Tales: Selections

    Edward MacDowell

    MacDowell: Piano Music, Vol. 3

    James Barbagallo, piano

    4:52
  • 10:40 AM

    Concert Piece for Four Horns

    Robert Schumann

    Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra

    John Eliot Gardner, conductor

    Robert Montgomery, horn

    Gavin Edwards, horn

    Susan Dent, horn

    Robert Maskell, horn

    17:42
  • 10:26 AM

    La Valse

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Ballet And Dance Music

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    12:23
  • 10:22 AM

    An American Mosaic: Teachers and Students

    Richard Danielpour

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    2:21
  • 10:06 AM

    Clarinet Concerto

    Johann Stamitz

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    15:39
  • 10:01 AM

    Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens: Adagio

    John Williams

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    4:31
  • 9:36 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Samuel Barber

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    22:15
  • 9:32 AM

    Nocturne No. 5

    Alec Rowley

    Nocturne

    Richard Saxel, piano

    3:21
  • 9:06 AM

    Symphony

    Ignaz Pleyel

    Pleyel: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    24:25
  • 9:01 AM

    Blacksmith's Tune

    Bengt Hallberg

    Brass Festival

    Scandinavian Brass Ensemble

    Jorma Panula, conductor

    4:46
  • 8:39 AM

    Variations on a Theme of Corelli

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    18:40
  • 8:36 AM

    Harvest Hymn

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger: Vol. 1 - Orchestral Works 1

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    3:14
  • 8:11 AM

    Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

    Thomas Hengelbrock, conductor

    Hans-Peter Westermann, oboe

    23:06
  • 8:06 AM

    Aphrodite: Moonlight on Sea, Finale

    George Chadwick

    Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    4:15
  • 8:01 AM

    Violin Sonata: 4th movement

    Johann Georg Pisendel

    La Serenissima

    Adrian Chandler, violin

    4:35
  • 7:33 AM

    Concerto Andaluz

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Internationale Philharmonie

    Horst-Hans Backer, conductor

    24:59
  • 7:23 AM

    Magnificat

    Arvo Part

    Evocation of the Spirit

    Robert Shaw Festival Singers

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    9:15
  • 7:06 AM

    Sextet for Two Horns and Strings

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Septet Op. 20; Sextet Op. 81b

    Consortium Classicum

    15:35
  • 7:01 AM

    Mazurka No. 13

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: The Mazurkas

    Mirian Conti, piano

    4:33
  • 6:24 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Jean Sibelius

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    34:38
  • 6:19 AM

    The Wind (El Viento)

    Mario Armengol

    Jardin Des Paons

    Isabelle Perrin, harp

    4:28
  • 6:06 AM

    Flute Quartet No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Flute Quartets Nos. 1-4

    Jasmine Choi, flute

    10:46
  • 6:01 AM

    Flowers from Froso: Entry to the Summer Meadow

    Wilhelm Peterson-Berger

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Okko Kamu, conductor

    4:43