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  • 5:52 AM

    Cerulean: Lullaby

    David Biedenbender

    Ex Machina

    Donald Sinta Quartet

    5:48
  • 5:46 AM

    How Little You Are: Do you remember

    Nico Muhly

    Conspirare

    Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

    6:05
  • 5:16 AM

    Songbook

    Daron Hagen

    Built For Buffalo

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Michael Ludwig, violin

    27:49
  • 5:06 AM

    Child: Sweet Air

    David Lang

    Sentieri Selvaggi

    Carlo Baccadoro, conductor

    8:49
  • 5:01 AM

    Lullaby for Dead Horse Bay

    Paula Matthusen

    Michi Wiancko, violin

    4:51
  • 4:50 AM

    Light is Calling

    Michael Gordon

    to you through

    India Gailey, cello

    7:07
  • 4:15 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 3

    Philip Glass

    A Far Cry Orchestra

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    33:19
  • 4:06 AM

    On the Nature of Daylight

    Max Richter

    The Blue Notebooks

    Max Richter Orchestra

    Lorenz Dangel, conductor

    6:35
  • 4:01 AM

    Out of the Tunnel: Slow

    Danielle Eva Schwob

    PUBLIQuartet

    4:49
  • 3:48 AM

    Overture

    Fanny Mendelssohn

    Boulanger, Tailleferre, Mendelssohn, Schumann

    Women's Philharmonic

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    10:31
  • 3:46 AM

    Vikingur Olafsson, piano

    1:05
  • 3:16 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Josef Foerster

    Foerster: Festive Overture - Symphony No. 1 - From Shakespeare

    Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra

    Marek Stilek, conductor

    28:16
  • 3:06 AM

    Prague Waltzes

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Czech Suite, Prague Waltzes, etc.

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    8:55
  • 3:01 AM

    Sinfonia in Classic Mode: Minuet

    Joseph Marx

    Bochum Symphony Orchestra

    Steven Sloane, conductor

    4:41
  • 2:20 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The 5 Piano Concertos

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Nathalie Stutzmann, conductor

    Haochen Zhang, piano

    38:03
  • 2:13 AM

    Clarinet Quintet: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Juilliard String Quartet

    Charles Neidich, clarinet

    5:03
  • 2:06 AM

    Four Characteristic Waltzes: Queen's Waltz

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    5:14
  • 2:01 AM

    Ian Jones, piano

    4:41
  • 1:46 AM

    Gayane Ballet Suite

    Aram Khachaturian

    Khachaturian: Symphony No. 2; Gayanah Suite

    Royal Scottish Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    12:21
  • 1:37 AM

    Flute Sonata No. 1

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Aurele Nicolet, flute

    Bruno Canino, piano

    7:32
  • 1:29 AM

    Omphale's Spinning Wheel

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Sinfonia of London

    John Wilson, conductor

    7:24
  • 1:22 AM

    Women of Legend: Omphale

    Mel Bonis

    Maria Garcia, piano

    5:33
  • 1:17 AM

    Women of Legend: Salome

    Mel Bonis

    Maria Garcia, piano

    5:14
  • 1:06 AM

    Salome: Dance of the Seven Veils

    Richard Strauss

    R. Strauss: Rosenkavalier Suite, Etc

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Andre Previn, conductor

    9:42
  • 1:01 AM

    In the Blue Mountains: I Trollhallen

    Agathe Grondahl

    Backer Grondahl: Piano Works

    Sara Aimee Smiseth, piano

    4:42
  • 12:40 AM

    Mlada: Suite

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Orchestral Suites

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    18:20
  • 12:25 AM

    Concerto for 2 Orchestras No. 1

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks, Concerti a due cori

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    13:31
  • 12:21 AM

    Balada Espanola (Romance)

    Traditional

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    2:09
  • 12:07 AM

    Spanish Dances

    Moritz Moszkowski

    From Foreign Lands

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    14:19
  • 12:01 AM

    New York Philomusica

    4:38
  • 11:54 PM

    Eugene Onegin: Polonaise

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Pops Caviar

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    4:30
  • 11:47 PM

    Violin Sonatina No. 1: 1st movement

    Franz Schubert

    The Classic Horn

    Eric Ruske, horn

    4:20
  • 11:42 PM

    Serenade for Strings: Larghetto

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Serenades Op. 22 & 44

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    5:23
  • 11:32 PM

    Consolation No. 3

    Franz Liszt

    Jeffrey Biegel, piano

    4:44
  • 11:21 PM

    The Moons Symphony: Titan: Equatorial Dunes and Methane Monsoons

    Amanda Lee Falkenberg

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    6:12
  • 11:11 PM

    Etude No. 11 "Winter Wind"

    Frederic Chopin

    Louis Lortie, piano

    3:39
  • 11:00 PM

    Vocalise

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    A La Carte

    Abbey Road Ensemble

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    5:48
  • 10:47 PM

    Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances

    Alexander Borodin

    The Sound of Classics

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    11:30
  • 10:39 PM

    Lyric Pieces: To Spring

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Lyric Pieces

    Stephen Hough, piano

    3:01
  • 10:33 PM

    Divertimento No. 14: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Serenade K388; Divertimenti

    London Wind Soloists

    Jack Brymer, conductor

    4:23
  • 10:26 PM

    The Ruins of Athens: Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Stanislaw Skrowaczewski - The Minnesota Orchestra: The Vox Recordings

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor

    5:36
  • 10:18 PM

    Beautiful Rosemary (Schon Rosmarin)

    Fritz Kreisler

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    1:50
  • 10:12 PM

    Etincelles (Sparks)

    Moritz Moszkowski

    Stephen Hough's New Piano Album

    Stephen Hough, piano

    2:54
  • 10:00 PM

    Thais: Meditation

    Jules Massenet

    Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto; Saint-Saens: Havanaise

    New York Chamber Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin

    7:26
  • 9:53 PM

    Symphony No. 8: 3rd movement

    Kurt Atterberg

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    5:31
  • 9:37 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 3: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Karajan Forever: The Greatest Classical Hits

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    6:33
  • 9:29 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 1

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    Sandra Rivers, piano

    22:27
  • 9:22 PM

    Polonaise for Violin and Strings

    Franz Schubert

    Beethoven, Dvorak, Schubert

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    5:59
  • 9:12 PM

    The Comedians

    Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Kabalevsky, Prokofiev, Glinka, Tchaikovsky

    San Diego Chamber Orchestra

    Donald Barra, conductor

    15:29
  • 9:07 PM

    Eubie's Luckey Day

    William Bolcom

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    4:58
  • 9:01 PM

    Paul O'Dette, guitar

    4:41
  • 6:42 PM

    The Leopard (Il Gattopardo): Dances

    Nino Rota

    Rota: La Strada Ballet Suite

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    16:12
  • 6:36 PM

    Pavane

    Gabriel Faure

    Romances for Saxophone

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Branford Marsalis, saxophone

    5:40
  • 6:23 PM

    Symphony No. 8

    William Herschel

    Herschel: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    11:42
  • 6:19 PM

    Estrellita (My little star)

    Manuel Ponce

    Leila Josefowicz, violin

    John Novacek, piano

    3:22
  • 6:06 PM

    Night on Bald Mountain

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Mussorgsky: Pictures from an Exhibition, etc.

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    10:57
  • 6:00 PM

    Octet: 2nd movement

    Jean Francaix

    Gaudier Ensemble

    4:36
  • 5:41 PM

    Piano Concerto for the Left Hand

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel

    Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra

    Lionel Bringuier, conductor

    Yuja Wang, piano

    17:26
  • 5:31 PM

    Two English Idylls

    George Butterworth

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    9:03
  • 5:22 PM

    Serenade No. 1

    Robert Volkmann

    Robert Volkmann, Carl Reinecke: Serenades

    German Chamber Academy

    Johannes Goritzki, conductor

    7:44
  • 5:20 PM

    Etude No. 9 "Butterfly"

    Frederic Chopin

    Jan Lisiecki, piano

    :56
  • 5:14 PM

    Dirait-on (So They Say)

    Morten Lauridsen

    Air and Ground

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    4:12
  • 5:06 PM

    Mignon: Overture

    Ambroise Thomas

    Great Comedy Overtures

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Lance Friedel, conductor

    8:22
  • 5:01 PM

    Suite No. 4

    Francois Chauvon

    Washington McClain, oboe

    Alison Melville, recorder

    Julia Wedman, violin

    Michael McCraw, bassoon

    Charlotte Nediger, harpsichord

    4:46
  • 4:47 PM

    Aida: Triumphal March

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Verdi: Choruses

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    11:49
  • 4:19 PM

    Harp Concerto

    Reinhold Gliere

    Gliere, Ginastera: Harp Concertos, etc.

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Rachel Masters, harp

    26:58
  • 4:13 PM

    Tints and Spray

    Cecil Burleigh

    Zina Schiff, violin

    Mary Barranger, piano

    3:35
  • 4:06 PM

    Voyevoda: Overture/Finale

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    6:11
  • 4:01 PM

    Piano Sonata

    Andrea Luchesi

    Roberto Plano, piano

    4:31
  • 3:50 PM

    Finlandia

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Symphony No. 2, Finlandia

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    8:06
  • 3:42 PM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Seraph Brass

    4:46
  • 3:37 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "In the Forest": Allegro assai

    Joachim Raff

    Raff: Symphony No. 3

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Francesco d'Avalos, conductor

    4:28
  • 3:31 PM

    The Firebird (L'oiseau de feu): Finale

    Igor Stravinsky

    Stravinsky: L'ouiseau de feu, Le Sacre du printemps, Persephone

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    3:19
  • 3:25 PM

    Serenade for Strings: Alla marcia

    Dag Wiren

    A Swedish Serenade

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    4:32
  • 3:18 PM

    The Three-Cornered Hat: Neighbor's Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Muti | Philadelphia Orchestra | de Falla, Ravel, Chabrier

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    3:11
  • 3:13 PM

    Das Rheingold: Entry of the Gods into Valhalla

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Orchestral Works

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Klaus Tennstedt, conductor

    4:46
  • 3:00 PM

    Horn Trio: Scherzo

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms, Koechlin, Banks: Horn Trios

    Barry Tuckwell, horn

    7:25
  • 2:54 PM

    Jamestown Concerto: Settlements Along the River

    William Perry

    PERRY, W.: Jamestown Concerto / SCHUMAN, W.: A Song of Orpheus / THOMSON, V.: Cello Concerto

    RTE National Symphony Orchestra

    William Eddins, conductor

    Yehuda Hanani, cello

    4:56
  • 2:45 PM

    String Quartet No. 2: Scherzo

    Alexander Borodin

    Cleveland Quartet

    4:46
  • 2:39 PM

    Serenade for Strings: 1st movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Serenades Opp. 22 & 24

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    4:24
  • 2:31 PM

    Silent Night

    Franz Gruber

    Christmas With The Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    3:45
  • 2:29 PM

    Sussex Carol (On Christmas Night)

    Traditional English

    Dulci Jubilo: Christmas With The Singers

    The Singers

    Matthew Culloton, conductor

    Min Kim, harp

    2:10
  • 2:22 PM

    Waltz No. 10

    Frederic Chopin

    Zoltan Kocsis, piano

    2:51
  • 2:17 PM

    Dance of the Blessed Spirits

    Christoph Gluck

    Romance Of The Violin

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Michael Stern, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    3:53
  • 2:05 PM

    Danse (Tarantelle styrienne)

    Claude Debussy

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Alberto Zedda, conductor

    5:29
  • 1:53 PM

    Piano Trio No. 6: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Trios

    Daniel Barenboim, piano

    5:19
  • 1:44 PM

    Gavotte

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Mad About Bach

    Goran Sollscher, guitar

    4:01
  • 1:39 PM

    Three Cuban Dances

    Ignacio Cervantes

    Davide Cabassi, piano

    Tatiana Larionova, piano

    3:44
  • 1:30 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Eroica": 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonien 1-9

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    5:51
  • 1:20 PM

    The Moons Symphony: Enceladus: Rows and Rows of Gigantic Geysers

    Amanda Lee Falkenberg

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    5:46
  • 1:05 PM

    Pastoral Suite: Scherzo-valse

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Chabrier: Espana, Etc / Gardiner, Wiener Philharmoniker

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    5:20
  • 12:45 PM

    Symphony No. 6

    Georg Anton Benda

    Benda: Sinfonias Nos. 1-6

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    Karel Stadtherr, violin

    10:57
  • 12:37 PM

    Pavane for a Dead Princess (Pavane pour une infante defunte)

    Maurice Ravel

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    6:06
  • 12:28 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 6

    George Frideric Handel

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Richard Egarr, conductor

    8:16
  • 12:23 PM

    Highland Memories: Harvest Dance

    Hamish MacCunn

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    John Wilson, conductor

    3:08
  • 12:19 PM

    Harvest Celebration

    Jing-Ping Zhang

    Shanghai Quartet

    3:24
  • 12:09 PM

    Sinfonia No. 4

    Johann Rosenmuller

    Hesperion XX

    Jordi Savall, conductor

    8:39
  • 12:05 PM

    Snow Maiden: Dance of the Tumblers

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    The Sound of the Academy

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    3:43
  • 11:44 AM

    Andante Spianato and Grand Polonaise

    Frederic Chopin

    Warsaw Philharmonic

    Kazimierz Kord, conductor

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    14:10
  • 11:38 AM

    Serenade No. 2: 4th movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    5:25
  • 11:33 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: The Violin Concertos; Sinfonia concertante

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    3:58
  • 11:25 AM

    Automne

    Cecile Chaminade

    Piano Music by Cecile Chaminade

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    6:53
  • 11:17 AM

    Danse Macabre

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Chiller

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    7:40
  • 11:09 AM

    Piano Quintet: 2nd movement

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Catalyst Quartet

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    6:48
  • 11:06 AM

    Carmen: Aragonaise

    Georges Bizet

    LAGQ Latin

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    2:19
  • 11:01 AM

    The Jane Pickering Lute Book

    Anonymous

    The Scottish Lute

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    4:41
  • 10:41 AM

    The Garden of Fand

    Arnold Bax

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    17:26
  • 10:21 AM

    Suite for Violin and Piano

    Laura Netzel

    Laura Netzel: Chamber Portrait

    Malin Broman, violin

    18:59
  • 10:09 AM

    Bassoon Concerto

    Johann Fasch

    Concerti Virtuosi

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    Dominic Teresi, bassoon

    9:15
  • 10:06 AM

    The Godfather: Love Theme

    Nino Rota

    Fairy Tale

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    2:39
  • 10:01 AM

    Barcarolle No. 3

    Ned Rorem

    Ruskin Cooper, piano

    4:32
  • 9:55 AM

    Berceuse (Lullaby)

    Lucien Durosoir

    Violin Lullabies / Rachel Barton Pine

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    2:53
  • 9:38 AM

    String Quartet No. 53 "The Lark"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    The Haydn Project

    Emerson String Quartet

    17:45
  • 9:33 AM

    Gustavus Adolphus II: Elegy

    Hugo Alfven

    Alfven: Symphony No. 5 Etc.

    Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:08
  • 9:15 AM

    Dream in White on White

    John Luther Adams

    John Luther Adams: The Far Country

    The Apollo Quartet and Strings

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Barbara Chapman, harp

    16:22
  • 9:06 AM

    Ode to the Snow

    Chen Pei-xun

    Chinese National Symphony Orchestra

    China National Symphony Orchestra

    Zuohuang Chen, conductor

    8:09
  • 9:01 AM

    French Suite No. 4: Allemande; Courante

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Murray Perahia, piano

    4:36
  • 8:25 AM

    Images for Orchestra

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Images, Etc

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    33:56
  • 8:19 AM

    Clinton-Narboni Piano Duo

    5:07
  • 8:06 AM

    Suite of Three Pieces

    Benjamin Godard

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Susan Milan, flute

    10:47
  • 8:01 AM

    Au gre des ondes: Prelude en Berceuse; Claquettes

    Henri Dutilleux

    Henri Dutilleux: D'ombre et de silence

    Robert Levin, piano

    4:45
  • 7:31 AM

    Metamorphosen

    Richard Strauss

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    27:31
  • 7:17 AM

    Change

    Judd Greenstein

    Awake

    Now Ensemble

    13:23
  • 7:06 AM

    Variations on Mozart's "Bei Mannern"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    9:17
  • 7:01 AM

    Suite No. 1 for Two Pianos: Waltz

    Anton Arensky

    Arensky: Five Suites For Two Pianos / Genova & Dimitrov Piano Duo

    Aglika Genova, piano

    4:33
  • 6:50 AM

    Spiegel im Spiegel (Mirror in the Mirror)

    Arvo Part

    Arvo Part: Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    8:23
  • 6:06 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Alberic Magnard

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Thomas Sanderling, conductor

    41:57
  • 6:01 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 2: 1st movement

    William Alwyn

    Alwyn: Concerti Grossi Nos. 2 and 3

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    4:36