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  • 5:50 AM

    Pieta

    Ulysses Kay

    Light in a Time of Darkness

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Anna Mattix, English horn

    8:15
  • 5:33 AM

    Cello Sonata

    Samuel Barber

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    16:42
  • 5:07 AM

    Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    24:36
  • 5:01 AM

    Two Etudes

    Andres Segovia

    Eduardo Fernandez, guitar

    4:47
  • 4:39 AM

    La Guiablesse

    William Grant Still

    William Grant Still: La Guiablesse, Danzas de Panama, Quit Dat Fool'nish, Summerland

    Berlin Symphony Orchestra

    Isaiah Jackson, conductor

    18:25
  • 4:34 AM

    Still, Still, Still

    Traditional German

    Emily Mitchell, harp

    3:38
  • 4:20 AM

    Prince of Clouds

    Anna Clyne

    Two x Four

    Curtis 20/21 Ensemble

    Vinay Parameswaran, conductor

    Jennifer Koh, violin

    13:30
  • 4:06 AM

    Fantasy Quartet

    E.J. Moeran

    English Music for Oboe and String Quartet

    English String Quartet

    Sarah Francis, oboe

    12:30
  • 4:01 AM

    Notre Dame: Intermezzo

    Franz Schmidt

    Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    4:43
  • 3:53 AM

    Romances without Words

    Gabriel Faure

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    5:36
  • 3:49 AM

    A Spotless Rose

    Herbert Howells

    Spotless Rose: Hymns to the Virgin Mary

    Phoenix Chorale

    Charles Bruffy, conductor

    3:38
  • 3:13 AM

    Symphony No. 4 "Tragic"

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    34:12
  • 3:06 AM

    Silent Woods

    Antonin Dvorak

    Alisa Weilerstein - Dvorak

    Alisa Weilerstein, cello

    4:58
  • 3:01 AM

    Triquilandia/Seguidilla

    Emilio Pujol

    Spanish Legends

    David Russell, guitar

    4:42
  • 2:48 AM

    Rhapsody

    Ruth Gipps

    Dedication - The Clarinet Chamber Music of Ruth Gipps

    Tippett Quartet

    Peter Cigleris, clarinet

    11:04
  • 2:42 AM

    Sebastian: Barcarolle

    Gian Carlo Menotti

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    3:41
  • 2:38 AM

    The Snowman: Walking in the Air

    Howard Blake

    Christmas at the Movies

    Michael Chertock, piano

    3:21
  • 2:01 AM

    Keyboard Suite No. 5: Allemande

    George Frideric Handel

    Philip Edward Fisher, piano

    4:40
  • 1:43 AM

    Fantastic Scherzo

    Josef Suk

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    14:50
  • 1:20 AM

    Piano Concerto

    Maurice Ravel

    Montero & Ravel: Piano Concertos

    Orchestra of the Americas

    Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor

    Gabriela Montero, piano

    21:35
  • 1:16 AM

    Villancico de Navidad (Christmas Carol)

    Agustin Barrios

    The Ultimate Classical Christmas

    John Williams, guitar

    3:07
  • 1:06 AM

    Schatz Waltz (Treasure Waltz)

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Linos Ensemble

    8:47
  • 1:01 AM

    English Suite No. 3: Gavottes

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Johann Sebastian Bach: English Suites Nos. 2 And 3

    Ivo Pogorelich, piano

    4:31
  • 12:48 AM

    The Oceanides

    Jean Sibelius

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    10:12
  • 12:39 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "A Sea Symphony": The Waves

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 1 "A Sea Symphony"

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    Benita Valente, soprano

    7:34
  • 12:25 AM

    Victory at Sea Suite

    Richard Rodgers

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Sergiu Comissiona, conductor

    13:27
  • 12:14 AM

    Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave)

    Felix Mendelssohn

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Edward Gardner, conductor

    9:50
  • 12:06 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 1 "La Tempesta di Mare" ("Storm at Sea")

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: 6 Flute Concertos Op 10

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Lisa Beznosiuk, flute

    6:54
  • 12:01 AM

    On Distant Waves (Sur les flots lointains)

    Charles Koechlin

    Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:45
  • 11:47 PM

    Breaking Waves

    Helena Munktell

    Gavle Symphony Orchestra

    Tobias Ringborg, conductor

    11:13
  • 11:43 PM

    The Mermaid Suite: Dawn on the Beach

    Wu Zuqiang/Du Mingxin

    China National Symphony Orchestra

    Zuohuang Chen, conductor

    3:19
  • 11:26 PM

    South Pacific Medley

    Richard Rodgers

    Rodgers & Hammerstein: Songbook for Orchestra

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    16:06
  • 11:18 PM

    blue pacific

    Michael Torke

    Hana Chu, piano

    7:23
  • 11:14 PM

    Tahiti Trot (Tea for Two)

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    3:31
  • 11:07 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "Ocean": 6th movement

    Anton Rubinstein

    RUBINSTEIN, A.: Symphony No. 2, "Ocean"

    Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

    Stephen Gunzenhauser, conductor

    6:04
  • 11:01 PM

    Sketchbook of a Journey: Night at Sea with Stars

    Anthony Sidney

    Miguel Bonachea, guitar

    Gretchen Chell Cover, harp

    4:24
  • 10:46 PM

    Poseidon and Amphitrite: An Ocean Fantasy

    John Knowles Paine

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    12:09
  • 10:42 PM

    Shells of the Ocean

    Justin Holland

    Gabriele Leite, guitar

    4:13
  • 10:16 PM

    La Mer (The Sea)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: La Mer, etc.

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    24:23
  • 10:07 PM

    A Barque Upon the Ocean (Une Barque sur l'ocean)

    Maurice Ravel

    Momo Kodama: La Vallee des Cloches

    Momo Kodama, piano

    7:28
  • 10:01 PM

    Titanic: Take Her to Sea, Mr. Murdoch

    James Horner

    Studio Orchestra

    James Horner, conductor

    4:30
  • 9:55 PM

    Three Carols for Harp

    Christmas Music

    O Holy Night: Christmas Favorites

    Emily Mitchell, harp

    3:51
  • 9:14 PM

    Symphony No. 7

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    39:31
  • 9:07 PM

    Symphonic Etude

    Cecile Chaminade

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    5:25
  • 9:01 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Jubilee March

    Erkki Melartin

    Scandinavian Rhapsody, A Selection of Orchestral Favourites

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:33
  • 8:47 PM

    Symphony No. 16

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 14, 15, 16, 17, 18

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    11:21
  • 8:42 PM

    Serenatella

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    Guitar Recital: Bokyung Byun

    Bokyung Byun, guitar

    3:19
  • 8:16 PM

    Serenade for Winds

    Antonin Dvorak

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    25:40
  • 8:06 PM

    L'Italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jaime Laredo, conductor

    8:00
  • 8:01 PM

    Christmas Tree Suite: Abendglocken (Evening Bells)

    Franz Liszt

    Franz Liszt

    Jerome Lowenthal, piano

    4:30
  • 7:47 PM

    Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1

    Georges Enescu

    Pops Concert

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    11:31
  • 7:24 PM

    Symphony No. 89

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    20:57
  • 7:18 PM

    Wexford Carol

    Traditional Irish

    The Holly And The Ivy

    Choir of Clare College, Cambridge

    John Rutter, conductor

    4:23
  • 7:06 PM

    Concerto for Two Flutes and Bassoon

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    The Colourful Telemann

    Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra

    Barthold Kuijken, conductor

    Barthold Kuijken, flute

    11:29
  • 7:01 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 1: Gavotte

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Suites Nos. 1 And 2

    National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

    Stefan Sanderling, conductor

    4:40
  • 6:45 PM

    Concert Rondo "Krakowiak"

    Frederic Chopin

    North German Radio Elbphilharmonie Orchestra

    Krzysztof Urbanski, conductor

    Jan Lisiecki, piano

    13:44
  • 6:40 PM

    Marizapalos

    Santiago de Murcia

    Music of the Golden Age

    Negin Habibi, guitar

    4:51
  • 6:31 PM

    Festive Cheer

    Roger Harvey

    Isthmus Brass Christmas

    Isthmus Brass

    John Stevens, conductor

    6:58
  • 6:28 PM

    Paul Lewis, piano

    3:21
  • 6:25 PM

    Peanuts Gallery: Schroeder's Beethoven Fantasy

    Ellen Taaffe Zwilich

    Florida State University Symphony Orchestra

    Alexander Jimenez, conductor

    Jeffrey Biegel, piano

    2:12
  • 6:06 PM

    Jewels of the Madonna Suite

    Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari

    Wolf-Ferrari: Orchestral Works

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gianandrea Noseda, conductor

    16:31
  • 6:01 PM

    Wind Quintet No. 1: Rondo

    Giovanni Giuseppe Cambini

    CAMBINI: Wind Quintets Nos. 1-3 / BRICCIALDI: Wind Quintet in D Major

    Avalon Wind Quintet

    4:34
  • 5:50 PM

    James Bond Medley

    John Barry

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Stanley Black, conductor

    9:07
  • 5:36 PM

    Murder on the Orient Express: Waltz

    Richard Rodney Bennett

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    John Mauceri, conductor

    3:35
  • 5:33 PM

    Pee Wee's Big Adventure: Breakfast Machine

    Danny Elfman

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Coleman, conductor

    2:37
  • 5:28 PM

    A Man and a Woman

    Francis Lai

    I Salonisti Play Music from Titanic, Casablanca, the Godfather

    I Salonisti

    2:51
  • 5:24 PM

    The Great Race: Pie in the Face Polka

    Henry Mancini

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Henry Mancini, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    2:30
  • 5:16 PM

    Conan the Barbarian: Riders of Doom

    Basil Poledouris

    Cinema Choral Classics

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kenneth Alwyn, conductor

    6:04
  • 5:07 PM

    The Lion in Winter Suite

    John Barry

    Cinema Choral Classics

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kenneth Alwyn, conductor

    8:12
  • 5:01 PM

    Coco: Remember Me

    Michael Giacchino

    Lang Lang: The Disney Book

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Robert Ziegler, conductor

    Lang Lang, piano

    4:53
  • 4:45 PM

    Star Trek: Theme

    Michael Giacchino

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    John Morris Russell, conductor

    5:35
  • 4:42 PM

    Star Trek: Enterprising Young Men

    Michael Giacchino

    Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra

    Tim Simonec, conductor

    2:39
  • 4:37 PM

    The Big Country

    Jerome Moross

    Digital Hollywood: Memorable Film Scores

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Stanley Black, conductor

    3:10
  • 4:32 PM

    To Kill a Mockingbird: Main Title

    Elmer Bernstein

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:01
  • 4:29 PM

    The Queen: Hills of Scotland

    Alexandre Desplat

    The Queen

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Alexandre Desplat, conductor

    2:26
  • 4:27 PM

    The Queen: The Queen Drives

    Alexandre Desplat

    The Queen

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Alexandre Desplat, conductor

    1:50
  • 4:25 PM

    The Queen: The Queen

    Alexandre Desplat

    The Queen

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Alexandre Desplat, conductor

    2:10
  • 4:19 PM

    Henry V: Non nobis domine

    Patrick Doyle

    Henry V: Original Soundtrack Recording

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    4:10
  • 4:11 PM

    The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex: Overture

    Erich Korngold

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    7:21
  • 4:06 PM

    Somewhere in Time: Main Theme

    John Barry

    In Session: A Film Music Celebration

    Royal Scottish Orchestra

    John Debney, conductor

    3:38
  • 4:01 PM

    Superman: March

    John Williams

    Berlin Philharmonic

    John Williams, conductor

    4:51
  • 3:54 PM

    In the Bleak Midwinter

    Harold Darke

    Christmas with Septura

    Septura

    5:03
  • 3:32 PM

    Symphony No. 1

    Adolphus Hailstork

    Virginia Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    21:04
  • 3:23 PM

    New to the Session

    Rhiannon Giddens

    This Is America

    Johnny Gandelsman, 5-string violin

    6:57
  • 3:20 PM

    Caroling, Caroling

    Alfred Burt

    The Choral Project

    Daniel Hughes, conductor

    1:26
  • 3:06 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach: Keyboard Concertos Nos. 1, 2 & 4

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Murray Perahia, conductor

    Murray Perahia, piano

    13:14
  • 2:47 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 53

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Maria Bergmann, piano

    10:52
  • 2:44 PM

    Wintertide

    Traditional Norwegian

    Ola Gjeilo: Winter Songs

    Choir of Royal Holloway

    Rupert Gough, conductor

    3:08
  • 2:28 PM

    Ma vlast (My Country): Vysehrad

    Bedrich Smetana

    Fibich: Symphony No. 1/Smetana: Vysehrad, Vlatava

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    14:18
  • 2:21 PM

    Shelter Island

    Xavier Dubois Foley

    Randall Goosby, violin

    Xavier Dubois Foley, double bass

    5:11
  • 2:14 PM

    Yao Dance

    Liu Tieshan

    Chinasong | Shanghai Quartet

    Shanghai Quartet

    6:33
  • 2:06 PM

    A Yiddishe Mamme

    Traditional

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Dov Seltzer, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    6:46
  • 1:55 PM

    The Nutcracker: Waltz of the Snowflakes

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Pas de Deux - Tchaikovsky: Famous Waltzes

    New York Philharmonic

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    3:58
  • 1:52 PM

    Winter Holiday

    Betty King

    Black Renaissance Woman

    Samantha Ege, piano

    2:45
  • 1:15 PM

    Enigma Variations

    Edward Elgar

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor

    34:21
  • 1:06 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 3

    Alessandro Scarlatti

    Europa Galante

    Fabio Biondi, conductor

    Fabio Biondi, violin

    7:16
  • 1:01 PM

    Nocturne No. 4

    Frederic Chopin

    Leif Ove Andsnes: Chopin

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    4:41
  • 12:43 PM

    Masques and Bergamasques

    Gabriel Faure

    French Impressions

    Northern Sinfonia of England

    Jean-Bernard Pommier, conductor

    15:34
  • 12:39 PM

    Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day

    Traditional English

    A Christmas Festival

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    2:52
  • 12:36 PM

    German Dance No. 3 "Sleigh Ride"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Divertimenti, German Dances

    Ensemble Wien

    2:16
  • 12:23 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 16

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Orli Shahm Mozart Sonatas Vol. 2 and 3

    Orli Shaham, piano

    12:12
  • 12:06 PM

    Serenade for Strings

    Hans Gal

    Late Romantics

    Symphony Nova Scotia

    Georg Tintner, conductor

    15:11
  • 12:01 PM

    Suite of Dances No. 6

    Johann Ernst Rieck

    Stradivaria

    4:45
  • 11:33 AM

    Cello Concerto No. 2

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Eurasian Soloists Chamber Orchestra

    Sherniyaz Mussakhan, conductor

    Christoph Croise, cello

    24:52
  • 11:20 AM

    Canto di Virginia

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Milan Symphony Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    Alessandro Potenza, oboe

    11:37
  • 11:14 AM

    O Little Town of Bethlehem

    Traditional

    Song of the Nativity

    The Sixteen

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    4:09
  • 11:06 AM

    String Quartet: Adagio

    Emilie Mayer

    String Quartets

    Erato Quartet

    7:43
  • 11:01 AM

    Bassoon Concerto: Adagio

    Carl Maria von Weber

    BBC Philharmonic

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    Karen Geoghegan, bassoon

    4:44
  • 10:46 AM

    Musica Celestis

    Aaron Jay Kernis

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    12:21
  • 10:42 AM

    I Wonder as I Wander

    John Jacob Niles

    4 Girls 4 Harps At Christmas

    4 Girls 4 Harps

    3:33
  • 10:15 AM

    Church Windows

    Ottorino Respighi

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    24:59
  • 10:06 AM

    Adagio

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Albinoni: Adagio; Pachelbel: Canon; Etc

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    7:24
  • 10:01 AM

    Nocturne No. 3

    John Field

    Field: Complete Nocturnes

    Elizabeth Joy Roe, piano

    4:53
  • 9:49 AM

    Wind Quintet

    Grazyna Bacewicz

    Cracow Golden Quintet

    9:17
  • 9:31 AM

    Six Epigraphes Antiques

    Claude Debussy

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    17:47
  • 9:28 AM

    Ave Maria

    Charles Gounod

    Songs From The Arc Of Life

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    2:40
  • 9:24 AM

    Sweet was the song the Virgin sung (Lute-book Lullaby)

    Traditional English

    A Deep but Dazzling Darkness

    Apollo5

    2:37
  • 9:06 AM

    The Night Callings

    Heino Eller

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Olari Elts, conductor

    17:35
  • 9:01 AM

    Waltz after Lasse in Lyby

    Traditional

    Danish String Quartet

    4:37
  • 8:21 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Zara Levina

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Ariane Matiakh, conductor

    Maria Lettberg, piano

    36:51
  • 8:18 AM

    Vespers: Rejoice, O Virgin (Bogoroditse Devo)

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Veni Emmanuel

    Choir of Clare College, Cambridge

    Graham Ross, conductor

    2:42
  • 8:06 AM

    Fantasie

    Fernando Sor

    Goran Sollscher, guitar

    10:35
  • 8:01 AM

    Two Romances

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33, etc.

    Moscow Chamber Orchestra

    Constantine Orbelian, conductor

    Alexander Kniazev, cello

    4:44
  • 7:32 AM

    Symphony No. 6

    Jean Sibelius

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    26:47
  • 7:28 AM

    Winter's Falling Light

    Carolyn Surrick

    Surrounded By Angels

    Ensemble Galilei

    3:06
  • 7:16 AM

    Musica serena

    Peteris Vasks

    Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra

    Juha Kangas, conductor

    10:01
  • 7:06 AM

    Citywinds

    9:35
  • 7:01 AM

    Ballade No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Handel Variations/Ballades

    Pascal Roge, piano

    4:38
  • 6:43 AM

    Harp Concerto

    Jean Eichner

    Eichner: Harp Concertos

    Kurpfalz Chamber Orchestra

    Stefan Fraas, conductor

    Silke Aichhorn, harp

    15:44
  • 6:09 AM

    String Quartet

    Edvard Grieg

    Emerson String Quartet: Complete Recordings

    Emerson String Quartet

    31:56
  • 6:06 AM

    Du gronne, glitrende tre (O Green and Glittering Tree)

    Edvard Grieg

    O Magnum Mysterium

    Grex Vocalis

    Carl Hogset, conductor

    2:17
  • 6:01 AM

    Sospiri (Sighs)

    Edward Elgar

    THE BRITISH PROJECT

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla, conductor

    4:48