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  • 5:47 AM

    Music for a Garden

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Rodrigo: Concierto-serenata; Concierto en Modo Calante

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    11:16
  • 5:18 AM

    Piano Trio

    Mieczyslaw Weinberg

    Weinberg, Shostakovich: Songs and Trios

    Trio Vivente

    27:50
  • 5:06 AM

    Psalms of David

    Cyrillus Kreek

    Baltic Voices 1

    Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

    Paul Hillier, conductor

    10:42
  • 5:01 AM

    Prelude de la porte heroique du ciel (Heaven's Heroic Gate Prelude)

    Erik Satie

    Satie: Piano Works

    Pascal Roge, piano

    4:28
  • 4:50 AM

    Byblos, The Old City

    Bechara El-Khoury

    Hope

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hope, violin

    8:21
  • 4:42 AM

    The Flowers of Esfahan

    Colin Jacobsen

    Brooklyn Rider

    7:18
  • 4:18 AM

    Musica Callada (Silent Music): Book 4

    Federico Mompou

    Lilit Grigoryan, piano

    23:04
  • 4:10 AM

    Buenas noches (Sweet Night)

    Traditional Sephardic

    Arianna Savall, mezzo-soprano

    Petter Udland Johansen, voice and Hardanger fiddle

    Sveinung Lillehier, guitar

    Miquel Angel Cordero, double bass

    David Mayoral, percussion

    5:46
  • 4:06 AM

    Three Ancient Airs, from the Coplas Sefardies: Canzone

    Alberto Hemsi

    ARC Ensemble

    3:32
  • 4:01 AM

    Sospiri (Sighs)

    Edward Elgar

    THE BRITISH PROJECT

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla, conductor

    4:48
  • 3:51 AM

    Lark Quartet

    Susan Glaser, flute

    6:42
  • 3:22 AM

    Lux Aeterna

    Morten Lauridsen

    Sinfonia Orchestra

    Paul Salamunovich, conductor

    27:28
  • 3:06 AM

    Images, Book 1

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Images, Etudes

    Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano

    14:20
  • 3:01 AM

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Avlana Eisenberg, conductor

    Zina Schiff, violin

    4:39
  • 2:51 AM

    Idyll

    Alexander Glazunov

    Russian Horn Concertos

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Werner Andreas Albert, conductor

    Marie Luise Neunecker, horn

    7:28
  • 2:10 AM

    String Quartet

    Ethel Smyth

    Villiers Quartet

    39:31
  • 2:06 AM

    Mysterious Barricades

    Francois Couperin

    Couperin: Tic Toc Choc

    Alexandre Tharaud, piano

    1:39
  • 2:01 AM

    The Sea: Nocturne (Calm)

    Nikos Skalkottas

    Nikos Skalkottas: Dance of the Waves

    Athens State Orchestra

    Stefanos Tsialis, conductor

    4:48
  • 1:43 AM

    Seasons

    Dominick Argento

    Come to the Woods

    The Singers

    Matthew Culloton, conductor

    15:15
  • 1:39 AM

    Wintermezzo

    Chilly Gonzales

    Daniel Hope, violin

    Chilly Gonzales, piano

    2:57
  • 1:18 AM

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Benjamin Wallfisch, conductor

    Emily Pailthorpe, oboe

    19:18
  • 1:06 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 1

    Arcangelo Corelli

    Trio Sonnerie

    10:37
  • 1:01 AM

    Lyric Waltz

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Spring Song, The Bard, etc.

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:49
  • 12:56 AM

    Two Ballades: No. 2

    Fazil Say

    Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra

    Scott Yoo, conductor

    2:49
  • 12:39 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 13

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Sonatas and Variations

    Fazil Say, piano

    16:45
  • 12:25 AM

    Ein Tanzspiel

    Franz Schreker

    Strauss, Liszt, Korngold, Busoni, Schreker

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Kazuki Yamada, conductor

    12:30
  • 12:20 AM

    Nocturne No. 4

    Stephan Elmas

    Mikael Ayrapetyan, piano

    3:39
  • 12:07 AM

    Snow Maiden Suite

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    12:28
  • 12:01 AM

    Four Pieces: Dudelsack and Waltz

    Alfred Uhl

    Into The Blue

    Cumberland Quintet

    4:43
  • 11:53 PM

    A Hermit Thrush at Eve

    Amy Beach

    Hiroko Ishimoto, piano

    5:00
  • 11:50 PM

    O Magnum Mysterium

    Margaret Rizza

    Gaudete Ensemble

    Eamonn Dougan, conductor

    2:11
  • 11:20 PM

    Cello Concerto

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    29:11
  • 11:07 PM

    Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia

    Aram Khachaturian

    Russian Adagios

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor

    11:53
  • 11:01 PM

    Chacony (Chaconne)

    Henry Purcell

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    4:33
  • 10:52 PM

    Variations on Lift Every Voice and Sing

    Lettie B. Alston

    Lara Downes, piano

    6:10
  • 10:48 PM

    Quintet: Celebrated Emblems

    James Lee III

    Pacifica Quartet

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    3:42
  • 10:20 PM

    The River Suite

    Duke Ellington

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    26:48
  • 10:15 PM

    Nocturne No. 1

    Jon Batiste

    Jon Batiste, piano

    3:26
  • 10:07 PM

    Ev'ry Time I Feel the Spirit

    William Dawson

    The Spirituals of William Dawson

    St. Olaf Choir

    Anton Armstrong, conductor

    1:58
  • 10:01 PM

    Randall Goosby, violin

    Zhu Wang, piano

    4:30
  • 9:45 PM

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    13:27
  • 9:27 PM

    Clarinet Concerto

    Aaron Copland

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Michael Collins, conductor

    Michael Collins, clarinet

    16:18
  • 9:23 PM

    Elite Syncopations

    Scott Joplin

    Joplin: Complete Rags

    William Albright, piano

    3:24
  • 9:06 PM

    In Nature's Realm Overture

    Antonin Dvorak

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    14:59
  • 9:01 PM

    Prelude

    Heino Kaski

    Scandinavian Rhapsody, A Selection of Orchestral Favourites

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:41
  • 5:50 PM

    Concerto for Two Violins

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Venice Baroque Orchestra

    Andrea Marcon, conductor

    Viktoria Mullova, violin

    Giuliano Carmignola, violin

    8:28
  • 5:21 PM

    Mississippi River Suite

    Florence Price

    Women's Philharmonic

    Apo Hsu, conductor

    27:44
  • 5:18 PM

    A Jazz Trifle

    Zenobia Powell Perry

    Zenobia Powell Perry: Piano Works

    LaDoris Hazzard Cordell, piano

    2:11
  • 5:15 PM

    Suite Transcendent: A Breath of Wind (Fuga)

    Tilman Hoppstock

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    1:16
  • 5:06 PM

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

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Frans Bruggen, conductor

    8:06
  • 5:01 PM

    A Gaelic Blessing: Meditation

    John Rutter

    Blessing

    Sinfonia Cymru

    John Rutter, conductor

    Catrin Finch, harp

    4:43
  • 4:47 PM

    Impromptu No. 3

    Franz Schubert

    Andre Watts, piano

    10:55
  • 4:25 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Le Mozart Noir

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    Linda Melsted, violin

    21:08
  • 4:09 PM

    Sun Paints Rainbows on the Vast Waves

    David Bedford

    Timothy Reynish International Repertoire Recordings, Vol. 10: The Music of David Bedford

    Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra

    Clark Rundell, conductor

    13:59
  • 4:06 PM

    Prince Igor: Dance of the Polovtsian Maidens

    Alexander Borodin

    Peter Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture; Alexander Borodin: Polovtsian Dances

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    2:11
  • 4:01 PM

    Magic Forest Dances: Flower Nymphs

    Stefania de Kenessey

    William Meredith, oboe

    Stefania de Kenessey, piano

    4:35
  • 3:47 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

    Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

    11:27
  • 3:22 PM

    Symphony No. 1

    Carl Maria von Weber

    BBC Philharmonic

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    23:35
  • 3:19 PM

    Melodies of the Moments: Musical Moment

    Silvestrov

    Daniel Hope, violin

    2:18
  • 3:06 PM

    Symphony No. 4

    Johann Christian Bach

    J.C. Bach: Orchestral Works

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Simon Standage, conductor

    10:53
  • 3:01 PM

    Bardenklange: Love Song

    Johann Kaspar Mertz

    The Romantic Guitar

    Raphaella Smits, guitar

    4:39
  • 2:45 PM

    Sussex Landscape

    Avril Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Roderick Cox, conductor

    13:31
  • 2:42 PM

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:53
  • 2:35 PM

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    5:06
  • 2:18 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 10

    Giovanni Punto

    Telemann: Horn Concerto, Etc.

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Barry Tuckwell, horn

    16:01
  • 2:06 PM

    String Symphony No. 10

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Amadeus Ensemble

    Agnieszka Duczmal, conductor

    10:15
  • 2:01 PM

    Overture No. 5: Andante

    Carl Friedrich Abel

    Il Fondamento

    Paul Dombrecht, conductor

    4:44
  • 11:50 AM

    Lore-Lore

    Lou Koster

    Koster: Orchestral Music

    Estro Armonico Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra

    Jonathan Kaell, conductor

    7:54
  • 11:25 AM

    Serenade for Flute, Violin and Viola

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven in New York

    Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

    23:59
  • 11:16 AM

    Distant Green Valley

    Zhao Jiping

    Silk Road Ensemble

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    7:02
  • 11:06 AM

    Pavane, Idyll and Bacchanal

    Edgar Bainton

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paul Daniel, conductor

    9:08
  • 11:01 AM

    The Seawall Song

    Tamezo Narita

    Paillard Chamber Orchestra

    Jean-Francois Paillard, conductor

    4:33
  • 10:41 AM

    Grand Serenade No. 1

    Johann Hummel

    Consortium Classicum

    17:17
  • 10:24 AM

    Le Tombeau de Couperin

    Maurice Ravel

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    16:18
  • 10:18 AM

    Lucia di Lammermoor

    Justin Holland

    Justin Holland Recording Project

    Michael Vascones, guitar

    3:41
  • 10:06 AM

    Symphony No. 5: Adagietto

    Gustav Mahler

    Gustavo Dudamel: Discoveries

    Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    10:50
  • 10:01 AM

    Ae Fond Kiss

    Robert Burns

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Rory Macdonald, conductor

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    4:36
  • 9:53 AM

    Lyric for Strings

    George Walker

    Light in a Time of Darkness

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    5:52
  • 9:35 AM

    Partita No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Partitias 3, 4, 6

    Jeremy Denk, piano

    16:41
  • 9:06 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Jean Sibelius

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor

    27:35
  • 9:01 AM

    Petite Suite: Caprice

    Joseph Lauber

    Joseph Lauber, 1864-1952

    Rachel Talitman, harp

    4:53
  • 8:53 AM

    Winterreise (Winter Journey): Gute Nacht (Good Night)

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Winterreise

    Matthias Goerne, baritone

    5:30
  • 8:18 AM

    Symphony No. 11 "Winter"

    Joachim Raff

    Basel Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Mario Venzago, conductor

    34:32
  • 8:13 AM

    Before I'd Be a Slave

    Undine Smith Moore

    Maria Corley, piano

    3:40
  • 8:06 AM

    Generations: Sinfonietta No. 2: Alla sarabande

    Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson

    Serenely Cedille: Relaxing Rarities From Chicago's Classical Label

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    5:36
  • 8:01 AM

    Intermezzo for String Trio

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Dohnanyi, Kodaly, Martinu: String Trios

    Domus

    4:42
  • 7:55 AM

    Montana

    Ola Gjeilo

    Ola Gjeilo, piano

    2:50
  • 7:18 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Sinfonia Espansiva"

    Carl Nielsen

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    Knut Skram, baritone

    Pia Raanoja, soprano

    37:33
  • 7:06 AM

    Langsamer Satz (Slow Movement)

    Anton Webern

    The Mathilde album

    Arod Quartet

    9:25
  • 7:01 AM

    In the Mists: No. 1

    Leos Janacek

    Water

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    4:35
  • 6:42 AM

    Pastorale Variee

    Paul Ben-Haim

    Saint Petersburg Symphony Orchestra

    Vladimir Lande, conductor

    David Drosinos, clarinet

    16:15
  • 6:37 AM

    Inbal Segev, cello

    4:24
  • 6:06 AM

    South Bohemian Suite

    Vitezslav Novak

    Novak: Orchestral Works 1

    Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra

    Marek Stilec, conductor

    29:21
  • 6:01 AM

    Louise Dubin, cello

    Saeunn Thorsteinsdottir, cello

    4:43