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  • 5:53 AM

    When I Lay Me Down to Sleep

    James Mulholland

    The Aeolians

    The Aeolians

    Jason Max Ferdinand, conductor

    4:35
  • 5:46 AM

    Prayer

    Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR)

    New Day Begun

    PUBLIQuartet

    6:07
  • 5:36 AM

    A Spark and a Glimmer

    Lauren McCall

    Caitlin Edwards, violin

    Nancy Ives, cello

    Monica Ohuchi, piano

    8:58
  • 5:16 AM

    A Spark and a Glimmer

    Lauren McCall

    Caitlin Edwards, violin

    Nancy Ives, cello

    Monica Ohuchi, piano

    8:58
  • 5:07 AM

    Denver Oldham, piano

    8:06
  • 5:01 AM

    Let God Bring Tomorrow

    Joshua McGhee

    Where Freedom Rings: Compositions by Contemporary African American Composers

    Picasso Ensemble

    Douglas Brown, bassoon

    4:27
  • 4:50 AM

    Swing Symphony: The Low Down (Up on High)

    Wynton Marsalis

    Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra

    David Robertson, conductor

    7:37
  • 4:42 AM

    Portraits of Josephine: Paris 1925

    Valerie Coleman

    Imani Winds

    6:39
  • 4:19 AM

    Symphony No. 6

    William Banfield

    Childs, B: The Distant Land, etc.

    Akron Symphony Orchestra

    Alan Balter, conductor

    22:51
  • 4:07 AM

    Middleground

    Shelley Washington

    PUBLIQuartet

    9:16
  • 4:01 AM

    Startin' Sumthin'

    Jeff Scott

    Startin' Sumthin'

    Imani Winds

    4:50
  • 3:49 AM

    Romance for Viola and Orchestra

    Max Bruch

    Mendelssohn, Bruch: Concerto & Romance

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    Janine Jansen, viola

    8:23
  • 3:22 AM

    The Blue Pearl

    Erkki Melartin

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Hannu Lintu, conductor

    26:15
  • 3:17 AM

    Evening Primrose: I Remember

    Stephen Sondheim

    For Lenny

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:06
  • 3:06 AM

    Chaconne

    George Frideric Handel

    Baroque Inventions

    Gray & Pearl Guitar Duo

    11:12
  • 3:01 AM

    Le Tombeau de Couperin: Menuet

    Maurice Ravel

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    4:37
  • 2:45 AM

    Ballade No. 2

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: Piano Recital

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    14:11
  • 2:22 AM

    Concerto for Cello and Strings

    Dobrinka Tabakova

    Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra

    Maxim Rysanov, conductor

    Kristina Blaumane, cello

    20:50
  • 2:16 AM

    Psalms of David: Bless the Lord, O my soul

    Cyrillus Kreek

    And the sun darkened: Music for Passiontide

    New York Polyphony

    4:40
  • 2:06 AM

    Two Nocturnal Impressions

    Manuel Ponce

    Musica Mexicana

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    8:35
  • 2:01 AM

    String Trio: Nocturne

    Henri Tomasi

    Black Oak Ensemble

    4:45
  • 1:51 AM

    Nocturne No. 14

    Frederic Chopin

    Nightscapes

    Magdalena Hoffmann, harp

    7:02
  • 1:25 AM

    La Mer (The Sea)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Images, Prelude, La Mer

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    24:22
  • 1:20 AM

    William Chapman Nyaho, piano

    3:23
  • 1:06 AM

    Mandolin Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Christopher Parkening, guitar

    13:09
  • 1:01 AM

    Valse Triste

    Jean Sibelius

    Winter Dreams

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    4:40
  • 12:51 AM

    Overture "In the Italian Style"

    Franz Schubert

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    7:33
  • 12:30 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 1-5 - Adagio, K. 261 - Rondo, K. 269 & K. 373

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Eivind Aadland, conductor

    Baiba Skride, violin

    19:23
  • 12:26 AM

    Mikael Ayrapetyan, piano

    3:37
  • 12:12 AM

    Helios Overture

    Carl Nielsen

    Carl Nielsen: Orchestral Works

    Danish National Symphony Orchestra

    Thomas Dausgaard, conductor

    11:55
  • 12:06 AM

    Portraits of Langston: Danse Africaine

    Valerie Coleman

    Demarre McGill, flute

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    Michael McHale, piano

    5:30
  • 12:01 AM

    Canzon No. 29

    Samuel Scheidt

    Fretwork

    Silas Wollston, organ

    4:49
  • 11:46 PM

    Rienzi: Overture

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Orchestral Favorites

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Georg Solti, conductor

    11:33
  • 11:30 PM

    Concertstuck

    Cecile Chaminade

    Beach, Chaminade, Howell: Piano Concertos

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Rebecca Miller, conductor

    Danny Driver, piano

    14:51
  • 11:19 PM

    String Quartet No. 13: Finale

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Calidore String Quartet

    10:12
  • 11:10 PM

    Capriccio Burlesco

    William Walton

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    7:28
  • 11:06 PM

    Molly on the Shore

    Percy Grainger

    American Virtuosa - Tribute to Maud Powell

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    3:15
  • 10:50 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "A London Symphony": Scherzo

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    7:37
  • 10:45 PM

    The Harmonious Blacksmith

    George Frideric Handel

    London Brass

    4:30
  • 10:36 PM

    Morning, Noon, and Night in Vienna

    Franz von Suppe

    Overtures by Suppe and Auber

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    7:29
  • 10:20 PM

    Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks

    Richard Strauss

    Stravinsky, I.: Firebird (The) / Strauss, R.: Till Eulenspiegels Lustige Streiche

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    15:30
  • 10:16 PM

    Jugueteando (Playfully)

    Jorge Morel

    Sonidos Latinos

    David Russell, guitar

    2:31
  • 10:06 PM

    Dances in the Canebrakes

    Florence Price

    Project W: Works by Diverse Women Composers

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    9:29
  • 10:03 PM

    French Suite No. 4: Sarabande

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Murray Perahia, piano

    2:39
  • 9:48 PM

    Violin Concerto: Finale

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Violin Concerto

    Lucerne Festival Strings

    Daniel Dodds, conductor

    Midori, violin

    9:46
  • 9:32 PM

    Waltzes for Piano Four-Hands

    Julius Rontgen

    Bengt Forsberg, piano

    David Huang, piano

    14:39
  • 9:16 PM

    Concertino

    Josef Myslivecek

    Myslivecek: Symphonies

    Concerto Koln

    14:39
  • 9:10 PM

    O vos omnes

    Tomas Luis de Victoria

    Stabat Mater Dolorosa: Music For Passiontide

    Choir of Clare College, Cambridge

    Graham Ross, conductor

    4:16
  • 9:06 PM

    Pelleas and Melisande: Sicilienne

    Gabriel Faure

    Mad About Love

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    3:59
  • 9:01 PM

    Symphony No. 1: Menuetto

    Louise Farrenc

    European Soloists, Luxembourg

    Christoph Konig, conductor

    4:32
  • 6:41 PM

    Mother Goose (Ma mere l'oye): Suite

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Ballet And Dance Music

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    16:57
  • 6:27 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 9

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Awadagin Pratt: Beethoven Piano Sonatas

    Awadagin Pratt, piano

    13:00
  • 6:13 PM

    A London Overture

    John Ireland

    Sinfonia of London

    John Wilson, conductor

    11:54
  • 6:06 PM

    Shotgun Houses: Rome

    Valerie Coleman

    Pacifica Quartet

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    6:35
  • 6:01 PM

    Minuets with Contredances

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra

    Hans Graf, conductor

    4:40
  • 5:45 PM

    Popular Andean Dances

    Celso Garrido-Lecca

    Inca Trail Connections

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

    12:58
  • 5:35 PM

    Four Seasons: Winter

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi - The Four Seasons

    Amsterdam Guitar Trio

    9:02
  • 5:13 PM

    Eternal Longing

    Vitezslav Novak

    Novak, V.: In the Tatra Mountains; Lady Godiva; Eternal Longing

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    20:25
  • 5:08 PM

    Ubi Caritas

    Eriks Esenvalds

    Esenvalds: Northern Lights and Other Choral Works

    Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    2:42
  • 5:06 PM

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    2:19
  • 5:00 PM

    Impromptu-Caprice

    Gabriel Pierne

    Susann McDonald, harp

    4:50
  • 4:50 PM

    La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    8:53
  • 4:45 PM

    Raiders of the Lost Ark March

    John Williams

    Celebrating John Williams

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    5:06
  • 4:28 PM

    The Good-humored Ladies

    Vincenzo Tommasini

    Irving: Glazunov, Scarlatti/Tommasini, Bach/Walton

    Concert Arts Orchestra

    Robert Irving, conductor

    14:56
  • 4:23 PM

    Philharmonix

    4:23
  • 4:11 PM

    Snowflake Ballet

    Jacques Offenbach

    Offenbach: Orchestral Works

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    10:23
  • 4:06 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
  • 4:01 PM

    Overture "Water Music": Menuet; Gigue; Canarie

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Telemann: Water Music; Three Concertos

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    4:34
  • 3:53 PM

    Story of My Life

    Leonard Bernstein

    Leonard Bernstein's New York

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Eric Stern, conductor

    Judy Blazer, vocal

    3:00
  • 3:48 PM

    West Side Story: Somewhere

    Leonard Bernstein

    Leonard Bernstein's New York

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Eric Stern, conductor

    Dawn Upshaw, soprano

    5:00
  • 3:44 PM

    West Side Story: Mambo

    Leonard Bernstein

    Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    2:29
  • 3:29 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 3

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Havana Lyceum Orchestra

    Jose Antonio Mendez Padron, conductor

    Sarah Willis, horn

    14:17
  • 3:24 PM

    Four Spanish Pieces: Cubana

    Manuel de Falla

    Impressions of Spain

    The Great Necks

    3:53
  • 3:10 PM

    Piano Trio No. 9

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Trio Wanderer

    13:46
  • 3:03 PM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1: Carillon

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: Carmen Suite, Symphony No. 1

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    4:26
  • 2:54 PM

    By the Beautiful, Blue Danube

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    NBC Symphony Orchestra

    Arturo Toscanini, conductor

    8:00
  • 2:49 PM

    Miniature Viennese March

    Fritz Kreisler

    The Kreisler Album

    Joshua Bell, violin

    3:15
  • 2:37 PM

    Old Polish Suite

    Andrei Panufnik

    Panufnik: Homage to Polish Music

    Polish Chamber Orchestra

    Mariusz Smolij, conductor

    10:03
  • 2:35 PM

    En Route

    Selim Palmgren

    My Favorite Things: Virtuoso Encores

    Stephen Hough, piano

    1:08
  • 2:31 PM

    Snowflakes

    Selim Palmgren

    Arctic

    Arctic Philharmonic

    Christian Kluxen, conductor

    Eldbjorg Hemsing, violin

    2:53
  • 2:25 PM

    Serenade No. 1: Rondo

    Johannes Brahms

    Weekend Serenade: Brahms - Serenade 1 & 2

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Istvan Kertesz, conductor

    5:42
  • 2:17 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "The Camp Meeting": Children's Day

    Charles Ives

    Charles Ives: Complete Symphonies

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    6:31
  • 2:09 PM

    Impromptu No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Schzeri, Impromptus

    Yundi Li, piano

    4:01
  • 2:04 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Polacca

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    4:33
  • 1:53 PM

    Symphony No. 5: 3rd movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonies 5 & 8

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    5:00
  • 1:47 PM

    Piano Concerto: 3rd movement

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Jeux de Miroirs

    Paris Orchestra

    Josep Pons, conductor

    Javier Perianes, piano

    4:09
  • 1:42 PM

    Canzonetta

    Gabriel Pierne

    Belle Epoque

    Lille National Orchestra

    Alexandre Bloch, conductor

    Annelien Van Wauwe, clarinet

    3:38
  • 1:30 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Eclipse

    Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Andres Orozco-Estrada, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    10:43
  • 1:26 PM

    Hidden Realm of Light

    Andrew York

    Opalescent

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    2:30
  • 1:22 PM

    String Quartet No. 16: 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Calidore String Quartet

    3:13
  • 1:07 PM

    The Anonymous Lover: Overture-Symphony

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    7:41
  • 1:04 PM

    Song without Words No. 25 "May Breezes"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    2:01
  • 12:52 PM

    Symphony: 4th movement

    Alice Mary Smith

    London Mozart Players

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    6:19
  • 12:49 PM

    Canadian Brass

    1:56
  • 12:35 PM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral": 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The 9 Symphonies

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    12:59
  • 12:31 PM

    Daybreak

    Ola Gjeilo

    Dawn

    Ola Gjeilo, piano

    2:28
  • 12:21 PM

    Flower Festival in Genzano: Pas de deux

    Eduard Helsted

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    9:03
  • 12:17 PM

    Umoja (Unity)

    Valerie Coleman

    Umoja

    Imani Winds

    2:23
  • 12:08 PM

    Images for Orchestra: Rondes de printemps (Spring Rounds)

    Claude Debussy

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    8:07
  • 12:04 PM

    Children's Corner: The Snow is Dancing

    Claude Debussy

    Steven Osborne, piano

    2:32
  • 11:47 AM

    Concerto Italiano

    Rinaldo Alessandrini, conductor

    11:32
  • 11:39 AM

    Italian Serenade

    Hugo Wolf

    I Musici

    7:24
  • 11:36 AM

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    1:22
  • 11:26 AM

    Nocturne for violin and orchestra

    Joseph Joachim

    Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    Daniel Hope, violin

    9:21
  • 11:19 AM

    Symphony No. 5: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    The Tchaikovsky Project

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    6:06
  • 11:16 AM

    Venezuelan Waltz No. 3 "Natalia"

    Antonio Lauro

    Concierto Latinoamericano

    Berta Rojas, guitar

    2:54
  • 11:08 AM

    Toute vie

    Lou Koster

    Koster: Orchestral Music

    Estro Armonico Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra

    Jonathan Kaell, conductor

    6:05
  • 11:06 AM

    Etude No. 5 "Black Keys"

    Frederic Chopin

    Murray Perahia, piano

    1:40
  • 11:01 AM

    Septura

    4:38
  • 10:44 AM

    Concerto for String Orchestra

    Grazyna Bacewicz

    Amadeus Chamber Orchestra

    Agnieszka Duczmal, conductor

    14:26
  • 10:21 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 8

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    21:42
  • 10:17 AM

    The Mission: Gabriel's Oboe

    Ennio Morricone

    Morricone 60

    Czech National Symphony Orchestra

    Ennio Morricone, conductor

    2:06
  • 10:06 AM

    Concerto No. 10 "Pastorale"

    Lorenzo Zavateri

    Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

    Gottfried von der Goltz, conductor

    9:54
  • 10:01 AM

    The Seawall Song

    Tamezo Narita

    Paillard Chamber Orchestra

    Jean-Francois Paillard, conductor

    4:33
  • 9:49 AM

    String Quartet No. 3: The Abbey

    Elena Ruehr

    Cypress String Quartet

    8:53
  • 9:35 AM

    Miserere

    Gregorio Allegri

    A Banquet of Voices

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    14:07
  • 9:13 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    Vladimir Spivakov, violin

    20:26
  • 9:06 AM

    Song for Orchestra

    Ruth Gipps

    Gipps: Symphonies Nos 2 and 4, etc.

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    5:57
  • 9:01 AM

    Good Night and Good Rest

    John Johnson

    Jakob Lindberg, lute

    4:42
  • 8:47 AM

    Music for a Garden

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    11:16
  • 8:42 AM

    Carioca

    Ernesto Nazareth

    Solatino

    Gabriela Montero, piano

    4:09
  • 8:12 AM

    Concertino

    Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari

    WOLF-FERRARI, E.: Wind Concertinos

    Rome Symphony Orchestra

    Francesco La Vecchia, conductor

    William Moriconi, English horn

    28:42
  • 8:06 AM

    Little Suite: Intermezzo

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen: Symphony No. 1

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    5:25
  • 8:01 AM

    Cello Suite No. 3: Sarabande

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Yo-Yo Ma Plays Bach

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    4:41
  • 7:55 AM

    Amazing Grace

    H. Leslie Adams

    Will Liverman, baritone

    Paul Sanchez, piano

    3:20
  • 7:35 AM

    Sinfonietta No. 2 "Generations"

    Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    19:29
  • 7:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 1

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: String Quartets Op. 18

    Jerusalem Quartet

    27:12
  • 7:01 AM

    Nachtstuck

    Franz Schubert

    Elisabeth Plank, harp

    4:48
  • 6:37 AM

    Humoresques

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Violin Concerto, 6 Humoresques, 2 Serenades

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor

    Joseph Swensen, violin

    21:07
  • 6:26 AM

    Poem for Flute and Orchestra

    Charles Tomlinson Griffes

    New Zealand Chamber Orchestra

    Nicholas Braithwaite, conductor

    Alexa Still, flute

    10:00
  • 6:06 AM

    Piano Trio

    Gabriel Faure

    French Moments

    Neave Trio

    18:47
  • 6:01 AM

    Suite from Esclarmonde: Hymenee

    Jules Massenet

    Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kenneth Jean, conductor

    4:34