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  • 5:51 AM

    Eyes Shut

    Olafur Arnalds

    The Chopin Project

    Alice Sara Ott, piano

    6:41
  • 5:34 AM

    Thirty Thousand Days

    Chris Rogerson

    Clarinet Quintets for Our Time

    Dover Quartet

    David Shifrin, clarinet

    17:30
  • 5:29 AM

    Spin Bird

    Kate Moore

    Emily Granger, harp

    3:47
  • 5:07 AM

    Night Ferry

    Anna Clyne

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    20:12
  • 5:01 AM

    The Harp and the Moon: 1st movement

    Ross Edwards

    In Transit

    Emily Granger, harp

    4:47
  • 4:51 AM

    On Being Wrong

    Christopher Cerrone

    Ashley Bathgate, cello

    6:44
  • 4:48 AM

    Wise Words

    Timo Andres

    Vanessa Wagner, piano

    3:12
  • 4:26 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 3 "Nigunim"

    Avner Dorman

    Nignuim: Hebrew Melodies

    Gil Shaham, violin

    19:43
  • 4:14 AM

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    David Lang

    Alarm Will Sound

    Alan Pierson, conductor

    10:12
  • 4:07 AM

    Rainbows, I

    Stephen Scott

    The Bowed Piano Ensemble

    5:53
  • 4:01 AM

    Atlas-Pumas: 3rd movement

    Gabriela Ortiz

    Shalini Vijayan, violin

    Lynn Vartan, marimba

    4:34
  • 3:52 AM

    Ballade "About Olden Times"

    Anatol Liadov

    Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    5:52
  • 3:19 AM

    Double Concerto

    Johannes Brahms

    Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra Amsterdam

    Yakov Kreizberg, conductor

    Julia Fischer, violin

    Daniel Muller-Schott, cello

    31:57
  • 3:11 AM

    Andante Pastoral and Scherzettino

    Paul Taffanel

    Laurel Zucker, flute

    Paul Switzler, piano

    5:58
  • 3:06 AM

    Tango No. 2

    Astor Piazzolla

    Tali Morgulis, piano

    4:45
  • 3:01 AM

    Tales of Hoffmann: Barcarolle

    Jacques Offenbach

    Best Film Classics 100

    Chorus of the Theatre Royal de la Monnaie

    Sylvain Cambreling, conductor

    Jessye Norman, soprano

    4:20
  • 2:54 AM

    Wiegenlied (Lullaby)

    Richard Strauss

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Eivind Aadland, conductor

    Tine Thing Helseth, trumpet

    4:26
  • 2:14 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    Ingrid Fliter, piano

    39:41
  • 2:10 AM

    American Series: Tonada (Chilean Tune)

    Hector Ayala

    David Russell, guitar

    1:40
  • 2:06 AM

    The Gadfly: Romance

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    Janine Jansen, violin

    2:33
  • 2:01 AM

    Dance of the Flowers

    Amy Beach

    Joanne Polk, piano

    4:41
  • 1:49 AM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": 4th movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9; Sibelius: Symphony No. 2

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    9:41
  • 1:26 AM

    Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    22:08
  • 1:12 AM

    Sierra Winds

    (Selected members), conductor

    11:13
  • 1:07 AM

    Serenade

    Roman Hoffstetter

    Promenade Concert

    I Solisti Italiani

    5:29
  • 1:01 AM

    German Dances

    William Brade

    Brass Ensemble

    Ludwig Guttler, trumpet

    4:50
  • 12:52 AM

    Czardashian Rhapsody

    Traditional

    Shiksa

    Lara St. John, violin

    6:03
  • 12:44 AM

    Homestead Dances: Quilters' Dance

    Don Ray

    Home For The Harvest

    Dublin Philharmonic Orchestra

    Derek Gleeson, conductor

    7:58
  • 12:18 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Susan Palma, flute

    24:59
  • 12:09 AM

    Bourree Fantasque

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    French National Orchestra

    Armin Jordan, conductor

    7:02
  • 12:06 AM

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    Matthew Hagle, piano

    1:45
  • 12:01 AM

    Sleeping Beauty: Jubilee March

    Erkki Melartin

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:32
  • 11:39 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Night in the Tropics"

    Louis Moreau Gottschalk

    Utah Symphony Orchestra

    Maurice Abravanel, conductor

    18:57
  • 11:33 PM

    Variations on L. Mason's Nearer, My God, to Thee

    Justin Holland

    Christopher Mallett, guitar

    4:05
  • 11:18 PM

    Rob Roy: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    13:03
  • 11:06 PM

    Seattle Baroque Orchestra

    Stephen Stubbs, conductor

    Maxine Eilander, harp

    12:00
  • 10:55 PM

    El Amor Brujo: Ritual Fire Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Twentieth Century Classics

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    3:40
  • 10:49 PM

    Un Ballo in Maschera Quadrille

    Johann StraussJr.

    2018 New Year's Concerto

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    5:28
  • 10:29 PM

    Variations on "La ci darem la mano"

    Frederic Chopin

    The Complete Piano Works of Chopin, Vol 9: The Orchestral Works

    Warsaw Philharmonic

    Kazimierz Kord, conductor

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    18:49
  • 10:23 PM

    Clarinet Quintet: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Carducci Quartet

    Julian Bliss, clarinet

    4:25
  • 10:19 PM

    Prelude No. 1

    Maria Szymanowska

    Anna Ciborowska, piano

    2:50
  • 10:06 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Virtuoso Trumpet: Bach, Mozart, Telemann

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jahja Ling, conductor

    Rolf Smedvig, trumpet

    12:13
  • 10:03 PM

    Song without Words No. 3 "Hunting Song"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Jorge Bolet, piano

    2:39
  • 9:46 PM

    El Salon Mexico

    Aaron Copland

    Bernstein: Reaching For The Note

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    11:58
  • 9:28 PM

    Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

    Benjamin Britten

    Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    16:45
  • 9:11 PM

    Double Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Gli Incogniti

    Giuliano Carmignola, violin

    Amandine Beyer, violin

    14:44
  • 9:06 PM

    The Prophet: Coronation March

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Marches And Overtures A La Francaise

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    4:25
  • 9:01 PM

    I Capuleti e i Montecchi (Capulets and Montagues): Sinfonia

    Vincenzo Bellini

    Orchestra of St. Cecilia

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    4:40
  • 6:39 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Complete Piano Sonatas

    Fazil Say, piano

    18:50
  • 6:20 PM

    Dolly Suite

    Gabriel Faure

    French National Radio and Television Orchestra

    Thomas Beecham, conductor

    17:55
  • 6:15 PM

    Sara Aimee Smiseth, piano

    2:44
  • 6:06 PM

    Ode for St. Cecilia's Day: Overture

    Henry Purcell

    Purcell: Hail, Bright Cecilia!

    Gabrieli Players

    Paul McCreesh, conductor

    8:39
  • 6:01 PM

    Quartet San Francisco

    Jeremy Cohen, violin

    Kayo Miki, violin

    Emily Onderdonk, viola

    Joel Cohen, cello

    4:37
  • 5:56 PM

    Land of My Fathers

    Traditional Welsh

    Bryn Terfel: We'll Keep A Welcome

    Welsh National Opera Orchestra

    Gareth Jones, conductor

    Bryn Terfel, baritone

    2:13
  • 5:51 PM

    All Through the Night

    Traditional Welsh

    Bryn Terfel: We'll Keep A Welcome

    Welsh National Opera Orchestra

    Gareth Jones, conductor

    Bryn Terfel, baritone

    4:48
  • 5:22 PM

    Les Sylphides Ballet

    Frederic Chopin

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    27:20
  • 5:20 PM

    Waltz No. 6 "Minute"

    Frederic Chopin

    Ingrid Fliter, piano

    1:46
  • 5:11 PM

    Serenade for Winds: Scherzo

    Julius Rontgen

    Viotta Ensemble

    6:40
  • 5:06 PM

    Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Pure Classics

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    5:12
  • 5:00 PM

    Suite on Sixteenth Century Hymn Tunes: Choeur celeste

    George Frederick McKay

    MCKAY: Violin Concerto / Sinfonietta No. 4 / Song Over the Great Plains

    National Radio Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine

    John McLaughlin Williams, conductor

    4:46
  • 4:48 PM

    Gloriana: Courtly Dances

    Benjamin Britten

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    10:18
  • 4:24 PM

    Sonata for Strings

    Carlos Gomes

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Neil Thomson, conductor

    21:55
  • 4:17 PM

    Walt Whitman Overture

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: Symphony, "The Cotswolds" / Walt Whitman, Overture / Indra / Japanese Suite / A Winter Idyll

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    7:17
  • 4:06 PM

    Dance of the Hours

    Amilcare Ponchielli

    Dances from the Opera

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    8:48
  • 4:01 PM

    Vespers: Laudate Dominum

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Michael Stern, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    4:40
  • 3:28 PM

    Symphony No. 3

    Jean Sibelius

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    29:51
  • 3:20 PM

    Valse Caprice

    Amy Beach

    Joanne Polk, piano

    6:19
  • 3:15 PM

    Three Pieces for Piano

    Amy Beach

    Joanne Polk, piano

    5:27
  • 3:07 PM

    Il barbiere di Siviglia (Barber of Seville): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    7:09
  • 3:02 PM

    Sonata No. 519

    Domenico Scarlatti

    Daria van den Bercken, piano

    3:00
  • 2:51 PM

    Die Meistersinger: Prelude to Act I

    Richard Wagner

    Columbia Symphony Orchestra

    Bruno Walter, conductor

    10:00
  • 2:45 PM

    Turandot: Nessun dorma

    Giacomo Puccini

    Arizona State University Chamber Orchestra

    Sam Pilafian, tuba

    3:33
  • 2:32 PM

    Andante Spianato and Grand Polonaise

    Frederic Chopin

    Trifonov plays Chopin

    Daniil Trifonov, piano

    12:07
  • 2:26 PM

    Calling Home the Cattle

    Veljo Tormis

    Water Under Snow is Weary

    Tapiola Choir

    Erkki Pohjola, conductor

    4:43
  • 2:19 PM

    Serenade No. 1: Rondo

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Serenade No. 1, Variations on a Theme by Haydn

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    5:26
  • 2:18 PM

    Fascinatin' Rhythm

    George Gershwin

    Lark Quartet

    :56
  • 2:10 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Pastoral": Finale

    Francois-Joseph Gossec

    Le Mozart Noir

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    4:38
  • 2:04 PM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    4:42
  • 1:57 PM

    Polichinelle

    Fritz Kreisler

    Joshua Bell, violin

    Paul Coker, piano

    1:41
  • 1:47 PM

    Clarinet Quintet: 4th movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Wigmore Soloists

    Michael Collins, basset clarinet

    9:16
  • 1:34 PM

    Bartered Bride: Dances

    Bedrich Smetana

    The Moldau

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    10:44
  • 1:32 PM

    Orfeo: Toccata

    Claudio Monteverdi

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    1:29
  • 1:27 PM

    Nabucco: Va, pensiero (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves)

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Verdi: Requiem & Operatic Choruses

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    5:09
  • 1:21 PM

    An Andante

    Justin Holland

    Justin Holland: Guitar Works & Arrangements

    Christopher Mallett, guitar

    4:05
  • 1:09 PM

    Donna Diana Overture

    Emil von Reznicek

    Great Comedy Overtures

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Lance Friedel, conductor

    6:00
  • 1:04 PM

    Canzon in Double Echo

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    Gabrieli, Monteverdi: Antiphonal Music

    Canadian Brass

    Kazuyoshi Akiyama, conductor

    3:37
  • 12:50 PM

    Prelude and Fugue "St Anne"

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    14:44
  • 12:46 PM

    Fugue "Little"

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    3:34
  • 12:36 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1: 2nd movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No. 1

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    Lang Lang, piano

    8:13
  • 12:33 PM

    The Seasons: November (Troika)

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Lang Lang, piano

    2:55
  • 12:28 PM

    The Seasons: March (Song of the Lark)

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Seasons

    Queensland Symphony Orchestra

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    Takako Nishizaki, violin

    3:04
  • 12:19 PM

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    9:00
  • 12:15 PM

    Romantic Pieces: Cavatina

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Legends, Prague Waltzes

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    3:05
  • 12:08 PM

    Serenade and Waltz

    Vincent d'Indy

    Vincent D'Indy

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    5:08
  • 12:04 PM

    Xavier de Maistre, harp

    Lucero Tena, castanets

    3:40
  • 11:49 AM

    Concert Waltz No. 2

    Alexander Glazunov

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor

    9:23
  • 11:46 AM

    Schwanda the Bagpiper: Polka

    Jaromir Weinberger

    Concert in the Park

    Edmonton Wind Ensemble

    Harry Pinchin, conductor

    2:28
  • 11:33 AM

    Symphony No. 9 "Great": 4th movement

    Franz Schubert

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    11:54
  • 11:26 AM

    Aladdin: Dances

    Ernest Tomlinson

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Ernest Tomlinson, conductor

    6:35
  • 11:21 AM

    Guitar Concerto: Largo

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Angel Romero, conductor

    Angel Romero, guitar

    4:42
  • 11:17 AM

    Waltz No. 4 "Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    Beethoven: Sonatas; Chopin: Waltzes, Etc

    Ingrid Fliter, piano

    2:14
  • 11:11 AM

    Beautiful Mazurka

    Emil Waldteufel

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    5:04
  • 11:06 AM

    Marriage of Figaro: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    4:17
  • 11:01 AM

    Royal Academy of Music Brass

    4:49
  • 10:47 AM

    Bavarian Dances

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance Marches

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    11:36
  • 10:29 AM

    Concerto for Three Violins

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Concertos for One, Two and Three Violins

    Portland Baroque Orchestra

    Monica Huggett, conductor

    Monica Huggett, violin

    16:51
  • 10:24 AM

    Intermezzo No. 4

    Johannes Brahms

    Orli Shaham, piano

    2:55
  • 10:06 AM

    Symphony "The Fall of Phaeton"

    Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf

    Dittersdorf: Six Symphonies

    Cantilena

    Adrian Shepherd, conductor

    16:53
  • 10:01 AM

    Octet: 2nd movement

    Jean Francaix

    Gaudier Ensemble

    4:36
  • 9:42 AM

    The Leopard (Il Gattopardo): Dances

    Nino Rota

    Rota: La Strada Ballet Suite

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    16:12
  • 9:36 AM

    Suite on Galician Songs: Homesickness

    Enrique Granados

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Pablo Gonzalez, conductor

    5:05
  • 9:11 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 3

    August Muller

    Muller: Flute Concertos

    South German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim

    Timo Handschuh, conductor

    Tatjana Ruhland, flute

    23:44
  • 9:06 AM

    Lost in the Stars

    Kurt Weill

    Exiles' Cafe

    Lara Downes, piano

    4:25
  • 9:01 AM

    Madrigal-Pavana

    Francisco Braga

    Serenata: Brazilian Music for Chamber Orchestra

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Neil Thomson, conductor

    4:35
  • 8:39 AM

    Lachian Dances

    Leos Janacek

    Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Ondrej Lenard, conductor

    19:26
  • 8:21 AM

    Variations on a Theme of Corelli

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    George Li, piano

    17:48
  • 8:10 AM

    Two Melodies

    Edvard Grieg

    Edvard Grieg: Works For String Orchestra

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    9:11
  • 8:06 AM

    La Precieuse

    Fritz Kreisler

    Joshua Bell, violin

    Paul Coker, piano

    3:08
  • 8:01 AM

    Notre Dame: Intermezzo

    Franz Schmidt

    Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    4:43
  • 7:35 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Carl Maria von Weber

    BBC Philharmonic

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    23:35
  • 7:25 AM

    Five Pieces

    Anthony Holborne

    Empire Brass

    9:11
  • 7:06 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 4

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Sejong Soloists

    Gil Shaham, violin

    17:16
  • 7:01 AM

    They Can't Take That Away from Me

    George Gershwin

    Katie Mahan, piano

    4:37
  • 6:49 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 5

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Flute Concertos

    Australian Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Tognetti, conductor

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    8:40
  • 6:25 AM

    Roman Festivals

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Roman Trilogy

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    23:56
  • 6:06 AM

    Cantilena

    Adrian Shepherd, conductor

    17:17
  • 6:01 AM

    String Poetic: Nocturne

    Jennifer Higdon

    String Poetic

    Jennifer Koh, violin

    4:46