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  • 4:36 AM

    Spirit of Trees

    Alan Hovhaness

    Together

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    22:16
  • 4:29 AM

    Drone Mass: Divine Objects

    Johann Johannsson

    Johann Johannsson: Drone Mass

    Theatre of Voices

    Paul Hillier, conductor

    6:58
  • 4:07 AM

    Nocturnal Dances of Don Juanquixote (Chamber Music III)

    Aulis Sallinen

    Sallinen: Violin Concerto; Don Juanquixote, etc.

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    Torleif Thedeen, cello

    20:34
  • 4:01 AM

    Viola Quintet: Berceuse

    Alberto Hemsi

    ARC Ensemble

    Steven Dann, viola

    4:36
  • 3:39 AM

    Prelude, Chorale and Fugue

    Cesar Franck

    Awadagin Pratt, piano

    18:42
  • 3:30 AM

    The Bullfighter's Prayer

    Joaquin Turina

    Manhattan String Quartet

    7:37
  • 3:06 AM

    Montreal Symphony Orchestra

    Kent Nagano, conductor

    22:01
  • 3:01 AM

    Echoes

    Paul Fowler

    I Want To Live

    The Crossing

    Donald Nally, conductor

    4:35
  • 2:26 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Frank Martin

    Stravinsky, Martin

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Thierry Fischer, conductor

    Baiba Skride, violin

    32:49
  • 2:17 AM

    Nocturnes: Soneto de la Noche

    Morten Lauridsen

    Chamber Choir of Europe

    Nicol Matt, conductor

    6:39
  • 2:06 AM

    Little Trio

    Helena Munktell

    Helena Munktell: Dix Mélodies - Violin Sonata - Piano Trio

    Tobias Ringborg, violin

    9:06
  • 2:01 AM

    Romance

    Johann Peter Salomon

    Journey to Mozart

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hope, violin

    4:40
  • 1:35 AM

    Oboe Sonata

    Herbert Howells

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Benjamin Wallfisch, conductor

    Emily Pailthorpe, oboe

    Hugh Webb, harp

    23:19
  • 1:26 AM

    Dance Card: Celestial Blue

    Jennifer Higdon

    Project W: Works by Diverse Women Composers

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    7:58
  • 1:06 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 3

    Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Kabalevsky: Piano Concertos

    North German Radio Philharmonic

    Alun Francis, conductor

    Michael Korstick, piano

    17:29
  • 1:01 AM

    Concerto No. 1

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Albinoni: 12 Concerti a cinque, Op.5

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Simon Standage, conductor

    4:36
  • 12:41 AM

    Piano Concerto for the Left Hand

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Piano Concertos, Etc

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Michel Beroff, piano

    17:19
  • 12:35 AM

    Gavotte

    David Popper

    Le Grand Tango and Other Dances for Cello and Piano

    Maria Kliegel, cello

    5:12
  • 12:07 AM

    Symphony No. 45 "Farewell"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    26:11
  • 12:01 AM

    Quintet No. 2: 1st movement

    Jean Francaix

    Mobius

    4:39
  • 11:36 PM

    Hours of the Day

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    James DePreist, conductor

    22:36
  • 11:18 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Gidon Kremer, violin

    Martha Argerich, piano

    15:54
  • 11:12 PM

    Intermezzo No. 2 "Klavierstucke"

    Johannes Brahms

    Benjamin Grosvenor, piano

    4:54
  • 11:06 PM

    Symphony No. 6: Intermezzo

    Alexander Glazunov

    Alexander Glazunov: Symphony No. 6, Lyric Poems

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    5:00
  • 11:01 PM

    Serenade for Strings: Romanza

    Ernst von Dohnanyi

    English Sinfonia

    John Farrer, conductor

    4:37
  • 10:53 PM

    The Devil's Joke

    Rudolf Friml

    Stephanie Chase, violin

    Sara Davis Buechner, piano

    5:42
  • 10:13 PM

    Piano Concerto

    Antonin Dvorak

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    Andras Schiff, piano

    38:16
  • 10:07 PM

    Romanza

    Wilhelm Stenhammar

    Nordic Spring

    Per Flemstrom, flute

    5:02
  • 10:01 PM

    Seville

    Isaac Albeniz

    40 Degrees North

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    4:35
  • 9:42 PM

    Rhapsody in Blue

    George Gershwin

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Wayne Marshall, conductor

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    16:08
  • 9:19 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Joseph White

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    Aaron Rosand, violin

    21:46
  • 9:13 PM

    I Stood on the River of Jordan

    Spiritual

    Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

    American Spiritual Ensemble

    Everett McCorvey, conductor

    4:08
  • 9:06 PM

    Ticklin' Toes

    Florence Price

    William Chapman Nyaho, piano

    1:03
  • 9:01 PM

    Trumpet Sonata

    Giuseppe Torelli

    Wynton Marsalis: In Gabriel's Garden

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Anthony Newman, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    4:47
  • 8:45 PM

    Popular Andean Dances

    Celso Garrido-Lecca

    Inca Trail Connections

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

    12:58
  • 8:17 PM

    Sleeping Beauty Ballet Suite

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake; Sleeping Beauty; The Nutcracker: Highlights

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    26:43
  • 8:14 PM

    Jugueteando (Playfully)

    Jorge Morel

    Sonidos Latinos

    David Russell, guitar

    2:31
  • 8:06 PM

    Arabesque

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann

    Nelson Freire, piano

    6:21
  • 8:01 PM

    Lyric Quartet: The Quiet One

    William Grant Still

    Oregon String Quartet

    4:35
  • 4:38 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Pinchas Zukerman: Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon and Philips

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    20:14
  • 4:29 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": 3rd movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphonies Nos. 8 And 9

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    7:21
  • 4:23 PM

    Flute Sonata: Scherzo

    Sergei Prokofiev

    French Connections

    Linda Chatterton, flute

    5:39
  • 4:18 PM

    Scarborough Fair

    Traditional

    Elgar

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    3:12
  • 4:06 PM

    Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances

    Alexander Borodin

    Offenbach: Gaite Parisienne

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    11:28
  • 4:01 PM

    The Dance of the Goblins (La ronde des Lutins)

    Antonio Bazzini

    Stokowski Stereo Collection: Shostakovich - Symphony No. 6, Khachaturian - Symphony No. 3

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    4:38
  • 3:48 PM

    Little Serenade

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    Lars-Erik Larsson: Music for String Orchestra

    Orebro Chamber Orchestra

    Goran Nilson, conductor

    10:29
  • 3:19 PM

    Violin Sonata

    Cesar Franck

    Lisa Batiashvili, violin

    Giorgi Gigashvili, piano

    27:21
  • 3:12 PM

    Lyric Waltz

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Spring Song, The Bard, etc.

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:49
  • 3:06 PM

    Appalachia Waltz

    Mark O'Connor

    Blanc

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    5:46
  • 3:01 PM

    Second Suite: Intermezzo

    Charles-Edouard Lefebvre

    Sylvan Winds

    Nicholas Gallas, clarinet

    4:30
  • 2:42 PM

    Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Spano, conductor

    16:17
  • 2:28 PM

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    12:16
  • 2:25 PM

    Rochester Schottisch

    W.H. Rulison

    Christopher Mallett, guitar

    1:56
  • 2:06 PM

    Le Tombeau de Couperin

    Maurice Ravel

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    17:53
  • 2:01 PM

    Waltz No. 9 "L'adieu"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin

    Claudio Arrau, piano

    4:42
  • 1:50 PM

    Bohemian-Danish Folk Tune (Bohmisk-Dansk folketone)

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen: Orchestral Works

    Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Gennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor

    8:25
  • 1:46 PM

    Il Saltarello Romano

    Fanny Mendelssohn

    Liana Serbescu, piano

    2:56
  • 1:17 PM

    Symphony No. 5 "Reformation"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    28:08
  • 1:06 PM

    Guitar Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi, Giuliani, Rodrigo

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    John Williams, guitar

    8:38
  • 1:01 PM

    Butterfly's Day Out

    Mark O'Connor

    Mark O'Connor, mandolin

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Edgar Meyer, double bass

    4:42
  • 10:44 AM

    Masques and Bergamasques

    Gabriel Faure

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    14:22
  • 10:26 AM

    Symphony No. 18

    Carlos Baguer

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    16:10
  • 10:21 AM

    Violin Sonata: Scherzo

    Amy Beach

    Gabrielle Lester, violin

    Diana Ambache, piano

    4:35
  • 10:14 AM

    Norma: Casta Diva

    Vincenzo Bellini

    Brussels Philharmonic

    Mathieu Herzog, conductor

    Camille Thomas, cello

    5:15
  • 10:06 AM

    Oboe Concertino

    Gaetano Donizetti

    Oboe Italiano

    Stuttgart Arcata Chamber Orchestra

    Patrick Strub, conductor

    Lajos Lencses, oboe

    7:17
  • 10:01 AM

    Padouana and Gagliarda

    Johann Schein

    Fretwork

    Silas Wollston, organ

    4:37
  • 9:42 AM

    Symphonic Variations

    Cesar Franck

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos, conductor

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    16:50
  • 9:36 AM

    Rolf Lislevand & Ensemble

    4:52
  • 9:19 AM

    Sextet for Two Horns and Strings

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Consortium Classicum

    15:34
  • 9:14 AM

    The Man I Love

    George Gershwin

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    3:12
  • 9:06 AM

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    7:22
  • 9:01 AM

    Partita No. 6: Courante

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Piotr Anderszewski, piano

    4:35
  • 8:49 AM

    Suite for Symphonic Strings: selections

    Lou Harrison

    American Composers Orchestra

    Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

    9:42
  • 8:06 AM

    Piano Trio No. 1

    Franz Schubert

    Christian Tetzlaff, violin

    Tanja Tetzlaff, cello

    Lars Vogt, piano

    40:46
  • 8:01 AM

    Symphonic Suite for Strings: Prelude

    Marion Bauer

    Ambache Chamber Orchestra and Ensemble

    4:38
  • 7:42 AM

    L'Horloge de Flore (The Flower Clock)

    Jean Francaix

    Strauss, Martinu: Oboe Concertos, Francaix: L'Horloge De Flore

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Simon Wright, conductor

    John Anderson, oboe

    16:26
  • 7:30 AM

    Serenata for Chamber Orchestra

    George Walker

    Cleveland Chamber Symphony

    Edwin London, conductor

    11:45
  • 7:10 AM

    The North Star

    Aaron Copland

    Eos Orchestra

    Jonathan Sheffer, conductor

    17:21
  • 7:06 AM

    Tahdet Taivahalla (Stars in the Sky)

    Maria Kalaniemi

    Leslie Shank, violin

    Joseph Hagedorn, guitar

    3:59
  • 7:01 AM

    Symphony No. 6: Largo-Allegro

    William Boyce

    Boyce: The Eight Symphonies / Boughton, English String Orch

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    4:38
  • 6:38 AM

    Die Frau ohne Schatten (Woman without a Shadow): Fantasy

    Richard Strauss

    Mephisto and Co.

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    20:17
  • 6:18 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 2

    Franz Xaver Mozart

    Lukasz Blaszczyk, violin

    Anna Liszewska, piano

    17:57
  • 6:06 AM

    Fantasia

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Helene Grimaud: The Messenger

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    11:32
  • 6:01 AM

    Fantasia on Greensleeves

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    4:30
  • 5:56 AM

    None but the lonely heart

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Romeo And Juliet

    Helen Callus, viola

    2:53
  • 5:37 AM

    String Quintet No. 6

    Luigi Boccherini

    Boccherini: String Quintets, Cello Sonatas

    Sigiswald Kuijken, violin

    18:25
  • 5:06 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Wilhelm Stenhammar

    Piano Concerto No. 2, Chitra, Incidental Music

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    Cristina Ortiz, piano

    28:43
  • 5:01 AM

    To Spring

    Chen Pei-xun

    Seow Yitkin Plays Popular Chinese Piano Pieces

    Yit Kin Seow, piano

    4:34