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  • 4:47 AM

    Jhula-Jhule

    Reena Esmail

    Perspectives

    Dawn Donegun Wohn, violin

    10:51
  • 4:43 AM

    Tomorrow's Song

    Olafur Arnalds

    The Glass Effect: The Music of Philip Glass

    Lavinia Meijer, harp

    3:07
  • 4:14 AM

    Nevertheless

    Georgs Pelecis

    From My Home

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Gidon Kremer, violin

    27:52
  • 4:09 AM

    Repose

    Hugi Gudmundsson

    Meditatio

    Schola Cantorum Reykjavik

    Hordur Askelsson, conductor

    3:33
  • 4:06 AM

    Women Talking: Peace of God

    Hildur Gudnadottir

    Studio Ensemble

    2:17
  • 4:01 AM

    Peter Gregson, cello

    Peter Gregson, electronics

    4:36
  • 3:43 AM

    Katia & Marielle Labeque, pianos

    Marielle Labeque, piano

    15:36
  • 3:33 AM

    Afternoon of a Fire

    Stephen Scott

    Stephen Scott: Ice and Fire

    The Bowed Piano Ensemble

    Saraiya Ruano, Native American flute

    7:57
  • 3:29 AM

    Sophia Subbayya Vastek, piano

    3:03
  • 3:15 AM

    When the Machine Rhymes with my Body

    Julie Herndon

    Kukuruz Quartet

    12:17
  • 3:07 AM

    Phantom Waltz

    Meredith Monk

    Double Edge

    Edmund Niemann, piano

    Nurit Tilles, piano

    6:52
  • 3:01 AM

    Balinese Ceremonial Music: Taboeh Teloe

    Colin McPhee

    Peter Pears: Balinese Ceremonial Music

    Nico Muhly, piano

    4:44
  • 2:54 AM

    Sarabande

    Claude Debussy

    pictures at an exhibition

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    4:05
  • 2:22 AM

    Cello Concerto

    Nikolay Myaskovsky

    Tchaikovsky, Miaskovsky, Shostakovich

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Maxim Shostakovich, conductor

    Julian Lloyd Webber, cello

    31:59
  • 2:15 AM

    Farewell, O world, farewell, o earth

    Valentin Silvestrov

    Konstantin Krimmel, baritone

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    4:49
  • 2:06 AM

    Adagio

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Carulli, Molino: Guitar Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    7:03
  • 2:01 AM

    Novelette (Interlude in Olden Style)

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: String Quartets Vol. 4

    Utrecht String Quartet

    4:45
  • 1:52 AM

    Intermezzo No. 3

    Johannes Brahms

    Benjamin Grosvenor, piano

    6:21
  • 1:12 AM

    Symphony

    Cesar Franck

    Champs-Elysees Orchestra

    Philippe Herreweghe, conductor

    37:55
  • 1:06 AM

    Seven Beauties: Waltz

    Kara Karayev

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Kirill Karabits, conductor

    4:17
  • 1:01 AM

    Konstanze Eickhorst, piano

    4:51
  • 12:47 AM

    Viola da gamba Sonata No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Kim Kashkashian, viola

    Keith Jarrett, harpsichord

    11:54
  • 12:23 AM

    Symphonic Variations

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 3, etc.

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    21:26
  • 12:18 AM

    Fandango

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Guitar Favourites

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    4:09
  • 12:06 AM

    Invitation to the Dance

    Carl Maria von Weber

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    10:59
  • 12:01 AM

    Troubled Water

    Margaret Bonds

    Senku

    William Chapman Nyaho, piano

    4:51
  • 11:41 PM

    Mother Goose (Ma mere l'oye): Suite

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Ballet And Dance Music

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    16:57
  • 11:32 PM

    Fantasy for Clarinet and String Quartet

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Meyerbeer, Romberg, Mendelssohn, Weber: Klarinettenquintette

    Consortium Classicum

    Dieter Klocker, clarinet

    8:37
  • 11:18 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Eroica": 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphony No 3

    Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    12:10
  • 11:08 PM

    Fantasia on Sousa Themes

    Max Liebling

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    Matthew Hagle, piano

    7:46
  • 11:01 PM

    In the Blue Mountains: I Trollhallen

    Agathe Grondahl

    Sara Aimee Smiseth, piano

    4:41
  • 10:47 PM

    Bavarian Dances

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance Marches

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    11:36
  • 10:32 PM

    Symphony No. 5: 2nd movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 5, Swan Lake

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    13:36
  • 10:25 PM

    Winter Journey

    Valentin Silvestrov

    Konstantin Krimmel, baritone

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    5:41
  • 10:20 PM

    Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo

    Pietro Mascagni

    Romantic Adagio

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    3:28
  • 10:06 PM

    "Twinkle, Twinkle" Variations (Ah, vous dirai-je, maman)

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    For Children

    Helen Huang, piano

    12:54
  • 9:48 PM

    Overture

    Fanny Mendelssohn

    Boulanger, Tailleferre, Mendelssohn, Schumann

    Women's Philharmonic

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    10:31
  • 9:39 PM

    Impressions from the Countryside: Village Dance

    Zdenek Fibich

    Czech National Symphony Orchestra

    Marek Stilec, conductor

    7:46
  • 9:34 PM

    Pearls of Dew Polka Mazurka

    Alphonse Leduc

    Christopher Mallett, guitar

    3:57
  • 9:21 PM

    Helios Overture

    Carl Nielsen

    Carl Nielsen: Orchestral Works

    Danish National Symphony Orchestra

    Thomas Dausgaard, conductor

    11:55
  • 9:10 PM

    Radiance

    Peter Boyer

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Peter Boyer, conductor

    9:18
  • 9:06 PM

    Humoresque No. 7

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak In Prague: A Celebration

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    3:30
  • 9:03 PM

    Song without Words No. 10

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Blue Hour

    Andreas Ottensamer, clarinet

    2:31
  • 8:49 PM

    Capriol Suite

    Peter Warlock

    Moeran: Serenade; Warlock: Capriol Suite

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    9:12
  • 8:42 PM

    Bluestone

    Chris Marshall

    Claire Jones: Royal Harp Strings

    London Mozart Players

    Stuart Morley, conductor

    Claire Jones, harp

    5:50
  • 8:24 PM

    Bassoon Concerto

    Carl Maria von Weber

    BBC Philharmonic

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    Karen Geoghegan, bassoon

    17:08
  • 8:15 PM

    Dream Shadows

    William Bolcom

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    7:25
  • 8:06 PM

    Beatrice and Benedict: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Overtures: Beatrice e Benedict, Le corsaire

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yuri Temirkanov, conductor

    8:06
  • 8:01 PM

    String Quartet: 1st movement

    Josef Myslivecek

    Dolezal Quartet

    4:39
  • 5:52 PM

    The Planets: Mars

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: The Planets; Elgar: Pomp and Cirucmstance March No. 1

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    6:34
  • 5:48 PM

    Star Trek: Main Theme

    Alexander Courage

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    3:40
  • 5:42 PM

    To Shiver The Sky: Courage

    Christopher Tin

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Dominic Ellis-Peckham, conductor

    Anna Lapwood, organ

    4:41
  • 5:14 PM

    String Quartet No. 10

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: String Quartet D 87

    L'Archibudelli

    26:03
  • 5:06 PM

    Overture No. 2

    Louise Farrenc

    North German Radio Symphony

    Johannes Goritzki, conductor

    6:55
  • 5:01 PM

    Piano Trio No. 10

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ludwig van Beethoven: Complete Piano Trios

    Trio Wanderer

    4:52
  • 4:56 PM

    Swedish Polka

    Hugo Alfven

    European Light Music Classics

    New London Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    2:25
  • 4:48 PM

    Clarinet Sonata No. 2: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Here With You

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    7:21
  • 4:23 PM

    Spring Music

    Joseph Marx

    Bochum Symphony Orchestra

    Steven Sloane, conductor

    23:04
  • 4:20 PM

    The Chinese Garden: Red Flowers Blooming all over the Mountain

    Stephen Goss

    40 Degrees North

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    2:19
  • 4:06 PM

    String Symphony No. 4

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

    Thomas Hengelbrock, conductor

    12:44
  • 4:01 PM

    English Suite No. 3: Gavottes

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Ivo Pogorelich, piano

    4:30
  • 3:42 PM

    Cockaigne Overture (In London Town)

    Edward Elgar

    The Lark Ascending

    Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra

    Bramwell Tovey, conductor

    16:49
  • 3:40 PM

    Scottish Folk Songs: Eilidh Bhan

    Helen Hopekirk

    Gary Steigerwalt, piano

    :52
  • 3:18 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    Vladimir Spivakov, violin

    20:26
  • 3:06 PM

    From Italy (Aus Italien): In the Campagna

    Richard Strauss

    R. Strauss: Aus Italien, Don Juan

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    10:28
  • 3:01 PM

    The Seasons: June (Barcarolle)

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    100 Best Classics

    Mikhail Pletnev, piano

    4:35
  • 2:42 PM

    Capriccio Espagnol

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade; Capriccio Espagnol

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    15:03
  • 2:42 PM

    Der fliegende Hollander (The Flying Dutchman): Overture

    Richard Wagner

    Klemperer Conducts Wagner: Album I

    New Philharmonia Orchestra

    Otto Klemperer, conductor

    10:51
  • 2:27 PM

    Suite Transcendent: A Breath of Wind (Fuga)

    Tilman Hoppstock

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    1:16
  • 2:24 PM

    Varsog (Breath of Spring)

    Henning Sommerro

    Arctic

    Arctic Philharmonic

    Christian Kluxen, conductor

    Eldbjorg Hemsing, violin

    3:41
  • 2:11 PM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral": 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 6

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    12:04
  • 2:03 PM

    Romance

    Henry Holden Huss

    American Virtuosa - Tribute to Maud Powell

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    5:17
  • 1:51 PM

    Wiener Blut (Vienna Blood)

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    8:01
  • 1:40 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1

    Warsaw Philharmonic

    Antoni Wit, conductor

    Olga Kern, piano

    39:43
  • 1:40 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1

    Warsaw Philharmonic

    Antoni Wit, conductor

    Olga Kern, piano

    39:43
  • 1:31 PM

    Suite "Water Piece"

    George Frideric Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    7:18
  • 1:24 PM

    Piano Quartet No. 1: 2nd mvt

    Gabriel Faure

    Ames Piano Quartet

    5:33
  • 1:20 PM

    Piano Quintet: Capriccio

    John Harbison

    Through Brahms

    Lucille Chung, piano

    2:49
  • 1:12 PM

    William Tell: Pas de six

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    4:55
  • 1:09 PM

    La Traviata: Sempre libera

    verd

    2:00
  • 1:04 PM

    El Amor Brujo: Ritual Fire Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra

    Eduardo Mata, conductor

    4:16
  • 12:55 PM

    E.T.: Bicycle Chase (Flying Theme)

    John Williams

    Berlin Philharmonic

    John Williams, conductor

    3:57
  • 12:46 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 19: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Mitsuko Uchida, conductor

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    8:02
  • 12:40 PM

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Mark O'Connor, violin

    Edgar Meyer, double bass

    4:00
  • 12:32 PM

    Overture "In the Italian Style"

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonies, Vol. 2

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Edward Gardner, conductor

    7:20
  • 12:27 PM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 2: Rustic Dance

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs And Dances, Etc

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    3:56
  • 12:20 PM

    Here's a health to thee, Mary

    Valentin Silvestrov

    Konstantin Krimmel, baritone

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    5:43
  • 12:09 PM

    Waltz No. 5 "Grande Valse"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin

    Claudio Arrau, piano

    4:34
  • 12:04 PM

    Cantata No. 29: Sinfonia

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Pachelbel, Bach, Handel, Purcell

    Taverner Players

    Andrew Parrott, conductor

    3:38
  • 11:47 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Eroica": 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 8

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    11:39
  • 11:41 AM

    An Andante

    Justin Holland

    Christopher Mallett, guitar

    4:05
  • 11:36 AM

    String Quartet No. 63 "Sunrise": Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 76, Nos. 4 & 6

    Orlando Quartet

    5:04
  • 11:31 AM

    Othello Suite: Children's Intermezzo

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Fawzi Haimor, conductor

    3:52
  • 11:19 AM

    Fantasia on Welsh Nursery Tunes

    Grace Williams

    Grace Williams: Sea Sketches

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    10:54
  • 11:16 AM

    Dolly Suite: Kitty-Valse

    Gabriel Faure

    Steven Osborne, piano

    Paul Lewis, piano

    2:16
  • 11:06 AM

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Nicholas McGegan, conductor

    Alec Frank-Gemmill, horn

    7:56
  • 11:04 AM

    Intermezzo No. 3

    Johannes Brahms

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    1:47
  • 10:47 AM

    Water Music Suite No. 3

    George Frideric Handel

    English Baroque Soloists

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    11:49
  • 10:41 AM

    Clouds

    Florence Price

    Meditations: Florence Price Piano Discoveries

    Lara Downes, piano

    4:59
  • 10:35 AM

    In the Mountains: Sunny Day

    Josef Foerster

    Foerster: Symphony No. 5 & In den Bergen

    Osnabruck Symphony Orchestra

    Hermann Baumer, conductor

    4:29
  • 10:21 AM

    Flute Concerto

    Francois Devienne

    Munich Chamber Orchestra

    Hans Stadlmair, conductor

    Andras Adorjan, flute

    13:25
  • 10:17 AM

    Morning Song

    Edward Elgar

    Daniel Hope | Belle Epoque

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hope, violin

    3:12
  • 10:10 AM

    Prayer

    Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR)

    New Day Begun

    PUBLIQuartet

    6:07
  • 10:06 AM

    Our Town: Grover's Corners

    Aaron Copland

    London Sinfonietta

    Elgar Howarth, conductor

    2:55
  • 10:01 AM

    Serenade No. 7 "Haffner": 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Karl Bohm, conductor

    4:34
  • 9:50 AM

    Romance

    Gerald Finzi

    FINZI: Clarinet Concerto / Five Bagatelles / Three Soliloquies / Romance

    Northern Sinfonia

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    8:12
  • 9:28 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    CPE Bach: Concertos for Oboe

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    Ku Ebbinge, oboe

    20:34
  • 9:23 AM

    Schlummerlied (Slumber Song)

    Robert Schumann

    Violin Lullabies / Rachel Barton Pine

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    3:39
  • 9:07 AM

    Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Ballet And Dance Music

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    15:49
  • 9:01 AM

    Summer Idyls: Meadow-Rest

    Herbert Howells

    Matthew Schellhorn, piano

    4:46
  • 8:49 AM

    These Worlds in Us

    Missy Mazzoli

    Arctic Philharmonic

    Tim Weiss, conductor

    8:34
  • 8:31 AM

    Piano Sonata

    Franz Schubert

    Andre Watts at Carnegie Hall

    Andre Watts, piano

    18:47
  • 8:12 AM

    Concerto for Orchestra

    Viktor Ullmann

    Ullmann, V.: Symphony No. 2 / 6 Lieder, Op. 17 / Concerto for Orchestra / Don Quixote Tanzt Fandango

    Gurzenich Orchestra

    James Conlon, conductor

    17:03
  • 8:06 AM

    Hymnus for 12 Cellos

    Julius Klengel

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    Rowena Calvert, cello

    Ashok Klouda, cello

    Nicholas Trygstad, cello

    Caroline Dearnley, cello

    Desmond Neysmith, cello

    5:10
  • 8:01 AM

    For Alina

    Arvo Part

    Motherland

    Khatia Buniatishvili, piano

    4:51
  • 7:34 AM

    Fantasy

    Josef Suk

    Poeme

    Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yakov Kreizberg, conductor

    Julia Fischer, violin

    24:46
  • 7:29 AM

    Voces8

    Olivia Jageurs, harp

    Elitsa Bogdanova, viola

    Matthew Sharp, cello

    4:35
  • 7:10 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Muzio Clementi

    Philharmonia

    Francesco d'Avalos, conductor

    16:46
  • 7:06 AM

    Spatter the Dew

    Traditional Irish

    Message of the Sea: Celtic Music for Guitar

    David Russell, guitar

    3:09
  • 7:01 AM

    In the Mists: No. 1

    Leos Janacek

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    4:34
  • 6:21 AM

    String Quartet No. 13

    Antonin Dvorak

    Cypress String Quartet

    37:34
  • 6:07 AM

    Negro Folk Symphony: Hope in the Night

    William Dawson

    Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Arthur Fagen, conductor

    12:39
  • 6:01 AM

    Elegy, to Calvin Simmons

    Lou Harrison

    Lou Harrison: A Portrait

    California Symphony

    Barry Jekowsky, conductor

    4:44
  • 5:41 AM

    Clarinet Concerto

    Aaron Copland

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    Janet Hilton, clarinet

    17:14
  • 5:18 AM

    Piano Trio

    Fanny Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn, Fanny and Felix: Chamber Works

    Elena Urioste, violin

    22:47
  • 5:06 AM

    Introduction and Caprice

    Giulio Regondi

    Anabel Montesinos, guitar

    9:59
  • 5:01 AM

    In Winter's House

    Joanna Marsh

    United Strings of Europe

    Julian Azkoul, conductor

    4:33