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  • 4:51 AM

    Lua Descolorida (Colorless Moon)

    Osvaldo Golijov

    United Strings of Europe

    Julian Azkoul, conductor

    Ruby Hughes, soprano

    7:26
  • 4:26 AM

    Ink Dark Moon

    Joby Talbot

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Ben Gernon, conductor

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    23:24
  • 4:12 AM

    The Night Gatherers

    Judd Greenstein

    Chiara String Quartet

    Nadia Sirota, viola

    12:53
  • 4:06 AM

    The Quiet at Night

    Mary Lattimore

    Mary Lattimore, harp

    4:12
  • 4:01 AM

    Celeste

    Brian Eno/Roger Eno

    Study of the Invisible

    Vanessa Wagner, piano

    4:39
  • 3:51 AM

    Cantus in memory of Benjamin Britten

    Arvo Part

    Arvo Part: Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    7:08
  • 3:41 AM

    Still Life with Avalanche

    Missy Mazzoli

    eighth blackbird

    8:45
  • 3:27 AM

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Spano, conductor

    12:59
  • 3:22 AM

    Blues Dialogues: Blues feeling

    Dolores White

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    3:24
  • 3:01 AM

    Chorale for Nanine with Birds (Hommage a Messiaen)

    Gerald Levinson

    Marcantonio Barone, piano

    4:35
  • 2:48 AM

    Eternal Memory

    John Tavener

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    Steven Isserlis, cello

    10:31
  • 2:18 AM

    Clarinet Concerto

    Gerald Finzi

    Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5 - Finzi: Clarinet Concerto

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Michael Collins, conductor

    Michael Collins, clarinet

    28:13
  • 2:10 AM

    Evensongs: Abide Canons

    Ingram Marshall

    Maia Quartet

    6:07
  • 2:06 AM

    Evening

    Eriks Esenvalds

    Esenvalds: Passion And Resurrection

    Polyphony

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    3:20
  • 2:01 AM

    Prague Symphony Orchestra

    Vaclav Smetacek, conductor

    4:48
  • 1:46 AM

    Hungarian Rhapsody No. 9

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: Orchestral Favorites - Hungarian Fantasy

    Szeged Symphony Orchestra

    Tamas Pal, conductor

    12:48
  • 1:43 AM

    44 Duos: Pizzicato

    Bela Bartok

    The Stradgrass Sessions

    Tessa Lark, violin

    1:14
  • 1:19 AM

    Divertimento for String Orchestra

    Bela Bartok

    C/O Chamber Orchestra

    23:20
  • 1:06 AM

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    11:15
  • 1:01 AM

    Nocturne "Le Murmure"

    Maria Szymanowska

    Maria Szymanowska - Piano Works / Anna Ciborowska

    Anna Ciborowska, piano

    4:36
  • 11:49 PM

    Orb and Sceptre

    William Walton

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    7:25
  • 11:38 PM

    Spartacus: Love Theme

    Aram Khachaturian

    Russian Nights

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    9:24
  • 11:09 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 10 & 21

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    28:23
  • 11:02 PM

    Samson and Delilah: Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix (My heart at thy sweet voice)

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Storyteller

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Eivind Aadland, conductor

    Tine Thing Helseth, trumpet

    5:42
  • 10:40 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Elias String Quartet

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    17:23
  • 10:25 PM

    Netherlands Wind Ensemble

    12:44
  • 10:20 PM

    Funeral March of a Marionette

    Charles Gounod

    Tortelier's French Bonbons

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    4:27
  • 10:11 PM

    Symphony No. 8 "Sounds of Spring": 2nd movement

    Joachim Raff

    Raff: Sinfonie Nr. 8

    Basel Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Gyorgy Lehel, conductor

    8:30
  • 10:06 PM

    Jig and Pop

    Tessa Lark

    Tessa Lark, violin

    4:26
  • 9:53 PM

    Piano Concerto: 3rd movement

    Leroy Anderson

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    6:00
  • 9:42 PM

    Oboe Concerto

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Albinoni, Cimarosa, Marcello, Sammartini, Lotti: Oboe Concertos

    I Musici

    Heinz Holliger, oboe

    10:12
  • 9:33 PM

    Song of Jean Racine (Cantique de Jean Racine)

    Gabriel Faure

    City of London Sinfonia

    John Rutter, conductor

    John Scott, organ

    6:45
  • 9:23 PM

    Theme and Variations

    Charlotte Sohy

    Charlotte Sohy: Compositrice de la Belle Epoque

    National Orchestra of Avignon-Provence

    Debora Waldman, conductor

    Cordelia Palm, violin

    8:40
  • 9:20 PM

    Preludes, Book 1: La fille aux cheveux de lin (The Girl with the Flaxen Hair)

    Claude Debussy

    My Gift To You

    Antonin Kubalek, piano

    2:31
  • 9:07 PM

    From Italy (Aus Italien): On the Beach at Sorrento

    Richard Strauss

    R. Strauss: Aus Italien, Don Juan

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    11:50
  • 9:02 PM

    Sunburst

    Andrew York

    Jason Vieaux, guitar

    4:17
  • 8:40 PM

    Concert Piece for Four Horns

    Robert Schumann

    Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra

    John Eliot Gardner, conductor

    Robert Montgomery, horn

    Gavin Edwards, horn

    Susan Dent, horn

    Robert Maskell, horn

    17:42
  • 8:34 PM

    Arabian Caprice

    Francisco Tarrega

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    5:13
  • 8:21 PM

    Women's Philharmonic

    Apo Hsu, conductor

    12:36
  • 8:10 PM

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    9:06
  • 8:03 PM

    Festival March

    Antonin Dvorak

    Rochester Philharmonic

    David Zinman, conductor

    5:39
  • 8:01 PM

    Song: Spring

    Frederic Chopin

    Mariam Batsashvili, piano

    2:13
  • 5:45 PM

    Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    13:05
  • 5:43 PM

    Scotch Cap

    John Playford

    On the Banks of Helicon

    Baltimore Consort

    1:52
  • 5:40 PM

    Tune for Lucas/Up Da Stroods Da Sailor Goes

    Kevin Henderson/Traditional Shetland

    Bonfrost

    Nordic Fiddlers Bloc

    3:38
  • 5:19 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 6

    Saverio Mercadante

    Mercadante: Flute Concertos

    I Solisti Veneti

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    19:25
  • 5:16 PM

    The Cowherd's Flute

    He Luting

    Lang Lang: Dragon Songs

    Lang Lang, piano

    2:41
  • 5:06 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Havana Lyceum Orchestra

    Jose Antonio Mendez Padron, conductor

    Sarah Willis, horn

    8:43
  • 5:01 PM

    Pekka Kuusisto, violin

    Ismo Eskelinen, guitar

    4:44
  • 4:51 PM

    Overture "In the Italian Style"

    Franz Schubert

    Hanover Band

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    7:14
  • 4:21 PM

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    27:45
  • 4:14 PM

    Inspiration Waltzes

    Nathaniel Dett

    My Cup Runneth Over: The Complete Piano Works of R. Nathaniel Dett

    Clipper Erickson, piano

    6:05
  • 4:07 PM

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    5:21
  • 4:06 PM

    Flight of the Bumblebee

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    The 5 Browns

    The 5 Browns

    1:21
  • 4:01 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 3rd movement

    Johan Svendsen

    Svendsen: Symphonies 1 & 2

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    4:45
  • 3:49 PM

    Concert Overture No. 1

    Alberto Williams

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

    9:32
  • 3:41 PM

    Coppelia: Waltz of The Hours

    Leo Delibes

    Delibes: Coppelia/ Chopin: Les Sylphides

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Heinz Fricke, conductor

    6:18
  • 3:14 PM

    Piano Trio No. 3

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Trio Sora

    26:29
  • 3:06 PM

    La Scala di Seta (Silken Ladder): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    5:57
  • 3:01 PM

    Scottish Rondo

    John Field

    Miceal O'Rourke, piano

    4:34
  • 2:46 PM

    Rienzi: Overture

    Richard Wagner

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Franz Welser-Most, conductor

    11:34
  • 2:43 PM

    Etta Gavotte

    Justin Holland

    Justin Holland Recording Project

    Keith Calmes, guitar

    2:20
  • 2:07 PM

    Symphony No. 2

    Robert Schumann

    SCHUMANN: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 4

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Thomas Dausgaard, conductor

    35:16
  • 2:02 PM

    tenThing

    3:21
  • 1:54 PM

    A Chloris (To Chloris)

    Reynaldo Hahn

    Bonjour Paris

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Mathias Monius, conductor

    Albrecht Mayer, English horn

    4:04
  • 1:51 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3: Air on the G String

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Pure Classics

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    3:28
  • 1:46 PM

    Xerxes: Ombra mai fu

    George Frederick Handel

    The King's Consort

    James Bowman, countertenor

    3:33
  • 1:43 PM

    Danse villageoise

    Claude Champagne

    Peter Oundjian, violin

    William Tritt, piano

    2:15
  • 1:33 PM

    Capriccio Burlesco

    William Walton

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    7:28
  • 1:28 PM

    Mephisto Masque

    Edmond Dede

    Gary Hammond, piano

    4:24
  • 1:20 PM

    Symphony No. 6: Scherzo

    Emilie Mayer

    Emilie Mayer: Music From The Shadows - Symphonies Nos. 6 & 3

    Bremerhaven Symphony Orchestra

    Marc Niemann, conductor

    7:16
  • 1:16 PM

    Children's Corner: Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum

    Claude Debussy

    Steven Osborne, piano

    2:19
  • 1:08 PM

    Hungarian March

    Hector Berlioz

    Pomp & Pizazz

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    5:02
  • 1:04 PM

    Here Comes the Sun

    George Harrison

    Blackbird: The Beatles Album

    String Ensemble

    Christopher Austin, conductor

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    3:02
  • 12:50 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 6

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    8:34
  • 12:47 PM

    Grazer Galopp

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Impromptus D899/Moments Musicaux D780

    Andras Schiff, piano

    2:01
  • 12:31 PM

    Matinees Musicales

    Benjamin Britten

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Okko Kamu, conductor

    14:27
  • 12:28 PM

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Anthony Newman, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    1:04
  • 12:24 PM

    Souvenir of a Beloved Place: Scherzo

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Paganini, Sarasate, Kreisler, Wieniawski

    Maxim Vengerov, violin

    3:45
  • 12:20 PM

    Chasin' Skies

    Sierra Hull

    Tessa Lark, violin

    Sierra Hull, mandolin

    2:40
  • 12:07 PM

    Cantilena

    Adrian Shepherd, conductor

    7:06
  • 12:04 PM

    The Love for Three Oranges: March

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Hindemith, Prokofiev, Bartok

    Kansas City Symphony

    Michael Stern, conductor

    1:41
  • 11:54 AM

    Gayane Ballet Suite

    Aram Khachaturian

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    9:56
  • 11:54 AM

    Gayane Ballet Suite

    Aram Khachaturian

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    9:56
  • 11:33 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble

    19:14
  • 11:24 AM

    Heideland

    Lou Koster

    Estro Armonico Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra

    Jonathan Kaell, conductor

    7:48
  • 11:24 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

    CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra

    Peter Schreier, conductor

    20:07
  • 11:18 AM

    Four Characteristic Waltzes: Queen's Waltz

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    5:14
  • 11:16 AM

    Ricercar

    Diego Ortiz

    Tenet

    1:37
  • 11:07 AM

    Alborada del Gracioso (Morning Song of the Jester)

    Maurice Ravel

    Seattle Symphony

    Ludovic Morlot, conductor

    7:42
  • 11:04 AM

    Balada Espanola (Romance)

    Traditional

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    2:09
  • 10:38 AM

    Divertimento No. 13

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Divertimenti

    Berlin Philharmonic Winds

    14:50
  • 10:32 AM

    Sinfonia

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Verdi Discoveries

    Milan Symphony Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    5:12
  • 10:25 AM

    Concerto for Four Violins

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    6:20
  • 10:18 AM

    L'inganno felice (The Happy Deception): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    5:55
  • 10:13 AM

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Alexander Ponet, conductor

    Daniel Hope, violin

    3:49
  • 10:06 AM

    Nocturnes: Nuages (Clouds)

    Claude Debussy

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    6:05
  • 10:01 AM

    Jakob Lindberg, orpharion

    4:48
  • 9:45 AM

    Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    New Queen's Hall Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    13:14
  • 9:40 AM

    All Seems Beautiful to Me

    Eric Whitacre

    Home

    Voces8

    4:48
  • 9:21 AM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Saulius Sondeckis, conductor

    Julia Zilberquit, piano

    17:11
  • 9:15 AM

    Tjonneblomen (Water Lily)

    Gjermund Haugen

    Danish String Quartet

    3:51
  • 9:06 AM

    Fantasia Gaelach No. 1

    A.J. Potter

    National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

    Robert Houlihan, conductor

    8:29
  • 9:01 AM

    Romance No. 3

    Clara Schumann

    Marina Thibeault, viola

    Marie-Eve Scarfone, piano

    4:45
  • 8:38 AM

    Eternal Longing

    Vitezslav Novak

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    20:25
  • 8:33 AM

    Before Dawn

    Ola Gjeilo

    Ola Gjeilo: Night

    Ola Gjeilo, piano

    4:10
  • 8:06 AM

    Cello Concerto

    Charles Stanford

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    Gemma Rosefield, cello

    25:30
  • 8:01 AM

    If I Fell

    John Lennon

    Goran Sollscher, guitar

    4:34
  • 7:51 AM

    Omphale's Spinning Wheel

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Sinfonia of London

    John Wilson, conductor

    7:24
  • 7:20 AM

    Piano Trio No. 1

    Robert Schumann

    Complete Schumann Trios

    Horszowski Trio

    30:34
  • 7:13 AM

    Hook: Flight to Neverland

    John Williams

    John Williams in Vienna

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Williams, conductor

    5:06
  • 7:06 AM

    Andante for Flute and Orchestra

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Flute Concertos, etc.

    Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra

    Juha Kangas, conductor

    Sharon Bezaly, flute

    6:29
  • 7:01 AM

    Impromptu No. 3

    Gabriel Faure

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    4:31
  • 6:44 AM

    Warmth from Other Suns

    Carlos Simon

    Ivalas Quartet

    14:31
  • 6:21 AM

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    22:10
  • 6:06 AM

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    13:27
  • 6:01 AM

    Ian Jones, piano

    4:41
  • 5:55 AM

    Heavy, gloomy clouds of night

    Carl Nielsen

    Carl Nielsen: Songs For Choir

    Ars Nova Copenhagen

    Michael Bojesen, conductor

    3:02
  • 5:34 AM

    Concerto for Cello and Strings

    Dobrinka Tabakova

    Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra

    Maxim Rysanov, conductor

    Kristina Blaumane, cello

    20:50
  • 5:11 AM

    Bassoon Quartet

    Franz Danzi

    Franz Danzi: Quartets Op. 40 for bassoon, violin, viola and cello

    Island

    20:57
  • 5:06 AM

    The Moon

    William S Lloyd Webber

    And the Bridge is Love: English Music for Strings

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Julian Lloyd Webber, conductor

    4:26
  • 5:01 AM

    Nocturne No. 15

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: The Nocturnes

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    4:37