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  • 4:28 AM

    Petite Suite

    Alexander Borodin

    Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor

    29:55
  • 4:09 AM

    In a Treeless Place, Only Snow

    John Luther Adams

    American Contemporary Music Ensemble

    17:25
  • 4:06 AM

    Children's Corner: The Snow is Dancing

    Claude Debussy

    Vikingur Olafsson, piano

    2:22
  • 4:01 AM

    Sarabande

    Ludovico Einaudi

    Ludovico Einaudi: Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:42
  • 3:51 AM

    Impromptu No. 4

    Franz Schubert

    Barry Douglas, piano

    7:24
  • 3:18 AM

    Symphony No. 6

    Jean Sibelius

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Klaus Makela, conductor

    31:18
  • 3:06 AM

    Bleached Memories

    Elena Kats-Chernin

    Bluetongue

    Guitar Trek

    10:03
  • 3:01 AM

    Two Pieces

    Valentin Silvestrov

    In 27 Pieces: The Hilary Hahn Encores

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    4:54
  • 2:49 AM

    Sinfonia No. 4 "Strands"

    George Walker

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Franz Welser-Most, conductor

    8:44
  • 2:17 AM

    Negro Folk Symphony

    William Dawson

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Kellen Gray, conductor

    30:55
  • 2:13 AM

    Ev'ry Time I Feel the Spirit

    William Dawson

    The Spirituals of William Dawson

    St. Olaf Choir

    Anton Armstrong, conductor

    1:58
  • 2:06 AM

    Josephine Gandolfi, piano

    1:22
  • 2:01 AM

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Avlana Eisenberg, conductor

    Zina Schiff, violin

    4:39
  • 11:57 PM

    Impromptu no. 4

    Franz Schubert

    Eva Sukova, pianist

    3:32
  • 11:35 PM

    Symphony No. 3

    Franz Schubert

    A Second of Silence

    The Knights

    Eric Jacobsen, conductor

    21:48
  • 11:28 PM

    Romanian Folk Dances

    Bela Bartok

    Avos Chamber Orchestra

    Alessio Pianelli, cello

    6:09
  • 11:07 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 6

    Francois Devienne

    Munich Chamber Orchestra

    Hans Stadlmair, conductor

    Andras Adorjan, flute

    19:14
  • 11:02 PM

    A Change Is Gonna Come

    Sam Cooke

    New Day Begun

    Lara Downes, piano

    3:53
  • 10:56 PM

    Sleepless Night

    George Gershwin

    Original Works and Transcriptions for Solo Piano

    Sara Davis Buechner, piano

    2:32
  • 10:40 PM

    Masques and Bergamasques

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: Pavane; Pelleas et Melisande, etc.

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    13:42
  • 10:35 PM

    Violin Sonata: 2nd movement

    Amanda Rontgen-Maier

    Cecilia Zilliacus, violin

    Bengt Forsberg, piano

    4:24
  • 10:16 PM

    Bassoon Concerto

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Bassoon Concertos

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Janne Nisonen, conductor

    Jaakko Luoma, bassoon

    16:43
  • 10:07 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 3: 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Piano Concertos

    Norwegian Chamber Orchestra

    Leif Ove Andsnes, conductor

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    8:24
  • 10:00 PM

    Light Cavalry Overture

    Franz von Suppe

    Overtures by Suppe and Auber

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    6:22
  • 9:50 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "Four Temperaments": 4th movement

    Carl Nielsen

    Carl Nielsen: Symphonies 2 And 3

    New York Philharmonic

    Alan Gilbert, conductor

    7:27
  • 9:46 PM

    Waltz No. 7

    Frederic Chopin

    Fantasia

    Yuja Wang, piano

    3:45
  • 9:30 PM

    Fantastic Dances

    Joaquin Turina

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    14:37
  • 9:19 PM

    Three Flower Songs

    Eric Whitacre

    Brigham Young University Singers

    Ronald Staheli, conductor

    9:53
  • 9:17 PM

    Pansy Blossom Waltz

    Justin Holland

    Justin Holland Recording Project

    Keith Calmes, guitar

    1:40
  • 9:07 PM

    Overture to Gwendoline

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    8:31
  • 9:02 PM

    Elegie

    Darius Milhaud

    Mon Ami

    Matt Haimovitz, cello

    4:18
  • 8:47 PM

    Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1

    Georges Enescu

    Pops Concert

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    11:31
  • 8:25 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Joseph White

    Violin Concertos by Black Composers Through the Centuries: 25th Anniversary Edition

    Encore Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hege, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    21:35
  • 8:21 PM

    Baltimore Consort

    2:03
  • 8:16 PM

    Libertango

    Astor Piazzolla

    Lise de la Salle, piano

    3:31
  • 8:06 PM

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    9:16
  • 8:01 PM

    Last Spring

    Edvard Grieg

    To the Spring

    Elena Urioste, violin

    4:33
  • 5:49 PM

    My Home Overture

    Antonin Dvorak

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    9:31
  • 5:48 PM

    How Fair this Spot

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    1:48
  • 5:21 PM

    La Mer (The Sea)

    Claude Debussy

    Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps; Debussy: La Mer

    New York Philharmonic

    Jaap van Zweden, conductor

    25:09
  • 5:17 PM

    Guasa (Dance)

    Celedonio Romero

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    1:56
  • 5:06 PM

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    9:36
  • 5:01 PM

    Gold Dust Waltz

    Erik Satie

    Satie: Piano Music, Vol. 1

    Noriko Ogawa, piano

    4:40
  • 4:42 PM

    Concerto for 2 Orchestras No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    15:42
  • 4:17 PM

    Symphony No. 1

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Weber: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2, Bassoon Concerto

    BBC Philharmonic

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    23:35
  • 4:13 PM

    La Rondine: Chi il bel sogno di Doretta

    Giacomo Puccini

    Rome Opera Orchestra

    Oliviero de Fabritis, conductor

    Leontyne Price, soprano

    2:44
  • 4:06 PM

    Waltz-Scherzo

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Odense Symphony Orchestra

    Alexander Vedernikov, conductor

    Jennifer Koh, violin

    6:22
  • 4:01 PM

    Arcata String Quartet

    Don Bailey, flute

    4:49
  • 3:49 PM

    Ouverture legere

    Lou Koster

    Koster: Orchestral Music

    Estro Armonico Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra

    Jonathan Kaell, conductor

    9:23
  • 3:43 PM

    Cantata No. 208: Sheep May Safely Graze

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Leon Fleisher: Two Hands

    Leon Fleisher, piano

    5:01
  • 3:15 PM

    Harp Concerto

    Reinhold Gliere

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Rachel Masters, harp

    26:59
  • 3:11 PM

    The Knights

    3:12
  • 3:06 PM

    Trumpet Voluntary

    John Stanley

    London Brass

    3:35
  • 3:00 PM

    Csardas

    Vittorio Monti

    Play

    Edgar Moreau, cello

    4:49
  • 2:49 PM

    Images for Orchestra: Rondes de printemps (Spring Rounds)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Images, etc.

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    8:20
  • 2:25 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 23 "Appassionata"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Sonatas

    Yundi Li, piano

    23:04
  • 2:10 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Classical"

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Symphonies Nos, 1 & 5

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    13:44
  • 2:03 PM

    Variations on Lift Every Voice and Sing

    Lettie B. Alston

    Lara Downes, piano

    6:10
  • 1:57 PM

    Brejeiro (Mischievous)

    Ernesto Nazareth

    Gabriela Montero, piano

    1:46
  • 1:54 PM

    Falstaff: Tutto nel mondo

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Bryn Terfel, baritone

    3:00
  • 1:39 PM

    Agincourt Overture

    Walter Leigh

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    12:28
  • 1:37 PM

    Agincourt Song

    Traditional, arr. Elgar Howarth

    Fanfare

    Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

    2:00
  • 1:31 PM

    Organ Concerto No. 9, "Hallelujia": 1st mvt

    George Frederick Handel

    Concerto Amsterdam

    Daniel Chorzempa, organ

    5:00
  • 1:22 PM

    Rondo for Violin and Orchestra

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Violin Concertos etc.

    Berlin Philharmonic

    David Oistrakh, conductor

    David Oistrakh, violin

    6:41
  • 1:18 PM

    Matt Haimovitz, cello

    Mari Kodama, piano

    2:57
  • 1:07 PM

    Sinfonia for Four Trumpets

    Giuseppe Torelli

    La Serenissima

    Adrian Chandler, conductor

    7:41
  • 1:04 PM

    Carmina Burana: Dance

    Carl Orff

    Classics for All Seasons: Spring

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    1:44
  • 12:50 PM

    Prague Waltzes

    Antonin Dvorak

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    8:58
  • 12:47 PM

    Seven Landscapes: Sunny Glade

    Jan Freidlin

    Alexey Botvinov, piano

    2:05
  • 12:39 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Spring": 3rd movement

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 1-4

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    6:05
  • 12:30 PM

    Armida: Sinfonia

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    5:43
  • 12:19 PM

    Viola Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Complete Viola D'amore Concertos

    Ars Antigua

    Rachel Barton Pine, viola d'amore

    10:02
  • 12:16 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2: Badinerie

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    James Galway - Celebrating 70: A Collection of Personal Favorites

    Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra

    Jorg Faerber, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    1:19
  • 12:10 PM

    Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4

    Edward Elgar

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yehudi Menuhin, conductor

    5:16
  • 12:04 PM

    Take Me Out to the Ballgame

    Albert von Tilzer

    Larry Goldings, piano

    4:25
  • 11:53 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2: Rondo

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ludwig van Beethoven: Complete Piano Concertos

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    Krystian Zimerman, piano

    6:11
  • 11:49 AM

    Preludes, Book 1: The Hills of Anacapri

    Claude Debussy

    Krystian Zimerman, piano

    3:33
  • 11:37 AM

    Symphony No. 4 "Italian": 1st movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    10:15
  • 11:33 AM

    Impressions of the Puna: Dance

    Alberto Ginastera

    "Impresiones"

    Camerata Bariloche

    3:01
  • 11:22 AM

    L'Etoile du Nord: Dance Suite

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Michal Nesterowicz, conductor

    9:06
  • 11:16 AM

    Church Sonata No. 16

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Complete Mozart Edition, Vol. 21: Organ Sonatas & Solos

    German Bach Soloists

    Helmut Winschermann, conductor

    Daniel Chorzempa, organ

    4:34
  • 11:14 AM

    Rondeau

    Jean-Joseph Mouret

    Ceremonial Music for Trumpet & Symphonic Organ

    Rolf Smedvig, trumpet

    1:45
  • 11:07 AM

    Serenade No. 9 "Posthorn": 6th movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    More Mozart's Greatest Hits

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    5:08
  • 11:04 AM

    Rustle of Spring

    Christian Sinding

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    2:39
  • 10:47 AM

    String Quartet No. 5

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Arabella String Quartet

    10:43
  • 10:40 AM

    Pavane

    Gabriel Faure

    Pure Classics

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    6:14
  • 10:26 AM

    Pastoral Fantasia

    William Alwyn

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    Philip Dukes, viola

    13:14
  • 10:20 AM

    Sonata

    Domenico Scarlatti

    Transformation

    Yuja Wang, piano

    5:23
  • 10:15 AM

    Dance of the Shepherd Girl

    Hugo Alfven

    Alfven: Symphony No. 5 Etc.

    Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    3:57
  • 10:06 AM

    Scherzando No. 4

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn Ensemble Berlin

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    7:54
  • 10:01 AM

    Flowers of the Forest

    Anonymous

    Baltimore Consort

    4:35
  • 9:49 AM

    Vocalise

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2; Vocalise, op. 34

    Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yuri Temirkanov, conductor

    8:52
  • 9:30 AM

    Concerto for Harp and String Orchestra

    Alan Hovhaness

    Music of Hovhaness

    I Fiamminghi

    Rudolf Werthen, conductor

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    18:02
  • 9:20 AM

    Sinfonia (for Orbiting Spheres)

    Missy Mazzoli

    Mazzoli: Dark with Excessive Bright

    Arctic Philharmonic

    Tim Weiss, conductor

    8:37
  • 9:06 AM

    Psalms of David

    Cyrillus Kreek

    Landscape and Time

    King's Singers

    12:51
  • 9:01 AM

    Trio Sonata No. 10

    Arcangelo Corelli

    Purcell Quartet

    4:32
  • 8:49 AM

    Spring Song

    Jean Sibelius

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    9:04
  • 8:46 AM

    .your heart dreams of spring

    Elizabeth Younan

    Jennifer Koh, violin

    3:15
  • 8:23 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 17

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Sonatas Vol. 1

    Orli Shaham, piano

    20:46
  • 8:06 AM

    Songs of the Oak

    Florence Price

    Price: Songs of the Oak - Concert Overtures Nos. 1-2

    Wurttemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen

    John Jeter, conductor

    16:21
  • 8:01 AM

    Brendan's Air

    Brendan Monaghan

    Barry Douglas, piano

    Eimear McGeown, Irish flute

    4:36
  • 7:23 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Charles Ives

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    35:48
  • 7:18 AM

    Gnossienne No. 1

    Erik Satie

    The Guitarist

    John Williams, guitar

    3:49
  • 7:06 AM

    The Winter's Tale

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    A Swedish Pastorale

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Jan-Olav Wedin, conductor

    10:28
  • 7:01 AM

    Morning on the Water

    Jacques Ibert

    La Harpe Consolatrice

    Kyunghee Kim-Sutre, harp

    4:34
  • 6:50 AM

    Piano Trio "Notturno"

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Piano Trios Nos. 1 & 2, Notturno, Rondo brillant & Arpeggione Sonata

    Christian Tetzlaff, violin

    8:31
  • 6:34 AM

    Shift, Change, Turn

    Jessie Montgomery

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    14:46
  • 6:06 AM

    Idyll for String Orchestra

    Leos Janacek

    Janacek: Idyll; Mladi

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    26:28
  • 6:01 AM

    Barcarolle

    Mel Bonis

    Myriam Barbaux-Cohen, piano

    4:48
  • 5:53 AM

    Thais: Meditation

    Jules Massenet

    Escales: French Orchestral Works

    Sinfonia of London

    John Wilson, conductor

    5:34
  • 5:36 AM

    Variations on "La bergere Celimene"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Violin Sonatas

    Alina Ibragimova, violin

    16:11
  • 5:21 AM

    Fantasy on French Folk Themes

    Vincent d'Indy

    Wurttemberg Philharmonic

    Jean-Marc Burfin, conductor

    Philippe Cousu, oboe

    13:38
  • 5:01 AM

    Sylvan Winds

    Boris Baev, oboe

    Mark Dover, clarinet

    Nanci Belmont, bassoon

    Eric C. Davis, horn

    4:37