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  • 4:45 AM

    St. Carolyn by the Sea

    Bryce Dessner

    Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre de Ridder, conductor

    Bryce Dessner, guitar

    Aaron Dessner, guitar

    13:05
  • 4:40 AM

    Still/Sound

    Olafur Arnalds

    a sunrise session

    String Quartet

    Olafur Arnalds, electronics

    4:11
  • 4:26 AM

    Letter in April

    Britta Bystrom

    Anna Klett, clarinet

    Anne Soe, violin

    Maria Isabel Edlund, cello

    Manuel Esperilla, piano

    12:22
  • 4:14 AM

    Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

    Bramwell Tovey, conductor

    Mark Fewer, violin

    Zoltan Rozsnyai, cello

    11:15
  • 4:07 AM

    Alleluia

    Kile Smith

    Kile Smith: Canticle

    Cincinnati Vocal Arts Ensemble

    Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

    6:42
  • 4:01 AM

    Krysia Osostowicz, violin

    Daniel Tong, piano

    4:34
  • 3:51 AM

    Perpetual Spark

    Alex Shapiro

    Fifth House Ensemble

    6:55
  • 3:44 AM

    Drifting Circles

    Anne Muller

    Attacca Quartet

    5:57
  • 3:22 AM

    Whistler Waves

    Caroline Mallonee

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Feng Hew, cello

    20:52
  • 3:07 AM

    Frog's Eye

    Evan Ziporyn

    Boston Modern Orchestra Project

    Gil Rose, conductor

    12:46
  • 3:01 AM

    Siggi String Quartet

    4:37
  • 2:49 AM

    Sarah Cahill, piano

    9:00
  • 2:28 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Adolphus Hailstork

    Virginia Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    21:04
  • 2:22 AM

    William Chapman Nyaho, piano

    3:23
  • 2:06 AM

    Suite for Violin and String Orchestra

    Laura Netzel

    Laura Netzel: Chamber Portrait

    Musica Vitae

    Malin Broman, conductor

    Malin Broman, violin

    15:01
  • 2:01 AM

    Abbywood Trail

    Dale Kavanagh

    Guitar Gala Night

    Dale Kavanagh, guitar

    4:44
  • 1:52 AM

    Fast Blue Village 2

    Elena Kats-Chernin

    Habemus Quartet

    5:56
  • 1:29 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich, Shchedrin: Piano Concertos

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    22:05
  • 1:14 AM

    Trio Settecento

    13:02
  • 1:06 AM

    Overture No. 2

    Louise Farrenc

    Farrenc: Symphony No. 1 - Overtures - Grand Variations

    European Soloists, Luxembourg

    Christoph Konig, conductor

    7:08
  • 1:01 AM

    Scherzo-Tarantelle

    Henryk Wieniawski

    Introducing Shannon Lee, violin

    Shannon Lee, violin

    4:39
  • 12:48 AM

    Capriccio for Bassoon and Orchestra

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Verdi Discoveries

    Milan Symphony Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    Andrea Magnani, bassoon

    10:27
  • 12:19 AM

    String Quartet

    Maurice Ravel

    Debussy and Ravel: String Quartets

    Emerson String Quartet

    28:03
  • 12:13 AM

    At Dusk

    Mel Bonis

    Memoires d'une femme

    Myriam Barbaux-Cohen, piano

    3:52
  • 12:06 AM

    Concerto for Two Violas

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Georg Philipp Telemann: Viola Concertos

    Academy for Ancient Music Berlin

    Bernhard Forck, conductor

    Antoine Tamestit, viola

    5:59
  • 12:01 AM

    Sweet Smell of Jasmine

    Manos Hadjidakis

    Paper Moon: Songs by Manos Hadjidakis

    Elena Papandreou, guitar

    4:46
  • 11:47 PM

    Tales from the Vienna Woods

    Johann StraussJr.

    Strauss: Gala II

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    11:05
  • 11:27 PM

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    19:13
  • 11:21 PM

    Romance No. 5

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Paganini-Variationen; Intermezzi op 117; Klavierstucke op. 118

    Lilya Zilberstein, piano

    3:37
  • 11:12 PM

    Fantasy Overture

    York Bowen

    Overtures from the British Isles Volume 2

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    8:28
  • 11:00 PM

    Oboe Concerto

    Alessandro Marcello

    Camerata Cologne

    Hans-Peter Westermann, oboe

    10:56
  • 10:56 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 54: Presto

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Joseph Haydn: Piano Sonatas nos 32, 40, 49 & 50

    Paul Lewis, piano

    3:02
  • 10:45 PM

    Four Seasons: Autumn

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Nikki Chooi, violin

    10:29
  • 10:32 PM

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    12:40
  • 10:26 PM

    Symphony No. 94 "Surprise": Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 94 & 95; Mozart: Toy Symphony

    Hanover Band

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    4:07
  • 10:09 PM

    Harp Concerto

    Jean Eichner

    Eichner: Harp Concertos

    Kurpfalz Chamber Orchestra

    Stefan Fraas, conductor

    Silke Aichhorn, harp

    15:44
  • 10:05 PM

    Go, lovely Rose

    Eric Whitacre

    Voces8

    4:31
  • 9:51 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Johann Fasch

    Paillard Chamber Orchestra

    Jean-Francois Paillard, conductor

    Maurice Andre, trumpet

    7:12
  • 9:45 PM

    Bow thine ear, O Lord

    William Byrd

    Faire is the Heaven

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    4:14
  • 9:30 PM

    Spanish Dances

    Moritz Moszkowski

    From Foreign Lands

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    14:19
  • 9:21 PM

    Sonatina for Piano Duet

    Ferdinand Ries

    Ries: Complete Piano Sonatas & Sonatinas, Vol. 6

    Susan Kagan, piano

    7:43
  • 9:12 PM

    Symphony: 2nd movement

    Charlotte Sohy

    French National Orchestra

    Debora Waldman, conductor

    7:42
  • 9:05 PM

    Wedding Day at Troldhaugen

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Lyric Pieces

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    6:24
  • 9:02 PM

    Cascades

    Scott Joplin

    Vintage America

    Calico Winds

    2:49
  • 8:49 PM

    Oberon Overture

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Weber: Overtures; Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes of Carl Maria von Weber

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    9:19
  • 8:34 PM

    The Mission: Suite

    Ennio Morricone

    Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture: The Mission

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Ennio Morricone, conductor

    13:41
  • 8:17 PM

    Sinfonia "Le campane di Roma" ("Bells of Rome")

    Giuseppe Demachi

    Improvisata: Sinfonie con titoli

    Europa Galante

    Fabio Biondi, conductor

    Fabio Biondi, violin

    15:57
  • 8:05 PM

    String Symphony No. 3

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn String Symphonies

    Amadeus Ensemble

    Agnieszka Duczmal, conductor

    10:08
  • 8:00 PM

    Schwanengesang, Book 1: Standchen (Serenade)

    Franz Schubert

    Night Wanderer

    Mischa Maisky, cello

    4:13
  • 5:42 PM

    Dances of Galanta

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Kodaly: The Peacock, Galanta Dances, Marosszek Dances

    Budapest Symphony Orchestra

    Gyorgy Lehel, conductor

    16:04
  • 5:38 PM

    The Rose of Raby

    Dave Shepherd

    Fermi's Paradox

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    3:58
  • 5:21 PM

    Sonata for Clarinet and Piano

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens, Poulenc, Devienne, Milhaud

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    15:19
  • 5:16 PM

    Varsog (Breath of Spring)

    Henning Sommerro

    Arctic

    Arctic Philharmonic

    Christian Kluxen, conductor

    Eldbjorg Hemsing, violin

    3:41
  • 5:06 PM

    Symphony

    Josef Myslivecek

    Myslivecek: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    8:54
  • 5:01 PM

    String Quartet: Vivace

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius Academy Quartet

    4:44
  • 4:49 PM

    Mandolin Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Potsdam Chamber Academy

    Avi Avital, mandolin

    Shalev Ad-El, harpsichord

    9:34
  • 4:29 PM

    Symphonic Poem No. 7 "Festklange"

    Franz Liszt

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    17:57
  • 4:21 PM

    Gary Hammond, piano

    6:27
  • 4:13 PM

    Steal Away

    William Dawson

    The Spirituals of William Dawson

    St. Olaf Choir

    Anton Armstrong, conductor

    6:35
  • 4:06 PM

    Brook Green Suite

    Gustav Holst

    New Zealand Chamber Orchestra

    Nicholas Braithwaite, conductor

    7:07
  • 4:01 PM

    In Praise of Music: For the Saint, Cecilia

    Dominick Argento

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    4:33
  • 3:45 PM

    Sussex Landscape

    Avril Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Roderick Cox, conductor

    13:31
  • 3:38 PM

    Dreaming

    Amy Beach

    Judith Herbert, cello

    Diana Ambache, piano

    6:08
  • 3:16 PM

    Symphony No. 25

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: The Late Symphonies: 21-41

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    20:00
  • 3:06 PM

    La Belle Helene (Beautiful Helene): Overture

    Jacques Offenbach

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    8:40
  • 3:01 PM

    Violin Sonata: 4th movement

    Johann Georg Pisendel

    La Serenissima

    Adrian Chandler, violin

    4:35
  • 2:47 PM

    El Salon Mexico

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man and Other Favorites

    Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    10:22
  • 2:35 PM

    Bavarian Dances

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance Marches

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    11:36
  • 2:13 PM

    Flute Concerto

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    CPE Bach: Concertos

    Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra

    Jorg Faerber, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    21:00
  • 2:04 PM

    Piano Quintet "Trout": Theme and Variations

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Quintet, Op. 114 "The Trout"

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    7:43
  • 1:58 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    3:13
  • 1:52 PM

    Conga del Fuego

    Arturo Marquez

    Gustavo Dudamel: Discoveries

    Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    4:47
  • 1:49 PM

    Prince Igor: Dance of the Polovtsian Maidens

    Alexander Borodin

    Peter Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture; Alexander Borodin: Polovtsian Dances

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    2:11
  • 1:38 PM

    Concert Waltz No. 1

    Alexander Glazunov

    Russian State Symphony Orchestra

    Valery Polyansky, conductor

    9:11
  • 1:30 PM

    Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba

    George Frideric Handel

    The Handel Collection

    City of London Sinfonia

    John Rutter, conductor

    3:13
  • 1:21 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 11: 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    The King's Violins

    Bernard Labadie, conductor

    Alexandre Tharaud, piano

    8:16
  • 1:17 PM

    Lyric Quartet: The Jovial One

    William Grant Still

    Uncovered, Volume 3

    Catalyst Quartet

    3:17
  • 1:08 PM

    La Scala di Seta (Silken Ladder): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    6:01
  • 1:04 PM

    Budapest Strings

    Lajos Lencses, oboe

    3:11
  • 12:54 PM

    An English Suite: Frolic

    Hubert Parry

    Elgar: Seranade, etc./Parry: An English Suite, etc.

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    3:26
  • 12:52 PM

    An English Suite: Pastoral

    Hubert Parry

    Elgar: Seranade, etc./Parry: An English Suite, etc.

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    2:09
  • 12:46 PM

    Valley of the Bells

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel, Stravinsky

    Beatrice Rana, piano

    5:43
  • 12:35 PM

    Sinfonia Concertante: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Everybody's Mozart

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Neil Black, oboe

    8:52
  • 12:33 PM

    The Feast at Solhaug: Wedding March

    Pall Isolfsson

    Icelandic Works for the Stage

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    1:32
  • 12:25 PM

    Swan Lake: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 5, Swan Lake

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    6:54
  • 12:20 PM

    Sing Gently

    Eric Whitacre

    Home

    Voces8

    Christopher Glynn, piano

    3:42
  • 12:07 PM

    Cello Concerto No. 1: 2nd movement

    Victor Herbert

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Mark Kosower, cello

    6:20
  • 12:04 PM

    Etude No. 10

    Frederic Chopin

    Jan Lisiecki, piano

    2:16
  • 11:51 AM

    Kamarinskaya

    Mikhail Glinka

    Kabalevsky, Prokofiev, Glinka, Tchaikovsky

    San Diego Chamber Orchestra

    Donald Barra, conductor

    6:09
  • 11:46 AM

    Farewell to Stromness

    Peter Maxwell Davies

    Dances of Spain and Argentina

    Minneapolis Guitar Quartet

    3:42
  • 11:31 AM

    Concerto for Two Violins

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Kahane, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    Margaret Batjer, violin

    14:14
  • 11:19 AM

    Symphony No. 4: 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    9:59
  • 11:17 AM

    El grillo (The Cricket)

    Josquin des Prez

    The Art of the Netherlands

    Early Music Consort of London

    David Munrow, conductor

    1:42
  • 11:08 AM

    Symphony No. 101 "The Clock": 2nd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos 101 The Clock and 104 London

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    7:30
  • 11:04 AM

    Dances in the Canebrakes: Tropical Noon

    Florence Price

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    3:38
  • 10:50 AM

    Overture "In the Italian Style"

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 5

    English Sinfonia

    Charles Groves, conductor

    8:14
  • 10:42 AM

    Sonata No. 5 "In Imitation of Corelli"

    William McGibbon

    Chatham Baroque

    7:53
  • 10:32 AM

    Songs from Lake Ladoga

    Erkki Melartin

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Jorma Panula, conductor

    7:54
  • 10:25 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan": Andante

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Simone Dinnerstein: Mozart in Havana

    Havana Lyceum Orchestra

    Jose Antonio Mendez Padron, conductor

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    7:05
  • 10:17 AM

    Italian Serenade

    Hugo Wolf

    In the South

    Brodsky Quartet

    6:48
  • 10:09 AM

    Heather Hill

    Constance Warren

    South German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim

    Douglas Bostock, conductor

    6:45
  • 10:06 AM

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

    Claude Debussy

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    James Galway, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    Marisa Robles, harp

    2:23
  • 10:01 AM

    String Quartet No. 1: Menuetto

    Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf

    Franz Schubert Quartet

    4:47
  • 9:39 AM

    Suite for Large Orchestra

    Helena Munktell

    Gavle Symphony Orchestra

    Tobias Ringborg, conductor

    19:17
  • 9:34 AM

    Down by the Salley Gardens

    Traditional Irish

    Barry Douglas, piano

    3:30
  • 9:18 AM

    Dumbarton Oaks Concerto

    Igor Stravinsky

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    14:50
  • 9:06 AM

    Concerto for Two Mandolins

    Antonio Vivaldi

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    James Tyler, mandolin

    Robin Jeffrey, mandolin

    10:05
  • 9:01 AM

    Konstanze Eickhorst, piano

    4:51
  • 8:24 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Zdenek Fibich

    Fibich: Symphony No. 1/Smetana: Vysehrad, Vlatava

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    33:54
  • 8:10 AM

    Birdflight

    Christopher Gunning

    Gunning: Violin & Cello Concertos - Birdflight

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Christopher Gunning, conductor

    12:13
  • 8:06 AM

    Lark Song (Lerchengesang)

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Works For Cello And Piano

    Zuill Bailey, cello

    3:31
  • 8:01 AM

    Serenade No. 10 "Gran Partita": Adagio

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart � Salieri

    Armonia Ensemble

    4:36
  • 7:42 AM

    Variations on a Theme of Franz Schubert

    Emil Reesen

    Aalborg Symphony Orchestra

    Bo Holten, conductor

    16:48
  • 7:33 AM

    Chaconne

    George Frideric Handel

    Baroque Moments

    Amadeus Guitar Duo

    9:11
  • 7:23 AM

    Thirty Thousand Days: Quasi una ciacona

    Chris Rogerson

    Clarinet Quintets for Our Time

    Dover Quartet

    David Shifrin, clarinet

    8:37
  • 7:07 AM

    Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra

    Samuel Friedman, conductor

    15:07
  • 7:01 AM

    Benedicta es celorum

    Anonymous Medieval

    Words of the Angel

    Trio Mediaeval

    4:47
  • 6:41 AM

    The Hours Suite

    Philip Glass

    Janacek Philharmonic

    Mark Shapiro, conductor

    Gregory Harrington, violin

    17:34
  • 6:33 AM

    Prelude and Fugue No. 22

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Jenny Lin, piano

    6:10
  • 6:18 AM

    Cello Sonata

    Luigi Boccherini

    Anner Bylsma, cello

    Hopkinson Smith, guitar

    Wieland Kuijken, cello

    14:58
  • 6:06 AM

    Moseltraume

    Lou Koster

    Koster: Orchestral Music

    Estro Armonico Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra

    Jonathan Kaell, conductor

    10:42
  • 6:01 AM

    String Trio: Nocturne

    Henri Tomasi

    Black Oak Ensemble

    4:45
  • 5:41 AM

    In the Forest

    Mikalojus Ciurlionis

    Ciurlionis: The Sea - In the Forest - Kestutis Overture

    Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra

    Modestas Pitrenas, conductor

    17:09
  • 5:26 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: The Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    15:01
  • 5:06 AM

    Siegfried Idyll

    Richard Wagner

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    18:01
  • 5:01 AM

    Good Night and Good Rest

    John Johnson

    Jakob Lindberg, lute

    4:42