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  • 4:22 AM

    Symphony No. 4 "The Inextinguishable"

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 1

    New York Philharmonic

    Alan Gilbert, conductor

    35:57
  • 4:16 AM

    Zone Blue

    Ed Bland

    Judith Olson, piano

    5:06
  • 4:06 AM

    Alleluia and Fugue for Strings

    Alan Hovhaness

    I Fiamminghi

    Rudolf Werthen, conductor

    8:39
  • 4:01 AM

    Canticles and Prayers: Holy God

    Georgy Sviridov

    Sviridov: Canticles and Prayers

    Latvian Radio Choir

    Sigvards Klava, conductor

    4:52
  • 3:42 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Aarre Merikanto

    Violin Concertos 2 & 4

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    James DePreist, conductor

    Kaija Saarikettu, violin

    16:09
  • 3:33 AM

    Nocturne No. 17

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    7:15
  • 3:25 AM

    String Quartet No. 2 "Company"

    Philip Glass

    Brooklyn Rider

    8:21
  • 3:06 AM

    Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2

    Maurice Ravel

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    16:30
  • 3:01 AM

    Notes in the Margin

    John Williams

    From a Bird

    John Williams, guitar

    4:40
  • 2:40 AM

    La Guiablesse

    William Grant Still

    William Grant Still: La Guiablesse, Danzas de Panama, Quit Dat Fool'nish, Summerland

    Berlin Symphony Orchestra

    Isaiah Jackson, conductor

    18:25
  • 2:32 AM

    La Dangereuse

    Ludovic Lamothe

    William Chapman Nyaho, piano

    5:03
  • 2:28 AM

    Twa Tanbou

    Sydney Guillaume

    Always Singing

    North Dakota State University Concert Choir

    Jo Ann Miller, conductor

    3:54
  • 2:14 AM

    Photography

    Errollyn Wallen

    Ensemble X

    Nicholas Kok, conductor

    12:42
  • 2:06 AM

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    2:24
  • 2:02 AM

    Miniatures for Small Orchestra: Mejorana

    Roque Cordero

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    2:55
  • 2:01 AM

    Miniatures for Small Orchestra: Nocturno

    Roque Cordero

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    1:27
  • 1:41 AM

    An American in Paris

    George Gershwin

    Gershwin: The Complete Orchestral Collection

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    17:19
  • 1:37 AM

    Impressionist Suite No. 2: Caillebotte

    Rick Sowash

    Mark Ostoich, oboe

    Ron Aufmann, clarinet

    Mark Ortwein, bassoon

    4:14
  • 1:16 AM

    The Birds

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Les Pins De Rome, Les Fontaines De Rome, Les Oiseaux

    San Francisco Symphony

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    18:40
  • 1:06 AM

    The Frogs

    Granville Bantock

    Overtures from the British Isles

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    8:27
  • 1:01 AM

    The Rain

    Joe Hisaishi

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:47
  • 12:44 AM

    Images, Book 1

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Piano Music

    Stephen Hough, piano

    14:43
  • 12:32 AM

    String Quartet No. 6

    Maddalena Laura Sirmen

    Allegri String Quartet

    9:57
  • 12:14 AM

    William Tell: Ballet Music

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Ballet Music

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    17:43
  • 12:06 AM

    Donna Diana Overture

    Emil von Reznicek

    Great Comedy Overtures

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Lance Friedel, conductor

    6:00
  • 12:01 AM

    Le Temps des lilas (In the time of the lilacs)

    Ernest Chausson

    Mischa Maisky, cello

    Daria Hovora, piano

    4:45
  • 11:49 PM

    Prague Waltzes

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Czech Suite, Prague Waltzes, etc.

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    8:55
  • 11:45 PM

    Divertissement (Diversion)

    Cecile Chaminade

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    2:17
  • 11:23 PM

    Symphony No. 83 "The Hen"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    22:30
  • 11:18 PM

    Romantic Etude

    Frederic Hand

    Across Time

    Frederic Hand, guitar

    3:18
  • 11:06 PM

    Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    New Queen's Hall Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    10:44
  • 11:01 PM

    Detmold Horn Quartet

    4:45
  • 10:50 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 23: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos 21 And 23

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Ingrid Jacoby, piano

    8:13
  • 10:34 PM

    Rapsodie espagnole

    Maurice Ravel

    Escales: French Orchestral Works

    Sinfonia of London

    John Wilson, conductor

    14:32
  • 10:29 PM

    Clarinet Quintet: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Mozart & Brahms

    Pacifica String Quartet

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    4:34
  • 10:19 PM

    Much Ado about Nothing Overture

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    West Australian Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Penny, conductor

    10:07
  • 10:10 PM

    To Become (Divenire)

    Ludovico Einaudi

    James Horner: Pas de Deux

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Clark Rundell, conductor

    Mari Samuelsen, violin

    7:02
  • 10:06 PM

    French Suite No. 1: Sarabande

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Murray Perahia, piano

    2:54
  • 10:01 PM

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    4:46
  • 9:48 PM

    Symphony No. 4 "Italian": 1st movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Symphonies 3 & 4

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    10:01
  • 9:38 PM

    Old Hungarian Dances

    Ferenc Farkas

    Favourite Music for Wind Quintet

    Frosunda Wind Quintet

    9:35
  • 9:25 PM

    Snowflake Ballet

    Jacques Offenbach

    Gulbenkian Orchestra

    Michel Swierczewski, conductor

    11:09
  • 9:21 PM

    Etude No. 11 "Winter Wind"

    Frederic Chopin

    Yuanfan Yang, piano

    3:46
  • 9:10 PM

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

    9:12
  • 9:06 PM

    La Vida Breve: Spanish Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Carmen Fantasy

    Sergei Nakariakov, trumpet

    3:22
  • 9:03 PM

    Ethel

    2:45
  • 8:48 PM

    Symphony No. 4: Finale

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Klaus Makela, conductor

    9:54
  • 8:34 PM

    Fair Maid of Perth: Suite

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet Orchestral Works Vol. 2

    Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    13:23
  • 8:30 PM

    Romantic Pieces: Cavatina

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Compositions for Violin

    Josef Suk, violin

    3:07
  • 8:17 PM

    Symphony No. 4

    Johann Christian Bach

    J.C. Bach: Orchestral Works

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Simon Standage, conductor

    10:53
  • 8:06 PM

    Guitar Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Mad About Vivaldi

    Camerata Bern

    Thomas Furi, conductor

    Goran Sollscher, guitar

    10:37
  • 8:01 PM

    Two German Dances

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Piano Music for Four Hands, Vol IV

    Yaara Tal, piano

    4:39
  • 5:58 PM

    Prelude No. 22

    Frederic Chopin

    The Complete Chopin Preludes

    Yundi Li, piano

    :40
  • 5:40 PM

    Symphony No. 2

    Carl Maria von Weber

    BBC Philharmonic

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    17:44
  • 5:30 PM

    Oboe Sonata

    George Frideric Handel

    G. F. Handel: Recorder & Oboe Sonatas

    Amarillis

    Heloise Gaillard, oboe

    8:07
  • 5:18 PM

    Georgian Chamber Orchestra

    Lisa Batiashvili, conductor

    Lisa Batiashvili, violin

    12:25
  • 5:15 PM

    Album for Children: Music Box

    Tatyana Nikolayeva

    Hiroko Ishimoto, piano

    1:17
  • 5:06 PM

    The Cobblers on the Heath

    Uuno Klami

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    8:11
  • 5:01 PM

    Calling Home the Cattle

    Veljo Tormis

    Water Under Snow is Weary

    Tapiola Choir

    Erkki Pohjola, conductor

    4:43
  • 4:48 PM

    Benvenuto Cellini: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Harold en Italie, etc.

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    10:23
  • 4:30 PM

    Suite in the Ancient Style

    Vincent d'Indy

    Vincent D'Indy

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    16:19
  • 4:24 PM

    Shingashi Song

    Traditional Japanese

    Silk Road Ensemble

    Kaoru Watanabe, taiko drums

    5:05
  • 4:06 PM

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    16:29
  • 4:01 PM

    Greek Dances: Mariori mou

    Nikos Skalkottas

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Nikos Christodoulou, conductor

    4:47
  • 3:53 PM

    Heroic Music

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Music for Organ, Brass & Percussion

    Empire Brass

    Michael Murray, organ

    5:48
  • 3:19 PM

    Symphony No. 2

    Louise Farrenc

    Farrenc: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3

    European Soloists, Luxembourg

    Christoph Konig, conductor

    32:38
  • 3:12 PM

    Go, lovely Rose

    Eric Whitacre

    Voces8

    4:31
  • 3:06 PM

    Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4

    Edward Elgar

    Sir Charles' Precious Music Box 1

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    5:14
  • 3:01 PM

    Trio Sonata

    Willem de Fesch

    De Fesch: Chamber Music

    Ensemble of the Auvergne

    4:39
  • 2:48 PM

    La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Classical Zoo

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    9:34
  • 2:41 PM

    Tabby Cat Walk

    William Bolcom

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    5:41
  • 2:36 PM

    Erwin and Elmire: Entre acte

    Duchess Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel

    Masters of the Goethe Era

    Staatskapelle Weimar

    Peter Gulke, conductor

    4:38
  • 2:20 PM

    Masques and Bergamasques

    Gabriel Faure

    Pavane

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    14:22
  • 2:15 PM

    Chicago Summer

    Jeff Lambert

    Dances of Spain and Argentina

    Minneapolis Guitar Quartet

    4:10
  • 2:00 PM

    Symphony

    Luigi Boccherini

    Boccherini: Complete Symphonies, Vol. 6

    German Chamber Academy

    Johannes Goritzki, conductor

    15:00
  • 1:49 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart, Strauss: Horn Concertos

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Radovan Vlatkovic, horn

    8:36
  • 1:43 PM

    In the Mountains: Sunny Day

    Josef Foerster

    Foerster: Symphony No. 5 & In den Bergen

    Osnabruck Symphony Orchestra

    Hermann Baumer, conductor

    4:29
  • 1:30 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Spring": 1st movement

    Robert Schumann

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    11:27
  • 1:24 PM

    Symphonic Dance No. 2

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Norwegian Dances

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    5:17
  • 1:22 PM

    Song without Words No. 25 "May Breezes"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Song

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    2:01
  • 1:18 PM

    Everything Was Almost Mine

    Jeremy Walker

    Jeremy Walker: Haunted Blue

    Jeremy Walker, piano

    3:13
  • 1:08 PM

    New England Triptych: Chester

    William Schuman

    Be Glad Then, America

    "The President's Own" United States Marine Band

    Lt. Col. Jason K. Fetting, conductor

    6:01
  • 1:04 PM

    La Peri (The Fairy): Fanfare

    Paul Dukas

    New York Philharmonic

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    2:24
  • 12:58 PM

    English Dances: Con brio

    Malcolm Arnold

    Arnold: Dances

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    1:38
  • 12:49 PM

    Hansel and Gretel: Overture

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    7:48
  • 12:31 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach: 6 Brandenburg Concertos

    Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra

    Helmuth Rilling, conductor

    16:14
  • 12:24 PM

    Piano Concerto: 3rd movement

    Ruth Gipps

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Peebles, conductor

    Murray McLachlan, piano

    5:44
  • 12:17 PM

    Symphony No. 101 "The Clock": 3rd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos 101 The Clock and 104 London

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    6:47
  • 12:15 PM

    Piece in the Old Style

    Henryk Gorecki

    I Fiamminghi

    Rudolf Werthen, conductor

    1:31
  • 12:08 PM

    Dala Suite: Rustic Dances

    Helena Munktell

    Gavle Symphony Orchestra

    Tobias Ringborg, conductor

    5:14
  • 12:04 PM

    Paul Lewis, piano

    3:21
  • 11:50 AM

    Symphony No. 1: 2nd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    8:21
  • 11:45 AM

    Czech Suite: Sousedska

    Antonin Dvorak

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    4:43
  • 11:32 AM

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    Maxine Eilander, harp

    11:52
  • 11:28 AM

    Simple Symphony: Playful Pizzicato

    Benjamin Britten

    Britten: Simple Symphony

    Northern Sinfonia

    Steuart Bedford, conductor

    2:59
  • 11:19 AM

    Far and Away: Suite

    John Williams

    Berlin Philharmonic

    John Williams, conductor

    8:00
  • 11:15 AM

    The Cliffs of Dooneen

    Traditional Irish

    Celtic Reflections

    Barry Douglas, piano

    2:52
  • 11:10 AM

    Serenade No. 11: 2nd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble

    4:03
  • 11:04 AM

    Pastoral Suite: Scherzo-valse

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Ulster Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    5:09
  • 10:44 AM

    Tintagel

    Arnold Bax

    Virginia Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    14:48
  • 10:37 AM

    Sleeping Beauty: Bluebird pas de deux

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Stravinsky: Le Baiser de la Fee, etc.

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    5:30
  • 10:29 AM

    Concerto for Two Flutes

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    Stephen Preston, flute

    Nicholas McGegan, flute

    7:16
  • 10:25 AM

    Carnival of the Animals: The Swan

    Camille Saint-Saens

    The Swan

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    Han-Na Chang, cello

    3:13
  • 10:11 AM

    Overture burlesque

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Academy for Ancient Music Berlin

    Bernhard Forck, conductor

    12:49
  • 10:06 AM

    Waltz No. 1 "Grand Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    Trifonov plays Chopin

    Daniil Trifonov, piano

    4:08
  • 10:01 AM

    Intermezzo for String Trio

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Dohnanyi, Kodaly, Martinu: String Trios

    Domus

    4:42
  • 9:46 AM

    Norwegian Rhapsody No. 1

    Johan Halvorsen

    Halvorsen, J.: Norwegian Rhapsodies Nos. 1 and 2 / Svendsen, J.: Norwegian Rhapsodies Nos. 1-4

    Trondheim Symphony Orchestra

    Ole Kristian Ruud, conductor

    12:41
  • 9:24 AM

    Clarinet Concerto No. 7

    Carl Stamitz

    New Era

    Potsdam Chamber Academy

    Andreas Ottensamer, clarinet

    20:08
  • 9:13 AM

    Jouhet

    Ilari Kaila

    The Bells Bow Down

    Aizuri Quartet

    9:32
  • 9:06 AM

    Minuet of the Will-o'-the-Wisps

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: La Marseillaise, Etc

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    5:42
  • 9:01 AM

    Clio Gould, violin

    Rachel Portman, piano

    4:33
  • 8:48 AM

    Hungarian Pastoral Fantasy

    Franz Doppler

    Tokyo Concert Orchestra

    Shigenobu Yamaoka, conductor

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    10:10
  • 8:42 AM

    Three Piano Pieces: Wiegenlied

    Zara Levina

    Maria Lettberg, piano

    5:22
  • 8:20 AM

    Serenade

    Endre Szervanszky

    1948

    Erdody Chamber Orchestra

    Zsolt Szefcsik, conductor

    20:20
  • 8:06 AM

    Royal Concert No. 2

    Francois Couperin

    Smithsonian Chamber Players

    Kenneth Slowik, conductor

    13:34
  • 8:01 AM

    Chorale Prelude: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (Now comes the Savior)

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    Hannah Roberts, cello

    Ben Davies, cello

    Max Ruisi, cello

    4:37
  • 7:55 AM

    Slow Change

    John Williams

    From a Bird

    John Williams, guitar

    3:33
  • 7:22 AM

    String Quartet No. 10

    Antonin Dvorak

    Old World, New World

    Emerson String Quartet

    32:02
  • 7:06 AM

    Estampes (Engravings)

    Claude Debussy

    Stephen Hough, piano

    14:20
  • 7:01 AM

    The Seawall Song

    Tamezo Narita

    Paillard Chamber Orchestra

    Jean-Francois Paillard, conductor

    4:33
  • 6:56 AM

    The Enchanted Garden: Childhood Memory

    Richard Danielpour

    Xiayin Wang, piano

    3:00
  • 6:19 AM

    Disguises

    Jon Lord

    Odense Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Mann, conductor

    35:29
  • 6:06 AM

    Introduction and Variations

    Elias Parish-Alvars

    Carnaval de Venise

    Catrin Finch, harp

    11:06
  • 6:01 AM

    Padouana and Gagliarda

    Johann Schein

    Fretwork

    Silas Wollston, organ

    4:37
  • 5:49 AM

    The Oceanides

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Finlandia, En Saga, The Swan of Tuonela, The Oceanides, Valse Triste, King Christian II Suite

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Thomas Sondergard, conductor

    9:48
  • 5:45 AM

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    Cory Smythe, piano

    3:45
  • 5:07 AM

    Piano Quintet

    Cesar Franck

    Zaide Quartet

    Fiachra Garvey, piano

    36:32
  • 5:01 AM

    Rondo Amoroso

    Harald Saeverud

    Norwegian Composers Now - For Tomorrow: Harald Saeverud

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Per Dreier, conductor

    4:36