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  • 4:48 AM

    In a Landscape

    John Cage

    Rothko Chapel

    Sarah Rothenberg, piano

    9:40
  • 4:38 AM

    A Native Hill: At Peace

    Gavin Bryars

    Bryars: A Native Hill

    The Crossing

    Donald Nally, conductor

    9:27
  • 4:30 AM

    Wildflower (Yolanda's Song)

    Arturo Sandoval

    Wildflower

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    7:17
  • 4:12 AM

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    16:09
  • 4:06 AM

    Walking (Hommage a Thoreau)

    Lars Aksel Bisgaard

    Carl Petersson, piano

    4:52
  • 4:01 AM

    Let the Soil Play Its Simple Part

    Caroline Shaw/So Percussion/Jonathan Low

    So Percussion

    Caroline Shaw, vocals

    4:38
  • 3:51 AM

    The Consolation of Rain: 3rd movement

    David Bruce

    The North Wind Was a Woman: Chamber Works by David Bruce

    Camerata Pacifica

    6:18
  • 3:17 AM

    Harmonium

    John Adams

    San Francisco Symphony

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    32:14
  • 3:12 AM

    Extension Ensemble

    3:07
  • 3:06 AM

    In the Garden

    Max Richter

    Voyager: Essential Max Richter

    American Contemporary Music Ensemble

    4:59
  • 3:01 AM

    Butterflying

    Elena Kats-Chernin

    Nicola Sweeney, violin

    Sarah Nicolls, piano

    4:25
  • 2:40 AM

    The Cunning Little Vixen: Suite

    Leos Janacek

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    17:40
  • 2:21 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Boston Baroque

    Martin Pearlman, conductor

    17:32
  • 2:17 AM

    Venus Projection

    Paula Kimper

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:09
  • 2:06 AM

    Quartet No. 6

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Six Wind Quartets

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    10:49
  • 2:01 AM

    Bibo No Aozora (Beauty of a Blue Sky)

    Ryuichi Sakamoto

    Blanc

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:42
  • 1:47 AM

    Mephisto Waltz No. 1

    Franz Liszt

    Strauss, Liszt, Korngold, Busoni, Schreker

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Kazuki Yamada, conductor

    11:22
  • 1:24 AM

    The Firebird (L'oiseau de feu) Ballet

    Igor Stravinsky

    Stravinsky: Firebird, Nightingale, Rite of Spring

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    20:41
  • 1:20 AM

    Sinfonia "La Bergamasca"

    Lodovico Viadana

    Royal Academy of Music Brass

    3:07
  • 1:15 AM

    Capriccio No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Richard Goode Plays Brahms

    Richard Goode, piano

    3:25
  • 1:06 AM

    Symphony No. 23

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies 21, 23, 24, 27

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    9:12
  • 1:01 AM

    Cinderella: Adagio

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Cinderella

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    4:47
  • 12:53 AM

    Three Mexican Folk Songs

    Manuel Ponce

    David Russell, guitar

    5:09
  • 12:31 AM

    Sinfonia Concertante

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Cello Concertos in C & D, Sinfonia Concertante

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Roger Norrington, conductor

    Marieke Blankestijn, violin

    20:25
  • 12:12 AM

    Overture, Scherzo and Finale

    Robert Schumann

    Polish National Radio Orchestra

    Johannes Wildner, conductor

    17:16
  • 12:06 AM

    Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Pure Classics

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    5:12
  • 12:01 AM

    Scherzo No. 2

    Clara Schumann

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    4:47
  • 11:49 PM

    Morning, Noon, and Night in Vienna

    Franz von Suppe

    Montreal Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Dutoit, conductor

    8:29
  • 11:42 PM

    Symphony No. 5 "Reformation": 2nd movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: The 5 Symphonies

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    5:28
  • 11:23 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 8 "Pathetique"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Yundi Li, piano

    18:04
  • 11:08 PM

    A Moorside Suite

    Gustav Holst

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    14:00
  • 10:59 PM

    Symphony No. 2

    Carl Friedrich Abel

    Cantilena

    Adrian Shepherd, conductor

    8:17
  • 10:38 PM

    Lachian Dances

    Leos Janacek

    Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Ondrej Lenard, conductor

    19:26
  • 10:34 PM

    Czech Dances: Polka

    Bedrich Smetana

    Ivan Moravec, piano

    2:36
  • 10:10 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 3

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    Yakov Kreizberg, conductor

    Julia Fischer, violin

    23:20
  • 9:51 PM

    Lohengrin: Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral

    Richard Wagner

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    Mary Preston, organ

    7:48
  • 9:47 PM

    How Can I Keep From Singing?

    Robert Lowry

    Cantus

    2:50
  • 9:30 PM

    Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Ballet And Dance Music

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    15:49
  • 9:27 PM

    Firefly

    Ola Gjeilo

    Ola Gjeilo: Night

    Ola Gjeilo, piano

    2:37
  • 9:12 PM

    Horn Concerto

    Antonio Rosetti

    Herrmann Baumann

    Concerto Amsterdam

    Jaap Schroder, conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    13:51
  • 9:06 PM

    Romanian Folk Dances

    Bela Bartok

    Lise de la Salle, piano

    4:50
  • 9:03 PM

    Holberg Suite: Prelude

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Symphonic Dances, From Holberg's Time, Old Norwegian Melody

    Oslo Symphony Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    2:44
  • 8:58 PM

    Tourbillon-Galopp (Whirlwind galop)

    Joseph Lanner

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    1:52
  • 8:52 PM

    New Vienna Landler

    Joseph Lanner

    Ensemble Bella Musica Vienna

    Michael Dittrich, conductor

    5:34
  • 8:35 PM

    Wind Octet

    Franz Krommer

    Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble

    16:00
  • 8:17 PM

    Dolly Suite

    Gabriel Faure

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    17:20
  • 8:04 PM

    Symphonic Dances: 1st movement

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Shanghai Symphony Orchestra

    Long Yu, conductor

    11:31
  • 8:00 PM

    Hansel and Gretel: Evening Prayer

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Classical Jukebox, Vol. 1

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    3:00
  • 5:46 PM

    Aida: Triumphal March

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    11:48
  • 5:24 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 2

    Saverio Mercadante

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Irena Grafenauer, flute

    20:13
  • 5:14 PM

    Divertimento

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Joseph Haydn: Piano Chamber Music

    Haydn Trio Eisenstadt

    8:24
  • 5:06 PM

    Finlandia

    Jean Sibelius

    Ports of Call

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    7:48
  • 5:01 PM

    Les Brises d'Orient: Souvenir d'Occident

    Felicien David

    Daniel Blumenthal, piano

    4:35
  • 4:52 PM

    The Queen of Spades: Russian Dance and Romance

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    6:09
  • 4:25 PM

    Piano Sonata

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Piano Sonatas D. 845 & D 575

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    26:03
  • 4:19 PM

    Hungarian March

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: La Marseillaise, Etc

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    4:31
  • 4:14 PM

    Rio Sena

    Astor Piazzolla

    Corona Guitar Quartet

    Corona Guitar Quartet

    3:23
  • 4:06 PM

    Il barbiere di Siviglia (Barber of Seville): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    7:34
  • 3:52 PM

    Scottish March (Marche ecossaise)

    Claude Debussy

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    6:44
  • 3:20 PM

    Symphony No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    30:18
  • 3:13 PM

    Years of Pilgrimage: A Spring

    Franz Liszt

    Ashley Wass, piano

    4:23
  • 3:06 PM

    Children's March (Over the Hills and Far Away)

    Percy Grainger

    Michigan State Symphonic Band

    Keith Brion, conductor

    6:58
  • 3:01 PM

    Concerto for Strings "Conch Shell"

    Antonio Vivaldi

    I Musici

    4:34
  • 2:52 PM

    Cantata No. 78: Jesu, der du meine Seele: Duet: Wir eilen mit schwachen

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Baroque Duets

    Philharmonia Virtuosi

    Richard Kapp, conductor

    4:45
  • 2:28 PM

    String Quartet No. 63 "Sunrise"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Leipzig String Quartet

    22:51
  • 2:24 PM

    Modern Times: Smile

    Charlie Chaplin, arr. Claus Ogerman

    Le Cinema

    Gidon Kremer, violin

    Oleg Maisenberg, piano

    3:00
  • 2:23 PM

    String Quartet No. 63 "Sunrise"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Leipzig String Quartet

    22:51
  • 2:10 PM

    Ma vlast (My Country): Vltava (The Moldau)

    Bedrich Smetana

    Ports of Call

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    12:37
  • 2:00 PM

    Symphonic Dance No. 1

    Edvard Grieg

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    7:16
  • 1:54 PM

    Someone to Watch Over Me

    George Gershwin

    Philip Smith

    Philip Smith, trumpet

    3:42
  • 1:45 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish": 1st movement

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Complete Symphonies

    Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    8:50
  • 1:41 PM

    The World Beloved: A Bluegrass Mass: Gloria

    Carol Barnett

    VocalEssence

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    2:53
  • 1:32 PM

    Fiesta criolla

    Manuel Gomez Carrillo

    Wurttemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen

    Gabriel Castagna, conductor

    7:10
  • 1:30 PM

    Gato

    Carlos Guastavino

    Looking South

    Mirian Conti, piano

    1:25
  • 1:21 PM

    Carousel Waltz

    Richard Rodgers

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    7:49
  • 1:18 PM

    Jazz Suite No. 1: Waltz

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich: Symphony No. 11, etc.

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    2:43
  • 1:06 PM

    La Belle Helene (Beautiful Helene): Overture

    Jacques Offenbach

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    8:40
  • 1:04 PM

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    1:22
  • 12:50 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 3: Rondo

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The 5 Piano Concertos

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Nathalie Stutzmann, conductor

    Haochen Zhang, piano

    8:56
  • 12:40 PM

    Fra Diavolo: Overture

    Daniel Auber

    Great Comedy Overtures

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Lance Friedel, conductor

    8:10
  • 12:31 PM

    Prague Waltzes

    Antonin Dvorak

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    7:35
  • 12:25 PM

    The Running Set

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    George Hurst, conductor

    4:43
  • 12:09 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Giuseppe Torelli

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    5:45
  • 12:04 PM

    Joyous March

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    4:00
  • 11:51 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Max Bruch

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Robert Trevino, conductor

    Ray Chen, violin

    7:38
  • 11:43 AM

    Pirates of Penzance Overture

    Arthur Sullivan

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    7:07
  • 11:34 AM

    Concerto No. 5

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Simon Standage, conductor

    7:20
  • 11:30 AM

    Angry Birds Theme

    Ari Pulkkinen

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    3:10
  • 11:21 AM

    Clarinet Concerto: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Hans Vonk, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    8:16
  • 11:16 AM

    Othello Suite: Children's Intermezzo

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Fawzi Haimor, conductor

    3:52
  • 11:08 AM

    Minuet Antique

    Maurice Ravel

    Haydn, Ravel, Stravinsky

    Tesla Quartet

    5:44
  • 11:04 AM

    Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo

    Pietro Mascagni

    World Encores

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    3:26
  • 10:44 AM

    Karelia Overture

    Jean Sibelius

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    8:09
  • 10:32 AM

    Four Seasons: Autumn

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

    Eduardo Marturet, conductor

    Lara St. John, violin

    10:30
  • 10:23 AM

    Linos Ensemble

    8:13
  • 10:20 AM

    Six Pieces: Scherzo

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Septura

    3:10
  • 10:18 AM

    Shortnin' Bread

    Florence Price

    Apollo Chamber Players

    1:19
  • 10:14 AM

    Prelude for Lute

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    2:10
  • 10:06 AM

    Impromptu No. 4

    Franz Schubert

    Alfred Brendel, piano

    7:40
  • 10:01 AM

    The Red Pony Suite: The Gift

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: The Red Pony; Our Town; The Heiress Suite; Music For Movies

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    4:50
  • 9:48 AM

    Oboe Concerto No. 3

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Complete Orchestral Works

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    Heinz Holliger, oboe

    10:09
  • 9:33 AM

    Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    New Queen's Hall Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    13:14
  • 9:23 AM

    Missa Pange lingua: Agnus dei

    Josquin des Prez

    Stile Antico

    8:26
  • 9:06 AM

    Symphony "The Hunt"

    Carl Stamitz

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    16:17
  • 9:01 AM

    Duo Dolce

    4:33
  • 8:49 AM

    Suite on Galician Songs: Morning Song

    Enrique Granados

    Granados: Orchestral Works Vol. 1

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Pablo Gonzalez, conductor

    9:21
  • 8:42 AM

    Nocturne No. 12

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: The Nocturnes

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    5:48
  • 8:17 AM

    String Quartet No. 22 "Prussian"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Hagen Quartet

    23:52
  • 8:06 AM

    Symphony No. 7: 2nd movement

    Emilie Mayer

    Berlin Chamber Symphony Ensemble

    Jurgen Bruns, conductor

    10:07
  • 8:01 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 1: Gavotte

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

    Stefan Sanderling, conductor

    4:40
  • 7:46 AM

    Serenade No. 2

    Robert Volkmann

    German Chamber Academy

    Johannes Goritzki, conductor

    12:25
  • 7:39 AM

    Aria in Classic Style

    Marcel Grandjany

    Classics for Chamber Orchestra

    Stockholm Chamber Orchestra

    Jan-Olav Wedin, conductor

    Christine Muhlbach, harp

    5:58
  • 7:25 AM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Leopold Mozart

    Virtuoso Trumpet: Bach, Mozart, Telemann

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jahja Ling, conductor

    Rolf Smedvig, trumpet

    12:58
  • 7:06 AM

    The Wise Virgins Ballet Suite

    William Walton

    English Northern Philharmonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    18:07
  • 7:01 AM

    Sarabande

    Ludovico Einaudi

    Ludovico Einaudi: Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:42
  • 6:29 AM

    Gavle Symphony Orchestra

    Gerard Korsten, conductor

    29:21
  • 6:17 AM

    Sonatine

    Maurice Ravel

    Rachmaninoff, Ravel

    Lise de la Salle, piano

    10:58
  • 6:06 AM

    Zarabanda Lejana

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Rodrigo: Concertos and Orchestral Works

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    9:22
  • 6:01 AM

    Christmas Tree Suite: Abendglocken (Evening Bells)

    Franz Liszt

    Franz Liszt

    Jerome Lowenthal, piano

    4:30
  • 5:37 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 5

    Henri Vieuxtemps

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    Chee-Yun, violin

    20:50
  • 5:19 AM

    Six Epigraphes Antiques

    Claude Debussy

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    17:47
  • 5:06 AM

    Divertimento No. 8

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Divertimenti

    Berlin Philharmonic Winds

    11:21
  • 5:01 AM

    Barcarolle No. 9

    Gabriel Faure

    Paul Crossley, piano

    4:44