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  • 4:47 AM

    Daniele Ruggieri, flute

    Alberto Mesirca, guitar

    11:14
  • 4:19 AM

    Symphony No. 4 "From Mission San Juan"

    Kevin Puts

    Puts: Symphony No. 4

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    28:24
  • 4:07 AM

    The Way North: Elegy for the Nameless/Dreams of Flight

    Reinaldo Moya

    Matthew McCright, piano

    9:00
  • 4:01 AM

    Boston String Quartet

    4:41
  • 3:51 AM

    La Isla Magica

    Angelica Negron

    Eleonore Oppenheim, double bass

    Angelica Negron, electronics

    8:05
  • 3:34 AM

    Borderlands Ensemble

    14:52
  • 3:27 AM

    Xochiquetzal: Xochiquetzal's GIfts of Music and Dance

    Robert Xavier Rodriguez

    New England Conservatory Percussion Ensemble

    Frank Epstein, conductor

    Nicholas Kitchen, violin

    5:36
  • 3:11 AM

    Ritmos Anchinos

    Gabriela Lena Frank

    Silk Road Ensemble

    14:12
  • 3:06 AM

    Flor de Mayo

    Ljova

    Hemingway

    Shanir Blumenkranz, bass

    2:56
  • 3:01 AM

    Lamento Quichua

    Luis Gianneo

    Camerata Bariloche

    4:33
  • 2:43 AM

    Lamento Quichua

    Luis Gianneo

    Camerata Bariloche

    4:33
  • 2:42 AM

    The River of the Seven Stars (El Rio de las Siete Estrellas)

    Evencio Castellanos

    Castellanos: Santa Cruz de Pacairigua / El rio de las siete estrellas / Avilena Suite

    Venezuela Symphony Orchestra

    Jan Wagner, conductor

    14:50
  • 2:27 AM

    Phantasy Quintet

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Violin Sonata, String Quartet No. 2 Etc.

    Nash Ensemble

    14:23
  • 2:20 AM

    The Lark

    Mikhail Glinka

    Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition

    Evgeny Kissin, piano

    5:14
  • 2:06 AM

    Concerto for Oboe and Violin

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Julia Fischer, violin

    13:53
  • 2:01 AM

    The Seal Lullaby

    Eric Whitacre

    Home

    Voces8

    Christopher Glynn, piano

    4:33
  • 1:48 AM

    String Quartet No. 2

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Arabella String Quartet

    10:10
  • 1:18 AM

    Concerto Antico

    Richard Harvey

    Harvey, Gray: Guitar Concertos

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Daniel, conductor

    John Williams, guitar

    28:41
  • 1:06 AM

    Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Orchestral Works

    New Philharmonia Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    9:44
  • 1:01 AM

    Duettino

    Jan Dussek

    Gretchen Van Hoesen, harp

    Heidi van Hoesen Gorton, harp

    4:42
  • 12:51 AM

    Concerto for Two Oboes

    Antonio Vivaldi

    La Serenissima

    Adrian Chandler, conductor

    Rachel Chaplin, oboe

    Mark Baigent, oboe

    6:30
  • 12:23 AM

    Violin Sonata

    Cesar Franck

    Paris: La Belle Epoque

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    26:39
  • 12:18 AM

    The Royal Palaces Suite: The Ballroom in Buckingham Palace

    Arthur Bliss

    Bliss: Film Music

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    4:00
  • 12:06 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel and Haydn Society

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    11:10
  • 12:01 AM

    Andantino

    Alfredo Catalani

    Catalani: Ero e Leandro / Contemplazione / Il Mattino

    Rome Symphony Orchestra

    Francesco La Vecchia, conductor

    4:31
  • 11:30 PM

    Mississippi River Suite

    Florence Price

    The Oak - Mississippi River Suite - Symphony No. 3

    Women's Philharmonic

    Apo Hsu, conductor

    27:44
  • 11:25 PM

    Weeping Willow

    Scott Joplin

    Marcus Eley, clarinet

    2:50
  • 11:21 PM

    Seasons: Spring

    Dominick Argento

    The Singers

    Matthew Culloton, conductor

    3:12
  • 11:00 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 3

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Piano Concertos

    The King's Violins

    Bernard Labadie, conductor

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    20:13
  • 10:42 PM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 3

    Ottorino Respighi

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    16:57
  • 10:29 PM

    Sinfonia Melodica

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    The Colourful Telemann

    Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra

    Barthold Kuijken, conductor

    11:00
  • 10:19 PM

    Samson and Delilah: Bacchanale

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Camille Saint-Saens: Organ Symphony; Tone Poems

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    7:12
  • 10:16 PM

    Canzon Noni Toni

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    Gabrieli and St. Marks: Venetian Brass Music

    Wallace Collection

    2:52
  • 10:06 PM

    Violin Concerto "Eleven Eleven": 4th movement

    Danny Elfman

    Elfman: Violin Concerto, 'Eleven Eleven' - Hailstork: Piano Concerto No. 1

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Sandy Cameron, violin

    9:39
  • 9:52 PM

    Overture "In the Italian Style"

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonies, Vol. 2

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Edward Gardner, conductor

    7:20
  • 9:45 PM

    String Quartet No. 2: 2nd movement

    Maddalena Laura Sirmen

    Lombardini Quartet

    5:11
  • 9:27 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sonnerie

    Monica Huggett, conductor

    17:45
  • 9:22 PM

    Ave Maria

    Alfred Momotenko

    Momotenko: Creator of Angels - Choral Works

    Latvian Radio Choir

    Sigvards Klava, conductor

    3:37
  • 9:12 PM

    The Magic Harp

    Ina Boyle

    Dan Godfrey Encores

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    9:15
  • 9:09 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 7

    Johannes Brahms

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    Lambert Orkis, piano

    2:19
  • 9:03 PM

    From Jewish Life: Prayer

    Ernest Bloch

    From Jewish Life: Music for Cello and Orchestra

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    Jonathan Aasgaard, cello

    5:02
  • 8:45 PM

    Fountains of Rome

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Pines of Rome, The Birds, Fountains of Rome

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Louis Lane, conductor

    14:53
  • 8:29 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 3

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Havana Lyceum Orchestra

    Jose Antonio Mendez Padron, conductor

    Sarah Willis, horn

    14:17
  • 8:00 PM

    Hymnus for 12 Cellos

    Julius Klengel

    Elgar

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    5:10
  • 5:49 PM

    Four Seasons: Summer

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi, Cage: 8 Seasons

    B'Rock Baroque Orchestra

    Rodolfo Richter, violin

    9:29
  • 5:28 PM

    Suite for Large Orchestra

    Helena Munktell

    Gavle Symphony Orchestra

    Tobias Ringborg, conductor

    19:17
  • 5:22 PM

    Melodic Etude

    Cecile Chaminade

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    3:41
  • 5:06 PM

    Ma vlast (My Country): Vysehrad

    Bedrich Smetana

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    15:48
  • 5:01 PM

    Madrigal-Pavana

    Francisco Braga

    Serenata: Brazilian Music for Chamber Orchestra

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Neil Thomson, conductor

    4:35
  • 4:51 PM

    Oboe Concerto No. 1

    George Frideric Handel

    Sound The Trumpet: Royal Music of Purcell and Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    7:27
  • 4:47 PM

    See-Saw Waltz

    Justin Holland

    Jiji Plays Justin Holland: Music for Guitar

    Jiji, guitar

    2:23
  • 4:19 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "Sinfonie Capricieuse"

    Franz Berwald

    Berwald: Symphonies and Overtures

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    27:12
  • 4:10 PM

    The Snow Queen: Pas de Deux

    Tuomas Kantelinen

    Finnish National Opera Orchestra

    Tuomas Kantelinen, conductor

    7:24
  • 4:06 PM

    Wild Swans: Eliza's Aria

    Elena Kats-Chernin

    Nicola Sweeney, violin

    Sarah Nicolls, piano

    3:20
  • 4:01 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Entry of the Fairies

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    4:49
  • 3:45 PM

    Four Characteristic Waltzes

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    13:42
  • 3:13 PM

    Pictures at an Exhibition

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    30:20
  • 3:11 PM

    Transcendental Etude No. 1 "Prelude"

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: 12 Etudes d'Execution Transcendante

    Alice Sara Ott, piano

    :51
  • 3:06 PM

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    3:23
  • 3:01 PM

    The Prophet: Ballet of the Skaters: Galop

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Michal Nesterowicz, conductor

    4:55
  • 2:55 PM

    Prelude No. 12

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Conrad Tao, piano

    2:26
  • 2:52 PM

    Symphony No. 4: 3rd mvt

    Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

    2:00
  • 2:40 PM

    Violin Concerto: 1st movement

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Encore Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hege, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    10:26
  • 2:37 PM

    King's Noyse

    3:07
  • 2:28 PM

    Adagio for Strings

    Samuel Barber

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    7:28
  • 2:10 PM

    Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Greensleeves/Tallis Fantasia

    New Queen's Hall Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    15:39
  • 2:05 PM

    Turkish Rondo

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Reverie

    Kassia Ensemble

    Mary Elizabeth Bowden, trumpet

    3:31
  • 1:39 PM

    Symphony No. 8

    Antonin Dvorak

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    36:45
  • 1:39 PM

    Symphony No. 8

    Antonin Dvorak

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    36:45
  • 1:32 PM

    Pavane for a Dead Princess

    Maurice Ravel

    Thomas Stacy, english horn

    Paul Schwartz, piano

    5:33
  • 1:28 PM

    Fancy Free Ballet: Danzon

    Leonard Bernstein

    Leonard Bernstein: Marin Alsop The Complete Naxos Recordings

    Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    3:04
  • 1:23 PM

    Waltz No. 8

    Frederic Chopin

    Aleck Karis, piano

    3:43
  • 1:20 PM

    From Jewish Life: Jewish Song

    Ernest Bloch

    Songs of Comfort and Hope

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    2:14
  • 1:08 PM

    Gold and Silver Waltz

    Franz Lehar

    Lehar: Waltzes

    Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    8:41
  • 1:04 PM

    Carnival of the Animals: The Swan

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Inspiration

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestral Cellos

    Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla, conductor

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    2:34
  • 12:54 PM

    Piano Sonata: Andante

    Florence Price

    Calefax Reed Ensemble

    5:27
  • 12:51 PM

    The Daughter of the Regiment: Pour mon ame

    Gaetano Donizetti

    Stephen Costello, tenor

    2:00
  • 12:38 PM

    Symphony No. 85 "The Queen": 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Mozart Coronation Mass

    Handel and Haydn Society

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    11:08
  • 12:30 PM

    Symphony No. 6

    William Boyce

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    6:35
  • 12:26 PM

    The Capricious One

    Edward Elgar

    Daniel Lozakovich, violin

    Stanislav Soloviev, piano

    3:39
  • 12:20 PM

    Octet: Scherzo

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    4:33
  • 12:15 PM

    Octet: Scherzo

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    4:33
  • 12:09 PM

    In the Mountains: Sunny Day

    Josef Foerster

    Foerster: Symphony No. 5 & In den Bergen

    Osnabruck Symphony Orchestra

    Hermann Baumer, conductor

    4:29
  • 12:04 PM

    Canon

    Johann Pachelbel

    Mad About Baroque

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    4:10
  • 11:53 AM

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:15
  • 11:44 AM

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    7:32
  • 11:40 AM

    Preludes, Book 1: La danse de Puck (Puck's Dance)

    Claude Debussy

    Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano

    2:55
  • 11:32 AM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream Overture

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    West Australian Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Penny, conductor

    6:35
  • 11:30 AM

    Netherlands Wind Ensemble

    1:18
  • 11:20 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    William Herschel

    Herschel: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    9:34
  • 11:15 AM

    Varsog (Breath of Spring)

    Henning Sommerro

    Arctic

    Arctic Philharmonic

    Christian Kluxen, conductor

    Eldbjorg Hemsing, violin

    3:41
  • 11:08 AM

    Slavonic Dance No. 3

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak Symphony No. 2, Slavonic Dances

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    5:04
  • 11:04 AM

    Atalanta: Overture

    George Frideric Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    3:50
  • 10:50 AM

    English Folk Song Suite

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: A Serenade to Music, etc.

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Adrian Boult, conductor

    8:51
  • 10:45 AM

    Sonata No. 12

    Henry Purcell

    Purcell Quartet

    4:16
  • 10:34 AM

    Symphony No. 1: 2nd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Andris Nelsons, conductor

    9:29
  • 10:30 AM

    Mondnacht (Moon Night)

    Robert Schumann

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    3:47
  • 10:25 AM

    The Hobbit: Old Friends

    Howard Shore

    The Hobbit: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Howard Shore, conductor

    4:28
  • 10:14 AM

    La Stravaganza: Violin Concerto No. 12

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Arte Dei Suonatori Baroque Orchestra

    Rachel Podger, violin

    9:16
  • 10:06 AM

    Los Romeros

    Massimo Paris, conductor

    6:56
  • 10:01 AM

    Symphony No. 1: Menuetto

    Louise Farrenc

    European Soloists, Luxembourg

    Christoph Konig, conductor

    4:32
  • 9:46 AM

    Between Rain

    Edmund Finnis

    London Contemporary Orchestra

    Robert Ames, conductor

    12:20
  • 9:28 AM

    Le Tombeau de Couperin

    Maurice Ravel

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    16:51
  • 9:24 AM

    Remembrance

    Florence Price

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:55
  • 9:13 AM

    Trio Sonata No. 2

    Dietrich Buxtehude

    Eroica Trio

    9:47
  • 9:06 AM

    Ballade "About Olden Times"

    Anatol Liadov

    Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    5:52
  • 9:01 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 26

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Victor Sangiorgio, piano

    4:46
  • 8:50 AM

    The Bullfighter's Prayer

    Joaquin Turina

    Souvenirs of Spain and Italy

    Pacifica Quartet

    7:58
  • 8:43 AM

    Flute Concertino

    Cecile Chaminade

    Great Works for Flute and Orchestra

    Residentie Orchestra of the Hague

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    Sharon Bezaly, flute

    7:09
  • 8:19 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 1

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Pamela Frank, violin

    Claude Frank, piano

    21:45
  • 8:06 AM

    To a Nordic Princess

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger Edition Vol. 11: Works for Chorus & Orchestra 4

    Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    12:33
  • 8:01 AM

    Aria

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Transcendental Bach

    Thomas Labe, piano

    4:41
  • 7:48 AM

    Bleached Memories

    Elena Kats-Chernin

    Bluetongue

    Guitar Trek

    10:03
  • 7:21 AM

    Symphony No. 9: Adagio

    Anton Bruckner

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Manfred Honeck, conductor

    27:37
  • 7:07 AM

    Piano Sonata

    Franz Schubert

    Andras Schiff, piano

    12:27
  • 7:01 AM

    Romance

    Johann Peter Salomon

    Journey to Mozart

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hope, violin

    4:40
  • 6:40 AM

    Concerto for Harp and String Orchestra

    Alan Hovhaness

    I Fiamminghi

    Rudolf Werthen, conductor

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    18:01
  • 6:37 AM

    Lord, take my hand and lead me

    Thora Marteinsdottir

    Meditatio II

    Schola Cantorum Reykjavik

    Hordur Askelsson, conductor

    2:32
  • 6:06 AM

    Piano Quartet No. 1

    Gabriel Faure

    Domus

    29:28
  • 6:01 AM

    Lachrimae Tristes

    John Dowland

    DOWLAND: Lachrimae, or seaven teares

    The Dowland Consort

    Jakob Lindberg, conductor

    4:46
  • 5:48 AM

    A Colour Symphony: Blue

    Arthur Bliss

    English Northern Philharmonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    10:07
  • 5:25 AM

    String Quartet No. 1 "Lyric"

    George Walker

    Uncovered, Volume 3

    Catalyst Quartet

    22:49
  • 5:06 AM

    Laurel Zucker, flute

    Richard Savino, guitar

    16:55
  • 5:01 AM

    Last Spring

    Edvard Grieg

    Arctic

    Arctic Philharmonic

    Christian Kluxen, conductor

    Eldbjorg Hemsing, violin

    4:41