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  • 4:53 AM

    Simple Prayer for Complex Times

    Dobrinka Tabakova

    Lara Downes, piano

    5:26
  • 4:44 AM

    Titration: The Grief of Which I Rarely Speak

    Shara Nova

    The Crossing

    Donald Nally, conductor

    8:31
  • 4:39 AM

    Ligeti Quartet

    3:51
  • 4:33 AM

    Adagio Cantabile

    Joseph Scianni

    Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra

    Howard Hanson, conductor

    3:51
  • 4:17 AM

    Saskia Lankhoorn, piano

    15:31
  • 4:06 AM

    Kronos Quartet

    9:39
  • 4:01 AM

    Heartbreaker

    Missy Mazzoli

    Michael Mizrahi, piano

    4:38
  • 3:52 AM

    Jordan Bak, viola

    5:33
  • 3:19 AM

    Concerto for Viola and Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Theofanidis

    Albany Symphony Orchestra

    David Alan Miller, conductor

    Richard O'Neill, viola

    31:04
  • 3:07 AM

    Duet No. 1, Chorale Pointing Downwards

    Nico Muhly

    Nadia Sirota, viola

    Clarice Jensen, cello

    10:08
  • 3:01 AM

    End of Day

    Todd Reynolds

    Todd Reynolds, viola

    4:28
  • 2:33 AM

    Piano Trio No. 1

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Trios by Ravel: Saint-Saens, Chaminade

    Rembrandt Trio

    26:05
  • 2:18 AM

    Symphony No. 5

    Samuel Wesley

    Wesley: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    13:08
  • 2:10 AM

    A Stroll to the Moon

    Manos Hadjidakis

    Elena Papandreou, guitar

    6:18
  • 2:06 AM

    In Moonlight

    Edward Elgar

    Vaughan Williams; Elgar

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, viola

    3:09
  • 2:01 AM

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:37
  • 1:52 AM

    Notturno sull'acqua

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Works for Cello & Piano

    Enrico Dindo, cello

    5:31
  • 1:16 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Jean Sibelius

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    34:38
  • 1:11 AM

    Ten Piano Pieces: Andante

    Necil Kazim Akses

    Beyza Yazgan, piano

    2:56
  • 1:06 AM

    The Gadfly: Nocturne

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Inspiration

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla, conductor

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    5:03
  • 1:01 AM

    Wandering I

    Eydis Evensen

    Bylur

    Eydis Evensen, piano

    4:38
  • 12:53 AM

    Portraits of Langston: Danse Africaine

    Valerie Coleman

    Demarre McGill, flute

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    Michael McHale, piano

    5:30
  • 12:25 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Lisa Batiashvili, violin

    26:15
  • 12:19 AM

    Prelude No. 4

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    A Rachmaninov Collection

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    5:17
  • 12:07 AM

    Introduction and Allegro

    Maurice Ravel

    Jupiter String Quartet

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    Alexa Still, flute

    Richard Hawkins, clarinet

    11:25
  • 12:01 AM

    Berceuse (Lullaby)

    Frederic Chopin

    Artur Rubinstein, piano

    4:38
  • 11:44 PM

    In Nature's Realm Overture

    Antonin Dvorak

    Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    14:46
  • 11:30 PM

    Snow Maiden Suite

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    12:28
  • 11:22 PM

    The Cathedral (La Catedral)

    Agustin Barrios

    Batucada: South American Guitar Music

    Graham Anthony Devine, guitar

    7:27
  • 11:16 PM

    Sara Davis Buechner, piano

    4:18
  • 11:06 PM

    L'Estro Armonico: Concerto No. 2 for Two Violins and Cello

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Brecon Baroque

    Rachel Podger, violin

    Bojan Cicic, violin

    8:59
  • 11:01 PM

    Faust, the Damned: Mirror Pas de Deux

    Laszlo Dubrovay

    László Dubrovay: Faust, the Damned

    Budapest Symphony Orchestra

    Laszlo Kovacs, conductor

    4:37
  • 10:57 PM

    Lady Clifton's Spirit

    John Dowland

    Dowland: My Favorite Dowland

    Paul O'Dette, lute

    1:42
  • 10:33 PM

    Concerto Andaluz

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Rodrigo: Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    23:57
  • 10:28 PM

    Liebesleid (Love's Sorrow)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Emma Johnson, clarinet

    Julius Drake, piano

    3:48
  • 10:17 PM

    A Gentleman of Istanbul: The Clocks and Bells of Vienna

    Mehmet Ali Sanlikol

    A Far Cry Orchestra

    Mehmet Ali Sanlikol, oud

    George Lernis, percussion

    9:06
  • 10:12 PM

    Othello Suite: Children's Intermezzo

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    3:44
  • 10:06 PM

    Waltz No. 2 "Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin

    Mikhail Pletnev, piano

    5:00
  • 9:44 PM

    Fantasia Mexicana

    Antonio Gomezanda

    Antonio Gomezanda: Orchestral Works

    Berlin Symphony Orchestra

    Jorge Velazco, conductor

    Alan Marks, piano

    14:47
  • 9:36 PM

    Humoresque-Bagatelles

    Carl Nielsen

    Per Flemstrom, flute

    Mats Bergstrom, guitar

    6:52
  • 9:26 PM

    The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture

    Otto Nicolai

    Great Comedy Overtures

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Lance Friedel, conductor

    8:19
  • 9:24 PM

    Swan Lake: Dance of the Little Swans

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra

    Aleksander Lazarev, conductor

    1:45
  • 9:19 PM

    Lady Audrey's Suite: The Old Shepherd's Tale

    Herbert Howells

    Dante Quartet

    3:19
  • 9:06 PM

    Ricciardo e Zoraide: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    12:25
  • 9:03 PM

    Sonata No. 26

    Niccolo Paganini

    Dale Kavanagh, guitar

    2:40
  • 8:36 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 1

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Ravel, Debussy, Saint-Saens

    James Ehnes, violin

    22:39
  • 8:22 PM

    Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: La Mer, Images, Prelude

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    11:43
  • 8:10 PM

    Gli Incogniti

    Amandine Beyer, conductor

    10:29
  • 8:06 PM

    Six Pieces: Romance

    Pauline Viardot-Garcia

    Reto Kuppel, violin

    Wolfgang Manz, piano

    3:09
  • 8:01 PM

    Aleko: Women's Dance

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    4:36
  • 5:48 PM

    Toccata and Fugue

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    10:07
  • 5:45 PM

    exhalation

    Hanna Benn

    Jennifer Koh, violin

    2:25
  • 5:22 PM

    Clarinet Sonata No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Here With You

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    22:01
  • 5:18 PM

    The Musical Box

    Anatol Liadov

    Jouer, chanter, danser/Play, sing, dance

    Manon Le Comte, harp

    2:04
  • 5:06 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 8

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Concerti Grossi, Op. 6, Nos. 7-12

    Boston Baroque

    Martin Pearlman, conductor

    11:48
  • 5:01 PM

    Reverie

    Claude Debussy

    The Impressionists: A Windham Hill Sampler

    Turtle Island String Quartet

    4:32
  • 4:50 PM

    School for Scandal Overture

    Samuel Barber

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    8:16
  • 4:22 PM

    Symphony No. 86

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    26:28
  • 4:18 PM

    Dolly Suite: Le Jardin de Dolly

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: Pelleas Et Melisande, Dolly Suite, Etc

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    2:57
  • 4:14 PM

    American Series: Choro (Brazilian Dance)

    Hector Ayala

    David Russell, guitar

    2:13
  • 4:06 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Titan": 2nd movement

    Gustav Mahler

    Mahler: Symphony No. 1; Blumine

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    8:03
  • 4:01 PM

    Leone Buyse, flute

    Martin Amlin, piano

    4:36
  • 3:49 PM

    The Wreckers Overture

    Ethel Smyth

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    9:10
  • 3:21 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Niels Gade

    Romantic Violin Concertos

    Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Storgards, conductor

    Christina Astrand, violin

    26:43
  • 3:19 PM

    The King of Denmark's Galliard

    John Dowland

    Viva Italia

    Queen's Chamber Band

    1:44
  • 3:06 PM

    Hans Christian Andersen Overture

    August Enna

    North German Radio Symphony

    Michael Hofstetter, conductor

    11:23
  • 3:01 PM

    Piano Sonata

    Andrea Luchesi

    Andrea Luchesi: Piano Sonatas and Rondos

    Roberto Plano, piano

    4:32
  • 2:52 PM

    Cello Sonata: Andante

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Muse

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    5:34
  • 2:37 PM

    Froissart Overture

    Edward Elgar

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    13:49
  • 2:29 PM

    Images for Orchestra: Rondes de printemps (Spring Rounds)

    Claude Debussy

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor

    6:59
  • 2:22 PM

    Valse Caprice

    Amy Beach

    Joanne Polk, piano

    6:19
  • 2:12 PM

    Our Town

    Aaron Copland

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

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    9:02
  • 2:01 PM

    Symphony No. 2: Finale

    Otto Nicolai

    Nicolai: 4 Overtures, Symphony in D Major

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacker, conductor

    9:03
  • 1:56 PM

    Rodeo: Hoe-Down

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: The Music Of America 

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:17
  • 1:45 PM

    Polonaise Brillante

    Franz Liszt

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Misha Dichter, piano

    9:26
  • 1:33 PM

    Four Seasons: Summer

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi - The Four Seasons

    Boston Baroque

    Martin Pearlman, conductor

    Christina Day Martinson, violin

    10:47
  • 1:22 PM

    Kaiser-Walzer (Emperor Waltz)

    Johann StraussJr.

    Viennese Summerfest!

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    9:48
  • 1:17 PM

    Aria

    Eugene Bozza

    Saxophone Caprices

    Koryun Asatryan, saxophone

    4:14
  • 1:11 PM

    Marriage of Figaro: Sull'aria...Che soave zeffiretto

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    The Opera Album

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor

    Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano

    2:41
  • 1:04 PM

    Serenade No. 10 "Gran Partita": Adagio

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mad About Mozart

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    5:30
  • 12:47 PM

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

    Bedrich Smetana

    The Water Planet

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    11:27
  • 12:29 PM

    Violin Concerto: Finale

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Vienna Symphony Orchestra

    Manfred Honeck, conductor

    Maria Duenas, violin

    11:50
  • 12:26 PM

    Miniatures: Yaravi

    William Grant Still

    Sylvan Winds

    2:15
  • 12:21 PM

    Variations on a Theme by Frank Bridge: March; Romance; Aria Italiana

    Benjamin Britten

    Visions and Variations

    A Far Cry Orchestra

    3:56
  • 12:10 PM

    Consolation No. 3

    Franz Liszt

    Mariam Batsashvili, piano

    3:33
  • 12:07 PM

    Ballet Scenes: Polonaise

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: From the Middle Ages; Scenes de Ballet

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    5:10
  • 12:07 PM

    Consolation No. 3

    Franz Liszt

    Mariam Batsashvili, piano

    3:33
  • 11:56 AM

    St. Cecilia: Overture

    Maurice Greene

    Baroque Band

    Garry Clarke, conductor

    3:45
  • 11:51 AM

    The Seasons: May (Starlight Nights)

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Seasons

    Queensland Symphony Orchestra

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    Takako Nishizaki, violin

    3:52
  • 11:49 AM

    Song without Words No. 25 "May Breezes"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Andras Schiff, piano

    2:24
  • 11:34 AM

    Concerto for 2 Orchestras No. 3

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Music For The Royal Fireworks

    English Baroque Soloists

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    13:24
  • 11:23 AM

    Overture for a Masque

    E.J. Moeran

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    9:22
  • 11:17 AM

    Overture "Water Music": Bourree; Harlequinade; Der sturmende Aeolus

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    5:10
  • 11:11 AM

    Reverie

    Claude Debussy

    Impressions

    Katerina Englichova, harp

    4:04
  • 11:07 AM

    Arabesque No. 2

    Claude Debussy

    Impressions

    Katerina Englichova, harp

    4:17
  • 11:04 AM

    Etude No. 8

    Frederic Chopin

    Maurizio Pollini, piano

    2:03
  • 10:52 AM

    La Scala di Seta (Silken Ladder): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures Vol 2 / Benda, Prague Sinfonia

    Prague Sinfonia Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    6:02
  • 10:45 AM

    Farfalla (Butterfly)

    Emile Sauret

    Sauret: Violin and Piano Music - Scenes villageoises / Souvenir d'Orient / Souvenir de Los Angeles

    Michi Wiancko, violin

    7:05
  • 10:22 AM

    String Quartet No. 59 "The Rider"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: "Lark," "Rider" And "La Chasse" Quartets

    Hagen Quartet

    21:25
  • 10:17 AM

    Perpetuum mobile

    Simon Jeffes

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    4:29
  • 10:10 AM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Alessandro Stradella

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Simon Wright, conductor

    John Wallace, trumpet

    5:42
  • 10:06 AM

    Hungarian Dance No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Jean-Guihen Queyras, cello

    Alexandre Tharaud, piano

    2:56
  • 10:01 AM

    Mignon: Connais-tu le pays?

    Ambroise Thomas

    Cantabile

    Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Olivieri-Munroe, conductor

    Sol Gabetta, cello

    4:36
  • 9:39 AM

    Siegfried Idyll

    Richard Wagner

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    18:57
  • 9:21 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 4

    Chevalier de Meude-Monpas

    Encore Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hege, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    16:59
  • 9:17 AM

    Blues from Lenox Avenue

    William Grant Still

    Zina Schiff, violin

    Cameron Grant, piano

    2:42
  • 9:06 AM

    Souvenir of a Beloved Place: Meditation

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    9:40
  • 9:01 AM

    Symphony: Larghetto

    Joseph Martin Kraus

    Kraus: Complete Symphonies, Vol. 4

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Petter Sundkvist, conductor

    4:34
  • 8:55 AM

    Out of the Depths

    Amy Beach

    Joanne Polk, piano

    3:28
  • 8:07 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Anton Bruckner

    Bruckner: Symphony No. 1

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    46:57
  • 8:01 AM

    Humoresque No. 3

    Jean Sibelius

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Pekka Kuusisto, conductor

    Pekka Kuusisto, violin

    4:32
  • 7:52 AM

    Mountains are Far Away

    Kayhan Kalhor

    Silk Road Journeys: Beyond the Horizon

    Silk Road Ensemble

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    6:07
  • 7:43 AM

    Four Rocky Mountain Sketches

    Cecil Burleigh

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    Matthew Hagle, piano

    9:56
  • 7:12 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "The Midnight Hour"

    Eivind Groven

    Groven: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2

    Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra

    Peter Szilvay, conductor

    29:24
  • 7:06 AM

    Shells of the Ocean

    Justin Holland

    Gabriele Leite, guitar

    4:13
  • 7:01 AM

    Gnossienne No. 1

    Erik Satie

    The Magic of Satie

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    4:34
  • 6:49 AM

    La lugubre gondola No. 2 (The Black Gondola)

    Franz Liszt

    John Adams: El Dorado

    London Sinfonietta

    John Adams, conductor

    9:50
  • 6:45 AM

    May Night

    Selim Palmgren

    American Virtuosa - Tribute to Maud Powell

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    2:13
  • 6:06 AM

    Piano Sonata

    Franz Schubert

    Paul Lewis, piano

    38:04
  • 6:01 AM

    Serenade for Strings: Romanza

    Ernst von Dohnanyi

    English Sinfonia

    John Farrer, conductor

    4:37
  • 5:37 AM

    10 Preludios

    Carlos Guastavino

    Mirian Conti, piano

    20:51
  • 5:22 AM

    Summer Night

    Othmar Schoeck

    Schoeck: Cello Concerto; Sommernacht

    German Chamber Academy

    Johannes Goritzki, conductor

    Johannes Goritzki, cello

    15:21
  • 5:06 AM

    Four Characteristic Waltzes

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    13:42
  • 5:01 AM

    Miami Grands: Key Biscayne, Dawn

    Michael Torke

    Miami Piano Circle

    Georgi Danchev, conductor

    4:41