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  • 4:29 AM

    Swanwhite Suite

    Jean Sibelius

    Turku Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    29:24
  • 4:25 AM

    Wild Swans: Eliza's Aria

    Elena Kats-Chernin

    Spheres

    Daniel Hope, violin

    3:07
  • 4:11 AM

    A Cage of Doves

    Sally Beamish

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Martyn Brabbins, conductor

    12:08
  • 4:06 AM

    The Nightingale

    Alexander Alabiev

    From Russia with Harp

    Sasha Boldachev, harp

    4:54
  • 4:01 AM

    El cant dels ocells (Song of the Birds)

    Pablo Casals

    Romance: Lalo, Tchaikovsky, Casals, etc.

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Antonio Pappano, conductor

    Han-Na Chang, cello

    4:37
  • 3:43 AM

    Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra

    Samuel Friedman, conductor

    15:07
  • 3:39 AM

    Plan and Elevation: The Orangery

    Caroline Shaw

    Attacca Quartet

    1:57
  • 3:24 AM

    Dumbarton Oaks Concerto

    Igor Stravinsky

    The Knights

    14:56
  • 3:19 AM

    D'un vieux jardin (An Ancient Garden)

    Lili Boulanger

    Merz Trio

    2:25
  • 3:06 AM

    Picciola serenata

    Antonio Salieri

    Mozart � Salieri

    Armonia Ensemble

    13:05
  • 3:01 AM

    Farewell to Stromness

    Peter Maxwell Davies

    Peter Maxwell Davies

    Peter Maxwell Davies, piano

    4:45
  • 2:53 AM

    Lara Downes, piano

    5:14
  • 12:49 AM

    Sacred and Profane Dances

    Claude Debussy

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Edmon Colomer, conductor

    Vanessa McKeand, harp

    9:33
  • 12:46 AM

    Sarabande

    Elena Kats-Chernin

    Elena Kats-Chernin: Unsent Love Letters: Meditations on Erik Satie

    Tamara-Anna Cislowska, piano

    2:19
  • 12:36 AM

    Salome: Dance of the Seven Veils

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Rosenkavelier, Salome's Dance, Burleske Fastival Prelud

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    9:10
  • 12:18 AM

    Bassoon Concerto

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Bassoon Concertos

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Janne Nisonen, conductor

    Jaakko Luoma, bassoon

    16:43
  • 12:12 AM

    Carmen: Habanera

    Georges Bizet

    Paris Opera Orchestra

    Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos, conductor

    Grace Bumbry, mezzo-soprano

    4:19
  • 12:06 AM

    Namouna: Cigarette Waltz

    Edouard Lalo

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yondani Butt, conductor

    5:31
  • 12:01 AM

    Orphee Suite: Orphee and the Princess

    Philip Glass

    The Orpheus Suite for Piano

    Paul Barnes, piano

    4:36
  • 11:46 PM

    Ballet Suite No. 1

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    13:34
  • 11:29 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenbug Concertos Nos. 4, 5, 6

    Boston Baroque

    Martin Pearlman, conductor

    16:30
  • 11:07 PM

    Guitar Quintet No. 2

    Luigi Boccherini

    Boccherini: Quintets I, II, III

    Artaria Quartet

    Richard Savino, guitar

    21:04
  • 10:56 PM

    Dance of the Hours

    Amilcare Ponchielli

    Dances from the Opera

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    8:48
  • 10:53 PM

    Swedish Judge's Dance (Domaredansen)

    Otto Olsson

    Let Your Voice Be Heard

    Cantus

    1:40
  • 10:35 PM

    Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis; Fantasia on Greensleeves; The Lark Ascending; Five Variants of "Dives and Lazarus"

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    15:16
  • 10:34 PM

    Why fum'th in fight

    Thomas Tallis

    Tudor City

    New York Polyphony

    1:16
  • 10:28 PM

    Don Giovanni: La ci darem la mano

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    The #1 Opera Album

    Vienna Haydn Orchestra

    Istvan Kertesz, conductor

    Lucia Popp, soprano

    3:20
  • 10:24 PM

    Waltz No. 6 "Minute"

    Frederic Chopin

    The Chopin I Love

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    1:47
  • 9:28 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Johann Neruda

    Haydn, Hummel, Etc.: Trumpet Concertos

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    14:17
  • 9:23 PM

    The Gadfly: Romance

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Gidon Kremer, violin

    Oleg Maisenberg, piano

    2:50
  • 9:17 PM

    The Gadfly: Nocturne

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Inspiration

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla, conductor

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    5:03
  • 9:06 PM

    Die Fledermaus: Overture

    Johann StraussJr.

    Ultimate Overtures

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    8:59
  • 8:25 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The 5 Piano Concertos

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    Leon Fleisher, piano

    37:27
  • 8:12 PM

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Eric Whitacre, conductor

    9:02
  • 8:09 PM

    Song without Words No. 30 "Spring Song"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mischa Maisky, cello

    Sergio Tiempo, piano

    2:27
  • 8:01 PM

    Irish Tune from County Derry

    Percy Grainger

    Lincolnshire Posy

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    4:47
  • 5:38 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Arion

    Jaap ter Linden, conductor

    20:00
  • 5:21 PM

    Sonata No. 6

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

    (Selected members), conductor

    16:03
  • 5:13 PM

    Antoinette Polka Mazurka

    Alfred Pease

    Justin Holland: Guitar Works & Arrangements

    Christopher Mallett, guitar

    6:00
  • 5:06 PM

    Prelude No. 15 "Raindrop"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin Preludes

    Ivan Moravec, piano

    6:28
  • 5:01 PM

    Wallom Green/Curtain Tune

    John Playford/Henry Purcell

    Barokksolistene

    Bjarte Eike, violin

    4:40
  • 4:41 PM

    Horn Concerto

    Ruth Gipps

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Nicholas Braithwaite, conductor

    David Pyatt, horn

    17:05
  • 4:23 PM

    The Love for Three Oranges: Suite

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Kansas City Symphony

    Michael Stern, conductor

    16:04
  • 4:19 PM

    Mysterious Barricades

    Francois Couperin

    Home

    Elizabeth Hainen, harp

    2:37
  • 4:12 PM

    Piano Quintet: 2nd movement

    Florence Price

    UNCOVERED Vol. 2

    Catalyst Quartet

    Michelle Cann, piano

    6:14
  • 4:06 PM

    Festival March

    Antonin Dvorak

    Rochester Philharmonic

    David Zinman, conductor

    5:39
  • 4:01 PM

    Paris Quartet No. 12: Gai and Vite

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Telemann: 12 Paris Quartets

    Barthold Kuijken, flute

    4:37
  • 3:52 PM

    A Toi (To You) Waltz

    Emil Waldteufel

    Music of Waldteufel

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    7:00
  • 3:30 PM

    Sonata for Strings

    Carlos Gomes

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Neil Thomson, conductor

    21:55
  • 3:14 PM

    Keyboard Sonata

    Anna Bon di Venezia

    Sarah Cahill, piano

    13:11
  • 3:10 PM

    Insect Dances: Grasshopper Polka

    Elena Ruehr

    Arneis Quartet

    2:17
  • 3:06 PM

    Morning Song

    Edward Elgar

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    3:21
  • 3:01 PM

    I Capuleti e i Montecchi (Capulets and Montagues): Sinfonia

    Vincenzo Bellini

    Orchestra of St. Cecilia

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    4:40
  • 2:43 PM

    Second Rhapsody

    George Gershwin

    Prague Philharmonia

    Emmanuel Villaume, conductor

    Andrew von Oeyen, piano

    14:40
  • 2:39 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 17: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Complete Piano Sonatas

    Yeol Eum Som, piano

    3:37
  • 2:13 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Max Bruch

    Concert Recording

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Joshua Bell, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    25:24
  • 1:58 PM

    Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    13:05
  • 1:51 PM

    Violin Sonata: 4th movement

    Cesar Franck

    Secret Love Letters

    Lisa Batiashvili, violin

    5:53
  • 1:42 PM

    Magnificat: Selections

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    Dawn Upshaw, soprano

    5:33
  • 1:33 PM

    Philharmonia Baroque

    Nicholas McGegan, conductor

    8:00
  • 1:25 PM

    Cerdana

    Deodat de Severac

    50 Best Relaxing Piano

    Aldo Ciccolini, piano

    6:31
  • 1:20 PM

    Consort for Ten Winds: Aubade

    Robert Spittal

    Wind Music

    Atlanta Chamber Winds

    Robert J. Ambrose, conductor

    4:04
  • 1:09 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Jean Sibelius

    Jean Sibelius: Concerto for Violin in D minor, Op. 47, Max Bruch: Scottish Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 46

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Midori, violin

    7:38
  • 1:04 PM

    Rodeo: Saturday Night Waltz

    Aaron Copland

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    4:21
  • 12:51 PM

    Negro Folk Symphony: O, Le' Me Shine, Shine Like A Morning Star!

    William Dawson

    Seattle Symphony

    Roderick Cox, conductor

    7:37
  • 12:45 PM

    Colas Breugnon Overture

    Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    4:46
  • 12:37 PM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 2: Campanae Parisienses/Aria

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs And Dances, Etc

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    5:44
  • 12:30 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 2: Allegro

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Hilary Hahn Plays Bach

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    5:46
  • 12:19 PM

    Little Serenade

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    Lars-Erik Larsson: Music for String Orchestra

    Orebro Chamber Orchestra

    Goran Nilson, conductor

    10:29
  • 12:15 PM

    The Three-Cornered Hat: Neighbor's Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Muti | Philadelphia Orchestra | de Falla, Ravel, Chabrier

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    3:11
  • 12:06 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan": Andante

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Everybody's Mozart

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    7:06
  • 12:04 PM

    Acis and Galatea: Happy We!

    George Frideric Handel

    Grand & Glorious - Great Operatic Choruses / Robert Shaw

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    1:56
  • 11:50 AM

    Philharmonia Baroque

    Nicholas McGegan, conductor

    9:21
  • 11:46 AM

    Le Rossignol-en-amour (The Nightingale in Love)

    Francois Couperin

    Baroque Journey

    Lucie Horsch, recorder

    2:39
  • 11:36 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 11: 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    The King's Violins

    Bernard Labadie, conductor

    Alexandre Tharaud, piano

    8:16
  • 11:30 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    William Boyce

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    5:05
  • 11:22 AM

    Brook Green Suite

    Gustav Holst

    New Zealand Chamber Orchestra

    Nicholas Braithwaite, conductor

    7:07
  • 11:16 AM

    Polonaise for Violin and Strings

    Franz Schubert

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Thomas Zehetmair, conductor

    Thomas Zehetmair, violin

    5:36
  • 11:07 AM

    Gaelic Symphony: 2nd movement

    Amy Beach

    Nashville Symphony Orchestra

    Kenneth Schermerhorn, conductor

    7:20
  • 11:04 AM

    Curtain Tune on a Ground

    Henry Purcell

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    2:11
  • 10:49 AM

    Sleeping Beauty: Three Pictures

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    8:48
  • 10:37 AM

    Dalecarlian Suite No. 1

    Traditional

    Seven Suites of Swedish Folk Tunes

    Jakob Lindberg, lute

    10:19
  • 10:23 AM

    English Pastoral Impressions

    Ernest Farrar

    Farrar: Orchestral Works

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Alasdair Mitchell, conductor

    14:13
  • 10:21 AM

    Rondeau

    Jean-Joseph Mouret

    Five Centuries of Music for Brass Ensemble

    Bavarian Brass Soloists

    1:39
  • 10:12 AM

    Lore-Lore

    Lou Koster

    Koster: Orchestral Music

    Estro Armonico Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra

    Jonathan Kaell, conductor

    7:54
  • 10:06 AM

    Etude No. 3 "Tristesse"

    Frederic Chopin

    Frederic Chiu, piano

    4:41
  • 10:01 AM

    Symphonie Concertante: Adagio

    Louis Spohr

    Vienna Symphony Orchestra

    Manfred Honeck, conductor

    Maria Duenas, violin

    Volker Kempf, harp

    4:44
  • 9:47 AM

    Bassoon Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    The Italian Job

    La Serenissima

    Adrian Chandler, conductor

    Peter Whelan, bassoon

    11:03
  • 9:19 AM

    String Quartet No. 6

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Calidore String Quartet

    26:27
  • 9:14 AM

    In paradisum

    Galina Grigorjeva

    Schola Cantorum Reykjavik

    Hordur Askelsson, conductor

    3:28
  • 9:06 AM

    Rhapsody No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, piano

    7:23
  • 9:01 AM

    Sarabande: For Katharine in April

    Ron Nelson

    Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra

    Howard Hanson, conductor

    4:53
  • 8:48 AM

    Cello Sonata

    Claude Debussy

    David Finckel Wu Han

    David Finckel, cello

    10:44
  • 8:24 AM

    Flute Concerto

    Jeff Beal

    Beal: House of Cards Symphony

    Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra

    Jeff Beal, conductor

    Sharon Bezaly, flute

    23:27
  • 8:06 AM

    Summer Scenes from Hame

    Vaino Raitio

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Tuomas Ollila-Hannikainen, conductor

    15:58
  • 8:01 AM

    Suite No. 1 for Two Pianos: Waltz

    Anton Arensky

    Aglika Genova, piano

    Liuben Dimitrov, piano

    4:33
  • 7:47 AM

    Boston Modern Orchestra Project

    Gil Rose, conductor

    11:24
  • 7:40 AM

    Preludio de la Nostalgia

    Leo Brouwer

    Elena Papandreou, guitar

    5:47
  • 7:06 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2, 'The Four Temperaments'

    Seattle Symphony

    Thomas Dausgaard, conductor

    32:50
  • 7:01 AM

    Irmelin Prelude

    Frederick Delius

    Northern Sinfonia of England

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    4:46
  • 6:46 AM

    Musica Celestis

    Aaron Jay Kernis

    Kernis: Colored Field, Musica Celestis, Air

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    12:22
  • 6:34 AM

    Tender, Infinitely Tender

    Michael Byron

    Byron: Halcyon Days

    Lisa Moore, piano

    10:47
  • 6:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 10

    Franz Schubert

    Belcea Quartet

    26:33
  • 6:01 AM

    Notre Dame: Intermezzo

    Franz Schmidt

    Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    4:43
  • 5:53 AM

    Chant

    Vassilis Tsabropoulos

    Chants, Hymns and Dances

    Anja Lechner, cello

    5:34
  • 5:34 AM

    Mahashakti

    John Tavener

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vasily Petrenko, conductor

    Ruth Palmer, violin

    18:16
  • 5:14 AM

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Thomas Sondergard, conductor

    18:05
  • 5:06 AM

    Three Tone Pictures

    Elfrida Andree

    Oskar Ekberg, piano

    7:25
  • 5:01 AM

    Giunto alla tomba

    Giaches de Wert

    Giaches de Wert: Madrigals

    Gabriele Palomba, lute

    4:47