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  • 4:49 AM

    Eternity's Sunrise

    Howard Skempton

    HOWARD SKEMPTON: Man and Bat, Piano Concerto, The Moon is Flashing, Eternity's Sunrise

    Ensemble 360

    9:13
  • 4:36 AM

    Between Rain

    Edmund Finnis

    London Contemporary Orchestra

    Robert Ames, conductor

    12:20
  • 4:26 AM

    Shining River

    Shafer Mahoney

    Duo Damiana

    9:01
  • 4:17 AM

    Deep Summer Music

    Libby Larsen

    Libby Larsen

    Colorado Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    7:16
  • 4:06 AM

    Spiegel im Spiegel (Mirror in the Mirror)

    Arvo Part

    Daniel Hope, violin

    Jacques Ammon, piano

    9:53
  • 4:01 AM

    Everything Lasts Forever: Bird Sing Love

    Michael Kurth

    Michael Kurth: Everything Lasts Forever

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Spano, conductor

    4:50
  • 3:55 AM

    Little Love

    Gabriel Kahane

    Lara Downes, piano

    3:16
  • 3:38 AM

    Lieux retrouves (Rediscovered Places)

    Thomas Ades

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Nicholas Collon, conductor

    Tomas Nunez, cello

    16:44
  • 3:29 AM

    The Sky Was Good for Flying

    David Kirkland Garner

    Unraveling Beethoven

    Nicholas DiEugenio, violin

    6:20
  • 3:12 AM

    Music for Airports: 1/1

    Brian Eno

    Bang on a Can All-Stars

    16:30
  • 3:06 AM

    Evening

    Eriks Esenvalds

    Esenvalds: Passion And Resurrection

    Polyphony

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    3:20
  • 3:01 AM

    Ludovico Einaudi, piano

    4:40
  • 2:51 AM

    Greenlandic Folk Music

    Emil Reesen

    Aalborg Symphony Orchestra

    Bo Holten, conductor

    6:56
  • 2:25 AM

    Concerto Andaluz

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Spanish Night

    Internationale Philharmonie

    Horst-Hans Backer, conductor

    24:59
  • 2:20 AM

    Sara Sant'Ambrogio, cello

    Anyssa Neumann, piano

    4:25
  • 2:06 AM

    Tanzwalzer

    Ferruccio Busoni

    Strauss, Liszt, Korngold, Busoni, Schreker

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Kazuki Yamada, conductor

    11:56
  • 2:01 AM

    Graceful Ghost Rag

    William Bolcom

    Ruskin Cooper, piano

    4:34
  • 1:52 AM

    Scherzando No. 1

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    FJ and JM Haydn: Flute Concertos

    Haydn Ensemble Berlin

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    6:13
  • 1:38 AM

    The Boy From...

    Mary Rodgers & Stephen Sondheim

    Side By Side By Sondheim

    Millicent Martin, vocal

    3:00
  • 1:25 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    25:48
  • 1:10 AM

    Fair Maid of Perth: Suite

    Georges Bizet

    Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    13:22
  • 1:06 AM

    Ye Banks and Braes o' Bonnie Doon

    Percy Grainger

    Michigan State University Band

    Keith Brion, conductor

    2:59
  • 1:01 AM

    Silvain Overture

    Andre Gretry

    Orchestre De Bretagne

    Stefan Sanderling, conductor

    4:43
  • 12:53 AM

    Waltz No. 1 "Grand Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    Stephen Kovacevich, piano

    5:05
  • 12:30 AM

    American Suite

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 in E minor; American Suite

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    22:32
  • 12:10 AM

    An American in Paris

    George Gershwin

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    17:37
  • 12:06 AM

    The Return of Maxim: Waltz

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Moscow Chamber Orchestra

    Constantine Orbelian, conductor

    3:03
  • 12:01 AM

    Two German Dances

    Franz Schubert

    Yaara Tal, piano

    Andreas Groethuysen, piano

    4:39
  • 11:35 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Camille Saint-Saens

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    Cecile Licad, piano

    22:36
  • 11:21 PM

    Serenade for Flute and Guitar

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Italian Serenade

    James Galway, flute

    11:41
  • 11:12 PM

    Cinema Paradiso

    Ennio Morricone

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    John Mauceri, conductor

    Gil Shaham, violin

    7:46
  • 11:02 PM

    Concert Waltz No. 1

    Alexander Glazunov

    Russian State Symphony Orchestra

    Valery Polyansky, conductor

    9:11
  • 10:59 PM

    Philadelphia Gray's Quickstep

    Francis Johnson

    Symphony Orchestra of America

    Matthew H. Phillips, conductor

    2:05
  • 10:36 PM

    Concerto After Handel

    Arnold Schoenberg

    New York Chamber Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    21:38
  • 10:24 PM

    Scheherazade: The Sea and Sinbad's Ship

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade; Tsar Saltan Suite etc.

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    10:39
  • 10:13 PM

    Fair Melusina Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Seascapes

    Virginia Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    10:11
  • 10:07 PM

    Simple Prayer for Complex Times

    Dobrinka Tabakova

    Lara Downes, piano

    5:26
  • 9:54 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2 "Characteristic": Scherzo burlesque

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

    Stefan Sanderling, conductor

    5:20
  • 9:50 PM

    Set Me as a Seal

    Rene Clausen

    Clausen: Choral Works

    Kansas City Chorale

    Charles Bruffy, conductor

    2:55
  • 9:35 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Havana Lyceum Orchestra

    Jose Antonio Mendez Padron, conductor

    Sarah Willis, horn

    13:28
  • 9:21 PM

    Suite for Strings

    John Rutter

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Rutter, conductor

    12:23
  • 9:09 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 4

    George Frideric Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    10:38
  • 9:06 PM

    Etude No. 10

    Frederic Chopin

    Jan Lisiecki, piano

    2:16
  • 9:01 PM

    Simple Symphony: Playful Pizzicato

    Benjamin Britten

    Twentieth Century Classics

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    3:15
  • 8:57 PM

    Over Hill Over Dale

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    There is Sweet Music

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    1:00
  • 8:52 PM

    The Running Set

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    George Hurst, conductor

    4:43
  • 8:36 PM

    The Comedians

    Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Kabalevsky, Prokofiev, Glinka, Tchaikovsky

    San Diego Chamber Orchestra

    Donald Barra, conductor

    15:29
  • 8:15 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    English Baroque Soloists

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    Kati Debretzeni, violin

    18:35
  • 8:05 PM

    Dance Suite from Terpsichore

    Michael Praetorius

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    10:02
  • 8:00 PM

    Tales of Hoffmann: Barcarolle

    Jacques Offenbach

    The Greatest Classical Show On Earth

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    3:59
  • 5:51 PM

    The White-Haired Girl Suite: Greeting the Sun

    Yan Jinxuan

    Concert Suites

    China National Symphony Orchestra

    Zuohuang Chen, conductor

    6:48
  • 5:24 PM

    Symphony No. 25

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies 25 & 31, Etc

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    26:19
  • 5:17 PM

    Six Pieces: Waltz

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Cynthia Raim, piano

    David Allen Wehr, piano

    4:17
  • 5:06 PM

    Benvenuto Cellini: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Brno State Philharmonic Orchestra

    Petr Vronsky, conductor

    10:50
  • 5:01 PM

    Algarve Orchestra

    Alvaro Cassuto, conductor

    4:36
  • 4:50 PM

    Novelette "In Eastern Style"

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: Five Novelettes; String Quartet No. 5

    Saint Petersburg String Quartet

    8:06
  • 4:33 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jahja Ling, conductor

    Rolf Smedvig, trumpet

    15:45
  • 4:24 PM

    Fanfare, Hymn and Finale

    Peter Boyer

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Peter Boyer, conductor

    7:44
  • 4:12 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 3

    Pieter Hellendaal

    Combattimento Consort Amsterdam

    Jan Willem de Vriend, conductor

    10:34
  • 4:06 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 10

    Antonin Dvorak

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vaclav Neumann, conductor

    5:40
  • 4:00 PM

    Katrina Szederkenyi, harp

    4:48
  • 3:47 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 3 "Il gardellino" ("The Goldfinch")

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Tokyo Bach-Mozart Ensemble

    Masahiro Arita, baroque flute

    10:59
  • 3:23 PM

    Piano Concerto

    Clara Schumann

    Boulanger, Tailleferre, Mendelssohn, Schumann

    Women's Philharmonic

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Angela Cheng, piano

    21:48
  • 3:16 PM

    Serenata in Vano

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen: Wind Music

    Athena Ensemble

    6:47
  • 3:06 PM

    Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia

    Aram Khachaturian

    Khachaturian: Spartacus Suites

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    8:50
  • 3:01 PM

    12 German Dances for Orchestra: Nos. 5-7

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    4:42
  • 2:42 PM

    Cockaigne Overture (In London Town)

    Edward Elgar

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yehudi Menuhin, conductor

    14:13
  • 2:37 PM

    Lux Aeterna

    Edward Elgar

    Voces8

    3:52
  • 2:24 PM

    Trumpet Concerto No. 2

    Johann Molter

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    12:15
  • 2:06 PM

    Capriccio Espagnol

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Bergen Symphony Orchestra

    Dmitri Kitayenko, conductor

    16:18
  • 2:00 PM

    Turkish Rondo

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Second Recital

    Ruth Laredo, piano

    3:39
  • 1:55 PM

    Turandot: Nessun dorma

    Giacomo Puccini

    Roberto Alagna: Nessun Dorma

    Covent Garden Opera Orchestra

    Mark Elder, conductor

    Roberto Alagna, tenor

    3:26
  • 1:52 PM

    Don Giovanni: Deh vieni alla fenestra

    Wolfgang Mozart

    Serenades

    Roberto Alagna, tenor

    2:00
  • 1:47 PM

    Two Aquarelles

    Frederick Delius

    English String Miniatures Vol.4

    Northern Sinfonia of England

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    4:09
  • 1:41 PM

    Piano Concerto: 3rd movement

    Maurice Ravel

    Paris Orchestra

    Josep Pons, conductor

    Javier Perianes, piano

    4:09
  • 1:34 PM

    The Girl from Ipanema

    Antonio Carlos Jobim

    Saudade

    Plinio Fernandes, guitar

    2:36
  • 1:21 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": 4th movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9, Carnival Overture

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    11:55
  • 1:19 PM

    Music for Children: March

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Brodsky Unlimited

    Brodsky Quartet

    1:04
  • 1:09 PM

    Die Meistersinger von Nurmberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremburg): Dance; Finale

    Richard Wagner

    Reiner Conducts Wagner

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    6:18
  • 1:04 PM

    Candide: Overture

    Leonard Bernstein

    Leonard Bernstein: Marin Alsop The Complete Naxos Recordings

    Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    4:19
  • 12:50 PM

    Prelude and Fugue "St Anne"

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    14:44
  • 12:39 PM

    Carmen Suite No. 1

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: Carmen, L'Arlesienne, etc.

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    9:34
  • 12:29 PM

    Suite on Galician Songs: La fiesta

    Enrique Granados

    Granados: Orchestral Works Vol. 1

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Pablo Gonzalez, conductor

    8:37
  • 12:24 PM

    Symphony No. 102: 4th movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    London Classical Players

    Roger Norrington, conductor

    4:31
  • 12:20 PM

    I'll Be Seeing You

    Sammy Fain

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:42
  • 12:10 PM

    Symphony: 1st movement

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    4:07
  • 12:04 PM

    Hungarian March

    Hector Berlioz

    Classic Marches

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    4:57
  • 11:53 AM

    Ground after the Scotch Humour

    Nicola Matteis

    Palladian Ensemble

    4:15
  • 11:48 AM

    A New Tune

    Anonymous

    The Sunday Sessions: Wish List

    Palladian Ensemble

    4:06
  • 11:36 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor": Rondo

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Concertos / Fischer, Goode, Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    Richard Goode, piano

    10:16
  • 11:32 AM

    Koanga: La Calinda

    Frederick Delius

    DELIUS: Paris / Brigg Fair / Eventyr / Irmelin / La Calinda

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    Myer Fredman, conductor

    3:50
  • 11:20 AM

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    10:00
  • 11:15 AM

    Die Zwillingsbruder: Overture

    Franz Schubert

    Prague Sinfonia

    Christian Benda, conductor

    3:54
  • 11:10 AM

    Caprice viennois (Viennese Caprice)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    Robert McDuffie, violin

    3:59
  • 11:04 AM

    Bartered Bride: Polka

    Bedrich Smetana

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    4:58
  • 10:52 AM

    Serenade No. 1: Rondo

    Johannes Brahms

    Residentie Orchestra of the Hague

    Jan Willem de Vriend, conductor

    6:24
  • 10:48 AM

    Waltz No. 1

    Antonin Dvorak

    Stamitz Quartet

    3:59
  • 10:38 AM

    In the Steppes of Central Asia

    Alexander Borodin

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    7:21
  • 10:26 AM

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    Maxine Eilander, harp

    11:52
  • 10:24 AM

    Nursery Suite: The Merry Doll

    Edward Elgar

    Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    1:36
  • 10:14 AM

    A Fugal Concerto

    Gustav Holst

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Duke Dobing, flute

    Christopher Hooker, oboe

    8:25
  • 10:06 AM

    Swan Lake: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Sergiu Comissiona, conductor

    7:21
  • 10:01 AM

    Liza/Promenade

    George Gershwin

    Rendezvous with Tashi

    Tashi

    4:46
  • 9:40 AM

    Romeo and Juliet: Ballet Music

    Charles Gounod

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    18:01
  • 9:25 AM

    Symphony No. 30 "Alleluia"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    13:33
  • 9:18 AM

    Piano Sonata: 1st movement

    Elfrida Andree

    Oskar Ekberg, piano

    6:08
  • 9:06 AM

    Four Seasons: Spring

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Four SeasonsĀ 

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Viktoria Mullova, violin

    10:22
  • 9:01 AM

    Four Mendiants: Dried Figs

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Alessandro Marangoni, piano

    4:45
  • 8:46 AM

    The Chairman Dances

    John Adams

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    12:39
  • 8:41 AM

    Song and Dance No. 1

    Antonio Ruiz-Pipo

    David Russell, guitar

    4:21
  • 8:30 AM

    Six Studies in English Folk Song

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Pastoral

    Emma Johnson, clarinet

    9:02
  • 8:07 AM

    National Arts Centre Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    23:30
  • 8:01 AM

    Old and Lost Rivers

    Tobias Picker

    London Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:34
  • 7:38 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 5

    Henri Vieuxtemps

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    Chee-Yun, violin

    20:50
  • 7:32 AM

    Roaring Fork Quintet: Whitewater Rapids

    Eric Ewazen

    Borealis Wind Quintet

    4:54
  • 7:20 AM

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    10:54
  • 7:06 AM

    Swedish Rhapsody No. 1 "Midsummer Vigil"

    Hugo Alfven

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    12:55
  • 7:01 AM

    Four Romances

    Darius Milhaud

    Grant Johannesen, piano

    4:45
  • 6:35 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Muzio Clementi

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Francesco d'Avalos, conductor

    23:55
  • 6:29 AM

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    4:25
  • 6:06 AM

    Triple Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Arion

    Jaap ter Linden, conductor

    Claire Guimond, flute

    Chantal Remillard, violin

    Hank Knox, harpsichord

    21:24
  • 6:01 AM

    Mazurka No. 36

    Frederic Chopin

    Late Piano Music of Frederic Chopin

    Aleck Karis, piano

    4:46
  • 5:35 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Carl Maria von Weber

    BBC Philharmonic

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    23:35
  • 5:25 AM

    Suite Castellana

    Federico Torroba

    Torroba: Guitar Concertos 1

    Vicente Coves, guitar

    9:17
  • 5:07 AM

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    Fumika Mohri, violin

    16:59
  • 5:01 AM

    Sospiri (Sighs)

    Edward Elgar

    THE BRITISH PROJECT

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla, conductor

    4:48