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  • 4:54 AM

    Berceuse ecossaise (Scottish Lullaby)

    Ludwig Schwab

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    Matthew Hagle, piano

    3:54
  • 4:37 AM

    String Quartet No. 4

    Dmitri Klebanov

    Chamber Works by Dmitri Klebanov

    ARC Ensemble

    16:41
  • 4:06 AM

    Serenade (after Plato's Symposium)

    Leonard Bernstein

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    29:15
  • 4:01 AM

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    4:35
  • 3:53 AM

    Summer Evening: Waltz

    Oscar Merikanto

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:35
  • 3:21 AM

    Kreisleriana

    Robert Schumann

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    30:54
  • 3:16 AM

    The sun is sinking now

    Thorkell Sigurbjornsson

    Schola Cantorum Reykjavik

    Hordur Askelsson, conductor

    3:16
  • 3:06 AM

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Bjarmason, conductor

    9:31
  • 3:01 AM

    Sketchbook of a Journey: Night at Sea with Stars

    Anthony Sidney

    Miguel Bonachea, guitar

    Gretchen Chell Cover, harp

    4:24
  • 2:50 AM

    L'amant anonyme: Overture-Symphony

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Le Mozart Noir

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    7:42
  • 2:21 AM

    Clarinet Quintet

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Uncovered Vol. 1

    Catalyst Quartet

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    27:50
  • 2:16 AM

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:55
  • 2:06 AM

    Somebody's knockin' at yo do'

    Florence Price

    Catalyst Quartet

    4:28
  • 2:01 AM

    Peace

    Jessie Montgomery

    Here With You

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    4:39
  • 1:52 AM

    The Planets: Neptune

    Gustav Holst

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Colin Davis, conductor

    6:44
  • 1:27 AM

    Nights in the Gardens of Spain

    Manuel de Falla

    Nights in the Garden of Spain

    Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra

    Hans Graf, conductor

    Angela Cheng, piano

    23:17
  • 1:09 AM

    Five Bagatelles

    William Walton

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Christopher Parkening, guitar

    15:54
  • 1:06 AM

    Chorale Prelude No. 10: My heart is ever yearning

    Johannes Brahms

    Canadian Brass

    2:43
  • 1:01 AM

    The rising of the moon

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Bart Schneemann, oboe

    Paolo Giacometti, piano

    4:34
  • 12:47 AM

    Melancholy Serenade

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Odense Symphony Orchestra

    Alexander Vedernikov, conductor

    Jennifer Koh, violin

    10:34
  • 12:19 AM

    Death and Transfiguration

    Richard Strauss

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Donald Runnicles, conductor

    25:43
  • 12:12 AM

    Rondo a Capriccio (Rage Over a Lost Penny)

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Alice Sara Ott: Beethoven Piano Sonatas

    Alice Sara Ott, piano

    6:20
  • 12:08 AM

    Ribers No. 8

    Traditional

    Danish String Quartet

    2:53
  • 12:06 AM

    Novelette No. 2

    Francis Poulenc

    Melancolie

    Miki Aoki, piano

    1:50
  • 12:01 AM

    Trio Sonata No. 10

    Arcangelo Corelli

    Purcell Quartet

    4:32
  • 11:54 PM

    Nocturne

    Dobrinka Tabakova

    Halo: Music for Piano

    Andrew Matthews-Owen, piano

    3:28
  • 11:38 PM

    Suite in the Ancient Style

    Vincent d'Indy

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    16:18
  • 11:20 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Sonates pour violon et clavecin, vol. 1

    James Ehnes, violin

    16:38
  • 11:16 PM

    Laugh at All My Dreams

    Debbie Friedman

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:36
  • 11:00 PM

    Symphony No. 16

    Michael Haydn

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    14:18
  • 10:48 PM

    Scherzo No. 4

    Frederic Chopin

    Bruce Liu, piano

    11:05
  • 10:31 PM

    Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Classics for all Seasons: Autumn

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    15:33
  • 10:22 PM

    Oboe Concerto No. 1

    George Frideric Handel

    City of London Sinfonia

    Nicholas Ward, conductor

    Anthony Camden, oboe

    7:50
  • 10:17 PM

    Call to the Mountains: 3rd movement

    Samuel A. Livingston

    Arcadian Winds

    3:16
  • 10:10 PM

    Piano Trio No. 4 "Gassenhauer": Theme and Variations

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Vienna Piano Trio

    6:18
  • 10:01 PM

    Zampa Overture

    Ferdinand Herold

    William Tell and Other Favorite Overtures

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    8:14
  • 9:39 PM

    Concert Piece (Konzertstuck)

    Ferdinand Hiller

    Radio Luxembourg Orchestra

    Pierre Cao, conductor

    Jerome Rose, piano

    20:39
  • 9:33 PM

    The Tsar's Bride: Hop-pickers' Chorus

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Scenes Populaires D'operas Russes

    Bolshoi Theater Orchestra

    Andrei Chistyakov, conductor

    3:39
  • 9:15 PM

    Hamlet: Ballet Music

    Ambroise Thomas

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    17:16
  • 9:10 PM

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    Matthew Hagle, piano

    3:53
  • 9:06 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 13

    Antonin Dvorak

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    2:40
  • 9:03 PM

    Soirees Musicales: Mazurka

    Clara Schumann

    Angela Tirino, piano

    2:36
  • 8:58 PM

    Sonata No. 6: 2nd movement

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: String Sonatas

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    2:23
  • 8:46 PM

    William Tell: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    11:12
  • 8:34 PM

    Gran Capriccio

    Amilcare Ponchielli

    Mecklenburg Staatskapelle Schwerin

    Matthias Foremny, conductor

    Simone Sommerhalder, oboe

    11:20
  • 8:31 PM

    Alborada Capriccio

    Francisco Tarrega

    Norbert Kraft, guitar

    2:17
  • 8:13 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra

    Niels Muus, conductor

    Anna Shelest, piano

    16:35
  • 8:07 PM

    Entry March of the Boyars

    Johan Halvorsen

    Norwegian Classical Favourites

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    4:27
  • 8:00 PM

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    6:35
  • 5:55 PM

    light everlasting

    Carlos Simon

    Carlos Simon, piano

    3:00
  • 5:39 PM

    In Nature's Realm Overture

    Antonin Dvorak

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    14:59
  • 5:30 PM

    Global Warming

    Michael Abels

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    8:19
  • 5:16 PM

    Norwegian Rhapsody No. 4

    Johan Svendsen

    South Jutland Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    12:18
  • 5:06 PM

    Cello Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi's Cello

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    9:19
  • 5:01 PM

    Aida: Triumphal Chorus & Grand March

    Giuseppe Verdi

    New Philharmonia Orchestra

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    4:32
  • 4:45 PM

    Serenade for Strings

    Lennox Berkeley

    The Berkeley Edition, Volume 1 - Pyatt

    BBC Welsh National Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    12:46
  • 4:20 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 11

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    23:32
  • 4:10 PM

    Morning Star Waltz

    Justin Holland

    Justin Holland Recording Project

    Michael Vascones, guitar

    8:43
  • 4:06 PM

    The Knights

    3:12
  • 4:01 PM

    Second Suite: Intermezzo

    Charles-Edouard Lefebvre

    Sylvan Winds

    Nicholas Gallas, clarinet

    4:30
  • 3:53 PM

    Polonaise No. 3 "Military"

    Frederic Chopin

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    5:07
  • 3:30 PM

    Hary Janos Suite

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    22:53
  • 3:24 PM

    Three Mexican Folk Songs

    Manuel Ponce

    David Russell, guitar

    5:09
  • 3:16 PM

    Pavan and Galliard No. 6

    William Byrd

    Glenn Gould, piano

    5:17
  • 3:06 PM

    Philharmonia

    Francesco d'Avalos, conductor

    9:43
  • 3:01 PM

    Duo Dolce

    4:33
  • 2:45 PM

    Violin Sonata

    Claude Debussy

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    Li Jian, piano

    11:54
  • 2:41 PM

    I'll Be Seeing You

    Sammy Fain

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:42
  • 2:30 PM

    Peer Gynt Suite No. 1

    Edvard Grieg

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    15:42
  • 2:11 PM

    Symphony No. 2

    John Marsh

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    14:46
  • 2:05 PM

    4 Catalan Folk Songs

    Miguel Llobet

    Albeniz, Granados, Tarrega, Turina Etc.

    Eduardo Fernandez, guitar

    4:58
  • 1:58 PM

    Variations on the Kanon by Pachelbel

    George Winston

    December

    George Winston, piano

    5:21
  • 1:48 PM

    Clarinet Quintet: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart, Brahms: Clarinet Quintets

    Emerson String Quartet

    David Shifrin, clarinet

    9:18
  • 1:41 PM

    Once Upon a Time in America: Deborah's Theme

    Ennio Morricone

    Labyrinth

    Khatia Buniatishvili, piano

    5:13
  • 1:31 PM

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    8:49
  • 1:27 PM

    The Good-humored Ladies: 4th movement

    Vincenzo Tommasini

    Concert Arts Orchestra

    Robert Irving, conductor

    2:39
  • 1:24 PM

    The Good-humored Ladies: 2nd movement

    Vincenzo Tommasini

    Concert Arts Orchestra

    Robert Irving, conductor

    3:14
  • 1:18 PM

    Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2

    Maurice Ravel

    Stanislaw Skrowaczewski - The Minnesota Orchestra: The Vox Recordings

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor

    18:00
  • 1:09 PM

    From Shakespeare: Viola

    Josef Foerster

    Foerster: Festive Overture - Symphony No. 1 - From Shakespeare

    Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra

    Marek Stilek, conductor

    4:55
  • 1:04 PM

    The Harmonious Blacksmith

    George Frideric Handel

    Earl Wild - The Romantic Master

    Earl Wild, piano

    4:26
  • 12:47 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 3: 3rd mvt

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    Cho-L

    11:00
  • 12:34 PM

    Symphony No. 4 "Italian": 1st movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 "Eroica", - Mendelssohn Symphony No. 4, "Italian"

    Tafelmusik

    Bruno Weil, conductor

    11:04
  • 12:28 PM

    Xavier de Maistre, harp

    4:46
  • 12:20 PM

    Demetrio e Polibio: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Prague Sinfonia Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    6:30
  • 12:15 PM

    String Quartet: 3rd movement

    Florence Price

    Catalyst Quartet

    4:25
  • 12:07 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 5 "Spring": 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Martha Argerich, piano

    Gidon Kremer, violin

    6:03
  • 12:04 PM

    The Flying Dutchman: Sailor's Chorus

    Richard Wagner

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Silvio Varviso, conductor

    Leipzig Radio Chorus

    2:30
  • 11:43 AM

    Divertimento No. 2, K. 131: Selections

    Wolfgang Mozart

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    14:00
  • 11:39 AM

    The Wise Virgins Ballet Suite

    William Walton

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    19:41
  • 11:34 AM

    Roma Suite: Lament and Tambourine

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    4:06
  • 11:20 AM

    Snow Maiden Suite

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    12:28
  • 11:17 AM

    Te Deum: Prelude

    Marc-Antoine Charpentier

    Trumpet Voluntary - Music for Organ & Brass

    Laird Brass Ensemble

    Peter Hurford, organ

    2:17
  • 11:11 AM

    Impromptu No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    Artur Rubinstein, piano

    4:15
  • 11:04 AM

    The Gadfly: Romance

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Film Music of Dmitri Shostakovich, Vol. 2

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vassily Sinaisky, conductor

    6:33
  • 10:45 AM

    Symphony No. 5: 4th movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    13:21
  • 10:37 AM

    Impromptu No. 4

    Franz Schubert

    Alfred Brendel, piano

    7:40
  • 10:16 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1, 2, & 3

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    19:50
  • 10:12 AM

    Estrellita (My little star)

    Manuel Ponce

    Ray Chen, violin

    Julien Quentin, piano

    3:34
  • 10:08 AM

    Schwanda the Bagpiper: Polka

    Jaromir Weinberger

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    2:17
  • 10:06 AM

    Michala Petri, recorder

    Lars Hannibal, guitar

    1:22
  • 10:01 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Florence Price

    Janacek Philharmonic

    Ryan Cockerham, conductor

    Er-Gene Kahng, violin

    4:33
  • 9:46 AM

    Tema con Variazioni (Theme with Variations)

    Miklos Rozsa

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    Robert McDuffie, violin

    Lynn Harrell, cello

    12:13
  • 9:21 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 31

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Bach, Beethoven, Webern

    Piotr Anderszewski, piano

    23:09
  • 9:17 AM

    Aire de Vidalita

    Maria Luisa Anido

    Legado

    Berta Rojas, guitar

    2:19
  • 9:06 AM

    Symphony Concertante

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    Yury Revich, violin

    Libor Jezek, violin

    Pavla Honsova, viola

    10:40
  • 9:01 AM

    Arcana: Search

    Alex Shapiro

    Adam Marks, piano

    4:34
  • 8:54 AM

    Pictures at an Exhibition: The Old Castle

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    4:07
  • 8:50 AM

    Song in the Night (Chanson dans la Nuit)

    Carlos Salzedo

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    3:42
  • 8:10 AM

    Concerto for Orchestra

    Bela Bartok

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    38:25
  • 8:06 AM

    3 Hungarian Folksongs from the Czik District

    Bela Bartok

    From Afar

    Vikingur Olafsson, piano

    3:21
  • 8:01 AM

    When I Lay Me Down to Sleep

    James Mulholland

    The Aeolians

    The Aeolians

    Jason Max Ferdinand, conductor

    4:35
  • 7:52 AM

    Midsummer Moon

    Rebecca Clarke

    Lorraine McAslan, violin

    Ian Jones, piano

    6:14
  • 7:49 AM

    Under the Arctic Moon

    Frode Fjellheim

    Arctic

    Arctic Philharmonic

    Christian Kluxen, conductor

    Eldbjorg Hemsing, violin

    2:55
  • 7:44 AM

    Benjamin Perrot, Baroque guitar

    2:47
  • 7:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 3

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: String Quartets and Sextet

    Ying String Quartet

    37:47
  • 7:01 AM

    La Verneuille

    Francois Couperin

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    4:33
  • 6:42 AM

    Pastorale Variee

    Paul Ben-Haim

    Saint Petersburg Symphony Orchestra

    Vladimir Lande, conductor

    David Drosinos, clarinet

    16:15
  • 6:39 AM

    In this Boat

    Manos Hadjidakis

    Paper Moon: Songs by Manos Hadjidakis

    Elena Papandreou, guitar

    4:05
  • 6:06 AM

    Ruin and Memory

    Howard Shore

    China Philharmonic Orchestra

    Long Yu, conductor

    Lang Lang, piano

    29:49
  • 6:01 AM

    A Lady in Her Tower

    Gabriel Faure

    Sivan Magen, harp

    4:38
  • 5:55 AM

    Chmury (Clouds)

    Abel Korzeniowski

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    3:33
  • 5:43 AM

    Chaconne

    George Frideric Handel

    Baroque Inventions

    Gray & Pearl Guitar Duo

    11:12
  • 5:38 AM

    Vocalise-Etude

    Olivier Messiaen

    Seunghee Lee, clarinet

    Katrine Gislinge, piano

    3:39
  • 5:07 AM

    Violin Concerto "1001 Nights in the Harem"

    Fazil Say

    Concert Recording

    WDR Symphony, Cologne

    Frank Strobel, conductor

    Juraj Cizmarovic, violin

    30:48
  • 5:01 AM

    Prelude on an Old Folk Tune

    Amy Beach

    The Solo Piano Music of Amy Beach, Vol. 2

    Joanne Polk, piano

    4:37