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  • 4:49 AM

    Night Prayer

    Eriks Esenvalds

    Esenvalds: Passion And Resurrection

    Polyphony

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    9:20
  • 4:17 AM

    Cello Concerto No. 1

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Inspiration

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla, conductor

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    31:22
  • 4:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 12 "Quartettsatz"

    Franz Schubert

    Cypress String Quartet

    8:57
  • 4:01 AM

    Pecheurs de Nuit

    Cecile Chaminade

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    4:33
  • 3:45 AM

    Two Nordic Melodies

    Edvard Grieg

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    13:02
  • 3:32 AM

    Variations on a Swedish Air

    Bernhard Crusell

    Ostgota Symphonic Wind Ensemble

    Arie van Beek, conductor

    Martin Frost, clarinet

    11:11
  • 3:27 AM

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    5:02
  • 3:10 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Florence Price

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Randall Goosby, violin

    15:54
  • 3:06 AM

    But Beautiful

    Jimmy Van Heusen

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:38
  • 3:01 AM

    On Distant Waves (Sur les flots lointains)

    Charles Koechlin

    Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:45
  • 2:53 AM

    Thais: Meditation

    Jules Massenet

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    5:48
  • 2:28 AM

    Guitar Concerto

    Stephen Goss

    Concerto

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paul Daniel, conductor

    John Williams, guitar

    23:30
  • 2:24 AM

    A Great Stone

    Nico Muhly

    Rolling River

    Choir of Clare College, Cambridge

    Graham Ross, conductor

    2:11
  • 2:06 AM

    Sakuntala Overture

    Karl Goldmark

    Goldmark: Overtures

    Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andras Korodi, conductor

    16:57
  • 2:01 AM

    Fragments from Hans Andersen: A leaf from the sky

    York Bowen

    Bowen: Fragments from Hans Andersen, Studies for piano Op.46

    Nicolas Namoradze, piano

    4:40
  • 11:41 PM

    In the Forest

    Mikalojus Ciurlionis

    Ciurlionis: The Sea - In the Forest - Kestutis Overture

    Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra

    Modestas Pitrenas, conductor

    17:09
  • 11:26 PM

    12 Variations on Handel's "See, The Conquering Hero Comes" from Judas Maccabaeus

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Complete Works for Cello and Piano

    Jennifer Kloetzel, cello

    13:08
  • 11:18 PM

    Das Rheingold: Entry of the Gods into Valhalla

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Orchestral Music from The Ring

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    7:33
  • 11:08 PM

    Four Angels: Regina Coeli

    Mark Adamo

    Eclipse Chamber Orchestra

    Sylvia Alimena, conductor

    Dotian Levalier, harp

    7:55
  • 10:49 PM

    Garden of Roses (Il giardino di rose): Sinfonia

    Alessandro Scarlatti

    Accademia Bizantina

    Ottavio Dantone, conductor

    4:42
  • 10:49 PM

    Suite No. 1: Fuga con Pajarillo

    Aldemaro Romero

    Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    7:07
  • 10:45 PM

    Poetic Tone Pictures: Tittle-Tattle

    Antonin Dvorak

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    4:28
  • 10:30 PM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 1

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Trittico Botticelliano, Gli Uccelli, Antiche Danze

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    14:53
  • 10:21 PM

    Cello Sonata No. 6

    Luigi Boccherini

    Laura Metcalf, cello

    Rupert Boyd, guitar

    7:48
  • 10:09 PM

    Little Serenade

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    Lars-Erik Larsson: Music for String Orchestra

    Orebro Chamber Orchestra

    Goran Nilson, conductor

    10:29
  • 10:06 PM

    In The Bottoms Suite: Dance

    Nathaniel Dett

    Bach to Black: Suites for Piano

    Rochelle Sennet, piano

    2:17
  • 10:01 PM

    Pastoral Suite: Villagers' Dance

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:43
  • 9:49 PM

    Marche Slave

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Symphonic Spectacular

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    9:09
  • 9:45 PM

    Suite: March

    Gordon Jacob

    University of Missouri Wind Ensemble

    Thomas O'Neal, conductor

    3:18
  • 9:31 PM

    Andean Folk Dances

    Celso Garrido-Lecca

    Garrido-Lecca: Peruvian Suite; Symphonic Tableaux; Andean Folk Dances; Laudes II

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

    12:59
  • 9:29 PM

    Ticklin' Toes

    Florence Price

    Kete: Piano Music of the African Diaspora

    William Chapman Nyaho, piano

    1:03
  • 9:15 PM

    Rebel

    Jorg-Michael Schwarz, conductor

    Matthias Maute, flute

    12:45
  • 9:06 PM

    School for Scandal Overture

    Samuel Barber

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    8:20
  • 9:03 PM

    Suite for Piano: Gavotte and Bourree

    Ethel Smyth

    Liana Serbescu, piano

    2:49
  • 8:50 PM

    Guitar Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi, Giuliani, Rodrigo

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    John Williams, guitar

    8:38
  • 8:19 PM

    Serenade No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    29:24
  • 8:06 PM

    String Symphony No. 5

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

    Thomas Hengelbrock, conductor

    10:52
  • 8:01 PM

    Out of the Night

    Ludovico Einaudi

    Ludovico Einaudi: Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:33
  • 5:47 PM

    Variations Brillantes

    Louise Farrenc

    Konstanze Eickhorst, piano

    10:58
  • 5:16 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Spring"

    Robert Schumann

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    29:23
  • 5:13 PM

    The Little White Donkey

    Jacques Ibert

    Carnival Fantasy

    Salut Salon

    2:00
  • 5:06 PM

    Kamarinskaya

    Mikhail Glinka

    Encore

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    6:09
  • 5:01 PM

    Clio Gould, violin

    Rachel Portman, piano

    4:33
  • 4:45 PM

    Masques and Bergamasques

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: Requiem Op. 48

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Emmanuel Krivine, conductor

    12:58
  • 4:42 PM

    Beloved Sperl Polka

    Johann Strauss, Sr.

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    2:48
  • 4:21 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    19:18
  • 4:06 PM

    The Winter's Tale Overture

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    West Australian Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Penny, conductor

    13:23
  • 4:01 PM

    London Suite: Covent Garden

    Eric Coates

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Wilson, conductor

    4:38
  • 3:50 PM

    The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture

    Otto Nicolai

    The Sound of the Academy

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    8:40
  • 3:34 PM

    Festival Suite

    Robin Milford

    Guildhall Strings

    14:15
  • 3:16 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 8

    Francois Devienne

    Devienne, Cimarosa: Flute Concertos

    London Mozart Players

    James Galway, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    17:11
  • 3:09 PM

    Studio Orchestra

    Claire Jones, harp

    5:29
  • 3:06 PM

    El Amor Brujo: Danse de la frayeur

    Manuel de Falla

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    2:09
  • 3:01 PM

    Romance

    Johann Peter Salomon

    Journey to Mozart

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hope, violin

    4:40
  • 2:36 PM

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    22:53
  • 2:21 PM

    Froissart Overture

    Edward Elgar

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    13:45
  • 2:08 PM

    Concerto No. 2

    Francesco Durante

    Francesco Durante: Concerti

    Concerto Koln

    11:44
  • 2:03 PM

    Lysistrata: Overture

    Mark Adamo

    Eclipse Chamber Orchestra

    Sylvia Alimena, conductor

    3:59
  • 1:57 PM

    Canadian Brass

    1:56
  • 1:53 PM

    Horseplay: Lively

    Errollyn Wallen

    Wallen: The Girl in My Alphabet

    Continuum Ensemble

    Philip Headlam, conductor

    3:01
  • 1:47 PM

    Hymnus for 12 Cellos

    Julius Klengel

    Elgar

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    5:10
  • 1:32 PM

    A Moorside Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Northern Sinfonia of England

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    14:18
  • 1:25 PM

    Intrada

    Aarre Merikanto

    Aarre Merikanto

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor

    5:17
  • 1:18 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1: 2nd movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Romantic Piano Concerto Vol. 50

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    Stephen Hough, piano

    6:21
  • 1:06 PM

    Egmont Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Essential Beethoven

    Vienna Philharmonic

    George Szell, conductor

    8:33
  • 1:04 PM

    The King's March

    Jeremiah Clarke

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Anthony Newman, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    1:12
  • 12:53 PM

    Le Roi malgre lui (The King in Spite of Himself): Danse slave

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Chabrier: Espana, Suite Pastoral, Fete Polonaise, Overture - Gwendoline, Danse Slave, Joyeuse Marche, Bourree Fantasque; Roussel: Suite in F, Op. 33

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    5:05
  • 12:48 PM

    Molly on the Shore

    Percy Grainger

    Pops Britannia

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:23
  • 12:37 PM

    Der Rosenkavalier: Waltz Sequence No. 2

    Richard Strauss

    Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavelier; Die Frau ohne Schatten; Burleske

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    8:44
  • 12:33 PM

    Humoresque No. 7

    Antonin Dvorak

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    3:02
  • 12:24 PM

    Symphony: 2nd movement

    Charlotte Sohy

    French National Orchestra

    Debora Waldman, conductor

    7:42
  • 12:17 PM

    Tancredi: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    6:33
  • 12:07 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 2: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    WA Mozart: The Violin Concertos

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    Yakov Kreizberg, conductor

    Julia Fischer, violin

    7:57
  • 12:04 PM

    Song without Words No. 30 "Spring Song"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mischa Maisky, cello

    Sergio Tiempo, piano

    2:27
  • 11:51 AM

    Pomp and Circumstance March No. 5

    Edward Elgar

    Sir Charles' Precious Music Box 1

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    6:39
  • 11:47 AM

    Othello Suite: Willow Song

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Fawzi Haimor, conductor

    2:39
  • 11:32 AM

    Symphony No. 38 "Echo"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Philharmonia Hungarica

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    13:52
  • 11:26 AM

    Requiem: The Lord is My Shepherd

    John Rutter

    Rutter: Requiem

    City of London Sinfonia

    John Rutter, conductor

    5:10
  • 11:21 AM

    Requiem: Pie Jesu

    John Rutter

    Rutter: Requiem

    City of London Sinfonia

    John Rutter, conductor

    Caroline Ashton, soprano

    4:09
  • 11:19 AM

    Requiem: Sanctus

    John Rutter

    Rutter: Requiem

    City of London Sinfonia

    John Rutter, conductor

    2:17
  • 11:15 AM

    Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba

    George Frideric Handel

    The Handel Collection

    City of London Sinfonia

    John Rutter, conductor

    3:13
  • 11:08 AM

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Avlana Eisenberg, conductor

    5:58
  • 11:04 AM

    Liebesfreud (Love's Joy)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Patricia Zander, piano

    3:08
  • 10:47 AM

    Suffolk Suite

    Doreen Carwithen

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    11:34
  • 10:25 AM

    Sextet for Winds

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Music for Winds

    David Shifrin, clarinet

    20:11
  • 10:22 AM

    Ev'ry Time I Feel the Spirit

    William Dawson

    The Spirituals of William Dawson

    St. Olaf Choir

    Anton Armstrong, conductor

    1:58
  • 10:17 AM

    Dappled Light

    Luke Howard

    Jess Gillam: Rise

    Jess Gillam Ensemble

    Jess Gillam, soprano saxophone

    4:12
  • 10:06 AM

    Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Images, Prelude, La Mer

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    10:11
  • 10:01 AM

    Glowing Red Morningstar Lilies

    Traditional Chinese

    Chinese Dreams

    Lydia Maria Bader, piano

    4:38
  • 9:44 AM

    English Pastoral Impressions

    Ernest Farrar

    Farrar: Orchestral Works

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Alasdair Mitchell, conductor

    14:13
  • 9:38 AM

    Schwanengesang, Book 1: Standchen (Serenade)

    Franz Schubert

    Lise de la Salle, piano

    5:53
  • 9:21 AM

    Concerto for Two Violins

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach: Concertos for Violin

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    Monica Huggett, violin

    14:44
  • 9:14 AM

    Dawn (Chacony for Orchestra)

    Thomas Ades

    Adès: Märchentänze

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Nicholas Collon, conductor

    6:22
  • 9:06 AM

    Dance of the Blessed Spirits

    Christoph Gluck

    Adagio

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    Karlheinz Zoeller, flute

    6:45
  • 9:01 AM

    Izumi Tateno, piano

    4:42
  • 8:30 AM

    The Golden Spinning Wheel

    Antonin Dvorak

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    28:21
  • 8:27 AM

    Fairy Tale

    Nikolai Medtner

    Geoffrey Tozer, piano

    2:28
  • 8:21 AM

    Kikujiro: Summer

    Joe Hisaishi

    Fairy Tale

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    3:56
  • 8:06 AM

    Wind Quintet

    Franz Danzi

    Danzi: Wind Quintets, Op. 56 Nos. 1 & 2, Op. 68 Nos. 1 & 2

    Academia Wind Quintet

    14:38
  • 8:01 AM

    Lyrical Serenade

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Miniatures

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    4:42
  • 7:45 AM

    The Nightingale

    Andrea Tarrodi

    Vasteras Sinfonietta

    Simon Crawford-Phillips, conductor

    13:36
  • 7:42 AM

    Beau Soir (Beautiful Evening)

    Claude Debussy

    Voice Of The Violin

    Joshua Bell, violin

    2:30
  • 7:06 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    August Enna

    North German Radio Symphony

    Michael Hofstetter, conductor

    34:03
  • 7:01 AM

    Per Flemstrom, flute

    Mats Bergstrom, guitar

    4:34
  • 6:40 AM

    Scenes from Childhood

    Robert Schumann

    Martha Argerich, piano

    18:42
  • 6:16 AM

    Sleeping Beauty Ballet Suite

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Ballet Suites

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    21:34
  • 6:06 AM

    Reverie (Nocturne)

    Giulio Regondi

    Giulio Regondi: A 200th Birthday Bouquet

    David Starobin, guitar

    9:34
  • 6:01 AM

    Voces8

    Olivia Jageurs, harp

    Elitsa Bogdanova, viola

    Matthew Sharp, cello

    4:35
  • 5:19 AM

    Symphony

    Paul Dukas

    French National Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    38:56
  • 5:16 AM

    Magic Hour

    Kenji Bunch

    Ahn Trio: Lullaby For My Favorite Insomniac

    Ahn Trio

    2:26
  • 5:06 AM

    The Planets: Neptune

    Gustav Holst

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    8:25
  • 5:01 AM

    String Trio: Nocturne

    Henri Tomasi

    Black Oak Ensemble

    4:45