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  • 4:48 AM

    Nightfall

    Meredith Monk

    Lost and Found

    Sean Shibe, electric guitar

    9:38
  • 4:44 AM

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    Cory Smythe, piano

    4:53
  • 4:36 AM

    I will not be sad in this world

    Eve Beglarian

    Eight Visions - A New Anthology for Flute and Piano

    Marya Martin, flute

    6:23
  • 4:14 AM

    Harp Concerto

    Jennifer Higdon

    Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra

    Ward Stare, conductor

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    21:00
  • 4:07 AM

    Suite for Violin and American Gamelan: Chaconne

    Lou Harrison

    American Gamelan

    John Bergamo, conductor

    David Abel, violin

    Julie Steinberg, piano

    William Winant, percussion

    5:28
  • 4:01 AM

    Night Waltz

    Paul Bowles

    Double Edge: U.S. Choice

    Double Edge

    Edmund Niemann, piano

    4:24
  • 3:48 AM

    Stay On It

    Julius Eastman

    Julius Eastman Vol. 2: Joy Boy

    Wild Up

    9:41
  • 3:40 AM

    Parlour Games

    Meredith Monk

    Ursula Oppens, piano

    Bruce Brubaker, piano

    7:33
  • 3:34 AM

    Final State

    Kaki King

    Kaki King, guitar

    4:32
  • 3:18 AM

    Rounds for String Orchestra

    David Diamond

    American Stringbook

    do.gma chamber orchestra

    Mikhail Gurewitsch, conductor

    14:46
  • 3:13 AM

    The Westerlies

    2:59
  • 3:06 AM

    Overture

    Jake Heggie

    Music for a New Century

    New Century Chamber Orchestra

    5:42
  • 3:01 AM

    Third Sound Ensemble

    4:35
  • 2:53 AM

    Swan Lake: Pas de Deux

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    Esther Yoo, violin

    5:25
  • 2:26 AM

    Roman Festivals

    Ottorino Respighi

    Oregon Symphony

    James DePreist, conductor

    25:42
  • 2:19 AM

    Berceuse (Lullaby)

    Mel Bonis

    Myriam Barbaux-Cohen, piano

    5:28
  • 2:06 AM

    String Symphony No. 1

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Amadeus Ensemble

    Agnieszka Duczmal, conductor

    11:43
  • 2:01 AM

    Flute Quartet No. 1: 2nd movement

    Francois-Joseph Gossec

    Milliere String Trio

    Patrice Bocquillon, flute

    4:42
  • 1:47 AM

    The Sorcerer's Apprentice

    Paul Dukas

    Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yuri Temirkanov, conductor

    10:56
  • 1:46 AM

    Mystic Flute

    Alan Hovhaness

    Marvin Rosen, piano

    1:30
  • 1:18 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Erich Korngold

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Kirill Karabits, conductor

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    25:33
  • 1:06 AM

    Symphony No. 7

    William Boyce

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    9:58
  • 1:01 AM

    Bass Tuba Concerto: Romance

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    20th-Century Tuba Concertos

    Singapore Symphony Orchestra

    Anne Manson, conductor

    Oystein Baadsvik, tuba

    4:45
  • 11:50 PM

    Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter": Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Ensemble Appassionato

    Mathieu Herzog, conductor

    7:23
  • 11:34 PM

    Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Don Juan, Tod und Verklarung

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Tadaaki Otaka, conductor

    15:47
  • 11:28 PM

    Bassoon Concerto: Rondo-Allegretto

    Antonio Rosetti

    Antonio Rosetti: Bassoon Concertos

    German Chamber Academy

    Eckart Hubner, bassoon

    4:30
  • 11:14 PM

    Old Wine in New Bottles

    Gordon Jacob

    The Chamber Winds

    Chamber Winds

    11:51
  • 11:06 PM

    Impressions from the Countryside: Village Dance

    Zdenek Fibich

    Czech National Symphony Orchestra

    Marek Stilec, conductor

    7:46
  • 11:03 PM

    Prelude No. 12

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Conrad Tao, piano

    2:26
  • 10:58 PM

    Nicholai praesulis (Nicholas the bishop)

    Anonymous Medieval

    Anonymous 4

    1:59
  • 10:41 PM

    Dances of Galanta

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    16:06
  • 10:37 PM

    Song without Words No. 1 "Sweet Remembrance"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Ilse von Alpenheim, piano

    2:56
  • 10:31 PM

    Peggy's Dream

    Traditional Irish

    Peggy's Dream

    Common Ground Ensemble

    Martin Hayes, fiddle

    5:18
  • 10:18 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "Choral": 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Andris Nelsons, conductor

    11:55
  • 10:11 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 1 "La Tempesta di Mare" ("Storm at Sea")

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Rebel

    Jorg-Michael Schwarz, conductor

    Matthias Maute, recorder

    5:42
  • 10:05 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Florence Price

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Randall Goosby, violin

    5:11
  • 9:51 PM

    Variations on America

    Charles Ives

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    7:09
  • 9:49 PM

    The Star-Spangled Banner

    John Stafford Smith

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    2:07
  • 9:37 PM

    Gloriana: Courtly Dances

    Benjamin Britten

    Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf, Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    10:19
  • 9:33 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 8

    Johannes Brahms

    Esther Budiardjo, piano

    3:08
  • 9:26 PM

    Villanelle

    Paul Dukas

    Gliere, Saint-Saens, Dukas, Chabrier: Works For Horn

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    6:02
  • 9:11 PM

    The Fairy Tale: Overture

    Stanislaw Moniuszko

    Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

    Antoni Wit, conductor

    13:22
  • 9:02 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 6

    George Frideric Handel

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Richard Egarr, conductor

    8:16
  • 8:50 PM

    Karelia Overture

    Jean Sibelius

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    8:09
  • 8:42 PM

    Suite for Guitar

    Nicola Matteis

    Ground Floor

    Alice Julien-Laferriere, violin

    6:51
  • 8:28 PM

    Capriccio Sinfonico

    Giacomo Puccini

    Puccini, Catalani, Ponchielli: for orchestra

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    13:09
  • 8:05 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 8

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Resonances

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    21:08
  • 8:00 PM

    Pelleas and Melisande: Sicilienne

    Gabriel Faure

    London Mozart Players

    James Galway, flute

    4:00
  • 5:45 PM

    Poetic Waltzes

    Enrique Granados

    Bach to Tan Dun

    Beijing Guitar Duo

    13:54
  • 5:16 PM

    Symphony No. 103 "Drum Roll"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Seven London Symphonies

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    29:09
  • 5:11 PM

    Flags of Freedom

    John Philip Sousa

    United States Air Force Heritage Band

    Lowell Graham, conductor

    2:24
  • 5:06 PM

    America the Beautiful

    Samuel Ward/Katharine Bates

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Frederick Fennell, conductor

    3:11
  • 5:01 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 2nd movement

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Utah Symphony

    Thierry Fischer, conductor

    4:47
  • 4:50 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Titan": 2nd movement

    Gustav Mahler

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    8:31
  • 4:23 PM

    Piano Sonata

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Piano Sonatas D. 845 & D 575

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    26:03
  • 4:17 PM

    Serenade No. 2: Rondo

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    5:58
  • 4:10 PM

    The Man Who Cried: Close Your Eyes

    Osvaldo Golijov

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:01
  • 4:06 PM

    Lieutenant Kije: Troika

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Pops a la Russe

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    3:04
  • 4:00 PM

    Scotch Strathspey and Reel

    Percy Grainger

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    4:39
  • 3:45 PM

    Euphonium Concerto

    Amilcare Ponchielli

    Mecklenburg Staatskapelle Schwerin

    Matthias Foremny, conductor

    Roland Froscher, euphonium

    13:22
  • 3:22 PM

    Fantasy for a Gentleman

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Rodrigo: Fantasía para un gentilhombre & Concierto de Aranjuez

    Spanish Radio and TV Orchestra

    Pedro Amaral, conductor

    Xianji Liu, guitar

    21:39
  • 3:12 PM

    The Lord is My Shepherd

    Charles Stanford

    The English Anthem, Vol. 3

    Choir of St. Paul's Cathedral

    John Scott, conductor

    8:22
  • 3:06 PM

    The Barber of Seville: Sinfonia

    Giovanni Paisiello

    Paisiello: Il Barbiere Di Siviglia / Carella, Siragusa, Etc

    Trieste Teatro Verdi Orchestra

    Giuliano Carella, conductor

    4:56
  • 3:00 PM

    The Seasons: June (Barcarolle)

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    100 Best Classics

    Mikhail Pletnev, piano

    4:35
  • 2:42 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Benjamin Britten, conductor

    16:30
  • 2:38 PM

    Sinfonietta: Fanfare

    Leos Janacek

    The 20th Century Album

    Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

    2:16
  • 2:28 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 1st movement

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 5

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    9:12
  • 2:02 PM

    Keyboard Concerto

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Concert Recording

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Conrad Tao, conductor

    Conrad Tao, piano

    23:14
  • 1:56 PM

    Brian Stokes Mitchell, baritone

    3:00
  • 1:51 PM

    The Stars and Stripes Forever

    John Philip Sousa

    United States Marine Band

    Jack Kline, conductor

    3:29
  • 1:43 PM

    Symphony: Finale

    Edvard Grieg

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    7:38
  • 1:33 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 23: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos 9 & 23

    Northern Sinfonia

    Thomas Zehetmair, conductor

    Imogen Cooper, piano

    8:29
  • 1:27 PM

    Jig and Pop

    Tessa Lark

    Tessa Lark, violin

    4:26
  • 1:18 PM

    Beatles Concerto Grosso No. 1: Penny Lane

    Peter Breiner

    Beatles Go Baroque

    Peter Breiner Chamber Orchestra

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    3:36
  • 1:08 PM

    Donna Diana Overture

    Emil von Reznicek

    Great Comedy Overtures

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Lance Friedel, conductor

    6:00
  • 1:04 PM

    March of the Little Lead Soldiers

    Gabriel Pierne

    Sir Charles' Precious Music Box Ii

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    3:05
  • 12:56 PM

    National Emblem March

    Edwin Bagley

    US Air Force Band in Blue

    US Air Force Band in Blue

    Capt. Philip Chevallard, conductor

    3:14
  • 12:47 PM

    String Quartet No. 1

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Arabella String Quartet

    7:15
  • 12:37 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Complete Symphonies

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    8:54
  • 12:30 PM

    William Bolcom, piano

    5:24
  • 12:25 PM

    Dance of the Shepherd Girl

    Hugo Alfven

    A Swedish Pastorale

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Jan-Olav Wedin, conductor

    3:46
  • 12:21 PM

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Randall Goosby, violin

    3:36
  • 12:08 PM

    Danse (Tarantelle styrienne)

    Claude Debussy

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    5:25
  • 12:04 PM

    Sevillanas

    Traditional

    LAGQ Latin

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    3:07
  • 11:53 AM

    Toccata Marziale

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Eastman Wind Ensemble

    Eastman Wind Ensemble

    Donald Hunsberger, conductor

    4:32
  • 11:45 AM

    Pest Waltzes

    Joseph Lanner

    The Waltz - Ecstasy and Mysticism

    Concerto Koln

    7:38
  • 11:33 AM

    Violin Concerto: Finale

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Violin Concertos; Tsintsadze: Miniatures

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Lisa Batiashvili, conductor

    Lisa Batiashvili, violin

    10:01
  • 11:28 AM

    The Carpenter: Overture

    Paul Wranitzky

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Marek Stilec, conductor

    4:19
  • 11:21 AM

    Ave Maria

    Charles Gounod

    Vida breve

    Stephen Hough, piano

    5:24
  • 11:17 AM

    Two Recercada

    Diego Ortiz

    Folias Festivas

    Belladonna

    3:20
  • 11:08 AM

    Oboe Concerto: 3rd movement

    Jan Anton Kozeluh

    Lost and Found

    Potsdam Chamber Academy

    Albrecht Mayer, conductor

    Albrecht Mayer, oboe

    7:28
  • 11:04 AM

    Winter Bonfire: Waltz

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Winter Bonfire

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    3:26
  • 10:52 AM

    Espana

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Living Stereo Audiophile Sampler

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    6:26
  • 10:44 AM

    Serenade No. 3: 3rd movement

    Robert Fuchs

    Cologne Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Ludwig, conductor

    7:34
  • 10:32 AM

    Four Seasons: Summer

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The 4 Seasons

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    Jeanne Lamon, violin

    10:31
  • 10:28 AM

    Danny Boy

    Traditional

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    3:28
  • 10:18 AM

    English Dances: First Set

    Malcolm Arnold

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    8:41
  • 10:13 AM

    Waltz No. 5 "Grande Valse"

    Frederic Chopin

    Stephen Kovacevich, piano

    3:49
  • 10:06 AM

    Magic Flute: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Overtures

    Zurich Operahouse Orchestra

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    6:32
  • 10:01 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 2: 1st movement

    William Alwyn

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    4:36
  • 9:39 AM

    Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    19:32
  • 9:23 AM

    Sonata No. 5

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Sonatas For Strings

    Camerata Bern

    Thomas Furi, conductor

    14:24
  • 9:18 AM

    Silver Clouds Chasing the Moon

    Ren Guang

    Jie Chen, piano

    3:10
  • 9:06 AM

    Concerto for Two Horns

    Leopold Mozart

    L. Mozart, Fasch, Mouret: Concerti da caccia

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    11:03
  • 9:01 AM

    Dirait-on (So They Say)

    Morten Lauridsen

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    Fabio Bidini, piano

    4:50
  • 8:40 AM

    Oboe d'Amore Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    New Bach Collegium Musicum Leipzig

    Max Pommer, conductor

    Burkhard Glaetzner, oboe d'amore

    18:37
  • 8:34 AM

    String Quartet No. 3: Andante

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Emerson String Quartet

    5:25
  • 8:13 AM

    Choral Fantasy

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra & Chorus

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    19:01
  • 8:06 AM

    Chorale

    Frederic Hand

    Opalescent

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    6:24
  • 8:01 AM

    Keyboard Suite No. 5: Allemande

    George Frideric Handel

    Philip Edward Fisher, piano

    4:40
  • 7:42 AM

    German Dances and Trios

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphony No. 5

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    16:12
  • 7:37 AM

    Variations on a Theme by Mozart

    Mikhail Glinka

    Susann McDonald, harp

    4:11
  • 7:25 AM

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    10:18
  • 7:06 AM

    Robert le Diable: Ballet of the Nuns

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Michal Nesterowicz, conductor

    18:37
  • 7:01 AM

    Two Preludes

    Frederic Chopin

    Rafal Blechacz, piano

    4:39
  • 6:23 AM

    Double Concerto

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Double Concerto, Academic Festival Overture

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    Gidon Kremer, violin

    35:20
  • 6:18 AM

    Variations on La Folia

    Mauro Giuliani

    Dale Kavanagh, guitar

    4:15
  • 6:06 AM

    Hymn to a Blue Hour

    John Mackey

    Asphalt Cocktail: The Music of John Mackey

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    10:38
  • 6:01 AM

    Nocturne No. 2

    Stephan Elmas

    Elmas: Complete Piano Works, Vol. 1

    Mikael Ayrapetyan, piano

    4:40
  • 5:49 AM

    Fantasy on Themes from Verdi's Rigoletto

    Franz & Karl Doppler

    Wiener Virtuosen

    9:53
  • 5:30 AM

    Tristan and Isolde: Prelude and Liebestod (Love Death)

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner for Orchestra

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    17:26
  • 5:06 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra

    Dennis Burkh, conductor

    Elizabeth Rich, piano

    22:31
  • 5:01 AM

    Leaving Home; A Single Bamboo

    Zhou Long

    The Flowing Stream

    Shanghai Quartet

    4:40