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  • 4:56 AM

    Where Life and Death May Dwell

    Snorri Sigfus Birgisson

    From Afar

    Vikingur Olafsson, piano

    1:52
  • 4:12 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    43:42
  • 4:06 AM

    Love Abounds in Everything

    Clarice Jensen

    Lys

    American Contemporary Music Ensemble

    Mari Samuelsen, violin

    4:23
  • 4:01 AM

    Nocturne No. 11

    Gabriel Faure

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    4:33
  • 3:41 AM

    Imagenes

    Candelario Huizar

    Mi Alma Mexicana

    Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas

    Alondra de la Parra, conductor

    16:46
  • 3:28 AM

    Icelandic Folk Dances

    Jon Leifs

    Leifs: Geysir and Other Orchestral Works

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    12:25
  • 3:23 AM

    Hear, Heaven's Creator

    Thorkell Sigurbjornsson

    Voces8: Infinity

    Voces8

    3:34
  • 3:19 AM

    Here, There and Everywhere

    John Lennon/Paul McCartney

    Here, There and Everywhere: Goran Sollscher Plays The Beatles

    Goran Sollscher, guitar

    3:13
  • 3:06 AM

    Symphony No. 8

    William Herschel

    Herschel: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    11:42
  • 12:51 AM

    My Life is Love and Laughter Waltz

    Josef Strauss

    1995 New Year's Concert

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    7:39
  • 12:22 AM

    Romeo and Juliet: Suite No. 1

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet - Suites 1 - 3 (complete)

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    26:54
  • 12:17 AM

    Beatlerianas: Penny Lane

    Leo Brouwer

    Alexander String Quartet

    William Kanengiser, guitar

    3:00
  • 12:06 AM

    Overture to a Picaresque Comedy

    Arnold Bax

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    10:52
  • 12:01 AM

    Romance No. 3

    Clara Schumann

    Marina Thibeault, viola

    Marie-Eve Scarfone, piano

    4:45
  • 11:37 PM

    Symphony on a Hymn Tune

    Virgil Thomson

    Hanson Conducts McPhee Sessions Thomson

    Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra

    Howard Hanson, conductor

    20:25
  • 11:22 PM

    Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances

    Alexander Borodin

    Borodin: Symphony No. 2 in B minor, etc.

    Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor

    15:07
  • 11:09 PM

    Sinfonia Pastorella

    Leopold Mozart

    Capella Istropolitana

    Urs Schneider, conductor

    Jozsef Molnar, alphorn

    11:00
  • 11:04 PM

    He's Gone Away

    Traditional

    Blue Wheat

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    4:51
  • 10:32 PM

    Piano Concerto

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg, Chopin: Piano Concertos

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    Olli Mustonen, piano

    30:18
  • 10:26 PM

    Sure on this Shining Night

    Morten Lauridsen

    Morten Lauridsen: Mid-Winter Songs

    The Singers

    Matthew Culloton, conductor

    4:57
  • 10:23 PM

    Cello Suite No. 1: Gigue

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Inspired by Bach

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    1:42
  • 10:20 PM

    Cello Suite No. 1: Courante

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Six Evolutions

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    2:35
  • 10:18 PM

    Cello Suite No. 1: Prelude

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Inspired by Bach

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    2:17
  • 10:03 PM

    Hallelujah Junction

    John Adams

    Christina and Michelle Naughton, piano duo

    14:18
  • 9:56 PM

    The Girl from Corsica

    Trevor Duncan

    British Light Music Classics - 3

    New London Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    4:39
  • 9:33 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 7

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    V9: PIANO SONATAS

    Jonathan Biss, piano

    21:22
  • 9:26 PM

    Romeo and Juliet: Dance of the Knights

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet, Op. 64

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    5:34
  • 9:19 PM

    The Hours: Morning Passages

    Philip Glass

    The 5 Browns In Hollywood

    Ryan Brown, piano

    5:43
  • 9:08 PM

    Student Concerto

    Friedrich Seitz

    Concertos from My Childhood

    Juilliard Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    9:23
  • 9:03 PM

    Sebastian: Barcarolle

    Gian Carlo Menotti

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    3:41
  • 8:55 PM

    Song without Words

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Appassionato

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    4:07
  • 8:42 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Eclipse

    Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Andres Orozco-Estrada, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    10:43
  • 8:36 PM

    Carmina Burana: O Fortuna

    Carl Orff

    Orff: Carmina Burana

    German Opera Orchestra

    Eugen Jochum, conductor

    5:10
  • 8:31 PM

    Farewell to Stromness

    Peter Maxwell Davies

    Message of the Sea: Celtic Music for Guitar

    David Russell, guitar

    3:37
  • 8:20 PM

    The Planets: Jupiter

    Gustav Holst

    The Planets

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Adrian Boult, conductor

    7:59
  • 8:00 PM

    Rhapsody in Blue

    George Gershwin

    Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jeff Tyzik, conductor

    Jon Nakamatsu, piano

    17:49
  • 5:48 PM

    Impromptu No. 3

    Franz Schubert

    Andre Watts, piano

    10:55
  • 5:19 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "Sinfonie Capricieuse"

    Franz Berwald

    Franz Berwald: Symphonies Nos. 1-4

    Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Thomas Dausgaard, conductor

    27:44
  • 5:14 PM

    Seven Descriptive Pieces: Hilda's Waltz

    Florence Price

    Rochelle Sennet, piano

    2:33
  • 5:06 PM

    Three Short Pieces

    Jacques Ibert

    Gounod, Poulenc, Ibert: Music for Wind

    Athena Ensemble

    6:59
  • 5:01 PM

    Liti Kersti: Bjorgulv the Fiddler

    Arne Eggen

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    4:33
  • 4:53 PM

    Jeux d'eau (Fountains)

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Piano music, Vol. 1

    Louis Lortie, piano

    5:51
  • 4:35 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Amanda Rontgen-Maier

    Amanda Meyer: Volume 1

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Andreas Stoehr, conductor

    Gregory Maytan, violin

    17:14
  • 4:18 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach

    The King's Violins

    Bernard Labadie, conductor

    Alexandre Tharaud, piano

    15:36
  • 4:07 PM

    Capriol Suite

    Peter Warlock

    Scottish Ensemble

    Jonathan Rees, conductor

    9:47
  • 4:01 PM

    Le roi s'amuse (The King Has Fun): Pavane and Scene du bouquet

    Leo Delibes

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:40
  • 3:43 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 1

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Nicholas McGegan, conductor

    Alec Frank-Gemmill, horn

    16:17
  • 3:27 PM

    Butterfly Overture

    Ge Gan-ru

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Tsung Yeh, conductor

    15:11
  • 3:21 PM

    Lang Lang, piano

    3:40
  • 3:18 PM

    Sea Suite: Dance of the Walrus

    Bruce Paine

    Gunter Herbig, guitar

    1:55
  • 3:06 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Baroque

    Benedetti Baroque Orchestra

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    10:55
  • 3:01 PM

    Sonatina No. 2 "Happy Workshop": 2nd movement

    Richard Strauss

    Netherlands Wind Ensemble

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    4:32
  • 2:42 PM

    Sinfonietta No. 1

    Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson

    Concert Recording

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    14:34
  • 2:39 PM

    Blue/s Forms: Jettin' Blue/s

    Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson

    Roots

    Randall Goosby, violin

    2:51
  • 2:20 PM

    The Birds

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Trittico Botticelliano, Gli Uccelli, Antiche Danze

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    18:12
  • 2:17 PM

    Lyric Pieces: Sommerfugl (Butterfly)

    Edvard Grieg

    Frederik Fors, clarinet

    Sveinung Bjelland, piano

    1:51
  • 2:04 PM

    blue cathedral

    Jennifer Higdon

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Spano, conductor

    12:19
  • 1:55 PM

    The Imaginary Armida: Overture

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Cimarosa: Overtures, 2

    Toronto Chamber Orchestra

    Kevin Mallon, conductor

    5:02
  • 1:52 PM

    Minuet on the Name of Haydn

    Maurice Ravel

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    2:00
  • 1:45 PM

    Tea for Two

    Vincent Youmans

    The Comedian Harmonists

    2:30
  • 1:44 PM

    Tahiti Trot (Tea for Two)

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    3:31
  • 1:31 PM

    Divertimento No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Serenades K320 & K239, Divertimento K136

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Yehudi Menuhin, conductor

    12:36
  • 1:28 PM

    Venezuelan Waltz No. 3 "Natalia"

    Antonio Lauro

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    2:22
  • 1:24 PM

    The Longest Day: March

    Paul Anka

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:03
  • 1:20 PM

    Berne Patrol

    Traditional, arr. Elgar Howarth

    In Switzerland

    Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

    4:00
  • 1:16 PM

    On the Mall

    Edwin Franko Goldman

    Fennell Conducts Hands Across the Sea

    Eastman Wind Ensemble

    Frederick Fennell, conductor

    3:07
  • 1:08 PM

    The Gumsuckers March

    Percy Grainger

    Lincolnshire Posy

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    3:45
  • 1:04 PM

    Procession of the Sardar

    Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov

    Leonard Bernstein: The Encore Collection Vol. 3

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    3:45
  • 12:48 PM

    Symphony No. 7

    Georg Anton Benda

    Benda: Sinfonias Nos. 7-12

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    10:45
  • 12:45 PM

    The Bourgeois Gentleman: Jourdain-Minuet

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, etc.

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    1:35
  • 12:34 PM

    Festive Overture

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    James DePreist, conductor

    6:17
  • 12:31 PM

    My Spirit Sang All Day

    Gerald Finzi

    Finzi: Choral Works

    Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    1:41
  • 12:24 PM

    La Scala di Seta (Silken Ladder): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    5:51
  • 12:22 PM

    Mazurka in f, Op. 7 No. 3

    Frederic Chopin

    Richard Goode, piano

    2:00
  • 12:20 PM

    Mazurka in C, Op. 56 No. 2

    Frederic Chopin

    Danil Trifonov, piano

    1:40
  • 12:14 PM

    Perpetuum mobile

    Simon Jeffes

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    4:29
  • 12:06 PM

    Concerto for Two Violas

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Academy for Ancient Music Berlin

    Bernhard Forck, conductor

    Antoine Tamestit, viola

    Sabine Fehlandt, viola

    5:58
  • 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
  • 11:57 AM

    The Wizard of Oz: Suite

    Herbert Stothart

    Hollywood Dreams

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    John Mauceri, conductor

    3:33
  • 11:45 AM

    Concerto for Two Mandolins

    Antonio Vivaldi

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    James Tyler, mandolin

    Robin Jeffrey, mandolin

    10:05
  • 11:39 AM

    Polonaise

    Mauro Giuliani

    David Starobin Performs Mauro Giuliani, Volume Two

    David Starobin, guitar

    4:53
  • 11:35 AM

    The Planets: Mercury

    Gustav Holst

    Toronto Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    4:00
  • 11:34 AM

    Concerto for Two Mandolins

    Antonio Vivaldi

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    James Tyler, mandolin

    Robin Jeffrey, mandolin

    10:05
  • 11:32 AM

    Platee: Entrance of Mercury

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    The Galileo Project: Music of the Spheres

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    1:24
  • 11:21 AM

    Momentum Suite

    Peter Hope

    English String Miniatures, Vol. 4

    Northern Sinfonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    10:10
  • 11:16 AM

    L'Amico Fritz: Preludietto

    Pietro Mascagni

    Italian Overtures

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    3:41
  • 11:08 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Eroica": 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    5:58
  • 11:04 AM

    Serenade No. 1: Menuetto 1 and 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Serenade No. 1

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    3:57
  • 10:52 AM

    Pavane for a Dead Princess (Pavane pour une infante defunte)

    Maurice Ravel

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    6:00
  • 10:28 AM

    Spring Music

    Joseph Marx

    Bochum Symphony Orchestra

    Steven Sloane, conductor

    23:04
  • 10:22 AM

    Show Me

    Aoife O'Donovan

    The Brooklyn Rider Almanac

    Brooklyn Rider

    4:53
  • 10:10 AM

    Our Town

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: Our Town, El Salon Mexico

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Aaron Copland, conductor

    10:58
  • 10:06 AM

    The Entertainer

    Scott Joplin

    Gautier Capucon, cello

    2:49
  • 10:01 AM

    Sarabande with variations

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Susato, Moritz von Hessen, Bach, Franke, Sammartini, Mendelssohn, Ewald

    Ludwig Guttler Brass Ensemble

    Ludwig Guttler, conductor

    4:35
  • 9:42 AM

    Summer Scenes from Hame

    Vaino Raitio

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Tuomas Ollila-Hannikainen, conductor

    15:58
  • 9:29 AM

    Gayane Ballet Suite

    Aram Khachaturian

    Royal Scottish Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    12:20
  • 9:25 AM

    Three Negro Spirituals: Ev'ry Time I Feel the Spirit

    Florence Price

    Deborah Moriarty and Zhihua Tang, piano

    1:29
  • 9:21 AM

    Three Negro Spirituals: Lord I Want to Be a Christian

    Florence Price

    Deborah Moriarty and Zhihua Tang, piano

    4:03
  • 9:06 AM

    Danish National Chamber Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    14:24
  • 9:01 AM

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    4:42
  • 8:54 AM

    Chaconne

    Silvius Weiss

    A Distant Show

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    4:18
  • 8:24 AM

    Piano Trio No. 1

    Anton Arensky

    Shostakovich/Arensky Piano Trios

    Trio con Brio Copenhagen

    29:55
  • 8:06 AM

    Printemps (Spring)

    Claude Debussy

    New Philharmonia Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    16:04
  • 8:01 AM

    Ian Jones, piano

    4:41
  • 7:53 AM

    Ludus pro Patria: Night and Love

    Augusta Holmes

    Holmes: Orchestral Works

    Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic

    Patrick Davin, conductor

    5:39
  • 7:37 AM

    Violin Concerto "Adrano"

    Samy Moussa

    Ginastera, Bernstein, Moussa: Works for Violin and Orchestra

    Montreal Symphony Orchestra

    Kent Nagano, conductor

    Andrew Wan, violin

    14:58
  • 7:31 AM

    Madrigal

    Philippe Gaubert

    Paris: La Belle Epoque

    Robert Langevin, flute

    4:14
  • 7:07 AM

    King Christian II Suite

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Finlandia, En Saga, The Swan of Tuonela, The Oceanides, Valse Triste, King Christian II Suite

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Thomas Sondergard, conductor

    24:42
  • 7:01 AM

    Sonata No. 8

    Henry Purcell

    Purcell Quartet

    4:49
  • 6:33 AM

    Concierto del Sur

    Manuel Ponce

    New York Philharmonic

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    25:41
  • 6:22 AM

    Night Song

    Wayne Barlow

    Music For Quiet Listening

    Eastman Philharmonia

    Howard Hanson, conductor

    9:11
  • 6:06 AM

    Seven Popular Spanish Songs

    Manuel de Falla

    Asturiana

    Kim Kashkashian, viola

    14:46
  • 6:01 AM

    Stephen Hough, piano

    4:36
  • 5:16 AM

    Rustic Wedding Symphony

    Karl Goldmark

    Goldmark, Enesco

    Utah Symphony Orchestra

    Maurice Abravanel, conductor

    42:23
  • 5:13 AM

    Jubilation, shouts of glee

    Carl Nielsen

    Ars Nova Copenhagen

    Michael Bojesen, conductor

    2:26
  • 5:06 AM

    Abendlied (Evening Song)

    Robert Schumann

    Carol Rosenberger, piano

    5:04
  • 5:01 AM

    Rondo Amoroso

    Harald Saeverud

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Per Dreier, conductor

    4:35