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  • 4:49 AM

    Swan of Tuonela

    Jean Sibelius

    Reveries

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    Marni Hougham, English horn

    9:32
  • 4:41 AM

    Six Songs for Piano

    Gomidas Vartabed

    Komitas: Piano and Chamber Music

    Mikael Ayrapetyan, piano

    6:30
  • 4:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 3

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Quartets, Etc

    Emerson String Quartet

    33:16
  • 4:01 AM

    Childhood Dream (Reve d'enfant)

    Eugene Ysaye

    French Impressions

    Bienne Symphony Orchestra

    Jean-Jacques Kantorow, conductor

    Rachel Kolly d'Alba, violin

    4:35
  • 3:52 AM

    Nox Aurumque

    Eric Whitacre

    Light & Gold

    Eric Whitacre Singers

    Eric Whitacre, conductor

    6:16
  • 3:30 AM

    Responses, Hosanna and Fugue

    Arnold Rosner

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    David Amos, conductor

    20:06
  • 3:25 AM

    Apartment House 1776: Harmony No. 20. O Give Thanks

    John Cage

    Arditti String Quartet

    5:11
  • 3:15 AM

    Thibaut Garcia, guitar

    8:20
  • 3:06 AM

    In the Distance (Au loin)

    Charles Koechlin

    Koechlin: Le boisson ardent; Sur les flots lointains

    Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    8:15
  • 3:01 AM

    Sure on this Shining Night

    Morten Lauridsen

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    Fabio Bidini, piano

    4:51
  • 2:46 AM

    Musica Celestis

    Aaron Jay Kernis

    Kernis: Colored Field, Musica Celestis, Air

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    12:22
  • 2:24 AM

    Harp Quintet

    Jean Cras

    Isabelle Moretti, harp

    Michel Moragues, flute

    Thierry Brodard, violin

    Dominique Lobet, viola

    Jean-Philippe Martignoni, cello

    20:47
  • 2:06 AM

    Mother Goose (Ma mere l'oye)

    Maurice Ravel

    Steven Osborne, piano

    Paul Lewis, piano

    15:29
  • 2:01 AM

    Sarabande

    Ludovico Einaudi

    Ludovico Einaudi: Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:42
  • 1:41 AM

    Fantasy Variations

    Ulysses Kay

    Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony - U. Kay: Fantasy Variations - Umbrian Scene

    Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Arthur Fagen, conductor

    17:55
  • 1:24 AM

    Fantasie

    Robert Schumann

    Violin Fantasies

    Jennifer Koh, violin

    15:36
  • 1:06 AM

    Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    THE BRITISH PROJECT

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla, conductor

    15:18
  • 1:01 AM

    Sacred Heart (Ubi Caritas III)

    Ola Gjeilo

    Ola Gjeilo

    Voces8

    Ben Hancox, violin

    4:37
  • 12:46 AM

    Ocean's Kingdom: Moonrise

    Paul McCartney

    Paul McCartney: Ocean's Kingdom

    London Classical Orchestra

    John Wilson, conductor

    12:25
  • 12:24 AM

    Eternal Longing

    Vitezslav Novak

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    20:25
  • 12:07 AM

    Suite for String Orchestra

    Susan Spain-Dunk

    British Music for Strings, Vol. 3

    South German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim

    Douglas Bostock, conductor

    15:37
  • 12:01 AM

    Prelude No. 1

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Guitar Favourites

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    4:46
  • 11:44 PM

    Bolero

    Maurice Ravel

    Debussy: Khamma/Ravel: La Valse, etc.

    Ulster Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    14:35
  • 11:24 PM

    Quiet Summer Night

    Samuel A. Livingston

    Pedroia String Quartet

    Yhasmin Valenzuela, clarinet

    18:21
  • 11:16 PM

    Songs from Lake Ladoga

    Erkki Melartin

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Jorma Panula, conductor

    7:54
  • 11:10 PM

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    4:03
  • 11:06 PM

    Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Essential Bach

    Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

    Karl Munchinger, conductor

    3:05
  • 11:01 PM

    Dance of the Flowers

    Amy Beach

    Joanne Polk, piano

    4:41
  • 10:44 PM

    Concerto for Two Horns

    Franz Pokorny

    Concerto Amsterdam

    Jaap Schroder, conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    Christoph Kohler, horn

    13:54
  • 10:16 PM

    Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto

    He Zhanhao/Chen Gang

    China Girl

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Viktor Fedotov, conductor

    Vanessa-Mae, violin

    26:37
  • 10:14 PM

    Etude No. 9 "Butterfly"

    Frederic Chopin

    Jan Lisiecki, piano

    :56
  • 10:06 PM

    Broceliande Overture

    Lucien-Leon Lambert

    Hot Springs Music Festival Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Rosenberg, conductor

    6:47
  • 10:01 PM

    Serenade No. 6 "Serenata Notturna": 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Divertimento KV334; Serenata Notturna

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    4:49
  • 9:46 PM

    Photography

    Errollyn Wallen

    Ensemble X

    Nicholas Kok, conductor

    12:42
  • 9:31 PM

    Four Characteristic Waltzes

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Rochelle Sennet, piano

    13:30
  • 9:16 PM

    Sussex Landscape

    Avril Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Roderick Cox, conductor

    13:31
  • 9:06 PM

    Scenes from Nigeria: Pastorale

    Samuel Akpabot

    Marcus Eley, clarinet

    Lucerne DeSa, piano

    3:31
  • 9:01 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Violin Concertos by Black Composers Through the Centuries: 25th Anniversary Edition

    Encore Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hege, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    4:39
  • 8:52 PM

    Scherzo on Tropical Airs

    Santos Cifuentes

    Inca Trail Connections

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

    6:48
  • 8:48 PM

    Pa Pa Pa

    Edgar Olivero

    Mozart y Mambo: Cuban Dances

    Sarahbanda

    Sarah Willis, horn

    3:05
  • 8:17 PM

    Symphony

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet, Prokofiev, Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 1

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    28:55
  • 8:06 PM

    La Stravaganza: Violin Concerto No. 5

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Arte Dei Suonatori Baroque Orchestra

    Rachel Podger, violin

    9:34
  • 8:01 PM

    Gold Dust Waltz

    Erik Satie

    Noriko Ogawa, piano

    4:39
  • 4:43 PM

    Dumbarton Oaks Concerto

    Igor Stravinsky

    Berg: Kammerkonzert; Stravinsky: Ebony Concerto

    Ensemble Intercontemporain

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    15:14
  • 4:21 PM

    Flute Concerto

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    CPE Bach: Concertos

    Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra

    Jorg Faerber, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    21:00
  • 4:16 PM

    Cello Suite No. 6: Gavotte

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Inspired by Bach

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    3:42
  • 4:09 PM

    Air de ballet

    Cecile Chaminade

    Eric Parkin, piano

    5:03
  • 4:06 PM

    Morning Song

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Music for Strings

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    2:52
  • 4:01 PM

    Perpetual Motion

    Niccolo Paganini

    Eastman Wind Ensemble

    Donald Hunsberger, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, cornet

    4:33
  • 3:41 PM

    String Quartet No. 53 "The Lark"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    The Haydn Project

    Emerson String Quartet

    17:45
  • 3:20 PM

    Siegfried Idyll

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Siegfried-Idyll/Sibelius: Valse Triste/etc.

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    18:51
  • 3:16 PM

    Song without Words

    Makar Ekmalian

    Mikael Ayrapetyan, piano

    2:13
  • 3:06 PM

    The Magic Harp

    Ina Boyle

    Dan Godfrey Encores

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    9:15
  • 3:01 PM

    Symphonie Concertante: Adagio

    Louis Spohr

    Vienna Symphony Orchestra

    Manfred Honeck, conductor

    Maria Duenas, violin

    Volker Kempf, harp

    4:44
  • 2:42 PM

    Concerto for 2 Orchestras No. 3

    George Frideric Handel

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    16:28
  • 2:38 PM

    Mrs. Judge's Jig/Hornpipe

    Turlough O'Carolan/Henry Purcell

    And So Flows the River

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    2:03
  • 2:17 PM

    With the Wild Geese

    Hamilton Harty

    Ulster Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    20:06
  • 2:06 PM

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Hans-Peter Frank, conductor

    9:33
  • 2:01 PM

    Scottish Rondo

    John Field

    Miceal O'Rourke, piano

    4:34
  • 1:46 PM

    Pastoral Suite

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Jan-Olav Wedin, conductor

    12:16
  • 1:36 PM

    Divertimento No. 8

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    New York Philomusica

    9:35
  • 1:32 PM

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    Steven Isserlis, cello

    2:34
  • 1:19 PM

    St. Paul's Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Tippett, Holst, Corelli, Bach

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    12:28
  • 1:06 PM

    Unter bluhenden Linden

    Lou Koster

    Estro Armonico Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra

    Jonathan Kaell, conductor

    10:53
  • 1:00 PM

    Siciliano

    Harry Dexter

    RTE Concert Orchestra, Dublin

    Ernest Tomlinson, conductor

    4:47
  • 10:42 AM

    Symphony No. 31 "Paris"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    16:42
  • 10:20 AM

    Cello Concerto No. 1

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Symphony Orchestra of the All-Union Radio

    Grigory Stolyarov, conductor

    Mstislav Rostropovich, cello

    19:52
  • 10:13 AM

    Dala Suite: Rustic Dances

    Helena Munktell

    Gavle Symphony Orchestra

    Tobias Ringborg, conductor

    5:14
  • 10:06 AM

    Italian Serenade

    Hugo Wolf

    Janacek: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2

    Hagen Quartet

    6:23
  • 10:01 AM

    The Kid on the Mountain; The Butterfly

    Traditional Irish

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    4:52
  • 9:42 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach Violin Sonatas

    Andrew Manze, violin

    16:24
  • 9:39 AM

    On a Quiet Lake

    Florence Price

    Florence Price: Piano Discoveries: Excursions

    Lara Downes, piano

    3:01
  • 9:18 AM

    Dance Rhapsody

    Frank Bridge

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    19:11
  • 9:10 AM

    Music for a Summer Evening

    Peteris Vasks

    Ieva Jokubaviciute, piano

    5:55
  • 9:06 AM

    Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo

    Pietro Mascagni

    Best Film Classics 100

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    3:41
  • 9:01 AM

    Viola Quintet: Berceuse

    Alberto Hemsi

    ARC Ensemble

    Steven Dann, viola

    4:36
  • 8:48 AM

    O ignis spiritus (O fire of the Paraclete)

    Hildegard von Bingen

    Hilliard Ensemble

    Jan Garbarek, saxophone

    10:49
  • 8:43 AM

    Solstice: Garden of the Sun

    Lou Harrison

    California Symphony

    Barry Jekowsky, conductor

    4:20
  • 8:33 AM

    Musical Moment No. 3

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, piano

    7:52
  • 8:06 AM

    Idyll for String Orchestra

    Leos Janacek

    Janacek: Idyll; Mladi

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    26:28
  • 8:01 AM

    Nachtstuck

    Franz Schubert

    Elisabeth Plank, harp

    4:48
  • 7:46 AM

    Fantasy Quartet

    E.J. Moeran

    English Music for Oboe and String Quartet

    English String Quartet

    Sarah Francis, oboe

    12:30
  • 7:42 AM

    Draumheimar

    Gabriel Olafs

    Lullabies for Piano and Cello

    Gabriel Olafs, piano

    3:31
  • 7:12 AM

    Bergen Symphony Orchestra

    Dmitri Kitayenko, conductor

    27:59
  • 7:06 AM

    Suite Bergamasque: Clair de lune (Moonlight)

    Claude Debussy

    The Fantastic Stokowski

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    5:26
  • 7:01 AM

    Tianwa Yang, violin

    Markus Hadulla, piano

    4:35
  • 6:42 AM

    In the Summer Wind (Im Sommerwind)

    Anton Webern

    Boulez Conducts Webern II

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    15:58
  • 6:39 AM

    Blow Softer Now, Breeze

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Complete Works For Mixed Choir

    Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

    Heikki Seppanen, conductor

    Jenny Carlstedt, mezzo-soprano

    2:37
  • 6:30 AM

    Dance Card: Celestial Blue

    Jennifer Higdon

    Project W: Works by Diverse Women Composers

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    7:58
  • 6:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 1 "Lyric"

    George Walker

    Uncovered, Volume 3

    Catalyst Quartet

    22:49
  • 6:01 AM

    Mrs Anne Grene her Leaves be Green

    John Danyel

    Nocturnal

    Jakob Lindberg, lute

    4:52
  • 5:29 AM

    Humoreske

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Humoreske, Fantasiestucke, Op. 12

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    29:17
  • 5:17 AM

    Summer

    Gotthard Odermatt

    Bonjour Paris

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Mathias Monius, conductor

    Albrecht Mayer, oboe

    11:00
  • 5:06 AM

    O'Keeffe Images: Sky Above Clouds

    Elena Ruehr

    Boston Modern Orchestra Project

    Gil Rose, conductor

    9:29
  • 5:01 AM

    Impressions: Calm Night

    Henriette Bosmans

    Lucia Swarts, cello

    Elena Malinova, piano

    4:31