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  • 4:19 AM

    Symphony No. 5

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5 - Finzi: Clarinet Concerto

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Michael Collins, conductor

    39:24
  • 4:06 AM

    The Green Fuse

    James Wilson

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Anthony Parnther, conductor

    10:58
  • 4:01 AM

    Nocturne No. 10

    Frederic Chopin

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    4:41
  • 3:53 AM

    Clinton-Narboni Piano Duo

    5:07
  • 3:19 AM

    Symphony No. 4

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    33:37
  • 3:11 AM

    Goin' Home

    Antonin Dvorak

    That Eternal Day

    Cantus

    5:18
  • 3:06 AM

    The Hobbit: Old Friends

    Howard Shore

    The Hobbit: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Howard Shore, conductor

    4:28
  • 3:01 AM

    Etude No. 14

    Philip Glass

    Vikingur Olafsson, piano

    4:34
  • 2:43 AM

    Warmth from Other Suns

    Carlos Simon

    Ivalas Quartet

    14:31
  • 2:26 AM

    Concerto Grosso

    Errollyn Wallen

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Anthony Parnther, conductor

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    Chi-chi Nwanoku, double bass

    Tai Murray, violin

    15:38
  • 2:19 AM

    Marya Martin, flute

    Colette Valentine, piano

    5:21
  • 2:06 AM

    Cuban Landscape with Rain

    Leo Brouwer

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    6:59
  • 2:01 AM

    Nonet: 3rd movement

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective

    4:41
  • 1:26 AM

    The Rite of Spring

    Igor Stravinsky

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    32:58
  • 1:14 AM

    Suite Bucolique

    Hugo Godron

    Sara Fraker, oboe

    Casey Robards, piano

    9:35
  • 1:06 AM

    Letter from Home

    Aaron Copland

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    6:21
  • 1:01 AM

    Night Song

    Edward Elgar

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    4:43
  • 12:49 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Polish": Finale

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    9:31
  • 12:33 AM

    The Fairy Queen: Suite

    Henry Purcell

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    14:06
  • 12:30 AM

    Bobbing Joe/Merry, Merry Milkmaids

    John Playford

    Baltimore Consort

    3:01
  • 12:21 AM

    String Circle: Ballad

    Kenji Bunch

    Boiling Point: Music Of Kenji Bunch

    ALIAS Chamber Ensemble

    7:30
  • 12:06 AM

    Rounds for String Orchestra

    David Diamond

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    13:51
  • 12:01 AM

    The English Patient: Convento di Sant'Anna

    Gabriel Yared

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    4:41
  • 11:32 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 6

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Sonatas K. 281, 282, 284, 545

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    24:51
  • 11:25 PM

    Bretagne Orchestra

    Stefan Sanderling, conductor

    4:25
  • 11:10 PM

    Irish Rhapsody No. 3

    Charles Stanford

    Stanford: Symphony No. 7, etc

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    Raphael Wallfisch, cello

    14:07
  • 11:05 PM

    Folk Songs for Orchestra: Going to lay down my sword and shield

    George Walker

    Cleveland Chamber Symphony

    Edwin London, conductor

    4:03
  • 11:02 PM

    Darest, O Soul

    Mari Esabel Valverde

    COVID-19 Sessions

    Cantus

    3:02
  • 10:49 PM

    Bolero

    Frederic Chopin

    A Chopin Recital

    Andrew Rangell, piano

    7:55
  • 10:31 PM

    Songs of the Oak

    Florence Price

    Price: Songs of the Oak - Concert Overtures Nos. 1-2

    Wurttemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen

    John Jeter, conductor

    16:21
  • 10:20 PM

    A Children's Overture

    Roger Quilter

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    10:50
  • 10:12 PM

    Piano Quartet: 3rd movement

    Robert Schumann

    Trio Wanderer

    Christopher Gaugue, viola

    6:03
  • 10:03 PM

    Theme and Variations

    Jean Francaix

    Sinfonia Iuventas

    Gabriel Chmura, conductor

    Waldemar Zarow, clarinet

    8:28
  • 10:00 PM

    Goldberg Variations: Variation 24

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Igor Levit, piano

    2:32
  • 9:48 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Grand Pas de Deux

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    10:11
  • 9:22 PM

    String Quartet No. 62 "Emperor"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Kodaly Quartet

    24:55
  • 9:19 PM

    Venezuelan Waltz No. 3 "Natalia"

    Antonio Lauro

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    Gaudencio Thiago de Mello, percussion

    2:22
  • 9:14 PM

    Wand of Youth: The Little Bells

    Edward Elgar

    Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    2:36
  • 9:09 PM

    Impromptu No. 2

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Impromptus, Op. 90 & 142

    Alfred Brendel, piano

    4:34
  • 9:06 PM

    Canzon No. 12

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    Wallace Collection

    2:30
  • 9:03 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Jean-Guihen Queyras, cello

    Alexandre Tharaud, piano

    2:56
  • 8:57 PM

    Dolly Suite: Le Pas Espagnol

    Gabriel Faure

    Musical Fun and Games

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    2:06
  • 8:47 PM

    Nocturne No. 7

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: The Complete Music for Piano

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    8:45
  • 8:42 PM

    Oboe Quartet: Rondeau

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Flute Quartets Nos. 1-4

    Jasmine Choi, flute

    4:29
  • 8:17 PM

    Pibroch Suite

    Alexander Mackenzie

    Scottish Fantasies for Violin & Orchestra

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Alexander Platt, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    23:37
  • 8:03 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 6

    Arcangelo Corelli

    Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

    Nicholas McGegan, conductor

    11:09
  • 8:00 PM

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    2:19
  • 5:42 PM

    Concerto for Three Violins

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

    Petra Mullejans, violin

    Gottfried von der Goltz, violin

    Anne Katharina Schreiber, violin

    15:57
  • 5:34 PM

    Octet: 5th movement

    Franz Schubert

    Isabelle Faust, violin

    Anne-Katharina Schreiber, violin

    James Boyd, viola

    Kristin von der Goltz, cello

    James Munro, bass

    Lorenzo Coppola, clarinet

    7:15
  • 5:21 PM

    Phantasy Trio

    Joan Trimble

    Fidelio Trio

    11:48
  • 5:17 PM

    Tango en Skai

    Roland Dyens

    Milos: Pasion

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    2:22
  • 5:06 PM

    Danish National Chamber Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    10:34
  • 5:01 PM

    I Musici Montreal

    Yuli Turovsky, conductor

    Yuli Turovsky, cello

    4:35
  • 4:47 PM

    Symphony No. 5: Adagietto

    Gustav Mahler

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    11:02
  • 4:22 PM

    Serenade for Winds

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Serenades Op. 22 & 44

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    23:30
  • 4:17 PM

    Six Pieces: Little Waltz

    Paul Viardot

    Reto Kuppel, violin

    Wolfgang Manz, piano

    2:59
  • 4:06 PM

    Renascence

    Lita Grier

    Czech National Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    Mary Stolper, flute

    10:54
  • 4:01 PM

    Plantation Melodies: Negro Lullaby

    Harry T. Burleigh

    Apollo Chamber Players

    4:49
  • 3:56 PM

    Carnival: Suite of Five Dances: Frolic

    Montague Ring

    Rochelle Sennet, piano

    2:36
  • 3:40 PM

    Clarinet Concerto

    Aaron Copland

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Michael Collins, conductor

    Michael Collins, clarinet

    16:18
  • 3:16 PM

    Symphony No. 88

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    La Petite Bande

    Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor

    21:55
  • 3:13 PM

    Bells of Paris

    Louis Couperin

    La Harpe Royale: Musical Portraits, Dances and Laments from the Court of Louis XIV

    Andrew Lawrence-King, harp

    1:58
  • 3:06 PM

    Bartered Bride: Dance of the Comedians

    Bedrich Smetana

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    5:31
  • 3:01 PM

    El cant dels ocells (Song of the Birds)

    Pablo Casals

    Romance: Lalo, Tchaikovsky, Casals, etc.

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Antonio Pappano, conductor

    Han-Na Chang, cello

    4:37
  • 2:49 PM

    The Bells of St. Genevieve

    Marin Marais

    Marin Marais: La Gamme

    Boston Museum Trio

    7:47
  • 2:41 PM

    Images for Orchestra: Rondes de printemps (Spring Rounds)

    Claude Debussy

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor

    6:59
  • 2:26 PM

    Romantic Pieces

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak, Janacek, Smetana: Romantic Pieces

    James Ehnes, violin

    13:52
  • 2:06 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Australian Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Tognetti, conductor

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    19:04
  • 2:02 PM

    Darest, O Soul

    Mari Esabel Valverde

    COVID-19 Sessions

    Cantus

    3:02
  • 1:42 PM

    Gotterdammerung: Dawn and Siegfried's Rhine Journey

    Richard Wagner

    Mad About Wagner

    Paris Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    13:24
  • 1:37 PM

    Brooklyn Duo

    4:00
  • 1:31 PM

    Rondo for Horn and Orchestra

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart, Strauss: Horn Concertos

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Radovan Vlatkovic, horn

    4:36
  • 1:21 PM

    Warsaw Concerto

    Richard Addinsell

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    William Tritt, piano

    8:39
  • 1:17 PM

    Suite for Large Orchestra: Menuetto

    Helena Munktell

    Gavle Symphony Orchestra

    Tobias Ringborg, conductor

    3:30
  • 1:09 PM

    Supposed Treasure: Overture

    Etienne Mehul

    Mehul: The Complete Symphonies

    Gulbenkian Orchestra

    Michel Swierczewski, conductor

    4:25
  • 1:04 PM

    Waltz No. 1 "Grand Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    Trifonov plays Chopin

    Daniil Trifonov, piano

    4:08
  • 12:53 PM

    Romeo and Juliet: Selections

    Sergei Prokofiev

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    6:33
  • 12:48 PM

    Minuet No. 2

    Giacomo Puccini

    Orchestra of the Auvergne

    Jean Jacques Kantorow, conductor

    3:15
  • 12:40 PM

    Sinfonia

    Josef Myslivecek

    Myslivecek: Symphonies

    Concerto Koln

    7:10
  • 12:33 PM

    Reflets sur l'eau

    Claude Debussy

    Dmytro Choni, piano

    5:43
  • 12:26 PM

    Symphony No. 5: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    5:52
  • 12:20 PM

    Serenade No. 10 "Gran Partita": Adagio

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Soulful Serenade

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    5:28
  • 12:17 PM

    Songs My Mother Taught Me

    Antonin Dvorak

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    Matthew Hagle, piano

    1:49
  • 12:08 PM

    Fidelio Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Daniel Harding, conductor

    7:26
  • 12:04 PM

    Little Concert Suite: A Love Sonnet

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Anthony Parnther, conductor

    3:40
  • 11:53 AM

    Cello Sonata: Andante

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Muse

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    5:34
  • 11:47 AM

    Il Signor Bruschino: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    5:07
  • 11:36 AM

    Dynamids Waltz

    Josef Strauss

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    10:02
  • 11:32 AM

    Prince Igor: Dance of the Polovtsian Maidens

    Alexander Borodin

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    2:21
  • 11:21 AM

    Concerto for Three Trumpets

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Baroque Music for Trumpet

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    9:57
  • 11:16 AM

    The Red Poppy: Russian Sailor's Dance

    Reinhold Gliere

    Pops a la Russe

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    3:38
  • 11:07 AM

    Scherzando No. 4

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn Ensemble Berlin

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    7:54
  • 11:04 AM

    Shepherd's Hey

    Percy Grainger

    Music of Percy Grainger

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Kenneth Montgomery, conductor

    2:15
  • 10:37 AM

    Piano Concerto

    Gabriel Pierne

    Piano Concerto in C Minor

    Philharmonie de Lorraine

    Jacques Houtmann, conductor

    Dag Achatz, piano

    21:12
  • 10:29 AM

    Symphony No. 4: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 4, Tragic Overture

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    6:30
  • 10:19 AM

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor

    Shlomo Mintz, violin

    10:19
  • 10:15 AM

    Favorite Color

    Joni Mitchell

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:54
  • 10:10 AM

    Violin Partita No. 2: Corrente

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Tomo Iwakura, guitar

    3:06
  • 10:06 AM

    Etude No. 3 "Tristesse"

    Frederic Chopin

    Jan Lisiecki, piano

    3:55
  • 10:01 AM

    New York Philomusica

    4:38
  • 9:47 AM

    Pastoral Suite

    Gunnar De Frumerie

    Stockholm Chamber Ensemble

    Jan-Olav Wedin, conductor

    Gunilla von Bahr, flute

    11:28
  • 9:30 AM

    Eight Russian Folk Songs

    Anatol Liadov

    Liadov: The Enchanted Lake, and other orchestral works.

    Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    15:32
  • 9:27 AM

    A Slumber Song of the Madonna

    Samuel Barber

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    1:42
  • 9:06 AM

    String Concerto

    Giuseppe Valentini

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    19:30
  • 9:01 AM

    In Winter's House

    Joanna Marsh

    United Strings of Europe

    Julian Azkoul, conductor

    4:33
  • 8:26 AM

    Symphony No. 6

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 6, Fantasia

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    32:03
  • 8:23 AM

    Stemningar (Moods): Folketone

    Edvard Grieg

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    2:35
  • 8:11 AM

    Capriccio for Harp and Strings

    Walter Piston

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    Theresa Elder Wunrow, harp

    10:15
  • 8:06 AM

    Evening Song

    Traditional

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Nikoloz Rachveli, conductor

    Lisa Batiashvili, violin

    4:27
  • 8:01 AM

    Birds of Spring (Pajaros de primavera)

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Angel Romero, guitar

    4:44
  • 7:49 AM

    The Happy Forest

    Arnold Bax

    Scottish National Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    9:25
  • 7:47 AM

    Eight Inventions for Piano: Scherzando

    Ulysses Kay

    Rochelle Sennet, piano

    1:11
  • 7:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 7 "Razumovsky No. 1"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    BEETHOVEN: Cuartetos de cuerda.

    Alexander String Quartet

    39:47
  • 7:01 AM

    Elegy, to Calvin Simmons

    Lou Harrison

    Lou Harrison: A Portrait

    California Symphony

    Barry Jekowsky, conductor

    4:44
  • 6:28 AM

    Symphony No. 22 "City of Light"

    Alan Hovhaness

    Seattle Symphony

    Alan Hovhaness, conductor

    29:35
  • 6:25 AM

    Caprice

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Chabrier: Piano Music

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    2:36
  • 6:06 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 4

    Aarre Merikanto

    Violin Concertos 2 & 4

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    James DePreist, conductor

    Kaija Saarikettu, violin

    17:31
  • 6:01 AM

    Menuet and A Little Gigue

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sara Davis Buechner, piano

    4:31
  • 5:34 AM

    Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra

    Claude Debussy

    DEBUSSY, C.: Orchestral Works, Vol. 7 (Markl) - Fantaisie / 2 Danses / Rhapsodies

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    24:15
  • 5:31 AM

    Gammelkjerringvalsen

    Traditional Norwegian

    Trio Mediaeval

    Arve Henriksen, trumpet

    2:06
  • 5:06 AM

    Stringar

    Krishna Nagaraja

    Concert Recording

    Meta4 String Quartet

    23:25
  • 5:01 AM

    O virtus sapientiae

    Hildegard von Bingen

    Kuss Quartet

    Emily D'Angelo, mezzo-soprano

    4:41