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  • 4:46 AM

    This Midnight Hour

    Anna Clyne

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    12:42
  • 4:41 AM

    Blackfriars

    Anna Meredith

    Ligeti Quartet

    Anna Meredith, electronics

    3:02
  • 4:18 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2 "Narcissus"

    Eleanor Alberga

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Joseph Swensen, conductor

    Thomas Bowes, violin

    21:27
  • 4:06 AM

    Alicia Enstrom, violin

    Alessandra Volpi-Jensen, piano

    Kaitlyn Raitz, cello

    11:04
  • 4:01 AM

    It Never Rains

    Gavin Bryars

    Rick Cox, electric guitar

    Alma Lisa Fernandez, viola

    Erika Duke-Kirkpatrick, cello

    James Bergman, double bass

    4:49
  • 3:50 AM

    Spiegel im Spiegel (Mirror in the Mirror)

    Arvo Part

    Arvo Part: Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    8:23
  • 3:13 AM

    Soul House

    Robert Honstein

    Hub New Music

    33:47
  • 3:07 AM

    Still So Much to Say

    Viet Cuong

    The Crossing

    Donald Nally, conductor

    3:37
  • 3:01 AM

    Air for the Poet

    Lou Harrison

    Tammittam Percussion Ensemble

    Guido Facchin, conductor

    4:48
  • 2:54 AM

    Fljotavik

    Sigur Ros

    Dmitri Ensemble

    Stephanie Gonley, violin

    4:18
  • 2:27 AM

    The Blue Pearl

    Erkki Melartin

    Melartin: Orchestral Works

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Hannu Lintu, conductor

    26:15
  • 2:13 AM

    Piano Quartet

    Gustav Mahler

    Daniel Hope, violin

    Paul Neubauer, viola

    David Finckel, cello

    Wu Han, piano

    11:37
  • 2:06 AM

    Minuet Antique

    Maurice Ravel

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    6:14
  • 2:01 AM

    Nocturne

    Auguste Franchomme

    The Franchomme Project

    Louise Dubin, cello

    4:43
  • 1:44 AM

    Lute Suite No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    John Williams, guitar

    14:13
  • 1:20 AM

    Symphony No. 6

    William Banfield

    Childs, B: The Distant Land, etc.

    Akron Symphony Orchestra

    Alan Balter, conductor

    22:51
  • 1:14 AM

    Overjoyed

    Stevie Wonder

    Calefax Reed Ensemble

    4:04
  • 1:06 AM

    Rustic Suite (Suite Champetre)

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius Works for Small Orchestra

    Finland Sinfonietta

    Pekka Helasvuo, conductor

    7:09
  • 1:01 AM

    Unsent Love Letters

    Elena Kats-Chernin

    Elena Kats-Chernin: Unsent Love Letters: Meditations on Erik Satie

    Tamara-Anna Cislowska, piano

    4:39
  • 12:45 AM

    Four Characteristic Waltzes

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha OVerture / Petite Suite

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    13:42
  • 12:15 AM

    Concert Fantasia

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Romantic Piano Concerto Vol. 50

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    Stephen Hough, piano

    28:16
  • 12:07 AM

    Overture "In the Italian Style"

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonies, Vol. 2

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Edward Gardner, conductor

    6:49
  • 12:01 AM

    Three Parts on a Ground

    Henry Purcell

    Purcell Quartet

    4:33
  • 11:44 PM

    Froissart Overture

    Edward Elgar

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    13:45
  • 11:31 PM

    Norwegian Dances Nos. 2-4

    Edvard Grieg

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Petri Sakari, conductor

    11:40
  • 11:24 PM

    Czardashian Rhapsody

    Traditional

    Lara St. John, violin

    Matt Herskowitz, piano

    6:02
  • 11:11 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": Largo

    Antonin Dvorak

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    11:46
  • 11:08 PM

    One Day

    Michel Legrand

    Finding Harmony

    King's Singers

    2:46
  • 11:01 PM

    Rolf Lislevand & Ensemble

    4:52
  • 10:47 PM

    Mephisto Waltz No. 1 "Dance in the Village Inn"

    Franz Liszt

    Mephisto Magic

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    10:37
  • 10:40 PM

    Viejo Zortzico

    Jesus Guridi

    Xavier de Maistre, harp

    6:20
  • 10:34 PM

    Symphony No. 3: 3rd movement

    Florence Price

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    5:02
  • 10:26 PM

    Fantasie Negre No. 4

    Florence Price

    Revival

    Michelle Cann, piano

    7:30
  • 10:09 PM

    Flute Concerto

    Frederick the Great

    CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra

    Hartmut Haenchen, conductor

    Manfred Friedrich, flute

    14:42
  • 10:06 PM

    The Prince of Denmark's March

    Jeremiah Clarke

    Empire Brass

    William Kuhlman, organ

    2:51
  • 9:47 PM

    Carmen Suite No. 1

    Georges Bizet

    Shchedrin: Carmen Ballet; Bizet: Carmen Suite

    Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

    James DePreist, conductor

    11:57
  • 9:44 PM

    Song without Words No. 30 "Spring Song"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    Andre Previn, piano

    2:19
  • 9:34 PM

    Bishop Rock

    Doreen Carwithen

    CARWITHEN: Piano Concerto / Bishop Rock / ODTAA / Suffolk Suite

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    8:16
  • 9:27 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Eroica": 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphony No. 3

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    5:44
  • 9:22 PM

    Karelia Suite: Alla Marcia

    Jean Sibelius

    Finlandia 3 - Finnish Music

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Okko Kamu, conductor

    4:28
  • 9:10 PM

    First Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Composer's Collection: Gustav Holst

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    10:35
  • 9:06 PM

    Fugue "Little"

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Stokowski Transcriptions

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    3:34
  • 9:03 PM

    Basque Folk Song

    Clarence Cameron White

    Marcus Eley, clarinet

    2:33
  • 8:47 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Telemann: Trumpet Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Hakan Hardenberger, trumpet

    10:33
  • 8:25 PM

    Piano Trio No. 5

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: The Newstead Trio

    Newstead Trio

    20:20
  • 8:09 PM

    Marosszek Dances

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Kodaly: The Peacock, Galanta Dances, Marosszek Dances

    Budapest Symphony Orchestra

    Gyorgy Lehel, conductor

    13:53
  • 8:06 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Barry Douglas, piano

    3:05
  • 8:01 PM

    From Foreign Lands: Italy

    Moritz Moszkowski

    From Foreign Lands

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    4:45
  • 5:39 PM

    Rhapsody for Viola and Orchestra

    Bohuslav Martinu

    Martinu: Double Concertos

    Marseille Philharmonic Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    Magali Demesse, viola

    19:58
  • 5:20 PM

    Concert Piece for Four Horns

    Robert Schumann

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    18:14
  • 5:10 PM

    Omphale's Spinning Wheel

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Sinfonia of London

    John Wilson, conductor

    7:24
  • 5:06 PM

    Song of the Spinning Wheel

    Mel Bonis

    Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers

    Francois Dumont, piano

    2:55
  • 5:00 PM

    Serenade No. 10 "Gran Partita": Minuet II

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Serenade No. 10 for Winds "Gran Partita"

    London Symphony Orchestra Wind Ensemble

    4:33
  • 4:48 PM

    Morning Papers Waltz

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    10:17
  • 4:22 PM

    Albany Symphony Orchestra

    David Alan Miller, conductor

    Tessa Lark, violin

    23:57
  • 4:17 PM

    Where Mountains Meet the Sky

    Ronn McFarlane

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    Carolyn Surrick, viola da gamba

    Yousif Sheronick, percussion

    4:25
  • 4:06 PM

    Overture for Wind Instruments

    Felix Mendelssohn

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    9:42
  • 4:01 PM

    Sonatine: Modere

    Maurice Ravel

    Arcata String Quartet

    Don Bailey, flute

    Grace Paradise, harp

    4:41
  • 3:44 PM

    Tragic Overture

    Johannes Brahms

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    15:01
  • 3:38 PM

    Romance No. 3

    Clara Schumann

    Elena Urioste, violin

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    4:09
  • 3:16 PM

    Fantasie Symphonique

    Louis Theodore Gouvy

    Gouvy: Symphony 4; Fantasie symphonique

    German Radio Philharmonic

    Jacques Mercier, conductor

    21:41
  • 3:06 PM

    Beatrice and Benedict: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: 5 Overtures

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    7:40
  • 3:00 PM

    Madrigal-Pavana

    Francisco Braga

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Neil Thomson, conductor

    4:34
  • 2:52 PM

    Nocturnes: Fetes (Festivals)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: La Mer, Nocturnes, Etc

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    6:26
  • 2:46 PM

    Serenata alla spagnuola (Spanish Serenade)

    Alexander Borodin

    Violoncello Espanol

    I Musici Montreal

    Yuli Turovsky, conductor

    Yuli Turovsky, cello

    2:29
  • 2:40 PM

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

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Rebel

    Jorg-Michael Schwarz, conductor

    Matthias Maute, recorder

    5:42
  • 2:31 PM

    Symphony No. 97: Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 96 & 97

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    5:10
  • 2:27 PM

    Venezuelan Waltz No. 3 "Natalia"

    Antonio Lauro

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    Colin David, guitar

    2:56
  • 2:14 PM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique": 2nd movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Manfred Honeck, conductor

    7:53
  • 2:07 PM

    Fantasy for a Gentleman: Dance

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    2:00
  • 2:03 PM

    If I can help somebody

    Alma Androzzo

    Finding Harmony

    King's Singers

    3:36
  • 1:52 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1: Finale

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saƫns: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 - Africa - Wedding Cake - Allegro appassionato

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Jean-Jacques Kantorow, conductor

    Alexandre Kantorow, piano

    6:45
  • 1:42 PM

    Sylvia: Procession of Bacchus

    Leo Delibes

    The Flag Series - France

    New Philharmonia Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    5:52
  • 1:37 PM

    Tarantella

    Frederic Chopin

    Artur Rubinstein, piano

    3:14
  • 1:29 PM

    Beautiful Mazurka

    Emil Waldteufel

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    5:04
  • 1:20 PM

    Mazurka

    Amy Beach

    Elena Urioste, violin

    Tom Poster, piano

    3:13
  • 1:14 PM

    Minuet

    Luigi Boccherini

    Stokowski Transcriptions

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    3:43
  • 1:05 PM

    Violin Concerto: Fly Forward

    Jennifer Higdon

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vasily Petrenko, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    5:08
  • 12:55 PM

    Wand of Youth: Fairies and Giants

    Edward Elgar

    Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    3:32
  • 12:44 PM

    Rondo

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Haydn: Violinkonzerte, Mozart: Rondo

    Northern Sinfonia of England

    Heinrich Schiff, conductor

    Christian Tetzlaff, violin

    5:30
  • 12:34 PM

    Habanera

    Moritz Moszkowski

    From Foreign Lands

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    4:59
  • 12:31 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 5

    Johannes Brahms

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    2:18
  • 12:21 PM

    The Bells

    Margaret Bonds

    Revival

    Michelle Cann, piano

    3:53
  • 12:12 PM

    Carnival of the Animals: Aquarium

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Aquarium

    The Kanneh-Masons

    2:46
  • 12:05 PM

    Romeo and Juliet: Arrival of the Guests

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    3:47
  • 11:45 AM

    Symphony No. 7: 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    13:31
  • 11:36 AM

    Oboe Concerto No. 3

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Simon Wright, conductor

    John Anderson, oboe

    8:19
  • 11:27 AM

    The Nutcracker: Waltz of the Flowers

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yuri Temirkanov, conductor

    7:13
  • 11:22 AM

    Red Flowers in Bloom

    Qi Liu

    Chinasong | Shanghai Quartet

    Shanghai Quartet

    4:23
  • 11:08 AM

    Concerto for Two Violins

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Violin Concertos

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    Andrew Manze, violin

    12:40
  • 11:05 AM

    Vals amoroso

    Ricardo Castro

    Salon Mexicano

    Jorge Federico Osorio, piano

    1:59
  • 10:49 AM

    Suite on Galician Songs: Morning Song

    Enrique Granados

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Pablo Gonzalez, conductor

    9:21
  • 10:44 AM

    Serenade Toscane

    Gabriel Faure

    Gil Shaham, violin

    Akira Eguchi, piano

    3:09
  • 10:13 AM

    Serenade for Strings

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    31:15
  • 10:06 AM

    Dreams of Love No. 3 (Liebestraum)

    Franz Liszt

    Les Bis de Alexis Weissenberg

    Alexis Weissenberg, piano

    4:42
  • 10:01 AM

    Elena Papandreou, guitar

    4:36
  • 9:46 AM

    Five Pieces for Violin and Chamber Orchestra

    Alexandre Tansman

    Berlin Chamber Symphony Ensemble

    Jurgen Bruns, conductor

    Piotr Plawner, violin

    12:10
  • 9:26 AM

    Siegfried Idyll

    Richard Wagner

    German Opera Orchestra

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    19:14
  • 9:17 AM

    Soliloquy

    Jennifer Higdon

    Jennifer Higdon: Summer Shimmers

    Lark Quartet

    Susan Glaser, flute

    6:43
  • 9:06 AM

    Ballade No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    Seong-Jin Cho, piano

    10:01
  • 9:01 AM

    Intermezzo No. 4

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    4:39
  • 8:51 AM

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Olari Elts, conductor

    7:40
  • 8:31 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 4

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

    Isaac Stern, conductor

    Isaac Stern, violin

    19:31
  • 8:25 AM

    Set Me as a Seal

    Nico Muhly

    Essential Voices USA

    Judith Clurman, conductor

    4:15
  • 8:06 AM

    Cello Suite No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Goran Sollscher, guitar

    17:57
  • 8:01 AM

    Barcarolle No. 8

    Gabriel Faure

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    4:30
  • 7:45 AM

    Into the Twilight

    Arnold Bax

    Bax: Tone Poems, Vol. 2

    Ulster Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    12:56
  • 7:22 AM

    String Quartet

    Reynaldo Hahn

    Reynaldo Hahn

    Parisii Quartet

    23:03
  • 7:19 AM

    L'heure exquise

    Reynaldo Hahn

    A Verlaine Songbook

    Carolyn Sampson, soprano

    2:41
  • 7:06 AM

    The Oak

    Florence Price

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

    Wurttemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen

    John Jeter, conductor

    10:43
  • 7:01 AM

    Le Temps des lilas (In the time of the lilacs)

    Ernest Chausson

    Apres un reve

    Mischa Maisky, cello

    4:46
  • 6:23 AM

    Symphony No. 6 "Sinfonia semplice"

    Carl Nielsen

    Carl Nielsen: The Symphonies

    Danish National Symphony Orchestra

    Fabio Luisi, conductor

    35:43
  • 6:19 AM

    Music for Bill and Me

    Lou Harrison

    David Tanenbaum, guitar

    3:35
  • 6:06 AM

    Flute Quartet No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Flute Quartets Nos. 1-4

    Jasmine Choi, flute

    10:46
  • 6:01 AM

    Matinees Musicales: Nocturne

    Benjamin Britten

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    4:32
  • 5:56 AM

    Erla's Waltz

    Olafur Arnalds

    The Glass Effect: The Music of Philip Glass

    Lavinia Meijer, harp

    1:56
  • 5:06 AM

    Piano Trio

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky & Rachmaninoff

    Trio Solisti

    48:23
  • 5:01 AM

    Poem

    Zdenek Fibich

    Small Czech Musical Gems

    Prague Symphony Orchestra

    Vaclav Smetacek, conductor

    4:48