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  • 4:51 AM

    Adagio for Strings

    Samuel Barber

    Classics for all Seasons: Autumn

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    7:20
  • 4:49 AM

    Three Dream Portraits: Dream Variation

    Margaret Bonds

    Will Liverman, baritone

    Paul Sanchez, piano

    2:08
  • 4:07 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Adolphus Hailstork

    Hailstork: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 3

    Grand Rapids Symphony

    David Lockington, conductor

    40:35
  • 4:01 AM

    Prayer

    Frederic Hand

    John Williams & Timothy Kahn

    John Williams, guitar

    4:35
  • 3:49 AM

    In a Landscape

    John Cage

    Alexei Lubimov: Der Bote

    Alexei Lubimov, piano

    8:51
  • 3:18 AM

    Summer Day on the Mountain

    Vincent d'Indy

    Radio Philharmonic Orchestra of France

    Marek Janowski, conductor

    29:50
  • 3:13 AM

    Air vaudois

    Mel Bonis

    Tatjana Ruhland, flute

    Florian Wiek, piano

    4:01
  • 3:06 AM

    Canon

    Johann Pachelbel

    "Pops in Love"

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    5:01
  • 3:01 AM

    Silent Woods

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak Trios

    Alisa Weilerstein, cello

    4:44
  • 2:54 AM

    The Angels Changed My Name

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Ennanga

    Ashley Jackson, harp

    4:50
  • 2:39 AM

    Umbrian Scene

    Ulysses Kay

    Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Arthur Fagen, conductor

    13:33
  • 2:21 AM

    Scenes from Childhood

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann

    Nelson Freire, piano

    16:49
  • 2:11 AM

    Sinfonia (for Orbiting Spheres)

    Missy Mazzoli

    Mazzoli: Dark with Excessive Bright

    Arctic Philharmonic

    Tim Weiss, conductor

    8:37
  • 2:06 AM

    Goldberg Variations: Aria

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    For Glenn Gould

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    3:59
  • 2:01 AM

    Lyrical Serenade

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Miniatures

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    4:42
  • 1:44 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 6

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Paul Lewis, piano

    14:11
  • 1:22 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 2

    Richard Strauss

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Istvan Kertesz, conductor

    Barry Tuckwell, horn

    20:09
  • 1:14 AM

    i thank You God for most this amazing day

    Eric Whitacre

    Light & Gold

    Eric Whitacre Singers

    Eric Whitacre, conductor

    6:49
  • 1:06 AM

    Nocturne No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    Night Stories

    Jenny Lin, piano

    5:13
  • 1:01 AM

    Clarinet Quartet No. 2: Pastorale

    Bernhard Crusell

    Osmo Vanska, clarinet

    Pekka Kaupinnen, violin

    Anu Airas, viola

    Ilkka Palli, cello

    4:48
  • 12:49 AM

    Bold Island Suite: Summer Seascape

    Howard Hanson

    Symphonic Music of Howard Hanson

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    9:47
  • 12:15 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Jean Sibelius

    Schoenberg, Sibelius: Violin Concertos

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    33:08
  • 12:06 AM

    Introduction and Fandango

    Luigi Boccherini

    L.A. Guitar Quartet

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    5:58
  • 12:01 AM

    Intermezzo for String Trio

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Dohnanyi, Kodaly, Martinu: String Trios

    Domus

    4:43
  • 11:39 PM

    Holberg Suite

    Edvard Grieg

    Tchaikovsky & Suk:Serenades for Strings/Grieg:Holberg Suite and Two Elegiac Melodies

    Polish Radio Chamber Orchestra

    Agnieszka Duczmal, conductor

    19:24
  • 11:21 PM

    Clarinet Concerto

    Aaron Copland

    Australian Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Tognetti, conductor

    Martin Frost, clarinet

    Lucy Reeves, harp

    Benjamin Martin, piano

    16:05
  • 11:15 PM

    Glad Rag

    William Bolcom

    William Bolcom: The Complete Rags

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    3:37
  • 11:06 PM

    Euryanthe Overture

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    9:02
  • 11:01 PM

    Rondo for Horn and Orchestra

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart, Strauss: Horn Concertos

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Radovan Vlatkovic, horn

    4:36
  • 10:42 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    15:58
  • 10:18 PM

    Symphony No. 1

    Ned Rorem

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    22:06
  • 10:15 PM

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

    Florence Price

    Deborah Moriarty and Zhihua Tang, piano

    1:29
  • 10:06 PM

    Gold and Silver Waltz

    Franz Lehar

    Vienna Soiree

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    8:49
  • 10:01 PM

    Violin Sonata: 3rd movement

    Frantisek Jiranek

    Il Violino Boemo

    Lenka Torgersen, violin

    4:40
  • 9:44 PM

    Variations on a Waltz for Orchestra

    Jerome Moross

    Jerome Moross: Symphony No. 1, The Last Judgement, Variations on a Waltz for Orchestra

    London Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    14:16
  • 9:39 PM

    Prelude on an Old Folk Tune

    Amy Beach

    The Solo Piano Music of Amy Beach, Vol. 2

    Joanne Polk, piano

    4:37
  • 9:16 PM

    Symphony No. 89

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    20:57
  • 9:10 PM

    Little Concert Suite: A Love Sonnet

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    3:58
  • 9:06 PM

    Liebesfreud (Love's Joy)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Joshua Bell, violin

    Paul Coker, piano

    3:45
  • 9:03 PM

    Serenata for Orchestra: Con spirito

    Walter Piston

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    2:47
  • 8:53 PM

    Waltz No. 1 "Grand Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    The Chopin Album

    Lang Lang, piano

    5:48
  • 8:24 PM

    Serenade for Strings

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Serenades Op. 22 & 44

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    27:34
  • 8:10 PM

    Medley Overture

    James Hewitt

    Sinfonia Finlandia Jyvaskyla

    Patrick Gallois, conductor

    11:52
  • 8:06 PM

    Banjo and Fiddle

    William Kroll

    Classic Kennedy

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Nigel Kennedy, violin

    3:04
  • 8:01 PM

    Abbywood Trail

    Dale Kavanagh

    Guitar Gala Night

    Dale Kavanagh, guitar

    4:44
  • 5:52 PM

    Sonata for Trumpet and Strings

    Henry Purcell

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    John Wallace, trumpet

    6:42
  • 5:22 PM

    Symphony No. 3

    Jean Sibelius

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    28:05
  • 5:16 PM

    Up in the Air

    The OK Factor

    The OK Factor

    4:14
  • 5:06 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 3 "Il gardellino" ("The Goldfinch")

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Musica Vitae

    Peter Csaba, conductor

    Manuela Wiesler, flute

    Ulf Soderberg, harpsichord

    9:17
  • 5:01 PM

    Impromptu-Caprice

    Gabriel Pierne

    Susann McDonald, harp

    4:50
  • 4:39 PM

    Symphony No. 24

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    18:28
  • 4:34 PM

    From the Southland Suite: A Jubilee

    Harry T. Burleigh

    Rochelle Sennet, piano

    3:45
  • 4:17 PM

    Symphony No. 4

    David Diamond

    David Diamond: Symphonies 2 & 4; Concerto for Small Orchestra

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    16:20
  • 4:06 PM

    My Home Overture

    Antonin Dvorak

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Istvan Kertesz, conductor

    9:31
  • 4:01 PM

    Sonata

    Domenico Scarlatti

    Scarlatti: Sonatas

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    4:44
  • 3:47 PM

    William Tell: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    10:57
  • 3:20 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 4

    Ferdinand Ries

    RIES, F.: Piano Concertos, Vol. 4 (Hinterhuber, Grodd) - Nos. 4 and 5, "Pastoral" / Introduction and Rondeau Brilliant

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Uwe Grodd, conductor

    Christopher Hinterhuber, piano

    25:27
  • 3:09 PM

    Wind Quintet

    Grazyna Bacewicz

    Cracow Golden Quintet

    9:17
  • 3:06 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 3

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 2, Hungarian Dances

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    2:46
  • 3:01 PM

    10 National Airs with Variations: No. 4

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Variations on Folk Songs

    Patrick Gallois, flute

    4:46
  • 2:44 PM

    Slavonic Rhapsody No. 3

    Antonin Dvorak

    Smetana: Ma Vlast, etc.

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Paavo Berglund, conductor

    12:37
  • 2:18 PM

    The Red Pony Suite

    Aaron Copland

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    25:00
  • 2:05 PM

    String Quartet No. 1

    Maddalena Laura Sirmen

    Sirmen: The 6 String Quartets / Allegri String Quartet

    Allegri String Quartet

    12:14
  • 1:59 PM

    Mlada: Procession of the Nobles

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    4:45
  • 1:58 PM

    The Say It's Wonderful

    Irving Berlin

    Johnny Hartman, vocal

    1:40
  • 1:53 PM

    Jingle Bells

    James Pierpont

    Behold This Heavenly Night

    VocalEssence

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    2:01
  • 1:46 PM

    Fields of Flowers

    William Bolcom

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    5:45
  • 1:31 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Classical"

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    13:42
  • 1:21 PM

    Waltz Fantasy

    Mikhail Glinka

    Glinka: Capriccio Brillante / Overture in D Major / Souvenir D'Une Nuit D'Ete A Madrid

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vassily Sinaisky, conductor

    8:23
  • 1:18 PM

    Lincolnshire Posy: The Brisk Young Sailor

    Percy Grainger

    Brooklyn Bridge

    University of Michigan Symphony Band

    Michael Haithcock, conductor

    1:46
  • 1:08 PM

    Strike Up the Band: Overture

    George Gershwin

    Gershwin: Overtures

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    7:08
  • 1:04 PM

    Song without Words "Wanderlied"

    Fanny Mendelssohn

    Sylviane Deferne, piano

    2:59
  • 12:51 PM

    Symphony No. 8: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonien 1-9

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    7:26
  • 12:44 PM

    Symphony No. 1, "Serieuse": 2nd mvt

    Franz Berwald

    Gothenberg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    6:11
  • 12:40 PM

    Etincelles (Sparks)

    Moritz Moszkowski

    Stephen Hough's New Piano Album

    Stephen Hough, piano

    2:54
  • 12:32 PM

    Don Pasquale: Sinfonia

    Gaetano Donizetti

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    6:43
  • 12:22 PM

    Symphony No. 40: Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    9:01
  • 12:17 PM

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:15
  • 12:07 PM

    Concerto for Two Hunting Horns

    Johann Heinichen

    Heinichen: Dresden Concerti

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    8:32
  • 12:04 PM

    Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    English Baroque Soloists

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    2:28
  • 11:50 AM

    Symphony No. 82 "The Bear": 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn Symphonies: No. 82 in C Major "The Bear"; No. 38 in C Major; No. 104 in D Major "London"

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Christof Perick, conductor

    7:44
  • 11:46 AM

    Etude No. 1 "Aeolian Harp"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin Etudes

    Jan Lisiecki, piano

    2:25
  • 11:30 AM

    String Quartet No. 12

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Amadeus Quartet

    14:25
  • 11:23 AM

    An English Suite: Pastoral and In Minuet Style

    Hubert Parry

    Elgar: Seranade, etc./Parry: An English Suite, etc.

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    5:41
  • 11:16 AM

    Swan Lake: Pas de Deux

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    Esther Yoo, violin

    5:25
  • 11:08 AM

    Suite "Water Piece"

    George Frideric Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    7:18
  • 11:04 AM

    Morning Song

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Music for Strings

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    2:52
  • 10:43 AM

    Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Ballet And Dance Music

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    15:49
  • 10:25 AM

    In a Summer Garden

    Frederick Delius

    Delius: A Walk in a Paradise Garden

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    15:31
  • 10:22 AM

    Down by the Sally Gardens

    Traditional

    Celtic Grace

    Aureole Trio

    3:09
  • 10:11 AM

    Radiance

    Peter Boyer

    Peter Boyer: Balance of Power - Orchestral Works

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Peter Boyer, conductor

    9:19
  • 10:06 AM

    Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo

    Pietro Mascagni

    Italian Masterworks

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    4:29
  • 10:00 AM

    Home Sweet Home

    Henry Bishop

    Justin Holland: Guitar Works & Arrangements

    Christopher Mallett, guitar

    4:49
  • 9:53 AM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Andre Previn, conductor

    4:40
  • 9:31 AM

    Quintet for Piano and Winds

    Franz Danzi

    Danzi: Wind Quintets Op. 68 Nos. 1-3, Piano Quintet Op. 54

    Berlin Philharmonic Winds

    Love Derwinger, piano

    20:58
  • 9:09 AM

    Tianjin Suite

    Xiaogang Ye

    Xiaogang Ye: Twilight in Tibet

    Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra

    Stephan Malzew, conductor

    19:40
  • 9:06 AM

    Humoresque No. 7

    Antonin Dvorak

    Philharmonix

    2:36
  • 9:01 AM

    Eduardo Mata University Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Rivero Weber, conductor

    4:46
  • 8:51 AM

    Reverie and Caprice

    Hector Berlioz

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

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Guillermo Figueroa, violin

    7:53
  • 8:46 AM

    Reveries

    Alexandra Streliski

    Neo-Romance

    Alexandra Streliski, piano

    3:29
  • 8:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 14

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Miro Quartet: Beethoven Complete String Quartets Opus 131

    Miro Quartet

    38:28
  • 8:01 AM

    Nocturne No. 4

    Frederic Chopin

    Leif Ove Andsnes: Chopin

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    4:41
  • 7:43 AM

    The River of the Seven Stars (El Rio de las Siete Estrellas)

    Evencio Castellanos

    Castellanos: Santa Cruz de Pacairigua / El rio de las siete estrellas / Avilena Suite

    Venezuela Symphony Orchestra

    Jan Wagner, conductor

    14:50
  • 7:40 AM

    La Paloma (The Dove)

    Sebastian Iradier

    The Blue Album

    Pablo Sainz-Villegas, guitar

    2:37
  • 7:19 AM

    Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

    Gustav Leonhardt, conductor

    Anner Bylsma, cello

    19:19
  • 7:06 AM

    Two Pieces

    Frank Bridge

    Northern Sinfonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    12:41
  • 7:01 AM

    A Hermit Thrush at Morn

    Amy Beach

    The Solo Piano Music of Amy Beach, Vol. 2

    Joanne Polk, piano

    4:50
  • 6:29 AM

    Serenade No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    29:24
  • 6:24 AM

    Prayer

    Rene Clausen

    Clausen: Choral Works

    Kansas City Chorale

    Charles Bruffy, conductor

    4:26
  • 6:07 AM

    Harp Concertino

    Germaine Tailleferre

    Boulanger, Tailleferre, Mendelssohn, Schumann

    Women's Philharmonic

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Gillian Benet, harp

    16:01
  • 6:01 AM

    Peace

    Jessie Montgomery

    Here With You

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    4:39
  • 5:57 AM

    Etude No. 8 "Sixths"

    Frederic Chopin

    Louis Lortie, piano

    1:07
  • 5:45 AM

    Suite for Viol

    Louis de Caix D'Hervelois

    Dans le sillage de Marin Marais

    La Reveuse

    11:38
  • 5:35 AM

    Gustave Le Gray

    Caroline Shaw

    Thrive on Routine

    Timo Andres, piano

    10:06
  • 5:11 AM

    Gaspard de la Nuit

    Maurice Ravel

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    22:07
  • 5:06 AM

    Barcarolle

    Mel Bonis

    Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers

    Francois Dumont, piano

    4:16
  • 5:02 AM

    Nocturne

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Russian Masterpieces for Cello and Orchestra

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    Zuill Bailey, cello

    4:51