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  • 4:38 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "Mysterious Mountain"

    Alan Hovhaness

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    19:35
  • 4:19 AM

    Variations on a Theme of Corelli

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    18:40
  • 4:06 AM

    Vignettes

    William Grant Still

    Get on Board

    Sierra Winds

    (Selected members), conductor

    11:13
  • 4:01 AM

    American Youth Concerto: Andante

    Marion Bauer

    Marion Bauer: American Youth Concerto

    Ambache Chamber Orchestra and Ensemble

    Diana Ambache, piano

    4:27
  • 3:42 AM

    1812 Overture

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture, Sleeping Beauty, Voyevoda, Moscow

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    16:11
  • 3:32 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "America": Independence Day

    Dan Locklair

    Slovak National Symphony Orchestra

    Kirk Trevor, conductor

    8:45
  • 3:27 AM

    Fanfare for the Common Man

    Aaron Copland

    Copland 100

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    3:31
  • 3:17 AM

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Jerry Goldsmith, conductor

    8:52
  • 3:06 AM

    A Salute to John Philip Sousa

    John Philip Sousa

    Canadian Brass

    Lukas Foss, conductor

    10:23
  • 3:01 AM

    Servicemen on Parade

    Medley

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    4:06
  • 3:01 AM

    Fanfare for the Inauguration of John F. Kennedy

    Leonard Bernstein

    Remembering JFK: 50th Anniversary Concert

    National Symphony Orchestra

    Christoph Eschenbach, conductor

    :39
  • 2:52 AM

    Celebration Overture

    Peter Boyer

    BOYER, P.: Symphony No. 1 / Silver Fanfare / Festivities / Three Olympians / Celebration Overture

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Peter Boyer, conductor

    6:35
  • 2:47 AM

    When Johnny Comes Marching Home

    Traditional

    Canadian Brass

    4:58
  • 2:24 AM

    Music for the Royal Fireworks

    George Frideric Handel

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    21:40
  • 2:14 AM

    Medley of Songs

    George M. Cohan

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    8:05
  • 2:10 AM

    The Music Man: Seventy-Six Trombones

    Meredith Willson

    ANDERSON, L.: Orchestral Music, Vol. 3 - Sleigh Ride / The Typewriter / Plink, Plank, Plunk! / The Syncopated Clock

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    2:55
  • 2:06 AM

    Under the Double Eagle

    Josef Franz Wagner

    Grand March

    Philip Jones Ensemble

    Elgar Howarth, conductor

    3:12
  • 2:01 AM

    Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing

    James W. Johnson/J. Rosamond Johnson

    American Anthem

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    4:48
  • 11:49 PM

    Kitty Hawk

    James Horner

    Collage: The Last Work

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Arnold, conductor

    10:05
  • 11:43 PM

    Two Sketches

    Amy Beach

    Beach: Fire-flies: The Solo Piano Music of Amy Beach Vol. 3

    Joanne Polk, piano

    4:38
  • 11:24 PM

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Louis Lane, conductor

    18:30
  • 11:17 PM

    Serenade: 4th movement

    Arthur Bird

    Bird Songs

    North Texas Chamber Players

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    5:25
  • 11:07 PM

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    9:16
  • 11:01 PM

    Paul O'Dette, guitar

    Andrew Lawrence-King, harp

    Pedro Estevan, percussion

    Pat O'Brien, guitar

    Steve Player, guitar

    4:52
  • 10:54 PM

    1812 Overture: Finale

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    3:30
  • 10:49 PM

    A Trumpeter's Lullaby; The Typewriter

    Leroy Anderson

    ANDERSON, L.: Orchestral Music, Vol. 3 - Sleigh Ride / The Typewriter / Plink, Plank, Plunk! / The Syncopated Clock

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    Catherine Moore, trumpet

    4:40
  • 10:39 PM

    Bright Blue Music

    Michael Torke

    Javelin - the Music of Michael Torke

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    9:06
  • 10:21 PM

    Rhapsody in Blue

    George Gershwin

    Fazil Say

    New York Philharmonic

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Fazil Say, piano

    16:53
  • 10:09 PM

    Federal Overture

    Benjamin Carr

    Sinfonia Finlandia Jyvaskyla

    Patrick Gallois, conductor

    10:10
  • 10:06 PM

    Washington Post March

    John Philip Sousa

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    2:36
  • 10:01 PM

    Bees and Bumblebees

    Eugene Arcade Dede

    Gowanus Arts Ensemble

    Reuben Blundell, conductor

    4:33
  • 9:56 PM

    Americans We

    Henry Fillmore

    March Time by Frederick Fennell

    Eastman Wind Ensemble

    Frederick Fennell, conductor

    2:50
  • 9:42 PM

    Victory at Sea Suite

    Richard Rodgers

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Sergiu Comissiona, conductor

    13:27
  • 9:38 PM

    Deep River

    Spiritual

    Leonard de Paur, conductor

    Leontyne Price, soprano

    Ensemble

    3:06
  • 9:15 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Afro-American"

    William Grant Still

    African Heritage Symphonic Series, Vol. 1

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    21:09
  • 9:10 PM

    Fanfare for the Common Man

    Aaron Copland

    The Ultimate Copland Album

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    3:31
  • 9:06 PM

    Hail to the Spirit of Liberty

    John Philip Sousa

    Royal Artillery Band

    Keith Brion, conductor

    3:14
  • 9:03 PM

    Round Dance (Reigen)

    David Popper

    Wendy Warner, cello

    2:36
  • 8:55 PM

    The Big Country

    Jerome Moross

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:03
  • 8:41 PM

    Plow That Broke the Plains Suite

    Virgil Thomson

    Virgil Thompson: Music for Film, "The River" & "Plow That Broke the Plains"

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    12:37
  • 8:12 PM

    Stars and Stripes Suite

    Hershey Kay

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    28:04
  • 8:06 PM

    America (My Country 'Tis of Thee)

    Traditional

    American Anthem

    RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra

    Arthur Fielder, conductor

    4:26
  • 8:01 PM

    Nobody Knows the Trouble I See

    J. Rosamond Johnson

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    Matthew Hagle, piano

    4:46
  • 5:50 PM

    The Union (Concert Paraphrase on National Airs)

    Louis Moreau Gottschalk

    Jeni Slotchiver, piano

    8:23
  • 5:22 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "Romantic"

    Howard Hanson

    Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra

    Howard Hanson, conductor

    27:54
  • 5:11 PM

    Field of Dreams: The Place Where Dreams Come True

    James Horner

    Field of Dreams Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Studio Orchestra

    James Horner, conductor

    9:07
  • 5:06 PM

    Hands Across the Sea

    John Philip Sousa

    Eastman Wind Ensemble

    Frederick Fennell, conductor

    2:46
  • 5:01 PM

    America the Beautiful

    Samuel Ward/Katharine Bates

    Stars and Stripes

    Canadian Brass

    4:25
  • 4:54 PM

    Short Ride in a Fast Machine

    John Adams

    San Francisco Symphony

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    4:16
  • 4:51 PM

    The Stars and Stripes Forever

    John Philip Sousa

    United States Marine Band

    Jack Kline, conductor

    3:29
  • 4:24 PM

    Appalachian Spring

    Aaron Copland

    Copland 100

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    25:10
  • 4:11 PM

    Three American Sketches

    Peter Hope

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    11:56
  • 4:06 PM

    Fourth of July Overture

    Americana

    Eastman Wind Ensemble

    Donald Hunsberger, conductor

    4:33
  • 4:01 PM

    Piano Trio No. 1 "Four Seasons in Belleville": Spring

    Rick Sowash

    Mirecourt Trio

    4:40
  • 3:56 PM

    West Side Story: America

    Leonard Bernstein

    Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

    2:42
  • 3:18 PM

    Grand Canyon Suite

    Ferde Grofe

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    36:08
  • 3:11 PM

    Souvenir d'Amerique (Variations on "Yankee Doodle")

    Henri Vieuxtemps

    American Avenues

    Helen Chang Haertzen, violin

    5:13
  • 3:06 PM

    American Patrol

    Frank Meacham

    Eastman Wind Ensemble

    Frederick Fennell, conductor

    3:49
  • 3:01 PM

    Robin Hood Suite: March of the Bowmen

    Frederic Curzon

    European Light Music Classics

    New London Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    4:45
  • 2:40 PM

    An American in Paris

    George Gershwin

    Transatlantic

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Louis Langree, conductor

    17:55
  • 2:32 PM

    Les belles americaines (The American Beauties)

    Jacques Offenbach

    Offenbach: Gaite Parisienne, Ibert: Divertissement

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    6:41
  • 2:22 PM

    Unconquered: Summon

    Michael Torke

    Michael Torke: Unconquered

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Cristian Macelaru, conductor

    8:58
  • 2:16 PM

    Military Might: Five Military Branch Anthems

    Medley

    Stars and Stripes

    Canadian Brass

    4:50
  • 2:09 PM

    The Gettysburg Address

    Randy Edelman

    America

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    David McCullogh, narrator

    5:33
  • 2:05 PM

    Doodletown Fifers

    America

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    4:00
  • 2:00 PM

    Hymn for America

    Stephen Paulus

    Celebrating the American Spirit

    Essential Voices USA

    Judith Clurman, conductor

    3:05
  • 1:45 PM

    Symphony No. 3: Finale

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: Symphony No. 3 - Music For A Great City

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    13:30
  • 1:37 PM

    American Ballads: Amber Waves

    Morton Gould

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kenneth Klein, conductor

    7:12
  • 1:33 PM

    Over the Waves

    Mark O'Connor, violin

    2:30
  • 1:24 PM

    Variations on America

    Charles Ives

    Schuman: Vatiations on America, New England Triptich, Symphony for Strings

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    7:02
  • 1:22 PM

    Holiday for States

    Allan Sherman

    Allan Sherman, vocal

    1:40
  • 1:20 PM

    General Mixup USA

    Thomas Allen

    Old American Songs

    Summit Hill Brass Quintet

    2:00
  • 1:09 PM

    Celebration Overture

    Peter Boyer

    BOYER, P.: Symphony No. 1 / Silver Fanfare / Festivities / Three Olympians / Celebration Overture

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Peter Boyer, conductor

    6:35
  • 1:04 PM

    The Stars and Stripes Forever

    John Philip Sousa

    United States Marine Band

    Jack Kline, conductor

    3:29
  • 12:51 PM

    Lift Every Voice and Sing

    Cyrus Chestnut, piano

    7:00
  • 12:46 PM

    God Bless America

    Irving Berlin

    Mormon Tabernacle Choir

    Craig Jessop, conductor

    4:51
  • 12:44 PM

    Battle Hymn of the Republic

    Julia Ward Howe

    Mark Twain's America

    Jacqueline Schwab, piano

    2:00
  • 12:34 PM

    Symphonic Sketches: Jubilee

    George Chadwick

    Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    8:10
  • 12:26 PM

    Festival March

    Victor Herbert

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    6:53
  • 12:19 PM

    Columbia (Caprice Americain)

    Louis Moreau Gottschalk

    Philip Martin, piano

    5:51
  • 12:13 PM

    Saint Louis Brass Quintet

    4:28
  • 12:07 PM

    Saint Louis Brass Quintet

    4:28
  • 12:07 PM

    America

    Paul Simon

    The Green Album

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:00
  • 12:04 PM

    Oklahoma: Oh, what a beautiful mornin'!

    Richard Rodgers

    English Northern Philharmonia

    Paul Daniel, conductor

    Bryn Terfel, baritone

    2:58
  • 12:01 PM

    Oklahoma: Oh, what a beautiful mornin'!

    Richard Rodgers

    English Northern Philharmonia

    Paul Daniel, conductor

    Bryn Terfel, baritone

    2:58
  • 11:56 AM

    America the Beautiful

    Samuel Ward/Katharine Bates

    Hope@Home

    Daniel Hope, violin

    3:07
  • 11:50 AM

    Born on the Fourth of July: Theme

    John Williams

    Copland, Williams: Music for the Stage and Screen

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    6:20
  • 11:44 AM

    Liberty Fanfare

    John Williams

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    4:17
  • 11:37 AM

    Inspiration Waltzes

    Nathaniel Dett

    My Cup Runneth Over: The Complete Piano Works of R. Nathaniel Dett

    Clipper Erickson, piano

    6:05
  • 11:29 AM

    Folk Suite No. 2

    William Grant Still

    Get on Board

    Sierra Winds

    7:11
  • 11:23 AM

    Medley of Gershwin Tunes

    George Gershwin

    William Bolcom, piano

    4:30
  • 11:17 AM

    American Overture

    Joseph Jenkins

    American Tapestry

    Lone Star Wind Orchestra

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    4:46
  • 11:08 AM

    American Eagle Waltz

    Jacques Offenbach

    Offenbach Music from the Operettas

    Gulbenkian Orchestra

    Michel Swierczewski, conductor

    Nelson Rocha, trumpet

    6:54
  • 11:04 AM

    Ragtime Dance

    Scott Joplin

    William Albright, piano

    3:45
  • 10:50 AM

    Fantasia on Sousa Themes

    Max Liebling

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    Matthew Hagle, piano

    7:46
  • 10:27 AM

    American Suite

    Antonin Dvorak

    Rochester Philharmonic

    David Zinman, conductor

    21:20
  • 10:21 AM

    Battle Hymn of the Republic

    William Steffe

    Mormon Tabernacle Choir

    Craig Jessop, conductor

    5:29
  • 10:11 AM

    Air and Gavotte

    Arthur Foote

    American Romantics

    Gowanus Arts Ensemble

    Reuben Blundell, conductor

    8:31
  • 10:06 AM

    Of Thee I Sing: Overture

    George Gershwin

    Gershwin: Overtures

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    4:38
  • 10:01 AM

    March No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Marches and Dances

    Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra

    Hans Graf, conductor

    4:52
  • 9:30 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Randall Thompson

    American Masters: Harris, Thompson, Diamond

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    27:45
  • 9:18 AM

    Three Spirituals

    Adolphus Hailstork

    Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

    Ambrosia Quartet

    10:42
  • 9:11 AM

    Magnolia Suite: Magnolias

    Nathaniel Dett

    My Cup Runneth Over: The Complete Piano Works of R. Nathaniel Dett

    Clipper Erickson, piano

    4:57
  • 9:06 AM

    Woodland Sketches (selected)

    Edward MacDowell

    Paula Robison, flute

    Eliot Fisk, guitar

    4:33
  • 9:01 AM

    Battle Suite

    Samuel Scheidt

    American Brass Quintet

    4:49
  • 8:38 AM

    The Tender Land Suite

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: Appalachian Spring, The Tender Land, Billy the Kid

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Aaron Copland, conductor

    20:43
  • 8:33 AM

    The Banjo

    Louis Moreau Gottschalk

    American Heritage

    Jeni Slotchiver, piano

    4:13
  • 8:19 AM

    La Valse

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Ballet And Dance Music

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    12:23
  • 8:06 AM

    Sonata Mexicana

    Manuel Ponce

    Eladio Scharron, guitar

    12:05
  • 8:01 AM

    All Seems Beautiful to Me

    Eric Whitacre

    Home

    Voces8

    4:48
  • 7:30 AM

    Suite for Strings

    Ethel Smyth

    British Music for Strings, Vol. 3

    South German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim

    Douglas Bostock, conductor

    28:50
  • 7:23 AM

    Wedding Cake

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Dances for Piano and Orchestra

    Northwest Sinfonietta

    Christophe Chagnard, conductor

    Joel Fan, piano

    6:18
  • 7:06 AM

    Sinfonia

    Marianne Martines

    Baroque Treasures

    Women's Philharmonic

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    14:55
  • 7:01 AM

    Homage to Paradise Valley: Roho, Pumzika Kwa Amani (Spirits, Rest Peacefully)

    Jeff Scott

    Akropolis Reed Quintet

    4:45
  • 6:41 AM

    Suite Italienne

    Igor Stravinsky

    Isabelle van Keulen, violin

    Olli Mustonen, piano

    17:20
  • 6:34 AM

    Suite on Galician Songs: Allegro moderato

    Enrique Granados

    Granados: Orchestral Works Vol. 1

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Pablo Gonzalez, conductor

    6:52
  • 6:06 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Richard Strauss

    Mozart, Strauss

    Mito Chamber Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    Fumiaki Miyamoto, oboe

    25:35
  • 6:01 AM

    Over the Rainbow

    Harold Arlen

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    4:37
  • 5:30 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 19

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos 18, K456 & 19, K459

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Mitsuko Uchida, conductor

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    28:25
  • 5:21 AM

    Seven Irish Tunes: Suite for Small Orchestra

    William Alwyn

    Alwyn: Concerti Grossi Nos. 2 and 3

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    8:48
  • 5:06 AM

    Indian Queen: selections

    Henry Purcell

    Purcell: Ayres for the Theatre

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    12:40
  • 5:01 AM

    Nocturne

    Louise Farrenc

    Piano Works

    Konstanze Eickhorst, piano

    4:51