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  • 4:55 AM

    Hymns for Private Use: Sleep

    Nico Muhly

    Hymns for Private Use

    Akropolis Reed Quintet

    Shara Nova, vocals

    2:29
  • 4:15 AM

    Symphony No. 11

    Philip Glass

    Contemporary American Composers

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    39:11
  • 4:07 AM

    Strum

    Jessie Montgomery

    Strum: Music for Strings

    Catalyst Quartet

    6:52
  • 4:01 AM

    Duo for Flute and Piano: 2nd movement

    Laura Kaminsky

    Tara Helen O'Connor, flute

    Margaret Kampmeier, piano

    4:33
  • 3:44 AM

    Hallelujah Junction

    John Adams

    Christina and Michelle Naughton, piano duo

    14:18
  • 3:18 AM

    Concerto 4-3

    Jennifer Higdon

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Xian Zhang, conductor

    22:59
  • 3:07 AM

    Hymn and Fuguing Tune No. 10

    Henry Cowell

    Manhattan Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Auldon Clark, conductor

    Humbert Lucarelli, oboe

    9:14
  • 3:01 AM

    Kellam's Reel/Rusty Gully

    Nathan Koci/James Moore/Eleonore Oppenheim/Caroline Shaw

    The Hands Free

    The Hands Free

    4:26
  • 2:40 AM

    Noble and Sentimental Waltzes

    Maurice Ravel

    When Do We Dance

    Lise de la Salle, piano

    18:33
  • 2:16 AM

    Carnival of the Animals

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    22:03
  • 2:12 AM

    To A White Rose

    Florence Price

    Lara Downes, piano

    1:53
  • 2:06 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3: Air on the G String

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Pachelbel Canon and Other Favorites

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    5:35
  • 2:01 AM

    The Capricious One

    Edward Elgar

    Sarah Chang, violin

    Sandra Rivers, piano

    4:44
  • 1:42 AM

    Romeo and Juliet: Love Scene

    Hector Berlioz

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    16:41
  • 1:19 AM

    Pines of Rome

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    22:39
  • 1:09 AM

    O Magnum Mysterium (O Great Mystery)

    Morten Lauridsen

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Kristjan Jarvi, conductor

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    6:40
  • 1:06 AM

    Jozef de Beenhouwer, piano

    2:18
  • 1:01 AM

    Flute Quartet: Minuet

    Franz Schubert

    New Schubert Works for Flute and Strings

    Martinu Quartet

    Robert Stallman, flute

    4:43
  • 12:53 AM

    Roses of Picardy

    Haydn Wood

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Ernest Tomlinson, conductor

    5:53
  • 12:26 AM

    Symphony No. 104 "London"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    25:34
  • 12:09 AM

    Ports of Call (Escales)

    Jacques Ibert

    Debussy, Ravel, Dukas, Ibert: Various Works

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    15:22
  • 12:06 AM

    William Chapman Nyaho, piano

    1:36
  • 12:01 AM

    Sinfonia in Classic Mode: Minuet

    Joseph Marx

    Bochum Symphony Orchestra

    Steven Sloane, conductor

    4:41
  • 11:50 PM

    Prelude and Quadruple Fugue

    Alan Hovhaness

    I Fiamminghi

    Rudolf Werthen, conductor

    7:42
  • 11:30 PM

    Variations on a Rococo Theme

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    Ofra Harnoy, cello

    18:36
  • 11:23 PM

    Clarinet Concerto: 2nd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Charles Neidich And Clarimonia And Solamente Naturali

    Orchestra Solamente Naturali

    Charles Neidich, conductor

    Charles Neidich, basset clarinet

    6:54
  • 11:15 PM

    Sellinger's Round

    William Byrd

    Glenn Gould, piano

    5:39
  • 11:06 PM

    Prague Waltzes

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Czech Suite, Prague Waltzes, etc.

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    8:55
  • 11:01 PM

    Symphony: Finale

    Juan Arriaga

    Spanish and Portuguese Orchestral Music

    Algarve Orchestra

    Alvaro Cassuto, conductor

    4:37
  • 10:53 PM

    A John Field Suite: Polka

    Hamilton Harty

    Harty: John Field; Water Music Suites

    Ulster Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    4:52
  • 10:40 PM

    Miniatures

    William Grant Still

    Vintage America

    Calico Winds

    12:22
  • 10:34 PM

    Cello Suite No. 3: Bourrees

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Infinite Bach

    Maya Beiser, cello

    4:31
  • 10:17 PM

    The Comedians

    Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Kabalevsky, Prokofiev, Glinka, Tchaikovsky

    San Diego Chamber Orchestra

    Donald Barra, conductor

    15:29
  • 10:06 PM

    Prince Igor: Overture

    Alexander Borodin

    Borodin: Three Symphonies, Petite Suite, Polovetsian Dances

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    10:09
  • 9:52 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    5:46
  • 9:50 PM

    Rigoletto: Zitti, zitti... (Whisper Chorus)

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    1:53
  • 9:37 PM

    Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1

    Georges Enescu

    Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Kristjan Jarvi, conductor

    11:56
  • 9:28 PM

    Variations Concertantes

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Sonatas, Variations, Seven Songs without Words

    Mischa Maisky, cello

    8:19
  • 9:13 PM

    Introduction, Theme and Variations for Clarinet

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Weber: Clarinet Concertos, Etc

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Neidich, clarinet

    13:04
  • 9:07 PM

    Wedding Day at Troldhaugen

    Edvard Grieg

    Stephen Hough, piano

    5:55
  • 9:03 PM

    Miniature Suite: Rigaudon

    Poldowski

    Sylvan Winds

    2:34
  • 8:53 PM

    Hungarian Dances Nos. 20 and 21

    Johannes Brahms

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    4:20
  • 8:30 PM

    Concerto After Handel

    Arnold Schoenberg

    Schoenberg: Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra (after Handel); R. Strauss: Divertimento, Op. 86 (after Couperin)

    New York Chamber Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    21:38
  • 8:11 PM

    Dolly Suite

    Gabriel Faure

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    17:12
  • 8:06 PM

    Nocturne No. 2

    Frederic Chopin

    Ivan Moravec, piano

    4:31
  • 8:01 PM

    Staatskapelle Weimar

    Peter Gulke, conductor

    4:38
  • 4:41 PM

    A Downland Suite

    John Ireland

    Ireland: Music for String Orchestra

    Orchestra of the Swan

    David Curtis, conductor

    17:11
  • 4:24 PM

    Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

    Benjamin Britten

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    16:44
  • 4:18 PM

    Clarinet Quintet: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Pacifica String Quartet

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    4:32
  • 4:12 PM

    Road to the Sun: Part 1

    Pat Metheny

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    4:24
  • 4:06 PM

    Empire of the Sun: Exsultate Justi

    John Williams

    The Spielberg/Williams Collaboration

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:58
  • 4:01 PM

    Zefiro torna

    Claudio Monteverdi

    Jeremy Denk, piano

    4:36
  • 3:47 PM

    Carmen Fantasy

    Franz Waxman

    Humoresque

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin

    11:03
  • 3:18 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Complete Piano Concertos

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Andrew Constantine, conductor

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    27:57
  • 3:14 PM

    Gavotte

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Kodaly: String Quartets No. 1 and 2; Gavotte

    Kontra Quartet

    2:32
  • 3:06 PM

    Light Cavalry Overture

    Franz von Suppe

    William Tell and Other Favorite Overtures

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    6:49
  • 3:01 PM

    Gilles Vonsattel, piano

    4:35
  • 2:49 PM

    El Salon Mexico

    Aaron Copland

    Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    9:02
  • 2:24 PM

    Cello Concerto No. 2

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    Mstislav Rostropovich, cello

    23:00
  • 2:08 PM

    Tannhauser: Overture

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Orchestral Works

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Klaus Tennstedt, conductor

    15:27
  • 2:01 PM

    Waltz No. 5 "Grande Valse"

    Frederic Chopin

    Beethoven: Sonatas; Chopin: Waltzes, Etc

    Ingrid Fliter, piano

    3:49
  • 1:58 PM

    Lakme: Bell Song

    Leo Delibes

    Lily Pons, soprano

    3:00
  • 1:55 PM

    For Lily Pons

    George Gershwin

    Michael Tilson Thomas, piano

    2:00
  • 1:49 PM

    Piano Quintet: Scherzo

    Antonin Dvorak

    Schumann & Dvorak: Piano Quintets

    Elias String Quartet

    Jonathan Biss, piano

    4:16
  • 1:42 PM
    5
  • 1:29 PM

    Concerto for Oboe and Violin

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Chamber Orchestra

    Lisa Batiashvili, violin

    12:03
  • 1:22 PM

    Jaws: Suite

    John Williams

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Williams, conductor

    5:01
  • 1:18 PM

    Escualo (Shark)

    Astor Piazzolla

    Salut Salon

    3:14
  • 1:09 PM

    Bartered Bride: Polka

    Bedrich Smetana

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    4:58
  • 1:04 PM

    Serenade for Strings: Alla marcia

    Dag Wiren

    A Swedish Serenade

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    4:32
  • 12:52 PM

    Symphony No. 2

    William Boyce

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    6:02
  • 12:47 PM

    Handel in the Strand

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger Edition Vol. 5: Works for Chorus & Orchestra 2

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    3:49
  • 12:41 PM

    William Tell: Pas de six

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    4:55
  • 12:31 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 9 "Jeunehomme": 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 9 and 15

    Norwegian Chamber Orchestra

    Leif Ove Andsnes, conductor

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    9:04
  • 12:24 PM

    Far and Away: Suite

    John Williams

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    5:36
  • 12:20 PM

    Cello Suite No. 3: Gigue

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Infinite Bach

    Maya Beiser, cello

    3:19
  • 12:08 PM

    The Ruins of Athens: Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Overtures

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Daniel Harding, conductor

    5:00
  • 12:04 PM

    Ballet de Cour: The King's Minuet

    Gabriel Pierne

    Chamber Music Palm Beach

    3:17
  • 11:55 AM

    String Quartet No. 12, "American": 3rd mvt

    Antonin Dvorak

    Jupiter String Quartet

    4:00
  • 11:50 AM

    Sleepless Night

    George Gershwin

    Michael Tilson Thomas, piano

    4:00
  • 11:39 AM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 1-4

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    9:17
  • 11:33 AM

    Nonetto: 1st movement

    Bohuslav Martinu

    Martinu: Chamber Music

    Lahti Chamber Ensemble

    4:42
  • 11:23 AM

    Spanish Overture No. 2 "Summer Night in Madrid"

    Mikhail Glinka

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vassily Sinaisky, conductor

    8:58
  • 11:15 AM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Vincenzo Bellini

    Trumpet Concertos

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jahja Ling, conductor

    Rolf Smedvig, trumpet

    6:55
  • 11:08 AM

    Sonata No. 11

    George Frideric Handel

    Bach, Handel: Trio Sonatas

    Linde Consort

    6:05
  • 11:04 AM

    Our Town: Grover's Corners

    Aaron Copland

    London Sinfonietta

    Elgar Howarth, conductor

    2:55
  • 10:48 AM

    Mazurka-Oberek

    Alexander Glazunov

    A La Carte

    Abbey Road Ensemble

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    10:10
  • 10:45 AM

    Allegretto

    Mauro Giuliani

    David Starobin Performs Mauro Giuliani, Volume Two

    David Starobin, guitar

    2:07
  • 10:31 AM

    Petite Suite

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Petite Suite, etc

    Ulster Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    12:51
  • 10:23 AM

    Corsair: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    7:42
  • 10:20 AM

    Etude No. 11

    Frederic Chopin

    Jan Lisiecki, piano

    2:35
  • 10:14 AM

    Le Tombeau de Couperin: Menuet

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Jeux de Miroirs

    Paris Orchestra

    Josep Pons, conductor

    4:44
  • 10:06 AM

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

    Antonio Vivaldi

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Lisa Beznosiuk, flute

    6:55
  • 10:01 AM

    Views of the Sea: 1st movement

    Eduard Toldra

    Casals, Toldra, Montsalvatge

    Andorra National Chamber Orchestra

    Gerard Claret, conductor

    4:39
  • 9:44 AM

    Peer Gynt Suite No. 1

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites 1 And 2

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    13:55
  • 9:24 AM

    Cello Concerto No. 1

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Cello Concertos - Bloch, Dvorak, Faure, Haydn, Lalo, Saint-Saens

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Emmanuel Krivine, conductor

    Anne Gastinel, cello

    19:06
  • 9:19 AM

    Sara Davis Buechner, piano

    3:11
  • 9:06 AM

    Serenade No. 6 "Serenata Notturna"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    12:04
  • 9:01 AM

    Slavonic Dance No. 12

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Slavonic Dances

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    4:48
  • 8:48 AM

    English Folk Song Suite

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Stars & Stripes

    Cleveland Symphonic Winds

    Frederick Fennell, conductor

    10:42
  • 8:41 AM

    Bluestone

    Chris Marshall

    Claire Jones: Royal Harp Strings

    London Mozart Players

    Stuart Morley, conductor

    Claire Jones, harp

    5:50
  • 8:29 AM

    String Quartet No. 6

    Maddalena Laura Sirmen

    Sirmen: Six String Quartets

    Lombardini Quartet

    10:40
  • 8:06 AM

    Clarinet Concerto No. 2

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    22:04
  • 8:01 AM

    The Merrymakers

    Eric Coates

    New Philharmonia Orchestra

    Adrian Boult, conductor

    4:34
  • 7:41 AM

    Double Keyboard Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Concertos for Two, Three, and Four Pianos

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    David Fray, conductor

    David Fray, piano

    17:19
  • 7:37 AM

    Rumores de la Caleta (Murmurs from the Bay)

    Isaac Albeniz

    Turibio Santos, guitar

    4:01
  • 7:18 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Saint-Georges: Violin Concertos, Vol. 2

    Toronto Chamber Orchestra

    Kevin Mallon, conductor

    Zhou Qian, violin

    18:25
  • 7:06 AM

    Scheherazade: The Young Prince and the Young Princess

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Mad About Love

    Orchestre de la Bastille

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    9:42
  • 7:01 AM

    Sonatina No. 2 "Happy Workshop": 2nd movement

    Richard Strauss

    R. Strauss: Music for Wind Ensemble

    Netherlands Wind Ensemble

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    4:32
  • 6:42 AM

    Irish Rhapsody

    Victor Herbert

    Victor Herbert: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 and 2

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    15:47
  • 6:28 AM

    Romantic Pieces

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Legends, Prague Waltzes

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    14:18
  • 6:06 AM

    Symphony No. 79

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    19:46
  • 6:01 AM

    Pecheurs de Nuit

    Cecile Chaminade

    Piano Music by Cecile Chaminade

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    4:33
  • 5:32 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Erich Korngold

    The Silver Violin

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Kirill Karabits, conductor

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    25:34
  • 5:23 AM

    Mathis der Maler (Mathis the Painter): Angel's Concert

    Paul Hindemith

    Hindemith: Mathis Der Maler Etc.

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    8:20
  • 5:06 AM

    German Chamber Academy

    Johannes Goritzki, conductor

    15:52
  • 5:01 AM

    Dumbo: Baby Mine

    Frank Churchill/Ned Washington

    Lang Lang: The Disney Book

    Lang Lang, piano

    4:52