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  • 4:51 AM

    Elegie

    Gabriel Faure

    Elgar

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    7:32
  • 4:29 AM

    The Isle of the Dead

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances; The Isle of the Dead; The Rock

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vasily Petrenko, conductor

    20:58
  • 4:12 AM

    Concert Variations

    Clara Schumann

    Jozef de Beenhouwer, piano

    15:14
  • 4:06 AM

    Caritas

    Sarah Kirkland Snider

    enargeia

    Matangi Quartet

    Emily D'Angelo, mezzo-soprano

    5:31
  • 4:01 AM

    Nocturne No. 5

    Stephan Elmas

    Mikael Ayrapetyan, piano

    4:44
  • 3:46 AM

    The Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan

    Charles Tomlinson Griffes

    Griffes: Orchestral Music

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    12:19
  • 3:36 AM

    Child: Sweet Air

    David Lang

    Sentieri Selvaggi

    Carlo Baccadoro, conductor

    8:49
  • 3:25 AM

    Souvenir of a Beloved Place: Meditation

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    Daniel Lozakovich, violin

    10:30
  • 3:06 AM

    Wind Quintet

    Franz Danzi

    Academia Wind Quintet

    16:45
  • 3:01 AM

    Rondo Amoroso

    Harald Saeverud

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Per Dreier, conductor

    4:35
  • 2:55 AM

    light everlasting

    Carlos Simon

    Carlos Simon: Requiem for the Enslaved

    Carlos Simon, piano

    3:00
  • 2:47 AM

    Elegy - In Memoriam - Stephen Lawrence

    Philip Herbert

    Spark Catchers

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Anthony Parnther, conductor

    6:54
  • 2:20 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 3

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    25:21
  • 2:14 AM

    Love's In Need Of Love Today

    Stevie Wonder

    Rise

    String Queens

    4:02
  • 11:44 PM

    Masques and Bergamasques

    Gabriel Faure

    Pavane

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    14:22
  • 11:39 PM

    Sunburst

    Andrew York

    Play

    Jason Vieaux, guitar

    4:17
  • 11:24 PM

    Wurttemberg Sonata No. 3

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Keith Jarrett: CPE Bach

    Keith Jarrett, piano

    13:04
  • 11:17 PM

    Cello Suite No. 4: Allemande

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Infinite Bach

    Maya Beiser, cello

    5:28
  • 11:06 PM

    Rosen aus dem Suden (Roses from the South) Waltz

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    10:33
  • 11:01 PM

    Encantamento

    Camargo Guarnieri

    Barbara Westphal, viola

    Christian Ruvolo, piano

    4:36
  • 10:42 PM

    Bassoon Concerto

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Bassoon Concertos

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Janne Nisonen, conductor

    Jaakko Luoma, bassoon

    16:43
  • 10:30 PM

    Drottningholm Suite

    Johan Roman

    Roman: Music for a Royal Wedding

    Uppsala Chamber Orchestra

    Anthony Halstead, conductor

    9:34
  • 10:20 PM

    Suite of Creole Dances

    Alberto Ginastera

    Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra

    Gisele Ben-Dor, conductor

    9:12
  • 10:09 PM

    The Merry Widow: Overture

    Franz Lehar

    Lehar: Overtures and Waltzes

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Mikhail Jurowski, conductor

    9:34
  • 10:06 PM

    Bagatelles: Allegretto scherzando (1)

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Quartets Opp. 96 & 105

    Takacs Quartet

    Gabor Ormai, harmonium

    2:56
  • 10:01 PM

    Smoky Mountains Concerto: Valley Song

    Richard Addinsell

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Kenneth Alwyn, conductor

    Philip Martin, piano

    4:39
  • 9:54 PM

    Symphony No. 97: Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    4:41
  • 9:44 PM

    Concert Piece for Horn and Orchestra

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    8:34
  • 9:32 PM

    Concert Overture No. 1

    Florence Price

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

    Wurttemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen

    John Jeter, conductor

    11:39
  • 9:28 PM

    A Totally Different Rag

    May Aufderheide

    Virginia Eskin, piano

    2:56
  • 9:10 PM

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    15:20
  • 9:06 PM

    La Vida Breve: Spanish Dance No. 2

    Manuel de Falla

    Spain

    Vanessa Perez, piano

    3:51
  • 9:03 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 2: Allegro

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Paul Galbraith, guitar

    2:30
  • 8:48 PM

    Consecration of the House: Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 'Erioca'

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    10:05
  • 8:27 PM

    Symphony No. 1

    Jerome Moross

    London Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    20:04
  • 8:24 PM

    Hilary's Hoedown

    Mark-Anthony Turnage

    In 27 Pieces: The Hilary Hahn Encores

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    1:52
  • 8:17 PM

    Polska after Snickar-Erik Olsson

    Anonymous

    Baroque Tales

    Lynx Ensemble

    5:26
  • 8:06 PM

    Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave)

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn Overtures

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Claus Peter Flor, conductor

    10:10
  • 8:01 PM

    In the Blue Mountains: I Trollhallen

    Agathe Grondahl

    Backer Grondahl: Piano Works

    Sara Aimee Smiseth, piano

    4:42
  • 5:52 PM

    Troubled Water

    Margaret Bonds

    Black Renaissance Woman

    Samantha Ege, piano

    6:01
  • 5:38 PM

    In Nature's Realm Overture

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9, In der Nature

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    14:25
  • 5:24 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach: 6 Brandenburg Concertos

    Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra

    Helmuth Rilling, conductor

    11:38
  • 5:13 PM

    Old Polish Suite

    Andrei Panufnik

    Polish Chamber Orchestra

    Mariusz Smolij, conductor

    10:03
  • 5:09 PM

    Hallelujah

    Leonard Cohen

    Inspiration

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    3:27
  • 5:06 PM

    Te Deum: Prelude

    Marc-Antoine Charpentier

    Empire Brass

    William Kuhlman, organ

    2:24
  • 5:01 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 3rd movement

    Richard Hol

    Hol: Symphonies

    Residentie Orchestra The Hague

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    4:42
  • 4:46 PM

    Swan Lake: Dance of the Swans

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    Barry Griffiths, violin

    12:05
  • 4:29 PM

    Fantasia Mexicana

    Antonio Gomezanda

    Antonio Gomezanda: Orchestral Works

    Berlin Symphony Orchestra

    Jorge Velazco, conductor

    Alan Marks, piano

    14:47
  • 4:25 PM

    Dance from Jalisco

    Aaron Copland

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    3:42
  • 4:06 PM

    Divertimento No. 7

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Divertimenti KV 205 & 237

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    17:51
  • 4:01 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Jubilee March

    Erkki Melartin

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:32
  • 3:47 PM

    Viola Concerto

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Georg Philipp Telemann: Viola Concertos

    Academy for Ancient Music Berlin

    Bernhard Forck, conductor

    Antoine Tamestit, viola

    11:34
  • 3:12 PM

    Symphonic Dances

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 3, etc.

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    34:43
  • 3:06 PM

    Princeton Grand March

    Francis Johnson

    Symphony Orchestra of America

    Matthew H. Phillips, conductor

    3:10
  • 3:01 PM

    The Dance of the Goblins (La ronde des Lutins)

    Antonio Bazzini

    The Perlman Sound

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    4:37
  • 2:44 PM

    Kullervo

    Leevi Madetoja

    Scenes from the Kalevala

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor

    14:05
  • 2:36 PM

    Goyescas: Maiden and the Nightingale

    Enrique Granados

    Spanish Fireworks

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    6:39
  • 2:12 PM

    Symphony No. 93

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn, Symphonies Nos. 93, 95 & 97

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    23:15
  • 2:05 PM

    Flute Sonata: Scherzo

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Flute Sonatas & Solo Works

    Brandon Patrick George, flute

    5:27
  • 2:01 PM

    Snow Maiden: Dance of the Tumblers

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Exotic Dances from the Opera

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    3:47
  • 1:53 PM

    Schlagobers (Whipped Cream Waltz)

    Richard Strauss

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    5:57
  • 1:46 PM

    Symphony No. 3: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Andris Nelsons, conductor

    6:57
  • 1:38 PM

    Brook Green Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Holst, Williams, Delius, Warlock

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    6:17
  • 1:30 PM

    Symphony No. 6: Finale

    Emilie Mayer

    Bremerhaven Symphony Orchestra

    Marc Niemann, conductor

    6:29
  • 1:22 PM

    Sextet for Two Horns and Strings: 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Septet Op. 20; Sextet Op. 81b

    Consortium Classicum

    6:59
  • 1:18 PM

    What a Wonderful World

    George Weiss/Bob Thiele

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    3:10
  • 1:10 PM

    Shall We Gather at the River

    Robert Lowry

    At the River: American Folk Songs, Spirituals, and Hymns

    The Singers

    Matthew Culloton, conductor

    Lynette Johnson, alto

    3:39
  • 1:04 PM

    Legend No. 6

    Antonin Dvorak

    Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    5:02
  • 12:50 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2: 3rd movement

    Frederic Chopin

    CHOPIN Piano Concerto No. 2, Scherzi

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Gianandrea Noseda, conductor

    Seong-Jin Cho, piano

    8:22
  • 12:48 PM

    Prelude No. 3

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Preludes Op 28, Piano Sonata No 2

    Seong-Jin Cho, piano

    :55
  • 12:48 PM

    Prelude No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Preludes Op 28, Piano Sonata No 2

    Seong-Jin Cho, piano

    :35
  • 12:40 PM

    Octet: Finale

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto, Octet

    Seattle Chamber Music Society

    James Ehnes, violin

    5:53
  • 12:31 PM

    Concerto for Violin and Cello

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    Anner Bylsma, cello

    Jeanne Lamon, violin

    8:36
  • 12:25 PM

    Wand of Youth: March

    Edward Elgar

    Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    4:16
  • 12:20 PM

    Liebesleid (Love's Sorrow)

    Fritz Kreisler

    María Dueñas - Beethoven and Beyond

    Vienna Symphony Orchestra

    Manfred Honeck, conductor

    Maria Duenas, violin

    3:40
  • 12:10 PM

    The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture

    Otto Nicolai

    The Sound of the Academy

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    8:40
  • 12:04 PM

    The Merry Wives of Windsor: O susser Mond (Moon chorus)

    Otto Nicolai

    Otto Nicolai: The Merry Wives of Windsor

    Staatskapelle Berlin

    Bernhard Klee, conductor

    4:42
  • 11:57 AM

    Shimmeree

    Peter Togni

    CBC Vancouver Orchestra

    Arthur Polson, conductor

    2:30
  • 11:49 AM

    Guitar Quintet No. 4 "Fandango": Fandango

    Luigi Boccherini

    Dance Party!

    Escher String Quartet

    Jason Vieaux, guitar

    7:11
  • 11:45 AM

    Simple Symphony: Playful Pizzicato

    Benjamin Britten

    Works By Britten, Tippett, Walton

    Guildhall Strings

    3:09
  • 11:36 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 11: 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Piano Concertos

    The King's Violins

    Bernard Labadie, conductor

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    7:48
  • 11:31 AM

    Can't You Line 'Em

    William Grant Still

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Avlana Eisenberg, conductor

    4:00
  • 11:28 AM

    John Anderson, oboe

    Andrew Sparling, bass clarinet

    2:15
  • 11:20 AM

    Gaelic Symphony: 2nd movement

    Amy Beach

    Nashville Symphony Orchestra

    Kenneth Schermerhorn, conductor

    7:20
  • 11:15 AM

    Molly on the Shore

    Percy Grainger

    Music of Percy Grainger

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Kenneth Montgomery, conductor

    3:54
  • 11:08 AM

    Thais: Meditation

    Jules Massenet

    Chasson: Poeme; Massanet: Meditation de Thais

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    5:16
  • 11:04 AM

    Miao Mountain Morning

    Chen Gang

    Chinasong | Shanghai Quartet

    Shanghai Quartet

    3:52
  • 10:48 AM

    Women's Philharmonic

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    10:31
  • 10:26 AM

    With the Wild Geese

    Hamilton Harty

    Ulster Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    20:06
  • 10:24 AM

    The Cuckoo

    Traditional Swiss

    Rhapsody in Brass

    Budapest Brass Quintet

    1:29
  • 10:15 AM

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    Arthur Grumiaux, violin

    7:24
  • 10:06 AM

    Lyric Fantasy

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    Lars-Erik Larsson: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    8:39
  • 10:01 AM

    Flowers of the Forest

    Anonymous

    Baltimore Consort

    4:35
  • 9:50 AM

    Sleeping Beauty: Three Pictures

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    8:48
  • 9:21 AM

    Piano Trio No. 2

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Berlin Stories

    Trio Gaspard

    27:33
  • 9:06 AM

    Concerto for Two Mandolins

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    James Tyler, mandolin

    Douglas Wootton, mandolin

    12:25
  • 9:01 AM

    Sarah Cahill, piano

    4:39
  • 8:48 AM

    Rhapsody for Saxophone and Orchestra

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Orchestral Works II

    French National Radio and Television Orchestra

    Jean Martinon, conductor

    Jean-Marie Londeix, saxophone

    10:02
  • 8:30 AM

    Fantasy Variations

    Ulysses Kay

    Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Arthur Fagen, conductor

    17:55
  • 8:15 AM

    Wind Quintet

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Greatest Hits

    Netherlands Wind Ensemble

    12:44
  • 8:06 AM

    Two Nocturnal Impressions

    Manuel Ponce

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    8:35
  • 8:01 AM

    String Poetic: Nocturne

    Jennifer Higdon

    String Poetic

    Jennifer Koh, violin

    4:46
  • 7:14 AM

    Symphony No. 5

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    44:48
  • 7:06 AM

    Songs of the Reeds: No. 3

    August Klughardt

    Songs of the Reeds

    Albrecht Mayer, oboe

    5:32
  • 7:01 AM

    A Dream

    John Dowland

    John Dowland: Lute Music

    Jakob Lindberg, orpharion

    4:49
  • 6:49 AM

    What the Wild Flowers Tell Me

    Gustav Mahler

    Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    9:23
  • 6:41 AM

    Wildflower (Yolanda's Song)

    Arturo Sandoval

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    7:17
  • 6:06 AM

    Serenade No. 3

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Serenades KV185, KV204

    Orchestra of the Auvergne

    Leopold Hager, conductor

    Jean-Jacques Kantorow, violin

    33:10
  • 6:01 AM

    Sarabande: For Katharine in April

    Ron Nelson

    Music For Quiet Listening

    Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra

    Howard Hanson, conductor

    4:54
  • 5:48 AM

    Entr'acte

    Caroline Shaw

    United Strings of Europe

    Julian Azkoul, conductor

    10:43
  • 5:45 AM

    Golden Slumbers

    Traditional

    The Lark in the Clear Air

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    2:19
  • 5:07 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 16

    Franz Schubert

    Concert Recording

    Paul Lewis, piano

    36:55
  • 5:01 AM

    Irmelin Prelude

    Frederick Delius

    Northern Sinfonia of England

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    4:46