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  • 4:52 AM

    Brooklyn Rider

    6:28
  • 4:37 AM

    Sinfonia No. 5 "Visions"

    George Walker

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Franz Welser-Most, conductor

    14:38
  • 4:30 AM

    Essence of Ruby

    Brandee Younger

    Ennanga

    Ashley Jackson, harp

    5:35
  • 4:18 AM

    Hymn for Everyone

    Jessie Montgomery

    Contemporary American Composers

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    11:19
  • 4:06 AM

    Tender, Infinitely Tender

    Michael Byron

    Byron: Halcyon Days

    Lisa Moore, piano

    10:47
  • 4:01 AM

    End of Day

    Todd Reynolds

    Todd Reynolds, viola

    4:28
  • 3:46 AM

    Piano Concerto "In Truth": To One's Spirit

    Lucas Richman

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Lucas Richman, conductor

    Jeffrey Biegel, piano

    11:57
  • 3:36 AM

    Aghavni (Doves)

    Mary Kouyoumdjian

    Nicholas Phillips, piano

    8:53
  • 3:26 AM

    The Spark Catchers

    Hannah Kendall

    Spark Catchers

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Kevin John Edusei, conductor

    9:36
  • 3:18 AM

    Matthew Sharp, cello

    Dominic Harlan, piano

    7:24
  • 3:06 AM

    Clearing, Dawn, Dance

    Judd Greenstein

    yMusic

    10:08
  • 3:01 AM

    On Seven-Star-Shoes

    Julia Wolfe

    Never Sing Before Breakfast

    Quintet of the Americas

    4:44
  • 2:46 AM

    Summer Scenes

    Tauno Pylkkanen

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Petri Sakari, conductor

    11:55
  • 2:42 AM

    The Last Song

    Clarice Assad

    Bokyung Byun, guitar

    3:53
  • 2:14 AM

    String Quartet No. 8

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: String Quartets Opp. 80 And 34

    Chilingirian Quartet

    25:53
  • 2:06 AM

    Pavane for a Dead Princess (Pavane pour une infante defunte)

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Ma Mere L'Oye, Pavane

    French National Orchestra

    Eliahu Inbal, conductor

    6:47
  • 2:01 AM

    Benedicta es celorum

    Anonymous Medieval

    Words of the Angel

    Trio Mediaeval

    4:47
  • 1:54 AM

    Prelude and Fugue No. 5

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Dmitri Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87

    Keith Jarrett, piano

    4:04
  • 1:39 AM

    Concerto for String Orchestra

    Grazyna Bacewicz

    Cracow Philharmonic Orchestra

    Roland Bader, conductor

    15:10
  • 1:11 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 3

    Bela Bartok

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    25:40
  • 1:06 AM

    Hungarian Dance No. 17

    Johannes Brahms

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    3:31
  • 1:01 AM

    Edgar Moreau, cello

    Pierre-Yves Hodique, piano

    4:49
  • 12:50 AM

    Mediodia en el Llano (Noon on the Plain)

    Antonio Estevez

    Fiesta

    Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    7:52
  • 12:47 AM

    Leyendas: An Andean Walkabout: Coquetos

    Gabriela Lena Frank

    Del Sol String Quartet

    3:09
  • 12:17 AM

    Guitar Concerto No. 3

    Mauro Giuliani

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    27:47
  • 12:06 AM

    Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens: Symphony No 3 "Organ"

    Kansas City Symphony

    Michael Stern, conductor

    Noah Geller, violin

    9:27
  • 12:01 AM

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    4:38
  • 11:44 PM

    Excelsior! Symphonic Overture

    Wilhelm Stenhammar

    Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    14:19
  • 11:40 PM

    The Never-Ending Ocean of Identity

    Quinn Mason

    Settle: Migration Music Part 3

    Lara Downes, piano

    3:39
  • 11:30 PM

    The Magic Harp

    Ina Boyle

    Dan Godfrey Encores

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    9:15
  • 11:09 PM

    Symphony No. 22 "Philosopher"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    18:58
  • 11:01 PM

    Rondo for Violin and Orchestra

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    Cho-Liang Lin, violin

    7:05
  • 10:57 PM

    Country Gardens

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger: Folk-Inspired Works for Piano Duet and Piano Duo

    Bilder Duo

    2:23
  • 10:54 PM

    Shepherd's Hey

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger: Folk-Inspired Works for Piano Duet and Piano Duo

    Bilder Duo

    2:23
  • 10:46 PM

    Symphony No. 5

    William Boyce

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Ronald Thomas, conductor

    7:27
  • 10:38 PM

    String Quartet No. 4

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Saint-Georges: 6 Concertante Quartets

    Arabella String Quartet

    6:48
  • 10:26 PM

    The Song of Hiawatha: Overture

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    11:22
  • 10:11 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 7

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Circles: Piano Concertos by Bach and Glass

    A Far Cry Orchestra

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    13:05
  • 10:05 PM

    Solo Violin Sonata No. 5: Rustic Dance

    Eugene Ysaye

    Ysaye: Six Sonatas for Violin Solo

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    5:28
  • 9:48 PM

    Benvenuto Cellini: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, etc

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    10:01
  • 9:32 PM

    Dumbarton Oaks Concerto

    Igor Stravinsky

    Stravinsky: Pulcinella, Dumbarton Oaks

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    14:46
  • 9:27 PM

    O Lord God

    Pavel Chesnokov

    Everlasting God

    Luther College Nordic Choir

    Craig Arnold, conductor

    4:15
  • 9:25 PM

    There's Nae Lark

    Samuel Barber

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    1:25
  • 9:11 PM

    Scottish Rhapsody "Prince Charlie"

    John McEwen

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Alexander Platt, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    12:58
  • 9:07 PM

    Legend No. 9

    Antonin Dvorak

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    2:50
  • 9:02 PM

    Virtuosity Rag

    William Bolcom

    Detroit Chamber Winds

    4:02
  • 8:53 PM

    Spanish Suite: Granada

    Isaac Albeniz

    Milos: Mediterraneo

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    5:51
  • 8:35 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Florence Price

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Randall Goosby, violin

    15:54
  • 8:19 PM

    Sun Paints Rainbows on the Vast Waves

    David Bedford

    Timothy Reynish International Repertoire Recordings, Vol. 10: The Music of David Bedford

    Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra

    Clark Rundell, conductor

    13:59
  • 8:06 PM

    Helios Overture

    Carl Nielsen

    Carl Nielsen: Orchestral Works

    Danish National Symphony Orchestra

    Thomas Dausgaard, conductor

    11:55
  • 8:00 PM

    Natural Light

    Ludovico Einaudi

    Underwater

    Ludovico Einaudi, piano

    5:35
  • 5:45 PM

    Mandolin Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Christopher Parkening, guitar

    13:09
  • 5:24 PM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: Carmen. L'Arlesienne, etc.

    Paris Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    19:33
  • 5:19 PM

    Les Chemins de l'Amour

    Francis Poulenc

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    3:05
  • 5:06 PM

    Der Rosenkavalier: Waltz Sequence No. 1

    Richard Strauss

    Richard Strauss Vol. 5: The Waltz King

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    12:11
  • 5:01 PM

    Choro No. 5 "Alma Brasileira"

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Prole do bebe n.1 per piano - Cirandas, 2 Preludes

    Anna-Stella Schic, piano

    4:34
  • 4:51 PM

    Suite No. 1: Fuga con Pajarillo

    Aldemaro Romero

    Fiesta

    Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    7:08
  • 4:45 PM

    Hello, Prince

    Roman Janoska

    Revolution

    Janoska Ensemble

    4:18
  • 4:17 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "Sinfonie Capricieuse"

    Franz Berwald

    Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Thomas Dausgaard, conductor

    27:44
  • 4:13 PM

    Insect Dances: Spider Swing

    Elena Ruehr

    Arneis Quartet

    2:45
  • 4:06 PM

    La Scala di Seta (Silken Ladder): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    6:01
  • 4:01 PM

    Il delirio amoroso: Introduction

    George Frideric Handel

    Cantata "Il delirio amoroso"

    Le Concert d'Astree

    Emmanuelle Haim, conductor

    4:50
  • 3:55 PM

    Three Country Dances

    John Playford

    Broadside Band

    Jeremy Barlow, conductor

    4:43
  • 3:46 PM

    St. Paul's Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Music Through the Night

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    12:33
  • 3:21 PM

    Coppelia Ballet Suite

    Leo Delibes

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Heinz Fricke, conductor

    23:30
  • 3:15 PM

    A Little Piece of Music

    Sophie Eckhardt-Gramatte

    It's a Girl!

    Thomas Albertus Irnberger, violin

    5:03
  • 3:06 PM

    Overture "In the Italian Style"

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonies, Vol. 2

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Edward Gardner, conductor

    7:20
  • 3:01 PM

    Flowers from Froso: Entry to the Summer Meadow

    Wilhelm Peterson-Berger

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Okko Kamu, conductor

    4:43
  • 2:34 PM

    Lachian Dances

    Leos Janacek

    Janacek: Lachian Dances, Idylle

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    James Conlon, conductor

    22:39
  • 2:20 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 1

    Franz Josef Haydn

    Toulouse Chamber Orchestra

    Alain Moglia, conductor

    Andre Cazalet, horn

    14:00
  • 2:10 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": 3rd movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9, In der Nature

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    7:49
  • 2:04 PM

    Concerto alla rustica (Rustic Concerto)

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Ombra Mai Fu; Pachelbel: Canon

    I Solisti Italiani

    3:47
  • 1:51 PM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Symphony No. 4

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    11:26
  • 1:45 PM

    Idyll for String Orchestra

    Leos Janacek

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    26:28
  • 1:40 PM

    Pohadka (Fairy Tale)

    Leos Janacek

    Works for Cello and Piano

    Alisa Weilerstein, cello

    11:27
  • 1:29 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish": 1st movement

    Robert Schumann

    Robert Schumann Symphonies 1-4

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    8:53
  • 1:21 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 2: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Hilary Hahn: Bach Violin Concertos

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Kahane, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    6:55
  • 1:17 PM

    Glad Rag

    William Bolcom

    William Bolcom: The Complete Rags

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    3:37
  • 1:07 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Military": Scherzo

    Emilie Mayer

    Mayer: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 7

    North German Radio Philharmonic

    Jan Willem de Vriend, conductor

    6:11
  • 1:04 PM

    Rondeau

    Jean-Francois Dandrieu

    Wynton Marsalis: In Gabriel's Garden

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Anthony Newman, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    1:59
  • 12:56 PM

    La Boheme: Act II opening

    Giacomo Puccini

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    3:00
  • 12:49 PM

    Sinfonia Concertante: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 1, Sinfonia Concertante, etc.

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    6:07
  • 12:44 PM

    Symphony No. 29: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies No. 29 & 34

    Vienna Philharmonic

    James Levine, conductor

    4:08
  • 12:39 PM

    Sonatina No. 2 "Happy Workshop": 3rd movement

    Richard Strauss

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    4:11
  • 12:35 PM

    The Harmonious Blacksmith

    George Frideric Handel

    The Handel Project

    Seong-Jin Cho, piano

    3:36
  • 12:30 PM

    Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Sleepers Awake)

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach Trios

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    4:42
  • 12:24 PM

    Violin Concerto: Presto

    Samuel Barber

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    3:25
  • 12:21 PM

    Solo Violin Sonata No. 2: Obsession

    Eugene Ysaye

    Ysaye: Six Sonatas for Violin Solo

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    2:38
  • 12:08 PM

    Fantasie Symphonique: 3rd movement

    Louis Theodore Gouvy

    Gouvy: Symphony 4; Fantasie symphonique

    German Radio Philharmonic

    Jacques Mercier, conductor

    5:39
  • 12:04 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 6

    Johannes Brahms

    Katia & Marielle Labeque, pianos

    3:12
  • 11:45 AM

    Symphony No. 90: 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    La Petite Bande

    Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor

    9:32
  • 11:38 AM

    Castor and Pollux: Overture

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Rameau: Castor et Pollux; Purcell: 3 Fantasias

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Frans Bruggen, conductor

    5:02
  • 11:35 AM

    Promenade (Walking the Dog)

    George Gershwin

    Gershwin: Dayful of Song

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    2:50
  • 11:30 AM

    Sing Gently

    Eric Whitacre

    Home

    Voces8

    Christopher Glynn, piano

    3:42
  • 11:14 AM

    Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    THE BRITISH PROJECT

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla, conductor

    15:18
  • 11:06 AM

    Where the Lark Sings (Wo die Lerche singt)

    Franz Lehar

    Lehar: Waltzes

    Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    6:00
  • 11:04 AM

    Swan Lake: Dance of the Little Swans

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    1:32
  • 10:51 AM

    Dance of the Blessed Spirits

    Christoph Gluck

    Pachelbel Canon

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    Lisa Beznosiuk, flute

    7:36
  • 10:48 AM

    Song without Words No. 31

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Murray Perahia, piano

    2:00
  • 10:31 AM

    Suite for String Orchestra

    Susan Spain-Dunk

    British Music for Strings, Vol. 3

    South German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim

    Douglas Bostock, conductor

    15:37
  • 10:21 AM

    Septet: 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Leonidas Kavakos | Beethoven

    Leonidas Kavakos, violin

    9:48
  • 10:13 AM

    Siegfried: Forest Murmurs

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner Without Words

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    6:55
  • 10:06 AM

    Etude No. 3 "Un Sospiro" (A Sigh)

    Franz Liszt

    AndrĂ© Watts Plays Liszt – Album 2 - Sonata In B Minor

    Andre Watts, piano

    5:40
  • 10:01 AM

    Dance of the Orange Blossoms

    Eric Coates

    East of England Orchestra

    Malcolm Nabarro, conductor

    4:32
  • 9:44 AM

    Manfred Overture

    Robert Schumann

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    14:47
  • 9:38 AM

    Plinio Fernandes, guitar

    4:15
  • 9:21 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 8

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Sonatas

    Sara Davis Buechner, piano

    15:59
  • 9:06 AM

    Introduction and Allegro

    Edward Elgar

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    13:11
  • 9:01 AM

    Fantasia Suite No. 8

    John Jenkins

    Locke Consort

    4:36
  • 8:55 AM

    Blue Skies

    Irving Berlin

    America Again

    Lara Downes, piano

    3:22
  • 8:42 AM

    Delights and Dances

    Michael Abels

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    13:03
  • 8:16 AM

    The Fairy's Kiss: Divertimento

    Igor Stravinsky

    London Sinfonietta

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    23:38
  • 8:06 AM

    Divertimento for String Trio

    Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf

    Divertimenti of the Viennese Classical Period

    Vienna String Trio

    9:15
  • 8:01 AM

    Pianto dell'Amante

    Johann Kaspar Mertz

    Raphaella Smits, guitar

    4:52
  • 7:31 AM

    Pas de Deux

    James Horner

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vasily Petrenko, conductor

    Mari Samuelsen, violin

    Hakon Samuelsen, cello

    27:40
  • 7:29 AM

    Scherzo-Valse

    Mel Bonis

    Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers

    Roberto Prosseda and Alessandra Ammara, piano four hands

    2:05
  • 7:20 AM

    The Mother: Three Pieces

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen: Wind Chamber Music

    Bergen Wind Quintet

    6:38
  • 7:06 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2 "Characteristic": Dreams of a Child

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Suites Nos. 1 And 2

    National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

    Stefan Sanderling, conductor

    13:09
  • 7:01 AM

    Sleepsong

    Rolf Lovland

    The Choral Scholars of University College Dublin

    Desmond Earley, conductor

    Emily Doyle, soprano

    4:36
  • 6:46 AM

    Fantasia

    Einojuhani Rautavaara

    Rautavaara: Lost Landscapes: Works for Violin and Orchestra

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Trevino, conductor

    Simone Lamsma, violin

    12:36
  • 6:17 AM

    Piano Trio

    Clara Schumann

    Nash Ensemble

    28:15
  • 6:06 AM

    The Distant Princess

    Nikolai Tcherepnin

    The Enchanted Kingdom

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    9:09
  • 6:01 AM

    Rie Schmidt, flute

    Benjamin Verdery, guitar

    4:40
  • 5:39 AM

    Suite for Large Orchestra

    Helena Munktell

    Helena Munktell: Orchestral Works

    Gavle Symphony Orchestra

    Tobias Ringborg, conductor

    19:18
  • 5:10 AM

    String Quartet

    Maurice Ravel

    Verona Quartet

    27:33
  • 5:06 AM

    Sleepless

    Ola Gjeilo

    Ola Gjeilo: Night

    Ola Gjeilo, piano

    3:05
  • 5:01 AM

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Avlana Eisenberg, conductor

    Zina Schiff, violin

    4:39