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  • 4:52 AM

    The Path

    Zoe Keating

    Zoe Keating, cello

    5:42
  • 4:44 AM

    Ligeti Quartet

    Anna Meredith, electronics

    8:19
  • 4:38 AM

    A Door into the Dark

    Missy Mazzoli

    Victoire

    5:24
  • 4:33 AM

    All To Ourselves

    The Westerlies

    The Westerlies

    3:22
  • 4:22 AM

    Pauline Oliveros, voice

    Stuart Dempster, garden hose and voice

    Panaiotis, voice and whistling

    9:53
  • 4:07 AM

    Paraphrase on Themes of Brian Eno

    Timo Andres

    Metropolis Ensemble

    Andrew Cyr, conductor

    Timo Andres, piano

    14:13
  • 4:01 AM

    Peter Gregson, cello

    4:53
  • 3:54 AM

    Three Ballads: Sevenlere dair

    Fazil Say

    casalQuartett

    Fazil Say, piano

    3:52
  • 3:50 AM

    Three Ballads: Nazim

    Fazil Say

    casalQuartett

    Fazil Say, piano

    3:28
  • 3:13 AM

    A Gentleman of Istanbul

    Mehmet Ali Sanlikol

    A Gentleman of Istanbul

    A Far Cry Orchestra

    Mehmet Ali Sanlikol, vocals and piano

    35:24
  • 3:07 AM

    On Behalf of Nature: Memory Zone

    Meredith Monk

    Meredith Monk: On Behalf of Nature

    Meredith Monk Ensemble

    4:21
  • 3:01 AM

    There Will Be Hope

    Hania Rani/Dobrawa Czocher

    Hania Rani, piano and vocals

    Dobrawa Czocher, cello

    4:36
  • 2:53 AM

    Memories of the Alhambra

    Francisco Tarrega

    Guitar Favourites

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    4:36
  • 2:33 AM

    Three Botticelli Pictures

    Ottorino Respighi

    Pictures

    Long Beach Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    19:05
  • 2:24 AM

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Werner Andreas Albert, conductor

    Marie Luise Neunecker, horn

    7:30
  • 2:06 AM

    Bassoon Concerto

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Weber: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2, Bassoon Concerto

    BBC Philharmonic

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    Karen Geoghegan, bassoon

    17:06
  • 2:01 AM

    Two Preludes

    Frederic Chopin

    Rafal Blechacz, piano

    4:39
  • 1:52 AM

    Prelude Pastoral

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    6:37
  • 1:23 AM

    Scottish Fantasy

    Max Bruch

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    27:26
  • 1:14 AM

    Flute Concertino

    Cecile Chaminade

    CBC Vancouver Orchestra

    Mario Bernardi, conductor

    Timothy Hutchins, flute

    7:37
  • 1:09 AM

    Men of Harlech

    John Thomas

    John Thomas: Harp Music

    Lipman Harp Duo

    Sebastien Lipman, harp

    3:19
  • 1:06 AM

    Wiegenlied (Lullaby)

    Johannes Brahms

    Melody's Mostly Musical Day

    Jenny Lin, piano

    2:53
  • 1:01 AM

    Pan Voyevoda: Nocturne

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Russian Adagios

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor

    4:44
  • 12:55 AM

    Ben Hur: Parade of the Charioteers

    Miklos Rozsa

    Hollywood's Greatest Hits

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:24
  • 12:25 AM

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor

    27:42
  • 12:22 AM

    Nora's Dance

    Nora Holt

    Lara Downes, piano

    1:47
  • 12:06 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 5

    George Frideric Handel

    Boston Baroque

    Martin Pearlman, conductor

    15:30
  • 12:01 AM

    A John Field Suite: Polka

    Hamilton Harty

    Harty: John Field; Water Music Suites

    Ulster Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    4:52
  • 11:50 PM

    In the Steppes of Central Asia

    Alexander Borodin

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    7:21
  • 11:29 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    20:08
  • 11:17 PM

    Cuban Overture

    George Gershwin

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    10:34
  • 11:05 PM

    Symphony

    Claude Debussy

    Bach: Organ Music (Complete), Vol. 7

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    11:10
  • 11:00 PM

    Auf Flugeln des Gesanges (On wings of song)

    Felix Mendelssohn

    My Gift To You

    Antonin Kubalek, piano

    4:04
  • 10:47 PM

    Night on Bald Mountain

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    11:22
  • 10:33 PM

    In Italy Overture

    Karl Goldmark

    Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andras Korodi, conductor

    12:39
  • 10:21 PM

    Luisa Miller: Highlights

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Operisti - Rossini, Donizetti, Verdi, Puccini, Catalani

    I Solisti Italiani

    10:21
  • 10:10 PM

    Women's Philharmonic

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    10:31
  • 10:06 PM

    The Water is Wide/Shenandoah

    Traditional

    And So Flows the River

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    3:01
  • 9:55 PM

    Time For Three

    Jake Shimabukuro, ukulele

    Mathias Kunzli, percussion

    3:59
  • 9:49 PM

    O Clap Your Hands

    Orlando Gibbons

    I Heard a Voice: Gibbons, Tomkins & Weelkes

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge

    5:38
  • 9:33 PM

    Capriccio Espagnol

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Iberia: Music of Rimsky-Korsakov, Debussy, Turina

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Eduardo Mata, conductor

    Eliot Chapo, violin

    15:18
  • 9:29 PM

    Airs and Graces: Mill Dance

    Eric Wetherell

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    2:32
  • 9:15 PM

    Slavonic Rhapsody No. 3

    Antonin Dvorak

    Smetana: Ma Vlast, etc.

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Paavo Berglund, conductor

    12:37
  • 9:09 PM

    Waltz No. 2 "Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin, Vol.1

    Evgeny Kissin, piano

    4:48
  • 9:04 PM

    Parsifal: Finale

    Richard Wagner

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    5:14
  • 8:58 PM

    Carmen: Habanera

    Georges Bizet

    LAGQ Latin

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    2:17
  • 8:46 PM

    Children's Games (Jeux d'enfants)

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: Carmen, L'Arlesienne, etc.

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    11:49
  • 8:21 PM

    Symphony No. 83 "The Hen"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    24:17
  • 8:14 PM

    Quintet: 3rd movement

    Johann Christian Bach

    J. C. Bach: 3 Quintets, Sextet

    English Concert

    5:21
  • 8:08 PM

    Concierto de estio: Finale

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Rodrigo: Concertos and Orchestral Works

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    Agustin Leon Ara, violin

    4:57
  • 8:00 PM

    Pavane

    Gabriel Faure

    Dies Irae: The Essential Choral Collection

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    6:47
  • 5:48 PM

    Morning Papers Waltz

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    10:17
  • 5:21 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Susan Palma, flute

    24:59
  • 5:18 PM

    La Jongleuse (The Juggler)

    Moritz Moszkowski

    Jorge Bolet: Encores

    Jorge Bolet, piano

    2:01
  • 5:06 PM

    Introduction and Variations

    Elias Parish-Alvars

    Catrin Finch, harp

    11:06
  • 5:01 PM

    Symphony: 2nd movement

    Johann Vanhal

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    Celia Nicklin, oboe

    4:48
  • 4:53 PM

    Norwegian Dances Nos. 1-2

    Johan Halvorsen

    Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    Henning Kraggerud, violin

    5:19
  • 4:16 PM

    Symphony No. 8

    Antonin Dvorak

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    35:36
  • 4:10 PM

    Sandy's Portrait: Toccata

    Sergio Assad

    David Russell, guitar

    3:45
  • 4:06 PM

    Intermezzo scherzoso

    Gustav Saenger

    Schmankerln und Postres

    Duo Intermezzo

    3:45
  • 4:01 PM

    Irmelin Prelude

    Frederick Delius

    Symphony Nova Scotia

    Georg Tintner, conductor

    4:46
  • 3:44 PM

    Ma vlast (My Country): Vysehrad

    Bedrich Smetana

    Fibich: Symphony No. 1/Smetana: Vysehrad, Vlatava

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    14:18
  • 3:16 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 5 "Egyptian"

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens: Complete Piano Concertos

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    Stephen Hough, piano

    26:59
  • 3:11 PM

    Danza negra

    Ernesto Lecuona

    Suelos

    Caracas Clarinet Quartet

    Anat Cohen, clarinet

    3:58
  • 3:06 PM

    Lohengrin: Prelude to Act III

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner 2

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    3:27
  • 3:01 PM

    Requiebros

    Gaspar Cassado

    Violoncello Espanol

    I Musici Montreal

    Yuli Turovsky, conductor

    Yuli Turovsky, cello

    4:48
  • 2:52 PM

    String Quartet No. 2: Scherzo

    Alexander Borodin

    Emerson String Quartet: Complete Recordings

    Emerson String Quartet

    4:48
  • 2:44 PM

    Fleeting Pleasure

    Joseph Lanner

    Joseph Lanner: Dance Music from Old Vienna

    Vienna String Ensemble

    7:14
  • 2:16 PM

    Symphony No. 4: 4th and 5th mvts

    Gustav Mahler

    Lakes Area Music Festival Orchestra

    Christian Reif, conductor

    26:00
  • 2:07 PM

    Symphony No. 7: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Mad About Beethoven

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    6:24
  • 2:02 PM

    Fantasy

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Baroque Music for Brass and Organ

    Empire Brass

    William Kuhlman, organ

    2:38
  • 1:55 PM

    The Year: March

    Fanny Mendelssohn

    Christina Bjorkoe, piano

    5:37
  • 1:47 PM

    Moses Variations

    Niccolo Paganini

    Gil Shaham, violin

    Goran Sollscher, guitar

    7:15
  • 1:43 PM

    Old American Songs: Simple Gifts; Zion's Walls

    Aaron Copland

    VocalEssence

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    4:00
  • 1:39 PM

    Much Ado About Nothing: Hero Revealed

    Patrick Doyle

    Studio Orchestra

    2:00
  • 1:34 PM

    Fantasia on Greensleeves

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Classics at the Pops

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    4:31
  • 1:24 PM

    La Belle Helene (Beautiful Helene): Overture

    Jacques Offenbach

    Lille National Orchestra

    Darrell Ang, conductor

    8:29
  • 1:17 PM

    Parsifal: Finale

    Richard Wagner

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    5:14
  • 1:09 PM

    Over the Rainbow

    Harold Arlen

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    4:37
  • 1:04 PM

    Trumpet Voluntary

    John Stanley

    Intrada - London Brass

    London Brass

    3:35
  • 12:51 PM

    Symphony No. 4 "Italian": Saltarello

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Philharmonic of La Scala

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    6:27
  • 12:47 PM

    The Water is Wide

    Traditional

    The Fairie Round

    Shelley Phillips, english horn

    Barry Phillips, cello

    4:00
  • 12:35 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 26 "Coronation": 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Murray Perahia, conductor

    Murray Perahia, piano

    10:05
  • 12:32 PM

    Suite: Gaio

    Randall Thompson

    Kelly Peterson Peral, oboe

    Michael Forte, clarinet

    Elizabeth Derderian-Wood, viola

    2:02
  • 12:25 PM

    Symphony No. 4: Scherzo

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4/ Leshnoff: Double Concerto for Clarinet and Bassoon

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Manfred Honeck, conductor

    5:32
  • 12:20 PM

    Two Recercadas

    Diego Ortiz

    And So Flows the River

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    4:04
  • 12:09 PM

    Il Signor Bruschino: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    5:08
  • 12:04 PM

    Moritzburg Serenata

    Johann Heinichen

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    2:58
  • 11:49 AM

    Symphony: 1st movement

    Georges Bizet

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    10:01
  • 11:45 AM

    Dance of the Shepherd Girl

    Hugo Alfven

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    3:54
  • 11:30 AM

    Mandolin Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Christopher Parkening, guitar

    13:09
  • 11:18 AM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak, Khachaturian Violin Concertos

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Teddy Abrams, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    10:25
  • 11:15 AM

    Panamanian Dances: Mejorana y Socavon

    William Grant Still

    Berlin Symphony Orchestra

    Isaiah Jackson, conductor

    2:20
  • 11:09 AM

    Minuet

    Andre Gretry

    Gretry: Suites and Overtures

    Bretagne Orchestra

    Stefan Sanderling, conductor

    4:26
  • 11:04 AM

    Berceuse (Lullaby)

    Frederic Chopin

    Melody's Mostly Musical Day

    Jenny Lin, piano

    4:09
  • 10:51 AM

    Bourree Fantasque

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    French National Orchestra

    Armin Jordan, conductor

    7:02
  • 10:44 AM

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    6:42
  • 10:35 AM

    Cello Concerto No. 1: 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Transfigured Night

    Trondheim Soloists

    Alisa Weilerstein, cello

    8:40
  • 10:22 AM

    From Italy (Aus Italien): In Rome's Ruins

    Richard Strauss

    R. Strauss: Aus Italien, Don Juan

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    11:29
  • 10:17 AM

    Nursery Suite: Awake

    Edward Elgar

    Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    4:25
  • 10:12 AM

    Hark! Hark! The Lark

    Franz Schubert

    Jorge Bolet, piano

    3:22
  • 10:06 AM

    Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Sleepers Awake)

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Christmas Around the World

    Burning River Brass

    5:27
  • 10:01 AM

    String Quartet No. 1 "From the Salvation Army": 1st movement

    Charles Ives

    Emerson String Quartet

    4:48
  • 9:46 AM

    Norwegian Rhapsody No. 1

    Johan Halvorsen

    Halvorsen, J.: Norwegian Rhapsodies Nos. 1 and 2 / Svendsen, J.: Norwegian Rhapsodies Nos. 1-4

    Trondheim Symphony Orchestra

    Ole Kristian Ruud, conductor

    12:41
  • 9:33 AM

    Concerto for Two Oboes

    Tomaso Albinoni

    The Italian Job

    La Serenissima

    Adrian Chandler, conductor

    Gail Hennessy, oboe

    11:01
  • 9:18 AM

    Lady Radnor's Suite

    Hubert Parry

    Parry: Symphonic Variations

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Adrian Boult, conductor

    13:19
  • 9:06 AM

    Divertimento No. 8

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Divertimenti

    Berlin Philharmonic Winds

    11:21
  • 9:01 AM

    Prelude No. 1

    Ketil Bjornstad

    Rainbow Sessions

    Ketil Bjornstad, piano

    4:37
  • 8:50 AM

    Jazz Suite No. 1

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    8:11
  • 8:38 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Wallfisch Band

    Elizabeth Wallfisch, conductor

    Elizabeth Wallfisch, violin

    11:55
  • 8:14 AM

    Sinfonietta

    Leos Janacek

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    23:13
  • 8:07 AM

    Concerto No. 1 for Piano and Vibraphone "Infinite Games": Empty Set

    Arash Safaian

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Sebastian Knauer, piano

    Pascal Schumacher, vibraphone

    6:10
  • 8:01 AM

    The Bells of St. Genevieve

    Marin Marais

    Strings! The Definitive Collection

    Guildhall Strings

    4:47
  • 7:44 AM

    Papillons (Butterflies)

    Robert Schumann

    Murray Perahia, piano

    14:10
  • 7:38 AM

    Raphaella Smits, guitar

    5:33
  • 7:20 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 1

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Horn Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    16:14
  • 7:06 AM

    String Symphony No. 6

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Amadeus Ensemble

    Agnieszka Duczmal, conductor

    13:30
  • 7:01 AM

    The Arts and the Hours

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Vikingur Olafsson, piano

    4:45
  • 6:32 AM

    Serenade for Strings

    Josef Suk

    Dvorak, Suk: String Serenades

    Suk Chamber Orchestra

    Joseph Suk, conductor

    26:47
  • 6:23 AM

    A Fugal Concerto

    Gustav Holst

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    Kathryn Greenbank, oboe

    Julia Bogorad-Kogan, flute

    7:22
  • 6:06 AM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Johann Neruda

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Anthony Halstead, conductor

    Crispian Steele-Perkins, trumpet

    15:37
  • 6:01 AM

    October Reveries: Elm Trees in Moonlight

    Rick Sowash

    Seasonal Breezes: Five Chamber Works by Rick Sowash

    Josh Aerie, cello

    4:33
  • 5:26 AM

    Serenade

    Wilhelm Stenhammar

    Wilhelm Stenhammar: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2; Serenade; Excelsior!

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    32:37
  • 5:22 AM

    Prelude No. 2

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

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

    Anna-Stella Schic, piano

    3:41
  • 5:06 AM

    Lyric Quartet

    William Grant Still

    William Grant Still

    Oregon String Quartet

    13:43
  • 5:01 AM

    Four Etudes

    Fernando Sor

    Norbert Kraft, guitar

    4:36