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  • 4:50 AM

    Julia Severus, piano

    7:59
  • 4:12 AM

    Symphony No. 4 "The Inextinguishable"

    Carl Nielsen

    Carl Nielsen: The Symphonies

    Danish National Symphony Orchestra

    Fabio Luisi, conductor

    36:30
  • 4:06 AM

    Cello Suite No. 4: Allemande

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Infinite Bach

    Maya Beiser, cello

    5:28
  • 4:01 AM

    Come As You Are: Strength of My Life

    Steven Banks

    As We Are

    Julian Velasco, tenor saxophone

    4:46
  • 3:55 AM

    Mysterious Habitats

    Dusan Bogdanovic

    Xavier Jara, guitar

    3:08
  • 3:25 AM

    Symphonic Poem No. 1 "Ce qu'on entend sur la montagne"

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: Symphonic Poems; 'Dante' Symphony

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    28:18
  • 3:10 AM

    String Quartet

    Amy Beach

    Amy Beach: Violin Sonata etc.

    Ambache Chamber Ensemble

    13:10
  • 3:06 AM

    The Lake at Evening

    Charles Tomlinson Griffes

    Griffes: Orchestral Music

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    3:33
  • 3:01 AM

    Morning on the Water

    Jacques Ibert

    La Harpe Consolatrice

    Kyunghee Kim-Sutre, harp

    4:34
  • 2:53 AM

    Ludovico Einaudi, piano

    Redi Hasa, cello

    Federico Mecozzi, violin and viola

    5:27
  • 2:15 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "A Pastoral Symphony"

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Pastoral Symphony

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    Yvonne Kenny, soprano

    35:59
  • 2:06 AM

    Y Deryn Pur (The Gentle Dove)

    Cecilia McDowall

    Eclogue

    Chamber Ensemble of London

    Peter Fisher, conductor

    Peter Cigleris, clarinet

    7:14
  • 2:01 AM

    Dr. Case's Pavan

    John Dowland

    Lute Music of Dowland

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    4:41
  • 1:49 AM

    These Worlds in Us

    Missy Mazzoli

    Mazzoli: Dark with Excessive Bright

    Arctic Philharmonic

    Tim Weiss, conductor

    8:34
  • 1:26 AM

    Septet

    Franz Berwald

    Beethoven & Berwald: Septets

    Wigmore Soloists

    21:38
  • 1:14 AM

    Moseltraume

    Lou Koster

    Koster: Orchestral Music

    Estro Armonico Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra

    Jonathan Kaell, conductor

    10:42
  • 1:06 AM

    Souvenir de Vienne

    Clara Schumann

    The Young Clara: Early Piano Works

    Angela Tirino, piano

    7:34
  • 1:01 AM

    Bella Bocca Polka

    Emil Waldteufel

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    4:46
  • 12:53 AM

    Symphony: Scherzo

    Georges Bizet

    Franck, Bizet: Overtures

    Paris Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    5:47
  • 12:03 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Piano Concertos

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Andris Nelsons, conductor

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    50:14
  • 10:56 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "Choral"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphony No. 9

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    Helena Juntunen, soprano

    65:15
  • 10:21 PM

    Symphony No. 5

    Jean Sibelius

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Klaus Makela, conductor

    33:51
  • 9:00 PM

    Symphony No. 8 "Symphony of a Thousand"

    Gustav Mahler

    Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 8 "Symphony of a Thousand"

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    Margaret Jane Wray, soprano

    79:34
  • 8:11 PM

    Symphony No. 5

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 9

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    45:45
  • 7:27 PM

    Symphony No. 7 "Sinfonia Antartica"

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Sinfonia Antartica

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    Catherine Bott, soprano

    41:24
  • 6:42 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "The Lord of the Rings"

    Johan de Meij

    MEIJ, J. de: Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 3

    Peabody Conservatory Wind Ensemble

    Harlan D. Parker, conductor

    42:04
  • 5:43 PM

    Manfred Symphony

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    55:14
  • 4:06 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection"

    Gustav Mahler

    Mahler Symphony No 2 | Bernstein

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    Barbara Hendricks, soprano

    93:19
  • 3:01 PM

    Symphony No. 2

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3; Isle of the Dead

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    61:41
  • 2:55 PM

    Prelude No. 6

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    A Rachmaninov Collection

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    3:09
  • 2:07 PM

    Symphony No. 2

    Jean Sibelius

    Lakes Area Music Festival Orchestra

    Christian Reif, conductor

    47:00
  • 2:02 PM

    Romance Without Words

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: The Complete Music for Piano

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    1:49
  • 1:33 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "Romantic"

    Howard Hanson

    Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra

    Howard Hanson, conductor

    27:54
  • 1:23 PM

    Oft in the Stilly Night; Flow Gently, Sweet Afton

    Traditional

    Mark Twain's America

    Jacqueline Schwab, piano

    5:00
  • 1:18 PM

    Ashokan Farewell

    Jay Ungar

    The Civil War

    Jay Ungar, fiddle

    et al

    4:00
  • 1:08 PM

    Symphony No. 103 "Drum Roll": 4th movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies No. 100 Military and No. 103 Drimroll

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    5:09
  • 1:04 PM

    Salut d'amour (Love's Greeting)

    Edward Elgar

    Violin Romances

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Gil Shaham, violin

    2:56
  • 12:56 PM

    Hary Janos Suite: Entrance of the Emperor and His Court

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Kodaly: Hary Janos Suite

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    2:46
  • 12:50 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Spring": 3rd movement

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Symphonies 1 & 2

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    5:53
  • 12:47 PM

    Carmen: Prelude

    Georges Bizet

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    2:16
  • 12:32 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Classical"

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Abbado conducts Prokofiev Peter & Wolf & Classical Symphony

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    13:15
  • 12:20 PM

    Violin Concerto: 1st movement

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Encore Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hege, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    10:26
  • 12:14 PM

    Wind Quintet: 2nd movement

    August Klughardt

    The German Connection

    Hexagon Ensemble

    4:17
  • 12:07 PM

    Rondo

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Sonatas, Fantasias

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    6:26
  • 12:04 PM

    Acis and Galatea: Happy We!

    George Frederick Handel

    Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    2:00
  • 11:55 AM

    Humoresque No. 7

    Antonin Dvorak

    Philharmonix

    2:36
  • 11:46 AM

    Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Greatest Hits

    New York Philharmonic

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    8:57
  • 11:42 AM

    Lyric Pieces: Smatrold (Puck)

    Edvard Grieg

    Stephen Hough, piano

    1:52
  • 11:32 AM

    L'Etoile du Nord: Dance Suite

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Meyerbeer: Ballet Music From The Operas / Nesterowicz

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Michal Nesterowicz, conductor

    9:07
  • 11:26 AM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Giuseppe Torelli

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    5:45
  • 11:17 AM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique": 2nd movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Manfred Honeck, conductor

    7:53
  • 11:08 AM

    Cinema Paradiso

    Ennio Morricone

    Always And Forever - Movies' Greatest Love Songs

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    John Mauceri, conductor

    Gil Shaham, violin

    7:46
  • 11:04 AM

    Our Town: The Story of Our Town

    Aaron Copland

    James Tocco, piano

    2:27
  • 10:41 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sonnerie

    Monica Huggett, conductor

    17:32
  • 10:22 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "Mysterious Mountain"

    Alan Hovhaness

    Hovhaness: Mysterious Mountain; And God Created Great Whales

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    17:00
  • 10:20 AM

    Pictures from Bashu (Six Sichuan Folk Songs): Lyrical Tune

    Hu-Wei Huang

    Chinasong | Shanghai Quartet

    Shanghai Quartet

    Eugenia Zukerman, flute

    1:47
  • 10:13 AM

    The Banks of Green Willow

    George Butterworth

    Vaughan Williams/Butterworth

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    6:12
  • 10:06 AM

    Intermezzo No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    For Glenn Gould

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    5:40
  • 10:01 AM

    Romance No. 1

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Czech State Symphony Orchestra, Kosice

    Alfred Walter, conductor

    4:39
  • 9:48 AM

    Ensemble Variations

    10:28
  • 9:20 AM

    The Blue Pearl

    Erkki Melartin

    Melartin: Orchestral Works

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Hannu Lintu, conductor

    26:15
  • 9:14 AM

    Nocturne

    Cecile Chaminade

    Apres un reve

    Emmanuel Despax, piano

    4:24
  • 9:06 AM

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

    Maurice Ravel

    Adagio

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    7:07
  • 9:01 AM

    Notre Dame: Intermezzo

    Franz Schmidt

    Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    4:43
  • 8:56 AM

    Meditation

    Florence Price

    Meditations: Florence Price Piano Discoveries

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:17
  • 8:45 AM

    Friede auf Erden (Peace on Earth)

    Arnold Schoenberg

    Evocation of the Spirit

    Robert Shaw Festival Singers

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    10:31
  • 8:06 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    37:17
  • 8:01 AM

    Sonata No. 8

    Henry Purcell

    Purcell Quartet

    4:51
  • 7:51 AM

    Ambarvalia

    Ruth Gipps

    Bright & Gipps: Piano Concertos

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Peebles, conductor

    7:48
  • 7:36 AM

    From Grandmother's Garden

    Amy Beach

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

    Joanne Polk, piano

    14:02
  • 7:16 AM

    Six Epigraphes Antiques

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Orchestral Works 5

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    17:47
  • 7:06 AM

    Flute Sonata

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Three Sonatas for Flute and Harp; Partita; Suite

    Irena Grafenauer, flute

    9:58
  • 7:01 AM

    Nocturne

    Auguste Franchomme

    The Franchomme Project

    Louise Dubin, cello

    4:32
  • 6:42 AM

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    16:09
  • 6:16 AM

    String Quartet No. 16

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: String Quartet Op 132

    Cleveland Quartet

    23:59
  • 6:06 AM

    Summer Music

    Arnold Bax

    Bax: 4 Tone Poems

    Ulster Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    9:48
  • 6:01 AM

    The Jane Pickering Lute Book

    Anonymous

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    4:36
  • 5:44 AM

    Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky

    Anton Arensky

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    14:07
  • 5:40 AM

    On Hearing Nightbirds at Dusk

    Aaron Jay Kernis

    Five Minutes for Earth

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    4:02
  • 5:07 AM

    Piano Sonata

    Franz Schubert

    Paul Lewis, piano

    31:58
  • 5:01 AM

    Two Romances

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33, etc.

    Moscow Chamber Orchestra

    Constantine Orbelian, conductor

    Alexander Kniazev, cello

    4:44