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  • 4:56 AM

    saman

    Olafur Arnalds

    Sunrise Session II

    Olafur Arnalds, piano

    2:33
  • 4:30 AM

    On the Transmigration of Souls

    John Adams

    New York Philharmonic

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    25:02
  • 4:22 AM

    Perforations

    Alex Burtzos

    Anne H. Goldberg-Baldwin, piano

    6:08
  • 4:18 AM

    A Paper, A Pen, A Note to a Friend

    Shara Nova

    Beautiful Mechanical

    yMusic

    2:08
  • 4:07 AM

    Shorthand

    Anna Clyne

    The Kreutzer Project

    The Knights

    11:05
  • 4:01 AM

    Images from the Floating World: Ritmico; Energetico

    Britta Bystrom

    Anne Soe, violin

    Idinna Lutzhoft, violin

    Mina Fred, viola

    Maria Isabel Edlund, cello

    4:36
  • 3:47 AM

    Four on the Floor

    Judd Greenstein

    Jasper String Quartet

    10:40
  • 3:42 AM

    Tous des oiseaux: The Dark Secret

    Eleni Karaindrou

    String Orchestra

    Argyro Seira, conductor

    3:55
  • 3:33 AM

    Birds of Paradise

    Andrea Tarrodi

    Concert Recording

    German Chamber Philharmonic Bremen

    Pekka Kuusisto, conductor

    8:11
  • 3:23 AM

    St. Christopher Chamber Orchestra

    Modestas Barkauskas, conductor

    8:42
  • 3:07 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "Ad Astra": Revelation

    Jimmy Lopez Bellido

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Andres Orozco-Estrada, conductor

    14:23
  • 3:01 AM

    Aliens with Extraordinary Abilities: Take Anything You Want

    David Skidmore

    Third Coast Percussion

    4:39
  • 2:47 AM

    Aurora Awakes

    John Mackey

    North Texas Wind Symphony | Mackey

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    10:53
  • 2:14 AM

    String Quartet No. 10

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Piano Quintet, Op. 81/ String Quartet No. 10, Op. 51

    Takacs Quartet

    32:04
  • 2:09 AM

    Solitude in the Fields (Feldeinsamkeit)

    Johannes Brahms

    Zuill Bailey, cello

    Awadagin Pratt, piano

    2:51
  • 2:06 AM

    Solitude on the Mountain

    Ole Bull

    Orchestra of the Mill

    Andrew Penny, conductor

    2:33
  • 2:01 AM

    Lullaby (Berceuse)

    Arnold Bax

    Bax: Viola and Piano Music

    Charles Matthews, piano

    4:34
  • 1:53 AM

    Aguas Claras (Clear Waters)

    Edmundo Villani-Cortes

    Images of Brazil

    Francesca Anderegg, violin

    5:38
  • 1:16 AM

    Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    35:05
  • 1:06 AM

    Prelude and Quadruple Fugue

    Alan Hovhaness

    I Fiamminghi

    Rudolf Werthen, conductor

    7:42
  • 1:01 AM

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:37
  • 12:49 AM

    A Night at Karlstein

    Zdenek Fibich

    Fibich: Spring, Op. 13, The Romance of Spring, Op. 25 and others

    Prague Symphony Orchestra

    Frantisek Vajnar, conductor

    9:54
  • 12:46 AM

    Scherzoso Intermezzo

    Theresa Carreno

    Clara Rodriguez Plays the Music of Teresa Carreno

    Clara Rodriguez, piano

    1:54
  • 12:20 AM

    Scherzoso Intermezzo

    Theresa Carreno

    Clara Rodriguez Plays the Music of Teresa Carreno

    Clara Rodriguez, piano

    1:54
  • 12:06 AM

    Il Cimento: Violin Concerto No. 11

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Il Cimento Dell'Armonia e Dell'Inventione

    Raglan Baroque Players

    Nicholas Kraemer, conductor

    Monica Huggett, violin

    11:35
  • 12:01 AM

    Madrigal-Pavana

    Francisco Braga

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Neil Thomson, conductor

    4:34
  • 11:53 PM

    Raymonda: Grand Adagio

    Alexander Glazunov

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor

    5:14
  • 11:36 PM

    Choral Fantasy

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Haydn: Symphonies No. 94 "Surprise" and No. 101 "Clock"

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra & Chorus

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    19:01
  • 11:17 PM

    Clarinet Concerto

    Richard H. Walthew

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Martyn Brabbins, conductor

    Robert Plane, clarinet

    16:38
  • 11:12 PM

    Prelude No. 2

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    A Rachmaninov Collection

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    3:49
  • 11:02 PM

    Symphony No. 2

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Early Symphonies Nos. 1-12

    Cantilena

    Adrian Shepherd, conductor

    9:47
  • 10:44 PM

    Cockaigne Overture (In London Town)

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Enigma Variations, Cockaigne Overture

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    15:51
  • 10:39 PM

    Six Polish Songs: Meine Freuden (My Darling)

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin, Liszt

    Mariam Batsashvili, piano

    3:59
  • 10:23 PM

    Harvest Dance Suite

    Ilmari Hannikainen

    The Music of Ilmari and Vaino Hannikainen

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Petri Sakari, conductor

    14:35
  • 10:18 PM

    Nocturne No. 3

    Stephan Elmas

    Elmas: Complete Piano Works, Vol. 1

    Mikael Ayrapetyan, piano

    4:18
  • 10:11 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 1

    Alessandro Scarlatti

    I Musici

    William Bennett, flute

    Lenore Smith, flute

    6:23
  • 10:08 PM

    The Red Violin: Anna's Theme

    John Corigliano

    The Red Violin Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    2:50
  • 9:49 PM

    Serenade and Allegro giocoso

    Felix Mendelssohn

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    Stephen Hough, piano

    12:35
  • 9:35 PM

    Symphony No. 3

    Francois-Joseph Gossec

    Gossec: Symphonies, op. 4

    Neuss Chamber Ensemble

    Simon Gaudenz, conductor

    12:11
  • 9:30 PM

    Spider-Man: Main Theme

    Danny Elfman

    Superheroes!

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    John Morris Russell, conductor

    3:31
  • 9:29 PM

    Behold my web, how frail

    Carl Nielsen

    Ars Nova Copenhagen

    Michael Bojesen, conductor

    1:22
  • 9:26 PM

    Etude No. 5 "Black Keys"

    Frederic Chopin

    Yundi Li: Chopin

    Yundi Li, piano

    1:40
  • 9:08 PM

    Symphony

    Luigi Boccherini

    Boccherini: The Six Symphonies, Op. 35

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Marc Destrube, conductor

    17:06
  • 9:05 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 19

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 2, Hungarian Dances

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    2:35
  • 8:57 PM

    Mi Vina de Chapanay

    Carlos Guastavino

    David Portillo, tenor

    Warren Jones, piano

    2:58
  • 8:47 PM

    Le son du Cor

    Claude Debussy

    Francois Le Roux, baritone

    Olivier Godin, piano

    3:19
  • 8:44 PM

    Lift Me to Heaven

    Libby Larsen

    Tamara Wilson, soprano

    Warren Jones, piano

    2:08
  • 8:32 PM

    Eclogue

    Gerald Finzi

    Ferguson: Amore Langueo; Piano Concerto/Finzi: Eclogue

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Howard Shelley, piano

    9:42
  • 8:10 PM

    Bull on the Roof (Le boeuf sur le toit)

    Darius Milhaud

    French National Orchestra

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    19:33
  • 8:06 PM

    String Trio: Scherzo

    Jean Francaix

    Avant l'orage: French String Trios 1926–1939

    Black Oak Ensemble

    3:15
  • 8:00 PM

    Mosaics: Scenes from Summer

    Aminollah Hossein

    Tara Kamangar, piano

    4:40
  • 5:56 PM

    The Rains of Castamere

    Ramin Djawadi

    Enchanted Isle

    Voces8

    3:04
  • 5:48 PM

    If I Were King: Overture

    Adolphe Adam

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Lance Friedel, conductor

    7:15
  • 5:15 PM

    String Quintet No. 2

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    30:54
  • 5:06 PM

    Symphony No. 6: Scherzo

    Emilie Mayer

    Emilie Mayer: Music From The Shadows - Symphonies Nos. 6 & 3

    Bremerhaven Symphony Orchestra

    Marc Niemann, conductor

    7:16
  • 5:01 PM

    Irish Tune from County Derry

    Percy Grainger

    Lincolnshire Posy

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    4:47
  • 4:35 PM

    Hary Janos Suite

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Hary Janos Suite; Dances Of Galanta; Peacock Variations

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    24:09
  • 4:23 PM

    Orchestra-Symphony No. 3

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    English Concert

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    10:15
  • 4:21 PM

    L'Eventail de Jeanne (Jeanne's Fan): Pastorale

    Francis Poulenc

    French Ballet Music of the 1920s

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    1:58
  • 4:17 PM

    Will-o'-the-Wisps

    Alphonse Hasselmans

    Masterworks for the Harp

    Marisa Robles, harp

    2:23
  • 4:07 PM

    Scheherazade: The Young Prince and the Young Princess

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Mad About Love

    Orchestre de la Bastille

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    9:42
  • 4:01 PM

    Solo Violin Sonata No. 4: Allemande

    Eugene Ysaye

    Ysaye: Six Sonatas for Violin Solo

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    4:37
  • 3:45 PM

    Four Characteristic Waltzes

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Rochelle Sennet, piano

    13:30
  • 3:21 PM

    English Baroque Soloists

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    23:16
  • 3:16 PM

    La captive

    Amy Beach

    Elena Urioste, violin

    Tom Poster, piano

    3:27
  • 3:06 PM

    Oboe Concerto No. 1

    George Frideric Handel

    The Handel Collection

    City of London Sinfonia

    John Rutter, conductor

    Nicholas Daniel, oboe

    8:14
  • 3:01 PM

    Nocturne No. 4

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Nocturnes

    Ivan Moravec, piano

    4:30
  • 2:51 PM

    Images for Orchestra: Rondes de printemps (Spring Rounds)

    Claude Debussy

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    6:59
  • 2:47 PM

    String Quartet No. 4: 3rd movement

    Dmitri Klebanov

    ARC Ensemble

    3:25
  • 2:22 PM

    Sinfonietta

    Leos Janacek

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    23:13
  • 2:09 PM

    Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    11:45
  • 2:05 PM

    Intimate Impressions: Secreto

    Federico Mompou

    Mompou: Impresiones Intimas

    Anita Pontremoli, piano

    3:11
  • 2:00 PM

    The Secret of Susanna: Overture

    Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Lance Friedel, conductor

    3:06
  • 1:45 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": Largo

    Antonin Dvorak

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    11:46
  • 1:36 PM

    Sinfonia

    Johan Roman

    J.H. Roman: Sinfonias & Violin Concertos

    Orpheus Chamber Ensemble

    8:06
  • 1:32 PM

    Lieutenant Kije: Troika

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Hovhaness, Prokofiev, Stravinsky

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    2:38
  • 1:21 PM

    Concerto for Oboe and Bassoon

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi x2

    La Serenissima

    Adrian Chandler, conductor

    Rachel Chaplin, oboe

    10:30
  • 1:17 PM

    Piano Quintet: Capriccio

    John Harbison

    Through Brahms

    Lucille Chung, piano

    2:49
  • 1:07 PM

    Tancredi: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Prague Sinfonia Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    6:06
  • 1:04 PM

    Cello Suite No. 1: Prelude

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Janos Starker, cello

    2:41
  • 12:51 PM

    String Quartet No. 5: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Dover Quartet

    6:19
  • 12:45 PM

    Suite for Flute, Violin and Piano

    Mel Bonis

    Tour de France

    Trio Arkaede

    10:02
  • 12:31 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 18

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Norwegian Chamber Orchestra

    Leif Ove Andsnes, conductor

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    29:21
  • 12:25 PM

    Aranjuez Concerto: 3rd movement

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Spanish Night

    Internationale Philharmonic

    Horst Backer, conductor

    Dale Kavanagh, guitar

    5:12
  • 12:21 PM

    Songs My Mother Taught Me

    Antonin Dvorak

    Romance Of The Violin

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Michael Stern, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    2:40
  • 12:08 PM

    Empire Brass

    William Kuhlman, organ

    6:55
  • 12:04 PM

    Morning Song

    Edward Elgar

    And the Bridge is Love: English Music for Strings

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Julian Lloyd Webber, conductor

    Julian Lloyd Webber, cello

    3:09
  • 11:54 AM

    Song without Words

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    4:12
  • 11:48 AM

    String Quartet No. 61 "Fifths"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Emerson String Quartet

    22:46
  • 11:45 AM

    Waltz No. 6 "Minute"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Waltzes; Ravel: Valses Nobles

    Stephen Kovacevich, piano

    1:36
  • 11:35 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 2

    Arcangelo Corelli

    I Solisti Italiani

    9:04
  • 11:30 AM

    Pelleas and Melisande: Sicilienne

    Gabriel Faure

    Mad About Love

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    3:59
  • 11:20 AM

    A Night Piece

    Arthur Foote

    Arcata String Quartet

    Don Bailey, flute

    Grace Paradise, harp

    7:52
  • 11:17 AM

    Gretchen Van Hoesen, harp

    Heidi van Hoesen Gorton, harp

    2:42
  • 11:06 AM

    Orpheus in the Underworld: Overture

    Jacques Offenbach

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    9:36
  • 11:04 AM

    The Married Beau: Hornpipe on a Ground

    Henry Purcell

    Boston Baroque

    Martin Pearlman, conductor

    1:21
  • 10:50 AM

    School for Scandal Overture

    Samuel Barber

    Music of Samuel Barber

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    8:21
  • 10:48 AM

    Song without Words No. 3 "Hunting Song"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Bach-Busoni, Mendelssohn, Schubert, Liszt: Music without Words

    Murray Perahia, piano

    2:02
  • 10:28 AM

    Overture, Scherzo and Finale

    Robert Schumann

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    17:50
  • 10:26 AM

    Canadian Brass

    1:56
  • 10:21 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3: Bourree and Gigue

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Orchestral Suites

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Richard Egarr, conductor

    4:35
  • 10:17 AM

    Songs of a Season Past: Allegro

    Bernard Andres

    Works for Bassoon

    Judith LeClair, bassoon

    2:45
  • 10:07 AM

    Intermezzo: Travel Fever and Waltz Scene

    Richard Strauss

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Andre Previn, conductor

    9:49
  • 10:01 AM

    El cant dels ocells (Song of the Birds)

    Pablo Casals

    Romance: Lalo, Tchaikovsky, Casals, etc.

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Antonio Pappano, conductor

    Han-Na Chang, cello

    4:37
  • 9:42 AM

    Romeo and Juliet: Love Scene

    Hector Berlioz

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    16:41
  • 9:23 AM

    Clarinet Sonata No. 1

    Francois Devienne

    Saint-Saens, Poulenc, Devienne, Milhaud

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    16:45
  • 9:19 AM

    Blackbird

    John Lennon/Paul McCartney

    Blackbird: The Beatles Album

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    2:31
  • 9:06 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 12

    George Frideric Handel

    I Musici

    12:17
  • 9:01 AM

    Le Tombeau de Couperin: Menuet

    Maurice Ravel

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    4:37
  • 8:32 AM

    Symphony No. 63 "Loon Lake"

    Alan Hovhaness

    Hovhaness: Guitar Concerto No. 2

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Stewart Robertson, conductor

    26:15
  • 8:29 AM

    Andrew Lawrence-King, harp

    2:25
  • 8:18 AM

    Sonata-Fantaisie No. 1 "Desesperanca"

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Brave New Worlds

    Francesca Anderegg, violin

    9:19
  • 8:06 AM

    Oboe Concertino

    Arrigo Pedrollo

    Oboe Italiano

    Stuttgart Arcata Chamber Orchestra

    Patrick Strub, conductor

    Lajos Lencses, oboe

    11:15
  • 8:01 AM

    Ave Maria mater dei

    Robert Hunt

    Blue Heron

    Scott Metcalfe, conductor

    4:34
  • 7:52 AM

    Rakastava (The Lover)

    Jean Sibelius

    Baltic Runes

    Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

    Paul Hillier, conductor

    6:23
  • 7:32 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Karol Szymanowski

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vasily Petrenko, conductor

    Baiba Skride, violin

    19:44
  • 7:10 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 28

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Sonatas Opp. 101 & 106 "Hammerklavier"

    Maurizio Pollini, piano

    20:13
  • 7:06 AM

    Nocturne

    Lili Boulanger

    Nocturne

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Measham, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    3:11
  • 7:01 AM

    Anthony Glise, guitar

    4:33
  • 6:53 AM

    Sleep: Space 11

    Max Richter

    American Contemporary Music Ensemble

    Max Richter, electronics

    5:10
  • 6:45 AM

    Calliope Dreaming

    Elena Kats-Chernin

    Play It Again

    Trio Arbos

    7:27
  • 6:06 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Sinfonia Espansiva"

    Carl Nielsen

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    Knut Skram, baritone

    Pia Raanoja, soprano

    37:33
  • 6:01 AM

    Waltz No. 9 "L'adieu"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin

    Claudio Arrau, piano

    4:42
  • 5:24 AM

    Nonet

    Louis Spohr

    Spohr, Martinu: Nonets / Ensemble Wien-Berlin

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    34:27
  • 5:22 AM

    Woman's Prayer

    Georges Ivanovitch Gurdjieff

    Chants, Hymns and Dances

    Anja Lechner, cello

    1:52
  • 5:07 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 4

    Jean-Marie Leclair

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Simon Standage, violin

    13:37
  • 5:01 AM

    Celeste

    Brian Eno/Roger Eno

    Study of the Invisible

    Vanessa Wagner, piano

    4:39