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  • 4:53 AM

    Last Light

    Jane Antonia Cornish

    Sierra

    Vicky Chow, piano

    5:20
  • 4:28 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Karol Szymanowski

    Szymanowski: Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 35; Violin Concerto No. 2, Op. 61; Mythes pour violon et piano, Op. 30

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vasily Petrenko, conductor

    Baiba Skride, violin

    24:25
  • 4:15 AM

    Winged Creatures

    Michael Abels

    Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra

    Allen Tinkham, conductor

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    Demarre McGill, flute

    11:38
  • 4:06 AM

    Dream Children

    Edward Elgar

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    7:59
  • 4:01 AM

    Ian Jones, piano

    4:41
  • 3:44 AM

    The Plain (La Vega)

    Isaac Albeniz

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Elmer Bernstein, conductor

    Christopher Parkening, guitar

    14:12
  • 3:17 AM

    Cello Concerto

    Edouard Lalo

    Romance: Lalo, Tchaikovsky, Casals, etc.

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Antonio Pappano, conductor

    Han-Na Chang, cello

    25:17
  • 3:06 AM

    Dala Suite: Summer Night...the Dance Grows Quicker

    Helena Munktell

    Gavle Symphony Orchestra

    Tobias Ringborg, conductor

    9:26
  • 3:01 AM

    Sonata

    Domenico Scarlatti

    Labyrinth

    Khatia Buniatishvili, piano

    4:40
  • 2:52 AM

    On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

    Frederick Delius

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    6:39
  • 2:21 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 20

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Concert Recording

    Royal Northern Sinfonia

    Dinis Sousa, conductor

    Kristian Bezuidenhout, piano

    29:36
  • 2:11 AM

    Elegy

    Ina Boyle

    Cello Abbey

    Staatskapelle Weimar

    Paul Meyer, conductor

    Nadege Rochat, cello

    7:23
  • 2:06 AM

    Intermezzo No. 2 "Klavierstucke"

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Late Piano Works

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    4:37
  • 2:01 AM

    Prague Symphony Orchestra

    Vaclav Smetacek, conductor

    4:48
  • 1:52 AM

    Sivan Magen, harp

    6:48
  • 1:37 AM

    Excelsior! Symphonic Overture

    Wilhelm Stenhammar

    Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    14:19
  • 1:12 AM

    Symphony No. 9: Ode to Joy

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Concert Recording

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Ryan Wigglesworth, conductor

    Eleanor Davis, soprano

    23:04
  • 1:07 AM

    Etude No. 12 "Revolutionary"

    Frederic Chopin

    The Chopin Recital

    Andre Watts, piano

    2:20
  • 1:01 AM

    Romance

    Johann Peter Salomon

    Journey to Mozart

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hope, violin

    4:40
  • 12:47 AM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Edward Gardner, conductor

    11:25
  • 12:23 AM

    Suite for Strings

    Frank Bridge

    English Chamber Orchestra

    David Garforth, conductor

    21:13
  • 12:16 AM

    La Celosa and Un Recuerdo

    Ignacio Cervantes

    Guitar Music of Cuba

    Elias Barreiro, guitar

    5:49
  • 12:06 AM

    Cuban Overture

    George Gershwin

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    9:47
  • 12:01 AM

    Flute Sonata No. 3

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Aurele Nicolet, flute

    Bruno Canino, piano

    4:50
  • 11:38 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Franz Liszt

    Schoenberg, Liszt: Piano Concertos

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    20:34
  • 11:35 PM

    The Westerlies

    2:59
  • 11:16 PM

    Fountains of Rome

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Roman Festival, Pines of Rome, Fountains of Rome

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Daniele Gatti, conductor

    17:47
  • 11:10 PM

    Prelude No. 13 "Airs de fete"

    Joseph Jongen

    Jongen: 13 Preludes/24 Petits Preludes

    Ivan Ilic, piano

    5:06
  • 11:01 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1: 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn Violin Concertos, Mendelssohn Octet

    Sejong Soloists

    Gil Shaham, violin

    8:13
  • 10:48 PM

    Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1

    Georges Enescu

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    11:30
  • 10:31 PM

    Concertino for Piano

    Johann Hummel

    Hummel: Piano Concerto/Concertino/etc.

    London Mozart Players

    Howard Shelley, piano

    16:22
  • 10:16 PM

    Trio Sonata No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Palladian Ensemble

    12:33
  • 10:10 PM

    Sweet Memories of Thee

    Justin Holland

    Justin Holland: Guitar Works & Arrangements

    Christopher Mallett, guitar

    5:10
  • 10:00 PM

    Prague Waltzes

    Antonin Dvorak

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    8:58
  • 9:50 PM

    The Wreckers Overture

    Ethel Smyth

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    9:10
  • 9:45 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 5: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Complete Piano Sonatas

    Kristian Bezuidenhout, fortepiano

    4:14
  • 9:31 PM

    Petite Suite

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Petite Suite, etc

    Ulster Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    12:51
  • 9:24 PM

    An Elizabethan Summer

    Stephen Chatman

    This Shining Night

    Choral Arts Ensemble

    Michael Culloton, conductor

    5:32
  • 9:20 PM

    Liebesfreud (Love's Joy)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Kyung Wha Chung, violin

    Philip Moll, piano

    3:13
  • 9:09 PM

    Rosen aus dem Suden (Roses from the South) Waltz

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    10:01
  • 9:03 PM

    Piano Trio No. 10

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Complete Cycle of Trios (Vol. 2)

    Joseph Kalichstein, piano

    6:02
  • 8:48 PM

    Faust Overture

    Richard Wagner

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    11:33
  • 8:28 PM

    Six Mexican Dances

    Antonio Gomezanda

    Berlin Symphony Orchestra

    Jorge Velazco, conductor

    19:01
  • 8:24 PM

    Flor de Mayo

    Ljova

    Hemingway

    Shanir Blumenkranz, bass

    2:56
  • 8:08 PM

    Concerto for Trumpet and Two Oboes

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Telemann: Trumpet Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Hakan Hardenberger, trumpet

    13:46
  • 8:00 PM

    Alborada del Gracioso (Morning Song of the Jester)

    Maurice Ravel

    Suites

    French National Radio and Television Orchestra

    Leopold Stokowski, conductor

    7:23
  • 5:47 PM

    Breaking Waves

    Helena Munktell

    Helena Munktell: Orchestral Works

    Gavle Symphony Orchestra

    Tobias Ringborg, conductor

    11:14
  • 5:34 PM

    The Three-Cornered Hat: Suite

    Manuel de Falla

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    12:11
  • 5:25 PM

    Trio Sonata

    Antonio Vivaldi

    I Musici

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    7:48
  • 5:10 PM

    String Quartet No. 5

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Hagen Quartet

    13:49
  • 5:06 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 11

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: The Slavonic Dances

    Katia & Marielle Labeque, pianos

    2:59
  • 5:01 PM

    Three Country Dances

    John Playford

    Broadside Band

    Jeremy Barlow, conductor

    4:43
  • 4:48 PM

    Consecration of the House: Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor

    10:27
  • 4:24 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Jan Lisiecki, piano

    22:47
  • 4:16 PM

    Serenata in Vano

    Carl Nielsen

    Buried Treasure

    Chamber Music Palm Beach

    7:22
  • 4:06 PM

    Siegfried: Forest Murmurs

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Orchestral Music from The Ring

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    7:40
  • 4:01 PM

    Harp Consort No. 3

    William Lawes

    Lawes: Harp Consorts

    Les Voix Humaines

    Maxine Eilander, harp

    4:40
  • 3:45 PM

    Concert Piece

    Gustaf Heinze

    The Clarinet in Concert 2

    English Chamber Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    Thea King, clarinet

    13:41
  • 3:26 PM

    Variations on a Theme by Haydn "St. Antoni Chorale"

    Johannes Brahms

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    17:06
  • 3:20 PM

    Scherzo

    Grazyna Bacewicz

    The Future is Female, Vol. 3 "At Play"

    Sarah Cahill, piano

    4:10
  • 3:07 PM

    Froissart Overture

    Edward Elgar

    English Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    13:15
  • 3:01 PM

    Symphony: 1st movement

    Antonio Rosetti

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    4:33
  • 2:46 PM

    Carmen Suite No. 1

    Georges Bizet

    Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

    James DePreist, conductor

    12:00
  • 2:42 PM

    Seven Popular Spanish Songs: Jota

    Manuel de Falla

    Augustin Hadelich, violin

    Pablo Sainz Villegas, guitar

    3:03
  • 2:32 PM

    Dances in the Canebrakes

    Florence Price

    Project W: Works by Diverse Women Composers

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    9:29
  • 2:28 PM

    Insect Dances: Bumblebee Boogie

    Elena Ruehr

    Arneis Quartet

    2:50
  • 2:06 PM

    Symphony No. 95

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    20:25
  • 2:02 PM

    Lyric Quartet: The Jovial One

    William Grant Still

    Uncovered, Volume 3

    Catalyst Quartet

    3:17
  • 1:58 PM

    Concerto alla rustica (Rustic Concerto)

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Ombra Mai Fu; Pachelbel: Canon

    I Solisti Italiani

    3:47
  • 1:50 PM

    Rhapsody in Blue

    George Gershwin

    Portraits in Blue

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Robert Sadin, conductor

    Marcus Roberts, piano

    7:00
  • 1:45 PM

    Organ Concerto in F, "The Cuckoo and the Nightengale': 1st mvt

    George Frederick Handel

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Richard Egarr, organ

    3:33
  • 1:35 PM

    La Cenerentola (Cinderella): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    8:06
  • 1:31 PM

    Cinderella: A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes

    Jay Livingston

    Lang Lang, piano

    2:58
  • 1:22 PM

    Oboe Concerto No. 3

    George Frideric Handel

    Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

    Nicholas McGegan, conductor

    Bruce Haynes, oboe

    8:03
  • 1:18 PM

    Bagatelles: Allegretto scherzando (1)

    Antonin Dvorak

    Takacs Quartet

    Gabor Ormai, harmonium

    2:56
  • 1:08 PM

    Appalachian Spring: Variations on a Shaker Tune

    Aaron Copland

    The Green Album

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    5:38
  • 1:04 PM

    Piano Trio No. 2: Scherzo

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Complete Cycle of Trios (Vol. 2)

    Joseph Kalichstein, piano

    3:38
  • 12:49 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 4

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    Dennis Brain, horn

    16:03
  • 12:45 PM

    Canzon Noni Toni

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    Royal Academy of Music Brass

    3:37
  • 12:36 PM

    Symphony No. 7: Scherzo

    Emilie Mayer

    North German Radio Philharmonic

    Jan Willem de Vriend, conductor

    6:53
  • 12:30 PM

    Concerto Grosso: March

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Holst, Williams, Delius, Warlock

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    4:55
  • 12:19 PM

    Violin Concerto: 1st movement

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Encore Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hege, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    10:26
  • 12:14 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Grand Pas de Deux

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    11:48
  • 12:08 PM

    Serenade No. 10 "Gran Partita": Minuet II

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Serenade KV 361 "Gran Partita"

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    5:09
  • 12:04 PM

    Boris Godunov: Polonaise

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Dances from the Opera

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:28
  • 11:49 AM

    Concerto Koln

    9:53
  • 11:44 AM

    Snow Maiden: Dance of the Tumblers

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Orchestral Suites

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    3:37
  • 11:31 AM

    Trio Sonata No. 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Six Trio Sonatas, BWV 525-530

    King's Consort

    Robert King, conductor

    11:38
  • 11:19 AM

    Symphony No. 1: 1st movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: The Complete Symphonies

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    11:22
  • 11:16 AM

    Sonata No. 3

    Domenico Scarlatti

    Daria van den Bercken, piano

    2:00
  • 11:07 AM

    Symphony No. 1: 3rd movement

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Hans-Peter Frank, conductor

    6:45
  • 11:04 AM

    Auf Flugeln des Gesanges (On wings of song)

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto; Octet; Songs

    Daniel Hope, violin

    2:22
  • 10:58 AM

    Auf Flugeln des Gesanges (On wings of song)

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto; Octet; Songs

    Daniel Hope, violin

    2:22
  • 10:47 AM

    Children's Games (Jeux d'enfants)

    Georges Bizet

    Paris Conservatoire Orchestra

    Jean Martinon, conductor

    10:57
  • 10:31 AM

    Symphony breve

    Louis Theodore Gouvy

    German Radio Philharmonic

    Jacques Mercier, conductor

    14:00
  • 10:27 AM

    Overjoyed

    Stevie Wonder

    An American Rhapsody

    Calefax Reed Ensemble

    4:05
  • 10:11 AM

    Romantic Pieces

    Antonin Dvorak

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    14:18
  • 10:06 AM

    Cantata No. 208: Sheep May Safely Graze

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Susan Chan, piano

    4:41
  • 10:01 AM

    Sweet Smell of Jasmine

    Manos Hadjidakis

    Paper Moon: Songs by Manos Hadjidakis

    Elena Papandreou, guitar

    4:46
  • 9:40 AM

    Three Botticelli Pictures

    Ottorino Respighi

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    18:18
  • 9:22 AM

    Songs of the Roses

    Morten Lauridsen

    Los Angeles Master Chorale

    Paul Salamunovich, conductor

    Morten Lauridsen, piano

    16:19
  • 9:16 AM

    What Was Said

    Ashley Bathgate/Paul Fowler

    What Was Said

    Ashley Bathgate, cello

    5:22
  • 9:06 AM

    The Bullfighter's Prayer

    Joaquin Turina

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    8:14
  • 9:01 AM

    Suite from Esclarmonde: Hymenee

    Jules Massenet

    Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kenneth Jean, conductor

    4:34
  • 8:35 AM

    Mythic Gardens

    Howard Shore

    Howard Shore: Two Concerti

    21st Century Chamber Orchestra

    Ludwig Wicki, conductor

    Sophie Shao, cello

    23:36
  • 8:32 AM

    D'un jardin clair (A Sunny Garden)

    Lili Boulanger

    Emile Naoumoff, piano

    2:20
  • 8:06 AM

    String Trio

    Jean Cras

    Black Oak Ensemble

    24:03
  • 8:01 AM

    Mazurka No. 13

    Frederic Chopin

    Murray Perahia, piano

    4:33
  • 7:41 AM

    Laurel Zucker, flute

    Richard Savino, guitar

    16:55
  • 7:33 AM

    Bukoolika (Bucolic)

    Ester Magi

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Arvo Volmer, conductor

    8:08
  • 7:27 AM

    Zarabanda Solitaria

    Jon Lord

    Dance

    Smith Quartet

    4:28
  • 7:06 AM

    English Suite No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach: English Suites BWV 806-811

    Andras Schiff, piano

    19:58
  • 7:01 AM

    Three Late Love Songs: Tranquillo

    Kurt Schwertsik

    Christopher van Kampen, cello

    Nicola Meecham, piano

    4:32
  • 6:36 AM

    Gaspard de la Nuit

    Maurice Ravel

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    22:07
  • 6:28 AM

    Metamorphosis II

    Philip Glass

    Home

    Elizabeth Hainen, harp

    7:33
  • 6:06 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 2

    Ernest Bloch

    Ernest Bloch: Concerti Grossi 1 & 2

    Amadeus Chamber Orchestra

    Agnieszka Duczmal, conductor

    20:15
  • 6:01 AM

    Oskar Ekberg, piano

    4:39
  • 5:46 AM

    Shades of Darkness: Midnight Blue

    Stefania de Kenessey

    Andiamo Chamber Ensemble

    12:33
  • 5:18 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Paul Ben-Haim

    Ben-Haim: Symphony No. 1

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Lahav Shani, conductor

    27:42
  • 5:06 AM

    Reverie (Nocturne)

    Giulio Regondi

    Giulio Regondi: A 200th Birthday Bouquet

    David Starobin, guitar

    9:34
  • 5:01 AM

    Etudes: Adagio

    Knudage Riisager

    Aarhus Symphony Orchestra

    Andreas Delfs, conductor

    4:45