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  • 4:21 AM

    String Quartet No. 3

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms By Heart

    Chiara String Quartet

    37:12
  • 4:17 AM

    Goran Sollscher, guitar

    2:31
  • 4:06 AM

    Musica serena

    Peteris Vasks

    Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra

    Juha Kangas, conductor

    10:01
  • 4:01 AM

    Three Poems by Fricis Barda: Prayer

    Maija Einfelde

    SWR Vocal Ensemble Stuttgart

    Marcus Creed, conductor

    4:36
  • 3:43 AM

    American Canvas

    Jennifer Higdon

    Dolce Suono Trio

    14:56
  • 3:19 AM

    Symphony No. 6

    William Banfield

    Childs, B: The Distant Land, etc.

    Akron Symphony Orchestra

    Alan Balter, conductor

    22:51
  • 3:14 AM

    Five Turkish Piano Pieces: Poem

    Necil Kazim Akses

    Beyza Yazgan, piano

    2:45
  • 3:06 AM

    Mediodia en el Llano (Noon on the Plain)

    Antonio Estevez

    Fiesta

    Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    7:52
  • 3:01 AM

    Dreams of Love No. 3 (Liebestraum)

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: My Piano Hero

    Lang Lang, piano

    4:51
  • 2:51 AM

    Brother Malcolm...

    Jean "Rudy" Perrault

    Diana Golden, cello

    Shawn Chang, piano

    7:45
  • 2:10 AM

    Symphony No. 5

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    38:47
  • 2:06 AM

    Evening Music

    Robert Palmer

    Robert Palmer: Piano Music

    Adam Tendler, piano

    2:06
  • 2:01 AM

    Novelette (Interlude in Olden Style)

    Alexander Glazunov

    Utrecht String Quartet

    4:44
  • 1:43 AM

    Afro-Cuban Concerto

    Valerie Coleman

    Imani Winds: The Classical Underground

    Imani Winds

    15:32
  • 1:24 AM

    Concerto for Orchestra

    Viktor Ullmann

    Ullmann, V.: Symphony No. 2 / 6 Lieder, Op. 17 / Concerto for Orchestra / Don Quixote Tanzt Fandango

    Gurzenich Orchestra

    James Conlon, conductor

    17:03
  • 1:18 AM

    Nocturne in Skyrockets

    George Antheil

    George Antheil: Symphony No. 1, etc.

    BBC Philharmonic

    John Storgards, conductor

    5:30
  • 1:06 AM

    There is a Willow Grows Aslant a Brook

    Frank Bridge

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    10:16
  • 1:01 AM

    They Can't Take That Away from Me

    George Gershwin

    Katie Mahan, piano

    4:37
  • 12:50 AM

    Capriol Suite

    Peter Warlock

    Dances From Renaissance To Nutcracker

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    8:15
  • 12:25 AM

    Symphony No. 43 "Mercury"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Cantilena

    Adrian Shepherd, conductor

    23:55
  • 12:20 AM

    The Planets: Mercury

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: The Planets

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Colin Davis, conductor

    4:14
  • 12:12 AM

    The Running Set

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Piano Concerto / The Wasps / English Folk Song Suite / The Running Set

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    6:15
  • 12:06 AM

    Waltz No. 2 "Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    Ingrid Fliter, piano

    5:24
  • 12:01 AM

    Flute Quintet: Finale

    Franz Schubert

    Martinu Quartet

    Robert Stallman, flute

    Karel Untermuller, viola

    4:53
  • 10:37 PM

    Alexander Nevsky

    Prokofiev

    London Symphony Orchestra/chorus

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Elena Obraztsova, mezzo-soprano

    26:00
  • 10:36 PM

    Symphony No. 1

    Kaljo Raid

    MUSIC FROM ESTONIA - Tobias, Lemba, Eller, Raid, Tormis, Part

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    37:31
  • 10:28 PM

    Spiegel im Spiegel (Mirror in the Mirror)

    Arvo Part

    Smile

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    7:00
  • 10:18 PM

    Hymn to the Creator of Light

    John Rutter

    Lux Aurumque

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    7:29
  • 10:04 PM

    Rhapsody in Blue

    George Gershwin

    Columbia Jazz Band

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    George Gershwin, piano

    13:43
  • 9:59 PM

    Cum audisset Joannes

    Alonso Lobo

    Boston Camerata

    2:04
  • 9:41 PM

    Violin Partita No. 2: Chaconne

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Partitas Nos. 2 and 3; Sonata No. 3

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    17:47
  • 9:23 PM

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    8:06
  • 9:17 PM

    String Circle: Lowdown

    Kenji Bunch

    Heavy

    Ethel

    Kenji Bunch, viola

    4:32
  • 9:09 PM

    The Bells: Silver Bells

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Adams: Harmonium; Rachmaninoff: The Bells

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    Renee Fleming, soprano

    6:30
  • 9:01 PM

    Peer Gynt: In The Hall Of The Mountain King

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites 1 & 2, etc.

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    2:41
  • 8:52 PM

    Symphony No. 31 "Paris": 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 31, 33 & 34

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    7:10
  • 8:47 PM

    On the Waterfront: Love Theme

    Leonard Bernstein

    Bernstein: Reaching For The Note

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    3:23
  • 8:41 PM

    The Princess Bride: Main Titles

    Mark Knopfler

    The Great Fantasy Adventure Album

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    Timothy Berens, guitar

    3:25
  • 8:31 PM

    Grand Canyon Suite: Cloudburst

    Ferde Grofe

    Utah Symphony Orchestra

    Maurice Abravanel, conductor

    8:53
  • 8:14 PM

    Symphony No. 4

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    14:28
  • 8:00 PM

    Tales from the Vienna Woods

    Johann StraussJr.

    Ein Straussfest

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    King Keyes, zither

    11:02
  • 5:47 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 3 "Il gardellino" ("The Goldfinch")

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Tokyo Bach-Mozart Ensemble

    Masahiro Arita, baroque flute

    10:59
  • 5:17 PM

    Symphony No. 1

    Max Bruch

    Bruch: The 3 Symphonies, Swedish Dances

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    28:25
  • 5:06 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    George Frideric Handel

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Maurice Andre, trumpet

    9:28
  • 5:01 PM

    Butterfly's Day Out

    Mark O'Connor

    Mark O'Connor, mandolin

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Edgar Meyer, double bass

    4:42
  • 4:51 PM

    Solemn March for Shakespeare Celebration

    Bedrich Smetana

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vaclav Neumann, conductor

    6:58
  • 4:16 PM

    Symphony No. 4 "Tragic"

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    34:12
  • 4:06 PM

    Prince and the Mermaid Suite

    William Grant Still

    Oregon String Quartet

    7:24
  • 4:01 PM

    Scarborough Fair

    Traditional English

    Claire Jones: Royal Harp Strings

    London Mozart Players

    Stuart Morley, conductor

    Claire Jones, harp

    4:49
  • 3:40 PM

    Oboe d'Amore Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    New Bach Collegium Musicum Leipzig

    Max Pommer, conductor

    Burkhard Glaetzner, oboe d'amore

    18:37
  • 3:28 PM

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Harding, conductor

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    10:13
  • 3:20 PM

    L'Heure du berger (The Shepherd's Hour)

    Jean Francaix

    Gaudier Ensemble

    7:22
  • 3:16 PM

    Prince Igor: Dance of the Polovtsian Maidens

    Alexander Borodin

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    2:33
  • 3:06 PM

    Piano Sonatina

    Ahmet Adnan Saygun

    Beyza Yazgan, piano

    9:14
  • 3:01 PM

    Two Poetic Waltzes

    Enrique Granados

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    4:39
  • 2:46 PM

    Violin Concerto in the Style of Vivaldi

    Fritz Kreisler

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Gil Shaham, violin

    11:12
  • 2:32 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    13:21
  • 2:30 PM

    En Route

    Selim Palmgren

    My Favorite Things: Virtuoso Encores

    Stephen Hough, piano

    1:08
  • 2:12 PM

    Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

    Benjamin Britten

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    17:01
  • 2:01 PM

    Organ Concerto No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Richard Egarr, conductor

    Richard Egarr, organ

    9:41
  • 1:58 PM

    Now the day is full of song

    Carl Nielsen

    Carl Nielsen: Songs For Choir

    Ars Nova Copenhagen

    Michael Bojesen, conductor

    2:16
  • 1:46 PM

    Four Seasons: Winter

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Trondheim Soloists

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    10:10
  • 1:40 PM

    The Valkyrie: Magic Fire Music

    Richard Wagner

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    4:44
  • 1:36 PM

    Music for Movies: Sunday Traffic

    Aaron Copland

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    2:26
  • 1:32 PM

    Bagatelles: Allegretto scherzando (3)

    Antonin Dvorak

    Takacs Quartet

    Gabor Ormai, harmonium

    3:01
  • 1:20 PM

    Schlagobers Ballet: Entrance and dance of the Sugar; Round dance of Sugar, Coffee, and Cocoa; Whipped cream waltz

    Richard Strauss

    Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra

    Hiroshi Wakasugi, conductor

    10:31
  • 1:17 PM

    Click-Clack (Klipp-klapp) Galop

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    2:04
  • 1:08 PM

    Octet: Finale

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: The Complete String Quartets

    Emerson String Quartet

    5:40
  • 1:04 PM

    Dizzy Fingers

    Zez Confrey

    Playing New York

    Paula Robison, flute

    2:05
  • 12:47 PM

    Bartered Bride: Dances

    Bedrich Smetana

    The Moldau

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    10:44
  • 12:42 PM

    The Knights

    3:12
  • 12:32 PM

    Il turco in Italia (The Turk in Italy): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    8:20
  • 12:31 PM

    Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini: 18th variation

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Stephen Hough, piano

    3:00
  • 12:23 PM

    Perpetuum mobile

    Simon Jeffes

    "Still Life" At The Penguin Cafe

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    4:29
  • 12:17 PM

    Danse (Tarantelle styrienne)

    Claude Debussy

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Alberto Zedda, conductor

    5:27
  • 12:12 PM

    Danse rythmique

    Ida Presti

    Legado

    Berta Rojas, guitar

    3:07
  • 12:07 PM

    Don Pasquale: Che interminabile andirivieni?

    Gaetano Donizetti

    Grand & Glorious - Great Operatic Choruses / Robert Shaw

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    3:59
  • 12:04 PM

    Acis and Galatea: Happy We!

    George Frideric Handel

    Grand & Glorious - Great Operatic Choruses / Robert Shaw

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    1:56
  • 11:55 AM

    Il Postino: Main Theme

    Luis Bacalov

    Cinema Serenade

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    3:46
  • 11:53 AM

    Beautiful Rosemary (Schon Rosmarin)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    Samuel Sanders, piano

    1:51
  • 11:38 AM

    Masques and Bergamasques

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: Requiem Op. 48

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Emmanuel Krivine, conductor

    12:58
  • 11:33 AM

    Der Lindenbaum

    Franz Schubert

    Richard King, horn

    Susan Teicher, piano

    4:00
  • 11:20 AM

    Unter bluhenden Linden

    Lou Koster

    Estro Armonico Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra

    Jonathan Kaell, conductor

    10:53
  • 11:17 AM

    Second Suite: Petite Waltz

    Theodore Dubois

    Sylvan Winds

    Diva Goodfriend-Koven, flute

    Mark Dover, clarinet

    Nanci Belmont, bassoon

    2:51
  • 11:09 AM

    Oboe Concerto No. 9

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Albinoni: Concerti, Op. 7 and Sonatas, Op. 2

    I Musici

    Heinz Holliger, oboe

    6:14
  • 11:04 AM

    Symphony No. 39: Menuetto

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies 32, 35 & 39

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    3:59
  • 10:41 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

    17:54
  • 10:37 AM

    Daybreak

    Ola Gjeilo

    Dawn

    Ola Gjeilo, piano

    2:28
  • 10:26 AM

    Nocturne for violin and orchestra

    Joseph Joachim

    Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    Daniel Hope, violin

    9:21
  • 10:23 AM

    Estrellita (My little star)

    Manuel Ponce

    David Russell, guitar

    2:53
  • 10:10 AM

    Suffolk Suite

    Doreen Carwithen

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    11:34
  • 10:06 AM

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    3:23
  • 10:01 AM

    Septura

    4:38
  • 9:52 AM

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

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: Piano Sonata & 3 Concert Studies

    Louis Lortie, piano

    6:07
  • 9:31 AM

    Serenade for Winds

    Emil Hartmann

    Romantic Wind Serenades

    Consortium Classicum

    19:39
  • 9:12 AM

    Variations on "La ci darem la mano"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Works for Piano and Orchestra

    North German Radio Elbphilharmonie Orchestra

    Krzysztof Urbanski, conductor

    Jan Lisiecki, piano

    17:28
  • 9:07 AM

    Canon

    Johann Pachelbel

    Ombra Mai Fu; Pachelbel: Canon

    I Solisti Italiani

    5:09
  • 9:01 AM

    Pastoral and Reel

    Thomas C. Kelly

    Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Fionnuala Hunt, conductor

    4:39
  • 8:33 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mito Chamber Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    Shigenori Kudo, flute

    25:07
  • 8:09 AM

    Piano Concerto

    Ester Magi

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Arvo Volmer, conductor

    Ada Kuuseoks, piano

    22:36
  • 8:06 AM

    Estonian Lullaby

    Veljo Tormis

    Mnemosyne

    Hilliard Ensemble

    1:54
  • 8:01 AM

    The Angels Changed My Name

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Ennanga

    Ashley Jackson, harp

    4:50
  • 7:47 AM

    Summer

    Gotthard Odermatt

    Bonjour Paris

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Mathias Monius, conductor

    Albrecht Mayer, oboe

    11:00
  • 7:44 AM

    A la antigua

    Ernesto Lecuona

    Gabriela Montero, piano

    2:12
  • 7:25 AM

    Guitar Quintet No. 7

    Luigi Boccherini

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    18:35
  • 7:06 AM

    Oriane et le Prince d'Amour Suite

    Florent Schmitt

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    17:46
  • 7:01 AM

    String Trio: Nocturne

    Henri Tomasi

    Black Oak Ensemble

    4:45
  • 6:55 AM

    Moonlit Night in Altamira

    Maria Luisa Escobar

    El Fin del Silencio: Latin American Women Composers

    Antonio Oyarzabal, piano

    3:52
  • 6:21 AM

    Les nuits d'ete (Summer Nights)

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Les Nuits d'ete, Ravel: Sheherazade

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    Jessye Norman, soprano

    32:35
  • 6:06 AM

    Pastoral Fantasia

    William Alwyn

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    Philip Dukes, viola

    13:14
  • 6:01 AM

    In Praise of Music: For the Saint, Cecilia

    Dominick Argento

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    4:33
  • 5:49 AM

    String Quartet

    Germaine Tailleferre

    Debussy, Tailleferre, Ravel

    Stenhammar Quartet

    9:45
  • 5:21 AM

    Variations, Chaconne and Finale

    Norman Dello Joio

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Sedares, conductor

    25:37
  • 5:06 AM

    Violin Partita No. 2: Chaconne

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Helene Grimaud: Bach

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    14:30
  • 5:01 AM

    Cello Suite No. 4: Sarabande

    Peter Gregson

    Peter Gregson, cello

    Peter Gregson, electronics

    Richard Harwood, cello

    Reinoud Ford, cello

    Tim Lowe, cello

    Ben Chappell, cello

    4:48