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  • 4:53 AM

    String Quartet: Simple Sugars

    Michael Gilbertson

    Shatter

    Verona Quartet

    5:07
  • 4:18 AM

    Harmonium

    John Adams

    Concert Recording

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Ryan Bancroft, conductor

    34:39
  • 4:06 AM

    Alva Noto and Ryuichi Sakamoto

    8:51
  • 4:01 AM

    Light in Darkness

    Kerensa Briggs

    Anna Lapwood, organ

    4:28
  • 3:52 AM

    Canticle

    Jeff Beal

    Beal: House of Cards Symphony

    Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra

    Jeff Beal, conductor

    Jon Henrik Petersen, violin

    6:27
  • 3:42 AM

    Lavinia Meijer, harp

    8:50
  • 3:17 AM

    Concerto for Two Pianos

    Bryce Dessner

    Paris Orchestra

    Matthias Pintscher, conductor

    Katia & Marielle Labeque, pianos

    Marielle Labeque, piano

    22:38
  • 3:06 AM

    Ecstatic Science

    Missy Mazzoli

    yMusic

    8:25
  • 3:01 AM

    Midsummer Song

    Arturs Maskats

    Dawn is Breaking

    Kamer Choir

    Maris Sirmais, conductor

    Rihards Zalupe, percussion

    4:27
  • 2:53 AM

    Serenata andaluza

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Appassionata

    Lydia Mordkovitch, violin

    4:58
  • 2:19 AM

    Symphony No. 5

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    33:15
  • 2:15 AM

    Six Pieces for Four Hands: Habanera

    Mel Bonis

    Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers

    Roberto Prosseda and Alessandra Ammara, piano four hands

    1:56
  • 2:06 AM

    Three Spirituals

    Adolphus Hailstork

    Virginia Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    8:08
  • 2:01 AM

    Waltz No. 3

    Agustin Barrios

    Berta Rojas, guitar

    4:30
  • 1:49 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "Song of a New Race": 1st movement

    William Grant Still

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    9:52
  • 1:29 AM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    English Baroque Soloists

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    Kati Debretzeni, violin

    18:35
  • 1:23 AM

    Saudade

    Chiquinha Gonzaga

    El Fin del Silencio: Latin American Women Composers

    Antonio Oyarzabal, piano

    4:02
  • 1:10 AM

    Jeromita Linares

    Carlos Guastavino

    "Impresiones"

    Camerata Bariloche

    Pablo Cohen, guitar

    11:43
  • 1:06 AM

    Carmen: Seguedilla and Dragoons

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: Carmen Suite, L'arlesienne Suites Etc.

    Orchestra of the Bastille

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    3:41
  • 1:01 AM

    Festival Scherzo for Piano and Strings

    Madeleine Dring

    Guildhall Strings

    Robert Salter, conductor

    Martin Roscoe, piano

    4:32
  • 12:50 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Military": Finale Militaire

    Emilie Mayer

    North German Radio Philharmonic

    Jan Willem de Vriend, conductor

    8:17
  • 12:18 AM

    Clarinet Quintet

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart & Brahms

    Pacifica String Quartet

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    30:51
  • 12:12 AM

    Six Etudes for Piano Left Hand Alone: No. 4 "Bourree"

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Piers Lane, piano

    3:40
  • 12:06 AM

    Ruslan and Ludmila: Overture

    Mikhail Glinka

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    James DePreist, conductor

    5:32
  • 12:01 AM

    Sonata No. 25

    Niccolo Paganini

    Dale Kavanagh, guitar

    4:26
  • 11:53 PM

    Red Clay and Mississippi Delta

    Valerie Coleman

    Startin' Sumthin'

    Imani Winds

    5:19
  • 11:52 PM

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    1:16
  • 11:32 PM

    Six Dances for String Orchestra

    Ulysses Kay

    Westphalian Symphony Orchestra, Recklinghausen

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    20:17
  • 11:29 PM

    Little Prelude No. 13 "Rigaudon"

    Joseph Jongen

    Ivan Ilic, piano

    1:45
  • 11:27 PM

    Little Prelude No. 11 "Pastorale"

    Joseph Jongen

    Jongen: 13 Preludes/24 Petits Preludes

    Ivan Ilic, piano

    1:59
  • 11:25 PM

    Little Prelude No. 9 "Etude pour la petite Cecile"

    Joseph Jongen

    Ivan Ilic, piano

    1:34
  • 11:02 PM

    Symphony No. 11

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    22:38
  • 11:00 PM

    Don Giovanni: Fin ch'han dal vino (Champagne Aria)

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Wolfgang Schulz, flute

    Hansjorg Schellenberger, oboe

    1:16
  • 10:46 PM

    Symphony No. 5: 4th movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    12:06
  • 10:37 PM

    Deep River

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Ashley Jackson

    Ashley Jackson, harp

    8:14
  • 10:29 PM

    Italian Serenade

    Hugo Wolf

    Wagner: Siegfried-Idyll/Sibelius: Valse Triste/etc.

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    7:18
  • 10:22 PM

    Cinema Nostalgia

    Joe Hisaishi

    Studio Orchestra

    Joe Hisaishi, piano

    6:08
  • 10:15 PM

    Concerto for Two Flutes

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    William Bennett, flute

    Lenore Smith, flute

    6:42
  • 10:07 PM

    Fantasie Negre No. 4

    Florence Price

    Revival

    Michelle Cann, piano

    7:30
  • 9:55 PM

    Colas Breugnon Overture

    Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Darrell Ang, conductor

    4:50
  • 9:42 PM

    Netherlands Wind Ensemble

    12:44
  • 9:37 PM

    Gott ist mein Hirt (The Lord is My Shepherd)

    Franz Schubert

    Agnus Dei II

    Choir of New College, Oxford

    Edward Higginbottom, conductor

    4:35
  • 9:27 PM

    The Frogs

    Granville Bantock

    Overtures from the British Isles

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    8:27
  • 9:20 PM

    Celtic Fare

    Scott Tennant/Simon Jeffes

    Air and Ground

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    5:55
  • 9:07 PM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream

    Orchestral Ensemble of Paris

    John Nelson, conductor

    12:01
  • 9:03 PM

    Alessio Bax, piano

    2:37
  • 8:37 PM

    West Side Story: Symphonic Dances

    Leonard Bernstein

    National Symphony Orchestra

    Christoph Eschenbach, conductor

    23:06
  • 8:21 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    14:44
  • 8:06 PM

    Ebb and Flow

    Tony Banks

    Czech National Symphony Orchestra

    Nick Ingman, conductor

    12:48
  • 8:00 PM

    Goldberg Variations: Aria

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    4:39
  • 5:53 PM

    Memories of the Alhambra

    Francisco Tarrega

    Dejan Ivanovic - Guitar Recital

    Dejan Ivanovic, guitar

    5:37
  • 5:19 PM

    Double Concerto

    Johannes Brahms

    Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra Amsterdam

    Yakov Kreizberg, conductor

    Julia Fischer, violin

    Daniel Muller-Schott, cello

    31:57
  • 5:13 PM

    Waltz No. 13

    Frederic Chopin

    Claudio Arrau, piano

    3:50
  • 5:06 PM

    King Stephen: Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    6:37
  • 5:01 PM

    Four Medieval Dances: Galliarde

    Joseph Lauber

    Medieval Dances for Flute and Harp

    Laurel Zucker, flute

    4:47
  • 4:52 PM

    Roses of Picardy

    Haydn Wood

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Ernest Tomlinson, conductor

    5:53
  • 4:30 PM

    English Suite No. 5

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    20:47
  • 4:26 PM

    Russian Dance

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Seasons

    Queensland Symphony Orchestra

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    Takako Nishizaki, violin

    2:29
  • 4:07 PM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 2

    Ottorino Respighi

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    18:50
  • 4:00 PM

    Dardanus: Overture

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Frans Bruggen, conductor

    4:45
  • 3:46 PM

    Scherzo Capriccioso

    Antonin Dvorak

    Tchaikovsky: 1812; Dukas: Sorcerer's Apprentice; Smetana: Vltava (Die Moldau); Dvorak: Scherzo capriccioso; Mussorgsky: A Night on the Bare Mountain

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    12:40
  • 3:21 PM

    Cello Concerto No. 2

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Trondheim Soloists

    Alisa Weilerstein, cello

    22:44
  • 3:17 PM

    Valse nonchalante

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Bertrand Chamayou, piano

    3:56
  • 3:06 PM

    Trumpet Sonata

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Telemann for Trumpet

    American Concerto Orchestra

    Stephen Burns, trumpet

    8:59
  • 3:00 PM

    Symphony No. 5: Scherzo

    Alexander Glazunov

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    4:47
  • 2:46 PM

    Song without Words No. 1 "Sweet Remembrance"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Lieder Ohne Worte

    Javier Perianes, piano

    3:07
  • 2:40 PM

    Il Segreto di Susanna: O gioia la nube leggera

    Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari

    John Pritchard, conductor

    Renata Scotto, soprano

    4:44
  • 2:19 PM

    Don Juan

    Richard Strauss

    Schubert, Strauss

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Thomas Schippers, conductor

    18:32
  • 2:07 PM

    Four Seasons: Summer

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin

    11:08
  • 2:07 PM

    Song without Words No. 1 "Sweet Remembrance"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Lieder Ohne Worte

    Javier Perianes, piano

    3:07
  • 2:01 PM

    String Quartet No. 13: Alla danza tedesca

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Late Quartets Opp. 127, 130, 131, 132, 133, 135

    Guarneri Quartet

    3:57
  • 1:49 PM

    Poet and Peasant Overture

    Franz von Suppe

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    10:17
  • 1:41 PM

    New Vienna Landler

    Joseph Lanner

    Ensemble Bella Musica Vienna

    Michael Dittrich, conductor

    5:34
  • 1:37 PM

    Madama Butterfly: Un bel di

    Giacomo Puccini

    4:00
  • 1:28 PM

    Aida: Triumphal March

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Bernstein Favorites: Marches

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    6:31
  • 1:22 PM

    Serenade No. 9 "Posthorn": 6th movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 28, 33, 35, 39, 40, 41, Eine kleine Nachtmusik

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    Bernard Adelstein, posthorn

    5:06
  • 1:18 PM

    Tamarindo Scherz-son

    Pepe Gavilondo/Yasel Munoz

    Mozart y Mambo: Cuban Dances

    Havana Lyceum Orchestra

    Jose Antonio Mendez Padron, conductor

    Sarah Willis, horn

    3:08
  • 1:09 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Joseph White

    Encore Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hege, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    5:00
  • 1:04 PM

    The Three-Cornered Hat: Neighbor's Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Spanish Spectacular

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos, conductor

    3:14
  • 12:50 PM

    Mignon: Overture

    Ambroise Thomas

    Great Comedy Overtures

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Lance Friedel, conductor

    8:22
  • 12:45 PM

    Elijah: He Watching Over Israel

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Choral Masterpieces

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    3:53
  • 12:43 PM

    Elijah: Lift Thine Eyes to the Mountains

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Choral Masterpieces

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    1:54
  • 12:32 PM

    Dance of the Hours

    Amilcare Ponchielli

    Philharmonic of La Scala

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    9:42
  • 12:26 PM

    Serenade for Strings: Scherzo

    Antonin Dvorak

    Anima Musicae Chamber Orchestra

    Laszlo G. Horvath, conductor

    5:31
  • 12:21 PM

    The Bells

    Margaret Bonds

    Revival

    Michelle Cann, piano

    3:53
  • 12:09 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 5: 3rd movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach: Brandenburg Concerto

    Academy of Ancient Music Berlin

    4:51
  • 12:04 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Hungarian Dances

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    Andras Keller, violin

    3:21
  • 11:52 AM

    Bartered Bride: Overture

    Bedrich Smetana

    Dvorak: New World Symphony/Smetana: Vltava; The Bartered Bride Overture

    Czech State Philharmonic

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    6:49
  • 11:45 AM

    Six Irish Fantasies: Jig

    Charles Stanford

    Lucy Gould, violin

    Benjamin Frith, piano

    5:33
  • 11:34 AM

    Serenade for Strings: 1st movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 4, Serenade for Strings

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    9:53
  • 11:23 AM

    Oboe Concerto No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Complete Orchestral Works

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    Heinz Holliger, oboe

    9:30
  • 11:16 AM

    Secret of Mana

    Hiroki Kikuta

    Angele Dubeau & La Pieta: Game Music

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    6:00
  • 11:10 AM

    Piano Trio No. 6: Allegretto

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Florestan Trio

    4:44
  • 11:04 AM

    Symphony No. 104 "London": Minuet

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos 101 The Clock and 104 London

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    4:39
  • 10:51 AM

    Danzon Cubano

    Aaron Copland

    New Philharmonia Orchestra

    Aaron Copland, conductor

    7:13
  • 10:49 AM

    Roma Suite: A Roma Dance

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    2:03
  • 10:28 AM

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    18:17
  • 10:26 AM

    Noble Waltz No. 3

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert For Two / Gil Shaham, Göran Söllscher

    Gil Shaham, violin

    2:34
  • 10:22 AM

    Puffin' Billy

    Edward White

    RTE Concert Orchestra, Dublin

    Ernest Tomlinson, conductor

    3:05
  • 10:10 AM

    L'Estro Armonico: Concerto No. 8 for Two Violins

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Red Priest

    9:45
  • 10:06 AM

    Impromptu No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    Yundi Li, piano

    4:00
  • 10:01 AM

    The Overturned Carriages: Overture

    Francois Boieldieu

    Swiss Italian Orchestra

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    4:52
  • 9:40 AM

    Duet-Concertino

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss, Honegger

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    Kenneth Munday, bassoon

    18:34
  • 9:31 AM

    Serenade No. 2

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Violin Concerto, Serenades, Etc

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    6:55
  • 9:25 AM

    The Old Church

    Stephen Paulus

    Provenance

    Kinnara Ensemble

    J.D. Burnett, conductor

    4:31
  • 9:06 AM

    Cantilena

    Adrian Shepherd, conductor

    18:21
  • 9:01 AM

    The Seawall Song

    Tamezo Narita

    Paillard Chamber Orchestra

    Jean-Francois Paillard, conductor

    4:33
  • 8:43 AM

    Les Preludes

    Franz Liszt

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    15:00
  • 8:32 AM

    Trumpet Concerto No. 2

    Johann Hertel

    Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra

    Wolfgang Bauer, conductor

    Wolfgang Bauer, trumpet

    10:28
  • 8:15 AM

    Suite for String Orchestra

    Susan Spain-Dunk

    British Music for Strings, Vol. 3

    South German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim

    Douglas Bostock, conductor

    15:37
  • 8:06 AM

    Heroes Symphony: Sons of the Silent Age

    Philip Glass

    Philip Glass | American Composers Orchestra

    American Composers Orchestra

    Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

    8:20
  • 8:01 AM

    Beyond the Fog: Mist

    Gary Schocker

    Emily Mitchell, harp

    Gary Schocker, flute

    4:31
  • 7:44 AM

    Keyboard Suite No. 4

    George Frideric Handel

    Keith Jarrett, piano

    13:51
  • 7:34 AM

    Lohengrin: Prelude to Act I

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Preludes and Orchestral Music

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    9:43
  • 7:17 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Josef Myslivecek

    Dvorak Chamber Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    Shizuka Ishikawa, violin

    15:00
  • 7:06 AM

    Quartet No. 6

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Six Wind Quartets

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    10:49
  • 7:01 AM

    Two Elegiac Melodies: Last Spring (Varen)

    Edvard Grieg

    Edvard Grieg: Works For String Orchestra

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:42
  • 6:27 AM

    Cleveland Quartet

    30:58
  • 6:21 AM

    Estampes: La Soiree dans Grenade (Evening in Granada)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Piano Music

    Stephen Hough, piano

    5:26
  • 6:06 AM

    Little Concert Suite

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    13:36
  • 6:01 AM

    Duo Similia

    4:38
  • 5:39 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    Gidon Kremer, violin

    19:30
  • 5:25 AM

    La Valse

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Ballet And Dance Music

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    12:23
  • 5:06 AM

    3 Argentinian Cantilenas and Finale

    Carlos Guastavino

    Camerata Bariloche

    18:07
  • 5:01 AM

    Symphony No. 2: Scherzo

    Charles Gounod

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    4:44