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  • 4:52 AM

    Poem for 2084

    Edie Hill

    Evolutionary Spirits

    The Crossing

    Donald Nally, conductor

    5:34
  • 4:13 AM

    Piano Trio No. 3

    Antonin Dvorak

    Wu Han, piano

    Philip Setzer, violin

    David Finckel, cello

    38:25
  • 4:06 AM

    Clarinet Quintet: 2nd movement

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Catalyst Quartet

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    6:10
  • 4:01 AM

    A Waltz for Maurice

    Frederic Hand

    Across Time

    Frederic Hand, guitar

    4:32
  • 3:43 AM

    Saskia Lankhoorn, piano

    15:31
  • 3:30 AM

    Summer

    Gotthard Odermatt

    Bonjour Paris

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Mathias Monius, conductor

    Albrecht Mayer, oboe

    11:00
  • 3:18 AM

    Sleeping Beauty: Grand Pas de Deux

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    11:48
  • 3:11 AM

    Light: Descent to the Summit of the Soul

    Ramon Humet

    Ramon Humet: Light (Llum)

    Latvian Radio Choir

    Sigvards Klava, conductor

    Dace Strautmane, alto

    5:47
  • 3:06 AM

    About to Fall

    Benjamin Verdery

    A Giant Beside You

    Ulysses Quartet

    Benjamin Verdery, guitar

    3:46
  • 3:01 AM

    Serenade for Strings: Romanza

    Ernst von Dohnanyi

    English Sinfonia

    John Farrer, conductor

    4:37
  • 2:48 AM

    Choirbook: Wings like walls

    Jesper Koch

    Jesper Koch: Choirbook

    Danish National Vocal Ensemble

    Flemming Windekilde, conductor

    10:30
  • 2:28 AM

    Siegfried Idyll

    Richard Wagner

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    18:01
  • 2:19 AM

    New to the Session

    Rhiannon Giddens

    This Is America

    Johnny Gandelsman, 5-string violin

    6:57
  • 2:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 14 "Death and the Maiden": 2nd movement

    Franz Schubert

    The Wanderer

    Brooklyn Rider

    12:46
  • 2:01 AM

    Sarabande

    Ludovico Einaudi

    Ludovico Einaudi: Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:42
  • 1:44 AM

    Waltzes for Piano Four-Hands

    Julius Rontgen

    Bengt Forsberg, piano

    David Huang, piano

    14:39
  • 1:38 AM

    The Quiet at Night

    Mary Lattimore

    Mary Lattimore, harp

    4:12
  • 1:27 AM

    Quiet City

    Aaron Copland

    Quiet City

    Britten Sinfonia

    Scott Stroman, conductor

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    9:51
  • 1:06 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 2

    Edvard Grieg

    Ivan Zenaty, violin

    Antonin Kubalek, piano

    19:45
  • 1:01 AM

    Padouana and Gagliarda

    Johann Schein

    Fretwork

    Silas Wollston, organ

    4:37
  • 12:52 AM

    Suite Mignonne

    Jean Sibelius

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    7:02
  • 12:39 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Boston Baroque

    Martin Pearlman, conductor

    10:45
  • 12:33 AM

    Symphony No. 5: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    5:54
  • 12:20 AM

    Coincident Dances

    Jessie Montgomery

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    11:42
  • 12:06 AM

    12 Contredanses

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Capella Istropolitana

    Oliver Dohnanyi, conductor

    12:37
  • 12:01 AM

    Songs of the Auvergne: Shepherd's Song

    Joseph Canteloube

    Canteloube: Chants D'auvergne / Upshaw, Nagano

    Lyon Opera Orchestra

    Kent Nagano, conductor

    Dawn Upshaw, soprano

    4:41
  • 11:21 PM

    Pines of Rome

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Pines of Rome, Fountains of Rome, Metamorphosen

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    20:19
  • 11:17 PM

    Variations on a Nursery Song

    Ernst von Dohnanyi

    Childhood Tales

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Domingo Hindoyan, conductor

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    24:54
  • 11:10 PM

    The Hours: Morning Passages

    Philip Glass

    The 5 Browns In Hollywood

    Ryan Brown, piano

    5:43
  • 10:38 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 2 "La Campanella"

    Niccolo Paganini

    Paganini: Violin Concertos

    Moscow Chamber Orchestra

    Constantine Orbelian, conductor

    Ilya Grubert, violin

    30:20
  • 10:36 PM

    Cello Suite No. 1: Gigue

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Inspired by Bach

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    1:42
  • 10:33 PM

    Cello Suite No. 1: Sarabande

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Six Evolutions

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    2:30
  • 10:31 PM

    Cello Suite No. 1: Prelude

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    The Essential Yo-Yo Ma

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    2:17
  • 10:21 PM

    Toccata and Fugue

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Works for Organ and Harpsichord

    Ton Koopman, organ

    7:58
  • 10:12 PM

    Romance No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Violin Concerto, 2 Romances

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    Joseph Swensen, violin

    8:23
  • 10:03 PM

    Finlandia

    Jean Sibelius

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Okko Kamu, conductor

    8:17
  • 9:59 PM

    Gymnopedie No. 3

    Erik Satie

    After The Rain: The Soft Sounds Of Erik Satie

    Pascal Roge, piano

    2:33
  • 9:54 PM

    Man of La Mancha: The Impossible Dream

    Mitch Leigh

    Showtime!: Music of Broadway and Hollywood

    Mormon Tabernacle Choir

    Craig Jessop, conductor

    3:46
  • 9:32 PM

    The Firebird (L'oiseau de feu): Suite

    Igor Stravinsky

    Stanislaw Skrowaczewski - The Minnesota Orchestra: The Vox Recordings

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor

    21:21
  • 9:29 PM

    Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: Someday My Prince Will Come

    Frank Churchill

    Lang Lang: The Disney Book

    Lang Lang, piano

    1:56
  • 9:01 PM

    Symphony No. 29

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies No. 28, 29 & 34

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    26:05
  • 8:49 PM

    The Enchanted Lake

    Anatol Liadov

    Russian Fireworks

    Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

    Stephen Gunzenhauser, conductor

    7:58
  • 8:12 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Daniil Trifonov, piano

    35:09
  • 8:00 PM

    Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

    Iva Davies/Christopher Gordon/Richard Tognetti

    Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Music from the Motion Picture

    Studio Orchestra

    Christopher Gordon, conductor

    9:19
  • 5:40 PM

    Three Botticelli Pictures

    Ottorino Respighi

    Pictures

    Long Beach Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    18:47
  • 5:14 PM

    Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    24:36
  • 5:06 PM

    Southern Jukebox Music

    Simon Jeffes

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    5:49
  • 5:00 PM

    Church Sonata No. 16

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    German Bach Soloists

    Helmut Winschermann, conductor

    Daniel Chorzempa, organ

    4:34
  • 4:46 PM

    Ein Tanzspiel

    Franz Schreker

    Strauss, Liszt, Korngold, Busoni, Schreker

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Kazuki Yamada, conductor

    12:30
  • 4:25 PM

    Piano Trio No. 3

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Piano Trios

    Beaux Arts Trio

    20:15
  • 4:14 PM

    Rustic Suite (Suite Champetre)

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Spring Song, The Bard, etc.

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    9:01
  • 4:06 PM

    Symphony of Seasons: Autumn

    Dan Locklair

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Kirk Trevor, conductor

    6:46
  • 4:01 PM

    El pelele (The Straw Mannequin)

    Enrique Granados

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    4:28
  • 3:35 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Orchestral Suites BWV 1066-1069

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    Lisa Beznosiuk, flute

    23:20
  • 3:33 PM

    Venezuelan Waltz No. 3 "Natalia"

    Antonio Lauro

    Alexander-Sergei Ramirez, guitar

    2:03
  • 3:25 PM

    Symphony No. 5: 3rd movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 5 Czech Suite

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    7:41
  • 3:19 PM

    Reminiscences from "Come Back, Little Sheba"

    Franz Waxman

    Escape To Paradise: The Hollywood Album

    German Chamber Philharmonic Quartet

    Daniel Hope, violin

    4:12
  • 3:06 PM

    Der fliegende Hollander (The Flying Dutchman): Overture

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Orchestral Favorites

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Georg Solti, conductor

    10:38
  • 3:01 PM

    Impromptu No. 3

    Gabriel Faure

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    4:31
  • 2:45 PM

    Unter bluhenden Linden

    Lou Koster

    Estro Armonico Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra

    Jonathan Kaell, conductor

    10:53
  • 2:39 PM

    Winterreise (Winter Journey): Der Lindenbaum (The Linden Tree)

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Winterreise

    Matthias Goerne, baritone

    5:21
  • 2:21 PM

    L'Horloge de Flore (The Flower Clock)

    Jean Francaix

    Strauss: Oboe Concerto, Francaix, Ibert, Satie, De Lancie

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    John de Lancie, oboe

    16:02
  • 2:06 PM

    The Morning of the Year

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: Orchestral Works

    London Symphony Orchestra

    David Atherton, conductor

    13:35
  • 2:01 PM

    Airs for the Seasons: Myrtle (Summer)

    James Oswald

    Rezonance Baroque Ensemble

    Rezan Onen-Lapointe, violin

    3:52
  • 1:45 PM

    Marosszek Dances

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Budapest Symphony Orchestra

    Gyorgy Lehel, conductor

    13:52
  • 1:41 PM

    Entr'acte

    Jacques Ibert

    Duos for Flute & Harp

    Shigenori Kudo, flute

    3:02
  • 1:36 PM

    Mazurka in a, Op. 17 No. 4

    Frederic Chopin

    The Pianist Soundtrack

    Wladslaw Szpilman, piano

    3:33
  • 1:33 PM

    Prelude in e, Op. 28 No.4

    Frederic Chopin

    The Pianist Soundtrack

    Janusz Olejniczak, piano

    2:15
  • 1:23 PM

    Symphony No. 8: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The 9 Symphonies

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    7:38
  • 1:20 PM

    William Tell Overture

    Justin Holland

    Justin Holland Recording Project

    Gabriele Leite, guitar

    2:29
  • 1:17 PM

    Madrigals, Book 2: Tutte le bocche belle

    Claudio Monteverdi

    Monteverdi: Il secondo libro de' madrigali

    Concerto Italiano

    Rinaldo Alessandrini, conductor

    2:04
  • 1:07 PM

    Images for Orchestra: Iberia: On Highways and Byways

    Claude Debussy

    Iberia: Music of Rimsky-Korsakov, Debussy, Turina

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Eduardo Mata, conductor

    6:49
  • 1:04 PM

    Te Deum: Prelude

    Marc-Antoine Charpentier

    Empire Brass

    William Kuhlman, organ

    2:24
  • 12:51 PM

    Symphony No. 1

    Vasily Kalinnikov

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    37:19
  • 12:46 PM

    Prelude in g, Op. 23 No. 5

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Sergei Rachmaninoff, piano

    3:33
  • 12:44 PM

    Lady in the Dark: Tchaikowsky and Other Russians

    Kurt Weill & Ira Gershwin

    Danny Kaye, vocal

    1:00
  • 12:36 PM

    Serenade for Strings: Finale

    Antonin Dvorak

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    7:00
  • 12:31 PM

    The Entertainer

    Scott Joplin

    Joe Brent, mandolin

    Lara Downes, piano

    3:14
  • 12:18 PM

    Tales from the Vienna Woods

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    12:01
  • 12:15 PM

    String Sextet No. 1: Scherzo

    Johannes Brahms

    Isaac Stern, violin

    Cho-Liang Lin, violin

    Jaime Laredo, viola

    Michael Tree, viola

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Sharon Robinson, cello

    2:59
  • 12:06 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 3rd movement

    Heinrich von Herzogenberg

    Herzogenberg: Symphonies opp. 50 & 70

    North German Radio Philharmonic

    Frank Beermann, conductor

    6:15
  • 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
  • 11:53 AM

    Sonata for Trumpet No. 2

    Henry Purcell

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Anthony Newman, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    4:57
  • 11:50 AM

    Oedipus: Music for a while

    Henry Purcell

    Music for a While

    Jory Vinikour, harpsichord

    2:51
  • 11:32 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 3

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Complete Mozart Edition, Vol. 9: Wind Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Peter Damm, horn

    15:56
  • 11:19 AM

    A Children's Overture

    Roger Quilter

    Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    11:08
  • 11:15 AM

    Musical Jewelry Box

    Stephen Hough

    Jenny Lin, piano

    3:19
  • 11:08 AM

    Symphony No. 4

    William Boyce

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Ronald Thomas, conductor

    5:55
  • 11:04 AM

    Symphony No. 83 "The Hen": 3rd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Parisiennes Nos. 83, 84, 85

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    3:09
  • 10:50 AM

    Barcarolle

    Frederic Chopin

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    8:42
  • 10:28 AM

    London Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Warren-Green, conductor

    19:50
  • 10:24 AM

    Stephanie-Gavotte

    Alphons Czibulka

    Christopher Mallett, guitar

    4:02
  • 10:09 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Kahane, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    13:33
  • 10:06 AM

    Musical Moment No. 3

    Franz Schubert

    Daniel Barenboim, piano

    1:57
  • 10:01 AM

    Sextet: Rondo

    Luigi Gatti

    Calamus Ensemble

    4:44
  • 9:45 AM

    Concert Overture No. 2

    Florence Price

    Wurttemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen

    John Jeter, conductor

    13:34
  • 9:27 AM

    Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    15:57
  • 9:25 AM

    In Nomine No. 2

    Picforth

    Ariel Abramavich, lute

    Jacob Heringman, lute

    2:18
  • 9:20 AM

    Draumheimar

    Gabriel Olafs

    Lullabies for Piano and Cello

    Gabriel Olafs, piano

    3:31
  • 9:06 AM

    String Symphony No. 5

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn String Symphonies

    Amadeus Ensemble

    Agnieszka Duczmal, conductor

    13:09
  • 9:01 AM

    Symphony No. 1: Menuetto

    Louise Farrenc

    European Soloists, Luxembourg

    Christoph Konig, conductor

    4:32
  • 8:51 AM

    Adagio

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Sharon Isbin Plays Baroque Favorites for Guitar

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    7:44
  • 8:06 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Hubert Parry

    Parry: Symphony No. 1 & Concertstuck

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    42:45
  • 8:01 AM

    What Inspires Poetry: About Rain and Storm

    Jorge Grundman

    Minds

    Ara Malikian, violin

    4:38
  • 7:30 AM

    Symphony No. 7 "Sinfonia Romantica"

    Kurt Atterberg

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    28:31
  • 7:18 AM

    Negro Folk Symphony: Hope in the Night

    William Dawson

    Seattle Symphony

    Roderick Cox, conductor

    11:35
  • 7:10 AM

    The Moons Symphony: Europa: Is there an Ocean?

    Amanda Lee Falkenberg

    Falkenberg: The Moons Symphony

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    5:50
  • 7:06 AM

    Sea-Shell

    Carl Engel

    Introducing Shannon Lee, violin

    Shannon Lee, violin

    3:37
  • 7:01 AM

    Passacaglia

    Silvius Weiss

    The Blue Album

    Pablo Sainz-Villegas, guitar

    4:39
  • 6:22 AM

    Piano Trio No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    For the Love of Brahms

    Joshua Bell, violin

    36:53
  • 6:18 AM

    A Great Stone

    Nico Muhly

    Rolling River

    Choir of Clare College, Cambridge

    Graham Ross, conductor

    2:11
  • 6:06 AM

    Roscatha

    Arnold Bax

    Bax: Tone Poems, Vol. 2

    Ulster Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    10:50
  • 6:01 AM

    Barcarolle No. 9

    Gabriel Faure

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    4:35
  • 5:23 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Malek Jandali

    Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    35:50
  • 5:20 AM

    Patricia Goodson, piano

    1:47
  • 5:07 AM

    String Quartet No. 2

    Maddalena Laura Sirmen

    String Quartets

    Erato Quartet

    12:19
  • 5:01 AM

    Good Night and Good Rest

    John Johnson

    Jakob Lindberg, lute

    4:42