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  • 4:41 AM

    Was there a butterfly?

    Onute Narbutaite

    Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra

    Juha Kangas, conductor

    17:56
  • 4:32 AM

    Ascenso Hacia lo Profundo

    Santiago Canon-Valencia

    Ascenso: Santiago Canon-Valencia

    Santiago Canon Valencia, cello

    7:14
  • 4:14 AM

    Perú negro

    Jimmy Bellido

    Concert Recording

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Klaus Mäkelä, conductor

    16:59
  • 4:07 AM

    Karnavalito No. 1

    Gabriela Lena Frank

    Liza Stepanova, piano

    6:14
  • 4:01 AM

    The Wind (El Viento)

    Mario Armengol

    Jardin Des Paons

    Isabelle Perrin, harp

    4:28
  • 3:55 AM

    Reflections: Euphoros

    Sufjan Stevens

    Reflections

    Timo Andres, piano

    3:15
  • 3:49 AM

    The Garden of Cosmic Speculation: Soliton Waves

    Michael Gandolfi

    Gandolfi: The Garden of Cosmic Spectacular

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Spano, conductor

    5:19
  • 3:35 AM

    Elements

    Mason Bates

    Odyssey

    Mimi Stillman, flute

    11:57
  • 3:12 AM

    Nova Plexus

    Derrick Skye

    Concert Recording

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Ryan Bancroft, conductor

    22:25
  • 3:06 AM

    light moving

    David Lang

    In 27 Pieces: The Hilary Hahn Encores

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    2:48
  • 3:01 AM

    Echo Collective

    4:27
  • 2:52 AM

    Prelude and Fugue No. 1

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, piano

    6:42
  • 2:21 AM

    String Quartet

    Emilie Mayer

    String Quartets

    Erato Quartet

    29:18
  • 2:13 AM

    Jeux d'eau (Fountains)

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Works For Solo Piano

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    5:38
  • 2:06 AM

    Serenade No. 10 "Gran Partita": Romance

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart 250 - A Celebration

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Winds

    Colin Davis, conductor

    6:33
  • 2:01 AM

    Summer Evening: Waltz

    Oscar Merikanto

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:35
  • 1:47 AM

    Oboe Quartet

    Malcolm Arnold

    Nash Ensemble

    11:45
  • 1:28 AM

    Fantasy Variations

    Ulysses Kay

    Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony - U. Kay: Fantasy Variations - Umbrian Scene

    Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Arthur Fagen, conductor

    17:55
  • 1:24 AM

    Steiney Sigurdardottir, cello

    Gabriel Olafs, piano

    2:37
  • 1:21 AM

    Six Fish: Spangled Emperor

    Nigel Westlake

    Guitar Trek

    1:15
  • 1:06 AM

    Romantic Pieces

    Antonin Dvorak

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    14:18
  • 1:01 AM

    Gold Dust Waltz

    Erik Satie

    Noriko Ogawa, piano

    4:39
  • 12:50 AM

    Lore-Lore

    Lou Koster

    Koster: Orchestral Music

    Estro Armonico Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra

    Jonathan Kaell, conductor

    7:54
  • 12:22 AM

    Sleeping Beauty Ballet Suite

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake; Sleeping Beauty; The Nutcracker: Highlights

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    26:43
  • 12:17 AM

    Die Frauen und die Sanger

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Onyx Brass

    Paul Lambert, bass trombone

    3:29
  • 12:06 AM

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor

    Shlomo Mintz, violin

    10:19
  • 12:01 AM

    Arcata String Quartet

    Don Bailey, flute

    4:49
  • 11:52 PM

    Symphony: Scherzo

    Richard Wagner

    Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra

    Hiroshi Wakasugi, conductor

    6:09
  • 11:32 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    26:55
  • 11:27 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    26:55
  • 11:16 PM

    Fire

    Jorunn Vidar

    Icelandic Works for the Stage

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    9:03
  • 11:12 PM

    Musette en rondeau

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Vikingur Olafsson, piano

    3:13
  • 11:02 PM

    An Outdoor Overture

    Aaron Copland

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    9:14
  • 10:50 PM

    Trumpet Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Overtures

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    9:02
  • 10:34 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Keyboard Concertos Nos. 3, 5, 6, 7

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Murray Perahia, conductor

    Murray Perahia, piano

    15:37
  • 10:31 PM

    Folk Suite No. 4: Tayeras

    William Grant Still

    2013-2014 Class Notes: Classical MPR Presents A Musical History Tour

    Dolce Wind Quintet

    1:07
  • 10:16 PM

    Quebec Symphony Orchestra

    Yoav Talmi, conductor

    James Ehnes, violin

    14:54
  • 10:06 PM

    Deep River

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Ashley Jackson

    Ashley Jackson, harp

    8:14
  • 9:54 PM

    A Welcome March

    Charles Stanford

    Ulster Orchestra

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    5:15
  • 9:38 PM

    Dumbarton Oaks Concerto

    Igor Stravinsky

    Berg: Kammerkonzert; Stravinsky: Ebony Concerto

    Ensemble Intercontemporain

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    15:14
  • 9:34 PM

    Etude No. 1 "Aeolian Harp"

    Frederic Chopin

    Louis Lortie, piano

    2:35
  • 9:14 PM

    Symphony No. 2

    Carl Maria von Weber

    BBC Philharmonic

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    17:44
  • 9:10 PM

    Somewhere in Time: Main Theme

    John Barry

    In Session: A Film Music Celebration

    Royal Scottish Orchestra

    John Debney, conductor

    3:38
  • 9:07 PM

    Beautiful Rosemary (Schon Rosmarin)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Tango Song and Dance

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    2:15
  • 9:02 PM

    Alleluia

    Randall Thompson

    Salvation is Created

    Concordia Choir of Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota

    Rene Clausen, conductor

    4:28
  • 8:52 PM

    Introduction and Caprice-Jota

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Sarasate: Music For Violin And Orchestra 3

    Navarra Symphony Orchestra

    Ernest Martinez Izquierdo, conductor

    Tianwa Yang, violin

    7:08
  • 8:42 PM

    Rosen aus dem Suden (Roses from the South) Waltz

    Johann StraussJr.

    Strauss Waltzes

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    8:38
  • 8:38 PM

    The Rose

    Ola Gjeilo

    Ola Gjeilo: Winter Songs

    Choir of Royal Holloway

    Rupert Gough, conductor

    Ola Gjeilo, piano

    3:22
  • 8:29 PM

    Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: Les Preludes, Mazeppa, Hungarian Rhapsodies

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    7:53
  • 8:08 PM

    Idillio-Concertino

    Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari

    Wolf-Ferrari, Strauss, Vaughan Williams, Barber

    Lehigh Valley Chamber Orchestra

    Donald Spieth, conductor

    Humbert Lucarelli, oboe

    20:14
  • 8:00 PM

    L'Isle joyeuse (Joyous Isle)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Orchestral Works 5

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    6:55
  • 5:45 PM

    Lady Radnor's Suite

    Hubert Parry

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Adrian Boult, conductor

    13:15
  • 5:27 PM

    Mandolin Concerto

    Johann Hummel

    Hummell: Mandolin Concerto, etc.

    London Mozart Players

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    Alison Stephens, mandolin

    17:32
  • 5:12 PM

    In Italy Overture

    Karl Goldmark

    Goldmark: Overtures

    Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andras Korodi, conductor

    12:40
  • 5:06 PM

    Paganini Etude No. 3 "La Campanella"

    Franz Liszt

    Yuanfan Yang, piano

    4:46
  • 5:01 PM

    Vento Chiaro

    4:33
  • 4:41 PM

    Overture, Scherzo and Finale

    Robert Schumann

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    17:50
  • 4:27 PM

    Piano Trio No. 35

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Trio Wanderer

    12:29
  • 4:16 PM

    Hungarian Pastoral Fantasy

    Franz Doppler

    Favorite Encores

    Tokyo Concert Orchestra

    Shigenobu Yamaoka, conductor

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    10:10
  • 4:12 PM

    Summer Evening

    Adolf Lindblad

    Orphei Drangar

    Robert Sund, conductor

    2:09
  • 4:06 PM

    Serenade

    Roman Hoffstetter

    Promenade Concert

    I Solisti Italiani

    5:29
  • 4:01 PM

    Scholastic Etude

    Cecile Chaminade

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    4:49
  • 3:51 PM

    Global Warming

    Michael Abels

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    8:19
  • 3:23 PM

    Symphony No. 38 "Prague"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Rafael Kubelik, conductor

    27:24
  • 3:17 PM

    Virginia Eskin, piano

    Stephanie Chase, violin

    4:03
  • 3:06 PM

    Overture to Gwendoline

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    8:31
  • 3:01 PM

    English Suite No. 3: Gavottes

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Ivo Pogorelich, piano

    4:30
  • 2:55 PM

    Shakespeare in Love: Main Title

    Stephen Warbeck

    Mega Movies

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:24
  • 2:51 PM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream Overture

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    West Australian Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Penny, conductor

    6:35
  • 2:39 PM

    A Spring Garland

    Armstrong Gibbs

    Guildhall Strings

    Robert Salter, conductor

    11:13
  • 2:11 PM

    Symphony No. 3

    Jean Sibelius

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor

    27:35
  • 2:03 PM

    Andante and Rondo Capriccioso

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Lydia Artymiw, piano

    6:19
  • 1:59 PM

    Suite: Low-Down Hoe-Down

    Robert Russell Bennett

    Barn Dances

    Shannon Scott, clarinet

    1:19
  • 1:40 PM

    Candide Suite

    Leonard Bernstein

    Bernstein: Candide Suite, etc.

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    18:09
  • 1:35 PM

    Slava

    Leonard Bernstein

    Beachcomber

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Frederick Fennell, conductor

    3:28
  • 1:31 PM

    Elfentanz (Dance of the Elves)

    David Popper

    Mstislav Rostropovich: Early Recordings

    Mstislav Rostropovich, cello

    2:27
  • 1:23 PM

    Chicago Brass Ensemble

    7:11
  • 1:18 PM

    Alleluia

    Randall Thompson

    Cantus Live Vol. 2

    Cantus

    Dale Warland, conductor

    4:40
  • 1:10 PM

    Dance of the Shepherd Girl

    Hugo Alfven

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra: Portrait

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    James DePreist, conductor

    4:15
  • 1:04 PM

    Piano Trio No. 43: Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    The Sunday Sessions: Master Play

    FOG Trio

    4:24
  • 12:52 PM

    Serenade for Strings: Waltz

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Serenades Op 22 & 44

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    6:56
  • 12:46 PM

    Waltz No. 2 "Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Opp. 33-36, 38

    Maurizio Pollini, piano

    4:57
  • 12:40 PM

    Midnight Polka

    Emil Waldteufel

    Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra

    Theodor Guschlbauer, conductor

    4:24
  • 12:34 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 5: 3rd movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Six Concertos for the Margrave of Brandenburg

    European Brandenburg Ensemble

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    5:15
  • 12:27 PM

    William Bolcom, piano

    5:24
  • 12:23 PM

    The Red Poppy: Russian Sailor's Dance

    Reinhold Gliere

    Greatest Hits: The Ballet, Vol. II

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    3:24
  • 12:21 PM

    Yemaya

    Traditional

    Ashley Jackson

    Ashley Jackson, harp

    1:19
  • 12:09 PM

    Polonaise for Violin and Strings

    Franz Schubert

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Emil Tchakarov, conductor

    Gidon Kremer, violin

    5:40
  • 12:04 PM

    tenThing

    3:21
  • 11:51 AM

    Il barbiere di Siviglia (Barber of Seville): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    7:34
  • 11:44 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Polish": Scherzo

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    The Tchaikovsky Project

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    6:09
  • 11:35 AM

    i thank You God for most this amazing day

    Eric Whitacre

    Eric Whitacre Singers

    Eric Whitacre, conductor

    6:56
  • 11:31 AM

    Minuet

    Luigi Boccherini

    The Fantastic Stokowski

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:11
  • 11:25 AM

    Humoreske-Bagatelles

    Carl Nielsen

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    6:11
  • 11:20 AM

    Humoresque No. 7

    Antonin Dvorak

    Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    Daniel Hope, violin

    2:57
  • 11:17 AM

    Suite for Violin and String Orchestra: Humoresque

    Laura Netzel

    Musica Vitae

    Malin Broman, conductor

    Malin Broman, violin

    2:22
  • 11:06 AM

    Symphony No. 1: 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    9:43
  • 11:04 AM

    Empire Brass

    1:28
  • 10:48 AM

    Symphony No. 90: 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Franz Bruggen, conductor

    10:12
  • 10:45 AM

    Princeton Grand March

    Francis Johnson

    Symphony Orchestra of America

    Matthew H. Phillips, conductor

    3:10
  • 10:35 AM

    Guitar Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi, Giuliani, Rodrigo

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    John Williams, guitar

    8:38
  • 10:20 AM

    Sonata No. 5

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Minna Pensola, violin

    Antti Tikkanen, violin

    Tuomas Lehto, cello

    Niek de Groot, double bass

    14:12
  • 10:10 AM

    Adagio amoroso

    Kurt Atterberg

    Camerata Nordica

    Ulf Wallin, conductor

    7:56
  • 10:06 AM

    Liebesleid (Love's Sorrow)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Con Amore

    Kyung Wha Chung, violin

    3:28
  • 10:01 AM

    Intermezzo No. 4

    Johannes Brahms

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    4:39
  • 9:47 AM

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    11:15
  • 9:28 AM

    Blackberry Winter

    Conni Ellisor

    Conversations in Silence

    Nashville Chamber Orchestra

    Paul Gambill, conductor

    Stephen Seifert, mountain dulcimer and Tennessee music box

    16:46
  • 9:22 AM

    My Brilliant Friend: Elena and Lila

    Max Richter

    Voyager: Essential Max Richter

    Air Lyndhurst String Orchestra

    Andy Massey, piano

    4:54
  • 9:06 AM

    Noble and Sentimental Waltzes

    Maurice Ravel

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    15:20
  • 9:01 AM

    Dance of the Flowers

    Amy Beach

    Joanne Polk, piano

    4:41
  • 8:37 AM

    Triple Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    Wilbert Hazelzet, flute

    21:05
  • 8:33 AM

    Gertrude's Dream Waltz

    Justin Holland

    Justin Holland Recording Project

    Michael Vascones, guitar

    3:03
  • 8:06 AM

    Piano Quintet

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Uncovered Vol. 1

    Catalyst Quartet

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    26:01
  • 8:01 AM

    Old and Lost Rivers

    Tobias Picker

    London Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:34
  • 7:48 AM

    Skylark Lullaby

    Jennifer Bellor

    Eastman Saxophone Project

    Chien-Kwan Lin, conductor

    10:22
  • 7:42 AM

    Hope is the thing with feathers

    Ivo Antognini

    Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    4:54
  • 7:23 AM

    String Quartet No. 53 "The Lark"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: "Lark," "Rider" And "La Chasse" Quartets

    Hagen Quartet

    17:56
  • 7:06 AM

    In the Summer Wind (Im Sommerwind)

    Anton Webern

    Boulez Conducts Webern II

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    15:58
  • 7:01 AM

    A Lady in Her Tower

    Gabriel Faure

    Sivan Magen, harp

    4:38
  • 6:40 AM

    Jeux (Games)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Complete Orchestral Works II

    French National Radio and Television Orchestra

    Jean Martinon, conductor

    18:12
  • 6:17 AM

    Piano Trio No. 4 "Gassenhauer"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Complete Cycle of Trios (Vol. 2)

    Joseph Kalichstein, piano

    21:27
  • 6:07 AM

    Symphony No. 7: 2nd movement

    Emilie Mayer

    North German Radio Philharmonic

    Jan Willem de Vriend, conductor

    10:26
  • 6:01 AM

    Letter a l'Immortelle Bien-Aimee

    Corentin Apparailly

    Julien Martineau, mandolin

    Vanessa Benelli Mosell, piano

    4:43
  • 5:41 AM

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    17:23
  • 5:36 AM

    Angela Tirino, piano

    5:10
  • 5:06 AM

    String Quartet

    Maurice Ravel

    Debussy, Ravel: String Quartets

    Tokyo String Quartet

    27:23
  • 5:01 AM

    Mosaics: Scenes from Summer

    Aminollah Hossein

    East Of Melancholy

    Tara Kamangar, piano

    4:40