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  • 4:18 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Klaus Makela, conductor

    39:44
  • 4:13 AM

    Englaborn: Ef eg hefdi aldrei

    Johann Johannsson

    Johann Johannsson: Englaborn Remastered

    Ethos String Quartet

    3:41
  • 4:06 AM

    Pan's Flute: Pan and the Birds

    Jules Mouquet

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Philippe Auguin, conductor

    Manuela Wiesler, flute

    6:22
  • 4:01 AM

    The Arts and the Hours

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Debussy | Rameau | Vikingur Olafsson

    Vikingur Olafsson, piano

    4:45
  • 3:52 AM

    Mountains are Far Away

    Kayhan Kalhor

    Silk Road Journeys: Beyond the Horizon

    Silk Road Ensemble

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    6:07
  • 3:16 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Aram Khachaturian

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    35:24
  • 3:11 AM

    Visite nocturne

    Anonymous

    Jean-Guihen Queyras, cello

    Sokratis Sinopoulos, lyra

    Bijan Chemirani, zarb drum

    Keyvan Chemirani, daf drum

    2:11
  • 3:06 AM

    On Distant Waves (Sur les flots lointains)

    Charles Koechlin

    Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:45
  • 3:01 AM

    Musical Moment No. 4

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert, Mazzoli

    Shai Wosner, piano

    4:47
  • 2:55 AM

    We Shall Walk Through the Valley

    Undine Smith Moore

    Dance Like the Wind: Music of Today's Black Composers

    VocalEssence

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    2:53
  • 2:48 AM

    Troubled Water

    Margaret Bonds

    Ashley Jackson

    Ashley Jackson, harp

    6:36
  • 2:21 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 2

    Frederic Chopin

    The Chopin Recital

    Andre Watts, piano

    24:34
  • 2:17 AM

    Etude No. 12 "Revolutionary"

    Frederic Chopin

    The Chopin Recital

    Andre Watts, piano

    2:20
  • 2:06 AM

    PUBLIQuartet

    6:07
  • 2:01 AM

    Home Sweet Home

    Henry Bishop

    Christopher Mallett, guitar

    4:49
  • 1:51 AM

    Suite No. 1: Fuga con Pajarillo

    Aldemaro Romero

    Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    7:07
  • 1:21 AM

    Suite for Strings

    Ethel Smyth

    British Music for Strings, Vol. 3

    South German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim

    Douglas Bostock, conductor

    28:50
  • 1:15 AM

    To Shiver The Sky: Sogno di Volare (The Dream of Flight)

    Christopher Tin

    To Shiver the Sky

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Dominic Ellis-Peckham, conductor

    Anna Lapwood, organ

    3:52
  • 1:06 AM

    Spitfire Prelude and Fugue

    William Walton

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    8:35
  • 1:01 AM

    Paul's Steeple and Stingo

    John Playford

    Apollo's Banquet

    4:42
  • 12:31 AM

    Piano Quintet

    Florence Price

    UNCOVERED Vol. 2

    Catalyst Quartet

    Michelle Cann, piano

    26:55
  • 12:27 AM

    Baltimore Consort

    2:03
  • 12:15 AM

    The Three-Cornered Hat: Suite

    Manuel de Falla

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    12:11
  • 12:10 AM

    Jazz Suite No. 2: Waltz No. 2

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    The Knights

    Eric Jacobsen, conductor

    Jan Vogler, cello

    3:25
  • 12:06 AM

    Waltz No. 7

    Frederic Chopin

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    3:16
  • 12:01 AM

    Ca'azapa (Popular Paraguayan Song)

    Agustin Barrios

    Berta Rojas, guitar

    4:35
  • 11:49 PM

    Zigeunerweisen (Gypsy Airs)

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Butterfly Lovers

    Singapore Chinese Orchestra

    Tsung Yeh, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    9:04
  • 11:39 PM

    American Suite

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 7; American Suite

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    19:42
  • 11:34 PM

    Divertimento: Frolic

    Sy Brandon

    Eileen Grycky, flute

    Jeffrey O'Donnell, oboe

    Christopher Nichols, clarinet

    Lynn Moncilovich, bassoon

    5:05
  • 11:23 PM

    Zigeunerweisen (Gypsy Airs)

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Butterfly Lovers

    Singapore Chinese Orchestra

    Tsung Yeh, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    9:04
  • 11:16 PM

    Song for Orchestra

    Ruth Gipps

    Gipps: Symphonies Nos 2 and 4, etc.

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    5:57
  • 11:00 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 4

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Alfred Brendel, piano

    14:45
  • 10:47 PM

    Violin Concerto: Finale

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Vienna Symphony Orchestra

    Manfred Honeck, conductor

    Maria Duenas, violin

    11:50
  • 10:36 PM

    Viennese Waltzes

    Emma Kodaly

    Hiroko Ishimoto, piano

    9:58
  • 10:30 PM

    Piva and Canario

    Johannes Kapsberger

    Alla Luce: Music of Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger

    Chatham Baroque

    5:34
  • 10:22 PM

    Symphony No. 104 "London": Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies 22, 104, Piano Concerto in D

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    6:44
  • 10:08 PM

    Sussex Landscape

    Avril Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Roderick Cox, conductor

    13:31
  • 10:03 PM

    The King's Speech

    Alexandre Desplat

    Traffic Quintet Plays Alexander Desplat

    Traffic Quintet

    Alain Planes, piano

    3:41
  • 10:01 PM

    French Suite No. 2: Courante

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Murray Perahia, piano

    1:43
  • 9:50 PM

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

    9:12
  • 9:42 PM

    Sinfonia spirituosa

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    8:02
  • 9:37 PM

    Jubilate Deo

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    Your Heart Shall Rejoice

    Concordia Choir of Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota

    Rene Clausen, conductor

    4:10
  • 9:22 PM

    Marosszek Dances

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Philharmonia Hungarica

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    13:43
  • 9:10 PM

    Andante and Hungarian Rondo

    Carl Maria von Weber

    London Mozart Players

    Nicholas Cleobury, conductor

    Yoshiyuki Nakanishi, bassoon

    10:33
  • 9:07 PM

    Preludes, Book 1: La fille aux cheveux de lin (The Girl with the Flaxen Hair)

    Claude Debussy

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    Samuel Sanders, piano

    2:35
  • 9:03 PM

    Gretchen Van Hoesen, harp

    Heidi van Hoesen Gorton, harp

    2:42
  • 8:50 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Grand Pas de Deux

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    10:11
  • 8:29 PM

    The Little Trifles (Les petits riens)

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    19:45
  • 8:18 PM

    Concert Piece for Horn and Orchestra

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Gliere, Saint-Saens, Dukas, Chabrier: Works For Horn

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    8:35
  • 8:07 PM

    Six Fancies

    Cecil Burleigh

    Zina Schiff, violin

    Mary Barranger, piano

    10:00
  • 8:00 PM

    Summer Evening

    Frederick Delius

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    6:10
  • 5:51 PM

    Variations on a Waltz for Orchestra

    Jerome Moross

    London Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    7:55
  • 5:22 PM

    Serenade for Strings

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Serenades Op. 22 & 44

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    27:34
  • 5:18 PM

    Wonderful Town: The Story of My Life

    Leonard Bernstein

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:32
  • 5:07 PM

    Concerto for Two Violins and Two Cellos

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Il Giardino Armonico

    10:25
  • 5:01 PM

    Vals gayo

    Theresa Carreno

    Clara Rodriguez Plays the Music of Teresa Carreno

    Clara Rodriguez, piano

    4:47
  • 4:42 PM

    Simple Symphony

    Benjamin Britten

    Britten: Works for String Orchestra

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    16:49
  • 4:24 PM

    Concertino for Clarinet and Bassoon

    Franz Danzi

    New Era

    Potsdam Chamber Academy

    Andreas Ottensamer, clarinet

    15:56
  • 4:19 PM

    Polichinelle

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    A Rachmaninov Collection

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    3:10
  • 4:06 PM

    Snow Maiden Suite

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    12:28
  • 4:01 PM

    Piano Trio No. 6: Allegretto

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Florestan Trio

    4:44
  • 3:47 PM

    Tales from the Vienna Woods

    Johann StraussJr.

    Ein Straussfest

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    King Keyes, zither

    11:02
  • 3:18 PM

    Piano Concerto

    Luise Adolpha Le Beau

    Berlin Chamber Symphony Ensemble

    Jurgen Bruns, conductor

    Katia Tchemberdji, piano

    27:59
  • 3:13 PM

    Liebesleid (Love's Sorrow)

    Fritz Kreisler

    María Dueñas - Beethoven and Beyond

    Vienna Symphony Orchestra

    Manfred Honeck, conductor

    Maria Duenas, violin

    3:40
  • 3:07 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Giuseppe Torelli

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    5:45
  • 3:01 PM

    String Symphony No. 1: 1st movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn String Symphonies

    Amadeus Ensemble

    Agnieszka Duczmal, conductor

    4:48
  • 2:40 PM

    An American in Paris

    George Gershwin

    Transatlantic

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Louis Langree, conductor

    17:55
  • 2:38 PM

    An American in Paris

    George Gershwin

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Louis Langree, conductor

    20:30
  • 2:35 PM

    Smith Quartet

    2:04
  • 2:31 PM

    Aires Tropicales: Habanera

    Paquito D'Rivera

    Imani Winds: The Classical Underground

    Imani Winds

    3:10
  • 2:17 PM

    Capriccio Sinfonico

    Giacomo Puccini

    Puccini, Catalani, Ponchielli: for orchestra

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    13:09
  • 2:04 PM

    Norwegian Dances Nos. 2-4

    Edvard Grieg

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Petri Sakari, conductor

    11:40
  • 1:58 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3: Air on the G String

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Orchestral Suites

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    4:51
  • 1:50 PM

    Serenade for Strings: Finale

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 4, Serenade for Strings

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    7:33
  • 1:45 PM

    Fancy Free Ballet: Waltz

    Leonard Bernstein

    Leonard Bernstein: Marin Alsop The Complete Naxos Recordings

    Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    2:39
  • 1:42 PM

    For the Beauty of the Earth

    Conrad Kocher

    A Harvest Home

    Cantus

    3:01
  • 1:31 PM

    Visit to a Summer Farm

    Ole Bull

    Ole Bull

    Bergen Symphony Orchestra

    Karsten Andersen, conductor

    Arve Tellefsen, violin

    9:06
  • 1:30 PM

    Album for the Young: The Happy Farmer

    Robert Schumann

    Alexis Weissenberg, piano

    :42
  • 1:20 PM

    An Outdoor Overture

    Aaron Copland

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    9:14
  • 1:16 PM

    An American Mosaic: Caretakers and Research Physicians

    Richard Danielpour

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    2:16
  • 1:08 PM

    Karelia Suite: Alla Marcia

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Symphony No. 1, Karelia Suite

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    4:30
  • 1:04 PM

    Indian Queen: Trumpet Overture

    Henry Purcell

    Baroque Music for Trumpet

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    3:29
  • 12:48 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Staatskapelle Berlin

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    10:09
  • 12:45 PM

    Weltliche Gesange: Abendstandchen (Evening Serenade)

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Liebeslieder Waltzes

    Robert Shaw Festival Singers

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    Norman Mackenzie, piano

    2:01
  • 12:38 PM

    String Quartet: 2nd movement

    Maurice Ravel

    Diffusion

    Verona Quartet

    6:09
  • 12:35 PM

    Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: Prologue

    John Williams

    Studio Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    2:11
  • 12:32 PM

    The Fabelmans: Mitzi's Dance

    John Williams

    Studio Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    2:05
  • 12:23 PM

    Serenade No. 7 "Haffner": Rondo

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Karl Bohm, conductor

    8:04
  • 12:18 PM

    Budapest Strings

    Lajos Lencses, oboe

    3:51
  • 12:09 PM

    Prague Waltzes

    Antonin Dvorak

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    7:35
  • 12:04 PM

    Ballet Scenes: Mazurka

    Alexander Glazunov

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    3:55
  • 11:52 AM

    Symphony No. 1: 4th movement

    Florence Price

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    4:46
  • 11:49 AM

    Three Spirituals: Great Day

    Adolphus Hailstork

    Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

    Ambrosia Quartet

    3:17
  • 11:43 AM

    The Merrymakers

    Eric Coates

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    4:55
  • 11:29 AM

    Symphony

    Vaclav Pichl

    Pichl: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    12:57
  • 11:19 AM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 2: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Keyboard Concerti Vol. 2

    Australian Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Tognetti, conductor

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    8:01
  • 11:15 AM

    The Water is Wide/Shenandoah

    Traditional

    And So Flows the River

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    3:01
  • 11:08 AM

    Canon and Gigue

    Johann Pachelbel

    Pachelbel: Canon

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    5:53
  • 11:04 AM

    Appalachian Spring: Variations on a Shaker Melody

    Aaron Copland

    American Jubilee

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:27
  • 10:39 AM

    Symphony No. 95

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    19:48
  • 10:21 AM

    Variations on a Theme of Franz Schubert

    Emil Reesen

    Aalborg Symphony Orchestra

    Bo Holten, conductor

    16:48
  • 10:18 AM

    An die Musik (To Music)

    Franz Schubert

    Daniel Hope, violin

    Christoph Israel, piano

    2:57
  • 10:11 AM

    Farewell to Stromness

    Peter Maxwell Davies

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    4:18
  • 10:06 AM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Paper Music

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Bobby McFerrin, conductor

    4:24
  • 10:01 AM

    Divertissement: 2nd movement

    Emile Bernard

    Divertissement!

    C/O Chamber Orchestra

    4:45
  • 9:52 AM

    L'Isle joyeuse (Joyous Isle)

    Claude Debussy

    Seong-Jin Cho, piano

    6:15
  • 9:23 AM

    Pas de Deux

    James Horner

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vasily Petrenko, conductor

    Mari Samuelsen, violin

    Hakon Samuelsen, cello

    27:40
  • 9:17 AM

    The Muppet Movie: Rainbow Connection

    Paul Williams/Kenneth Ascher

    Lang Lang, piano

    4:10
  • 9:06 AM

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    9:58
  • 9:01 AM

    The Sea: Nocturne (Calm)

    Nikos Skalkottas

    Nikos Skalkottas: Dance of the Waves

    Athens State Orchestra

    Stefanos Tsialis, conductor

    4:48
  • 8:52 AM

    Impromptu No. 6

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    6:09
  • 8:45 AM

    Behold, the Beautiful Light of the Sun

    Traditional Norwegian

    Strid

    Oslo Chamber Choir

    Hakon Daniel Nystedt, conductor

    Helga Gunnes, soprano

    6:52
  • 8:09 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 6

    John Field

    New Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Janos Furst, conductor

    John O'Conor, piano

    33:40
  • 8:06 AM

    Blackbird

    John Lennon/Paul McCartney

    Songs of Love and Despair

    Laura Metcalf, cello

    2:45
  • 8:01 AM

    Two Pastorales

    Lou Harrison

    Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra

    Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

    4:36
  • 7:35 AM

    Clarinet Concerto

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen: Clarinet and Flute Concertos

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    23:31
  • 7:15 AM

    String Quartet No. 15: 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Calidore String Quartet

    17:29
  • 7:06 AM

    Summer Pastorale

    Arthur Honegger

    Honegger: Pacific 231, Horace Victorieux Etc.

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    8:55
  • 7:01 AM

    Nocturne No. 10

    Gabriel Faure

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    4:43
  • 6:46 AM

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Avlana Eisenberg, conductor

    Zina Schiff, violin

    11:55
  • 6:44 AM

    Yemaya

    Traditional

    Ashley Jackson

    Ashley Jackson, harp

    1:19
  • 6:15 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Josef Foerster

    Foerster: Festive Overture - Symphony No. 1 - From Shakespeare

    Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra

    Marek Stilek, conductor

    28:16
  • 6:06 AM

    Nocturne

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 8, Scherzo Capriccioso, Notturno

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    8:04
  • 6:01 AM

    John Williams, guitar

    Timothy Kain, guitar

    4:41
  • 5:46 AM

    Fantasy Quartet

    E.J. Moeran

    English Music for Oboe and String Quartet

    English String Quartet

    Sarah Francis, oboe

    12:30
  • 5:34 AM

    Symphony No. 5: Adagietto

    Gustav Mahler

    The Joy Of Bernstein

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    11:08
  • 5:27 AM

    Fragile Dream

    Joe Hisaishi

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:43
  • 5:06 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 13

    Franz Schubert

    Concert Recording

    Paul Lewis, piano

    20:52
  • 5:01 AM

    Viola Quintet: Berceuse

    Alberto Hemsi

    ARC Ensemble

    Steven Dann, viola

    4:36