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  • 4:55 AM

    Hallelujah

    Leonard Cohen

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    Didier Osindero, violin

    Alinka Rowe, viola

    Yong Jun Lee, cello

    3:26
  • 4:28 AM

    Phantasm for Piano and Orchestra

    Frank Bridge

    Sinfonia Concertante / Piano Concerto / Phantasm For Piano And Orchestra

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    26:01
  • 4:06 AM

    Cello Sonata

    Avet Terterian

    Aznavoorian Duo

    20:43
  • 4:01 AM

    In Praise of Music: For the Saint, Cecilia

    Dominick Argento

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    4:33
  • 3:56 AM

    momentary

    Olafur Arnalds

    Voces8: Infinity

    Voces8

    Olafur Arnalds, electronics

    2:46
  • 3:52 AM

    Musical Moment No. 2

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Etudes-tableaux, op. 39; Moments musicaux, op. 16

    Boris Giltburg, piano

    3:22
  • 3:18 AM

    Violin Concerto "Distant Light"

    Peteris Vasks

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Renaud Capucon, conductor

    Renaud Capucon, violin

    31:46
  • 3:14 AM

    Aurora Borealis

    Laurel Zucker

    Coffee Land

    Laurel Zucker, flute

    2:12
  • 3:06 AM

    Four South African Folktunes

    Traditional

    South African Music

    National Symphony Orchestra of the S.A.B.C.

    Peter Marchbank, conductor

    7:43
  • 3:01 AM

    Toccata Marziale

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Eastman Wind Ensemble

    Eastman Wind Ensemble

    Donald Hunsberger, conductor

    4:32
  • 2:52 AM

    Symphonie Fantastique: March to the Scaffold

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique

    Orchestra of La Francophonie

    Jean-Philippe Tremblay, conductor

    6:39
  • 2:25 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 4

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens: Complete Piano Concertos

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    Stephen Hough, piano

    24:33
  • 2:16 AM

    Inbal Segev, cello

    Anna Polonsky, piano

    7:19
  • 2:06 AM

    Symphony No. 4: 2nd movement

    Gustav Mahler

    Mahler: Symphony No. 4

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    10:02
  • 2:01 AM

    Final State

    Kaki King

    Kaki King, guitar

    4:32
  • 1:42 AM

    Toccata Festiva

    Samuel Barber

    Barber, Poulenc, Saint Saens

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Christoph Eschenbach, conductor

    Olivier Latry, organ

    15:42
  • 1:40 AM

    Le Gazouillement

    Francois Couperin

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    1:52
  • 1:18 AM

    Symphony No. 87

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    21:14
  • 1:06 AM

    Ballade No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    The Chopin Recital

    Andre Watts, piano

    9:54
  • 1:01 AM

    Four Contredances

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Dances and Minuets

    Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra

    Hans Graf, conductor

    4:35
  • 12:30 AM

    Variations on a Hungarian Folksong

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    28:25
  • 12:18 AM

    Four Seasons: Spring

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi and Piazzolla

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Nikki Chooi, violin

    10:14
  • 12:16 AM

    The Fall of the Leaf: Vivace

    Imogen Holst

    Steven Isserlis, cello

    1:36
  • 12:12 AM

    Apollo Chamber Players

    2:44
  • 12:06 AM

    Rondo alla polacca

    Nikolaus von Krufft

    Debut

    Ben Goldscheider, horn

    5:24
  • 12:01 AM

    Figure Humaine: Liberte

    Francis Poulenc

    12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic

    4:34
  • 11:39 PM

    Burleske

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra; Don Juan; Burleske

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    19:13
  • 11:26 PM

    The Five Sacred Trees

    John Williams

    London Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    Judith LeClair, bassoon

    25:50
  • 11:16 PM

    Ballade No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    Leif Ove Andsnes: Chopin

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    8:52
  • 11:09 PM

    Candide: Make Our Garden Grow

    Leonard Bernstein

    Bernstein: Candide

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    Jerry Hadley, tenor

    5:39
  • 11:02 PM

    Rainy Afternoon

    Stanley Woolner

    Ivan Konev, piano

    6:36
  • 10:19 PM

    Cello Concerto

    Antonin Dvorak

    New York Philharmonic

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    40:35
  • 10:09 PM

    Prague Waltzes

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Czech Suite, Prague Waltzes, etc.

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    8:55
  • 9:58 PM

    Symphony No. 3: Finale

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 3, etc.

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    8:55
  • 9:23 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 3

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Hans Vonk, conductor

    Christian Zacharias, piano

    34:03
  • 9:15 PM

    Gloria: 1st movement

    John Rutter

    Rutter: Gloria

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge

    Stephen Cleobury, conductor

    5:34
  • 9:08 PM

    Sonata for Piano 4-Hands

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Complete Piano Duets

    Amy Hamann, piano

    6:12
  • 8:44 PM

    Oboe Concerto

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    The Chicago Principal

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Ray Still, oboe

    20:29
  • 8:39 PM

    Enigma Variations: Nimrod

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Enigma Variations, Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition

    Toronto Symphony Orchestra

    Peter Oundjian, conductor

    4:18
  • 8:13 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 23 "Appassionata"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Jonathan Biss, piano

    23:13
  • 8:01 PM

    Four Seasons: Autumn

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Joshua Bell, violin

    10:37
  • 5:48 PM

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

    Antonio Vivaldi

    I Musici

    Aurele Nicolet, flute

    10:01
  • 5:25 PM

    Mandolin Concerto No. 2

    Raffaele Calace

    Come una volta

    Concerto Italiano

    Rinaldo Alessandrini, conductor

    Julien Martineau, mandolin

    21:48
  • 5:16 PM

    From Italy (Aus Italien): Life in Naples

    Richard Strauss

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    8:32
  • 5:06 PM

    Caprice and Elegy

    Frederick Delius

    The Delius Collection, Vol. 7

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Eric Fenby, conductor

    Julian Lloyd Webber, cello

    8:07
  • 5:01 PM

    Chi passa per'sta strada

    Filippo Azzaiolo

    Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble ?– Silk Road Journeys

    Silk Road Ensemble

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    4:39
  • 4:46 PM

    Gulbenkian Orchestra

    Pedro Neves, conductor

    Bruno Borralhinho, cello

    12:44
  • 4:45 PM

    Poetic Waltz

    Felipe Villanueva

    Salon Mexicano

    Jorge Federico Osorio, piano

    3:30
  • 4:18 PM

    Symphony No. 60 "Il Distratto"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    25:10
  • 4:12 PM

    Star Trek: Main Theme

    Alexander Courage

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    3:40
  • 4:06 PM

    Hot-Time Dance

    George Antheil

    Antheil: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 6 and Other Works

    BBC Philharmonic

    John Storgards, conductor

    4:33
  • 4:01 PM

    French Suite No. 6: Allemande; Courante

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Short Stories - Music For Harp Duo By Carlos Salzedo

    Salzedo Harp Duo

    4:37
  • 3:47 PM

    Scherzo No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    Simon Trpceski, piano

    10:54
  • 3:33 PM

    Jasmine Choi, flute

    Florian Zwiauer, violin

    Vera Reigersberg, viola

    Attila Szekely, cello

    14:31
  • 3:24 PM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique": 2nd movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky/Dvorak/Honeck/PSO

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Manfred Honeck, conductor

    7:53
  • 3:19 PM

    Seven Popular Spanish Songs: Jota

    Manuel de Falla

    Augustin Hadelich, violin

    Pablo Sainz Villegas, guitar

    3:03
  • 3:06 PM

    Suffolk Suite

    Doreen Carwithen

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    11:34
  • 3:01 PM

    Sarah Cahill, piano

    4:39
  • 2:47 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 4th movement

    Franz Schmidt

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Vassily Sinaisky, conductor

    10:46
  • 2:43 PM

    Symphony "La Casa del Diavolo"

    Luigi Boccherini

    Boccherini: Symphonies Op. 12 Nos. 4-6

    German Chamber Academy

    Johannes Goritzki, conductor

    15:32
  • 2:38 PM

    Funeral March of a Marionette

    Charles Gounod

    Classics for Children

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    4:07
  • 2:12 PM

    Sextet

    Louise Farrenc

    Concert Recording

    Julia Bogorad-Kogan, flute

    25:42
  • 2:03 PM

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    6:07
  • 2:00 PM

    Children's Corner: Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum

    Claude Debussy

    Desirae Brown, piano

    Deondra Brown, piano

    2:25
  • 1:53 PM

    Serenade for Strings: Alla marcia

    Dag Wiren

    Grieg, Sibelius, Nielsen, Wiren

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    5:15
  • 1:49 PM

    Atalanta: Overture

    George Frideric Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    3:50
  • 1:36 PM

    Prince Igor: Overture

    Alexander Borodin

    Borodin

    Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

    Bramwell Tovey, conductor

    10:46
  • 1:33 PM

    Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan: Main Title

    James Horner

    Star Tracks II

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:21
  • 1:22 PM

    Suite No. 1: Fuga con Pajarillo

    Aldemaro Romero

    Songs for Our Times

    Sphinx Virtuosi

    8:00
  • 1:17 PM

    Farewell to Stromness

    Peter Maxwell Davies

    Message of the Sea: Celtic Music for Guitar

    David Russell, guitar

    3:37
  • 1:10 PM

    Dance Suite after Couperin: Courante

    Richard Strauss

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Rudolf Kempe, conductor

    3:37
  • 1:04 PM

    Beautiful Mazurka

    Emil Waldteufel

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    5:04
  • 12:53 PM

    Polonaise No. 6 "Heroic"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Polonaises

    Rafal Blechacz, piano

    6:27
  • 12:45 PM

    Oboe Concerto: 3rd movement

    Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach

    Bach Generations

    Berlin Baroque Soloists

    Albrecht Mayer, oboe

    6:26
  • 12:37 PM

    Symphony No. 4: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Staatskapelle Berlin

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    6:59
  • 12:32 PM

    Canzon "La Lusignuola" (The Nightingale)

    Tarquinio Merula

    Folias Festivas

    Belladonna

    4:05
  • 12:28 PM

    Swan Lake: Lake by Moonlight

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    2:35
  • 12:22 PM

    Chaconne

    Johannes Kapsberger

    Kapsberger: Libro Quarto D'intavolatura di Chitarone

    Rolf Lislevand & Ensemble

    5:15
  • 12:16 PM

    American Suite: 4th movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 in E minor; American Suite

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    4:33
  • 12:12 PM

    Little David Play on Your Harp

    Traditional

    Umoja

    Imani Winds

    2:41
  • 12:06 PM

    Marriage of Figaro: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Paper Music

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Bobby McFerrin, conductor

    4:13
  • 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
  • 11:52 AM

    Giannina and Bernardone: Overture

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Cimarosa: Overtures, 2

    Toronto Chamber Orchestra

    Kevin Mallon, conductor

    6:40
  • 11:48 AM

    Song without Words No. 25 "May Breezes"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Songs without Words

    Ilse von Alpenheim, piano

    3:15
  • 11:43 AM

    The Merchant of Venice: Suite: Bourree

    Arthur Sullivan

    Ruddigore

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Vivian Dunn, conductor

    3:36
  • 11:31 AM

    Symphony Concertante

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    Yury Revich, violin

    Libor Jezek, violin

    Pavla Honsova, viola

    10:40
  • 11:23 AM

    Waltz-Intermezzo

    Frank Bridge

    Showpieces and Encores

    Moscow Chamber Orchestra

    Constantine Orbelian, conductor

    6:13
  • 11:15 AM

    Concerto for Two Trumpets

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Y Chamber Symphony of New York

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    Gerard Schwarz, trumpet

    Norman Smith, trumpet

    7:27
  • 11:09 AM

    Roma Suite: A Roma Song

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha OVerture / Petite Suite

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    4:07
  • 11:04 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 4: Minuets

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Orchestral Suites

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    4:13
  • 10:52 AM

    Nocturnes: Nuages (Clouds)

    Claude Debussy

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    6:05
  • 10:38 AM

    Keyboard Suite No. 4

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel Suites

    Lisa Smirnova, piano

    14:00
  • 10:21 AM

    Rapsodie espagnole

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Bolero, La Valse, Rapsodie Espagnole; Debussy: Images

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Munch, conductor

    14:59
  • 10:19 AM

    Laughing May Schottissch

    Justin Holland

    Mark Delpriora, guitar

    2:15
  • 10:11 AM

    Trio Sonata No. 5: Allegro

    Jan Zelenka

    Heinz Holliger Ensemble

    6:14
  • 10:06 AM

    Candide: Overture

    Leonard Bernstein

    Bernstein: West Side Story; On the Town; Candide - Overture; Prelude, Fugue and Riffs

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    4:27
  • 10:01 AM

    String Quartet No. 11 "Serioso": 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Cypress String Quartet

    4:41
  • 9:52 AM

    Prelude No. 15 "Raindrop"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin Preludes

    Ivan Moravec, piano

    6:28
  • 9:46 AM

    In the Garden

    Max Richter

    Pulsations

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    5:20
  • 9:28 AM

    Wand of Youth Suite No. 2

    Edward Elgar

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    16:45
  • 9:21 AM

    Nocturne No. 12

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: Nocturnes and Barcarolles

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    5:55
  • 9:07 AM

    Overture No. 2

    Jean-Marie Leclair

    Le Parnasse Francais

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    13:33
  • 9:01 AM

    Suite for Violin and Piano: African Dancer

    William Grant Still

    Blues Dialogues: Music by Black Composers

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    4:34
  • 8:30 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Franz Krommer

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    27:47
  • 8:26 AM

    Gnossienne No. 1

    Erik Satie

    Satie: Gymnopedies, Gnossiennes

    Hakon Austbo, piano

    4:06
  • 8:07 AM

    Out of the Tunnel

    Danielle Eva Schwob

    PUBLIQuartet

    18:04
  • 8:01 AM

    Scottish Rondo

    John Field

    Miceal O'Rourke, piano

    4:34
  • 7:42 AM

    Sinfonia No. 1

    Franz Beck

    Beck: Symphonies Op. 3, Nos. 1-4

    Toronto Chamber Orchestra

    Kevin Mallon, conductor

    16:33
  • 7:17 AM

    Harp Concerto

    Nino Rota

    Nino Rota

    Montreal Metropolitan Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Jennifer Swartz, harp

    24:21
  • 7:11 AM

    Love's Labours Lost: 3 Soliloquies

    Gerald Finzi

    Finzi: Suite From "Love's Labours Lost", Clarinet Concerto, Prelude, Romance

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    4:30
  • 7:06 AM

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    4:10
  • 7:01 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 1: 1st movement

    Alexander Reinagle

    Sylvia Glickman, piano

    4:42
  • 6:55 AM

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Alexander Ponet, conductor

    Daniel Hope, violin

    3:49
  • 6:37 AM

    Clarinet Trio No. 1 "Voyage of the Spirit"

    Rick Sowash

    Trio les Gavottes

    17:33
  • 6:29 AM

    Song for Athene

    John Tavener

    Enchanted Isle

    Voces8

    6:32
  • 6:06 AM

    Creatures of Prometheus: Selections

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 - The Creatures of Prometheus (complete ballet)

    Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

    Gottfried von der Goltz, conductor

    21:29
  • 6:01 AM

    Valse Triste

    Jean Sibelius

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    4:40
  • 5:47 AM

    Prelude and Fugue

    Amy Beach

    The Solo Piano Music of Amy Beach, Vol. 2

    Joanne Polk, piano

    11:24
  • 5:14 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Zdenek Fibich

    Fibich: Symphonies Nos 2 & 3

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    33:21
  • 5:07 AM

    Arabian Caprice

    Francisco Tarrega

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    5:13
  • 5:01 AM

    Stephen Hough, piano

    4:36