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  • 4:52 AM

    Cerulean: Lullaby

    David Biedenbender

    Donald Sinta Quartet

    5:48
  • 4:40 AM

    Truro Canticles

    Dobrinka Tabakova

    Truro Cathedral Choir

    Christopher Gray, conductor

    Joseph Wicks, organ

    12:00
  • 4:28 AM

    Duet No. 1, Chorale Pointing Downwards

    Nico Muhly

    Nadia Sirota, viola

    Clarice Jensen, cello

    10:08
  • 4:06 AM

    Suite for Cello and Orchestra (after C. Debussy)

    Sally Beamish

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Gabor Takacs-Nagy, conductor

    Steven Isserlis, cello

    20:01
  • 4:01 AM

    In Delius' Sleep

    Harold Budd

    Zeitgeist

    Harold Budd, piano

    Bob Samarotto, clarinet

    4:40
  • 3:55 AM

    A Native Hill: The Pool

    Gavin Bryars

    Bryars: A Native Hill

    The Crossing

    Donald Nally, conductor

    3:17
  • 3:43 AM

    Music after a While

    Michael Nyman

    Fretwork

    11:50
  • 3:36 AM

    By Beauteous Softness (After H. Purcell)

    Thomas Ades

    Echo

    Ruby Hughes, soprano

    4:44
  • 3:14 AM

    Piano Concerto

    Thomas Ades

    Concert Recording

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Vladimir Jurowski, conductor

    Kirill Gerstein, piano

    25:20
  • 3:07 AM

    Scattered Light

    Jane Antonia Cornish

    Hamilton Berry, cello

    4:35
  • 3:01 AM

    Mills Mess

    Ryan Latimer

    Royal Academy of Music Manson Ensemble

    Oliver Knussen, conductor

    4:34
  • 2:48 AM

    Capriccio: String Sextet

    Richard Strauss

    Schoenberg; Strauss

    Concertante

    10:12
  • 2:19 AM

    Cinderella Suite No. 1

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Cinderella

    Paris Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    26:50
  • 2:12 AM

    Romance

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar

    Heath Quartet

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    5:36
  • 2:06 AM

    Ave Maria

    Charles Gounod

    Vida breve

    Stephen Hough, piano

    5:24
  • 2:01 AM

    Prague Symphony Orchestra

    Vaclav Smetacek, conductor

    4:48
  • 1:56 AM

    Hello Francis

    John Williams

    John Williams, guitar

    2:33
  • 1:48 AM

    Ambarvalia

    Ruth Gipps

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Peebles, conductor

    7:48
  • 1:23 AM

    Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: The Piano Concertos and Paganini Rhapsody

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    Yuja Wang, piano

    23:40
  • 1:06 AM

    Oboe d'Amore Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Heinz Holliger, oboe d'amore

    14:22
  • 1:01 AM

    Csardas

    Vittorio Monti

    Play

    Edgar Moreau, cello

    4:49
  • 12:45 AM

    Delights and Dances

    Michael Abels

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    13:03
  • 12:24 AM

    London Mozart Players

    Jane Glover, conductor

    18:45
  • 12:12 AM

    Julius Caesar Overture

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    West Australian Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Penny, conductor

    11:15
  • 12:06 AM

    Polonaise No. 3 "Military"

    Frederic Chopin

    The Art of Ashkenazy

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    5:02
  • 12:01 AM

    Perpetual Motion

    Niccolo Paganini

    Eastman Wind Ensemble

    Donald Hunsberger, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, cornet

    4:33
  • 11:48 PM

    Kullervo Goes to War

    Tauno Pylkkanen

    Scenes from the Kalevala

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor

    10:27
  • 11:44 PM

    Lieutenant Kije: Troika

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky; Lieutenant Kije; Scythian Suite

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    2:44
  • 11:42 PM

    Capriccio Espagnol

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Great Orchestral Works

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    15:56
  • 11:30 PM

    Celtic Concerto

    Catrin Finch

    Blessing

    Sinfonia Cymru

    John Rutter, conductor

    Catrin Finch, harp

    12:40
  • 11:24 PM

    Piano Trio No. 10

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Complete Cycle of Trios (Vol. 2)

    Joseph Kalichstein, piano

    6:02
  • 11:00 PM

    German Chamber Academy

    Johannes Goritzki, conductor

    22:41
  • 10:44 PM

    Tannhauser: Overture

    Richard Wagner

    Klemperer Conducts Wagner: Album I

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Otto Klemperer, conductor

    14:46
  • 10:41 PM

    Prelude No. 8 "Interlude"

    Joseph Jongen

    Ivan Ilic, piano

    2:27
  • 10:34 PM

    From Light to Light: Wind

    J. Aaron McDermid

    From Light to Light

    National Lutheran Choir

    David Cherwien, conductor

    4:59
  • 10:29 PM

    From Light to Light: Water

    J. Aaron McDermid

    From Light to Light

    National Lutheran Choir

    David Cherwien, conductor

    5:17
  • 10:13 PM

    Capriccio for Bassoon and Orchestra

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Milan Symphony Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    Andrea Magnani, bassoon

    10:26
  • 10:06 PM

    Capriccio

    Lukas Foss

    From Method to Madness

    Clancy Newman, cello

    6:47
  • 9:45 PM

    Symphony No. 5: 4th movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    13:21
  • 9:39 PM

    La Dangereuse

    Ludovic Lamothe

    William Chapman Nyaho, piano

    5:03
  • 9:30 PM

    Gold and Silver Waltz

    Franz Lehar

    Lehar: Waltzes

    Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    8:41
  • 9:23 PM

    American Triptych: The Peace of Wild Things

    Jake Runestad

    Conspirare

    Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

    Carla McElhaney, piano

    5:11
  • 9:09 PM

    The Garden of Cosmic Speculation: Garden of the Senses Suite

    Michael Gandolfi

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Spano, conductor

    12:55
  • 9:05 PM

    Mysterious Barricades

    Francois Couperin

    Air on a G String

    David Russell, guitar

    3:06
  • 9:02 PM

    Blue Piece

    Libby Larsen

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:43
  • 8:46 PM

    The Three-Cornered Hat: Suite

    Manuel de Falla

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    12:11
  • 8:32 PM

    Clarinet Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Bernhard Crusell

    Crusell: Clarinet Concertos Nos. 1-3

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Okko Kamu, conductor

    Martin Frost, clarinet

    6:06
  • 8:14 PM

    German Dances and Trios

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphony No. 5

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    16:12
  • 8:10 PM

    Septet: 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven & Berwald: Septets

    Wigmore Soloists

    3:05
  • 8:00 PM

    Late Swallows

    Frederick Delius

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    9:28
  • 5:39 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Weber: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2; Konzertstuck

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    Nikolai Demidenko, piano

    19:31
  • 5:15 PM

    Symphony No. 4: 3rd movement

    Gustav Mahler

    Mahler: Symphony No. 4

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    21:35
  • 5:09 PM

    Sing Gently

    Eric Whitacre

    Home

    Voces8

    Christopher Glynn, piano

    3:42
  • 5:06 PM

    Liebesfreud (Love's Joy)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Salut d'Amour

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    3:30
  • 5:01 PM

    Scarborough Fair

    Traditional English

    Claire Jones: Royal Harp Strings

    London Mozart Players

    Stuart Morley, conductor

    Claire Jones, harp

    4:49
  • 4:44 PM

    Flute Quartet No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Emerson String Quartet

    Carol Wincenc, flute

    14:00
  • 4:29 PM

    Peer Gynt Suite No. 1

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Symphonic Dances/Sigurd Jorsalfar/Peer Gynt

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    14:25
  • 4:20 PM

    Four Dances

    Thomas Morley

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    7:17
  • 4:10 PM

    Satyricon Overture

    John Ireland

    IRELAND, J.: Forgotten Rite (The) / Mai-Dun / A Downland Suite / Epic March / A London Overture / Satyricon Overture

    Sinfonia of London

    John Wilson, conductor

    8:23
  • 4:06 PM

    Le Carillon de Cithere (The Bells of Cithere)

    Francois Couperin

    Alexandre Tharaud, piano

    3:46
  • 4:00 PM

    Four Pieces: Dudelsack and Waltz

    Alfred Uhl

    Into The Blue

    Cumberland Quintet

    4:43
  • 3:47 PM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream

    Orchestral Ensemble of Paris

    John Nelson, conductor

    12:01
  • 3:44 PM

    Summer Interlude

    Betty King

    Samantha Ege, piano

    3:03
  • 3:17 PM

    Symphony No. 45 "Farewell"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    25:11
  • 3:08 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 2: Allegro

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Hilary Hahn Plays Bach

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    5:46
  • 3:06 PM

    The Love for Three Oranges: March

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Classic Marches

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    1:52
  • 3:01 PM

    Waltz No. 9 "L'adieu"

    Frederic Chopin

    Claudio Arrau, piano

    4:41
  • 2:46 PM

    String Quartet No. 4

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Hagen Quartet

    11:55
  • 2:40 PM

    Manfred Symphony: 4th movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    18:51
  • 2:26 PM

    Manfred Symphony: 4th movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    18:51
  • 2:17 PM

    A Fugal Concerto

    Gustav Holst

    Bax: Garden of Fand, Tintagel, November Woods

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Imogen Holst, conductor

    William Bennett, flute

    7:58
  • 2:11 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 3

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    The Chicago Principal

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Dale Clevenger, horn

    16:02
  • 2:00 PM

    L'assedio di Corinto (Siege of Corinth): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Opera Goes to War!

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    8:30
  • 1:55 PM

    Agincourt Song

    Anonymous

    Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

    2:00
  • 1:53 PM

    Henry V: The Day is Yours

    Patrick Doyle

    Henry V: Original Soundtrack Recording

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    2:35
  • 1:45 PM

    Symphonie Espagnole: Rondo

    Edouard Lalo

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    6:58
  • 1:41 PM

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    3:12
  • 1:32 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
  • 1:21 PM

    Humoresque No. 7

    Antonin Dvorak

    42: Orion Weiss Performs Dvorak, Bartok, Prokofiev

    Orion Weiss, piano

    3:35
  • 1:17 PM

    Old American Songs: Long Time Ago

    Aaron Copland

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Alexander Ponet, conductor

    Daniel Hope, violin

    3:05
  • 1:10 PM

    String Quartet: Scherzo

    Claude Debussy

    Emerson String Quartet

    3:45
  • 1:04 PM

    The Valkyrie: Magic Fire Music

    Richard Wagner

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    4:44
  • 12:52 PM

    Karelia Overture

    Jean Sibelius

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor

    7:59
  • 12:44 PM

    Symphony No. 1

    Charles Gounod

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    26:41
  • 12:32 PM

    The Heavens are Telling

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Vienna Waldhorn Society

    2:00
  • 12:25 PM

    Symphony No. 6: 3rd movement

    Franz Schubert

    Franz Schubert: Symphonien Nos. 5 & 6

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    5:53
  • 12:20 PM

    Broken Music: Broken Chord

    Kenji Bunch

    From Method to Madness

    Clancy Newman, cello

    3:29
  • 12:08 PM

    An English Suite: Pastoral and In Minuet Style

    Hubert Parry

    Elgar: Seranade, etc./Parry: An English Suite, etc.

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    5:41
  • 12:04 PM

    The Prince of Denmark's March

    Jeremiah Clarke

    Trumpet Voluntary - Music for Organ & Brass

    Michael Laird Brass Ensemble

    Peter Hurford, organ

    3:01
  • 11:52 AM

    Symphony No. 104 "London": Minuet

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies 22, 104, Piano Concerto in D

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    6:19
  • 11:49 AM

    Minuet

    Luigi Boccherini

    Jewels of the Classics

    Philharmonia Virtuosi

    Richard Kapp, conductor

    3:41
  • 11:45 AM

    Over the Rainbow

    Harold Arlen

    Helen Chang Haertzen, violin

    Oleg Levin, piano

    3:13
  • 11:35 AM

    Harlem Symphony: April in Harlem

    James Price Johnson

    Concordia

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    7:45
  • 11:31 AM

    Sinfonia

    Marianne Martines

    Baroque Treasures

    Women's Philharmonic

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    14:55
  • 11:21 AM

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    8:31
  • 11:15 AM

    Duettino

    Jan Dussek

    Genetic Harps

    Gretchen Van Hoesen, harp

    4:42
  • 11:07 AM

    Minuet Antique

    Maurice Ravel

    Paris Orchestra

    Jean Martinon, conductor

    6:25
  • 11:04 AM

    Cello Suite No. 1: Prelude

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Goran Sollscher, guitar

    2:37
  • 10:46 AM

    Pastoral Suite

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Jan-Olav Wedin, conductor

    12:16
  • 10:31 AM

    Quintet

    Franz Danzi

    Ensemble Wien-Berlin

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    13:36
  • 10:21 AM

    In Ireland Fantasy

    Hamilton Harty

    Harty: John Field; Water Music Suites

    Ulster Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    9:13
  • 10:09 AM

    Flute Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    I Solisti Veneti

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    10:35
  • 10:06 AM

    Song without Words No. 30 "Spring Song"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    Andre Previn, piano

    2:19
  • 10:01 AM

    Orchestral Quartet No. 5: Rondo

    Carl Stamitz

    Carl Stamitz: Orchestral Quartets, Op. 14

    NZSO Chamber Orchestra

    Donald Armstrong, conductor

    4:40
  • 9:45 AM

    Liebeslieder Walzer (Love-Song Waltzes)

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    12:52
  • 9:38 AM

    Nocturne No. 17

    Frederic Chopin

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    6:21
  • 9:18 AM

    Siegfried Idyll

    Richard Wagner

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    18:57
  • 9:06 AM

    Dalecarlian Suite No. 1

    Traditional

    Seven Suites of Swedish Folk Tunes

    Jakob Lindberg, lute

    10:19
  • 9:01 AM

    Night Song

    Edward Elgar

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    4:43
  • 8:36 AM

    Gaspard de la Nuit

    Maurice Ravel

    Martha Argerich, piano

    22:01
  • 8:28 AM

    The Enchanted Lake

    Anatol Liadov

    The Enchanted Kingdom

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    6:57
  • 8:04 AM

    String Quartet No. 1 "Lyric"

    George Walker

    Uncovered, Volume 3

    Catalyst Quartet

    22:49
  • 8:01 AM

    Valse elegante

    Francisco Mignone

    Brasileiro - Villa-Lobos & Friends / Nelson Freire

    Nelson Freire, piano

    2:17
  • 7:44 AM

    Finding Rothko

    Adam Schoenberg

    Kansas City Symphony

    Michael Stern, conductor

    14:48
  • 7:36 AM

    Goyescas: Maiden and the Nightingale

    Enrique Granados

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    6:11
  • 7:22 AM

    The Nightingale

    Andrea Tarrodi

    Vasteras Sinfonietta

    Simon Crawford-Phillips, conductor

    13:36
  • 7:01 AM

    The Little Trifles (Les petits riens)

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    19:45
  • 6:35 AM

    Cello Sonata

    Rebecca Clarke

    Pamela Frame, cello

    Barry Snyder, piano

    23:02
  • 6:30 AM

    Fall, Leaves, Fall

    Kathryn Rose

    Among Whirlwinds

    Singer Pur

    4:10
  • 6:01 AM

    Church Windows

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Church Windows, Brazilian Impressions

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    27:52
  • 5:40 AM

    Concerto Pastorale

    Johann Christoph Pez

    Christmas Concertos - Il Giardino Armonico

    Il Giardino Armonico

    Giovanni Antonini, conductor

    18:15
  • 5:21 AM

    Pelleas and Melisande

    Jean Sibelius

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    18:46
  • 5:01 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    Lambert Orkis, piano

    17:41