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  • 4:51 AM

    Dance Card: Celestial Blue

    Jennifer Higdon

    Project W: Works by Diverse Women Composers

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    7:58
  • 4:25 AM

    String Quartet No. 16

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Late Quartets

    Calidore String Quartet

    24:23
  • 4:12 AM

    Cienfuegos Concerto: Song to the Night

    Lorenzo Palomo

    Seville Royal Symphony Orchestra

    Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos, conductor

    12:00
  • 4:06 AM

    What Was Said

    Ashley Bathgate/Paul Fowler

    What Was Said

    Ashley Bathgate, cello

    5:22
  • 4:01 AM

    Lighten our Darkness

    Ben Parry

    Ben Parry: The Hours

    Choir of Royal Holloway

    Rupert Gough, conductor

    4:42
  • 3:45 AM

    Musica Callada (Silent Music): Book 3

    Federico Mompou

    Federico Mompou: Musica Callada

    Lilit Grigoryan, piano

    13:49
  • 3:38 AM

    Quartets: Two: Drone

    Peter Gregson

    Quartets: One - Four

    Warren Zielinski, violin

    5:56
  • 3:19 AM

    Mahashakti

    John Tavener

    John Tavener: Requiem, Mahashakti, Eternal Memory

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vasily Petrenko, conductor

    Ruth Palmer, violin

    18:16
  • 3:10 AM

    Slowly, Searching

    Alex Shapiro

    Adam Marks, piano

    6:04
  • 3:06 AM

    In paradisum

    Part Uusberg

    Meditatio II

    Schola Cantorum Reykjavik

    Hordur Askelsson, conductor

    3:55
  • 3:01 AM

    A Pile of Dust

    Johann Johannsson

    Johann Johannsson: Orphee

    Air Lyndhurst String Orchestra

    Anthony Weeden, conductor

    4:49
  • 2:40 AM

    Three Nocturnes

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: Nocturnes and Barcarolles

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    18:39
  • 2:19 AM

    Four Paths of Light

    Pat Metheny

    Jason Vieaux, guitar

    19:13
  • 2:06 AM

    Elibris

    Alan Hovhaness

    Visions - The Alan Hovhaness Sampler

    New Zealand Chamber Orchestra

    Nicholas Braithwaite, conductor

    Alexa Still, flute

    10:52
  • 2:01 AM

    Violin Partita No. 3: Loure

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Partitas Nos. 2 and 3; Sonata No. 3

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    4:48
  • 1:45 AM

    Mineria Symphony Orchestra Soloists

    Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor

    Janet Paulus, harp

    13:23
  • 1:38 AM

    On the Nature of Daylight

    Max Richter

    The Blue Notebooks

    Max Richter Orchestra

    Lorenz Dangel, conductor

    6:35
  • 1:16 AM

    String Quintet

    Maria Bach

    M. Bach: Piano Quintet "Wolga"

    Christine Busch, violin

    20:32
  • 1:10 AM

    Autumn Moon on a Calm Lake

    Lu Wencheng

    Watercolor

    Shen Lu, piano

    4:09
  • 1:06 AM

    On the Waterfront: Love Theme

    Leonard Bernstein

    Bernstein: Reaching For The Note

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    3:23
  • 1:01 AM

    Ballade No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Pascal Roge, piano

    4:38
  • 12:52 AM

    Lyric for Strings

    George Walker

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    5:52
  • 12:14 AM

    Symphony No. 6 "Sinfonia semplice"

    Carl Nielsen

    Carl Nielsen: The Symphonies

    Danish National Symphony Orchestra

    Fabio Luisi, conductor

    35:43
  • 12:06 AM

    Impromptu No. 3

    Franz Schubert

    11th Van Cliburn Piano Competition

    Olga Kern, piano

    6:59
  • 12:01 AM

    Dr. Case's Pavan

    John Dowland

    Paul O'Dette, lute

    4:52
  • 11:46 PM

    Scheherazade: The Tale of the Kalendar Prince

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade / Tale of Tsar Saltan Suite

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    Maria Larionoff, violin

    11:29
  • 11:22 PM

    Clarinet Concerto No. 1

    Bernhard Crusell

    Crusell: Clarinet Concertos

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Alan Francis, conductor

    Thea King, clarinet

    22:39
  • 11:11 PM

    Variations on a Once Popular Humorous Song

    Haydn Wood

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Ernest Tomlinson, conductor

    9:48
  • 11:06 PM

    Berceuse (Lullaby)

    Frederic Chopin

    Melody's Mostly Musical Day

    Jenny Lin, piano

    4:09
  • 11:01 PM

    La verita in cimento (The Truth Contested): Sinfonia

    Antonio Vivaldi

    The King's Violins

    Mathieu Lussier, conductor

    4:44
  • 10:50 PM

    Carousel Waltz

    Richard Rodgers

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    7:49
  • 10:37 PM

    Symphony No. 9

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    12:11
  • 10:13 PM

    Serenade for Winds

    Antonin Dvorak

    Vienna Philharmonic Winds

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    22:54
  • 10:06 PM

    Introduction No. 3

    Pietro Locatelli

    Locatelli: Introduttioni Teatralli and Concerti, Op. 4

    Raglan Baroque Players

    Elizabeth Wallfisch, conductor

    5:28
  • 10:01 PM

    From Olden Times: Intrada

    Johan Halvorsen

    Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:46
  • 9:37 PM

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    Linda Melsted, violin

    21:07
  • 9:21 PM

    Panamanian Dances

    William Grant Still

    William Grant Still: La Guiablesse, Danzas de Panama, Quit Dat Fool'nish, Summerland

    Berlin Symphony Orchestra

    Isaiah Jackson, conductor

    14:02
  • 9:16 PM

    The Man I Love

    George Gershwin

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    3:12
  • 9:06 PM

    Marriage of Figaro: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Paper Music

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Bobby McFerrin, conductor

    4:13
  • 9:01 PM

    Falling in Love Again

    Friedrich Hollander

    Song

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    4:30
  • 8:49 PM

    Toccata and Fugue

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Stokowski Transcriptions

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor

    9:38
  • 8:16 PM

    Piano Concerto

    Edvard Grieg

    Wonderland

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    Alice Sara Ott, piano

    30:13
  • 8:15 PM

    Norbert Kraft, guitar

    1:17
  • 8:06 PM

    Suite Mignonne

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Pelleas et Melisande, Valse Triste, Rakastava

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    7:03
  • 8:00 PM

    Nabucco: Va, pensiero (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves)

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Opera Choruses

    RCA Symphony Orchestra

    Renato Cellini, conductor

    4:53
  • 7:40 PM

    Carmen Suite No. 1

    Georges Bizet

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    18:25
  • 4:52 PM

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    6:07
  • 4:40 PM

    Divertimento

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    10:57
  • 4:27 PM

    Semiramide: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jaime Laredo, conductor

    12:21
  • 4:14 PM

    Le Sinfonie

    Lodovico Viadana

    Swiss Italian Orchestra

    Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

    11:34
  • 4:06 PM

    Abdelazar: Incidental Music

    Henry Purcell

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    7:02
  • 4:01 PM

    Concerto Grosso: 2nd movement

    Henry Cowell

    Manhattan Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Auldon Clark, conductor

    4:41
  • 3:39 PM

    Choral Fantasy

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Haydn: Symphonies No. 94 "Surprise" and No. 101 "Clock"

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra & Chorus

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    19:01
  • 3:20 PM

    Holberg Suite

    Edvard Grieg

    Orchestral Favourites Vol I

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    17:37
  • 3:08 PM

    Trio Sonata No. 2

    Dietrich Buxtehude

    Baroque

    Eroica Trio

    9:47
  • 3:06 PM

    Orfeo: Toccata

    Claudio Monteverdi

    Italian Overtures

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    1:30
  • 3:01 PM

    String Quartet No. 1 "From the Salvation Army": 1st movement

    Charles Ives

    Emerson String Quartet

    4:48
  • 2:37 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 7 for Three Pianos

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    Daniel Barenboim, piano

    Georg Solti, piano

    Andras Schiff, piano

    21:57
  • 2:26 PM

    Israeli Melodies

    Julius Chajes

    Members of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Amos, conductor

    8:53
  • 2:22 PM

    Serenade No. 1: Menuetto 1 and 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Serenade No. 1, etc.

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    3:54
  • 2:06 PM

    Four Characteristic Waltzes

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    13:42
  • 2:01 PM

    Romance No. 2

    Robert Schumann

    Albrecht Mayer, oboe

    Markus Becker, piano

    4:38
  • 1:45 PM

    Harp Concerto

    George Frideric Handel

    Italian Concerto

    Harp Consort

    Andrew Lawrence-King, conductor

    Andrew Lawrence-King, harp

    13:46
  • 1:38 PM

    Impromptu

    Alexander Arutiunian

    Gems from Armenia

    Aznavoorian Duo

    4:25
  • 1:20 PM

    Symphony No. 2

    Carl Maria von Weber

    BBC Philharmonic

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    17:44
  • 1:06 PM

    Summer Day

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Kabalevsky, Prokofiev, Glinka, Tchaikovsky

    San Diego Chamber Orchestra

    Donald Barra, conductor

    12:00
  • 1:01 PM

    Royal Academy of Music Brass

    4:49
  • 10:45 AM

    Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances

    Alexander Borodin

    Mussorgsky: Pictures from an Exhibition

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    13:36
  • 10:30 AM

    The Year: Spring

    Fanny Mendelssohn

    MENDELSSOHN-HENSEL, F.: Keyboard Music, Vol. 1 - Das Jahr: 12 Characterstucke

    Liana Serbescu, piano

    12:52
  • 10:17 AM

    Sense and Sensibility: Suite

    Patrick Doyle

    Sense And Sensibility Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Studio Orchestra

    Robert Ziegler, conductor

    10:51
  • 10:06 AM

    Divertimento No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphony No. 29, Violin Concerto No. 5, Nachtmusik

    London Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Warren-Green, conductor

    10:55
  • 10:01 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2: 2nd movement

    Edward MacDowell

    Schumann & MacDowell Piano Concertos

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Walter Hendl, conductor

    Van Cliburn, piano

    4:46
  • 9:39 AM

    Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    19:13
  • 9:27 AM

    Clarinet Concertino

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Phoenix in Flight

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Kirk Trevor, conductor

    Richard Stoltzman, clarinet

    10:29
  • 9:19 AM

    Secret of Mana

    Hiroki Kikuta

    Angele Dubeau & La Pieta: Game Music

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    6:00
  • 9:06 AM

    12 Contredanses

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Complete Overtures

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    12:32
  • 9:01 AM

    Sarah Nicolls, piano

    4:48
  • 8:23 AM

    Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spake Zarathustra)

    Richard Strauss

    Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    34:57
  • 8:17 AM

    Intermezzo No. 3

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Last Piano Pieces

    Stephen Hough, piano

    5:15
  • 8:01 AM

    Prelude and Bourree

    Wilhelm Stenhammar

    Stenhammar: Serenade In F Major

    Gavle Symphony Orchestra

    Hannu Koivula, conductor

    14:46
  • 7:51 AM

    Don Pasquale: Sinfonia

    Gaetano Donizetti

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    6:43
  • 7:45 AM

    Of Paradise and Light

    Augusta Read Thomas

    New Haven Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    5:54
  • 7:19 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 29

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 1

    Roman Rabinovich, piano

    24:12
  • 7:01 AM

    Concert Piece for Four Horns

    Robert Schumann

    Martin Owen plays Strauss, Schumann, and Weber

    BBC Philharmonic

    John Wilson, conductor

    Martin Owen, horn

    17:23
  • 6:41 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach: 6 Violin Sonatas

    Monica Huggett, violin

    17:13
  • 6:10 AM

    Mathis der Maler (Mathis the Painter)

    Paul Hindemith

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    30:23
  • 6:01 AM

    Sarnia: In a May Morning

    John Ireland

    Orchestra of the Swan

    David Curtis, conductor

    6:56
  • 5:20 AM

    The Seasons Ballet

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: The Seasons, Scenes de Ballet

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    37:49
  • 5:17 AM

    By the Still Waters

    Amy Beach

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    3:03
  • 5:01 AM

    Poetic Waltzes

    Enrique Granados

    Beijing Guitar Duo

    13:54