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  • 4:42 AM

    Lieux retrouves (Rediscovered Places)

    Thomas Ades

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Nicholas Collon, conductor

    Tomas Nunez, cello

    16:44
  • 4:37 AM

    Everything Passes, Everything is Connected

    Samantha Fernando

    Carols After A Plague

    The Crossing

    Donald Nally, conductor

    3:29
  • 4:24 AM

    Time Past, Time Future

    Alvin Singleton

    Stillpoint

    A Far Cry Orchestra

    Awadagin Pratt, piano

    12:29
  • 4:06 AM

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Bjarnason, conductor

    15:43
  • 4:01 AM

    The Wolf

    yMusic

    YMUSIC

    yMusic

    4:47
  • 3:51 AM

    India Gailey, cello

    6:38
  • 3:13 AM

    Concerto for Orchestra

    Jennifer Higdon

    Higdon: Duo Duel; Concerto for Orchestra

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Spano, conductor

    36:00
  • 3:06 AM

    Heartbreaker

    Missy Mazzoli

    Michael Mizrahi, piano

    4:38
  • 3:01 AM

    Epilogue

    Belinda Gehlert

    Epilogue

    Zephyr Quartet

    4:27
  • 2:49 AM

    Introduction and Allegro "Grand Solo"

    Fernando Sor

    Brouwer, Villa-Lobos, Orbon

    Manuel Barrueco, guitar

    8:48
  • 2:17 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Antonin Dvorak

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    Pamela Frank, violin

    31:50
  • 2:09 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3: Air on the G String

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Lullabies For Mila

    Alessio Bax, piano

    5:28
  • 2:07 AM

    Wand of Youth: The Wild Bears

    Edward Elgar

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    2:12
  • 2:01 AM

    All the Things You Are

    Jerome Kern

    Leon Fleisher: All The Things You Are

    Leon Fleisher, piano

    4:50
  • 1:48 AM

    Children's Games (Jeux d'enfants)

    Georges Bizet

    Orchestre de la Bastille

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    11:21
  • 1:21 AM

    Clarinet Concerto No. 2

    Bernhard Crusell

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Alun Francis, conductor

    Thea King, clarinet

    24:34
  • 1:14 AM

    Piano Quartet: 3rd movement

    Robert Schumann

    Trio Wanderer

    Christopher Gaugue, viola

    6:03
  • 1:11 AM

    American Series: Peruvian Waltz

    Hector Ayala

    David Russell, guitar

    1:20
  • 1:06 AM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    4:42
  • 1:01 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Slavyanskaya": Scherzo

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: Symphonies 1 & 5

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:48
  • 12:53 AM

    Liebesfreud (Love's Joy)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Rachmaninoff Transcriptions

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    5:40
  • 12:15 AM

    Symphony No. 7

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    36:10
  • 12:10 AM

    Suite: Prelude

    Agathe Grondahl

    Sara Aimee Smiseth, piano

    3:12
  • 12:06 AM

    Puffin' Billy

    Edward White

    British Light Music: Miniatures

    RTE Concert Orchestra, Dublin

    Ernest Tomlinson, conductor

    3:05
  • 12:01 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 1

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Maria Bergmann, piano

    4:37
  • 11:51 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    The Knights

    Eric Jacobsen, conductor

    Gil Shaham, violin

    7:38
  • 11:51 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    The Knights

    Eric Jacobsen, conductor

    Gil Shaham, violin

    7:38
  • 11:37 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 7

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Australian Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Tognetti, conductor

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    13:58
  • 11:15 PM

    Wind Quintet

    August Klughardt

    The German Connection

    Hexagon Ensemble

    19:55
  • 11:07 PM

    A Fugal Concerto

    Gustav Holst

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    Kathryn Greenbank, oboe

    Julia Bogorad-Kogan, flute

    7:22
  • 11:00 PM

    The Valkyrie: Ride of the Valkyries

    Richard Wagner

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    5:27
  • 10:35 PM

    Pulcinella Suite

    Igor Stravinsky

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yuri Temirkanov, conductor

    23:46
  • 10:28 PM

    Fantasie No. 2

    Florence Price

    Roots

    Randall Goosby, violin

    5:25
  • 10:22 PM

    The Tick-Tock Clock

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, Divertimento After Couperin

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    3:51
  • 10:13 PM

    The Wasps: Overture

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams and Delius

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    8:31
  • 10:05 PM

    Home

    Kevin Puts

    House of Belonging

    Conspirare

    Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

    6:36
  • 9:53 PM

    Carnival Waltz

    Cecile Chaminade

    Chaminade: Melodies

    Bengt Forsberg, piano

    6:06
  • 9:50 PM

    A little pretty bonny lass

    John Farmer

    King's Singers

    1:13
  • 9:32 PM

    Eine kleine Nachtmusik

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Music for a Sunday Morning

    Shanghai Quartet

    Eugenia Zukerman, flute

    18:09
  • 9:26 PM

    The Queen's Hall

    Edward Elgar

    Donald Fraser: Songs for Strings

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Donald Fraser, conductor

    3:55
  • 9:15 PM

    Cuban Overture

    George Gershwin

    Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jeff Tyzik, conductor

    10:30
  • 9:07 PM

    Concerto for Two Trumpets

    Antonio Vivaldi

    L'Art de Maurice Andre

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Maurice Andre, trumpet

    7:16
  • 9:02 PM

    First Impressions

    Edgar Meyer

    Appassionato

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    4:08
  • 8:35 PM

    Alessandro Ballet Music

    Christoph Gluck

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    23:37
  • 8:30 PM

    Triquilandia/Seguidilla

    Emilio Pujol

    David Russell, guitar

    4:42
  • 8:16 PM

    Masques and Bergamasques

    Gabriel Faure

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Emmanuel Krivine, conductor

    12:57
  • 8:04 PM

    Bergensiana: Rococo Variations on an old Melody from Bergen

    Johan Halvorsen

    Halvorsen: Norwegian Rhapsody, Norwegian Festival Overture, etc.

    Bergen Symphony Orchestra

    Karsten Andersen, conductor

    9:56
  • 8:00 PM

    Lang Lang, piano

    3:24
  • 5:48 PM

    Schlagobers Ballet: Entrance and dance of the Sugar; Round dance of Sugar, Coffee, and Cocoa; Whipped cream waltz

    Richard Strauss

    Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra

    Hiroshi Wakasugi, conductor

    10:31
  • 5:25 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 1

    Saverio Mercadante

    Mercadante: Flute Concertos

    I Solisti Veneti

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    21:01
  • 5:18 PM

    Soirees Musicales: Ballade

    Clara Schumann

    The Young Clara: Early Piano Works

    Angela Tirino, piano

    5:51
  • 5:06 PM

    William Tell: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    11:02
  • 5:01 PM

    Over the Rainbow

    Harold Arlen

    Angele Dubeau & La Pieta: Silence, on joue! A Time for Us

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    4:38
  • 4:44 PM

    Ma vlast (My Country): Vysehrad

    Bedrich Smetana

    Smetana: Ma Vlast

    Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra

    Zdenek Macal, conductor

    14:08
  • 4:21 PM

    Concerto for violin and string orchestra

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Viktoria Mullova, violin

    22:16
  • 4:13 PM

    Images for Orchestra: Rondes de printemps (Spring Rounds)

    Claude Debussy

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor

    6:59
  • 4:09 PM

    Suite magica: Waltz

    Maximo Diego Pujol

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    Jason Vieaux, guitar

    2:03
  • 4:06 PM

    French Suite No. 5: Gavotte; Bourree

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Peter Hill, piano

    2:34
  • 4:00 PM

    German Dances

    William Brade

    Brass Ensemble

    Ludwig Guttler, trumpet

    4:50
  • 3:34 PM

    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
  • 3:21 PM

    Four Dances

    Edward Elgar

    Athena Ensemble

    11:38
  • 3:11 PM

    Concerto Koln

    8:01
  • 3:06 PM

    Rhapsody

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Works for Solo Piano, Vol. 2

    Barry Douglas, piano

    5:16
  • 3:01 PM

    Symphony No. 2: Scherzo

    Alexander Borodin

    Borodin: Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 & 3

    Toronto Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    4:56
  • 2:52 PM

    Estudiantina

    Emil Waldteufel

    Music of Waldteufel

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    5:14
  • 2:51 PM

    Allegro for Clarinet and Strings

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Clarinet Quintets

    Leopold Quartet

    Dieter Klocker, clarinet

    7:11
  • 2:37 PM

    Peer Gynt Suite No. 1

    Edvard Grieg

    Minnesota Orchestra At One Hundred

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    13:25
  • 2:23 PM

    Oboe Concerto

    Christoph Forster

    La Follia

    Christophe Poiget, conductor

    Lajos Lencses, oboe

    13:28
  • 2:08 PM

    Leonore Overture No. 3

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Overtures: Fidelio; Leonore No. 3; Prometheus; Coriolan; Egmont

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Klaus Tennstedt, conductor

    13:49
  • 2:01 PM

    Italian Concerto: Presto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Baroque Moments

    Amadeus Guitar Duo

    4:28
  • 1:54 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2 "Characteristic": Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Prague Symphony Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    6:10
  • 1:49 PM

    Pretty Maid Milking the Cow

    Traditional Irish

    A Change of Worlds

    Ensemble Galilei

    3:40
  • 1:40 PM

    Suite: Overture

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Wallfisch Band

    Elizabeth Wallfisch, conductor

    Elizabeth Wallfisch, violin

    8:17
  • 1:33 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish"

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Symphony No 3, Etc

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    35:20
  • 1:25 PM

    I'll Be Around

    Alec Wilder

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    5:49
  • 1:21 PM

    Dances of the Dolls: Lyric Waltz

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Lisa Batiashvili: Echoes Of Time

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    Lisa Batiashvili, violin

    3:23
  • 1:18 PM

    Carnival of the Animals: The Swan

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Works for Cello and Piano

    Alisa Weilerstein, cello

    2:48
  • 1:07 PM

    Orb and Sceptre

    William Walton

    Walton: Symphony No. 1; Orb & Sceptre; Crown Imperial

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    7:10
  • 1:04 PM

    Swedish Polka

    Hugo Alfven

    Swedish Orchestral Favourites

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Okko Kamu, conductor

    2:09
  • 12:50 PM

    Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Paganini: Concerto No. 1 in D

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor

    Sarah Chang, violin

    9:15
  • 12:47 PM

    Novelette No. 1

    Francis Poulenc

    Vento Chiaro

    2:37
  • 12:35 PM

    Symphony No. 36 "Linz": Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies No. 36 & 38

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    10:09
  • 12:30 PM

    Clarinet Quintet: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Pacifica String Quartet

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    4:32
  • 12:26 PM

    Country Gardens

    Percy Grainger

    Reflections: the music of my life

    Thelma Hunter, piano

    2:30
  • 12:18 PM

    Evergreen

    Kevin Puts

    House of Belonging

    Conspirare

    Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

    6:27
  • 12:07 PM

    Symphony No. 89: Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies 88 & 89, etc.

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Frans Bruggen, conductor

    4:27
  • 12:04 PM

    Ricercar del sesto tuono

    Andrea Gabrieli

    American Brass Quintet

    2:44
  • 11:48 AM

    Violin Concerto: Finale

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven And Britten Concertos

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    Janine Jansen, violin

    9:26
  • 11:40 AM

    Piano Trio No. 1: 2nd movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn Piano Trios

    Trio con Brio Copenhagen

    6:32
  • 11:31 AM

    Passacaille, Gigue and Minuet

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Music For The Royal Fireworks

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    7:23
  • 11:19 AM

    Soirees Musicales

    Benjamin Britten

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    11:02
  • 11:15 AM

    Second Suite: Petite Waltz

    Theodore Dubois

    Sylvan Winds

    Diva Goodfriend-Koven, flute

    Mark Dover, clarinet

    Nanci Belmont, bassoon

    2:51
  • 11:07 AM

    Concerto for Two Flutes

    Antonio Vivaldi

    City of London Sinfonia

    Nicholas Kraemer, conductor

    6:40
  • 11:04 AM

    March of the Little Lead Soldiers

    Gabriel Pierne

    Pierne: Orchestral Works

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    3:02
  • 10:52 AM

    Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1

    Edward Elgar

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    6:24
  • 10:49 AM

    Prelude for Lute

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    2:10
  • 10:31 AM

    Le Tombeau de Couperin

    Maurice Ravel

    The French Connection

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    16:51
  • 10:24 AM

    Brook Green Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    6:16
  • 10:20 AM

    Polonaise

    Johann Muthel

    Musica Alta Ripa

    3:08
  • 10:13 AM

    The Queen of Spades: Russian Dance and Romance

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Queen Of Spades Suite; Voyevoda Suite / Breiner, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    6:09
  • 10:06 AM

    Polonaise for Violin and Strings

    Franz Schubert

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    5:55
  • 10:01 AM

    The Tempest: Rustic Dance

    Ernest Chausson

    Chausson: Symphony in B flat, Op. 20; Soir de Fete, Op. 32; The Tempest, Op. 18: Two Scenes

    Orchestra of Belgian Radio & TV

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    4:51
  • 9:48 AM

    Trumpet Voluntary Suite

    Jeremiah Clarke

    Rule Brittania

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    John Wallace, trumpet

    10:18
  • 9:40 AM

    L'isle joyeuse (Joyous Isle)

    Claude Debussy

    Stephen Hough, piano

    6:30
  • 9:18 AM

    The Royal Children

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Humperdinck: Fairy-Tale Music

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    19:57
  • 9:06 AM

    Variations on a Swedish Air

    Bernhard Crusell

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    Emma Johnson, clarinet

    11:15
  • 9:01 AM

    Sarabande: For Katharine in April

    Ron Nelson

    Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra

    Howard Hanson, conductor

    4:53
  • 8:46 AM

    Wine, Women, and Song (Wein, Weib und Gesang)

    Johann StraussJr.

    Schonberg, Webern, Berg: The Waltz Arrangements

    Linos Ensemble

    12:58
  • 8:19 AM

    Concerto in Galant Style

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    Robert Cohen, cello

    25:46
  • 8:12 AM

    Nocturne No. 6

    Stephan Elmas

    Mikael Ayrapetyan, piano

    5:26
  • 8:01 AM

    Quiet City

    Aaron Copland

    Landscapes

    University of Kansas Wind Ensemble

    Paul Popiel, conductor

    Margaret Marco, English horn

    10:10
  • 7:36 AM

    Concerto After Handel

    Arnold Schoenberg

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Jean-Louis LeRoux, conductor

    22:42
  • 7:30 AM

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    Futaba Inoue, piano

    5:17
  • 7:15 AM

    Fantasie

    Robert Schumann

    Brahms: Violin Concerto; Schumann: Fantasy op. 131

    New York Philharmonic

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    13:12
  • 7:01 AM

    Sandy's Portrait

    Sergio Assad

    David Russell, guitar

    13:04
  • 6:25 AM

    Piano Concerto

    George Gershwin

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    David Robertson, conductor

    Kirill Gerstein, piano

    32:46
  • 6:18 AM

    "Trinity" Fantasy for Solo Violin

    Ornette Coleman

    Jennifer Koh, violin

    6:18
  • 6:01 AM

    In a Summer Garden

    Frederick Delius

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    15:11
  • 5:29 AM

    Lux Aeterna

    Morten Lauridsen

    Chamber Choir of Europe

    Nicol Matt, conductor

    Jorg Halubek, organ

    29:45
  • 5:16 AM

    Suffolk Suite

    Doreen Carwithen

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    11:34
  • 5:01 AM

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    13:25