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  • 4:54 AM

    Schola Cantorum Reykjavik

    Hordur Askelsson, conductor

    3:53
  • 4:15 AM

    A Prayer to the Dynamo

    Johann Johannsson

    Jóhann Jóhannsson’s A Prayer to the Dynamo

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Bjarnason, conductor

    39:04
  • 4:07 AM

    Perspective: Duality

    Jlin

    Third Coast Percussion

    5:56
  • 4:01 AM

    Echo Collective

    4:31
  • 3:52 AM

    Nepomuk's Dances: Memory

    Marcelo Zarvos

    Ethel

    6:00
  • 3:46 AM

    Hilos (Threads): Charanguista Viejo

    Gabriela Lena Frank

    Frank: Hilos

    ALIAS Chamber Ensemble

    3:43
  • 3:16 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1 "Latin Concerto"

    Gabriela Montero

    Orchestra of the Americas

    Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor

    Gabriela Montero, piano

    29:52
  • 3:07 AM

    Um Dia Bom (A Good Day): Plim (Feather)

    Osvaldo Golijov

    Brooklyn Rider

    6:47
  • 3:01 AM

    Atlas-Pumas: 3rd movement

    Gabriela Ortiz

    Shalini Vijayan, violin

    Lynn Vartan, marimba

    4:34
  • 2:53 AM

    Fantasy-Impromptu

    Frederic Chopin

    The Complete Piano Works of Chopin, Vol 5: Polonaises & Impromptus

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    5:03
  • 2:17 AM

    Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spake Zarathustra)

    Richard Strauss

    Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    34:57
  • 2:10 AM

    London Fields: St. James' Park - A Lakeside Reverie

    Phyllis Tate

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    4:52
  • 2:06 AM

    Swan Lake: Theme

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    The Kiss: Music for Love and Passion

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Thomas R. Forrester, conductor

    3:09
  • 2:01 AM

    Four Pieces: Dudelsack and Waltz

    Alfred Uhl

    Into The Blue

    Cumberland Quintet

    4:43
  • 1:53 AM

    Serenata andaluza

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Appassionata

    Lydia Mordkovitch, violin

    4:58
  • 1:27 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Flute Concertos

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Susan Palma, flute

    24:55
  • 1:24 AM

    Saint Petersburg Etchings: Jazz Waltz

    Yuriy Smirnov

    Anton Baranov, guitar

    2:20
  • 1:12 AM

    Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Images pour Orchestre

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    10:19
  • 1:06 AM

    Troisieme Valse brillante

    Cecile Chaminade

    Chaminade: Piano Music 3

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    5:16
  • 1:01 AM

    Orchestral Study No. 3

    Arthur Bliss

    English Northern Philharmonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    4:51
  • 12:50 AM

    Fantasia on "Un Ballo in Maschera"

    Giuseppe Martucci

    Martucci: Complete Works for 2 Pianos

    Pietro Spada, piano

    8:34
  • 12:17 AM

    Pictures at an Exhibition

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    32:03
  • 12:13 AM

    Evening Party

    He Luting

    Shanghai Philharmonic

    Cao Peng, conductor

    1:47
  • 12:06 AM

    Concerto for Two Oboes

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerti Virtuosi

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    6:04
  • 12:01 AM

    Scherzo No. 1

    Clara Schumann

    Jozef de Beenhouwer, piano

    4:38
  • 11:52 PM

    Waltz-Intermezzo

    Frank Bridge

    Showpieces and Encores

    Moscow Chamber Orchestra

    Constantine Orbelian, conductor

    6:13
  • 11:51 PM

    Waltz-Intermezzo

    Frank Bridge

    Showpieces and Encores

    Moscow Chamber Orchestra

    Constantine Orbelian, conductor

    6:13
  • 11:34 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Caroline Gilbert, viola

    Anya Shemetyevah, viola

    16:50
  • 11:26 PM

    The Gadfly: Romance

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    The Sound of the Academy

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    6:22
  • 11:19 PM

    Grand Duo Concertant: Rondo

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Here With You

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    6:07
  • 11:08 PM

    String Quartet No. 1

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Black Composers Series 1974-1978

    Juilliard String Quartet

    9:27
  • 10:58 PM

    Carnival Overture

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9, Carnival Overture

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    9:10
  • 10:43 PM

    Bolero

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    13:24
  • 10:33 PM

    In Spring Overture

    Karl Goldmark

    The Four Seasons: A Musical Calendar Of Favorite Classics

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    9:35
  • 10:29 PM

    Song without Words No. 32

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    2:01
  • 10:13 PM

    Wind Octet

    Franz Krommer

    Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble

    16:00
  • 10:11 PM

    Shepherd's Hey

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger: Vol. 1 - Orchestral Works 1

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    2:05
  • 10:05 PM

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    Carolyn Surrick, viola da gamba

    Yousif Sheronick, percussion

    4:55
  • 9:54 PM

    Serenade No. 6 "Serenata Notturna": 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Jeffrey Tate / English Chamber Orchestra

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    4:58
  • 9:50 PM

    Psalms of David: Bless the Lord, O my soul

    Cyrillus Kreek

    Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

    Paul Hillier, conductor

    2:35
  • 9:24 PM

    Concerto Andaluz

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Internationale Philharmonie

    Horst-Hans Backer, conductor

    24:59
  • 9:17 PM

    Rapsodia Cubana

    Isaac Albeniz

    Boston Cello Quartet

    5:49
  • 9:10 PM

    Proud Thames, Coronation Overture

    Elizabeth Maconchy

    Maconchy: Orchestral Works

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    5:46
  • 9:06 PM

    The Harmonious Blacksmith

    George Frideric Handel

    The Handel Project

    Seong-Jin Cho, piano

    3:36
  • 9:02 PM

    Appalachian Spring: Variations on a Shaker Melody

    Aaron Copland

    American Jubilee

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:27
  • 8:52 PM

    Symphonic Dance No. 1

    Edvard Grieg

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    6:45
  • 8:41 PM

    Quartettino

    Rezso Kokai

    Walter Boeykens Ensemble

    10:15
  • 8:18 PM

    Symphony No. 93

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    22:11
  • 8:05 PM

    Concert Overture No. 1

    Florence Price

    Wurttemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen

    John Jeter, conductor

    11:39
  • 8:00 PM

    Nocturne No. 20

    Frederic Chopin

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    3:42
  • 5:45 PM

    Der Rosenkavalier: Waltz Sequence No. 1

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Don Juan, Tod und Verklarung

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Tadaaki Otaka, conductor

    13:46
  • 5:23 PM

    Carmen Suite No. 1

    Georges Bizet

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    James DePreist, conductor

    19:08
  • 5:11 PM

    El Camino Real

    Alfred Reed

    Senzoku Gakuen Symphonic Wind Orchestra

    Alfred Reed, conductor

    11:01
  • 5:06 PM

    The Mask of Zorro: Main Title

    James Horner

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    4:18
  • 5:01 PM

    The Dance of the Goblins (La ronde des Lutins)

    Antonio Bazzini

    Stokowski Stereo Collection: Shostakovich - Symphony No. 6, Khachaturian - Symphony No. 3

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    4:38
  • 4:50 PM

    12 Contredanses

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    8:48
  • 4:28 PM

    Fantasy for a Gentleman

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    20:35
  • 4:22 PM

    Fennimore and Gerda: Intermezzo

    Frederick Delius

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    5:51
  • 4:09 PM

    Academic Festival Overture

    Johannes Brahms

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    10:22
  • 4:06 PM

    Partita No. 3: Fantasia

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Rafal Blechacz, piano

    2:10
  • 4:01 PM

    The Waves

    Ludovico Einaudi

    Pulsations

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:27
  • 3:48 PM

    Scheherazade: The Sea and Sinbad's Ship

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade; Tsar Saltan Suite etc.

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    10:39
  • 3:20 PM

    Metamorphosen

    Richard Strauss

    LIVE: Barber, Strauss, Mahler

    New Century Chamber Orchestra

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, conductor

    27:58
  • 3:13 PM

    Bees and Bumblebees

    Eugene Arcade Dede

    American Romantics

    Gowanus Arts Ensemble

    Reuben Blundell, conductor

    4:33
  • 3:06 PM

    Three Sonatas

    Domenico Scarlatti

    Glenn Gould, piano

    5:50
  • 3:01 PM

    Procession of the Sardar

    Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov

    Empire Brass

    4:37
  • 2:56 PM

    Songs of the Auvergne: Lou Coucut (The cuckoo)

    Joseph Canteloube

    Canteloube: Chants D'auvergne / Upshaw, Nagano

    Lyon National Opera Orchestra

    Kent Nagano, conductor

    Dawn Upshaw, soprano

    1:46
  • 2:52 PM

    Im Krapfenwaldl Polka

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Carlos Kleiber, conductor

    4:00
  • 2:50 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 16

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Sonatas

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    8:27
  • 2:50 PM

    Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

    1:40
  • 2:32 PM

    The Birds

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Trittico Botticelliano, Gli Uccelli, Antiche Danze

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    18:12
  • 2:23 PM

    Norwegian Dance No. 6

    Johan Halvorsen

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Ari Rasilainen, conductor

    Harald Aadland, violin

    7:20
  • 2:06 PM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique": 4th movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky Symphonies

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    11:27
  • 2:00 PM

    Turandot: Nessun dorma

    Giacomo Puccini

    Franco Corelli, tenor

    3:00
  • 1:54 PM

    Symphony No. 3: 5th movement

    Gustav Mahler

    The Key to Classics: Mahler

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Klaus Tennstedt, conductor

    Ortrun Wenkel, contralto

    4:16
  • 1:47 PM

    Three Preludes

    George Gershwin

    William Bolcom, piano

    6:15
  • 1:36 PM

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    8:29
  • 1:32 PM

    Magnolia Suite: Part 1

    Nathaniel Dett

    Clipper Erickson, piano

    10:44
  • 1:22 PM

    Prague Waltzes

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Czech Suite, Prague Waltzes, etc.

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    8:55
  • 1:17 PM

    Nunc dimittis

    Karl Jenkins

    Karl Jenkins: Motets

    Polyphony

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    4:12
  • 1:10 PM

    Appalachian Spring: Variations on a Shaker Melody

    Aaron Copland

    American Salute

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

    3:04
  • 1:04 PM

    Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Sleepers Awake)

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    German Brass

    4:54
  • 12:54 PM

    Bagatelles: Poco Allegro

    Antonin Dvorak

    Quartetto Gelato

    4:36
  • 12:42 PM

    Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto; Saint-Saens: Havanaise

    New York Chamber Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin

    10:40
  • 12:32 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 16

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Sonatas

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    8:27
  • 12:32 PM

    Three Preludes

    George Gershwin

    William Bolcom, piano

    6:15
  • 12:25 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    5:29
  • 12:21 PM

    The Water is Wide/Shenandoah

    Traditional

    And So Flows the River

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    3:01
  • 12:10 PM

    A River Runs Throught It: Selections

    Mark Isham

    Studio Orchestra

    Ken Kugler, conductor

    4:00
  • 12:04 PM

    Abduction from the Seraglio: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Late Romantics

    Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mario Bernardi, conductor

    5:11
  • 11:52 AM

    Six English Tunes

    Peter Warlock

    Warlock: Capriol Suite; The Curlew; Six English Tunes; Serenade; Six Italian Dance Tunes; Ross Pople/London Festival Orchestra

    London Festival Orchestra

    Ross Pople, conductor

    7:11
  • 11:46 AM

    October Sky: Selections

    Mark Isham

    Studio Orchestra

    5:00
  • 11:32 AM

    Seattle Baroque Orchestra

    Stephen Stubbs, conductor

    Maxine Eilander, harp

    12:00
  • 11:20 AM

    First Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Howard Dunn, conductor

    10:43
  • 11:15 AM

    Valse de la Reine (The Queen's Waltz)

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Musica Camerata Montreal

    3:39
  • 11:07 AM

    La Scala di Seta (Silken Ladder): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jaime Laredo, conductor

    6:25
  • 11:04 AM

    Les Tours de Passe-Passe (Sleight of Hand)

    Francois Couperin

    Couperin: Tic Toc Choc

    Alexandre Tharaud, piano

    2:24
  • 10:44 AM

    As You Like It: Suite

    Roger Quilter

    Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    9:16
  • 10:27 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Chamber Orchestra

    Lisa Batiashvili, violin

    15:47
  • 10:19 AM

    Pest Waltzes

    Joseph Lanner

    The Waltz - Ecstasy and Mysticism

    Concerto Koln

    7:38
  • 10:17 AM

    From Tale to Tale: Dance of the Brigands

    Oskar Nedbal

    Nedbal: From Tale To Tale

    Dvorak Chamber Orchestra

    Miroslav Homolka, conductor

    1:06
  • 10:12 AM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1: Adagietto

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: Carmen Suite, L'arlesienne Suites Etc.

    Orchestra of the Bastille

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    3:26
  • 10:07 AM

    Ave Maria

    Charles Gounod

    Vida breve

    Stephen Hough, piano

    5:24
  • 10:01 AM

    L'Orfeo Baroque Orchestra

    Michi Gaigg, conductor

    4:31
  • 9:43 AM

    Symphonic Poem No. 6 "Mazeppa"

    Franz Liszt

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    15:14
  • 9:30 AM

    Concerto for Trombone

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Trombone Concerti

    Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra

    Chikara Imamura, conductor

    Christian Lindberg, trombone

    11:41
  • 9:26 AM

    Metropolitones: Lullaby in the Park

    Ulric Cole

    Joanna Goldstein, piano

    2:38
  • 9:07 AM

    Guitar Quintet No. 5

    Luigi Boccherini

    Boccherini: Quintets IV, V, VI

    Artaria Quartet

    Richard Savino, guitar

    18:46
  • 9:01 AM

    Pan's Flute: Pan and the Nymphs

    Jules Mouquet

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Philippe Auguin, conductor

    Manuela Wiesler, flute

    4:51
  • 8:34 AM

    The Red Pony Suite

    Aaron Copland

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    24:30
  • 8:22 AM

    The River Cam

    Eric Whitacre

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Eric Whitacre, conductor

    Julian Lloyd Webber, cello

    11:54
  • 8:09 AM

    Three Preludes and Fugues

    Clara Schumann

    SCHUMANN, C.: Complete Piano Works

    Jozef de Beenhouwer, piano

    11:14
  • 8:02 AM

    Aladdin: Dances

    Ernest Tomlinson

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Ernest Tomlinson, conductor

    6:35
  • 7:29 AM

    Petite Suite

    Alexander Borodin

    Borodin: Three Symphonies, Petite Suite, Polovetsian Dances

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    29:08
  • 7:21 AM

    Impressions of the Puna

    Alberto Ginastera

    Music for a Sunday Morning

    Shanghai Quartet

    Eugenia Zukerman, flute

    6:53
  • 7:05 AM

    Symphony Concertante

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    Yury Revich, violin

    Libor Jezek, violin

    14:51
  • 7:01 AM

    Masanga

    Bosco Mwenda

    The Magic Box

    John Williams, guitar

    3:16
  • 6:21 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish"

    Robert Schumann

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    37:03
  • 6:15 AM

    Images, Book 1: Reflets dans l'eau (Reflections in the Water)

    Claude Debussy

    Seong-Jin Cho, piano

    5:42
  • 6:01 AM

    Norwegian Rhapsody No. 4

    Johan Svendsen

    Svendsen: Norwegian Rhapsodies

    South Jutland Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    12:08
  • 5:41 AM

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    Timothy Brown, horn

    Iona Brown, violin

    Stephen Shingles, viola

    Denis Vigay, cello

    Soloists

    17:47
  • 5:13 AM

    Symphony No. 6

    Jean Sibelius

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    26:47
  • 5:02 AM

    Kitty Hawk

    James Horner

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Arnold, conductor

    10:04