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  • 4:46 AM

    Upon Further Reflection: Sunset Soliloquy

    Michael Tilson Thomas

    John Wilson, piano

    13:09
  • 4:36 AM

    End of Vienna

    Carla Bley

    Carla Bley - Selected Recordings

    Carla Bley, piano

    8:56
  • 4:27 AM

    Dance Card: Celestial Blue

    Jennifer Higdon

    Project W: Works by Diverse Women Composers

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    7:58
  • 4:18 AM

    Light is Calling

    Michael Gordon

    to you through

    India Gailey, cello

    7:07
  • 4:07 AM

    Illuminations of the Beyond (Eclairs sur l'au-dela): Demeurer dans l’amour (To Abide in Love)

    Olivier Messiaen

    Messiaen: Illuminations of the Beyond

    Orchestre de la Bastille

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    10:11
  • 4:01 AM

    Chorale for Nanine with Birds (Hommage a Messiaen)

    Gerald Levinson

    Marcantonio Barone, piano

    4:35
  • 3:48 AM

    Skylark Lullaby

    Jennifer Bellor

    Eastman Saxophone Project

    Chien-Kwan Lin, conductor

    10:22
  • 3:33 AM

    Birdflight

    Christopher Gunning

    Gunning: Violin & Cello Concertos - Birdflight

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Christopher Gunning, conductor

    12:13
  • 3:16 AM

    Mythic Birds Waltz

    Terry Riley

    Kronos Quartet

    16:10
  • 3:07 AM

    Exaltation of Larks

    Norman Dello Joio

    Atlantic Sinfonietta

    Edvard Tchivzhel, conductor

    7:44
  • 3:01 AM

    Everything Lasts Forever: Bird Sing Love

    Michael Kurth

    Michael Kurth: Everything Lasts Forever

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Spano, conductor

    4:50
  • 2:51 AM

    Asturias (Leyenda)

    Isaac Albeniz

    Albeniz: Piano Music for Guitar

    Jason Vieaux, guitar

    7:06
  • 2:15 AM

    Serenade

    Ethel Smyth

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Odaline de la Martinez, conductor

    35:16
  • 2:07 AM

    Steal Away

    Traditional

    Imani Winds: The Classical Underground

    Imani Winds

    6:29
  • 2:01 AM

    A Hermit Thrush at Morn

    Amy Beach

    The Solo Piano Music of Amy Beach, Vol. 2

    Joanne Polk, piano

    4:50
  • 1:50 AM

    Andante Cantabile

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations, etc.

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Mischa Maisky, cello

    8:24
  • 1:48 AM

    Concert Etude No. 6: Pastoral

    Nikolai Kapustin

    Benjamin Grosvenor, piano

    2:19
  • 1:20 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1-9

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    26:45
  • 1:06 AM

    Rhapsody

    Ruth Gipps

    Dedication - The Clarinet Chamber Music of Ruth Gipps

    Tippett Quartet

    Peter Cigleris, clarinet

    11:04
  • 1:01 AM

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    George Hurst, conductor

    4:52
  • 12:53 AM

    Prelude No. 15 "Raindrop"

    Frederic Chopin

    Claudio Arrau, piano

    5:28
  • 12:23 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Emil Mlynarski

    Polish Chamber Orchestra

    Jacek Kaspszyk, conductor

    Nigel Kennedy, violin

    28:47
  • 12:11 AM

    Grande Overture

    Mauro Giuliani

    Raphaella Smits, guitar

    9:33
  • 12:06 AM

    In the Mountains: Sunny Day

    Josef Foerster

    Foerster: Symphony No. 5 & In den Bergen

    Osnabruck Symphony Orchestra

    Hermann Baumer, conductor

    4:29
  • 12:01 AM

    Sonata pian e forte

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    National Brass Ensemble

    4:44
  • 11:42 PM

    Don Juan

    Richard Strauss

    Bravura: Respighi, Strauss

    Oregon Symphony

    James DePreist, conductor

    16:42
  • 11:35 PM

    Sunset

    Foday Musa Suso

    Kronos Quartet: Pieces of Africa

    Kronos Quartet

    Soloists

    4:24
  • 11:20 PM

    Fantasy on Hungarian Folk Tunes

    Franz Liszt

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Jun'ichi Hirokami, conductor

    Barry Douglas, piano

    14:39
  • 11:10 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 5

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Flute Concertos

    Australian Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Tognetti, conductor

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    8:40
  • 11:06 PM

    Miniature Viennese March

    Fritz Kreisler

    The Kreisler Album

    Joshua Bell, violin

    3:15
  • 11:01 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Jubilee March

    Erkki Melartin

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:32
  • 10:45 PM

    Suite for Strings

    John Rutter

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Rutter, conductor

    12:23
  • 10:25 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Il Giardino Armonico

    Giovanni Antonini, conductor

    18:09
  • 10:17 PM

    Preludio, Fuga, and Vivace

    Sergio Assad

    Bacheando

    Plinio Fernandes, guitar

    7:00
  • 10:09 PM

    Symphony No. 7: Scherzo

    Emilie Mayer

    North German Radio Philharmonic

    Jan Willem de Vriend, conductor

    6:53
  • 10:06 PM

    Ave Maria

    Charles Gounod

    Dream Season: The Christmas Harp

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    2:52
  • 9:51 PM

    Oboe Concerto: 3rd movement

    Jan Anton Kozeluh

    Lost and Found

    Potsdam Chamber Academy

    Albrecht Mayer, conductor

    Albrecht Mayer, oboe

    7:28
  • 9:45 PM

    Polonaise No. 3 "Military"

    Frederic Chopin

    Rafal Blechacz, piano

    4:53
  • 9:30 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "Great": 3rd movement

    Franz Schubert

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    14:00
  • 9:22 PM

    Violin and Oboe Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    La Serenissima

    Adrian Chandler, conductor

    Adrian Chandler, violin

    Gail Hennessy, oboe

    7:37
  • 9:09 PM

    Helios Overture

    Carl Nielsen

    Songs of the Earth

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    John Mauceri, conductor

    10:08
  • 9:06 PM

    Humoresque No. 7

    Antonin Dvorak

    Stephen Hough, piano

    3:06
  • 9:03 PM

    Southland Sketches: 3rd movement

    Harry T. Burleigh

    Calefax Reed Ensemble

    2:52
  • 8:42 PM

    Capriccio Italien

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Ports of Call

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    15:53
  • 8:40 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2: Badinerie

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Swingle Singers

    1:17
  • 8:19 PM

    Lachian Dances

    Leos Janacek

    Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Ondrej Lenard, conductor

    19:26
  • 8:14 PM

    The Westerlies

    2:59
  • 8:06 PM

    The Planets: Mars

    Gustav Holst

    Kansas City Symphony

    Michael Stern, conductor

    7:38
  • 8:01 PM

    Handel in the Strand

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger: Folk-Inspired Works for Piano Duet and Piano Duo

    Bilder Duo

    4:34
  • 7:52 PM

    Heather Hill

    Constance Warren

    South German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim

    Douglas Bostock, conductor

    6:45
  • 5:49 PM

    Poet and Peasant Overture

    Franz von Suppe

    Popular Operatic Overtures

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    9:45
  • 5:43 PM

    (though love be a day)

    Matthew Brown

    (though love be a day) - Selected Choral Works of Matthew Brown

    Antioch Chamber Ensemble

    Joshua Copeland, conductor

    4:19
  • 5:25 PM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 3

    Ottorino Respighi

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    16:52
  • 5:17 PM

    Concertino for Flute and Piano

    Alphonse Duvernoy

    Flute Music by French Composers

    Laurel Zucker, flute

    5:49
  • 5:06 PM

    Symphony No. 8

    William Boyce

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    10:59
  • 5:01 PM

    Guitar Sonata: 3rd movement

    Ferdinando Carulli

    Richard Savino, guitar

    4:39
  • 4:56 PM

    Waltz No. 6 "Minute"

    Frederic Chopin

    American Virtuosa - Tribute to Maud Powell

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    2:00
  • 4:46 PM

    Swedish Dances

    Max Bruch

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    9:50
  • 4:28 PM

    Rapsodie espagnole

    Maurice Ravel

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    16:32
  • 4:17 PM

    String Quartet No. 5

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Arabella String Quartet

    10:43
  • 4:09 PM

    The Wind Rises Suite

    Joe Hisaishi

    A Symphonic Celebration: Music from the Studio Ghibli films of Hayao Miyazaki

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Joe Hisaishi, conductor

    Avi Avital, mandolin

    6:15
  • 4:06 PM

    Intermezzo No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Paul Lewis, piano

    1:50
  • 4:01 PM

    Minuets with Contredances

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra

    Hans Graf, conductor

    4:40
  • 3:43 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Florence Price

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Randall Goosby, violin

    15:54
  • 3:40 PM

    Prelude No. 2

    Levko Revutsky

    Anna Shelest, piano

    2:02
  • 3:15 PM

    Symphony No. 94 "Surprise"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    23:42
  • 3:06 PM

    Wand of Youth: Overture, Serenade, and Sun Dance

    Edward Elgar

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    6:42
  • 3:01 PM

    Fragments from Hans Andersen: A leaf from the sky

    York Bowen

    Nicolas Namoradze, piano

    4:40
  • 2:54 PM

    Clarinet Sonata No. 1: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    Gloria Chien, piano

    4:05
  • 2:52 PM

    Festive Overture

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    James DePreist, conductor

    6:17
  • 2:34 PM

    Sonata for Flute, Viola, and Harp

    Claude Debussy

    Markus Klinko, harp

    Benoit Fromanger, flute

    Pierre Lenert, viola

    19:16
  • 2:23 PM

    Scheherazade

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade; Debussy: La Mer

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    44:22
  • 2:18 PM

    Il Saltarello Romano

    Fanny Mendelssohn

    Liana Serbescu, piano

    2:56
  • 2:08 PM

    Dance of the Hours

    Amilcare Ponchielli

    Dances from the Opera

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    8:48
  • 2:02 PM

    Sinfonia in Classic Mode: Minuet

    Joseph Marx

    Bochum Symphony Orchestra

    Steven Sloane, conductor

    4:41
  • 1:58 PM

    Fleur Carnivore

    Carla Bley

    Carla Bley, piano

    Steve Swallow, bass

    2:00
  • 1:51 PM

    Welcome the Queen

    Arthur Bliss

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    6:46
  • 1:41 PM

    Clarinet Concertino

    Carl Maria von Weber

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    Alexander Fiterstein, clarinet

    9:11
  • 1:37 PM

    Waltz No. 6 "Minute"

    Frederic Chopin

    Ingrid Fliter, piano

    1:51
  • 1:31 PM

    Variations on a Neapolitan Song

    Hermann Bellstadt

    Carnaval

    Eastman Wind Ensemble

    Donald Hunsberger, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, cornet

    5:44
  • 1:27 PM

    Canzon No. 12

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    Canadian Brass

    Kazuyoshi Akiyama, conductor

    3:05
  • 1:18 PM

    The Force of Destiny: Overture

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5

    West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    7:59
  • 1:08 PM

    Fidelio Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Overtures

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Eugen Jochum, conductor

    6:45
  • 1:04 PM

    Trumpet Tune

    Henry Purcell

    Bavarian Brass Soloists

    Gerd Zapf, conductor

    2:06
  • 12:51 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Elfrida Andree

    Stockholm Symphony Orchestra

    Gustaf Sjokvist, conductor

    7:22
  • 12:37 PM

    The Three-Cornered Hat: Suite

    Manuel de Falla

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    12:11
  • 12:31 PM

    Venice and Naples (Venezia e Napoli): Gondoliera

    Franz Liszt

    Jorge Bolet, piano

    5:02
  • 12:25 PM

    Re-Invention No. 1

    Elena Kats-Chernin

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:24
  • 12:21 PM

    Bachianinha No. 1

    Paulinho Nogueira

    Bacheando

    Plinio Fernandes, guitar

    3:21
  • 12:09 PM

    An English Suite: Air and Frolic

    Hubert Parry

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

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    5:55
  • 12:04 PM

    Dances in the Canebrakes: Tropical Noon

    Florence Price

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    3:38
  • 11:48 AM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 5

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Keyboard Concertos Nos. 3, 5, 6, 7

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Murray Perahia, conductor

    Murray Perahia, piano

    9:13
  • 11:36 AM

    Scheherazade: The Young Prince and the Young Princess

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    CBS Masterworks Dinner Classics: Dinner for Two

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    10:05
  • 11:33 AM

    The Deserted Garden

    Florence Price

    Laura Metcalf, cello

    Rupert Boyd, guitar

    2:15
  • 11:23 AM

    Piano Quintet No. 2: Finale

    Louise Farrenc

    Schubert Ensemble

    9:17
  • 11:14 AM

    Oboe Concerto No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Alexander's Feast, 3 Oboe Concertos, Sonata A 5

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Heinz Holliger, oboe

    8:16
  • 11:09 AM

    Slavonic Dance No. 5

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Slavonic Dances

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    3:21
  • 11:04 AM

    Auf Flugeln des Gesanges (On wings of song)

    Felix Mendelssohn

    My Gift To You

    Antonin Kubalek, piano

    4:04
  • 10:50 AM

    Overture "In the Italian Style"

    Franz Schubert

    Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    8:19
  • 10:47 AM

    Boston Symphony Chamber Players

    2:51
  • 10:43 AM

    Umoja (Unity)

    Valerie Coleman

    Umoja

    Imani Winds

    2:23
  • 10:29 AM

    Introduction and Allegro

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Music for Strings

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    13:12
  • 10:19 AM

    Concerto No. 8

    Lorenzo Zavateri

    Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

    Gottfried von der Goltz, conductor

    9:48
  • 10:15 AM

    Etude No. 11

    Frederic Chopin

    Jan Lisiecki, piano

    2:35
  • 10:06 AM

    Adagio

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 3 & 4

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    Yakov Kreizberg, conductor

    Julia Fischer, violin

    7:50
  • 10:01 AM

    Tianjin Suite: The Sunlight in Mt. Panshan

    Xiaogang Ye

    Xiaogang Ye: Twilight in Tibet

    Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra

    Stephan Malzew, conductor

    4:49
  • 9:46 AM

    Gayane Ballet Suite

    Aram Khachaturian

    Royal Scottish Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    12:20
  • 9:43 AM

    Ten Piano Pieces: Andante

    Necil Kazim Akses

    Beyza Yazgan, piano

    2:56
  • 9:25 AM

    Bassoon Concerto No. 1

    Francois Devienne

    Devienne: Bassoon Concertos

    Slovak Chamber Orchestra

    Bohdan Warchal, conductor

    Eckart Hubner, bassoon

    15:24
  • 9:17 AM

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

    Osvaldo Golijov

    Brooklyn Rider

    6:47
  • 9:06 AM

    Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: La Mer, etc.

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    10:14
  • 9:01 AM

    Ballade No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Handel Variations/Ballades

    Pascal Roge, piano

    4:38
  • 8:39 AM

    Cello Concerto No. 1

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Emmanuel Krivine, conductor

    Anne Gastinel, cello

    18:52
  • 8:37 AM

    Berta Rojas, guitar

    2:46
  • 8:07 AM

    Suite for Strings

    Ethel Smyth

    British Music for Strings, Vol. 3

    South German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim

    Douglas Bostock, conductor

    28:50
  • 8:01 AM

    And the Swallow

    Caroline Shaw

    Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge

    Anna Lapwood, conductor

    3:58
  • 7:51 AM

    And Birds Are Still...

    Takashi Yoshimatsu

    Yoshimatsu: Piano Concerto

    Manchester Camerata

    Sachio Fujioka, conductor

    7:41
  • 7:32 AM

    Flute Quartet No. 3

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Emerson String Quartet: Complete Recordings

    Emerson String Quartet

    Carol Wincenc, flute

    18:35
  • 7:26 AM

    Draumheimar

    Gabriel Olafs

    Lullabies for Piano and Cello

    Gabriel Olafs, piano

    3:31
  • 7:01 AM

    Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished"

    Franz Schubert

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    24:35
  • 6:26 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Antonin Dvorak

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Teddy Abrams, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    32:53
  • 6:19 AM

    Lullaby

    Pawel Lukaszewski

    Modern Lullabies

    Agata Kielar-Dlugosz, flute

    4:07
  • 6:02 AM

    Mother Goose (Ma mere l'oye): Suite

    Maurice Ravel

    Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

    Dmitri Kitayenko, conductor

    17:45
  • 5:41 AM

    Guitar Quintet No. 6

    Luigi Boccherini

    Tokyo String Quartet

    Kazuhito Yamashita, guitar

    16:59
  • 5:18 AM

    Nights in the Gardens of Spain

    Manuel de Falla

    Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra

    Hans Graf, conductor

    Angela Cheng, piano

    23:09
  • 5:01 AM

    Approaching Autumn

    Mark Abel

    Jonah Kim, cello

    Robert Koenig, piano

    14:46