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  • 4:53 AM

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:59
  • 4:17 AM

    String Quartet

    Edvard Grieg

    Oslo String Quartet

    35:15
  • 4:06 AM

    Adagio for Oboe and String Orchestra

    Keith Jarrett

    Bridge of Light

    Fairfield Orchestra

    Thomas Crawford, conductor

    Marcia Butler, oboe

    9:51
  • 4:01 AM

    Giunto alla tomba

    Giaches de Wert

    Giaches de Wert: Madrigals

    Gabriele Palomba, lute

    4:47
  • 3:52 AM

    Top of the Lake: China Girl: selections

    Mark Bradshaw

    6:43
  • 3:13 AM

    The Protecting Veil

    John Tavener

    I Fiamminghi

    Rudolf Werthen, conductor

    France Springuel, cello

    37:45
  • 3:06 AM

    Phoenix (Agnus Dei)

    Ola Gjeilo

    Life And Breath

    Phoenix Chorale

    Charles Bruffy, conductor

    4:18
  • 3:01 AM

    A Cage for Two Nightingales

    Lubos Sluka

    Katerina Englichova, harp

    Vilem Veverka, oboe

    4:29
  • 2:42 AM

    Schicksalslied (Song of Destiny)

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Werke Fur Chor Un Orchester

    Collegium Vocale, Ghent

    Philippe Herreweghe, conductor

    16:16
  • 2:35 AM

    Tristis est anima mea

    Carlo Gesualdo

    Through the Night

    United Strings of Europe

    Julian Azkoul, conductor

    4:54
  • 2:16 AM

    Piano Sonata

    Franz Schubert

    Andre Watts at Carnegie Hall

    Andre Watts, piano

    18:47
  • 2:06 AM

    The Happening: Suite

    James Newton Howard

    Night After Night: Music from the Movies of M. Night Shyamalan

    Studio Orchestra

    Gavin Greenaway, conductor

    Maya Beiser, cello

    8:18
  • 2:01 AM

    Suite on Sixteenth Century Hymn Tunes: Choeur celeste

    George Frederick McKay

    MCKAY: Violin Concerto / Sinfonietta No. 4 / Song Over the Great Plains

    National Radio Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine

    John McLaughlin Williams, conductor

    4:46
  • 1:52 AM

    Twilight

    Heino Eller

    MUSIC FROM ESTONIA - Tobias, Lemba, Eller, Raid, Tormis, Part

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    6:03
  • 1:14 AM

    Requiem

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: Requiem, op. 48; Durufle: Requiem, op. 9

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    35:43
  • 1:06 AM

    A Dream in the Forest (Un Sueno en la Floresta)

    Agustin Barrios

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    7:02
  • 1:01 AM

    Nocturne

    Frederic Chopin

    Something Borrowed: Transcriptions for Cello

    Jonathan Aasgaard, cello

    4:43
  • 12:49 AM

    These Worlds in Us

    Missy Mazzoli

    Arctic Philharmonic

    Tim Weiss, conductor

    8:34
  • 12:19 AM

    Shades of Darkness

    Stefania de Kenessey

    Andiamo Chamber Ensemble

    28:28
  • 12:06 AM

    Symphonie Fantastique: Reveries

    Hector Berlioz

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    11:26
  • 12:01 AM

    String Poetic: Nocturne

    Jennifer Higdon

    String Poetic

    Jennifer Koh, violin

    4:46
  • 11:44 PM

    Phantasie Concertante

    Dora Pejacevic

    Pejacevic: Symphony in F sharp minor, Op. 41 - Phantasie concertante

    Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra

    Ari Rasilainen, conductor

    Volker Banfield, piano

    14:34
  • 11:26 PM

    Peer Gynt Suite No. 2

    Edvard Grieg

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    17:03
  • 11:22 PM

    Scherzo-Valse

    Mel Bonis

    Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers

    Roberto Prosseda and Alessandra Ammara, piano four hands

    2:05
  • 11:07 PM

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Simon Joly, conductor

    14:48
  • 11:01 PM

    Pedja Muzijevic, piano

    4:48
  • 10:46 PM

    Scherzo Capriccioso

    Antonin Dvorak

    Tchaikovsky: 1812; Dukas: Sorcerer's Apprentice; Smetana: Vltava (Die Moldau); Dvorak: Scherzo capriccioso; Mussorgsky: A Night on the Bare Mountain

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    12:40
  • 10:18 PM

    Violin Sonata

    Cesar Franck

    Paris: La Belle Epoque

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    26:39
  • 10:14 PM

    Autumn Leaves

    Charles Stanford

    King's Singers

    3:27
  • 10:07 PM

    Voyevoda: Dance of the Hay Girls

    Peter Tchaikovsky

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

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    5:32
  • 10:01 PM

    String Quartet No. 1: Menuetto

    Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf

    Franz Schubert Quartet

    4:47
  • 9:53 PM

    Sonata for Bassoon and Piano

    Ulysses Kay

    Lecolion Washington, bassoon

    Mark Ensley, piano

    5:30
  • 9:22 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "Song of a New Race"

    William Grant Still

    Still: Symphony No. 2/ Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    29:13
  • 9:15 PM

    Sweet Memories of Thee

    Justin Holland

    Justin Holland: Guitar Works & Arrangements

    Christopher Mallett, guitar

    5:12
  • 9:07 PM

    Umoja (Unity)

    Valerie Coleman

    Imani Winds

    Imani Winds

    2:49
  • 9:01 PM

    Randall Goosby, violin

    Zhu Wang, piano

    4:30
  • 8:55 PM

    Perpetual Motion (Perpetuum mobile)

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Ein Straussfest II

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:14
  • 8:17 PM

    Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies No 29, 33, 35, 38, And 41

    Orchestra Mozart

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    36:56
  • 8:06 PM

    Theme and Variations

    Charlotte Sohy

    Charlotte Sohy: Compositrice de la Belle Epoque

    National Orchestra of Avignon-Provence

    Debora Waldman, conductor

    Cordelia Palm, violin

    8:40
  • 8:01 PM

    Four Mendiants: Dried Figs

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Alessandro Marangoni, piano

    4:45
  • 7:48 PM

    Dance of the Hours

    Amilcare Ponchielli

    Opera Intermezzi and Ballet Music

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    10:24
  • 4:46 PM

    Gayane Ballet Suite

    Aram Khachaturian

    Royal Scottish Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    12:20
  • 4:40 PM

    String Quartet: 3rd movement

    Florence Price

    UNCOVERED Vol. 2

    Catalyst Quartet

    4:26
  • 4:23 PM

    Variations on a Theme of Franz Schubert

    Emil Reesen

    Aalborg Symphony Orchestra

    Bo Holten, conductor

    16:48
  • 4:19 PM

    Lyric Pieces: Smatrold (Puck)

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Lyric Pieces

    Stephen Hough, piano

    1:52
  • 4:06 PM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    12:29
  • 4:01 PM

    Album Leaf

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Music of the Gilded Age

    Sylvan Winds

    Boris Baev, oboe

    4:38
  • 3:38 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 6

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mantova Chamber Orchestra

    Carlo Fabiano, conductor

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    19:53
  • 3:23 PM

    Spanish Dances

    Moritz Moszkowski

    From Foreign Lands

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    14:19
  • 3:17 PM

    The Never-Ending Ocean of Identity

    Quinn Mason

    Settle: Migration Music Part 3

    Lara Downes, piano

    3:39
  • 3:06 PM

    Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

    Claude Debussy

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    John Mauceri, conductor

    Louise DiTullio, flute

    10:37
  • 3:01 PM

    The Seal Lullaby

    Eric Whitacre

    Home

    Voces8

    Christopher Glynn, piano

    4:33
  • 2:44 PM

    Ramuntcho Suite No. 2

    Gabriel Pierne

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    14:36
  • 2:35 PM

    Preludio, Fuga, and Vivace

    Sergio Assad

    Bacheando

    Plinio Fernandes, guitar

    7:00
  • 2:14 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    Vladimir Spivakov, violin

    20:26
  • 2:06 PM

    Polonaise No. 6 "Heroic"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: 26 Preludes, Scherzo No. 2

    Martha Argerich, piano

    6:16
  • 2:01 PM

    Notre Dame: Intermezzo

    Franz Schmidt

    Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    4:43
  • 1:42 PM

    Mother Goose (Ma mere l'oye): Suite

    Maurice Ravel

    Prague Philharmonia

    Emmanuel Villaume, conductor

    16:34
  • 1:32 PM

    Ballade

    Theresa Carreno

    Clara Rodriguez Plays the Music of Teresa Carreno

    Clara Rodriguez, piano

    7:25
  • 1:18 PM

    English Pastoral Impressions

    Ernest Farrar

    Farrar: Orchestral Works

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Alasdair Mitchell, conductor

    14:13
  • 1:06 PM

    Symphony No. 7

    William Boyce

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    9:58
  • 1:01 PM

    Scherzo No. 2

    Clara Schumann

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    4:47
  • 10:53 AM

    Serenity (O Magnum Mysterium)

    Ola Gjeilo

    Ola Gjeilo

    Tenebrae

    Matthew Sharp, cello

    5:05
  • 10:25 AM

    Idyll for String Orchestra

    Leos Janacek

    Janacek: Idyll; Mladi

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    26:28
  • 10:12 AM

    Piano Suite No. 2 "Times of Solitude"

    John Wineglass

    Duo Dolce

    10:45
  • 10:06 AM

    Ballad

    Eric Coates

    Eric Coates: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Wilson, conductor

    5:52
  • 10:00 AM

    Sonata No. 6

    Heinrich Biber

    Parley of Instruments

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    4:51
  • 9:45 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 18

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Orli Shaham, piano

    13:30
  • 9:31 AM

    Guitar Sonata No. 3

    Wenzel Matiegka

    David Starobin, guitar

    12:25
  • 9:18 AM

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Douglas Boyd, oboe

    11:52
  • 9:12 AM

    The Tree of Life

    Alexandre Desplat

    Traffic Quintet

    Alain Planes, piano

    Alexandre Desplat, flute

    4:20
  • 9:06 AM

    Generations: Sinfonietta No. 2: Alla sarabande

    Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson

    Serenely Cedille: Relaxing Rarities From Chicago's Classical Label

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    5:36
  • 9:01 AM

    Pavan-Capriccio

    Isaac Albeniz

    Duo Van Dua

    4:36
  • 8:48 AM

    Palestrina Concerto

    Wilhelm van Wassenaer

    Swiss Italian Orchestra

    Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

    10:38
  • 8:16 AM

    Scottish Fantasy

    Max Bruch

    Scottish Fantasies for Violin & Orchestra

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Alexander Platt, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    31:06
  • 8:01 AM

    Lady Radnor's Suite

    Hubert Parry

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Adrian Boult, conductor

    13:15
  • 7:48 AM

    Free Variations and Finale

    Gabriel Pierne

    Netherlands Harp Ensemble

    10:38
  • 7:06 AM

    The Mermaid

    Alexander von Zemlinsky

    Zemlinsky: Die Seejungfrau, Psalm 8

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    40:11
  • 7:01 AM

    Shells of the Ocean

    Justin Holland

    Justin Holland Recording Project

    Gabriele Leite, guitar

    4:13
  • 6:50 AM

    Music for a Young Prince: Dreams

    Godfrey Ridout

    Godfrey Ridout: Orchestral Works

    Toronto Symphony Orchestra

    Victor Feldbrill, conductor

    8:32
  • 6:47 AM

    Estonian Lullaby

    Arvo Part

    Arvo Part: Adam's Lament

    Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

    Tonu Kaljuste, conductor

    2:06
  • 6:01 AM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World"

    Antonin Dvorak

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    43:53
  • 5:43 AM

    Blue as the Turquoise Night of Neyshabur

    Kayhan Kalhor

    Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble ?– Silk Road Journeys

    Silk Road Ensemble

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    15:34
  • 5:38 AM

    Song in the Night (Chanson dans la Nuit)

    Carlos Salzedo

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    3:42
  • 5:01 AM

    Kreisleriana

    Robert Schumann

    Imogen Cooper, piano

    35:39