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  • 4:45 AM

    Pohjola's Daughter

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Tone Poems

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    13:18
  • 4:39 AM

    Nocturne No. 6

    Frederic Chopin

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    4:19
  • 4:06 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 20

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Armin Jordan, conductor

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    32:30
  • 4:01 AM

    Nocturne No. 12

    Nick Peros

    Michael Kolk, guitar

    4:40
  • 3:43 AM

    Imagenes

    Candelario Huizar

    Mi Alma Mexicana

    Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas

    Alondra de la Parra, conductor

    16:46
  • 3:35 AM

    again (after ecclesiastes)

    David Lang

    Theatre of Voices

    Paul Hillier, conductor

    5:30
  • 3:32 AM

    Two Almands

    John Dowland

    Fretwork

    2:54
  • 3:06 AM

    Oboe Sonata

    Herbert Howells

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Benjamin Wallfisch, conductor

    Emily Pailthorpe, oboe

    Hugh Webb, harp

    23:19
  • 3:01 AM

    Cello Suite No. 4: Allemande

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Amit Peled, cello

    4:35
  • 2:35 AM

    Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra

    Claude Debussy

    DEBUSSY, C.: Orchestral Works, Vol. 7 (Markl) - Fantaisie / 2 Danses / Rhapsodies

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    24:15
  • 2:29 AM

    Falling in Love Again

    Friedrich Hollander

    Song

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    4:30
  • 2:24 AM

    First Xinjiang Dance

    Ding Shan-de

    Shanghai Philharmonic

    Cao Peng, conductor

    5:01
  • 2:15 AM

    Town Lights

    Yuko Uebayashi

    Carol Wincenc, flute

    Emile Naoumoff, piano

    7:00
  • 2:06 AM

    City Lights: Suite

    Charlie Chaplin

    Philippe Quint, violin

    Marta Aznavoorian, piano

    7:15
  • 2:01 AM

    In Delius' Sleep

    Harold Budd

    Zeitgeist

    Harold Budd, piano

    Bob Samarotto, clarinet

    4:40
  • 1:51 AM

    Andante

    Edouard Lalo

    Melodies

    Chen Yi, violin

    6:31
  • 1:22 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Max Bruch

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    28:25
  • 1:13 AM

    Spiegel im Spiegel (Mirror in the Mirror)

    Arvo Part

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    Akira Eguchi, piano

    7:14
  • 1:06 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 4

    Alessandro Scarlatti

    Europa Galante

    Fabio Biondi, conductor

    Fabio Biondi, violin

    5:07
  • 1:01 AM

    Barcarolle No. 3

    Ned Rorem

    Ruskin Cooper, piano

    4:32
  • 12:50 AM

    The Bullfighter's Prayer

    Joaquin Turina

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    8:14
  • 12:24 AM

    Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    24:36
  • 12:18 AM

    La Fausse Note

    Theresa Carreno

    Clara Rodriguez Plays the Music of Teresa Carreno

    Clara Rodriguez, piano

    4:18
  • 12:06 AM

    Der fliegende Hollander (The Flying Dutchman): Overture

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Overtures and Preludes

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    11:09
  • 12:01 AM

    Wind Quintet No. 1: Rondo

    Giovanni Giuseppe Cambini

    Avalon Wind Quintet

    4:34
  • 11:46 PM

    Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann

    Clara Schumann

    Sarah Cahill, piano

    12:23
  • 11:44 PM

    Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann

    Clara Schumann

    Sarah Cahill, piano

    12:23
  • 11:37 PM

    Concerto for Two Trumpets

    Antonio Vivaldi

    London Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Warren-Green, conductor

    Gerald Ruddock, trumpet

    Graham Ashton, trumpet

    6:58
  • 11:33 PM

    Mass for Double Choir: Agnus Dei

    Frank Martin

    Cathedral Classics

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    3:13
  • 11:20 PM

    Overture No. 3

    Jean-Marie Leclair

    Rare Fruits Council

    10:34
  • 11:16 PM

    Intermezzo scherzoso

    Gustav Saenger

    Schmankerln und Postres

    Duo Intermezzo

    3:45
  • 11:01 PM

    Symphony No. 16

    Michael Haydn

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    14:18
  • 10:53 PM

    Horn Trio: Finale

    Johannes Brahms

    The Unfolding of Music II, 1

    William Vermeulen, horn

    6:42
  • 10:38 PM

    Symphony breve

    Louis Theodore Gouvy

    Gouvy: Symphony 4; Fantasie symphonique

    German Radio Philharmonic

    Jacques Mercier, conductor

    14:00
  • 10:23 PM

    In the Faery Hills

    Arnold Bax

    Bax: Tone Poems

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    15:05
  • 10:10 PM

    Concerto for Trombone

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra

    Chikara Imamura, conductor

    Christian Lindberg, trombone

    11:40
  • 10:05 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 3: 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Complete Beethoven Edition Vol. 7: Violin Sonatas

    Gidon Kremer, violin

    4:03
  • 10:01 PM

    Appalachian Autumn: Jig

    Grant Cooper

    West Virginia Symphony Orchestra

    Grant Cooper, conductor

    2:48
  • 9:44 PM

    Karelia Suite

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Tone Poems & Incidental Music

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    15:42
  • 9:41 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 9: Andante spiritoso

    Baldassare Galuppi

    Mozart and Contemporaries

    Vikingur Olafsson, piano

    2:02
  • 9:28 PM

    Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia

    Aram Khachaturian

    Russian Adagios

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor

    11:53
  • 9:25 PM

    Etta Gavotte

    Justin Holland

    Keith Calmes, guitar

    2:20
  • 9:10 PM

    Sonatina No. 1 "From an Invalid's Workshop": 3rd movement

    Richard Strauss

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    13:36
  • 9:07 PM

    Beautiful Rosemary (Schon Rosmarin)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Tango Song and Dance

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    2:15
  • 9:03 PM

    Les Tours de Passe-Passe (Sleight of Hand)

    Francois Couperin

    David Russell, guitar

    2:46
  • 8:58 PM

    Musical Moment No. 3

    Franz Schubert

    Stephen Kovacevich, piano

    1:33
  • 8:42 PM

    Rondo for Violin and Piano

    Franz Schubert

    Isaac Stern, violin

    Daniel Barenboim, piano

    16:00
  • 8:32 PM

    Symphony No. 3: 3rd movement

    Marcel Tyberg

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    9:19
  • 8:28 PM

    March of the Little Lead Soldiers

    Gabriel Pierne

    Musique Francaise: La Marseillaise, Etc.

    Paris Orchestra

    Jean-Pierre Jacquillat, conductor

    2:54
  • 8:20 PM

    Silk Road Ensemble

    Toumani Diabate, kora

    Balla Kouyate, balafon

    6:30
  • 8:06 PM

    Oboe d'Amore Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Oboe Passion - Arias and concertos by JS Bach and sons

    Amsterdam Sinfonietta

    Jaap ter Linden, conductor

    Pauline Oostenrijk, oboe d'amore

    13:14
  • 8:00 PM

    Nocturne No. 18

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: The Nocturnes

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    5:50
  • 5:51 PM

    Concert Piece for Clarinet and Basset Horn

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Wiener Virtuosen

    7:41
  • 5:19 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 18

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Northern Sinfonia

    Imogen Cooper, conductor

    Imogen Cooper, piano

    30:24
  • 5:15 PM

    So Dread a Fate I'll ne'er believe

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    1:43
  • 5:06 PM

    Serenade No. 5: 2nd movement

    Robert Fuchs

    Fuchs: Piano Concerto

    Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra

    Alun Francis, conductor

    8:37
  • 5:01 PM

    Eight Russian Folk Songs: selections

    Anatol Liadov

    Kottos

    4:39
  • 4:34 PM

    Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished"

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonies 3 & 8

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Carlos Kleiber, conductor

    24:36
  • 4:27 PM

    Impromptu No. 2

    Frederic Chopin

    Artur Rubinstein, piano

    6:03
  • 4:20 PM

    Shotgun Houses: Grand Avenue

    Valerie Coleman

    Pacifica Quartet

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    5:41
  • 4:17 PM

    Imani Winds

    2:23
  • 4:06 PM

    Schwanda the Bagpiper: Polka and Fugue

    Jaromir Weinberger

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    9:17
  • 4:01 PM

    Viola Quintet: Berceuse

    Alberto Hemsi

    ARC Ensemble

    Steven Dann, viola

    4:36
  • 3:49 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Il Pomo d'Oro

    Shunske Sato, violin

    9:26
  • 3:21 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Herbert Howells

    Piano Concerto No 2 • Concerto For Strings • Three Dances

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    26:57
  • 3:17 PM

    La Melancholie

    Ole Bull

    Arctic Philharmonic

    Christian Kluxen, conductor

    Eldbjorg Hemsing, violin

    1:53
  • 3:06 PM

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    10:08
  • 3:01 PM

    Magic Forest Dances: Flower Nymphs

    Stefania de Kenessey

    William Meredith, oboe

    Stefania de Kenessey, piano

    4:35
  • 2:43 PM

    Capriccio Espagnol

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: 3 Symphonies / Jarvi, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    15:43
  • 2:43 PM

    Capriccio Espagnol

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra

    Kiril Kondrashin, conductor

    15:00
  • 2:30 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    11:05
  • 2:25 PM

    Songs of the Auvergne: Shepherd's Song

    Joseph Canteloube

    Canteloube: Chants D'auvergne / Upshaw, Nagano

    Lyon Opera Orchestra

    Kent Nagano, conductor

    Dawn Upshaw, soprano

    4:41
  • 2:22 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
  • 2:03 PM

    The Birds

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Les Pins De Rome, Les Fontaines De Rome, Les Oiseaux

    San Francisco Symphony

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    18:40
  • 2:00 PM

    Le Rossignol-en-amour (The Nightingale in Love)

    Francois Couperin

    Baroque Journey

    Lucie Horsch, recorder

    2:39
  • 1:55 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Jean-Guihen Queyras, cello

    Alexandre Tharaud, piano

    2:56
  • 1:46 PM

    Quintet for piano and winds: 3rd mvt

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Gothenberg Wind Quintet

    Eva Knardahl, piano

    9:02
  • 1:34 PM

    Andante and Hungarian Rondo

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Hummel, Weber: Bassoon Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Klaus Thunemann, bassoon

    9:47
  • 1:31 PM

    Wonderful Town: A Little Bit in Love

    Leonard Bernstein

    Audra McDonald, soprano

    2:30
  • 1:24 PM

    Aranjuez Concerto: 3rd movement

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Milos: Aranjuez

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    4:35
  • 1:17 PM

    Overture

    Jake Heggie

    New Century Chamber Orchestra

    5:41
  • 1:07 PM

    String Quartet No. 1: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Dover Quartet

    6:39
  • 1:04 PM

    The Ruins of Athens: Turkish March

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    1:51
  • 12:48 PM

    La Stravaganza: Violin Concerto No. 3

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    Monica Huggett, violin

    8:35
  • 12:37 PM

    Serenade for Strings: 1st movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    The Tchaikovsky Project

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    9:35
  • 12:32 PM

    Midnight Polka

    Emil Waldteufel

    Gulbenkian Orchestra

    Michel Swierczewski, conductor

    4:06
  • 12:21 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 10

    Arcangelo Corelli

    I Solisti Italiani

    9:59
  • 12:15 PM

    Spanish Suite: Granada

    Isaac Albeniz

    Victoria Drake, harp

    4:30
  • 12:07 PM

    Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1

    Edward Elgar

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    6:24
  • 12:04 PM

    Mock Morris

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger 'Country Gardens' and other Piano Favourites

    Martin Jones, piano

    3:13
  • 11:51 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 1

    George Frideric Handel

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Richard Egarr, conductor

    8:20
  • 11:43 AM

    Demetrio e Polibio: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Prague Sinfonia Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    6:30
  • 11:37 AM

    From Shakespeare: Viola

    Josef Foerster

    Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra

    Marek Stilek, conductor

    4:54
  • 11:31 AM

    Waltz No. 2 "Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Opp. 33-36, 38

    Maurizio Pollini, piano

    4:57
  • 11:19 AM

    Symphony

    Ignaz Pleyel

    Pleyel: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    23:05
  • 11:15 AM

    Turkish Rondo

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Albeniz, Piazzolla, Weill, Grieg, Mozart, Koetsier, Bizet

    tenThing

    3:22
  • 11:06 AM

    "Twinkle, Twinkle" Variations (Ah, vous dirai-je, maman)

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Andre Previn, piano

    7:45
  • 11:04 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2: Badinerie

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Telemann, Babell, Bach

    Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble

    Penelope Evison, flute

    1:26
  • 10:51 AM

    Pavane for a Dead Princess (Pavane pour une infante defunte)

    Maurice Ravel

    Mad About Romance

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor

    6:58
  • 10:41 AM

    Symphony No. 8: 4th movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Antonín Dvorák: Symphonies Nos. 7 – 9

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    9:36
  • 10:37 AM

    Old American Songs: At the River

    Aaron Copland

    Daniel Hope: America

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Alexander Ponet, conductor

    Daniel Hope, violin

    3:03
  • 10:30 AM

    North American Ballads: Down By the Riverside

    Frederic Rzewski

    Jeni Slotchiver, piano

    6:34
  • 10:18 AM

    Luisa Miller: Highlights

    Giuseppe Verdi

    I Solisti Italiani

    10:20
  • 10:06 AM

    In Autumn Overture

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Symphony In C Minor Etc.

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Okko Kamu, conductor

    11:25
  • 10:01 AM

    Sacred Heart (Ubi Caritas III)

    Ola Gjeilo

    Voces8

    Ben Hancox, violin

    Hannah Dawson, violin

    Simone Van Der Giessen, viola

    Matthew Sharp, cello

    4:36
  • 9:43 AM

    Poema Autunnale (Autumn Poem)

    Ottorino Respighi

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Edward Downes, conductor

    Lydia Mordkovitch, violin

    15:00
  • 9:25 AM

    German Chamber Academy

    Johannes Goritzki, conductor

    15:58
  • 9:21 AM

    Fiddle Faddle

    Leroy Anderson

    Kristina Musser, violin

    Catherine Wilson, piano

    3:58
  • 9:16 AM

    La dama d'Arago

    Traditional Catalan

    L'Arpeggiata

    Christina Pluhar, conductor

    Nuria Rial, soprano

    3:39
  • 9:06 AM

    Suite on Galician Songs: Morning Song

    Enrique Granados

    Granados: Orchestral Works Vol. 1

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Pablo Gonzalez, conductor

    9:21
  • 9:01 AM

    Figure Humaine: Liberte

    Francis Poulenc

    12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic

    4:34
  • 8:51 AM

    Variations on a Theme of Sor

    Miguel Llobet

    Anabel Montesinos, guitar

    7:49
  • 8:01 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Edward Elgar

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vladimir Jurowski, conductor

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    47:35
  • 7:20 AM

    Symphony No. 4

    Johannes Brahms

    North German Radio Symphony

    Gunter Wand, conductor

    38:39
  • 7:15 AM

    Reminiscense

    Nina Kotova

    Moscow Chamber Orchestra

    Constantine Orbelian, conductor

    Nina Kotova, cello

    3:35
  • 7:05 AM

    Flute Sonatine

    Darius Milhaud

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    Eric le Sage, piano

    8:31
  • 7:01 AM

    Three Songs: Mamulengo

    Lea Freire

    Francesca Anderegg, violin

    Erika Ribiero, piano

    3:30
  • 6:35 AM

    Concert of Symphonies: Suite No. 5

    Jacques Aubert

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Simon Standage, conductor

    23:05
  • 6:32 AM

    Trio Mediaeval

    2:11
  • 6:01 AM

    String Quartet No. 20 "Hoffmeister"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Complete Mozart Edition, Vol. 12: String Quartets

    Quartetto Italiano

    29:19
  • 5:21 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Vasily Kalinnikov

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    37:21
  • 5:10 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 25

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    9:53
  • 5:01 AM

    Lullaby and Doina

    Osvaldo Golijov

    Boston Symphony Chamber Players

    7:39