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  • 4:55 AM

    Nostalgia

    Peter Garland

    Vanessa Wagner, piano

    3:18
  • 4:36 AM

    The Imagined Sound of Sun on Stone

    Sally Beamish

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Ola Rudner, conductor

    John Harle, saxophone

    18:54
  • 4:31 AM

    memory pieces: spartan arcs

    David Lang

    Fast Jump

    Danny Holt, piano

    3:38
  • 4:26 AM

    Dreamcatcher

    Marcos Balter

    Lior Willinger, piano

    3:08
  • 4:12 AM

    Dreaming a world's edge

    Concert Recording

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Pekka Kuusisto, conductor

    13:59
  • 4:06 AM

    The Quiet at Night

    Mary Lattimore

    Mary Lattimore, harp

    4:12
  • 4:01 AM

    Allusions: Beneath the Surface

    Paul Patterson

    An Eventful Morning in East London - 21st Century Violin Concertos

    English String Orchestra

    Kenneth Woods, conductor

    Harriet Mackenzie, violin

    4:30
  • 3:49 AM

    The Bowed Piano Ensemble

    11:46
  • 3:45 AM

    Pastourelle

    Edward Elgar

    Peter Pettinger, piano

    2:18
  • 3:23 AM

    Viola Concerto

    Jennifer Higdon

    Nashville Symphony Orchestra

    Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor

    Roberto Diaz, viola

    21:44
  • 3:18 AM

    Chrysalis

    Sarah Kirkland Snider

    Reverie

    Kassia Ensemble

    Mary Elizabeth Bowden, trumpet

    3:08
  • 3:07 AM

    The Spark Catchers

    Hannah Kendall

    Spark Catchers

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Kevin John Edusei, conductor

    9:36
  • 3:01 AM

    For Now I Am Winter

    Olafur Arnalds

    Winter

    Voces8

    4:41
  • 2:51 AM

    Giselle: Entrance of Giselle

    Adolphe Adam

    Adam: Giselle

    Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    7:13
  • 2:27 AM

    Aranjuez Concerto

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    22:21
  • 2:20 AM

    Minuet Antique

    Maurice Ravel

    Heidi Lowy, piano

    5:33
  • 2:06 AM

    Dinorah: Overture

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Meyerbeer: Overtures and Entr'actes from the French Operas

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    Darrell Ang, conductor

    13:11
  • 2:01 AM

    Rondo

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Momentum 1785/86

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    4:34
  • 1:52 AM

    Petite Suite: Finale

    Alexander Borodin

    Borodin: Requiem, Polovtsian Dances

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    6:11
  • 1:14 AM

    Symphony No. 7

    Antonin Dvorak

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    36:21
  • 1:11 AM

    If You Should Go

    William Grant Still

    Alexa Still, flute

    Susan DeWitt Smith, piano

    1:27
  • 1:06 AM

    Il mondo della luna (Life on the Moon): Overture

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    4:16
  • 1:01 AM

    Lang Lang, piano

    4:51
  • 12:53 AM

    Canon and Gigue

    Johann Pachelbel

    Daniel Hope: Air

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe Soloists

    Daniel Hope, violin

    5:09
  • 12:46 AM

    The Day is Done

    Stephen Paulus

    Provenance

    Kinnara Ensemble

    J.D. Burnett, conductor

    6:39
  • 12:12 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff, Paganini Rhapsody, Piano Concerto No. 2

    Mahler Chamber Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Yuja Wang, piano

    33:08
  • 12:06 AM

    Adam Zero: Love Dance

    Arthur Bliss

    Bliss: A Colour Symphony; Adam Zero

    English Northern Philharmonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    3:18
  • 12:01 AM

    French Suite No. 4: Allemande; Courante

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Murray Perahia, piano

    4:36
  • 11:47 PM

    Four Scottish Dances

    Malcolm Arnold

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    10:51
  • 11:26 PM

    London Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Warren-Green, conductor

    19:50
  • 11:19 PM

    Octet: 5th movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert Octet

    Boston Symphony Chamber Players

    6:29
  • 11:10 PM

    American Serenade: Dance

    Antal Dorati

    DORATI: Night Music

    Aalborg Symphony Orchestra

    Moshe Atzmon, conductor

    7:01
  • 11:06 PM

    Chinese Tambourin

    Fritz Kreisler

    James Ehnes, violin

    Eduard Laurel, piano

    3:36
  • 11:01 PM

    I Capuleti e i Montecchi (Capulets and Montagues): Sinfonia

    Vincenzo Bellini

    Orchestra of St. Cecilia

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    4:40
  • 10:45 PM

    A Moorside Suite

    Gustav Holst

    English Folk Songs

    Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra

    Frederick Fennell, conductor

    12:57
  • 10:32 PM

    Lady in the Water: Suite

    James Newton Howard

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

    Studio Orchestra

    Gavin Greenaway, conductor

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    11:18
  • 10:15 PM

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    15:30
  • 10:06 PM

    Mignon: Overture

    Ambroise Thomas

    Offenbach: Gaite Parisienne; Gounod, Thomas, Chabrier

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    8:07
  • 9:48 PM

    Bergensiana: Rococo Variations on an old Melody from Bergen

    Johan Halvorsen

    Bergen Symphony Orchestra

    Karsten Andersen, conductor

    9:55
  • 9:42 PM

    Novelettes

    Francis Poulenc

    Eric Parkin, piano

    6:07
  • 9:37 PM

    Hallelujah

    Leonard Cohen

    Canadiana

    Canadian Brass

    3:35
  • 9:22 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 7

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Keyboard Concerti Vol. 1

    Australian Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Tognetti, conductor

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    13:59
  • 9:09 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Two Pictures

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    10:48
  • 9:06 PM

    Preludes, Book 1: La fille aux cheveux de lin (The Girl with the Flaxen Hair)

    Claude Debussy

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    Sandra Rivers, piano

    2:36
  • 9:03 PM

    Cancion de Cuna (Afro-Cuban Lullaby)

    Leo Brouwer

    Caribbean Souvenirs

    William Kanengiser, guitar

    2:46
  • 8:39 PM

    Otello: Ballet Music

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Ballet Music

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    19:31
  • 8:23 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Classical"

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Bizet, Prokofiev, Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 1

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    13:32
  • 8:10 PM

    Jeromita Linares

    Carlos Guastavino

    "Impresiones"

    Camerata Bariloche

    Pablo Cohen, guitar

    11:43
  • 8:06 PM

    Shall We Gather at the River

    Robert Lowry

    1865: Songs Of Hope And Home

    Anonymous 4

    Bruce Molsky, vocals

    3:02
  • 8:01 PM

    Piano Sonata: Scherzo

    Franz Schubert

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    4:45
  • 7:51 PM

    Edmonton Symphony Orchestra

    Uri Mayer, conductor

    7:31
  • 5:48 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
  • 5:14 PM

    Piano Concerto

    Robert Schumann

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    31:52
  • 5:10 PM

    La Boheme: Musetta's Waltz ("Quando m'en vo")

    Giacomo Puccini

    The Romantic Harp

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    2:08
  • 5:06 PM

    Canzonetta

    Gabriel Pierne

    Belle Epoque

    Lille National Orchestra

    Alexandre Bloch, conductor

    Annelien Van Wauwe, clarinet

    3:38
  • 5:01 PM

    Caprice No. 24

    Niccolo Paganini

    Virtuoso Guitar Transcriptions

    Nicola Hall, guitar

    4:46
  • 4:57 PM

    The King's March

    Jeremiah Clarke

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Anthony Newman, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    1:12
  • 4:51 PM

    New England Triptych: Chester

    William Schuman

    United States Air Force Band

    Lt. Col. Lowell E. Graham, conductor

    7:16
  • 4:19 PM

    Sinfonia Concertante

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    Yakov Kreizberg, conductor

    Julia Fischer, violin

    Gordan Nikolic, viola

    29:56
  • 4:15 PM

    Melodie

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Preludes and Melodies

    Alessio Bax, piano

    3:11
  • 4:11 PM

    Alleluia

    Ivo Antognini

    Ivo Antognini: Come to me in the silence of the night

    Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    2:48
  • 4:06 PM

    Sine Nomine

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Composer's Collection: Vaughan Williams

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    4:43
  • 4:01 PM

    Overture No. 5: Andante

    Carl Friedrich Abel

    Il Fondamento

    Paul Dombrecht, conductor

    4:44
  • 3:50 PM

    The Planets: Jupiter

    Gustav Holst

    Voyage

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    John Morris Russell, conductor

    7:55
  • 3:16 PM

    Swan Lake: Highlights

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    33:28
  • 3:08 PM

    Strange Days (Giorni dispari)

    Ludovico Einaudi

    Ludovico Einaudi: Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    5:30
  • 3:06 PM

    The Married Beau: Hornpipe on a Ground

    Henry Purcell

    Boston Baroque

    Martin Pearlman, conductor

    1:21
  • 3:01 PM

    Romance No. 2

    Robert Schumann

    Songs of the Reeds

    Albrecht Mayer, oboe

    4:38
  • 2:52 PM

    Danzon Cubano

    Aaron Copland

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    6:49
  • 2:49 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 14

    Johann Georg Rollig

    Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Barry Tuckwell, horn

    9:02
  • 2:32 PM

    Rhapsody in Blue

    George Gershwin

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    16:30
  • 2:23 PM

    Be Thou My Vision

    David Gillingham

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    7:01
  • 2:18 PM

    Images, Book 2: Bells through the Leaves

    Claude Debussy

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    4:25
  • 2:06 PM

    By the Beautiful Blue Danube (An der schonen, blauen Donau)

    Johann StraussJr.

    New Year's Concert 1989

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Carlos Kleiber, conductor

    9:52
  • 2:00 PM

    Pelleas and Melisande: Sicilienne

    Gabriel Faure

    Mad About Love

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    3:59
  • 1:54 PM

    Symphony No. 99: 3rd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    4:34
  • 1:44 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms & Bruch: Violin Concertos

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin

    8:37
  • 1:39 PM

    La Boheme: O soave fanciulla

    Giacomo Puccini

    RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra

    Thomas Beecham, conductor

    Victoria de los Angeles, soprano

    Jussi Bjorling, tenor

    3:00
  • 1:36 PM

    La Temprancina

    Geronimo Gimenez

    Victoria de los Angeles, soprano

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    1:40
  • 1:33 PM

    Zapateado

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Sarasate

    Julia Fischer, violin

    3:12
  • 1:23 PM

    Sonatina No. 1 "From an Invalid's Workshop": 2nd movement

    Richard Strauss

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    8:53
  • 1:18 PM

    Requiem: Sanctus

    Maurice Durufle

    Gloria! Music Of Praise And Inspiration

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    3:20
  • 1:08 PM

    Bartered Bride: Overture

    Bedrich Smetana

    Popular Operatic Overtures

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    6:50
  • 1:04 PM

    The Earl of Oxford's March

    William Byrd

    Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

    3:00
  • 12:49 PM

    Cantilena and Finale

    Carlos Guastavino

    "Impresiones"

    Camerata Bariloche

    9:43
  • 12:46 PM

    Norwegian Dance No. 2

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Symphonic Dances, Norwegian Dances, Lyric Suite

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    2:23
  • 12:41 PM

    Braveheart: For the Love of a Princess

    James Horner

    Braveheart Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    London Symphony Orchestra

    James Horner, conductor

    4:07
  • 12:31 PM

    Symphony No. 40: Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies No. 40 & 41

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    9:05
  • 12:24 PM

    Suite Bergamasque: Clair de lune (Moonlight)

    Claude Debussy

    Stokowski: Landmarks of a Distinguished Career: The Orchestra

    Stokowski Symphony Orchestra

    Leopold Stokowski, conductor

    5:19
  • 12:20 PM

    A Hidden Life

    James Newton Howard

    Arctic

    Arctic Philharmonic

    Christian Kluxen, conductor

    Eldbjorg Hemsing, violin

    2:49
  • 12:06 PM

    Symphony No. 1: Finale

    Alexander Borodin

    Borodin: Three Symphonies, Petite Suite, Polovetsian Dances

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    7:24
  • 11:50 AM

    Le Corsaire: Pas de Deux

    Riccardo Drigo

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    7:56
  • 11:31 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    Richard Goode, piano

    35:53
  • 11:25 AM

    Autumn Landscape

    Martin Mailman

    Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra

    Howard Hanson, conductor

    5:03
  • 11:17 AM

    Autumn Soiree No. 6

    Felicien David

    Limoges Baroque Ensemble

    7:05
  • 11:15 AM

    Two Shandong Folk Songs

    Shi-Guang Cui

    Chinasong | Shanghai Quartet

    Shanghai Quartet

    7:13
  • 11:09 AM

    Arabesque No. 2

    Claude Debussy

    Impressions

    Katerina Englichova, harp

    4:17
  • 11:04 AM

    Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Sleepers Awake)

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Mysterium

    Los Angeles Master Chorale

    Grant Gershon, conductor

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    4:16
  • 10:47 AM

    Six Italian Dance Tunes

    Peter Warlock

    London Festival Orchestra

    Ross Pople, conductor

    10:39
  • 10:44 AM

    Un Ballo in Maschera (A Masked Ball): Act II Prelude

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    2:39
  • 10:32 AM

    Guitar Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Mad About Vivaldi

    Camerata Bern

    Thomas Furi, conductor

    Goran Sollscher, guitar

    10:37
  • 10:28 AM

    Wand of Youth: March

    Edward Elgar

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    3:39
  • 10:20 AM

    Serenade for Strings: Finale

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    7:43
  • 10:12 AM

    Legend No. 6

    Antonin Dvorak

    Masterpieces in Miniature

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    5:42
  • 10:06 AM

    Polonaise for Violin and Strings

    Franz Schubert

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Thomas Zehetmair, conductor

    Thomas Zehetmair, violin

    5:36
  • 10:01 AM

    Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra

    Jeannette Sorrell, conductor

    Johanna Novom, violin

    4:53
  • 9:40 AM

    Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2

    Maurice Ravel

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor

    17:59
  • 9:34 AM

    Au-dela du Temps: La lumiere tournante dans le reve

    Yuko Uebayashi

    Misericordia

    Carol Wincenc, flute

    4:28
  • 9:22 AM

    Fair Melusina Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Die erste Walpurgisnacht, Infalice, Trompeten-Ouverture

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    11:28
  • 9:06 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 7

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: 12 Concerti Grossi

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    14:13
  • 9:01 AM

    Handel in the Strand

    Percy Grainger

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

    Bilder Duo

    4:34
  • 8:39 AM

    Guitar Quintet No. 4 "Fandango"

    Luigi Boccherini

    Dance Party!

    Escher String Quartet

    Jason Vieaux, guitar

    18:54
  • 8:32 AM

    The Adventures of Robin Hood: Love Theme

    Erich Korngold

    East of England Orchestra

    Malcolm Nabarro, conductor

    7:14
  • 8:06 AM

    Piano Concerto

    Jan Dussek

    Ulster Orchestra

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    Howard Shelley, piano

    24:03
  • 8:01 AM

    Overjoyed

    Stevie Wonder

    An American Rhapsody

    Calefax Reed Ensemble

    4:05
  • 7:39 AM

    An English Suite

    Hubert Parry

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    19:06
  • 7:28 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Alessandro Marcello

    A Baroque Feast

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    John Abberger, oboe

    11:10
  • 7:18 AM

    Madame Butterfly: Intermezzo

    Giacomo Puccini

    Overtures, Preludes, and Intermezzi

    Philharmonic of La Scala

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    8:13
  • 7:01 AM

    Views of the Sea

    Eduard Toldra

    Casals, Toldra, Montsalvatge

    Andorra National Chamber Orchestra

    Gerard Claret, conductor

    15:58
  • 6:37 AM

    Symphony No. 77

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Philharmonia Hungarica

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    21:17
  • 6:14 AM

    The Red Pony Suite

    Aaron Copland

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    23:15
  • 6:01 AM

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Harding, conductor

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    10:13
  • 5:47 AM

    Variations

    Mauro Giuliani

    Raphaella Smits, guitar

    11:33
  • 5:22 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Franz Schubert

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    24:31
  • 5:01 AM

    Oboe d'Amore Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    New Bach Collegium Musicum Leipzig

    Max Pommer, conductor

    Burkhard Glaetzner, oboe d'amore

    18:37