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  • 5:54 AM

    Slow Burn

    Jessica Meyer

    Sybarite5: Collective Wisdom

    Sybarite5

    4:01
  • 5:31 AM

    Violin Concerto "Shrink"

    Nico Muhly

    Norwegian Chamber Orchestra

    Pekka Kuusisto, violin

    22:15
  • 5:16 AM

    Now Ensemble

    13:23
  • 5:07 AM

    Balta Ainava (White Scenery)

    Peteris Vasks

    Sonic Alchemy

    Mina Gajic, piano

    8:25
  • 5:01 AM

    Drone Mass: To Fold and Remain Dormant

    Johann Johannsson

    Johann Johannsson: Drone Mass

    Theatre of Voices

    Paul Hillier, conductor

    4:28
  • 4:49 AM

    Sinfonia No. 4 "Strands"

    George Walker

    George Walker: Five SInfonias

    National Symphony Orchestra

    Gianandrea Noseda, conductor

    9:34
  • 4:32 AM

    Massarosa

    Mark-Anthony Turnage

    Red Maple: Music for Bassoon and Strings

    Calidore String Quartet

    Peter Kolkay, bassoon

    15:27
  • 4:14 AM

    A Shout, a Whisper, and a Trace

    Derek Bermel

    Albany Symphony Orchestra

    David Alan Miller, conductor

    16:23
  • 4:07 AM

    Masquerade

    Anna Clyne

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    4:56
  • 4:01 AM

    Secret Machine No. 6

    Scott Wollschleger

    Karl Larson, piano

    4:26
  • 3:39 AM

    Sonatina

    Antonin Dvorak

    Roots

    Randall Goosby, violin

    19:34
  • 3:15 AM

    Guitar Concerto No. 1

    Mauro Giuliani

    English Chamber Orchestra

    George Malcolm, conductor

    Eduardo Fernandez, guitar

    22:31
  • 3:11 AM

    Sleeping Beauty: Butterfly Waltz

    Erkki Melartin

    Melody's Mostly Musical Day

    Jenny Lin, piano

    1:47
  • 3:06 AM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Paper Music

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Bobby McFerrin, conductor

    4:24
  • 3:01 AM

    Four British Folk Song Settings

    Percy Grainger

    Penelope Thwaites, piano

    4:24
  • 2:51 AM

    Symphony No. 3: 4th movement

    Marcel Tyberg

    TYBERG: Symphony No. 3 | Piano Trio

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    6:34
  • 2:15 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 3

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Triple Concerto, Piano Concerto No. 3

    German Symphony Orchestra

    Kent Nagano, conductor

    Mari Kodama, piano

    35:16
  • 2:09 AM

    Mazeppa: Gopak

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    4:13
  • 2:06 AM

    Three Little Pigs: Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf

    Frank Churchill/Ann Ronell

    Lang Lang: The Disney Book

    Lang Lang, piano

    2:03
  • 2:01 AM

    The Color Purple: Main Theme

    Quincy Jones

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    4:30
  • 1:52 AM

    La Scala di Seta (Silken Ladder): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    5:51
  • 1:24 AM

    Flute and Harp Concerto

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Susan Palma, flute

    Nancy Allen, harp

    26:34
  • 1:20 AM

    Contredanse

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Works For Piano, Vol. IV

    Frederic Chiu, piano

    3:01
  • 1:06 AM

    Liebeslieder Walzer (Love-Song Waltzes)

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    12:52
  • 1:01 AM

    String Quartet No. 1: 3rd movement

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Danubius Quartet

    4:42
  • 12:50 AM

    Symphony No. 98: Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: The London Symphonies, Vol. I

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    8:04
  • 12:29 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: Complete Concertos

    Russian National Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    20:17
  • 12:17 AM

    Hungarian Sketches

    Bela Bartok

    Mephisto Magic

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    10:59
  • 12:13 AM

    Simple Gifts

    Frederic Hand

    Across Time

    Frederic Hand, guitar

    2:32
  • 12:06 AM

    March Militaire No. 1

    Franz Schubert

    The Studio Recordings - New York 1985

    Vladimir Horowitz, piano

    6:09
  • 12:01 AM

    Invitation to the Polka

    Johann StraussJr.

    J. Strauss, Jr. Edition: Vol. 18

    Slovak State Phiharmonic, Kosice

    Alfred Walter, conductor

    4:50
  • 11:48 PM

    Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: Orchestral Favorites - Hungarian Fantasy

    Szeged Symphony Orchestra

    Tamas Pal, conductor

    10:42
  • 11:34 PM

    Trumpet Concerto No. 1

    Johann Hertel

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Elgar Howarth, conductor

    Hakan Hardenberger, trumpet

    13:22
  • 11:25 PM

    Diabelli Variations: Theme; Variations 1-5

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Diabelli Variations

    Shai Wosner, piano

    6:39
  • 11:12 PM

    Sonata for Flute and Orchestra

    Francis Poulenc

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Steuart Bedford, conductor

    Jennifer Stinton, flute

    12:03
  • 11:06 PM

    The Harmonious Blacksmith

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Keyboard Suites 2

    Philip Edward Fisher, piano

    4:43
  • 10:52 PM

    Serenade for Winds: Scherzo

    Julius Rontgen

    Viotta Ensemble

    6:40
  • 10:47 PM

    Peer Gynt: Morning Mood

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites 1 And 2

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    4:04
  • 10:42 PM

    Lux Aurumque

    Eric Whitacre

    Handel and Haydn Society Chorus

    Grant Llewellyn, conductor

    3:54
  • 10:26 PM

    Russian Easter Festival Overture

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    14:50
  • 10:11 PM

    Sonata No. 4

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Sonatas For Strings

    Camerata Bern

    Thomas Furi, conductor

    13:45
  • 10:06 PM

    Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Rafal Blechacz, piano

    4:00
  • 10:03 PM

    Othello Suite: Willow Song

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    2:34
  • 9:48 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Staatskapelle Berlin

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    10:09
  • 9:21 PM

    Catfish Row

    George Gershwin

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    25:21
  • 9:14 PM

    Sylvia: Procession of Bacchus

    Leo Delibes

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    6:00
  • 9:06 PM

    Ensemble Clarimonia

    Charles Neidich, clarinet

    6:19
  • 9:01 PM

    Violin Sonata: Scherzo

    Amy Beach

    Gabrielle Lester, violin

    Diana Ambache, piano

    4:35
  • 8:48 PM

    Grand Canyon Suite: Cloudburst

    Ferde Grofe

    Grofe: Grand Canyon / Gershwin: Porgy & Bess

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    9:56
  • 6:35 PM

    West Side Story: Symphonic Dances

    Leonard Bernstein

    National Symphony Orchestra

    Christoph Eschenbach, conductor

    23:06
  • 6:23 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
  • 6:17 PM

    Prelude and Fuge

    Clara Schumann

    Jozef de Beenhouwer, piano

    4:07
  • 6:06 PM

    The Wasps: Overture

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Sound of Everest

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Adrian Boult, conductor

    10:33
  • 6:01 PM

    Village Dance

    Claude Champagne

    Dancing For 100 Years

    Quebec Symphony Orchestra

    Yoav Talmi, conductor

    4:48
  • 5:52 PM

    Espana

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Dukas: La Peri; L'Apprenti sorcier/Chabrier: Suite pastorale; Espana

    Ulster Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    6:01
  • 5:33 PM

    Simple Symphony

    Benjamin Britten

    Britten: Lachrymae

    Norwegian Chamber Orchestra

    Iona Brown, conductor

    17:36
  • 5:21 PM

    The Virtuous Wife: Suite

    Henry Purcell

    Purcell: Ayres for the Theatre

    Parley of Instruments

    Peter Holman, conductor

    11:42
  • 5:13 PM

    Bachianas Brasileiras No. 1: Prelude

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Classics Meet Pops

    12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic

    5:55
  • 5:06 PM

    Light Cavalry Overture

    Franz von Suppe

    William Tell and Other Favorite Overtures

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    6:49
  • 5:01 PM

    Sonata No. 2

    Dario Castello

    Lucie Horsch, recorder

    Thomas Dunford, lute

    4:34
  • 4:45 PM

    Little Concerto

    Carl Orff

    Mainz Wind Ensemble

    Klaus Rainer Scholl, conductor

    13:01
  • 4:22 PM

    Pines of Rome

    Ottorino Respighi

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    21:52
  • 4:14 PM

    Trumpet Sonata No. 1

    Giuseppe Torelli

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    Maurice Andre, trumpet

    7:14
  • 4:06 PM

    Waltz No. 3

    Frederic Chopin

    Therese Motard, cello

    Louise-Andree Baril, piano

    6:20
  • 4:01 PM

    From Olden Times: Gigue

    Johan Halvorsen

    Halvorsen: Suite ancienne, Mascarade Suite

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Ari Rasilainen, conductor

    4:35
  • 3:51 PM

    Impromptu No. 4

    Franz Schubert

    Alfred Brendel, piano

    7:40
  • 3:51 PM

    Impromptu No. 4

    Franz Schubert

    Alfred Brendel, piano

    7:40
  • 3:38 PM

    Pastoral Suite

    Gunnar De Frumerie

    Sun-Flute 2/3

    Stockholm Chamber Ensemble

    Jan-Olav Wedin, conductor

    Gunilla von Bahr, flute

    11:29
  • 3:17 PM

    Symphony No. 95

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: 12 London Symphonies

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    19:48
  • 3:04 PM

    Swan Lake: Dance of the Swans

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    Barry Griffiths, violin

    12:05
  • 2:59 PM

    Shepherd's Hey

    Percy Grainger

    Music of Percy Grainger

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Kenneth Montgomery, conductor

    2:15
  • 2:50 PM

    From Italy (Aus Italien): Life in Naples

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Don Juan; Aus Italien

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    8:13
  • 2:46 PM

    Casablanca: As Time Goes By

    Herman Hupfeld

    Michael Chertock, piano

    2:29
  • 2:39 PM

    Goldberg Variations: Aria

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    5:38
  • 2:32 PM

    The Spanish Lady: Suite

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Music for Strings

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    5:50
  • 2:21 PM

    Memories of the Straw Brook Waltz

    Joseph Lanner

    Joseph Lanner: Dance Music from Old Vienna

    Vienna String Ensemble

    9:36
  • 2:18 PM

    Soirees Musicales: Mazurka

    Clara Schumann

    Angela Tirino, piano

    2:36
  • 2:10 PM

    Les Troyens (The Trojans): Trojan March

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique; Hungarian & Trojan Marches; Corsair & Roman Carnival Overtures

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    4:32
  • 2:04 PM

    La Vida Breve: Spanish Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Victoria Drake, harp

    4:21
  • 1:50 PM

    Academic Festival Overture

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    9:19
  • 1:39 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Spring": Finale

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: The Symphonies

    Staatskapelle Berlin

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    9:10
  • 1:35 PM

    Three Latin-American Dances: Mestizo Waltz

    Gabriela Lena Frank

    Utah Symphony Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    3:09
  • 1:25 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 18

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Concertos Nos. 18, K 456 & 20, K 466

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Goode, piano

    28:35
  • 1:19 PM

    Diabelli Variations: Variations 6-10

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Diabelli Variations

    Shai Wosner, piano

    4:11
  • 1:10 PM

    Down a Country Lane

    Aaron Copland

    Home For The Harvest

    New England Conservatory Wind Ensemble

    Frank Battisti, conductor

    2:58
  • 1:04 PM

    Impromptu No. 2

    Franz Schubert

    Barry Douglas, piano

    4:44
  • 12:47 PM

    Water Music Suite No. 3

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Water Music

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    10:23
  • 12:41 PM

    Il Signor Bruschino: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    4:46
  • 12:34 PM

    Brook Green Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    6:16
  • 12:24 PM

    Dances in the Canebrakes

    Florence Price

    Project W: Works by Diverse Women Composers

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    9:29
  • 12:16 PM

    Symphony No. 1: Scherzo

    Charles Gounod

    Gounod Symphonies

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    6:44
  • 12:10 PM

    Idomeneo: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Overtures

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    4:24
  • 12:04 PM

    Thais: Meditation

    Jules Massenet

    Melodies

    Chen Yi, violin

    5:14
  • 11:51 AM

    Alborada del Gracioso (Morning Song of the Jester)

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Bolero, La Valse, Rhapsodie Espagnole et al.

    Orchestra of the Society of Conservatory Concerts

    Andre Cluytens, conductor

    7:36
  • 11:47 AM

    Czardas

    Vittorio Monti

    The Lighter Side

    Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

    3:25
  • 11:32 AM

    Italian Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Harp Consort

    Andrew Lawrence-King, conductor

    13:12
  • 11:25 AM

    Serenade

    William Grant Still

    Still: Summerland - Violin Suite - Pastorela - American Suite

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Avlana Eisenberg, conductor

    5:58
  • 11:18 AM

    Bourree Fantasque

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Chabrier: Orchestral Works

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    6:43
  • 11:13 AM

    Sonatina No. 2 "Happy Workshop": 3rd movement

    Richard Strauss

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    4:11
  • 11:06 AM

    Vocalise

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Dreaming

    Sara Sant'Ambrogio, cello

    5:46
  • 11:01 AM

    Witness: Building the Barn

    Maurice Jarre

    1985 At The Movies

    Varese Sarabande Symphony Orchestra

    David Newman, conductor

    4:39
  • 10:41 AM

    The Cunning Little Vixen: Suite

    Leos Janacek

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    17:40
  • 10:24 AM

    Five Pieces in Folk-Style

    Robert Schumann

    Steven Isserlis, cello

    Christoph Eschenbach, piano

    15:28
  • 10:20 AM

    The Chinese Garden: Red Flowers Blooming all over the Mountain

    Stephen Goss

    40 Degrees North

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    2:19
  • 10:06 AM

    Symphony No. 13

    Carlos Baguer

    Baguer: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    12:39
  • 10:01 AM

    Trio for Piano, Oboe, and Horn: Adagio

    Carl Reinecke

    Dallas Chamber Players

    4:38
  • 9:45 AM

    String Symphony No. 5

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn String Symphonies

    Amadeus Ensemble

    Agnieszka Duczmal, conductor

    13:09
  • 9:25 AM

    Impressions: Suite for Chamber Orchestra

    Clarice Assad

    Together

    New Century Chamber Orchestra

    19:52
  • 9:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 53 "The Lark"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    The Haydn Project

    Emerson String Quartet

    17:45
  • 9:01 AM

    Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: Whistle While You Work

    Frank Churchill

    Lang Lang: The Disney Book

    Lang Lang, piano

    3:32
  • 8:46 AM

    Slavonic Rhapsody No. 3

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Paavo Berglund, conductor

    12:40
  • 8:26 AM

    Schlierbach Chamber Orchestra

    Thomas Fey, conductor

    19:37
  • 8:05 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Night in the Tropics"

    Louis Moreau Gottschalk

    Utah Symphony Orchestra

    Maurice Abravanel, conductor

    18:57
  • 8:01 AM

    Estrellita (My little star)

    Manuel Ponce

    Voice Of The Violin

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Michael Stern, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    3:13
  • 7:26 AM

    Serenade

    Wilhelm Stenhammar

    Wilhelm Stenhammar: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2; Serenade; Excelsior!

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    32:37
  • 7:21 AM

    Perpetual Motion Piece No. 3

    Francis Poulenc

    William Bennett, flute

    Simon Wynberg, guitar

    3:37
  • 7:01 AM

    Fantasie for Piano Four-Hands

    Franz Schubert

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    Ricardo Castro, piano

    18:39
  • 6:34 AM

    String Quartet No. 4

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Cecilia String Quartet

    24:37
  • 6:17 AM

    Symphony "La Casa del Diavolo"

    Luigi Boccherini

    Boccherini: Symphonies Op. 12 Nos. 4-6

    German Chamber Academy

    Johannes Goritzki, conductor

    15:32
  • 6:01 AM

    The Lark Ascending

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto, Dvorak: Romance, Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending; Massenet: Meditations from Thais

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    14:35