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  • 5:50 AM

    Bukoolika (Bucolic)

    Ester Magi

    Ester Magi: Orchestral Music

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Arvo Volmer, conductor

    8:09
  • 5:20 AM

    Verklarte Nacht (Transfigured Night)

    Arnold Schoenberg

    Through the Night

    United Strings of Europe

    Julian Azkoul, conductor

    29:49
  • 5:09 AM

    Choirbook: An epidemic of darkness

    Jesper Koch

    Jesper Koch: Choirbook

    Danish National Vocal Ensemble

    Flemming Windekilde, conductor

    8:27
  • 5:06 AM

    Bright Night

    Hooshyar Khayam

    Love at Last

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:51
  • 5:01 AM

    John Williams, guitar

    Timothy Kain, guitar

    4:41
  • 4:41 AM

    Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mikko Franck, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    16:55
  • 4:24 AM

    Symphony for Strings "...For Love is Strong as Death...": 3rd movement

    Richard Danielpour

    Russian String Orchestra

    Misha Rachlevsky, conductor

    15:55
  • 4:14 AM

    The Intimacy of Harmony

    Jonathan Bailey Holland

    … nobody move … : Commissions and Premieres for the New Gallery Concert Series

    Sarah Bob, piano

    7:50
  • 4:06 AM

    Il Cimento: Violin Concerto No. 10 "La caccia" ("The Hunt")

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Il Cimento Dell'Armonia e Dell'Inventione

    Raglan Baroque Players

    Nicholas Kraemer, conductor

    Monica Huggett, violin

    7:42
  • 4:01 AM

    Veni, dilecte mi

    Sebastian de Vivanco

    Desires: A Song of Songs Collection

    ORA

    Suzi Digby, conductor

    4:40
  • 3:43 AM

    Violin Partita No. 2: Chaconne

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Baroque

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    15:10
  • 3:18 AM

    Mythic Gardens

    Howard Shore

    21st Century Chamber Orchestra

    Ludwig Wicki, conductor

    Sophie Shao, cello

    23:35
  • 3:13 AM

    D'un vieux jardin (An Ancient Garden)

    Lili Boulanger

    In Memoriam Lili Boulanger

    Emile Naoumoff, piano

    3:22
  • 3:06 AM

    Elegy for Viola and Piano

    Alexander Glazunov

    The Russian Viola

    Nobuko Imai, viola

    6:03
  • 3:01 AM

    Harp Consort No. 3

    William Lawes

    Lawes: Harp Consorts

    Les Voix Humaines

    Maxine Eilander, harp

    4:40
  • 2:56 AM

    The Red Shawl

    Gomidas Vartabed

    Sybarite5: Collective Wisdom

    Sybarite5

    2:29
  • 2:19 AM

    Piano Sonata

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Piano Sonatas

    Shai Wosner, piano

    35:52
  • 2:06 AM

    Melancholy Serenade

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Complete Works for Violin and Orchestra

    Odense Symphony Orchestra

    Alexander Vedernikov, conductor

    Jennifer Koh, violin

    10:35
  • 2:01 AM

    i carry your heart

    Connor Koppin

    University of South Dakota Chamber Singers

    David Holdhusen, conductor

    4:37
  • 1:51 AM

    Sarabanda and Toccata

    Nino Rota

    L'arpa notturna

    Elisabeth Plank, harp

    7:20
  • 1:13 AM

    Symphony No. 5

    Jean Sibelius

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    35:37
  • 1:06 AM

    Samson and Delilah: Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix (My heart at thy sweet voice)

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Storyteller

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Eivind Aadland, conductor

    Tine Thing Helseth, trumpet

    5:42
  • 1:01 AM

    Bibo No Aozora (Beauty of a Blue Sky)

    Ryuichi Sakamoto

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:41
  • 12:50 AM

    Transcendental Etude No. 11 "Harmonies du soir" (Evening Harmonies)

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt - Transscendental Etudes

    Haochen Zhang, piano

    8:11
  • 12:27 AM

    Nocturnes

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Pelleas Et Melisande Suite; Prelude To The Afternoon Of A Faun; Three Nocturnes

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    22:29
  • 12:11 AM

    String Quartet No. 12

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Amadeus Quartet

    14:25
  • 12:06 AM

    Schindler's List: Theme

    John Williams

    Cinema Serenade

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    3:34
  • 12:01 AM

    Sing Ye Praises

    Ruth Watson Henderson

    Elmer Iseler Singers

    Lydia Adams, conductor

    4:39
  • 11:42 PM

    Rhapsody on Ukrainian Themes

    Sergei Lyapunov

    Russian Philharmonic Orchestra

    Dmitry Yablonsky, conductor

    Shorena Tsintsabadze, piano

    16:34
  • 11:20 PM

    Symphony No. 88

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies 88-92, etc.

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    20:03
  • 11:14 PM

    Souvenir de Choulhoff

    Johann Kaspar Mertz

    Raphaella Smits, guitar

    5:27
  • 11:06 PM

    The Tsar's Bride: Overture

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Russian Overtures

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    6:24
  • 11:01 PM

    Suite No. 1

    Francois Chauvon

    Washington McClain, oboe

    Alison Melville, recorder

    Julia Wedman, violin

    Michael McCraw, bassoon

    Charlotte Nediger, harpsichord

    4:40
  • 10:52 PM

    Bartered Bride: Overture

    Bedrich Smetana

    Dvorak: New World Symphony,

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    6:33
  • 10:34 PM

    Symphonie Concertante

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    Miriam Fried, violin

    Jaime Laredo, violin

    15:23
  • 10:15 PM

    Concerto for Orchestra

    Ulysses Kay

    African American Voices II

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Kellen Grey, conductor

    18:07
  • 10:06 PM

    Come Sunday

    Duke Ellington

    PUBLIQuartet

    Lara Downes, piano

    3:05
  • 10:01 PM

    Katrina Szederkenyi, harp

    4:48
  • 9:47 PM

    Romance

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Violin Concerto

    New York Philharmonic

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Midori, violin

    11:54
  • 9:28 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 8 "Pathetique"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Sonatas 8, 15, 27 & 30

    Jonathan Biss, piano

    17:23
  • 9:16 PM

    Road to the Sun: Parts 4-5

    Pat Metheny

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    10:54
  • 9:06 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Maurice Andre plays Telemann

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Theodor Guschlbauer, conductor

    Maurice Andre, trumpet

    8:28
  • 9:01 PM

    Andantino

    Alfredo Catalani

    Catalani: Ero e Leandro / Contemplazione / Il Mattino

    Rome Symphony Orchestra

    Francesco La Vecchia, conductor

    4:31
  • 8:33 PM

    Suite Concertino

    Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari

    WOLF-FERRARI, E.: Wind Concertinos

    Rome Symphony Orchestra

    Francesco La Vecchia, conductor

    Giuseppe Ciabocchi, bassoon

    25:16
  • 5:54 PM

    Movement and Location

    Punch Brothers

    Sybarite5: Collective Wisdom

    Sybarite5

    4:08
  • 5:34 PM

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    18:41
  • 5:21 PM

    Guitar Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Concertos For Guitar And Strings

    I Musici

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    11:58
  • 5:18 PM

    Danzas Argentinas: Dance of the old ox-driver

    Alberto Ginastera

    Lise de la Salle, piano

    1:22
  • 5:06 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 8

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Concerti Grossi, Op. 6, Nos. 7-12

    Boston Baroque

    Martin Pearlman, conductor

    11:48
  • 5:01 PM

    Tarantella

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    Guitar Recital: Olsen, Stein-Erik - DYENS, R. / BARRIOS MANGORE, A. / SAINZ DE LA MAZA, E. / PIAZZOLLA, A. / RUIZ-PIPO, A. / KOSHKIN, N. / DUARTE, J.

    Stein-Erik Olsen, guitar

    4:34
  • 4:46 PM

    Ballade No. 4

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 | Ballades

    Seong-Jin Cho, piano

    12:07
  • 4:27 PM

    Peter Grimes: Four Sea Interludes

    Benjamin Britten

    Britten: Young Person's Guide, Sea Interludes, Men Of Goodwill / Marriner

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    17:56
  • 4:10 PM

    Gareth Hulse, oboe

    Marcia Crayford, violin

    Roger Chase, viola

    Christopher van Kampen, cello

    14:50
  • 4:06 PM

    Semyon Kotko: Overture

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Russian Overtures

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    3:35
  • 4:01 PM

    Symphonic Suite for Strings: Prelude

    Marion Bauer

    Ambache Chamber Orchestra and Ensemble

    4:38
  • 3:44 PM

    Bolero

    Maurice Ravel

    Sommernachtskonzert 2023

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    14:26
  • 3:22 PM

    Piano Sonata

    Clara Schumann

    Romance: The Music of Clara Schumann

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    20:10
  • 3:18 PM

    Canarios

    Gaspar Sanz

    Constantinople

    3:31
  • 3:06 PM

    Der fliegende Hollander (The Flying Dutchman): Overture

    Richard Wagner

    Klemperer Conducts Wagner: Album I

    New Philharmonia Orchestra

    Otto Klemperer, conductor

    10:51
  • 3:01 PM

    Joel Quarrington, double bass

    Andrew Burashko, piano

    4:36
  • 2:40 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Pinchas Zukerman: Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon and Philips

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Midori, violin

    17:55
  • 2:24 PM

    Dumbarton Oaks Concerto

    Igor Stravinsky

    Ensemble Intercontemporain

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    15:13
  • 2:19 PM

    Mysterious Barricades

    Francois Couperin

    Baroque

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    3:42
  • 2:06 PM

    Night on Bald Mountain

    Modest Mussorgsky

    The Rostropovich Edition: Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, etc.

    Paris Orchestra

    Mstislav Rostropovich, conductor

    11:12
  • 2:01 PM

    Sonata No. 12

    Johann Schmelzer

    English Concert

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    4:37
  • 11:40 AM

    Siegfried Idyll

    Richard Wagner

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    18:01
  • 11:38 AM

    The Musical Box

    Anatol Liadov

    Jouer, chanter, danser/Play, sing, dance

    Manon Le Comte, harp

    2:04
  • 11:21 AM

    Cello Sonata

    Luigi Boccherini

    Anner Bylsma, cello

    Hopkinson Smith, guitar

    Wieland Kuijken, cello

    14:58
  • 11:17 AM

    Master McGrath

    Traditional Irish

    Barry Douglas, piano

    2:56
  • 11:06 AM

    Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Images pour Orchestre

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    10:19
  • 11:01 AM

    Song and Dance No. 9

    Federico Mompou

    Stephen Hough, piano

    4:33
  • 10:45 AM

    Andante Spianato and Grand Polonaise

    Frederic Chopin

    Bruce Liu: Chopin: Highlights from the 18th International Chopin Piano Competition

    Bruce Liu, piano

    13:32
  • 10:27 AM

    Concerto for 2 Orchestras No. 3

    George Frideric Handel

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    16:28
  • 10:24 AM

    Tempo di Mazurka

    Geraldine Mucha

    Patricia Goodson, piano

    1:36
  • 10:06 AM

    Peer Gynt Suite No. 2

    Edvard Grieg

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    17:03
  • 10:01 AM

    Nocturne

    Auguste Franchomme

    The Franchomme Project

    Louise Dubin, cello

    4:32
  • 9:53 AM

    Greensleeves

    John Johnson

    Journey To The New World

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    5:09
  • 9:16 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Sinfonia Espansiva"

    Carl Nielsen

    New York Philharmonic

    Alan Gilbert, conductor

    Erin Morley, soprano

    Joshua Hopkins, baritone

    36:57
  • 9:01 AM

    Celtic Concerto

    Catrin Finch

    Blessing

    Sinfonia Cymru

    John Rutter, conductor

    Catrin Finch, harp

    12:40
  • 8:51 AM

    Romance No. 1

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Quint, Prieto, Mineria

    Mineria Symphony Orchestra

    Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor

    Philippe Quint, violin

    7:06
  • 8:46 AM

    Etude "La Nuit"

    Alexander Glazunov

    Night Stories

    Jenny Lin, piano

    4:09
  • 8:01 AM

    Symphonia Domestica

    Richard Strauss

    R. Strauss: Sinfonia Domestica

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    43:50
  • 7:39 AM

    Suite on Russian Themes

    Max Bruch

    Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Werner Andreas Albert, conductor

    19:11
  • 7:31 AM

    Mozart-Adagio

    Arvo Part

    Sonic Alchemy

    YuEun Kim, violin

    6:33
  • 7:01 AM

    String Quartet No. 15

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: String Quartets dedicated to Joseph Haydn (Vol. 2)

    Casals Quartet

    29:02
  • 6:50 AM

    Blades of Grass

    Romeo Cascarino

    To the Point

    Orchestra 2001

    James Freeman, conductor

    Dorothy Freeman, English horn

    8:41
  • 6:35 AM

    Overture No. 2

    Jean-Marie Leclair

    Le Parnasse Francais

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    13:33
  • 6:28 AM

    The Blessed Cathedral

    Mel Bonis

    Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers

    Francois Dumont, piano

    6:37
  • 6:01 AM

    A Child's Reliquary

    Richard Danielpour

    Vermont Symphony Orchestra

    Sarah Hicks, conductor

    Jaime Laredo, violin

    Sharon Robinson, cello

    25:43