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  • 5:45 AM

    Aurora ficta

    Stephen Scott

    The Bowed Piano Ensemble

    13:05
  • 5:38 AM

    Just Constellations: The Romantic Constellation: Autumn

    Michael Harrison

    Roomful of Teeth

    6:20
  • 5:14 AM

    Nordic Chamber Orchestra

    Patrik Ringborg, conductor

    Delphine Constantin-Reznik, harp

    21:42
  • 5:06 AM

    North Atlantic

    Hilary Hahn/Hauschka

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    Volker Bertelmann, prepared piano

    6:46
  • 5:01 AM

    Edvard Egilsson, electronics

    4:43
  • 4:49 AM

    Ethel

    Evan Ziporyn, bass clarinet

    8:51
  • 4:20 AM

    Saxophone Concerto

    John Adams

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    David Robertson, conductor

    Timothy McAllister, saxophone

    27:40
  • 4:17 AM

    Melody for Saxophone No. 10

    Philip Glass

    Jess Gillam: Rise

    Jess Gillam, soprano saxophone

    2:04
  • 4:07 AM

    Bounce

    Michael Daugherty

    Darker Things

    Tuple

    8:27
  • 4:01 AM

    Donald Sinta Quartet

    4:43
  • 3:49 AM

    Guitar Sonatina

    Manuel Ponce

    De Falla, Ponce, Rodrigo

    Manuel Barrueco, guitar

    9:00
  • 3:18 AM

    Serenade for Strings

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    29:47
  • 3:14 AM

    Phantoms

    Amy Beach

    Anna Shelest, piano

    1:45
  • 3:06 AM

    Ambarvalia

    Ruth Gipps

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Peebles, conductor

    7:48
  • 3:01 AM

    The Sun Never Says

    Dan Forrest

    Enchanted Isle

    Voces8

    4:47
  • 2:35 AM

    Symphony "The Cotswolds"

    Gustav Holst

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    23:07
  • 2:31 AM

    Moving Mountains

    Skylar Grey

    12 Ensemble

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    Katherine Tinker, piano

    3:41
  • 2:12 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: 3 Violin Concertos

    English Concert

    Simon Standage, violin

    17:17
  • 2:06 AM

    Suite Bergamasque: Clair de lune (Moonlight)

    Claude Debussy

    Memory

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    4:22
  • 2:01 AM

    Rondo Amoroso

    Harald Saeverud

    Norwegian Composers Now - For Tomorrow: Harald Saeverud

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Per Dreier, conductor

    4:36
  • 1:53 AM

    Invention, Aria, and Prelude

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Inventions

    Renaud Capucon, violin

    5:02
  • 1:15 AM

    Symphony No. 8

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphonies Nos. 7 and 8

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    37:09
  • 1:10 AM

    Morceau de concours

    Gabriel Faure

    Paris: La Belle Epoque

    Robert Langevin, flute

    3:01
  • 1:06 AM

    Hungarian Dance No. 8

    Johannes Brahms

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    2:53
  • 1:01 AM

    Sonata

    Domenico Scarlatti

    Scarlatti: Sonatas

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    4:47
  • 12:53 AM

    Symphony No. 1: Finale

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: The Complete Symphonies

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    5:49
  • 12:45 AM

    Passacaglia and Fugue

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    12:38
  • 12:35 AM

    L'assedio di Corinto (Siege of Corinth): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Prague Sinfonia Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    9:34
  • 12:27 AM

    Steal Away

    Traditional

    Imani Winds: The Classical Underground

    Imani Winds

    6:29
  • 12:23 AM

    Harvest Celebration

    Jing-Ping Zhang

    Shanghai Quartet

    3:24
  • 12:00 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 4

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    Yakov Kreizberg, conductor

    Julia Fischer, violin

    22:29
  • 11:54 PM

    Ca'azapa (Popular Paraguayan Song)

    Agustin Barrios

    Intimate Barrios

    Berta Rojas, guitar

    4:36
  • 11:43 PM

    The Kiss Overture

    Bedrich Smetana

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vaclav Neumann, conductor

    6:03
  • 11:33 PM

    Etude No. 3 "Un Sospiro" (A Sigh)

    Franz Liszt

    My Gift To You

    Antonin Kubalek, piano

    5:31
  • 11:31 PM

    Flight of the Bumblebee

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    The Greatest Classical Show On Earth

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    1:16
  • 11:20 PM

    Chorinho

    Joao de Souza Lima

    Chorinho

    Georgina Rossi, viola

    7:07
  • 11:10 PM

    Funeral March of a Marionette

    Charles Gounod

    Tortelier's French Bonbons

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    4:27
  • 11:00 PM

    Hungarian March

    Hector Berlioz

    Heavy Classix

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    4:52
  • 10:55 PM

    Liebesfreud (Love's Joy)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Leonidas Kavakos Plays Debussy, Kreisler, Paganini, Schubert, Tchaikovsky, Wieniawski & more

    Leonidas Kavakos, violin

    3:50
  • 10:45 PM

    Trumpet Sonata No. 3

    Gottfried Finger

    Chamber Music for Trumpet and Winds

    Various musicians

    Bob van Asperen, conductor

    Wolfgang Basch, trumpet

    5:59
  • 10:39 PM

    The Lost Birds: Flocks A Mile Wide

    Christopher Tin

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    5:14
  • 10:28 PM

    Letter from Home

    Aaron Copland

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    6:38
  • 10:24 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 2: Allegro

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Paul Galbraith, guitar

    2:30
  • 10:16 PM

    Fidelity Rewarded: Sinfonia

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Opera Overtures

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    3:48
  • 10:11 PM

    Lyric Pieces: To Spring

    Edvard Grieg

    Piano Book

    Lang Lang, piano

    3:58
  • 10:02 PM

    Czech Suite: Polka

    Antonin Dvorak

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    4:42
  • 9:43 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 4th movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    15:31
  • 9:32 PM

    King Stephen: Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor

    7:18
  • 9:26 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 3rd movement

    Elfrida Andree

    Stockholm Symphony Orchestra

    Gustaf Sjokvist, conductor

    5:28
  • 9:19 PM

    The Love for Three Oranges: March

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Lisa Batiashvili, violin

    1:33
  • 9:14 PM

    Lohengrin: Prelude to Act III

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Preludes and Orchestral Music

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    3:05
  • 9:08 PM

    Etude No. 10

    Frederic Chopin

    John Browning, piano

    2:13
  • 9:00 PM

    Swan Lake: Neapolitan Dance

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Class Brass: Classical Favorites For Brass

    Empire Brass

    3:16
  • 6:47 PM

    Invitation to the Dance

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Ballet Gala - Invitation to the Dance

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    10:56
  • 6:15 PM

    Symphony No. 101 "The Clock"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    29:45
  • 6:10 PM

    Gavotte Fantastique

    Amy Beach

    Joanne Polk, piano

    3:45
  • 6:06 PM

    The Tick-Tock Clock

    Richard Strauss

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    3:54
  • 6:01 PM

    Biguine

    Jerome Moross

    Frankie And Johnny

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    4:48
  • 5:52 PM

    Concert Paraphrase of Verdi's "Rigoletto"

    Franz Liszt

    Yundi Li, piano

    6:23
  • 5:32 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Johann Hummel

    Haydn, Hummel, Etc.: Trumpet Concertos

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    17:36
  • 5:26 PM

    Celtic Fare

    Scott Tennant/Simon Jeffes

    Air and Ground

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    5:55
  • 5:10 PM

    Suite for Strings

    Armstrong Gibbs

    Guildhall Strings

    Robert Salter, conductor

    14:02
  • 5:06 PM

    Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Sleepers Awake)

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Transfigured Bach

    Petronel Malan, piano

    3:49
  • 5:01 PM

    The Grumpy Old Bear

    Julius Fucik

    The Moldau

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    Alan Pendlebury, bassoon

    4:36
  • 4:49 PM

    Carmen Suite No. 1

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: L'Arlesienne, Suites Nos. 1 & 2, Carmen Suite

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    9:00
  • 4:16 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin, Loewe: Piano Concertos

    Russian National Orchestra

    Kent Nagano, conductor

    Mari Kodama, piano

    31:53
  • 4:14 PM

    Fascinatin' Rhythm

    George Gershwin

    Lark Quartet

    :56
  • 4:06 PM

    Don Giovanni: Act I Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Netherlands Wind Ensemble

    6:57
  • 4:01 PM

    Calling Home the Cattle

    Veljo Tormis

    Water Under Snow is Weary

    Tapiola Choir

    Erkki Pohjola, conductor

    4:43
  • 3:51 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    La Serenissima

    Adrian Chandler, conductor

    Adrian Chandler, violin

    7:16
  • 3:46 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    11:22
  • 3:37 PM

    Footsteps on the path

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Tafelmusik Chamber Choir

    Ivars Taurins, conductor

    5:30
  • 3:34 PM

    Pathways

    Connor Chee

    Scenes from Dinetah

    Connor Chee, piano

    2:59
  • 3:27 PM

    The Prophet: Coronation March

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Bernstein Favorites: Marches

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    3:36
  • 3:22 PM

    Canzon Duodecimi Toni

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass

    4:27
  • 3:14 PM

    The Last Sleep of the Virgin

    Jules Massenet

    Reveries

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    Anthony Ross, cello

    4:30
  • 3:09 PM

    Intermezzo No. 2 "Klavierstucke"

    Johannes Brahms

    Sivan Magen, harp

    4:13
  • 3:00 PM

    Das Rheingold: Entry of the Gods into Valhalla

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Orchestral Works

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Klaus Tennstedt, conductor

    4:46
  • 2:55 PM

    Piano Concerto: 3rd movement

    Maurice Ravel

    Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra

    Lionel Bringuier, conductor

    Yuja Wang, piano

    3:54
  • 2:43 PM

    Symphony No. 38 "Prague": Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphony No. 38 "Prague"

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Frans Bruggen, conductor

    7:46
  • 2:36 PM

    Song without Words

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Marcy Rosen, cello

    Lydia Artymiw, piano

    4:41
  • 2:28 PM

    Starlight Express: Waltz

    Edward Elgar

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    George Hurst, conductor

    4:29
  • 2:23 PM

    Sonata on "Monica"

    Biagio Marini

    Schumann

    Rebel

    3:51
  • 2:17 PM

    The Gadfly: Barrel Organ Waltz

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    The Sound of the Academy

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    2:15
  • 2:10 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 7

    Antonin Dvorak

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vaclav Neumann, conductor

    3:32
  • 2:04 PM

    Musical Moment No. 3

    Franz Schubert

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    1:48
  • 1:54 PM

    The Merrymakers

    Eric Coates

    Boult conducts Coates

    New Philharmonia Orchestra

    Adrian Boult, conductor

    4:34
  • 1:44 PM

    Canon

    Johann Pachelbel

    Baroque Music for Trumpet

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    6:26
  • 1:35 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Polacca

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    4:25
  • 1:31 PM

    Hary Janos Suite: Entrance of the Emperor and His Court

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Kodaly: Hary Janos

    Hungarian State Opera Orchestra

    Janos Ferencsik, conductor

    3:05
  • 1:23 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3: Gavottes

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Greatest Hits: Trumpet

    Marlboro Festival Orchestra

    Pablo Casals, conductor

    3:34
  • 1:20 PM

    O Forrobodo: Lua branca

    Chiquinha Gonzaga

    Chorinho

    Georgina Rossi, viola

    1:54
  • 1:11 PM

    Romeo and Juliet: Morning Dance

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet - Suites 1 - 3 (complete)

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    2:23
  • 1:04 PM

    Fanfare for the Common Man

    Aaron Copland

    Copland 100

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    3:31
  • 12:48 PM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral": 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 6

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    11:29
  • 12:32 PM

    Masques and Bergamasques

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: Pavane; Pelleas et Melisande, etc.

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    13:42
  • 12:26 PM

    Sonata for Trumpet No. 2

    Henry Purcell

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Anthony Newman, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    4:57
  • 12:18 PM

    Sinfonietta: last movement

    E.J. Moeran

    Moeran; Finzi

    Northern Sinfonia of England

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    6:04
  • 12:15 PM

    Five Impressions of a Holiday: The Water Wheel

    Eugene Goossens

    Goossens: Chamber Works

    London Chamber Music Group

    Susan Milan, flute

    2:11
  • 12:07 PM

    Symphony No. 6

    William Boyce

    William Boyce Symphonies

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Ronald Thomas, conductor

    6:37
  • 12:04 PM

    Beautiful Rosemary (Schon Rosmarin)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Chen Yi, violin

    Lars Hannibal, guitar

    2:33
  • 11:45 AM

    Concerto for Strings

    Tomaso Albinoni

    ALBINONI: Double Oboe Concertos and Concertos for Strings, Vol. 2

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Simon Standage, conductor

    6:14
  • 11:27 AM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1

    Georges Bizet

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    16:44
  • 11:19 AM

    Three Short Pieces

    Jacques Ibert

    Gounod, Poulenc, Ibert: Music for Wind

    Athena Ensemble

    6:59
  • 11:16 AM

    Angry Birds Theme

    Ari Pulkkinen

    Angele Dubeau & La Pieta: Game Music

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    3:11
  • 11:09 AM

    Valse Triste

    Jean Sibelius

    West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    5:15
  • 11:06 AM

    Song without Words No. 25 "May Breezes"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Voice Of The Violin

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Michael Stern, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    2:19
  • 11:01 AM

    Minuets with Contredances

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra

    Hans Graf, conductor

    4:40
  • 10:49 AM

    Five Pieces

    Anthony Holborne

    Empire Brass

    9:11
  • 10:32 AM

    Five Pieces for String Orchestra

    Heino Eller

    Music from Estonia, Vol. 1

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    15:15
  • 10:30 AM

    Mirror the Stars

    Juhi Bansal

    Love at Last

    Lara Downes, piano

    1:27
  • 10:06 AM

    Clarinet Concerto No. 2

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Sabine Meyer plays Weber Clarinet Concerti

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    22:11
  • 10:01 AM

    Lute Suite: Sarabande and Gigue

    Jan Antonin Losy

    Jan Antonin Losy: Note d'oro

    Jakob Lindberg, lute

    4:39
  • 9:47 AM

    Symphonic Dances: 1st movement

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Shanghai Symphony Orchestra

    Long Yu, conductor

    11:31
  • 9:30 AM

    Piano Trio No. 39 "Gypsy"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Beaux Arts Trio

    16:38
  • 9:10 AM

    Wand of Youth Suite No. 2

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: The Wand of Youth & Nursery Suites

    Ulster Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    17:45
  • 9:01 AM

    Blue Silence

    Elena Kats-Chernin

    Emily Granger, harp

    8:28
  • 8:39 AM

    Brazilian Impressions

    Ottorino Respighi

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    18:55
  • 8:21 AM

    3 Argentinian Cantilenas and Finale

    Carlos Guastavino

    Camerata Bariloche

    18:07
  • 8:06 AM

    Concerto Grosso "Alexander's Feast"

    George Frideric Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    12:49
  • 8:01 AM

    If Music be the Food of Love

    David Dickau

    Repertoire For Mixed Voices, Volume 1

    St. Olaf Choir

    Anton Armstrong, conductor

    4:23
  • 7:46 AM

    Ma vlast (My Country): From Bohemia's Woods and Fields

    Bedrich Smetana

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    12:30
  • 7:15 AM

    Symphony No. 7 "Pastoral"

    Alexander Glazunov

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    30:49
  • 7:01 AM

    String Symphony No. 1

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn String Symphonies

    Amadeus Ensemble

    Agnieszka Duczmal, conductor

    11:43
  • 6:40 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 6

    Saverio Mercadante

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    18:42
  • 6:19 AM

    Serenade for Strings

    Ernst von Dohnanyi

    Dohnanyi: String Quartet, Serenade, and Sextet

    Nash Ensemble

    19:50
  • 6:01 AM

    Six Etudes in Canonic Form

    Robert Schumann

    Live from Buenos Aires | Martha Argerich & Daniel Barenboim

    Martha Argerich, piano

    16:18