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  • 5:54 AM

    Tjonneblomen (Water Lily)

    Gjermund Haugen

    Danish String Quartet

    3:51
  • 5:17 AM

    Symphony No. 4 "The Inextinguishable"

    Carl Nielsen

    Carl Nielsen: The Symphonies

    Danish National Symphony Orchestra

    Fabio Luisi, conductor

    36:30
  • 5:06 AM

    The Messenger

    Valentin Silvestrov

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    9:36
  • 5:01 AM

    Violin Partita No. 3: Loure

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Partitas Nos. 2 and 3; Sonata No. 3

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    4:48
  • 4:46 AM

    Fantasia

    Einojuhani Rautavaara

    Rautavaara: Lost Landscapes: Works for Violin and Orchestra

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Trevino, conductor

    Simone Lamsma, violin

    12:36
  • 4:38 AM

    Behold, the Beautiful Light of the Sun

    Traditional Norwegian

    Strid

    Oslo Chamber Choir

    Hakon Daniel Nystedt, conductor

    Helga Gunnes, soprano

    6:52
  • 4:18 AM

    Four Paths of Light

    Pat Metheny

    Jason Vieaux, guitar

    19:13
  • 4:07 AM

    Swan of Tuonela

    Jean Sibelius

    Reveries

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    Marni Hougham, English horn

    9:32
  • 4:01 AM

    Musical Moment No. 4

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert, Mazzoli

    Shai Wosner, piano

    4:47
  • 3:48 AM

    Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind Suite

    Joe Hisaishi

    A Symphonic Celebration: Music from the Studio Ghibli films of Hayao Miyazaki

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Joe Hisaishi, conductor

    10:09
  • 3:25 AM

    Harp Concerto

    Francois Boieldieu

    Handel, Boieldieu, Mozart: Concertos for Harp

    The King's Violins

    Bernard Labadie, conductor

    Valerie Milot, harp

    22:03
  • 3:21 AM

    Deborah: Polka

    Josef Foerster

    Small Czech Musical Gems

    Prague Symphony Orchestra

    Vaclav Smetacek, conductor

    3:07
  • 3:13 AM

    Heather Hill

    Constance Warren

    South German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim

    Douglas Bostock, conductor

    6:45
  • 3:07 AM

    Jeux d'eau (Fountains)

    Maurice Ravel

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    5:42
  • 3:01 AM

    Symphony No. 1: Menuetto

    Louise Farrenc

    European Soloists, Luxembourg

    Christoph Konig, conductor

    4:32
  • 2:56 AM

    Canzon Noni Toni

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    Gabrieli and St. Marks: Venetian Brass Music

    Wallace Collection

    2:52
  • 2:16 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Complete Piano Concertos

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Andrew Constantine, conductor

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    38:16
  • 2:06 AM

    Cantabile and Presto

    Georges Enescu

    Paris: La Belle Epoque

    Robert Langevin, flute

    6:05
  • 2:01 AM

    Ruhe, meine Seele

    Richard Strauss

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    Lise Davidsen, soprano

    4:33
  • 1:51 AM

    Preludio, Fuga, and Vivace

    Sergio Assad

    Bacheando

    Plinio Fernandes, guitar

    7:00
  • 1:15 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Organ"

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    Virgil Fox, organ

    34:39
  • 1:06 AM

    Fanfare Ritmico

    Jennifer Higdon

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    7:10
  • 1:01 AM

    Fantasia Suite No. 1

    John Jenkins

    Locke Consort

    4:32
  • 12:47 AM

    Sentimental Story

    Charlotte Sohy

    Charlotte Sohy: Compositrice de la Belle Epoque

    National Orchestra of Avignon-Provence

    Debora Waldman, conductor

    11:25
  • 12:31 AM

    Clarinet Concerto

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Hans Vonk, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    26:45
  • 12:22 AM

    Jean de Paris: Overture

    Francois Boieldieu

    Francois-Adrien Boieldieu: Piano Concerto; Six Overtures

    Swiss Italian Orchestra

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    7:50
  • 12:10 AM

    Sentimental Story

    Charlotte Sohy

    Charlotte Sohy: Compositrice de la Belle Epoque

    National Orchestra of Avignon-Provence

    Debora Waldman, conductor

    11:25
  • 12:05 AM

    Jig and Pop

    Tessa Lark

    Tessa Lark, violin

    4:26
  • 12:00 AM

    Sinfonia

    Johan Roman

    J.H. Roman: Sinfonias & Violin Concertos

    Orpheus Chamber Ensemble

    4:13
  • 11:49 PM

    Sigurd Jorsalfar: Homage March

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Symphonic Dances/Sigurd Jorsalfar/Peer Gynt

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    9:09
  • 11:41 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 40

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Rudolf Buchbinder, piano

    7:45
  • 11:31 PM

    Dances in the Canebrakes

    Florence Price

    Project W: Works by Diverse Women Composers

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    9:29
  • 11:19 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 1st movement

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    Lars-Erik Larsson: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    10:28
  • 11:14 PM

    The King's Speech

    Alexandre Desplat

    Traffic Quintet Plays Alexander Desplat

    Traffic Quintet

    Alain Planes, piano

    3:41
  • 11:00 PM

    Fair Maid of Perth: Suite

    Georges Bizet

    Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    13:22
  • 10:46 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "A London Symphony": 4th movement

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony, etc.

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Adrian Boult, conductor

    12:00
  • 10:43 PM

    Shepherd's Hey

    Percy Grainger

    Bilder Duo

    2:23
  • 10:29 PM

    Mandolin Concerto

    Domenico Caudioso

    Concerto Italiano

    Rinaldo Alessandrini, conductor

    Julien Martineau, mandolin

    13:08
  • 10:23 PM

    Song of Jean Racine (Cantique de Jean Racine)

    Gabriel Faure

    Chants sacres et profanes

    Tafelmusik Chamber Choir

    Ivars Taurins, conductor

    4:47
  • 10:18 PM

    Dance of the Shepherd Girl

    Hugo Alfven

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra: Portrait

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    James DePreist, conductor

    4:15
  • 10:12 PM

    Festive Overture

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Overture!

    Philharmonic Brass

    Tugan Sokhiev, conductor

    6:01
  • 10:06 PM

    Paganini Etude No. 3 "La Campanella"

    Franz Liszt

    Lang Lang, piano

    4:45
  • 10:02 PM

    The Knights

    3:12
  • 9:44 PM

    Leonore Overture No. 3

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphony No 7, Leonore Overture No 3

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    13:53
  • 9:30 PM

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    12:40
  • 9:27 PM

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    2:26
  • 9:19 PM

    Oboe Concerto: 3rd movement

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Bach Generations

    Berlin Baroque Soloists

    Albrecht Mayer, oboe

    6:56
  • 9:09 PM

    Keyboard Suite No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Suites for Keyboard

    Keith Jarrett, piano

    9:30
  • 9:00 PM

    Spiegel im Spiegel (Mirror in the Mirror)

    Arvo Part

    Fairy Tale

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    8:21
  • 6:45 PM

    String Quartet No. 6

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Quartetto Italiano

    13:17
  • 6:27 PM

    Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

    Benjamin Britten

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    16:37
  • 6:23 PM

    The Queen: Queen of Hearts

    Alexandre Desplat

    The Queen

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Alexandre Desplat, conductor

    3:34
  • 6:17 PM

    Seven Beauties: Waltz

    Kara Karayev

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Kirill Karabits, conductor

    4:17
  • 6:06 PM

    Adagio and Allegro

    Robert Schumann

    Truls Mork, cello

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    10:08
  • 6:01 PM

    Impromptu-Caprice

    Gabriel Pierne

    Susann McDonald, harp

    4:50
  • 5:51 PM

    Be Thou My Vision

    David Gillingham

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    7:01
  • 5:21 PM

    Serenade No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    29:24
  • 5:18 PM

    Die schone Mullerin: Wohin? (Where?)

    Franz Schubert

    Sergei Rachmaninoff, piano

    2:15
  • 5:06 PM

    Flute Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: 6 Concertos

    I Solisti Veneti

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    9:42
  • 5:01 PM

    Eduardo Mata University Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Rivero Weber, conductor

    4:46
  • 4:55 PM

    King's Noyse

    3:07
  • 4:42 PM

    Pastoral Fantasia

    William Alwyn

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    Philip Dukes, viola

    13:14
  • 4:19 PM

    Symphony No. 89

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    20:57
  • 4:15 PM

    Oskar Ekberg, piano

    2:21
  • 4:06 PM

    Karelia Overture

    Jean Sibelius

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    8:09
  • 4:01 PM

    Boulder Brass

    4:38
  • 3:53 PM

    The Liberty Bell

    John Philip Sousa

    Eastman Wind Ensemble

    Frederick Fennell, conductor

    3:24
  • 3:52 PM

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    6:07
  • 3:43 PM

    Student Concerto

    Friedrich Seitz

    Concertos from My Childhood

    Juilliard Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    9:23
  • 3:28 PM

    Evergreen

    Kevin Puts

    House of Belonging

    Conspirare

    Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

    6:27
  • 3:06 PM

    London Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Warren-Green, conductor

    19:50
  • 3:00 PM

    Prelude No. 15 "Raindrop"

    Frederic Chopin

    Piano Dreams

    Martha Argerich, piano

    4:53
  • 2:54 PM

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    Cory Smythe, piano

    4:53
  • 2:51 PM

    Out of Africa: Have You Got a Story

    John Barry

    Michael Chertock, piano

    2:06
  • 2:44 PM

    Symphony No. 4: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphonie No 4

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Carlos Kleiber, conductor

    6:09
  • 2:34 PM

    Mandolin Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Concerti per Mandolini

    Europa Galante

    Fabio Biondi, conductor

    Giovanni Scaramuzzino, mandolin

    8:06
  • 2:29 PM

    Octet: Scherzo

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Emerson String Quartet

    4:13
  • 2:20 PM

    Oboe Concerto: 3rd movement

    Jan Anton Kozeluh

    Lost and Found

    Potsdam Chamber Academy

    Albrecht Mayer, conductor

    Albrecht Mayer, oboe

    7:28
  • 2:17 PM

    Fidelio: March

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Fidelio: Highlights

    Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    2:19
  • 2:08 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Military": Scherzo

    Emilie Mayer

    Mayer: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 7

    North German Radio Philharmonic

    Jan Willem de Vriend, conductor

    6:11
  • 2:04 PM

    Fur Elise

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Immortal Beloved Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Murray Perahia, piano

    2:54
  • 1:53 PM

    La Scala di Seta (Silken Ladder): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    5:57
  • 1:49 PM

    Carnival!: Mira

    Bob Merrill

    Anna Maria Alberghetti, vocal

    3:00
  • 1:31 PM

    Simple Symphony

    Benjamin Britten

    English Music for Strings

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    16:03
  • 1:25 PM

    Symphony No. 97: Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    4:41
  • 1:20 PM

    Passamezzo Galliard

    William Byrd

    Gathering/Hui

    Belladonna

    3:44
  • 1:17 PM

    Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba

    George Frideric Handel

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Lucie Horsch, recorder

    Charlotte Barbour-Condini, recorder

    2:59
  • 1:08 PM

    Sinfonia

    Josef Myslivecek

    Myslivecek: Symphonies

    Concerto Koln

    7:10
  • 1:04 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 5

    Antonin Dvorak

    Katia & Marielle Labeque, pianos

    2:55
  • 12:57 PM

    Shimmeree

    Peter Togni

    CBC Vancouver Orchestra

    Arthur Polson, conductor

    3:00
  • 12:50 PM

    String Quartet No. 4: 1st movement

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Arabella String Quartet

    4:46
  • 12:30 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Flute Concertos

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    18:43
  • 12:21 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Winter Dreams": 3rd movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    8:29
  • 12:15 PM

    Scherzo

    Alfredo Catalani

    Puccini, Catalani, Ponchielli: for orchestra

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    4:42
  • 12:08 PM

    Dala Suite: Rustic Dances

    Helena Munktell

    Helena Munktell: Orchestral Works

    Gavle Symphony Orchestra

    Tobias Ringborg, conductor

    5:15
  • 12:04 PM

    Pelleas and Melisande: Sicilienne

    Gabriel Faure

    The Swan

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    Han-Na Chang, cello

    3:37
  • 11:42 AM

    Harp Concerto

    Jean Eichner

    Eichner: Harp Concertos

    Kurpfalz Chamber Orchestra

    Stefan Fraas, conductor

    Silke Aichhorn, harp

    15:44
  • 11:25 AM

    Noble and Sentimental Waltzes

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Ballet And Dance Music

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    16:37
  • 11:21 AM

    Ack Varmeland, du skona

    Traditional

    Wood Works

    Danish String Quartet

    3:10
  • 11:11 AM

    Violin Concerto: Andante

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Martyn Brabbins, conductor

    Anthony Marwood, violin

    8:28
  • 11:06 AM

    Peer Gynt: Morning Mood

    Edvard Grieg

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    4:07
  • 11:01 AM

    Julian Bream, guitar

    John Williams, guitar

    4:42
  • 10:44 AM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 7

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Australian Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Tognetti, conductor

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    13:58
  • 10:21 AM

    Symphony No. 81

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    22:40
  • 10:10 AM

    Romance for Violin and Orchestra

    Johan Svendsen

    Johan Svendsen

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Oivin Fjeldstad, conductor

    Ornulf Boye Hansen, violin

    9:01
  • 10:06 AM

    Songs My Mother Taught Me

    Antonin Dvorak

    Anderson & Roe Piano Duo

    2:59
  • 10:01 AM

    Three Parts on a Ground

    Henry Purcell

    Purcell Quartet

    4:33
  • 9:42 AM

    Pastorale Variee

    Paul Ben-Haim

    Saint Petersburg Symphony Orchestra

    Vladimir Lande, conductor

    David Drosinos, clarinet

    16:15
  • 9:38 AM

    Lumieres

    Alexandra Streliski

    Neo-Romance

    Alexandra Streliski, piano

    3:48
  • 9:06 AM

    Church Windows

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi

    Pacific Symphony Orchestra

    Keith Clark, conductor

    29:41
  • 9:01 AM

    Sehnsucht (Longing)

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Songs for Male Chorus

    Robert Shaw Chamber Singers

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    4:30
  • 8:52 AM

    Notturno No. 1

    Giuseppe Martucci

    Martucci: Symphony No. 1; Novelletta; Notturno; Tarantella

    Philharmonia

    Francesco d'Avalos, conductor

    6:42
  • 8:48 AM

    Cinema Paradiso

    Ennio Morricone

    Cinematic Piano

    Michael Chertock, piano

    3:15
  • 8:11 AM

    Souvenir of Florence

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: String Quartets and Sextet

    Ying String Quartet

    James Dunham, viola

    34:57
  • 8:01 AM

    Reverie (Nocturne)

    Giulio Regondi

    Giulio Regondi: A 200th Birthday Bouquet

    David Starobin, guitar

    9:34
  • 7:53 AM

    Autumn Landscape

    Martin Mailman

    Music For Quiet Listening

    Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra

    Howard Hanson, conductor

    5:03
  • 7:49 AM

    Pensees d'automne (Autumn Thoughts)

    Mel Bonis

    Memoires d'une femme

    Myriam Barbaux-Cohen, piano

    3:43
  • 7:01 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Reinhold Gliere

    Gliere: Symphony No. 2

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Edward Downes, conductor

    45:39
  • 6:25 AM

    Cello Sonata No. 2

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens: Cello Concerto No. 2; Cello Sonata No. 2

    Steven Isserlis, cello

    33:23
  • 6:14 AM

    White Landscapes

    Takashi Yoshimatsu

    Yoshimatsu: Piano Concerto

    Manchester Camerata

    Sachio Fujioka, conductor

    John Barrow, flute

    9:30
  • 6:01 AM

    Quiet Reflections

    Jack Gallagher

    Jack Gallagher: Symphony No. 2 "Ascendant"

    London Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    12:01