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  • 5:46 AM

    Romance for Violin and Orchestra

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Violin Concertos by Black Composers

    Encore Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hege, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    12:37
  • 5:27 AM

    November Woods

    Arnold Bax

    Bax: 4 Tone Poems

    Ulster Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    18:34
  • 5:19 AM

    Prayer

    Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR)

    New Day Begun

    PUBLIQuartet

    6:07
  • 5:06 AM

    Musica Celestis

    Aaron Jay Kernis

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    12:21
  • 5:01 AM

    Nocturne No. 15

    Frederic Chopin

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    4:40
  • 4:47 AM

    Renascence

    Lita Grier

    Czech National Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    Mary Stolper, flute

    10:54
  • 4:44 AM

    Sunset

    Connor Chee

    Scenes from Dinetah

    Connor Chee, piano

    2:19
  • 4:22 AM

    American Suite

    Antonin Dvorak

    Rochester Philharmonic

    David Zinman, conductor

    21:20
  • 4:06 AM

    Serenade No. 6 "Serenata Notturna"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Night Music

    English Concert

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    13:39
  • 4:01 AM

    Lyric Waltz

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Spring Song, The Bard, etc.

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:49
  • 3:44 AM

    Poema Autunnale (Autumn Poem)

    Ottorino Respighi

    Poeme

    Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yakov Kreizberg, conductor

    Julia Fischer, violin

    14:20
  • 3:40 AM

    Amazing Grace

    H. Leslie Adams

    Will Liverman, baritone

    Paul Sanchez, piano

    3:20
  • 3:22 AM

    String Quartet No. 1 "Calvary"

    Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson

    Catalyst Quartet

    16:49
  • 3:15 AM

    Symphony No. 3: 3rd movement

    Florence Price

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    5:02
  • 3:06 AM

    My Soul's Been Anchored in the Lord

    Moses Hogan

    Concordia Choir of Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota

    Rene Clausen, conductor

    3:11
  • 3:01 AM

    Home Sweet Home

    Henry Bishop

    Justin Holland: Guitar Works & Arrangements

    Christopher Mallett, guitar

    4:49
  • 2:54 AM

    Old and Lost Rivers

    Tobias Picker

    London Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:34
  • 2:14 AM

    Piano Quintet "Trout"

    Franz Schubert

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    Pamela Frank, violin

    Rebecca Young, viola

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Edgar Meyer, double bass

    37:50
  • 2:06 AM

    Legends of the Fall: The Ludlows

    James Horner

    Collage: The Last Work

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Arnold, conductor

    6:19
  • 2:01 AM

    Three Country Dances

    John Playford

    Airs Populaires Anglais di XVIIe

    Broadside Band

    Jeremy Barlow, conductor

    4:43
  • 1:38 AM

    Petite Symphony

    Charles Gounod

    French Flute Favorites

    Waterloo Chamber Orchestra

    Ulysse Waterlot, conductor

    19:44
  • 1:34 AM

    Under the Harvest Moon

    Gregory Hutter

    Hutter: Secular Choral Music

    The Singers

    Matthew Culloton, conductor

    2:30
  • 1:18 AM

    Strings and Threads Suite

    Mark O'Connor

    Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra

    Scott Yoo, conductor

    Mark O'Connor, violin

    15:29
  • 1:09 AM

    Harvest Dances (Ernte Tanze) Waltz

    Johann StraussJr.

    J. Strauss, Jr. Edition: Vol. 14

    Czech State Symphony Orchestra, Kosice

    Alfred Walter, conductor

    7:12
  • 1:06 AM

    Humoresque No. 7

    Antonin Dvorak

    Stephen Hough, piano

    3:06
  • 1:01 AM

    Sonata for Flute and Harp

    Gaetano Donizetti

    Romantic Music for Flute and Harp

    Marc Grauwels, flute

    4:36
  • 12:43 AM

    Toccata Festiva

    Samuel Barber

    Barber, Poulenc, Saint Saens

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Christoph Eschenbach, conductor

    Olivier Latry, organ

    15:42
  • 12:18 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 3

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: The Violin Concertos

    Lausanne Chamber Orchestra

    Renaud Capucon, violin

    22:23
  • 12:11 AM

    An Anthem for Thanksgiving

    William Billings

    VocalEssence

    5:52
  • 12:06 AM

    The Entertainer

    Scott Joplin

    Giovanni De Chiaro, guitar

    3:56
  • 12:01 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2: 2nd movement

    Edward MacDowell

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Walter Hendl, conductor

    Van Cliburn, piano

    4:45
  • 11:51 PM

    Symphony No. 10 "In Autumn": 4th movement

    Joachim Raff

    Slovak State Phiharmonic, Kosice

    Urs Schneider, conductor

    7:33
  • 11:36 PM

    Quintettino "La musica notturna di Madrid"

    Luigi Boccherini

    Quinteto Boccherini

    13:10
  • 11:24 PM

    Children's Games (Jeux d'enfants)

    Georges Bizet

    Orchestre de la Bastille

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    11:21
  • 11:18 PM

    Traveling Song

    Carlos Simon

    Together

    Carlos Simon, piano

    4:05
  • 11:06 PM

    Concert Overture No. 1

    Florence Price

    Price: Songs of the Oak - Concert Overtures Nos. 1-2

    Wurttemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen

    John Jeter, conductor

    11:39
  • 11:01 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 24

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Victor Sangiorgio, piano

    4:48
  • 10:52 PM

    Hymn and Fuguing Tune No. 10

    Henry Cowell

    Barber, Ives, Copland: Adagio For Strings / Symphony No.3 / Quiet City

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Celia Nicklin, oboe

    6:51
  • 10:46 PM

    Pretty Saro

    Traditional

    Appalachian Stories

    Essential Voices USA

    Judith Clurman, conductor

    Tessa Lark, violin

    4:45
  • 10:28 PM

    Blackberry Winter

    Conni Ellisor

    Nashville Chamber Orchestra

    Paul Gambill, conductor

    Stephen Seifert, mountain dulcimer and Tennessee music box

    16:46
  • 10:21 PM

    Scherzando No. 1

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    FJ and JM Haydn: Flute Concertos

    Haydn Ensemble Berlin

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    6:13
  • 10:09 PM

    Rhapsodie d'Auvergne

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saƫns: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 - Africa - Wedding Cake - Allegro appassionato

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Jean-Jacques Kantorow, conductor

    Alexandre Kantorow, piano

    10:02
  • 10:06 PM

    Cello Suite No. 1: Prelude

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Goran Sollscher, guitar

    2:37
  • 10:03 PM

    Serenade d'automne

    Cecile Chaminade

    Double Trouble

    Bengt Forsberg, piano

    2:40
  • 9:49 PM

    Dance of the Hours

    Amilcare Ponchielli

    Overtures, Preludes, and Intermezzi

    Philharmonic of La Scala

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    9:42
  • 9:18 PM

    Concerto for Two Pianos

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Double Piano Concertos

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Guher & Suher Pekinel, pianos

    29:28
  • 9:10 PM

    Appalachia Waltz

    Mark O'Connor

    Mark O'Connor, violin

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Edgar Meyer, double bass

    5:45
  • 9:06 PM

    Appalachian Spring: Variations on a Shaker Melody

    Aaron Copland

    American Jubilee

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:27
  • 9:01 PM

    String Quartet: 1st movement

    Josef Myslivecek

    Dolezal Quartet

    4:39
  • 8:44 PM

    Masques and Bergamasques

    Gabriel Faure

    Ravel, Satie & Faure Orchestral Music

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    14:12
  • 3:54 PM

    Candide: Make Our Garden Grow

    Leonard Bernstein

    The Green Album

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    3:46
  • 3:34 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Orchestral Suites

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    19:18
  • 3:34 PM

    Candide: Make Our Garden Grow

    Leonard Bernstein

    The Green Album

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    3:46
  • 3:28 PM

    American Triptych: The Peace of Wild Things

    Jake Runestad

    Conspirare

    Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

    Carla McElhaney, piano

    5:11
  • 3:21 PM

    The Days (I giorni)

    Ludovico Einaudi

    Ludovico Einaudi: Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    5:44
  • 3:08 PM

    The Four Seasons: Autumn

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Musica Anima

    Arnie Roth, violin

    12:30
  • 3:02 PM

    Vespers: Laudate Dominum

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Voice Of The Violin

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Michael Stern, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    4:44
  • 2:56 PM

    Estancia: Dance of the Wheat

    Alberto Ginastera

    Tangazo

    New World Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    3:59
  • 2:52 PM

    Letter from Home

    Pat Metheny

    Mark Small, guitar

    Robert Torres, guitar

    Nancy Hair, cello

    Sarah Roth, violin

    3:32
  • 2:45 PM

    Goin' Home

    Antonin Dvorak

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    Bryn Terfel, baritone

    5:38
  • 2:32 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": Largo

    Antonin Dvorak

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    11:46
  • 2:28 PM

    Umoja (Unity)

    Valerie Coleman

    Umoja

    Imani Winds

    2:23
  • 2:17 PM

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

    Johann StraussJr.

    Strauss: Waltzes and Polkas

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    9:40
  • 2:09 PM

    Homestead Dances: Farmhands' Dance

    Don Ray

    Dublin Philharmonic Orchestra

    Derek Gleeson, conductor

    5:04
  • 2:04 PM

    Harvest Hymn

    Percy Grainger

    Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    3:33
  • 1:55 PM

    Dank sei dir, Herr

    Siegfried Ochs

    Sacred Songs

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andreas Delfs, conductor

    Renee Fleming, soprano

    3:16
  • 1:50 PM

    Farmhouse Memories; Tallgrass Prairie Waltz

    Steve Heitzeg

    4:00
  • 1:46 PM

    Harvest Dance Suite

    Ilmari Hannikainen

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Petri Sakari, conductor

    14:34
  • 1:41 PM

    Seasons' Celebration: Thanksgiving Day (Point Pelee Reverie)

    Howard Cable

    Symphony Nova Scotia

    Howard Cable, conductor

    3:00
  • 1:35 PM

    Three American Pieces: Early Song

    Lukas Foss

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    4:56
  • 1:31 PM

    Five Meditations: The Lord bless you and keep you

    John Rutter

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Rutter, conductor

    2:39
  • 1:22 PM

    Cantata No. 17: Chorus

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach Ensemble Stuttgart

    Helmut Rilling, conductor

    4:44
  • 1:19 PM

    Partita No. 4: Sarabande

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Jeffrey Kahane, piano

    5:00
  • 1:12 PM

    Le Tombeau de Couperin: Forlane

    Maurice Ravel

    Pavane

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    5:15
  • 1:07 PM

    Le Tombeau de Couperin: Menuet

    Maurice Ravel

    Pavane

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    4:42
  • 1:04 PM

    Morning Has Broken

    Traditional

    American Boychoir

    2:30
  • 12:53 PM

    The Tender Land: The Promise of Living

    Aaron Copland

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    5:33
  • 12:42 PM

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    9:05
  • 12:37 PM

    Czech Suite: Romance

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 "New World"; Czech Suite

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    4:22
  • 12:33 PM

    Sunrise

    Connor Chee

    Scenes from Dinetah

    Connor Chee, piano

    2:15
  • 12:19 PM

    Sonata No. 4

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

    (Selected members), conductor

    13:36
  • 12:07 PM

    Concerto for Trumpet and Two Oboes

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    Sergei Nakariakov, trumpet

    10:02
  • 12:04 PM

    We Gather Together

    Traditional

    Jacqueline Schwab, piano

    2:30
  • 11:42 AM

    The Lark Ascending

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Elgar: Violin Concerto, Vaughan Williams: The Lark

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    16:11
  • 11:39 AM

    light everlasting

    Carlos Simon

    Carlos Simon, piano

    3:00
  • 11:26 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Alessandro Marcello

    Camerata Cologne

    Hans-Peter Westermann, oboe

    10:56
  • 11:11 AM

    Umbrian Scene

    Ulysses Kay

    Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Arthur Fagen, conductor

    13:33
  • 11:06 AM

    Pulcinella Suite: Gavotte

    Igor Stravinsky

    Bartok: Divertimento; Romanian Folk Dances; Stravinsky: Pulcinella Suite; Dumbarton Oaks

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    4:01
  • 11:00 AM

    String Quartet No. 50: Minuet

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Leipzig String Quartet

    4:53
  • 10:49 AM

    Sicilian Vespers: Four Seasons: Autumn

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Verdi: Ballet Music

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    8:49
  • 10:12 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Charles Ives

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    35:48
  • 10:06 AM

    Auf Flugeln des Gesanges (On wings of song)

    Felix Mendelssohn

    My Gift To You

    Antonin Kubalek, piano

    4:04
  • 10:01 AM

    Lute Suite No. 3: Allemande

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Jason Vieaux, guitar

    4:40
  • 9:40 AM

    With the Wild Geese

    Hamilton Harty

    National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

    Proinnsias O'Duinn, conductor

    18:06
  • 9:16 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 15 "Pastoral"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Opp. 26, 14 & 28

    Murray Perahia, piano

    24:02
  • 9:06 AM

    Dance Card: Celestial Blue

    Jennifer Higdon

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    7:57
  • 9:01 AM

    Sonora Slocum, flute

    John Wilson, piano

    3:46
  • 8:26 AM

    Double Concerto

    Johannes Brahms

    Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra Amsterdam

    Yakov Kreizberg, conductor

    Julia Fischer, violin

    Daniel Muller-Schott, cello

    31:57
  • 8:19 AM

    Thais: Meditation

    Jules Massenet

    Andrew von Oeyen, piano

    5:13
  • 8:01 AM

    Mother Goose (Ma mere l'oye): Suite

    Maurice Ravel

    Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

    Dmitri Kitayenko, conductor

    17:45
  • 7:38 AM

    String Quartet

    Fanny Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Felix & Fanny

    Ebene Quartet

    20:21
  • 7:33 AM

    Bist du bei mir (If Thou art Near)

    Gottfried Heinrich Stolzel

    Bach Generations

    Berlin Baroque Soloists

    Albrecht Mayer, oboe

    3:19
  • 7:01 AM

    Symphony No. 52

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    30:50
  • 6:45 AM

    Three Idylls

    Frank Bridge

    Bridge: Chamber Concerto, etc.

    Moscow Chamber Orchestra

    Constantine Orbelian, conductor

    13:02
  • 6:41 AM

    With Miriam by the River

    Gavin Bryars

    Children's Cello

    Steven Isserlis, cello

    3:31
  • 6:36 AM

    My Heart is a Holy Place

    Patricia van Ness

    From the Heart

    King's Singers

    3:57
  • 6:01 AM

    Symphony No. 5 "Reformation"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Concert Recording

    Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Maasaki Suzuki, conductor

    33:26