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  • 5:47 AM

    Near Midnight

    Helen Grime

    Halle Orchestra

    Mark Elder, conductor

    11:30
  • 5:43 AM

    Bruce Brubaker, piano

    3:30
  • 5:21 AM

    Wall of Water

    Deborah Pritchard

    English String Orchestra

    Kenneth Woods, conductor

    Harriet Mackenzie, violin

    20:56
  • 5:07 AM

    Between Rain

    Edmund Finnis

    London Contemporary Orchestra

    Robert Ames, conductor

    12:20
  • 5:01 AM

    It Never Rains

    Gavin Bryars

    Rick Cox, electric guitar

    Alma Lisa Fernandez, viola

    Erika Duke-Kirkpatrick, cello

    James Bergman, double bass

    4:49
  • 4:44 AM

    Dune of Footprints

    Tansy Davies

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Karen Kamensek, conductor

    13:53
  • 4:27 AM

    String Quartet No. 2

    Eleanor Alberga

    Ensemble Arcadiana

    14:40
  • 4:11 AM

    Clarinet Concertino No. 1

    Elizabeth Maconchy

    Clarinet Concertos / Scherzetto / Concerto Movement / Concertinos

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    Thea King, clarinet

    13:58
  • 4:06 AM

    The Four Quarters: Days

    Thomas Ades

    The Four Quarteres

    Solem Quartet

    3:48
  • 4:01 AM

    Krysia Osostowicz, violin

    Daniel Tong, piano

    4:32
  • 3:48 AM

    Unter bluhenden Linden

    Lou Koster

    Estro Armonico Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra

    Jonathan Kaell, conductor

    10:53
  • 3:19 AM

    The Golden Spinning Wheel

    Antonin Dvorak

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    28:21
  • 3:13 AM

    Czech Dances: Polka

    Bedrich Smetana

    Ivan Moravec, piano

    2:36
  • 3:06 AM

    Romance of the Prairie Lilies

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha OVerture / Petite Suite

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    6:33
  • 3:01 AM

    String Trio: Nocturne

    Henri Tomasi

    Black Oak Ensemble

    4:45
  • 2:53 AM

    Fantasy-Impromptu

    Frederic Chopin

    Bella Davidovich, piano

    5:05
  • 2:23 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "Romantic"

    Howard Hanson

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    28:18
  • 2:19 AM

    Peek-a-boo Waltz

    Justin Holland

    Justin Holland Recording Project

    Mark Delpriora, guitar

    2:13
  • 2:06 AM

    Pastoral Suite

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Jan-Olav Wedin, conductor

    12:16
  • 2:01 AM

    Vento Chiaro

    4:33
  • 1:47 AM

    The Sorcerer's Apprentice

    Paul Dukas

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    11:16
  • 1:23 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Ruth Gipps

    Gipps: Orchestral Works, Volume 2

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    Juliana Koch, oboe

    22:21
  • 1:13 AM

    Concerto No. 3

    John Hebden

    Cantilena

    Adrian Shepherd, conductor

    8:07
  • 1:06 AM

    Waltz-Scherzo

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    Midori, violin

    6:40
  • 1:01 AM

    Piano Sonata: Scherzo

    Franz Schubert

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    4:45
  • 12:50 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 19: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Mitsuko Uchida, conductor

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    8:02
  • 12:50 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 19: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Mitsuko Uchida, conductor

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    8:02
  • 12:40 AM

    Pavane, Idyll and Bacchanal

    Edgar Bainton

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paul Daniel, conductor

    9:08
  • 12:10 AM

    Mississippi River Suite

    Florence Price

    Women's Philharmonic

    Apo Hsu, conductor

    27:44
  • 12:07 AM

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:51
  • 11:59 PM

    Scottish March (Marche ecossaise)

    Claude Debussy

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    6:44
  • 11:43 PM

    Scherzo Capriccioso

    Antonin Dvorak

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    14:30
  • 11:35 PM

    A Little Night Music: Night Waltz

    Stephen Sondheim

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    John Mauceri, conductor

    6:23
  • 11:29 PM

    Musica Fiata

    5:03
  • 11:05 PM

    The Four Moons

    Louis Ballard

    Ballard: The Four Moons, Devil's Promenade, Fantasy Aborigine No. 3, & Scenes from Indian Life

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    23:29
  • 10:47 PM

    Norwegian Dances Nos. 2-4

    Edvard Grieg

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Petri Sakari, conductor

    11:40
  • 10:42 PM

    La Wally: Ebben? Ne andro lontana

    Alfredo Catalani

    Cello Cinema

    Eckart Runge, cello

    3:46
  • 10:27 PM

    Symphony No. 4

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    14:28
  • 10:21 PM

    The Wind that Shakes the Barley/The Reel with the Beryle

    Traditional

    Aureole Trio

    Glen Velez, bodhran

    4:03
  • 10:06 PM

    Dumbarton Oaks Concerto

    Igor Stravinsky

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    14:50
  • 10:02 PM

    Rinaldo: Mio cor, che mi sai dir?

    George Frideric Handel

    Contraltos

    Orfeo 55

    Nathalie Stutzmann, conductor

    Nathalie Stutzmann, contralto

    2:55
  • 9:47 PM

    Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances

    Alexander Borodin

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    11:27
  • 9:42 PM

    Impromptu No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    Pavel Kolesnikov, piano

    4:11
  • 9:31 PM

    La Stravaganza: Violin Concerto No. 2

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Arte Dei Suonatori Baroque Orchestra

    Rachel Podger, violin

    10:05
  • 9:09 PM

    The Royal Children

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    20:06
  • 9:00 PM

    Oboe Concerto

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Bella Napoli: Oboe Concertos

    Ensemble Berlin

    Christoph Hartmann, oboe

    8:35
  • 6:47 PM

    Breaking Waves

    Helena Munktell

    Gavle Symphony Orchestra

    Tobias Ringborg, conductor

    11:13
  • 6:26 PM

    Holberg Suite

    Edvard Grieg

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    20:23
  • 6:17 PM

    The Mother: Three Pieces

    Carl Nielsen

    Bergen Wind Quintet

    6:38
  • 6:06 PM

    Invitation to the Dance

    Carl Maria von Weber

    BBC Philharmonic

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    10:01
  • 6:00 PM

    The Lost Birds: Hope Is the Thing with Feathers

    Christopher Tin

    Voces8

    4:46
  • 5:45 PM

    Froissart Overture

    Edward Elgar

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    13:45
  • 5:29 PM

    Four Characteristic Waltzes

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    13:42
  • 5:20 PM

    Etude No. 6 "En forme de valse"

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Lise de la Salle, piano

    7:56
  • 5:16 PM

    The King and the Mockingbird

    Wojciech Kilar

    Jouer, chanter, danser/Play, sing, dance

    Manon Le Comte, harp

    3:09
  • 5:06 PM

    Concerto for Oboe and Bassoon

    Antonio Vivaldi

    City of London Sinfonia

    Nicholas Kraemer, conductor

    9:20
  • 5:01 PM

    Spanish Dance No. 2 "Oriental"

    Enrique Granados

    Debra Wendells-Cross, flute

    Robert Alemany, clarinet

    JoAnn Falletta, guitar

    4:40
  • 4:50 PM

    Global Warming

    Michael Abels

    Songs for Our Times

    Sphinx Virtuosi

    8:31
  • 4:25 PM

    Symphony No. 96 "Miracle"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    22:36
  • 4:22 PM

    Concert Etude No. 6: Pastoral

    Nikolai Kapustin

    John Salmon, piano

    2:33
  • 4:06 PM

    Rapsodie espagnole

    Maurice Ravel

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    14:43
  • 4:01 PM

    Piano Sonata

    Andrea Luchesi

    Roberto Plano, piano

    4:31
  • 3:51 PM

    Voices of Spring Waltz (Fruhlingsstimmen)

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Strauss

    Vienna Volksoper Orchestra

    Franz Bauer-Theussl, conductor

    7:05
  • 3:49 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 1, Overtures

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    4:52
  • 3:46 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 18

    Johannes Brahms

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    1:28
  • 3:43 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 20

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 2, Hungarian Dances

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    2:39
  • 3:42 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 21

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 2, Hungarian Dances

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    1:28
  • 3:34 PM

    Voices of Spring Waltz (Fruhlingsstimmen)

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Strauss

    Vienna Volksoper Orchestra

    Franz Bauer-Theussl, conductor

    7:05
  • 3:30 PM

    Sunday in the Park with George: Finishing the Hat

    Stephen Sondheim

    Jake Gyllenhaal, vocal

    3:00
  • 3:08 PM

    West Side Story: Symphonic Dances

    Leonard Bernstein

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    20:58
  • 3:00 PM

    Serenade for Strings: Alla marcia

    Dag Wiren

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Richard Studt, conductor

    4:48
  • 2:53 PM

    Symphony No. 4: Scherzo

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    5:52
  • 2:38 PM

    Piano Trio No. 5 "Ghost": 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ives, Part, Beethoven

    Bakken Trio

    8:35
  • 2:32 PM

    King Arthur: Chorus of Cold People

    Henry Purcell

    Purcell: King Arthur

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    3:20
  • 2:28 PM

    Women of Legend: Viviane

    Mel Bonis

    Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers

    Marie Vermeulin, piano

    2:41
  • 2:20 PM

    Music for the Royal Fireworks: Overture

    George Frideric Handel

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    7:41
  • 2:09 PM

    Italian Serenade

    Hugo Wolf

    Takacs Quartet

    6:36
  • 2:04 PM

    La Boheme: O soave fanciulla

    Giacomo Puccini

    Pavarotti's Opera Made Easy: My Favorite Puccini

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    Mirella Freni, soprano

    4:13
  • 1:45 PM

    Sinfonia Concertante

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Brahms: Violin Concerto; Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante

    Berlin Philharmonic

    David Oistrakh, conductor

    Igor Oistrakh, violin

    31:34
  • 1:38 PM

    Andante and Rondo Capriccioso

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Lydia Artymiw plays Mendelssohn

    Lydia Artymiw, piano

    6:20
  • 1:30 PM

    Concerto No. 12

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Albinoni: 12 Concerti a cinque, Op.5

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Simon Standage, conductor

    7:15
  • 1:24 PM

    Italian Concerto: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Murray Perahia Plays Bach

    Murray Perahia, piano

    3:58
  • 1:22 PM

    Scenes from Indian Life

    Louis Ballard

    Ballard: The Four Moons, Devil's Promenade, Fantasy Aborigine No. 3, & Scenes from Indian Life

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    9:28
  • 1:09 PM

    Fidelio Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    6:44
  • 1:04 PM

    L'Estro Armonico: Concerto No. 10 for Four Violins and Cello: 1st movement

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Baroque

    Arcangelo

    Jonathan Cohen, conductor

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    3:53
  • 12:51 PM

    Piano Concerto: 3rd movement

    George Gershwin

    Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Andrew Litton, piano

    6:57
  • 12:46 PM

    Pelleas and Melisande: Sicilienne

    Gabriel Faure

    Romances for Saxophone

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Branford Marsalis, saxophone

    3:34
  • 12:42 PM

    Variations on a Theme of Corelli

    Fritz Kreisler

    James Ehnes, violin

    Eduard Laurel, piano

    3:29
  • 12:31 PM

    Swedish Dances

    Max Bruch

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    9:50
  • 12:19 PM

    Little Serenade

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    Orebro Chamber Orchestra

    Goran Nilson, conductor

    10:29
  • 12:15 PM

    Abduction from the Seraglio: Durch Zartlichkeit und Schmeicheln

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Netherlands Wind Ensemble

    2:56
  • 12:07 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2 "Characteristic": Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Prague Symphony Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    6:10
  • 12:04 PM

    Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    2:23
  • 11:41 AM

    Serenade for Strings "Nachtmusik"

    Richard Heuberger

    RIAS Sinfonietta

    Jiri Starek, conductor

    17:30
  • 11:20 AM

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    Matt Haimovitz, cello

    19:58
  • 11:15 AM

    Small River Flowing

    Traditional Chinese

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    2:31
  • 11:06 AM

    Arabesques

    Claude Debussy

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    8:00
  • 11:01 AM

    Three Parts on a Ground

    Henry Purcell

    Stradivaria

    4:45
  • 10:47 AM

    Suite of Three Pieces

    Benjamin Godard

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Susan Milan, flute

    10:47
  • 10:16 AM

    Symphony No. 5 "Reformation"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    29:15
  • 10:08 AM

    The Apothecary: Sinfonia

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    6:05
  • 10:06 AM

    Minuet on the Name of Haydn

    Maurice Ravel

    Tesla Quartet

    1:54
  • 10:01 AM

    A Waltz for Maurice

    Frederic Hand

    Across Time

    Frederic Hand, guitar

    4:32
  • 9:53 AM

    Pavan and Galliard No. 6

    William Byrd

    Glenn Gould, piano

    5:17
  • 9:17 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Malek Jandali

    Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    35:50
  • 9:06 AM

    The Crystal Lake

    Elinor Remick Warren

    Polish Radio and TV Orchestra

    Szymon Kawalla, conductor

    9:03
  • 9:01 AM

    Earth Song

    Frank Ticheli

    Voces8

    4:13
  • 8:42 AM

    Gewandhaus Quartet

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    16:41
  • 8:39 AM

    Nocturne "The Stars are Twinkling"

    Selim Palmgren

    Nocturne

    Richard Saxel, piano

    2:40
  • 8:23 AM

    Andromeda

    Augusta Holmes

    Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Leo Hussain, conductor

    15:08
  • 8:01 AM

    Paris Quartet No. 8

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Barthold Kuijken, flute

    Sigiswald Kuijken, violin

    Wieland Kuijken, cello/gamba

    Gustav Leonhardt, harpsichord

    19:46
  • 7:19 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    Ingrid Fliter, piano

    39:41
  • 7:15 AM

    Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Thibaut Garcia, guitar

    3:20
  • 7:02 AM

    Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Eri Klas, conductor

    11:45
  • 6:46 AM

    Fantasy Quartet

    E.J. Moeran

    English String Quartet

    Sarah Francis, oboe

    12:30
  • 6:06 AM

    Symphony

    Paul Dukas

    French National Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    38:56
  • 6:02 AM

    Reverie

    Germaine Tailleferre

    The Flower of France

    Quynh Nguyen, piano

    3:25