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  • 5:48 AM

    The Strange Highway

    Gity Razaz

    All-American Cello Band

    10:09
  • 5:45 AM

    Sami: The Acoustic Constellation

    Michael Harrison

    Roomful of Teeth

    2:29
  • 5:12 AM

    Violin Concerto "Distant Light"

    Peteris Vasks

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Renaud Capucon, conductor

    Renaud Capucon, violin

    31:46
  • 5:07 AM

    Zomer

    Kate Moore

    Kate Moore: Dances and Canons

    Saskia Lankhoorn, piano

    3:59
  • 5:01 AM

    Boston String Quartet

    4:41
  • 4:45 AM

    Sin Fronteras

    Clarice Assad

    Project W: Works by Diverse Women Composers

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    13:29
  • 4:40 AM

    Sin Aire

    Gabriela Montero

    Solatino

    Gabriela Montero, piano

    3:41
  • 4:32 AM

    Lua Descolorida (Colorless Moon)

    Osvaldo Golijov

    There's a Place for Us

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Robert Spano, conductor

    Nadine Sierra, soprano

    6:15
  • 4:19 AM

    Caja de Musica

    David Bruce

    Crossing the Ocean

    Bridget Kibbey, harp

    12:06
  • 4:06 AM

    Clearing, Dawn, Dance

    Judd Greenstein

    Beautiful Mechanical

    yMusic

    10:08
  • 4:01 AM

    Concierto de "Dance Hits": Salsa Pasada

    Aaron Jay Kernis

    New Century Chamber Orchestra

    Aaron Jay Kernis, conductor

    David Tanenbaum, guitar

    4:49
  • 3:47 AM

    Cello Sonata

    Claude Debussy

    Matt Haimovitz, cello

    Mari Kodama, piano

    11:50
  • 3:27 AM

    Fantasy Variations

    Ulysses Kay

    Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony - U. Kay: Fantasy Variations - Umbrian Scene

    Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Arthur Fagen, conductor

    17:55
  • 3:19 AM

    Y Deryn Pur (The Gentle Dove)

    Cecilia McDowall

    Chamber Ensemble of London

    Peter Fisher, conductor

    Peter Cigleris, clarinet

    7:13
  • 3:07 AM

    Hymn for Everyone

    Jessie Montgomery

    Contemporary American Composers

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    11:19
  • 3:01 AM

    John Williams, guitar

    Timothy Kain, guitar

    4:41
  • 2:51 AM

    Legende

    Henryk Wieniawski

    Violin on Stage

    NFM Wroclaw Philharmonic

    Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor

    Bomsori Kim, violin

    7:40
  • 2:21 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 24

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 9 & 24

    Paris Chamber Orchestra

    Lars Vogt, conductor

    Lars Vogt, piano

    29:16
  • 2:10 AM

    Global Warming

    Michael Abels

    Songs for Our Times

    Sphinx Virtuosi

    8:31
  • 2:07 AM

    To a Wild Rose

    Edward MacDowell

    Manhattan Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Auldon Clark, conductor

    2:42
  • 2:01 AM

    Orchestra of the Royal Swedish Opera

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    4:34
  • 1:39 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 2

    Richard Strauss

    R. Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, Etc

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Norbert Hauptmann, horn

    19:07
  • 1:34 AM

    Julia Fischer, violin

    Milana Chernyavska, piano

    4:07
  • 1:15 AM

    Faust Ballet Music

    Charles Gounod

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    17:20
  • 1:06 AM

    Dance of the Blessed Spirits

    Christoph Gluck

    Flute Concertos

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    Barthold Kuijken, flute

    7:35
  • 1:01 AM

    Flowers of the Forest

    Anonymous

    On the Banks of Helicon

    Baltimore Consort

    4:36
  • 12:45 AM

    William Tell: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Thomas Schippers, conductor

    13:50
  • 12:43 AM

    William Tell: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Thomas Schippers, conductor

    13:50
  • 12:16 AM

    Piano Trio

    Bedrich Smetana

    Origin/Essence: A Musical Odyssey Vol. 4: Russia-Eastern Europe 1

    Ian Swensen, violin

    27:11
  • 12:09 AM

    African Suite

    Andrew York/William Kanengiser

    L.A.G.Q.

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    5:16
  • 12:05 AM

    Out of Africa: Main Theme

    John Barry

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    3:17
  • 12:00 AM

    Carnival-Waltz

    Florent Schmitt

    French Ballet Music of the 1920s

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    4:48
  • 11:58 PM

    Quick! we have but a second

    Charles Stanford

    There is Sweet Music

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    :44
  • 11:34 PM

    Symphony No. 3

    Franz Schubert

    Hanover Band

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    22:42
  • 11:18 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Johann Neruda

    Haydn, Hummel, Etc.: Trumpet Concertos

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    14:17
  • 11:14 PM

    Molly on the Shore

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger 'Country Gardens' and other Piano Favourites

    Martin Jones, piano

    3:02
  • 11:05 PM

    Hymn of the Universe: Fold Your Wings, My Soul

    Tina Davidson

    Hymn to the Universe

    VocalEssence

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    Tina James, English horn

    7:47
  • 10:50 PM

    Reveille

    Tony Banks

    Czech National Symphony Orchestra

    Nick Ingman, conductor

    8:56
  • 10:46 PM

    Rustle of Spring

    Christian Sinding

    Jerome Lowenthal, piano

    2:38
  • 10:35 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Itzhak Perlman, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    10:58
  • 10:25 PM

    Homestead Dances: Quilters' Dance

    Don Ray

    Dublin Philharmonic Orchestra

    Derek Gleeson, conductor

    7:59
  • 10:22 PM

    Three Pieces for Strings: Reel

    Thomas C. Kelly

    Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Fionnuala Hunt, conductor

    2:25
  • 10:11 PM

    Recorder Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Peter Holtslag, recorder

    10:05
  • 10:06 PM

    Rusalka: Polonaise

    Antonin Dvorak

    Exotic Dances from the Opera

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    4:30
  • 10:02 PM

    Samba do Aviao

    Antonio Carlos Jobim

    Saudade

    Plinio Fernandes, guitar

    2:39
  • 9:43 PM

    Butterfly Overture

    Ge Gan-ru

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Tsung Yeh, conductor

    15:11
  • 9:26 PM

    Papillons (Butterflies)

    Robert Schumann

    Bach: French Suite; Schumann: Papillons, Op.2; Chopin: Two Preludes, Mazurka

    Mieczyslaw Horszowski, piano

    16:10
  • 9:20 PM

    Ballet Scenes: Polonaise

    Alexander Glazunov

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    5:10
  • 9:11 PM

    Introduction, Chorale, and March

    Alfredo Casella

    Casella: Orchestral Music, Vol. 3

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gianandrea Noseda, conductor

    7:40
  • 9:04 PM

    Andante

    Edouard Lalo

    Melodies

    Chen Yi, violin

    6:31
  • 9:00 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 8

    Johannes Brahms

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    Andras Keller, violin

    Kalman Balogh, cimbalom

    3:04
  • 6:51 PM

    Fiesta criolla

    Manuel Gomez Carrillo

    Fiesta Criolla: Latin-American Orchestral Works

    Wurttemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen

    Gabriel Castagna, conductor

    7:10
  • 6:19 PM

    Symphony No. 5

    Jean Sibelius

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Santtu-Matias Rouvali, conductor

    30:55
  • 6:06 PM

    Concerto for Mixed Instruments

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Philharmonia Virtuosi

    Richard Kapp, conductor

    10:42
  • 6:01 PM

    Wind Quintet No. 1: Rondo

    Giovanni Giuseppe Cambini

    CAMBINI: Wind Quintets Nos. 1-3 / BRICCIALDI: Wind Quintet in D Major

    Avalon Wind Quintet

    4:34
  • 5:43 PM

    Tragic Overture

    Johannes Brahms

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    15:01
  • 5:32 PM

    Double Concerto: 3rd movement

    Ethel Smyth

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Odaline de la Martinez, conductor

    Sophie Langdon, violin

    Richard Watkins, horn

    10:24
  • 5:19 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Grand Pas de Deux

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    11:48
  • 5:14 PM

    Bucimis (Folk Dance)

    Traditional Bulgarian

    Avi Avital, mandolin

    Itamar Doari, percussion

    2:57
  • 5:06 PM

    Polish Concerto (Concerto Polonois)

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    7:39
  • 5:00 PM

    Minuetto

    Ricardo Castro

    El arbol de la vida

    Eduardo Mata University Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Rivero Weber, conductor

    4:47
  • 4:57 PM

    Etude No. 8 "Sixths"

    Frederic Chopin

    The Chopin Album

    Lang Lang, piano

    1:02
  • 4:46 PM

    Winged Creatures

    Michael Abels

    Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra

    Allen Tinkham, conductor

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    Demarre McGill, flute

    11:38
  • 4:24 PM

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    20:10
  • 4:14 PM

    String Symphony No. 6

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Gli Incogniti

    Amandine Beyer, conductor

    8:32
  • 4:06 PM

    Britannia (A Nautical Overture)

    Alexander Mackenzie

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    8:07
  • 4:00 PM

    Wallom Green/Curtain Tune

    John Playford/Henry Purcell

    Barokksolistene

    Bjarte Eike, violin

    4:40
  • 3:52 PM

    Das Rheingold: Entry of the Gods into Valhalla

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner Without Words

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    6:34
  • 3:27 PM

    Piano Trio

    Clara Schumann

    Nash Ensemble

    28:15
  • 3:25 PM

    Scenes from Childhood: Of Foreign Lands and People

    Robert Schumann

    Nelson Freire, piano

    1:28
  • 3:14 PM

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

    Johann StraussJr.

    New Year's Concert 1989

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Carlos Kleiber, conductor

    9:52
  • 3:04 PM

    Das Rheingold: Entry of the Gods into Valhalla

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner Without Words

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    6:34
  • 2:54 PM

    Corsair: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Sommernachtskonzert 2023

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    8:50
  • 2:50 PM

    Song without Words No. 6 "Barcarolle (Gondola Song)"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Javier Perianes, piano

    2:07
  • 2:42 PM

    L'amant anonyme: Overture-Symphony

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Le Mozart Noir

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    7:42
  • 2:36 PM

    El Amor Brujo: Ritual Fire Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Sabre Dance

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Sergiu Comissiona, conductor

    4:11
  • 2:31 PM

    When The Birds Return

    John Williams

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    3:44
  • 2:25 PM

    Dala Suite: Rustic Dances

    Helena Munktell

    Gavle Symphony Orchestra

    Tobias Ringborg, conductor

    5:14
  • 2:20 PM

    Beatles Concerto Grosso No. 1: Penny Lane

    Peter Breiner

    Beatles Go Baroque

    Peter Breiner Chamber Orchestra

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    3:36
  • 2:09 PM

    The Dambusters March

    Eric Coates

    The Music of Eric Coates

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    3:48
  • 1:50 PM

    American Eagle Waltz

    Jacques Offenbach

    Offenbach Music from the Operettas

    Gulbenkian Orchestra

    Michel Swierczewski, conductor

    Nelson Rocha, trumpet

    6:54
  • 1:47 PM

    Piece in the Form of a Habanera

    Maurice Ravel

    Katerina Englichova, harp

    Vilem Veverka, oboe

    2:43
  • 1:33 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach, Bologne, Previn, Vivaldi, Williams

    Mutter's Virtuosi

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    12:45
  • 1:25 PM

    Symphony No. 5: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5

    West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    5:52
  • 1:23 PM

    Hymn of the Universe: Stay with Us, Lord

    Tina Davidson

    Hymn to the Universe

    VocalEssence

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    1:32
  • 1:08 PM

    Trumpet Concerto No. 2

    Michael Haydn

    Baroque Music for Trumpet

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    8:53
  • 1:04 PM

    Salut d'amour (Love's Greeting)

    Edward Elgar

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    3:10
  • 12:49 PM

    Fantasy for a Gentleman

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    22:30
  • 12:41 PM

    Symphonic Dance No. 1

    Edvard Grieg

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    6:45
  • 12:34 PM

    Minuet of the Will-o'-the-Wisps

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: La Marseillaise, Etc

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    5:42
  • 12:32 PM

    Damnation of Faust: Dance of the Sylphs

    Hector Berlioz

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    2:27
  • 12:26 PM

    Tales of Hoffmann: Barcarolle

    Jacques Offenbach

    Souvenirs

    Prague Philharmonia

    Emmanuel Villaume, conductor

    Anna Netrebko, soprano

    3:42
  • 12:21 PM

    Gondoliera

    Franz Liszt

    Homages

    Benjamin Grosvenor, piano

    5:26
  • 12:17 PM

    Othello Suite: Children's Intermezzo

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    3:44
  • 12:06 PM

    Viola Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Complete Viola D'amore Concertos

    Ars Antigua

    Rachel Barton Pine, viola d'amore

    9:09
  • 12:04 PM

    The Married Beau: Hornpipe on a Ground

    Henry Purcell

    Boston Baroque

    Martin Pearlman, conductor

    1:21
  • 11:58 AM

    The Married Beau: Hornpipe on a Ground

    Henry Purcell

    Boston Baroque

    Martin Pearlman, conductor

    1:21
  • 11:42 AM

    Printemps (Spring)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Images, Etc

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    16:36
  • 11:39 AM

    When Will the Acacia Bloom?

    Zhou Long

    Shanghai Quartet

    2:27
  • 11:17 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2

    Helvi Leiviska

    Leiviska: Orchestral Works

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Dalia Stasevska, conductor

    20:41
  • 11:06 AM

    Barcarolle

    Frederic Chopin

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    8:28
  • 11:01 AM

    In Praise of Music: For the Saint, Cecilia

    Dominick Argento

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    4:33
  • 10:47 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: The Brandenburg Concertos

    Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

    11:21
  • 10:26 AM

    String Quartet No. 64

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 76 No. 5 in D major, etc.

    Cleveland Quartet

    19:08
  • 10:12 AM

    Birdflight

    Christopher Gunning

    Gunning: Violin & Cello Concertos - Birdflight

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Christopher Gunning, conductor

    12:13
  • 10:06 AM

    Prelude and Fugue No. 1

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Jenny Lin, piano

    5:25
  • 10:01 AM

    Sylvan Winds

    Boris Baev, oboe

    Mark Dover, clarinet

    Nanci Belmont, bassoon

    Eric C. Davis, horn

    4:37
  • 9:09 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    María Dueñas - Beethoven and Beyond

    Vienna Symphony Orchestra

    Manfred Honeck, conductor

    Maria Duenas, violin

    49:37
  • 9:01 AM

    Ludus pro Patria: Night and Love

    Augusta Holmes

    Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers

    National Orchestra of Metz Grand Est

    David Reiland, conductor

    5:41
  • 8:43 AM

    Piano Duet Sonata

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Sonatas for Piano Duet, K 381 & 521; Sonata for 2 Pianos, K 448; Andante and Variations, K 501

    Martha Argerich, piano

    15:47
  • 8:38 AM

    Lakme: Flower Duet

    Leo Delibes

    Guilty Pleasures

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Sebastian Lang-Lessing, conductor

    Renee Fleming, soprano

    3:45
  • 8:28 AM

    Symphony No. 3: 2nd movement

    Gustav Mahler

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    9:04
  • 8:01 AM

    Nonet

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Chamber Music

    Mary Ashley Barret, oboe

    25:57
  • 7:24 AM

    Symphony No. 11 "Winter"

    Joachim Raff

    Basel Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Mario Venzago, conductor

    34:32
  • 7:18 AM

    Prelude No. 15 "Raindrop"

    Frederic Chopin

    Yundi Li, piano

    4:47
  • 7:01 AM

    Pelleas and Melisande Suite

    Gabriel Faure

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    15:45
  • 6:42 AM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 3

    Ottorino Respighi

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    16:52
  • 6:23 AM

    Guitar Quintet No. 6

    Luigi Boccherini

    Artaria Quartet

    Richard Savino, guitar

    17:28
  • 6:08 AM

    Rustic Triptych

    Charlotte Sohy

    Mathilde Calderini, flute

    Omer Bouchez, violin

    Lou Yung-Hsin Chang, viola

    Yan Levionnois, cello

    Constance Luzzati, harp

    13:56
  • 6:01 AM

    Two Swedish Folk Tunes

    Johan Svendsen

    Orchestra of the Mill

    Andrew Penny, conductor

    5:57