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  • 5:53 AM

    Vespers for Violin

    Missy Mazzoli

    Olivia de Prato, violin

    Missy Mazzoli, electronics

    5:10
  • 5:33 AM

    Symphony No. 4 "Poem of Ecstasy"

    Alexander Scriabin

    Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra; Scriabin: The Poem Of Ecstasy

    Seattle Symphony

    Thomas Dausgaard, conductor

    20:16
  • 5:27 AM

    O viridissima Virga (Hail, O greenest branch)

    Hildegard von Bingen

    Sequentia

    Barbara Thornton, conductor

    3:50
  • 5:07 AM

    Piano Sonata

    Clara Schumann

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    20:09
  • 5:01 AM

    Suite on Sixteenth Century Hymn Tunes: Choeur celeste

    George Frederick McKay

    MCKAY: Violin Concerto / Sinfonietta No. 4 / Song Over the Great Plains

    National Radio Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine

    John McLaughlin Williams, conductor

    4:46
  • 4:49 AM

    Secret and Glass Gardens

    Jennifer Higdon

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    9:08
  • 4:43 AM

    Let the Soil Play Its Simple Part

    Caroline Shaw/So Percussion/Jonathan Low

    So Percussion

    Caroline Shaw, vocals

    4:38
  • 4:25 AM

    The Garden of Fand

    Arnold Bax

    Bax: Tone Poems

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    17:27
  • 4:11 AM

    The Garden of Cosmic Speculation: Garden of the Senses Suite

    Michael Gandolfi

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Spano, conductor

    12:55
  • 4:06 AM

    Seven Descriptive Pieces: Pensive Mood

    Florence Price

    Rochelle Sennet, piano

    3:47
  • 4:01 AM

    The Walled Garden

    John Zorn

    In Lambeth: Visions from the Walled Garden of William Blake

    Bill Frisell, guitar

    4:33
  • 3:53 AM

    Canzonetta

    Zara Levina

    Zara Levina: Chamber Music

    Ringela Riemke, cello

    5:00
  • 3:13 AM

    The Bells

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Adams: Harmonium; Rachmaninoff: The Bells

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    Renee Fleming, soprano

    38:25
  • 3:06 AM

    Barcarolle No. 1

    Stephan Elmas

    Mikael Ayrapetyan, piano

    5:25
  • 3:01 AM

    The Bells of St. Genevieve

    Marin Marais

    Strings! The Definitive Collection

    Guildhall Strings

    4:47
  • 2:31 AM

    Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto

    He Zhanhao/Chen Gang

    Singapore Symphony Orchestra

    Lan Shui, conductor

    Gil Shaham, violin

    27:25
  • 2:13 AM

    Tannhauser: Overture

    Richard Wagner

    Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra: Wagner

    Philharmonia Zurich

    Fabio Luisi, conductor

    15:37
  • 2:10 AM

    Il Trovatore: Vedi, le fosche nottune (Anvil Chorus)

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    2:48
  • 2:06 AM

    Salut d'amour (Love's Greeting)

    Edward Elgar

    Songs From the Arc of Life

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    2:42
  • 2:01 AM

    The Jane Pickering Lute Book

    Anonymous

    The Scottish Lute

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    4:41
  • 1:45 AM

    Sinfonia brevis

    Helvi Leiviska

    Leiviska: Orchestral Works

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Dalia Stasevska, conductor

    12:36
  • 1:41 AM

    Little Love

    Gabriel Kahane

    Love at Last

    Lara Downes, piano

    3:16
  • 1:25 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Florence Price

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Randall Goosby, violin

    15:54
  • 1:10 AM

    Fantasy Aborigine No. 3 "Kokopelli"

    Louis Ballard

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

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    12:59
  • 1:06 AM

    Walking Tune

    Percy Grainger

    Kenneth Smith, flute

    Paul Rhodes, piano

    2:52
  • 1:01 AM

    String Quartet: 2nd movement

    Amanda Rontgen-Maier

    Zilliacus Quartet

    4:32
  • 12:54 AM

    Four Last Songs: September

    Richard Strauss

    Renee Fleming: Four Last Songs

    Munich Philharmonic Orchestra

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    Renee Fleming, soprano

    4:50
  • 12:46 AM

    Sonata for Violin and Piano (opening movement)

    Aaron Copland

    Carroll Glenn, violin

    Hilde Somer, piano

    7:28
  • 12:42 AM

    The Incredible Flutist: Suite

    Walter Piston

    Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra

    Howard Hanson, conductor

    16:21
  • 12:18 AM

    Cello Concerto

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar/Lutoslawski: Cello Concertos

    Radio Philharmonic Netherlands

    Jac van Steen, conductor

    Pieter Wispelwey, cello

    27:46
  • 12:14 AM

    West Side Story: Somewhere

    Leonard Bernstein

    There's a Place for Us

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Robert Spano, conductor

    Nadine Sierra, soprano

    2:47
  • 12:02 AM

    1712 Overture

    P.D.Q. Bach (Peter Schickele)

    The Ill-Conceived P.D.Q. Bach Anthology

    Greater Hoople Area Philharmonic

    Walter Bruno, conductor

    11:33
  • 11:45 PM

    Knoxville: Summer of 1915

    Samuel Barber

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    David Zinman, conductor

    Dawn Upshaw, soprano

    15:11
  • 11:40 PM

    German Dance No. 3 "Sleigh Ride"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Goes to a Party

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    2:35
  • 11:11 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 10 & 21

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    28:23
  • 11:04 PM

    Aria in Classic Style

    Marcel Grandjany

    Classics for Chamber Orchestra

    Stockholm Chamber Orchestra

    Jan-Olav Wedin, conductor

    Christine Muhlbach, harp

    5:58
  • 10:52 PM

    Polonaise No. 10

    Frederic Chopin

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    9:46
  • 10:47 PM

    Clarinet Trio (opening movement)

    Johannes Brahms

    7:05
  • 10:34 PM

    Symphony No. 4: 4th movement

    Gustav Mahler

    Mahler: Symphony No. 4

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    Carolyn Sampson, soprano

    9:14
  • 10:26 PM

    Pavane for a Dead Princess (Pavane pour une infante defunte)

    Maurice Ravel

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    6:07
  • 10:16 PM

    String Quartet No. 14 "Death and the Maiden": Presto

    Franz Schubert

    The Wanderer

    Brooklyn Rider

    9:03
  • 10:08 PM

    Trio Sonata No. 4: Adagio

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Vikingur Olafsson, piano

    5:23
  • 10:03 PM

    The Prince of Denmark's March

    Jeremiah Clarke

    Wynton Marsalis: In Gabriel's Garden

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Anthony Newman, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    2:50
  • 9:54 PM

    Dirait-on (So They Say)

    Morten Lauridsen

    Morten Lauridsen: Mid-Winter Songs

    The Singers

    Matthew Culloton, conductor

    5:01
  • 9:48 PM

    The Valkyrie: Ride of the Valkyries

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Orchestral Favorites

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    4:48
  • 9:38 PM

    Danzon No. 2

    Arturo Marquez

    Fiesta

    Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    9:46
  • 9:31 PM

    String Quartet: 2nd movement

    Maurice Ravel

    Parker Quartet

    Parker Quartet

    6:11
  • 9:15 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 29 "Hammerklavier": 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Alessio Bax Plays Beethoven

    Alessio Bax, piano

    10:56
  • 9:10 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 2: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart, Strauss: Horn Concertos

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Radovan Vlatkovic, horn

    3:41
  • 9:00 PM

    Four Seasons: Winter

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Il Cimento Dell'Armonia e Dell'Inventione

    Europa Galante

    Fabio Biondi, conductor

    Fabio Biondi, violin

    7:44
  • 6:43 PM

    Rounds for String Orchestra

    David Diamond

    do.gma chamber orchestra

    Mikhail Gurewitsch, conductor

    14:46
  • 6:19 PM

    Clarinet Concerto

    Franz Krommer

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gunther Herbig, conductor

    Emma Johnson, clarinet

    21:56
  • 6:17 PM

    Nora's Dance

    Nora Holt

    Lara Downes, piano

    1:47
  • 6:06 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Giuseppe Tartini

    Scottish Ensemble

    Jonathan Morton, conductor

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    9:40
  • 6:01 PM

    I Capuleti e i Montecchi (Capulets and Montagues): Sinfonia

    Vincenzo Bellini

    Orchestra of St. Cecilia

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    4:40
  • 5:41 PM

    Wand of Youth Suite No. 2

    Edward Elgar

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    16:45
  • 5:33 PM

    Suite Bergamasque: Clair de lune (Moonlight)

    Claude Debussy

    Piano Book

    Lang Lang, piano

    6:47
  • 5:26 PM

    Valse Triste

    Jean Sibelius

    Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    6:13
  • 5:06 PM

    Symphony No. 31 "Paris"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    London Mozart Players

    Jane Glover, conductor

    18:25
  • 5:01 PM

    The Jester at the Wedding: Caprice

    Eric Coates

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Wilson, conductor

    4:41
  • 4:52 PM

    String Quartet: Finale

    Florence Price

    Catalyst Quartet

    5:42
  • 4:17 PM

    Symphony No. 3

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 3; Tragic Overture

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    33:32
  • 4:10 PM

    Air de ballet

    Cecile Chaminade

    Chaminade: Piano Works

    Eric Parkin, piano

    5:03
  • 4:06 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 8

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9, "From the New World"

    New York Philharmonic

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    4:20
  • 4:01 PM

    Scherzo-Tarantelle

    Henryk Wieniawski

    Shannon Lee, violin

    Pamela Mia Paul, piano

    4:39
  • 3:57 PM

    Song without Words No. 34 "Spinning Song"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Bach-Busoni, Mendelssohn, Schubert, Liszt: Music without Words

    Murray Perahia, piano

    1:41
  • 3:52 PM

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    6:14
  • 3:46 PM

    Overture

    Fanny Mendelssohn

    Boulanger, Tailleferre, Mendelssohn, Schumann

    Women's Philharmonic

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    10:31
  • 3:39 PM

    Scherzo No. 3

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin, Liszt, Ravel

    Benjamin Grosvenor, piano

    6:35
  • 3:03 PM

    Symphony

    Georges Bizet

    Concert Recording

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Joshua Bell, conductor

    34:33
  • 2:57 PM

    Villageoises

    Francis Poulenc

    Poulenc: Piano Music Vol. 2

    Eric Parkin, piano

    4:21
  • 2:49 PM

    Symphony No. 5: 4th movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonies 5 & 8

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    7:38
  • 2:42 PM

    Asturias (Leyenda)

    Isaac Albeniz

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    6:09
  • 2:32 PM

    Scottish Fantasy: Finale

    Max Bruch

    Scottish Fantasy

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Joshua Bell, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    8:32
  • 2:19 PM

    Overture di Ballo

    Arthur Sullivan

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    11:38
  • 2:16 PM

    Venezuelan Waltz No. 3 "Natalia"

    Antonio Lauro

    Berta Rojas, guitar

    2:53
  • 2:09 PM

    Il Trovatore: Di quella pira

    Giuseppe Verdi

    The #1 Opera Album

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    Luciano Pavarotti, tenor

    3:19
  • 2:04 PM

    Rodeo: Saturday Night Waltz

    Aaron Copland

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    4:19
  • 1:53 PM

    Raiders of the Lost Ark March

    John Williams

    Berlin Philharmonic

    John Williams, conductor

    5:48
  • 1:45 PM

    Years of Pilgrimage: The Fountains at the Villa d'Este

    Franz Liszt

    Water

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    7:38
  • 1:31 PM

    Symphony No. 5: 4th movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5

    West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    11:37
  • 1:25 PM

    Violin Concerto: 1st movement

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Baroque

    Benedetti Baroque Orchestra

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    4:49
  • 1:15 PM

    Kunstler-Leben Walzer (Artist's Life)

    Johann StraussJr.

    Strauss

    Vienna Volksopera Orchestra

    Franz Bauer-Theussl, conductor

    9:16
  • 1:07 PM

    King Stephen: Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    6:45
  • 1:05 PM

    Acis and Galatea: Happy We!

    George Frideric Handel

    Grand & Glorious - Great Operatic Choruses / Robert Shaw

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    1:56
  • 12:49 PM

    Danzon No. 2

    Arturo Marquez

    Fiesta

    Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    9:46
  • 12:44 PM

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    4:25
  • 12:31 PM

    Symphony No. 36 "Linz": Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Symphonies 35 Haffner, 26 Linz, and 32

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor

    11:15
  • 12:20 PM

    Clarinet Concertino

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Jean-Jacques Kantorow, conductor

    Martin Frost, clarinet

    9:10
  • 12:16 PM

    Banjo and Fiddle

    William Kroll

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Nigel Kennedy, violin

    3:03
  • 12:11 PM

    Andante with Variations

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Chamber Music with Harp

    Consortium Classicum

    3:59
  • 12:05 PM

    Canon

    Johann Pachelbel

    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

    London Chamber Orchestra

    5:17
  • 11:42 AM

    Cockaigne Overture (In London Town)

    Edward Elgar

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    15:51
  • 11:28 AM

    St. Paul's Suite

    Gustav Holst

    English Music for Strings

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    George Hurst, conductor

    12:36
  • 11:23 AM

    Panamanian Dances: Punto

    William Grant Still

    Berlin Symphony Orchestra

    Isaiah Jackson, conductor

    4:15
  • 11:11 AM

    Kassia Ensemble

    Mary Elizabeth Bowden, trumpet

    10:47
  • 11:06 AM

    Peer Gynt: Ase's Death

    Edvard Grieg

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    4:30
  • 11:01 AM

    String Quintet No. 1: Finale

    Luigi Boccherini

    La Magnifica Comunita

    4:46
  • 10:51 AM

    Sarabanda and Toccata

    Nino Rota

    L'arpa notturna

    Elisabeth Plank, harp

    7:20
  • 10:30 AM

    Piano Trio No. 4 "Gassenhauer"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Jonathan Cohler, clarinet

    Julia Bruskin, cello

    Donna Kwong, piano

    19:51
  • 10:19 AM

    Spring (Vesna)

    Alexander Glazunov

    Kalinnikov: Symphony No. 1 etc.

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    9:19
  • 10:07 AM

    Concert Overture No. 1

    Florence Price

    Wurttemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen

    John Jeter, conductor

    11:39
  • 10:01 AM

    Caprice-Chaconne

    Francesco Corbetta

    Alfabeto

    Ensemble Kapsberger

    Rolf Lislevand, conductor

    4:48
  • 9:20 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    Lang Lang, piano

    38:22
  • 9:15 AM

    Song of a Czech

    Antonin Dvorak

    Song of a Czech: Dvorak and Janacek for Men's Voices

    Cantus

    4:26
  • 9:01 AM

    String Symphony No. 2

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn String Symphonies

    Amadeus Ensemble

    Agnieszka Duczmal, conductor

    12:08
  • 8:40 AM

    Symphony No. 6

    Samuel Wesley

    Wesley: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    18:20
  • 8:26 AM

    Suite for Strings

    Armstrong Gibbs

    Guildhall Strings

    Robert Salter, conductor

    14:02
  • 8:09 AM

    Oboe d'Amore Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    John Abberger, oboe d'amore

    15:11
  • 8:01 AM

    O Magnum Mysterium (O Great Mystery)

    Morten Lauridsen

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Kristjan Jarvi, conductor

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    6:40
  • 7:39 AM

    Serenade No. 1

    Robert Fuchs

    Fuchs: Serenades Nos. 1 and 2

    Cologne Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Ludwig, conductor

    19:39
  • 7:32 AM

    Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4: Preludio

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Pola Baytelman, piano

    6:09
  • 7:01 AM

    Concerto Antico

    Richard Harvey

    Harvey, Gray: Guitar Concertos

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Daniel, conductor

    John Williams, guitar

    28:41
  • 6:38 AM

    Symphony No. 4

    Niels Gade

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    20:35
  • 6:20 AM

    String Quartet No. 53 "The Lark"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Emerson String Quartet: Complete Recordings

    Emerson String Quartet

    17:45
  • 6:01 AM

    Irish Rhapsody No. 3

    Charles Stanford

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    Gemma Rosefield, cello

    16:31