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  • 5:34 AM

    Seeing is Believing

    Nico Muhly

    Aurora Orchestra

    Nicholas Collon, conductor

    Thomas Gould, electric violin

    24:26
  • 5:28 AM

    Ones: The Floaty One

    Jascha Narveson

    Potential Differences

    Dither

    5:17
  • 5:14 AM

    Fairytale Poem (Marchenbild)

    Sofia Gubaidulina

    Hannover Radio Philharmonic Orchestra

    Bernhard Klee, conductor

    12:11
  • 5:07 AM

    Tasha Warren, clarinet

    Dave Eggar, cello

    6:04
  • 5:01 AM

    Small Variations

    Nico Muhly

    Variations

    Mishka Rushdie Momen, piano

    4:27
  • 4:36 AM

    String Quartet No. 3 "Glitter, Doom, Shards, Memory"

    Shulamit Ran

    Pacifica Quartet

    22:47
  • 4:31 AM

    The Pismirist's Congeries: Anacampserote

    Carl Schimmel

    Alex Sopp, flute

    Sharon Roffman, violin

    Wendy Law, cello

    Steven Beck, piano

    2:19
  • 4:16 AM

    Tripotage Miniatures

    Anna Meredith

    Aurora Orchestra

    15:02
  • 4:07 AM

    of memory and minutiae

    Paula Matthusen

    Jody Redhage, cello

    Jody Redhage, vocals

    Paula Matthusen, electronics

    6:35
  • 4:01 AM

    On Seven-Star-Shoes

    Julia Wolfe

    Quintet of the Americas

    4:43
  • 3:42 AM

    Romeo and Juliet: Love Scene

    Hector Berlioz

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    16:41
  • 3:36 AM

    Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    5:15
  • 3:20 AM

    Rapsodie espagnole

    Maurice Ravel

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    14:43
  • 3:16 AM

    Espana: Tango

    Isaac Albeniz

    Daniel Barenboim, piano

    2:07
  • 3:06 AM

    Spanish Overture No. 2 "Summer Night in Madrid"

    Mikhail Glinka

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vassily Sinaisky, conductor

    8:58
  • 3:01 AM

    Winter Serenade (Serenade d'Hiver)

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Asbury Brass Quintet

    4:33
  • 2:46 AM

    Ma vlast (My Country): From Bohemia's Woods and Fields

    Bedrich Smetana

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    12:30
  • 2:18 AM

    Symphony No. 101 "The Clock"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    26:29
  • 2:10 AM

    Waltz No. 1 "Grand Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 3; Ballade No. 4; Waltzes, Mazurkas, Barcarolle

    Ingrid Fliter, piano

    5:29
  • 2:06 AM

    Carmen: Seguedilla and Dragoons

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: Carmen Suite, L'arlesienne Suites Etc.

    Orchestra of the Bastille

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    3:41
  • 2:01 AM

    Symphony No. 2: 3rd movement

    Johan Svendsen

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    4:46
  • 1:54 AM

    Fantastic Dance

    Enrique Soro

    Inca Trail Connections

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

    4:25
  • 1:15 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
  • 1:10 AM

    Three Favorite Airs: Ye Banks and Braes

    Sophia Dussek

    Kyunghee Kim-Sutre, harp

    3:06
  • 1:06 AM

    Morris Dance Tunes: Laudnum Bunches

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: Works for Chamber Orchestra

    New Zealand Chamber Orchestra

    Nicholas Braithwaite, conductor

    2:48
  • 1:01 AM

    El pelele (The Straw Mannequin)

    Enrique Granados

    Jean-Francois Heisser, piano

    4:44
  • 12:51 AM

    Symphonic Scherzo

    Arnold Bax

    Bax: Spring Fire

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    7:26
  • 12:51 AM

    Symphonic Scherzo

    Arnold Bax

    Bax: Spring Fire

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    7:26
  • 12:31 AM

    London Mozart Players

    Jane Glover, conductor

    18:45
  • 12:25 AM

    Valse-Caprice

    Cecile Chaminade

    Hiroko Ishimoto, piano

    5:11
  • 12:08 AM

    Concerto for Three Violins

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Portland Baroque Orchestra

    Monica Huggett, conductor

    Monica Huggett, violin

    Carla Moore, violin

    Rob Diggins, violin

    16:50
  • 12:00 AM

    The Gadfly: Romance

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    The Sound of the Academy

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    6:22
  • 11:46 PM

    The Three-Cornered Hat: Suite

    Manuel de Falla

    Spain

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    12:12
  • 11:43 PM

    Vals amoroso

    Ricardo Castro

    Jorge Federico Osorio, piano

    1:58
  • 11:23 PM

    Bull on the Roof (Le boeuf sur le toit)

    Darius Milhaud

    French National Orchestra

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    19:33
  • 11:15 PM

    Straussiana

    Erich Korngold

    Strauss, Liszt, Korngold, Busoni, Schreker

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Kazuki Yamada, conductor

    7:14
  • 11:06 PM

    Piano Trio No. 1: Finale

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Complete Piano Trios

    Weiss Kaplan Stumpf Trio

    8:04
  • 10:53 PM

    Waltz-Scherzo

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    Daniel Lozakovich, violin

    5:42
  • 10:44 PM

    Fritiof Suite: Fritiof's sea journey

    Elfrida Andree

    Stockholm Symphony Orchestra

    Gustaf Sjokvist, conductor

    9:33
  • 10:38 PM

    Lakme: Flower Duet

    Leo Delibes

    The Opera Album

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    Natalie Dessay, soprano

    4:49
  • 10:15 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Felix Mendelssohn

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    Stephen Hough, piano

    21:02
  • 10:11 PM

    Carnival of the Animals: Aquarium

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Utah Symphony

    Thierry Fischer, conductor

    2:25
  • 10:06 PM

    Estudiantina

    Emil Waldteufel

    Music of Waldteufel

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    5:14
  • 10:03 PM

    The Tic-Toc-Choc (or the mallets)

    Francois Couperin

    Carte Blanche

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    2:17
  • 9:46 PM

    Symphony No. 3: 3rd movement

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3; Isle of the Dead

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    13:32
  • 9:41 PM

    Romantic Pieces: Cavatina

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Legends, Prague Waltzes

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    3:05
  • 9:13 PM

    Clarinet Concerto

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Hans Vonk, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    26:45
  • 9:05 PM

    Carpathian Rhapsody

    Myroslav Skoryk

    Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra

    Volodymyr Sirenko, conductor

    Solomiya Ivakhiv, violin

    6:40
  • 9:00 PM

    Arabesque No. 1

    Claude Debussy

    Reverie

    Carol Rosenberger, piano

    4:25
  • 6:47 PM

    Divertimento No. 8

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Berlin Philharmonic Winds

    11:20
  • 6:13 PM

    Symphony No. 6

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 6

    Staatskapelle Berlin

    Otmar Suitner, conductor

    32:26
  • 6:10 PM

    Cuban Prelude

    Amadeo Roldan

    William Chapman Nyaho, piano

    1:51
  • 6:06 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 15

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Slavonic Dances

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    3:26
  • 6:01 PM

    Cello Suite No. 4: Bourrees

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Paul Galbraith, guitar

    4:31
  • 5:50 PM

    Huapango

    Jose Moncayo

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    8:00
  • 5:28 PM

    Sinfonia Concertante

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Marieke Blankestijn, violin

    William Conway, cello

    Douglas Boyd, oboe

    Matthew Wilkie, bassoon

    20:26
  • 5:20 PM

    Seattle Slew: Preakness Promenade

    William Bolcom

    Louisville Orchestra

    Lawrence Leighton Smith, conductor

    7:38
  • 5:10 PM

    Halcyon Days

    Eric Coates

    East of England Orchestra

    Malcolm Nabarro, conductor

    8:01
  • 5:06 PM

    Prelude No. 5

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Preludes and Melodies

    Alessio Bax, piano

    3:32
  • 5:01 PM

    Symphonic Dance No. 1

    Cyril Scott

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Martyn Brabbins, conductor

    4:40
  • 4:39 PM

    Water Music Suite No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    19:26
  • 4:17 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Franz Liszt

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Andre Watts, piano

    20:44
  • 4:14 PM

    Six Pieces on Spanish Folksongs: Nostalgia

    Enrique Granados

    Dances of Spain and Argentina

    Minneapolis Guitar Quartet

    2:26
  • 4:06 PM

    Piano Concerto: Scherzo

    Amy Beach

    Nashville Symphony Orchestra

    Kenneth Schermerhorn, conductor

    Alan Feinberg, piano

    5:50
  • 4:01 PM

    Lyric Waltz

    Jean Sibelius

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:49
  • 3:51 PM

    African Suite: Joyful Day

    Fela Sowande

    Black Composers Series 1974-1978

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    7:38
  • 3:36 PM

    Suite No. 3: 4th mvt

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    22:00
  • 3:32 PM

    By the Sleepy Lagoon

    Eric Coates

    Stephen Hough's Dream Album

    Stephen Hough, piano

    3:18
  • 3:23 PM

    Symphony No. 7: 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Carlos Kleiber, conductor

    8:05
  • 3:01 PM

    Amsterdam Sinfonietta

    Jaap ter Linden, conductor

    Pauline Oostenrijk, oboe

    19:37
  • 2:51 PM

    African Suite: Joyful Day

    Fela Sowande

    Black Composers Series 1974-1978

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    7:38
  • 2:40 PM

    Introduction and Polonaise

    Frederic Chopin

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    9:10
  • 2:29 PM

    Children's Games (Jeux d'enfants)

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: Symphony, Jeux d'enfants, Roma

    Paris Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    10:58
  • 2:20 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 4: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

    CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra

    Peter Schreier, conductor

    6:57
  • 2:16 PM

    Antiphon III

    John Tavener

    The English Anthem, Vol. 6

    Choir of St. Paul's Cathedral

    John Scott, conductor

    2:22
  • 2:08 PM

    Ave Maria

    Franz Schubert

    The Ultimate Classical Christmas

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Michael Stern, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    4:39
  • 2:04 PM

    Drive the Cold Winter Away

    John Playford

    Bright Day Star

    Baltimore Consort

    3:22
  • 1:58 PM

    Tchaikovsky and Other Russians

    Kurt Weill

    Danny Kaye, vocal

    1:00
  • 1:49 PM

    Symphony No. 6, "Pathetique": 3rd mvt

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    9:30
  • 1:44 PM

    Perpetual Motion

    Niccolo Paganini

    PAGANINI, N.: La Campanella / Le streghe / Variations

    Philippe Quint, violin

    4:13
  • 1:34 PM

    Euryanthe Overture

    Carl Maria von Weber

    German Overtures

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    8:31
  • 1:32 PM

    Queen Elizabeth's Galliard

    John Dowland

    Dowland: Musicke for the Lute

    Paul O'Dette, lute

    1:07
  • 1:26 PM

    Four Characteristic Waltzes: Queen's Waltz

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    5:14
  • 1:21 PM

    Piano Trio No. 2: Scherzo

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Complete Piano Trios

    Weiss Kaplan Stumpf Trio

    3:55
  • 1:07 PM

    Concerto for Strings

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Albinoni: Oboe Concerti, Vol. 3

    London Virtuosi

    John Georgiadis, conductor

    7:36
  • 1:04 PM

    Shepherd's Hey

    Percy Grainger

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    1:59
  • 12:50 PM

    Academic Festival Overture

    Johannes Brahms

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    9:19
  • 12:40 PM

    Concerto for Two Trumpets

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Y Chamber Symphony of New York

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    Gerard Schwarz, trumpet

    Norman Smith, trumpet

    7:27
  • 12:31 PM

    Flute and Harp Concerto: Rondo

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    MOZART: Flute Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 / Concerto for Flute and Harp

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Patrick Gallois, flute

    8:51
  • 12:25 PM

    From Shakespeare: Viola

    Josef Foerster

    Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra

    Marek Stilek, conductor

    4:54
  • 12:17 PM

    Hymn and Fuguing Tune No. 10

    Henry Cowell

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Celia Nicklin, oboe

    6:50
  • 12:07 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 6

    George Frideric Handel

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Richard Egarr, conductor

    8:16
  • 12:04 PM

    Auf Flugeln des Gesanges (On wings of song)

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto; Octet; Songs

    Daniel Hope, violin

    2:22
  • 11:43 AM

    Capriccio Italien

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    15:20
  • 11:23 AM

    Concerto

    Johann Fasch

    Fasch: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2

    Tempesta di Mare

    Gwyn Roberts/Richard Stone, conductor

    19:08
  • 11:12 AM

    Dances in the Canebrakes

    Florence Price

    Project W: Works by Diverse Women Composers

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    9:29
  • 11:07 AM

    Spanish Dance No. 5 "Andaluza"

    Enrique Granados

    Spanish Piano Music

    Pierre Huybregts, piano

    4:15
  • 11:01 AM

    Trio Sonata

    Willem de Fesch

    De Fesch: Chamber Music

    Ensemble of the Auvergne

    4:39
  • 10:45 AM

    Euphonium Concerto

    Amilcare Ponchielli

    Ponchielli: Concertos

    Mecklenburg Staatskapelle Schwerin

    Matthias Foremny, conductor

    Roland Froscher, euphonium

    13:23
  • 10:23 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Arion

    Jaap ter Linden, conductor

    20:00
  • 10:17 AM

    Spring Waltz

    Agustin Barrios

    David Russell, guitar

    4:31
  • 10:06 AM

    Die Meistersinger von Nurmberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremburg): Prelude to Act I

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Overtures and Preludes

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    10:05
  • 10:01 AM

    Pansies Polka Mazurka

    Josef Strauss

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    4:36
  • 9:27 AM

    Sinfonia Concertante

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante K 364, Concertone K 190

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    Vladimir Spivakov, violin

    31:49
  • 9:20 AM

    Intermezzo No. 3

    Johannes Brahms

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    6:04
  • 9:07 AM

    Little Serenade

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    11:09
  • 9:01 AM

    Danse (Tarantelle styrienne)

    Claude Debussy

    French Showpieces

    Quebec Symphony Orchestra

    Yoav Talmi, conductor

    5:31
  • 8:34 AM

    Variations on a Nursery Song

    Ernst von Dohnanyi

    Dohnanyi: Variations on a Nursery Song

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Eldar Nebolsin, piano

    24:12
  • 8:20 AM

    Symphony No. 4

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn 2032, Vol. 3: Solo e pensoso

    Il Giardino Armonico

    Giovanni Antonini, conductor

    13:28
  • 8:07 AM

    Sonata for Flute and Orchestra

    Francis Poulenc

    Twentieth Century Flute Concerti

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Steuart Bedford, conductor

    Jennifer Stinton, flute

    12:04
  • 8:01 AM

    Mischa Maisky, cello

    Pavel Gililov, piano

    4:31
  • 7:24 AM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World"

    Antonin Dvorak

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    34:40
  • 7:18 AM

    The Rain

    Joe Hisaishi

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:47
  • 7:01 AM

    Symphonic Poem No. 6 "Mazeppa"

    Franz Liszt

    New York Philharmonic

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    15:25
  • 6:33 AM

    Aladdin Suite

    Carl Nielsen

    Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites 1 & 2, etc.

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    25:07
  • 6:17 AM

    Harp Concerto

    Jean Eichner

    Kurpfalz Chamber Orchestra

    Stefan Fraas, conductor

    Silke Aichhorn, harp

    15:43
  • 6:01 AM

    Concert Rondo "Krakowiak"

    Frederic Chopin

    Northwest Sinfonietta

    Christophe Chagnard, conductor

    Joel Fan, piano

    13:54