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  • 5:45 AM

    Rounds

    Jessie Montgomery

    Stillpoint

    A Far Cry Orchestra

    Awadagin Pratt, piano

    14:19
  • 5:42 AM

    Joy

    Margaret Bonds

    House of Belonging

    Conspirare

    Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

    Carla McElhaney, piano

    2:13
  • 5:18 AM

    Pacifica Quartet

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    22:01
  • 5:13 AM

    Supplication and Compensation

    Joel Thompson

    Rising

    Lawrence Brownlee, tenor

    3:55
  • 5:07 AM

    String Quartet No. 1 "Lyric": 2nd movement

    George Walker

    Uncovered, Volume 3

    Catalyst Quartet

    5:23
  • 5:01 AM

    Three High Places: The Wind at McLaren Summit

    John Luther Adams

    Darkness and Scattered Light

    Robert Black, double bass

    4:36
  • 4:51 AM

    in that space, at that time

    Andy Akiho

    Sculptures

    Omaha Symphony

    Ankush Kumar Bahl, conductor

    Andy Akiho, percussion

    7:27
  • 4:47 AM

    Still So Much to Say

    Viet Cuong

    The Crossing

    Donald Nally, conductor

    3:37
  • 4:18 AM

    Dante: Paradiso

    Thomas Ades

    Ades: Dante

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    26:34
  • 4:07 AM

    These Worlds in Us

    Missy Mazzoli

    Arctic Philharmonic

    Tim Weiss, conductor

    8:34
  • 4:01 AM

    You Come Here Often?

    Michael Tilson Thomas

    The American Project

    Yuja Wang, piano

    4:29
  • 3:49 AM

    The Dream of Gunnar

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen: Orchestral Works

    Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Gennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor

    10:09
  • 3:21 AM

    Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Robertson, conductor

    26:35
  • 3:16 AM

    The Somnambulist

    Philip Glass

    Philip Glass Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    3:08
  • 3:06 AM

    Nocturne No. 4

    Gabriel Faure

    Gerhard Oppitz, piano

    8:21
  • 3:01 AM

    Waltz after Lasse in Lyby

    Traditional

    Wood Works

    Danish String Quartet

    4:37
  • 2:53 AM

    Adagietto for Orchestra

    Erkki Salmenhaara

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Ralf Sjoblom, conductor

    5:39
  • 2:46 AM

    Souvenir de Choulhoff

    Johann Kaspar Mertz

    Raphaella Smits, guitar

    5:27
  • 2:15 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 4

    Henri Vieuxtemps

    Hilary Hahn: Mozart 5, Vieuxtemps 4

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    30:32
  • 2:09 AM

    Brigid's Flame

    Amy Williams

    Matthew McCright, piano

    3:38
  • 2:06 AM

    Preludes, Book 1: La fille aux cheveux de lin (The Girl with the Flaxen Hair)

    Claude Debussy

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Mathias Monius, conductor

    Albrecht Mayer, oboe

    2:40
  • 2:01 AM

    Nocturne No. 2

    Mikalojus Ciurlionis

    Ciurlionis: On the Harp Strings

    Joana Daunyte, harp

    4:42
  • 1:49 AM

    Salome: Dance of the Seven Veils

    Richard Strauss

    The Klemperer Legacy - Strauss: Don Juan, etc.

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Otto Klemperer, conductor

    8:59
  • 1:10 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The 5 Piano Concertos

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Nathalie Stutzmann, conductor

    Haochen Zhang, piano

    38:03
  • 1:06 AM

    The Love for Three Oranges: March

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Music For Brass Septet 3

    Septura

    1:44
  • 1:01 AM

    Spectre of the Rose Waltz

    George Antheil

    Antheil: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 6 and Other Works

    BBC Philharmonic

    John Storgards, conductor

    4:50
  • 12:48 AM

    Garden of Roses (Il giardino di rose): Concerto No. 4

    Alessandro Scarlatti

    Accademia Bizantina

    Ottavio Dantone, conductor

    10:37
  • 12:26 AM

    Concierto Espagnol

    Joan Manen

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    Mark Kaplan, violin

    31:02
  • 12:20 AM

    Intermezzo for String Trio

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Domus

    4:42
  • 12:08 AM

    Garden of Roses (Il giardino di rose): Concerto No. 4

    Alessandro Scarlatti

    Accademia Bizantina

    Ottavio Dantone, conductor

    10:37
  • 12:04 AM

    Saint Petersburg Etchings: Jazz Waltz

    Yuriy Smirnov

    Anton Baranov, guitar

    2:20
  • 11:59 PM

    Eduardo Mata University Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Rivero Weber, conductor

    4:46
  • 11:57 PM

    Flight of the Bumblebee

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin

    1:05
  • 11:35 PM

    Symphony No. 8 "Evening"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    21:51
  • 11:25 PM

    Introduction and Rondo

    Charles-Marie Widor

    Lille National Orchestra

    Alexandre Bloch, conductor

    Annelien Van Wauwe, clarinet

    7:32
  • 11:13 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

    Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

    11:27
  • 11:04 PM

    Metamorphosis II

    Philip Glass

    Philip Glass Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    7:00
  • 10:50 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1: Finale

    Henryk Wieniawski

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Gourlay, conductor

    Charlie Siem, violin

    7:10
  • 10:43 PM

    Afro-Cuban Concerto: Danza

    Valerie Coleman

    Imani Winds: The Classical Underground

    Imani Winds

    5:51
  • 10:18 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 11

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    23:32
  • 10:12 PM

    Spring Breeze

    Wei-Chieh Lin

    Formosa Quartet

    5:08
  • 10:08 PM

    Scherzo-Valse

    Cecile Chaminade

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    2:49
  • 10:02 PM

    Villanelle

    Paul Dukas

    Gliere, Saint-Saens, Dukas, Chabrier: Works For Horn

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    6:02
  • 9:51 PM

    Raymond Overture

    Ambroise Thomas

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    8:07
  • 9:45 PM

    Two Bits

    Henry Cowell

    Jeanne Baxtresser, flute

    Margaret Baxtresser, piano

    4:23
  • 9:29 PM

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Fawzi Haimor, conductor

    15:03
  • 9:11 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "Mysterious Mountain"

    Alan Hovhaness

    An American Tapestry

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    16:42
  • 9:00 PM

    Prince Igor: Overture

    Alexander Borodin

    Russian Overtures

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    10:11
  • 6:51 PM

    Idyll

    Alexander Glazunov

    Russian Horn Concertos

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Werner Andreas Albert, conductor

    Marie Luise Neunecker, horn

    7:28
  • 6:11 PM

    Symphony No. 7

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    38:00
  • 6:06 PM

    Etude No. 1 "La Fileuse"

    Laura Netzel

    Fredrik Ullen, piano

    3:00
  • 6:01 PM

    Four Sketches: Legend

    Eugene Goossens

    London Chamber Music Group

    Susan Milan, flute

    4:47
  • 5:43 PM

    Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2

    Maurice Ravel

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    15:49
  • 5:37 PM

    Four Song Transcriptions: Mendelssohn's "Reed Song"

    Robert Helps

    Naomi Niskala, piano

    4:08
  • 5:19 PM

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    17:23
  • 5:10 PM

    Serenade No. 7 "Haffner": Rondo

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Capella Savaria

    Nicholas McGegan, conductor

    Zsolt Kallo, violin

    7:33
  • 5:07 PM

    Gowanus Arts Ensemble

    Reuben Blundell, conductor

    2:57
  • 5:01 PM

    Perpetual Motion

    Niccolo Paganini

    Eastman Wind Ensemble

    Donald Hunsberger, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, cornet

    4:33
  • 4:50 PM

    Il turco in Italia (The Turk in Italy): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    8:46
  • 4:20 PM

    Concerto for a Festival

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Rodrigo: Concierto para una Fiesta

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    28:11
  • 4:13 PM

    Wedding Day at Troldhaugen

    Edvard Grieg

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    6:23
  • 4:07 PM

    Beautiful Mazurka

    Emil Waldteufel

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    5:04
  • 4:01 PM

    Ensemble Giardino di Delizie

    4:35
  • 3:42 PM

    Concertino for Clarinet and Bassoon

    Franz Danzi

    New Era

    Potsdam Chamber Academy

    Andreas Ottensamer, clarinet

    15:56
  • 3:30 PM

    Symphony No. 3: 6th mvt

    Gustav Mahler

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    28:00
  • 3:16 PM

    The Comedians

    Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Sir Charles' Precious Music Box 1

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    15:34
  • 3:09 PM

    Jasmine Flower

    Traditional Chinese

    Lang Lang, piano

    6:41
  • 3:01 PM

    Polska after Snickar-Erik Olsson

    Anonymous

    Baroque Tales

    Lynx Ensemble

    5:26
  • 2:57 PM

    Umoja (Unity)

    Valerie Coleman

    Imani Winds

    Imani Winds

    2:49
  • 2:53 PM

    West Side Story Suite

    Leonard Bernstein

    Chee-Yun, violin

    Akira Eguchi, piano

    11:20
  • 2:46 PM

    Anniversary for Felicia on our 28th Birthday (and her 52nd)

    Leonard Bernstein

    For Lenny

    Lara Downes, piano

    1:24
  • 2:36 PM

    Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter": 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Ensemble Appassionato

    Mathieu Herzog, conductor

    9:42
  • 2:25 PM

    An Outdoor Overture

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: Orchestral Works

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Louis Lane, conductor

    8:57
  • 2:17 PM

    Oboe Concerto No. 1

    George Frideric Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    7:28
  • 2:08 PM

    Serenade for Winds: Finale

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Serenades

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    6:16
  • 2:04 PM

    Morning Song

    Edward Elgar

    Breakfast in Bed

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    3:01
  • 1:48 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Winter Dreams": 3rd movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    The Tchaikovsky Project

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    8:35
  • 1:44 PM

    Four Characteristic Pieces: Caprice a la Bolero

    Clara Schumann

    Jozef de Beenhouwer, piano

    3:46
  • 1:32 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3: Overture

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Orchestral Suites

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    10:11
  • 1:27 PM

    Valse de la Reine (The Queen's Waltz)

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    MUSICA CAMERATA MONTREAL: SALON VIENNOIS

    Musica Camerata Montreal

    3:39
  • 1:23 PM

    Bent Suite: 4th movement

    Philip Glass

    Philip Glass Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    3:28
  • 1:10 PM

    Images for Orchestra: Iberia: On Highways and Byways

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Orchestral Music

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    6:47
  • 1:04 PM

    Sari Siroun Yar (Beauty of the Mountains)

    Traditional Armenian

    Gems from Armenia

    Aznavoorian Duo

    4:56
  • 12:49 PM

    Kegelstatt Trio: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Wu Han, piano

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    Geraldine Walther, viola

    8:45
  • 12:40 PM

    The Little Square Suite

    Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari

    Wolf-Ferrari: Suites and Overtures

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    6:56
  • 12:30 PM

    Trio Sonata

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Musica Pacifica

    9:20
  • 12:21 PM

    Overture "In the Italian Style"

    Franz Schubert

    Musa Italiana

    Philharmonic of La Scala

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    8:00
  • 12:15 PM

    Le Tombeau de Couperin: Menuet

    Maurice Ravel

    Impressions

    Katerina Englichova, harp

    4:24
  • 12:08 PM

    In the Steppes of Central Asia

    Alexander Borodin

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    6:08
  • 12:04 PM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 3: Italiana

    Ottorino Respighi

    Meditations at Sunset

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    3:18
  • 11:43 AM

    Symphony No. 30 "Alleluia"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Concentus Musicus Vienna

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    14:56
  • 11:21 AM

    Symphony on a Hymn Tune

    Virgil Thomson

    Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra

    Howard Hanson, conductor

    20:21
  • 11:16 AM

    My Gentle Harp

    Traditional Irish

    David Russell, guitar

    3:30
  • 11:06 AM

    In Ireland Fantasy

    Hamilton Harty

    Highlands

    Camerata Bariloche

    Chris Norman, flute

    9:27
  • 11:01 AM

    Elena Urioste, violin

    Tom Poster, piano

    4:47
  • 10:47 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 1

    Arcangelo Corelli

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    11:40
  • 10:21 AM

    Alina Ibragimova, violin

    Cedric Tiberghien, piano

    24:20
  • 10:08 AM

    A Colour Symphony: Blue

    Arthur Bliss

    Bliss: A Colour Symphony; Adam Zero

    English Northern Philharmonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    10:07
  • 10:06 AM

    To a Wild Rose

    Edward MacDowell

    Piano Classics: Popular Works for Solo Piano

    John O'Conor, piano

    2:05
  • 10:01 AM

    Septura

    4:38
  • 9:41 AM

    Poeme for Violin and Orchestra

    George Walker

    Cleveland Chamber Symphony

    Edwin London, conductor

    Gregory Walker, violin

    17:50
  • 9:37 AM

    Peace

    Jasmine Barnes

    Rising

    Lawrence Brownlee, tenor

    3:15
  • 9:11 AM

    Catalyst Quartet

    24:05
  • 9:01 AM

    Two Melodies

    Edvard Grieg

    Edvard Grieg: Works For String Orchestra

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    9:11
  • 8:20 AM

    Piano Sonata

    Franz Schubert

    Paul Lewis, piano

    38:04
  • 8:15 AM

    Spring Breeze

    Yu-Xian Deng

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    3:55
  • 8:01 AM

    Forest Idylls

    Vaino Raitio

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Tuomas Ollila-Hannikainen, conductor

    12:51
  • 7:38 AM

    Octet

    Howard Ferguson

    Ferguson, Bliss, Holloway: Chamber Music

    Michael Collins, clarinet

    19:51
  • 7:35 AM

    Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge

    Anna Lapwood, conductor

    2:25
  • 7:01 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Louise Farrenc

    Farrenc: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3

    European Soloists, Luxembourg

    Christoph Konig, conductor

    32:38
  • 6:53 AM

    Gnossienne No. 1

    Erik Satie

    Rothko Chapel

    Sarah Rothenberg, piano

    5:14
  • 6:28 AM

    Metamorphosen

    Richard Strauss

    Through the Night

    United Strings of Europe

    Julian Azkoul, conductor

    25:40
  • 6:01 AM

    String Quartet No. 16

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Alexander String Quartet

    24:07