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  • 5:44 AM

    Lute Suite No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    John Williams, guitar

    14:13
  • 5:35 AM

    Bukoolika (Bucolic)

    Ester Magi

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Arvo Volmer, conductor

    8:08
  • 5:09 AM

    String Quartet No. 7

    Walter Kaufmann

    ARC Ensemble

    24:14
  • 5:06 AM

    Schindler's List: Theme

    John Williams

    Michael Chertock, piano

    2:56
  • 5:01 AM

    Night Song

    Edward Elgar

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    4:43
  • 4:52 AM

    I would I were a bird

    Anonymous

    Jean-Guihen Queyras, cello

    Sokratis Sinopoulos, lyra

    6:19
  • 4:42 AM

    Byblos, The Old City

    Bechara El-Khoury

    Hope

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hope, violin

    8:21
  • 4:36 AM

    Lamma bada yatathanna/El helwa di

    Arab-Andalusian Muwashshah/Sayed Darwish

    Broken Branches

    Karim Sulayman, tenor

    5:51
  • 4:13 AM

    Gaspard de la Nuit

    Maurice Ravel

    Voyages

    Conrad Tao, piano

    22:22
  • 4:06 AM

    Etude No. 3

    Karol Szymanowski

    Gorecki: Piano Concerto/Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony

    Amadeus Chamber Orchestra

    Agnieszka Duczmal, conductor

    5:08
  • 1:52 AM

    String Quartet No. 1 "Calvary": 3rd movement

    Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson

    Catalyst Quartet

    6:03
  • 1:17 AM

    Symphony No. 4

    Florence Price

    Florence Price: Symphony No. 4; William Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    33:44
  • 1:10 AM

    The Forest Bird (L'Oiseau des bois)

    Franz Doppler

    Doppler: Music for Flutes and Piano

    Per Oien, flute

    5:14
  • 1:06 AM

    Slavonic Dance No. 11

    Antonin Dvorak

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    3:17
  • 1:01 AM

    Two Bagatelles

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Pavel Kolesnikov, piano

    4:47
  • 12:48 AM

    Poet and Peasant Overture

    Franz von Suppe

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    10:17
  • 12:48 AM

    Abendempfindung an Laura

    Mozart

    Loraine Hunt Lieberson, mezzo-soprano

    Peter Serkin, piano

    6:23
  • 12:14 AM

    Symphonie Espagnole

    Edouard Lalo

    Paris Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    33:17
  • 12:08 AM

    Harp Concerto: 3rd movement

    George Frideric Handel

    Home

    Elizabeth Hainen, harp

    4:22
  • 11:58 PM

    The Hounds of Spring

    Alfred Reed

    Senzoku Wind Orchestra

    Alfred Reed, conductor

    9:25
  • 11:42 PM

    Symphony: Scherzo

    Igor Stravinsky

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    5:38
  • 11:36 PM

    The Unanswered Question

    Charles Ives

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    5:25
  • 11:19 PM

    Rapsodie espagnole

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Bolero, La Valse, Rapsodie Espagnole; Debussy: Images

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Munch, conductor

    14:59
  • 11:14 PM

    Kyrie from Solemn Mass

    Louis Vierne

    National Lutheran Choir

    David Cherwin, conductor

    5:00
  • 11:10 PM

    New Pizzicato Polka

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Alfred Walter, conductor

    3:25
  • 11:06 PM

    Beatlerianas: Penny Lane

    Leo Brouwer

    Alexander String Quartet

    William Kanengiser, guitar

    3:00
  • 10:59 PM

    For All the Saints

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    A Vaughan Williams Hymnal

    Choir of Trinity College

    Richard Marlow, conductor

    Christopher Allsop, organ

    5:28
  • 10:53 PM

    L'Elisir d'Amore: Una furtiva lagrima

    Gaetano Donizetti

    Brussels Philharmonic

    Mathieu Herzog, conductor

    Camille Thomas, cello

    4:08
  • 10:46 PM

    Symphony No. 3: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Andris Nelsons, conductor

    6:57
  • 10:33 PM

    Miserere

    Gregorio Allegri

    Allegri Miserere

    Tenebrae

    Nigel Short, conductor

    Julia Doyle, soprano

    11:55
  • 10:24 PM

    Downton Abbey: The Suite

    John Lunn

    Downton Abbey: Essential Collection

    Chamber Orchestra of London

    Alastair King, conductor

    John Lunn, piano

    7:09
  • 10:13 PM

    Danzon No. 2

    Arturo Marquez

    Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    9:49
  • 10:10 PM

    Carmina Burana: Dance

    Carl Orff

    Orff: Carmina Burana

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Andre Previn, conductor

    1:45
  • 10:06 PM

    Carmina Burana: Merry Face of Spring

    Carl Orff

    Orff: Carmina Burana

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Andre Previn, conductor

    4:14
  • 9:59 PM

    Fur Elise

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Mad About Piano

    Anatol Ugorski, piano

    3:58
  • 9:54 PM

    Gil Shaham, violin

    Akira Eguchi, piano

    3:18
  • 9:51 PM

    The Typewriter

    Leroy Anderson

    Leroy Anderson: Orchestral Favorites

    Symphony Orchestra (un-named)

    Richard Hayman, conductor

    1:52
  • 9:27 PM

    Arpeggione Sonata

    Franz Schubert

    Tabea Zimmermann, viola

    Kirill Gerstein, piano

    23:28
  • 9:22 PM

    Lyric Pieces: To Spring

    Edvard Grieg

    Piano Book

    Lang Lang, piano

    3:58
  • 9:15 PM

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Stuart Duncan, fiddle

    Chris Thile, mandolin

    Edgar Meyer, double bass

    5:40
  • 9:11 PM

    Fugue "Little"

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    For Thy Pleasure

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    3:34
  • 9:00 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Horn Concerto

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    Eric Ruske, horn

    8:08
  • 6:52 PM

    Handelian Rhapsody

    Percy Grainger

    Piers Lane, piano

    6:17
  • 6:19 PM

    Scottish Fantasy

    Max Bruch

    Homecoming

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Rory Macdonald, conductor

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    30:58
  • 6:14 PM

    The Nightingale

    Deborah Henson-Conant

    Emily Granger, harp

    4:29
  • 6:06 PM

    Overture

    Franz Schubert

    Complete Schubert Overtures Vol. 2

    Prague Sinfonia

    Christian Benda, conductor

    6:40
  • 6:01 PM

    Sonata No. 8

    Henry Purcell

    Purcell: Sonatas and Pavans

    Purcell Quartet

    4:50
  • 5:48 PM

    Albany Symphony Orchestra

    David Alan Miller, conductor

    Weixiong Wang, clarinet

    10:28
  • 5:26 PM

    Holberg Suite

    Edvard Grieg

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    20:23
  • 5:25 PM

    Holberg Suite

    Edvard Grieg

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    20:23
  • 5:22 PM

    Steiney Sigurdardottir, cello

    Gabriel Olafs, piano

    2:37
  • 5:06 PM

    Les Preludes

    Franz Liszt

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    15:00
  • 5:01 PM

    Violin Partita No. 2: Allemande

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    David Russell Plays Bach

    David Russell, guitar

    4:43
  • 4:48 PM

    Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

    Claude Debussy

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    10:10
  • 4:47 PM

    Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

    Claude Debussy

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    10:10
  • 4:28 PM

    String Quartet No. 53 "The Lark"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn String Quartets - Live at the Wigmore Hall, Vol. 2

    Lindsay String Quartet

    18:31
  • 4:20 PM

    Alice Kogan Weinreb, flute

    Nicholas Stovall, oboe

    Paul Cigan, clarinet

    Truman Harris, bassoon

    Laurel Bennert Ohlson, horn

    7:49
  • 4:10 PM

    Rustic Suite (Suite Champetre)

    Jean Sibelius

    Finland Sinfonietta

    Pekka Helasvuo, conductor

    7:09
  • 4:06 PM

    El Amor Brujo: Ritual Fire Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Greatest Hits: The Ballet, Vol I

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    4:10
  • 4:01 PM

    Four Poetic Waltzes

    Enrique Granados

    Granados: Goyescas, etc.

    Xiayin Wang, piano

    4:39
  • 3:47 PM

    William Tell: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    10:57
  • 3:38 PM

    Water Traveler

    Joe Hisaishi

    Studio Orchestra

    Joe Hisaishi, piano

    8:17
  • 3:13 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Concert Recording

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Anthony McGill, conductor

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    24:46
  • 3:04 PM

    If I Were King: Overture

    Adolphe Adam

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Lance Friedel, conductor

    7:15
  • 3:01 PM

    Waltz No. 6 "Minute"

    Frederic Chopin

    The Chopin I Love

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    1:47
  • 2:53 PM

    Aida: Triumphal March

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Leonard Bernstein: The Encore Collection Vol. 2

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    6:32
  • 2:46 PM

    Melancolie

    Francis Poulenc

    Stephen Hough's French Album

    Stephen Hough, piano

    5:41
  • 2:42 PM

    Philadelphia Gray's Quickstep

    Francis Johnson

    Symphony Orchestra of America

    Matthew H. Phillips, conductor

    2:05
  • 2:34 PM

    Home

    Kevin Puts

    House of Belonging

    Conspirare

    Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

    6:36
  • 2:23 PM

    Concerto for Two Cellos

    Antonio Vivaldi

    European Union Chamber Orchestra

    Hans-Peter Hofmann, conductor

    Julian Lloyd Webber, cello

    Jiaxin Lloyd Webber, cello

    9:03
  • 2:16 PM

    Symphony No. 8: 3rd movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Antonín Dvorák: Symphonies Nos. 7 – 9

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    5:51
  • 2:08 PM

    Symphony No. 1: Scherzo

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Symphonies 1 & 7

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    5:09
  • 2:04 PM

    Rustle of Spring

    Christian Sinding

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    2:39
  • 1:55 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    4:04
  • 1:45 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 5

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Keyboard Concertos Nos. 3, 5, 6, 7

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Murray Perahia, conductor

    Murray Perahia, piano

    9:13
  • 1:34 PM

    North Country Sketches: The March of Spring

    Frederick Delius

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    9:07
  • 1:30 PM

    Sonata No. 26

    Niccolo Paganini

    Dale Kavanagh, guitar

    2:40
  • 1:18 PM

    Concert Overture No. 1

    Alberto Williams

    Fiesta Criolla: Latin-American Orchestral Works

    Wurttemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen

    Gabriel Castagna, conductor

    10:10
  • 1:15 PM

    Flight of the Bumblebee

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    1:09
  • 1:06 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 1: Scherzo

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

    Stefan Sanderling, conductor

    6:59
  • 1:04 PM

    Acis and Galatea: Happy We!

    George Frideric Handel

    Grand & Glorious - Great Operatic Choruses / Robert Shaw

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    1:56
  • 12:53 PM

    Namouna: Cigarette Waltz

    Edouard Lalo

    Lalo: Namuona - Musique de Ballet

    Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Robertson, conductor

    6:15
  • 12:41 PM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 1

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs And Dances I & Iii, Etc

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    14:24
  • 12:37 PM

    Canzon Noni Toni

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    Wallace Collection

    2:52
  • 12:24 PM

    Suffolk Suite

    Doreen Carwithen

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    11:34
  • 12:19 PM

    The Willow Tree

    Traditional

    The Lark in the Clear Air

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    2:58
  • 12:11 PM

    Berenice: Overture, Minuet and Gigue

    George Frideric Handel

    Pachelbel Canon

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    7:11
  • 12:04 PM

    Lara Downes, piano

    4:58
  • 12:04 PM

    Lyric for Strings

    George Walker

    Seattle Symphony

    Asher Fisch, conductor

    5:46
  • 11:49 AM

    Concerto for Three Oboes

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Telemann: Triple Concertos

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Simon Standage, conductor

    8:55
  • 11:32 AM

    Wand of Youth Suite No. 2

    Edward Elgar

    Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    16:27
  • 11:25 AM

    Thais: Meditation

    Jules Massenet

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    5:48
  • 11:09 AM

    Prelude, Fugue, and Allegro

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bacheando

    Plinio Fernandes, guitar

    13:46
  • 11:06 AM

    Song without Words No. 25 "May Breezes"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Sang Mi Chung, piano

    2:43
  • 11:01 AM

    Minuets with Contredances

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra

    Hans Graf, conductor

    4:40
  • 10:48 AM

    Swedish Dances

    Max Bruch

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    9:50
  • 10:28 AM

    Symphony No. 95

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Hanover Band

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    19:02
  • 10:22 AM

    Aoife Ni Bhriain, violin

    4:07
  • 10:06 AM

    Little Suite

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen: Symphony No. 1

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    15:22
  • 10:01 AM

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    4:36
  • 9:21 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    37:17
  • 9:15 AM

    Berceuse (Lullaby)

    Frederic Chopin

    Rachmaninoff, Chopin: Piano Sonatas etc.

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    4:55
  • 9:01 AM

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    David Schrader, harpsichord

    John Rozendaal, cello

    12:32
  • 8:53 AM

    Etude No. 3 "Un Sospiro" (A Sigh)

    Franz Liszt

    Susann McDonald, harp

    5:34
  • 8:40 AM

    Still Point

    Judd Greenstein

    Stillpoint

    A Far Cry Orchestra

    Awadagin Pratt, piano

    12:38
  • 8:14 AM

    String Quartet

    Gabriel Faure

    Debussy, Faure, Ravel: String Quartets

    Ebene Quartet

    24:20
  • 8:01 AM

    Miniatures for Small Orchestra

    Roque Cordero

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    11:43
  • 7:35 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Boston Early Music Festival

    Andrew Parrott, conductor

    Christopher Krueger, flute

    23:00
  • 7:32 AM

    Sarabande

    Ethel Smyth

    Liana Serbescu, piano

    3:21
  • 7:01 AM

    The Albeniz Concerto

    Stephen Goss

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    28:17
  • 6:28 AM

    Piano Trio No. 1

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Complete Piano Trios

    Weiss Kaplan Stumpf Trio

    30:35
  • 6:13 AM

    The Caledonian Road

    Sally Beamish

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Ola Rudner, conductor

    12:49
  • 6:01 AM

    Six Airs

    John Jenkins

    New York Kammermusiker

    Ilonna Pederson, conductor

    11:10