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  • 5:52 AM

    Breaking Bread

    Nkeiru Okoye

    Primavera IV: The Heart

    Matt Haimovitz, cello

    6:46
  • 5:28 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Julia Perry

    American Counterpoints

    Experiential Orchestra

    James Blachly, conductor

    Curtis Stewart, violin

    22:58
  • 5:23 AM

    Mangas

    Curtis Stewart/Elektra Stewart

    Sybarite5: Collective Wisdom

    Sybarite5

    4:58
  • 5:09 AM

    Coincident Dances

    Jessie Montgomery

    Project W: Works by Diverse Women Composers

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    11:43
  • 5:06 AM

    Music for Brass, Sacred and Profane: Dance I

    George Walker

    American Brass Quintet

    1:55
  • 5:01 AM

    Even This Laughter; Even Your Tears

    deVon Russell Gray

    Love at Last

    Lara Downes, piano

    4:26
  • 4:52 AM

    Inbal Segev, cello

    Ian Rosenbaum, marimba

    6:07
  • 4:42 AM

    Stay On It

    Julius Eastman

    Wild Up

    9:41
  • 4:18 AM

    Tales - A Folklore Symphony

    Carlos Simon

    Tales?A Folklore Symphony

    National Symphony Orchestra

    Gianandrea Noseda, conductor

    22:21
  • 4:07 AM

    Global Warming

    Michael Abels

    Songs for Our Times

    Sphinx Virtuosi

    8:31
  • 4:01 AM

    Cranberry Juice

    Xavier Foley

    Concert Recording

    Kyu-Young Kim, violin

    4:44
  • 3:51 AM

    Symphonic Scherzo

    Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Donald Johanos, conductor

    7:13
  • 3:17 AM

    String Quartet No. 5

    Antonin Dvorak

    Prague Quartet

    33:21
  • 3:14 AM

    Tender Thought

    Ulysses Kay

    William Chapman Nyaho, piano

    1:08
  • 3:06 AM

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    6:41
  • 3:01 AM

    The Sun Never Says

    Dan Forrest

    Enchanted Isle

    Voces8

    4:47
  • 2:47 AM

    Suite for Viol

    Louis de Caix D'Hervelois

    Dans le sillage de Marin Marais

    La Reveuse

    11:38
  • 2:27 AM

    Piano Concerto

    Gabriel Pierne

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano

    18:24
  • 2:21 AM

    Poems

    Sally Greenaway

    Something Like This

    Sally Walker, flute

    5:40
  • 2:06 AM

    Into the Twilight

    Arnold Bax

    Bax: Tone Poems, Vol. 2

    Ulster Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    12:56
  • 2:01 AM

    Sweet Smell of Jasmine

    Manos Hadjidakis

    Paper Moon: Songs by Manos Hadjidakis

    Elena Papandreou, guitar

    4:46
  • 1:48 AM

    Legende

    Florent Schmitt

    Schmitt: La Tragédie de Salomé - Musique sur l'eau

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Nikki Chooi, violin

    10:21
  • 1:16 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: The 10 Symphonies

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    30:03
  • 1:11 AM

    Mazurka No. 40

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Impromptus, Waltzes and Mazurkas

    Pavel Kolesnikov, piano

    2:40
  • 1:06 AM

    Slavonic Dance No. 6

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak Symphony No. 2, Slavonic Dances

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    5:22
  • 1:01 AM

    Sinfonia in Classic Mode: Minuet

    Joseph Marx

    Marx: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2

    Bochum Symphony Orchestra

    Steven Sloane, conductor

    4:42
  • 12:48 AM

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

    Richard Wagner

    Philharmonia Zurich

    Fabio Luisi, conductor

    10:37
  • 12:47 AM

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

    Richard Wagner

    Philharmonia Zurich

    Fabio Luisi, conductor

    10:37
  • 12:30 AM

    Miniatures

    Sulkhan Tsintsadze

    A Sicilian Traveller

    Avos Chamber Orchestra

    Alessio Pianelli, cello

    15:54
  • 12:27 AM

    Country Gardens

    Percy Grainger

    Martin Jones, piano

    2:05
  • 12:10 AM

    Mandolin Concerto

    Giovanni Paisiello

    Il Giardino Armonico

    Giovanni Antonini, conductor

    Avi Avital, mandolin

    15:54
  • 12:00 AM

    Valentino Dances

    Dominick Argento

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    William Schimmel, accordion

    10:04
  • 11:57 PM

    Dancing Barefoot in the Rain

    Nkeiru Okoye

    Kete: Piano Music of the African Diaspora

    William Chapman Nyaho, piano

    1:00
  • 11:39 PM

    Overture, Scherzo and Finale

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Overture, Scherzo & Finale; Konzertstuck; Symphony No. 1

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    17:51
  • 11:24 PM

    Fantasy on French Folk Themes

    Vincent d'Indy

    Wurttemberg Philharmonic

    Jean-Marc Burfin, conductor

    Philippe Cousu, oboe

    13:38
  • 11:14 PM

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    9:15
  • 11:05 PM

    Three Roses

    Florence Price

    Lara Downes, piano

    7:02
  • 10:49 PM

    Organ Concerto No. 12

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Organ Concertos II

    Menuhin Festival Orchestra

    Yehudi Menuhin, conductor

    Simon Preston, organ

    9:22
  • 10:45 PM

    Miniature Viennese March

    Fritz Kreisler

    Renaud Capucon, violin

    Gautier Capucon, cello

    Aude Capucon, piano

    3:13
  • 10:23 PM

    Symphony No. 88

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Frans Bruggen, conductor

    21:05
  • 10:15 PM

    Cringlemire Garden

    Ruth Gipps

    British Music for Strings, Vol. 3

    South German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim

    Douglas Bostock, conductor

    6:19
  • 10:11 PM

    The Magic Box

    Francis Bebey

    The Magic Box

    John Williams, guitar

    3:09
  • 10:06 PM

    Fugue "Little"

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach Favorites

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    3:59
  • 10:03 PM

    Winter Holiday

    Betty King

    Samantha Ege, piano

    2:44
  • 9:48 PM

    Carmen Fantasy

    Franz Waxman

    Humoresque

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin

    11:03
  • 9:31 PM

    Indra

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: Symphony, "The Cotswolds" / Walt Whitman, Overture / Indra / Japanese Suite / A Winter Idyll

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    15:44
  • 9:27 PM

    Spring

    Gomidas Vartabed

    Sybarite5: Collective Wisdom

    Sybarite5

    3:20
  • 9:12 PM

    Bassoon Concerto

    Antonio Rosetti

    Antonio Rosetti: Bassoon Concertos

    German Chamber Academy

    Eckart Hubner, bassoon

    13:27
  • 9:00 PM

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Aaron Copland, conductor

    11:01
  • 6:48 PM

    Miniature Suite

    Poldowski

    Music of the Gilded Age

    Sylvan Winds

    10:29
  • 6:28 PM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: "Carmen" Suite, "L'Arlesienne" Suite/Offenbach: Barcarolle, "Orpheus in the Underworld" Overture

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    18:33
  • 6:22 PM

    Madeleine Stucki, piano

    4:19
  • 6:06 PM

    Idomeneo: Ballet Music: Selections

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    15:01
  • 6:01 PM

    Prelude

    Heino Kaski

    Scandinavian Rhapsody, A Selection of Orchestral Favourites

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:41
  • 5:53 PM

    Waltz No. 3

    Frederic Chopin

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    5:22
  • 5:28 PM

    Variations on a Hungarian Folksong

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Elgar: Enigma Variations, etc.

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Georg Solti, conductor

    24:02
  • 5:26 PM

    Contrafacta Hungarica: Saltarello

    Ferenc Farkas

    Montreal Winds

    Jacques Lacombe, conductor

    1:02
  • 5:21 PM

    Scenes from Nigeria: Pastorale

    Samuel Akpabot

    Marcus Eley, clarinet

    Lucerne DeSa, piano

    3:31
  • 5:06 PM

    Symphony No. 11

    Michael Haydn

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    14:02
  • 5:01 PM

    Three Country Dances

    John Playford

    Airs Populaires Anglais di XVIIe

    Broadside Band

    Jeremy Barlow, conductor

    4:43
  • 4:50 PM

    Cantabile doloroso e Rondo giocoso

    Ole Bull

    Bruch, Wieniawski, Ole Bull

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Gourlay, conductor

    Charlie Siem, violin

    8:58
  • 4:46 PM

    Venezuelan Dance (Seis por derecho)

    Antonio Lauro

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    3:00
  • 4:12 PM

    Symphony No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphony No. 1

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    32:04
  • 4:06 PM

    Song without Words

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    4:15
  • 4:01 PM

    Overture "Water Music": Menuet; Gigue; Canarie

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    4:34
  • 3:45 PM

    Froissart Overture

    Edward Elgar

    Victorian Concert Overtures

    English Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    13:16
  • 3:43 PM

    Froissart Overture

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: 4 Overtures

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    13:52
  • 3:27 PM

    Masques and Bergamasques

    Gabriel Faure

    Pavane

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    14:22
  • 3:20 PM

    Piano Quartet: 3rd movement

    Robert Schumann

    Trio Wanderer

    Christopher Gaugue, viola

    6:03
  • 3:03 PM

    Oboe d'Amore Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Heinz Holliger, oboe d'amore

    14:22
  • 2:53 PM

    Myrtle Blossoms (Myrthenbluthen) Waltz

    Johann StraussJr.

    2018 New Year's Concerto

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    9:24
  • 2:47 PM

    Gymnopedie No. 1

    Erik Satie

    The Magic of Satie

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    3:33
  • 2:29 PM

    Carnival Overture

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 3

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    9:22
  • 2:18 PM

    Concert Piece

    Franz Schubert

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    9:43
  • 2:10 PM

    Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

    Florence Price

    Apollo Chamber Players

    4:56
  • 2:04 PM

    Fantasia on Greensleeves

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Sir Charles' Precious Music Box 1

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    4:33
  • 1:48 PM

    Symphony

    Cesar Franck

    Metropolitan Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    41:33
  • 1:42 PM

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    4:28
  • 1:30 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 9 "Jeunehomme": 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 8 & 9

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    10:13
  • 1:24 PM

    Merry Mount: Maypole Dances

    Howard Hanson

    American Visions

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    4:43
  • 1:20 PM

    Fancy Free: Big Stuff

    Leonard Bernstein

    Lara Downes, piano

    3:01
  • 1:07 PM

    The Fairy Queen: Act IV Symphony

    Henry Purcell

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    6:26
  • 1:04 PM

    Prince Igor: Dance of the Polovtsian Maidens

    Alexander Borodin

    Peter Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture; Alexander Borodin: Polovtsian Dances

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    2:11
  • 12:57 PM

    Snowfall

    Claude Thornhill

    Swing, Swing, Swing

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    3:13
  • 12:44 PM

    String Symphony No. 1

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn String Symphonies

    Amadeus Ensemble

    Agnieszka Duczmal, conductor

    11:43
  • 12:40 PM

    Piano Sonata: 3rd mvt

    Clara Schumann

    Inna Faliks, piano

    3:30
  • 12:30 PM

    Mignon: Overture

    Ambroise Thomas

    Offenbach: Gaite Parisienne; Gounod, Thomas, Chabrier

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    8:07
  • 12:18 PM

    Four Seasons: Spring

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Sarah Chang: Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Sarah Chang, violin

    10:39
  • 12:16 PM

    Where The Thrush Toils

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Complete Works For Mixed Choir

    Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

    Heikki Seppanen, conductor

    1:12
  • 12:10 PM

    Five Renaissance Dances

    Pierre Attaingnant

    The Renaissance Lute

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    5:03
  • 12:04 PM

    Rebirth in the Mountains

    He Luting

    Shanghai Philharmonic

    Cao Peng, conductor

    5:02
  • 11:45 AM

    Keyboard Sonata

    Anna Bon di Venezia

    The Future is Female: Vol. 1 In Nature

    Sarah Cahill, piano

    13:12
  • 11:23 AM

    Eternal Longing

    Vitezslav Novak

    Novak, V.: In the Tatra Mountains; Lady Godiva; Eternal Longing

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    20:25
  • 11:19 AM

    Naja's Waltz

    Fredrik Sjolin

    Last Leaf

    Danish String Quartet

    3:16
  • 11:06 AM

    Sonata No. 1

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

    (Selected members), conductor

    11:16
  • 11:01 AM

    Flute Quartet: Minuet

    Franz Schubert

    New Schubert Works for Flute and Strings

    Martinu Quartet

    Robert Stallman, flute

    4:43
  • 10:40 AM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Andras Schiff, conductor

    Andras Schiff, piano

    18:44
  • 10:23 AM

    In the Faery Hills

    Arnold Bax

    Bax: Tone Poems

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    15:05
  • 10:18 AM

    The Muppet Movie: Rainbow Connection

    Paul Williams/Kenneth Ascher

    Lang Lang, piano

    4:10
  • 10:06 AM

    Romance No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Mad About Violins

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor

    Shlomo Mintz, violin

    10:16
  • 10:01 AM

    Notes in the Margin

    John Williams

    From a Bird

    John Williams, guitar

    4:40
  • 9:53 AM

    Romance

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar

    Heath Quartet

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    5:36
  • 9:16 AM

    Disguises

    Jon Lord

    Odense Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Mann, conductor

    35:29
  • 9:09 AM

    Fantasie

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sonic Alchemy

    Mina Gajic, piano

    6:00
  • 9:01 AM

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

    Maurice Ravel

    Adagio

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    7:07
  • 8:52 AM

    Wisteria

    Ilari Kaila

    The Bells Bow Down

    Aizuri Quartet

    6:16
  • 8:33 AM

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Thomas Sondergard, conductor

    18:05
  • 8:01 AM

    Piano Trio No. 2

    Dmitri Klebanov

    Chamber Works by Dmitri Klebanov

    ARC Ensemble

    30:41
  • 7:54 AM

    Schwanengesang, Book 1: Standchen (Serenade)

    Franz Schubert

    Gil Shaham, violin

    Goran Sollscher, guitar

    4:10
  • 7:08 AM

    Serenade No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Serenade No. 1, Variations on a Theme by Haydn

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    45:48
  • 7:01 AM

    A Hermit Thrush at Eve

    Amy Beach

    Joanne Polk, piano

    5:01
  • 6:43 AM

    In a Summer Garden

    Frederick Delius

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    15:11
  • 6:19 AM

    Oboe Sonata

    Herbert Howells

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Benjamin Wallfisch, conductor

    Emily Pailthorpe, oboe

    Hugh Webb, harp

    23:19
  • 6:02 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach Violin Sonatas

    Andrew Manze, violin

    16:24