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  • 5:43 AM

    String Quartet

    Amy Beach

    Lark Quartet

    14:50
  • 5:41 AM

    Pastorale

    Germaine Tailleferre

    Melancolie

    Miki Aoki, piano

    2:07
  • 5:11 AM

    Verklarte Nacht (Transfigured Night)

    Arnold Schoenberg

    Transfigured Night

    Trondheim Soloists

    Alisa Weilerstein, cello

    28:22
  • 5:06 AM

    It's About Time

    Kinan Azmeh

    Crossing the Ocean

    Bridget Kibbey, harp

    4:21
  • 5:01 AM

    Sospiri (Sighs)

    Edward Elgar

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla, conductor

    4:48
  • 4:45 AM

    Prelude, Fugue, and Variation

    Cesar Franck

    Paul Crossley, piano

    12:45
  • 4:31 AM

    Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

    Paul Hillier, conductor

    12:17
  • 4:25 AM

    Mercy

    Max Richter

    Max Richter: Voices

    Mari Samuelsen, violin

    5:29
  • 4:10 AM

    Umbrian Scene

    Ulysses Kay

    Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Arthur Fagen, conductor

    13:33
  • 4:06 AM

    Romance for Horn

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Belle Epoque: French Music for Winds

    Alec Frank-Gemmill, horn

    3:41
  • 4:01 AM

    String Trio: Nocturne

    Henri Tomasi

    Avant l'orage: French String Trios 1926–1939

    Black Oak Ensemble

    4:46
  • 3:56 AM

    Lara Downes, piano

    4:58
  • 3:51 AM

    Exaltation of Larks

    Norman Dello Joio

    Atlantic Sinfonietta

    Edvard Tchivzhel, conductor

    7:44
  • 1:43 AM

    Le Tombeau de Couperin

    Maurice Ravel

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    15:48
  • 1:39 AM

    Victory at Sea: Guadalcanal March

    Richard Rodgers

    RCA Victor Orchestra

    Robert Russell Bennett, conductor

    3:05
  • 1:15 AM

    Hours of the Day

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra: Portrait

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    James DePreist, conductor

    22:37
  • 1:12 AM

    Here Comes the Sun

    George Harrison

    Goran Sollscher, guitar

    1:57
  • 1:06 AM

    Divertimento after Couperin: Le Tic-Toc-Choc and La Lutine

    Richard Strauss

    New York Chamber Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    4:27
  • 1:01 AM

    Landler

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Songs

    Vera Beths, violin

    4:49
  • 12:51 AM

    Scherzando No. 5

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn Ensemble Berlin

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    7:08
  • 12:40 AM

    Simple Symphony

    Benjamin Britten

    I Musici Montreal

    Yuli Turovsky, conductor

    18:18
  • 12:13 AM

    Dirait-on (So They Say)

    Morten Lauridsen

    Morten Lauridsen: Mid-Winter Songs

    The Singers

    Matthew Culloton, conductor

    5:01
  • 11:23 PM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    38:22
  • 11:09 PM

    Ma vlast (My Country): Vltava (The Moldau)

    Bedrich Smetana

    Smetana: Ma Vlast

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    11:56
  • 11:04 PM

    Henry V: Non nobis domine

    Patrick Doyle

    Henry V: Original Soundtrack Recording

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    4:10
  • 10:32 PM

    Concerto for Two Pianos

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Double Piano Concertos

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Guher & Suher Pekinel, pianos

    29:28
  • 10:21 PM

    Symphony No. 7: 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 7

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    8:40
  • 10:15 PM

    Morning Song

    Edward Elgar

    Daniel Hope | Belle Epoque

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hope, violin

    3:11
  • 10:09 PM

    Festive Overture

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Overture!

    Philharmonic Brass

    Tugan Sokhiev, conductor

    6:01
  • 10:03 PM

    The Ground (Pleni sunt caeli)

    Ola Gjeilo

    Life And Breath

    Phoenix Chorale

    Charles Bruffy, conductor

    Ola Gjeilo, piano

    3:34
  • 9:47 PM

    To Shiver The Sky: Sogno di Volare (The Dream of Flight)

    Christopher Tin

    To Shiver the Sky

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Dominic Ellis-Peckham, conductor

    Anna Lapwood, organ

    3:52
  • 9:31 PM

    My Soul's Been Anchored in the Lord

    Traditional

    Bound for the Promised Land

    Morehouse College Glee Club

    David Morrow, conductor

    3:28
  • 9:13 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection": Final Chorus

    Gustav Mahler

    Mahler: Symphony No. 2

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    Isabel Bayrakdarian, soprano

    15:14
  • 9:08 PM

    Bolero

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    13:24
  • 6:39 PM

    Sleeping Beauty Ballet Suite

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    19:56
  • 6:34 PM

    The Somnambulist

    Philip Glass

    Philip Glass Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    3:08
  • 6:16 PM

    The Night Callings

    Heino Eller

    Heino Eller: Symphonic Poems

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Olari Elts, conductor

    17:36
  • 6:06 PM

    Dance of the Hours

    Amilcare Ponchielli

    Essential Ballet

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Bruno Bartoletti, conductor

    7:33
  • 6:01 PM

    March No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Marches and Dances

    Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra

    Hans Graf, conductor

    4:52
  • 5:53 PM

    Waltz No. 1 "Grand Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    Lang Lang, piano

    5:47
  • 5:43 PM

    Trumpet Concerto No. 2

    Johann Molter

    Virtuoso Trumpet Concertos

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Simon Wright, conductor

    John Wallace, trumpet

    9:32
  • 5:23 PM

    The Birds

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Les Pins De Rome, Les Fontaines De Rome, Les Oiseaux

    San Francisco Symphony

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    18:40
  • 5:20 PM

    Songs of the Auvergne: Lou Coucut (The cuckoo)

    Joseph Canteloube

    Canteloube: Chants D'auvergne / Upshaw, Nagano

    Lyon National Opera Orchestra

    Kent Nagano, conductor

    Dawn Upshaw, soprano

    1:46
  • 5:06 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 4

    George Frideric Handel

    Concentus Musicus Vienna

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    12:38
  • 5:01 PM

    Guitar Sonata: 3rd movement

    Ferdinando Carulli

    Carulli: Guitar Sonatals Opp. 5 & 21, Nos. 1-3

    Richard Savino, guitar

    4:39
  • 4:46 PM

    Rienzi: Overture

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Overtures And Orchestral Music

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    11:57
  • 4:41 PM

    Rustic Dance

    Jose Carlos Campos

    Inca Trail Connections

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

    3:16
  • 4:23 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies 7 and 83

    Handel and Haydn Society

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    Aisslinn Nosky, violin

    18:05
  • 4:17 PM

    Sekstur from Vensyssel/The Peat Dance

    Traditional

    Danish String Quartet

    3:57
  • 4:06 PM

    Bassoon Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    I Solisti Veneti

    Milan Turkovich, bassoon

    10:46
  • 4:01 PM

    El pelele (The Straw Mannequin)

    Enrique Granados

    Jean-Francois Heisser, piano

    4:44
  • 3:45 PM

    Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    11:36
  • 3:42 PM

    Piano Sonata: 3rd mvt

    Clara Schumann

    Inna Faliks, piano

    3:30
  • 3:37 PM

    Violin Sonata: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Violin Sonatas

    Alina Ibragimova, violin

    4:16
  • 3:07 PM

    Symphony No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Concert Recording

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Egarr, conductor

    28:22
  • 2:59 PM

    A Toi (To You) Waltz

    Emil Waldteufel

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    6:59
  • 2:50 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 2nd movement

    Gustav Mahler

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    7:00
  • 2:42 PM

    Symphony No. 5: 1st mvt

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    7:30
  • 2:35 PM

    Three American Pieces: Early Song

    Lukas Foss

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    4:56
  • 2:29 PM

    The Color Purple: Main Theme

    Quincy Jones

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    4:30
  • 2:23 PM

    Gayane: Dance of the Young Maidens

    Aram Khachaturian

    Pops a la Russe

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    2:08
  • 2:17 PM

    La Mer: Jeux des vagues

    Claude Debussy

    Montreal Symphony Orchestra

    6:00
  • 2:08 PM

    Liebesleid (Love's Sorrow)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Leonidas Kavakos Plays Debussy, Kreisler, Paganini, Schubert, Tchaikovsky, Wieniawski & more

    Leonidas Kavakos, violin

    4:26
  • 2:04 PM

    Three Latin-American Sketches: Dance from Jalisco

    Aaron Copland

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    3:25
  • 1:50 PM

    Concerto for Orchestra: 5th mvt

    Bela Bartok

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    9:30
  • 1:36 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    9:00
  • 1:31 PM

    Waltz No. 1

    Antonin Dvorak

    Cecilia String Quartet

    3:33
  • 1:27 PM

    Arabesque No. 1

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Piano Works

    Jean-Bernard Pommier, piano

    3:28
  • 1:24 PM

    Flute Sonatina: 3rd mvt

    Malcolm Arnold

    James Galway, flute

    Phillip Moll, piano

    2:00
  • 1:21 PM

    Wonderful Town: Pass the Football

    Leonard Bernstein

    Jordan Bently, vocal

    3:00
  • 1:16 PM

    Canzon in Double Echo

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    Gabrieli, Monteverdi: Antiphonal Music

    Canadian Brass

    Kazuyoshi Akiyama, conductor

    3:37
  • 1:07 PM

    A Fugal Concerto

    Gustav Holst

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    Kathryn Greenbank, oboe

    Julia Bogorad-Kogan, flute

    7:22
  • 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
  • 12:50 PM

    The Planets: Venus, the Bringer of Peace

    Gustav Holst

    Boston Symphony

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    8:00
  • 12:45 PM

    Dolly Suite: Kitty-Valse

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: Pelleas Et Melisande, Dolly Suite, Etc

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    3:09
  • 12:41 PM

    The Three-Cornered Hat: Neighbor's Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Muti | Philadelphia Orchestra | de Falla, Ravel, Chabrier

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    3:11
  • 12:28 PM

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    11:54
  • 12:24 PM

    Bolero

    Carlos Salzedo

    Solo Harp: The Best of Yolanda Kondonassis

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    2:55
  • 12:15 PM

    Waltz-Scherzo

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Sydney Symphony Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    James Ehnes, violin

    8:51
  • 12:09 PM

    Second Suite: Petite Waltz and Menuet

    Theodore Dubois

    Sylvan Winds

    Diva Goodfriend-Koven, flute

    Mark Dover, clarinet

    Nanci Belmont, bassoon

    4:17
  • 12:04 PM

    Peer Gynt: Morning Mood

    Edvard Grieg

    100 Best Classics

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    4:08
  • 11:48 AM

    Concerto for Two Flutes and Two Oboes

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    10:24
  • 11:40 AM

    To Become (Divenire)

    Ludovico Einaudi

    James Horner: Pas de Deux

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Clark Rundell, conductor

    Mari Samuelsen, violin

    7:02
  • 11:16 AM

    Spring Music

    Joseph Marx

    Marx: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

    Bochum Symphony Orchestra

    Steven Sloane, conductor

    23:05
  • 11:10 AM

    A Single Petal of a Rose

    Duke Ellington

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    3:30
  • 11:06 AM

    Little Concert Suite: A Love Sonnet

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    3:58
  • 11:01 AM

    String Quartet: 3rd movement

    Johan Svendsen

    Oslo String Quartet

    4:41
  • 10:41 AM

    Symphony No. 70

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Il Giardino Armonico

    Giovanni Antonini, conductor

    17:19
  • 10:23 AM

    Songs of the Oak

    Florence Price

    Wurttemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen

    John Jeter, conductor

    16:20
  • 10:19 AM

    Mondnacht (Moon Night)

    Robert Schumann

    Romance: The Music of Clara Schumann

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    3:47
  • 10:06 AM

    Quartet No. 6

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Six Wind Quartets

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    10:49
  • 10:01 AM

    Eduardo Mata University Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Rivero Weber, conductor

    4:46
  • 9:41 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 13

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    17:18
  • 9:32 AM

    A Dream in the Forest (Un Sueno en la Floresta)

    Agustin Barrios

    Milos: Pasion

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    7:20
  • 9:07 AM

    Fantasy

    Josef Suk

    Poeme

    Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yakov Kreizberg, conductor

    Julia Fischer, violin

    24:46
  • 9:01 AM

    Poetic Tone Pictures: Serenade

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak Poetic Tone Pictures, Op. 85

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    5:17
  • 8:32 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Eugenia Zukerman, flute

    26:25
  • 8:28 AM

    Morning Star

    Arvo Part

    Part: Choral Music

    Polyphony

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    2:39
  • 8:09 AM

    Ballad Without Words

    Kurt Atterberg

    Atterberg: Symphony No. 6, etc.

    Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra

    Jun'ichi Hirokami, conductor

    18:31
  • 8:01 AM

    Milonga sin palabras

    Astor Piazzolla

    Imani Winds

    6:58
  • 7:52 AM

    Suite Bergamasque: Clair de lune (Moonlight)

    Claude Debussy

    The Healing Harp

    Naoko Yoshino, harp

    5:40
  • 7:43 AM

    Sleep: Dream 13

    Max Richter

    Max Richter: From Sleep

    American Contemporary Music Ensemble

    Max Richter, electronics

    8:54
  • 7:01 AM

    Symphony No. 5

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5; Scenes adapted from Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Martyn Brabbins, conductor

    39:58
  • 6:26 AM

    String Quartet No. 13 "Rosamunde"

    Franz Schubert

    Emerson String Quartet

    32:30
  • 6:07 AM

    Oriane et le Prince d'Amour Suite

    Florent Schmitt

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    17:46
  • 6:01 AM

    Song and Dance No. 6

    Federico Mompou

    Camino

    Sean Shibe, guitar

    4:26