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  • 5:53 AM

    The Arts and the Hours

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Baroque

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    5:15
  • 5:45 AM

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Spano, conductor

    8:17
  • 5:17 AM

    Piano Trio No. 3

    Robert Schumann

    Robert Schumann: Complete Piano Trios, Quartet & Quintet

    Trio Wanderer

    26:13
  • 5:06 AM

    Poem for Flute and Orchestra

    Charles Tomlinson Griffes

    New Zealand Chamber Orchestra

    Nicholas Braithwaite, conductor

    Alexa Still, flute

    10:00
  • 5:01 AM

    memory pieces: wed

    David Lang

    Danny Holt, piano

    4:40
  • 4:46 AM

    Lonely Angel

    Peteris Vasks

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Kahane, conductor

    Margaret Batjer, violin

    12:53
  • 4:22 AM

    String Quartet No. 5

    Philip Glass

    Brooklyn Rider

    22:11
  • 4:07 AM

    The Jungle Book: The Meditation of Purun Bhagat

    Charles Koechlin

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    13:46
  • 4:01 AM

    For Alina

    Arvo Part

    Khatia Buniatishvili, piano

    4:51
  • 3:50 AM

    The Things Left Unsaid

    Caleb Burhans

    Tarab Cello Ensemble

    Caleb Burhans, conductor

    8:27
  • 3:21 AM

    Requiem

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure Requiem

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge

    Stephen Cleobury, conductor

    Gerald Finley, baritone

    27:47
  • 3:12 AM

    Elegy - In Memoriam - Stephen Lawrence

    Philip Herbert

    Spark Catchers

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Anthony Parnther, conductor

    6:54
  • 3:06 AM

    Vocalise

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Portraits: Works for Flute, Clarinet and Piano

    Demarre McGill, flute

    5:10
  • 3:01 AM

    String Poetic: Nocturne

    Jennifer Higdon

    String Poetic

    Jennifer Koh, violin

    4:46
  • 2:46 AM

    Musica Celestis

    Aaron Jay Kernis

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    12:21
  • 2:27 AM

    Concerto for Harp and String Orchestra

    Alan Hovhaness

    Music of Hovhaness

    I Fiamminghi

    Rudolf Werthen, conductor

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    18:02
  • 2:15 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Sinfonia Espansiva": 2nd movement

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen: Symphony No. 3; Symphony No. 4

    Seattle Symphony

    Thomas Dausgaard, conductor

    Esteli Gomez, soprano

    9:36
  • 2:06 AM

    Gymnopedies

    Erik Satie

    Letter(s) to Erik Satie

    Bertrand Chamayou, piano

    8:13
  • 2:01 AM

    Bibo No Aozora (Beauty of a Blue Sky)

    Ryuichi Sakamoto

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:41
  • 1:40 AM

    Noble and Sentimental Waltzes

    Maurice Ravel

    When Do We Dance

    Lise de la Salle, piano

    18:33
  • 1:13 AM

    Clarinet Concerto

    Malek Jandali

    Malek Jandali: Concertos

    Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    24:58
  • 1:06 AM

    Andante festivo

    Jean Sibelius

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    5:04
  • 1:01 AM

    Aubade

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Chabrier: Piano Music

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    4:38
  • 12:51 AM

    On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

    Frederick Delius

    Vaughan Williams, Delius, Walton

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    7:09
  • 12:46 AM

    The Running Stream

    Zhu Jian-er

    Yit Kin Seow, piano

    4:21
  • 12:14 AM

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Kevin John Edusei, conductor

    Elena Urioste, violin

    31:22
  • 12:06 AM

    Serenade No. 10 "Gran Partita": Adagio

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sabine Meyer: Clarinet Connection

    Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble

    5:23
  • 12:01 AM

    Four English Country Dances

    John Playford

    Early American Roots

    Hesperus

    4:50
  • 11:53 PM

    Sweet Memories of Thee

    Justin Holland

    Justin Holland: Guitar Works & Arrangements

    Christopher Mallett, guitar

    5:12
  • 11:16 PM

    Symphony No. 7

    Antonin Dvorak

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    36:21
  • 11:07 PM

    Brook Green Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: Works for Chamber Orchestra

    New Zealand Chamber Orchestra

    Nicholas Braithwaite, conductor

    7:07
  • 11:01 PM

    Piano Sonata: Menuet

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    4:37
  • 10:55 PM

    We Shall Walk Through the Valley

    Undine Smith Moore

    Dance Like the Wind: Music of Today's Black Composers

    VocalEssence

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    2:53
  • 10:47 PM

    Three Roses

    Florence Price

    Lara Downes, piano

    7:02
  • 10:14 PM

    Negro Folk Symphony

    William Dawson

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Kellen Gray, conductor

    30:55
  • 10:06 PM

    Tawawa House Suite: Sunday Dance Tune

    Zenobia Powell Perry

    Josephine Gandolfi, piano

    Deanne Tucker, piano

    2:00
  • 10:01 PM

    Theme and Variations on "Draw the Sacred Circle Closer": Variations 3 and 4

    Adolphus Hailstork

    Kristen Yeon-Ji Yun, cello

    4:48
  • 9:46 PM

    In Bohemia

    Mily Balakirev

    Balakirev: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2, etc.

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vassily Sinaisky, conductor

    11:59
  • 9:21 PM

    Symphony on a French Mountain Air

    Vincent d'Indy

    Radio Philharmonic Orchestra of France

    Marek Janowski, conductor

    Catherine Collard, piano

    23:57
  • 9:10 PM

    Wind Quintet

    Grazyna Bacewicz

    Cracow Golden Quintet

    9:17
  • 9:07 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 6

    Johannes Brahms

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:12
  • 9:01 PM

    La verita in cimento (The Truth Contested): Sinfonia

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Australian Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Tognetti, conductor

    4:38
  • 8:45 PM

    Masques and Bergamasques

    Gabriel Faure

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Emmanuel Krivine, conductor

    12:57
  • 5:51 PM

    Giselle: Entrance of Giselle

    Adolphe Adam

    Adam: Giselle

    Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    7:13
  • 5:19 PM

    Serenade for Strings

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    30:25
  • 5:15 PM

    Oh Nazan

    Gomidas Vartabed

    Sybarite5: Collective Wisdom

    Sybarite5

    2:17
  • 5:06 PM

    Peter Schmoll Overture

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Hanover Band

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    8:36
  • 5:01 PM

    Magic Forest Dances: Zephyr

    Stefania de Kenessey

    William Meredith, oboe

    Stefania de Kenessey, piano

    4:45
  • 4:51 PM

    Airs ecossais (Scottish Airs)

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Alexander Platt, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    7:30
  • 4:48 PM

    Scottish Folk Songs: Land o' the Leal

    Helen Hopekirk

    Gary Steigerwalt, piano

    2:12
  • 4:29 PM

    Guitar Quintet No. 6

    Luigi Boccherini

    Boccherini: The Guitar Quintets

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    17:29
  • 4:18 PM

    Magnolia Suite: Part 1

    Nathaniel Dett

    Denver Oldham, piano

    8:52
  • 4:06 PM

    Divertissement on a Pastoral Theme

    Gabriel Pierne

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    11:48
  • 4:01 PM

    Encantamento

    Camargo Guarnieri

    Brazilian Music for Viola and Piano

    Barbara Westphal, viola

    4:36
  • 3:49 PM

    My Home Overture

    Antonin Dvorak

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    9:31
  • 3:35 PM

    Fantasy Aborigine No. 3 "Kokopelli"

    Louis Ballard

    Ballard: The Four Moons, Devil's Promenade, Fantasy Aborigine No. 3, & Scenes from Indian Life

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    12:59
  • 3:14 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 6

    Saverio Mercadante

    Mercadante: Flute Concertos

    I Solisti Veneti

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    19:25
  • 3:06 PM

    Polonaise No. 6 "Heroic"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: 26 Preludes, Scherzo No. 2

    Martha Argerich, piano

    6:16
  • 3:01 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Polacca

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    4:35
  • 2:47 PM

    Sinfonia Melodica

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    The Colourful Telemann

    Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra

    Barthold Kuijken, conductor

    10:56
  • 2:30 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 1

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Horn Concertos Nos. 1 & 2, Britten: Serenade Op. 31

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Ingo Metzmacher, conductor

    Marie Luise Neunecker, horn

    15:45
  • 2:25 PM

    Scherzo

    Grazyna Bacewicz

    The Future is Female, Vol. 3 "At Play"

    Sarah Cahill, piano

    4:10
  • 2:21 PM

    Five Tails in Cold Blood: Water Dragon Dreams

    Richard Charlton

    Guitar Trek

    2:56
  • 2:06 PM

    Divertimento No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    National Arts Centre Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    14:03
  • 2:01 PM

    Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

    Alfred Walter, conductor

    4:49
  • 11:50 AM

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Olari Elts, conductor

    7:40
  • 11:45 AM

    Dawn Sky

    Ola Gjeilo

    Ola Gjeilo, piano

    3:38
  • 11:22 AM

    Symphony No. 6 "Morning"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    22:25
  • 11:10 AM

    String Quartet No. 6

    Maddalena Laura Sirmen

    Sirmen: Six String Quartets

    Lombardini Quartet

    10:40
  • 11:06 AM

    The Lark in the Clear Air

    Peter Hope

    British by Arrangement 2

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    3:05
  • 11:01 AM

    Two Elegiac Melodies: Last Spring (Varen)

    Edvard Grieg

    Edvard Grieg: Works For String Orchestra

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:42
  • 10:45 AM

    Prelude, Fugue, and Allegro

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bacheando

    Plinio Fernandes, guitar

    13:46
  • 10:27 AM

    Concertino for Clarinet and Bassoon

    Franz Danzi

    New Era

    Potsdam Chamber Academy

    Andreas Ottensamer, clarinet

    15:56
  • 10:22 AM

    Tales of Hoffmann: Barcarolle

    Jacques Offenbach

    Aria

    Eugenia Zukerman, flute

    2:56
  • 10:06 AM

    Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    15:28
  • 10:01 AM

    Sure on this Shining Night

    Morten Lauridsen

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    Fabio Bidini, piano

    4:51
  • 9:28 AM

    Summer Day on the Mountain

    Vincent d'Indy

    D'Indy: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    30:41
  • 9:14 AM

    Summer Dreams

    Amy Beach

    Deborah Moriarty and Zhihua Tang, piano

    13:14
  • 9:01 AM

    Symphony No. 5: Adagietto

    Gustav Mahler

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    11:01
  • 8:45 AM

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Spano, conductor

    12:59
  • 8:35 AM

    Alyssa Park, violin

    Kathleen Sloan, violin

    Brett Banducci, viola

    Vanessa Freebairn-Smith, cello

    9:50
  • 8:08 AM

    Concerto Andaluz

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Internationale Philharmonie

    Horst-Hans Backer, conductor

    24:59
  • 8:01 AM

    Nocturne No. 17

    Frederic Chopin

    Leif Ove Andsnes: Chopin

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    6:27
  • 7:54 AM

    Cherubic Hymn

    Pavel Chesnokov

    The Sacred Spirit Of Russia

    Conspirare

    Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

    4:33
  • 7:16 AM

    The Protecting Veil

    John Tavener

    I Fiamminghi

    Rudolf Werthen, conductor

    France Springuel, cello

    37:45
  • 7:01 AM

    Nocturne for Harp and Flute

    Jean-Louis Tolou

    Sounds of the Seine

    Glorian Duo

    12:18
  • 6:34 AM

    Nine Preludes

    Gabriel Faure

    Paul Crossley, piano

    23:47
  • 6:04 AM

    Symphony No. 7 "Sinfonia Romantica"

    Kurt Atterberg

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    28:31
  • 6:01 AM

    Thomas Albertus Irnberger, violin

    Barbara Moser, piano

    2:17