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  • 5:52 AM

    Gyda Valtysdottir, cello

    Skuli Sverrisson, organ

    Skuli Sverrisson, electric bass

    6:07
  • 5:46 AM

    again (after ecclesiastes)

    David Lang

    Cappella Amsterdam

    Daniel Reuss, conductor

    5:51
  • 5:36 AM

    Lavinia Meijer, harp

    8:50
  • 5:16 AM

    Perpetual Chaconne

    Aaron Jay Kernis

    Jasper String Quartet

    David Shifrin, clarinet

    18:23
  • 5:06 AM

    Ringing Changes

    Gerald Levinson

    Marcantonio Barone, piano

    Charles Abramovic, piano

    8:31
  • 5:01 AM

    Beyond the Order of Things (after Josquin des Prez's Praeter rerum seriem)

    Missy Mazzoli

    Matt Haimovitz, cello

    4:28
  • 4:44 AM

    Eternal Present

    Shelley Washington

    KINDS OF ~NOIS

    ~nois

    14:09
  • 4:30 AM

    Time Past, Time Future

    Alvin Singleton

    Stillpoint

    A Far Cry Orchestra

    Awadagin Pratt, piano

    12:29
  • 4:24 AM

    Unrest

    Brandee Younger

    Ashley Jackson

    Ashley Jackson, harp

    4:47
  • 4:07 AM

    Shift, Change, Turn

    Jessie Montgomery

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    14:46
  • 4:01 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 5

    George Walker

    Steven Beck, piano

    4:42
  • 3:51 AM

    Fantasie

    Fernando Sor

    Joao Luiz, guitar

    7:16
  • 3:19 AM

    String Quartet No. 10 "Harp"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Middle String Quartets

    Cypress String Quartet

    30:35
  • 3:10 AM

    Metamorphosis II

    Philip Glass

    Philip Glass Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    7:00
  • 3:06 AM

    Eric Parkin, piano

    3:30
  • 3:01 AM

    Springtime Suite: Dance in the Twilight

    Eric Coates

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Penny, conductor

    4:50
  • 2:38 AM

    Sonatina

    Antonin Dvorak

    Simple Gifts

    Arnaud Sussmann, violin

    19:51
  • 2:32 AM

    When I Lay Me Down to Sleep

    James Mulholland

    The Aeolians

    The Aeolians

    Jason Max Ferdinand, conductor

    4:35
  • 2:13 AM

    Sinfonietta No. 2 "Generations"

    Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    19:29
  • 2:06 AM

    Nocturne No. 20

    Frederic Chopin

    Sonora Slocum, flute

    John Wilson, piano

    4:33
  • 2:01 AM

    Spiritual Fantasy: Wade in the Water

    Frederick C. Tillis

    Homage: Chamber Music from the African Continent and Diaspora

    Castle of our Skins

    Samantha Ege, piano

    4:47
  • 1:50 AM

    Mandolin Concerto

    Emanuele Barbella

    Il Giardino Armonico

    Giovanni Antonini, conductor

    Avi Avital, mandolin

    8:11
  • 1:19 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 9 "Jeunehomme"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Norwegian Chamber Orchestra

    Leif Ove Andsnes, conductor

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    29:48
  • 1:15 AM

    Star of the County Down

    Traditional

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    1:58
  • 1:06 AM

    Bishop Rock

    Doreen Carwithen

    CARWITHEN: Piano Concerto / Bishop Rock / ODTAA / Suffolk Suite

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    8:16
  • 1:01 AM

    Wind Quintet: 2nd movement

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen: Wind Chamber Music

    Bergen Wind Quintet

    4:45
  • 12:49 AM

    L'Etoile du Nord: Dance Suite

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Meyerbeer: Ballet Music From The Operas / Nesterowicz

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Michal Nesterowicz, conductor

    9:07
  • 12:49 AM

    L'Etoile du Nord: Dance Suite

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Meyerbeer: Ballet Music From The Operas / Nesterowicz

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Michal Nesterowicz, conductor

    9:07
  • 12:40 AM

    Morning Star Waltz

    Justin Holland

    Justin Holland Recording Project

    Michael Vascones, guitar

    8:44
  • 12:27 AM

    The Butterfly's Ball

    Frederic Cowen

    Overtures from the British Isles

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    11:49
  • 12:13 AM

    Harp Concerto

    George Frideric Handel

    Baroque, Vol. 6

    Toulouse Chamber Orchestra

    Louis Auriacombe, conductor

    Lily Laskine, harp

    13:40
  • 12:01 AM

    Symphony No. 12

    William Herschel

    Herschel: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    11:16
  • 11:55 PM

    Bassoon Concerto: Rondo

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Weber: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2, Bassoon Concerto

    BBC Philharmonic

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    Karen Geoghegan, bassoon

    4:09
  • 11:40 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 53

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Paul Lewis, piano

    14:20
  • 11:34 PM

    Sonata "Lanterly"

    Johann Heinrich Schmelzer

    Gathering/Hui

    Belladonna

    5:10
  • 11:19 PM

    Matinees Musicales

    Benjamin Britten

    Rossini, Respighi: La Boutique Fantasque

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    13:15
  • 11:15 PM

    Snow Maiden: Dance of the Tumblers

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Suites

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    3:37
  • 11:06 PM

    Cello Concerto: Finale

    Thomas de Hartmann

    de Hartmann: Cello Concerto

    MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

    Matt Haimovitz, cello

    7:32
  • 10:53 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Eroica": 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies 1 & 3

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    5:55
  • 10:50 PM

    Peanuts Gallery: Schroeder's Beethoven Fantasy

    Ellen Taaffe Zwilich

    Florida State University Symphony Orchestra

    Alexander Jimenez, conductor

    Jeffrey Biegel, piano

    2:12
  • 10:28 PM

    West Side Story: Symphonic Dances

    Leonard Bernstein

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    20:58
  • 10:22 PM

    Shaker Songs: Lay Me Low

    Traditional

    From Light to Light

    National Lutheran Choir

    David Cherwien, conductor

    3:46
  • 10:07 PM

    Introduction and Allegro

    Edward Elgar

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    14:19
  • 10:05 PM

    Rondeau

    Jean-Joseph Mouret

    Royal Brass: Music from the Renaissance & Baroque

    Empire Brass

    1:29
  • 10:02 PM

    Little Concert Suite: Tarantelle Fretillante

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    2:39
  • 9:46 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": 1st movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    12:31
  • 9:42 PM

    Liebesfreud (Love's Joy)

    Fritz Kreisler

    James Ehnes, violin

    Eduard Laurel, piano

    3:10
  • 9:25 PM

    Fantastic Dances

    Joaquin Turina

    Rodrigo, Turina, Falla

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    17:07
  • 9:14 PM

    Festival Overture

    Hugo Alfven

    Alfven: Symphony No. 4, Festival Overture

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Niklas Willen, conductor

    9:39
  • 9:07 PM

    Divertimento: Frolic

    Sy Brandon

    Eileen Grycky, flute

    Jeffrey O'Donnell, oboe

    Christopher Nichols, clarinet

    Lynn Moncilovich, bassoon

    5:05
  • 9:00 PM

    Canticle

    Jeff Beal

    Beal: House of Cards Symphony

    Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra

    Jeff Beal, conductor

    Jon Henrik Petersen, violin

    6:27
  • 6:46 PM

    The Three-Cornered Hat: Suite

    Manuel de Falla

    Spain

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    12:12
  • 6:41 PM

    Six Etudes for Piano Left Hand Alone: No. 4 "Bourree"

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Piers Lane, piano

    3:40
  • 6:23 PM

    Concerto for Three Violins

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Portland Baroque Orchestra

    Monica Huggett, conductor

    Monica Huggett, violin

    Carla Moore, violin

    Rob Diggins, violin

    16:50
  • 6:09 PM

    Hungarian Rhapsody No. 9

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: 6 Hungarian Rhapsodies

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    12:50
  • 6:06 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 5

    Johannes Brahms

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    Lambert Orkis, piano

    2:39
  • 6:01 PM

    Chi passa per'sta strada

    Filippo Azzaiolo

    Silk Road Ensemble

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    4:39
  • 5:49 PM

    The Wreckers Overture

    Ethel Smyth

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    9:10
  • 5:43 PM

    Tune for Lucas/Up Da Stroods Da Sailor Goes

    Kevin Henderson/Traditional Shetland

    Bonfrost

    Nordic Fiddlers Bloc

    3:38
  • 5:27 PM

    Karelia Suite

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Tone Poems & Incidental Music

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    15:42
  • 5:19 PM

    Little Suite

    Alkis Baltas

    Greek Wind Quintets

    Aeolus Woodwind Quintet

    6:25
  • 5:06 PM

    Sonata No. 3

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Camerata Bern

    Thomas Furi, conductor

    12:51
  • 5:00 PM

    "Echo" Canzon

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    English Chamber Orchestra Brass

    Donald Fraser, conductor

    William Trafka, organ

    4:32
  • 4:49 PM

    Navarra Symphony Orchestra

    Ernest Martinez Izquierdo, conductor

    Tianwa Yang, violin

    9:51
  • 4:47 PM

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    2:12
  • 4:17 PM

    Symphony No. 2

    Franz Schubert

    National Arts Centre Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    27:56
  • 4:07 PM

    Images for Orchestra: Gigues

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Images, Prelude, La Mer

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    8:13
  • 4:00 PM

    Bassoon Concerto: Allegro

    Christoph Graupner

    Graupner: Instrumental and Vocal Music, Vol. 1

    L'Ensemble des Idees heureuses

    Genevieve Soly, conductor

    Mathieu Lussier, bassoon

    4:43
  • 3:51 PM

    Waltz No. 1 "Grand Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    My Life in Music

    Ruth Slenczynska, piano

    7:12
  • 3:49 PM

    Bachianas Brasileiras No. 9

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Basileiras Nos. 1-9; Guitar Concerto

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    8:20
  • 3:28 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concertos (Disc 1 of 2)

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    20:25
  • 3:15 PM

    Helios Overture

    Carl Nielsen

    Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    12:01
  • 3:10 PM

    Romeo and Juliet: L'amour, l'amour! ... Ah! leve-toi, soleil!

    Charles Gounod

    The Romantic Hero

    RAI National Symphony Orchestra

    Evelino Pido, conductor

    Vittorio Grigolo, tenor

    4:16
  • 3:05 PM

    Petite Symphony: Scherzo

    Charles Gounod

    French Flute Favorites

    Waterloo Chamber Orchestra

    Ulysse Waterlot, conductor

    3:40
  • 3:00 PM

    Peer Gynt: Anitra's Dance

    Edvard Grieg

    Sabre Dance

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Sergiu Comissiona, conductor

    3:38
  • 2:46 PM

    Die Meistersinger: Prelude to Act I

    Richard Wagner

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Sir Georg Solti, conductor

    9:30
  • 2:31 PM

    Concerto for 2 Orchestras No. 1

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks, Concerti a due cori

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    13:31
  • 2:27 PM

    Hora staccato

    Grigoras Dinicu

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    2:06
  • 2:24 PM

    Perpetual Motion (Perpetuum mobile)

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Concert A La Carte

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    2:54
  • 2:21 PM

    Chinese Tambourin

    Fritz Kreisler

    Joshua Bell, violin

    Paul Coker, piano

    3:33
  • 2:18 PM

    Fiddler's Jig

    Henry Cowell

    Manhattan Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Auldon Clark, conductor

    2:16
  • 2:07 PM

    Florida Suite: By the River

    Frederick Delius

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    6:49
  • 2:04 PM

    Song without Words No. 30 "Spring Song"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Ilse von Alpenheim, piano

    2:20
  • 1:49 PM

    By the Beautiful Blue Danube (An der schonen, blauen Donau)

    Johann StraussJr.

    1992 New Year's Concert

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Carlos Kleiber, conductor

    10:00
  • 1:45 PM

    Othello Suite: Dance

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Fawzi Haimor, conductor

    2:29
  • 1:42 PM

    Passepied

    Leo Delibes

    The Sounds Of Remembered Dreams

    Humbert Lucarelli, oboe

    2:04
  • 1:33 PM

    Symphony No. 6

    William Boyce

    Boyce: Symphonies, Op. 2

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    6:46
  • 1:29 PM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1: Menuet

    Georges Bizet

    Toronto Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    3:17
  • 1:21 PM

    Cello Concerto: Finale

    Thomas de Hartmann

    de Hartmann: Cello Concerto

    MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

    Matt Haimovitz, cello

    7:32
  • 1:07 PM

    Sinfonia

    Josef Myslivecek

    Myslivecek: Symphonies

    Concerto Koln

    7:10
  • 1:04 PM

    Etude No. 5 "Black Keys"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Etudes Op. 10 & Op. 25 op. posth.

    Boris Berezovsky, piano

    1:44
  • 12:50 PM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 3: Courtly Airs

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs And Dances, Etc

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    6:56
  • 12:38 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Hakan Hardenberger, trumpet

    10:05
  • 12:30 PM

    Six English Tunes

    Peter Warlock

    Warlock: Capriol Suite; The Curlew; Six English Tunes; Serenade; Six Italian Dance Tunes; Ross Pople/London Festival Orchestra

    London Festival Orchestra

    Ross Pople, conductor

    7:11
  • 12:17 PM

    CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra

    Hartmut Haenchen, conductor

    11:40
  • 12:15 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 1: Marche Miniature

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Pathetique Symphony

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    2:00
  • 12:07 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 3rd movement

    Louise Farrenc

    European Soloists, Luxembourg

    Christoph Konig, conductor

    5:57
  • 12:04 PM

    Carnival of the Animals: The Swan

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Dreaming

    Sara Sant'Ambrogio, cello

    2:52
  • 11:50 AM

    Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, conductor

    8:17
  • 11:26 AM

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    22:10
  • 11:21 AM

    Impressions: Don't Weep My Beloved

    Ulvi Cemal Erkin

    Beyza Yazgan, piano

    2:51
  • 11:06 AM

    Double Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Gli Incogniti

    Giuliano Carmignola, violin

    Amandine Beyer, violin

    14:44
  • 11:01 AM

    The Seawall Song

    Tamezo Narita

    Paillard Chamber Orchestra

    Jean-Francois Paillard, conductor

    4:33
  • 10:47 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    I Musici

    11:27
  • 10:27 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 30

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Sonatas Opus 109, 110, 111

    Alexandre Tharaud, piano

    18:27
  • 10:20 AM

    Fretwork

    5:12
  • 10:06 AM

    The Day Dawn

    Sally Beamish

    Sally Beamish: The Imagined Sound of Sun on Stone

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Ola Rudner, conductor

    13:19
  • 10:01 AM

    Sonatina: 2nd movement

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO, M.: Guitar Quintet / Fantasia / Ecloghe

    Chloe Dufossez, flute

    4:37
  • 9:52 AM

    Be Still and Know

    Carlos Simon

    My Ancestor's Gift

    Phoebe Wu, piano

    6:28
  • 9:38 AM

    Violin Partita No. 2: Chaconne

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Joshua Bell, violin

    13:25
  • 9:06 AM

    Symphony No. 7 "Pastoral"

    Alexander Glazunov

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    30:49
  • 9:02 AM

    Romance No. 5

    Johannes Brahms

    Orli Shaham, piano

    3:31
  • 8:29 AM

    String Quartet

    Emilie Mayer

    String Quartets

    Erato Quartet

    29:18
  • 8:24 AM

    L'Enamouree (The Loved One)

    Reynaldo Hahn

    Renee Fleming, soprano

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, piano

    3:31
  • 8:06 AM

    The Muse and the Poet

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra

    Volodymyr Sirenko, conductor

    Solomiya Ivakhiv, violin

    Sophie Shao, cello

    17:22
  • 8:01 AM

    Djagamara

    Christopher Sainsbury

    Something Like This

    Sally Walker, flute

    4:01
  • 7:30 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Randall Thompson

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    27:44
  • 7:21 AM

    The Cathedral (La Catedral)

    Agustin Barrios

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    8:08
  • 7:13 AM

    Nocturne

    Antonin Dvorak

    Wagner: Siegfried-Idyll/Sibelius: Valse Triste/etc.

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    7:18
  • 7:01 AM

    Ballade No. 4

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 3; Ballade No. 4; Waltzes, Mazurkas, Barcarolle

    Ingrid Fliter, piano

    11:02
  • 6:45 AM

    Enchanted Kingdom

    Nikolai Tcherepnin

    The Enchanted Kingdom

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    13:27
  • 6:14 AM

    Piano Trio No. 3

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Complete Piano Trios

    Weiss Kaplan Stumpf Trio

    30:30
  • 6:01 AM

    Little Serenade

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    A Swedish Serenade

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    11:09