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  • 5:52 AM

    Clarice Jensen, cello

    6:47
  • 5:42 AM

    Milky Ways: At the Fountainhead of God

    Outi Tarkiainen

    OUTI TARKIANEN: Midnight Sun Variations

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Nicholas Collon, conductor

    Nicholas Daniel, English horn

    9:41
  • 5:39 AM

    Aghavni (Doves)

    Mary Kouyoumdjian

    Lara Downes, piano

    1:59
  • 5:12 AM

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    Inbal Segev, cello

    24:57
  • 5:07 AM

    Song from the Uproar: This World Within Me Is Too Small

    Missy Mazzoli

    Berlin Free Orchestra

    Jarkko Riihimaki, conductor

    Emily D'Angelo, mezzo-soprano

    4:23
  • 5:01 AM

    lumee's dream (Nadia Sirota viola study)

    Ellen Reid

    Nadia Sirota, viola

    4:52
  • 4:55 AM

    Honeyed Words

    Anna Meredith

    Ligeti Quartet

    3:38
  • 4:48 AM

    I Have Never Loved Someone

    Shara Nova

    House of Belonging

    Conspirare

    Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

    4:09
  • 4:31 AM

    Code

    Paola Prestini

    Stillpoint

    A Far Cry Orchestra

    Awadagin Pratt, piano

    17:23
  • 4:17 AM

    blue cathedral

    Jennifer Higdon

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Spano, conductor

    12:19
  • 4:07 AM

    Three Essays: Nimrod

    Caroline Shaw

    Calidore String Quartet

    8:34
  • 4:01 AM

    Bond of the Beloved

    Layale Chaker

    Jennifer Koh, violin

    4:27
  • 3:51 AM

    The Red Pony Suite: selections

    Aaron Copland

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    7:21
  • 3:29 AM

    Divertissement

    Emile Bernard

    C/O Chamber Orchestra

    20:58
  • 3:17 AM

    Symphony No. 5: Adagietto

    Gustav Mahler

    Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    10:42
  • 3:06 AM

    The Magic Harp

    Ina Boyle

    Dan Godfrey Encores

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    9:15
  • 3:01 AM

    Songs of the Auvergne: Shepherd's Song

    Joseph Canteloube

    Canteloube: Chants D'auvergne / Upshaw, Nagano

    Lyon Opera Orchestra

    Kent Nagano, conductor

    Dawn Upshaw, soprano

    4:41
  • 2:42 AM

    The Lark Ascending

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    15:55
  • 2:27 AM

    Three Spanish Pieces

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    The Ultimate Guitar Collection

    Julian Bream, guitar

    14:40
  • 2:09 AM

    Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Don Juan, Tod und Verklarung

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Tadaaki Otaka, conductor

    15:47
  • 2:06 AM

    Mr Ben Jonson's Pleasure

    Robin Milford

    Guildhall Strings

    1:53
  • 2:01 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 6: Sicilienne

    Saverio Mercadante

    Mercadante: Flute Concertos

    I Solisti Veneti

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    4:49
  • 1:51 AM

    String Quartet No. 3: Finale

    Robert Schumann

    Calidore String Quartet

    7:15
  • 1:29 AM

    Piano Concerto

    Clara Schumann

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Holly Mathieson, conductor

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    21:10
  • 1:15 AM

    Suite Francaise

    Francis Poulenc

    Poulenc: Orchestral Works

    Paris Orchestra

    Georges Pretre, conductor

    12:23
  • 1:06 AM

    Egmont Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Overtures

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Daniel Harding, conductor

    7:37
  • 1:01 AM

    Etude No. 16

    Philip Glass

    Study of the Invisible

    Vanessa Wagner, piano

    4:53
  • 12:47 AM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": 4th movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Antonín Dvorák: Symphonies Nos. 7 – 9

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    11:38
  • 12:24 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Complete Violin Concertos; Sinfonia Concertante K364

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    20:57
  • 12:18 AM

    Serenade: 4th movement

    Arthur Bird

    Bird Songs

    North Texas Chamber Players

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    5:25
  • 12:10 AM

    Demetrio e Polibio: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Prague Sinfonia Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    6:30
  • 12:06 AM

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    3:20
  • 12:01 AM

    Procession of the Sardar

    Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov

    Empire Brass

    4:37
  • 11:51 PM

    Serenade No. 1

    Robert Volkmann

    Robert Volkmann, Carl Reinecke: Serenades

    German Chamber Academy

    Johannes Goritzki, conductor

    7:44
  • 11:45 PM

    Ye, Who Seek the Truth

    Julia Perry

    American Counterpoints

    Experiential Orchestra

    James Blachly, conductor

    4:15
  • 11:20 PM

    Concerto Serenade

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    Catherine Michel, harp

    23:27
  • 11:06 PM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    12:29
  • 10:51 PM

    Symphony: Finale

    Edvard Grieg

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    7:38
  • 10:42 PM

    Capriccio for Orchestra

    Nancy Dalberg

    Danish Philharmonic Orchestra

    Frans Rasmussen, conductor

    8:09
  • 10:27 PM

    Charterhouse Suite

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Israel Chamber Orchestra

    Dalia Atlas, conductor

    13:32
  • 10:22 PM

    Semele: Where E'er You Walk

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Arias

    Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

    Harry Bicket, conductor

    Ian Bostridge, tenor

    4:46
  • 10:08 PM

    American Rhapsody

    Kenneth Fuchs

    Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra

    Volodymyr Sirenko, conductor

    Solomiya Ivakhiv, violin

    11:44
  • 10:06 PM

    Tambourin

    Francois-Joseph Gossec

    Dances for Flute

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    1:22
  • 10:03 PM

    March for Children

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Piano Music for Four Hands, Vol IV

    Yaara Tal, piano

    2:32
  • 9:35 PM

    Sinfonietta

    Leos Janacek

    Janacek: Sinfonietta; Martinu: Symphony No. 6; Suk: Fantasticke Scherzo

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    23:13
  • 9:15 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

    Il Giardino Armonico

    Giovanni Antonini, conductor

    18:14
  • 9:10 PM

    The Winter's Tale: Siciliana

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    A Swedish Pastorale

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Jan-Olav Wedin, conductor

    3:26
  • 9:06 PM

    Fur Elise

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Greatest Hits: The Piano, Vol. 1

    Andre Watts, piano

    2:57
  • 9:01 PM

    A John Field Suite: Polka

    Hamilton Harty

    Harty: John Field; Water Music Suites

    Ulster Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    4:52
  • 8:55 PM

    El Amor Brujo: Ritual Fire Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    L.A. Guitar Quartet

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    3:33
  • 6:40 PM

    Clarinet Concerto No. 11

    Carl Stamitz

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    17:51
  • 6:14 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 4 "Mozartiana"

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    24:31
  • 6:09 PM

    Seraph Brass

    3:33
  • 6:06 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 7

    Johannes Brahms

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    Lambert Orkis, piano

    2:19
  • 6:00 PM

    Six Short Pieces: selections

    Henriette Renie

    Kyunghee Kim-Sutre, harp

    4:47
  • 5:50 PM

    Bourree Fantasque

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Chabrier: Espana

    French National Orchestra

    Armin Jordan, conductor

    7:02
  • 5:14 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 3

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    German Symphony Orchestra

    Kent Nagano, conductor

    Mari Kodama, piano

    35:22
  • 5:09 PM

    The splendor falls

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: This Have I Done for My True Love

    Holst Singers

    2:30
  • 5:06 PM

    Mock Morris

    Percy Grainger

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    3:18
  • 5:01 PM

    Merry Mount: Maypole Dances

    Howard Hanson

    American Visions

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    4:43
  • 4:43 PM

    Divertimento for Orchestra

    Leonard Bernstein

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    14:53
  • 4:17 PM

    Symphony No. 100 "Military"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    24:41
  • 4:13 PM

    Minuet on the Name of Haydn

    Maurice Ravel

    Tesla Quartet

    1:54
  • 4:06 PM

    Scottish March (Marche ecossaise)

    Claude Debussy

    National Opera of Paris Orchestra

    Manuel Rosenthal, conductor

    6:33
  • 4:01 PM

    American Overture

    Joseph Jenkins

    American Tapestry

    Lone Star Wind Orchestra

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    4:46
  • 3:46 PM

    The Geniuses, or Love's Characters Ballet: Suite

    Mademoiselle Duval

    Women's Philharmonic

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    11:42
  • 3:42 PM

    The Geniuses, or Love's Characters Ballet: Suite

    Mademoiselle Duval

    Women's Philharmonic

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    11:42
  • 3:14 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 19

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    26:31
  • 3:06 PM

    The Lord of the Rings: Suite

    Howard Shore

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Klauspeter Seibel, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    6:43
  • 3:02 PM

    Rondeau

    Jean-Joseph Mouret

    Ceremonial Music for Trumpet & Symphonic Organ

    Rolf Smedvig, trumpet

    1:45
  • 2:51 PM

    Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro

    Giacomo Puccini

    Sole Amore: Puccini Arias

    Lyon Opera Orchestra

    Kent Nagano, conductor

    Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano

    2:21
  • 2:37 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Jalbert and Bach: Violin Concertos, etc.

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Kahane, conductor

    Margaret Batjer, violin

    13:21
  • 2:22 PM

    Spring (Vesna)

    Alexander Glazunov

    Kalinnikov: Symphony No. 1 etc.

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    9:19
  • 2:17 PM

    Cypresses: Here I look for your dear letter

    Antonin Dvorak

    Old World, New World

    Emerson String Quartet

    2:52
  • 2:10 PM

    Winter Bonfire: Waltz

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    3:26
  • 2:04 PM

    The Harmonious Blacksmith

    George Frideric Handel

    Earl Wild - The Romantic Master

    Earl Wild, piano

    4:26
  • 1:49 PM

    The Ball of Beatrice d'Este

    Reynaldo Hahn

    Poulenc: Aubade, Sinfonietta; Hahn: Le Bal de Beatrice d'Este

    New London Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    Julian Evans, piano

    16:45
  • 1:46 PM

    The Threepenny Opera Suite: Ballad of Mack the Knife

    Kurt Weill

    tenThing

    2:00
  • 1:40 PM

    Queen Mary's Lute Song

    Edward Elgar

    Donald Fraser: Songs for Strings

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Donald Fraser, conductor

    4:04
  • 1:31 PM

    Sigurd Jorsalfar: Homage March

    Edvard Grieg

    Sibelius: Finlandia, Valse Triste; Grieg: Sigurd Jorsalfar

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    8:46
  • 1:26 PM

    Sonata

    Domenico Scarlatti

    c. 1300-c. 2000

    Jeremy Denk, piano

    3:39
  • 1:21 PM

    Ye, Who Seek the Truth

    Julia Perry

    American Counterpoints

    Experiential Orchestra

    James Blachly, conductor

    4:15
  • 1:10 PM

    From Foreign Lands: Hungary

    Moritz Moszkowski

    From Foreign Lands

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    3:33
  • 1:04 PM

    Bartered Bride: Polka

    Bedrich Smetana

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    4:58
  • 12:50 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Franz Lehár: Das Land des Lächelns (1.,2. & 3. Akt)

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    18:45
  • 12:46 PM

    Impromptu No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    3:31
  • 12:32 PM

    St. Paul's Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    12:28
  • 12:21 PM

    Symphony No. 7

    William Boyce

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    9:15
  • 12:15 PM

    The Wedding at Dovre

    Johan Svendsen

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    5:33
  • 12:08 PM

    Iberia: Triana

    Isaac Albeniz

    Isaac Albeniz: Four-Hand Piano Music

    Duo Van Dua

    5:20
  • 12:04 PM

    Carmen: Seguedilla

    Georges Bizet

    Cantabile

    Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Olivieri-Munroe, conductor

    Sol Gabetta, cello

    2:46
  • 11:46 AM

    Sonata for Flute and Orchestra

    Francis Poulenc

    Twentieth Century Flute Concerti

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Steuart Bedford, conductor

    Jennifer Stinton, flute

    12:04
  • 11:29 AM

    Karelia Suite

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Tone Poems & Incidental Music

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    15:42
  • 11:13 AM

    Double Bass Quartet No. 4

    Franz Hoffmeister

    Rossini: String Sonatas; Hoffmeister: Solo Quartets

    Minna Pensola, violin

    14:15
  • 11:06 AM

    La Scala di Seta (Silken Ladder): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures Vol 2 / Benda, Prague Sinfonia

    Prague Sinfonia Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    6:02
  • 11:01 AM

    Prelude

    Gerald Finzi

    Music for Brass Septet, Vol. 6

    Septura

    4:38
  • 10:43 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Concerts Avec Plusiers Instruments I

    Cafe Zimmermann

    Pablo Valletti, violin

    15:23
  • 10:31 AM

    A Spring Garland

    Armstrong Gibbs

    Armstrong Gibbs: Dale and Fell

    Guildhall Strings

    Robert Salter, conductor

    11:14
  • 10:22 AM

    Soirees Musicales: Mazurka and Polonaise

    Clara Schumann

    Angela Tirino, piano

    6:40
  • 10:06 AM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 3

    Ottorino Respighi

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    14:43
  • 10:01 AM

    Romance No. 1

    Johann StraussJr.

    J. Strauss, Jr. Edition: Vol. 14

    Czech State Symphony Orchestra, Kosice

    Alfred Walter, conductor

    4:39
  • 9:35 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Muzio Clementi

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Francesco d'Avalos, conductor

    23:55
  • 9:25 AM

    Agnus Dei

    Samuel Barber

    Conspirare

    Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

    8:22
  • 9:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 53 "The Lark"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Emerson String Quartet: Complete Recordings

    Emerson String Quartet

    17:45
  • 9:01 AM

    Two Yoruban Songs of Cuba

    Hector Angulo

    William Kanengiser, guitar

    4:12
  • 8:39 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Night in the Tropics"

    Louis Moreau Gottschalk

    Utah Symphony Orchestra

    Maurice Abravanel, conductor

    18:57
  • 8:35 AM

    Lada Valesova, piano

    3:29
  • 8:04 AM

    Concertino

    Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari

    WOLF-FERRARI, E.: Wind Concertinos

    Rome Symphony Orchestra

    Francesco La Vecchia, conductor

    William Moriconi, English horn

    28:42
  • 8:01 AM

    Tomorrow's Song

    Olafur Arnalds

    The Glass Effect: The Music of Philip Glass

    Lavinia Meijer, harp

    3:07
  • 7:27 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Antonin Dvorak

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gianandrea Noseda, conductor

    James Ehnes, violin

    30:59
  • 7:21 AM

    Intermezzo No. 3

    Johannes Brahms

    For Glenn Gould

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    6:01
  • 7:01 AM

    Symphony

    Antonio Rosetti

    Rosetti: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    17:50
  • 6:42 AM

    Wand of Youth Suite No. 2

    Edward Elgar

    Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    16:27
  • 6:31 AM

    String Symphony No. 10

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn String Symphonies

    Amadeus Ensemble

    Agnieszka Duczmal, conductor

    10:15
  • 6:01 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 10

    August Muller

    Muller: Flute Concertos

    South German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim

    Timo Handschuh, conductor

    Tatjana Ruhland, flute

    28:14