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  • 4:55 AM

    Leyendas: An Andean Walkabout: Chasqui

    Gabriela Lena Frank

    Zia

    Del Sol String Quartet

    3:15
  • 4:44 AM

    Terrestre

    Kaija Saariaho

    Terrestre

    International Contemporary Ensemble

    Claire Chase, flute

    11:09
  • 4:32 AM

    I Can Barely Look

    Mary Kouyoumdjian

    SIlent Voices

    Brooklyn Youth Chorus

    Dianne Berkur Menaker, conductor

    10:19
  • 4:20 AM

    Everyone Sang

    Helen Grime

    Halle Orchestra

    Jamie Phillips, conductor

    10:12
  • 4:16 AM

    Everything Passes, Everything is Connected

    Samantha Fernando

    The Crossing

    Donald Nally, conductor

    3:29
  • 4:07 AM

    The Light Is the Same

    Reena Esmail

    Bruits

    Imani Winds

    8:50
  • 4:01 AM

    Yangko

    Chen Yi

    Sound of the Five

    Third Angle New Music Ensemble

    4:38
  • 3:52 AM

    HYMN: IV. Ghost

    Cassie Wieland

    Hymn

    Vicky Chow, piano

    6:06
  • 3:45 AM

    Invisible Dance: II. In the slow time of stars

    Dorothy Chang

    A Quinary

    Vancouver Island Symphony

    Pierre Simard, conductor

    6:21
  • 3:38 AM

    Vaisseau Fantome

    Niki Harlafti

    6:29
  • 3:17 AM

    Aspheron Quintet

    Franghiz Ali-Zadeh

    Mugam Sayagi: Music of Franghiz Ali-Zadeh

    Kronos Quartet

    18:51
  • 3:10 AM

    Vesper Sparrow

    Missy Mazzoli

    Render

    Roomful of Teeth

    4:57
  • 3:07 AM

    Music for Ravens

    Anna Meredith

    Ligeti Quartet

    2:27
  • 3:01 AM

    Epilogue

    Du Yun

    A Cockroach's Tarantella

    JACK Quartet

    4:13
  • 2:48 AM

    Kitty Hawk

    James Horner

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Arnold, conductor

    10:04
  • 2:19 AM

    Mississippi River Suite

    Florence Price

    Women's Philharmonic

    Apo Hsu, conductor

    27:44
  • 2:14 AM

    Liu Yang River

    Bi-Guang Tang

    Yundi Li, piano

    3:29
  • 2:06 AM

    Cuban Landscape with Rain

    Leo Brouwer

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    6:59
  • 2:01 AM

    London Festival Orchestra

    Josef Sakonov, violin

    4:35
  • 1:52 AM

    Symphony No. 5: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5, The Tempest Op. 18

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    5:55
  • 1:14 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Andrew Constantine, conductor

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    37:28
  • 1:10 AM

    Henry V Suite: Touch her soft lips and part

    William Walton

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    2:01
  • 1:06 AM

    Moscow Chamber Orchestra

    Constantine Orbelian, conductor

    2:56
  • 1:01 AM

    Lang Lang, piano

    4:51
  • 12:51 AM

    The Little Square Suite

    Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari

    Wolf-Ferrari: Suites and Overtures

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    6:56
  • 12:17 AM

    Symphonie Espagnole

    Edouard Lalo

    Lalo: Symphonie espagnole/Saint-Saens: Violin Concerto No.3

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    Chee-Yun, violin

    33:22
  • 12:13 AM

    Spanish Serenade

    Joaquin Malats

    Xavier de Maistre, harp

    2:44
  • 12:07 AM

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    Futaba Inoue, piano

    5:17
  • 12:01 AM

    Three Etudes

    Fernando Sor

    Norbert Kraft, guitar

    4:42
  • 11:49 PM

    Bright Blue Music

    Michael Torke

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    9:05
  • 11:28 PM

    Ballet Suite No. 2

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    19:39
  • 11:16 PM

    Rondo Brilliant

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Sinfonia da Camera

    Ian Hobson, conductor

    Ian Hobson, piano

    11:24
  • 11:08 PM

    Secret of Mana

    Hiroki Kikuta

    Angele Dubeau & La Pieta: Game Music

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    5:59
  • 11:06 PM

    Partita No. 1: Gigue

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Rafal Blechacz, piano

    1:48
  • 11:01 PM

    Carnival-Waltz

    Florent Schmitt

    French Ballet Music of the 1920s

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    4:48
  • 10:46 PM

    12 Contredanses

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Capella Istropolitana

    Oliver Dohnanyi, conductor

    12:37
  • 10:32 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": Largo

    Antonin Dvorak

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    11:46
  • 10:27 PM

    Piano Trio No. 1: 2nd movement

    Cecile Chaminade

    A Room of Her Own

    Neave Trio

    4:29
  • 10:11 PM

    Masques and Bergamasques

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: Pavane; Pelleas et Melisande, etc.

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    13:42
  • 10:06 PM

    Candide: Overture

    Leonard Bernstein

    Bernstein: Candide Suite, etc.

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    4:30
  • 9:55 PM

    Symphony No. 31 "Paris": Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    3:24
  • 9:49 PM

    The Day is Done

    Stephen Paulus

    Beyond All Mortal Dreams

    Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    5:15
  • 9:32 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
  • 9:25 PM

    Matt Haimovitz, cello

    Christopher O'Riley, piano

    6:16
  • 9:11 PM

    Second Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Snake Fence Country

    Edmonton Wind Ensemble

    Harry Pinchin, conductor

    11:57
  • 9:06 PM

    Colas Breugnon Overture

    Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    4:46
  • 9:03 PM

    The Seasons: November (Troika)

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Moscow Chamber Orchestra

    Constantine Orbelian, conductor

    2:40
  • 8:43 PM

    Symphonic Poem No. 6 "Mazeppa"

    Franz Liszt

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    15:14
  • 8:21 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 62

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Wei Luo

    Wei Luo, piano

    20:32
  • 8:10 PM

    Serenade: 4th movement

    Ethel Smyth

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Odaline de la Martinez, conductor

    9:04
  • 8:06 PM

    Salut d'amour (Love's Greeting)

    Edward Elgar

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    3:10
  • 8:01 PM

    Baile de las mascaras

    Francesco Corradini

    El Maestro Farinelli

    Concerto Koln

    Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor

    4:54
  • 7:42 PM

    A Downland Suite

    John Ireland

    Sinfonia of London

    John Wilson, conductor

    16:50
  • 5:52 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Symphonies

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    6:00
  • 5:28 PM

    Sonata for Strings

    Carlos Gomes

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Neil Thomson, conductor

    21:55
  • 5:16 PM

    Grand Canyon Suite: Cloudburst

    Ferde Grofe

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    9:56
  • 5:06 PM

    Four Seasons: Summer

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Le Quattro Stagioni

    Brecon Baroque

    Rachel Podger, violin

    10:07
  • 5:00 PM

    Choro No. 1 "Tipico Brasileiro"

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    David Russell, guitar

    4:30
  • 4:50 PM

    Suite of Scottish Dances

    William Alwyn

    British World Premieres

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    7:48
  • 4:47 PM

    Etude No. 9 "Butterfly"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Etudes

    Maurizio Pollini, piano

    :57
  • 4:16 PM

    Symphony No. 3

    Florence Price

    Florence Price: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 3

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    31:05
  • 4:12 PM

    Rigaudon

    Cecile Chaminade

    Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers

    Roberto Prosseda and Alessandra Ammara, piano four hands

    2:04
  • 4:06 PM

    Abdelazar: Suite

    Henry Purcell

    One Charming Night

    Oslo Circles

    5:03
  • 4:01 PM

    Legend No. 6

    Antonin Dvorak

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    4:47
  • 3:48 PM

    Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

    Franz Liszt

    International Salute

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    9:43
  • 3:17 PM

    Concerto for Two Pianos

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Double Piano Concertos

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Guher & Suher Pekinel, pianos

    29:28
  • 3:14 PM

    Fascinatin' Rhythm

    George Gershwin

    Lark Quartet

    :56
  • 3:06 PM

    Oboe Concerto No. 3

    Tomaso Albinoni

    I Musici

    Heinz Holliger, oboe

    8:10
  • 3:00 PM

    The Wedding Waltz

    Heikki Aaltoila

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:37
  • 2:48 PM

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    10:00
  • 2:36 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 5

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Six Concertos for the Margrave of Brandenburg

    European Brandenburg Ensemble

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Katy Bircher, flute

    20:40
  • 2:08 PM

    Cello Concerto

    Edouard Lalo

    Prague Philharmonic

    Jakub Hrusa, conductor

    Johannes Moser, cello

    26:25
  • 2:04 PM

    Reverie

    Claude Debussy

    Memory

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    3:31
  • 1:58 PM

    Tales of Hoffmann: Barcarolle

    Jacques Offenbach

    Opera Without Words

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    3:34
  • 1:43 PM

    Semiramide: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Favorite Overtures

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Thomas Schippers, conductor

    13:25
  • 1:36 PM

    Villanelle

    Paul Dukas

    Gliere, Saint-Saens, Dukas, Chabrier: Works For Horn

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    6:02
  • 1:31 PM

    The Adventures of Robin Hood: Robin Hood and His Merry Men

    Erich Korngold

    The Hollywood Sound

    London Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:27
  • 1:23 PM

    Rondo Brillante

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    6:16
  • 1:17 PM

    Symphony No. 4: 3rd movement

    Florence Price

    Florence Price: Symphony No. 4; William Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    5:22
  • 1:09 PM

    Fantastic Dance

    Enrique Soro

    Inca Trail Connections

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

    4:25
  • 1:03 PM

    Carmen: Entrance of the Toreadors

    Georges Bizet

    The Greatest Choral Show On Earth

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    4:16
  • 12:54 PM

    Romeo and Juliet: Gavotte

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet, Op. 64

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    3:29
  • 12:45 PM

    Sevres of Ancient France

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ballets

    Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Adriano, conductor

    8:25
  • 12:41 PM

    Serenade: Galop

    E.J. Moeran

    Moeran; Finzi

    Northern Sinfonia of England

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    2:30
  • 12:32 PM

    Concert Waltz No. 1

    Alexander Glazunov

    The Moscow Sessions

    Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

    Lawrence Leighton Smith, conductor

    8:31
  • 12:24 PM

    Waltz-Intermezzo

    Frank Bridge

    Moscow Chamber Orchestra

    Constantine Orbelian, conductor

    6:12
  • 12:19 PM

    Piano Trio No. 1: 2nd movement

    Cecile Chaminade

    A Room of Her Own

    Neave Trio

    4:29
  • 12:08 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

    Our Town: Grover's Corners

    Aaron Copland

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Aaron Copland, conductor

    3:11
  • 11:49 AM

    The Wasps: Overture

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams and Delius

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    8:31
  • 11:40 AM

    An 18th Century Scherzo

    Haydn Wood

    English String Miniatures, Vol. 3

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    6:36
  • 11:34 AM

    Le Tombeau de Couperin: Forlane

    Maurice Ravel

    Impressions

    Katerina Englichova, harp

    5:56
  • 11:21 AM

    Symphony No. 36 "Linz": Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Symphonies 35 Haffner, 26 Linz, and 32

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor

    11:15
  • 11:16 AM

    String Quartet No. 12 "American": 4th movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Ginastera, Shostakovich, Dvorak: String Quartets

    Simon Bolivar String Quartet

    5:09
  • 11:07 AM

    Ode for St. Cecilia's Day: Overture; March

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Famous Overtures & Marches

    Concentus Musicus Vienna

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    7:08
  • 11:04 AM

    Auf Flugeln des Gesanges (On wings of song)

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto; Octet; Songs

    Daniel Hope, violin

    2:22
  • 10:51 AM

    Concerto for Two Trumpets

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Christmas Concertos

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Mark Bennett, trumpet

    7:21
  • 10:33 AM

    Capriccio Italien

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Ports of Call

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    15:53
  • 10:16 AM

    Symphony

    Luigi Boccherini

    Boccherini: Symphonies Op. 12 Nos. 4-6

    German Chamber Academy

    Johannes Goritzki, conductor

    15:53
  • 10:06 AM

    Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso

    Camille Saint-Saens

    French Showpieces

    Quebec Symphony Orchestra

    Yoav Talmi, conductor

    James Ehnes, violin

    9:07
  • 10:01 AM

    Etude No. 11: for arpeggios

    Claude Debussy

    Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano

    4:39
  • 9:39 AM

    Ballet de Cour

    Gabriel Pierne

    Prisms

    Chamber Music Palm Beach

    19:55
  • 9:25 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: 3 Oboe Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Heinz Holliger, oboe

    12:58
  • 9:18 AM

    Amelie: Medley

    Yann Tiersen

    Brussels Philharmonic

    Stephane Deneve, conductor

    Renaud Capucon, violin

    3:53
  • 9:06 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    David Bar-Illan, piano

    11:28
  • 9:01 AM

    Witness: Building the Barn

    Maurice Jarre

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Maurice Jarre, conductor

    4:30
  • 8:44 AM

    Five Bagatelles

    Gerald Finzi

    FINZI: Clarinet Concerto / Five Bagatelles / Three Soliloquies / Romance

    Northern Sinfonia

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    Robert Plane, clarinet

    14:32
  • 8:41 AM

    Raymond Mase, trumpet

    Diana Mase, piano

    1:41
  • 8:08 AM

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    Tasmin Little, violin

    31:42
  • 8:01 AM

    A Stroll to the Moon

    Manos Hadjidakis

    Paper Moon: Songs by Manos Hadjidakis

    Elena Papandreou, guitar

    6:19
  • 7:44 AM

    Suite for Strings

    Armstrong Gibbs

    Armstrong Gibbs: Dale and Fell

    Guildhall Strings

    Robert Salter, conductor

    14:03
  • 7:28 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 1

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble

    Stewart Rose, horn

    16:22
  • 7:05 AM

    The Isle of the Dead

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances; The Isle of the Dead; The Rock

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vasily Petrenko, conductor

    20:58
  • 7:01 AM

    Spring Intermezzo

    Betty King

    Lara Downes, piano

    3:03
  • 6:28 AM

    Enigma Variations

    Edward Elgar

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    30:33
  • 6:19 AM

    Six Studies in English Folk Song

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Doris Lederer, viola

    Jude Mollenhauer, harp

    8:34
  • 6:01 AM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Johann Neruda

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Anthony Halstead, conductor

    Crispian Steele-Perkins, trumpet

    15:37
  • 5:39 AM

    Otello: Ballet Music

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    19:30
  • 5:22 AM

    English Suite No. 5

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    The Glenn Gould Edition: Bach - English Suites (6), Nos. 1-6 (BWV 806-811)

    Glenn Gould, piano

    16:19
  • 5:01 AM

    Souvenir of a Beloved Place

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Complete Works for Violin and Orchestra

    Odense Symphony Orchestra

    Alexander Vedernikov, conductor

    Jennifer Koh, violin

    18:51