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  • 4:43 AM

    Broad Waters (Szeroka Woda)

    Henryk Gorecki

    Gorecki: Miserere

    Lira Chamber Chorus

    John Nelson, conductor

    14:52
  • 4:33 AM

    Eternal Present: Always

    Shelley Washington

    KINDS OF ~NOIS

    ~nois

    9:37
  • 4:06 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Karol Szymanowski

    Secret Love Letters

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Lisa Batiashvili, violin

    25:30
  • 4:01 AM

    The rising of the moon

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Bart Schneemann, oboe

    Paolo Giacometti, piano

    4:34
  • 3:56 AM

    Cantata No. 106: Sonatina

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    The Art of Bach

    Anderson & Roe Piano Duo

    2:26
  • 3:41 AM

    Einstein on the Beach: Knee Play 4

    Philip Glass

    Music of the Human Spirit

    David Leisner, guitar

    13:12
  • 3:21 AM

    Alina Ibragimova, violin

    Cedric Tiberghien, piano

    20:02
  • 3:06 AM

    Negro Folk Symphony: Hope in the Night

    William Dawson

    Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Arthur Fagen, conductor

    12:39
  • 3:01 AM

    Nocturne No. 9

    Frederic Chopin

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    4:51
  • 2:45 AM

    American Mirror, Pt. I

    Derrick Skye

    Salastina Music Society

    12:44
  • 2:14 AM

    Three Dream Portraits: Dream Variation

    Margaret Bonds

    Malcolm J. Merriweather, baritone

    Ashley Jackson, harp

    2:36
  • 2:06 AM

    Remembrance

    Florence Price

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:55
  • 2:01 AM

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

    Adolphus Hailstork

    Kristen Yeon-Ji Yun, cello

    4:48
  • 1:42 AM

    Noble and Sentimental Waltzes

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Ballet And Dance Music

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    16:37
  • 1:15 AM

    Imaginary Numbers

    Michael Gandolfi

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Spano, conductor

    Elizabeth Koch Tiscione, oboe

    Laura Ardan, clarinet

    Andrew Brady, bassoon

    Brice Andrus, horn

    24:33
  • 1:06 AM

    Symphonic Scherzo

    Arnold Bax

    Bax: Spring Fire

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    7:26
  • 1:01 AM

    Lute Suite No. 4: Prelude

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    A Distant Show

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    4:37
  • 12:49 AM

    The Wreckers Overture

    Ethel Smyth

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    9:10
  • 12:43 AM

    Benediction

    Carlo Gesualdo

    Hilliard Ensemble

    4:52
  • 12:21 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 18 "The Hunt"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Jonathan Biss, piano

    21:09
  • 12:15 AM

    Sylvana: Overture

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    5:30
  • 12:06 AM

    Dial M for Murder: Suite

    Dimitri Tiomkin

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paul Bateman, conductor

    7:17
  • 12:01 AM

    Intermezzo No. 6

    Johannes Brahms

    Alessio Bax, piano

    4:41
  • 11:50 PM

    Der Zigeunerbaron (The Gypsy Baron): Overture

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    7:57
  • 11:34 PM

    Don Juan and Faust: Six airs de ballet

    Moritz Moszkowski

    From Foreign Lands

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    14:03
  • 11:22 PM

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    12:25
  • 11:14 PM

    Arabesque

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann

    Nelson Freire, piano

    6:21
  • 11:06 PM

    Swan Lake: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    6:59
  • 11:01 PM

    Prelude No. 1

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Guitar Favourites

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    4:46
  • 10:47 PM

    Bavarian Dances

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance Marches

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    11:36
  • 10:39 PM

    Symphony: Scherzo

    Georges Bizet

    Franck, Bizet: Overtures

    Paris Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    5:47
  • 10:16 PM

    Cello Concerto No. 2

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    Mstislav Rostropovich, cello

    23:00
  • 10:09 PM

    Danse (Tarantelle styrienne)

    Claude Debussy

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    5:38
  • 10:06 PM

    Song without Words No. 31

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Murray Perahia, piano

    2:00
  • 10:01 PM

    Overture No. 2 "La Calamita de Cuori"

    Johann Christian Bach

    JC Bach: Sinfonias

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    4:40
  • 9:54 PM

    Valse Triste

    Jean Sibelius

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    4:40
  • 9:49 PM

    Requiem: Pie Jesu

    Gabriel Faure

    Tears from Heaven

    London Music

    Richard Marlow, conductor

    Camilla Otaki, soprano

    3:52
  • 9:28 PM

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    19:17
  • 9:23 PM

    Stephen Hough, piano

    4:39
  • 9:11 PM

    New York Chamber Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin

    10:48
  • 9:06 PM

    Concerto alla rustica (Rustic Concerto)

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    3:45
  • 9:03 PM

    Le Carneval de Venice

    Johann Kaspar Mertz

    The Romantic Guitar

    Raphaella Smits, guitar

    2:44
  • 8:48 PM

    Concert Waltz No. 2

    Alexander Glazunov

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    9:48
  • 8:43 PM

    Sergei Rachmaninoff, piano

    3:47
  • 8:23 PM

    London Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Warren-Green, conductor

    19:50
  • 8:11 PM

    Festival Overture

    Hugo Alfven

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Niklas Willen, conductor

    9:39
  • 8:06 PM

    Goldberg Variations: Aria

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    4:39
  • 8:01 PM

    Calling Home the Cattle

    Veljo Tormis

    Water Under Snow is Weary

    Tapiola Choir

    Erkki Pohjola, conductor

    4:43
  • 7:51 PM

    Concert Piece for Clarinet and Basset Horn

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra

    Jorg Faerber, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    Wolfgang Meyer, basset horn

    7:38
  • 5:44 PM

    Marosszek Dances

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Budapest Symphony Orchestra

    Gyorgy Lehel, conductor

    13:52
  • 5:23 PM

    Guitar Quintet No. 4 "Fandango"

    Luigi Boccherini

    Boccherini, Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Guitar Quintets

    Tokyo String Quartet

    Kazuhito Yamashita, guitar

    20:15
  • 5:17 PM

    Symphonic Etude

    Cecile Chaminade

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    5:25
  • 5:12 PM

    Serenade No. 1: Menuetto 1 and 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Residentie Orchestra of the Hague

    Jan Willem de Vriend, conductor

    3:31
  • 5:06 PM

    Peer Gynt: Arabian Dance

    Edvard Grieg

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    4:51
  • 5:01 PM

    Handel in the Strand

    Percy Grainger

    Music of Percy Grainger

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Kenneth Montgomery, conductor

    Philip Martin, piano

    4:46
  • 4:50 PM

    Marche Slave

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 Pathetique

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    8:37
  • 4:17 PM

    Scottish Fantasy

    Max Bruch

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Alexander Platt, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    31:06
  • 4:12 PM

    Sketches in Sepia

    Florence Price

    Meditations: Florence Price Piano Discoveries

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:35
  • 4:06 PM

    Afro-Cuban Concerto: Danza

    Valerie Coleman

    Imani Winds: The Classical Underground

    Imani Winds

    5:51
  • 4:00 PM

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    4:42
  • 3:46 PM

    Bass Tuba Concerto

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Singapore Symphony Orchestra

    Anne Manson, conductor

    Oystein Baadsvik, tuba

    11:51
  • 3:25 PM

    English Suite No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: English Suites

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    21:07
  • 3:13 PM

    The Merry Widow: Overture

    Franz Lehar

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Mikhail Jurowski, conductor

    9:33
  • 3:06 PM

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Mathias Monius, conductor

    Albrecht Mayer, oboe d'amore

    5:54
  • 3:01 PM

    Contredanse and Tarantelle

    Frederic Chopin

    Malcom Frager plays Chopin

    Malcolm Frager, piano

    4:35
  • 2:52 PM

    Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1

    Edward Elgar

    Pomp & Pizazz

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    6:22
  • 2:05 PM

    Cello Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi's Cello

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    9:19
  • 1:59 PM

    Festival March

    Antonin Dvorak

    Rochester Philharmonic

    David Zinman, conductor

    5:39
  • 1:55 PM

    West Side Story: Something's Coming

    Leonard Bernstein

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    Ansel Elgort, vocal

    2:38
  • 1:52 PM

    West Side Story: I Feel Pretty

    Leonard Bernstein

    Katia & Marielle Labeque, piano

    :00
  • 1:37 PM

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

    Bedrich Smetana

    Smetana: Ma Vlast

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    13:05
  • 1:31 PM

    Go, lovely Rose

    Eric Whitacre

    Voces8

    4:31
  • 1:24 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Johann Fasch

    Budapest Strings

    Reinhold Friedrich, trumpet

    Lajos Lencses, oboe

    Laszlo Parkanyi, oboe

    Aladar Tuske, bassoon

    6:31
  • 1:21 PM

    Syncopation

    Fritz Kreisler

    Joshua Bell, violin

    Paul Coker, piano

    1:46
  • 1:18 PM

    Cachucha Galop

    Johann Strauss, Sr.

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    2:05
  • 1:10 PM

    Symphony: Finale

    Juan Arriaga

    Algarve Orchestra

    Alvaro Cassuto, conductor

    4:37
  • 1:04 PM

    Dala Suite: Rustic Dances

    Helena Munktell

    Gavle Symphony Orchestra

    Tobias Ringborg, conductor

    5:14
  • 12:47 PM

    First Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Music for Wind Band

    Cleveland Symphonic Winds

    Frederick Fennell, conductor

    10:25
  • 12:42 PM

    Berne Patrol

    Traditional, arr. Elgar Howarth

    In Switzerland

    Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

    4:00
  • 12:35 PM

    Concerto for Orchestra: Giuoco delle coppie

    Bela Bartok

    Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra, Music for Strings

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    6:01
  • 12:30 PM

    Concerto for Two Violins

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach, Vivaldi: Violin Concertos

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    16:08
  • 12:23 PM

    Petite Symphony: 1st movement

    Charles Gounod

    Bizet: L'Arlesienne; Gounod: Symphonies

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    5:32
  • 12:16 PM

    Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1

    Edward Elgar

    Pomp & Pizazz

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    6:22
  • 12:07 PM

    Music for the Royal Fireworks: Overture

    George Frideric Handel

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

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    7:42
  • 12:04 PM

    Venezuelan Waltz No. 3 "Natalia"

    Antonio Lauro

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    1:44
  • 11:41 AM

    Sasha Boldachev, harp

    1:51
  • 11:31 AM

    6 Early Netherlands Dances

    Julius Rontgen

    North German Radio Philharmonic

    David Porcelijn, conductor

    9:29
  • 11:21 AM

    Clarinet Quintet: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart & Brahms

    Pacifica String Quartet

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    9:08
  • 11:15 AM

    Eugene Onegin: Polonaise

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 3, Capriccio Italien

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    4:51
  • 11:09 AM

    Trumpet Sonata No. 1

    Giuseppe Torelli

    New Bach Collegium Musicum Leipzig

    Max Pommer, conductor

    Ludwig Guttler, trumpet

    4:23
  • 11:04 AM

    Arabesque No. 1

    Claude Debussy

    Reverie

    Carol Rosenberger, piano

    4:25
  • 10:44 AM

    Symphony breve

    Louis Theodore Gouvy

    German Radio Philharmonic

    Jacques Mercier, conductor

    14:00
  • 10:28 AM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 1

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs And Dances, Etc

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    14:53
  • 10:23 AM

    Meath Pastoral

    Arthur Duff

    Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Fionnuala Hunt, conductor

    4:14
  • 10:13 AM

    Norwegian Rhapsody No. 1

    Johan Svendsen

    South Jutland Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    9:09
  • 10:06 AM

    Jeux d'eau (Fountains)

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Piano music, Vol. 1

    Louis Lortie, piano

    5:51
  • 10:01 AM

    Edgar: Act I Prelude

    Giacomo Puccini

    Puccini

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jacek Kaspszyk, conductor

    4:37
  • 9:43 AM

    Les Preludes

    Franz Liszt

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    15:00
  • 9:30 AM

    Il Cimento: Violin Concerto No. 11

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Raglan Baroque Players

    Nicholas Kraemer, conductor

    Monica Huggett, violin

    11:33
  • 9:15 AM

    Fantasy on Polish Airs

    Frederic Chopin

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Misha Dichter, piano

    13:51
  • 9:07 AM

    Harlem Symphony: April in Harlem

    James Price Johnson

    Concordia

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    7:45
  • 9:01 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 161: Presto

    Johann Quantz

    Dresden Chamber Soloists

    Johannes Walter, flute

    4:39
  • 8:34 AM

    Intermezzo: Interludes

    Richard Strauss

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    24:34
  • 8:19 AM

    Sextet for Two Horns and Strings

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Dallas Chamber Orchestra

    Ronald Neal, conductor

    Gregory Hustis, horn

    William Scharnberg, horn

    14:36
  • 8:06 AM

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    11:10
  • 8:01 AM

    The Current

    Ryan Brown

    Ryan Brown, piano

    4:12
  • 7:14 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    44:55
  • 7:10 AM

    Wiegenlied (Lullaby)

    Franz Schubert

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    Matthew Hagle, piano

    2:15
  • 7:01 AM

    Siegfried: Forest Murmurs

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Orchestral Music from The Ring

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    7:40
  • 6:39 AM

    Symphony No. 63 "La Roxelane"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Northern Chamber Orchestra

    Nicholas Ward, conductor

    18:51
  • 6:27 AM

    Fantasy Pieces

    Niels Gade

    Seunghee Lee, clarinet

    Katrine Gislinge, piano

    12:08
  • 6:01 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Max Bruch

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    23:37
  • 5:46 AM

    Carmina Burana Wind Suite

    Carl Orff

    Carl Orff: Kleines Konzert

    Mainz Wind Ensemble

    Klaus Rainer Scholl, conductor

    12:40
  • 5:18 AM

    Guitar Concerto No. 3

    Mauro Giuliani

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    27:47
  • 5:13 AM

    Les Sylvains (The Fauns)

    Cecile Chaminade

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    4:04
  • 5:01 AM

    Three Early Songs

    Alma Mahler

    Concert Recording

    RIAS Chamber Choir

    Marcus Creed, conductor

    9:30