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  • 4:47 AM

    Violin Concerto: 2nd movement

    Edward Elgar

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vladimir Jurowski, conductor

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    11:36
  • 4:13 AM

    Piano Sonata "Night Wind"

    Nikolai Medtner

    Sonatas by Medtner, Rachmaninov, Scriabin

    Kenny Broberg, piano

    33:12
  • 4:06 AM

    Spring Breeze

    Wei-Chieh Lin

    Formosa Quartet

    5:08
  • 4:01 AM

    Beyond the Fog: Mist

    Gary Schocker

    Emily Mitchell, harp

    Gary Schocker, flute

    4:31
  • 3:56 AM

    Timelapse

    Uno Helmersson

    Nordic Noir

    Trondheim Soloists

    Mari Samuelsen, violin

    2:41
  • 3:27 AM

    Mathis der Maler (Mathis the Painter)

    Paul Hindemith

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    28:08
  • 3:18 AM

    Blueprint

    Caroline Shaw

    Aizuri Quartet

    7:38
  • 3:06 AM

    Serenade No. 10 "Gran Partita": Theme and Variations

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Gran Partita

    Netherlands Wind Ensemble

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    9:44
  • 3:01 AM

    What Inspires Poetry: About Rain and Storm

    Jorge Grundman

    Minds

    Ara Malikian, violin

    4:38
  • 2:46 AM

    Parley of Instruments

    12:51
  • 2:27 AM

    Violin Sonata

    Viktor Kosenko

    Ukranian Masters

    Solomiya Ivakhiv, violin

    17:33
  • 2:12 AM

    Wind Concertino

    Szymon Laks

    Joaquin Valdepenas, clarinet

    Sarah Jeffrey, oboe

    Frank Morelli, bassoon

    13:21
  • 2:06 AM

    Morceaux de Fantaisie: Elegie

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Yuja Wang, piano

    4:44
  • 2:01 AM

    Chorale Prelude: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (Now comes the Savior)

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Song

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    4:37
  • 1:45 AM

    Harpsichord Concerto

    Manuel de Falla

    Igor Stravinsky: Pulcinella Suite - Manuel de Falla: El Retablo de Maese Pedro & Harpsichord Concerto

    Mahler Chamber Orchestra

    Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor

    Benjamin Alard, harpsichord

    13:04
  • 1:34 AM

    D'un soir triste (Of a sad evening)

    Lili Boulanger

    A Room of Her Own

    Neave Trio

    10:13
  • 1:30 AM

    D'un matin de printemps (Of a Spring Morning)

    Lili Boulanger

    A Room of Her Own

    Neave Trio

    4:41
  • 1:20 AM

    The Cathedral (La Catedral)

    Agustin Barrios

    Thibaut Garcia, guitar

    7:07
  • 1:07 AM

    Froissart Overture

    Edward Elgar

    Victorian Concert Overtures

    English Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    13:16
  • 1:01 AM

    Summer Evening: Waltz

    Oscar Merikanto

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:35
  • 12:47 AM

    Melee Fantasque

    Arthur Bliss

    British Tone Poems, Vol. 2

    BBC Philharmonic

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    11:10
  • 12:41 AM

    A Little Chaos

    Peter Gregson

    Pulsations

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    5:31
  • 12:19 AM

    Souvenirs

    Samuel Barber

    Royal Scottish Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    20:41
  • 12:11 AM

    Melancolie

    Francis Poulenc

    Stephen Hough's French Album

    Stephen Hough, piano

    5:41
  • 12:06 AM

    Pastoral Suite: Villagers' Dance

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Dukas: La Peri; L'Apprenti sorcier/Chabrier: Suite pastorale; Espana

    Ulster Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    4:42
  • 12:01 AM

    Out of the Night

    Ludovico Einaudi

    Ludovico Einaudi: Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:34
  • 11:46 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach, Bologne, Previn, Vivaldi, Williams

    Mutter's Virtuosi

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    12:45
  • 11:41 PM

    Symphonic Variations

    Cesar Franck

    Franck: Symphony in d minor etc.

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    Jorge Bolet, piano

    17:00
  • 11:22 PM

    Miss Sally's Party

    William Grant Still

    VocalEssence Orchestra

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    19:02
  • 11:07 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach, Bologne, Previn, Vivaldi, Williams

    Mutter's Virtuosi

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    12:45
  • 11:03 PM

    Romeo and Juliet: Folk Dance

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet, Op. 64

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    3:43
  • 10:53 PM

    Vocalise

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Romances for Saxophone

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Branford Marsalis, saxophone

    5:57
  • 10:46 PM

    Orb and Sceptre

    William Walton

    Pops on the March

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    6:49
  • 10:25 PM

    London Mozart Players

    Jane Glover, conductor

    20:15
  • 10:16 PM

    Three Short Pieces

    Jacques Ibert

    The Best Of The New York Woodwind Quintet, Vol. 2

    New York Woodwind Quintet

    6:43
  • 10:08 PM

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    6:42
  • 10:00 PM

    Il barbiere di Siviglia (Barber of Seville): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    7:14
  • 9:55 PM

    Dance of the Shepherd Girl

    Hugo Alfven

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra: Portrait

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    James DePreist, conductor

    4:15
  • 9:36 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 30

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Sonatas Opus 109, 110, 111

    Alexandre Tharaud, piano

    18:27
  • 9:26 PM

    Huapango

    Jose Moncayo

    Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra

    Maximiano Valdez, conductor

    7:52
  • 9:12 PM

    Sonata for Flute and Orchestra

    Francis Poulenc

    Twentieth Century Flute Concerti

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Steuart Bedford, conductor

    Jennifer Stinton, flute

    12:04
  • 9:05 PM

    Song of Jean Racine (Cantique de Jean Racine)

    Gabriel Faure

    City of London Sinfonia

    John Rutter, conductor

    6:41
  • 9:02 PM

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    2:26
  • 8:45 PM

    Symphonic Dances: 3rd movement

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    RACHMANINOV, S.: Symphony No. 3 / Symphonic Dances

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    13:07
  • 8:40 PM

    Shepherd's Song

    Han-Kun Sha

    Shanghai Quartet

    4:46
  • 8:21 PM

    Symphony No. 2

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Weber: Synfonien 1 & 2

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor

    17:26
  • 8:09 PM

    Four Seasons: Spring

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Sarah Chang: Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Sarah Chang, violin

    10:39
  • 8:00 PM

    Concert Piece for Horn and Orchestra

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    8:34
  • 5:42 PM

    Rhapsody in Blue

    George Gershwin

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    Eugene List, piano

    16:22
  • 5:22 PM

    Symphony No. 3: 3rd movement

    Gustav Mahler

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Benjamin Zander, conductor

    18:13
  • 5:17 PM

    Last Spring

    Edvard Grieg

    Arctic Philharmonic

    Christian Kluxen, conductor

    Eldbjorg Hemsing, violin

    4:41
  • 5:06 PM

    Five Pieces

    Anthony Holborne

    Empire Brass

    9:11
  • 5:01 PM

    Etiolles (Valse)

    Mel Bonis

    Memoires d'une femme

    Myriam Barbaux-Cohen, piano

    4:38
  • 4:41 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "Mysterious Mountain"

    Alan Hovhaness

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    17:00
  • 4:19 PM

    Sinfonia Concertante

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Marieke Blankestijn, violin

    William Conway, cello

    Douglas Boyd, oboe

    Matthew Wilkie, bassoon

    20:26
  • 4:14 PM

    Peter Kairoff, piano

    2:58
  • 4:06 PM

    Morning, Noon, and Night in Vienna

    Franz von Suppe

    Overtures by Suppe and Auber

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    7:29
  • 4:01 PM

    Characteristic Suite: Scherzo

    Henry Schoenefeld

    American Romantics

    Gowanus Arts Ensemble

    Reuben Blundell, conductor

    4:51
  • 3:53 PM

    "Still Life" at the Penguin Cafe: White Mischief

    Simon Jeffes

    "Still Life" At The Penguin Cafe

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    5:14
  • 3:29 PM

    Aranjuez Concerto

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Xuefei Yang: Rodrigo, Albeniz

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    22:21
  • 3:23 PM

    The Garden of Eden: The Serpent's Kiss

    William Bolcom

    American Grab Bag

    Logan Skelton, piano

    5:59
  • 3:10 PM

    In Spring Overture

    Karl Goldmark

    Goldmark: Overtures

    Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andras Korodi, conductor

    10:32
  • 3:06 PM

    The Capricious One

    Edward Elgar

    Perlman Collection, Vol. 19

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    3:48
  • 3:01 PM

    Symphony No. 2: Scherzo

    Alexander Borodin

    Borodin: Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 & 3

    Toronto Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    4:56
  • 2:51 PM

    Hary Janos Suite: Intermezzo and Entrance

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Prokofiev: Leiutenant Kije Suite

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    7:51
  • 2:42 PM

    The Good-humored Ladies

    Vincenzo Tommasini

    Concert Arts Orchestra

    Robert Irving, conductor

    14:56
  • 2:27 PM

    Cyrano de Bergerac Overture

    Johann Wagenaar

    Wagenaar: Saul En David, Amphitrion, Etc / Riccardo Chailly

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    13:46
  • 2:07 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Complete Piano Sonatas

    Yeol Eum Som, piano

    19:54
  • 2:02 PM

    Fancy Free Ballet: Danzon

    Leonard Bernstein

    Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    3:03
  • 1:48 PM

    Prince Igor: Overture

    Alexander Borodin

    Borodin: Three Symphonies, Petite Suite, Polovetsian Dances

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    10:09
  • 1:42 PM

    Symphony No. 4 "Italian": Saltarello

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Symphony No 4 & 5

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    5:31
  • 1:35 PM

    Antoinette Polka Mazurka

    Alfred Pease

    Justin Holland: Guitar Works & Arrangements

    Christopher Mallett, guitar

    6:00
  • 1:32 PM

    Wedding Cantata: Wenn die Fruhlingslufte streichen

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    The Bach Album

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    John Nelson, conductor

    Kathleen Battle, soprano

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    2:30
  • 1:21 PM

    Der Rosenkavalier: Waltz Sequence No. 2

    Richard Strauss

    Schubert, Strauss

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Thomas Schippers, conductor

    8:18
  • 1:21 PM

    Antoinette Polka Mazurka

    Alfred Pease

    Justin Holland: Guitar Works & Arrangements

    Christopher Mallett, guitar

    6:00
  • 1:18 PM

    Songs My Mother Taught Me

    Antonin Dvorak

    Alisa Weilerstein - Dvorak

    Alisa Weilerstein, cello

    2:14
  • 1:11 PM

    Springtime Suite: Fresh Morning

    Eric Coates

    Coates: Springtime Suite - Four Ways Suite - Saxo-Rhapsody

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Penny, conductor

    3:54
  • 1:04 PM

    Symphonic Dance No. 2

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Symphonic Dances, Norwegian Dances, Lyric Suite

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    5:55
  • 12:52 PM

    Children's March (Over the Hills and Far Away)

    Percy Grainger

    Percy Grainger: Symphonic Band Music

    Michigan State Symphonic Band

    Keith Brion, conductor

    6:59
  • 12:48 PM

    Swing Low, Sweet Chariot!

    William Dawson

    The Spirituals of William Dawson

    St. Olaf Choir

    Anton Armstrong, conductor

    3:43
  • 12:33 PM

    Concerto for Oboe and Violin

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Nigel Kennedy, violin

    Albrecht Mayer, oboe

    13:39
  • 12:28 PM

    Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    The Art of Life

    Daniil Trifonov, piano

    4:17
  • 12:19 PM

    Hansel and Gretel: Overture

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Humperdinck: Fairy-Tale Music

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    7:29
  • 12:15 PM

    Pandora's Music Box

    Claude LeJeune

    Alchemist

    Philip Pickett

    2:53
  • 12:08 PM

    Serenade No. 2: 4th movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    5:25
  • 12:04 PM

    Starburst

    Jessie Montgomery

    Strum: Music for Strings

    String Orchestra

    3:26
  • 11:48 AM

    Violin Concerto in the Style of Vivaldi

    Fritz Kreisler

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Gil Shaham, violin

    11:12
  • 11:31 AM

    Whimsical Symphony (Grillensymphonie)

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra

    Jeannette Sorrell, conductor

    8:32
  • 11:20 AM

    As You Like It: Suite

    Roger Quilter

    British Light Music: Roger Quilter

    Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    9:17
  • 11:16 AM

    Lyric Pieces: To Spring

    Edvard Grieg

    Wonderland

    Alice Sara Ott, piano

    3:18
  • 11:09 AM

    Concerto for Strings

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Venice Baroque Orchestra

    Andrea Marcon, conductor

    5:44
  • 11:04 AM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Paper Music

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Bobby McFerrin, conductor

    4:24
  • 10:44 AM

    Provence Suite

    Darius Milhaud

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    14:09
  • 10:26 AM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2

    Georges Bizet

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    16:08
  • 10:20 AM

    Sleeping Beauty: Pas de quatre

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    6:12
  • 10:09 AM

    Concerto No. 1

    John Hebden

    Hebden: Six Concertos for Strings

    Cantilena

    Adrian Shepherd, conductor

    9:07
  • 10:06 AM

    Ave Maria

    Charles Gounod

    Songs From The Arc Of Life

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    2:40
  • 10:01 AM

    Impromptu-Caprice

    Gabriel Pierne

    Harp Spectacular

    Susann McDonald, harp

    4:51
  • 9:47 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

    Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

    11:27
  • 9:36 AM

    Play of the Elves

    Franz Berwald

    Franz Berwald: Symphonies Nos. 1-4

    Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Thomas Dausgaard, conductor

    8:42
  • 9:18 AM

    Concertino for Horn

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Carl Maria von Weber: Wind Concertos

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Alexander Janiczek, conductor

    Alec Frank-Gemmill, horn

    16:10
  • 9:06 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 58

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Cliburn Gold 2017

    Yekwon Sunwoo, piano

    11:53
  • 9:01 AM

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:42
  • 8:40 AM

    Lieutenant Kije Suite

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Utah Symphony

    Thierry Fischer, conductor

    18:26
  • 8:22 AM

    Minuets and Trios

    Franz Schubert

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    17:32
  • 8:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 5

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Amadeus Quartet

    14:18
  • 8:01 AM

    Kikujiro: Summer

    Joe Hisaishi

    Studio Orchestra

    Joe Hisaishi, piano

    4:03
  • 7:25 AM

    Symphony No. 4

    Florence Price

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

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    33:44
  • 7:20 AM

    Roses in a Box

    Elena Kats-Chernin

    Sixteen Contemporary Love Songs

    William Howard, piano

    3:38
  • 7:01 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 8

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel Concerti Grossi Op 12

    Concentus Musicus Vienna

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    17:38
  • 6:40 AM

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Louis Lane, conductor

    18:24
  • 6:16 AM

    Symphony for Strings

    Grazyna Bacewicz

    Bacewicz: Music for String Orchestra

    Primuz Chamber Orchestra

    Lukasz Blaszczyk, conductor

    23:11
  • 6:01 AM

    Introduction, Theme and Variations for Clarinet

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Weber: Clarinet Concertos, Etc

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Neidich, clarinet

    13:04
  • 5:19 AM

    Piano Sonata

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Works for Solo Piano, Vol. 1

    Barry Douglas, piano

    39:03
  • 5:15 AM

    Suite Compostelana: Cancion

    Federico Mompou

    Joao Luiz, guitar

    3:56
  • 5:01 AM

    String Symphony No. 1

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn String Symphonies

    Amadeus Ensemble

    Agnieszka Duczmal, conductor

    11:43