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  • 4:49 AM

    Elegy

    Courtney Bryan

    Reparations Now

    Ensemble Pi

    8:48
  • 4:36 AM

    De Profundis

    Raminta Serksnyte

    Kremerata Baltica

    Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla, conductor

    13:19
  • 4:30 AM

    Amanda Gookin, cello

    5:18
  • 4:21 AM

    Gone to Earth

    Amanda Feery

    Jose Antonio Zayas Caban, soprano saxophone

    Ryan Smith, tenor saxophone

    Casey Rafn, piano

    7:14
  • 4:07 AM

    Ex Patria

    Gabriela Montero

    Sergei Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2; Gabriela Montero: Ex Patria, 3 Improvisations

    YOA Orchestra of the Americas

    Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor

    Gabriela Montero, piano

    13:16
  • 4:01 AM

    Atlas-Pumas: 3rd movement

    Gabriela Ortiz

    Shalini Vijayan, violin

    Lynn Vartan, marimba

    4:34
  • 3:52 AM

    It Has Not Taken Long for You to Break

    Molly Joyce

    Inbal Segev, cello

    Molly Joyce, electronics

    6:07
  • 3:44 AM

    Slowly, Searching

    Alex Shapiro

    Adam Marks, piano

    6:04
  • 3:25 AM

    We Will Sing One Song

    Eve Beglarian

    Apollo Chamber Players

    Joan DerHovsepian, viola

    Arsen Petrosyan, duduk

    Pejman Hadadi, percussion

    17:49
  • 3:22 AM

    Vocal Ensemble

    Meredith Monk, voice

    1:56
  • 3:07 AM

    The Nightingale

    Andrea Tarrodi

    Vasteras Sinfonietta

    Simon Crawford-Phillips, conductor

    13:36
  • 3:03 AM

    A Certain Age: Wild Thing

    Kamala Sankaram

    Windows

    Phyllis Pancella, mezzo-soprano

    2:13
  • 3:01 AM

    A Certain Age: Best of It

    Kamala Sankaram

    Windows

    Phyllis Pancella, mezzo-soprano

    2:25
  • 2:41 AM

    Variations on a Theme of Beethoven

    Robert Schumann

    Cedric Tiberghien - Ludwig van Beethoven: Complete Variations for Piano, Vol. 1

    Cedric Tiberghien, piano

    17:10
  • 2:25 AM

    Night Ride and Sunrise

    Jean Sibelius

    Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    14:32
  • 2:21 AM

    Elena Urioste, violin

    Tom Poster, piano

    3:13
  • 2:06 AM

    Tragic Overture

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    13:34
  • 2:01 AM

    Valse Triste

    Jean Sibelius

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    4:40
  • 1:55 AM

    Goldfish Through Summer Rain

    Anne Boyd

    Alexa Still, flute

    Stephen Gosling, piano

    3:39
  • 1:30 AM

    Roman Festivals

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Roman Trilogy

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    23:56
  • 1:20 AM

    Omphale's Spinning Wheel

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens: Symphonic Poems

    Les Siecles

    Francois-Xavier Roth, conductor

    8:25
  • 1:15 AM

    La Fileuse (The Spinner)

    Joachim Raff

    Piano Classics: Popular Works for Solo Piano

    John O'Conor, piano

    4:08
  • 1:06 AM

    Symphony No. 1: Finale

    Alexander Borodin

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Jun'ichi Hirokami, conductor

    7:54
  • 1:01 AM

    Cantilene

    Louis Cahuzac

    Ricardo Morales, clarinet

    Michael Chertock, piano

    4:35
  • 12:35 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 1

    Gabriel Faure

    Saint-Saëns, Fauré: Violin Sonatas

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    24:02
  • 12:28 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2 "Characteristic": Scherzo burlesque

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

    Stefan Sanderling, conductor

    5:20
  • 12:19 AM

    Sonata for Piano 4-Hands

    Germaine Tailleferre

    Germaine Tailleferre: Music for 2 Pianos & Piano 4 Hands

    Clinton-Narboni Piano Duo

    7:08
  • 12:06 AM

    Symphony No. 13

    William Herschel

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    11:59
  • 12:01 AM

    The Planets: Mercury

    Gustav Holst

    Wind Band Music - THURSTON, R. / PUCKETT, J. / WILBY, P. / WILLIAMS, J. / EWAZEN, E. (Air Force Blue) (United States Air Force Band, L.H. Lang)

    United States Air Force Band

    Larry H. Lang, conductor

    4:37
  • 11:44 PM

    Norwegian Rhapsody No. 4

    Johan Svendsen

    Trondheim Symphony Orchestra

    Ole Kristian Ruud, conductor

    14:07
  • 11:44 PM

    Norwegian Rhapsody No. 4

    Johan Svendsen

    Trondheim Symphony Orchestra

    Ole Kristian Ruud, conductor

    14:07
  • 11:32 PM

    Transcendental Etude No. 9 "Ricordanza"

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt - Transscendental Etudes

    Haochen Zhang, piano

    11:51
  • 11:09 PM

    Symphony No. 95

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    20:24
  • 11:03 PM

    Czardashian Rhapsody

    Traditional

    Shiksa

    Lara St. John, violin

    6:03
  • 10:52 PM

    Nabucco: Overture

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    7:15
  • 10:38 PM

    Suite: Paris

    Haydn Wood

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Ernest Tomlinson, conductor

    13:34
  • 10:30 PM

    Cordoba

    Ernesto Lecuona

    Malaguena: Piano Music from Cuba and the Philippines

    Adolovni Acosta, piano

    6:29
  • 10:11 PM

    Faust Ballet Music

    Charles Gounod

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    17:20
  • 10:06 PM

    Goldberg Variations: Aria

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations

    Vikingur Olafsson, piano

    4:06
  • 9:58 PM

    Simple Gifts

    Aaron Copland

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Carl Davis, conductor

    Marilyn Horne, mezzo-soprano

    1:45
  • 9:55 PM

    I Got Rhythm

    George Gershwin

    Katie Mahan, piano

    2:06
  • 9:32 PM

    Clarinet Concerto No. 2

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    22:04
  • 9:12 PM

    With the Wild Geese

    Hamilton Harty

    National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

    Proinnsias O'Duinn, conductor

    18:06
  • 9:06 PM

    Venice and Naples (Venezia e Napoli): Gondoliera

    Franz Liszt

    Jorge Bolet, piano

    5:02
  • 9:02 PM

    Serenade No. 1: Scherzo

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Serenades

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    2:37
  • 8:48 PM

    Toccata and Fugue

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    10:07
  • 8:40 PM

    Les Italiennes: Cavatine de Norma

    Louise Farrenc

    Joanne Polk, piano

    6:41
  • 8:25 PM

    Serenade for Strings

    Hans Gal

    Late Romantics

    Symphony Nova Scotia

    Georg Tintner, conductor

    15:11
  • 8:05 PM

    Wand of Youth Suite No. 1

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: The Wand of Youth, Suites I & II; Dream Children; Nursery Suite; Starlight Express

    Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    17:57
  • 8:00 PM

    Berceuse (Lullaby)

    Frederic Chopin

    Yundi Li, piano

    4:31
  • 5:39 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Night in the Tropics"

    Louis Moreau Gottschalk

    Utah Symphony Orchestra

    Maurice Abravanel, conductor

    18:57
  • 5:24 PM

    Petite Suite

    Claude Debussy

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    12:57
  • 5:12 PM

    String Quartet No. 2

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Arabella String Quartet

    10:10
  • 5:06 PM

    The Two Widows: Prelude and Polka

    Bedrich Smetana

    Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic

    Robert Stankovsky, conductor

    6:05
  • 5:01 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 2: 1st movement

    William Alwyn

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    4:36
  • 4:51 PM

    Symphony No. 8: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    7:18
  • 4:31 PM

    Holberg Suite

    Edvard Grieg

    Norwegian Chamber Orchestra

    Iona Brown, conductor

    19:21
  • 4:21 PM

    Bergensiana: Rococo Variations on an old Melody from Bergen

    Johan Halvorsen

    Halvorsen: Norwegian Rhapsody, Norwegian Festival Overture, etc.

    Bergen Symphony Orchestra

    Karsten Andersen, conductor

    9:56
  • 4:09 PM

    Aires de la Mancha

    Federico Torroba

    Joao Luiz: From Spain to Sao Paulo

    Joao Luiz, guitar

    9:42
  • 4:06 PM

    Song without Words No. 34 "Spinning Song"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Bach-Busoni, Mendelssohn, Schubert, Liszt: Music without Words

    Murray Perahia, piano

    1:41
  • 4:01 PM

    The Birds of Aristophanes: Bridal March of the Birds

    Hubert Parry

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:44
  • 3:40 PM

    Concert Piece for Four Horns

    Robert Schumann

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    18:14
  • 3:19 PM

    The Firebird (L'oiseau de feu) Ballet

    Igor Stravinsky

    Stravinsky: Firebird, Nightingale, Rite of Spring

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    20:41
  • 3:13 PM

    The Temple of Glory: Passepieds

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

    Nicholas McGegan, conductor

    3:08
  • 3:06 PM

    Novelletta

    Giuseppe Martucci

    Martucci: Symphony No. 1; Novelletta; Notturno; Tarantella

    Philharmonia

    Francesco d'Avalos, conductor

    6:08
  • 3:01 PM

    Vespers: Laudate Dominum

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Michael Stern, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    4:40
  • 2:50 PM

    Rondo

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Piano Music for Four Hands, Vol. 1

    Yaara Tal, piano

    8:46
  • 2:44 PM

    Scherzo Capriccioso

    Antonin Dvorak

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    14:04
  • 2:27 PM

    Fountains of Rome

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Pini di Roma, Feste Romane

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    15:55
  • 2:08 PM

    Bassoon Concerto

    Johann Vanhal

    Mozart, Vanhal: Bassoon Concertos

    St. Mary's Chamber Players

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    John Miller, bassoon

    17:41
  • 2:02 PM

    Violin Sonata: 4th movement

    Cesar Franck

    Key of A

    Lara St. John, violin

    5:05
  • 1:47 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 2nd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphonie 2, Academic Festival Overture

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    12:00
  • 1:42 PM

    Dona nobis pacem

    Karl Jenkins

    Polyphony

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    4:17
  • 1:28 PM

    Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1

    Georges Enescu

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    12:17
  • 1:25 PM

    Maria Jette, soptrano

    Judith Kogan, harp

    3:00
  • 1:21 PM

    Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    2:30
  • 1:17 PM

    Knickerbocker Holiday: September Song

    Kurt Weill

    For Seasons

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hope, violin

    2:47
  • 1:08 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Military": Scherzo

    Emilie Mayer

    Bremerhaven Symphony Orchestra

    Marc Niemann, conductor

    5:50
  • 1:04 PM

    Fur Elise

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Essential Beethoven

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    3:04
  • 12:56 PM

    How Can I Keep From Singing?

    Traditional

    At the River: American Folk Songs, Spirituals, and Hymns

    The Singers

    Matthew Culloton, conductor

    3:06
  • 12:49 PM

    Three Dances: Dance No. 1

    Herbert Howells

    Howells: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Lydia Mordkovitch, violin

    5:28
  • 12:38 PM

    Serenade for Strings: 1st movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    The Tchaikovsky Project

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    9:35
  • 12:33 PM

    Spring Breeze

    Yu-Xian Deng

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    3:55
  • 12:23 PM

    Symphony No. 23

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Serenade No. 4, Symphony No. 23

    Concentus Musicus Vienna

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    9:27
  • 12:21 PM

    Goldberg Variations: Variation 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations

    Vikingur Olafsson, piano

    1:26
  • 12:08 PM

    Bluebeard (Barbe-Bleue): Overture

    Jacques Offenbach

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    5:54
  • 12:04 PM

    Mock Morris

    Percy Grainger

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Kenneth Montgomery, conductor

    3:29
  • 11:47 AM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    DVORAK: Piano Concerto / Violin Concerto

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gianandrea Noseda, conductor

    James Ehnes, violin

    10:12
  • 11:39 AM

    Paroles - Suite for Clarinet and Orchestra: III. Parole du Matin a la Rose

    Dia Succari

    German Symphony Orchestra

    Manuel Nawri, conductor

    Kinan Azmeh, clarinet

    6:22
  • 11:33 AM

    The Colorado Trail

    Marcel Grandjany

    Elizabeth Hainen, harp

    5:17
  • 11:20 AM

    Le Sinfonie

    Lodovico Viadana

    Swiss Italian Orchestra

    Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

    11:34
  • 11:14 AM

    New Vienna Landler

    Joseph Lanner

    Ensemble Bella Musica Vienna

    Michael Dittrich, conductor

    5:34
  • 11:09 AM

    Tarantella

    Frederic Chopin

    Artur Rubinstein, piano

    3:14
  • 11:04 AM

    Suite Bergamasque: Clair de lune (Moonlight)

    Claude Debussy

    "Pops in Love"

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:37
  • 10:37 AM

    Norwegian Dances Nos. 2-4

    Edvard Grieg

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Petri Sakari, conductor

    11:40
  • 10:29 AM

    The Red Pony Suite: selections

    Aaron Copland

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    7:21
  • 10:14 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 6

    Pieter Hellendaal

    Combattimento Consort Amsterdam

    Jan Willem de Vriend, conductor

    13:10
  • 10:06 AM

    Impromptu No. 4

    Franz Schubert

    Alfred Brendel, piano

    7:40
  • 10:01 AM

    Symphony No. 1: 4th movement

    Adalbert Gyrowetz

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    4:39
  • 9:43 AM

    Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Classics for all Seasons: Autumn

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    15:33
  • 9:29 AM

    Flute Quartet No. 4

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Jasmine Choi, flute

    Florian Zwiauer, violin

    Vera Reigersberg, viola

    Attila Szekely, cello

    11:46
  • 9:17 AM

    Six Italian Dance Tunes

    Peter Warlock

    London Festival Orchestra

    Ross Pople, conductor

    10:39
  • 9:06 AM

    Luisa Miller: Highlights

    Giuseppe Verdi

    I Solisti Italiani

    10:20
  • 9:01 AM

    Symphony "The Transformation of Lycean Peasants": 1st movement

    Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf

    Cantilena

    Adrian Shepherd, conductor

    4:49
  • 8:44 AM

    Spanish Dances

    Moritz Moszkowski

    From Foreign Lands

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    14:19
  • 8:34 AM

    Danza de los Duendes

    Nancy Galbraith

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    9:22
  • 8:08 AM

    Cello Concerto

    Robert Schumann

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    Mischa Maisky, cello

    24:19
  • 8:01 AM

    Intermezzo No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Carol Rosenberger, piano

    6:16
  • 7:42 AM

    Symphony No. 2: 3rd movement

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3; Isle of the Dead

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    16:11
  • 7:35 AM

    Glass Houses: No. 15

    Ann Southam

    Taktus

    7:29
  • 7:14 AM

    Guitar Quintet No. 7

    Luigi Boccherini

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    18:35
  • 7:02 AM

    Howl's Moving Castle: Symphonic Variation

    Joe Hisaishi

    A Symphonic Celebration: Music from the Studio Ghibli films of Hayao Miyazaki

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Joe Hisaishi, conductor

    12:04
  • 6:18 AM

    Cello Concerto

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Cello Concerto, Symphony No. 9

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    Arto Noras, cello

    40:12
  • 6:14 AM

    Menuets Nos. 1 and 2

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    The French Album

    Jorge Federico Osorio, piano

    3:21
  • 6:01 AM

    Hungarian Pastoral Fantasy

    Franz Doppler

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Steuart Bedford, conductor

    William Bennett, flute

    11:21
  • 5:36 AM

    La Mer (The Sea)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Engulfed Cathedral

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    22:26
  • 5:17 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 8

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Midori Live At Carnegie Hall

    Midori, violin

    18:11
  • 5:02 AM

    Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky

    Anton Arensky

    Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings, Op. 48; Elegy; Anton Arensky: Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky

    Saint Petersburg Camerata

    Saulius Sondeckis, conductor

    14:21