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  • 4:55 AM

    Something Like This

    Elena Kats-Chernin

    Something Like This

    Sally Walker, flute

    3:05
  • 4:44 AM

    Old Photographs

    Christos Hatzis

    Gryphon Trio

    10:37
  • 4:29 AM

    Four Penitential Motets

    Francis Poulenc

    Durufle: Requiem; Poulenc: Lenten Motets

    Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    13:37
  • 4:06 AM

    Piano Trio No. 1

    Cecile Chaminade

    A Room of Her Own

    Neave Trio

    22:14
  • 4:01 AM

    God in Disguise: Prelude

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    LARSSON: Forkladd gud (God in Disguise) / Symphony No. 3

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Sten Frykberg, conductor

    4:31
  • 3:50 AM

    Symphonic Piece

    Henriette Renie

    Susann McDonald, harp

    8:48
  • 3:22 AM

    Chineke! Chamber Ensemble

    26:23
  • 3:16 AM

    String Quartet No. 1 "Lyric": 2nd movement

    George Walker

    Uncovered, Volume 3

    Catalyst Quartet

    5:23
  • 3:14 AM

    Chineke! Chamber Ensemble

    26:23
  • 3:06 AM

    Symphony in One Movement

    Julia Perry

    American Counterpoints

    Experiential Orchestra

    James Blachly, conductor

    7:56
  • 3:01 AM

    Notre Dame: Intermezzo

    Franz Schmidt

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    4:40
  • 2:39 AM

    Suite for Large Orchestra

    Helena Munktell

    Gavle Symphony Orchestra

    Tobias Ringborg, conductor

    19:17
  • 2:32 AM

    Alma Beata et Bella

    Edie Hill

    Edie Hill: Clay Jug

    The Crossing

    Donald Nally, conductor

    5:35
  • 2:10 AM

    Assassination of the Duc de Guise

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens: Symphonic Poems

    Les Siecles

    Francois-Xavier Roth, conductor

    Jean Sugitani, piano

    20:41
  • 2:06 AM

    Un Ballo in Maschera (A Masked Ball): Act II Prelude

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Verdi: Overtures and Preludes, Vol. II

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    2:40
  • 2:01 AM

    Symphony No. 1: Menuetto

    Louise Farrenc

    European Soloists, Luxembourg

    Christoph Konig, conductor

    4:32
  • 1:53 AM

    Die tote Stadt: Gluck, das mir verblieb (Marietta's Song)

    Erich Korngold

    Love Music

    Svetlin Roussev, violin

    5:08
  • 1:30 AM

    Pines of Rome

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Pini di Roma, Fontane di Roma, etc.

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    22:26
  • 1:14 AM

    Years of Pilgrimage: Vallee d'Obermann

    Franz Liszt

    Watercolour

    Yuanfan Yang, piano

    14:32
  • 1:06 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "In the Forest": Allegro assai

    Joachim Raff

    Raff: Symphony No. 3

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Francesco d'Avalos, conductor

    4:28
  • 1:01 AM

    Oboe Quintet: Canzonetta

    Theodore Dubois

    Trio Hochelaga

    Jean-Luc Plourde, viola

    Philippe Magnan, oboe

    4:40
  • 12:47 AM

    Scheherazade: The Tale of the Kalendar Prince

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade / Tale of Tsar Saltan Suite

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    Maria Larionoff, violin

    11:29
  • 12:16 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin

    Paris Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    Khatia Buniatishvili, piano

    29:34
  • 12:13 AM

    Souvenir de Chopin

    Arthur Honegger

    Melancolie

    Miki Aoki, piano

    2:07
  • 12:06 AM

    Coppelia: Slavic Theme and Variation

    Leo Delibes

    Delibes: Coppelia/ Chopin: Les Sylphides

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Heinz Fricke, conductor

    5:21
  • 12:01 AM

    Guitar Sonata: 3rd movement

    Ferdinando Carulli

    Carulli: Guitar Sonatals Opp. 5 & 21, Nos. 1-3

    Richard Savino, guitar

    4:39
  • 11:47 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach-Collegium Stuttgart

    Helmuth Rilling, conductor

    Isabelle Faust, violin

    9:20
  • 11:41 PM

    Troisieme Valse brillante

    Cecile Chaminade

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    5:16
  • 11:19 PM

    Pulcinella Suite

    Igor Stravinsky

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    20:36
  • 11:10 PM

    Mignon: Overture

    Ambroise Thomas

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    8:06
  • 11:08 PM

    Haugtussa (The Mountain Maid): Kidlings' Dance

    Edvard Grieg

    Storyteller

    Tine Thing Helseth, trumpet

    1:32
  • 11:01 PM

    London Festival Orchestra

    Josef Sakonov, violin

    4:35
  • 10:52 PM

    Andante and Rondo Capriccioso

    Felix Mendelssohn

    The Complete Piano Works of Chopin, Vol 3: Ballads

    Ian Hobson, piano

    6:01
  • 10:30 PM

    Symphony No. 87

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    21:14
  • 10:24 PM

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

    Antonin Dvorak

    The Emerson Encores

    Emerson String Quartet

    5:19
  • 10:11 PM

    Concerto No. 12

    Pietro Locatelli

    Locatelli: Introduttioni Teatralli and Concerti, Op. 4

    Raglan Baroque Players

    Elizabeth Wallfisch, conductor

    10:32
  • 10:06 PM

    March Militaire No. 1

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Piano Music for Four Hands, Vol III

    Yaara Tal, piano

    4:45
  • 10:01 PM

    German Dances

    William Brade

    Brass Ensemble

    Ludwig Guttler, trumpet

    4:50
  • 9:47 PM

    Guitar Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Guitar Concertos

    Chamber Orchestra of Leos Janacek

    Kazuhito Yamashita, guitar

    10:44
  • 9:44 PM

    Shepherd's Hey

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger: Folk-Inspired Works for Piano Duet and Piano Duo

    Bilder Duo

    2:23
  • 9:31 PM

    Oboe Quartet

    Malcolm Arnold

    Malcolm Arnold Chamber Music 3

    Nash Ensemble

    11:45
  • 9:28 PM

    Bless the Lord, my soul

    Cyrillus Kreek

    Cyrillus Kreek: The Suspended Harp of Babel

    Vox Clamantis

    Jaan-Eik Tulve, conductor

    2:23
  • 9:13 PM

    Symphony No. 12

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies, Vol. 4

    Danish National Chamber Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    14:17
  • 9:06 PM

    Tancredi: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jaime Laredo, conductor

    5:46
  • 9:03 PM

    The Shepherd Girl's Sunday

    Johan Svendsen

    Svendsen: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

    Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    2:42
  • 8:42 PM

    Symphony No. 2

    Muzio Clementi

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    16:33
  • 8:22 PM

    Scenes from Childhood

    Robert Schumann

    For Children

    Helen Huang, piano

    17:35
  • 8:19 PM

    Children's Games (Jeux d'enfants): March

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: Symphony in C; Carmen - Suites Nos 1 & 2; Jeux d'enfants - Suite; Overture: Patrie

    French National Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    2:10
  • 8:11 PM

    Symphony No. 5: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky Waltzes

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Sergiu Comissiona, conductor

    6:29
  • 8:06 PM

    Rondo alla polacca

    Nikolaus von Krufft

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    Leonard Hokanson, piano

    5:11
  • 8:01 PM

    Tianjin Suite: The Sunlight in Mt. Panshan

    Xiaogang Ye

    Xiaogang Ye: Twilight in Tibet

    Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra

    Stephan Malzew, conductor

    4:49
  • 7:53 PM

    Saturday Night at the Firehouse

    Henry Cowell

    Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra

    Lukas Foss, conductor

    5:05
  • 5:51 PM

    Rustic Suite (Suite Champetre)

    Jean Sibelius

    Finland Sinfonietta

    Pekka Helasvuo, conductor

    7:09
  • 5:23 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 4

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Daniil Trifonov, piano

    26:30
  • 5:19 PM

    Estrellita (My little star)

    Manuel Ponce

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Michael Stern, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    3:12
  • 5:15 PM

    Concerto No. 4 for Piano and Vibraphone "Newton's Law": Fuga XX

    Arash Safaian

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Sebastian Knauer, piano

    Pascal Schumacher, vibraphone

    2:12
  • 5:06 PM

    Peter Schmoll Overture

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Hanover Band

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    8:36
  • 5:01 PM

    Ladies in Lavender

    Nigel Hess

    Claire Jones: Royal Harp Strings

    London Mozart Players

    Stuart Morley, conductor

    Claire Jones, harp

    4:42
  • 4:39 PM

    Dance Rhapsody

    Frank Bridge

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    19:11
  • 4:16 PM

    Fantasy for a Gentleman

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Rodrigo: Fantasía para un gentilhombre & Concierto de Aranjuez

    Spanish Radio and TV Orchestra

    Pedro Amaral, conductor

    Xianji Liu, guitar

    21:39
  • 4:12 PM

    Wild Swans: Eliza's Aria

    Elena Kats-Chernin

    Daniel Hope, violin

    Jacques Ammon, piano

    3:07
  • 4:09 PM

    Etude No. 8

    Frederic Chopin

    Maurizio Pollini, piano

    2:03
  • 4:07 PM

    Etude No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Etudes

    Maurizio Pollini, piano

    1:55
  • 4:01 PM

    String Quartet No. 1 "From the Salvation Army": 1st movement

    Charles Ives

    Emerson String Quartet

    4:48
  • 3:52 PM

    2 Canzons

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    The Antiphonal Music of Gabrieli

    Chicago Brass Ensemble

    6:18
  • 3:17 PM

    Swan Lake: Highlights

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    33:28
  • 3:14 PM

    The White Moth

    Harriet Ware

    Joanna Goldstein, piano

    1:15
  • 3:06 PM

    The Bronze Horse: Overture

    Daniel Auber

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    7:19
  • 3:01 PM

    Romance No. 2

    Robert Schumann

    Albrecht Mayer, oboe

    Markus Becker, piano

    4:38
  • 2:51 PM

    Airs ecossais (Scottish Airs)

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Alexander Platt, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    7:30
  • 2:37 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    20:48
  • 2:31 PM

    Symphony Concertante

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    Yury Revich, violin

    Libor Jezek, violin

    14:51
  • 2:20 PM

    Overture to Shakespeare's "As You Like It"

    John Knowles Paine

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    10:23
  • 2:12 PM

    Donna Diana Overture

    Emil von Reznicek

    William Tell and Other Favorite Overtures

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    6:01
  • 2:06 PM

    The Prison: Voices Sing of Immortality

    Ethel Smyth

    She Composes Like a Man

    tenThing

    4:37
  • 1:53 PM

    Violin Concerto: Finale

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky & Mendelssohn Concertos

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    Jascha Heifetz, violin

    8:15
  • 1:44 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 2: Funeral March

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Piano Sonatas Nos. 2 And 3

    Maurizio Pollini, piano

    8:25
  • 1:40 PM

    Etude No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Etudes

    Maurizio Pollini, piano

    1:55
  • 1:34 PM

    Come Again: Sweet love doth now invite

    John Dowland

    Rogers Covey-Crump, tenor

    Jakob LIndberg, lute

    4:28
  • 1:29 PM

    Panamanian Dances: Tamborito

    William Grant Still

    Oregon String Quartet

    3:35
  • 1:22 PM

    Serenade for Strings: Scherzo

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Serenades Opp. 22 & 24

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    6:23
  • 1:18 PM

    Boston Symphony Chamber Players

    2:51
  • 1:08 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 3rd movement

    Heinrich von Herzogenberg

    Herzogenberg: Symphonies opp. 50 & 70

    North German Radio Philharmonic

    Frank Beermann, conductor

    6:15
  • 1:05 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 5

    Johannes Brahms

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    Andras Keller, violin

    Kalman Balogh, cimbalom

    2:27
  • 12:48 PM

    Dance of the Hours

    Amilcare Ponchielli

    Opera Intermezzi and Ballet Music

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    10:24
  • 12:38 PM

    Symphony No. 104 "London": 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos 101 The Clock and 104 London

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    8:42
  • 12:33 PM

    The Muppet Movie: Rainbow Connection

    Paul Williams/Kenneth Ascher

    Lang Lang, piano

    4:10
  • 12:20 PM

    Wedding Scenes

    Bedrich Smetana

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Stankovsky, conductor

    11:00
  • 12:16 PM

    Getting Hitched

    The OK Factor

    The OK Factor

    3:28
  • 12:11 PM

    Flowers from Froso: Congratulations

    Wilhelm Peterson-Berger

    Swedish Orchestral Favourites

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Okko Kamu, conductor

    3:34
  • 12:05 PM

    Serenade

    Roman Hoffstetter

    Promenade Concert

    I Solisti Italiani

    5:29
  • 11:50 AM

    The Planets: Jupiter

    Gustav Holst

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    8:28
  • 11:42 AM

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Avlana Eisenberg, conductor

    5:58
  • 11:32 AM

    Septet: 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven & Berwald: Septets

    Wigmore Soloists

    9:45
  • 11:26 AM

    Snow Maiden: Dance of the Tumblers

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Exotic Dances from the Opera

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    3:47
  • 11:18 AM

    Flute Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Flute Concertos

    Australian Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Tognetti, conductor

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    7:43
  • 11:15 AM

    Violin Partita No. 3: Gigue

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Partitas Nos. 2 and 3; Sonata No. 3

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    1:49
  • 11:07 AM

    Suite for Piano

    Ethel Smyth

    Liana Serbescu, piano

    6:16
  • 11:04 AM

    Morning Song

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Music for Strings

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    2:52
  • 10:44 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 3

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Horn Concertos and Concert Rondo

    London Sinfonietta

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Richard Watkins, horn

    14:29
  • 10:23 AM

    Water Music Suite No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    19:26
  • 10:18 AM

    Hen Ferchetan (Old Maid)

    Traditional Welsh

    Avi Avital, mandolin

    Catrin Finch, harp

    3:55
  • 10:15 AM

    Prelude

    Julia Perry

    Kaleidoscope: Music by African-American Women

    Helen Walker-Hill, piano

    2:02
  • 10:06 AM

    Heroes Symphony: Sons of the Silent Age

    Philip Glass

    American Composers Orchestra

    Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

    8:20
  • 10:01 AM

    Requiem: The Lord is My Shepherd

    John Rutter

    City of London Sinfonia

    Stephen Cleobury, conductor

    4:43
  • 9:40 AM

    Variations on a Rococo Theme

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    Zuill Bailey, cello

    18:48
  • 9:28 AM

    Oboe Concerto No. 8

    Tomaso Albinoni

    6 Oboe Concerti - Marcello, Vivaldi, Albinoni, Sammartini

    I Solisti Italiani

    Hansjorg Schellenberger, oboe

    10:10
  • 9:22 AM

    Polonaise No. 3

    Clara Schumann

    Angela Tirino, piano

    3:40
  • 9:06 AM

    Karelia Suite

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Tone Poems & Incidental Music

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    15:42
  • 9:01 AM

    Fantasie Negre No. 4

    Florence Price

    Lara Downes, piano

    4:45
  • 8:20 AM

    Symphony No. 8

    Antonin Dvorak

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Andres Orozco-Estrada, conductor

    38:13
  • 8:17 AM

    Much Ado About Nothing: Hornpipe

    Erich Korngold

    Love Music

    Svetlin Roussev, violin

    1:59
  • 8:01 AM

    Serenade for Strings

    Dag Wiren

    Strauss: Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme Suite; Wiren: Serenade, Op. 11

    National Arts Centre Orchestra

    Eduardo Mata, conductor

    14:53
  • 7:43 AM

    Fantasie for Piano and Orchestra

    Gabriel Faure

    Toulouse Chamber Orchestra

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    Jean-Philippe Collard, piano

    14:52
  • 7:33 AM

    Preludio Sinfonico

    Giacomo Puccini

    Puccini: Messa di Gloria

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    10:05
  • 7:15 AM

    Three Preludes on Welsh Hymn Tunes

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Early Chamber Music

    Nash Ensemble

    15:31
  • 7:01 AM

    Sonata Concertata

    Niccolo Paganini

    Italian Serenade

    James Galway, flute

    13:45
  • 6:34 AM

    Cello Concerto No. 1

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Norwegian Chamber Orchestra

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Truls Mork, cello

    23:54
  • 6:31 AM

    Intermezzo No. 3

    Johannes Brahms

    Lullabies For Mila

    Alessio Bax, piano

    2:13
  • 6:01 AM

    Ballet Scenes

    Alexander Glazunov

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    28:21
  • 5:32 AM

    Symphonic Poem No. 12 "Die Ideale"

    Franz Liszt

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    25:54
  • 5:15 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 5

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Concerti Grossi Op. 6

    I Musici

    17:22
  • 5:01 AM

    Jeromita Linares

    Carlos Guastavino

    "Impresiones"

    Camerata Bariloche

    Pablo Cohen, guitar

    11:43