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  • 4:43 AM

    Blue as the Turquoise Night of Neyshabur

    Kayhan Kalhor

    Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble ?– Silk Road Journeys

    Silk Road Ensemble

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    15:34
  • 4:11 AM

    The Tale of the Stone Flower

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    30:29
  • 4:06 AM

    In Paradisum

    Galina Grigorjeva

    Grigorjeva: Nature Morte

    Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

    Paul Hillier, conductor

    4:02
  • 4:01 AM

    Flute Sonata: Aria

    Otar Taktakishvili

    Marina Piccinini, flute

    Ewa Kupiec, piano

    4:39
  • 3:48 AM

    The Oceanides

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Tone Poems

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    10:04
  • 3:24 AM

    Concerto-Fantasy

    Paul Chihara

    CHIHARA, P.: Piano Works (Complete)

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Stephen Barlow, conductor

    Quynh Nguyen, piano

    22:37
  • 3:12 AM

    Fantasy for Harp

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Marion Hoffman, harp

    10:37
  • 3:06 AM

    Fantasy-Impromptu

    Frederic Chopin

    The Complete Piano Works of Chopin, Vol 5: Polonaises & Impromptus

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    5:03
  • 3:01 AM

    Pianto dell'Amante

    Johann Kaspar Mertz

    Raphaella Smits, guitar

    4:52
  • 2:52 AM

    Violin Sonata: Finale

    Mel Bonis

    Le Temps Retrouve

    Elena Urioste, violin

    6:16
  • 2:14 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Ruth Gipps

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    36:27
  • 2:06 AM

    Overture

    Grazyna Bacewicz

    Bacewicz: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    5:39
  • 2:01 AM

    Rondo Amoroso

    Harald Saeverud

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Per Dreier, conductor

    4:35
  • 1:51 AM

    Big Sky, Low Horizon

    Michael Ippolito

    Michael Ippolito: Songlines

    Attacca Quartet

    7:54
  • 1:44 AM

    The night is darkening round me

    Tonu Korvits

    Kreek's Notebook

    Choir of Royal Holloway

    Rupert Gough, conductor

    6:17
  • 1:19 AM

    Clarinet Concerto

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen: Clarinet and Flute Concertos

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    23:31
  • 1:06 AM

    Moseltraume

    Lou Koster

    Koster: Orchestral Music

    Estro Armonico Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra

    Jonathan Kaell, conductor

    10:42
  • 1:01 AM

    Le Temps des lilas (In the time of the lilacs)

    Ernest Chausson

    Mischa Maisky, cello

    Daria Hovora, piano

    4:45
  • 12:54 AM

    White Snow in the Spring Sunlight

    Traditional Chinese

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    3:37
  • 12:15 AM

    Piano Trio No. 7 "Archduke"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Archduke Trio, Etc / Ashkenazy, Perlman, Harrell

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    37:25
  • 12:06 AM

    Die Fledermaus: Overture

    Johann StraussJr.

    STRAUSS II, J.: Famous Overtures

    Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

    Alfred Walter, conductor

    7:34
  • 12:01 AM

    March No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Marches and Dances

    Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra

    Hans Graf, conductor

    4:52
  • 11:48 PM

    Organ Concerto No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Richard Egarr, conductor

    Richard Egarr, organ

    9:41
  • 11:35 PM

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    12:38
  • 11:27 PM

    Circles

    Bryce Dessner

    Takacs Assad Labro

    Takacs Quartet

    Julien Labro, bandoneon

    5:46
  • 11:13 PM

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

    Bedrich Smetana

    Smetana: Ma Vlast

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    13:05
  • 11:08 PM

    Peace of Mind

    Hazel Scott

    Lara Downes, piano

    3:46
  • 11:01 PM

    Suite of Three Pieces: Idylle

    Benjamin Godard

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Steuart Bedford, conductor

    William Bennett, flute

    4:37
  • 10:49 PM

    The Wasps: Overture

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    8:54
  • 10:35 PM

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Marc Destrube, conductor

    12:45
  • 10:30 PM

    John Novacek, piano

    4:15
  • 10:20 PM

    Concierto de Gibralfaro: Homage to Picasso's Art of Bullfighting

    Anton Garcia Abril

    Guitar Double Concertos

    Oviedo Filarmonia

    Oliver Diaz, conductor

    Miguel Trapaga, guitar

    9:29
  • 10:15 PM

    When Do We Dance?

    George Gershwin

    Lise de la Salle, piano

    3:06
  • 10:06 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Havana Lyceum Orchestra

    Jose Antonio Mendez Padron, conductor

    Sarah Willis, horn

    8:43
  • 10:01 PM

    Encantamento

    Camargo Guarnieri

    Brazilian Music for Viola and Piano

    Barbara Westphal, viola

    4:36
  • 9:49 PM

    Introduction and Rondo capriccioso

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Violin on Stage

    NFM Wroclaw Philharmonic

    Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor

    Bomsori Kim, violin

    9:15
  • 9:46 PM

    Sketch No. 1

    Agathe Grondahl

    Sara Aimee Smiseth, piano

    2:27
  • 9:35 PM

    Wind Quintet

    Grazyna Bacewicz

    Cracow Golden Quintet

    9:17
  • 9:20 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Classical"

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Thomas Sondergard, conductor

    14:01
  • 9:10 PM

    Introduction, Theme, and Variations

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

    David Shifrin, clarinet

    8:49
  • 9:06 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 5

    Antonin Dvorak

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Andres Orozco-Estrada, conductor

    3:22
  • 9:03 PM

    Toccata

    Osvaldo Lacerda

    Chorinho

    Georgina Rossi, viola

    2:47
  • 8:51 PM

    Siegfried: Forest Murmurs

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Orchestral Music from The Ring

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    7:40
  • 8:48 PM

    Seven Landscapes: Sunny Glade

    Jan Freidlin

    Alexey Botvinov, piano

    2:05
  • 8:17 PM

    Symphony No. 5

    Franz Schubert

    Franz Schubert: Symphonien Nos. 5 & 6

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    28:48
  • 8:06 PM

    Festival Overture

    Hugo Alfven

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Niklas Willen, conductor

    9:39
  • 8:01 PM

    Duettino

    Jan Dussek

    Gretchen Van Hoesen, harp

    Heidi van Hoesen Gorton, harp

    4:42
  • 7:43 PM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 1

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Gli Uccelli, Trittico Botticelliano

    I Solisti Veneti

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    14:57
  • 5:46 PM

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    12:40
  • 5:27 PM

    Symphony "The Fall of Phaeton"

    Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf

    Dittersdorf: Six Symphonies

    Cantilena

    Adrian Shepherd, conductor

    16:53
  • 5:18 PM

    Phaeton

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens: Symphonic Poems

    Les Siecles

    Francois-Xavier Roth, conductor

    8:05
  • 5:06 PM

    Concerto for Two Cellos

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi & Friends - La Folia (Madness & Other Concertos) / Sorrell, Apollo's Fire

    Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra

    Jeannette Sorrell, conductor

    Rene Schiffer, cello

    10:36
  • 5:01 PM

    Intermezzo No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Klavierstucke Op. 119 / Fantasien op. 116 / 3 Intermezzi Op. 117

    Stephen Kovacevich, piano

    4:47
  • 4:53 PM

    Piece en forme de Passacaille

    Alexandre Tansman

    Thibaut Garcia, guitar

    5:42
  • 4:28 PM

    Clarinet Concerto No. 3

    Bernhard Crusell

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Okko Kamu, conductor

    Martin Frost, clarinet

    23:08
  • 4:19 PM

    O Magnum Mysterium (O Great Mystery)

    Morten Lauridsen

    Lauridsen: O Magnum Mysterium

    Chamber Choir of Europe

    Nicol Matt, conductor

    6:52
  • 4:06 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 4

    George Frideric Handel

    Concentus Musicus Vienna

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    12:38
  • 4:01 PM

    Perpetual Motion

    Niccolo Paganini

    Carnaval

    Eastman Wind Ensemble

    Donald Hunsberger, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, cornet

    4:33
  • 3:45 PM

    Popular Andean Dances

    Celso Garrido-Lecca

    Inca Trail Connections

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

    12:58
  • 3:35 PM

    Miniature Concerto

    Robin Milford

    Guildhall Strings

    9:09
  • 3:14 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 11

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    The King's Violins

    Bernard Labadie, conductor

    Alexandre Tharaud, piano

    19:52
  • 3:10 PM

    Suite dramatique: Dance in the moonlight

    Lou Koster

    Estro Armonico Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra

    Jonathan Kaell, conductor

    2:20
  • 3:06 PM

    Song without Words No. 1 "Sweet Remembrance"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Sang Mi Chung, piano

    3:26
  • 3:01 PM

    Pastoral and Reel

    Thomas C. Kelly

    Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Fionnuala Hunt, conductor

    4:39
  • 2:49 PM

    La Stravaganza: Violin Concerto No. 10

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Violin Concerti

    Arte Dei Suonatori Baroque Orchestra

    Rachel Podger, violin

    9:11
  • 2:36 PM

    Symphonic Metamorphosis

    Paul Hindemith

    Hindemith, Prokofiev, Bartok

    Kansas City Symphony

    Michael Stern, conductor

    20:35
  • 2:27 PM

    Piano Trio: Finale

    Louise Farrenc

    Neave Trio

    8:01
  • 2:09 PM

    Symphony No. 31 "Paris"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 31, 33 & 34

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    16:21
  • 2:06 PM

    Carmen: Intermezzo

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: Carmen Suite, L'arlesienne Suites Etc.

    Orchestra of the Bastille

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    2:42
  • 2:02 PM

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:53
  • 1:46 PM

    Symphonic Dances: 1st movement

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Shanghai Symphony Orchestra

    Long Yu, conductor

    11:31
  • 1:32 PM

    An Outdoor Overture

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: Orchestral Works

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Louis Lane, conductor

    8:57
  • 1:28 PM

    A Spring Idyl

    John Knowles Paine

    Christopher Atzinger, piano

    2:37
  • 1:21 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 6: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Six Brandenburg Concertos

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    5:59
  • 1:17 PM

    Flute Quartet: 3rd movement

    Franz Schubert

    New Schubert Works for Flute and Strings

    Martinu Quartet

    Robert Stallman, flute

    3:00
  • 1:07 PM

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

    Erich Korngold

    Storyteller

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Eivind Aadland, conductor

    Tine Thing Helseth, trumpet

    5:53
  • 1:04 PM

    Te Deum: Prelude

    Marc-Antoine Charpentier

    Empire Brass

    William Kuhlman, organ

    2:24
  • 12:53 PM

    Requiem: The Lord is My Shepherd

    John Rutter

    Rutter: Requiem

    City of London Sinfonia

    John Rutter, conductor

    5:10
  • 12:48 PM

    23rd Psalm (dedicated to my mother)

    Bobby McFerrin

    That Eternal Day

    Cantus

    3:37
  • 12:39 PM

    Petite Suite: Finale

    Alexander Borodin

    Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor

    7:32
  • 12:30 PM

    Sinfonia

    Josef Myslivecek

    Myslivecek: Symphonies

    Concerto Koln

    8:14
  • 12:20 PM

    The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture

    Otto Nicolai

    Halle Orchestra

    John Barbirolli, conductor

    8:18
  • 12:15 PM

    El Amor Brujo: Ritual Fire Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Symphonic Spectacular

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    4:00
  • 12:09 PM

    Xavier de Maistre, harp

    Lucero Tena, castanets

    3:40
  • 12:04 PM

    Molly on the Shore

    Percy Grainger

    Pops Britannia

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:23
  • 11:51 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Jan Lisiecki, piano

    6:32
  • 11:47 AM

    Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

    4:00
  • 11:38 AM

    Rondo for Violin and Orchestra

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 4

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    Cho-Liang Lin, violin

    7:02
  • 11:32 AM

    The Arts and the Hours

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Baroque

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    5:15
  • 11:21 AM

    Symphony No. 2: 2nd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Andris Nelsons, conductor

    9:56
  • 11:16 AM

    Red Flowers in Bloom

    Qi Liu

    Shanghai Quartet

    4:22
  • 11:08 AM

    The Ballerina in Love: Overture

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Cimarosa: Overtures, Vol. 5

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice

    Patrick Gallois, conductor

    6:37
  • 11:04 AM

    Romantic Pieces: Cavatina

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak For Two

    Gil Shaham, violin

    2:55
  • 10:49 AM

    Romance No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Violin Concerto

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Dmitry Sitkovetsky, violin

    8:58
  • 10:27 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Arion

    Jaap ter Linden, conductor

    20:00
  • 10:17 AM

    String Quartet

    Germaine Tailleferre

    Debussy, Tailleferre, Ravel

    Stenhammar Quartet

    9:45
  • 10:12 AM

    Waltzing on a Sunbeam

    Florence Price

    Waltzes and Character Pieces of Florence Price

    Michael Clark, piano

    2:46
  • 10:06 AM

    Nocturnes: Nuages (Clouds)

    Claude Debussy

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    6:05
  • 10:01 AM

    Over the Rainbow

    Harold Arlen

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    4:37
  • 9:47 AM

    Divertimento

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Ensemble Wien-Berlin

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    10:58
  • 9:22 AM

    Fantasy

    Josef Suk

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Michael Ludwig, violin

    23:22
  • 9:15 AM

    There We Shall Rest

    Kim Andre Arnesen

    Infinity: Choral Works

    Kantorei Denver

    Joel Rinsema, conductor

    5:22
  • 9:06 AM

    Bohemian-Danish Folk Tune (Bohmisk-Dansk folketone)

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen: Orchestral Works

    Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Gennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor

    8:25
  • 9:01 AM

    Oskar Ekberg, piano

    4:39
  • 8:38 AM

    Sleeping Beauty Ballet Suite

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    19:56
  • 8:29 AM

    Dream

    John Cage

    Letter(s) to Erik Satie

    Bertrand Chamayou, piano

    9:10
  • 8:09 AM

    Vienna Academy

    Martin Haselbock, conductor

    Christian Gurtner, flute

    18:23
  • 8:01 AM

    Italian Serenade

    Hugo Wolf

    I Solisti Veneti

    7:06
  • 7:54 AM

    Mari Samuelsen, violin

    Julien Quentin, piano

    3:42
  • 7:27 AM

    Les Sylphides Ballet

    Frederic Chopin

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    27:20
  • 7:01 AM

    Serenade No. 11

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Serenades K375 & K388, etc.

    Netherlands Wind Ensemble

    23:49
  • 6:35 AM

    Mythic Gardens

    Howard Shore

    Howard Shore: Two Concerti

    21st Century Chamber Orchestra

    Ludwig Wicki, conductor

    Sophie Shao, cello

    23:36
  • 6:31 AM

    Like Moons and Like Suns

    Carlos Simon

    New Day Begun

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:53
  • 6:01 AM

    String Quartet

    Maurice Ravel

    Debussy and Ravel: String Quartets

    Emerson String Quartet

    28:03
  • 5:13 AM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor

    45:14
  • 5:07 AM

    Impressions: Calm Night

    Henriette Bosmans

    Lucia Swarts, cello

    Elena Malinova, piano

    4:31
  • 5:01 AM

    Air and Dance for Strings

    Frederick Delius

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    5:02