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  • 4:18 AM

    String Quartet

    Ethel Smyth

    Villiers Quartet

    39:31
  • 4:14 AM

    Sequentia

    Barbara Thornton, conductor

    2:23
  • 4:06 AM

    Dance Card: Celestial Blue

    Jennifer Higdon

    Project W: Works by Diverse Women Composers

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    7:58
  • 4:01 AM

    Contemplation

    Henriette Renie

    Naoko Yoshino, harp

    4:33
  • 3:52 AM

    Cristina Spinei, piano

    Alexis Lee, cello

    6:24
  • 3:47 AM

    And the Swallow

    Caroline Shaw

    Ars Nova Copenhagen

    Paul Hillier, conductor

    3:38
  • 3:18 AM

    Symphony No. 4 "From Mission San Juan"

    Kevin Puts

    Puts: Symphony No. 4

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    28:24
  • 3:09 AM

    Gao Hong, pipa

    6:21
  • 3:06 AM

    El cant dels ocells (Song of the Birds)

    Pablo Casals

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestral Cellos

    Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla, conductor

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    2:53
  • 3:01 AM

    A Hermit Thrush at Morn

    Amy Beach

    The Solo Piano Music of Amy Beach, Vol. 2

    Joanne Polk, piano

    4:50
  • 2:47 AM

    Serenade to Music

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    10:38
  • 2:18 AM

    Clarinet Concerto

    Gerald Finzi

    Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5 - Finzi: Clarinet Concerto

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Michael Collins, conductor

    Michael Collins, clarinet

    28:13
  • 2:13 AM

    Blackfriars

    Anna Meredith

    Ligeti Quartet

    Anna Meredith, electronics

    3:02
  • 2:06 AM

    Dawn (Chacony for Orchestra)

    Thomas Ades

    Adès: Märchentänze

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Nicholas Collon, conductor

    6:22
  • 2:01 AM

    Fantasia Suite No. 8

    John Jenkins

    Locke Consort

    4:36
  • 1:47 AM

    The Milky Way

    Urmas Sisask

    ZOFO Duet

    11:29
  • 1:18 AM

    Pas de Deux

    James Horner

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vasily Petrenko, conductor

    Mari Samuelsen, violin

    Hakon Samuelsen, cello

    27:40
  • 1:10 AM

    Chor Leoni Men's Chorus

    Erick Lichte, conductor

    5:32
  • 1:06 AM

    The Planets: Mercury

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: The Planets

    Kansas City Symphony

    Michael Stern, conductor

    3:54
  • 1:01 AM

    On Seven-Star-Shoes

    Julia Wolfe

    Never Sing Before Breakfast

    Quintet of the Americas

    4:44
  • 12:51 AM

    The Valkyrie: Magic Fire Music

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leopold Stokowski, conductor

    7:11
  • 12:28 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mikko Franck, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    21:27
  • 12:24 AM

    The Deer Hunter: Cavatina

    Stanley Myers

    Play

    Jason Vieaux, guitar

    3:45
  • 12:13 AM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Giuseppe Tartini

    Scottish Ensemble

    Jonathan Morton, conductor

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    9:40
  • 12:06 AM

    Polonaise No. 6 "Heroic"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Polonaises

    Rafal Blechacz, piano

    6:27
  • 12:01 AM

    Sextet for Two Horns and Strings: 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Septet Op. 20; Sextet Op. 81b

    Consortium Classicum

    4:52
  • 11:39 PM

    Introduction and Rondo "Alla Militaire"

    Cipriani Potter

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    Claire Huangci, piano

    18:57
  • 11:24 PM

    Piano Concerto No.1

    Sergei Bortkiewicz

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Jerzy Maksymiuk, conductor

    Stephen Coombs

    35:00
  • 11:14 PM

    Mass: Sanctus

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Mass in G minor; Sacred and Secular Songs

    Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford

    Stephen Darlington, conductor

    5:25
  • 11:02 PM

    Saudade

    Chiquinha Gonzaga

    El Fin del Silencio: Latin American Women Composers

    Antonio Oyarzabal, piano

    4:02
  • 10:56 PM

    Ave Verum Corpus

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Choir of Trinity College

    Richard Marlow, conductor

    2:50
  • 10:41 PM

    Russian Easter Festival Overture

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    1812 Overture

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    14:09
  • 10:35 PM

    Stabat Mater: Tui Nati vulnerati (Of Your Wounded Son)

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Stabat Mater

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    5:52
  • 10:30 PM

    Hallelujah

    Leonard Cohen

    Time For Three

    4:02
  • 10:16 PM

    Chimney of King Rene

    Darius Milhaud

    French Wind Music

    Reykjavik Wind Quintet

    12:26
  • 10:12 PM

    Requiem: In Paradisum

    Gabriel Faure

    Eternity

    National Lutheran Choir

    David Cherwien, conductor

    3:23
  • 9:52 PM

    My Heart Always Dwells/Cherubic Hymn

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Strid

    Oslo Chamber Choir

    Hakon Daniel Nystedt, conductor

    Sondre Bratland, vocals

    7:48
  • 9:29 PM

    Piano Concerto

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Piano Concertos, Etc

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Martha Argerich, piano

    22:08
  • 9:19 PM

    Adagio for Strings

    Samuel Barber

    Tchaikovsky, Barber, Elgar, Wolf

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    8:02
  • 9:14 PM

    Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Sleepers Awake)

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    The Essential Yo-Yo Ma

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    3:49
  • 9:08 PM

    Andante with Variations

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Italian Serenade

    James Galway, flute

    4:31
  • 9:01 PM

    Wanting Memories

    Ysaye M. Barnwell

    COVID-19 Sessions

    Cantus

    4:53
  • 8:50 PM

    Il barbiere di Siviglia (Barber of Seville): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    7:34
  • 8:44 PM

    Cello Sonata: Andante

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Troika

    Matt Haimovitz, cello

    5:39
  • 8:35 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight": 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Sonatas op. 106 and op. 27/2

    Murray Perahia, piano

    7:15
  • 8:31 PM

    The Prince of Denmark's March

    Jeremiah Clarke

    Canadian Brass

    2:25
  • 8:23 PM

    Messiah: I know that my Redeemer liveth

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Messiah Highlights

    Boston Baroque

    Martin Pearlman, conductor

    Karen Clift, soprano

    5:04
  • 8:05 PM

    Song without Words No. 30 "Spring Song"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    Andre Previn, piano

    2:19
  • 8:00 PM

    Lakme: Flower Duet

    Leo Delibes

    Saint-Saens

    Lang Lang, piano

    2:14
  • 5:50 PM

    Theme and Variations

    Charlotte Sohy

    Charlotte Sohy: Compositrice de la Belle Epoque

    National Orchestra of Avignon-Provence

    Debora Waldman, conductor

    Cordelia Palm, violin

    8:40
  • 5:25 PM

    Variations on a Hungarian Folksong

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Elgar: Enigma Variations, etc.

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Georg Solti, conductor

    24:02
  • 5:22 PM

    Syncopation

    Fritz Kreisler

    Old Souls

    Gili Schwarzman, flute

    2:06
  • 5:17 PM

    Carnival: Suite of Five Dances: Cavalcade

    Montague Ring

    Rochelle Sennet, piano

    2:24
  • 5:06 PM

    Die Meistersinger von Nurmberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremburg): Prelude to Act I

    Richard Wagner

    Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra: Wagner

    Philharmonia Zurich

    Fabio Luisi, conductor

    10:38
  • 5:01 PM

    Divertissement: 2nd movement

    Emile Bernard

    Sylvan Winds

    4:40
  • 4:42 PM

    Three Botticelli Pictures

    Ottorino Respighi

    I Solisti Veneti

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    17:10
  • 4:21 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    National Arts Centre Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    19:54
  • 4:11 PM

    Capriccio Burlesco

    William Walton

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    7:28
  • 4:06 PM

    English Suite No. 4: Minuets

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: English Suites

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    3:42
  • 4:01 PM

    Pavane and Gigue

    William Byrd

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    4:43
  • 3:47 PM

    Gli Incogniti

    Amandine Beyer, conductor

    10:29
  • 3:29 PM

    Mother Goose (Ma mere l'oye): Suite

    Maurice Ravel

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    16:57
  • 3:26 PM

    Emily Granger, harp

    2:29
  • 3:17 PM

    Introduction and Rondo

    Charles-Marie Widor

    Lille National Orchestra

    Alexandre Bloch, conductor

    Annelien Van Wauwe, clarinet

    7:32
  • 3:06 PM

    Keyboard Suite No. 1

    George Frideric Handel

    Lisa Smirnova, piano

    10:29
  • 3:01 PM

    Maghera Mountain

    Martin Hayes

    Brooklyn Rider

    Martin Hayes, Irish fiddle

    4:45
  • 2:49 PM

    Bright Blue Music

    Michael Torke

    National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic

    David Alan Miller, conductor

    8:59
  • 2:47 PM

    L'Italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    8:16
  • 2:31 PM

    Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis; Fantasia on Greensleeves; The Lark Ascending; Five Variants of "Dives and Lazarus"

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    15:16
  • 2:22 PM

    Lamentations of Jeremiah: Dum transisset sabbatum

    Thomas Tallis

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge

    Stephen Cleobury, conductor

    7:50
  • 2:06 PM

    Sinfonietta

    Benjamin Britten

    Concert Recording

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    15:07
  • 2:02 PM

    Agua do Vintem

    Chiquinha Gonzaga

    Hiroko Ishimoto, piano

    2:06
  • 1:54 PM

    Symphony No. 26 "The Lamentation": 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    4:28
  • 1:45 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2: The Coming of Spring

    Helvi Leiviska

    Leiviska: Orchestral Works

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Dalia Stasevska, conductor

    6:55
  • 1:38 PM

    The Ten Commandments: Prelude

    Elmer Bernstein

    Hollywood's Greatest Hits Volume II

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    5:55
  • 1:31 PM

    Stabat Mater: Tui Nati vulnerati (Of Your Wounded Son)

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Stabat Mater

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    5:52
  • 1:22 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Henryk Wieniawski

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    27:47
  • 1:16 PM

    The Color Purple: Main Theme

    Quincy Jones

    Cinema Serenade

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    4:31
  • 1:08 PM

    Estudiantina

    Emil Waldteufel

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    5:13
  • 1:04 PM

    Danse rythmique

    Ida Presti

    Legado

    Berta Rojas, guitar

    3:07
  • 12:52 PM

    Symphony No. 104 "London": Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 99 & 104 'London'

    Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    6:38
  • 12:46 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 4: 3rd movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach: 6 Brandenburg Concertos

    Oregon Bach Festival Chamber Orchestra

    Helmuth Rilling, conductor

    5:02
  • 12:39 PM

    Danse (Tarantelle styrienne)

    Claude Debussy

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    5:25
  • 12:33 PM

    Dance of the Flowers

    Amy Beach

    Joanne Polk, piano

    4:41
  • 12:18 PM

    Sinfonia Concertante: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 1, Sinfonia Concertante, etc.

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    13:07
  • 12:15 PM

    Saltarello

    Anonymous

    Dance

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hope, violin

    1:52
  • 12:08 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Giuseppe Torelli

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    5:45
  • 12:04 PM

    Messiah: All we like sheep

    George Frideric Handel

    Boston Baroque

    Martin Pearlman, conductor

    3:26
  • 11:31 AM

    Lira Concerto No. 5

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Slovak Chamber Orchestra

    Bohdan Warchal, conductor

    Robert Dohn, flute

    Lajos Lencses, oboe

    12:44
  • 11:26 AM

    An English Suite: Frolic

    Hubert Parry

    Finzi; Parry; Bridge

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    3:26
  • 11:23 AM

    An English Suite: In Minuet Style

    Hubert Parry

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    2:57
  • 11:10 AM

    Salut d'amour (Love's Greeting)

    Edward Elgar

    Edward Elgar: Violin Concerto; Salut d'Amour

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    3:02
  • 11:04 AM

    Etude No. 3 "Un Sospiro" (A Sigh)

    Franz Liszt

    André Watts Plays Liszt – Album 2 - Sonata In B Minor

    Andre Watts, piano

    5:40
  • 10:51 AM

    Prague Waltzes

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Legends, Prague Waltzes

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    7:35
  • 10:32 AM

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Marek Stilec, conductor

    18:00
  • 10:25 AM

    Waltz No. 2 "Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    Beethoven: Sonatas; Chopin: Waltzes, Etc

    Ingrid Fliter, piano

    5:24
  • 10:13 AM

    Passione Amorosa

    Giovanni Bottesini

    Camerata RCO

    Rick Stotijn, double bass

    Olivier Thiery, double bass

    11:17
  • 10:06 AM

    Pavane for a Dead Princess (Pavane pour une infante defunte)

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Orchestral Works, Saint-Saens: Organ Symphony

    Seattle Symphony

    Ludovic Morlot, conductor

    6:01
  • 10:01 AM

    Elena Papandreou, guitar

    4:36
  • 9:47 AM

    Serenade No. 6 "Serenata Notturna"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Capella Savaria

    Nicholas McGegan, conductor

    Zsolt Kallo, violin

    11:51
  • 9:43 AM

    Mark Clinton, piano

    Nicole Narboni, piano

    3:14
  • 9:22 AM

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Douglas Boyd, oboe

    19:32
  • 9:18 AM

    Oh Nazan

    Gomidas Vartabed

    Sybarite5: Collective Wisdom

    Sybarite5

    2:17
  • 9:06 AM

    Two Nordic Melodies

    Edvard Grieg

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    11:07
  • 9:01 AM

    Unsent Love Letters

    Elena Kats-Chernin

    Elena Kats-Chernin: Unsent Love Letters: Meditations on Erik Satie

    Tamara-Anna Cislowska, piano

    4:39
  • 8:43 AM

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Simon Joly, conductor

    14:48
  • 8:37 AM

    L'Isle joyeuse (Joyous Isle)

    Claude Debussy

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    5:18
  • 8:01 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Jean Sibelius

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    34:38
  • 7:39 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Christian Tetzlaff, violin

    Lars Vogt, piano

    18:58
  • 7:37 AM

    A Gaelic Blessing

    John Rutter

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    1:47
  • 7:05 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Emilie Mayer

    North German Radio Philharmonic

    Leo McFall, conductor

    30:37
  • 7:01 AM

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    2:59
  • 6:21 AM

    String Quartet No. 13

    Antonin Dvorak

    Cypress String Quartet

    37:34
  • 6:16 AM

    Intermezzo for Flute and Harp

    Hendrik Andriessen

    Glorian Duo

    4:11
  • 6:01 AM

    Lonely Angel

    Peteris Vasks

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Kahane, conductor

    Margaret Batjer, violin

    12:53
  • 5:37 AM

    Septet

    Franz Berwald

    Beethoven & Berwald: Septets

    Wigmore Soloists

    21:38
  • 5:19 AM

    Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2

    Maurice Ravel

    Rhapsodie

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    16:47
  • 5:01 AM

    Suite Andaluza

    Celedonio Romero

    Angel Romero, guitar

    16:20