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  • 4:48 AM

    Musical Moment No. 6

    Franz Schubert

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    10:29
  • 4:32 AM

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Bjarnason, conductor

    15:43
  • 4:09 AM

    La Peri (The Fairy)

    Paul Dukas

    French National Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    20:13
  • 4:06 AM

    The Enchanted Garden: Childhood Memory

    Richard Danielpour

    Xiayin Wang, piano

    3:00
  • 4:01 AM

    Goldberg Variations: Aria

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    4:39
  • 3:46 AM

    Fantasy Quartet

    E.J. Moeran

    English Music for Oboe and String Quartet

    English String Quartet

    Sarah Francis, oboe

    12:30
  • 3:21 AM

    Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: The Piano Concertos and Paganini Rhapsody

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    Yuja Wang, piano

    23:40
  • 3:18 AM

    Miniatures: Song

    Sulkhan Tsintsadze

    Avi Avital: Between Worlds

    Avi Avital, mandolin

    2:10
  • 3:06 AM

    The Winter's Tale

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    10:10
  • 3:01 AM

    Viola Quintet: Berceuse

    Alberto Hemsi

    ARC Ensemble

    Steven Dann, viola

    4:36
  • 2:50 AM

    Magnolia Suite: Part 2

    Nathaniel Dett

    Denver Oldham, piano

    8:29
  • 2:18 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "Song of a New Race"

    William Grant Still

    Still: Symphony No. 2/ Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    29:13
  • 2:14 AM

    Serenade

    Antonin Dvorak/Black Violin

    Take the Stairs

    Black Violin

    2:20
  • 2:06 AM

    Othello Suite: Willow Song

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Fawzi Haimor, conductor

    2:39
  • 2:01 AM

    When I Lay Me Down to Sleep

    James Mulholland

    The Aeolians

    The Aeolians

    Jason Max Ferdinand, conductor

    4:35
  • 1:46 AM

    Sinfonia brevis

    Helvi Leiviska

    Leiviska: Orchestral Works

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Dalia Stasevska, conductor

    12:36
  • 1:15 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 27

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Murray Perahia, conductor

    Murray Perahia, piano

    29:15
  • 1:06 AM

    Bourree Fantasque

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    French National Orchestra

    Armin Jordan, conductor

    7:02
  • 1:01 AM

    Detmold Horn Quartet

    4:45
  • 12:42 AM

    Santa Cruz de Pacairigua

    Evencio Castellanos

    Fiesta

    Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    16:19
  • 12:38 AM

    Caja de Musica: Tempo di Joropo

    David Bruce

    Crossing the Ocean

    Bridget Kibbey, harp

    3:29
  • 12:22 AM

    Rondo for Violin and Strings

    Franz Schubert

    Pinchas Zukerman: Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon and Philips

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    14:39
  • 12:17 AM

    Hungarian Dance No. 5

    Johannes Brahms

    Aquarelle Guitar Quartet

    Lisa Friend, flute

    2:38
  • 12:06 AM

    Prince Igor: Overture

    Alexander Borodin

    Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

    Bramwell Tovey, conductor

    10:43
  • 12:01 AM

    Piano Sonata: Menuet

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    4:37
  • 11:57 PM

    Picadilly

    Erik Satie

    Erik Satie: Hidden Corners (Recoins)

    Eve Egoyan, piano

    1:39
  • 11:48 PM

    Momentum Suite

    Peter Hope

    English String Miniatures, Vol. 4

    Northern Sinfonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    10:10
  • 11:44 PM

    Miniatures for Small Orchestra

    Roque Cordero

    African Heritage Symphonic Series, Vol. II

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    11:43
  • 11:35 PM

    Concerto for Three Oboes

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Telemann: Triple Concertos

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Simon Standage, conductor

    8:55
  • 11:13 PM

    The Firebird (L'oiseau de feu) Ballet

    Igor Stravinsky

    Stravinsky: Firebird, Nightingale, Rite of Spring

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    20:41
  • 11:09 PM

    Curtain Tune on a Ground

    Henry Purcell

    Dance

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hope, violin

    2:57
  • 11:01 PM

    The Planets: Jupiter

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: The Planets

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    7:53
  • 10:54 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    5:36
  • 10:49 PM

    Valse nonchalante

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Bertrand Chamayou, piano

    3:56
  • 10:41 PM

    Harlem Symphony: April in Harlem

    James Price Johnson

    Concordia

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    7:45
  • 10:36 PM

    Sweet Memories of Thee

    Justin Holland

    Justin Holland: Guitar Works & Arrangements

    Christopher Mallett, guitar

    5:12
  • 10:29 PM

    El pelele (The Straw Mannequin)

    Enrique Granados

    Javier Perianes - Enrique Granados: Goyescas - El pelele

    Javier Perianes, piano

    4:57
  • 10:11 PM

    Spanish Rhapsody

    Isaac Albeniz

    Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra

    Hans Graf, conductor

    Angela Cheng, piano

    17:03
  • 10:02 PM

    Il Cimento: Violin Concerto No. 10 "La caccia" ("The Hunt")

    Antonio Vivaldi

    I Solisti Italiani

    Giuseppi Magnani, violin

    8:59
  • 9:58 PM

    Fantasy

    Silvius Weiss

    Baroque

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    2:19
  • 9:50 PM

    Concerto No. 5

    Francesco Durante

    Francesco Durante: Concerti

    Concerto Koln

    7:39
  • 9:46 PM

    My Soul's Been Anchored in the Lord

    Traditional

    Morehouse College Glee Club

    David Morrow, conductor

    3:27
  • 9:30 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Trumpet Concertos

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    Bibi Black, trumpet

    14:40
  • 9:27 PM

    Cello Suite No. 1: Prelude

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Zuill Bailey

    Zuill Bailey, cello

    2:23
  • 9:20 PM

    Flute Concerto: 3rd movement

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    James Galway: The Man with the Golden Flute

    Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra

    Jorg Faerber, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    5:20
  • 9:05 PM

    In Nature's Realm Overture

    Antonin Dvorak

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    14:59
  • 9:01 PM

    Song without Words No. 3 "Hunting Song"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Jorge Bolet, piano

    2:39
  • 8:52 PM

    Symphony No. 1: Finale

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2

    Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Gunter Wand, conductor

    6:17
  • 8:33 PM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 2

    Ottorino Respighi

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    17:47
  • 8:20 PM

    Divertimento No. 14

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Berlin Philharmonic Winds

    11:30
  • 8:17 PM

    Wonderful Town: The Story of My Life

    Leonard Bernstein

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:32
  • 8:00 PM

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    16:26
  • 5:44 PM

    Plow That Broke the Plains Suite

    Virgil Thomson

    Symphony of the Air

    Leopold Stokowski, conductor

    13:58
  • 5:40 PM

    Song: Spring

    Frederic Chopin

    Mariam Batsashvili, piano

    2:13
  • 5:16 PM

    Symphony No. 96 "Miracle"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    23:58
  • 5:12 PM

    Elizabethan Masque

    Fredric Bayco

    New London Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    Ruth Scott, oboe

    2:16
  • 5:06 PM

    Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Pure Classics

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    5:12
  • 5:01 PM

    Concierto en Flamenco: Alegrias de Cadiz

    Federico Torroba

    Malaga Philharmonic Orchestra

    Manuel Coves, conductor

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    4:42
  • 4:45 PM

    String Symphony No. 6

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Amadeus Ensemble

    Agnieszka Duczmal, conductor

    13:30
  • 4:27 PM

    An American in Paris

    George Gershwin

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Eduardo Mata, conductor

    17:26
  • 4:11 PM

    Potpourri on Themes of Mozart

    Louis Spohr

    Spohr: String Sextet, etc.

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    13:32
  • 4:06 PM

    Pagliacci: Don, din don (Bell Chorus)

    Ruggero Leoncavallo

    Italian Opera Choruses

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Alexander Rahbari, conductor

    3:49
  • 4:01 PM

    Flute Sonata No. 3

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Aurele Nicolet, flute

    Bruno Canino, piano

    4:50
  • 3:52 PM

    Rondo for Violin and Orchestra

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Eivind Aadland, conductor

    Baiba Skride, violin

    6:06
  • 3:23 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 5 "Egyptian"

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    Jean-Philippe Collard, piano

    28:58
  • 3:17 PM

    Elizabeth Hainen, harp

    3:23
  • 3:06 PM

    Salome: Dance of the Seven Veils

    Richard Strauss

    Exotic Dances from the Opera

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    9:42
  • 3:01 PM

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    4:42
  • 2:54 PM

    Intermezzo No. 2

    Vasily Kalinnikov

    Rachmoninoff: Symphony No. 3, etc.

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:23
  • 2:49 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 1

    Francesco Geminiani

    Geminiani: 6 Concerti Grossi Op. 3

    Camerata Bern

    9:09
  • 2:42 PM

    Ich habe genug: I

    J.S. Bach

    The Orchestra of Emmanuel Music

    Craig Smith, conductor

    Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, mezzo-soprano

    7:38
  • 2:15 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Samuel Barber

    Barber & Meyer Violin Concertos

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    23:03
  • 2:10 PM

    If Music be the Food of Love

    David Dickau

    St. Olaf Choir

    Anton Armstrong, conductor

    4:22
  • 2:00 PM

    Ode for St. Cecilia's Day: Overture

    Henry Purcell

    Purcell: Hail, Bright Cecilia!

    Gabrieli Players

    Paul McCreesh, conductor

    8:39
  • 1:52 PM

    Troubled Water

    Margaret Bonds

    Ashley Jackson

    Ashley Jackson, harp

    6:36
  • 1:48 PM

    Suite for piano, strings, and harp: Tropical Jam

    Michael Camilo

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    Michael Camilo, piano

    4:03
  • 1:41 PM

    Partita #1 in Bb Major

    JS Bach

    Anne-Marie McDermott

    :00
  • 1:34 PM

    Sigurd Jorsalfar: Homage March

    Edvard Grieg

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    8:45
  • 1:30 PM

    Legend No. 9

    Antonin Dvorak

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    2:50
  • 1:20 PM

    Clarinet Quintet: 4th movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Pacifica String Quartet

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    8:53
  • 1:17 PM

    Piece in the Old Style

    Henryk Gorecki

    I Fiamminghi

    Rudolf Werthen, conductor

    1:31
  • 1:10 PM

    Dance from Jalisco

    Aaron Copland

    LAGQ Latin

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    3:42
  • 1:04 PM

    The Merrymakers

    Eric Coates

    Eric Coates: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Wilson, conductor

    4:29
  • 12:51 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Violin Concerto, Double Concerto

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Gil Shaham, violin

    7:29
  • 12:49 PM

    Summer Dreams: Robin Redbreast

    Amy Beach

    Deborah Moriarty and Zhihua Tang, piano

    1:42
  • 12:45 PM

    Exsultate, Jubilate: Alleluia

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart 250 - A Celebration

    Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Judith Blegen, soprano

    2:42
  • 12:41 PM

    Carmina Burana

    Carl Orff

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    Judith Blegen, soprano

    Kenneth Riegel, tenor

    Peter Binder, baritone

    62:00
  • 12:31 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 3: Rondo

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    Evgeny Kissin, piano

    9:23
  • 12:27 PM

    Pizzicato Polka

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    2:33
  • 12:25 PM

    Sylvia: Pizzicati

    Leo Delibes

    Delibes: Coppelia / Gounod: Faust

    Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra

    Janos Sandor, conductor

    2:49
  • 12:16 PM

    Concert Piece for Clarinet and Basset Horn

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Wiener Virtuosen

    7:41
  • 12:10 PM

    Canzon Duodecimi Toni

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    The Antiphonal Music of Gabrieli

    Philadelphia Brass Ensemble

    3:57
  • 12:04 PM

    Il Signor Bruschino: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Complete Overtures

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    4:55
  • 11:53 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 1: Divertimento

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Suites Nos. 1 And 2

    National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

    Stefan Sanderling, conductor

    5:17
  • 11:46 AM

    String Quartet No. 1 "Accordion"

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Quartets 1 and 3

    Heath Quartet

    30:44
  • 11:37 AM

    Images for Orchestra: Rondes de printemps (Spring Rounds)

    Claude Debussy

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    6:59
  • 11:31 AM

    Prelude and Fugue No. 1

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Jenny Lin, piano

    5:25
  • 11:20 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 3 "Il gardellino" ("The Goldfinch")

    Antonio Vivaldi

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Lisa Beznosiuk, flute

    9:57
  • 11:16 AM

    Insect Dances: Bumblebee Boogie

    Elena Ruehr

    Arneis Quartet

    2:50
  • 11:09 AM

    Armida: Sinfonia

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    5:43
  • 11:04 AM

    Handel in the Strand

    Percy Grainger

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    3:49
  • 10:46 AM

    Snow Maiden Suite

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    12:28
  • 10:32 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Il Pomo d'Oro

    Shunske Sato, violin

    12:25
  • 10:28 AM

    Four Lieder: No. 3

    Fanny Mendelssohn

    The Future is Female: Vol. 1 In Nature

    Sarah Cahill, piano

    3:28
  • 10:17 AM

    String Quartet No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Quartetto Italiano

    9:43
  • 10:06 AM

    Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave)

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Symphonies 3 'Scottish' & 4 'Italian', etc.

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    10:07
  • 10:01 AM

    The Red Pony Suite: The Gift

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: The Red Pony; Our Town; The Heiress Suite; Music For Movies

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    4:50
  • 9:40 AM

    Carmen Suite No. 2

    Georges Bizet

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    17:39
  • 9:27 AM

    Polonaise-Fantasie

    Frederic Chopin

    Rafal Blechacz, piano

    12:30
  • 9:09 AM

    Concerto for 2 Orchestras No. 3

    George Frideric Handel

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    16:28
  • 9:07 AM

    Invention

    Ethel Smyth

    Liana Serbescu, piano

    1:29
  • 9:01 AM

    West: 1st movement

    Michael Torke

    Albany Symphony Orchestra

    David Alan Miller, conductor

    Peter Kolkay, bassoon

    4:37
  • 8:42 AM

    Wand of Youth Suite No. 2

    Edward Elgar

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    16:45
  • 8:25 AM

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Marc Destrube, conductor

    16:26
  • 8:06 AM

    Concert Piece for Four Horns

    Robert Schumann

    Martin Owen plays Strauss, Schumann, and Weber

    BBC Philharmonic

    John Wilson, conductor

    Martin Owen, horn

    17:23
  • 8:01 AM

    When The Birds Return

    John Williams

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    3:44
  • 7:21 AM

    Symphony No. 7

    Antonin Dvorak

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    37:02
  • 7:16 AM

    Caprice viennois (Viennese Caprice)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    Lambert Orkis, piano

    4:16
  • 7:01 AM

    Charterhouse Suite

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Williams: Lark Ascending

    Israel Chamber Orchestra

    Dalia Atlas, conductor

    13:32
  • 6:37 AM

    Symphony No. 55 "The Schoolmaster"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Northern Chamber Orchestra

    Nicholas Ward, conductor

    21:50
  • 6:19 AM

    Peer Gynt Suite No. 2

    Edvard Grieg

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    17:03
  • 6:01 AM

    Clarinet Concerto

    Johann Stamitz

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    15:39
  • 5:52 AM

    Madame Butterfly: Un bel di vedremo (One fine day)

    Giacomo Puccini

    Opera Without Words

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    5:31
  • 5:46 AM

    Simone's Lullaby

    Terry Riley

    ZOFO Duet

    5:34
  • 5:41 AM

    By the Spring in the Woods

    Marcel Tournier

    Susann McDonald, harp

    3:30
  • 5:01 AM

    Die Seejungfrau (The Mermaid)

    Alexander von Zemlinsky

    Concert Recording

    West German Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Ingo Metzmacher, conductor

    39:23