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  • 4:47 AM

    The Farthest Place

    John Luther Adams

    Marty Walker, clarinet

    Amy Knoles, vibraphone

    Bryan Pezzone, piano

    Nathaniel Reichman, sound design

    Robin Lorentz, violin

    Barry Newton, double bass

    10:53
  • 4:38 AM

    Drone Mass: The Mountain View, the Majesty of the Snow-Clad Peaks, from a Place of Contemplation and Reflection

    Johann Johannsson

    Theatre of Voices

    Paul Hillier, conductor

    8:42
  • 4:27 AM

    River Song II

    Eple Trio

    In The Clearing-In the Cavern

    Eple Trio

    9:53
  • 4:15 AM

    Midnight Sun Variations

    Outi Tarkiainen

    OUTI TARKIANEN: Midnight Sun Variations

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Nicholas Collon, conductor

    10:23
  • 4:07 AM

    The Piano's 12 Sides: White Moon Over Water

    Carter Pann

    Joel Hastings, piano

    7:22
  • 4:01 AM

    Lullaby for Dead Horse Bay

    Paula Matthusen

    Planetary Candidate

    Michi Wiancko, violin

    4:52
  • 3:46 AM

    Shadow Light

    Elena Ruehr

    New Orchestra of Washington

    Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez, conductor

    Marcus Thompson, viola

    12:27
  • 3:40 AM

    The Dark Light

    Harmen Fraanje/Arve Henriksen

    Touch Of Time

    Arve Henriksen, trumpet

    3:56
  • 3:28 AM

    Blow Bright

    Daniel Bjarnason

    Blow Bright EP

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Bjarnason, conductor

    10:43
  • 3:14 AM

    Dante: Inferno: Movements 1-5

    Thomas Ades

    Ades: Dante

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    12:14
  • 3:07 AM

    Shining Still

    Vanessa Lann

    Carols After A Plague

    The Crossing

    Donald Nally, conductor

    6:18
  • 3:01 AM

    Air for the Poet

    Lou Harrison

    Tammittam Percussion Ensemble

    Guido Facchin, conductor

    4:48
  • 2:52 AM

    Les Italiennes: Cavatine de Norma

    Louise Farrenc

    Louise Farrenc: Etudes and Variations for Solo Piano

    Joanne Polk, piano

    6:42
  • 2:17 AM

    The Rite of Spring

    Igor Stravinsky

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    32:58
  • 2:11 AM

    Elena Urioste, violin

    Tom Poster, piano

    4:14
  • 2:06 AM

    Theater Set: Overture

    Ulysses Kay

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    4:29
  • 2:01 AM

    Cello Concerto: Larghetto

    Giuseppe Tartini

    Vivaldi, Tartini, Boccherini: Cello Concertos

    Collegium Musicum Zurich

    Paul Sacher, conductor

    Mstislav Rostropovich, cello

    4:39
  • 1:53 AM

    To Touch the Sky: At Castle Wood

    Kevin Puts

    Conspirare

    Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

    5:39
  • 1:25 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Richard Strauss

    New Philharmonia Orchestra

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    Heinz Holliger, oboe

    26:24
  • 1:21 AM

    Hysedelje

    Tessa Lark

    Tessa Lark, violin

    1:48
  • 1:07 AM

    Theme and Variations on Red River Valley

    David Amram

    Colorado Symphony Orchestra

    David Amram, conductor

    Brook Ellen Ferguson, flute

    14:17
  • 1:01 AM

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    4:35
  • 12:48 AM

    Africa Fantasie

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 - Africa - Wedding Cake - Allegro appassionato

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Jean-Jacques Kantorow, conductor

    Alexandre Kantorow, piano

    10:20
  • 12:26 AM

    Symphony No. 7

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Finlandia, En Saga, The Swan of Tuonela, The Oceanides, Valse Triste, King Christian II Suite

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Thomas Sondergard, conductor

    20:31
  • 12:17 AM

    Romance for Viola and Orchestra

    Max Bruch

    Bruch/Werke fur Klarinette und Viola

    Lyon Opera Orchestra

    Kent Nagano, conductor

    Gerard Causse, viola

    7:37
  • 12:07 AM

    Capriccio "On the Departure of a Brother"

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: French Overture, Italian Concerto, Duets

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    10:06
  • 12:01 AM

    Picturesque Pieces: Pompous Minuet

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    4:32
  • 11:49 PM

    Oceana: Chorale of the Reef

    Osvaldo Golijov

    Oceana: Music Of The Oceans, Lakes, And Seas

    The Esoterics

    Eric Banks, conductor

    9:13
  • 11:47 PM

    Serenade on Country Dances

    Jeno Takacs

    Classical Wind Quintets

    Vienna Quintet

    11:19
  • 11:40 PM

    Danzon Cubano

    Aaron Copland

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    6:47
  • 11:30 PM

    Melodia Suite

    Gabriel Olafs

    Gabriel Olafs: Orchestral Works

    Reykjavik Orchestra

    Viktor Orri Arnason, conductor

    Gabriel Olafs, piano

    9:00
  • 11:10 PM

    Guitar Quintet No. 5

    Luigi Boccherini

    Boccherini: Quintets IV, V, VI

    Artaria Quartet

    Richard Savino, guitar

    18:46
  • 11:05 PM

    Procession of the Sardar

    Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov

    Vlass Brass: On The Edge

    Empire Brass

    4:37
  • 11:01 PM

    Princeton Grand March

    Francis Johnson

    Symphony Orchestra of America

    Matthew H. Phillips, conductor

    3:10
  • 10:54 PM

    Bartered Bride: Dance of the Comedians

    Bedrich Smetana

    Smetana: The Bartered Bride & From My Life

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    5:40
  • 10:42 PM

    Hillandale Waltzes

    Victor Babin

    Ebony Concerto

    DePaul University Wind Ensemble

    John Bruce Yeh, clarinet

    11:37
  • 10:33 PM

    Six German Dances

    Franz Schubert

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    8:27
  • 10:17 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Concerts Brandebourgeois Nos. 1, 3, 4

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    13:34
  • 10:15 PM

    Waltz No. 6 "Minute"

    Frederic Chopin

    Autograph

    Alexandre Tharaud, piano

    1:50
  • 10:07 PM

    Symphony No. 7: 3rd movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Echoes of Eastern Europe

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    7:04
  • 9:48 PM

    Parsifal: Prelude to Act I

    Richard Wagner

    Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra: Wagner

    Philharmonia Zurich

    Fabio Luisi, conductor

    12:09
  • 9:43 PM

    Sing Me to Heaven

    Daniel Gawthrop

    Alleluia: An American Hymnal

    Kansas City Chorale

    Charles Bruffy, conductor

    4:18
  • 9:36 PM

    Sinfonia Concertante: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    WA Mozart: The Violin Concertos

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    Yakov Kreizberg, conductor

    Julia Fischer, violin

    6:10
  • 9:10 PM

    Dumbarton Oaks Concerto

    Igor Stravinsky

    Bartok: Divertimento; Romanian Folk Dances; Stravinsky: Pulcinella Suite; Dumbarton Oaks

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    14:53
  • 9:06 PM

    Mysterious Barricades

    Francois Couperin

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    3:16
  • 9:03 PM

    Vignettes: Carmela

    William Grant Still

    Sierra Winds

    (Selected members), conductor

    2:50
  • 8:43 PM

    Simple Symphony

    Benjamin Britten

    Works by Britten, Tippett, Walton

    Guildhall Strings

    15:55
  • 8:37 PM

    Aoife Ni Bhriain, violin

    5:05
  • 8:27 PM

    L'Etoile du Nord: Dance Suite

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Meyerbeer: Ballet Music From The Operas / Nesterowicz

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Michal Nesterowicz, conductor

    9:07
  • 8:04 PM

    Fantasie Symphonique

    Louis Theodore Gouvy

    Gouvy: Symphony 4; Fantasie symphonique

    German Radio Philharmonic

    Jacques Mercier, conductor

    21:41
  • 8:00 PM

    Portraits of Langston: Harlem's Summer Night

    Valerie Coleman

    Portraits: Works for Flute, Clarinet and Piano

    Demarre McGill, flute

    2:55
  • 5:28 PM

    Piano Trio No. 1

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens: Piano Trio no 1; Faure: Piano Quartet / Beaux Arts Trio

    Beaux Arts Trio

    29:51
  • 5:19 PM

    La Stravaganza: Violin Concerto No. 11

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Violin Concerti

    Arte Dei Suonatori Baroque Orchestra

    Rachel Podger, violin

    7:52
  • 5:15 PM

    Elegie

    Dora Pejacevic

    Ladies' Night

    Thomas Albertus Irnberger, violin

    3:19
  • 5:06 PM

    Two Elegiac Melodies

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg; Nielsen; Sibelius; Wiren

    Guildhall Strings

    8:01
  • 5:01 PM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    4:37
  • 4:46 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 6

    Pieter Hellendaal

    Hellendaal: Six Grand Concertos for Violins, etc. in Eight Parts Opus 3

    Combattimento Consort Amsterdam

    Jan Willem de Vriend, conductor

    13:11
  • 4:39 PM

    Dreams of Love No. 3 (Liebestraum)

    Franz Liszt

    DeGaetano Plays Liszt

    Robert DeGaetano, piano

    5:32
  • 4:28 PM

    Romance No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Mad About Violins

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor

    Shlomo Mintz, violin

    10:16
  • 4:24 PM

    Babillard (The Babbling Brook)

    Joachim Andersen

    Grieg And Andersen: Music For Flute And Piano

    Paula Robison, flute

    2:35
  • 4:07 PM

    Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2

    Maurice Ravel

    RAVEL: BOLERO - DAPHNIS ET CHLOE - PIANO CONCERTO - MA MERE L'OYE

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Kenneth Jean, conductor

    16:29
  • 4:00 PM

    Partita No. 6: Courante

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Six Partitas

    Andras Schiff, piano

    4:47
  • 3:48 PM

    Marche Slave

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Claudio Abbado: Marce E Danze

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    10:31
  • 3:46 PM

    Milonga de mis amores

    Pedro Laurenz

    Graham Anthony Devine, guitar

    1:46
  • 3:20 PM

    Symphony No. 82 "The Bear"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Frans Bruggen, conductor

    25:19
  • 3:13 PM

    Rhapsody No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Radu Lupu, piano

    5:42
  • 3:06 PM

    Early Light

    Carolyn Bremer

    Dialogues & Entertainments

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    5:04
  • 3:01 PM

    Rondo for Horn and Orchestra

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart, Strauss: Horn Concertos

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Radovan Vlatkovic, horn

    4:36
  • 2:53 PM

    Concerto for Oboe and Violin: Adagio

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Il Giardino Armonico

    Giovanni Antonini, conductor

    Avi Avital, mandolin

    4:36
  • 2:50 PM

    Ballade No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Ballade No.1 / Liszt: Après Une Lecture De Dante / Schumann: Sonata No.1

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    8:21
  • 2:29 PM

    Symphony No. 4: 3rd movement

    Gustav Mahler

    Mahler: Symphony No. 4

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    23:02
  • 2:25 PM

    Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro

    Giacomo Puccini

    Sole Amore: Puccini Arias

    Lyon Opera Orchestra

    Kent Nagano, conductor

    Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano

    2:21
  • 2:16 PM

    The Secret Marriage: Overture

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Cimarosa: Overtures, Vol. 6

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice

    Patrick Gallois, conductor

    7:26
  • 2:11 PM

    Intimate Impressions: Secreto

    Federico Mompou

    Moderato Cantabile

    Anja Lechner, cello

    4:58
  • 2:00 PM

    Adagio and Allegro

    Robert Schumann

    Jeffrey Rathbun, oboe

    Marc Shapiro, piano

    8:35
  • 1:51 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Titan": 2nd movement

    Gustav Mahler

    Mahler: Symphony No. 1

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    7:27
  • 1:46 PM

    Scherzo No. 2

    Clara Schumann

    Donna voce

    Anna Shelest, piano

    3:31
  • 1:38 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Eroica": 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 'Erioca'

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    6:00
  • 1:34 PM

    Prayer (Gather Up)

    Carlos Simon

    Together

    J'nai Bridges, mezzo-soprano

    3:10
  • 1:30 PM

    Wild Swans: Eliza's Aria

    Elena Kats-Chernin

    Nicola Sweeney, violin

    Sarah Nicolls, piano

    3:20
  • 1:20 PM

    Serenade No. 5: 2nd movement

    Robert Fuchs

    Fuchs: Piano Concerto

    Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra

    Alun Francis, conductor

    8:37
  • 1:17 PM

    Toccata No. 2

    George Antheil

    Horizons

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    2:21
  • 1:07 PM

    Symphony No. 5: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky Waltzes

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Sergiu Comissiona, conductor

    6:27
  • 1:04 PM

    Song without Words No. 25 "May Breezes"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    2:01
  • 12:57 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1: Rondo

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven

    Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra

    Karina Canellakis, conductor

    Alice Sara Ott, piano

    8:57
  • 12:53 PM

    Fur Elise

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven

    Alice Sara Ott, piano

    2:42
  • 12:50 PM

    Scaramouche: Brazileira

    Darius Milhaud

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Branford Marsalis, saxophone

    2:37
  • 12:48 PM

    Saudades do Brazil: Corcovado

    Darius Milhaud

    Creation

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Branford Marsalis, saxophone

    2:02
  • 12:45 PM

    Venezuelan Waltz No. 3 "Natalia"

    Antonio Lauro

    Alexander-Sergei Ramirez, guitar

    2:03
  • 12:35 PM

    Symphony

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Symphonies - From Berlin to Hamburg

    Academy for Ancient Music Berlin

    Mayumi Hirasaki, conductor

    9:06
  • 12:31 PM

    Sinfonia "La Bergamasca"

    Lodovico Viadana

    Royal Academy of Music Brass

    3:07
  • 12:22 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 17: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 9 & 17

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Rudolf Serkin, piano

    7:33
  • 12:20 PM

    Violin Concerto: Dances

    David Ludwig

    Echoes of Eastern Europe

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Bella Hristova, violin

    7:58
  • 12:07 PM

    Overture "In the Italian Style"

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonies No. 3 in D & No. 5 in B Flat

    Hanover Band

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    7:14
  • 12:04 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2: Badinerie

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Orchestral Suites

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Richard Egarr, conductor

    1:41
  • 11:44 AM

    Carmen Fantasy

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Leila Josefowicz, violin

    13:53
  • 11:40 AM

    Romantic Pieces: Cavatina

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak, Janacek, Smetana: Romantic Pieces

    James Ehnes, violin

    3:00
  • 11:31 AM

    La Cenerentola (Cinderella): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jaime Laredo, conductor

    7:52
  • 11:25 AM

    Jubilate Deo

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    The Glory of Venice: Giovanni Gabrieli

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge

    Stephen Cleobury, conductor

    4:57
  • 11:21 AM

    Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba

    George Frideric Handel

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    2:47
  • 11:15 AM

    Legend No. 6

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Legends, Prague Waltzes

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    4:55
  • 11:07 AM

    Symphony No. 4

    William Boyce

    Boyce: 8 Symphonies

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    6:50
  • 11:04 AM

    Preludes, Book 1: La fille aux cheveux de lin (The Girl with the Flaxen Hair)

    Claude Debussy

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    Sandra Rivers, piano

    2:36
  • 10:52 AM

    Concerto for Two Oboes

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerti Virtuosi

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    6:04
  • 10:34 AM

    A Downland Suite

    John Ireland

    Ireland: Music for String Orchestra

    Orchestra of the Swan

    David Curtis, conductor

    17:11
  • 10:13 AM

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    19:13
  • 10:06 AM

    Bluestone

    Chris Marshall

    Claire Jones: Royal Harp Strings

    London Mozart Players

    Stuart Morley, conductor

    Claire Jones, harp

    5:50
  • 10:01 AM

    Butterfly's Day Out

    Mark O'Connor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Mark O'Connor, mandolin

    Edgar Meyer, double bass

    4:40
  • 9:46 AM

    Ein Tanzspiel

    Franz Schreker

    Strauss, Liszt, Korngold, Busoni, Schreker

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Kazuki Yamada, conductor

    12:30
  • 9:29 AM

    Concerto for Flute, Strings and Two Horns

    Friedrich Hartmann Graf

    Friedrich Hartmann Graf: Flute Concertos

    South German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim

    Johannes Moesus, conductor

    Gaby Pas-van Riet, flute

    15:30
  • 9:24 AM

    Hogan

    Connor Chee

    Scenes from Dinetah

    Connor Chee, piano

    2:47
  • 9:06 AM

    Prometheus Bound: Overture

    Karl Goldmark

    Goldmark: Violin Concerto; Prometheus Bound

    Gurzenich Orchestra

    James Conlon, conductor

    17:27
  • 9:01 AM

    Nocturne No. 2

    Frederic Chopin

    Dreaming

    Sara Sant'Ambrogio, cello

    4:32
  • 8:53 AM

    Picciola serenata: Minuetto

    Antonio Salieri

    Mozart � Salieri

    Armonia Ensemble

    4:57
  • 8:38 AM

    Theme and Variations

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: The Complete Music for Piano

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    14:18
  • 8:05 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Max Bruch

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    31:42
  • 8:01 AM

    The Distance Between

    Adrian Munsey

    Blanc

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    3:32
  • 7:55 AM

    Joao Luiz, guitar

    3:27
  • 7:10 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    45:05
  • 7:04 AM

    Poetic Tone Pictures: Spring Song

    Antonin Dvorak

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    3:29
  • 7:01 AM

    Song: It was in the early spring

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Vocalise: Russian Romances

    Mischa Maisky, cello

    2:21
  • 6:25 AM

    String Quartet No. 13 "Rosamunde"

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Quartets D804 Rosamunde, D87 and Quartettsatz

    Borodin Quartet

    33:10
  • 6:10 AM

    Enfantines

    Ernest Bloch

    Margaret Fingerhut, piano

    14:27
  • 6:01 AM

    Eight Miniatures

    Igor Stravinsky

    Berg: Kammerkonzert; Stravinsky: Ebony Concerto

    Ensemble Intercontemporain

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    7:16
  • 5:43 AM

    Lyric Suite

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg | Holberg Suite, etc.

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    15:28
  • 5:35 AM

    Violin Concerto: 2nd movement

    Philip Glass

    Berlin Konzerthaus Orchestra

    Jonathan Stockhammer, conductor

    Mari Samuelsen, violin

    7:54
  • 5:01 AM

    Kreisleriana

    Robert Schumann

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    31:26