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  • 4:20 AM

    Piano Trio No. 7 "Archduke"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beaux Arts Trio

    37:40
  • 4:11 AM

    Out of the Mist

    Lilian Elkington

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    7:46
  • 4:06 AM

    Beyond the Fog: Mist

    Gary Schocker

    Emily Mitchell, harp

    Gary Schocker, flute

    4:31
  • 4:01 AM

    Elena Papandreou, guitar

    4:36
  • 3:54 AM

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:21
  • 3:14 AM

    Requiem

    Maurice Durufle

    In Paradisum

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    Cecilia Bartoli, mezzo-soprano

    38:30
  • 3:06 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2: Adagio

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Joshua Bell, violin

    5:52
  • 3:01 AM

    Come As You Are: Strength of My Life

    Steven Banks

    As We Are

    Julian Velasco, tenor saxophone

    4:46
  • 2:46 AM

    Claudio Arrau, piano

    12:18
  • 2:36 AM

    Romance

    Gerald Finzi

    FINZI: Clarinet Concerto / Five Bagatelles / Three Soliloquies / Romance

    Northern Sinfonia

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    8:12
  • 2:29 AM

    Saving Private Ryan: Hymn to the Fallen

    John Williams

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    6:10
  • 2:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 59 "The Rider"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: String Quartetts Opp. 71, 74, 77, 103

    Amadeus Quartet

    21:41
  • 2:01 AM

    Choro No. 1 "Tipico Brasileiro"

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Anna-Stella Schic, piano

    4:34
  • 1:33 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: The Piano Concertos and Paganini Rhapsody

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    Yuja Wang, piano

    25:51
  • 1:19 AM

    Arion

    Jean-Louis Blouin, viola

    12:13
  • 1:12 AM

    War Requiem: Let us sleep now...In paradisum

    Benjamin Britten

    Britten: War Requiem

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Benjamin Britten, conductor

    Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone

    5:31
  • 1:06 AM

    Le Tombeau de Couperin: Rigaudon

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel, Berkeley, Pounds: Orchestral Works

    Sinfonia of London

    John Wilson, conductor

    3:00
  • 1:01 AM

    Nocturne No. 2

    Stephan Elmas

    Elmas: Complete Piano Works, Vol. 1

    Mikael Ayrapetyan, piano

    4:40
  • 12:55 AM

    Three Miniatures: Menuet

    Gustavo Campa

    Mexican Romantic Quartets

    Cuarteto Latinoamericano

    3:57
  • 12:23 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    30:35
  • 12:19 AM

    Eight Melodic Etudes: Barcarole

    Virginie Morel

    Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers

    Marie Vermeulin, piano

    2:50
  • 12:06 AM

    A Shropshire Lad

    George Butterworth

    Halle Orchestra

    Mark Elder, conductor

    11:36
  • 12:01 AM

    Sonata No. 12

    Johann Schmelzer

    English Concert

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    4:37
  • 11:52 PM

    New England Triptych: Chester

    William Schuman

    United States Air Force Band

    Lt. Col. Lowell E. Graham, conductor

    7:16
  • 11:51 PM

    New England Triptych: Chester

    William Schuman

    United States Air Force Band

    Lt. Col. Lowell E. Graham, conductor

    7:16
  • 11:27 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 23 "Appassionata"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Sonatas

    Yundi Li, piano

    23:04
  • 11:18 PM

    Romance for Viola and Orchestra

    Max Bruch

    Bruch/Werke fur Klarinette und Viola

    Lyon Opera Orchestra

    Kent Nagano, conductor

    Gerard Causse, viola

    7:37
  • 11:07 PM

    Meditations On America the Beautiful

    David Evan Thomas

    Thomas: Transformations

    Sonja Thompson, piano

    10:00
  • 11:00 PM

    Letter from Home

    Aaron Copland

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    6:38
  • 10:46 PM

    Rob Roy: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    13:03
  • 10:41 PM

    Bethena

    Scott Joplin

    Thompson Plays Joplin

    Butch Thompson, piano

    4:19
  • 10:34 PM

    Variations on America

    Charles Ives

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    7:01
  • 10:06 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Flute Concertos, Concerto for Flute & Harp

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    26:19
  • 10:00 PM

    The Magic Opal Suite: Ballet

    Isaac Albeniz

    The Great Necks

    3:53
  • 9:43 PM

    In the Fen Country

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Orchestral Favourites

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    15:31
  • 9:40 PM

    Remembrance

    Florence Price

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:55
  • 9:25 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Wynton Marsalis - The London Concert - Haydn, Hummel, Mozart

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    14:32
  • 9:15 PM

    Adagio for Strings

    Samuel Barber

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    7:41
  • 9:07 PM

    A Fugal Concerto

    Gustav Holst

    Tippett, Holst, Corelli, Bach

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    Kathryn Greenbank, oboe

    7:23
  • 9:02 PM

    John Novacek, piano

    3:42
  • 8:39 PM

    The Wise Virgins Ballet Suite

    William Walton

    Walton: The Quest; The Wise Virgins

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    19:41
  • 8:26 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 7

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    A Far Cry Orchestra

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    13:04
  • 8:17 PM

    Home: 1st movement

    Kevin Puts

    Home

    Miro Quartet

    6:02
  • 8:05 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": Largo

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Piano Quintets In A, Op.5 & Op.81; Borodin: Quartet

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    11:34
  • 8:00 PM

    Appalachia Waltz

    Mark O'Connor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    4:25
  • 5:50 PM

    Six Studies in English Folk Song

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Janet Hilton, clarinet

    Keith Swallow, piano

    8:33
  • 5:28 PM

    La Peri (The Fairy)

    Paul Dukas

    French National Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    20:13
  • 5:20 PM

    Cinema Paradiso

    Ennio Morricone

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    John Mauceri, conductor

    Gil Shaham, violin

    7:46
  • 5:11 PM

    American Ballads: Amber Waves

    Morton Gould

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kenneth Klein, conductor

    7:12
  • 5:06 PM

    Military March

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Netherlands Wind Ensemble

    4:10
  • 5:01 PM

    Taps/America

    Traditional

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    4:38
  • 4:53 PM

    Ashokan Farewell

    Jay Ungar

    Stillpoint

    Adagio Trio

    5:11
  • 4:21 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish"

    Robert Schumann

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    30:36
  • 4:13 PM

    Legends of the Fall: The Ludlows

    James Horner

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Arnold, conductor

    6:19
  • 4:06 PM

    Donna Diana Overture

    Emil von Reznicek

    Great Comedy Overtures

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Lance Friedel, conductor

    6:00
  • 4:01 PM

    The English Patient: Convento di Sant'Anna

    Gabriel Yared

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    4:41
  • 3:53 PM

    The Valkyrie: Ride of the Valkyries

    Richard Wagner

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    5:00
  • 3:21 PM

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    31:26
  • 3:12 PM

    Harold in Italy: March of the Pilgrims

    Hector Berlioz

    Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    Gerard Causse, viola

    7:32
  • 3:06 PM

    1941: March

    John Williams

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    4:25
  • 3:01 PM

    The Shining Shore

    Traditional

    Anonymous 4

    4:42
  • 2:50 PM

    Sigurd Jorsalfar: Homage March

    Edvard Grieg

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    8:45
  • 2:46 PM

    Goran Sollscher, guitar

    3:17
  • 2:31 PM

    Victory at Sea Suite

    Richard Rodgers

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Sergiu Comissiona, conductor

    13:27
  • 2:12 PM

    Le Tombeau de Couperin

    Maurice Ravel

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    17:11
  • 2:06 PM

    Paganini Etude No. 3 "La Campanella"

    Franz Liszt

    Jorge Bolet, piano

    4:48
  • 2:01 PM

    The Beatitudes

    Vladimir Martynov

    Berlin Konzerthaus Orchestra

    Jonathan Stockhammer, conductor

    Mari Samuelsen, violin

    4:43
  • 1:50 PM

    Finlandia

    Jean Sibelius

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Okko Kamu, conductor

    8:17
  • 1:43 PM

    Concerto for Two Oboes

    Antonio Vivaldi

    La Serenissima

    Adrian Chandler, conductor

    Rachel Chaplin, oboe

    Mark Baigent, oboe

    6:30
  • 1:34 PM

    JFK: Arlington

    John Williams

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paul Bateman, conductor

    7:24
  • 1:26 PM

    In Memoriam: The Colored Soldiers Who Died for Democracy

    William Grant Still

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    7:20
  • 1:19 PM

    Polonaise No. 6 "Heroic"

    Frederic Chopin

    Martha Argerich, piano

    6:35
  • 1:11 PM

    Empire Brass

    Michael Murray, organ

    5:48
  • 1:06 PM

    Soldier's Farewell

    Charles Fernandez

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Fernandez, conductor

    4:46
  • 1:01 PM

    String Symphony No. 1: 1st movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn String Symphonies

    Amadeus Ensemble

    Agnieszka Duczmal, conductor

    4:48
  • 12:47 PM

    Symphony No. 31 "Hornsignal": 4th movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    11:46
  • 12:40 PM

    Concerto for Two Trumpets

    Francesco Manfredini

    New Bach Collegium Musicum Leipzig

    Max Pommer, conductor

    Ludwig Guttler, trumpet

    Kurt Sandau, trumpet

    6:26
  • 12:30 PM

    Spitfire Prelude and Fugue

    William Walton

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    8:35
  • 12:26 PM

    Symphony X: Requiem for a Hero

    Don Gillis

    Sinfonia Varsovia

    Ian Hobson, conductor

    3:39
  • 12:18 PM

    Saving Private Ryan: Hymn to the Fallen

    John Williams

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    6:10
  • 12:12 PM

    Concerto Grosso: March

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Holst, Williams, Delius, Warlock

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    4:55
  • 12:06 PM

    Legend No. 4

    Antonin Dvorak

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    5:29
  • 12:01 PM

    Clarinet Quintet: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Pacifica String Quartet

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    4:32
  • 11:47 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Eroica": 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Manfred Honeck, conductor

    11:42
  • 11:42 AM

    Vater unser

    Arvo Part

    Part: Tractus

    Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

    Tonu Kaljuste, conductor

    Marrit Gerretz-Traksmann, piano

    3:41
  • 11:33 AM

    Verdun: Heroic Epilogue

    Charles Stanford

    Ulster Orchestra

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    8:02
  • 11:20 AM

    Agincourt Overture

    Walter Leigh

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    12:28
  • 11:15 AM

    Arabesque No. 1

    Claude Debussy

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    4:13
  • 11:09 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3: Air on the G String

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Joshua Bell, violin

    4:50
  • 11:06 AM

    Dona Nobis Pacem (Give Us Peace)

    Traditional

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    1:58
  • 11:03 AM

    Gowanus Arts Ensemble

    Reuben Blundell, conductor

    2:20
  • 10:46 AM

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

    Bedrich Smetana

    The Moldau

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    11:57
  • 10:25 AM

    The Birds of Aristophanes

    Hubert Parry

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    19:04
  • 10:16 AM

    Sleeping Beauty: Three Pictures

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    8:48
  • 10:10 AM

    Sometime I Feel Like a Motherless Child

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    3:57
  • 10:06 AM

    In Memoriam

    Gary Schocker

    Jonathan Keeble, flute

    Ann Yeung, harp

    3:58
  • 10:01 AM

    Deep River

    Spiritual

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    4:41
  • 9:49 AM

    Mephisto Waltz No. 1

    Franz Liszt

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    8:53
  • 9:27 AM

    Aranjuez Concerto

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    Julian Bream, guitar

    21:15
  • 9:21 AM

    Four Songs: A Mother's Grief

    Edvard Grieg

    Anderson & Roe Piano Duo

    3:24
  • 9:06 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

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

    Murray Perahia, piano

    14:42
  • 9:01 AM

    Lakme: Flower Duet

    Leo Delibes

    London Mozart Players

    Stuart Morley, conductor

    Claire Jones, harp

    4:52
  • 8:25 AM

    Symphony No. 4

    Florence Price

    Florence Price: Symphony No. 4; William Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    33:44
  • 8:21 AM

    Six Pieces: Berceuse (Lullaby)

    Pauline Viardot-Garcia

    Reto Kuppel, violin

    Wolfgang Manz, piano

    3:24
  • 8:01 AM

    Peter Grimes: Four Sea Interludes

    Benjamin Britten

    Britten: Young Person's Guide, Sea Interludes, Men Of Goodwill / Marriner

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    17:56
  • 7:45 AM

    String Quartet No. 14 "Death and the Maiden": 2nd movement

    Franz Schubert

    Jasper String Quartet

    13:21
  • 7:22 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Peter Schickele

    Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    Pamela Pecha, oboe

    22:30
  • 7:05 AM

    Serenade for Strings

    Max Bruch

    Bruch: Orchestral Works

    Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra

    George Hanson, conductor

    15:03
  • 7:01 AM

    Danzas Argentinas: Danza de la moza donosa

    Alberto Ginastera

    Ginastera: One Hundred

    Orli Shaham, piano

    3:21
  • 6:36 AM

    American Suite

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 in E minor; American Suite

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    22:32
  • 6:31 AM

    Cantata No. 68: Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt: Mein glaubiges Herz (My faithful heart)

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Petronel Malan, piano

    3:29
  • 6:01 AM

    String Quartet No. 5

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Dover Quartet

    28:33
  • 5:40 AM

    Irish Rhapsody No. 4

    Charles Stanford

    Stanford: Symphony No. 5

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    18:27
  • 5:18 AM

    Symphony No. 31

    Alan Hovhaness

    Northwest Sinfonia

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    21:57
  • 5:01 AM

    Fantasie for Piano and Orchestra

    Gabriel Faure

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos, conductor

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    14:35