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  • 4:55 AM

    In a Landscape

    John Cage

    Rothko Chapel

    Sarah Rothenberg, piano

    9:40
  • 4:47 AM

    Third Coast Percussion

    7:56
  • 4:27 AM

    Concerto for Violin and Percussion Orchestra

    Kati Agocs

    New England Conservatory Percussion Ensemble

    Frank Epstein, conductor

    Nicholas Kitchen, violin

    19:05
  • 4:23 AM

    Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano: Sonata No. 2

    John Cage

    Sonatas And Other Interludes

    Pedja Muzijevic, piano

    2:01
  • 4:15 AM

    Black Earth

    Fazil Say

    Manuscripts Don't Burn

    Inna Faliks, piano

    7:02
  • 4:07 AM

    Music One for Bowed Strings

    Stephen Scott

    New Music for Bowed Piano

    The Bowed Piano Ensemble

    7:24
  • 4:01 AM

    Hayy: Revealing the Tones

    Michael Harrison

    Seven Sacred Names

    Michael Harrison, piano

    4:32
  • 3:52 AM

    Collective Wisdom

    Michael Gilbertson

    Sybarite5: Collective Wisdom

    Sybarite5

    6:26
  • 3:46 AM

    Scale of Volatility

    Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch

    Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch

    3:50
  • 3:26 AM

    The Blind Banister

    Timo Andres

    Timo Andres: The Blind Banister

    Metropolis Ensemble

    Andrew Cyr, conductor

    Timo Andres, piano

    20:03
  • 3:19 AM

    Ludwig Games

    Jonathan Dove

    Krysia Osostowicz, violin

    Daniel Tong, piano

    4:12
  • 3:07 AM

    Shorthand

    Anna Clyne

    The Kreutzer Project

    The Knights

    11:05
  • 3:01 AM

    Allusions: Beneath the Surface

    Paul Patterson

    An Eventful Morning in East London - 21st Century Violin Concertos

    English String Orchestra

    Kenneth Woods, conductor

    Harriet Mackenzie, violin

    4:30
  • 2:40 AM

    Guitar Concerto "Chaconne"

    Wayne Siegel

    Jakob Bangsø: Guitar Concertos

    Tallinn Chamber Orchestra

    Kaisa Roose, conductor

    Jakob Bangso, guitar

    18:29
  • 2:21 AM

    Oriane et le Prince d'Amour Suite

    Florent Schmitt

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    17:46
  • 2:15 AM

    Heroic Berceuse

    Claude Debussy

    Music in Time of War

    Kirill Gerstein, piano

    4:59
  • 2:06 AM

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    Steven Isserlis, cello

    7:13
  • 2:01 AM

    Four Preludes for Guitar

    Manuel Ponce

    Victoria Drake, harp

    4:45
  • 1:46 AM

    Entr'acte

    Caroline Shaw

    Move

    The Westerlies

    11:51
  • 1:40 AM

    Chorale

    Errollyn Wallen

    Timelapse

    Orchestra of the Swan

    5:00
  • 1:33 AM

    Song for Athene

    John Tavener

    John Tavener: Innocence

    Choir of Westminster Cathedral

    Martin Neary, conductor

    7:10
  • 1:18 AM

    Phantasy Quintet

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Violin Sonata, String Quartet No. 2 Etc.

    Nash Ensemble

    14:23
  • 1:06 AM

    Ouverture legere

    Lou Koster

    Koster: Orchestral Music

    Estro Armonico Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra

    Jonathan Kaell, conductor

    9:23
  • 1:01 AM

    Sonata No. 8

    Henry Purcell

    Purcell Quartet

    4:49
  • 12:55 AM

    Wiegenlied (Lullaby)

    Johannes Brahms

    When Night Falls c

    Elina Garanca, mezzo-soprano

    2:56
  • 12:18 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jakub Hrusa, conductor

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    35:32
  • 12:10 AM

    Allegro Appassionato

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Jean-Jacques Kantorow, conductor

    Alexandre Kantorow, piano

    6:06
  • 12:06 AM

    Mysterious Barricades

    Francois Couperin

    The Blue Album

    Pablo Sainz-Villegas, guitar

    3:44
  • 12:01 AM

    Symphonic Dance No. 1

    Cyril Scott

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Martyn Brabbins, conductor

    4:40
  • 11:51 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 20

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Sonatas

    Mari Kodama, piano

    7:39
  • 11:28 PM

    Symphonic Variations

    Antonin Dvorak

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    21:25
  • 11:19 PM

    Sicilian Vespers: Four Seasons: Spring

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    7:51
  • 11:10 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Max Bruch

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Robert Trevino, conductor

    Ray Chen, violin

    7:38
  • 11:06 PM

    Partita No. 4: Gigue

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Johann Sebastian Bach: The Six Partitas

    Sergey Schepkin, piano

    3:12
  • 11:01 PM

    The Tempest: Act IV Overture

    Arthur Sullivan

    Kansas City Symphony

    Michael Stern, conductor

    4:46
  • 10:37 PM

    Concerto After Handel

    Arnold Schoenberg

    Schoenberg: Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra (after Handel); R. Strauss: Divertimento, Op. 86 (after Couperin)

    New York Chamber Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    21:38
  • 10:32 PM

    Turkish Rondo

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Music for My Little Friends

    London Mozart Players

    James Galway, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    3:45
  • 10:27 PM

    Over the Rainbow

    Harold Arlen

    Home

    Miro Quartet

    3:35
  • 10:15 PM

    Concerto No. 12

    Pietro Locatelli

    Locatelli: Introduttioni Teatralli and Concerti, Op. 4

    Raglan Baroque Players

    Elizabeth Wallfisch, conductor

    10:32
  • 10:06 PM

    La Cenerentola (Cinderella): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    7:50
  • 9:52 PM

    Scottish March (Marche ecossaise)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Complete Orchestral Works I

    French National Radio and Television Orchestra

    Jean Martinon, conductor

    6:20
  • 9:43 PM

    Madame Butterfly: Intermezzo

    Giacomo Puccini

    Overtures, Preludes, and Intermezzi

    Philharmonic of La Scala

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    8:13
  • 9:31 PM

    Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: Orchestral Favorites - Hungarian Fantasy

    Szeged Symphony Orchestra

    Tamas Pal, conductor

    10:42
  • 9:26 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 2: 2nd movement

    Robert Schumann

    Caroline Goulding, violin

    Danae Dorken, piano

    4:30
  • 9:10 PM

    Symphony No. 38 "Echo"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Philharmonia Hungarica

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    13:52
  • 9:06 PM

    Impromptu No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    Horizons

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    3:32
  • 9:03 PM

    Trumpet Tune

    Henry Purcell

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Donald Fraser, conductor

    2:40
  • 8:38 PM

    Serenade No. 1

    Robert Fuchs

    Cologne Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Ludwig, conductor

    19:38
  • 8:19 PM

    Rhapsody in Blue

    George Gershwin

    Broadway-Lafayette

    MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Kristjan Jarvi, conductor

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    17:42
  • 8:13 PM

    Lux Aurumque

    Eric Whitacre

    Eric Whitacre Singers

    Eric Whitacre, conductor

    4:06
  • 8:06 PM

    Ensemble Clarimonia

    Charles Neidich, clarinet

    6:19
  • 8:01 PM

    Bella Bocca Polka

    Emil Waldteufel

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    4:46
  • 7:41 PM

    Don Juan

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Don Juan; Aus Italien

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    17:32
  • 5:48 PM

    Rosen aus dem Suden (Roses from the South) Waltz

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    10:01
  • 5:18 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 5 "Turkish"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    Yakov Kreizberg, conductor

    Julia Fischer, violin

    29:50
  • 5:15 PM

    Etude No. 2

    Frederic Chopin

    Murray Perahia, piano

    1:24
  • 5:06 PM

    Fall River Legend: Church Social and Cotillion

    Morton Gould

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Sedares, conductor

    7:05
  • 5:00 PM

    Concertino for Horn: Polacca

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    4:47
  • 4:40 PM

    String Quartet No. 53 "The Lark"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: "Lark," "Rider" And "La Chasse" Quartets

    Hagen Quartet

    17:56
  • 4:23 PM

    Rapsodie espagnole

    Maurice Ravel

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    14:43
  • 4:19 PM

    Three Spanish Songs

    Anonymous

    Calliope

    2:51
  • 4:06 PM

    Piano Concertino

    Carl Czerny

    Czerny: Second Grand Concerto - Concertino - Rondino

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    Rosemary Tuck, piano

    12:36
  • 4:01 PM

    Flute Quintet: Finale

    Franz Schubert

    New Schubert Works for Flute and Strings

    Martinu Quartet

    Robert Stallman, flute

    4:53
  • 3:48 PM

    Gloriana: Courtly Dances

    Benjamin Britten

    Britten 'The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra'

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    10:00
  • 3:15 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Antonin Dvorak

    New York Philharmonic

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Midori, violin

    31:30
  • 3:12 PM

    Album for Children: Music Box

    Tatyana Nikolayeva

    Hiroko Ishimoto, piano

    1:17
  • 3:06 PM

    New Vienna Landler

    Joseph Lanner

    Ensemble Bella Musica Vienna

    Michael Dittrich, conductor

    5:34
  • 3:01 PM

    Symphony: Finale

    Juan Arriaga

    Algarve Orchestra

    Alvaro Cassuto, conductor

    4:37
  • 2:52 PM

    Concert Paraphrase of Verdi's "Rigoletto"

    Franz Liszt

    Yundi Li, piano

    6:23
  • 2:39 PM

    Brazilian Impressions

    Ottorino Respighi

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    18:36
  • 2:32 PM

    Agua e Vinho (Water and Wine)

    Egberto Gismonti

    Dreams of a World

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    5:39
  • 2:25 PM

    Intermezzo No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Classic II

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Ziegler, conductor

    Hauser, cello

    5:57
  • 2:10 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Peter Damm, horn

    13:18
  • 2:01 PM

    Aida: Triumphal March

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Classic Marches

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    6:21
  • 1:57 PM

    March

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Sound Off!

    United States Marine Band

    Col. John Bourgeois, conductor

    2:02
  • 1:53 PM

    Things to Come: March

    Arthur Bliss

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    3:38
  • 1:41 PM

    Little Concert Suite: Nanette's Caprice

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha OVerture / Petite Suite

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    3:49
  • 1:34 PM

    Waltz No. 1 "Grand Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    Lang Lang, piano

    5:47
  • 1:31 PM

    John Anderson, oboe

    Andrew Sparling, bass clarinet

    2:15
  • 1:21 PM

    Roman Carnival Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    9:10
  • 1:17 PM

    Dance Antique

    William Mason

    Calico Winds

    2:41
  • 1:08 PM

    Symphony No. 5: 4th movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonies 5 & 8

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Georg Solti, conductor

    5:31
  • 1:04 PM

    Promenade (Walking the Dog)

    George Gershwin

    William Bolcom, piano

    3:06
  • 12:53 PM

    Villanelle

    Paul Dukas

    Gliere, Saint-Saens, Dukas, Chabrier: Works For Horn

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    6:02
  • 12:50 PM

    Swedish Polka

    Hugo Alfven

    European Light Music Classics

    New London Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    2:25
  • 12:36 PM

    Four Seasons: Autumn

    Antonio Vivaldi

    The Four Seasons

    Il Giardino Armonico

    Enrico Onofri, violin

    12:22
  • 12:31 PM

    Sonata No. 25

    Niccolo Paganini

    Reverie

    Dale Kavanagh, guitar

    4:21
  • 12:24 PM

    Symphony No. 4 "Italian": Saltarello

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4, Hebrides Overture

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    5:25
  • 12:20 PM

    Over the Rainbow

    Harold Arlen

    Home

    Miro Quartet

    3:35
  • 12:09 PM

    Homestead Dances: Farmhands' Dance

    Don Ray

    Home For The Harvest

    Dublin Philharmonic Orchestra

    Derek Gleeson, conductor

    5:05
  • 12:04 PM

    Mock Morris

    Percy Grainger

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Kenneth Montgomery, conductor

    3:29
  • 11:56 AM

    Airs for the Seasons: Lilly (Summer)

    James Oswald

    Rezonance Baroque Ensemble

    Rezan Onen-Lapointe, violin

    2:45
  • 11:52 AM

    Suite for the Birthday of Prince Charles: Carol

    Michael Tippett

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Sir Georg Solti, conductor

    3:00
  • 11:49 AM

    Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    2:30
  • 11:41 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2: Finale

    Felix Mendelssohn

    London Mozart Players

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    Howard Shelley, piano

    6:06
  • 11:33 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Vincenzo Bellini

    Ensemble Berlin

    Christoph Hartmann, oboe

    7:13
  • 11:30 AM

    The Garden of Cosmic Speculation: Courante

    Michael Gandolfi

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Spano, conductor

    1:50
  • 11:18 AM

    Symphony No. 39: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    W.A. Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 38 & 39

    North German Radio Philharmonic

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    10:48
  • 11:15 AM

    L'Eventail de Jeanne (Jeanne's Fan): Pastorale

    Francis Poulenc

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    1:57
  • 11:09 AM

    The Harmonious Blacksmith

    George Frideric Handel

    Earl Wild, piano

    4:26
  • 11:04 AM

    Song of Jean Racine (Cantique de Jean Racine)

    Gabriel Faure

    Spheres

    German Chamber Orchestra Berlin

    Simon Halsey, conductor

    Daniel Hope, violin

    4:16
  • 10:45 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1, 2, & 3

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Kenneth Sillito, violin

    13:27
  • 10:24 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Night in the Tropics"

    Louis Moreau Gottschalk

    Utah Symphony Orchestra

    Maurice Abravanel, conductor

    18:57
  • 10:14 AM

    Rhapsodie

    Marcel Grandjany

    Solo Harp: The Best of Yolanda Kondonassis

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    8:02
  • 10:06 AM

    Karelia Overture

    Jean Sibelius

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    7:46
  • 10:01 AM

    Notre Dame: Intermezzo

    Franz Schmidt

    Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    4:43
  • 9:45 AM

    Second Rhapsody

    George Gershwin

    Original Works and Transcriptions for Solo Piano

    Sara Davis Buechner, piano

    13:16
  • 9:21 AM

    Carnival of the Animals

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    22:03
  • 9:17 AM

    Lullaby

    Halfdan Kjerulf

    COMPLETE WORKS FOR PIANO

    Einar Steen-Nokleberg, piano

    2:24
  • 9:06 AM

    Guitar Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Sharon Isbin Plays Baroque Favorites for Guitar

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    10:10
  • 9:01 AM

    Prelude No. 25

    Frederic Chopin

    Vanessa Perez, piano

    4:50
  • 8:20 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Suite No. 3 in G; Cappriccio italien; Marche slave; Gopak from 'Mazeppa'

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Adrian Boult, conductor

    38:33
  • 8:15 AM

    Andante for Horn and Piano

    Richard Strauss

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    Leonard Hokanson, piano

    4:26
  • 8:09 AM

    Intermezzo No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Orli Shaham, piano

    4:15
  • 8:01 AM

    Abdelazar: Incidental Music

    Henry Purcell

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    7:02
  • 7:47 AM

    Pastoral Suite

    Gunnar De Frumerie

    Stockholm Chamber Ensemble

    Jan-Olav Wedin, conductor

    Gunilla von Bahr, flute

    11:28
  • 7:27 AM

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Hans-Peter Frank, conductor

    19:03
  • 7:13 AM

    Slavonic Rhapsody No. 3

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Paavo Berglund, conductor

    12:40
  • 7:01 AM

    Sierra Winds

    (Selected members), conductor

    11:13
  • 6:27 AM

    Symphony No. 5

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    31:16
  • 6:16 AM

    Symphonie Fantastique: Reveries

    Hector Berlioz

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    11:26
  • 6:01 AM

    blue cathedral

    Jennifer Higdon

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Spano, conductor

    12:19
  • 5:41 AM

    Symphony No. 22 "Philosopher"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Il Giardino Armonico

    Giovanni Antonini, conductor

    16:39
  • 5:23 AM

    Tapiola

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Symphonies 6 & 7, Tapiola

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    17:23
  • 5:01 AM

    English Suite No. 5

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: English Suites

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    20:22