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  • 4:54 AM

    Three Nocturnes: Moonrise

    John Luther Adams

    Darkness and Scattered Light

    Robert Black, double bass

    4:37
  • 4:51 AM

    Notturno for harp, violin and strings

    Arnold Schoenberg

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hope, violin

    Jane Berthe, harp

    3:10
  • 4:39 AM

    Castillo Interior

    Peteris Vasks

    Stillpoint

    Awadagin Pratt, piano

    11:40
  • 4:26 AM

    Near Midnight

    Helen Grime

    Halle Orchestra

    Mark Elder, conductor

    11:30
  • 4:21 AM

    Sunset

    Connor Chee

    Scenes from Dinetah

    Connor Chee, piano

    2:19
  • 4:18 AM

    Weaving

    Connor Chee

    Scenes from Dinetah

    Connor Chee, piano

    3:40
  • 4:07 AM

    Kronos Quartet

    9:39
  • 4:01 AM

    Cello Sonata: 3rd movement

    Kevin Day

    Our Stories: Contemporary Works by Black and Latinx Composers

    Thomas Mesa, cello

    4:30
  • 3:44 AM

    Visions from Another World

    Karim Al-Zand

    Visions Take Flight

    ROCO

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    14:04
  • 3:38 AM

    Netsuke: Jewel of Wisdom with Mountain Pavilions

    Stephen Hartke

    Jennifer Frautschi, violin

    John Blacklow, piano

    5:17
  • 3:32 AM

    Elena Urioste, violin

    Tom Poster, piano

    3:49
  • 3:25 AM

    Fear the Lamb: Elegy for Emmett Louis Till

    Akenya Seymour

    Ready or Not

    Palaver Strings

    6:43
  • 3:20 AM

    Hail, Horrors, Hail

    Missy Mazzoli

    Jennifer Koh, violin

    2:26
  • 3:12 AM

    Just Constellations: The Opening Constellation: Summer

    Michael Harrison

    Roomful of Teeth

    8:03
  • 3:07 AM

    Souvenirs

    Julien Brocal

    Julien Brocal, piano

    3:43
  • 3:01 AM

    Tessellations

    Gabriella Smith

    yMusic

    4:23
  • 2:56 AM

    Barcarola

    Maria Luisa Anido

    Anido: A Mimita

    Maria Isabel Siewers, guitar

    2:46
  • 2:21 AM

    Emerson String Quartet

    32:41
  • 2:11 AM

    Melodia Suite

    Gabriel Olafs

    Gabriel Olafs: Orchestral Works

    Reykjavik Orchestra

    Viktor Orri Arnason, conductor

    Gabriel Olafs, piano

    9:00
  • 2:06 AM

    Nocturne No. 20

    Frederic Chopin

    Faure, Debussy, Szymanowski, Chopin

    Bomsori Kim, violin

    3:46
  • 2:01 AM

    Lyrical Serenade

    Edward Elgar

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    4:41
  • 1:49 AM

    Three Ancient Airs, from the Coplas Sefardies

    Alberto Hemsi

    ARC Ensemble

    9:02
  • 1:39 AM

    The Dream of Cleopatra

    Mel Bonis

    Aux etoiles: French Symphonic Poems

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider, conductor

    9:01
  • 1:23 AM

    French Suite No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Partita No 1, Etc

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    15:25
  • 1:17 AM

    Prelude and Dance

    Michael Stephen Brown

    (b)romancE

    Nicholas Canellakis, cello

    3:41
  • 1:06 AM

    Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

    Claude Debussy

    Songs of the Earth

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    John Mauceri, conductor

    Louise DiTullio, flute

    10:39
  • 1:01 AM

    Mrs Anne Grene her Leaves be Green

    John Danyel

    Nocturnal

    Jakob Lindberg, lute

    4:52
  • 12:53 AM

    Polonaise for Violin and Strings

    Franz Schubert

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Emil Tchakarov, conductor

    Gidon Kremer, violin

    5:40
  • 12:18 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Utah Symphony & Thierry Fischer

    Utah Symphony

    Thierry Fischer, conductor

    32:46
  • 12:13 AM

    Etude No. 6

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens

    Lang Lang, piano

    4:01
  • 12:06 AM

    Venice Baroque Orchestra

    Andrea Marcon, conductor

    5:58
  • 12:01 AM

    Octet: 3rd movement

    Jean Francaix

    Gaudier Ensemble

    4:49
  • 11:50 PM

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    8:29
  • 11:38 PM

    The Firebird (L'oiseau de feu) Ballet

    Igor Stravinsky

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    20:43
  • 11:31 PM

    Clarinet Quintet: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    More Mozart's Greatest Hits

    Harold Wright, clarinet

    7:08
  • 11:14 PM

    Bravura Variations on a Theme by Rossini

    Cipriani Potter

    Cipriani Potter: Piano Concertos; Rossini Variations

    Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    Howard Shelley, piano

    14:58
  • 11:11 PM

    Suite magica: Waltz

    Maximo Diego Pujol

    Together

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    2:03
  • 11:01 PM

    Memories of the Straw Brook Waltz

    Joseph Lanner

    Joseph Lanner: Dance Music from Old Vienna

    Vienna String Ensemble

    9:36
  • 10:53 PM

    Bourree Fantasque

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Chabrier: Orchestral Works

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    6:43
  • 10:48 PM

    Romantic Waltz

    Cecile Chaminade

    Piano Music by Cecile Chaminade

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    4:12
  • 10:42 PM

    Mlada: Procession of the Nobles

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Orchestral Spectaculars

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    4:30
  • 10:07 PM

    Triple Concerto

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven Triple Concerto

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Santtu-Matias Rouvali, conductor

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    34:03
  • 9:48 PM

    Ein Tanzspiel

    Franz Schreker

    Strauss, Liszt, Korngold, Busoni, Schreker

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Kazuki Yamada, conductor

    12:30
  • 9:43 PM

    Song without Words No. 18 "Duetto"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Bach-Busoni, Mendelssohn, Schubert, Liszt: Music without Words

    Murray Perahia, piano

    3:05
  • 9:20 PM

    Symphony No. 89

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies 84-95

    Philharmonia Hungarica

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    21:41
  • 9:18 PM

    God Grant We Grace

    Thomas Tallis

    New York Polyphony

    1:16
  • 9:13 PM

    Memories of the Alhambra

    Francisco Tarrega

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    4:08
  • 9:06 PM

    Festival March

    Antonin Dvorak

    Rochester Philharmonic

    David Zinman, conductor

    5:39
  • 9:03 PM

    Serenade No. 1: Scherzo

    Johannes Brahms

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Istvan Kertesz, conductor

    2:37
  • 8:53 PM

    Valse Caprice

    Amy Beach

    Joanne Polk, piano

    6:19
  • 8:31 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    21:10
  • 8:20 PM

    Hungarian Pastoral Fantasy

    Franz Doppler

    Tokyo Concert Orchestra

    Shigenobu Yamaoka, conductor

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    10:10
  • 8:08 PM

    String Quartet No. 6

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Saint-Georges: 6 Concertante Quartets

    Arabella String Quartet

    9:52
  • 8:00 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Rose adagio

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    6:57
  • 5:45 PM

    Serenade for Strings

    Dag Wiren

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    14:03
  • 5:23 PM

    Harp Concerto

    Francois Boieldieu

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Marisa Robles, harp

    20:15
  • 5:18 PM

    Princess Mononoke: Ashitaka and San

    Joe Hisaishi

    Joe Hisaishi, piano

    3:56
  • 5:07 PM

    Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave)

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    10:10
  • 5:00 PM

    Flute Concerto: 1st movement

    Vilem Blodek

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Uros Lajovic, conductor

    Karl Bernhard Sebon, flute

    4:39
  • 4:42 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "Mysterious Mountain"

    Alan Hovhaness

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    16:00
  • 4:16 PM

    Cello Concerto No. 1

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    Jean Jacques Kantorow, conductor

    Mari Fujiwara, cello

    24:56
  • 4:08 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 6

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Slavonic Dances Opp. 46 & 72

    Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    5:45
  • 4:06 PM

    Bear Dance

    Bela Bartok

    Bartok: Piano Music, Vol. 3

    Jeno Jando, piano

    1:43
  • 4:00 PM

    Andromaque: Prelude to Act IV

    Camille Saint-Saens

    SAINT-SAËNS, C.: Ascanio: Ballet / Overtures to Stage Works (Malmö Symphony, Märkl)

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    4:52
  • 3:44 PM

    Peer Gynt Suite No. 1

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Symphonic Dances/Sigurd Jorsalfar/Peer Gynt

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    14:25
  • 3:24 PM

    Symphony No. 28

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 26, 27, 28, 30 & 32

    London Mozart Players

    Jane Glover, conductor

    18:43
  • 3:14 PM

    Brodsky Quartet

    9:02
  • 3:06 PM

    Festive Overture

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 6 and 7; King Lear

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Andris Nelsons, conductor

    6:12
  • 3:01 PM

    Piano Sonata

    Andrea Luchesi

    Roberto Plano, piano

    4:31
  • 2:51 PM

    Four Dances

    Thomas Morley

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    7:17
  • 2:41 PM

    Les Preludes

    Franz Liszt

    Bolero

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    17:00
  • 2:25 PM

    Overture burlesque

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Telemann, Vol. 2: 'Ouverture Burlesque'

    Collegium Musicum 90

    14:54
  • 2:21 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
  • 2:11 PM

    Die Fledermaus: Overture

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Fanfare for the Common Man

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Carl Davis, conductor

    8:36
  • 2:02 PM

    Concerto for Two Flutes

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    Stephen Preston, flute

    Nicholas McGegan, flute

    7:16
  • 1:52 PM

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    7:31
  • 1:49 PM

    Cello Suite No. 4: Allemande

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Thomas Demenga, cello

    4:00
  • 1:37 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Reconstructed Violin Concerti

    Bach-Collegium Stuttgart

    Helmuth Rilling, conductor

    Isabelle Faust, violin

    9:20
  • 1:31 PM

    Colonial Song

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger: Vol. 1 - Orchestral Works 1

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    5:23
  • 1:27 PM

    Scherzino Mexicano

    Manuel Ponce

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    2:47
  • 1:18 PM

    String Quintet "American": Finale

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: String Quartet Op 105, String Quintet Op 97

    Takacs Quartet

    Lawrence Power, viola

    8:13
  • 1:07 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Italian Concertos

    Scottish Ensemble

    Jonathan Morton, conductor

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    7:17
  • 1:04 PM

    The Cuckoo

    Louis-Claude Daquin

    A Pianist Explores Her Jewish Heritage

    Pola Baytelman, piano

    2:10
  • 12:49 PM

    Marche Slave

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    9:32
  • 12:45 PM

    Concert Etude No. 6: Pastoral

    Nikolai Kapustin

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    2:25
  • 12:32 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Wallfisch Band

    Elizabeth Wallfisch, conductor

    Elizabeth Wallfisch, violin

    11:55
  • 12:23 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Titan": 2nd movement

    Gustav Mahler

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    7:28
  • 12:20 PM

    20 Irish Folk Songs: When Far From Home

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven Triple Concerto

    Gerald Finley, baritone

    2:16
  • 12:10 PM

    The Merchant of Venice: Suite Anglaise No. 2: 1st movement

    Henri Rabaud

    Rabaud: Orchestral Works

    Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    3:18
  • 12:04 PM

    Creatures of Prometheus: Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    4:55
  • 11:54 AM

    Londonderry Air

    Traditional

    Beethoven Triple Concerto

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    4:12
  • 11:46 AM

    Symphonic Dance No. 1

    Edvard Grieg

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    7:16
  • 11:42 AM

    Cascades

    Scott Joplin

    Calico Winds

    2:49
  • 11:31 AM

    "Twinkle, Twinkle" Variations (Ah, vous dirai-je, maman)

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Lang Lang, piano

    10:13
  • 11:21 AM

    Six Studies in English Folk Song

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Doris Lederer, viola

    Jude Mollenhauer, harp

    8:34
  • 11:15 AM

    String Symphony No. 8: 3rd movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra

    Scott Yoo, conductor

    4:50
  • 11:11 AM

    Madame Butterfly: Humming Chorus

    Giacomo Puccini

    Opera Choruses

    Rome Opera Chorus & Orchestra

    Erich Leinsdorf, conductor

    2:24
  • 11:04 AM

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    6:41
  • 10:45 AM

    A Moorside Suite

    Gustav Holst

    English Folk Songs

    Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra

    Frederick Fennell, conductor

    12:57
  • 10:27 AM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 3

    Ottorino Respighi

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    16:57
  • 10:16 AM

    Grande Overture

    Mauro Giuliani

    The Romantic Guitar

    Raphaella Smits, guitar

    9:34
  • 10:06 AM

    Wiener Blut (Vienna Blood)

    Johann StraussJr.

    International Salute

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    8:52
  • 10:01 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 2: 1st movement

    William Alwyn

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    4:36
  • 9:40 AM

    Variations on a Rococo Theme

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    Ofra Harnoy, cello

    18:35
  • 9:36 AM

    La Boheme: Musetta's Waltz ("Quando m'en vo")

    Giacomo Puccini

    Eugenia Zukerman, flute

    Dennis Helmrich, piano

    2:22
  • 9:23 AM

    Symphony

    Luigi Boccherini

    Boccherini: The Six Symphonies, Op. 35

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Marc Destrube, conductor

    12:46
  • 9:06 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

    Academy for Ancient Music Berlin

    Isabelle Faust, violin

    14:33
  • 9:01 AM

    Mazurka No. 36

    Frederic Chopin

    Late Piano Music of Frederic Chopin

    Aleck Karis, piano

    4:46
  • 8:43 AM

    Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances

    Alexander Borodin

    Borodin: Symphony No. 2 in B minor, etc.

    Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor

    15:07
  • 8:28 AM

    Five Bagatelles

    Gerald Finzi

    Northern Sinfonia

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    Robert Plane, clarinet

    14:32
  • 8:09 AM

    Magnolia Suite

    Nathaniel Dett

    Denver Oldham, piano

    17:25
  • 8:01 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 3

    Johann Quantz

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Barry Tuckwell, horn

    7:10
  • 7:48 AM

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Harding, conductor

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    10:13
  • 7:30 AM

    The Night Callings

    Heino Eller

    Heino Eller: Symphonic Poems

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Olari Elts, conductor

    17:36
  • 7:14 AM

    Sonata No. 5

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Camerata Bern

    Thomas Furi, conductor

    14:24
  • 7:01 AM

    Sonata for Flute and Orchestra

    Francis Poulenc

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Steuart Bedford, conductor

    Jennifer Stinton, flute

    12:03
  • 6:25 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish"

    Robert Schumann

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor

    33:48
  • 6:20 AM

    Melodic Etude

    Cecile Chaminade

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    3:41
  • 6:01 AM

    Suite Lyrique

    John Rutter

    Blessing

    Sinfonia Cymru

    John Rutter, conductor

    Catrin Finch, harp

    17:22
  • 5:42 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Sejong Soloists

    Gil Shaham, violin

    16:40
  • 5:29 AM

    Norwegian Rhapsody No. 4

    Johan Svendsen

    Svendsen: Norwegian Rhapsodies

    South Jutland Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    12:08
  • 5:01 AM

    Piano Sonata

    Franz Schubert

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    26:02