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  • 4:46 AM

    Amazing Grace

    Ben Johnston

    Kronos Quartet

    11:49
  • 4:40 AM

    again (after ecclesiastes)

    David Lang

    Theatre of Voices

    Paul Hillier, conductor

    5:30
  • 4:14 AM

    Shaker Loops

    John Adams

    London Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Warren-Green, conductor

    24:53
  • 4:07 AM

    Circles

    Bryce Dessner

    Takacs Assad Labro

    Takacs Quartet

    Julien Labro, bandoneon

    5:46
  • 4:01 AM

    Kellam's Reel/Rusty Gully

    Nathan Koci/James Moore/Eleonore Oppenheim/Caroline Shaw

    The Hands Free

    The Hands Free

    4:26
  • 3:53 AM

    i carry your heart

    Eric Whitacre

    Studio Recording

    Eric Whitacre Singers

    Eric Whitacre, conductor

    4:32
  • 3:48 AM

    Soul House: Cooper Beech

    Robert Honstein

    Robert Honstein: Soul House

    Hub New Music

    4:18
  • 3:26 AM

    Sacred Place

    Alex Berko

    House of Belonging

    Conspirare

    Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

    Haitham Haidar, tenor

    20:49
  • 3:07 AM

    Home

    Kevin Puts

    Home

    Miro Quartet

    16:46
  • 3:01 AM

    Statue of Liberty

    Laurie Anderson

    she/her/hers

    Lara St. John, violin

    4:49
  • 2:48 AM

    Little Serenade

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    Orebro Chamber Orchestra

    Goran Nilson, conductor

    10:29
  • 2:23 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Adolphus Hailstork

    Elfman: Violin Concerto, 'Eleven Eleven' - Hailstork: Piano Concerto No. 1

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    23:34
  • 2:15 AM

    A Stroll to the Moon

    Manos Hadjidakis

    Paper Moon: Songs by Manos Hadjidakis

    Elena Papandreou, guitar

    6:19
  • 2:06 AM

    Slavonic Dance No. 16

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Slavonic Dances

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    8:04
  • 2:01 AM

    Night and Day

    Cole Porter

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin

    Masao Kawasaki, viola

    Mats Lidstrom, cello

    4:33
  • 1:44 AM

    Fantasy on Polish Airs

    Frederic Chopin

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Misha Dichter, piano

    13:51
  • 1:14 AM

    Symphony No. 38 "Prague"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Symphonies 38 & 39

    Sinfonia Varsovia

    Yehudi Menuhin, conductor

    29:34
  • 1:06 AM

    Anna Ciborowska, piano

    5:32
  • 1:01 AM

    Garmoshka

    Ljova

    Experience: Live from New York

    The Knights

    Eric Jacobsen, conductor

    Johnny Gandelsman, violin

    4:37
  • 12:40 AM

    Concerto for Orchestra

    Ulysses Kay

    African American Voices II

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Kellen Grey, conductor

    18:07
  • 12:18 AM

    Reflections on the Mississippi

    Michael Daugherty

    Albany Symphony Orchestra

    David Alan Miller, conductor

    Carol Jantsch, tuba

    20:45
  • 12:15 AM

    Down a Southern Lane

    Florence Price

    Florence Price: Piano Discoveries: Excursions

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:03
  • 12:06 AM

    Mandolin Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Venice Baroque Orchestra

    Avi Avital, mandolin

    7:33
  • 12:01 AM

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    4:47
  • 11:52 PM

    Folk Suite No. 4

    William Grant Still

    Calico Winds

    5:28
  • 11:47 PM

    Saga of the Prairies

    Aaron Copland

    Barber, Copland, Harris

    Pacific Symphony Orchestra

    Keith Clark, conductor

    11:53
  • 11:40 PM

    Saga of the Prairies

    Aaron Copland

    Barber, Copland, Harris

    Pacific Symphony Orchestra

    Keith Clark, conductor

    11:53
  • 11:36 PM

    Forgotten Sounds

    Charles Martin Loeffler

    Forgotten Sounds

    Graeme Steele Johnson, clarinet

    3:48
  • 11:12 PM

    Symphonic Variations

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9, Symphonic Variations

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    22:30
  • 11:08 PM

    Etincelles (Sparks)

    Moritz Moszkowski

    Stephen Hough's New Piano Album

    Stephen Hough, piano

    2:54
  • 11:01 PM

    Nocturnes: Fetes (Festivals)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Orchestral Works

    Paris Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    6:56
  • 10:54 PM

    Toward a New Life

    Josef Suk

    Pomp & Pizazz

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    5:48
  • 10:40 PM

    New Medley Overture

    James Hewitt

    Sinfonia Finlandia Jyvaskyla

    Patrick Gallois, conductor

    12:20
  • 10:35 PM

    Poltergeist Rag

    William Bolcom

    Decoda

    Decoda

    4:11
  • 10:06 PM

    Rhapsody in Blue

    George Gershwin

    Rhapsody in Blue Reimagined

    San Francisco Conservatory of Music Orchestra

    Edwin Outwater, conductor

    Lara Downes, piano

    27:20
  • 9:44 PM

    Karelia Suite

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Tone Poems & Incidental Music

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    15:42
  • 9:37 PM

    Piano Sonata: 3rd movement

    Helene de Montgeroult

    Nicolas Horvath, piano

    5:58
  • 9:32 PM

    Afternoon on a Hill

    Stephen Paulus

    Splendid Jewel: Choral Music Of Stephen Paulus

    The Singers

    Matthew Culloton, conductor

    3:54
  • 9:19 PM

    The Perfect Fool Ballet Music

    Gustav Holst

    Kansas City Symphony

    Michael Stern, conductor

    10:39
  • 9:15 PM

    Fantasy Pieces: Humoresque

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Uncovered Vol. 1

    Catalyst Quartet

    3:17
  • 9:06 PM

    Sky: 2nd movement

    Michael Torke

    Albany Symphony Orchestra

    David Alan Miller, conductor

    Tessa Lark, violin

    8:13
  • 9:02 PM

    Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Simply Christmas

    Katia & Marielle Labeque, pianos

    3:20
  • 8:44 PM

    Rounds for String Orchestra

    David Diamond

    David Diamond, Vol. 5: Rounds

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    14:17
  • 8:37 PM

    Grand Tarantelle

    Louis Moreau Gottschalk

    Sakiko Ohashi, piano

    Gary Hammond, piano

    6:18
  • 8:28 PM

    Concerto for Two Trumpets

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Intimate Baroque

    Banff Festival Strings

    Thomas Rolston, conductor

    David Hickman, trumpet

    7:20
  • 8:06 PM

    Symphony No. 35 "Haffner"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: The Symphonies, Vol. 5

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    21:34
  • 8:00 PM

    Arabesque No. 2

    Claude Debussy

    Claude Debussy Arranged for Ten-String Guitar

    Anders Miolin, guitar

    4:54
  • 5:48 PM

    Academic Festival Overture

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 3, Academic Festival Overture

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    10:33
  • 5:43 PM

    Poetic Tone Pictures: Toying

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak Poetic Tone Pictures, Op. 85

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    4:20
  • 5:21 PM

    Spirituals for Strings

    Morton Gould

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kenneth Klein, conductor

    20:32
  • 5:06 PM

    Italian Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Harp Consort

    Andrew Lawrence-King, conductor

    13:12
  • 5:01 PM

    Four Sketches: Legend

    Eugene Goossens

    London Chamber Music Group

    Susan Milan, flute

    4:47
  • 4:51 PM

    Deep Summer Music

    Libby Larsen

    Libby Larsen

    Colorado Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    7:16
  • 4:30 PM

    Symphony No. 1

    Jerome Moross

    London Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    20:04
  • 4:13 PM

    Second Rhapsody

    George Gershwin

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    15:11
  • 4:06 PM

    Piano Quintet: 3rd movement

    Charles Wakefield Cadman

    Cadman: Chamber Music

    Bergonzi String Quartet

    Paul Posnak, piano

    5:50
  • 4:01 PM

    Startin' Sumthin'

    Jeff Scott

    Startin' Sumthin'

    Imani Winds

    4:50
  • 3:46 PM

    Serenade for Strings

    Edward Elgar

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    12:32
  • 3:41 PM

    Spirited Away: One Summer's Day

    Joe Hisaishi

    Dream Songs

    Studio Orchestra

    Joe Hisaishi, piano

    4:02
  • 3:25 PM

    Horn Concerto

    Johann Neruda

    Before Mozart: Early Horn Concertos

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Nicholas McGegan, conductor

    Alec Frank-Gemmill, horn

    14:17
  • 3:20 PM

    Impromptu No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    Pavel Kolesnikov, piano

    4:11
  • 3:06 PM

    Petite Suite

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Petite Suite, etc

    Ulster Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    12:51
  • 3:01 PM

    Flowers from Froso: Entry to the Summer Meadow

    Wilhelm Peterson-Berger

    Christian Bergqvist, violin

    Mats Bergstrom, guitar

    4:32
  • 2:47 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Grand Pas de Deux

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    11:48
  • 2:45 PM

    Symphony No. 5: 2nd movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 5, Swan Lake

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    13:36
  • 2:17 PM

    Symphony No. 39

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: The Three Last Symphonies

    Ensemble Appassionato

    Mathieu Herzog, conductor

    26:55
  • 2:06 PM

    Our Town

    Aaron Copland

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

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    9:02
  • 1:51 PM

    Fanfare, Hymn and Finale

    Peter Boyer

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Peter Boyer, conductor

    7:44
  • 1:39 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Kevin John Edusei, conductor

    Elena Urioste, violin

    11:03
  • 1:34 PM

    Galop and Eight Ecoissaises

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Landler

    Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano

    3:02
  • 1:31 PM

    Banjo and Fiddle

    William Kroll

    Leonidas Kavakos Plays Debussy, Kreisler, Paganini, Schubert, Tchaikovsky, Wieniawski & more

    Leonidas Kavakos, violin

    2:44
  • 1:23 PM

    Polyphony

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    6:10
  • 1:18 PM

    From Time to Time: Moving Time, A Millennium Ride

    Anthony Iannaccone

    Iannaccone: Looking Back, Moving On

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Alexander Jimenez, conductor

    4:03
  • 1:07 PM

    Festive Overture

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Symphonic Spectacular

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    6:28
  • 1:04 PM

    Song without Words No. 25 "May Breezes"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Voice Of The Violin

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Michael Stern, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    2:19
  • 12:50 PM

    Symphony No. 101 "The Clock": 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 101 & 102

    London Classical Players

    Roger Norrington, conductor

    8:38
  • 12:47 PM

    Red Dragonfly

    Kosaku Yamada

    Ensemble Lunaire

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    2:54
  • 12:42 PM

    The Dragonfly Polka Mazurka

    Josef Strauss

    Schwanen Salon Orchestra

    Georg Huber, conductor

    3:25
  • 12:30 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3: Overture

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Orchestral Suites

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    10:11
  • 12:24 PM

    Three American Pieces: Early Song

    Lukas Foss

    Foss: Symphony No. 1; Renaissance Concerto; Three American Pieces; Ode

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Nikki Chooi, violin

    4:50
  • 12:21 PM

    In Sentimental Mood

    Florence Price

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:30
  • 12:08 PM

    Concerto for Two Horns: 1st movement

    Franz Pokorny

    Herrmann Baumann

    Concerto Amsterdam

    Jaap Schroder, conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    6:01
  • 12:04 PM

    La Vida Breve: Dance No. 1

    Manuel de Falla

    Katia & Marielle Labeque, pianos

    2:52
  • 11:50 AM

    The Little Trifles (selections)

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Complete Mozart Edition, Vol. 25: Theatre and Ballet Music

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    8:26
  • 11:47 AM

    Swan Lake: Dance of the Little Swans

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Earl Wild, piano

    1:26
  • 11:31 AM

    The Good-humored Ladies

    Vincenzo Tommasini

    Concert Arts Orchestra

    Robert Irving, conductor

    14:56
  • 11:22 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 3

    Alessandro Scarlatti

    Europa Galante

    Fabio Biondi, conductor

    Fabio Biondi, violin

    7:16
  • 11:15 AM

    Scottish March (Marche ecossaise)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Complete Orchestral Works I

    French National Radio and Television Orchestra

    Jean Martinon, conductor

    6:20
  • 11:09 AM

    Andante with Variations

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Chamber Music with Harp

    Consortium Classicum

    3:59
  • 11:04 AM

    Rusalka: Polonaise

    Antonin Dvorak

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    4:30
  • 10:47 AM

    Sinfonia No. 1

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Symphonies - From Berlin to Hamburg

    Academy for Ancient Music Berlin

    Georg Kallweit, conductor

    11:00
  • 10:26 AM

    Tianjin Suite

    Xiaogang Ye

    Xiaogang Ye: Twilight in Tibet

    Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra

    Stephan Malzew, conductor

    19:40
  • 10:09 AM

    French Suite No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Peter Hill, piano

    14:42
  • 10:06 AM

    Ave Maria

    Charles Gounod

    Dream Season: The Christmas Harp

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    2:52
  • 10:01 AM

    Two Chorale Preludes

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms on Brass

    Canadian Brass

    4:52
  • 9:49 AM

    Summer Pastorale

    Arthur Honegger

    Honegger: Pacific 231, Horace Victorieux Etc.

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    8:55
  • 9:46 AM

    Four Romantic Pieces: Romance without Words

    Charlotte Sohy

    Saint-Saens

    Lang Lang, piano

    3:12
  • 9:26 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 4

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Handel and Haydn Society

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    Aisslinn Nosky, violin

    18:23
  • 9:21 AM

    Someone to Watch Over Me

    George Gershwin

    Sara Davis Buechner, piano

    3:11
  • 9:06 AM

    English Pastoral Impressions

    Ernest Farrar

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Alasdair Mitchell, conductor

    14:13
  • 9:01 AM

    Sospiri (Sighs)

    Edward Elgar

    THE BRITISH PROJECT

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla, conductor

    4:48
  • 8:55 AM

    Sleepless

    Ola Gjeilo

    Ola Gjeilo: Night

    Ola Gjeilo, piano

    3:05
  • 8:24 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Lukas Foss

    Foss: Symphony No. 1; Renaissance Concerto; Three American Pieces; Ode

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    30:37
  • 8:17 AM

    Plea for Peace

    Augusta Read Thomas

    Jennie Oh Brown, alto flute

    Elizabeth Brausa Brathwaite, violin

    Cristina Buciu, violin

    Amanda Grimm, viola

    Paula Kosower, cello

    5:44
  • 8:01 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    15:01
  • 7:47 AM

    The Walk to the Paradise Garden

    Frederick Delius

    Symphony Nova Scotia

    Georg Tintner, conductor

    11:30
  • 7:16 AM

    Piano Trio No. 1

    Emilie Mayer

    Mayer: Piano Trios; Notturno

    Trio Vivente

    30:56
  • 7:10 AM

    The Road Home

    Stephen Paulus

    Conspirare

    Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

    3:55
  • 7:01 AM

    Bukoolika (Bucolic)

    Ester Magi

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Arvo Volmer, conductor

    8:08
  • 6:32 AM

    Symphony No. 63 "Loon Lake"

    Alan Hovhaness

    Hovhaness: Guitar Concerto No. 2

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Stewart Robertson, conductor

    26:15
  • 6:29 AM

    Beau Soir (Beautiful Evening)

    Claude Debussy

    (b)romancE

    Nicholas Canellakis, cello

    2:38
  • 6:01 AM

    String Quartet No. 8

    Antonin Dvorak

    Chilingirian Quartet

    25:52
  • 5:30 AM

    Concerto Antico

    Richard Harvey

    Harvey, Gray: Guitar Concertos

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Daniel, conductor

    John Williams, guitar

    28:41
  • 5:24 AM

    Cantilena

    Osvaldo Lacerda

    Chorinho

    Georgina Rossi, viola

    5:05
  • 5:01 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 1

    Saverio Mercadante

    Mercadante: Flute Concertos

    I Solisti Veneti

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    21:01