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  • 4:41 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "Mysterious Mountain"

    Alan Hovhaness

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    17:00
  • 4:19 AM

    Souvenirs

    Samuel Barber

    Royal Scottish Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    20:41
  • 4:06 AM

    Peter Christ, oboe

    Gretel Shanley, flute

    Sharon Davis, piano

    12:14
  • 4:01 AM

    American Youth Concerto: Andante

    Marion Bauer

    Ambache Chamber Orchestra and Ensemble

    Diana Ambache, piano

    4:27
  • 3:42 AM

    1812 Overture

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture, Sleeping Beauty, Voyevoda, Moscow

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    16:11
  • 3:32 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "America": Independence Day

    Dan Locklair

    Slovak National Symphony Orchestra

    Kirk Trevor, conductor

    8:45
  • 3:27 AM

    Fanfare for the Common Man

    Aaron Copland

    Copland 100

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    3:31
  • 3:18 AM

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Jerry Goldsmith, conductor

    8:52
  • 3:06 AM

    A Salute to John Philip Sousa

    John Philip Sousa

    Canadian Brass

    Lukas Foss, conductor

    10:23
  • 3:01 AM

    Servicemen on Parade

    Medley

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    4:06
  • 3:01 AM

    Fanfare for the Inauguration of John F. Kennedy

    Leonard Bernstein

    National Symphony Orchestra

    Christoph Eschenbach, conductor

    :39
  • 2:51 AM

    Celebration Overture

    Peter Boyer

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Peter Boyer, conductor

    6:34
  • 2:29 AM

    Music for the Royal Fireworks

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Complete Orchestral Works

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    21:54
  • 2:19 AM

    Medley of Songs

    George M. Cohan

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    8:05
  • 2:15 AM

    Under the Double Eagle

    Josef Franz Wagner

    Grand March

    Philip Jones Ensemble

    Elgar Howarth, conductor

    3:12
  • 2:11 AM

    America My Home: Luverne Movement

    Wynton Marsalis

    Amanda Forsyth, cello

    Bill Charlap, piano

    2:15
  • 2:01 AM

    Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing

    James W. Johnson/J. Rosamond Johnson

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    4:47
  • 1:56 AM

    Yankee Doodle Rondo

    Benjamin Carr

    Noel Lester, piano

    2:17
  • 1:15 AM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World"

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    39:43
  • 1:10 AM

    To a Wild Rose

    Edward MacDowell

    London Mozart Players

    Stuart Morley, conductor

    Claire Jones, harp

    3:16
  • 1:06 AM

    National Emblem March

    Edwin Bagley

    US Air Force Band in Blue

    US Air Force Band in Blue

    Capt. Philip Chevallard, conductor

    3:14
  • 1:01 AM

    Sarah Nicolls, piano

    4:48
  • 12:46 AM

    blue cathedral

    Jennifer Higdon

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Spano, conductor

    12:19
  • 12:24 AM

    West Side Story: Symphonic Dances

    Leonard Bernstein

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    20:58
  • 12:18 AM

    Lincoln: With Malice Toward None

    John Williams

    John Williams at the Movies

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    4:12
  • 12:06 AM

    The Red Mill: Selections

    Victor Herbert

    Eastman-Dryden Orchestra

    Donald Hunsberger, conductor

    10:50
  • 12:01 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Florence Price

    Florence Price Violin Concertos

    Janacek Philharmonic

    Ryan Cockerham, conductor

    Er-Gene Kahng, violin

    4:33
  • 11:48 PM

    Kitty Hawk

    James Horner

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Arnold, conductor

    10:04
  • 11:38 PM

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Louis Lane, conductor

    18:30
  • 11:32 PM

    Two Sketches

    Amy Beach

    Joanne Polk, piano

    4:38
  • 11:15 PM

    Eroica Trio

    16:22
  • 11:09 PM

    Serenade: 4th movement

    Arthur Bird

    North Texas Chamber Players

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    5:25
  • 10:58 PM

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    9:16
  • 10:47 PM

    Federal Overture

    Benjamin Carr

    Sinfonia Finlandia Jyvaskyla

    Patrick Gallois, conductor

    10:10
  • 10:42 PM

    A Trumpeter's Lullaby

    Leroy Anderson

    Trumpet Spectacular

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    Doc Severinsen, trumpet

    3:29
  • 10:32 PM

    Bright Blue Music

    Michael Torke

    Javelin - the Music of Michael Torke

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    9:06
  • 10:30 PM

    Graceful and Elegant

    George Gershwin

    GERSHWIN RHAPSODY

    1:37
  • 10:24 PM

    Rolling River (Sketches on Shenandoah)

    Peter Boyer

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Peter Boyer, conductor

    5:10
  • 10:03 PM

    The River Suite

    Duke Ellington

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    21:04
  • 9:59 PM

    Washington Post March

    John Philip Sousa

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    2:36
  • 9:55 PM

    Americans We

    Henry Fillmore

    March Time by Frederick Fennell

    Eastman Wind Ensemble

    Frederick Fennell, conductor

    2:50
  • 9:41 PM

    Victory at Sea Suite

    Richard Rodgers

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Sergiu Comissiona, conductor

    13:27
  • 9:36 PM

    Fanfare for the Common Man

    Aaron Copland

    The Ultimate Copland Album

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    3:31
  • 9:32 PM

    Deep River

    Spiritual

    Leonard de Paur, conductor

    Leontyne Price, soprano

    Ensemble

    3:06
  • 9:10 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Afro-American"

    William Grant Still

    African Heritage Symphonic Series, Vol. 1

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    21:09
  • 9:06 PM

    Hail to the Spirit of Liberty

    John Philip Sousa

    Royal Artillery Band

    Keith Brion, conductor

    3:14
  • 9:02 PM

    F.C.'s Jig

    Mark O'Connor

    Simple Gifts

    Arnaud Sussmann, violin

    3:48
  • 8:46 PM

    Plow That Broke the Plains Suite

    Virgil Thomson

    Virgil Thompson: Music for Film, "The River" & "Plow That Broke the Plains"

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    12:37
  • 8:16 PM

    Stars and Stripes Suite

    Hershey Kay

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    28:04
  • 8:10 PM

    America (My Country 'Tis of Thee)

    Traditional

    RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra

    Arthur Fielder, conductor

    4:25
  • 8:00 PM

    Meditations On America the Beautiful

    David Evan Thomas

    Thomas: Transformations

    Sonja Thompson, piano

    10:00
  • 5:51 PM

    The Union (Concert Paraphrase on National Airs)

    Louis Moreau Gottschalk

    Jeni Slotchiver, piano

    8:23
  • 5:22 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "Romantic"

    Howard Hanson

    Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra

    Howard Hanson, conductor

    27:54
  • 5:11 PM

    Field of Dreams: The Place Where Dreams Come True

    James Horner

    Studio Orchestra

    James Horner, conductor

    9:07
  • 5:06 PM

    The Music Man: Seventy-Six Trombones

    Meredith Willson

    ANDERSON, L.: Orchestral Music, Vol. 3 - Sleigh Ride / The Typewriter / Plink, Plank, Plunk! / The Syncopated Clock

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    2:55
  • 5:01 PM

    America the Beautiful

    Samuel Ward/Katharine Bates

    Canadian Brass

    4:25
  • 4:54 PM

    Fourth of July Overture

    Americana

    Eastman Wind Ensemble

    Donald Hunsberger, conductor

    4:33
  • 4:50 PM

    North by Northwest: Conversation Piece

    Bernard Herrmann

    Psycho: The Essential Alfred Hitchcock

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paul Bateman, conductor

    4:41
  • 4:23 PM

    Appalachian Spring

    Aaron Copland

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    25:09
  • 4:09 PM

    Three American Sketches

    Peter Hope

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    11:56
  • 4:06 PM

    Washington Post March

    John Philip Sousa

    Sousa: Music for Wind Band, Vol. 8

    Royal Artillery Band

    Keith Brion, conductor

    2:36
  • 4:01 PM

    Piano Trio No. 1 "Four Seasons in Belleville": Spring

    Rick Sowash

    Mirecourt Trio

    4:40
  • 3:55 PM

    American Patrol

    Frank Meacham

    Eastman Wind Ensemble

    Frederick Fennell, conductor

    3:49
  • 3:18 PM

    Grand Canyon Suite

    Ferde Grofe

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    36:08
  • 3:10 PM

    Souvenir d'Amerique (Variations on "Yankee Doodle")

    Henri Vieuxtemps

    American Avenues

    Helen Chang Haertzen, violin

    5:13
  • 3:06 PM

    The Stars and Stripes Forever

    John Philip Sousa

    United States Marine Band

    Jack Kline, conductor

    3:29
  • 3:00 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 4th movement

    Florence Price

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    4:46
  • 2:44 PM

    Symphony No. 3: 4th movement

    Aaron Copland

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    13:54
  • 2:44 PM

    Symphony on Themes of John Philip Sousa: After Hands Across the Sea

    Ira Hearshen

    United States Air Force Heritage of America Band

    Lowell Graham, conductor

    14:26
  • 2:35 PM

    Variations on America

    Charles Ives

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    7:01
  • 2:28 PM

    Les belles americaines (The American Beauties)

    Jacques Offenbach

    Offenbach: Gaite Parisienne, Ibert: Divertissement

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    6:41
  • 2:08 PM

    An American in Paris

    George Gershwin

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    18:49
  • 2:03 PM

    Stars and Stripes Forever

    John Philip Sousa

    Concert Recording

    United States Air Force Band

    Col. Don Schofield, conductor

    3:37
  • 1:56 PM

    Servicemen on Parade

    Medley

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    4:06
  • 1:49 PM

    North by Northwest: Conversation Piece

    Bernard Herrmann

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    John Mauceri, conductor

    4:51
  • 1:44 PM

    On the Waterfront: Love Theme

    Leonard Bernstein

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    5:39
  • 1:35 PM

    Oklahoma: Oh, what a beautiful mornin'!

    Richard Rodgers

    English Northern Philharmonia

    Paul Daniel, conductor

    Bryn Terfel, baritone

    2:58
  • 1:27 PM

    American Ballads: Amber Waves

    Morton Gould

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kenneth Klein, conductor

    7:12
  • 1:19 PM

    Serenade

    Arthur Bird

    Peabody Conservatory Wind Ensemble

    Harlan D. Parker, conductor

    24:06
  • 1:09 PM

    Lift Every Voice and Sing

    J. Rosamond Johnson

    Spirit

    Cyrus Chestnut, piano

    7:00
  • 1:04 PM

    Hymn for America

    Stephen Paulus

    Celebrating the American Spirit

    Essential Voices USA

    Judith Clurman, conductor

    3:05
  • 1:04 PM

    Morning Meditation

    David Evan Thomas

    Thomas: Transformations

    Sonja Thompson, piano

    2:10
  • 12:57 PM

    God Bless America

    Irving Berlin

    American Jubilee

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    2:03
  • 12:46 PM

    On the Town: Three Dance Episodes

    Leonard Bernstein

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    10:38
  • 12:41 PM

    America the Beautiful

    Samuel Ward/Katharine Bates

    Hope@Home

    Daniel Hope, violin

    3:07
  • 12:34 PM

    Born on the Fourth of July: Theme

    John Williams

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    6:19
  • 12:26 PM

    Folk Suite No. 2

    William Grant Still

    Sierra Winds

    7:10
  • 12:18 PM

    Festival March

    Victor Herbert

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    6:53
  • 12:10 PM

    Columbia (Caprice Americain)

    Louis Moreau Gottschalk

    Gottschalk: Piano Music

    Philip Martin, piano

    5:51
  • 12:04 PM

    Saint Louis Brass Quintet

    4:28
  • 11:55 AM

    Liberty Fanfare

    John Williams

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:14
  • 11:46 AM

    Symphonic Sketches: Jubilee

    George Chadwick

    Chadwick: Symphony No. 2; Symphonic Sketches

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    7:42
  • 11:38 AM

    A River Runs Through It: Selections

    Mark Isham

    Studio orchestra

    6:00
  • 11:32 AM

    Medley: Beautiful River; Battle Hymn of the Republic

    Robert Lowry; Julia Ward Howe

    Jacqueline Schwab, piano

    5:11
  • 11:25 AM

    American Overture

    Joseph Jenkins

    Lone Star Wind Orchestra

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    4:46
  • 11:19 AM

    Medley of Gershwin Tunes

    George Gershwin

    William Bolcom, piano

    4:30
  • 11:11 AM

    American Eagle Waltz

    Jacques Offenbach

    Offenbach Music from the Operettas

    Gulbenkian Orchestra

    Michel Swierczewski, conductor

    Nelson Rocha, trumpet

    6:54
  • 11:05 AM

    The Gettysburg Address

    Randy Edelman

    America

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    David McCullogh, narrator

    5:33
  • 11:04 AM

    Doodletown Fifers

    America

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    4:00
  • 10:50 AM

    Fantasia on Sousa Themes

    Max Liebling

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    Matthew Hagle, piano

    7:46
  • 10:27 AM

    American Suite

    Antonin Dvorak

    Rochester Philharmonic

    David Zinman, conductor

    21:20
  • 10:21 AM

    Battle Hymn of the Republic

    William Steffe

    Mormon Tabernacle Choir

    Craig Jessop, conductor

    5:29
  • 10:12 AM

    Air and Gavotte

    Arthur Foote

    Gowanus Arts Ensemble

    Reuben Blundell, conductor

    8:30
  • 10:06 AM

    Of Thee I Sing: Overture

    George Gershwin

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    4:36
  • 10:01 AM

    Miami Grands: Key Biscayne, Dawn

    Michael Torke

    Miami Piano Circle

    Georgi Danchev, conductor

    4:41
  • 9:30 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Randall Thompson

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    27:44
  • 9:19 AM

    Three Spirituals

    Adolphus Hailstork

    Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

    Ambrosia Quartet

    10:42
  • 9:11 AM

    Magnolia Suite: Magnolias

    Nathaniel Dett

    Clipper Erickson, piano

    4:56
  • 9:06 AM

    Woodland Sketches (selected)

    Edward MacDowell

    Paula Robison, flute

    Eliot Fisk, guitar

    4:33
  • 9:01 AM

    All Seems Beautiful to Me

    Eric Whitacre

    Home

    Voces8

    4:48
  • 8:36 AM

    Harlem Symphony

    James Price Johnson

    Concordia

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    21:44
  • 8:31 AM

    Richard Dowling, piano

    5:05
  • 8:12 AM

    Concerto for 2 Orchestras No. 3

    George Frideric Handel

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    16:28
  • 8:01 AM

    Piano Quintet No. 2: 1st movement

    Louise Farrenc

    Schubert Ensemble

    10:55
  • 7:28 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2 "La Campanella"

    Niccolo Paganini

    Niccolo Paganini, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    London Mozart Players

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Nicola Hall, guitar

    29:59
  • 7:14 AM

    Sonata Mexicana

    Manuel Ponce

    Guitar Recital: Perera, Cecilio - PONCE, M.M. / BROUWER, L. / OLIVA, J.C. / SOJO, V.E.

    Cecilio Perera, guitar

    12:58
  • 7:01 AM

    Jeromita Linares

    Carlos Guastavino

    "Impresiones"

    Camerata Bariloche

    Pablo Cohen, guitar

    11:43
  • 6:38 AM

    Shakespeare's Tempest

    John Knowles Paine

    John Knowles Paine: Orchestral Works

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    20:00
  • 6:25 AM

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Heinz Holliger, oboe

    12:56
  • 6:01 AM

    Cello Concerto No. 1

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Trondheim Soloists

    Alisa Weilerstein, cello

    21:29
  • 5:49 AM

    Danzon No. 2

    Arturo Marquez

    Mi Alma Mexicana

    Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas

    Alondra de la Parra, conductor

    9:25
  • 5:44 AM

    Bolero

    Carlos Salzedo

    Solo Harp: The Best of Yolanda Kondonassis

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    2:55
  • 5:01 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 3

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Concert Recording

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Daninel Harding, conductor

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    42:00