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  • 4:51 AM

    Vespers: Blessed Art Thou

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninov: All-Night Vigil

    Latvian Radio Choir

    Sigvards Klava, conductor

    7:25
  • 4:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 15

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Complete String Quartets: Volume 3 The Late Quartets

    Dover Quartet

    42:51
  • 4:01 AM

    Two Pieces

    Valentin Silvestrov

    In 27 Pieces: The Hilary Hahn Encores

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    4:54
  • 3:49 AM

    Blades of Grass

    Romeo Cascarino

    Orchestra 2001

    James Freeman, conductor

    Dorothy Freeman, English horn

    8:41
  • 3:11 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Adolphus Hailstork

    Hailstork: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 3

    Grand Rapids Symphony

    David Lockington, conductor

    36:36
  • 3:06 AM

    Loop

    Carlos Simon

    Together

    Carlos Simon Collective

    3:28
  • 3:01 AM

    A Prayer

    Ken Burton

    APM Recording

    Voces8 and Voces8 Scholars

    4:31
  • 2:43 AM

    Fairy Tale Pictures (Marchenbilder)

    Robert Schumann

    Ascent

    Matthew Lipman, viola

    14:58
  • 2:28 AM

    The Jungle Book: The Meditation of Purun Bhagat

    Charles Koechlin

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    13:46
  • 2:19 AM

    Meditation No. 1

    Julien Labro

    Takacs Assad Labro

    Takacs Quartet

    Julien Labro, bandoneon

    8:20
  • 2:06 AM

    Rakastava (The Lover)

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Karelia Suite; Rakastava; Lemminkainen

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Susanna Malkki, conductor

    11:18
  • 2:01 AM

    The Arts and the Hours

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Debussy | Rameau | Vikingur Olafsson

    Vikingur Olafsson, piano

    4:45
  • 1:47 AM

    Passione Amorosa

    Giovanni Bottesini

    Camerata RCO

    Rick Stotijn, double bass

    Olivier Thiery, double bass

    11:17
  • 1:18 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Paul Ben-Haim

    Ben-Haim: Symphony No. 1

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Lahav Shani, conductor

    27:42
  • 1:13 AM

    Aria

    Mieczyslaw Weinberg

    Songs of Fate

    Gidon Kremer, violin

    3:42
  • 1:06 AM

    Intermezzo No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    5:40
  • 1:01 AM

    Polonaise

    Mauro Giuliani

    David Starobin Performs Mauro Giuliani, Volume Two

    David Starobin, guitar

    4:53
  • 12:43 AM

    Concertstuck

    Cecile Chaminade

    Beach, Chaminade, Howell: Piano Concertos

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Rebecca Miller, conductor

    Danny Driver, piano

    14:51
  • 12:28 AM

    Flute and Harp Concerto

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    My Magic Flute

    Sinfonia Varsovia

    James Galway, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    29:14
  • 11:27 PM

    Symphony No. 4 "Romantic"

    Anton Bruckner

    Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 'Romantic'

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    62:36
  • 10:45 PM

    Harold in Italy

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Edition Du Bicentenaire

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    Tabea Zimmermann, viola

    40:18
  • 10:13 PM

    Star Wars: Suite

    John Williams

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    29:53
  • 9:53 PM

    Piano Trio

    Sveinbjorn Sveinbjornsson

    SVEINBJORNSSON: Piano Trios / Violin Sonata

    Audur Hafsteinsdottir, violin

    18:06
  • 9:03 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "Ad Astra"

    Jimmy Lopez Bellido

    Aurora/Symphony No. 2 "Ad Astra"

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Andres Orozco-Estrada, conductor

    49:22
  • 8:10 PM

    The Planets

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: The Planets

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Colin Davis, conductor

    49:10
  • 8:02 PM

    Summer in Buenos Aires (Verano Porteno)

    Astor Piazzolla

    Tomas Cotik, violin

    Tao Lin, piano

    6:14
  • 7:55 PM

    Conga del Fuego

    Arturo Marquez

    Gustavo Dudamel: Discoveries

    Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    4:47
  • 7:18 PM

    Symphony No. 7

    Antonin Dvorak

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    36:21
  • 6:42 PM

    Triple Concerto

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven Triple Concerto

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Santtu-Matias Rouvali, conductor

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    34:03
  • 6:26 PM

    Rustic Triptych

    Charlotte Sohy

    Charlotte Sohy: Compositrice de la Belle Epoque

    Mathilde Calderini, flute

    13:57
  • 5:31 PM

    Eine Alpensinfonie (An Alpine Symphony)

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie, Don Juan

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    52:17
  • 4:47 PM

    Piano Trio No. 1

    Franz Schubert

    Christian Tetzlaff, violin

    Tanja Tetzlaff, cello

    Lars Vogt, piano

    40:46
  • 4:00 PM

    Symphony No. 5

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    The Tchaikovsky Project

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    45:06
  • 3:49 PM

    Cancion de el alma (Song of the Soul)

    Edie Hill

    Edie Hill: Clay Jug

    The Crossing

    Donald Nally, conductor

    8:51
  • 3:08 PM

    Symphony No. 3

    Adolphus Hailstork

    Grand Rapids Symphony

    David Lockington, conductor

    40:35
  • 2:59 PM

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Avlana Eisenberg, conductor

    5:58
  • 2:23 PM

    String Quintet "American"

    Antonin Dvorak

    Parker Quartet

    Kim Kashkashian, viola

    34:00
  • 2:04 PM

    Rhapsody in Red, White and Blue

    Peter Boyer

    Peter Boyer: Rhapsody in Red, White and Blue

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Peter Boyer, conductor

    Jeffrey Biegel, piano

    17:26
  • 1:59 PM

    Armed Forces Medley

    Floyd Werle

    Concert Recording

    United States Air Force Band

    Col. Don Schofield, conductor

    3:54
  • 1:44 PM

    Froissart Overture

    Edward Elgar

    English Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    13:15
  • 1:40 PM

    Cello Suite No. 1: Prelude

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Essential Bach

    Janos Starker, cello

    2:26
  • 1:35 PM

    Les Miserables: I Dreamed a Dream

    Claude-Michel Schonberg

    Music of the Night: Pops on Broadway 1990

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:19
  • 1:22 PM

    Children's Games (Jeux d'enfants)

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: Carmen, L'Arlesienne, etc.

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    11:49
  • 1:17 PM

    Petite Suite: Spirited

    Stephen Paulus

    American Premieres

    Cosmos Trio

    3:54
  • 1:07 PM

    Sinfonia for Strings

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    6:06
  • 1:04 PM

    Rag-Time Parade

    Erik Satie

    Satie: The Complete Solo Piano Music

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    2:05
  • 12:54 PM

    English Dances: First Set

    Malcolm Arnold

    Arnold for Band

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    9:30
  • 12:49 PM

    Peer Gynt: Anitra's Dance

    Edvard Grieg

    Winter Dreams

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    3:37
  • 12:47 PM

    The Merry Wives of Windsor

    Otto Nicolai

    Albert Schweitzer Octet

    3:33
  • 12:36 PM

    The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture

    Otto Nicolai

    Gluck, Humperdinck, Nicolai, Weber: Overtures

    Berlin City Opera Orchestra

    Artur Rother, conductor

    8:29
  • 12:32 PM

    The Merry Wives of Windsor: O Sweet Moon

    Otto Nicolai

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Silvio Varviso, conductor

    Leipzig Radio Chorus

    3:33
  • 12:24 PM

    Espana

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Chabrier: Espana

    French National Orchestra

    Armin Jordan, conductor

    6:28
  • 12:15 PM

    String Quartet No. 1

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Arabella String Quartet

    7:15
  • 12:06 PM

    Symphony No. 8: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonien 1-9

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    7:26
  • 12:04 PM

    Acis and Galatea: Happy We!

    George Frideric Handel

    Grand & Glorious - Great Operatic Choruses / Robert Shaw

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    1:56
  • 11:47 AM

    Sinfonia Concertante: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Everybody's Mozart

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Neil Black, oboe

    8:52
  • 11:44 AM

    Elizabethan Masque

    Fredric Bayco

    New London Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    Ruth Scott, oboe

    2:16
  • 11:30 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach, Vasks: Distant Light - Violin Concertos

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Renaud Capucon, conductor

    Renaud Capucon, violin

    12:52
  • 11:25 AM

    Othello Suite: Children's Intermezzo

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Fawzi Haimor, conductor

    3:52
  • 11:22 AM

    Othello Suite: Willow Song

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Fawzi Haimor, conductor

    2:39
  • 11:15 AM

    Pomp and Circumstance March No. 3

    Edward Elgar

    Sir Charles' Precious Music Box 1

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    6:06
  • 11:07 AM

    Symphony No. 104 "London": Minuet

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies 22, 104, Piano Concerto in D

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    6:19
  • 11:04 AM

    Water Music Suite No. 1: Air

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Water Musick

    Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

    Nicholas McGegan, conductor

    2:46
  • 10:41 AM

    Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

    Benjamin Britten

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    17:01
  • 10:28 AM

    Four Seasons: Autumn

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Sarah Chang: Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Sarah Chang, violin

    11:31
  • 10:24 AM

    Cinema Paradiso: Love Theme

    Ennio Morricone

    Morricone 60

    Czech National Symphony Orchestra

    Ennio Morricone, conductor

    3:30
  • 10:09 AM

    Spring (Vesna)

    Alexander Glazunov

    GLAZUNOV, A.K.: Orchestral Works, Vol. 6 - Carnaval / Spring / Salome / Concert Waltzes

    Moscow Symphony Orchestra

    Igor Golovchin, conductor

    13:50
  • 10:06 AM

    Yevgeny Sudbin, piano

    2:27
  • 10:01 AM

    Pan Voyevoda: Nocturne

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Russian Adagios

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor

    4:44
  • 9:45 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Classical"

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    13:31
  • 9:24 AM

    Grand Serenade No. 2

    Johann Hummel

    Gragnagi: Quartet, op. 8

    Consortium Classicum

    18:52
  • 9:16 AM

    Friction Quartet

    7:17
  • 9:06 AM

    Symphony No. 2: Adagio

    Charles Ives

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    8:37
  • 9:01 AM

    Tarantella

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    Guitar Recital: Olsen, Stein-Erik - DYENS, R. / BARRIOS MANGORE, A. / SAINZ DE LA MAZA, E. / PIAZZOLLA, A. / RUIZ-PIPO, A. / KOSHKIN, N. / DUARTE, J.

    Stein-Erik Olsen, guitar

    4:34
  • 8:27 AM

    Symphony No. 40

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 36 & 40

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    31:26
  • 8:20 AM

    Five Waltzes

    Johannes Brahms

    Guher Pekinel, piano

    Suher Pekinel, piano

    6:14
  • 8:01 AM

    Concertino for Oboe and Strings

    Brenno Blauth

    Camerata Bariloche

    Andres Spiller, oboe

    17:11
  • 7:40 AM

    Piano Trio No. 27

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    JOSEPH HAYDN : Piano Trios XV : 14, 18, 21 , 26 & 31

    Trio Wanderer

    18:49
  • 7:33 AM

    Tannhauser: Pilgrims' Chorus

    Richard Wagner

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor

    6:06
  • 7:18 AM

    Sonatina No. 1 "From an Invalid's Workshop": 3rd movement

    Richard Strauss

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    13:36
  • 7:01 AM

    Pelleas and Melisande Suite

    Gabriel Faure

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    15:45
  • 6:36 AM

    Czech Suite

    Antonin Dvorak

    Brahms: Nine Hungarian Dances; Dvorak

    North German Radio Symphony

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    22:29
  • 6:20 AM

    Fantasia Mexicana

    Antonio Gomezanda

    Antonio Gomezanda: Orchestral Works

    Berlin Symphony Orchestra

    Jorge Velazco, conductor

    Alan Marks, piano

    14:47
  • 6:01 AM

    Simple Symphony

    Benjamin Britten

    Norwegian Chamber Orchestra

    Iona Brown, conductor

    17:35
  • 5:48 AM

    By the Beautiful Blue Danube (An der schonen, blauen Donau)

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    10:17
  • 5:24 AM

    String Quartet No. 22 "Prussian"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Shanghai Quartet

    23:07
  • 5:01 AM

    Moses: Ballet Music

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Ballet Music

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    21:16