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  • 4:48 AM

    The Winter's Tale

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    Lars-Erik Larsson: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    10:10
  • 4:11 AM

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    35:28
  • 4:06 AM

    Consolation No. 3

    Franz Liszt

    Serenade

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Measham, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    4:15
  • 4:01 AM

    Night Song

    Edward Elgar

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    4:43
  • 3:49 AM

    Colorful History

    Timo Andres

    Timo Andres: The Blind Banister

    Timo Andres, piano

    9:25
  • 3:21 AM

    The Blue Pearl

    Erkki Melartin

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Hannu Lintu, conductor

    26:15
  • 3:09 AM

    There is a Willow Grows Aslant a Brook

    Frank Bridge

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    10:16
  • 3:06 AM

    Paul O'Dette, lute

    2:18
  • 3:01 AM

    Valse Triste

    Jean Sibelius

    Winter Dreams

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    4:40
  • 2:48 AM

    Hazel

    Gemma Peacocke

    KINDS OF ~NOIS

    ~nois

    9:58
  • 2:15 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Jennifer Higdon

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vasily Petrenko, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    31:46
  • 2:06 AM

    Minuet Antique

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: The Orchestral Works

    New York Philharmonic

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    7:08
  • 2:01 AM

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    4:30
  • 1:39 AM

    La Peri (The Fairy)

    Paul Dukas

    Music of Paul Dukas

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    19:46
  • 1:33 AM

    Lullaby

    Alfreds Kalnins

    When Night Falls c

    Elina Garanca, mezzo-soprano

    3:40
  • 1:18 AM

    Concerto for String Orchestra

    Grazyna Bacewicz

    Palaver Strings

    14:51
  • 1:06 AM

    Scherzo No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    Concert Recording

    Jaeden Izik-Dzurko, piano

    10:08
  • 1:01 AM

    Sonata No. 1

    Dario Castello

    Music of the Golden Age

    sixty1strings

    4:44
  • 12:47 AM

    Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances

    Alexander Borodin

    Offenbach: Gaite Parisienne

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    11:28
  • 12:41 AM

    Portraits of Langston: Danse Africaine

    Valerie Coleman

    Demarre McGill, flute

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    Michael McHale, piano

    5:30
  • 12:15 AM

    Symphony of the Air

    Leopold Stokowski, conductor

    23:57
  • 12:10 AM

    Time For Three

    3:54
  • 12:06 AM

    Slavonic Dance No. 5

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Slavonic dances, Opp. 46 & 72

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vaclav Neumann, conductor

    3:13
  • 12:01 AM

    Piano Trio No. 10

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ludwig van Beethoven: Complete Piano Trios

    Trio Wanderer

    4:52
  • 11:52 PM

    Valse Caprice

    Amy Beach

    Joanne Polk, piano

    6:19
  • 11:19 PM

    Through the Looking Glass

    Deems Taylor

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    31:17
  • 11:12 PM

    Bees and Bumblebees

    Eugene Arcade Dede

    American Romantics

    Gowanus Arts Ensemble

    Reuben Blundell, conductor

    4:33
  • 11:06 PM

    The Day is Done

    Stephen Paulus

    Beyond All Mortal Dreams

    Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    5:15
  • 11:01 PM

    Miami Grands: Key Biscayne, Dawn

    Michael Torke

    Miami Piano Circle

    Georgi Danchev, conductor

    4:41
  • 10:53 PM

    Raiders of the Lost Ark March

    John Williams

    John Williams Greatest Hits 1969-1999

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    5:10
  • 10:46 PM

    Danzon Cubano

    Aaron Copland

    Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    6:31
  • 10:25 PM

    Miss Sally's Party

    William Grant Still

    VocalEssence Orchestra

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    19:02
  • 10:18 PM

    Four Paths of Light: Part 2

    Pat Metheny

    Jason Vieaux, guitar

    6:20
  • 10:12 PM

    Short Ride in a Fast Machine

    John Adams

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    4:24
  • 10:07 PM

    Kentucky Rondo

    Otto Luening

    The Louisville Orchstra

    Louisville Orchestra

    Lawrence Leighton Smith, conductor

    4:56
  • 10:01 PM

    Souvenirs: Waltz

    Samuel Barber

    Royal Scottish Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    4:22
  • 9:50 PM

    Schwanda the Bagpiper: Polka and Fugue

    Jaromir Weinberger

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    8:26
  • 9:36 PM

    Second Rhapsody

    George Gershwin

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Justin Brown, conductor

    Anne-Marie McDermott, piano

    14:01
  • 9:27 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "Romantic": Finale

    Howard Hanson

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    7:06
  • 9:17 PM

    Field of Dreams: The Place Where Dreams Come True

    James Horner

    Field of Dreams Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Studio Orchestra

    James Horner, conductor

    9:07
  • 9:12 PM

    Symphony on a Hymn Tune: 3rd movement

    Virgil Thomson

    Hanson Conducts McPhee Sessions Thomson

    Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra

    Howard Hanson, conductor

    3:03
  • 9:06 PM

    Scherzo

    Arthur Foote

    Music for a Sunday Morning

    Shanghai Quartet

    Eugenia Zukerman, flute

    5:02
  • 9:01 PM

    The Band

    Lara Downes, piano

    4:14
  • 8:41 PM

    Peer Gynt Suite No. 2

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites 1 & 2, etc.

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    17:03
  • 8:18 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 1

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    BEETHOVEN: PIANO SONATAS OPP 2/1, 14/2, 53 & 54

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    21:34
  • 8:12 PM

    Colonial Dance

    Florence Price

    Price: Songs of the Oak - Concert Overtures Nos. 1-2

    Wurttemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen

    John Jeter, conductor

    4:15
  • 8:06 PM

    Dala Suite: Rustic Dances

    Helena Munktell

    Helena Munktell: Orchestral Works

    Gavle Symphony Orchestra

    Tobias Ringborg, conductor

    5:15
  • 8:01 PM

    In the Blue Mountains: I Trollhallen

    Agathe Grondahl

    Backer Grondahl: Piano Works

    Sara Aimee Smiseth, piano

    4:42
  • 7:41 PM

    The Garden of Fand

    Arnold Bax

    Bax: Tone Poems

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    17:27
  • 7:17 PM

    Pines of Rome

    Ottorino Respighi

    Oregon Symphony

    James DePreist, conductor

    22:45
  • 7:12 PM

    Bordel 1900

    Astor Piazzolla

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    Christian Rivet, guitar

    3:54
  • 7:06 PM

    Coffee and Cakes

    Charlie Chaplin

    Thomas Beckmann, cello

    Johannes Cernota, piano

    4:20
  • 7:01 PM

    Battle Suite

    Samuel Scheidt

    American Brass Quintet

    4:49
  • 6:44 PM

    Provence Suite

    Darius Milhaud

    Milhaud: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2, Suite Provencale

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    14:09
  • 6:20 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 4

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    Yakov Kreizberg, conductor

    Julia Fischer, violin

    22:29
  • 6:16 PM

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:13
  • 6:06 PM

    Oberon Overture

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Romantic Overtures

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Otto Klemperer, conductor

    9:33
  • 6:01 PM

    Waltz No. 5 "Grande Valse"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin

    Claudio Arrau, piano

    4:34
  • 5:40 PM

    Siegfried Idyll

    Richard Wagner

    Brahms: Serenade No. 1; Wagner: Sigfried-Idyll

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    18:02
  • 5:28 PM

    Songs without Words Nos. 1, 31, 18, 22

    Felix Mendelssohn

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

    Murray Perahia, piano

    10:33
  • 5:11 PM

    Concerto for Two Violins

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Two x Four

    Curtis 20/21 Ensemble

    Vinay Parameswaran, conductor

    Jennifer Koh, violin

    15:08
  • 5:06 PM

    Ensemble Giardino di Delizie

    4:35
  • 5:00 PM

    Torre Bermeja (Vermillion Tower)

    Isaac Albeniz

    Serenata Espanola

    Xavier de Maistre, harp

    4:51
  • 4:38 PM

    Captain Blood: Overture

    Erich Korngold

    Hollywood's Greatest Hits

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:25
  • 4:32 PM

    Chocolat: Party Preparations

    Rachel Portman

    Chocolate Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Studio Orchestra

    1:29
  • 4:27 PM

    Lili

    Bronislaw Kaper

    The Film Music Of Bronislaw Kaper

    Bronislaw Kaper, piano

    3:22
  • 4:18 PM

    Carousel Waltz

    Richard Rodgers

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    7:49
  • 4:14 PM

    Porgy and Bess: Summertime

    George Gershwin

    The Essential Leontyne Price

    RCA Symphony Orchestra

    Skitch Henderson, conductor

    Leontyne Price, soprano

    2:28
  • 4:09 PM

    Atonement: The Cottage on the Beach

    Dario Marianelli

    Atonement: Music from the Motion Picture

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Benjamin Wallfisch, conductor

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    3:25
  • 4:06 PM

    Little Women: The Beach

    Alexandre Desplat

    Little Women Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Studio Orchestra

    Alexandre Desplat, conductor

    2:50
  • 4:01 PM

    The Third Man: Theme

    Anton Karas

    From Holland With Love

    Johann Strauss Orchestra

    Andre Rieu, conductor

    4:12
  • 3:46 PM

    Song of the Volga Boatmen

    Traditional Russian

    Soviet Army Chorus and Band

    Soviet Army Chorus & Band

    3:24
  • 3:41 PM

    North by Northwest: Main Title

    Bernard Herrmann

    A History Of Hitchcock: Dial M For Murder

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paul Bateman, conductor

    3:22
  • 3:36 PM

    Picnic: Moonglow and Main Theme

    George Duning

    Motion Picture Classics, Volume 1

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    3:23
  • 3:30 PM

    Rear Window: Intermezzo

    Franz Waxman

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paul Bateman, conductor

    3:48
  • 3:25 PM

    Around the World in 80 Days: Overture

    Victor Young

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    3:22
  • 2:45 PM

    Wine, Women, and Song (Wein, Weib und Gesang)

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Linos Ensemble

    12:49
  • 2:17 PM

    Rhapsody in Blue

    George Gershwin

    Rhapsody in Blue Reimagined

    San Francisco Conservatory of Music Orchestra

    Edwin Outwater, conductor

    Lara Downes, piano

    27:20
  • 2:10 PM

    Incineratorag

    William Bolcom

    Decoda

    Decoda

    4:00
  • 2:06 PM

    Fugue "Little"

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Stravinsky, Bach, Stokowski

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    3:55
  • 1:43 PM

    Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks

    Richard Strauss

    Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    15:47
  • 1:28 PM

    Euphonium Concerto

    Amilcare Ponchielli

    Ponchielli: Concertos

    Mecklenburg Staatskapelle Schwerin

    Matthias Foremny, conductor

    Roland Froscher, euphonium

    13:23
  • 1:15 PM

    String Quartet No. 7

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Hagen Quartet

    11:00
  • 1:06 PM

    Path at Sunrise, Masses of Flowers

    Margaret Brouwer

    Brouwer: Rhapsodies

    Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    8:01
  • 1:01 PM

    A Hermit Thrush at Morn

    Amy Beach

    The Solo Piano Music of Amy Beach, Vol. 2

    Joanne Polk, piano

    4:50
  • 12:48 PM

    The Oak

    Florence Price

    Price: Songs of the Oak - Concert Overtures Nos. 1-2

    Wurttemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen

    John Jeter, conductor

    10:43
  • 12:17 PM

    Symphony No. 1

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: The Symphonies

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Istvan Kertesz, conductor

    29:09
  • 12:06 PM

    Reveille

    Tony Banks

    Czech National Symphony Orchestra

    Nick Ingman, conductor

    8:56
  • 12:01 PM

    Divertissement: 2nd movement

    Emile Bernard

    Sylvan Winds

    4:40
  • 11:48 AM

    Four Seasons: Spring

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi | Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin

    10:13
  • 11:43 AM

    Lang Lang, piano

    3:40
  • 11:26 AM

    Mother Goose (Ma mere l'oye): Suite

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Ma Mere L'Oye; Debussy: Fantaisie; Bizet: Symphony in C

    Prague Philharmonia

    Emmanuel Villaume, conductor

    16:34
  • 11:10 AM

    Poetic Waltzes

    Enrique Granados

    Bach to Tan Dun

    Beijing Guitar Duo

    13:54
  • 11:06 AM

    Morning Song

    Edward Elgar

    Vaughan Williams; Elgar

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    3:22
  • 11:01 AM

    Keyboard Sonata No. 7

    Antonio Soler

    Soler: Keyboard Sonatas Nos. 1-15

    Martina Filjak, piano

    4:46
  • 10:40 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Handel and Haydn Society

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    Aisslinn Nosky, violin

    18:05
  • 10:23 AM

    Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    THE BRITISH PROJECT

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla, conductor

    15:18
  • 10:17 AM

    Glorious, beauteous, golden-bright

    Alexander Campkin

    Alexander Campkin: True Light

    vOx Chamber Choir

    David Crown, conductor

    5:40
  • 10:06 AM

    Symphony

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Symphonies - From Berlin to Hamburg

    Academy for Ancient Music Berlin

    Mayumi Hirasaki, conductor

    9:06
  • 10:01 AM

    Nocturne No. 4

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Nocturnes

    Ivan Moravec, piano

    4:30
  • 9:44 AM

    Serenade

    E.J. Moeran

    Northern Sinfonia of England

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    14:23
  • 9:24 AM

    Concerto for Two Flutes

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Devienne, Cimarosa: Flute Concertos

    London Mozart Players

    James Galway, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    18:00
  • 9:16 AM

    Tristan and Isolde: Love Music

    Franz Waxman

    Love Music

    Svetlin Roussev, violin

    5:58
  • 9:06 AM

    Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia

    Aram Khachaturian

    Khachaturian: Spartacus

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Stanley Black, conductor

    9:54
  • 9:01 AM

    Cello Suite No. 5: Gavottes

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Christopher Parkening, guitar

    4:46
  • 8:44 AM

    Orpheus Undone

    Missy Mazzoli

    Arctic Philharmonic

    Tim Weiss, conductor

    14:49
  • 8:40 AM

    Orfeo and Euridice: Melody

    Christoph Gluck

    Fantasia

    Yuja Wang, piano

    3:02
  • 8:12 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Jean-Jacques Kantorow, conductor

    Alexandre Kantorow, piano

    26:41
  • 8:01 AM

    Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

    Claude Debussy

    Forgotten Sounds

    Ji Weon Ryu, flute

    9:54
  • 7:46 AM

    South Jutland Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    12:12
  • 7:19 AM

    Wind Quintet

    Carl Nielsen

    Carion: Nielsen's Footsteps

    Carion Wind Quintet

    26:21
  • 7:01 AM

    Guitar Concerto

    Ferdinando Carulli

    Carulli, Molino: Guitar Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    16:18
  • 6:31 AM

    Pas de Deux

    James Horner

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vasily Petrenko, conductor

    Mari Samuelsen, violin

    Hakon Samuelsen, cello

    27:40
  • 6:22 AM

    Romance

    Gerald Finzi

    English String Miniatures, Vol. 3

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    6:55
  • 6:01 AM

    Theme and Variations "Dried Flowers"

    Franz Schubert

    Vent

    Catherine Gregory, flute

    20:09
  • 5:52 AM

    Letter from Home

    Aaron Copland

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    6:21
  • 5:45 AM

    Three Pieces for Cello and Piano

    Nadia Boulanger

    Hidden Flame

    Yoshika Masuda, cello

    6:57
  • 5:07 AM

    Symphony No. 9 "In Summer"

    Joachim Raff

    Slovak State Phiharmonic, Kosice

    Urs Schneider, conductor

    36:06
  • 5:01 AM

    Lullaby to Wake Up With

    Phil Rosheger

    David Russell, guitar

    5:10