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  • 4:52 AM

    Lyric for Strings

    George Walker

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    5:52
  • 4:49 AM

    Like Moons and Like Suns

    Carlos Simon

    New Day Begun

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:53
  • 4:12 AM

    Clarinet Quintet

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Hawthorne String Quartet

    Harold Wright, clarinet

    35:39
  • 4:06 AM

    Chorale

    Errollyn Wallen

    Timelapse

    Orchestra of the Swan

    5:00
  • 4:01 AM

    Bruce Levingston, piano

    4:50
  • 3:45 AM

    The Nightingale

    Andrea Tarrodi

    Vasteras Sinfonietta

    Simon Crawford-Phillips, conductor

    13:36
  • 3:40 AM

    Die Nacht (Night)

    Franz Schubert

    On The Shoulders Of Giants

    Cantus

    2:40
  • 3:13 AM

    Der Schwanendreher

    Paul Hindemith

    Paul Hindemith: Viola Concerto

    Queensland Symphony Orchestra

    Werner Andreas Albert, conductor

    Brett Dean, viola

    27:34
  • 3:07 AM

    2 Pieces for piano 6 hands: Romance

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Tharaud Plays Rachmaninoff

    Alexandre Tharaud, piano

    4:33
  • 3:01 AM

    Bassoon Concerto: Adagio

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Weber: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2, Bassoon Concerto

    BBC Philharmonic

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    Karen Geoghegan, bassoon

    4:45
  • 2:45 AM

    Music in Four Sharps (on Dowland's Frog Galliard)

    Ian Krouse

    British Invasion

    Alexander String Quartet

    William Kanengiser, guitar

    13:33
  • 2:16 AM

    The Golden Spinning Wheel

    Antonin Dvorak

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    28:21
  • 2:06 AM

    Danse Macabre

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Angele Dubeau & La Pieta: Infernal Violins

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    6:54
  • 2:01 AM

    Vento Chiaro

    4:33
  • 1:42 AM

    Suite in the Ancient Style

    Vincent d'Indy

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    16:18
  • 1:34 AM

    Fantaisie

    Philippe Gaubert

    Paris: La Belle Epoque

    Robert Langevin, flute

    6:29
  • 1:16 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 5

    Henri Vieuxtemps

    Bruch: Concerto No. 1, Scottish Fantasy

    New Symphony Orchestra of London

    Malcolm Sargent, conductor

    Jascha Heifetz, violin

    17:12
  • 1:07 AM

    Global Warming

    Michael Abels

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    8:19
  • 1:01 AM

    La Folia/Chi passa

    Anonymous

    Airs Populaires Anglais di XVIIe

    Broadside Band

    Jeremy Barlow, conductor

    4:46
  • 12:48 AM

    Divided

    Jessie Montgomery

    Songs for Our Times

    Sphinx Virtuosi

    Thomas Mesa, cello

    9:56
  • 12:11 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Robert Schumann

    SCHUMANN: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 4

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Thomas Dausgaard, conductor

    35:16
  • 12:06 AM

    Liebesfreud (Love's Joy)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Albeniz, Brahms, Dvorak, Elgar, Falla, Kreisler

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    3:29
  • 12:01 AM

    Four Preludes for Guitar

    Manuel Ponce

    Victoria Drake, harp

    4:45
  • 11:40 PM

    Piano Concerto

    Jan Dussek

    Ulster Orchestra

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    Howard Shelley, piano

    18:04
  • 11:22 PM

    Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

    Benjamin Britten

    Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    16:45
  • 11:20 PM

    Youth: Heath

    Edmund Finnis

    Edmund Finnis: Youth

    Clare Hammond, piano

    1:58
  • 11:17 PM

    A New Irish Tune (Lilliburlero)

    Henry Purcell

    Irish Roots

    AIR Ensemble

    Daniel Hope, violin

    1:37
  • 11:06 PM

    Symphony No. 7

    William Boyce

    William Boyce Symphonies

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Ronald Thomas, conductor

    9:23
  • 11:01 PM

    Intermezzo for String Trio

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Dohnanyi, Kodaly, Martinu: String Trios

    Domus

    4:42
  • 10:51 PM

    Symphony No. 8: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The 9 Symphonies

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    7:38
  • 10:48 PM

    Sinfonietta: Fanfare

    Leos Janacek

    Janacek: Sinfonietta, Taras Bulba

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    2:19
  • 10:35 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Martyn Brabbins, conductor

    Anthony Marwood, violin

    11:41
  • 10:19 PM

    Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances

    Alexander Borodin

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

    Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor

    15:07
  • 10:09 PM

    Oboe Concerto: 1st movement

    Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach

    Bach Generations

    Berlin Baroque Soloists

    Albrecht Mayer, oboe

    8:18
  • 10:06 PM

    Etude No. 1 "Aeolian Harp"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Etudes

    Yunchan Lim, piano

    2:16
  • 10:01 PM

    Romance

    Johann Peter Salomon

    Journey to Mozart

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hope, violin

    4:40
  • 9:49 PM

    Danzon No. 2

    Arturo Marquez

    Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    9:46
  • 9:46 PM

    Aires Tropicales: Vals Venezolano

    Paquito D'Rivera

    Imani Winds: The Classical Underground

    Imani Winds

    1:43
  • 9:31 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Classical"

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    13:13
  • 9:24 PM

    Prelude Baroque

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Piano Works, Vol. 5

    Stefan Irmer, piano

    6:22
  • 9:19 PM

    Il Sentimentale

    Mauro Giuliani

    Charms to Soothe

    David Leisner, guitar

    3:44
  • 9:06 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach Concertos

    Accademia Bizantina

    Ottavio Dantone, conductor

    Viktoria Mullova, violin

    12:16
  • 9:03 PM

    Seven Descriptive Pieces: Hilda's Waltz

    Florence Price

    Rochelle Sennet, piano

    2:33
  • 8:45 PM

    Masques and Bergamasques

    Gabriel Faure

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Emmanuel Krivine, conductor

    12:57
  • 8:24 PM

    The Little Trifles (Les petits riens)

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    19:45
  • 8:11 PM

    Devil's Promenade

    Louis Ballard

    Ballard: The Four Moons, Devil's Promenade, Fantasy Aborigine No. 3, & Scenes from Indian Life

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    11:04
  • 8:06 PM

    Mephisto Masque

    Edmond Dede

    Gary Hammond, piano

    4:24
  • 8:01 PM

    Paris Quartet No. 12: Gai and Vite

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Telemann: 12 Paris Quartets

    Barthold Kuijken, flute

    4:37
  • 7:50 PM

    Das Rheingold: Entry of the Gods into Valhalla

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Overtures and Preludes

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Adrian Boult, conductor

    8:46
  • 5:46 PM

    Divertimento No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    I Musici

    12:42
  • 5:20 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 4 "Mozartiana"

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    24:31
  • 5:18 PM

    Etude No. 8 "Sixths"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Etudes

    Yunchan Lim, piano

    1:04
  • 5:06 PM

    Helios Overture

    Carl Nielsen

    Songs of the Earth

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    John Mauceri, conductor

    10:08
  • 5:01 PM

    Sylvan Winds

    Boris Baev, oboe

    Mark Dover, clarinet

    Nanci Belmont, bassoon

    Eric C. Davis, horn

    4:37
  • 4:40 PM

    An American in Paris

    George Gershwin

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    18:49
  • 4:16 PM

    Summer Concerto (Concerto de estio)

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Four Seasons

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    Michael Guttman, violin

    21:34
  • 4:11 PM

    Pelleas and Melisande: Sicilienne

    Gabriel Faure

    Mad About Love

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    3:59
  • 4:06 PM

    Le songe d'une nuit d'ete

    Louis Moreau Gottschalk

    Gottschalk: A Night in the Tropics ? Solo Piano Music

    Steven Mayer, piano

    3:58
  • 4:01 PM

    Petite Suite: Caprice

    Joseph Lauber

    Joseph Lauber, 1864-1952

    Rachel Talitman, harp

    4:53
  • 3:49 PM

    Concert Waltz No. 2

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: Symphony No. 3 in D major, Op. 33, etc.

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    9:49
  • 3:42 PM

    Makrinitsa

    Ross Daly

    Irish Roots

    Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Geiss, conductor

    Daniel Hope, violin

    5:06
  • 3:26 PM

    Rafal Blechacz, piano

    15:38
  • 3:17 PM

    Cringlemire Garden

    Ruth Gipps

    South German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim

    Douglas Bostock, conductor

    6:19
  • 3:06 PM

    Symphony No. 4

    Johann Christian Bach

    J.C. Bach: Orchestral Works

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Simon Standage, conductor

    10:53
  • 3:01 PM

    Nonetto: 4th movement

    Bohuslav Martinu

    Martinu: Chamber Music

    Lahti Chamber Ensemble

    4:48
  • 2:47 PM

    Viola Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Concerti per archi III

    Accademia Bizantina

    Ottavio Dantone, conductor

    Alessandro Tampieri, viola d'amore

    10:52
  • 2:46 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Accademia Bizantina

    Ottavio Dantone, conductor

    Giuliano Carmignola, violin

    12:39
  • 2:38 PM

    Symphony No. 7: 3rd movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Piano Quintets In A, Op.5 & Op.81; Borodin: Quartet

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    7:31
  • 2:34 PM

    L'Etoile du Nord: Dance Suite: Waltz

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Michal Nesterowicz, conductor

    3:27
  • 2:31 PM

    Ill Wind

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    At the Drop of Another Hat

    Flanders and Swann

    2:53
  • 2:13 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 4

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart y Mambo La Bella Cubana

    Havana Lyceum Orchestra

    Jose Antonio Mendez Padron, conductor

    Sarah Willis, horn

    16:39
  • 2:07 PM

    Vals gayo

    Theresa Carreno

    Clara Rodriguez Plays the Music of Teresa Carreno

    Clara Rodriguez, piano

    4:47
  • 1:59 PM

    Rodeo: Buckaroo Holiday

    Aaron Copland

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    7:35
  • 1:56 PM

    Swedish Judge's Dance (Domaredansen)

    Otto Olsson

    Let Your Voice Be Heard

    Cantus

    1:40
  • 1:45 PM

    Symphony No. 3: 1st movement

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Klaus Makela, conductor

    10:12
  • 1:38 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 8 "Pathetique": 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Alfred Brendel, piano

    5:17
  • 1:29 PM

    String Quartet No. 19 "Dissonance"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Yessori: Sound From The Past

    Esme Quartet

    30:19
  • 1:22 PM

    Donna Diana Overture

    Emil von Reznicek

    Great Comedy Overtures

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Lance Friedel, conductor

    6:00
  • 1:17 PM

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    3:16
  • 1:11 PM

    Miniature Viennese March

    Fritz Kreisler

    The Kreisler Album

    Joshua Bell, violin

    3:15
  • 1:04 PM

    Symphony No. 8 "Evening": 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies 8 & 84 | Handel and Haydn Society/Christophers

    Handel and Haydn Society

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    6:00
  • 12:57 PM

    A Little Night Music: Send in the Clowns

    Stephen Sondheim

    The Jukebox Album

    Elena Urioste, violin

    4:33
  • 12:51 PM

    A Little Night Music: Night Waltz

    Stephen Sondheim

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    John Mauceri, conductor

    6:23
  • 12:45 PM

    The Gardenia

    William Bolcom

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    5:04
  • 12:30 PM

    Liebeslieder Walzer (Love-Song Waltzes)

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    12:52
  • 12:22 PM

    Brook Green Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: Works for Chamber Orchestra

    New Zealand Chamber Orchestra

    Nicholas Braithwaite, conductor

    7:07
  • 12:16 PM

    The Tree of Life

    Alexandre Desplat

    Traffic Quintet

    Alain Planes, piano

    Alexandre Desplat, flute

    4:20
  • 12:09 PM

    Sextet for Two Horns and Strings: 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Treasures for Horn and Trumpet

    Dallas Chamber Orchestra

    Ronald Neal, conductor

    Gregory Hustis, horn

    5:46
  • 12:04 PM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1: Carillon

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: Carmen Suite, Symphony No. 1

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    4:26
  • 11:49 AM

    Dances in the Canebrakes

    Florence Price

    Project W: Works by Diverse Women Composers

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    9:29
  • 11:45 AM

    Promenade (Walking the Dog)

    George Gershwin

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    John Mauceri, conductor

    3:01
  • 11:30 AM

    Italian Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Harp Consort

    Andrew Lawrence-King, conductor

    13:12
  • 11:15 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 3

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Complete Mozart Edition, Vol. 17: Piano Sonatas

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    13:50
  • 11:08 AM

    La Cambiale di Matrimonio (The Marriage Contract): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    5:12
  • 11:04 AM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 1: Gagliarda

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    3:26
  • 10:42 AM

    Concerto for 2 Orchestras No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks, Concerti a due cori

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    16:01
  • 10:21 AM

    Petite Symphony

    Charles Gounod

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    20:00
  • 10:18 AM

    Little Serenade

    Peter Sculthorpe

    Sculthorpe: String Quartets

    Brodsky Quartet

    2:07
  • 10:09 AM

    L'Estro Armonico: Concerto No. 5 for Two Violins

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Irish Roots

    Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Geiss, conductor

    Daniel Hope, violin

    7:11
  • 10:06 AM

    Song without Words No. 29 "Venetian Gondola Song"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Javier Perianes, piano

    2:48
  • 10:01 AM

    The Queen's Delight; Half hanniken

    Anonymous

    The Queen's Delight

    King's Noyse

    4:35
  • 9:45 AM

    The Caledonian Road

    Sally Beamish

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Ola Rudner, conductor

    12:49
  • 9:18 AM

    Flute Concerto

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    James Galway: The Man with the Golden Flute

    Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra

    Jorg Faerber, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    25:40
  • 9:09 AM

    Elegy

    Ina Boyle

    Cello Abbey

    Staatskapelle Weimar

    Paul Meyer, conductor

    Nadege Rochat, cello

    7:23
  • 9:06 AM

    Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Claire Jones, harp

    2:26
  • 9:01 AM

    Brendan's Air

    Brendan Monaghan

    Barry Douglas, piano

    Eimear McGeown, Irish flute

    4:36
  • 8:44 AM

    Piano Concertino

    Henriette Bosmans

    Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra

    Ed Spanjaard, conductor

    Ronald Brautigam, piano

    14:42
  • 8:39 AM

    Summer Interlude

    Betty King

    Samantha Ege, piano

    3:03
  • 8:09 AM

    Summer Day on the Mountain

    Vincent d'Indy

    Radio Philharmonic Orchestra of France

    Marek Janowski, conductor

    29:50
  • 8:01 AM

    Home

    Kevin Puts

    House of Belonging

    Conspirare

    Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

    6:36
  • 7:54 AM

    Song without Words

    Johann Kaspar Mertz

    Charms to Soothe

    David Leisner, guitar

    4:17
  • 7:23 AM

    String Quartet No. 2

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Ebene Quartet

    29:55
  • 7:10 AM

    Music for a Garden

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Rodrigo: Concierto-serenata; Concierto en Modo Calante

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    11:16
  • 7:01 AM

    Harp Sonata

    Germaine Tailleferre

    Maria Graf � Recital: Debussy, Faure, Caplet, Tailleferre, Tournier, Roussel, Ravel

    Maria Graf, harp

    8:50
  • 6:53 AM

    Intermezzo No. 2 "Klavierstucke"

    Johannes Brahms

    Motherland

    Khatia Buniatishvili, piano

    5:12
  • 6:45 AM

    Mozart-Adagio

    Arvo Part

    Arvo Part: Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    6:02
  • 6:17 AM

    Clarinet Concerto

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Clarinet Concerto, Kegelstatt Trio

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Martin Frost, conductor

    Martin Frost, basset clarinet

    26:50
  • 6:01 AM

    Sonata No. 6

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Minna Pensola, violin

    Antti Tikkanen, violin

    Tuomas Lehto, cello

    Niek de Groot, double bass

    15:36
  • 5:26 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Georges Enescu

    ENESCU ? SYMPHONIES Nos. 1?3, Romanian Rhapsodies 1 & 2

    French National Orchestra

    Cristian Macelaru, conductor

    32:02
  • 5:21 AM

    Sweet Memories of Thee

    Justin Holland

    Justin Holland: Guitar Works & Arrangements

    Christopher Mallett, guitar

    5:12
  • 5:07 AM

    And the Bridge is Love

    Howard Goodall

    And the Bridge is Love: English Music for Strings

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Julian Lloyd Webber, conductor

    Julian Lloyd Webber, cello

    11:34
  • 5:01 AM

    Goldberg Variations: Aria

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    5:38