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  • 4:48 AM

    Towards Daybreak

    Bill Ryan

    Billband

    9:31
  • 4:35 AM

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Bjarnason, conductor

    12:01
  • 4:29 AM

    water hollows stone: mist

    Alex Weiser

    HOCKET

    5:23
  • 4:19 AM

    Birds of Eden

    Algirdas Martinaitis

    Algirdas Martinaitis: Seasons and Serenades - Works for String Orchestra

    St. Christopher Chamber Orchestra

    Modestas Barkauskas, conductor

    8:42
  • 4:06 AM

    Summer Dances

    Peteris Vasks

    Vasks: Distant Light, Piano Quartet, Summer Dances

    Vadim Gluzman, violin

    12:00
  • 4:01 AM

    Let the Soil Play Its Simple Part

    Caroline Shaw/So Percussion/Jonathan Low

    So Percussion

    Caroline Shaw, vocals

    4:38
  • 3:52 AM

    Piano Etudes "Carnival for Unity"

    Courtney Bryan

    Reparations Now

    Ensemble Pi

    5:31
  • 3:38 AM

    a window of resonant light

    Jeffrey Mumford

    Core Ensemble

    13:03
  • 3:22 AM

    Warmth from Other Suns

    Carlos Simon

    Ivalas Quartet

    14:31
  • 3:07 AM

    Umoja: Anthem of Unity

    Valerie Coleman

    New York Youth Symphony

    Michael Repper, conductor

    13:25
  • 3:01 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 5

    George Walker

    Steven Beck, piano

    4:42
  • 2:51 AM

    Viejo Zortzico

    Jesus Guridi

    Xavier de Maistre, harp

    6:20
  • 2:21 AM

    Waltz Suite

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    29:07
  • 2:16 AM

    From the Southland: A Jubilee

    Henry Thacker Burleigh

    American Heritage

    Jeni Slotchiver, piano

    3:15
  • 2:06 AM

    Festive Overture

    Josef Foerster

    Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra

    Marek Stilek, conductor

    9:29
  • 2:01 AM

    Court Sonata No. 4

    Heinrich Biber

    Purcell Quartet

    Michael Laird, trumpet

    Mark Bennett, trumpet

    4:44
  • 1:52 AM

    Etude No. 6

    Giulio Regondi

    Charms to Soothe

    David Leisner, guitar

    6:04
  • 1:17 AM

    Triple Concerto

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven Triple Concerto

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Santtu-Matias Rouvali, conductor

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    34:03
  • 1:07 AM

    Fantasy Overture

    York Bowen

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    8:27
  • 1:01 AM

    Three Country Dances

    John Playford

    Broadside Band

    Jeremy Barlow, conductor

    4:43
  • 12:51 AM

    Three Short Pieces

    Jacques Ibert

    Syrinx Quintet

    6:24
  • 12:16 AM

    Petrushka

    Igor Stravinsky

    Stravinsky, Petrouchka: Scherzo a la Russe, The Firebird Suite

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    35:16
  • 12:11 AM

    Polichinelle

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    A Rachmaninov Collection

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    3:10
  • 12:06 AM

    Funeral March of a Marionette

    Charles Gounod

    Chiller

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:35
  • 12:01 AM

    Suite in modo polonico: Kujawiak Mazurka and Oberek Mazurka

    Alexandre Tansman

    Tomasz Zawierucha, guitar

    4:53
  • 11:50 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Havana Lyceum Orchestra

    Jose Antonio Mendez Padron, conductor

    Sarah Willis, horn

    8:43
  • 11:49 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Havana Lyceum Orchestra

    Jose Antonio Mendez Padron, conductor

    Sarah Willis, horn

    8:43
  • 11:27 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Ouvertures

    Zefiro

    Alfredo Bernardini, conductor

    21:07
  • 11:22 PM

    Love Song for Lucy

    The OK Factor

    Love, The OK Factor

    The OK Factor

    3:42
  • 11:07 PM

    Variations on a Waltz for Orchestra

    Jerome Moross

    London Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    14:16
  • 10:59 PM

    Bartered Bride: Overture

    Bedrich Smetana

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    6:51
  • 10:51 PM

    Symphony No. 1: Finale

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonies 1 & 2

    Staatskapelle Berlin

    Otmar Suitner, conductor

    6:10
  • 10:44 PM

    Sonate Sentimentale: 3rd movement

    Ferdinand Ries

    Beethoven, Ries: Clarinet Trios

    Vlad Weverbergh, clarinet

    6:27
  • 10:29 PM

    A Moorside Suite

    Gustav Holst

    English String Miniatures, Vol. 6

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    14:00
  • 10:17 PM

    Capriccio Brillant

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    Stephen Hough, piano

    10:37
  • 10:13 PM

    Gertrude's Dream Waltz

    Justin Holland

    Justin Holland Recording Project

    Michael Vascones, guitar

    3:03
  • 10:09 PM

    Morning Song

    Edward Elgar

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    3:21
  • 10:05 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 2: 3rd movement

    Myroslav Skoryk

    Ukranian Masters

    Solomiya Ivakhiv, violin

    3:39
  • 9:47 PM

    Four Seasons: Spring

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Sarah Chang, violin

    10:40
  • 9:45 PM

    Sasha Boldachev, harp

    2:03
  • 9:37 PM

    Sword Dance

    Frederic Lamond

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Martyn Brabbins, conductor

    6:14
  • 9:33 PM

    Carmen: Bullfighter's Chorus

    Georges Bizet

    Opera Choruses

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    3:52
  • 9:08 PM

    Symphony No. 84 "In Nomine Domini"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    23:38
  • 9:05 PM

    Rondeau

    Jean-Francois Dandrieu

    Wynton Marsalis: In Gabriel's Garden

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Anthony Newman, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    1:59
  • 9:02 PM

    The Cowherd's Flute

    He Luting

    Lang Lang, piano

    2:41
  • 8:41 PM

    Variations on a Theme by Haydn "St. Antoni Chorale"

    Johannes Brahms

    Johannes Brahms: Serenade No. 1; Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn

    Residentie Orchestra of the Hague

    Jan Willem de Vriend, conductor

    17:55
  • 8:19 PM

    English Suite No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    20:50
  • 8:12 PM

    Kamarinskaya

    Mikhail Glinka

    Encore

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    6:09
  • 8:04 PM

    Rondino for Winds

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Music for Winds

    David Shifrin, clarinet

    6:58
  • 8:00 PM

    Our Town: Grover's Corners

    Aaron Copland

    London Sinfonietta

    Elgar Howarth, conductor

    2:55
  • 5:50 PM

    Norwegian Rhapsody No. 1

    Johan Svendsen

    Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    7:45
  • 5:15 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 4

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Complete Piano Concertos

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Andrew Constantine, conductor

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    32:49
  • 5:10 PM

    Waltz No. 1

    Antonin Dvorak

    Cecilia String Quartet

    3:33
  • 5:06 PM

    Dance of the Shepherd Girl

    Hugo Alfven

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    James DePreist, conductor

    4:08
  • 5:01 PM

    Four British Folk Song Settings

    Percy Grainger

    Penelope Thwaites, piano

    4:24
  • 4:45 PM

    Symphony Concertante

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    Yury Revich, violin

    Libor Jezek, violin

    Pavla Honsova, viola

    13:35
  • 4:27 PM

    Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    15:28
  • 4:24 PM

    Cantata No. 79: Gott, der Herr, ist Sonn und Schild: Nun danket alle Gott

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    A Bach Festival

    Empire Brass

    Douglas Major, organ

    1:59
  • 4:06 PM

    Summer Evening

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Kodaly: Orchestral Works

    Miskolc Symphony Orchestra

    Laszlo Kovacs, conductor

    17:22
  • 4:01 PM

    O clap your hands together

    Orlando Gibbons

    Faire is the Heaven

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    4:38
  • 3:49 PM

    Symphony No. 4: Finale

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 4, Serenade for Strings

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    8:56
  • 3:28 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 1-5 - Adagio, K. 261 - Rondo, K. 269 & K. 373

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Eivind Aadland, conductor

    Baiba Skride, violin

    19:23
  • 3:12 PM

    Excelsior! Symphonic Overture

    Wilhelm Stenhammar

    Stenhammer: Symphony No. 2

    Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    14:19
  • 3:06 PM

    Introduction No. 6

    Pietro Locatelli

    Raglan Baroque Players

    Elizabeth Wallfisch, conductor

    5:37
  • 3:01 PM

    Symphonic Dance No. 1

    Cyril Scott

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Martyn Brabbins, conductor

    4:40
  • 2:52 PM

    Crown Imperial

    William Walton

    Walton: Symphony No. 1; Orb & Sceptre; Crown Imperial

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    6:25
  • 2:48 PM

    Coronation Te Deum

    William Walton

    WALTON: Belshazzar's Feast / Coronation Te Deum / Gloria

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    David Willcocks, conductor

    John Scott, organ

    9:13
  • 2:44 PM

    Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro

    Giacomo Puccini

    Richard Stoltzman: Aria

    Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

    Arthur Fagen, conductor

    Richard Stoltzman, clarinet

    3:55
  • 2:36 PM

    To Become (Divenire)

    Ludovico Einaudi

    James Horner: Pas de Deux

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Clark Rundell, conductor

    Mari Samuelsen, violin

    7:02
  • 2:18 PM

    Papillons (Butterflies)

    Robert Schumann

    Jeanne Golan, piano

    16:53
  • 2:10 PM

    Il barbiere di Siviglia (Barber of Seville): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jaime Laredo, conductor

    7:19
  • 2:00 PM

    Giselle: Entrance of Giselle

    Adolphe Adam

    Adam: Giselle

    Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    7:13
  • 1:57 PM

    Spring Dance (Springdans)

    Edvard Grieg

    David Russell: Art Of The Guitar

    David Russell, guitar

    1:26
  • 1:43 PM

    Piano Concerto: 1st movement

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg, Schumann: Piano Concertos

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    12:46
  • 1:38 PM

    Concerto for Four Keyboards

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Hamburg Philharmonic

    Christoph Eschenbach, conductor

    Christoph Eschenbach, piano

    Justus Frantz, piano

    Gerhard Oppitz, piano

    Helmut Schmidt, piano

    11:18
  • 1:30 PM

    Staatskapelle Weimar

    Peter Gulke, conductor

    6:01
  • 1:19 PM

    Roman Carnival Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Classics at the Pops

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    9:28
  • 1:17 PM

    Roman Carnival Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, Roman Carnival Overture, Three Pieces from The Damnation of Faust

    Halle Orchestra

    John Barbirolli, conductor

    9:43
  • 1:08 PM

    Appalachian Spring: Variations on a Shaker Tune

    Aaron Copland

    American Postcard

    Christina and Michelle Naughton, piano duo

    5:37
  • 1:04 PM

    Holberg Suite: Prelude

    Edvard Grieg

    Showpieces and Encores

    Moscow Chamber Orchestra

    Constantine Orbelian, conductor

    2:43
  • 12:48 PM

    E.T.: Adventures on Earth

    John Williams

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Williams, conductor

    10:02
  • 12:44 PM

    Der Freischutz: Hunter's Chorus

    Carl Maria von Weber

    8 Bayreuth Festival Horns

    3:03
  • 12:34 PM

    Flute and Harp Concerto: Rondo

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    MOZART: Flute Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 / Concerto for Flute and Harp

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Patrick Gallois, flute

    8:51
  • 12:29 PM

    From Olden Times: Bouree

    Johan Halvorsen

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Ari Rasilainen, conductor

    4:20
  • 12:20 PM

    Violin Sonata: 3rd movement

    Serge Bortkiewicz

    Ukranian Masters

    Solomiya Ivakhiv, violin

    7:20
  • 12:08 PM

    Shepherd Fennel's Dance

    Henry Gardiner

    British Light Music Classics 4

    New London Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    5:33
  • 12:04 PM

    Minuet

    Luigi Boccherini

    Jewels of the Classics

    Philharmonia Virtuosi

    Richard Kapp, conductor

    3:41
  • 11:50 AM

    Oboe Concerto No. 1

    George Frideric Handel

    Sound The Trumpet: Royal Music of Purcell and Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    7:27
  • 11:40 AM

    Wiener Blut (Vienna Blood)

    Johann StraussJr.

    International Salute

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    8:52
  • 11:31 AM

    La Stravaganza: Violin Concerto No. 9

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Violin Concerti

    Arte Dei Suonatori Baroque Orchestra

    Rachel Podger, violin

    6:58
  • 11:24 AM

    Overture to an unfinished comedy opera

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    5:34
  • 11:19 AM

    36 Original Dances "First Waltzes": selections

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Landler

    Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano

    4:34
  • 11:19 AM

    La Stravaganza: Violin Concerto No. 9

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Violin Concerti

    Arte Dei Suonatori Baroque Orchestra

    Rachel Podger, violin

    6:58
  • 11:16 AM

    Legend No. 9

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Legends

    Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    2:42
  • 11:08 AM

    Eugene Onegin: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky Waltzes

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Sergiu Comissiona, conductor

    6:40
  • 11:04 AM

    Narciso Yepes, guitar

    3:18
  • 10:48 AM

    Academic Festival Overture

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 3, Academic Festival Overture

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    10:33
  • 10:29 AM

    Clarinet Quartet

    Franz Hoffmeister

    Hoffmeister: Clarinet Quartets

    Vlach Quartet Prague

    Dieter Klocker, clarinet

    16:28
  • 10:19 AM

    Symphony No. 2: Andante

    Louise Farrenc

    North German Radio Symphony

    Johannes Goritzki, conductor

    8:16
  • 10:06 AM

    Consecration of the House: Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphony No. 7, The Consecration of the House

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    12:39
  • 10:01 AM

    String Symphony No. 8: 3rd movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra

    Scott Yoo, conductor

    4:50
  • 9:43 AM

    12 German Dances

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Piano Sonatas, D537 and D664, etc.

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    14:55
  • 9:22 AM

    Celtic Symphony

    Granville Bantock

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    19:55
  • 9:17 AM

    Autumn Crocus

    Billy Mayerl

    Bats In The Belfry: Billy Mayerl Vol. 2

    Eric Parkin, piano

    2:33
  • 9:06 AM

    Concerto for Mixed Instruments

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Philharmonia Virtuosi

    Richard Kapp, conductor

    10:42
  • 9:01 AM

    Childhood Dream (Reve d'enfant)

    Eugene Ysaye

    French Impressions

    Bienne Symphony Orchestra

    Jean-Jacques Kantorow, conductor

    Rachel Kolly d'Alba, violin

    4:35
  • 8:42 AM

    Wand of Youth Suite No. 2

    Edward Elgar

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    16:45
  • 8:31 AM

    Rigoletto Fantasy

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    Juliette Hurel, flute

    10:05
  • 8:05 AM

    String Quartet

    Claude Debussy

    Medici String Quartet

    23:58
  • 8:01 AM

    Nostalgia

    Joe Hisaishi

    Studio Orchestra

    Joe Hisaishi, piano

    3:31
  • 7:42 AM

    Horn Concerto

    Franz Pokorny

    Horn Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    16:00
  • 7:24 AM

    Suite in Old Style

    Dobrinka Tabakova

    Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra

    Maxim Rysanov, conductor

    Maxim Rysanov, viola

    Vaiva Eidukaityte-Storastiene, harpsichord

    18:35
  • 7:10 AM

    Symphonic Dances: 1st movement

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Gateways

    Shanghai Symphony Orchestra

    Long Yu, conductor

    11:32
  • 7:01 AM

    Cherubic Hymn

    Pavel Chesnokov

    Teach Me Thy Statutes

    PaTRAM Institute Male Choir

    Vladimir Gorbik, conductor

    8:20
  • 6:21 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Vasily Kalinnikov

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    37:21
  • 6:16 AM

    Allegretto

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Fantasie-Sonate D 894, etc.

    Michel Dalberto, piano

    4:26
  • 6:01 AM

    Suite for Strings

    Joan Trimble

    Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Fionnuala Hunt, conductor

    13:22
  • 5:29 AM

    Harp Concerto

    Elias Parish-Alvars

    Romantic Harp Concertos

    Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, conductor

    Marielle Nordmann, harp

    29:04
  • 5:14 AM

    The Good-humored Ladies

    Vincenzo Tommasini

    Concert Arts Orchestra

    Robert Irving, conductor

    14:56
  • 5:01 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 16

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Piano Sonatas Complete IV/KV576, KV545, KV533 + 494

    Ingrid Haebler, piano

    10:47