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  • 4:53 AM

    Under the Rug

    Ryan Brown

    Janus

    5:10
  • 4:41 AM

    The Farthest Place

    John Luther Adams

    Marty Walker, clarinet

    Amy Knoles, vibraphone

    Bryan Pezzone, piano

    Nathaniel Reichman, sound design

    Robin Lorentz, violin

    Barry Newton, double bass

    10:53
  • 4:36 AM

    Summer in the High Grassland

    Zhao Jiping

    Silk Road Ensemble

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    4:33
  • 4:26 AM

    Dawn

    Ying-Hsueh Chen

    Dark Radiance

    Ying-Hsueh Chen, percussion

    9:53
  • 4:14 AM

    Aguas da Amazonia: Amazon River

    Philip Glass

    Third Coast Percussion

    9:30
  • 4:06 AM

    Moon of Desire

    Fuse & Miho Hazama

    Mikrokosmos

    Fuse

    7:05
  • 4:01 AM

    Synesthesia Suite: Karakurenai (Crimson)

    Andy Akiho

    Andy Akiho, steel pan

    4:26
  • 3:53 AM

    Suite for Violin and American Gamelan: Chaconne

    Lou Harrison

    American Gamelan

    John Bergamo, conductor

    David Abel, violin

    Julie Steinberg, piano

    William Winant, percussion

    5:28
  • 3:49 AM

    Threads: Prelude

    Paul Lansky

    So Percussion

    2:58
  • 3:15 AM

    Piano Concerto "Memo Flora"

    Takashi Yoshimatsu

    Manchester Camerata

    Sachio Fujioka, conductor

    Kyoko Tabe, piano

    32:03
  • 3:07 AM

    New Morse Code

    Katie Hyun, violin

    6:21
  • 3:01 AM

    Michael Jon Fink, celesta

    4:43
  • 2:49 AM

    Zarabanda Lejana

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Rodrigo: Concertos and Orchestral Works

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    9:22
  • 2:37 AM

    Revelry

    Valerie Coleman

    Decoda

    Decoda

    10:13
  • 2:20 AM

    Arafura Dances

    Ross Edwards

    Concerto

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Paul Daniel, conductor

    John Williams, guitar

    17:06
  • 2:14 AM

    Marie Luise Neunecker, horn

    Paul Rivinius, piano

    3:37
  • 2:06 AM

    Prelude and Quadruple Fugue

    Alan Hovhaness

    Hovhaness: Celestial Gate

    I Fiamminghi

    Rudolf Werthen, conductor

    7:42
  • 2:01 AM

    La Misterieuse

    Francois Couperin

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    4:52
  • 1:47 AM

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    11:31
  • 1:25 AM

    Siegfried Idyll

    Richard Wagner

    Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 6 and 9; Wagner

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Andris Nelsons, conductor

    20:45
  • 1:10 AM

    Sussex Landscape

    Avril Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Roderick Cox, conductor

    13:31
  • 1:06 AM

    The Young Man's Sleep

    Traditional

    Irish Roots

    Daniel Hope, violin

    2:58
  • 1:01 AM

    Sinfonia in Classic Mode: Minuet

    Joseph Marx

    Bochum Symphony Orchestra

    Steven Sloane, conductor

    4:41
  • 12:48 AM

    Pavanes and Symmetries

    Dan Coleman

    Alice K. Dade, flute

    John Novacek, piano

    9:54
  • 12:27 AM

    Symphonic Metamorphosis

    Paul Hindemith

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    20:01
  • 12:15 AM

    Orchestra Rehearsal

    Nino Rota

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    10:02
  • 12:06 AM

    Overture "In the Italian Style"

    Franz Schubert

    Musa Italiana

    Philharmonic of La Scala

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    8:14
  • 12:01 AM

    Rinaldo: Sibilar gli angui d'Aletto

    George Frideric Handel

    Septura

    Matthew Gee, trombone

    4:50
  • 11:49 PM

    Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave)

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Impressions Of The Sea

    Long Beach Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    9:19
  • 11:48 PM

    Kaiser-Walzer (Emperor Waltz)

    Johann StraussJr.

    The Key to Classics: J. Strauss

    Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    10:12
  • 11:41 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 20

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven #4

    Paul Lewis, piano

    8:28
  • 11:16 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 3

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    Yakov Kreizberg, conductor

    Julia Fischer, violin

    23:23
  • 11:08 PM

    Alice Kogan Weinreb, flute

    Nicholas Stovall, oboe

    Paul Cigan, clarinet

    Truman Harris, bassoon

    Laurel Bennert Ohlson, horn

    7:49
  • 11:01 PM

    Sunflower Polka-Mazurka (Sonnenblume)

    Johann StraussJr.

    J. Strauss, Jr. Edition: Vol. 37

    Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

    Christian Pollack, conductor

    5:43
  • 10:45 PM

    In Nature's Realm Overture

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9, In der Nature

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    14:25
  • 10:36 PM

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Nicholas McGegan, conductor

    Alec Frank-Gemmill, horn

    7:56
  • 10:31 PM

    Bellissima Naomi!

    Frantisek Janoska

    The Big B's

    Janoska Ensemble

    3:44
  • 10:16 PM

    Petite Suite

    Claude Debussy

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    12:57
  • 10:10 PM

    Symphonic Dance No. 1

    Edvard Grieg

    Edvard Grieg

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    6:21
  • 10:06 PM

    Espana: Tango

    Isaac Albeniz

    Tango to the Cor

    Cally Banham, English horn

    2:47
  • 9:45 PM

    Ballade

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: Orchestral Works

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    14:07
  • 9:33 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 1st movement

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    Larson: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Hans-Peter Frank, conductor

    10:47
  • 9:26 PM

    Piano Trio No. 6: Allegretto

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Complete Piano Trios

    Weiss Kaplan Stumpf Trio

    5:46
  • 9:15 PM

    Symphony No. 2

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    9:29
  • 9:11 PM

    hope, faith, life, love

    Eric Whitacre

    Savory Sounds

    The Summer Singers

    Vicki Peters, conductor

    3:09
  • 9:05 PM

    Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4

    Edward Elgar

    Sir Charles' Precious Music Box 1

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    5:14
  • 9:02 PM

    English Suite No. 2: Gigue

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Renaud Capucon, violin

    Gautier Capucon, cello

    2:31
  • 8:45 PM

    Swedish Rhapsody No. 1 "Midsummer Vigil"

    Hugo Alfven

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    12:55
  • 8:31 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Leopold Mozart

    Virtuoso Trumpet: Bach, Mozart, Telemann

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jahja Ling, conductor

    Rolf Smedvig, trumpet

    12:58
  • 8:18 PM

    Children's Games (Jeux d'enfants)

    Georges Bizet

    Orchestre de la Bastille

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    11:21
  • 8:11 PM

    The Mother: Three Pieces

    Carl Nielsen

    Bergen Wind Quintet

    6:38
  • 8:00 PM

    The Walk to the Paradise Garden

    Frederick Delius

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    10:39
  • 5:48 PM

    Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

    Franz Liszt

    Mephisto Magic

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    10:03
  • 5:20 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 5 "Egyptian"

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens: Complete Piano Concertos

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    Stephen Hough, piano

    26:59
  • 5:08 PM

    Sinfonia No. 3

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Complete String Symphonies

    Gli Incogniti

    Amandine Beyer, conductor

    10:00
  • 5:06 PM

    Orfeo: Toccata

    Claudio Monteverdi

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    1:29
  • 5:00 PM

    String Quartet No. 2: Scherzo

    Alexander Borodin

    Emerson String Quartet

    4:47
  • 4:45 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Havana Lyceum Orchestra

    Jose Antonio Mendez Padron, conductor

    Sarah Willis, horn

    13:28
  • 4:15 PM

    Symphony No. 1

    Franz Schubert

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    27:44
  • 4:09 PM

    The Arctic Suite: Sea Ice Melting

    Jacob Shea

    Arctic

    Arctic Philharmonic

    Christian Kluxen, conductor

    Eldbjorg Hemsing, violin

    3:45
  • 4:06 PM

    The Lake at Evening

    Charles Tomlinson Griffes

    GRIFFES: Piano Works, Vol. 1

    Michael Lewin, piano

    3:20
  • 4:00 PM

    Dardanus: Overture

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Frans Bruggen, conductor

    4:45
  • 3:48 PM

    Gayane Ballet Suite

    Aram Khachaturian

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    9:56
  • 3:21 PM

    Clarinet Concerto No. 2

    Bernhard Crusell

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Alun Francis, conductor

    Thea King, clarinet

    24:34
  • 3:15 PM

    Three Preludes

    George Gershwin

    Summertime

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    6:26
  • 3:06 PM

    Zampa Overture

    Ferdinand Herold

    French Opera Highlights

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    7:26
  • 3:00 PM

    Valse Triste

    Jean Sibelius

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    4:40
  • 2:51 PM

    Images for Orchestra: Iberia: On Highways and Byways

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Orchestral Works

    Paris Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    7:38
  • 2:44 PM

    Symphony No. 30 "Alleluia"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies 22, 24, 30

    Cantilena

    Adrian Shepherd, conductor

    13:51
  • 2:42 PM

    My Spirit Sang All Day

    Gerald Finzi

    An Endless Summer

    The Summer Singers

    Vicki Peters, conductor

    1:36
  • 2:36 PM

    Praeludium and Allegro

    Fritz Kreisler

    Joshua Bell, violin

    Paul Coker, piano

    5:42
  • 2:25 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

    St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble

    10:47
  • 2:17 PM

    Andante and Rondo Capriccioso

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Lydia Artymiw plays Mendelssohn

    Lydia Artymiw, piano

    6:20
  • 2:01 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Classical"

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Concert Recording

    Lakes Area Music Festival Orchestra

    Christian Reif, conductor

    14:13
  • 1:54 PM

    Mock Morris

    Percy Grainger

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Kenneth Montgomery, conductor

    3:29
  • 1:47 PM

    Water Music Suite No. 3

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Water Music, Il Pastor Fido

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    6:48
  • 1:36 PM

    L'Italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    8:16
  • 1:35 PM

    Etude No. 9 "Butterfly"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Etudes

    Yunchan Lim, piano

    :56
  • 1:31 PM

    The Dancing Doll

    Ede Poldini

    Sir Charles' Precious Music Box Ii

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    3:45
  • 1:21 PM

    Symphony No. 7 "Sinfonia Romantica": 2nd movement

    Kurt Atterberg

    Atterberg: Orchestral Works, Vol. 5

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    8:35
  • 1:18 PM

    Une Amourette: March

    Svend Schulz

    Carion: Nielsen's Footsteps

    Carion Wind Quintet

    2:34
  • 1:11 PM

    Othello Suite: Willow Song

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Fawzi Haimor, conductor

    2:39
  • 1:04 PM

    Romanian Folk Dances

    Bela Bartok

    Bartok: Romanian Folk-Dances, Kodaly: Galanta Dances, Marosszek Dances

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    6:07
  • 12:52 PM

    Symphony No. 29: 4th movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

    Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

    6:23
  • 12:47 PM

    Elfin Waltzes

    Justin Holland

    Justin Holland Recording Project

    Mark Delpriora, guitar

    5:12
  • 12:39 PM

    Hook: Flight to Neverland

    John Williams

    John Williams in Vienna

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Williams, conductor

    5:06
  • 12:29 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 3 "Il gardellino" ("The Goldfinch")

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Patrick Gallois, flute

    8:50
  • 12:25 PM

    Hark! Hark! The Lark

    Franz Schubert

    Jorge Bolet, piano

    3:22
  • 12:21 PM

    Tristesse/La Melodia del Corazon

    Frederic Chopin/Fioravanti Di Cecco/Hector Artola

    Tango to the Cor

    Cally Banham, English horn and bass oboe

    3:33
  • 12:16 PM

    Tristesse/La Melodia del Corazon

    Frederic Chopin/Fioravanti Di Cecco/Hector Artola

    Tango to the Cor

    Cally Banham, English horn and bass oboe

    3:33
  • 12:10 PM

    String Quartet: Allegretto

    Fanny Mendelssohn

    Ebene Quartet

    3:35
  • 12:04 PM

    Pastoral Suite: Scherzo-valse

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Ulster Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    5:09
  • 11:51 AM

    Spitfire Prelude and Fugue

    William Walton

    Walton: Battle of Britain Suite, Etc

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    8:35
  • 11:42 AM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Vincenzo Bellini

    Trumpet Concertos

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jahja Ling, conductor

    Rolf Smedvig, trumpet

    6:55
  • 11:27 AM

    Scherzo Capriccioso

    Antonin Dvorak

    Tchaikovsky: 1812; Dukas: Sorcerer's Apprentice; Smetana: Vltava (Die Moldau); Dvorak: Scherzo capriccioso; Mussorgsky: A Night on the Bare Mountain

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    12:40
  • 11:20 AM

    Concerto No. 2

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Albinoni: 12 Concerti a cinque, Op.5

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Simon Standage, conductor

    6:04
  • 11:15 AM

    Sleeping Beauty: Polacca

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    4:35
  • 11:10 AM

    The Gadfly: Romance

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    Janine Jansen, violin

    2:33
  • 11:04 AM

    Etude No. 3 "Un Sospiro" (A Sigh)

    Franz Liszt

    Susann McDonald, harp

    5:34
  • 10:44 AM

    Petite Suite Gauloise

    Louis Theodore Gouvy

    The Chamber Winds

    United States Air Force Band

    Lowell Graham, conductor

    13:43
  • 10:28 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 18

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Ingrid Haebler, piano

    15:40
  • 10:15 AM

    Bartered Bride: Dances

    Bedrich Smetana

    The Moldau

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    10:44
  • 10:06 AM

    Symphony

    Luigi Boccherini

    Boccherini: Symphonies op. 21, Nos. 1-5

    German Chamber Academy

    Johannes Goritzki, conductor

    8:07
  • 10:01 AM

    German Requiem: Wie lieblich (How lovely are thy dwelling places)

    Johannes Brahms

    MDR Radio Chorus Leipzig

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    4:52
  • 9:40 AM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Violin Concertos

    English Baroque Soloists

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    Kati Debretzeni, violin

    18:35
  • 9:21 AM

    String Quartet No. 53 "The Lark"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: "Lark," "Rider" And "La Chasse" Quartets

    Hagen Quartet

    17:56
  • 9:17 AM

    Simple Gifts

    Frederic Hand

    Across Time

    Frederic Hand, guitar

    2:32
  • 9:07 AM

    The Magic Harp

    Ina Boyle

    Dan Godfrey Encores

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    9:15
  • 9:01 AM

    All the Things You Are

    Jerome Kern

    Leon Fleisher, piano

    4:49
  • 8:48 AM

    Fantasy on La Traviata

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Fantasy: A Night At The Opera

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    10:19
  • 8:34 AM

    Little Concert Suite

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    13:36
  • 8:21 AM

    English Folk Song Suite

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Stars & Stripes

    Cleveland Symphonic Winds

    Frederick Fennell, conductor

    10:42
  • 8:01 AM

    The Wise Virgins Ballet Suite

    William Walton

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    19:41
  • 7:47 AM

    Concerto for Trombone

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Trombone Concerti

    Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra

    Chikara Imamura, conductor

    Christian Lindberg, trombone

    11:41
  • 7:27 AM

    Piano Sonata

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Works for Solo Piano, Vol. 4

    Barry Douglas, piano

    19:49
  • 7:09 AM

    Suite in the Old Style

    Alfred Schnittke

    Modern Portaits

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    15:26
  • 7:01 AM

    Wildflower (Yolanda's Song)

    Arturo Sandoval

    Wildflower

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    7:17
  • 6:22 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 1

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Prague Symphony Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    36:34
  • 6:18 AM

    Seven Popular Spanish Songs: Jota

    Manuel de Falla

    Tabea Zimmermann, viola

    Javier Perianes, piano

    3:28
  • 6:01 AM

    Prelude and Fugue "St Anne"

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    20th Century Bach / Seiji Ozawa, Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    14:44
  • 5:38 AM

    La Boutique fantasque (Fantastic Toy Shop)

    Ottorino Respighi

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    20:30
  • 5:21 AM

    Serenade No. 2

    Robert Fuchs

    Cologne Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Ludwig, conductor

    16:03
  • 5:01 AM

    3 Argentinian Cantilenas and Finale

    Carlos Guastavino

    Camerata Bariloche

    18:07