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  • 4:40 AM

    Three Nocturnes

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: Nocturnes and Barcarolles

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    18:39
  • 4:12 AM

    Cello Sonata

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Rachmaninoff-Prokofiev

    Gautier Capucon, cello

    26:25
  • 4:06 AM

    Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra

    Howard Hanson, conductor

    4:59
  • 4:01 AM

    Milonga

    Jorge Cardoso

    Milos: Pasion

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    4:47
  • 3:52 AM

    Ballade No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Awadagin Pratt: A Long Way from Normal

    Awadagin Pratt, piano

    6:23
  • 3:37 AM

    Four Penitential Motets

    Francis Poulenc

    Poulenc: Gloria

    Polyphony

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    13:48
  • 3:18 AM

    Mahashakti

    John Tavener

    John Tavener: Requiem, Mahashakti, Eternal Memory

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vasily Petrenko, conductor

    Ruth Palmer, violin

    18:16
  • 3:06 AM

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Sedares, conductor

    9:32
  • 3:01 AM

    Prayer of Saint Gregory

    Alan Hovhaness

    Hovhaness: Mysterious Mountain; And God Created Great Whales

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    Charles Butler, trumpet

    4:50
  • 2:49 AM

    Song without Words

    Augusta Read Thomas

    Cantabile: Anthems for Viola

    Jordan Bak, viola

    9:17
  • 2:42 AM

    Home

    Kevin Puts

    House of Belonging

    Conspirare

    Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

    6:36
  • 2:22 AM

    Ballad Without Words

    Kurt Atterberg

    Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra

    Jun'ichi Hirokami, conductor

    18:26
  • 2:13 AM

    Under the Eye of Heaven: The Enigma

    Nick Bicat

    Power

    London Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Warren-Green, conductor

    7:29
  • 2:07 AM

    Vocalise

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Troika

    Matt Haimovitz, cello

    6:10
  • 2:01 AM

    Flute Sonata: Aria

    Otar Taktakishvili

    Flute Recital

    Marina Piccinini, flute

    4:40
  • 1:50 AM

    Bukoolika (Bucolic)

    Ester Magi

    Ester Magi: Orchestral Music

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Arvo Volmer, conductor

    8:09
  • 1:24 AM

    Concerto Andaluz

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Internationale Philharmonie

    Horst-Hans Backer, conductor

    24:59
  • 1:06 AM

    Suite for Oboe, Clarinet, and Viola

    Randall Thompson

    Oboist Peter Christ

    Peter Christ, oboe

    15:45
  • 1:01 AM

    On Distant Waves (Sur les flots lointains)

    Charles Koechlin

    Koechlin: Le boisson ardent; Sur les flots lointains

    Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:46
  • 12:55 AM

    At Evening

    Eivind Groven

    Norwegian Classical Favourites

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    2:42
  • 12:29 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 15 "Pastoral"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven Piano Sonatas Nos. 12, 13, 14, 15

    Gerhard Oppitz, piano

    25:06
  • 12:09 AM

    Fantasy Variations

    Ulysses Kay

    Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Arthur Fagen, conductor

    17:55
  • 12:06 AM

    Memory Mist

    Florence Price

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:39
  • 12:01 AM

    Scherzo

    Alfredo Catalani

    Puccini, Catalani, Ponchielli: for orchestra

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    4:42
  • 11:52 PM

    Fast Blue Village 2

    Elena Kats-Chernin

    Habemus Quartet. Whispering Colors

    Habemus Quartet

    5:56
  • 11:22 PM

    South Bohemian Suite

    Vitezslav Novak

    Novak: Orchestral Works 1

    Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra

    Marek Stilec, conductor

    29:21
  • 11:10 PM

    Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

    Claude Debussy

    Forgotten Sounds

    Ji Weon Ryu, flute

    9:54
  • 11:07 PM

    Hansel and Gretel: Evening Prayer

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Classical Jukebox, Vol. 1

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    3:00
  • 11:01 PM

    Four Waltzes

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms on Brass

    Canadian Brass

    4:53
  • 10:47 PM

    Sonata No. 1

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

    (Selected members), conductor

    11:16
  • 10:21 PM

    Symphony No. 88

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    24:26
  • 10:14 PM

    Carpathian Rhapsody

    Myroslav Skoryk

    Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra

    Volodymyr Sirenko, conductor

    Solomiya Ivakhiv, violin

    6:40
  • 10:06 PM

    Wedding Cake

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 - Africa - Wedding Cake - Allegro appassionato

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Jean-Jacques Kantorow, conductor

    Alexandre Kantorow, piano

    5:57
  • 10:01 PM

    Chacony (Chaconne)

    Henry Purcell

    Chaconne

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    4:34
  • 9:48 PM

    Ballade No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    The Chopin Recital

    Andre Watts, piano

    9:54
  • 9:32 PM

    Othello Suite

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Fawzi Haimor, conductor

    15:04
  • 9:14 PM

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    16:09
  • 9:06 PM

    Ev'ry Time I Feel the Spirit

    William Dawson

    The Spirituals of William Dawson

    St. Olaf Choir

    Anton Armstrong, conductor

    1:58
  • 9:01 PM

    Come As You Are: Strength of My Life

    Steven Banks

    As We Are

    Julian Velasco, tenor saxophone

    4:46
  • 8:44 PM

    Italian Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Amadeus Guitar Duo

    13:58
  • 8:23 PM

    Pulcinella Suite

    Igor Stravinsky

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    20:36
  • 8:16 PM

    Red Flowers in Bloom

    Qi Liu

    Chinasong | Shanghai Quartet

    Shanghai Quartet

    4:23
  • 8:06 PM

    Symphony No. 11

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 8, 9, 44, 47, 45, & 11

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    9:30
  • 8:01 PM

    Romance No. 2

    Robert Schumann

    Songs of the Reeds

    Albrecht Mayer, oboe

    4:38
  • 7:51 PM

    Le Corsaire: Pas de Deux

    Riccardo Drigo

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    7:56
  • 4:47 PM

    Academic Festival Overture

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 4

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    10:57
  • 4:16 PM

    Serenade for Strings

    Josef Suk

    Suk: Fairy Tale, String Serenade

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    29:39
  • 4:11 PM

    Meditation

    Mel Bonis

    Memoires d'une femme

    Myriam Barbaux-Cohen, piano

    3:56
  • 4:06 PM

    The Blue Bird

    Charles Stanford

    A Bride's Guide to Wedding Music for Civil Ceremonies

    Oxford Camerata

    Jeremy Summerly, conductor

    3:41
  • 4:01 PM

    Handel in the Strand

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger: Folk-Inspired Works for Piano Duet and Piano Duo

    Bilder Duo

    4:34
  • 3:48 PM

    Dalecarlian Suite No. 1

    Traditional

    Seven Suites of Swedish Folk Tunes

    Jakob Lindberg, lute

    10:19
  • 3:26 PM

    Ramuntcho Suite No. 1

    Gabriel Pierne

    Piano Concerto in C Minor

    Philharmonie de Lorraine

    Jacques Houtmann, conductor

    19:43
  • 3:10 PM

    Flute Concerto

    Frederick the Great

    CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra

    Hartmut Haenchen, conductor

    Manfred Friedrich, flute

    14:42
  • 3:06 PM

    Semyon Kotko: Overture

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Russian Overtures

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    3:35
  • 3:01 PM

    Keyboard Sonata No. 7

    Antonio Soler

    Soler: Keyboard Sonatas Nos. 1-15

    Martina Filjak, piano

    4:46
  • 2:48 PM

    Rosen aus dem Suden (Roses from the South) Waltz

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    10:01
  • 2:42 PM

    La Sampaguita (The Flower of Manila)

    Dolores Paterno

    To A Camia: Piano Music from Romantic Manila

    Sally Pinkas, piano

    4:46
  • 2:26 PM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 1

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Gli Uccelli, Trittico Botticelliano

    I Solisti Veneti

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    14:57
  • 2:06 PM

    Symphony Concertante No. 4

    Johann Christian Bach

    J.C. Bach: Orchestral Works

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Simon Standage, conductor

    18:22
  • 2:01 PM

    The Merrymakers

    Eric Coates

    New Philharmonia Orchestra

    Adrian Boult, conductor

    4:34
  • 1:43 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 3

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart, Strauss: Horn Concertos

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Radovan Vlatkovic, horn

    15:50
  • 1:38 PM

    Buenos dias, Marco!

    Roman Janoska

    The Big B's

    Janoska Ensemble

    3:29
  • 1:24 PM

    Serenade No. 1: Allegro molto

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Serenade No. 1, Variations on a Theme by Haydn

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    12:55
  • 1:19 PM

    Scherzo

    (Marie) Clemence de Grandval

    GRANDVAL: Oboe Works

    Budapest Strings

    Lajos Lencses, oboe

    4:17
  • 1:06 PM

    Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Overtures

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    11:03
  • 1:01 PM

    Overture "Water Music": Menuet; Gigue; Canarie

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    4:34
  • 10:43 AM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Murray Perahia plays Bach Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Murray Perahia, conductor

    Murray Perahia, piano

    15:37
  • 10:23 AM

    Songs of the Roses

    Morten Lauridsen

    Polyphony

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    17:12
  • 10:10 AM

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    11:32
  • 10:06 AM

    Crystal Sky

    Ola Gjeilo

    Ola Gjeilo: Night

    Ola Gjeilo, piano

    3:42
  • 10:01 AM

    Lute Suite: Sarabande and Gigue

    Jan Antonin Losy

    Jan Antonin Losy: Note d'oro

    Jakob Lindberg, lute

    4:39
  • 9:42 AM

    The Sacred Linden Tree (Die heilige Linde): Overture

    Siegfried Wagner

    Siegfied Wagner: Complete Overtures, Vol. 1

    Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic

    Werner Andreas Albert, conductor

    16:22
  • 9:30 AM

    Introduction and Allegro

    Maurice Ravel

    Debussy, Faure, Ravel

    Miami String Quartet

    Markus Klinko, harp

    10:24
  • 9:23 AM

    Impromptu No. 2

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Piano Sonata D845, Wanderer Fantasy

    Paul Lewis, piano

    6:25
  • 9:14 AM

    Path at Sunrise, Masses of Flowers

    Margaret Brouwer

    Brouwer: Rhapsodies

    Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    8:01
  • 9:06 AM

    Behold, the Beautiful Light of the Sun

    Traditional Norwegian

    Strid

    Oslo Chamber Choir

    Hakon Daniel Nystedt, conductor

    Helga Gunnes, soprano

    6:52
  • 9:01 AM

    Sonata No. 8

    Henry Purcell

    Purcell: Sonatas and Pavans

    Purcell Quartet

    4:50
  • 8:55 AM

    Deanne Tucker, piano

    3:36
  • 8:14 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Adolphus Hailstork

    Grand Rapids Symphony

    David Lockington, conductor

    40:35
  • 8:01 AM

    Hymn to a Blue Hour

    John Mackey

    Asphalt Cocktail: The Music of John Mackey

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    10:38
  • 7:56 AM

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:41
  • 7:41 AM

    Prisms, Cycles, Leaps

    Derrick Skye

    Bridge to Everywhere

    14:08
  • 7:10 AM

    Three-Part Sinfonias

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Inventions and Sinfonias

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    30:02
  • 7:01 AM

    Flute Concertino

    Cecile Chaminade

    Concierto Pastoral

    CBC Vancouver Orchestra

    Mario Bernardi, conductor

    Timothy Hutchins, flute

    7:38
  • 6:42 AM

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Lisa Batiashvili, violin

    16:15
  • 6:39 AM

    Romance

    Camille Saint-Saens

    (b)romancE

    Nicholas Canellakis, cello

    2:49
  • 6:01 AM

    Images for Orchestra

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Images, Le Martyre de Saint Sebastien

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Pierre Monteux, conductor

    35:31
  • 5:50 AM

    Mathis der Maler (Mathis the Painter): Angel's Concert

    Paul Hindemith

    Hindemith: Mathis Der Maler Etc.

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    8:20
  • 5:45 AM

    Benedicta es celorum

    Anonymous Medieval

    Words of the Angel

    Trio Mediaeval

    4:47
  • 5:01 AM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 6

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    41:34