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  • 4:45 AM

    Aeriality

    Anna Thorvaldsdottir

    Anna Thorvaldsdottir: Aerial

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Ilan Volkov, conductor

    13:28
  • 4:40 AM

    Constellation No. 2

    Dustin O'Halloran/Gyda Valtysdottir

    Silfur

    Dustin O'Halloran, piano

    4:19
  • 4:11 AM

    Symphony

    Jaakko Kuusisto

    Jaakko Kuusisto: Symphony Op. 39; Pictured Within: Birthday Variations for M.C.B.

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Pekka Kuusisto, conductor

    26:25
  • 4:06 AM

    Good Night, Day

    Johann Johannsson

    Mari

    Berlin Konzerthaus Orchestra

    Jonathan Stockhammer, conductor

    Mari Samuelsen, violin

    3:49
  • 4:01 AM

    Nunc dimittis

    Sigurdur Saevarsson

    Meditatio

    Schola Cantorum Reykjavik

    Hordur Askelsson, conductor

    4:46
  • 3:47 AM

    In the Arms of the Beloved: Arietta

    Richard Danielpour

    Iris Chamber Orchestra

    Michael Stern, conductor

    Jaime Laredo, violin

    Sharon Robinson, cello

    10:26
  • 3:36 AM

    Duo for Violin and Cello

    Jessie Montgomery

    Windows

    Janet Orenstein, violin

    9:13
  • 3:14 AM

    Concierto Ecuanime

    Javier Lopez de Guerena

    Guitar Double Concertos

    Oviedo Filarmonia

    Oliver Diaz, conductor

    Miguel Trapaga, guitar

    20:31
  • 3:06 AM

    The Knights

    Ariana Kim, violin

    Guillaume Pirard, violin

    6:02
  • 3:01 AM

    Duo for Flute and Piano: 2nd movement

    Laura Kaminsky

    The Way Things Go

    Tara Helen O'Connor, flute

    4:33
  • 2:51 AM

    Exaltation of Larks

    Norman Dello Joio

    Atlantic Sinfonietta

    Edvard Tchivzhel, conductor

    7:44
  • 2:23 AM

    Fifteen Variations and a Fugue on an Original Theme (Eroica Variations)

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Cedric Tiberghien - Ludwig van Beethoven: Complete Variations for Piano, Vol. 1

    Cedric Tiberghien, piano

    26:16
  • 2:12 AM

    Sinfonia No. 4 "Strands"

    George Walker

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Franz Welser-Most, conductor

    8:44
  • 2:06 AM

    Minuet of the Will-o'-the-Wisps

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: La Marseillaise, Etc

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    5:42
  • 2:01 AM

    Theme and Variations on "Draw the Sacred Circle Closer": Variations 3 and 4

    Adolphus Hailstork

    Kristen Yeon-Ji Yun, cello

    4:48
  • 1:49 AM

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Eric Whitacre, conductor

    9:02
  • 1:46 AM

    Galop and Eight Ecoissaises

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Landler

    Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano

    3:02
  • 1:22 AM

    Symphony No. 96 "Miracle"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    La Petite Bande

    Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor

    22:12
  • 1:17 AM

    Beau Soir (Beautiful Evening)

    Claude Debussy

    (b)romancE

    Nicholas Canellakis, cello

    2:38
  • 1:06 AM

    Children's Games (Jeux d'enfants)

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: Symphony, Jeux d'enfants, Roma

    Paris Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    10:58
  • 1:01 AM

    Sleeping Beauty: Jubilee March

    Erkki Melartin

    Scandinavian Rhapsody, A Selection of Orchestral Favourites

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:33
  • 12:54 AM

    Incineratorag

    William Bolcom

    Decoda

    Decoda

    4:00
  • 12:24 AM

    Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies 40 & 41

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Georg Solti, conductor

    28:42
  • 12:08 AM

    Rounds for String Orchestra

    David Diamond

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    14:14
  • 12:06 AM

    Flight of the Bumblebee

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    The Essential Canadian Brass

    Canadian Brass

    1:24
  • 12:01 AM

    Encantamento

    Camargo Guarnieri

    Brazilian Music for Viola and Piano

    Barbara Westphal, viola

    4:36
  • 11:52 PM

    Symphony No. 7: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Triple Concerto & Symphony No. 7

    West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    7:02
  • 11:51 PM

    Symphony No. 7: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Triple Concerto & Symphony No. 7

    West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    7:02
  • 11:24 PM

    Cello Sonata No. 3

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Fidelio

    Zuill Bailey, cello

    27:48
  • 11:10 PM

    Rapsodia santiaguena

    Manuel Gomez Carrillo

    Fiesta Criolla: Latin-American Orchestral Works

    Wurttemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen

    Gabriel Castagna, conductor

    11:49
  • 11:05 PM

    Tanti Anni Prima

    Astor Piazzolla

    Cello Cinema

    Eckart Runge, cello

    5:10
  • 11:01 PM

    Boston Symphony Chamber Players

    2:51
  • 10:50 PM

    Bright Blue Music

    Michael Torke

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    9:05
  • 10:42 PM

    Mandolin Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi Guitar Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    7:35
  • 10:25 PM

    In a Summer Garden

    Frederick Delius

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    15:33
  • 10:21 PM

    We Bloomed in Spring

    Edie Hill

    The Crossing

    Donald Nally, conductor

    2:45
  • 10:07 PM

    Piano Concerto: 1st movement

    George Gershwin

    Norman Krieger plays Gershwin

    Prague National Symphony

    Neal Gittleman, conductor

    Norman Krieger, piano

    13:47
  • 9:47 PM

    Suomenlinna Overture

    Uuno Klami

    KLAMI / AHO: Pyorteita / KLAMI: Violin Concerto

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    12:36
  • 9:42 PM

    Jeni Slotchiver, piano

    4:12
  • 9:37 PM

    Carmen: Entrance of the Toreadors

    Georges Bizet

    Dies Irae: The Essential Choral Collection

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    3:52
  • 9:20 PM

    Five Pieces in Folk-Style

    Robert Schumann

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    16:08
  • 9:08 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "In the Spring": 4th movement

    John Knowles Paine

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    11:09
  • 9:03 PM

    Fur Elise

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Classic Romance II / John Novacek

    John Novacek, piano

    3:40
  • 8:44 PM

    Symphonic Variations

    Cesar Franck

    The Music for Piano and Orchestra, Prelude, Chorale and Fugue

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Okko Kamu, conductor

    Kerstin Aberg, piano

    15:55
  • 8:38 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Afro-American": Animato

    William Grant Still

    African Heritage Symphonic Series, Vol. 1

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    3:19
  • 8:07 PM

    Flute and Harp Concerto

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    L. Laskine Joue Boieldieu, Mozart, Pierne

    Paillard Chamber Orchestra

    Jean-Francois Paillard, conductor

    Lily Laskine, harp

    29:57
  • 8:00 PM

    Andante and Rondo Capriccioso

    Felix Mendelssohn

    The Complete Piano Works of Chopin, Vol 3: Ballads

    Ian Hobson, piano

    6:01
  • 5:47 PM

    15 Original Dances

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert For Two / Gil Shaham, Göran Söllscher

    Gil Shaham, violin

    11:41
  • 5:22 PM

    Symphony No. 4

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Symphonies 1 & 4

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    24:13
  • 5:16 PM

    Gavotte Fantastique

    Amy Beach

    The Solo Piano Music of Amy Beach, Vol. 1

    Joanne Polk, piano

    3:45
  • 5:07 PM

    Four Scottish Dances

    Malcolm Arnold

    The Celtic Album

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    8:40
  • 5:01 PM

    From Olden Times: Intrada

    Johan Halvorsen

    Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:46
  • 4:40 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 10

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Sonatas

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    17:44
  • 4:23 PM

    Peer Gynt Suite No. 2

    Edvard Grieg

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    17:03
  • 4:09 PM

    Quartet No. 6

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Six Wind Quartets

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    10:49
  • 4:06 PM

    Gymnopedie No. 1

    Erik Satie

    Satie: Piano Works

    Klara Kormendi, piano

    2:37
  • 4:00 PM

    Minuet No. 1

    Giacomo Puccini

    Orchestra of the Auvergne

    Jean Jacques Kantorow, conductor

    4:38
  • 3:34 PM

    Flute Concerto

    Jerome Moross

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Alexa Still, flute

    23:54
  • 3:14 PM

    Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    The Tchaikovsky Project, Volume 1

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    19:14
  • 3:12 PM

    From Tale to Tale: Dance of the Brigands

    Oskar Nedbal

    Nedbal: From Tale To Tale

    Dvorak Chamber Orchestra

    Miroslav Homolka, conductor

    1:06
  • 3:06 PM

    Caprice viennois (Viennese Caprice)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Music of Fritz Kreisler

    James Ehnes, violin

    4:15
  • 3:01 PM

    Concert Suite No. 6: La Poule (The Hen)

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Rameau: Une Symphonie Imaginaire

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    4:31
  • 2:52 PM

    Serenade for Strings: Scherzo

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Serenades Opp. 22 & 24

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    6:23
  • 2:52 PM

    Serenade for Strings: Scherzo

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Serenades Opp. 22 & 24

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    6:23
  • 2:34 PM

    Miss Sally's Party

    William Grant Still

    VocalEssence Orchestra

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    19:02
  • 2:19 PM

    Symphony No. 18

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 3, 11, 18, 19 & 20

    Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    13:43
  • 2:06 PM

    Ma vlast (My Country): Vltava (The Moldau)

    Bedrich Smetana

    Smetana: Ma Vlast

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    11:56
  • 2:01 PM

    Mysterious Barricades

    Francois Couperin

    The Little Tin Box

    Melody Brown, piano

    2:17
  • 1:55 PM

    Procession of the Sardar

    Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov

    Sir Charles' Precious Music Box Ii

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    4:33
  • 1:43 PM

    String Quartet No. 3

    Maddalena Laura Sirmen

    Sirmen: Six String Quartets

    Lombardini Quartet

    11:07
  • 1:29 PM

    Symphony No. 36 "Linz": Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Symphonies 35 Haffner, 26 Linz, and 32

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor

    11:15
  • 1:20 PM

    Pest Waltzes

    Joseph Lanner

    Concerto Koln

    7:38
  • 1:16 PM

    Boogie Woogie Etude

    Morton Gould

    Benjamin Grosvenor, piano

    2:01
  • 1:10 PM

    Canzon No. 12

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    Gabrieli, Monteverdi: Antiphonal Music

    Canadian Brass

    Kazuyoshi Akiyama, conductor

    3:06
  • 1:04 PM

    Schwanengesang, Book 1: Standchen (Serenade)

    Franz Schubert

    Night Wanderer

    Mischa Maisky, cello

    4:13
  • 12:50 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms Symphony No. 2.

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    9:20
  • 12:45 PM

    Koanga: La Calinda

    Frederick Delius

    Delius: Orchestral Works

    Halle Orchestra

    John Barbirolli, conductor

    4:32
  • 12:28 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

    Academy for Ancient Music Berlin

    Antoine Tamestit, viola

    14:50
  • 12:21 PM

    Wonderful Town: Overture

    Leonard Bernstein

    Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    5:17
  • 12:20 PM

    Prelude No. 3

    George Gershwin

    Norman Krieger plays Gershwin

    Norman Krieger, piano

    1:08
  • 12:10 PM

    Banjo and Fiddle

    William Kroll

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Nigel Kennedy, violin

    3:03
  • 12:05 PM

    Rodeo: Hoe-Down

    Aaron Copland

    Modern Mandolin Quartet

    3:49
  • 11:54 AM

    Sine Nomine

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Composer's Collection: Vaughan Williams

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    4:43
  • 11:46 AM

    Hymn and Fuguing Tune No. 10

    Henry Cowell

    Barber, Ives, Copland: Adagio For Strings / Symphony No.3 / Quiet City

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Celia Nicklin, oboe

    6:51
  • 11:35 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 4: Rondo

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Concertos 4 & 5

    Montreal Symphony Orchestra

    Kent Nagano, conductor

    Till Fellner, piano

    10:23
  • 11:25 AM

    Il turco in Italia (The Turk in Italy): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    8:46
  • 11:18 AM

    Novelette "In Spanish Style"

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: Five Novelettes; String Quartet No. 5

    Saint Petersburg String Quartet

    6:42
  • 11:09 AM

    Concerto for 7 Trumpets and Timpani

    Johann Altenburg

    Trumpet Concertos and Fanfares

    Wallace Collection

    John Wallace, conductor

    6:06
  • 11:04 AM

    Liebesleid (Love's Sorrow)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Love Music

    Svetlin Roussev, violin

    3:23
  • 10:46 AM

    Sleeping Beauty: Grand Pas de Deux

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    11:48
  • 10:21 AM

    Gaite Parisienne: Selections

    Jacques Offenbach

    Offenbach: Gaite; Five Overtures

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    23:12
  • 10:16 AM

    Daisies

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    My Life in Music

    Ruth Slenczynska, piano

    3:22
  • 10:06 AM

    Aires de la Mancha

    Federico Torroba

    Joao Luiz: From Spain to Sao Paulo

    Joao Luiz, guitar

    9:42
  • 10:01 AM

    London Suite: Covent Garden

    Eric Coates

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Wilson, conductor

    4:38
  • 9:40 AM

    Concerto for 2 Orchestras No. 3

    George Frideric Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    18:08
  • 9:22 AM

    Three Botticelli Pictures

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Gli Uccelli, Trittico Botticelliano

    I Solisti Veneti

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    17:10
  • 9:16 AM

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:42
  • 9:06 AM

    Four Seasons: Spring

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

    Orchestra of Flanders

    Rudolf Werthen, conductor

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    10:07
  • 9:01 AM

    Nocturne-Quadrille

    Johann StraussJr.

    J. Strauss, Jr. Edition: Vol. 1

    CSSR State Philharmonic Orchestra

    Alfred Walter, conductor

    4:42
  • 8:40 AM

    Symphony

    Antonio Rosetti

    Rosetti: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    17:50
  • 8:26 AM

    Six Promenades

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Music for Wind Quintet, Vol. 2

    Athena Ensemble

    14:04
  • 8:05 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Felix Mendelssohn

    New York Philharmonic

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Helen Huang, piano

    19:25
  • 8:01 AM

    Danza Brasilera

    Jorge Morel

    Milos: Pasion

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    3:11
  • 7:40 AM

    Sinfonia Concertante

    Francois Devienne

    Devienne: 14 Concertos pour flute

    Munich Chamber Orchestra

    Hans Stadlmair, conductor

    Andras Adorjan, flute

    18:28
  • 7:18 AM

    Symphony No. 4: 3rd movement

    Gustav Mahler

    Mahler: Symphony No. 4

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    21:35
  • 7:05 AM

    Schlagobers Ballet: Entrance and dance of the Sugar; Round dance of Sugar, Coffee, and Cocoa; Whipped cream waltz

    Richard Strauss

    Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra

    Hiroshi Wakasugi, conductor

    10:31
  • 7:01 AM

    Nove de Julho (Ninth of July)

    Ernesto Nazareth

    Odeon: Brazilian Dances by Ernesto Nazareth

    Antoine Zemor, piano

    3:55
  • 6:26 AM

    Billy the Kid

    Aaron Copland

    Colorado Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    32:23
  • 6:20 AM

    Mazurka No. 25

    Frederic Chopin

    Bruce Liu, piano

    4:57
  • 6:01 AM

    Lemminkainen and the Maidens of Saari

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Karelia Suite; Rakastava; Lemminkainen

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Susanna Malkki, conductor

    17:35
  • 5:43 AM

    Horn Quintet

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Chamber Music

    Frank Lloyd, horn

    15:53
  • 5:20 AM

    Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished"

    Franz Schubert

    A Second of Silence

    The Knights

    Eric Jacobsen, conductor

    21:53
  • 5:01 AM

    Guitar Quintet No. 6

    Luigi Boccherini

    Boccherini, Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Guitar Quintets

    Tokyo String Quartet

    Kazuhito Yamashita, guitar

    16:59