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  • 4:46 AM

    Prelude, Fugue, and Variation

    Cesar Franck

    Paul Crossley, piano

    12:45
  • 4:24 AM

    String Quintet

    Maria Bach

    M. Bach: Piano Quintet "Wolga"

    Christine Busch, violin

    20:32
  • 4:10 AM

    Symphony No. 7 "Song of the Night": 4th movement (Nachtmusik II)

    Gustav Mahler

    Mahler: Symphony No 7

    Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    12:55
  • 4:06 AM

    Nocturne

    Dobrinka Tabakova

    Halo: Music for Piano

    Andrew Matthews-Owen, piano

    3:28
  • 4:01 AM

    Budapest Strings

    Lajos Lencses, oboe

    4:25
  • 3:44 AM

    Elegy for Violin and Strings

    Keith Jarrett

    Fairfield Orchestra

    Thomas Crawford, conductor

    Michelle Makarski, violin

    14:43
  • 3:37 AM

    Little Song

    Fred Hersch

    Silent, Listening

    Fred Hersch, piano

    4:49
  • 3:26 AM

    D'un soir triste (Of a sad evening)

    Lili Boulanger

    Boulanger, Tailleferre, Mendelssohn, Schumann

    Women's Philharmonic

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    11:32
  • 3:11 AM

    Symphony No. 9 "Choral": 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphony No. 9

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Manfred Honeck, conductor

    12:32
  • 3:06 AM

    The Enchanted Garden: Elegy

    Richard Danielpour

    Christopher Atzinger, piano

    4:28
  • 3:01 AM

    Quartets: Three: Cantus

    Peter Gregson

    Quartets: One - Four

    Warren Zielinski, violin

    4:50
  • 2:49 AM

    Night Prayer

    Eriks Esenvalds

    Esenvalds: Passion And Resurrection

    Polyphony

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    9:20
  • 2:40 AM

    Northwestern University Cello Ensemble

    8:07
  • 2:18 AM

    The Isle of the Dead

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3; Isle of the Dead

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    21:35
  • 2:06 AM

    Pastorale

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Transfigured Bach

    Petronel Malan, piano

    9:16
  • 2:01 AM

    Music for Symphony Orchestra: Andante

    Yasushi Akutagawa

    Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra

    Ryusuke Numajiri, conductor

    4:41
  • 1:42 AM

    En Blanc et Noir

    Claude Debussy

    Music in Time of War

    Kirill Gerstein, piano

    15:50
  • 1:21 AM

    Nocturnal Dances of Don Juanquixote (Chamber Music III)

    Aulis Sallinen

    Sallinen: Violin Concerto; Don Juanquixote, etc.

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    Torleif Thedeen, cello

    20:34
  • 1:06 AM

    Nocturne for Harp and Flute

    Jean-Louis Tolou

    Sounds of the Seine

    Glorian Duo

    12:18
  • 1:01 AM

    Fado

    Eduardo Burnay

    Poetic Scenes: Works for Piano

    Vasco Dantas, piano

    4:53
  • 12:52 AM

    String Quartet No. 1 "Lyric": 2nd movement

    George Walker

    Home

    Miro Quartet

    6:20
  • 12:19 AM

    Serenade for Strings

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    31:15
  • 12:06 AM

    Sonatine

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: L'oeuvre Pour Piano Seul

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    10:56
  • 12:01 AM

    John Williams, guitar

    Timothy Kain, guitar

    4:41
  • 11:46 PM

    Violin Concerto: Finale

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Vienna Symphony Orchestra

    Manfred Honeck, conductor

    Maria Duenas, violin

    11:50
  • 11:21 PM

    Symphony No. 1

    Carl Maria von Weber

    BBC Philharmonic

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    23:35
  • 11:15 PM

    La Verneuille

    Francois Couperin

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    4:33
  • 11:06 PM

    Raymond Overture

    Ambroise Thomas

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    8:07
  • 11:01 PM

    Romance

    Oscar Merikanto

    Oscar Merinkanto: Summer Evening

    Izumi Tateno, piano

    4:42
  • 10:45 PM

    Concert Piece

    Gustaf Heinze

    The Clarinet in Concert 2

    English Chamber Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    Thea King, clarinet

    13:41
  • 10:17 PM

    Symphony No. 97

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    25:39
  • 10:13 PM

    Lux Aurumque

    Eric Whitacre

    Orphei Drangar

    Cecilia Rydinger Alin, conductor

    4:00
  • 10:06 PM

    French Suite No. 5: Allemande; Courante

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    The French Suites

    Murray Perahia, piano

    4:52
  • 10:01 PM

    Choro de Saudade

    Agustin Barrios

    Aire Latino: Latin American Music for Guitar

    David Russell, guitar

    4:50
  • 9:55 PM

    The Chrysanthemum

    Scott Joplin

    Reflections: Scott Joplin Reconsidered

    Lara Downes, piano

    3:29
  • 9:23 PM

    Negro Folk Symphony

    William Dawson

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Kellen Gray, conductor

    30:55
  • 9:17 PM

    Little Concert Suite: Nanette's Caprice

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Anthony Parnther, conductor

    3:43
  • 9:06 PM

    Troubled Water

    Margaret Bonds

    Senku

    William Chapman Nyaho, piano

    4:51
  • 9:01 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Florence Price

    Florence Price Violin Concertos

    Janacek Philharmonic

    Ryan Cockerham, conductor

    Er-Gene Kahng, violin

    4:33
  • 8:48 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Sinfonia Espansiva": 4th movement

    Carl Nielsen

    Carl Nielsen: The Symphonies

    Danish National Symphony Orchestra

    Fabio Luisi, conductor

    10:49
  • 8:21 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 6

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Sonatas K. 281, 282, 284, 545

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    24:51
  • 8:14 PM

    String Quartet: Romance

    Fanny Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Felix & Fanny

    Ebene Quartet

    6:41
  • 8:06 PM

    Concerto for Trumpet and Oboe

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Return of the Angels

    Ensemble Caprice

    Matthias Maute, conductor

    Alexis Basque, trumpet

    6:00
  • 8:01 PM

    Berceuse (Lullaby)

    Frederic Chopin

    Yundi Li, piano

    4:31
  • 7:42 PM

    The Seasons: Spring and Summer

    Alexander Glazunov

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    16:47
  • 4:39 PM

    On the Waterfront: Symphonic Suite

    Leonard Bernstein

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    19:25
  • 4:15 PM

    Symphony No. 93

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    22:11
  • 4:10 PM

    Norse Legend

    Frank Bridge

    The English Viola

    Eniko Magyar, viola

    3:34
  • 4:06 PM

    Requiem: In Paradisum

    Gabriel Faure

    FAURE, G.: Requiem / Messe Basse

    Oxford Schola Cantorum

    Jeremy Summerly, conductor

    Soloists

    3:16
  • 4:01 PM

    Symphony No. 2

    William Boyce

    Menuhin Festival Orchestra

    Yehudi Menuhin, conductor

    4:39
  • 3:41 PM

    The Garden of Fand

    Arnold Bax

    Bax: Tone Poems

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    17:27
  • 3:25 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

    Academy for Ancient Music Berlin

    Isabelle Faust, violin

    14:33
  • 3:18 PM

    Fresh from West Chester (Some Jazzings): Let's Sit It Out; I'd Rather Watch

    Samuel Barber

    Ruth Slenczynska, piano

    4:58
  • 3:06 PM

    A Children's Overture

    Roger Quilter

    Hely-Hutchinson - Carol Symphony

    Light Music Society Orchestra

    Vivian Dunn, conductor

    11:16
  • 3:01 PM

    Spanish Serenade

    Joaquin Malats

    Famous Spanish Guitar Music

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    4:24
  • 2:49 PM

    Cantilena and Finale

    Carlos Guastavino

    "Impresiones"

    Camerata Bariloche

    9:43
  • 2:30 PM

    Faust Ballet Music

    Charles Gounod

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    17:20
  • 2:12 PM

    Flute Concerto

    Carl Stamitz

    Flute Concertos

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    Barthold Kuijken, flute

    16:14
  • 2:06 PM

    Impromptu No. 2

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert

    Marie-Pierre Langlamet, harp

    5:11
  • 2:01 PM

    Glowing Red Morningstar Lilies

    Traditional Chinese

    Chinese Dreams

    Lydia Maria Bader, piano

    4:38
  • 1:35 PM

    Czech Suite

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 5 Czech Suite

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    23:03
  • 1:17 PM

    Concert Piece for Piano and Orchestra

    Carl Maria von Weber

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Alfred Brendel, piano

    17:19
  • 1:12 PM

    Cantata No. 208: Sheep May Safely Graze

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Ton Koopman, organ

    3:38
  • 1:06 PM

    Dona nobis pacem

    Karl Jenkins

    Polyphony

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    4:17
  • 1:01 PM

    Symphonie Concertante: Adagio

    Louis Spohr

    Vienna Symphony Orchestra

    Manfred Honeck, conductor

    Maria Duenas, violin

    Volker Kempf, harp

    4:44
  • 10:41 AM

    Don Juan

    Richard Strauss

    Bravura: Respighi, Strauss

    Oregon Symphony

    James DePreist, conductor

    16:42
  • 10:27 AM

    12 Variations on Handel's "See, The Conquering Hero Comes" from Judas Maccabaeus

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Complete Works for Cello and Piano

    Jennifer Kloetzel, cello

    13:08
  • 10:15 AM

    Concert Waltz No. 1

    Alexander Glazunov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade, Arensky: Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky, Glazunov: The Seasons, Concert Waltzes

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor

    9:43
  • 10:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 2: Nocturne

    Alexander Borodin

    From Mozart to Ravel

    Blair String Quartet

    8:35
  • 10:01 AM

    Romance

    Edward German

    The English Clarinet

    John Bradbury, clarinet

    4:32
  • 9:39 AM

    Symphony No. 35 "Haffner"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    19:49
  • 9:25 AM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Giuseppe Tartini

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jahja Ling, conductor

    Rolf Smedvig, trumpet

    11:18
  • 9:20 AM

    Etude-Tableau No. 3

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Piano Sonata No. 2 Études-Tableaux Op. 33

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    3:57
  • 9:06 AM

    Petite Suite

    Claude Debussy

    Musique Francaise

    CBC Vancouver Orchestra

    Mario Bernardi, conductor

    13:10
  • 9:01 AM

    Birds of Spring (Pajaros de primavera)

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Angel Romero, guitar

    4:44
  • 8:21 AM

    Cello Concerto

    Antonin Dvorak

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Mischa Maisky, cello

    37:37
  • 8:17 AM

    Ronde champetre

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    3:48
  • 8:01 AM

    Suite: Paris

    Haydn Wood

    British Light Music: Haydn Wood, Vol. 2

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Ernest Tomlinson, conductor

    13:34
  • 7:43 AM

    Cape Breton Concerto

    Brian Packham

    Highlands

    Camerata Bariloche

    Chris Norman, flute

    14:54
  • 7:40 AM

    Prelude: Quietude

    Carlos Salzedo

    Harp

    Jennifer Swartz, harp

    2:52
  • 7:15 AM

    Piano Concerto

    Muzio Clementi

    Clementi, Vol. 1

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Francesco d'Avalos, conductor

    Pietro Spada, piano

    22:50
  • 7:01 AM

    Four Characteristic Waltzes

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha OVerture / Petite Suite

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    13:42
  • 6:40 AM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 2

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    17:48
  • 6:27 AM

    Gotterdammerung: Dawn and Siegfried's Rhine Journey

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen (Excerpts)

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    12:33
  • 6:01 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Florence Price

    Janacek Philharmonic

    Ryan Cockerham, conductor

    Er-Gene Kahng, violin

    24:05
  • 5:23 AM

    Symphony No. 7

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B-flat Major Op. 60, Symphony No. 7 in A Major Op. 92

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Rene Leibowitz, conductor

    35:08
  • 5:19 AM

    Prelude No. 6

    Maria Szymanowska

    Anna Ciborowska, piano

    3:01
  • 5:01 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Julia Fischer, violin

    16:19