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  • 4:48 AM

    Illuminations of the Beyond (Eclairs sur l'au-dela): Demeurer dans l’amour (To Abide in Love)

    Olivier Messiaen

    Messiaen: Illuminations of the Beyond

    Orchestre de la Bastille

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    10:11
  • 4:42 AM

    fields of forever

    Chad Lawson

    Breathe

    Chad Lawson, piano

    4:52
  • 4:37 AM

    American Symphony: Prayer

    Adam Schoenberg

    Kansas City Symphony

    Michael Stern, conductor

    4:58
  • 4:32 AM

    To the Hands: Ever Ever Ever

    Caroline Shaw

    The Crossing

    Donald Nally, conductor

    3:10
  • 4:01 AM

    In Our Softening

    Sophia Subbayya Vastek

    Sophia Subbayya Vastek, piano

    4:43
  • 3:53 AM

    Mangas

    Curtis Stewart/Elektra Stewart

    Sybarite5: Collective Wisdom

    Sybarite5

    4:58
  • 3:23 AM

    Saxophone Concerto

    John Adams

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    David Robertson, conductor

    Timothy McAllister, saxophone

    27:40
  • 3:07 AM

    Paul Schoenfield, piano

    Young-Nam Kim, violin

    Peter Howard, cello

    14:40
  • 3:01 AM

    You Come Here Often?

    Michael Tilson Thomas

    The American Project

    Yuja Wang, piano

    4:29
  • 2:46 AM

    The Oak

    Florence Price

    The Oak - Mississippi River Suite - Symphony No. 3

    Women's Philharmonic

    Apo Hsu, conductor

    12:36
  • 2:23 AM

    Theme and Variations

    Amy Beach

    Carol Wincenc, flute

    Kevin Lawrence, violin

    Carolyn Stuart, violin

    Sheila Brown, viola

    Brooks Whitehouse, cello

    21:58
  • 2:17 AM

    Blossom Street

    Hilary Campbell, conductor

    3:17
  • 2:06 AM

    Souvenir of a Beloved Place: Meditation

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    Daniel Lozakovich, violin

    10:30
  • 2:01 AM

    Two Bagatelles

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Moonlight Sonata and Other Piano Music

    Pavel Kolesnikov, piano

    4:48
  • 1:43 AM

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Fawzi Haimor, conductor

    15:03
  • 1:27 AM

    Concerto for String Orchestra

    Grazyna Bacewicz

    1948

    Erdody Chamber Orchestra

    Zsolt Szefcsik, conductor

    15:04
  • 1:23 AM

    Etude No. 6

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Etudes

    Yunchan Lim, piano

    3:32
  • 1:06 AM

    Tragic Overture

    Johannes Brahms

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    15:01
  • 1:01 AM

    Suite No. 1 for Two Pianos: Waltz

    Anton Arensky

    Arensky: Five Suites For Two Pianos / Genova & Dimitrov Piano Duo

    Aglika Genova, piano

    4:33
  • 12:50 AM

    Three Essays: Nimrod

    Caroline Shaw

    Calidore String Quartet

    8:34
  • 12:18 AM

    Enigma Variations

    Edward Elgar

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    30:33
  • 12:12 AM

    Il Sentimentale

    Mauro Giuliani

    Charms to Soothe

    David Leisner, guitar

    3:44
  • 12:06 AM

    Sylvana: Overture

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    5:30
  • 12:01 AM

    Harp Consort No. 3

    William Lawes

    Lawes: Harp Consorts

    Les Voix Humaines

    Maxine Eilander, harp

    4:40
  • 11:50 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 18: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos 18, K456 & 19, K459

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Mitsuko Uchida, conductor

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    7:53
  • 11:31 PM

    The Wise Virgins Ballet Suite

    William Walton

    English Northern Philharmonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    18:07
  • 11:24 PM

    Lord of Salisbury Pavan and Galliard

    Orlando Gibbons

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    6:04
  • 11:12 PM

    Oboe Concerto No. 8

    Tomaso Albinoni

    I Musici

    Heinz Holliger, oboe

    10:34
  • 11:06 PM

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    5:06
  • 11:01 PM

    Bagatelles: Poco Allegro

    Antonin Dvorak

    National Chamber Players

    Lowell Graham, conductor

    4:44
  • 10:50 PM

    Symphony No. 6: Finale

    Emilie Mayer

    Bremerhaven Symphony Orchestra

    Marc Niemann, conductor

    6:29
  • 10:34 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Johann Neruda

    Six Trumpet Concertos

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Anthony Halstead, conductor

    Crispian Steele-Perkins, trumpet

    15:37
  • 10:27 PM

    Arabian Caprice

    Francisco Tarrega

    Live in Aspen

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    5:31
  • 10:15 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Two Pictures

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    10:48
  • 10:06 PM

    Egmont Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphony No 3

    Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    9:04
  • 9:49 PM

    L'Estro Armonico: Concerto No. 1 for Four Violins

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Brecon Baroque

    Rachel Podger, violin

    7:39
  • 9:45 PM

    Why fum'th in fight

    Thomas Tallis

    Tallis

    Theater of Voices

    Paul Hillier, conductor

    3:45
  • 9:32 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Grand Pas de Deux

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    11:48
  • 9:28 PM

    Liebesleid (Love's Sorrow)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Emma Johnson, clarinet

    Julius Drake, piano

    3:48
  • 9:12 PM

    Irish Rhapsody No. 5

    Charles Stanford

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    14:27
  • 9:06 PM

    Luiza Borac, piano

    5:30
  • 9:03 PM

    Un Ballo in Maschera (A Masked Ball): Act II Prelude

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    2:39
  • 8:49 PM

    Concert Piece for Clarinet and Basset Horn

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra

    Jorg Faerber, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    Wolfgang Meyer, basset horn

    8:27
  • 8:29 PM

    London Mozart Players

    Jane Glover, conductor

    18:45
  • 8:14 PM

    In Italy Overture

    Karl Goldmark

    Goldmark: Overtures

    Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andras Korodi, conductor

    12:40
  • 8:06 PM

    String Quartet No. 2: Nocturne

    Alexander Borodin

    Cleveland Quartet

    8:04
  • 8:01 PM

    Two Chorale Preludes

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms on Brass

    Canadian Brass

    4:52
  • 7:48 PM

    Salome: Dance of the Seven Veils

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Don Juan; Death and Transfiguration; Dance of the Seven Veils; Rosenkavelier Suite

    New York Philharmonic

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    10:18
  • 5:46 PM

    Mephisto Waltz No. 1 "Dance in the Village Inn"

    Franz Liszt

    Mephisto and Co.

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    11:58
  • 5:19 PM

    Roman Festivals

    Ottorino Respighi

    Oregon Symphony

    James DePreist, conductor

    25:42
  • 5:13 PM

    Benjamin Grosvenor, piano

    3:51
  • 5:06 PM

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    6:42
  • 5:01 PM

    Four Pieces: Dudelsack and Waltz

    Alfred Uhl

    Into The Blue

    Cumberland Quintet

    4:43
  • 4:40 PM

    Toronto Chamber Orchestra

    Kevin Mallon, conductor

    Zhou Qian, violin

    18:24
  • 4:21 PM

    Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2

    Maurice Ravel

    All These Lighted Things

    Antwerp Symphony Orchestra

    Elim Chan, conductor

    16:45
  • 4:15 PM

    Empire Brass

    5:16
  • 4:06 PM

    Corsair: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    BERLIOZ, H.: Symphonie fantastique / Le corsaire

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    8:00
  • 4:01 PM

    Sextet: Rondo

    Luigi Gatti

    Calamus Ensemble

    4:44
  • 3:53 PM

    Danse (Tarantelle styrienne)

    Claude Debussy

    Songs of Paradise

    Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra

    Kazuhiro Koizumi, conductor

    5:41
  • 3:18 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 4

    John Field

    Northern Sinfonia

    David Haslam, conductor

    Benjamin Frith, piano

    33:21
  • 3:13 PM

    Afro-Cuban Concerto: Afro

    Valerie Coleman

    Imani Winds: The Classical Underground

    Imani Winds

    4:18
  • 3:06 PM

    The Barber of Seville: Sinfonia

    Giovanni Paisiello

    Paisiello: Il Barbiere Di Siviglia / Carella, Siragusa, Etc

    Trieste Teatro Verdi Orchestra

    Giuliano Carella, conductor

    4:56
  • 3:01 PM

    Spring in Buenos Aires (Primavera Portena)

    Astor Piazzolla

    Philip Hansen, cello

    Mika Sunago, piano

    Erin Furbee, violin

    4:49
  • 2:53 PM

    Grand Canyon Suite: Sunrise

    Ferde Grofe

    An American Salute

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    William Stromberg, conductor

    5:21
  • 2:45 PM

    Serenade to Music

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Tallis Fantasia; Symphony No. 5

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Spano, conductor

    Jessica Rivera, soprano

    13:04
  • 2:39 PM

    The Merchant of Venice: Suite Anglaise No. 2

    Henri Rabaud

    Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    7:11
  • 2:21 PM

    Overture, Scherzo and Finale

    Robert Schumann

    Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    17:05
  • 2:07 PM

    Mandolin Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Christopher Parkening, guitar

    13:09
  • 2:01 PM

    Suite on Galician Songs: Homesickness

    Enrique Granados

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Pablo Gonzalez, conductor

    5:05
  • 1:54 PM

    Prelude

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    A Rachmaninov Collection

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    5:11
  • 1:51 PM

    Versailles Galop

    Johann Strauss, Sr.

    New Year's Concert 2008

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Georges Pretre, conductor

    1:56
  • 1:44 PM

    Paris Waltz

    Johann Strauss, Sr.

    New Year's Concert 2008

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Georges Pretre, conductor

    6:57
  • 1:41 PM

    Napoleon March

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    New Year's Concert 2008

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Georges Pretre, conductor

    2:45
  • 1:33 PM

    Symphony No. 3: 4th movement

    Franz Schubert

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    6:38
  • 1:27 PM

    I'll make music

    Karl Jenkins

    Polyphony

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    4:33
  • 1:19 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 6

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel and Haydn Society

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    6:48
  • 1:17 PM

    Lime Jello Marshmallow Cottage Cheese Surprise

    William Bolcom

    Keepers 1

    Joan Morris, mezzo-soprano

    2:29
  • 1:10 PM

    Minuet

    Luigi Boccherini

    Sun-Flute IV

    Musica Vitae

    Jan-Olav Wedin, conductor

    Gunilla von Bahr, piccolo/flute

    3:55
  • 1:04 PM

    Graceful Ghost Rag

    William Bolcom

    William Bolcom: The Complete Rags

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    4:33
  • 12:47 PM

    Carmen Fantasy

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Sarasate: Carmen Fantasy; Chausson: Poème; Saint-Saëns: Havanaise

    New York Philharmonic

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    11:07
  • 12:38 PM

    Piano Trio No. 1: Finale

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Trio Sora

    7:03
  • 12:31 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": 3rd movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9; Sibelius: Symphony No. 2

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    6:52
  • 12:27 PM

    Spirituals for Strings: Gospel Train

    Morton Gould

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kenneth Klein, conductor

    2:16
  • 12:21 PM

    Arabian Caprice

    Francisco Tarrega

    Live in Aspen

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    5:31
  • 12:09 PM

    Eugene Onegin: Polonaise

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Encore!

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    4:49
  • 12:04 PM

    Les Sylvains

    Francois Couperin

    David Russell, guitar

    4:14
  • 11:51 AM

    Orb and Sceptre

    William Walton

    Walton: In Honour of the City of London, etc.

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    David Willcocks, conductor

    7:52
  • 11:42 AM

    Six English Tunes

    Peter Warlock

    Warlock: Capriol Suite; The Curlew; Six English Tunes; Serenade; Six Italian Dance Tunes; Ross Pople/London Festival Orchestra

    London Festival Orchestra

    Ross Pople, conductor

    7:11
  • 11:32 AM

    La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    8:53
  • 11:22 AM

    Symphony

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2

    Academy for Ancient Music Berlin

    8:50
  • 11:14 AM

    Espana Waltz

    Emil Waldteufel

    Gulbenkian Orchestra

    Michel Swierczewski, conductor

    6:35
  • 11:09 AM

    Cello Suite No. 6: Gavottes

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    3:40
  • 11:04 AM

    The Entertainer

    Scott Joplin

    Joplin: Complete Rags

    William Albright, piano

    4:03
  • 10:41 AM

    Lincolnshire Posy

    Percy Grainger

    Lincolnshire Posy

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    17:16
  • 10:22 AM

    Carmen Suite No. 1

    Georges Bizet

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    18:25
  • 10:18 AM

    Fiddler's Jig

    Henry Cowell

    Manhattan Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Auldon Clark, conductor

    2:16
  • 10:06 AM

    Andante and Hungarian Rondo

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Arturo Tamayo, conductor

    Karl-Otto Hartmann, bassoon

    10:03
  • 10:01 AM

    Prelude No. 1

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Guitar Favourites

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    4:46
  • 9:41 AM

    Peer Gynt Suite No. 2

    Edvard Grieg

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    17:03
  • 9:24 AM

    Cello Concerto

    Luigi Boccherini

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    Anner Bylsma, cello

    15:41
  • 9:10 AM

    Ulster Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    12:04
  • 9:06 AM

    Dance Suite after Couperin: Carillon

    Richard Strauss

    Kempe Conducts Richard Strauss - 3

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Rudolf Kempe, conductor

    3:28
  • 9:01 AM

    Piano Sonata: 2nd movement

    Helene de Montgeroult

    The Future is Female, Vol. 3 "At Play"

    Sarah Cahill, piano

    4:39
  • 8:44 AM

    Romantic Pieces

    Antonin Dvorak

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    14:18
  • 8:33 AM

    Jennifer Swartz, harp

    10:40
  • 8:07 AM

    Triple Concerto

    Eric Ewazen

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Jonathan Lombardo, trombone

    Timothy Smith, trombone

    Jeffrey Dee, bass trombone

    24:25
  • 8:01 AM

    Elfin Waltzes

    Justin Holland

    Justin Holland Recording Project

    Mark Delpriora, guitar

    5:12
  • 7:35 AM

    Symphony No. 7

    Jean Sibelius

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    22:43
  • 7:20 AM

    Serenade for Strings

    Max Bruch

    Bruch: Orchestral Works

    Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra

    George Hanson, conductor

    15:03
  • 7:12 AM

    Banff Camerata

    Audrey Andrist, piano

    6:23
  • 7:01 AM

    Scheherazade: The Young Prince and the Young Princess

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    CBS Masterworks Dinner Classics: Dinner for Two

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    10:05
  • 6:25 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1-9

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    33:32
  • 6:13 AM

    Sonata No. 1

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

    (Selected members), conductor

    11:16
  • 6:01 AM

    Hungarian Pastoral Fantasy

    Franz Doppler

    Tokyo Concert Orchestra

    Shigenobu Yamaoka, conductor

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    10:10
  • 5:43 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Josef Myslivecek

    Myslivecek: Violin Concertos - 1

    Dvorak Chamber Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    Shizuka Ishikawa, violin

    15:01
  • 5:24 AM

    Fantasie for Piano Four-Hands

    Franz Schubert

    Four Hands

    Leon Fleisher, piano

    19:03
  • 5:01 AM

    The Forest

    Howard Shore

    The Moon and the Forest

    National Arts Centre Orchestra

    Alexander Shelley, conductor

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    20:48