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  • 4:53 AM

    A Hermit Thrush at Eve

    Amy Beach

    Joanne Polk, piano

    5:01
  • 4:50 AM

    Hear, Heaven's Creator

    Thorkell Sigurbjornsson

    Meditatio

    Schola Cantorum Reykjavik

    Hordur Askelsson, conductor

    3:11
  • 4:06 AM

    Symphony No. 6

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 6; Janacek: Taras Bulba

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    41:53
  • 4:01 AM

    Pianto dell'Amante

    Johann Kaspar Mertz

    Raphaella Smits, guitar

    4:52
  • 3:51 AM

    Passacaglia

    George Frideric Handel

    Entendre

    duoW

    6:59
  • 3:37 AM

    Autumn Legend

    William Alwyn

    William Alwyn: Lyra Angelica, Autumn Legend

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    William Alwyn, conductor

    Geoffrey Browne, English horn

    12:09
  • 3:33 AM

    Canon No. 3

    Molly Herron

    Science Ficta

    3:03
  • 3:06 AM

    Gloriana: Symphonic Suite

    Benjamin Britten

    Concert Recording

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Ryan Wigglesworth, conductor

    25:34
  • 3:01 AM

    Chaconne

    John Blow

    Chaconne

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    4:33
  • 2:41 AM

    Ennanga for String Quartet, Harp, and Piano

    William Grant Still

    Ennanga

    Harlem Chamber Players

    Ashley Jackson, harp

    17:26
  • 2:20 AM

    Sinfonietta No. 2 "Generations"

    Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson

    African Heritage Symphonic Series Vol. 3

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    19:29
  • 2:15 AM

    Umoja (Unity)

    Valerie Coleman

    Imani Winds

    Imani Winds

    2:50
  • 2:06 AM

    Your Hands In Mine

    Florence Price

    Lara Downes, piano

    3:14
  • 2:01 AM

    When I Lay Me Down to Sleep

    James Mulholland

    The Aeolians

    The Aeolians

    Jason Max Ferdinand, conductor

    4:35
  • 1:50 AM

    Path at Sunrise, Masses of Flowers

    Margaret Brouwer

    Brouwer: Rhapsodies

    Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    8:01
  • 1:19 AM

    String Quartet

    Maurice Ravel

    Ebene Quartet

    29:46
  • 1:13 AM

    Images, Book 2: Poissons d'or (Goldfish)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Images

    Saskia Giorgini, piano

    3:52
  • 1:06 AM

    Romance of the Prairie Lilies

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha OVerture / Petite Suite

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    6:33
  • 1:01 AM

    Lyrical Serenade

    Edward Elgar

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    4:41
  • 12:42 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach Violin Sonatas

    Andrew Manze, violin

    16:24
  • 12:21 AM

    Variations on a Theme by Haydn "St. Antoni Chorale"

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Serenade No. 2

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    18:43
  • 12:13 AM

    Divertimento for Strings

    Grazyna Bacewicz

    Bacewicz: Music for String Orchestra

    Primuz Chamber Orchestra

    Lukasz Blaszczyk, conductor

    6:54
  • 12:06 AM

    Romanian Folk Dances

    Bela Bartok

    Avi Avital: Between Worlds

    Potsdam Chamber Academy

    Avi Avital, mandolin

    6:05
  • 12:01 AM

    Piano Trio No. 9: 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: 11 Trios

    Beaux Arts Trio

    4:42
  • 11:52 PM

    In the Steppes of Central Asia

    Alexander Borodin

    Ports of Call

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    6:09
  • 11:29 PM

    Clarinet Concerto No. 1

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Sabine Meyer: Clarinet Connection

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    21:02
  • 11:23 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 4

    Antonin Dvorak

    Brahms: Waltzes, Hungarian Dances

    Genevieve Chinn, piano

    6:17
  • 11:11 PM

    Trio Sonata No. 2

    Dietrich Buxtehude

    Eroica Trio

    9:47
  • 11:06 PM

    Maskarade: Overture

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen: Symphony No. 3, Clarinet Concerto

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    4:34
  • 11:01 PM

    Piano Sonata: Scherzo

    Franz Schubert

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    4:45
  • 10:47 PM

    Night on Bald Mountain

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    11:22
  • 10:37 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2: 3rd movement

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin Piano Concertos

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Elim Chan, conductor

    Benjamin Grosvenor, piano

    8:30
  • 10:22 PM

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    14:12
  • 10:15 PM

    Ruslan and Ludmila: Overture

    Mikhail Glinka

    The London Horn Sound

    London Horns

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    5:31
  • 10:06 PM

    Zigeunerweisen (Gypsy Airs)

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Castile & Leon Orchestra

    Alejandro Posada, conductor

    Gil Shaham, violin

    8:15
  • 10:01 PM

    Four Sketches: Romance

    Eugene Goossens

    Goossens: Chamber Works

    London Chamber Music Group

    Susan Milan, flute

    4:23
  • 9:55 PM

    Mock Morris

    Percy Grainger

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Kenneth Montgomery, conductor

    3:29
  • 9:49 PM

    Loch Lomond

    Traditional

    Chanticleer

    4:39
  • 9:37 PM

    Symphony

    Claude Debussy

    Bach: Organ Music (Complete), Vol. 7

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    11:10
  • 9:26 PM

    Serenade for Strings: 1st movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 4, Serenade for Strings

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    9:53
  • 9:10 PM

    Folk Suite

    Morton Gould

    London Symphony Orchestra

    David Amos, conductor

    14:50
  • 9:06 PM

    Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba

    George Frideric Handel

    Mad About Baroque

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    2:57
  • 9:03 PM

    Toothache Fughetta

    Elfrida Andree

    Oskar Ekberg, piano

    2:36
  • 8:52 PM

    Symphony: 4th movement

    Alice Mary Smith

    London Mozart Players

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    6:19
  • 8:28 PM

    Concerto for violin and string orchestra

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Viktoria Mullova, violin

    22:11
  • 8:22 PM

    Valse-Caprice

    Cecile Chaminade

    Hiroko Ishimoto, piano

    5:11
  • 8:09 PM

    Quartet No. 2

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    11:43
  • 8:06 PM

    Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    A Hymn For The World

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    2:33
  • 8:01 PM

    Polonaise

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Piano Music for Four Hands, Vol. 1

    Yaara Tal, piano

    4:23
  • 7:43 PM

    Les Preludes

    Franz Liszt

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    15:00
  • 5:45 PM

    Wine, Women, and Song (Wein, Weib und Gesang)

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Linos Ensemble

    12:49
  • 5:34 PM

    Four Seasons: Summer

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

    Janine Jansen, violin

    10:08
  • 5:16 PM

    Wand of Youth Suite No. 1

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: The Wand of Youth, Suites I & II; Dream Children; Nursery Suite; Starlight Express

    Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    17:57
  • 5:09 PM

    Four British Folk Song Settings

    Percy Grainger

    Penelope Thwaites, piano

    4:24
  • 5:06 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 19

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 2, Hungarian Dances

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    2:35
  • 5:01 PM

    Concertino Pastorale: Finale

    John Ireland

    Ireland: A Downland Suite Etc.

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    4:26
  • 4:45 PM

    Symphony No. 6

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Early Symphonies

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    13:48
  • 4:24 PM

    Holberg Suite

    Edvard Grieg

    Tchaikovsky & Suk:Serenades for Strings/Grieg:Holberg Suite and Two Elegiac Melodies

    Polish Radio Chamber Orchestra

    Agnieszka Duczmal, conductor

    19:24
  • 4:18 PM

    Four African Dances: No. 2

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Chamber Music

    John Fadial, violin

    3:45
  • 4:07 PM

    Africa Fantasie

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens: Piano Concertos, Vol. 2

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Marc Soustrot, conductor

    Romain Descharmes, piano

    11:15
  • 4:01 PM

    String Quartet "For Art": 4th movement

    Eduardo Toldra

    Andorra National Chamber Orchestra

    Gerard Claret, conductor

    4:42
  • 3:54 PM

    Koanga: La Calinda

    Frederick Delius

    DELIUS: Paris / Brigg Fair / Eventyr / Irmelin / La Calinda

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    Myer Fredman, conductor

    3:50
  • 3:46 PM

    Minuet Antique

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Works For Solo Piano

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    6:22
  • 3:07 PM

    Symphony No. 8

    Antonin Dvorak

    Concert Recording

    Royal Northern Sinfonia

    Dinis Sousa, conductor

    38:05
  • 3:01 PM

    Liza/Promenade

    George Gershwin

    Rendezvous with Tashi

    Tashi

    4:46
  • 2:47 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    11:22
  • 2:46 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    11:22
  • 2:41 PM

    Paul Lewis, piano

    3:21
  • 1:59 PM

    Tanzwalzer

    Ferruccio Busoni

    Strauss, Liszt, Korngold, Busoni, Schreker

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Kazuki Yamada, conductor

    11:56
  • 1:44 PM

    Fair Maid of Perth: Suite

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet Orchestral Works Vol. 2

    Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    13:23
  • 1:38 PM

    Eliza in Ascot

    Frederick Loewe

    Get Happy

    Jenny Lin, piano

    4:59
  • 1:32 PM

    Clarinet Quintet: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    BRAHMS, J.: String Quartet No. 3 / Clarinet Quintet

    New Zealand String Quartet

    James Campbell, clarinet

    4:56
  • 1:23 PM

    Symphony No. 98: Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: The London Symphonies, Vol. I

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    8:04
  • 1:19 PM

    Suite for the Birthday of Prince Charles: selections

    Michael Tippett

    Tippett, M.: Midsummer Marriage (The) / Suite for the Birthday of Prince Charles

    English Northern Philharmonia

    Michael Tippett, conductor

    13:50
  • 1:10 PM

    Waltz No. 2 "Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin

    Mikhail Pletnev, piano

    5:00
  • 1:04 PM

    Mother Goose (Ma mere l'oye): Laideronnette, Empress of the Pagodas

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Sheherazade, etc.

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    5:03
  • 12:46 PM

    Der Rosenkavalier: Waltz Sequence No. 1

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Macbeth, etc.

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    12:06
  • 12:39 PM

    Symphony No. 2: Scherzo

    Alexander Borodin

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Jun'ichi Hirokami, conductor

    5:38
  • 12:31 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Johann Fasch

    Carole Dawn Reinhart

    German Bach Soloists

    Helmut Winschermann, conductor

    Carole Dawn Reinhart, trumpet

    6:16
  • 12:21 PM

    Capriol Suite

    Peter Warlock

    Moeran: Serenade; Warlock: Capriol Suite

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    9:12
  • 12:16 PM

    Dance from Jalisco

    Aaron Copland

    LAGQ Latin

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    3:42
  • 12:08 PM

    Concerto for Two Flutes

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Concerti Per Flauto Traversiere

    Academia Montis Regalis

    Barthold Kuijken, conductor

    Barthold Kuijken, flute

    6:45
  • 12:04 PM

    March of the Little Lead Soldiers

    Gabriel Pierne

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    3:01
  • 11:53 AM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Wedding March

    Felix Mendelssohn

    F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy: A Midsummer Night's Dream

    Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra

    Helmuth Rilling, conductor

    5:45
  • 11:48 AM

    Elijah: He Watching Over Israel

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Choral Masterpieces

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    3:53
  • 11:46 AM

    Elijah: Lift Thine Eyes to the Mountains

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Choral Masterpieces

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    1:54
  • 11:39 AM

    Sleeping Beauty: Pas de quatre

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    6:12
  • 11:31 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight": 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Sonatas

    Yundi Li, piano

    7:05
  • 11:21 AM

    Air and Gavotte

    Arthur Foote

    American Romantics

    Gowanus Arts Ensemble

    Reuben Blundell, conductor

    8:31
  • 11:16 AM

    Romance No. 2

    Robert Schumann

    Perception: Works by Caplet, Debussy, Schubert and Schumann

    Queens Duo

    4:08
  • 11:07 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "Romantic": Andante

    Howard Hanson

    Hanson Conducts Hanson: Symphony No. 1 "Nordic" / Symphony No. 2 "Romantic" / Song Of Democracy

    Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra

    Howard Hanson, conductor

    6:36
  • 11:04 AM

    Maria Wiegenlied (Mary's Cradle Song)

    Max Reger

    Christmas from Norway

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Christian Eggen, conductor

    Lise Davidsen, soprano

    2:22
  • 10:43 AM

    Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances

    Alexander Borodin

    Borodin: Symphony No. 2 in B minor, etc.

    Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor

    15:07
  • 10:29 AM

    Serenade No. 1: Allegro molto

    Johannes Brahms

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    12:46
  • 10:26 AM

    Scarborough Fair

    Traditional English

    Songs of Comfort and Hope

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    2:30
  • 10:13 AM

    The Geniuses, or Love's Characters Ballet: Suite

    Mademoiselle Duval

    Baroque Treasures

    Women's Philharmonic

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    11:42
  • 10:06 AM

    Pavane

    Gabriel Faure

    Reveries

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    6:02
  • 10:01 AM

    Irish Tune from County Derry

    Percy Grainger

    Lincolnshire Posy

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    4:47
  • 9:42 AM

    Simple Symphony

    Benjamin Britten

    Britten: Works for String Orchestra

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    16:49
  • 9:23 AM

    Concerto for Two Flutes

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Mozart, Cimarosa, Vivaldi, Stamitz

    Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, conductor

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    16:48
  • 9:17 AM

    Romance of Hsiao and Ch'in

    Chen Yi

    Singapore Symphony Orchestra

    Lan Shui, conductor

    Cho-Liang Lin, violin

    Yi-Jia Susanne Hou, violin

    3:59
  • 9:06 AM

    Aranjuez Concerto: 2nd movement

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuaz

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    Julian Bream, guitar

    10:36
  • 9:01 AM

    Etude No. 14

    Philip Glass

    Vikingur Olafsson, piano

    4:34
  • 8:36 AM

    The Tender Land Suite

    Aaron Copland

    Phoenix Symphony

    James Sedares, conductor

    21:21
  • 8:32 AM

    A Cradle Song of the Lonely Mother

    Amy Beach

    Joanne Polk, piano

    4:05
  • 8:16 AM

    English Suite No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach: Partitas Nos. 1 & 2, English Suites Nos. 2 & 3

    Anne-Marie McDermott, piano

    15:05
  • 8:01 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Classical"

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Classical Symphony and Symphony No. 5

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    13:42
  • 7:25 AM

    Symphony No. 4

    Robert Schumann

    Staatskapelle Berlin

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    33:17
  • 7:17 AM

    Trio in one movement "Sonatensatz"

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: The Piano Trio

    Beaux Arts Trio

    7:41
  • 7:01 AM

    Panamanian Dances

    William Grant Still

    Berlin Symphony Orchestra

    Isaiah Jackson, conductor

    14:00
  • 6:43 AM

    Little Suite

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen: Symphony No. 1

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    15:22
  • 6:14 AM

    Road to the Sun

    Pat Metheny

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    28:46
  • 6:01 AM

    Flute Quartet No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Emerson String Quartet

    Carol Wincenc, flute

    10:31
  • 5:38 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Jerome Moross

    London Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    20:04
  • 5:22 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
  • 5:14 AM

    L'Isle joyeuse (Joyous Isle)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Orchestral Works 5

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    6:55
  • 5:01 AM

    Scene andalouse for viola, piano, and string quartet

    Joaquin Turina

    Concert Recording

    Nash Ensemble

    Timothy Ridout, viola

    12:22