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  • 4:25 AM

    String Quartet No. 3

    Johannes Brahms

    Emerson String Quartet

    33:34
  • 4:15 AM

    Byblos, The Old City

    Bechara El-Khoury

    Hope

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hope, violin

    8:21
  • 4:06 AM

    My Desert, My Rose

    Aleksandra Vrebalov

    Malva String Quartet

    7:53
  • 4:01 AM

    Konstanze Eickhorst, piano

    4:51
  • 3:44 AM

    Proverb

    Steve Reich

    Reich: Proverb

    Theater of Voices

    Paul Hillier, conductor

    14:04
  • 3:16 AM

    Come in!

    Vladimir Martynov

    Silencio

    Kremerata Baltica

    Gidon Kremer, conductor

    Gidon Kremer, violin

    26:57
  • 3:06 AM

    Bruce Brubaker, piano

    7:38
  • 3:01 AM

    Pol

    Johann Johannsson

    Johann Johannsson: 12 Conversations with Thilo Heinzmann

    Echo Collective

    4:33
  • 2:49 AM

    O'Keeffe Images: Sky Above Clouds

    Elena Ruehr

    Boston Modern Orchestra Project

    Gil Rose, conductor

    9:29
  • 2:38 AM

    A Native Hill: At Peace

    Gavin Bryars

    Bryars: A Native Hill

    The Crossing

    Donald Nally, conductor

    9:27
  • 2:12 AM

    Four Tone Poems after Arnold Bocklin

    Max Reger

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    24:57
  • 2:06 AM

    Finding Rothko: Wine

    Adam Schoenberg

    Kansas City Symphony

    Michael Stern, conductor

    4:08
  • 2:01 AM

    Violin Partita No. 3: Loure

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Partitas Nos. 2 and 3; Sonata No. 3

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    4:48
  • 1:54 AM

    Ships that Pass in the Night

    Florence Price

    Beyond the Years: Unpublished Songs of Florence Price

    Karen Slack, soprano

    3:53
  • 1:26 AM

    Nights

    Florent Schmitt

    Florent Schmitt: Symphonie Concertante, Reves, Soirs

    Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Robertson, conductor

    26:36
  • 1:07 AM

    Prelude, Chorale and Fugue

    Cesar Franck

    Homages

    Benjamin Grosvenor, piano

    18:20
  • 1:01 AM

    String Poetic: Nocturne

    Jennifer Higdon

    String Poetic

    Jennifer Koh, violin

    4:46
  • 12:54 AM

    Mari Samuelsen, violin

    4:05
  • 12:31 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Ruth Gipps

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    Juliana Koch, oboe

    22:20
  • 12:12 AM

    Cypresses (selected)

    Antonin Dvorak

    Cypress String Quartet

    16:37
  • 12:06 AM

    Intermezzo No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Paul Lewis, piano

    5:05
  • 12:01 AM

    Mrs Anne Grene her Leaves be Green

    John Danyel

    Nocturnal

    Jakob Lindberg, lute

    4:52
  • 11:48 PM

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

    Franz Liszt

    Mephisto Magic

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    10:37
  • 11:14 PM

    Piano Concerto

    George Gershwin

    Norman Krieger plays Gershwin

    Prague National Symphony

    Neal Gittleman, conductor

    Norman Krieger, piano

    32:36
  • 11:06 PM

    Overture to an unfinished comedy opera

    Camille Saint-Saens

    SAINT-SAËNS, C.: Ascanio: Ballet / Overtures to Stage Works (Malmö Symphony, Märkl)

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    5:34
  • 11:01 PM

    Sarabande with variations

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Susato, Moritz von Hessen, Bach, Franke, Sammartini, Mendelssohn, Ewald

    Ludwig Guttler Brass Ensemble

    Ludwig Guttler, conductor

    4:35
  • 10:47 PM

    Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1

    Georges Enescu

    ENESCU ? SYMPHONIES Nos. 1?3, Romanian Rhapsodies 1 & 2

    French National Orchestra

    Cristian Macelaru, conductor

    11:49
  • 10:43 PM

    Beau Soir (Beautiful Evening)

    Claude Debussy

    (b)romancE

    Nicholas Canellakis, cello

    2:38
  • 10:12 PM

    String Quartet

    Maurice Ravel

    Ebene Quartet

    29:46
  • 10:07 PM

    Romance No. 2

    Robert Schumann

    Perception: Works by Caplet, Debussy, Schubert and Schumann

    Queens Duo

    4:08
  • 10:01 PM

    Bella Bocca Polka

    Emil Waldteufel

    Music of Waldteufel

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    4:46
  • 9:44 PM

    Symphony Concertante

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    Yury Revich, violin

    Libor Jezek, violin

    14:51
  • 9:22 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn

    London Mozart Players

    Jonathan Bloxham, conductor

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    19:50
  • 9:16 PM

    Notturno

    Fanny Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    4:15
  • 9:06 PM

    Little Concert Suite: A Love Sonnet

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Anthony Parnther, conductor

    3:40
  • 9:01 PM

    Fantasie Negre No. 4

    Florence Price

    Florence Price: Piano Discoveries: Fantsie Negre No. 4

    Lara Downes, piano

    4:45
  • 8:45 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
  • 8:33 PM

    String Symphony No. 4

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Gli Incogniti

    Amandine Beyer, conductor

    11:25
  • 8:12 PM

    In The South Overture (Alassio)

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Symphony No. 1, In the South

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    19:55
  • 8:06 PM

    Mazeppa: Gopak

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky

    Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    4:09
  • 8:01 PM

    Partita No. 5: Allemande

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: The Six Partitas

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    4:40
  • 7:39 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 8 "In the Form of a Vocal Scene"

    Louis Spohr

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    19:52
  • 4:42 PM

    Guitar Concerto "Affinity"

    Chris Brubeck

    Affinity

    Maryland Symphony Orchestra

    Elizabeth Schulze, conductor

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    16:02
  • 4:23 PM

    Petite Symphony

    Charles Gounod

    Romantic Wind

    Norwegian Winds

    Gerard Oskamp, conductor

    18:24
  • 4:17 PM

    A Little Piece of Music

    Sophie Eckhardt-Gramatte

    It's a Girl!

    Thomas Albertus Irnberger, violin

    5:03
  • 4:12 PM

    Fugue "Little"

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach Transcriptions

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    3:52
  • 4:06 PM

    Tota Pulchra Es Maria

    Anton Bruckner

    Bruckner: Motets

    Choir of St. Bride's

    4:43
  • 4:01 PM

    Clarinet Quartet No. 2: Pastorale

    Bernhard Crusell

    Osmo Vanska, clarinet

    Pekka Kaupinnen, violin

    Anu Airas, viola

    Ilkka Palli, cello

    4:48
  • 3:49 PM

    Bright Blue Music

    Michael Torke

    Javelin - the Music of Michael Torke

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    9:06
  • 3:45 PM

    Bright be the Place

    Florence Price

    Beyond the Years: Unpublished Songs of Florence Price

    Karen Slack, soprano

    2:14
  • 3:28 PM

    String Quartet

    Florence Price

    American Voices

    Pacifica Quartet

    16:30
  • 3:15 PM

    Andante Spianato and Grand Polonaise

    Frederic Chopin

    Trifonov plays Chopin

    Daniil Trifonov, piano

    12:07
  • 3:06 PM

    Jean de Paris: Overture

    Francois Boieldieu

    Francois-Adrien Boieldieu: Piano Concerto; Six Overtures

    Swiss Italian Orchestra

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    7:50
  • 3:01 PM

    Pianto dell'Amante

    Johann Kaspar Mertz

    The Romantic Guitar

    Raphaella Smits, guitar

    4:53
  • 2:48 PM

    Four Seasons: Spring

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Sarah Chang: Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Sarah Chang, violin

    10:39
  • 2:24 PM

    Spring Music

    Joseph Marx

    Bochum Symphony Orchestra

    Steven Sloane, conductor

    23:04
  • 2:20 PM

    Song without Words No. 36 "Cradle Song"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    2:32
  • 2:07 PM

    The Three-Cornered Hat: Suite

    Manuel de Falla

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    12:11
  • 2:01 PM

    Sonata No. 16

    Giovanni Fontana

    Stradivaria

    4:31
  • 1:48 PM

    Introduction and Allegro

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel, Debussy, Saint-Saens, Roussel

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    Skaila Kanga, harp

    10:31
  • 1:41 PM

    Simple Prayer for Complex Times

    Dobrinka Tabakova

    Lara Downes, piano

    5:26
  • 1:21 PM

    Suite for Strings

    Frank Bridge

    Butterworth Parry Bridge

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    19:44
  • 1:07 PM

    Divertimento No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Serenades K320 & K239, Divertimento K136

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Yehudi Menuhin, conductor

    12:36
  • 1:01 PM

    Pavane and Gigue

    William Byrd

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    4:43
  • 10:49 AM

    Nocturne No. 4

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Mozzafiato

    8:46
  • 10:23 AM

    Brazilian Suite

    Alberto Nepomuceno

    Nepomuceno: Symphony in G minor

    Minas Gerais Philharmonic Orchestra

    Fabio Mechetti, conductor

    25:06
  • 10:15 AM

    Sunglitter

    Jane Antonia Cornish

    Sierra

    Vicky Chow, piano

    5:14
  • 10:06 AM

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Alexander Schneider, conductor

    Isaac Stern, violin

    8:55
  • 10:01 AM

    Serenade for Strings: Andante

    Max Bruch

    Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra

    George Hanson, conductor

    4:34
  • 9:43 AM

    Rhapsody in Blue

    George Gershwin

    Gershwin: Rhapsody In Blue; Addinsell: Warsaw Concerto

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Misha Dichter, piano

    15:41
  • 9:25 AM

    Suite in the Old Style

    Alfred Schnittke

    Modern Portaits

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    15:26
  • 9:14 AM

    The Magic Harp

    Ina Boyle

    Dan Godfrey Encores

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    9:15
  • 9:06 AM

    Sleeping Beauty: Introduction and March

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    7:53
  • 9:01 AM

    Lute Suite No. 4: Prelude

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Aufs Lautenwerk

    Kim Heindel, lautenwerk

    4:41
  • 8:21 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3

    Saito Kinen Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    37:02
  • 8:16 AM

    Impromptu No. 2

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Impromptus, Op. 90 & 142

    Alfred Brendel, piano

    4:34
  • 8:01 AM

    Flute Concerto

    Johann Stamitz

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    Barthold Kuijken, flute

    13:10
  • 7:40 AM

    Poeme for Violin and Orchestra

    George Walker

    Cleveland Chamber Symphony

    Edwin London, conductor

    Gregory Walker, violin

    17:50
  • 7:11 AM

    Meditations on Ecclesiastes

    Norman Dello Joio

    Oregon Symphony

    James DePreist, conductor

    28:00
  • 7:05 AM

    Into the Light: Flower into Kindness

    Jake Runestad

    The Hope of Loving: Choral Music of Jake Runestad

    Conspirare

    Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

    Kathlene Ritch, soprano

    5:14
  • 7:01 AM

    To a Wild Rose

    Edward MacDowell

    London Mozart Players

    Stuart Morley, conductor

    Claire Jones, harp

    3:16
  • 6:30 AM

    Symphony No. 4 "Italian"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Symphony No 4 & 5

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    27:35
  • 6:16 AM

    The Year: Summer

    Fanny Mendelssohn

    MENDELSSOHN-HENSEL, F.: Keyboard Music, Vol. 1 - Das Jahr: 12 Characterstucke

    Liana Serbescu, piano

    13:56
  • 6:01 AM

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

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Boston Symphony Chamber Players

    13:12
  • 5:31 AM

    Mississippi River Suite

    Florence Price

    Women's Philharmonic

    Apo Hsu, conductor

    27:44
  • 5:18 AM

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Avlana Eisenberg, conductor

    Zina Schiff, violin

    11:55
  • 5:01 AM

    Guitar Quintet No. 2

    Luigi Boccherini

    Boccherini: The Guitar Quintets

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    15:13