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  • 4:53 AM

    Panis Angelicus

    Alexander L'Estrange

    On Eagles' Wings: Sacred Choral Works by Alexander L'Estrange

    Tenebrae

    Nigel Short, conductor

    James Sherlock, organ

    5:15
  • 4:13 AM

    String Quartet

    Ethel Smyth

    Villiers Quartet

    39:31
  • 4:07 AM

    Chorale

    Errollyn Wallen

    Timelapse

    Orchestra of the Swan

    5:00
  • 4:01 AM

    Chacony (Chaconne)

    Henry Purcell

    Chaconne

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    4:34
  • 3:53 AM

    Twilight

    Heino Eller

    Heino Eller: Symphonic Poems

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Olari Elts, conductor

    5:09
  • 3:46 AM

    Etude No. 8

    Giulio Regondi

    Charms to Soothe

    David Leisner, guitar

    5:33
  • 3:07 AM

    Symphony No. 7

    Antonin Dvorak

    Concert Recording

    Ulster Orchestra

    Daniele Rustioni, conductor

    37:22
  • 3:01 AM

    Landler

    Anton Wunderer

    Horn Quartets

    Detmold Horn Quartet

    4:45
  • 2:27 AM

    Clarinet Concerto

    Malek Jandali

    Malek Jandali: Concertos

    Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    24:58
  • 2:23 AM

    The Nightingale of Armenia

    Lucy Hazarabedian

    By Women

    Sahan Arzruni, piano

    2:53
  • 2:07 AM

    Lincoln Portrait

    Aaron Copland

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    James Earl Jones, narrator

    14:29
  • 2:01 AM

    A Dream

    John Dowland

    John Dowland: Lute Music

    Jakob Lindberg, orpharion

    4:49
  • 1:51 AM

    Nocturne

    Anton Rubinstein

    The Russian Viola

    Nobuko Imai, viola

    7:25
  • 1:25 AM

    Four Last Songs

    Richard Strauss

    R. Strauss: Vier Letzte Lieder

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Jessye Norman, soprano

    25:13
  • 1:13 AM

    Adagio for Strings

    Samuel Barber

    Home

    Miro Quartet

    9:37
  • 1:06 AM

    Goldberg Variations: Aria

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach, Beethoven, Rzewski

    Igor Levit, piano

    4:22
  • 1:01 AM

    Lyric Waltz

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Spring Song, The Bard, etc.

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:49
  • 12:50 AM

    King and Charcoal Burner Overture

    Antonin Dvorak

    DVORAK: Opera Overtures and Preludes

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Robert Stankovsky, conductor

    9:07
  • 12:23 AM

    Symphony No. 40

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: The Three Last Symphonies

    Ensemble Appassionato

    Mathieu Herzog, conductor

    25:45
  • 12:15 AM

    Makrinitsa

    Ross Daly

    Irish Roots

    Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Geiss, conductor

    Daniel Hope, violin

    5:06
  • 12:06 AM

    Schwanda the Bagpiper: Polka and Fugue

    Jaromir Weinberger

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    8:26
  • 12:01 AM

    Four Preludes for Guitar

    Manuel Ponce

    Victoria Drake, harp

    4:45
  • 11:48 PM

    Field of Dreams: The Place Where Dreams Come True

    James Horner

    Studio Orchestra

    James Horner, conductor

    9:07
  • 11:44 PM

    Song without Words No. 33

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Blue Hour

    Andreas Ottensamer, clarinet

    2:22
  • 11:20 PM

    Appalachian Spring

    Aaron Copland

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    23:29
  • 11:13 PM

    Sinfonia for Strings

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Scarlatti, Vivaldi, Avison: Salve Regina, Stabat Mater

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    6:07
  • 11:06 PM

    Romance of the Prairie Lilies

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    6:33
  • 11:01 PM

    Etiolles (Valse)

    Mel Bonis

    Memoires d'une femme

    Myriam Barbaux-Cohen, piano

    4:38
  • 10:47 PM

    Sierra Winds

    (Selected members), conductor

    11:13
  • 10:31 PM

    Concerto for Two Violins

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Julia Fischer, violin

    14:39
  • 10:22 PM

    English Folk Song Suite

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: A Serenade to Music, etc.

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Adrian Boult, conductor

    8:51
  • 10:14 PM

    Polonaise No. 6 "Heroic"

    Frederic Chopin

    Martha Argerich, piano

    6:17
  • 10:06 PM

    Crown Imperial

    William Walton

    Walton: Belshazzar's Feast/ Henry V Suite

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    6:51
  • 10:01 PM

    Three Waltzes

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    BEETHOVEN: 12 Country Dances / 12 German Dances / 6 Minuets / 11 Modling Dances

    L'Orfeo Baroque Orchestra

    Michi Gaigg, conductor

    4:32
  • 9:46 PM

    Sonata for Flute and Orchestra

    Francis Poulenc

    Twentieth Century Flute Concerti

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Steuart Bedford, conductor

    Jennifer Stinton, flute

    12:04
  • 9:42 PM

    Salut d'amour (Love's Greeting)

    Edward Elgar

    Debut

    Sarah Chang, violin

    2:54
  • 9:29 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 16

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Orli Shahm Mozart Sonatas Vol. 2 and 3

    Orli Shaham, piano

    12:12
  • 9:26 PM

    Dido and Aeneas: To the Hills and the Vales

    Henry Purcell

    A Purcell Collection

    Voces8

    2:29
  • 9:09 PM

    Excelsior! Symphonic Overture

    Wilhelm Stenhammar

    Stenhammer: Symphony No. 2

    Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    14:19
  • 9:06 PM

    Minuet

    Luigi Boccherini

    The Stowkowski Sound

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:11
  • 9:03 PM

    Italian Sketches: Venice

    Theresa Carreno

    Clara Rodriguez Plays the Music of Teresa Carreno

    Clara Rodriguez, piano

    2:47
  • 8:51 PM

    Straussiana

    Erich Korngold

    Strauss, Liszt, Korngold, Busoni, Schreker

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Kazuki Yamada, conductor

    7:14
  • 8:45 PM

    Suite Burlesque

    Germaine Tailleferre

    Clinton-Narboni Piano Duo

    5:52
  • 8:28 PM

    Peer Gynt Suite No. 1

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Symphonic Dances/Sigurd Jorsalfar/Peer Gynt

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    14:25
  • 8:15 PM

    String Quartet No. 1

    Maddalena Laura Sirmen

    Allegri String Quartet

    12:14
  • 8:06 PM

    Corsair: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    French Showpieces

    Quebec Symphony Orchestra

    Yoav Talmi, conductor

    8:05
  • 8:01 PM

    Enchantment: Song of the Shrine

    Nathaniel Dett

    Clipper Erickson, piano

    4:26
  • 7:43 PM

    Capriccio Espagnol

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: 3 Symphonies / Jarvi, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    15:43
  • 5:47 PM

    6 German Dances

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: German Dances, Marches

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    11:42
  • 5:19 PM

    Piano Sonata

    Franz Schubert

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    26:02
  • 5:14 PM

    Dances in the Canebrakes: Tropical Noon

    Florence Price

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    3:38
  • 5:06 PM

    Fidelio Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Triple Concerto

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    6:57
  • 5:01 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Slavyanskaya": Scherzo

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: Symphonies 1 & 5

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:48
  • 4:54 PM

    Canzona Bergamasca

    Samuel Scheidt

    Royal Brass: Music from the Renaissance & Baroque

    Empire Brass

    4:03
  • 4:19 PM

    String Quintet "American"

    Antonin Dvorak

    Parker Quartet

    Kim Kashkashian, viola

    34:00
  • 4:15 PM

    Pilgrims' Hymn

    Stephen Paulus

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    3:19
  • 4:06 PM

    Il barbiere di Siviglia (Barber of Seville): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    ROSSINI, G.: Overtures (Complete), Vol. 4

    Prague Symphony Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    7:21
  • 4:01 PM

    Scotch Strathspey and Reel

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger: Piano Music

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    4:40
  • 3:43 PM

    Women's Philharmonic

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    14:55
  • 3:23 PM

    Miss Sally's Party

    William Grant Still

    Plymouth Music Series Orchestra

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    19:05
  • 3:20 PM

    Three Little Pigs: Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf

    Frank Churchill/Ann Ronell

    Lang Lang: The Disney Book

    Lang Lang, piano

    2:03
  • 3:06 PM

    The Sorcerer's Apprentice

    Paul Dukas

    Concert Recording

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Tianyi Lu, conductor

    11:28
  • 3:01 PM

    Flute Quintet

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Divertimento, K. 344

    Trio Pasquier

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    4:42
  • 2:53 PM

    Un Ballo in Maschera Quadrille

    Johann StraussJr.

    2018 New Year's Concerto

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    5:28
  • 2:51 PM

    The American Seasons: Fall

    Mark O'Connor

    Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra

    Scott Yoo, conductor

    Mark O'Connor, violin

    5:50
  • 2:28 PM

    Aranjuez Concerto

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuaz

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    Julian Bream, guitar

    21:20
  • 2:17 PM

    Iberia: Holy Festival in Seville

    Isaac Albeniz

    IBERIA Y FRANCIA

    Imogen Cooper, piano

    9:56
  • 2:04 PM

    Norwegian Rhapsody No. 2

    Johan Halvorsen

    Halvorsen: Norwegian Rhapsody, Norwegian Festival Overture, etc.

    Bergen Symphony Orchestra

    Karsten Andersen, conductor

    11:29
  • 1:54 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 25: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Piano Concertos

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Jeremy Denk, piano

    8:28
  • 1:47 PM

    Basque Caprice

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Leonidas Kavakos, violin

    Enrico Pace, piano

    5:20
  • 1:41 PM

    Rodeo: Saturday Night Waltz

    Aaron Copland

    Colorado Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    5:15
  • 1:37 PM

    The Girl from Ipanema

    Antonio Carlos Jobim

    Saudade

    Plinio Fernandes, guitar

    2:36
  • 1:31 PM

    Le Tombeau de Couperin: Menuet

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Sheherazade; Le Tombeau De Couperin/Debussy: Ballades de Villon

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    5:16
  • 1:27 PM

    La Wally: Ebben? Ne andro lontana

    Alfredo Catalani

    Andante Cantabile

    Lynn Harrell, cello

    3:03
  • 1:21 PM

    Scherzo

    Alfredo Catalani

    Catalani: Ero e Leandro / Contemplazione / Il Mattino

    Rome Symphony Orchestra

    Francesco La Vecchia, conductor

    5:24
  • 1:18 PM

    Bagatelle No. 4

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Bagatelles

    Paul Lewis, piano

    1:40
  • 1:10 PM

    Symphony No. 3

    William Boyce

    Boyce: 8 Symphonies

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    5:22
  • 1:04 PM

    Perpetuum mobile

    Simon Jeffes

    "Still Life" At The Penguin Cafe

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    4:29
  • 12:51 PM

    African Suite: Joyful Day

    Fela Sowande

    Black Composers Series 1974-1978

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    7:38
  • 12:47 PM

    Eric Parkin, piano

    3:30
  • 12:35 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 4

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel - 6 Concerti Grossi, Op. 3

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    10:40
  • 12:30 PM

    Holberg Suite: Rigaudon

    Edvard Grieg

    Oslo Symphony Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    3:56
  • 12:16 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Horn Concertos

    Israel Sinfonietta

    Uri Mayer, conductor

    David Jolley, horn

    12:54
  • 12:07 PM

    If I Were King: Overture

    Adolphe Adam

    Great Comedy Overtures

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Lance Friedel, conductor

    7:15
  • 12:04 PM

    Emily Granger, harp

    2:28
  • 11:51 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Polish": Finale

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky Symphonies

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    8:38
  • 11:48 AM

    Sleeping Beauty: Andante (Puss-In-Boots)

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    2:08
  • 11:39 AM

    Guitar Quintet No. 4 "Fandango": 3rd movement

    Luigi Boccherini

    Boccherini: The Guitar Quintets

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    7:26
  • 11:31 AM

    L'inganno felice (The Happy Deception): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    5:56
  • 11:19 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 9

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Bach, Mozart, Beethoven - Originals & Transcriptions

    Stefan Litwin, piano

    11:17
  • 11:14 AM

    Suite: Finale

    Gordon Jacob

    In This Hid Clearing...

    University of Missouri Wind Ensemble

    Thomas O'Neal, conductor

    4:00
  • 11:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 2: Nocturne

    Alexander Borodin

    Bartok, Borodin, Smetana: String Quartets

    Takacs Quartet

    7:03
  • 11:04 AM

    The Married Beau: Hornpipe on a Ground

    Henry Purcell

    Purcell: Dido and Aeneas

    Boston Baroque

    Martin Pearlman, conductor

    1:22
  • 10:49 AM

    Cantilena and Finale

    Carlos Guastavino

    Camerata Bariloche

    9:42
  • 10:29 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

    Il Giardino Armonico

    Giovanni Antonini, conductor

    18:14
  • 10:24 AM

    Kikujiro: Summer

    Joe Hisaishi

    Studio Orchestra

    Joe Hisaishi, piano

    4:03
  • 10:14 AM

    Symphony No. 23

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies 21, 23, 24, 27

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    9:12
  • 10:06 AM

    Symphonic Dance No. 1

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Norwegian Dances

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    7:16
  • 10:01 AM

    Songs of Farewell: There is an old belief

    Hubert Parry

    Music for Brass Septet, Vol. 6

    Septura

    4:41
  • 9:48 AM

    Four Seasons: Summer

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Nigel Kennedy, conductor

    Nigel Kennedy, violin

    10:24
  • 9:24 AM

    Fantasie Symphonique

    Louis Theodore Gouvy

    Gouvy: Symphony 4; Fantasie symphonique

    German Radio Philharmonic

    Jacques Mercier, conductor

    21:41
  • 9:16 AM

    Gavotte and six doubles

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Encores 2

    Emma Johnson, clarinet

    5:59
  • 9:06 AM

    Irish Suite for Strings

    Arthur Duff

    Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Fionnuala Hunt, conductor

    10:05
  • 9:01 AM

    Prelude No. 1

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    4:48
  • 8:27 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The 5 Piano Concertos

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    Rudolf Serkin, piano

    30:51
  • 8:22 AM

    Adagetto

    Giacomo Puccini

    Puccini Discoveries

    Milan Symphony Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    4:17
  • 8:01 AM

    Serenade for Strings

    Ernst von Dohnanyi

    Dohnanyi: String Quartet, Serenade, and Sextet

    Nash Ensemble

    19:50
  • 7:39 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Alexander Borodin

    Borodin: Symphonies 1 & 3, etc.

    Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor

    19:40
  • 7:19 AM

    Cassation

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Divertimento K 131, Cassation K 99

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    18:49
  • 7:12 AM

    Rinaldo: Let me weep (Lascia ch'io pianga)

    George Frideric Handel

    Patricia Petibon: Rosso

    Venice Baroque Orchestra

    Andrea Marcon, conductor

    Patricia Petibon, soprano

    5:38
  • 7:01 AM

    Carnaval de Venise

    Felix Godefroid

    Carnaval de Venise

    Catrin Finch, harp

    10:24
  • 6:29 AM

    Symphony No. 103 "Drum Roll"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    29:08
  • 6:15 AM

    Piano Sonata

    John Field

    Field: Four Piano Sonatas

    Miceal O'Rourke, piano

    12:55
  • 6:01 AM

    Ein Tanzspiel

    Franz Schreker

    Strauss, Liszt, Korngold, Busoni, Schreker

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Kazuki Yamada, conductor

    12:30
  • 5:39 AM

    Cello Suite No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Cello Suites 1-6

    Peter Bruns, cello

    19:46
  • 5:15 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Peter Schickele

    Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    Pamela Pecha, oboe

    22:30
  • 5:01 AM

    Six Short Pieces

    Fernando Sor

    Jeffrey McFadden, guitar

    12:28