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  • 4:40 AM

    Fantasy Variations

    Ulysses Kay

    Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony - U. Kay: Fantasy Variations - Umbrian Scene

    Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Arthur Fagen, conductor

    17:55
  • 4:11 AM

    Songbook

    Daron Hagen

    Built For Buffalo

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Michael Ludwig, violin

    27:49
  • 4:06 AM

    Musical Moment No. 4

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Piano Sonata, D. 959 etc.

    Stephen Kovacevich, piano

    4:12
  • 4:01 AM

    Gymnopedie No. 1

    Erik Satie

    Twentieth Century Classics

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    4:43
  • 3:48 AM

    Jhula-Jhule

    Reena Esmail

    Perspectives

    Dawn Donegun Wohn, violin

    10:51
  • 3:40 AM

    At that hour when all things have repose

    Timothy Stephens

    Perpetual Twilight

    The Choral Scholars of University College Dublin

    Desmond Earley, conductor

    5:51
  • 3:26 AM

    Serenade No. 6 "Serenata Notturna"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Serenata Notturna, Divertimenti

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    13:17
  • 3:06 AM

    Mother Goose: Suite

    Maurice Ravel

    Concert Recording

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Kazuki Yamada, conductor

    17:31
  • 3:01 AM

    Good Night and Good Rest

    John Johnson

    Jakob Lindberg, lute

    4:42
  • 2:51 AM

    Ballade No. 4

    Johannes Brahms

    Awadagin Pratt: A Long Way from Normal

    Awadagin Pratt, piano

    7:32
  • 2:27 AM

    String Quartet No. 1 "Lyric"

    George Walker

    Uncovered, Volume 3

    Catalyst Quartet

    22:49
  • 2:13 AM

    Coincident Dances

    Jessie Montgomery

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    11:42
  • 2:06 AM

    Ticklin' Toes

    Florence Price

    William Chapman Nyaho, piano

    1:03
  • 2:01 AM

    Prelude: 2nd movement

    William Grant Still

    William Grant Still: Summerland

    New Zealand String Quartet

    Alexa Still, flute

    4:31
  • 1:46 AM

    Mystic Dance

    Charlotte Sohy

    Aux etoiles: French Symphonic Poems

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider, conductor

    12:43
  • 1:12 AM

    Cello Concerto

    Enrique Casals

    Lalo & Casals: Cello Concertos

    Moritzburg Festival Orchestra

    Josep Caballe-Domenech, conductor

    Jan Vogler, cello

    32:10
  • 1:06 AM

    Cello Suite No. 4: Bourees

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Casals: Bach Suites for Cello Vol. 2

    Pablo Casals, cello

    3:40
  • 1:01 AM

    Spanish Suite: Aragon

    Isaac Albeniz

    Duo Van Dua

    4:46
  • 12:44 AM

    Five Bagatelles

    Gerald Finzi

    FINZI: Clarinet Concerto / Five Bagatelles / Three Soliloquies / Romance

    Northern Sinfonia

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    Robert Plane, clarinet

    14:32
  • 12:29 AM

    From Jonas Hallgrimsson's Picture Book

    Pall Isolfsson

    Icelandic Works for the Stage

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    13:20
  • 12:25 AM

    La Source (The Spring)

    Alphonse Hasselmans

    Solo Harp: The Best of Yolanda Kondonassis

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    3:47
  • 12:21 AM

    Scherzoso Intermezzo

    Theresa Carreno

    Clara Rodriguez Plays the Music of Teresa Carreno

    Clara Rodriguez, piano

    1:54
  • 12:06 AM

    Masques and Bergamasques

    Gabriel Faure

    Pavane

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    14:22
  • 12:01 AM

    Four Sketches: Legend

    Eugene Goossens

    Goossens: Chamber Works

    London Chamber Music Group

    Susan Milan, flute

    4:48
  • 11:46 PM

    Pierrot of the Minute: Comedy Overture

    Granville Bantock

    Bridge, Bantock & Butterworth

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    11:03
  • 11:43 PM

    The One-Horned Cow/Patsy Jouhey's/Killavil Jig

    Traditional

    Irish Roots

    AIR Ensemble

    Daniel Hope, violin

    2:00
  • 11:19 PM

    Czech Suite

    Antonin Dvorak

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    23:07
  • 11:14 PM

    Dance-Song

    Sirvart Karamanuk

    By Women

    Sahan Arzruni, piano

    3:38
  • 11:06 PM

    Rodeo: Buckaroo Holiday

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: The Music Of America 

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    7:43
  • 11:01 PM

    Wind Quintet: 2nd movement

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen: Wind Chamber Music

    Bergen Wind Quintet

    4:45
  • 10:44 PM

    English Pastoral Impressions

    Ernest Farrar

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Alasdair Mitchell, conductor

    14:13
  • 10:29 PM

    Liebeslieder Walzer (Love-Song Waltzes)

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    12:52
  • 10:22 PM

    Piano Trio No. 4 "Gassenhauer": Theme and Variations

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Jonathan Cohler and Claremont Trio

    Jonathan Cohler, clarinet

    6:37
  • 10:18 PM

    Batucada

    Isaias Savio

    Milos: Pasion

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    2:58
  • 10:06 PM

    William Tell: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Complete Overtures

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    11:03
  • 10:01 PM

    String Quartet No. 4: 1st movement

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Arabella String Quartet

    4:46
  • 9:48 PM

    Festival Overture

    Hugo Alfven

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Niklas Willen, conductor

    9:39
  • 9:43 PM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1: Carillon

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: Carmen Suite, L'arlesienne Suites Etc.

    Orchestra of the Bastille

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    4:23
  • 9:34 PM

    The Happening: Suite

    James Newton Howard

    Night After Night: Music from the Movies of M. Night Shyamalan

    Studio Orchestra

    Gavin Greenaway, conductor

    Maya Beiser, cello

    8:18
  • 9:23 PM

    Memories of the Straw Brook Waltz

    Joseph Lanner

    Vienna String Ensemble

    9:35
  • 9:17 PM

    Symphony No. 100 "Military": Minuet

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: 12 London Symphonies

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    4:42
  • 9:06 PM

    King Lear Overture

    Mily Balakirev

    Balakirev: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2, etc.

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vassily Sinaisky, conductor

    10:39
  • 9:03 PM

    Canzon No. 4

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    Bavarian Brass Soloists

    Gerd Zapf, conductor

    2:34
  • 8:47 PM

    Bassoon Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    La Serenissima

    Adrian Chandler, conductor

    Peter Whelan, bassoon

    11:02
  • 8:44 PM

    Seven Popular Spanish Songs: Jota

    Manuel de Falla

    Asturiana

    Kim Kashkashian, viola

    2:42
  • 8:29 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Classical"

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Symphonies Nos, 1 & 5

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    13:44
  • 8:17 PM

    The Perfect Fool Ballet Music

    Gustav Holst

    Kansas City Symphony

    Michael Stern, conductor

    10:39
  • 8:10 PM

    Filles de l'Elysee

    Paul Brantley

    Songs of Love and Despair

    Laura Metcalf, cello

    5:34
  • 8:06 PM

    Joyous March

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Ernest Ansermet, Vol. 10: Chabrier, Lalo

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Ernest Ansermet, conductor

    4:00
  • 8:01 PM

    Nonetto: 4th movement

    Bohuslav Martinu

    Martinu: Chamber Music

    Lahti Chamber Ensemble

    4:48
  • 7:49 PM

    Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra

    Volodymyr Sirenko, conductor

    Solomiya Ivakhiv, violin

    9:21
  • 5:51 PM

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

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphonies Nos. 8 & 9

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor

    7:48
  • 5:35 PM

    Rondo for Violin and Strings

    Franz Schubert

    National Arts Centre Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    14:13
  • 5:32 PM

    Turkish Dance Suite: Zeybek Dance

    Hasan Ferid Alnar

    To Anatolia - Selections from the Turkish Five

    Beyza Yazgan, piano

    3:31
  • 5:22 PM

    Novelette "In Eastern Style"

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: Five Novelettes; String Quartet No. 5

    Saint Petersburg String Quartet

    8:06
  • 5:07 PM

    Leonore Overture No. 3

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 & Overture No. 3 "Leonore"

    North German Radio Symphony

    Gunter Wand, conductor

    14:20
  • 5:01 PM

    Scherzo No. 1

    Clara Schumann

    SCHUMANN, C.: Complete Piano Works

    Jozef de Beenhouwer, piano

    4:38
  • 4:49 PM

    L'Estro Armonico: Concerto No. 8 for Two Violins

    Antonio Vivaldi

    A Baroque Feast

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    Jeanne Lamon, violin

    9:35
  • 4:23 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Andris Nelsons, conductor

    Lang Lang, piano

    25:53
  • 4:14 PM

    Dial M for Murder: Suite

    Dimitri Tiomkin

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paul Bateman, conductor

    7:17
  • 4:06 PM

    Funeral March of a Marionette

    Charles Gounod

    GOUNOD, C.-F.: Marche funebre d'une marionnette

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    5:46
  • 4:00 PM

    Piano Trio No. 43: Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Beaux Arts Trio

    4:39
  • 3:48 PM

    Momentum Suite

    Peter Hope

    Northern Sinfonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    10:09
  • 3:40 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Johann Fasch

    German Bach Soloists

    Helmut Winschermann, conductor

    Carole Dawn Reinhart, trumpet

    6:15
  • 3:06 PM

    Pictures at an Exhibition (Henry Wood orch.)

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Concert Recording

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Kazuki Yamada, conductor

    31:44
  • 3:01 PM

    Three Country Dances

    John Playford

    Airs Populaires Anglais di XVIIe

    Broadside Band

    Jeremy Barlow, conductor

    4:43
  • 2:53 PM

    Rondo

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: The Violin Concertos

    Lausanne Chamber Orchestra

    Renaud Capucon, violin

    5:36
  • 2:45 PM

    Popular Andean Dances

    Celso Garrido-Lecca

    Inca Trail Connections

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

    12:58
  • 2:33 PM

    Rondo

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Piano Concertos

    Jeremy Denk, piano

    10:25
  • 2:14 PM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: "Carmen" Suite, "L'Arlesienne" Suite/Offenbach: Barcarolle, "Orpheus in the Underworld" Overture

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    18:33
  • 2:03 PM

    Sentimental Waltzes: selections

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Landler

    Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano

    9:05
  • 2:01 PM

    Swan Lake: Dance of the Little Swans

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    1:32
  • 1:51 PM

    Transcendental Etudes: Harmonies du Soir

    Franz Liszt

    14th Van Cliburn Competition: Gold

    Vadym Kholodenko, piano

    7:46
  • 1:45 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 8 "Pathetique": 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Sonatas 8, 15, 27 & 30

    Jonathan Biss, piano

    4:24
  • 1:38 PM

    La Scala di Seta (Silken Ladder): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    5:51
  • 1:33 PM

    Variations on La Vecchia

    Nicola Matteis

    Palladian Ensemble

    4:22
  • 1:22 PM

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    8:49
  • 1:18 PM

    Widmung (Dedication)

    Robert Schumann

    Love Songs

    Arleen Auger, soprano

    2:23
  • 1:09 PM

    Arabesque

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Davidsblundertanze, Symphonische Etuden

    Andras Schiff, piano

    5:52
  • 1:04 PM

    Romance No. 3

    Clara Schumann

    Elena Urioste, violin

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    4:09
  • 12:50 PM

    Mignon: Overture

    Ambroise Thomas

    Offenbach: Gaite Parisienne; Gounod, Thomas, Chabrier

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    8:07
  • 12:41 PM

    Chevy Chase

    George Macfarren

    Victorian Concert Overtures

    English Northern Philharmonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    7:54
  • 12:32 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 1: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Keyboard Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Jonathan Bloxham, conductor

    Tianqi Du, piano

    8:10
  • 12:28 PM

    From Grandmother's Garden: Mignonette

    Amy Beach

    Jenny Lin, piano

    2:21
  • 12:19 PM

    Don Quixote: Grand Pas de Deux

    Leon Minkus

    Ballet Gala: Pas De Deux

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    8:07
  • 12:09 PM

    String Quintet: Allegretto

    Niels Gade

    Gade: Chamber Works, Vol. 5

    Ensemble MidtVest

    4:50
  • 12:04 PM

    Romeo and Juliet: Gavotte

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    3:32
  • 11:55 AM

    Curtain Tune on a Ground

    Henry Purcell

    Dance

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hope, violin

    2:57
  • 11:51 AM

    Ye Tuneful Muses: Ground

    Henry Purcell

    c. 1300-c. 2000

    Jeremy Denk, piano

    3:27
  • 11:46 AM

    Ground after the Scotch Humour

    Nicola Matteis

    Palladian Ensemble

    4:15
  • 11:35 AM

    Symphony No. 4: Andantino

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky Symphonies

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    9:39
  • 11:30 AM

    Reverie D'Automne

    Wanda Landowska

    Jeanne Golan, piano

    3:52
  • 11:19 AM

    Guitar Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    10:15
  • 11:15 AM

    Bagatelles: Minuet

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: String Quartets, Vol. 1

    Vogler Quartet

    Oliver Triendl, harmonium

    3:11
  • 11:07 AM

    O Magnum Mysterium (O Great Mystery)

    Morten Lauridsen

    The Music of King's

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge

    Stephen Cleobury, conductor

    5:56
  • 11:04 AM

    Preludes, Book 1: La fille aux cheveux de lin (The Girl with the Flaxen Hair)

    Claude Debussy

    .Such Stuff As Dreams...

    Carol Rosenberger, piano

    3:04
  • 10:44 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 7

    George Frideric Handel

    GF Handel: Concerti Grossi, Op. 6, Nos. 2-7 and 10

    Mercury Baroque

    Antoine Plante, conductor

    14:06
  • 10:27 AM

    Suite in the Ancient Style

    Vincent d'Indy

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    16:18
  • 10:23 AM

    Wild Swans: Eliza's Aria

    Elena Kats-Chernin

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    3:22
  • 10:14 AM

    Out of the Mist

    Lilian Elkington

    Elgar: Spirit Of England

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    7:46
  • 10:06 AM

    Prelude No. 15 "Raindrop"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin Preludes

    Ivan Moravec, piano

    6:28
  • 10:01 AM

    Lyrical Serenade

    Edward Elgar

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    4:41
  • 9:40 AM

    String Quartet No. 53 "The Lark"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn String Quartets - Live at the Wigmore Hall, Vol. 2

    Lindsay String Quartet

    18:31
  • 9:18 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2

    Helvi Leiviska

    Leiviska: Orchestral Works

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Dalia Stasevska, conductor

    20:41
  • 9:09 AM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Nocturne

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    6:30
  • 9:06 AM

    Song for Baba

    Julian Lloyd Webber

    Lullaby

    Julian Lloyd Webber, cello

    2:41
  • 9:01 AM

    Prague Symphony Orchestra

    Vaclav Smetacek, conductor

    4:48
  • 8:55 AM

    Four Romantic Pieces: Romance without Words

    Charlotte Sohy

    Saint-Saens

    Lang Lang, piano

    3:12
  • 8:26 AM

    Concerto Antico

    Richard Harvey

    Harvey, Gray: Guitar Concertos

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Daniel, conductor

    John Williams, guitar

    28:41
  • 8:10 AM

    Poema Autunnale (Autumn Poem)

    Ottorino Respighi

    Poeme

    Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yakov Kreizberg, conductor

    Julia Fischer, violin

    14:20
  • 8:01 AM

    Andante Favori

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven Piano Sonatas 2

    Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano

    8:11
  • 7:43 AM

    Japanese Folk Song Suite No. 2

    Hajime Komatsu

    Apollo Chamber Players

    14:41
  • 7:19 AM

    Nocturnes

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Nocturnes; Le Martyre de Saint Sebastien

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    24:29
  • 7:13 AM

    Nacht und Traume (Night and Dreams)

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Song Without Words, Arpeggione Sonata

    Mischa Maisky, cello

    4:26
  • 7:01 AM

    Unter bluhenden Linden

    Lou Koster

    Estro Armonico Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra

    Jonathan Kaell, conductor

    10:53
  • 6:53 AM

    Duet

    Steve Reich

    Life

    Scoring Berlin

    Jonathan Stockhammer, conductor

    Mari Samuelsen, violin

    5:10
  • 6:43 AM

    Five Little Duets for Flute and Harp

    Jean Francaix

    Images for Flute and Harp

    Laurel Zucker, flute

    8:55
  • 6:10 AM

    Piano Quintet No. 1

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: Musique du Chambre 2

    Quatuor Parrenin

    Jean-Philippe Collard, piano

    31:26
  • 6:01 AM

    Dawn

    Heino Eller

    MUSIC FROM ESTONIA - Tobias, Lemba, Eller, Raid, Tormis, Part

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    John Digney, oboe

    8:12
  • 5:38 AM

    Eternal Longing

    Vitezslav Novak

    Novak, V.: In the Tatra Mountains; Lady Godiva; Eternal Longing

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    20:25
  • 5:35 AM

    Romance ("Lied")

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    (b)romancE

    Nicholas Canellakis, cello

    2:02
  • 5:25 AM

    There is a Willow Grows Aslant a Brook

    Frank Bridge

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    10:16
  • 5:15 AM

    String Quartet No. 4

    Maddalena Laura Sirmen

    Sirmen: Six String Quartets

    Lombardini Quartet

    7:59
  • 5:01 AM

    Concerto Grosso

    Arcangelo Corelli

    Concert Recording

    La Cetra

    Leila Schayegh, conductor

    13:16