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  • 4:22 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Sinfonia Espansiva"

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen: Symphony No. 3; Symphony No. 4

    Seattle Symphony

    Thomas Dausgaard, conductor

    Esteli Gomez, soprano

    36:39
  • 4:14 AM

    Gossamer Albatross

    Cameron Britt

    Janus: i am not

    Janus

    5:42
  • 4:06 AM

    And Birds Are Still...

    Takashi Yoshimatsu

    Yoshimatsu: Piano Concerto

    Manchester Camerata

    Sachio Fujioka, conductor

    7:41
  • 4:01 AM

    Cinderella: Adagio

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Cinderella

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    4:47
  • 3:51 AM

    Three Pieces for Cello and Piano

    Nadia Boulanger

    Hidden Flame

    Yoshika Masuda, cello

    6:57
  • 3:38 AM

    Clarinet Concertino

    Ferruccio Busoni

    Busoni: Clarinet Concertino / Divertimento / Rondo arlecchinesco / Tanzwalzer

    Rome Symphony Orchestra

    Francesco La Vecchia, conductor

    Giammarco Casani, clarinet

    11:49
  • 3:32 AM

    Suite No. 2 for Two Pianos: Waltz

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff for Two

    Sergei Babayan, piano

    5:42
  • 3:07 AM

    Symphony in Three Movements

    Igor Stravinsky

    Concert Recording

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Martyn Brabbins, conductor

    23:16
  • 3:01 AM

    Canarios

    Santiago de Murcia

    Jacaras! Santiago de Murcia

    Paul O'Dette, guitar

    4:53
  • 2:51 AM

    Spellbound: Suite

    Miklos Rozsa

    Vintage Cinema

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    7:16
  • 2:23 AM

    String Quartet No. 3

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven/Hillborg

    Calder Quartet

    26:15
  • 2:09 AM

    Sinfonia brevis

    Helvi Leiviska

    Leiviska: Orchestral Works

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Dalia Stasevska, conductor

    12:36
  • 2:06 AM

    Waltz No. 4 "Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    Maurizio Pollini, piano

    2:05
  • 2:01 AM

    Concert Suite No. 2: Menuets

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Baroque Nouveau

    4:39
  • 1:50 AM

    Sinfonia (for Orbiting Spheres)

    Missy Mazzoli

    Mazzoli: Dark with Excessive Bright

    Arctic Philharmonic

    Tim Weiss, conductor

    8:37
  • 1:16 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 27

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos No. 20, K466 & 27, K595

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Mitsuko Uchida, conductor

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    32:14
  • 1:06 AM

    Jubilee Overture

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    7:41
  • 1:01 AM

    Polonaise

    Mauro Giuliani

    David Starobin Performs Mauro Giuliani, Volume Two

    David Starobin, guitar

    4:53
  • 12:46 AM

    Helios Overture

    Carl Nielsen

    Danish National Symphony Orchestra

    Thomas Dausgaard, conductor

    11:55
  • 12:23 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Afro-American"

    William Grant Still

    African Heritage Symphonic Series, Vol. 1

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    21:09
  • 12:17 AM

    Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

    Florence Price

    UNCOVERED Vol. 2

    Catalyst Quartet

    5:59
  • 12:14 AM

    Album for Children: Old Waltz

    Tatyana Nikolayeva

    Hiroko Ishimoto, piano

    1:20
  • 12:06 AM

    Deep Summer Music

    Libby Larsen

    Libby Larsen

    Colorado Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    7:16
  • 12:01 AM

    Fragments from Hans Andersen: A leaf from the sky

    York Bowen

    Nicolas Namoradze, piano

    4:40
  • 11:47 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": 4th movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphonies Nos. 8 And 9

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    11:05
  • 11:35 PM

    Capriccio Brillant

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos - Capriccio brillant

    Paris Chamber Orchestra

    Lars Vogt, conductor

    Lars Vogt, piano

    10:49
  • 11:21 PM

    Introduction and Allegro

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Music for Strings

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    13:12
  • 11:16 PM

    Harvest Celebration

    Jing-Ping Zhang

    Shanghai Quartet

    3:24
  • 11:06 PM

    Drottningholm Suite

    Johan Roman

    Roman: Music for a Royal Wedding

    Uppsala Chamber Orchestra

    Anthony Halstead, conductor

    9:34
  • 11:01 PM

    Rondo Amoroso

    Harald Saeverud

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Per Dreier, conductor

    4:35
  • 10:50 PM

    Zampa Overture

    Ferdinand Herold

    William Tell and Other Favorite Overtures

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    8:14
  • 10:42 PM

    Sinfonia Concertante: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Flute And Harp Concerto; Sinfonia Concertante

    Orchestra Mozart

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Lucas Macias Navarro, oboe

    8:08
  • 10:26 PM

    Petite Suite Gauloise

    Louis Theodore Gouvy

    United States Air Force Band

    Lowell Graham, conductor

    13:43
  • 10:22 PM

    Little Concert Suite: Nanette's Caprice

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Clarinet Quintet / Petite Suite / Ballade / Spirituals

    Virginia Eskin, piano

    3:18
  • 10:09 PM

    Melee Fantasque

    Arthur Bliss

    British Tone Poems, Vol. 2

    BBC Philharmonic

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    11:10
  • 10:06 PM

    Etude No. 12 "Revolutionary"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Etudes

    Maurizio Pollini, piano

    2:48
  • 10:01 PM

    Staatskapelle Weimar

    Peter Gulke, conductor

    4:38
  • 9:46 PM

    Gayane Ballet Suite

    Aram Khachaturian

    Royal Scottish Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    12:20
  • 9:41 PM

    The Harmonious Blacksmith

    George Frideric Handel

    The Handel Project

    Seong-Jin Cho, piano

    3:36
  • 9:32 PM

    Satyricon Overture

    John Ireland

    IRELAND, J.: Forgotten Rite (The) / Mai-Dun / A Downland Suite / Epic March / A London Overture / Satyricon Overture

    Sinfonia of London

    John Wilson, conductor

    8:23
  • 9:26 PM

    Makrinitsa

    Ross Daly

    Irish Roots

    Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Geiss, conductor

    Daniel Hope, violin

    5:06
  • 9:18 PM

    Serenade for Winds: Scherzo

    Julius Rontgen

    Viotta Ensemble

    6:40
  • 9:06 PM

    Children's Games (Jeux d'enfants)

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: Symphony, Jeux d'enfants, Roma

    Paris Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    10:58
  • 9:03 PM

    Waltzing on a Sunbeam

    Florence Price

    Waltzes and Character Pieces of Florence Price

    Michael Clark, piano

    2:46
  • 8:50 PM

    Global Warming

    Michael Abels

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    8:19
  • 8:21 PM

    String Quartet No. 12 "American"

    Antonin Dvorak

    American Voices

    Pacifica Quartet

    27:04
  • 8:06 PM

    Froissart Overture

    Edward Elgar

    English Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    13:15
  • 8:01 PM

    They Can't Take That Away from Me

    George Gershwin

    Katie Mahan, piano

    4:37
  • 7:44 PM

    Wind Quintet

    Anton Reicha

    Ibert, J.: 3 Pieces Breves / Reicha, A.: Wind Quintet in E-Flat Major / Arnold, M.: 3 Shanties / Klughardt, A.F.M.: Wind Quintet

    Bergen Wind Quintet

    14:06
  • 5:44 PM

    Approaching Autumn

    Mark Abel

    Jonah Kim, cello

    Robert Koenig, piano

    14:46
  • 5:27 PM

    In Nature's Realm Overture

    Antonin Dvorak

    Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    14:46
  • 5:24 PM

    Songs of the Seasons: Poeme d'Automne

    Margaret Bonds

    Rising

    Lawrence Brownlee, tenor

    2:09
  • 5:06 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 4

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart y Mambo La Bella Cubana

    Havana Lyceum Orchestra

    Jose Antonio Mendez Padron, conductor

    Sarah Willis, horn

    16:39
  • 5:01 PM

    Suite Piedra libre: La Mancha

    Denis Plante

    Pentaedre

    4:51
  • 4:40 PM

    Callirhoe

    Cecile Chaminade

    Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers

    National Orchestra of Metz Grand Est

    David Reiland, conductor

    18:13
  • 4:19 PM

    Triple Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Keyboard Concerti Vol. 1

    Australian Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Tognetti, conductor

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    20:04
  • 4:09 PM

    My Life is Love and Laughter Waltz

    Josef Strauss

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    7:38
  • 4:01 PM

    Terpsichore: Chaconne

    George Frideric Handel

    The Power Of Love: Arias From Handel Operas

    Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra

    Jeannette Sorrell, conductor

    4:43
  • 3:47 PM

    La Valse

    Maurice Ravel

    Cliburn Gold 2017

    Yekwon Sunwoo, piano

    11:50
  • 3:35 PM

    Notre Dame: Introduction; Intermezzo

    Franz Schmidt

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Vassily Sinaisky, conductor

    9:30
  • 3:23 PM

    Concerto for Two Mandolins

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    Angel Romero, guitar

    10:56
  • 3:06 PM

    Military Sinfonietta

    Vitezslava Kapralova

    Concert Recording

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jakub Hrusa, conductor

    15:25
  • 3:01 PM

    Piano Trio No. 6: Allegretto

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Florestan Trio

    4:44
  • 2:49 PM

    The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture

    Otto Nicolai

    Gluck, Humperdinck, Nicolai, Weber: Overtures

    Berlin City Opera Orchestra

    Artur Rother, conductor

    8:29
  • 2:49 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    9:06
  • 2:41 PM

    Suite No. 11

    Francois Chauvon

    Chauvon

    Washington McClain, oboe

    8:17
  • 2:16 PM

    American Suite

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 in E minor; American Suite

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    22:32
  • 2:06 PM

    Student Concerto

    Friedrich Seitz

    Concertos from My Childhood

    Juilliard Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    9:23
  • 1:59 PM

    Estudiantina

    Emil Waldteufel

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    5:13
  • 1:55 PM

    Serenade d'automne

    Cecile Chaminade

    Bengt Forsberg, piano

    David Huang, piano

    2:39
  • 1:51 PM

    Autumn Leaves

    Charles Stanford

    King's Singers

    3:27
  • 1:44 PM

    Afro-Cuban Concerto: Danza

    Valerie Coleman

    Imani Winds: The Classical Underground

    Imani Winds

    5:51
  • 1:37 PM

    Spanish Dance No. 4 "Villanesca"

    Enrique Granados

    Granados: Goyescas; Danzas espanolas; Escenas romanticas

    Jean-Francois Heisser, piano

    5:26
  • 1:31 PM

    Entry March of the Boyars

    Johan Halvorsen

    Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kenneth Jean, conductor

    5:01
  • 1:23 PM

    Water Music Suite No. 3

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Water Music, Il Pastor Fido

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    6:48
  • 1:18 PM

    Requiem: Dies Irae; Tuba Mirum

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Verdi: Messa da Requiem

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Antonio Pappano, conductor

    Anja Harteros, soprano

    4:08
  • 1:10 PM

    Dancing for Love, Dancing for the Gods: Light and Quick

    Bruce Broughton

    Dance Sketches

    Chicago Harp Quartet

    3:07
  • 1:04 PM

    Maskarade: Overture

    Carl Nielsen

    Sibelius: Finlandia, Valse Triste; Grieg: Sigurd Jorsalfar

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    4:46
  • 12:51 PM

    Overture "In the Italian Style"

    Franz Schubert

    Philharmonic of La Scala

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    7:59
  • 12:46 PM

    Die Meistersinger: Wach auf!

    Richard Wagner

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Silvio Varviso, conductor

    Leipzig Radio Chorus

    4:00
  • 12:43 PM

    Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    2:00
  • 12:31 PM

    Violin Concerto: Finale

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven and Clement Violin Concertos

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    10:13
  • 12:25 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 18 "The Hunt": 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    V9: PIANO SONATAS

    Jonathan Biss, piano

    4:54
  • 12:18 PM

    Steal Away

    William Dawson

    The Spirituals of William Dawson

    St. Olaf Choir

    Anton Armstrong, conductor

    6:35
  • 12:16 PM

    Etude No. 9 "Butterfly"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Etudes

    Yunchan Lim, piano

    :56
  • 12:04 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3: Overture

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: 4 Ouverturen-Suites, Ouverture Bwv 1070

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    10:21
  • 11:49 AM

    Karelia Overture

    Jean Sibelius

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    8:09
  • 11:45 AM

    Walking Tune

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger: Vol. 1 - Orchestral Works 1

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    3:55
  • 11:38 AM

    Symphony No. 1: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Complete Symphonies

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    5:05
  • 11:32 AM

    Beatrix' Dance

    Adolphe Adam

    Queensland Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Mogrelia, conductor

    4:45
  • 11:28 AM

    The Prince of Denmark's March

    Jeremiah Clarke

    Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

    2:47
  • 11:18 AM

    Whimsical Symphony (Grillensymphonie)

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra

    Jeannette Sorrell, conductor

    8:32
  • 11:16 AM

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    1:24
  • 11:09 AM

    Cringlemire Garden

    Ruth Gipps

    British Music for Strings, Vol. 3

    South German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim

    Douglas Bostock, conductor

    6:19
  • 11:04 AM

    Auf Flugeln des Gesanges (On wings of song)

    Felix Mendelssohn

    My Gift To You

    Antonin Kubalek, piano

    4:04
  • 10:48 AM

    Gloriana: Courtly Dances

    Benjamin Britten

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    9:59
  • 10:29 AM

    Music for the Royal Fireworks

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks, Water Music

    Boston Baroque

    Martin Pearlman, conductor

    17:21
  • 10:25 AM

    Contredanse

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Works For Piano, Vol. IV

    Frederic Chiu, piano

    3:01
  • 10:13 AM

    Six Airs

    John Jenkins

    A Baroque Celebration

    New York Kammermusiker

    Ilonna Pederson, conductor

    11:10
  • 10:06 AM

    Symphony No. 1: Scherzo

    Alexander Borodin

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Jun'ichi Hirokami, conductor

    6:27
  • 10:01 AM

    Symphony: 3rd movement

    Luigi Boccherini

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Marc Destrube, conductor

    4:39
  • 9:46 AM

    Suite Francaise

    Francis Poulenc

    Paris Orchestra

    Georges Pretre, conductor

    12:22
  • 9:27 AM

    Faust Ballet Music

    Charles Gounod

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    17:20
  • 9:19 AM

    Siegfried: Forest Murmurs

    Richard Wagner

    New York Philharmonic

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    7:01
  • 9:06 AM

    Il Cimento: Violin Concerto No. 11

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Raglan Baroque Players

    Nicholas Kraemer, conductor

    Monica Huggett, violin

    11:33
  • 9:01 AM

    Intermezzo No. 4

    Johannes Brahms

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    4:39
  • 8:40 AM

    Bassoon Concerto

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart, Strauss

    Mito Chamber Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    Dag Jensen, bassoon

    18:48
  • 8:25 AM

    Symphonie Fantastique: Reveries

    Hector Berlioz

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Harding, conductor

    14:43
  • 8:05 AM

    A Downland Suite

    John Ireland

    Music of John Ireland and Frank Bridge

    English Chamber Orchestra

    David Garforth, conductor

    17:30
  • 8:01 AM

    Scarborough Fair

    Traditional

    Elgar

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    3:12
  • 7:28 AM

    Piano Concerto

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg, Saint-Saens: Piano Concertos

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

    Vadym Kholodenko, piano

    30:17
  • 7:23 AM

    Canzon No. 10

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    Music of Gabrieli

    Empire Brass

    4:16
  • 7:01 AM

    Serenade

    Endre Szervanszky

    1948

    Erdody Chamber Orchestra

    Zsolt Szefcsik, conductor

    20:20
  • 6:36 AM

    Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished"

    Franz Schubert

    The Knights

    Eric Jacobsen, conductor

    21:50
  • 6:21 AM

    Grand Fantasy Quintet: Theme and Variations

    Rita Strohl

    Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers

    Hanson Quartet

    Ismael Margain, piano

    14:33
  • 6:01 AM

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    18:20
  • 5:34 AM

    Cello Concerto

    Robert Schumann

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    24:47
  • 5:30 AM

    Three Romances: No. 1

    Clara Schumann

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    3:01
  • 5:01 AM

    Love's Labours Lost Suite

    Gerald Finzi

    Finzi: Suite From "Love's Labours Lost", Clarinet Concerto, Prelude, Romance

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    27:02