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  • 4:51 AM

    Facades

    Philip Glass

    Philip Glass: Glassmasters

    Glass Ensemble

    Michael Riesman, conductor

    7:21
  • 4:43 AM

    Atlas: Earth Seen from Above

    Meredith Monk

    Studio Orchestra

    Wayne Hankin, conductor

    7:35
  • 4:35 AM

    Light is Calling

    Michael Gordon

    to you through

    India Gailey, cello

    7:07
  • 4:23 AM

    Harmonielehre: Meister Eckhardt and Quackie

    John Adams

    The John Adams Earbox

    San Francisco Symphony

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    10:34
  • 4:16 AM

    Minsym No. 1

    Moondog (Louis Hardin)

    Moondog

    Ensemble

    5:45
  • 4:06 AM

    The Sweetness of Epicurus

    Lou Harrison

    Hovhaness: Mysterious Mountain, Lousadzak; Lou Harrison: Elegiac Symphony

    American Composers Orchestra

    Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

    8:38
  • 4:01 AM

    Partita: Sarabande

    Caroline Shaw

    Roomful of Teeth

    Brad Wells, conductor

    4:46
  • 3:51 AM

    Inbal Segev, cello

    Anna Polonsky, piano

    7:19
  • 3:42 AM

    her eastern light amid a cavernous dusk

    Jeffrey Mumford

    Aspen Wind Quintet

    8:21
  • 3:26 AM

    Sinfonia No. 5 "Visions"

    George Walker

    George Walker: Five SInfonias

    National Symphony Orchestra

    Gianandrea Noseda, conductor

    14:06
  • 3:20 AM

    Of Blues and Dreams

    Anthony Davis

    Anthony Davis, piano

    4:58
  • 3:07 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Julius Eastman

    Concert Recording

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Dalia Stasevska, conductor

    11:16
  • 3:01 AM

    Eternal Present: Now

    Shelley Washington

    KINDS OF ~NOIS

    ~nois

    4:31
  • 2:53 AM

    Andantino

    Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf

    Classical Oboe

    Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

    Lajos Lencses, oboe

    5:37
  • 2:21 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Lukas Foss

    Foss: Symphony No. 1; Renaissance Concerto; Three American Pieces; Ode

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    30:37
  • 2:09 AM

    Aheym

    Bryce Dessner

    Life

    Mari Samuelsen, violin

    9:45
  • 2:06 AM

    None but the lonely heart

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33, etc.

    Moscow Chamber Orchestra

    Constantine Orbelian, conductor

    Alexander Kniazev, cello

    2:28
  • 2:01 AM

    Images, Book 2: Cloches a travers les feuilles (Bells through the leaves)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Images; Preludes Book 2

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    4:52
  • 1:46 AM

    Suomenlinna Overture

    Uuno Klami

    KLAMI / AHO: Pyorteita / KLAMI: Violin Concerto

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    12:36
  • 1:16 AM

    Violin Sonata

    Cesar Franck

    Franck, Kurtag, Previn, Schumann

    Augustin Hadelich, violin

    27:47
  • 1:11 AM

    Forgotten Sounds

    Charles Martin Loeffler

    Forgotten Sounds

    Graeme Steele Johnson, clarinet

    3:48
  • 1:06 AM

    Prelude and Fugue No. 5

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Keith Jarrett, piano

    4:05
  • 1:01 AM

    Eduardo Mata University Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Rivero Weber, conductor

    4:46
  • 12:45 AM

    The Enchanted Forest (La foret enchantee)

    Vincent d'Indy

    D'Indy: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    13:39
  • 12:22 AM

    Cello Concerto No. 2

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Antonin Kraft - Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Cello Concertos

    Ensemble Resonanz

    Riccardo Minasi, conductor

    Jean-Guihen Queyras, cello

    21:38
  • 12:12 AM

    Suite dramatique

    Lou Koster

    Estro Armonico Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra

    Jonathan Kaell, conductor

    8:15
  • 12:06 AM

    Paganini Etude No. 3 "La Campanella"

    Franz Liszt

    Yuanfan Yang, piano

    4:46
  • 12:01 AM

    Pygmalion: Overture

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Les Arts Florissants

    William Christie, conductor

    4:47
  • 11:53 PM

    Aranjuez Concerto: 3rd movement

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Rodrigo: Fantasía para un gentilhombre & Concierto de Aranjuez

    Spanish Radio and TV Orchestra

    Pedro Amaral, conductor

    Xianji Liu, guitar

    5:04
  • 11:36 PM

    Three Preludes on Welsh Hymn Tunes

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Early Chamber Music

    Nash Ensemble

    15:31
  • 11:20 PM

    Concertino for Clarinet and Bassoon

    Franz Danzi

    New Era

    Potsdam Chamber Academy

    Andreas Ottensamer, clarinet

    15:56
  • 11:12 PM

    Symphony: 4th movement

    Alice Mary Smith

    London Mozart Players

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    6:19
  • 11:06 PM

    Symphonic Metamorphosis: March

    Paul Hindemith

    Hindemith: Mathis der Maler - Symphony, etc.

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor

    4:54
  • 11:01 PM

    Flute Concerto: 3rd movement

    Johan Agrell

    Concerto Copenhagen

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    Maria Bania, flute

    4:38
  • 10:52 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish": Finale

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 1-4

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    6:41
  • 10:40 PM

    Concerto for Two Horns

    Leopold Mozart

    L. Mozart, Fasch, Mouret: Concerti da caccia

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    11:03
  • 10:34 PM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    4:50
  • 10:16 PM

    Concerto for 2 Orchestras No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks, Concerti a due cori

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    16:01
  • 10:06 PM

    Wiener Blut (Vienna Blood)

    Johann StraussJr.

    International Salute

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    8:52
  • 9:48 PM

    First Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Music for Wind Band

    Cleveland Symphonic Winds

    Frederick Fennell, conductor

    10:25
  • 9:43 PM

    O clap your hands together

    Orlando Gibbons

    Out Of This World

    Chanticleer

    4:21
  • 9:24 PM

    Gil Shaham, violin

    Orli Shaham, piano

    17:31
  • 9:20 PM

    Cancion de Cuna (Afro-Cuban Lullaby)

    Leo Brouwer

    Manuel Barrueco, guitar

    3:08
  • 9:10 PM

    In the Steppes of Central Asia

    Alexander Borodin

    Borodin: Symphony No. 2

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Loris Tjeknavorian, conductor

    8:00
  • 9:06 PM

    Carmen: Seguedilla and Dragoons

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: Carmen Suite, L'arlesienne Suites Etc.

    Orchestra of the Bastille

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    3:41
  • 9:03 PM

    Mysterious Barricades

    Francois Couperin

    Couperin: Keyboard Music

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    2:26
  • 8:43 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "Great": 1st movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 8 "Unfinished" & 9 "The Great"

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    15:18
  • 8:24 PM

    Don Juan

    Richard Strauss

    Bravura: Respighi, Strauss

    Oregon Symphony

    James DePreist, conductor

    16:42
  • 8:12 PM

    Hungarian Pastoral Fantasy

    Franz Doppler

    Favorite Encores

    Tokyo Concert Orchestra

    Shigenobu Yamaoka, conductor

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    10:10
  • 8:06 PM

    Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5: Aria (Cantilena)

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Trio Concertante

    5:35
  • 8:01 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 3rd movement

    Richard Hol

    Hol: Symphonies

    Residentie Orchestra The Hague

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    4:42
  • 7:47 PM

    Night on Bald Mountain

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    11:22
  • 5:43 PM

    Occasional Suite

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Music For The Royal Fireworks

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    15:02
  • 5:20 PM

    Concerto for violin and string orchestra

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Viktoria Mullova, violin

    22:11
  • 5:15 PM

    Gavotte Fantastique

    Amy Beach

    Joanne Polk, piano

    3:45
  • 5:07 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Introduction and March

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    7:23
  • 5:01 PM

    Divertissement: 2nd movement

    Emile Bernard

    Sylvan Winds

    4:40
  • 4:46 PM

    Symphonic Dances: 1st movement

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Shanghai Symphony Orchestra

    Long Yu, conductor

    11:31
  • 4:25 PM

    Symphony No. 35 "Haffner"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    London Mozart Players

    Jane Glover, conductor

    20:07
  • 4:13 PM

    6 Early Netherlands Dances

    Julius Rontgen

    North German Radio Philharmonic

    David Porcelijn, conductor

    9:29
  • 4:06 PM

    Souvenirs de mon pays

    Teresa Carreno

    Reverie

    Alexandra Oehler, piano

    7:09
  • 4:01 PM

    Characteristic Suite: Scherzo

    Henry Schoenefeld

    American Romantics

    Gowanus Arts Ensemble

    Reuben Blundell, conductor

    4:51
  • 3:53 PM

    Das Rheingold: Entry of the Gods into Valhalla

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Orchestral Works

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Klaus Tennstedt, conductor

    4:46
  • 3:48 PM

    Pas des sylphes: Intermezzo

    Cecile Chaminade

    Eric Parkin, piano

    2:54
  • 3:38 PM

    Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: La Damoiselle elue, L'Apres-midi d'un faune

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    9:38
  • 3:06 PM

    Piano Trio No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Concert Recording

    Leonidas Kavakos, violin

    30:12
  • 3:00 PM

    Merry Mount: Maypole Dances

    Howard Hanson

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    4:42
  • 2:52 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 10

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Slavonic Dances

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    6:16
  • 2:50 PM

    Ballade No. 2

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 | Ballades

    Seong-Jin Cho, piano

    7:35
  • 2:13 PM

    Concertino for Oboe and Strings

    Brenno Blauth

    Death of an Angel

    Camerata Bariloche

    Andres Spiller, oboe

    17:12
  • 2:02 PM

    Egmont Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Complete Overtures

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    8:39
  • 1:52 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 5 "Turkish": 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Hilary Hahn: Mozart 5, Vieuxtemps 4

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    8:47
  • 1:49 PM

    Liebe Schwester, tanz mit mir

    Traditional German

    Wiener Sangerknaben: Volks- und Kinderlieder

    Vienna Boys Choir

    Uwe Christian Harrer, conductor

    1:41
  • 1:46 PM

    Heidenroslein

    Traditional German

    Wiener Sangerknaben: Volks- und Kinderlieder

    Vienna Boys Choir

    Uwe Christian Harrer, conductor

    2:11
  • 1:41 PM

    Return of the Jedi: Luke and Leia

    John Williams

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Williams, conductor

    4:02
  • 1:30 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 6

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Concerti Grossi, Op. 3

    Linde Consort

    Hans-Martin Linde, conductor

    8:59
  • 1:23 PM

    Guitar Concerto No. 1: 1st movement

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Guitar Concertos

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    Kazuhito Yamashita, guitar

    5:34
  • 1:19 PM

    Symphony on a Hymn Tune: 3rd movement

    Virgil Thomson

    Hanson Conducts McPhee Sessions Thomson

    Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra

    Howard Hanson, conductor

    3:03
  • 1:10 PM

    Serenade: 4th movement

    Arthur Bird

    North Texas Chamber Players

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    5:25
  • 1:05 PM

    Candide Suite

    Leonard Bernstein

    Bernstein: Candide Suite, etc.

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    18:09
  • 12:48 PM

    Concerto for Oboe and Bassoon

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi x2

    La Serenissima

    Adrian Chandler, conductor

    Rachel Chaplin, oboe

    10:30
  • 12:42 PM

    King Arthur: Overture and Air

    Henry Purcell

    Purcell: Ayres for the Theatre

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    4:16
  • 12:34 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Il'ya Muromets": 3rd movement

    Reinhold Gliere

    Gliere: Symphony No. 3, Op. 42, "Il'ya Murometz"

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Leon Botstein, conductor

    7:04
  • 12:26 PM

    Easter Cantata: My Spirit be Joyful

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Vol I

    Philharmonia Virtuosi

    Richard Kapp, conductor

    6:01
  • 12:20 PM

    Piano Sonata "Easter": 1st movement

    Fanny Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    4:43
  • 12:08 PM

    Symphony No. 4 "Italian": Saltarello

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Symphony No. 4

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    5:20
  • 12:04 PM

    Humoresque No. 7

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak In Prague: A Celebration

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    3:30
  • 11:48 AM

    12 Variations on Mozart's "Ein Madchen oder Weibchen"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    9:27
  • 11:38 AM

    Symphony No. 104 "London": 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos 101 The Clock and 104 London

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    8:42
  • 11:35 AM

    Aquarelle No. 2

    Frederick Delius

    Delius: Violin Concerto; First Cuckoo

    Welsh National Opera Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    2:18
  • 11:27 AM

    i thank You God for most this amazing day

    Eric Whitacre

    Whitacre: Cloudburst

    Polyphony

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    5:56
  • 11:19 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    William Boyce

    Boyce: Symphonies, Op. 2

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    7:10
  • 11:14 AM

    The Rose of Raby

    Dave Shepherd

    Fermi's Paradox

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    3:58
  • 11:07 AM

    Three Preludes

    George Gershwin

    Summertime

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    6:26
  • 11:04 AM

    Entrance of the Little Fauns

    Gabriel Pierne

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    2:10
  • 10:39 AM

    La Peri (The Fairy)

    Paul Dukas

    New York Philharmonic

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    19:10
  • 10:22 AM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 1

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs And Dances I & Iii, Etc

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    14:24
  • 10:13 AM

    The Anonymous Lover: Dances

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    SAINT-GEORGES, J.B.C. de: L'Amant anonyme

    Haymarket Opera Orchestra

    Craig Trompeter, conductor

    7:36
  • 10:06 AM

    Swan Lake: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 5, Swan Lake

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    6:54
  • 10:01 AM

    Reverie

    Claude Debussy

    Reverie

    Kassia Ensemble

    Mary Elizabeth Bowden, trumpet

    4:38
  • 9:42 AM

    The Ball of Beatrice d'Este

    Reynaldo Hahn

    Paris Orchestra

    Jean-Pierre Jacquillat, conductor

    16:01
  • 9:28 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos - Harpsichord and Violin Concertos

    Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra

    11:52
  • 9:17 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 25

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Sonatas

    Mari Kodama, piano

    10:14
  • 9:06 AM

    Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave)

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Overtures | Walpurgisnacht

    Winterthur Music Collegium

    Douglas Boyd, conductor

    10:03
  • 9:01 AM

    La Misterieuse

    Francois Couperin

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    4:52
  • 8:41 AM

    Dolly Suite

    Gabriel Faure

    The French Connection

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    17:18
  • 8:31 AM

    Fantasie

    Camille Saint-Saens

    The Romantic Harp

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    8:52
  • 8:11 AM

    An English Suite

    Hubert Parry

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    19:06
  • 8:01 AM

    Six Studies in English Folk Song

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Nash Ensemble

    9:05
  • 7:35 AM

    Horn Concerto

    Reinhold Gliere

    Gliere: Bronze Horseman/Horn Concerto

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Edward Downes, conductor

    Richard Watkins, horn

    23:49
  • 7:18 AM

    Eight Russian Folk Songs

    Anatol Liadov

    Liadov: The Enchanted Lake, and other orchestral works.

    Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    15:32
  • 7:07 AM

    The Planets: Venus

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: The Planets; Elgar: Pomp and Cirucmstance March No. 1

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    9:33
  • 7:01 AM

    Goin' Home

    Antonin Dvorak

    Songs of Comfort and Hope

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    5:24
  • 6:25 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Symphonies No 1 & 2 / Schwarz, Seattle Symphony

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    33:07
  • 6:14 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 2 "La notte" ("The Night")

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Tokyo Bach-Mozart Ensemble

    Masahiro Arita, baroque flute

    8:53
  • 6:01 AM

    Romance for Violin and Orchestra

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Encore Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hege, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    12:37
  • 5:42 AM

    Wand of Youth Suite No. 2

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance Marches

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    15:55
  • 5:18 AM

    Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra

    Claude Debussy

    DEBUSSY, C.: Orchestral Works, Vol. 7 (Markl) - Fantaisie / 2 Danses / Rhapsodies

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    24:15
  • 5:01 AM

    Songs of the Roses

    Morten Lauridsen

    Los Angeles Chamber Singers

    14:39