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  • 4:22 AM

    Boom of the Tingling Strings

    Jon Lord

    Jon Lord: Boom Of The Tingling Strings

    Odense Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Mann, conductor

    Nelson Goerner, piano

    36:21
  • 4:10 AM

    Midnight Sun Variations

    Outi Tarkiainen

    OUTI TARKIANEN: Midnight Sun Variations

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Nicholas Collon, conductor

    10:23
  • 4:06 AM

    Song for Octave

    Bryce Dessner

    Life

    Mari Samuelsen, violin

    3:17
  • 4:01 AM

    Pan Voyevoda: Nocturne

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Russian Adagios

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor

    4:44
  • 3:37 AM

    String Quartet No. 2

    Robert Schumann

    Melos Quartet

    21:55
  • 3:29 AM

    To Music

    Caroline Shaw/So Percussion

    Rectangles and Circumstance

    So Percussion

    Caroline Shaw, vocals

    5:55
  • 3:18 AM

    Serenade to Music

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    10:38
  • 3:15 AM

    What if a Day

    John Dowland

    Lute Works, Vol. 1

    Paul O'Dette, lute

    1:27
  • 3:06 AM

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    8:02
  • 3:01 AM

    Lotus Land

    Cyril Scott

    Nancy Ruffer, flute

    Helen Crayford, piano

    4:51
  • 2:47 AM

    Music for a Garden

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    11:16
  • 2:21 AM

    Guitar Quintet

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO, M.: Guitar Quintet / Fantasia / Ecloghe

    Louis Vandory, violin

    24:50
  • 2:16 AM

    After a Dream (Apres un Reve)

    Gabriel Faure

    Apres un reve

    Emmanuel Despax, piano

    3:03
  • 2:06 AM

    The Happy Forest

    Arnold Bax

    Scottish National Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    9:25
  • 2:01 AM

    Madrigal-Pavana

    Francisco Braga

    Serenata: Brazilian Music for Chamber Orchestra

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Neil Thomson, conductor

    4:35
  • 1:55 AM

    Wiegenlied (Lullaby)

    Franz Liszt

    Motherland

    Khatia Buniatishvili, piano

    3:12
  • 1:12 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 3

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: The Piano Concertos and Paganini Rhapsody

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    Yuja Wang, piano

    41:05
  • 1:06 AM

    Arabesque No. 2

    Claude Debussy

    Impressions

    Katerina Englichova, harp

    4:17
  • 1:01 AM

    Rondo Amoroso

    Harald Saeverud

    Norwegian Composers Now - For Tomorrow: Harald Saeverud

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Per Dreier, conductor

    4:36
  • 12:46 AM

    Trio Sonata No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Palladian Ensemble

    12:33
  • 12:23 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Adolphus Hailstork

    Virginia Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    21:04
  • 12:09 AM

    The Three-Cornered Hat: Suite

    Manuel de Falla

    Spain

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    12:12
  • 12:06 AM

    Etude No. 12 "Revolutionary"

    Frederic Chopin

    The Chopin Recital

    Andre Watts, piano

    2:20
  • 12:01 AM

    Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5: Aria (Cantilena)

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Essential Guitar

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Kenneth Sillito, conductor

    Alexandre Lagoya, guitar

    4:40
  • 11:36 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Joseph White

    Violin Concertos by Black Composers Through the Centuries: 25th Anniversary Edition

    Encore Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hege, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    21:35
  • 11:23 PM

    Appalachian Spring

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: Appalachian Spring - Music for the Theatre

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    34:49
  • 11:18 PM

    Airs for the Seasons: Ambrosia (Autumn)

    James Oswald

    James Oswlad: Airs for the Seasons

    Rezonance Baroque Ensemble

    Rezan Onen-Lapointe, violin

    3:55
  • 11:09 PM

    Siegfried: Forest Murmurs

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Orchestral Music from The Ring

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    7:40
  • 11:00 PM

    Finlandia

    Jean Sibelius

    Finlandia

    Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    7:50
  • 10:55 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Albeniz, Brahms, Dvorak, Elgar, Falla, Kreisler

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    3:45
  • 10:45 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 1: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: 5 Piano Concertos

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    Ramin Bahrami, piano

    6:52
  • 10:38 PM

    Festive Overture

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich: Ballet Suites; Festive Overture

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    5:51
  • 10:30 PM

    Orfeo and Euridice: Minuet and Dance of the Blessed Spirits

    Christoph Gluck

    O Bell' Alma: Music from the Opera

    Bell' Alma Duo

    4:24
  • 10:21 PM

    Symphony No. 1: Scherzo

    Alexander Borodin

    Borodin: Three Symphonies, Petite Suite, Polovetsian Dances

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    7:12
  • 10:13 PM

    Canon

    Johann Pachelbel

    Mad About the Classics

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    4:09
  • 10:02 PM

    Die Meistersinger von Nurmberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremburg): Dance; Finale

    Richard Wagner

    Reiner Conducts Wagner

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    6:18
  • 9:55 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Classical": Finale

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Symphonies Nos. 1-3

    Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    4:08
  • 9:46 PM

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    4:35
  • 9:41 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 4: 2nd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Horn Concertos and Concert Rondo

    London Sinfonietta

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Richard Watkins, horn

    4:23
  • 9:32 PM

    Serenade for Strings: Larghetto

    Antonin Dvorak

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    5:08
  • 9:29 PM

    Etude No. 5 "Black Keys"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Etudes / John Browning

    John Browning, piano

    1:30
  • 9:19 PM

    O clap your hands together

    Orlando Gibbons

    GIBBONS: Choral and Organ Music

    Oxford Camerata

    Jeremy Summerly, conductor

    4:59
  • 9:16 PM

    Norwegian Folk Tunes and Folk Dances: Brudeslaat

    Agathe Grondahl

    Backer Grondahl: Piano Works

    Sara Aimee Smiseth, piano

    3:18
  • 9:04 PM

    Die Fledermaus: Overture

    Johann StraussJr.

    J. Strauss: Die Fledermaus

    Vienna Symphony Orchestra

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    8:12
  • 8:53 PM

    Il barbiere di Siviglia (Barber of Seville): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Gianluigi Gelmetti, conductor

    6:37
  • 8:41 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Titan": 2nd movement

    Gustav Mahler

    Mahler: Symphony No. 1

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    6:51
  • 8:29 PM

    Variations on "The Last Rose of Summer"

    Friedrich Kuhlau

    Serenade

    Abbie de Quant, flute

    7:43
  • 8:10 PM

    Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Elgar: Introduction and Allegro, etc; Vaughan Williams

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    14:10
  • 8:00 PM

    Fur Elise

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Greatest Hits Of 1790

    Philharmonia Virtuosi

    Richard Kapp, conductor

    Chick Corea, piano

    4:03
  • 5:50 PM

    Concert Piece for Clarinet and Basset Horn

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra

    Jorg Faerber, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    Wolfgang Meyer, basset horn

    8:27
  • 5:42 PM

    The rising of the moon

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Bart Schneemann, oboe

    Paolo Giacometti, piano

    4:34
  • 5:36 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight": 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Alessio Bax Plays Beethoven

    Alessio Bax, piano

    5:03
  • 5:23 PM

    Concert Waltz No. 1

    Alexander Glazunov

    Russian State Symphony Orchestra

    Valery Polyansky, conductor

    9:11
  • 5:17 PM

    Swedish Polka

    Hugo Alfven

    European Light Music Classics

    New London Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    2:25
  • 5:12 PM

    Nordic Folk Dances: Scherzo

    Emil Hartmann

    Hartmann: Nordic Folk Dances; Hakon Jarl; A Carnival Feast

    Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra

    Bo Holten, conductor

    4:28
  • 5:08 PM

    String Sextet No. 1: Scherzo

    Johannes Brahms

    The Menuhin Century [Luxury Edition]

    Yehudi Menuhin, violin

    3:01
  • 5:02 PM

    Norwegian Dance No. 2

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Symphonic Dances, Norwegian Dances, Lyric Suite

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    2:23
  • 4:52 PM

    Capriccio for Orchestra

    Nancy Dalberg

    Danish Philharmonic Orchestra

    Frans Rasmussen, conductor

    8:09
  • 4:45 PM

    El Amor Brujo: Ritual Fire Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    I Musici Montreal

    Yuli Turovsky, conductor

    Yuli Turovsky, cello

    3:29
  • 4:41 PM

    Violin Partita No. 3: Prelude

    Johann Sebastian Bach

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

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    3:33
  • 4:35 PM

    The Devil and Daniel Webster: Sleigh Ride

    Bernard Herrmann

    Chiller

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    1:53
  • 4:31 PM

    Lieutenant Kije: Troika

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    3:01
  • 4:22 PM

    L'Isle joyeuse (Joyous Isle)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Preludes, Book 1; Images, First Series

    Sergey Schepkin, piano

    5:43
  • 4:16 PM

    Minuet No. 1

    Giacomo Puccini

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jacek Kaspszyk, conductor

    4:39
  • 4:03 PM

    6 Early Netherlands Dances

    Julius Rontgen

    North German Radio Philharmonic

    David Porcelijn, conductor

    9:29
  • 3:54 PM

    Serenade for Strings: Finale

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Favourite Serenades for Orchestra

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    7:30
  • 3:47 PM

    The Mermaid Suite: Dawn on the Beach

    Wu Zuqiang/Du Mingxin

    China National Symphony Orchestra

    Zuohuang Chen, conductor

    3:19
  • 3:40 PM

    Sonata

    Heinrich Biber

    The Sound of Trumpets

    Y Chamber Symphony of New York

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    Gerard Schwarz, trumpet

    5:14
  • 3:32 PM

    Grand Serenade: Minuet

    Anton Diabelli

    Diabelli: 3 Grandes Serenades

    Neues Kammer Trio

    4:49
  • 3:27 PM

    Tempo di Minuetto

    Fritz Kreisler

    The Kreisler Album

    Joshua Bell, violin

    3:39
  • 3:13 PM

    The Cowboys: Overture

    John Williams

    By Request: The Best of John Williams and the Boston Pops Orchestra

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    8:55
  • 3:00 PM

    Overture "In the Italian Style"

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonies, Vol. 2

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Edward Gardner, conductor

    7:20
  • 2:49 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    9:06
  • 2:31 PM

    Cello Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Cello Concertos

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Robin O'Neill, conductor

    Zuill Bailey, cello

    6:24
  • 2:26 PM

    Parisiana: Pas de Deux

    Germaine Tailleferre

    The Flower of France

    Quynh Nguyen, piano

    2:58
  • 2:17 PM

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    5:35
  • 2:09 PM

    Serenade for Strings: Finale

    Antonin Dvorak

    String Serenades, Vol. 2

    Anima Musicae Chamber Orchestra

    Laszlo G. Horvath, conductor

    5:42
  • 2:01 PM

    Serenade No. 10 "Gran Partita": Minuet II

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Serenade No. 10 for Winds "Gran Partita"

    London Symphony Orchestra Wind Ensemble

    4:33
  • 1:49 PM

    By the Beautiful Blue Danube (An der schonen, blauen Donau)

    Johann StraussJr.

    Mad About Movies (The Sequel)

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    10:06
  • 1:40 PM

    Rondo

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    C.P.E. Bach: Sonatas And Rondos

    Mikhail Pletnev, piano

    4:35
  • 1:30 PM

    Symphonie Fantastique: March to the Scaffold

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique; Varese: Ionisation

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    4:54
  • 1:22 PM

    Serenade for Flute, Violin and Viola: 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven in New York

    Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

    3:28
  • 1:12 PM

    Symphony No. 2

    William Boyce

    Boyce: Symphonies, Op. 2

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    6:25
  • 1:04 PM

    From Olden Times: Gigue

    Johan Halvorsen

    Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:15
  • 12:56 PM

    Shimmeree

    Peter Togni

    CBC Vancouver Orchestra

    Arthur Polson, conductor

    2:30
  • 12:48 PM

    Maple Leaf Rag

    Scott Joplin

    Joshua Rifkin, piano

    3:13
  • 12:44 PM

    Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    A Hymn For The World

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    2:33
  • 12:35 PM

    Lakme: Flower Duet

    Leo Delibes

    London Mozart Players

    Stuart Morley, conductor

    Claire Jones, harp

    4:52
  • 12:28 PM

    String Quartet No. 12 "American": 4th movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    American Voices

    Pacifica Quartet

    5:36
  • 12:25 PM

    Prelude No. 1

    George Gershwin

    It Ain't Necessarily So

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin

    1:39
  • 12:14 PM

    Images for Orchestra: Iberia: On Highways and Byways

    Claude Debussy

    Iberia: Music of Rimsky-Korsakov, Debussy, Turina

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Eduardo Mata, conductor

    6:49
  • 12:10 PM

    Bartered Bride: Furiant

    Bedrich Smetana

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    1:58
  • 12:04 PM

    Acis and Galatea: Happy We!

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel Bars: Popular Works of George Frideric Handel

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    1:53
  • 11:51 AM

    Concerto for Two Oboes

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Celia Nicklin, oboe

    Barry Davis, oboe

    6:44
  • 11:46 AM

    Spanish Dance No. 5 "Andaluza"

    Enrique Granados

    Granados: Goyescas; Danzas espanolas; Escenas romanticas

    Jean-Francois Heisser, piano

    3:54
  • 11:38 AM

    Italian Serenade

    Hugo Wolf

    Adagio for Strings

    Manhattan String Quartet

    6:38
  • 11:30 AM

    Trio Sonata

    Giuseppe Tartini

    Tartini: Trio and Violin Sonatas

    La Magnifica Comunita

    Enrico Casazza, violin

    6:01
  • 11:21 AM

    Symphony No. 2: Andantino

    Peter Tchaikovsky

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

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    6:39
  • 11:16 AM

    The Gumsuckers March

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger Edition Vol. 4: Works for Wind Orchestra

    Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra

    Timothy Reynish, conductor

    3:46
  • 11:11 AM

    Legend No. 2

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Legends, Symphony No. 8

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    4:17
  • 11:04 AM

    Mlada: Procession of the Nobles

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    4:45
  • 10:46 AM

    Trio for Violin, Viola and Cello

    Franz Schubert

    Chamber Players of Canada

    12:23
  • 10:24 AM

    Siegfried Idyll

    Richard Wagner

    Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 6 and 9; Wagner

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Andris Nelsons, conductor

    20:45
  • 10:20 AM

    Blackbird

    John Lennon/Paul McCartney

    Songs of Love and Despair

    Laura Metcalf, cello

    2:45
  • 10:10 AM

    Ouverture legere

    Lou Koster

    Koster: Orchestral Music

    Estro Armonico Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra

    Jonathan Kaell, conductor

    9:23
  • 10:06 AM

    Gymnopedie No. 1

    Erik Satie

    Letter(s) to Erik Satie

    Bertrand Chamayou, piano

    2:57
  • 10:01 AM

    Suite on Sixteenth Century Hymn Tunes: Choeur celeste

    George Frederick McKay

    MCKAY: Violin Concerto / Sinfonietta No. 4 / Song Over the Great Plains

    National Radio Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine

    John McLaughlin Williams, conductor

    4:46
  • 9:45 AM

    Celtic Concerto

    Catrin Finch

    Blessing

    Sinfonia Cymru

    John Rutter, conductor

    Catrin Finch, harp

    12:40
  • 9:26 AM

    Wind Quintet

    Franz Danzi

    Danzi: Wind Quintets, Op. 56 Nos. 1 & 2, Op. 68 Nos. 1 & 2

    Academia Wind Quintet

    17:31
  • 9:21 AM

    Album Leaf

    Valborg Aulin

    neglected works for piano

    Bengt Forsberg, piano

    3:09
  • 9:06 AM

    Serenade No. 6 "Serenata Notturna"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    After Mozart

    Kremerata Baltica

    Gidon Kremer, violin

    14:56
  • 9:01 AM

    Prague Symphony Orchestra

    Vaclav Smetacek, conductor

    4:48
  • 8:20 AM

    Symphony

    Florence Price

    Recorded Music of the African Diaspora, Vol. 3 - Florence B. Price: Concerto in One Movement; Symphony in E Minor

    New Black Music Repertory Ensemble

    Leslie B. Dunner, conductor

    38:28
  • 8:15 AM

    Ships that Pass in the Night

    Florence Price

    Beyond the Years: Unpublished Songs of Florence Price

    Karen Slack, soprano

    3:53
  • 8:01 AM

    Viola da gamba Sonata No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach Trios

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    12:29
  • 7:11 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Anton Bruckner

    Bruckner: Symphony No. 1

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    46:57
  • 7:06 AM

    Mari Samuelsen, violin

    4:05
  • 7:01 AM

    Night Soliloquy

    Kent Kennan

    American Flute Concertos

    Czech National Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    Mary Stolper, flute

    3:59
  • 6:44 AM

    Poem for Cello and Orchestra

    Henriette Bosmans

    Cello Concertos

    Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Ed Spanjaard, conductor

    Dimitri Ferschtman, cello

    14:32
  • 6:34 AM

    Gustave Le Gray

    Caroline Shaw

    Thrive on Routine

    Timo Andres, piano

    10:06
  • 6:05 AM

    String Quartet No. 10

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: String Quartet D 87

    L'Archibudelli

    26:03
  • 6:01 AM

    The Last Sleep of the Virgin

    Jules Massenet

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    3:29
  • 5:53 AM

    Come to me in the silence of the night

    Ivo Antognini

    Ivo Antognini: Come to me in the silence of the night

    Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    5:20
  • 5:48 AM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Nocturne

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    4:05
  • 5:01 AM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven Symphonies

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    44:37