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  • 4:53 AM

    Playground Dreams

    Ed Bland

    Judith Olson, piano

    5:22
  • 4:31 AM

    Gaspard de la Nuit

    Maurice Ravel

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    22:07
  • 4:12 AM

    Ennanga for String Quartet, Harp, and Piano

    William Grant Still

    Ennanga

    Harlem Chamber Players

    Ashley Jackson, harp

    17:26
  • 4:07 AM

    Homage to Paradise Valley: Roho, Pumzika Kwa Amani (Spirits, Rest Peacefully)

    Jeff Scott

    Akropolis Reed Quintet

    4:45
  • 4:01 AM

    String Trio: Nocturne

    Henri Tomasi

    Black Oak Ensemble

    4:45
  • 3:47 AM

    Boston Modern Orchestra Project

    Gil Rose, conductor

    11:24
  • 3:15 AM

    Piano Trio No. 1

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Complete Piano Trios

    Weiss Kaplan Stumpf Trio

    30:35
  • 3:06 AM

    Symphony of Seasons: Autumn

    Dan Locklair

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Kirk Trevor, conductor

    6:46
  • 3:01 AM

    Serenade for Strings: Romanza

    Ernst von Dohnanyi

    English Sinfonia

    John Farrer, conductor

    4:37
  • 2:50 AM

    These Worlds in Us

    Missy Mazzoli

    Arctic Philharmonic

    Tim Weiss, conductor

    8:34
  • 2:45 AM

    Titration: Imagine A Favorite Place

    Shara Nova

    The Crossing

    Donald Nally, conductor

    4:22
  • 2:14 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "Four Temperaments"

    Carl Nielsen

    Seattle Symphony

    Thomas Dausgaard, conductor

    29:49
  • 2:06 AM

    Musical Moment No. 2

    Franz Schubert

    Stephen Kovacevich, piano

    5:55
  • 2:01 AM

    Reflexoes No. 6: Doloroso

    Jaime Zenamon

    Rupert Boyd, guitar

    Laura Metcalf, cello

    4:35
  • 1:48 AM

    Rhapsody for Saxophone and Orchestra

    Claude Debussy

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    Sigurd Rascher, saxophone

    10:14
  • 1:20 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Lisa Batiashvili, violin

    26:15
  • 1:06 AM

    Polonaise-Fantasie

    Frederic Chopin

    Rafal Blechacz, piano

    12:30
  • 1:01 AM

    Intermezzo for String Trio

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Domus

    4:42
  • 12:39 AM

    Six Mexican Dances

    Antonio Gomezanda

    Berlin Symphony Orchestra

    Jorge Velazco, conductor

    19:01
  • 12:31 AM

    Superstring Serenade

    D.J. Sparr

    Del Sol String Quartet

    6:50
  • 12:16 AM

    Serenade for Strings

    Max Bruch

    Bruch: Orchestral Works

    Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra

    George Hanson, conductor

    15:03
  • 12:11 AM

    Petite Suite: Mazurka rustique

    Alexander Borodin

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    2:49
  • 12:06 AM

    Slavonic Dance No. 6

    Antonin Dvorak

    Katia & Marielle Labeque, pianos

    4:09
  • 12:01 AM

    A Country Woman

    Bedrich Smetana

    Smetana: Short Orchestral Pieces

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Stankovsky, conductor

    4:34
  • 11:49 PM

    Cantilena and Finale

    Carlos Guastavino

    Camerata Bariloche

    9:42
  • 11:46 PM

    Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia

    Aram Khachaturian

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor

    11:50
  • 11:31 PM

    Papillons (Butterflies)

    Robert Schumann

    Bach: French Suite; Schumann: Papillons, Op.2; Chopin: Two Preludes, Mazurka

    Mieczyslaw Horszowski, piano

    16:10
  • 11:26 PM

    Cancion de Cuna (Afro-Cuban Lullaby)

    Leo Brouwer

    Caribbean Souvenirs

    William Kanengiser, guitar

    2:46
  • 11:11 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Johann Neruda

    Baroque Trumpet Concertos

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    Sergei Nakariakov, trumpet

    15:14
  • 11:01 PM

    Schwanda the Bagpiper: Polka and Fugue

    Jaromir Weinberger

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    8:26
  • 10:43 PM

    The Leopard (Il Gattopardo): Dances

    Nino Rota

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    16:11
  • 10:31 PM

    Four Seasons: Autumn

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

    Eduardo Marturet, conductor

    Lara St. John, violin

    10:30
  • 10:23 PM

    Gaelic Symphony: 2nd movement

    Amy Beach

    Nashville Symphony Orchestra

    Kenneth Schermerhorn, conductor

    7:20
  • 10:12 PM

    Savannah River Holiday

    Ron Nelson

    American Visions

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    8:41
  • 10:05 PM

    Souvenir des Huguenots

    Louise Farrenc

    Louise Farrenc: Etudes and Variations for Solo Piano

    Joanne Polk, piano

    6:25
  • 10:00 PM

    Andante festivo

    Jean Sibelius

    Sphinx Virtuosi

    Damon Gupton, conductor

    4:35
  • 9:48 PM

    Toccata and Fugue

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    10:07
  • 9:31 PM

    Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks

    Richard Strauss

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    15:47
  • 9:19 PM

    Quartet No. 1

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    11:02
  • 9:14 PM

    Years of Pilgrimage: Eclogue

    Franz Liszt

    Franz Liszt: Annees de Pelerinage I (Suisse)

    Ksenia Nosikova, piano

    3:27
  • 9:05 PM

    Alborada del Gracioso (Morning Song of the Jester)

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: La tombeau de Couperin, Pavane pour une infante defunte

    Lyon Opera Orchestra

    Kent Nagano, conductor

    7:57
  • 9:02 PM

    Jugueteando (Playfully)

    Jorge Morel

    Sonidos Latinos

    David Russell, guitar

    2:31
  • 8:37 PM

    Symphony No. 89

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies 84-95

    Philharmonia Hungarica

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    21:41
  • 8:31 PM

    Loch Lomond

    Traditional

    Chanticleer

    4:39
  • 8:27 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Afro-American": Animato

    William Grant Still

    African American Voices

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Kellen Gray, conductor

    3:14
  • 8:20 PM

    Perpetual Motion Pieces

    Francis Poulenc

    Poulenc: Piano Music

    Pascal Roge, piano

    5:25
  • 8:00 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    19:18
  • 5:48 PM

    Morning Papers Waltz

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Vienna Volksoper Orchestra

    Franz Bauer-Theussl, conductor

    10:37
  • 5:43 PM

    Valse lente

    Germaine Tailleferre

    Saint-Saens

    Lang Lang, piano

    2:38
  • 5:15 PM

    Symphony No. 39

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies 39 & 41

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor

    27:43
  • 5:15 PM

    Sicilienne

    Germaine Tailleferre

    The Flower of France

    Quynh Nguyen, piano

    2:20
  • 5:06 PM

    Preziosa: Overture

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Weber: Overtures

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    7:52
  • 5:01 PM

    Partita No. 6: Courante

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Piotr Anderszewski, piano

    4:35
  • 4:52 PM

    Symphony: 4th movement

    Alice Mary Smith

    London Mozart Players

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    6:19
  • 4:17 PM

    Symphonie Espagnole

    Edouard Lalo

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    Chee-Yun, violin

    33:23
  • 4:10 PM

    Fragments from Hans Andersen: A leaf from the sky

    York Bowen

    Nicolas Namoradze, piano

    4:40
  • 4:06 PM

    The Seasons: Autumn: Adagio

    Alexander Glazunov

    TCHAIKOVSKY: Sleeping Beauty / GLAZUNOV: The Seasons

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Ondrej Lenard, conductor

    3:45
  • 4:01 PM

    Waltz No. 4

    Cecile Chaminade

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    4:47
  • 3:57 PM

    Etude No. 8 "Sixths"

    Frederic Chopin

    The Chopin Album

    Lang Lang, piano

    1:02
  • 3:45 PM

    El Salon Mexico

    Aaron Copland

    Bernstein: Reaching For The Note

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    11:58
  • 3:39 PM

    Concerto Grosso: March

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Holst, Williams, Delius, Warlock

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    4:55
  • 3:19 PM

    Piano Sonata

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Piano Sonatas, D537 and D664, etc.

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    19:16
  • 3:13 PM

    Presto No. 2

    Miguel del Aguila

    Camerata San Antonio

    4:54
  • 3:06 PM

    Masquerade Suite: Waltz and Mazurka

    Aram Khachaturian

    Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra

    Aleksander Lazarev, conductor

    7:01
  • 3:01 PM

    The Wedding Waltz

    Heikki Aaltoila

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:37
  • 2:50 PM

    Whimsical Symphony (Grillensymphonie)

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra

    Jeannette Sorrell, conductor

    8:32
  • 2:36 PM

    Sinfonia Concertante

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    Vladimir Spivakov, violin

    Mikhail Milman, cello

    Alexei Utkin, oboe

    Marc Minkowski, bassoon

    22:12
  • 2:31 PM

    Zefiro torna

    Claudio Monteverdi

    c. 1300-c. 2000

    Jeremy Denk, piano

    4:36
  • 2:13 PM

    Concerto for Double Bass

    Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf

    Edicson Ruiz, Orquesta Sinfonica

    Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra

    Christian Vasquez, conductor

    Edicson Ruiz, double bass

    16:12
  • 2:07 PM

    Six Short Pieces: selections

    Henriette Renie

    La Harpe Consolatrice

    Kyunghee Kim-Sutre, harp

    4:47
  • 2:00 PM

    Norwegian Dance No. 1

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg, Svendsen: Orchestral Works

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Petri Sakari, conductor

    6:15
  • 1:56 PM

    Elijah: Lift Thine Eyes to the Mountains

    Felix Mendelssohn

    On The Shoulders Of Giants

    Cantus

    2:03
  • 1:50 PM

    Symphony No. 5 "Reformation": 2nd movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: The Symphonies

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    5:54
  • 1:42 PM

    Sonata for Trumpet and Strings

    Henry Purcell

    Baroque Trumpet Music

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    John Wallace, trumpet

    6:43
  • 1:28 PM

    Petite Suite

    Claude Debussy

    Rhapsodie

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    12:57
  • 1:22 PM

    The Spanish Lady: Suite

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Music for Strings

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    5:50
  • 1:16 PM

    Road Movies: Relaxed Groove

    John Adams

    Road Movies

    Leila Josefowicz, violin

    4:50
  • 1:08 PM

    Tango No. 2

    Astor Piazzolla

    Tali Morgulis, piano

    4:45
  • 1:04 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 6

    Johannes Brahms

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:12
  • 12:57 PM

    Rustic Dance

    W. H. Squire

    Children's Cello

    Steven Isserlis, cello

    2:43
  • 12:53 PM

    Hymnus for 12 Cellos

    Julius Klengel

    Julius Klengel: a Celebration

    Cello Classics Ensemble

    5:21
  • 12:44 PM

    L'Italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    7:17
  • 12:36 PM

    Symphony No. 4: 1st movement

    Walter Piston

    Piston: Symphony No. 4; Capriccio; Serenata; Three New England Sketches

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    6:13
  • 12:26 PM

    Concerto for Flute and Two Violins

    Jacques Loeillet

    Music of the Loeillet Family

    The Authentic Tastes Ensemble

    9:31
  • 12:22 PM

    Estrellita (My little star)

    Manuel Ponce

    Voice Of The Violin

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Michael Stern, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    3:13
  • 12:14 PM

    Danse Macabre

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Mephisto and Co.

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    6:52
  • 12:08 PM

    String Quartet: 3rd movement

    Johan Svendsen

    Oslo String Quartet

    4:41
  • 12:04 PM

    Carmen: Aragonaise

    Georges Bizet

    LAGQ Latin

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    2:19
  • 11:56 AM

    Three Spirituals: Oh Freedom

    Adolphus Hailstork

    Adolphus Hailstork: An American Port Of Call

    Virginia Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    2:26
  • 11:40 AM

    Rhapsody in Blue

    George Gershwin

    Gershwin, Saint Saens, Ravel

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    Benjamin Grosvenor, piano

    14:50
  • 11:30 AM

    Symphony No. 1: 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonien 1-9

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    8:32
  • 11:22 AM

    Traditional Hornpipe Suite

    Adrian Cruft

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    7:08
  • 11:17 AM

    Serenade for Strings: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    East Coast Chamber Orchestra

    East Coast Chamber Orchestra

    4:11
  • 11:10 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3: Air on the G String

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Encore

    The King's Violins

    Bernard Labadie, conductor

    Nicole Trotier, violin

    4:54
  • 11:05 AM

    Perpetuum mobile

    Simon Jeffes

    "Still Life" At The Penguin Cafe

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    4:29
  • 10:33 AM

    St. Paul's Suite

    Gustav Holst

    English Music for Strings

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    George Hurst, conductor

    12:36
  • 10:28 AM

    Youthful Suite: English Waltz

    Percy Grainger

    Martin Jones, piano

    4:45
  • 10:15 AM

    Variations on a Swedish Air

    Bernhard Crusell

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    Emma Johnson, clarinet

    11:15
  • 10:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 2: Nocturne

    Alexander Borodin

    From Mozart to Ravel

    Blair String Quartet

    8:35
  • 10:01 AM

    The Red Pony Suite: The Gift

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: The Red Pony; Our Town; The Heiress Suite; Music For Movies

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    4:50
  • 9:50 AM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Leopold Mozart

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Simon Wright, conductor

    John Wallace, trumpet

    8:47
  • 9:29 AM

    Three Botticelli Pictures

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Pines of Rome, etc.

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    18:58
  • 9:14 AM

    Charterhouse Suite

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Williams: Lark Ascending

    Israel Chamber Orchestra

    Dalia Atlas, conductor

    13:32
  • 9:06 AM

    Song for Athene

    John Tavener

    John Tavener: Innocence

    Choir of Westminster Cathedral

    Martin Neary, conductor

    7:10
  • 9:01 AM

    Song without Words No. 7

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Tzimon Barto: Popular Encores

    Tzimon Barto, piano

    4:44
  • 8:43 AM

    Irish Rhapsody No. 2

    Charles Stanford

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    15:42
  • 8:27 AM

    French Suite No. 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: 6 French Suites/Italian Concerto

    Andras Schiff, piano

    15:26
  • 8:19 AM

    Appalachia Waltz

    Mark O'Connor

    Blanc

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    5:46
  • 8:01 AM

    Suite Lyrique

    John Rutter

    Blessing

    Sinfonia Cymru

    John Rutter, conductor

    Catrin Finch, harp

    17:22
  • 7:25 AM

    Symphony No. 4

    Robert Schumann

    Staatskapelle Berlin

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    33:17
  • 7:21 AM

    Lang Lang, piano

    3:40
  • 7:01 AM

    Three Symphonic Dances

    Cyril Scott

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Martyn Brabbins, conductor

    17:52
  • 6:39 AM

    Variations on a Rococo Theme

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky, Miaskovsky, Shostakovich

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Maxim Shostakovich, conductor

    Julian Lloyd Webber, cello

    19:38
  • 6:16 AM

    Octet for Winds

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Music for Winds

    Stephen Taylor, oboe

    21:22
  • 6:01 AM

    Concert Overture No. 2

    Florence Price

    Wurttemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen

    John Jeter, conductor

    13:34
  • 5:25 AM

    Petrushka

    Igor Stravinsky

    Stavinsky: The Firebird, Petrushka, Fireworks

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    33:27
  • 5:20 AM

    Scherzo

    Grazyna Bacewicz

    The Future is Female, Vol. 3 "At Play"

    Sarah Cahill, piano

    4:10
  • 5:01 AM

    Bassoon Concerto

    Carl Maria von Weber

    BBC Philharmonic

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    Karen Geoghegan, bassoon

    17:08