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  • 4:52 AM

    Fall

    Martin Butler

    Martin Butler: Dirty Beasts & Other Chamber Works

    Robert Manasse, flute

    6:02
  • 4:29 AM

    Seasonal Rites

    Michael Fine

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Philip Mann, conductor

    22:04
  • 4:22 AM

    Fractures of Solitude

    Christopher Tyler Nickel

    Inbal Segev, cello

    Christopher Tyler Nickel, oboe d'amore, cor anglais, bass oboe

    5:46
  • 4:15 AM

    Just Constellations: The Romantic Constellation: Autumn

    Michael Harrison

    Roomful of Teeth

    6:20
  • 4:06 AM

    In Air Clear and Unseen: An Autumn Evening

    Alexander Knaifel

    Keller Quartet

    7:09
  • 4:01 AM

    Air for the Poet

    Lou Harrison

    Tammittam Percussion Ensemble

    Guido Facchin, conductor

    4:48
  • 3:49 AM

    Lavinia Meijer, harp

    8:50
  • 3:23 AM

    Kremerata Baltica

    Gidon Kremer, violin

    Patricia Kopatchinskaja, violin

    24:49
  • 3:15 AM

    Convection Loops

    Cristina Spinei

    Fluid Dynamics

    Rachel Lee Priday, violin

    5:17
  • 3:07 AM

    Ethel

    7:51
  • 3:01 AM

    Donald Sinta Quartet

    4:43
  • 2:55 AM

    Estampes: Jardins sous la pluie (Gardens in the Rain)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Images

    Saskia Giorgini, piano

    3:41
  • 2:24 AM

    Swanwhite Suite

    Jean Sibelius

    Turku Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    29:24
  • 2:15 AM

    Sivan Magen, harp

    6:48
  • 2:06 AM

    Theme and Variations

    Charlotte Sohy

    National Orchestra of Avignon-Provence

    Debora Waldman, conductor

    Cordelia Palm, violin

    8:40
  • 2:01 AM

    Flute Sonata: Aria

    Otar Taktakishvili

    Marina Piccinini, flute

    Ewa Kupiec, piano

    4:39
  • 1:46 AM

    Forest Idylls

    Vaino Raitio

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Tuomas Ollila-Hannikainen, conductor

    12:51
  • 1:25 AM

    Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    19:13
  • 1:19 AM

    Melissa White, violin

    Paul Wiancko, cello

    Awadagin Pratt, piano

    5:14
  • 1:12 AM

    Armonia for a Temple of the Night

    Antonio Salieri

    Mozart � Salieri

    Armonia Ensemble

    5:31
  • 1:06 AM

    Hary Janos Suite: Song

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    5:01
  • 1:01 AM

    Intermezzo No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: 7 Fantasies, Op. 116, 4 Piano Pieces, Op. 119, Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 2

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    4:46
  • 12:54 AM

    Nocturne

    Johann Kaspar Mertz

    Charms to Soothe

    David Leisner, guitar

    4:19
  • 12:22 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 25

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Jeremy Denk, piano

    30:34
  • 12:14 AM

    String Quartet: Romance

    Fanny Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Felix & Fanny

    Ebene Quartet

    6:41
  • 12:06 AM

    Overture No. 2

    Louise Farrenc

    North German Radio Symphony

    Johannes Goritzki, conductor

    6:55
  • 12:01 AM

    Paris Quartet No. 6: Air and Rejouissance

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Barthold Kuijken, flute

    Sigiswald Kuijken, violin

    Wieland Kuijken, viola

    Gustav Leonhardt, harpsichord

    4:38
  • 11:48 PM

    Pluie de diamants

    Emil Waldteufel

    Waldteufel: Famous Waltzes

    Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

    Alfred Walter, conductor

    10:25
  • 11:37 PM

    Fall River Legend

    Morton Gould

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Sedares, conductor

    20:41
  • 11:32 PM

    Pastorale

    Amy Beach

    Amy Beach: Violin Sonata etc.

    Ambache Chamber Ensemble

    3:35
  • 11:17 PM

    Grand Overture No. 5

    Johann Christian Bach

    Bach Six Grand Overtures

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    13:48
  • 11:12 PM

    They Can't Take That Away from Me

    George Gershwin

    Classical Gershwin

    Katie Mahan, piano

    4:37
  • 11:00 PM

    Rienzi: Overture

    Richard Wagner

    German Overtures

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    11:38
  • 10:43 PM

    Russian Easter Festival Overture

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Antar and Russian Easter Festival

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor

    15:04
  • 10:38 PM

    Sanctus

    Ola Gjeilo

    Beyond All Mortal Dreams

    Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    4:51
  • 10:26 PM

    Sinfonia No. 1

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Symphonies - From Berlin to Hamburg

    Academy for Ancient Music Berlin

    Georg Kallweit, conductor

    11:00
  • 10:15 PM

    Orpheus in the Underworld: Overture

    Jacques Offenbach

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    9:36
  • 10:10 PM

    Scherzo

    Mauro Giuliani

    Charms to Soothe

    David Leisner, guitar

    4:30
  • 10:06 PM

    Il Sentimentale

    Mauro Giuliani

    Charms to Soothe

    David Leisner, guitar

    3:44
  • 9:55 PM

    Paganini Etude No. 3 "La Campanella"

    Franz Liszt

    Rediscovered - Liszt Recital

    Jorge Bolet, piano

    4:49
  • 9:42 PM

    Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances

    Alexander Borodin

    Russian Opera Choruses

    Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra

    Aleksander Lazarev, conductor

    11:23
  • 9:24 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
  • 9:12 PM

    Overture to Shakespeare's "As You Like It"

    John Knowles Paine

    John Knowles Paine: Orchestral Works

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    10:23
  • 9:05 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2 "Characteristic": Scherzo burlesque

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Suites Nos. 1 And 2

    National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

    Stefan Sanderling, conductor

    5:21
  • 9:02 PM

    Carnival: Suite of Five Dances: Harlequin

    Montague Ring

    Rochelle Sennet, piano

    2:22
  • 8:52 PM

    Hymn and Fuguing Tune No. 10

    Henry Cowell

    Barber, Ives, Copland: Adagio For Strings / Symphony No.3 / Quiet City

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Celia Nicklin, oboe

    6:51
  • 8:34 PM

    Concertino for Oboe and Strings

    Brenno Blauth

    Death of an Angel

    Camerata Bariloche

    Andres Spiller, oboe

    17:12
  • 8:16 PM

    Symphony "The Hunt"

    Carl Stamitz

    Stamitz: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    16:18
  • 8:13 PM

    Beautiful Rosemary (Schon Rosmarin)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Lara St. John, violin

    Matt Herskowitz, piano

    2:10
  • 8:00 PM

    Festive Overture

    Friedrich Schneider

    Schneider: Symphony No. 16; Overtures

    Dessau Anhalt Philharmonic Orchestra

    Markus Frank, conductor

    11:58
  • 5:35 PM

    German Chamber Academy

    Johannes Goritzki, conductor

    22:41
  • 5:18 PM

    Capriccio Italien

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Ports of Call

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    15:53
  • 5:12 PM

    Humoresque

    Agathe Grondahl

    Hiroko Ishimoto, piano

    4:14
  • 5:06 PM

    Abduction from the Seraglio: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Overtures

    Norwegian National Opera Orchestra

    Rinaldo Alessandrini, conductor

    5:23
  • 5:01 PM

    The Prophet: Ballet of the Skaters: Galop

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Michal Nesterowicz, conductor

    4:55
  • 4:49 PM

    Javelin

    Michael Torke

    Summon the Heroes

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    8:49
  • 4:31 PM

    String Quartet No. 2

    Franz Schubert

    Melos Quartet

    17:20
  • 4:14 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: 5 Piano Concertos

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    Ramin Bahrami, piano

    15:30
  • 4:09 PM

    Walking Tune

    Percy Grainger

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Kenneth Montgomery, conductor

    3:34
  • 4:06 PM

    New England Idyls: The Joy of Autumn

    Edward MacDowell

    MACDOWELL: Woodland Sketches / Fireside Tales / New England Idyls

    James Barbagallo, piano

    2:36
  • 4:01 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 2: 1st movement

    William Alwyn

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    4:36
  • 3:52 PM

    Three Shanties

    Malcolm Arnold

    Bergen Wind Quintet

    6:36
  • 3:20 PM

    Symphony No. 98

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    30:08
  • 3:17 PM

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:53
  • 3:06 PM

    Concerto for Violin and Cello

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    Anner Bylsma, cello

    Jeanne Lamon, violin

    8:36
  • 3:01 PM

    Village Dance

    Claude Champagne

    Dancing For 100 Years

    Quebec Symphony Orchestra

    Yoav Talmi, conductor

    4:48
  • 2:47 PM

    Pastoral Suite

    Gunnar De Frumerie

    Stockholm Chamber Ensemble

    Jan-Olav Wedin, conductor

    Gunilla von Bahr, flute

    11:28
  • 2:38 PM

    Harp Concerto

    Francois Boieldieu

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    Catherine Michel, harp

    20:29
  • 2:19 PM

    Violin Sonata

    Maurice Ravel

    Josefowicz, Novacek: Recital

    Leila Josefowicz, violin

    18:25
  • 2:07 PM

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

    Johann StraussJr.

    New Year's Concert 2012

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    9:51
  • 2:00 PM

    Symphony "The Cotswolds": 3rd movement

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: Symphony, "The Cotswolds" / Walt Whitman, Overture / Indra / Japanese Suite / A Winter Idyll

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    4:51
  • 1:46 PM

    Violin Concerto: Finale

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Vienna Symphony Orchestra

    Manfred Honeck, conductor

    Maria Duenas, violin

    11:50
  • 1:42 PM

    Cave of the Winds

    Nathaniel Dett

    Clipper Erickson, piano

    2:57
  • 1:30 PM

    Benvenuto Cellini: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    10:07
  • 1:24 PM

    Appalachian Fantasy

    Tessa Lark

    Tessa Lark, violin

    4:16
  • 1:20 PM

    Galliard and Two Almaines

    Anthony Holborne

    Musica Dolce Ensemble

    3:23
  • 1:18 PM

    Hary Janos Suite: Musical Clock

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Kodaly: Hary Janos Suite

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos, conductor

    2:11
  • 1:15 PM

    Hary Janos Suite: Musical Clock

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Kodaly: Hary Janos Suite

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos, conductor

    2:11
  • 1:11 PM

    Waltz No. 1

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak

    Cecilia String Quartet

    3:34
  • 1:05 PM

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    4:42
  • 12:51 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 23: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Radoslaw Szulc, conductor

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    7:57
  • 12:42 PM

    Halcyon Days

    Eric Coates

    Coates: The Three Elizabeths Suite

    East of England Orchestra

    Malcolm Nabarro, conductor

    8:02
  • 12:35 PM

    Midnight Polka

    Emil Waldteufel

    Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra

    Theodor Guschlbauer, conductor

    4:24
  • 12:31 PM

    Purple Shadows

    Ulric Cole

    Nasty Women: Piano Music in the Age of Women's Suffrage

    Joanna Goldstein, piano

    3:09
  • 12:23 PM

    Recorder Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Il Giardino Armonico

    Giovanni Antonini, recorder

    7:39
  • 12:20 PM

    Etude No. 8

    Leonard Schulz

    Charms to Soothe

    David Leisner, guitar

    1:52
  • 12:11 PM

    Mock Morris

    Percy Grainger

    The Record of Singing - The Very Best of Vols 1-4

    Studio Orchestra

    Harry Rabinowitz, conductor

    Martin Jones, piano

    3:14
  • 12:05 PM

    Sinfonia in Classic Mode: Minuet

    Joseph Marx

    Marx: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2

    Bochum Symphony Orchestra

    Steven Sloane, conductor

    4:42
  • 11:55 AM

    African Suite: Akinla

    Fela Sowande

    Milhaud, Morice, Forsyth, Sowande

    National Arts Centre Orchestra

    Mario Bernardi, conductor

    3:50
  • 11:49 AM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    4:40
  • 11:34 AM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 3

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    14:43
  • 11:23 AM

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Hans-Peter Frank, conductor

    9:33
  • 11:18 AM

    Pelleas and Melisande: Sicilienne

    Gabriel Faure

    The Faure Album

    Gil Shaham, violin

    3:31
  • 11:14 AM

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    2:49
  • 11:13 AM

    Pelleas and Melisande: Sicilienne

    Gabriel Faure

    The Faure Album

    Gil Shaham, violin

    3:31
  • 11:08 AM

    Polonaise

    Anatol Liadov

    Liadov: The Enchanted Lake, and other orchestral works.

    Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    4:19
  • 11:04 AM

    Canzon No. 4

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    Bavarian Brass Soloists

    Gerd Zapf, conductor

    2:34
  • 10:44 AM

    Scherzo Capriccioso

    Antonin Dvorak

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    14:04
  • 10:25 AM

    Eine kleine Nachtmusik

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Paper Music

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Bobby McFerrin, conductor

    17:27
  • 10:22 AM

    Miniatures: Adolorido

    William Grant Still

    Vintage America

    Calico Winds

    1:59
  • 10:17 AM

    Downton Abbey: Love and the Hunter

    John Lunn

    Downton Abbey: The Ultimate Collection

    Chamber Orchestra of London

    Alastair King, conductor

    John Lunn, piano

    3:18
  • 10:06 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Six Brandenburg Concertos

    Dunedin Consort

    John Butt, conductor

    10:54
  • 10:01 AM

    Suite for Large Orchestra: Finale

    Helena Munktell

    Helena Munktell: Orchestral Works

    Gavle Symphony Orchestra

    Tobias Ringborg, conductor

    4:28
  • 9:42 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 1

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Horn Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    16:14
  • 9:25 AM

    Piano Sonata

    Fanny Mendelssohn

    MENDELSSOHN-HENSEL, F.: Keyboard Music, Vol. 1 - Das Jahr: 12 Characterstucke

    Liana Serbescu, piano

    15:50
  • 9:20 AM

    Here, There and Everywhere

    John Lennon/Paul McCartney

    Here, There and Everywhere: Goran Sollscher Plays The Beatles

    Goran Sollscher, guitar

    3:13
  • 9:06 AM

    Andean Folk Dances

    Celso Garrido-Lecca

    Garrido-Lecca: Peruvian Suite; Symphonic Tableaux; Andean Folk Dances; Laudes II

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

    12:59
  • 9:01 AM

    The Color Purple: Main Theme

    Quincy Jones

    Cinema Serenade

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    4:31
  • 8:47 AM

    The Cider House Rules: Suite

    Rachel Portman

    Studio Orchestra

    David Snell, conductor

    11:05
  • 8:32 AM

    Symphony No. 6

    Johann Christian Bach

    J.C. Bach: Orchestral Works

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Simon Standage, conductor

    15:02
  • 8:07 AM

    Lachian Dances

    Leos Janacek

    Janacek: Lachian Dances, Idylle

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    James Conlon, conductor

    22:39
  • 8:01 AM

    Ascent

    Ludovico Einaudi

    Ludovico Einaudi: Seven Days Walking: Day One

    Ludovico Einaudi, piano

    5:37
  • 7:41 AM

    A Downland Suite

    John Ireland

    Ireland: Music for String Orchestra

    Orchestra of the Swan

    David Curtis, conductor

    17:11
  • 7:26 AM

    Sinfonia

    Marianne Martines

    Baroque Treasures

    Women's Philharmonic

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    14:55
  • 7:06 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Alexander Borodin

    Borodin

    Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

    Bramwell Tovey, conductor

    18:08
  • 7:01 AM

    Alki Point

    Kevin Callahan

    Opalescent

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    4:00
  • 6:27 AM

    Symphony No. 6

    Franz Schubert

    Franz Schubert: Symphonien Nos. 5 & 6

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    31:46
  • 6:19 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 4

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi Recorder Concertos

    Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

    Nicholas McGegan, conductor

    Marion Verbruggen, recorder

    6:59
  • 6:01 AM

    Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Norfolk Rhapsody etc.

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    16:06
  • 5:44 AM

    Prelude and Fugue "St Anne"

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    20th Century Bach / Seiji Ozawa, Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    14:44
  • 5:21 AM

    Moses: Ballet Music

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Ballet Music

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    21:16
  • 5:01 AM

    Sonatina

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak, Janacek, Smetana: Romantic Pieces

    James Ehnes, violin

    18:43