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  • 4:49 AM

    The Light Is the Same

    Reena Esmail

    Bruits

    Imani Winds

    8:50
  • 4:45 AM

    Brigid's Flame

    Amy Williams

    What Is Left Behind

    Matthew McCright, piano

    3:38
  • 4:22 AM

    American Landscapes

    Stanley Grill

    Stanley Grill: At the Center of All Things

    Diderot String Quartet

    22:45
  • 4:15 AM

    Reflections at Dusk

    Jennifer Bellor

    Reflections at Dusk

    James Whiting, vibraphone

    4:14
  • 4:06 AM

    Dance Card: Celestial Blue

    Jennifer Higdon

    Project W: Works by Diverse Women Composers

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    7:58
  • 4:01 AM

    Echoes

    Paul Fowler

    I Want To Live

    The Crossing

    Donald Nally, conductor

    4:35
  • 3:51 AM

    Seesaw

    Karl Mitze

    Shapes in Collective Space

    Talla Rouge

    7:15
  • 3:22 AM

    Piano Concerto

    Mason Bates

    My American Story: North

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Daniil Trifonov, piano

    27:02
  • 3:11 AM

    Bounce

    Michael Daugherty

    Darker Things

    Tuple

    8:27
  • 3:07 AM

    Loop

    Carlos Simon

    Together

    Carlos Simon Collective

    3:28
  • 3:01 AM

    On Seven-Star-Shoes

    Julia Wolfe

    Never Sing Before Breakfast

    Quintet of the Americas

    4:44
  • 2:49 AM

    Sentimental Waltzes: selections

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Landler

    Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano

    9:05
  • 2:22 AM

    Cello Concerto

    Edouard Lalo

    Lalo & Casals: Cello Concertos

    Moritzburg Festival Orchestra

    Josep Caballe-Domenech, conductor

    Jan Vogler, cello

    26:09
  • 2:17 AM

    The Nightingale of Armenia

    Lucy Hazarabedian

    By Women

    Sahan Arzruni, piano

    2:53
  • 2:06 AM

    Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Images, Prelude, La Mer

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    10:11
  • 2:01 AM

    The Honeysuckle; The Fairy Round; The Night Watch

    Anthony Holborne

    Jakob Lindberg, lute

    4:45
  • 1:49 AM

    Fantasy on a Hymn by Justin Morgan

    Thomas Canning

    Into the Light: Symphonic Expressions of the Spirit

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    8:58
  • 1:42 AM

    Alleluia

    Randall Thompson

    American Polyphony

    Polyphony

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    6:10
  • 1:14 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Randall Thompson

    American Masters: Harris, Thompson, Diamond

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    27:45
  • 1:06 AM

    Cantata No. 208: Sheep May Safely Graze

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Lullabies For Mila

    Alessio Bax, piano

    5:13
  • 1:01 AM

    Three American Pieces: Early Song

    Lukas Foss

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

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Nikki Chooi, violin

    4:50
  • 12:45 AM

    Matinees Musicales

    Benjamin Britten

    Rossini, Respighi: La Boutique Fantasque

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    13:15
  • 12:15 AM

    Clarinet Concerto

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Flute Concertos, Clarinet Concertos

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    Robert Marcellus, clarinet

    29:03
  • 12:06 AM

    The Gadfly: Romance

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    The Sound of the Academy

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    6:22
  • 12:01 AM

    Minuet No. 1

    Giacomo Puccini

    Puccini

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jacek Kaspszyk, conductor

    4:39
  • 11:49 PM

    Eclogue

    Gerald Finzi

    Meditations at Sunset

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    Martin Jones, piano

    9:38
  • 11:45 PM

    Simple Gifts

    Aaron Copland

    Classic Yo-Yo

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    2:30
  • 11:37 PM

    Behold, the Beautiful Light of the Sun

    Traditional Norwegian

    Strid

    Oslo Chamber Choir

    Hakon Daniel Nystedt, conductor

    Helga Gunnes, soprano

    6:52
  • 11:33 PM

    Prelude and Yodel

    Simon Jeffes

    Preludes, Airs and Yodels (A Penguin Cafe Primer)

    Penguin Cafe Orchestra

    3:50
  • 11:25 PM

    The Irish Session Suite: Four Reels

    Traditional Irish

    Suite

    Kevin Burke, violin

    6:41
  • 11:13 PM

    Christian Zeal and Activity

    John Adams

    John Adams: The Chairman Dances/Two Fanfares/Other Works

    San Francisco Symphony

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    10:02
  • 11:06 PM

    "Loose" Cannon

    Johann Pachelbel

    For Thy Pleasure

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    6:27
  • 11:01 PM

    Clapping Music

    Steve Reich

    Russ Hartenberger, clapping

    4:42
  • 10:55 PM

    Our Town: Grover's Corners

    Aaron Copland

    He Got Game - The Music Of Aaron Copland (Motion Picture Soundtrack)

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Aaron Copland, conductor

    3:11
  • 10:43 PM

    Casting No Shadow

    Wim Mertens

    a man of no fortune, and with a name to come

    Wim Mertens, piano

    11:33
  • 10:31 PM

    Miserere

    Gregorio Allegri

    Cantate Domino

    Sistine Chapel Choir

    Massimo Palombella, conductor

    10:12
  • 10:24 PM

    Passacaglia on an Old English Tune

    Rebecca Clarke

    encircling

    Daphne Gerling, viola

    5:34
  • 10:09 PM

    The Lark Ascending

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Poeme

    Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yakov Kreizberg, conductor

    Julia Fischer, violin

    14:15
  • 10:06 PM

    Wiegenlied (Lullaby)

    Johannes Brahms

    Bryn Terfel Sings Favorites

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    Bryn Terfel, baritone

    1:59
  • 9:53 PM

    Chaconne

    Johannes Kapsberger

    Kapsberger: Libro Quarto D'intavolatura di Chitarone

    Rolf Lislevand & Ensemble

    5:15
  • 9:49 PM

    Chinese Tambourin

    Fritz Kreisler

    The Immortal Fritz Kreisler: Legendary Performances

    Fritz Kreisler, violin

    3:25
  • 9:44 PM

    Concerto Antico: Contredanse

    Richard Harvey

    Harvey, Gray: Guitar Concertos

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Daniel, conductor

    John Williams, guitar

    3:06
  • 9:34 PM

    Concerto Antico: Cantilena

    Richard Harvey

    Harvey, Gray: Guitar Concertos

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Daniel, conductor

    John Williams, guitar

    10:00
  • 9:24 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs": 2nd movement

    Henryk Gorecki

    Gorecki: Symphony No. 3

    London Sinfonietta

    David Zinman, conductor

    Dawn Upshaw, soprano

    9:26
  • 9:13 PM

    Swara-Kakali

    Ravi Shankar

    East Meets West

    Daniel Hope, violin

    8:59
  • 9:06 PM

    Andante Cantabile

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Paper Music

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Bobby McFerrin, conductor

    Bobby McFerrin, vocal

    6:32
  • 9:03 PM

    Gnossienne No. 3

    Erik Satie

    Letter(s) to Erik Satie

    Bertrand Chamayou, piano

    2:48
  • 8:36 PM

    Music of the Spheres: Part Two

    Mike Oldfield

    Mike Oldfield: Music of the Spheres

    Sinfonia Sfera Orchestra

    Karl Jenkins, conductor

    Lang Lang, piano

    21:05
  • 8:30 PM

    Perpetuum Mobile

    Simon Jeffes

    Preludes, Airs and Yodels (A Penguin Cafe Primer)

    Penguin Cafe Orchestra

    4:30
  • 8:28 PM

    Telephone and Rubber Band

    Simon Jeffes

    Preludes, Airs and Yodels (A Penguin Cafe Primer)

    Penguin Cafe Orchestra

    2:30
  • 8:14 PM

    Arpeggione Sonata: 1st movement

    Franz Schubert

    Arpeggione - A Forgotten Instrument

    Martin Zeller, arpeggione

    12:40
  • 8:09 PM

    Dances With Wolves: Journey to Fort Sedgewick

    John Barry

    Dances With Wolves Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Studio Orchestra

    John Barry, conductor

    3:26
  • 8:06 PM

    Mr. Ed (in the style of Rodrigo)

    TV Themes

    Hollywood Chamber Symphony

    Grant Gershon, conductor

    2:44
  • 8:01 PM

    The Brendan Voyage: Newfoundland

    Shaun Davey

    Water Music of the Impressionists

    Studio Orchestra

    Noel Kelehan, conductor

    Liam O'Flynn, uilleann pipes

    4:52
  • 7:39 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Helen Huang

    New York Philharmonic

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Helen Huang, piano

    19:26
  • 5:47 PM

    El Camino Real

    Alfred Reed

    Senzoku Gakuen Symphonic Wind Orchestra

    Alfred Reed, conductor

    11:01
  • 5:21 PM

    Symphony No. 4

    Robert Schumann

    Robert Schumann Symphonies 1-4

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    24:55
  • 5:16 PM

    Romantic Etude

    Alice Tegner

    Swedish Miniatures

    Bengt Forsberg, piano

    2:45
  • 5:06 PM

    Orpheus in the Underworld: Overture

    Jacques Offenbach

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    9:36
  • 5:01 PM

    La Sampaguita (The Flower of Manila)

    Dolores Paterno

    To A Camia: Piano Music from Romantic Manila

    Sally Pinkas, piano

    4:46
  • 4:44 PM

    Sonata No. 5

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Sonatas For Strings

    Camerata Bern

    Thomas Furi, conductor

    14:24
  • 4:24 PM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: L'Arlesienne Suites,etc.

    Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    19:12
  • 4:18 PM

    The Sixth Sense: Ghost in the House

    James Newton Howard

    Night After Night: Music from the Movies of M. Night Shyamalan

    Studio Orchestra

    Gavin Greenaway, conductor

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    3:52
  • 4:07 PM

    Night on Bald Mountain

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition

    National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine

    Theodore Kuchar, conductor

    10:51
  • 4:01 PM

    Suite: Festival

    Marcel Tournier

    French Flute Chamber Music - Pierne, Francaix, Roussel, Etc / Mirage Quintet

    Mirage Quintet

    4:47
  • 3:48 PM

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

    Johann StraussJr.

    Bernstein Favorites: Waltzes

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    10:20
  • 3:18 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 5 "Turkish"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Hilary Hahn: Mozart 5, Vieuxtemps 4

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    29:01
  • 3:12 PM

    Poker Rag

    Charlotte Blake

    Music of the Gilded Age

    Sylvan Winds

    3:07
  • 3:06 PM

    Serenade No. 2: Rondo

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    5:58
  • 3:01 PM

    Two Sketches

    Amy Beach

    Joanne Polk, piano

    4:38
  • 2:54 PM

    Characteristic Suite: Scherzo

    Henry Schoenefeld

    Gowanus Arts Ensemble

    Reuben Blundell, conductor

    4:51
  • 2:42 PM

    Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks

    Richard Strauss

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    15:47
  • 2:38 PM

    Fugue "Little"

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Living Stereo Audiophile Sampler

    Virgil Fox, organ

    3:24
  • 2:19 PM

    Romeo and Juliet: Ballet Music

    Charles Gounod

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    18:01
  • 2:09 PM

    Piano Quintet "Trout": Theme and Variations

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Trout Quintet, Mozart: Piano Quartet

    Yefim Bronfman, piano

    8:02
  • 2:00 PM

    Das Rheingold: Entry of the Gods into Valhalla

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Orchestral Music from The Ring

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    7:33
  • 1:54 PM

    Romeo and Juliet: L'amour, l'amour! ... Ah! leve-toi, soleil!

    Charles Gounod

    The Sounds Of Remembered Dreams

    Humbert Lucarelli, oboe

    3:49
  • 1:37 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 1

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Don Quixote, Op. 35, Horn Concerto #1 in E Flat Major, Op. 11, Don Juan, Op. 20

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    Myron Bloom, horn

    15:50
  • 1:28 PM

    Suite Mignonne

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Spring Song, The Bard, etc.

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    7:39
  • 1:23 PM

    Cancion de Cuna (Afro-Cuban Lullaby)

    Leo Brouwer

    Pan American Journeys

    Modern Mandolin Quartet

    3:55
  • 1:19 PM

    Youth, Day, Old Age, and Night

    Ned Rorem

    For Lenny

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:38
  • 1:08 PM

    Egmont Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Overtures

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    8:03
  • 1:04 PM

    Umoja (Unity)

    Valerie Coleman

    Umoja

    Imani Winds

    2:23
  • 12:50 PM

    Suite

    Marin Marais

    The Sun King's Paradise

    Palladian Ensemble

    20:28
  • 12:48 PM

    Masquerade: Waltz

    Aram Khachaturian

    Carnival Fantasy

    Salut Salon

    1:44
  • 12:34 PM

    Overture di Ballo

    Arthur Sullivan

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    11:38
  • 12:31 PM

    Pirates of Penzance: With cat-like tread

    W. S. Gilbert & Arthur Sullivan

    Gilbert and Sullivan: The Pirates of Penzance

    Welsh National Opera Chorus and Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    2:40
  • 12:24 PM

    Concerto Grosso: March

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Holst, Williams, Delius, Warlock

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    4:55
  • 12:20 PM

    Viola Sonata: 2nd movement

    Dorothy Fox

    encircling

    Daphne Gerling, viola

    3:05
  • 12:09 PM

    The Barber of Seville: Sinfonia

    Giovanni Paisiello

    Paisiello: Il Barbiere Di Siviglia / Carella, Siragusa, Etc

    Trieste Teatro Verdi Orchestra

    Giuliano Carella, conductor

    4:56
  • 12:04 PM

    Snow Maiden: Dance of the Tumblers

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Orchestral Suites

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    3:37
  • 11:51 AM

    Tancredi: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Favorite Overtures

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Thomas Schippers, conductor

    7:22
  • 11:47 AM

    Candide: Paris Waltz

    Leonard Bernstein

    The Great Waltz

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    John Mauceri, conductor

    3:09
  • 11:34 AM

    Italian Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Italian Concerto; French Overture; Aria Variata

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    12:01
  • 11:26 AM

    Symphony: 4th movement

    Alice Mary Smith

    London Mozart Players

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    6:19
  • 11:19 AM

    Celtic Fare

    Scott Tennant/Simon Jeffes

    Air and Ground

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    5:55
  • 11:17 AM

    Minuet on the Name of Haydn

    Maurice Ravel

    Haydn, Ravel, Stravinsky

    Tesla Quartet

    1:54
  • 11:07 AM

    Oboe Concerto No. 6

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Venetian Oboe Concertos

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Simon Wright, conductor

    John Anderson, oboe

    8:11
  • 11:04 AM

    Waltz No. 6 "Minute"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin

    Jon Kimura Parker, piano

    1:45
  • 10:48 AM

    Four Seasons: Autumn

    Antonio Vivaldi

    the four seasons: The Vivaldi Album

    English Chamber Orchestra

    David Lockington, conductor

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    10:50
  • 10:38 AM

    Symphony No. 25: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Complete Mozart Edition, Vol. 2: Symphonies 21-41

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    7:37
  • 10:32 AM

    Armonia for a Temple of the Night

    Antonio Salieri

    Mozart � Salieri

    Armonia Ensemble

    5:31
  • 10:18 AM

    Concert Overture No. 1

    Florence Price

    Price: Songs of the Oak - Concert Overtures Nos. 1-2

    Wurttemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen

    John Jeter, conductor

    11:39
  • 10:06 AM

    Fair Maid of Perth: Suite

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: Carmen. L'Arlesienne, etc.

    Paris Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    11:59
  • 10:01 AM

    Suite No. 1 for Two Pianos: Waltz

    Anton Arensky

    Aglika Genova, piano

    Liuben Dimitrov, piano

    4:33
  • 9:40 AM

    Swan Lake: Dance of the Swans

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    Joseph Silverstein, violin

    Jules Eskin, cello

    Bernard Zighera, harp

    Armando Ghitalla, trumpet

    17:34
  • 9:20 AM

    Miss Sally's Party

    William Grant Still

    VocalEssence Orchestra

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    19:02
  • 9:16 AM

    The Cowherd's Flute

    He Luting

    Lang Lang: Dragon Songs

    Lang Lang, piano

    2:41
  • 9:06 AM

    Sicilian Vespers: Four Seasons: Autumn

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    8:49
  • 9:01 AM

    Reverie

    Germaine Tailleferre

    Reverie

    Kassia Ensemble

    Mary Elizabeth Bowden, trumpet

    4:21
  • 8:30 AM

    Mascarade Suite

    Johan Halvorsen

    Halvorsen: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

    Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    27:41
  • 8:19 AM

    Six Airs

    John Jenkins

    A Baroque Celebration

    New York Kammermusiker

    Ilonna Pederson, conductor

    11:10
  • 8:05 AM

    Ocean's Kingdom: Moonrise

    Paul McCartney

    Paul McCartney: Ocean's Kingdom

    London Classical Orchestra

    John Wilson, conductor

    12:25
  • 8:01 AM

    Valse Lente

    Henrique Oswald

    Brasileiro - Villa-Lobos & Friends / Nelson Freire

    Nelson Freire, piano

    3:04
  • 7:45 AM

    Bassoon Quartet

    Francois Devienne

    Devienne: Basson Musique de Chambre

    Klaus Thunemann, bassoon

    13:36
  • 7:33 AM

    Sonatine

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Works For Solo Piano

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    11:43
  • 7:08 AM

    Shakespeare Suite No. 1

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    23:05
  • 7:01 AM

    Jota of San Fermin

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Sarasate: Violin and Orchestra Music, Vol. 4

    Navarra Symphony Orchestra

    Ernest Martinez Izquierdo, conductor

    Tianwa Yang, violin

    5:53
  • 6:17 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Jean Sibelius

    Beethoven: Symphony No. 5, Sibelius: Symphony No. 2

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    41:30
  • 6:13 AM

    Wild Swans: Eliza's Aria

    Elena Kats-Chernin

    Spheres

    Daniel Hope, violin

    3:07
  • 6:01 AM

    Miniature Suite

    Poldowski

    Sylvan Winds

    10:28
  • 5:42 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach Brandenburg Concertos

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    16:31
  • 5:15 AM

    Nights

    Florent Schmitt

    Florent Schmitt: Symphonie Concertante, Reves, Soirs

    Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Robertson, conductor

    26:36
  • 5:02 AM

    The Geniuses, or Love's Characters Ballet: Suite

    Mademoiselle Duval

    Women's Philharmonic

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    11:42