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  • 5:48 AM

    Kanon Pokajanen (Canon of Repentance): Prayer

    Arvo Part

    Cappella Amsterdam

    Daniel Reuss, conductor

    10:06
  • 5:09 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Jean Sibelius

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    37:20
  • 5:06 AM

    Chen Yi, violin

    Lars Hannibal, guitar

    2:17
  • 5:01 AM

    Album de Peterhof No. 11 Romance

    Anton Rubinstein

    Rubinstein: Album de Peterhof

    Joseph Banowetz, piano

    4:35
  • 4:30 AM

    Piano Concerto

    Dora Pejacevic

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    Peter Donohoe, piano

    28:50
  • 4:21 AM

    Strange Birds Passing

    John Luther Adams

    New England Conservatory Contemporary Ensemble

    John Heiss, conductor

    6:41
  • 4:16 AM

    A Hermit Thrush at Eve

    Amy Beach

    Joanne Polk, piano

    5:01
  • 4:06 AM

    Violin Concerto: 2nd movement

    Philip Glass

    Berlin Konzerthaus Orchestra

    Jonathan Stockhammer, conductor

    Mari Samuelsen, violin

    7:54
  • 4:01 AM

    Guitar Sonata: 3rd movement

    Ferdinando Carulli

    Richard Savino, guitar

    4:39
  • 3:31 AM

    Les Sylphides Ballet

    Frederic Chopin

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Heinz Fricke, conductor

    27:18
  • 3:25 AM

    Appalachian Fantasy

    Tessa Lark

    Tessa Lark, violin

    4:16
  • 3:14 AM

    Four Rocky Mountain Sketches

    Cecil Burleigh

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    Matthew Hagle, piano

    9:56
  • 3:06 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Polish": 2nd movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    6:43
  • 3:01 AM

    Concert Suite No. 2: Menuets

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Baroque Nouveau

    4:39
  • 2:51 AM

    Souvenirs de mon pays

    Teresa Carreno

    Reverie

    Alexandra Oehler, piano

    7:09
  • 2:19 AM

    Concierto Espagnol

    Joan Manen

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    Mark Kaplan, violin

    31:02
  • 2:14 AM

    String Sextet No. 1: Scherzo

    Johannes Brahms

    Cypress String Quartet

    Barry Shiffman, violin

    Zuill Bailey, cello

    3:10
  • 2:07 AM

    Gustavus Adolphus II: Elegy

    Hugo Alfven

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Petri Sakari, conductor

    5:30
  • 2:01 AM

    Algarve Orchestra

    Alvaro Cassuto, conductor

    4:36
  • 1:48 AM

    Twelfth Night Overture

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    West Australian Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Penny, conductor

    10:29
  • 1:22 AM

    String Quartet No. 51

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Doric String Quartet

    23:48
  • 1:19 AM

    If the Silver Bird Could Speak

    Eleanor Alberga

    William Chapman Nyaho, piano

    3:17
  • 1:06 AM

    Fantasia on Welsh Nursery Tunes

    Grace Williams

    Grace Williams: Sea Sketches

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    10:54
  • 1:01 AM

    Views of the Sea: 1st movement

    Eduard Toldra

    Andorra National Chamber Orchestra

    Gerard Claret, conductor

    4:38
  • 12:49 AM

    Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Paganini: Concerto No. 1 in D

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor

    Sarah Chang, violin

    9:15
  • 12:24 AM

    Concerto Serenade

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    Nancy Allen, harp

    22:55
  • 12:17 AM

    On the Nature of Daylight

    Max Richter

    Jess Gillam: Rise

    Jess Gillam Ensemble

    Jess Gillam, soprano saxophone

    6:21
  • 12:10 AM

    Spanish Dance No. 4 "Villanesca"

    Enrique Granados

    Granados: Spanish Dances

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    5:58
  • 12:06 AM

    Venezuelan Dance (Seis por derecho)

    Antonio Lauro

    El Diablo Suelto

    John Williams, guitar

    3:18
  • 12:01 AM

    Piano Sonata "Easter": 1st movement

    Fanny Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    4:43
  • 11:47 PM

    Norwegian Dances Nos. 2-4

    Edvard Grieg

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Petri Sakari, conductor

    11:40
  • 11:33 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Violin Concertos, RV 187, 195, 197, 204, 209, 242, 364

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    12:15
  • 11:31 PM

    Ubi Caritas

    Maurice Durufle

    Vaughan Williams: Mass In G Minor, And Other A Cappella Works

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chamber Chorus

    Norman Mackenzie, conductor

    2:19
  • 11:24 PM

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

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Alessio Bax Plays Beethoven

    Alessio Bax, piano

    5:03
  • 11:13 PM

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    10:00
  • 11:06 PM

    Festive Overture

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra: Portrait

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    James DePreist, conductor

    6:13
  • 11:01 PM

    Sonata No. 12

    Heinrich Biber

    Biber: Twelve Sonatas (1676)

    Parley of Instruments

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    4:49
  • 10:52 PM

    Sword Dance

    Frederic Lamond

    Lamond: Symphony; Scottish Highlands Overture

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Martyn Brabbins, conductor

    6:09
  • 10:47 PM

    Piano Concerto: 2nd movement

    Luise Adolpha Le Beau

    Emilie Mayer - Symphony No. 5

    Berlin Chamber Symphony Ensemble

    Jurgen Bruns, conductor

    Katia Tchemberdji, piano

    4:41
  • 10:24 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 5

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    European Brandenburg Ensemble

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Katy Bircher, flute

    Beatrix Hulsemann, violin

    Trevor Pinnock, harpsichord

    20:40
  • 10:19 PM

    Nocturne No. 2

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: The Nocturnes

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    4:24
  • 10:09 PM

    Heroes Symphony: Sons of the Silent Age

    Philip Glass

    Philip Glass | American Composers Orchestra

    American Composers Orchestra

    Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

    8:20
  • 10:06 PM

    The Prince of Denmark's March

    Jeremiah Clarke

    Baroque Music for Brass and Organ

    Empire Brass

    William Kuhlman, organ

    2:51
  • 10:03 PM

    Little Concert Suite: A Love Sonnet

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Clarinet Quintet / Petite Suite / Ballade / Spirituals

    Virginia Eskin, piano

    2:39
  • 9:44 PM

    Hungarian Rhapsody No. 9

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies Nos. 1-6

    Vienna State Opera Orchestra

    Anatole Fistoulari, conductor

    13:33
  • 9:22 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos 1 & 2

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    20:48
  • 9:14 PM

    Abdelazar: Incidental Music

    Henry Purcell

    A Baroque Feast

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    7:02
  • 9:08 PM

    Dance of the Orange Blossoms

    Eric Coates

    Coates: Four Centuries

    East of England Orchestra

    Malcolm Nabarro, conductor

    4:32
  • 9:06 PM

    Waltz

    Francis Poulenc

    Melancolie

    Miki Aoki, piano

    1:58
  • 9:01 PM

    Valse Triste

    Jean Sibelius

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    4:40
  • 8:50 PM

    Huapango

    Jose Moncayo

    Caramelos Latinos

    Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra

    Maximiano Valdez, conductor

    7:54
  • 6:43 PM

    Irish Rhapsody

    Victor Herbert

    Victor Herbert: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 and 2

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    15:47
  • 6:25 PM

    Piano Duet Sonata

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Sonatas for Piano Duet, K 381 & 521; Sonata for 2 Pianos, K 448; Andante and Variations, K 501

    Martha Argerich, piano

    15:47
  • 6:19 PM

    Raymonda: Grand Adagio

    Alexander Glazunov

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor

    5:14
  • 6:08 PM

    Poet and Peasant Overture

    Franz von Suppe

    Popular Operatic Overtures

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    9:45
  • 6:06 PM

    Flight of the Bumblebee

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rhythm Song

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    Evelyn Glennie, percussion

    1:21
  • 6:01 PM

    Concerto No. 1

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Albinoni: 12 Concerti a cinque, Op.5

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Simon Standage, conductor

    4:36
  • 5:49 PM

    Land of the Mountain and the Flood

    Hamish MacCunn

    Scottish Light Music

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    John Wilson, conductor

    9:11
  • 5:18 PM

    Scottish Fantasy

    Max Bruch

    Bruch: Violin Concerto

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    Cho-Liang Lin, violin

    29:21
  • 5:09 PM

    Ruy Blas Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream

    Orchestral Ensemble of Paris

    John Nelson, conductor

    7:28
  • 5:06 PM

    Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Perchance To Dream: A Lullaby Album For Children And Adults

    Carol Rosenberger, piano

    1:59
  • 5:01 PM

    Harp Concerto: Joy Ride

    Jennifer Higdon

    American Rapture

    Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra

    Ward Stare, conductor

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    4:25
  • 4:49 PM

    Die Meistersinger von Nurmberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremburg): Prelude to Act I

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner Without Words

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    9:33
  • 4:25 PM

    String Quartet No. 63 "Sunrise"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: 6 String Quartets Op 76

    Amadeus Quartet

    22:31
  • 4:18 PM

    On the Nature of Daylight

    Max Richter

    Jess Gillam: Rise

    Jess Gillam Ensemble

    Jess Gillam, soprano saxophone

    6:21
  • 4:06 PM

    The Cowboys: Overture

    John Williams

    John Williams at the Movies

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    9:46
  • 4:01 PM

    March No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Marches and Dances

    Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra

    Hans Graf, conductor

    4:52
  • 3:50 PM

    North Country Sketches: The March of Spring

    Frederick Delius

    Delius: A Walk in a Paradise Garden

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    9:03
  • 3:46 PM

    Symphony

    Francois-Joseph Gossec

    Gossec: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    12:12
  • 3:36 PM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique": 3rd movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky/Dvorak/Honeck/PSO

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Manfred Honeck, conductor

    8:57
  • 3:09 PM

    Humoreske

    Robert Schumann

    Concert Recording

    Zlata Chochieva, piano

    25:57
  • 3:01 PM

    A Toi (To You) Waltz

    Emil Waldteufel

    Music of Waldteufel

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    7:00
  • 2:54 PM

    The Color Purple: Main Theme

    Quincy Jones

    Cinema Serenade

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    4:31
  • 2:45 PM

    Adagio

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: ViolinKonzert No. 1; Adagio; 2 Rondos

    Vienna Philharmonic

    James Levine, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    7:57
  • 2:30 PM

    Symphony No. 5: 4th movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 5 Czech Suite

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    13:20
  • 2:27 PM

    Manuel Barrueco, guitar

    David Tenenbaum, guitar

    :00
  • 2:18 PM

    Black Swan

    Bright Sheng

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    6:45
  • 2:10 PM

    Four Spanish Pieces: Cubana

    Manuel de Falla

    Impressions of Spain

    The Great Necks

    3:53
  • 2:04 PM

    Rodeo: Saturday Night Waltz

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: Billy The Kid; Rodeo Etc.

    Colorado Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    5:15
  • 1:52 PM

    Serenade No. 1: Rondo

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Serenade No 1

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    5:52
  • 1:42 PM

    From Shakespeare: Viola

    Josef Foerster

    Foerster: Festive Overture - Symphony No. 1 - From Shakespeare

    Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra

    Marek Stilek, conductor

    4:55
  • 1:31 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Concertos / Fischer, Goode, Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    Richard Goode, piano

    36:57
  • 1:25 PM

    Four Cornish Dances: Excerpts

    Malcolm Arnold

    Arnold: Dances

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    3:52
  • 1:20 PM

    Rustic Wedding Symphony: Bridal Song

    Karl Goldmark

    Revelations

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yondani Butt, conductor

    4:25
  • 1:17 PM

    Vignettes

    William Grant Still

    Get on Board

    Sierra Winds

    (Selected members), conductor

    11:13
  • 1:08 PM

    Scherzando No. 6

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    FJ and JM Haydn: Flute Concertos

    Haydn Ensemble Berlin

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    7:32
  • 1:04 PM

    The Prophet: Coronation March

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Classic Marches

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    3:41
  • 12:50 PM

    Four Seasons: Spring

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Gil Shaham, violin

    9:48
  • 12:45 PM

    A Voluntary, for My Lady Nevell

    William Byrd

    c. 1300-c. 2000

    Jeremy Denk, piano

    3:36
  • 12:32 PM

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

    Johann StraussJr.

    2018 New Year's Concerto

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    11:05
  • 12:26 PM

    Celtic Dawn

    John Du Prez

    Alchemist

    New London Consort

    5:00
  • 12:17 PM

    Novelette "In Eastern Style"

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: Five Novelettes; String Quartet No. 5

    Saint Petersburg String Quartet

    8:06
  • 12:14 PM

    Canarios

    Gaspar Sanz

    Folias And Canarios

    Rolf Lislevand, guitar

    2:03
  • 12:09 PM

    Dance of the Shepherd Girl

    Hugo Alfven

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra: Portrait

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    James DePreist, conductor

    4:15
  • 12:04 PM

    Waltz No. 1 "Grand Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    Trifonov plays Chopin

    Daniil Trifonov, piano

    4:08
  • 11:47 AM

    Children's Games (Jeux d'enfants)

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: Symphony in C; Carmen - Suites Nos 1 & 2; Jeux d'enfants - Suite; Overture: Patrie

    French National Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    10:53
  • 11:29 AM

    Symphony No. 31 "Paris"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 31, 33 & 34

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    16:21
  • 11:26 AM

    Serenade

    Cecile Chaminade

    Chaminade: Piano Works

    Eric Parkin, piano

    3:17
  • 11:14 AM

    Little Serenade

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    Lars-Erik Larsson: Music for String Orchestra

    Orebro Chamber Orchestra

    Goran Nilson, conductor

    10:29
  • 11:06 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    William Boyce

    Boyce: 8 Symphonies

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    7:24
  • 11:01 AM

    Symphony No. 1: Menuetto

    Louise Farrenc

    European Soloists, Luxembourg

    Christoph Konig, conductor

    4:32
  • 10:45 AM

    Concerto for Oboe and Violin

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Kahane, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    Allan Vogel, oboe

    13:06
  • 10:23 AM

    Serenade for Winds

    Emil Hartmann

    Romantic Wind Serenades

    Consortium Classicum

    19:39
  • 10:14 AM

    The Cathedral (La Catedral)

    Agustin Barrios

    Batucada: South American Guitar Music

    Graham Anthony Devine, guitar

    7:27
  • 10:06 AM

    Ave Maria

    Franz Biebl

    Star of Wonder

    Chor Leoni Men's Chorus

    Erick Lichte, conductor

    7:45
  • 10:01 AM

    Mosaics: Scenes from Summer

    Aminollah Hossein

    East Of Melancholy

    Tara Kamangar, piano

    4:40
  • 9:33 AM

    La Mer (The Sea)

    Claude Debussy

    Impressions Of The Sea

    Long Beach Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    25:02
  • 9:21 AM

    Jeromita Linares

    Carlos Guastavino

    "Impresiones"

    Camerata Bariloche

    Pablo Cohen, guitar

    11:43
  • 9:01 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 2

    I Musici Montreal

    Maxim Shostakovich, conductor

    Dmitri Shostakovich, piano

    18:12
  • 8:40 AM

    Wand of Youth Suite No. 1

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: The Wand of Youth, Suites I & II; Dream Children; Nursery Suite; Starlight Express

    Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    17:57
  • 8:36 AM

    Home Sweet Home with Variations

    Justin Holland

    Justin Holland Recording Project

    Mark Delpriora, guitar

    4:09
  • 8:14 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Adalbert Gyrowetz

    Contemporaries Of Mozart - Gyrowetz: Symphonies / Bamert, London Mozart Players

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    20:10
  • 8:01 AM

    Sonata for Harp

    Alan Hovhaness

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    12:09
  • 7:33 AM

    English Suite No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: English Suites 1-3

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    24:54
  • 7:27 AM

    Proud Thames, Coronation Overture

    Elizabeth Maconchy

    Maconchy: Orchestral Works

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    5:46
  • 7:01 AM

    Serenade for Strings

    Josef Suk

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    23:45
  • 6:30 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Charles Gounod

    Gounod: Symphonies 1 & 2

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    27:53
  • 6:13 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    (Marie) Clemence de Grandval

    GRANDVAL: Oboe Works

    Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Andrey Boreyko, conductor

    Lajos Lencses, oboe

    16:54
  • 6:01 AM

    "Twinkle, Twinkle" Variations (Ah, vous dirai-je, maman)

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Book

    Lang Lang, piano

    10:13