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  • 5:43 AM

    Over Light Earth

    Daniel Bjarnason

    Bjarnason: From Earth to Ether

    Aarhus Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Bjarnason, conductor

    15:12
  • 5:36 AM

    Nature Morte: Who are you?

    Galina Grigorjeva

    Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

    Paul Hillier, conductor

    6:20
  • 5:25 AM

    Hazel

    Gemma Peacocke

    KINDS OF ~NOIS

    ~nois

    9:58
  • 5:16 AM

    Sielunmaisema: Autumn

    Zibuokle Martinaityte

    Žibuokle Martinaityte: Ex Tenebris Lux

    Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra

    Karolis Variakojis, conductor

    Rokas Vaitkevicius, cello

    7:30
  • 5:12 AM

    Pine Trees

    Mary Lattimore

    Mary Lattimore, harp

    3:19
  • 5:06 AM

    Lysning (Glade)

    Per Norgard

    Per Norgard: Symphony No. 8

    Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Storgards, conductor

    4:43
  • 5:01 AM

    String Quartet No. 1 "Landscapes": Scenes from a Dark Wood

    Gregory J. Harris

    Sirius String Quartet

    4:45
  • 4:43 AM

    Red Maple

    Joan Tower

    Red Maple: Music for Bassoon and Strings

    Calidore String Quartet

    Peter Kolkay, bassoon

    14:36
  • 4:38 AM

    Old and Lost Rivers

    Tobias Picker

    London Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:34
  • 4:30 AM

    Grace

    Aaron Jay Kernis

    Primavera IV: The Heart

    Matt Haimovitz, cello

    6:25
  • 4:20 AM

    Meditations on Rilke: Herbst (Autumn)

    Michael Tilson Thomas

    Michael Tilson Thomas: Grace

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano

    9:03
  • 4:06 AM

    Autumn Music

    Jennifer Higdon

    A Century of New Sounds

    Imani Winds

    11:10
  • 4:01 AM

    Memoryhouse: Fragment/Embers

    Max Richter

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:26
  • 3:44 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    James Ehnes, violin

    Luc Beausejour, harpsichord

    13:32
  • 3:22 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2

    Helvi Leiviska

    Leiviska: Orchestral Works

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Dalia Stasevska, conductor

    20:41
  • 3:17 AM

    Canzone

    Samuel Barber

    A Century of New Sounds

    Patrick Williams, flute

    3:35
  • 3:06 AM

    Ode

    Lukas Foss

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

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    10:36
  • 3:01 AM

    Good Night and Good Rest

    John Johnson

    Jakob Lindberg, lute

    4:42
  • 2:42 AM

    Little Suite

    Carl Nielsen

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Richard Studt, conductor

    15:51
  • 2:24 AM

    Dolly Suite

    Gabriel Faure

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    16:39
  • 2:19 AM

    Mari Samuelsen, violin

    4:05
  • 2:09 AM

    Sleeping Beauty: Three Pictures

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    8:48
  • 2:06 AM

    Songs My Mother Taught Me

    Antonin Dvorak

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Eivind Aadland, conductor

    Tine Thing Helseth, trumpet

    2:24
  • 2:01 AM

    Tango Song and Dance: Song

    Andre Previn

    Augustin Hadelich, violin

    Joyce Yang, piano

    4:39
  • 1:49 AM

    In Autumn Overture

    Edvard Grieg

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Okko Kamu, conductor

    11:25
  • 1:18 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 18

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Norwegian Chamber Orchestra

    Leif Ove Andsnes, conductor

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    29:21
  • 1:06 AM

    Preludio Sinfonico

    Giacomo Puccini

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    10:05
  • 1:01 AM

    Polonaise

    Mauro Giuliani

    David Starobin Performs Mauro Giuliani, Volume Two

    David Starobin, guitar

    4:53
  • 12:45 AM

    Lady Radnor's Suite

    Hubert Parry

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Adrian Boult, conductor

    13:15
  • 12:27 AM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2

    Georges Bizet

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    16:08
  • 12:20 AM

    Octet: 3rd movement

    Franz Schubert

    Isabelle Faust, violin

    Anne-Katharina Schreiber, violin

    James Boyd, viola

    Kristin von der Goltz, cello

    James Munro, bass

    Lorenzo Coppola, clarinet

    5:48
  • 12:14 AM

    Joshua Rifkin, piano

    5:18
  • 12:06 AM

    The Red Pony Suite: selections

    Aaron Copland

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    7:21
  • 12:01 AM

    Superman: March

    John Williams

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:25
  • 11:43 PM

    Prelude and Fugue "St Anne"

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    14:44
  • 11:38 PM

    Estrellita (My Little Star)

    Manuel Ponce

    American Road Trip

    Augustin Hadelich, violin

    2:54
  • 11:35 PM

    Banjo and Fiddle

    William Kroll

    American Road Trip

    Augustin Hadelich, violin

    2:57
  • 11:14 PM

    12 German Dances for Orchestra

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Capella Istropolitana

    Oliver Dohnanyi, conductor

    18:42
  • 11:06 PM

    La Cenerentola (Cinderella): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    8:06
  • 10:52 PM

    Symphony No. 29: 4th movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

    Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

    6:23
  • 10:45 PM

    O Magnum Mysterium (O Great Mystery)

    Morten Lauridsen

    A Robert Shaw Christmas

    Robert Shaw Chamber Singers

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    6:15
  • 10:30 PM

    Mandolin Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Christopher Parkening, guitar

    13:09
  • 10:24 PM

    Five Preludes

    William Alwyn

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    5:58
  • 10:10 PM

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    11:55
  • 10:06 PM

    Four Spanish Pieces: Polo Gitano

    Tomas Breton

    LOM Piano Trio

    3:15
  • 10:03 PM

    Little Concert Suite: Tarantelle Fretillante

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Anthony Parnther, conductor

    2:44
  • 9:47 PM

    First Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Howard Dunn, conductor

    10:43
  • 9:27 PM

    Scenes from Childhood

    Robert Schumann

    Martha Argerich, piano

    18:42
  • 9:10 PM

    Octet No. 4 (Notturno)

    Luigi Boccherini

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    15:12
  • 9:06 PM

    Mock Morris

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger Edition Vol. 5: Works for Chorus & Orchestra 2

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    3:18
  • 9:01 PM

    Battle Suite

    Samuel Scheidt

    American Brass Quintet

    4:49
  • 8:42 PM

    Cypresses (selected)

    Antonin Dvorak

    Cypress String Quartet

    16:37
  • 6:45 PM

    Rose Without a Thorn Suite

    Henry VIII

    Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

    12:24
  • 6:23 PM

    Symphony No. 88

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    20:05
  • 6:16 PM

    The Year: March

    Fanny Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn-Hensel: Das Jahr - 12 Charakterstücke für Klavier

    Christina Bjorkoe, piano

    5:37
  • 6:06 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    10:10
  • 6:01 PM

    The Prince and the Pauper

    Erich Korngold

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    4:48
  • 5:48 PM

    Magnolia Suite: Part 1

    Nathaniel Dett

    Clipper Erickson, piano

    10:44
  • 5:19 PM

    Symphony No. 3

    Jean Sibelius

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor

    27:35
  • 5:12 PM

    Falling in Love Again

    Friedrich Hollander

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    Hannah Roberts, cello

    4:29
  • 5:06 PM

    Wedding Day at Troldhaugen

    Edvard Grieg

    The Maiden's Prayer: Leaves From Grandmother's Piano Album

    Balasz Szokolay, piano

    5:26
  • 5:01 PM

    Red Flowers in Bloom

    Qi Liu

    Shanghai Quartet

    4:22
  • 4:46 PM

    Gayane Ballet Suite

    Aram Khachaturian

    Royal Scottish Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    12:20
  • 4:30 PM

    Six Promenades

    Edward Elgar

    Athena Ensemble

    14:03
  • 4:19 PM

    Four Seasons: Summer

    Antonio Vivaldi

    English Chamber Orchestra

    David Lockington, conductor

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    10:05
  • 4:06 PM

    From Tale to Tale: The Months

    Oskar Nedbal

    Dvorak Chamber Orchestra

    Miroslav Homolka, conductor

    11:49
  • 4:01 PM

    I'll make music

    Karl Jenkins

    Polyphony

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    4:33
  • 3:56 PM

    Lincoln: "With Malice Toward None"

    John Williams

    Lincoln Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    1:51
  • 3:52 PM

    Symphony No. 7: Scherzo

    Emilie Mayer

    Berlin Chamber Symphony Ensemble

    Jurgen Bruns, conductor

    6:46
  • 3:46 PM

    Serenade for Winds

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: An Alpine Symphony, Serenade

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    8:49
  • 3:11 PM

    Cello Sonata

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Concert Recording

    Lynn Harrell, cello

    34:00
  • 3:06 PM

    Cello Suite No. 6: Gigue

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    3:43
  • 2:59 PM

    Il Signor Bruschino: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    4:46
  • 2:56 PM

    Henry V Suite: Touch her soft lips and part

    William Walton

    Walton: Belshazzar's Feast/ Henry V Suite

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    2:12
  • 2:53 PM

    Henry V Suite

    William Walton

    Walton: Belshazzar's Feast/ Henry V Suite

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    16:46
  • 2:40 PM

    Agincourt Overture

    Walter Leigh

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    12:28
  • 2:37 PM

    Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

    2:00
  • 2:33 PM

    Berceuse

    Gabriel Faure

    The Romance of Flute and Harp

    Linda Chatterton, flute

    Min Kim, harp

    3:36
  • 2:25 PM

    Requiem: Pie Jesu

    Andrew Lloyd Webber

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    Julian Lloyd Webber, cello

    5:18
  • 2:18 PM

    Piano Trio No. 1: 2nd movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn Piano Trios

    Trio con Brio Copenhagen

    6:32
  • 2:10 PM

    Canzonetta

    Gabriel Pierne

    Belle Epoque

    Lille National Orchestra

    Alexandre Bloch, conductor

    Annelien Van Wauwe, clarinet

    3:38
  • 2:04 PM

    Rusalka: Polonaise

    Antonin Dvorak

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    4:30
  • 1:54 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 27

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 20 & 27

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Benjamin Britten, conductor

    Clifford Curzon, piano

    32:03
  • 1:44 PM

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    6:42
  • 1:34 PM

    Serenade No. 2: 1st movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    8:38
  • 1:31 PM

    Der Mond ist aufgegangen

    Traditional German

    Wiener Sangerknaben: Volks- und Kinderlieder

    Vienna Boys Choir

    Uwe Christian Harrer, conductor

    2:17
  • 1:25 PM

    March Militaire No. 1

    Franz Schubert

    Sir Charles' Precious Music Box Ii

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    4:33
  • 1:22 PM

    Wild Fiddler's Rag

    Augustin Hadelich

    American Road Trip

    Augustin Hadelich, violin

    2:08
  • 1:10 PM

    Waltz No. 2 "Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    Beethoven: Sonatas; Chopin: Waltzes, Etc

    Ingrid Fliter, piano

    5:24
  • 1:05 PM

    String Symphony No. 8: 3rd movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra

    Scott Yoo, conductor

    4:50
  • 12:53 PM

    A Little Night Music: Send in the Clowns

    Stephen Sondheim

    The Jukebox Album

    Elena Urioste, violin

    4:33
  • 12:48 PM

    Farewell to Stromness

    Peter Maxwell Davies

    Peter Maxwell Davies, piano

    4:44
  • 12:37 PM

    Sinfonia No. 3

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Complete String Symphonies

    Gli Incogniti

    Amandine Beyer, conductor

    10:00
  • 12:29 PM

    Brook Green Suite

    Gustav Holst

    New Zealand Chamber Orchestra

    Nicholas Braithwaite, conductor

    7:07
  • 12:21 PM

    Symphony No. 104 "London": Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    6:33
  • 12:11 PM

    String Quartet No. 2: Nocturne

    Alexander Borodin

    Cleveland Quartet

    8:04
  • 12:04 PM

    Water Music Suite No. 3: Minuet

    George Frideric Handel

    City of London Sinfonia

    John Rutter, conductor

    6:11
  • 11:48 AM

    Gloriana: Courtly Dances

    Benjamin Britten

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    9:59
  • 11:28 AM

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    18:36
  • 11:15 AM

    Symphony No. 2: 1st movement

    Elfrida Andree

    Stockholm Symphony Orchestra

    Gustaf Sjokvist, conductor

    11:21
  • 11:06 AM

    Chamber Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Ensemble Philidor

    8:10
  • 11:01 AM

    Music for Symphony Orchestra: Andante

    Yasushi Akutagawa

    Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra

    Ryusuke Numajiri, conductor

    4:41
  • 10:46 AM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    12:00
  • 10:26 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 4

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Gidon Kremer, violin

    Martha Argerich, piano

    19:31
  • 10:22 AM

    The Star of the County Down

    Traditional Irish

    Barry Douglas, piano

    2:07
  • 10:07 AM

    Songs of the Roses

    Morten Lauridsen

    Los Angeles Chamber Singers

    14:39
  • 10:01 AM

    Prelude: 2nd movement

    William Grant Still

    New Zealand String Quartet

    Alexa Still, flute

    Susan DeWitt Smith, piano

    4:30
  • 9:23 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2 "Characteristic"

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Prague Symphony Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    34:47
  • 9:19 AM

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    4:07
  • 9:14 AM

    Suite of Dances

    Florence Price

    Wurttemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen

    John Jeter, conductor

    3:52
  • 9:01 AM

    Four Dances

    Edward Elgar

    Athena Ensemble

    11:38
  • 8:37 AM

    La Boutique fantasque (Fantastic Toy Shop)

    Ottorino Respighi

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    20:30
  • 8:32 AM

    Clare Hammond, piano

    4:26
  • 8:19 AM

    Symphonic Dances: 1st movement

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Shanghai Symphony Orchestra

    Long Yu, conductor

    11:31
  • 8:01 AM

    Guitar Quintet No. 1

    Luigi Boccherini

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    17:46
  • 7:35 AM

    Symphony "The Cotswolds"

    Gustav Holst

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    23:07
  • 7:14 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Alexander Glazunov

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    Nikolaj Znaider, violin

    19:46
  • 7:01 AM

    Sonatina No. 1 "From an Invalid's Workshop": 1st movement

    Richard Strauss

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    12:00
  • 6:32 AM

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Marc Soustrot, conductor

    26:17
  • 6:19 AM

    Caja de Musica

    David Bruce

    Crossing the Ocean

    Bridget Kibbey, harp

    12:06
  • 6:01 AM

    Reminiscences of Bellini's Norma

    Franz Liszt

    Benjamin Grosvenor, piano

    16:25