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  • 5:55 AM

    Pastorale

    Amy Beach

    Ambache Chamber Ensemble

    3:34
  • 5:07 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Polish"

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    46:50
  • 5:01 AM

    Nocturne No. 19

    Frederic Chopin

    Ivan Moravec, piano

    4:45
  • 4:48 AM

    Old Polish Suite

    Andrei Panufnik

    Polish Chamber Orchestra

    Mariusz Smolij, conductor

    10:03
  • 4:14 AM

    Clarinet Quintet

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Tesla Quartet

    Alexander Fiterstein, clarinet

    32:18
  • 4:06 AM

    Romance of the Prairie Lilies

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    6:33
  • 4:01 AM

    Vals gayo

    Theresa Carreno

    Clara Rodriguez Plays the Music of Teresa Carreno

    Clara Rodriguez, piano

    4:47
  • 3:52 AM

    Shorthand (Redux)

    Anna Clyne

    Shorthand

    The Knights

    Eric Jacobsen, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    6:17
  • 3:14 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Adolphus Hailstork

    Hailstork: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 3

    Grand Rapids Symphony

    David Lockington, conductor

    36:36
  • 3:06 AM

    Ballade "About Olden Times"

    Anatol Liadov

    Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    5:52
  • 3:01 AM

    Bruce Levingston, piano

    4:50
  • 2:44 AM

    Warmth from Other Suns

    Carlos Simon

    Ivalas Quartet

    14:31
  • 2:23 AM

    The Birds of Aristophanes

    Hubert Parry

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    19:04
  • 2:19 AM

    Reverie D'Automne

    Wanda Landowska

    Jeanne Golan, piano

    3:52
  • 2:12 AM

    German Requiem: Wie lieblich (How lovely are thy dwelling places)

    Johannes Brahms

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    5:42
  • 2:06 AM

    Preludes, Book 1: La fille aux cheveux de lin (The Girl with the Flaxen Hair)

    Claude Debussy

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Mathias Monius, conductor

    Albrecht Mayer, oboe

    2:40
  • 2:01 AM

    Tianwa Yang, violin

    Markus Hadulla, piano

    4:35
  • 1:50 AM

    Trio Sonata

    Antonio Vivaldi

    I Musici

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    7:48
  • 1:17 AM

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    31:53
  • 1:06 AM

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    8:42
  • 1:01 AM

    Nonetto: 4th movement

    Bohuslav Martinu

    Martinu: Chamber Music

    Lahti Chamber Ensemble

    4:48
  • 12:45 AM

    Symphony No. 3: 3rd movement

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3; Isle of the Dead

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    13:32
  • 12:26 AM

    Cinnamon Grove

    Nathaniel Dett

    Clipper Erickson, piano

    17:30
  • 12:19 AM

    Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5: Aria (Cantilena)

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Branford Marsalis, saxophone

    5:33
  • 12:13 AM

    Consolation

    Cecile Chaminade

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    4:51
  • 12:06 AM

    War Horse: Dartmoor, 1912

    John Williams

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Williams, conductor

    6:30
  • 12:01 AM

    Dance of the Flowers

    Amy Beach

    Joanne Polk, piano

    4:41
  • 11:51 PM

    Variations on America

    Charles Ives

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    7:01
  • 11:34 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "Great": 4th movement

    Franz Schubert

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    15:29
  • 11:23 PM

    Havanaise

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens: Jinjoo Cho Appassionato Mathieu Herzog

    Appassionato

    Mathieu Herzog, conductor

    Jinjoo Cho, violin

    10:46
  • 11:12 PM

    Three Pieces for Strings

    Thomas C. Kelly

    Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Fionnuala Hunt, conductor

    8:39
  • 11:06 PM

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    6:03
  • 11:01 PM

    L'incoronazione di Poppea: Pur ti miro

    Claudio Monteverdi

    Axiom Quartet

    4:35
  • 10:54 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    4:32
  • 10:35 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    English Baroque Soloists

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    Kati Debretzeni, violin

    18:35
  • 10:20 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": Largo

    Antonin Dvorak

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor

    12:41
  • 10:16 PM

    Remembrance

    Florence Price

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:55
  • 10:13 PM

    Elizabethan Masque

    Fredric Bayco

    New London Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    Ruth Scott, oboe

    2:16
  • 10:06 PM

    Fantasia on Greensleeves

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Kenneth Smith, flute

    Paul Rhodes, piano

    6:00
  • 10:03 PM

    Le Carneval de Venice

    Johann Kaspar Mertz

    The Romantic Guitar

    Raphaella Smits, guitar

    2:44
  • 9:44 PM

    Excelsior! Symphonic Overture

    Wilhelm Stenhammar

    Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    14:19
  • 9:24 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 5

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Orli Shaham, piano

    18:37
  • 9:20 PM

    Suite: March

    Gordon Jacob

    University of Missouri Wind Ensemble

    Thomas O'Neal, conductor

    3:18
  • 9:11 PM

    Adagio for Strings

    Samuel Barber

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    7:41
  • 9:06 PM

    The Road Home

    Stephen Paulus

    Conspirare

    Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

    3:55
  • 9:01 PM

    The English Patient: Convento di Sant'Anna

    Gabriel Yared

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    4:41
  • 8:52 PM

    Scottish March (Marche ecossaise)

    Claude Debussy

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    6:44
  • 6:43 PM

    A Song of Agincourt

    Charles Stanford

    Ulster Orchestra

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    15:39
  • 6:28 PM

    Italian Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    13:04
  • 6:20 PM

    Cinema Paradiso

    Ennio Morricone

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    John Mauceri, conductor

    Gil Shaham, violin

    7:46
  • 6:11 PM

    American Ballads: Amber Waves

    Morton Gould

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kenneth Klein, conductor

    7:12
  • 6:06 PM

    Military March

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Netherlands Wind Ensemble

    4:10
  • 6:01 PM

    Taps/America

    Traditional

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    4:38
  • 5:41 PM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 2

    Ottorino Respighi

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    17:47
  • 5:24 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 1

    Richard Strauss

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Ingo Metzmacher, conductor

    Marie Luise Neunecker, horn

    15:35
  • 5:15 PM

    String Quartet No. 10: 4th movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Albion Quartet

    6:51
  • 5:06 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Organ": 4th movement

    Camille Saint-Saens

    SAINT-SAENS, C.: Symphony No. 3, "Organ" / Danse Macabre / Cypres et Lauriers

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    Vincent Warnier, organ

    8:10
  • 5:03 PM

    El Capitan March

    John Philip Sousa

    United States Air Force Heritage Band

    Lowell Graham, conductor

    2:14
  • 5:01 PM

    America My Home: Luverne Movement

    Wynton Marsalis

    Amanda Forsyth, cello

    Bill Charlap, piano

    2:15
  • 4:53 PM

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    5:02
  • 4:21 PM

    Symphony No. 40

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Symphonies Nos. 36 & 40

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    31:13
  • 4:12 PM

    Harold in Italy: March of the Pilgrims

    Hector Berlioz

    Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    Gerard Causse, viola

    7:32
  • 4:06 PM

    1941: March

    John Williams

    John Williams at the Movies

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    4:25
  • 4:01 PM

    The Shining Shore

    Traditional

    Anonymous 4

    4:42
  • 3:50 PM

    Sigurd Jorsalfar: Homage March

    Edvard Grieg

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    8:45
  • 3:49 PM

    Sigurd Jorsalfar: Homage March

    Edvard Grieg

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    8:45
  • 3:46 PM

    London Miniatures: Cenotaph

    Gordon Langford

    Lollipops

    Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

    3:16
  • 3:31 PM

    Victory at Sea Suite

    Richard Rodgers

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Sergiu Comissiona, conductor

    13:27
  • 3:28 PM

    Piano Quintet: 3rd movement

    Florence Price

    UNCOVERED Vol. 2

    Catalyst Quartet

    Michelle Cann, piano

    2:07
  • 3:24 PM

    Courante & Double, fr Solo Violin Partita No. 1 in b, S. 1002

    J. S. Bach

    Leonidas Kavakos, violin

    6:30
  • 3:05 PM

    Le Tombeau de Couperin

    Maurice Ravel

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    17:11
  • 2:59 PM

    Arabesque No. 1

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Images; Arabesques; Children's Corner; Clair de lune; L'Isle joyeuse

    Simon Trpceski, piano

    4:29
  • 2:50 PM

    Finlandia

    Jean Sibelius

    Ports of Call

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    7:48
  • 2:44 PM

    Liebesleid (Love's Sorrow)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Leonidas Kavakos Plays Debussy, Kreisler, Paganini, Schubert, Tchaikovsky, Wieniawski & more

    Leonidas Kavakos, violin

    4:26
  • 2:40 PM

    Vienna Horns

    6:11
  • 2:29 PM

    Polonaise No. 6 "Heroic"

    Frederic Chopin

    Martha Argerich, piano

    6:35
  • 2:21 PM

    In Memoriam: The Colored Soldiers Who Died for Democracy

    William Grant Still

    STILL, W.G.: Symphony No. 1, "Afro-American" / In Memoriam / Africa (Fort Smith Symphony, Jeter)

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    7:19
  • 2:18 PM

    From Jewish Life: Jewish Song

    Ernest Bloch

    Songs of Comfort and Hope

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    2:14
  • 2:10 PM

    Oboe Quartet: 2nd movement

    Johann Vanhal

    Classical Oboe

    Auer Quartet

    Lajos Lencses, oboe

    3:57
  • 2:04 PM

    Soldier's Farewell

    Charles Fernandez

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Fernandez, conductor

    4:46
  • 1:50 PM

    Spitfire Prelude and Fugue

    William Walton

    WALTON: Spitfire Prelude and Fugue / Sinfonia Concertante / Hindemith Variations

    English Northern Philharmonia

    Paul Daniel, conductor

    7:37
  • 1:46 PM

    The Salley Gardens

    Traditional Irish

    Annie Laurie: Folksongs of the British Isles

    King's Singers

    2:34
  • 1:33 PM

    Symphony No. 31 "Hornsignal": 4th movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    11:46
  • 1:28 PM

    Symphony X: Requiem for a Hero

    Don Gillis

    Sinfonia Varsovia

    Ian Hobson, conductor

    3:39
  • 1:23 PM

    Saving Private Ryan: Hymn to the Fallen

    John Williams

    Voces8

    4:39
  • 1:16 PM

    Concerto for Strings

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Concerti per archi III

    Accademia Bizantina

    Ottavio Dantone, conductor

    5:48
  • 1:09 PM

    Serenade No. 10 "Gran Partita": Adagio

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Serenade No. 10 for Winds "Gran Partita"

    London Symphony Orchestra Wind Ensemble

    5:43
  • 1:04 PM

    Mysterious Barricades

    Francois Couperin

    The Blue Album

    Pablo Sainz-Villegas, guitar

    3:44
  • 12:51 PM

    Verdun: Heroic Epilogue

    Charles Stanford

    Ulster Orchestra

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    8:02
  • 12:34 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Eroica": 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven 3/Strauss

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Manfred Honeck, conductor

    15:05
  • 12:30 PM

    Sonata for Piano Duet: 2nd movement

    Ferdinand Ries

    Ries: Complete Piano Sonatas & Sonatinas, Vol. 6

    Susan Kagan, piano

    2:05
  • 12:21 PM

    String Symphony No. 6

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Complete String Symphonies

    Gli Incogniti

    Amandine Beyer, conductor

    8:32
  • 12:15 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3: Air on the G String

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Joshua Bell, violin

    4:50
  • 12:07 PM

    Blumenstuck (Flower Piece)

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Bunte Blatter, Blumenstuck, etc.

    Louis Lortie, piano

    7:02
  • 12:04 PM

    Dona Nobis Pacem (Give Us Peace)

    Traditional

    Songs Of Joy And Peace

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    1:58
  • 11:43 AM

    Suite in the Old Style

    Alfred Schnittke

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    15:26
  • 11:27 AM

    Scherzo Capriccioso

    Antonin Dvorak

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    14:30
  • 11:15 AM

    Serenade for Strings: 1st movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    9:48
  • 11:11 AM

    Sometime I Feel Like a Motherless Child

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    3:57
  • 11:06 AM

    In Memoriam

    Gary Schocker

    Jonathan Keeble, flute

    Ann Yeung, harp

    3:58
  • 11:01 AM

    Deep River

    Spiritual

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    4:41
  • 10:41 AM

    Der Rosenkavalier: Waltzes

    Richard Strauss

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Rudolf Kempe, conductor

    17:45
  • 10:23 AM

    Merry Mount Suite

    Howard Hanson

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    15:39
  • 10:19 AM

    Impromptu

    Germaine Tailleferre

    The Flower of France

    Quynh Nguyen, piano

    2:26
  • 10:06 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Anthony Newman, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    12:30
  • 10:01 AM

    Un dia de Noviembre (A Day in November)

    Leo Brouwer

    Lily Afshar, guitar

    4:18
  • 9:23 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 4

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Paris Orchestra

    Christoph Eschenbach, conductor

    Lang Lang, piano

    35:19
  • 9:17 AM

    Folk Suite No. 4

    William Grant Still

    Calico Winds

    5:28
  • 9:01 AM

    Rondo for Violin and Strings

    Franz Schubert

    National Arts Centre Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    14:13
  • 8:43 AM

    Harp Concerto

    Jean Eichner

    Kurpfalz Chamber Orchestra

    Stefan Fraas, conductor

    Silke Aichhorn, harp

    15:43
  • 8:35 AM

    Fantasy Pieces: Minuet and Trio

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Catalyst Quartet

    6:53
  • 8:19 AM

    Masques and Bergamasques

    Gabriel Faure

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    14:22
  • 8:01 AM

    Concert Piece for Four Horns

    Robert Schumann

    Martin Owen plays Strauss, Schumann, and Weber

    BBC Philharmonic

    John Wilson, conductor

    Martin Owen, horn

    17:23
  • 7:36 AM

    Symphony No. 93

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    22:19
  • 7:23 AM

    Serenade No. 2

    Robert Volkmann

    German Chamber Academy

    Johannes Goritzki, conductor

    12:25
  • 7:01 AM

    Toronto Symphony Orchestra

    Peter Oundjian, conductor

    Sarah Jeffrey, oboe

    19:56
  • 6:21 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Vasily Kalinnikov

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    37:19
  • 6:13 AM

    Glass Houses: No. 15

    Ann Southam

    Taktus

    7:29
  • 6:01 AM

    Capriccio "On the Departure of a Brother"

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    10:05