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  • 5:48 AM

    Skylark Lullaby

    Jennifer Bellor

    Reflections at Dusk

    Eastman Saxophone Project

    Chien-Kwan Lin, conductor

    10:23
  • 5:24 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Julia Perry

    American Counterpoints

    Experiential Orchestra

    James Blachly, conductor

    Curtis Stewart, violin

    22:58
  • 5:15 AM

    Loss

    Alissa Firsova

    Fantasy

    Tippett Quartet

    Mark van de Wiel, clarinet

    6:37
  • 5:06 AM

    Impressions: Quiet Art

    Jennifer Higdon

    Higdon: Piano Trio / Voices / Impressions

    Cypress String Quartet

    8:05
  • 5:01 AM

    Light in Darkness

    Kerensa Briggs

    Images

    Anna Lapwood, organ

    4:28
  • 4:50 AM

    Tango for the Road

    Ofer Ben-Amots

    Re-Structures

    Quattro Mani

    7:43
  • 4:46 AM

    Atlas: Night Travel

    Meredith Monk

    Meredith Monk: Atlas

    Studio Orchestra

    Wayne Hankin, conductor

    3:15
  • 4:14 AM

    Lines Made By Walking

    John Luther Adams

    Lines Made By Walking

    JACK Quartet

    30:05
  • 4:06 AM

    Pacific Coast Highway

    David Crowell

    Point/Cloud

    Daniel Lippel, guitar

    4:55
  • 4:01 AM

    Road Movies: Relaxed Groove

    John Adams

    String Poetic

    Jennifer Koh, violin

    4:39
  • 3:49 AM

    Viennese Waltzes

    Emma Kodaly

    Hiroko Ishimoto, piano

    9:58
  • 3:23 AM

    String Quartet No. 23 "Prussian"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Dover Quartet Plays Mozart

    Dover Quartet

    24:16
  • 3:11 AM

    Prelude and Fugue

    Marion Bauer

    Farm Journal / Cotillion Suite / Symphony In A / Prelude & Fugue / Suite For String Orchestra

    Vienna Orchestra

    Charles Adler, conductor

    9:41
  • 3:06 AM

    Sonata No. 1

    Heinrich Biber

    Biber: Twelve Sonatas (1676)

    Parley of Instruments

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    4:38
  • 3:01 AM

    Nocturne No. 15

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: The Nocturnes

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    4:41
  • 2:52 AM

    Long Road

    Eriks Esenvalds

    Esenvalds: Passion And Resurrection

    Polyphony

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    6:39
  • 2:47 AM

    Aire de Vidalita

    Maria Luisa Anido

    Anido: A Mimita

    Maria Isabel Siewers, guitar

    2:41
  • 2:27 AM

    Six Dances for String Orchestra

    Ulysses Kay

    The Incredible Flutist

    Westphalian Symphony Orchestra, Recklinghausen

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    20:16
  • 2:22 AM

    Adoration

    Florence Price

    Roots

    Randall Goosby, violin

    3:37
  • 2:07 AM

    Leonore Overture No. 3

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven In Berlin - 1991 New Year's Eve Concert

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    14:45
  • 2:01 AM

    Flute Quartet: Minuet

    Franz Schubert

    New Schubert Works for Flute and Strings

    Martinu Quartet

    Robert Stallman, flute

    4:43
  • 1:50 AM

    Fantasy Overture

    York Bowen

    Overtures from the British Isles Volume 2

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    8:28
  • 1:17 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Antonin Dvorak

    DVORAK: Piano Concerto / Violin Concerto

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gianandrea Noseda, conductor

    James Ehnes, violin

    30:59
  • 1:13 AM

    Song without Words No. 36 "Cradle Song"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    2:32
  • 1:06 AM

    Coppelia: Waltz of The Hours

    Leo Delibes

    Delibes: Coppelia/ Chopin: Les Sylphides

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Heinz Fricke, conductor

    6:18
  • 1:01 AM

    String Quartet No. 2: Scherzo

    Alexander Borodin

    Emerson String Quartet: Complete Recordings

    Emerson String Quartet

    4:48
  • 12:46 AM

    Der Rosenkavalier: Waltz Sequence No. 1

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss, Liszt, Korngold, Busoni, Schreker

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Kazuki Yamada, conductor

    12:04
  • 12:07 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 1; Beethoven: Egmont Overture

    Munich Philharmonic Orchestra

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    51:17
  • 12:01 AM

    Handel in the Strand

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger, Leighton: Chamber Works

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    4:25
  • 11:51 PM

    Aida: Triumphal March

    Giuseppe Verdi

    International Salute

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    7:43
  • 11:42 PM

    Soeur Monique (Sister Monica)

    Francois Couperin

    Couperin: Keyboard Music

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    3:56
  • 11:38 PM

    It Don't Mean a Thing

    Duke Ellington

    Dance

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hope, violin

    3:11
  • 11:31 PM

    Etude No. 12 "Revolutionary"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Etudes, Op. 10 And 25

    Idil Biret, piano

    2:53
  • 11:22 PM

    The Angels Changed My Name

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Ennanga

    Ashley Jackson, harp

    4:50
  • 11:16 PM

    Divertimento No. 11: Allegro molto

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    The Complete Mozart Divertimentos CD 3

    New York Philomusica

    Robert Johnson, conductor

    4:51
  • 11:05 PM

    And Crimson Roses Once Again Be Fair: Elegy - Perhaps

    Joseph Turrin

    Crimson Roses

    Musica Viva Orchestra

    Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez, conductor

    Frederica von Stade, mezzo-soprano

    6:23
  • 10:53 PM

    String Quartet: 4th movement

    Maurice Ravel

    Emerson String Quartet: Complete Recordings

    Emerson String Quartet

    5:14
  • 10:44 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Scottish": 2nd movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Woody Allen Classics

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    4:28
  • 10:41 PM

    Preghiera

    Fritz Kreisler

    My Favourite Kreisler

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    2:34
  • 10:35 PM

    Islandus: Streymir

    Gabriel Olafs

    Gabriel Olafs: Orchestral Works

    Reykjavik Orchestra

    Viktor Orri Arnason, conductor

    Gabriel Olafs, piano

    2:06
  • 10:32 PM

    Tambourin

    Francois-Joseph Gossec

    Flute and Guitar Encores

    Peter-Lukas Graf, flute

    1:23
  • 10:15 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 7

    George Frideric Handel

    Strings! The Definitive Collection

    Guildhall Strings

    13:25
  • 10:12 PM

    Schwanda the Bagpiper: Polka

    Jaromir Weinberger

    Karajan Conducts Orchestral Favorites II

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    2:23
  • 10:02 PM

    Armida: Overture

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos 60 & 91

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    5:02
  • 9:49 PM

    Salome: Dance of the Seven Veils

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Rosenkavelier, Salome's Dance, Burleske Fastival Prelud

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    9:10
  • 9:43 PM

    Cello Suite No. 1: Prelude

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    The Essential Yo-Yo Ma

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    2:17
  • 9:35 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan": 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos No. 9, K271 & 21, K467

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Mitsuko Uchida, conductor

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    6:47
  • 9:27 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Apotheosis

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty

    Kirov Orchestra

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    2:34
  • 9:26 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Three Ivans

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    1:16
  • 9:17 PM

    Danse Macabre

    Camille Saint-Saens

    SAINT-SAENS (THE BEST OF)

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Keith Clark, conductor

    7:07
  • 9:09 PM

    Trumpet Voluntary

    John Stanley

    Wynton Marsalis: In Gabriel's Garden

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Anthony Newman, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    3:34
  • 9:00 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 3

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dancing For 100 Years

    Quebec Symphony Orchestra

    Yoav Talmi, conductor

    4:35
  • 6:41 PM

    Overture, Scherzo and Finale

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann, R.: Overtures

    Polish National Radio Orchestra

    Johannes Wildner, conductor

    17:16
  • 6:35 PM

    Arabesque No. 1

    Claude Debussy

    Memory

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    4:14
  • 6:22 PM

    Sextet

    Luigi Boccherini

    Boccherini

    Sally Walker, flute

    13:06
  • 6:06 PM

    Rounds for String Orchestra

    David Diamond

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    13:51
  • 6:01 PM

    Butterfly's Day Out

    Mark O'Connor

    The Essential Yo-Yo Ma

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    4:41
  • 5:51 PM

    Magic Flute: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Overtures

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    6:49
  • 5:22 PM

    Symphony

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: Symphony in C major; Weber: Symphony No. 1

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Otmar Suitner, conductor

    27:55
  • 5:16 PM

    Valse de la Reine (The Queen's Waltz)

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    MUSICA CAMERATA MONTREAL: SALON VIENNOIS

    Musica Camerata Montreal

    3:39
  • 5:06 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor": Rondo

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    The Best of Beethoven

    Capella Istropolitana

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    Stefan Vladar, piano

    10:00
  • 5:01 PM

    Ae Fond Kiss

    Robert Burns

    Homecoming

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Rory Macdonald, conductor

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    4:36
  • 4:45 PM

    Concerto for 2 Orchestras No. 1

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks, Concerti a due cori

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    13:31
  • 4:23 PM

    Duet-Concertino

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Violin Concerto, Oboe Concerto

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    Dimitri Ashkenazy, clarinet

    19:41
  • 4:19 PM

    Colorful Clouds Chasing the Moon

    Jian-Zhong Wang

    Connecting Cultures

    Deborah Moriarty and Zhihua Tang, piano

    3:18
  • 4:06 PM

    Tales from the Vienna Woods

    Johann StraussJr.

    The Key to Classics: J. Strauss

    Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    12:01
  • 4:00 PM

    Waltz No. 5 "Grande Valse"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin

    Claudio Arrau, piano

    4:34
  • 3:51 PM

    Images for Orchestra: Iberia: On Highways and Byways

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Images, etc.

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    7:11
  • 3:51 PM

    Double Piano Concerto: 3rd movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Franck, Bizet: Symphonies

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    Katia & Marielle Labeque, pianos

    7:30
  • 3:40 PM

    Appearances are Deceptive: Overture

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Cimarosa: Overtures, Vol. 6

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice

    Patrick Gallois, conductor

    6:39
  • 3:35 PM

    Lauda Jerusalem

    Gabriel Diaz

    The Glory of Gabrieli

    Empire Brass & Friends

    2:54
  • 3:27 PM

    Serenade No. 4: 5th movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Serenade No. 4, Symphony No. 23

    Concentus Musicus Vienna

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    3:53
  • 3:22 PM

    Equinox: The Aral Sea

    Henning Kraggerud

    Equinox

    Arctic Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra

    Henning Kraggerud, conductor

    Henning Kraggerud, violin

    3:20
  • 3:14 PM

    Piano Concerto: 3rd movement

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Jeux de Miroirs

    Paris Orchestra

    Josep Pons, conductor

    Javier Perianes, piano

    4:09
  • 3:10 PM

    Sinfonia "Improvisata"

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Improvisata: Sinfonie con titoli

    Europa Galante

    Fabio Biondi, conductor

    Fabio Biondi, violin

    3:17
  • 3:01 PM

    Colas Breugnon Overture

    Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Tchaikovsky: Pathetique Symphony

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    4:47
  • 2:57 PM

    Serenade No. 1: Scherzo

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Serenade Nr. 1; Tragische Ouverture; Akademische Festouverture

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    2:44
  • 2:48 PM

    Torre Bermeja (Vermillion Tower)

    Isaac Albeniz

    Albeniz: Serenata

    Stephen Marchionda, guitar

    4:41
  • 2:40 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 3: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

    CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra

    Peter Schreier, conductor

    5:54
  • 2:33 PM

    Farewell to Stromness

    Peter Maxwell Davies

    At the Break

    Christopher O'Riley, piano

    3:32
  • 2:28 PM

    String Quartet No. 6: 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The String Quartets

    Emerson String Quartet

    2:58
  • 2:21 PM

    Schwanengesang, Book 1: Standchen (Serenade)

    Franz Schubert

    Romance Of The Violin

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Michael Stern, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    3:42
  • 2:12 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 3rd movement

    Elfrida Andree

    Andree: Fritiof Suite - Symphony in A minor

    Stockholm Symphony Orchestra

    Gustaf Sjokvist, conductor

    5:28
  • 2:04 PM

    Symphony No. 88: 3rd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies 88-92, etc.

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    3:57
  • 1:52 PM

    Humoresque No. 5

    Jean Sibelius

    Prokofiev/Sibelius: Violin Concertos, etc.

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    Ilya Gringolts, violin

    3:27
  • 1:49 PM

    Winter Bonfire: 1st movement

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Winter Bonfire

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    2:39
  • 1:42 PM

    Legend No. 7

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Legends

    Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    2:46
  • 1:38 PM

    Etude No. 9

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Etudes Opus 10, Op. 25

    Murray Perahia, piano

    2:09
  • 1:35 PM

    Etude No. 9

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Etudes Opus 10, Op. 25

    Murray Perahia, piano

    2:09
  • 1:31 PM

    Someone to Watch Over Me

    George Gershwin

    Philip Smith

    Philip Smith, trumpet

    3:42
  • 1:23 PM

    And Crimson Roses Once Again Be Fair: Elegy - Perhaps

    Joseph Turrin

    Crimson Roses

    Musica Viva Orchestra

    Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez, conductor

    Frederica von Stade, mezzo-soprano

    6:23
  • 1:11 PM

    Serenade No. 10 "Gran Partita": Adagio

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart13Berg

    Ensemble Intercontemporain

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    5:06
  • 1:04 PM

    Fanfare for the Common Man

    Aaron Copland

    Copland 100

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    3:31
  • 12:50 PM

    Rose Without a Thorn Suite

    Henry VIII

    Music for the Courts of Europe

    Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

    12:24
  • 12:47 PM

    Greensleeves

    Traditional

    The World of the Harp

    Susann McDonald, harp

    2:18
  • 12:42 PM

    The Red Poppy: Russian Sailor's Dance

    Reinhold Gliere

    Pops a la Russe

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    3:38
  • 12:30 PM

    Moseltraume

    Lou Koster

    Estro Armonico Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra

    Jonathan Kaell, conductor

    10:42
  • 12:22 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

    6:28
  • 12:15 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Eroica": 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 8

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    5:58
  • 12:08 PM

    The Dance of the Goblins (La ronde des Lutins)

    Antonio Bazzini

    Instrument of the Devil

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    5:09
  • 12:04 PM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Intermezzo

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Symphonies

    Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    3:40
  • 11:46 AM

    12 German Dances

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: 12 German Dances, Concert Piece, Rondo

    Ensemble Wien

    12:40
  • 11:19 AM

    Flute Concerto

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    James Galway: The Man with the Golden Flute

    Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra

    Jorg Faerber, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    25:40
  • 11:10 AM

    Symphony No. 1: 3rd movement

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    Larson: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Hans-Peter Frank, conductor

    6:49
  • 11:06 AM

    Humoresque No. 7

    Antonin Dvorak

    Concert A La Carte

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    3:02
  • 11:01 AM

    Scherzo

    Alfredo Catalani

    Puccini, Catalani, Ponchielli: for orchestra

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    4:42
  • 10:44 AM

    Concertino

    Josef Myslivecek

    Myslivecek: Symphonies

    Concerto Koln

    14:39
  • 10:22 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 17

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Sonatas Vol. 1

    Orli Shaham, piano

    20:46
  • 10:18 AM

    Peek-a-boo Waltz

    Justin Holland

    Jiji Plays Justin Holland: Music for Guitar

    Jiji, guitar

    2:09
  • 10:07 AM

    The Oak

    Florence Price

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

    Wurttemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen

    John Jeter, conductor

    10:43
  • 10:01 AM

    Dance of the Orange Blossoms

    Eric Coates

    Coates: Four Centuries

    East of England Orchestra

    Malcolm Nabarro, conductor

    4:32
  • 9:50 AM

    A Night Piece

    Arthur Foote

    American Flute Quintets

    Carol Wincenc, flute

    8:42
  • 9:04 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Winter Dreams"

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Complete Symphonies

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    43:41
  • 9:01 AM

    First Snow

    Ola Gjeilo

    Ola Gjeilo: Winter Songs

    12 Ensemble

    Ola Gjeilo, piano

    2:26
  • 8:50 AM

    Two Elegiac Melodies

    Edvard Grieg

    Edvard Grieg: Works For String Orchestra

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    8:05
  • 8:19 AM

    String Quartet No. 3

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn Quartets, Vol. 2

    Eroica Quartet

    30:45
  • 8:05 AM

    Fratres (Brothers)

    Arvo Part

    Bach and Part

    Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

    Arabella Steinbacher, violin

    12:30
  • 8:01 AM

    light everlasting

    Carlos Simon

    Carlos Simon: Requiem for the Enslaved

    Carlos Simon, piano

    3:00
  • 7:23 AM

    Clarinet Quintet

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Hawthorne String Quartet

    Harold Wright, clarinet

    35:39
  • 7:11 AM

    Harp Sonata

    Germaine Tailleferre

    La Promenade des Dames: French Women Composers and Harp Music

    Alessandra Ziveri, harp

    10:09
  • 7:01 AM

    The Magic Harp

    Ina Boyle

    Dan Godfrey Encores

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    9:15
  • 6:20 AM

    Symphony

    Paul Dukas

    Dukas: Symphonie en Ut, La Peri, L'Apprenti Sorcier

    French National Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    38:56
  • 6:15 AM

    Amelie: Comptine d'un autre ete

    Yann Tiersen

    Cinema

    Plinio Fernandes, guitar

    3:30
  • 6:01 AM

    Serenade No. 6 "Serenata Notturna"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Serenades K 203 & 239

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    12:41