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  • 5:47 AM

    As I Crossed a Bridge of Dreams

    Anne Boyd

    A Bridge of Dreams

    Ars Nova Copenhagen

    Paul Hillier, conductor

    11:05
  • 5:11 AM

    Piano Trio

    Dora Pejacevic

    Pejacevic: Piano Trio - Cello Sonata

    Andrej Bielow, violin

    35:27
  • 5:06 AM

    Suite No. 7: Poetico

    Kurt Atterberg

    ATTERBERG: Sinfonia for Strings

    Camerata Nordica

    Ulf Wallin, conductor

    3:32
  • 5:01 AM

    Wesendonck-Lieder (Wesendonk Songs): Traume (Dreams)

    Richard Wagner

    Seasons...Dreams...

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    4:30
  • 4:51 AM

    Three Chaconnes in Blue: No. 2

    Ed Bland

    Urban Counterpoint: The Piano Music of Ed Bland

    Judith Olson, piano

    6:36
  • 4:21 AM

    The Knights

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    28:06
  • 4:17 AM

    Blue Piece

    Libby Larsen

    Holes in the Sky

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    2:43
  • 4:07 AM

    A Colour Symphony: Blue

    Arthur Bliss

    Bliss: A Colour Symphony; Adam Zero

    English Northern Philharmonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    10:07
  • 4:01 AM

    Fragile Dream

    Joe Hisaishi

    Fairy Tale

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:43
  • 3:46 AM

    Diptych

    Galina Grigorjeva

    Grigorjeva: Nature Morte

    Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

    Paul Hillier, conductor

    12:18
  • 3:16 AM

    Piano Quartet No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Momentum 1785/86

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    27:53
  • 3:06 AM

    Dmitri Ensemble

    8:34
  • 3:01 AM

    Septura

    4:38
  • 2:34 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Bohuslav Martinu

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    24:48
  • 2:19 AM

    Pastoral Suite

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    A Swedish Pastorale

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Jan-Olav Wedin, conductor

    12:16
  • 2:06 AM

    Phantasy Trio

    Joan Trimble

    Composing the Island

    Fidelio Trio

    11:48
  • 2:01 AM

    Liti Kersti: Bjorgulv the Fiddler

    Arne Eggen

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    4:33
  • 1:35 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Max Bruch

    Bruch: Scottish Fantasy and Violin Concerto No. 2

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    23:38
  • 1:25 AM

    Three Pieces for Cello and Piano

    Nadia Boulanger

    Soirees Internationales

    Antonio Meneses, cello

    7:17
  • 1:12 AM

    Norwegian Rhapsody No. 2

    Johan Halvorsen

    Halvorsen: Norwegian Rhapsody, Norwegian Festival Overture, etc.

    Bergen Symphony Orchestra

    Karsten Andersen, conductor

    11:29
  • 1:06 AM

    Barcarolle No. 5

    Gabriel Faure

    Stephen Hough's French Album

    Stephen Hough, piano

    5:44
  • 1:01 AM

    Trio Sonata No. 1: Gigue

    Johann Goldberg

    Bach: Sonates en Trio

    London Baroque

    Ingrid Seifert, violin

    4:37
  • 12:56 AM

    Hungarian Dance No. 3

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 2, Hungarian Dances

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    2:46
  • 12:48 AM

    Musical Moment No. 4

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Piano Sonata D 568

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    6:44
  • 12:30 AM

    Jeux (Games)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Orchestral Works

    New Philharmonia Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    17:05
  • 12:11 AM

    Guitar Quintet No. 6

    Luigi Boccherini

    Boccherini: Quintets IV, V, VI

    Artaria Quartet

    Richard Savino, guitar

    17:28
  • 12:06 AM

    Impromptu No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    Seong-Jin Cho, piano

    3:55
  • 12:01 AM

    Two Fantasias

    Thomas Lupo

    Thomas Lupo: Fantasia

    Fretwork

    4:41
  • 11:48 PM

    King Lear Overture

    Mily Balakirev

    Balakirev: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2, etc.

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vassily Sinaisky, conductor

    10:39
  • 11:43 PM

    Variations on a Theme by Mozart

    Mikhail Glinka

    Sonatas for Flute and Harp

    Susann McDonald, harp

    4:12
  • 11:14 PM

    Symphony No. 36 "Linz"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 28 & 36 "Linz"

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Frans Bruggen, conductor

    27:34
  • 11:06 PM

    Three Sonatas

    Domenico Scarlatti

    The Glenn Gould Silver Jubilee Album

    Glenn Gould, piano

    5:53
  • 11:01 PM

    Prelude

    Heino Kaski

    Scandinavian Rhapsody, A Selection of Orchestral Favourites

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:41
  • 10:52 PM

    Nonet: 4th movement

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor: Nonet, Piano Trio, Piano Quintet

    Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective

    6:15
  • 10:32 PM

    Sonatina

    Antonin Dvorak

    Roots

    Randall Goosby, violin

    19:34
  • 10:20 PM

    String Quartet No. 5

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Saint-Georges: 6 Concertante Quartets

    Arabella String Quartet

    10:44
  • 10:15 PM

    Starburst

    Jessie Montgomery

    Strum: Music for Strings

    String Orchestra

    3:26
  • 10:07 PM

    Valsette Mignon

    Florence Price

    Waltzes and Character Pieces of Florence Price

    Michael Clark, piano

    2:09
  • 10:01 PM

    O Praise the Lord

    Adolphus Hailstork

    Solace

    Jason Max Ferdinand Singers

    Jason Max Ferdinand, conductor

    Natrickie Louissaint, soprano

    4:38
  • 9:53 PM

    Africa Fantasie

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Carnival Fantasy

    Salut Salon

    5:08
  • 9:23 PM

    Violin Sonata

    Richard Strauss

    Love Music

    Svetlin Roussev, violin

    28:29
  • 9:19 PM

    Violin Partita No. 3: Prelude

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Sonatas and Partitas - Complete

    Paul Galbraith, guitar

    4:01
  • 9:07 PM

    Marche Slave

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    10:31
  • 9:01 PM

    Waltz No. 9 "L'adieu"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin

    Claudio Arrau, piano

    4:42
  • 8:44 PM

    En voyage

    Elizabeth Lutyens

    Box of Delights: British Light Music Gems

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Simon Joly, conductor

    14:49
  • 5:50 PM

    The Wreckers Overture

    Ethel Smyth

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    9:10
  • 5:15 PM

    Symphony No. 3

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 3; Tragic Overture

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    33:32
  • 5:10 PM

    Sinfonia

    Wilhelm Friedemann Bach

    Wilhelm Friedemann Bach: Das Orchesterwerk

    CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra

    Hartmut Haenchen, conductor

    3:06
  • 5:06 PM

    Ave Maria

    Anton Bruckner

    Bruckner: Motets

    Choir of St. Bride's

    3:01
  • 5:01 PM

    English Suite No. 4: Prelude

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: English Suites

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    4:30
  • 4:45 PM

    String Symphony No. 6

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Amadeus Ensemble

    Agnieszka Duczmal, conductor

    13:30
  • 4:29 PM

    Ireland

    Augusta Holmes

    Holmes: Orchestral Works

    Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic

    Samuel Friedman, conductor

    14:17
  • 4:19 PM

    Cantabile doloroso e Rondo giocoso

    Ole Bull

    Bruch, Wieniawski, Ole Bull

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Gourlay, conductor

    Charlie Siem, violin

    8:58
  • 4:06 PM

    Concerto Italiano

    Rinaldo Alessandrini, conductor

    11:32
  • 4:01 PM

    Symphony No. 1: Scherzo

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: The Complete Symphonies

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    4:31
  • 3:55 PM

    Forgotten Sounds

    Charles Martin Loeffler

    Forgotten Sounds

    Graeme Steele Johnson, clarinet

    3:48
  • 3:40 PM

    Symphony No. 15

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies, Vol. 5

    Danish National Chamber Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    14:15
  • 3:19 PM

    Piano Trio

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure, Saint-Saens, D'indy

    Horszowski Trio

    19:14
  • 3:06 PM

    Concerto No. 7

    Pietro Locatelli

    Raglan Baroque Players

    Elizabeth Wallfisch, conductor

    11:11
  • 3:00 PM

    Miniatures: Brecolada and Copla

    Joan Manen

    National Chamber Orchestra of Andorra

    Gerard Claret, conductor

    4:31
  • 2:45 PM

    Cello Concerto

    Leonardo Leo

    Leonardo Leo: Cello Concertos

    Southwest German Chamber Orchestra

    Vladislav Czarnecki, conductor

    Julius Berger, cello

    13:33
  • 2:28 PM

    Symphonic Poem No. 6 "Mazeppa"

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt, Smetana: Les Preludes, Mazeppa, Ungarische Rhapsodie No. 4, Vysehrad, Die Moldau

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    15:18
  • 2:25 PM

    Polish National Dances: No. 2

    Xaver Scharwenka

    Xaver Scharwenka: The Piano Works

    Seta Tanyel, piano

    2:38
  • 2:06 PM

    Music for the Royal Fireworks

    George Frideric Handel

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    17:08
  • 2:00 PM

    Choro No. 1 "Tipico Brasileiro"

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Prole do bebe n.1 per piano - Cirandas, 2 Preludes

    Anna-Stella Schic, piano

    4:34
  • 11:42 AM

    Serenade No. 2

    Robert Fuchs

    Cologne Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Ludwig, conductor

    16:03
  • 11:25 AM

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Marc Destrube, conductor

    15:21
  • 11:17 AM

    A Morning in the Woods

    Leo Ornstein

    Janice Weber, piano

    6:16
  • 11:06 AM

    Scheherazade: The Sea and Sinbad's Ship

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade; Tsar Saltan Suite etc.

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    10:39
  • 11:01 AM

    Piano Sonata: 2nd movement

    Helene de Montgeroult

    The Future is Female, Vol. 3 "At Play"

    Sarah Cahill, piano

    4:39
  • 10:44 AM

    Flute Concerto

    Michael Haydn

    Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    Istvan-Zsolt Nagy, flute

    14:29
  • 10:28 AM

    Four Characteristic Waltzes

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha OVerture / Petite Suite

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    13:42
  • 10:13 AM

    Italian Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Amadeus Guitar Duo

    13:58
  • 10:06 AM

    Concerto No. 1 for Piano and Vibraphone "Infinite Games": Empty Set

    Arash Safaian

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Sebastian Knauer, piano

    Pascal Schumacher, vibraphone

    6:10
  • 10:01 AM

    Etude No. 14

    Philip Glass

    Vikingur Olafsson, piano

    4:34
  • 9:53 AM

    Berceuse (Lullaby)

    Frederic Chopin

    Rachmaninoff, Chopin: Piano Sonatas etc.

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    4:55
  • 9:15 AM

    String Sextet No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: String Sextets, Opp. 18 & 36

    Isaac Stern, violin

    38:16
  • 9:01 AM

    Cienfuegos Concerto: Song to the Night

    Lorenzo Palomo

    Seville Royal Symphony Orchestra

    Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos, conductor

    12:00
  • 8:50 AM

    Wish You Were Here

    Nico Muhly

    Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra

    Edwin Outwater, conductor

    8:49
  • 8:30 AM

    Latvian National Symphony Orchestra

    Andris Poga, conductor

    18:57
  • 8:24 AM

    The Green Bough

    Joan Trimble

    Bruce Posner, piano

    Donald Garvelmann, piano

    4:28
  • 8:01 AM

    Spirit of Trees

    Alan Hovhaness

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    Jason Vieaux, guitar

    22:15
  • 7:32 AM

    Symphony No. 10: Adagio

    Gustav Mahler

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    26:25
  • 7:11 AM

    Paris Quartet No. 11

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Telemann: 12 Paris Quartets

    Barthold Kuijken, flute

    18:14
  • 7:01 AM

    Suite for Flute, Violin and Piano

    Mel Bonis

    Tour de France

    Trio Arkaede

    10:02
  • 6:54 AM

    Invocation

    Amy Beach

    Tasmin Little, violin

    John Lenehan, piano

    3:49
  • 6:18 AM

    Piano Concerto

    Antonin Dvorak

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vaclav Neumann, conductor

    Rudolf Firkusny, piano

    36:01
  • 6:01 AM

    In the Faery Hills

    Arnold Bax

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    15:05