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  • 5:50 AM

    We See Things That Are Not There

    Scott Wollschleger

    Bearthoven

    7:42
  • 5:10 AM

    Cello Concerto

    Gerald Finzi

    Finzi: Cello Concerto; Leighton: Suite Veris Gratia

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    Raphael Wallfisch, cello

    39:01
  • 5:06 AM

    O Nata Lux

    Lucy Walker

    Nightfall

    Voces8

    3:05
  • 5:01 AM

    Sonata No. 8

    Henry Purcell

    Purcell Quartet

    4:51
  • 4:48 AM

    Renascence

    Lita Grier

    Czech National Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    Mary Stolper, flute

    10:54
  • 4:16 AM

    Piano Quintet No. 1

    Ernst von Dohnanyi

    Dohnányi: Piano Quintets Nos.1 & 2, String Quartet No.2

    Takacs Quartet

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    30:21
  • 4:07 AM

    Adagio for Strings

    Samuel Barber

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    7:28
  • 4:01 AM

    Notre Dame: Intermezzo

    Franz Schmidt

    Opera Intermezzi and Ballet Music

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    4:40
  • 3:50 AM

    Leonardo Dreams of his Flying Machine

    Eric Whitacre

    Eric Whitacre Singers

    Eric Whitacre, conductor

    8:35
  • 3:46 AM

    Leonardo da Vinci: Water Studies

    Caroline Shaw

    Caroline Shaw: Leonardo da Vinci (Original Score)

    Attacca Quartet

    3:42
  • 3:21 AM

    Sea Pictures

    Uuno Klami

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Petri Sakari, conductor

    23:40
  • 3:06 AM

    Concerto for Two Mandolins

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    James Tyler, mandolin

    Douglas Wootton, mandolin

    12:25
  • 3:01 AM

    Poem

    Zdenek Fibich

    Small Czech Musical Gems

    Prague Symphony Orchestra

    Vaclav Smetacek, conductor

    4:48
  • 2:49 AM

    Shining River

    Shafer Mahoney

    Duo Damiana

    9:01
  • 2:14 AM

    Double Concerto

    Johannes Brahms

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    Isaac Stern, violin

    Leonard Rose, cello

    34:05
  • 2:06 AM

    Overture

    Grazyna Bacewicz

    Bacewicz: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    5:39
  • 2:01 AM

    Mikhail Pletnev, piano

    4:36
  • 1:51 AM

    Caminos

    Silvestre Revueltas

    Revueltas: Centennial Anthology (1899-1999)

    New Philharmonia Orchestra

    Eduardo Mata, conductor

    7:45
  • 1:47 AM

    Estrellita (My Little Star)

    Manuel Ponce

    American Road Trip

    Augustin Hadelich, violin

    2:54
  • 1:21 AM

    Symphony No. 43 "Mercury"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    24:12
  • 1:14 AM

    La Dangereuse

    Ludovic Lamothe

    William Chapman Nyaho, piano

    5:03
  • 1:06 AM

    The Skaters Waltz

    Emil Waldteufel

    Dance!: The World's Favourite Ice-Skating Music

    Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    7:50
  • 1:01 AM

    Flute Quintet: Finale

    Franz Schubert

    Martinu Quartet

    Robert Stallman, flute

    Karel Untermuller, viola

    4:53
  • 12:51 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 17: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    7:22
  • 12:51 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 17: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    7:22
  • 12:33 AM

    Romeo and Juliet: Ballet Music

    Charles Gounod

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    18:01
  • 12:17 AM

    American Rhapsody

    Ernst von Dohnanyi

    Dohnanyi: Violin Concerto

    Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Alun Francis, conductor

    14:35
  • 12:09 AM

    Folk Suite No. 2

    William Grant Still

    Get on Board

    Sierra Winds

    7:11
  • 12:01 AM

    Fidelio Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Overtures

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Daniel Harding, conductor

    7:11
  • 11:54 PM

    Lakme: Flower Duet

    Leo Delibes

    Golden Opera

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    Joan Sutherland, soprano

    6:04
  • 11:44 PM

    Finlandia

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Symphony No. 3, etc.

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    8:57
  • 11:32 PM

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    11:10
  • 11:15 PM

    Tannhauser: Overture

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Orchestral Works

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Klaus Tennstedt, conductor

    15:27
  • 11:09 PM

    Barcarolle

    Mel Bonis

    Myriam Barbaux-Cohen, piano

    4:48
  • 11:01 PM

    Suite of Scottish Dances

    William Alwyn

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    7:17
  • 10:55 PM

    Bird Songs at Eventide

    Eric Coates

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Wilson, conductor

    4:55
  • 10:47 PM

    Ubi caritas et amor

    Morten Lauridsen

    Lauridsen: Lux Aeterna

    Polyphony

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    7:01
  • 10:35 PM

    Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances

    Alexander Borodin

    Tchaikovsky: 1812, Marche Slave, Etc / Järvi, Gothenburg So

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    Torgny Sporsen, bass

    11:22
  • 10:26 PM

    Three Celebrations: At the Bay

    Jenny McLeod

    McLeod: The Emperor and the Nightingale

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    Uwe Grodd, conductor

    6:26
  • 10:09 PM

    Guitar Concerto

    Ferdinando Carulli

    Carulli, Molino: Guitar Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    15:29
  • 10:05 PM

    Turkish Rondo

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Classics: Popular Works for Solo Piano

    John O'Conor, piano

    3:17
  • 10:02 PM

    Libertango

    Astor Piazzolla

    Quartet San Francisco

    2:31
  • 9:52 PM

    Aranjuez Concerto: 1st movement

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Spanish Night

    Internationale Philharmonic

    Horst Backer, conductor

    Dale Kavanagh, guitar

    6:12
  • 9:33 PM

    Carmen Suite No. 2

    Georges Bizet

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    17:39
  • 9:22 PM

    Three Romances for Violin and Piano

    Clara Schumann

    Elena Urioste, violin

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    10:02
  • 9:16 PM

    Rondo alla polacca

    Nikolaus von Krufft

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    Leonard Hokanson, piano

    5:11
  • 9:00 PM

    Noble and Sentimental Waltzes

    Maurice Ravel

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    15:23
  • 6:39 PM

    Guitar Concerto No. 1

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    Kazuhito Yamashita, guitar

    19:13
  • 6:18 PM

    Holberg Suite

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg, Nielsen: Music for String Orchestra

    Norwegian Chamber Orchestra

    Iona Brown, conductor

    19:22
  • 6:14 PM

    Mazurka No. 21

    Maria Szymanowska

    Maria Szymanowska - Piano Works / Anna Ciborowska

    Anna Ciborowska, piano

    2:43
  • 6:06 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 6

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel and Haydn Society

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    6:48
  • 6:01 PM

    Sine Nomine

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Composer's Collection: Vaughan Williams

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    4:43
  • 5:48 PM

    Suite Rococo

    Andre Gretry

    I Fiamminghi

    France Springuel, cello

    9:50
  • 5:23 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Afro-American"

    William Grant Still

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    24:08
  • 5:16 PM

    Giuliano Sommerhalder, trumpet

    Kasia Wieczorek, piano

    4:46
  • 5:06 PM

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

    Johann StraussJr.

    Strauss II: The Best Of

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Ondrej Lenard, conductor

    9:25
  • 5:01 PM

    American Suite: 2nd movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    4:38
  • 4:51 PM

    Suite Mignonne

    Jean Sibelius

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    7:02
  • 4:24 PM

    Clarinet Concerto No. 3

    Bernhard Crusell

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Alun Francis, conductor

    Thea King, clarinet

    25:39
  • 4:17 PM

    Violin Sonata: Finale

    Mel Bonis

    Le Temps Retrouve

    Elena Urioste, violin

    6:16
  • 4:10 PM

    Cantata No. 49: Sinfonia

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Berlin Baroque Soloists

    Rainer Kussmaul, conductor

    Raphael Alpermann, organ

    6:00
  • 4:06 PM

    Jazz Suite No. 2: Dance No. 1

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    2:58
  • 4:01 PM

    Symphony No. 2: Scherzo

    Charles Gounod

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    4:44
  • 3:54 PM

    Dance of the Bajader

    Johan Halvorsen

    Latvian National Symphony Orchestra

    Terje Mikkelsen, conductor

    4:25
  • 3:46 PM

    Essay for Orchestra No. 2

    Samuel Barber

    Barber/Schippers

    New York Philharmonic

    Thomas Schippers, conductor

    10:43
  • 3:42 PM

    Berceuse

    Gabriel Faure

    Music for Flute & Harp

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    2:56
  • 3:38 PM

    Prelude No. 5

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Preludes and Melodies

    Alessio Bax, piano

    3:32
  • 3:15 PM

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Emmanuel Krivine, conductor

    21:30
  • 3:08 PM

    Cinderella: Loneliness of Evening

    Richard Rodgers

    Fred Hersch plays Rodgers & Hammerstein

    Fred Hersch, piano

    5:00
  • 2:58 PM

    Fritiof Suite: Prelude

    Elfrida Andree

    Andree: Fritiof Suite - Symphony in A minor

    Stockholm Symphony Orchestra

    Gustaf Sjokvist, conductor

    9:02
  • 2:48 PM

    Variations on "I Got Rhythm"

    George Gershwin

    Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue & Piano Concerto

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    9:05
  • 2:40 PM

    Light Cavalry Overture

    Franz von Suppe

    William Tell and Other Favorite Overtures

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    6:49
  • 2:33 PM

    Alleluia

    Randall Thompson

    Hear My Prayer

    Voices of Ascension

    Dennis Keene, conductor

    5:13
  • 2:21 PM

    Symphony No. 4 "Romantic": 3rd movement

    Anton Bruckner

    Bruckner: Symphony No 4

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    11:17
  • 2:17 PM

    Widmung (Dedication)

    Robert Schumann

    Romance: The Music of Clara Schumann

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    2:13
  • 2:08 PM

    Romanian Folk Dances

    Bela Bartok

    Bartok: Romanian Folk-Dances, Kodaly: Galanta Dances, Marosszek Dances

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    6:07
  • 2:04 PM

    L'Estro Armonico: Concerto No. 10 for Four Violins and Cello: 3rd movement

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Baroque

    Arcangelo

    Jonathan Cohen, conductor

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    3:22
  • 1:50 PM

    Serenade: 4th movement

    Ethel Smyth

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Odaline de la Martinez, conductor

    9:04
  • 1:47 PM

    My Favorite Things

    Richard Rodgers

    Stephen Hough: The Piano Album, Vol.1

    Stephen Hough, piano

    2:36
  • 1:30 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "Great": 4th movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphony No 9, Rosamunde Overture

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    15:33
  • 1:23 PM

    Waltz-Scherzo

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    Daniel Lozakovich, violin

    5:42
  • 1:19 PM

    Capriccio No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Alessio Bax, piano

    3:21
  • 1:14 PM

    Chinese Tambourin

    Fritz Kreisler

    Shanghai Symphony Orchestra

    Long Yu, conductor

    Maxim Vengerov, violin

    3:43
  • 1:07 PM

    An English Suite: Pastoral and In Minuet Style

    Hubert Parry

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    5:40
  • 1:04 PM

    Children's Corner: Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum

    Claude Debussy

    Piano Book

    Lang Lang, piano

    2:45
  • 12:49 PM

    Maria Waltz

    Johann StraussSr.

    2018 New Year's Concerto

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    8:50
  • 12:42 PM

    Symphony No. 4: Scherzo

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    5:52
  • 12:32 PM

    Clarinet Quintet: 4th movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart & Brahms

    Pacifica String Quartet

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    8:54
  • 12:23 PM

    Hansel and Gretel: Overture

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Humperdinck: Fairy-Tale Music

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    7:29
  • 12:16 PM

    Pavane

    Gabriel Faure

    Reveries

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    6:02
  • 12:10 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Violin Concertos

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    3:59
  • 12:04 PM

    Etude No. 3 "Un Sospiro" (A Sigh)

    Franz Liszt

    Caprice: French Music For Harp

    Susann McDonald, harp

    5:34
  • 11:49 AM

    Soirees Musicales

    Benjamin Britten

    Rossini, Respighi: La Boutique Fantasque

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    9:35
  • 11:31 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 1

    Richard Strauss

    R Strauss: An Alpine Symphony

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Gerd Seifert, horn

    15:41
  • 11:27 AM

    Lotus Eaters

    Andrew York

    Air and Ground

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    3:27
  • 11:15 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 9 (after Corelli)

    Francesco Geminiani

    Geminiani: Concerti Grossi (After Corelli, Op. 5)

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    10:25
  • 11:06 AM

    Carnival Overture

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9, Carnival Overture

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    9:10
  • 11:01 AM

    Symphony No. 1: 4th movement

    Florence Price

    Florence Price: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 3

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    4:46
  • 10:49 AM

    Six Studies in English Folk Song

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Violin Sonata, String Quartet No. 2 Etc.

    Nash Ensemble

    9:14
  • 10:35 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies 1-16

    Philharmonia Hungarica

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    12:39
  • 10:20 AM

    London Fields

    Phyllis Tate

    Box of Delights: British Light Music Gems

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    12:53
  • 10:06 AM

    Keyboard Suite No. 4

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Suites for Keyboard

    Keith Jarrett, piano

    14:04
  • 10:01 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "Song of Praise": The night is departing

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn in Birmingham, Vol. 3

    City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus

    Edward Gardner, conductor

    Mary Bevan, soprano

    4:31
  • 9:39 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 6

    Francois Devienne

    Devienne: 14 Concertos pour flute

    Munich Chamber Orchestra

    Hans Stadlmair, conductor

    Andras Adorjan, flute

    19:14
  • 9:33 AM

    Etude No. 7

    Frederic Chopin

    Encores

    Daniel Barenboim, piano

    5:30
  • 9:10 AM

    Faust Ballet Music

    Charles Gounod

    French Opera Highlights

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    21:10
  • 9:01 AM

    Kiki-Mora

    Anatol Liadov

    Liadov: The Enchanted Lake, and other orchestral works.

    Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    8:33
  • 8:19 AM

    Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies No. 40 & No. 41

    English Baroque Soloists

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    39:27
  • 8:15 AM

    Suite Compostelana: Coral

    Federico Mompou

    Joao Luiz: From Spain to Sao Paulo

    Joao Luiz, guitar

    3:20
  • 8:01 AM

    Viola da gamba Sonata No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Kim Kashkashian, viola

    Keith Jarrett, harpsichord

    11:54
  • 7:38 AM

    Celtic Symphony

    Granville Bantock

    Bantock: Symphonies

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    19:56
  • 7:15 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Peter Schickele

    Strauss, Vaughan Williams, Schikele

    Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    Pamela Pecha, oboe

    22:30
  • 7:01 AM

    Ma vlast (My Country): From Bohemia's Woods and Fields

    Bedrich Smetana

    Smetana: Ma Vlast

    Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra

    Zdenek Macal, conductor

    12:13
  • 6:28 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 4

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Piano Sonatas, Vol. I

    Andras Schiff, piano

    30:40
  • 6:19 AM

    Blue Silence

    Elena Kats-Chernin

    In Transit

    Emily Granger, harp

    8:29
  • 6:01 AM

    Divertimento for Strings

    Gareth Walters

    Sea Sketches

    Manitoba Chamber Orchestra

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    15:54