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  • 5:47 AM

    Hymn for Everyone

    Jessie Montgomery

    Contemporary American Composers

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    11:19
  • 5:34 AM

    Air for Violin

    Aaron Jay Kernis

    Kernis: Air For Violin; Double Concerto For Violin And Guitar; Lament And Prayer

    Minnesota Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    11:35
  • 5:12 AM

    Theme and Variations

    Amy Beach

    American Flute Quintets

    Carol Wincenc, flute

    21:58
  • 5:06 AM

    Autumn Landscape

    Martin Mailman

    Music For Quiet Listening

    Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra

    Howard Hanson, conductor

    5:03
  • 5:01 AM

    After the Wars: A snowy morning/And smoke from the kitchen roof-/It is good.

    Peter Garland

    After the Wars

    Sarah Cahill, piano

    4:49
  • 4:32 AM

    Double Concerto

    Jonathan Leshnoff

    Leshnoff: Forgotten Chants and Refrains

    IRIS Orchestra

    Michael Stern, conductor

    Charles Wetherbee, violin

    27:19
  • 4:27 AM

    Waly, Waly (The Water is Wide)

    Traditional

    Blue Wheat

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    3:17
  • 4:16 AM

    Ode

    Lukas Foss

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

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    10:36
  • 4:06 AM

    Crisantemi (Chrysanthemums)

    Giacomo Puccini

    In the South

    Brodsky Quartet

    7:14
  • 4:01 AM

    Suite on Sixteenth Century Hymn Tunes: Choeur celeste

    George Frederick McKay

    MCKAY: Violin Concerto / Sinfonietta No. 4 / Song Over the Great Plains

    National Radio Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine

    John McLaughlin Williams, conductor

    4:46
  • 3:55 AM

    Amazing Grace

    Traditional

    Together

    Randall Goosby, violin

    3:41
  • 3:22 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Florence Price

    Florence Price: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 3

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    31:05
  • 3:14 AM

    Lyric for Strings

    George Walker

    Live in Concert

    Sphinx Virtuosi

    Damon Gupton, conductor

    5:33
  • 3:06 AM

    American Symphony Theme

    Jon Batiste

    Beethoven Blues

    Jon Batiste, piano

    2:41
  • 3:01 AM

    Prelude: 2nd movement

    William Grant Still

    William Grant Still: Summerland

    New Zealand String Quartet

    Alexa Still, flute

    4:31
  • 2:52 AM

    Toute vie

    Lou Koster

    Koster: Orchestral Music

    Estro Armonico Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra

    Jonathan Kaell, conductor

    6:05
  • 2:48 AM

    The Deer Hunter: Cavatina

    Stanley Myers

    The Blue Album

    Pablo Sainz-Villegas, guitar

    4:02
  • 2:20 AM

    String Quartet No. 17 "Hunt"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Hunt & Dissonance Quartets; Haydn

    Emerson String Quartet

    25:51
  • 2:06 AM

    The Seasons: Autumn

    Alexander Glazunov

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor

    12:30
  • 2:01 AM

    Sinfonia in Classic Mode: Minuet

    Joseph Marx

    Marx: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2

    Bochum Symphony Orchestra

    Steven Sloane, conductor

    4:42
  • 1:47 AM

    Prairie Journal

    Aaron Copland

    Aaron Copland: Four Dances from Rodeo

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    10:53
  • 1:44 AM

    Nun danket alle Gott

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Classic Hymns

    The King's Brass

    Tim Zimmerman, trumpet

    2:52
  • 1:39 AM

    The Road Home

    Traditional

    Harvest Home

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    3:24
  • 1:21 AM

    Fantasy Variations

    Ulysses Kay

    Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony - U. Kay: Fantasy Variations - Umbrian Scene

    Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Arthur Fagen, conductor

    17:55
  • 1:12 AM

    String Quartet No. 6: 1st movement

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Saint-Georges: 6 Concertante Quartets

    Arabella String Quartet

    6:47
  • 1:06 AM

    Waltz No. 1 "Grand Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    The Chopin Album

    Lang Lang, piano

    5:48
  • 1:01 AM

    A Country Woman

    Bedrich Smetana

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Stankovsky, conductor

    4:34
  • 12:46 AM

    Viola Concerto

    Johann Christian Bach

    Double Sens

    Nemanja Radulovic, viola

    11:59
  • 12:42 AM

    Pastorale

    Amy Beach

    Amy Beach: Violin Sonata etc.

    Ambache Chamber Ensemble

    3:35
  • 12:30 AM

    Harp Concerto

    George Frideric Handel

    Harp Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Marisa Robles, harp

    10:57
  • 12:26 AM

    Harvest Hymn

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger: Vol. 1 - Orchestral Works 1

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    3:14
  • 12:20 AM

    Variations on L. Mason's Nearer, My God, to Thee

    Justin Holland

    Christopher Mallett, guitar

    4:05
  • 12:07 AM

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

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9, Carnival Overture

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    13:21
  • 12:01 AM

    Amazing Grace

    Traditional

    Serafin String Quartet

    4:35
  • 11:50 PM

    Kegelstatt Trio: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Innovation/Evolution: The Unfolding of Music, 2: The Age of Reason

    Wu Han, piano

    8:46
  • 11:33 PM

    Seasons

    Dominick Argento

    Come to the Woods

    The Singers

    Matthew Culloton, conductor

    15:15
  • 11:29 PM

    New England Idyls: The Joy of Autumn

    Edward MacDowell

    MACDOWELL: Woodland Sketches / Fireside Tales / New England Idyls

    James Barbagallo, piano

    2:36
  • 11:12 PM

    New England Triptych

    William Schuman

    An American Tapestry

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    15:38
  • 11:06 PM

    Cantata No. 208: Sheep May Safely Graze

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Arrangements

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    5:38
  • 11:01 PM

    Two Chorale Preludes

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms on Brass

    Canadian Brass

    4:52
  • 10:45 PM

    Delights and Dances

    Michael Abels

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    13:03
  • 10:35 PM

    Variations on Mozart's "Bei Mannern"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Zuill Bailey

    Zuill Bailey, cello

    8:59
  • 10:21 PM

    Women's Philharmonic

    Apo Hsu, conductor

    12:36
  • 10:17 PM

    Seasonal Breezes: Autumn Breeze

    Rick Sowash

    Seasonal Breezes: Five Chamber Works by Rick Sowash

    Sylvan Trio

    3:38
  • 10:11 PM

    Homestead Dances: Farmhands' Dance

    Don Ray

    Home For The Harvest

    Dublin Philharmonic Orchestra

    Derek Gleeson, conductor

    5:05
  • 10:06 PM

    Concerto alla rustica (Rustic Concerto)

    Antonio Vivaldi

    La Serenissima

    Adrian Chandler, conductor

    4:09
  • 10:03 PM

    Let Us Break Bread Together

    Moses Hogan

    Summerland: Music for Piano and Cello by Composers of African Descent

    Duo Dolce

    2:50
  • 9:49 PM

    Bright Blue Music

    Michael Torke

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    9:07
  • 9:46 PM

    Promenade (Walking the Dog)

    George Gershwin

    The Gershwins in Hollywood

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    John Mauceri, conductor

    3:01
  • 9:29 PM

    Folk Suite

    Morton Gould

    London Symphony Orchestra

    David Amos, conductor

    14:50
  • 9:24 PM

    Prayer

    Rene Clausen

    Clausen: Choral Works

    Kansas City Chorale

    Charles Bruffy, conductor

    4:26
  • 9:09 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 16

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Complete Mozart Edition, Vol. 17: Piano Sonatas

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    13:37
  • 9:06 PM

    Simple Gifts

    Aaron Copland

    Some Other Time

    Zuill Bailey, cello

    2:39
  • 9:01 PM

    Orchestral Study No. 3

    Arthur Bliss

    English Northern Philharmonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    4:51
  • 8:44 PM

    Rounds for String Orchestra

    David Diamond

    American Music For Strings

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    13:52
  • 8:39 PM

    Appalachian Hymnsong

    R. Kevin Paul

    From The Beginning

    da Capo Brass

    4:28
  • 8:14 PM

    String Quartet No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven Complete String Quartets, Volume 1

    Dover Quartet

    23:34
  • 8:10 PM

    Oliver!: Food, Glorious Food

    Lionel Bart

    A Harvest Home

    Cantus

    2:43
  • 8:06 PM

    Harvest Home Suite: Thanksgiving Hymn

    Jay Ungar

    Harvest Home - Jay Ungar and Molly Mason

    Nashville Chamber Orchestra

    Paul Gambill, conductor

    Jay Ungar, fiddle

    3:19
  • 8:01 PM

    Two Bagatelles

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Moonlight Sonata and Other Piano Music

    Pavel Kolesnikov, piano

    4:48
  • 7:50 PM

    La Stravaganza: Violin Concerto No. 1

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: La Stravaganza

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    Monica Huggett, violin

    8:02
  • 7:47 PM

    The Entertainer

    Scott Joplin

    Reflections: Scott Joplin Reconsidered

    Joe Brent, mandolin

    3:15
  • 7:24 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "The Camp Meeting"

    Charles Ives

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    21:16
  • 7:06 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach

    The King's Violins

    Bernard Labadie, conductor

    Alexandre Tharaud, piano

    15:36
  • 7:01 PM

    Six Short Pieces: selections

    Henriette Renie

    La Harpe Consolatrice

    Kyunghee Kim-Sutre, harp

    4:47
  • 6:45 PM

    Scherzo Capriccioso

    Antonin Dvorak

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    14:30
  • 6:29 PM

    Theme and Variations on Red River Valley

    David Amram

    Amram: This Land And Red River Variations

    Colorado Symphony Orchestra

    David Amram, conductor

    Brook Ellen Ferguson, flute

    14:17
  • 6:25 PM

    Ode to Joyful

    Jon Batiste

    Beethoven Blues

    Jon Batiste, piano

    2:04
  • 6:17 PM

    An Anthem for Thanksgiving

    William Billings

    VocalEssence

    5:52
  • 6:06 PM

    Invitation to the Dance

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Ballet Gala - Invitation to the Dance

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    10:56
  • 6:01 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 1: 1st movement

    Alexander Reinagle

    Sylvia Glickman, piano

    4:42
  • 5:45 PM

    Three American Pieces

    Lukas Foss

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

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Nikki Chooi, violin

    13:03
  • 3:50 PM

    Homestead Dances: Quilters' Dance

    Don Ray

    Dublin Philharmonic Orchestra

    Derek Gleeson, conductor

    7:59
  • 3:47 PM

    Autumn Dance

    Betty King

    Black Renaissance Woman

    Samantha Ege, piano

    2:12
  • 3:21 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Concertos

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    24:30
  • 3:16 PM

    Thanksgiving Waltz

    Jay Ungar

    Harvest Home - Jay Ungar and Molly Mason

    Jay Ungar, fiddle

    3:46
  • 3:06 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "America": Thanksgiving Day

    Dan Locklair

    Locklair: Symphony No. 2 "America"

    Slovak National Symphony Orchestra

    Kirk Trevor, conductor

    9:05
  • 3:01 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 1

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Maria Bergmann plays Joseph Haydn

    Maria Bergmann, piano

    4:38
  • 2:49 PM

    Schwanda the Bagpiper: Polka and Fugue

    Jaromir Weinberger

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    9:17
  • 2:43 PM

    The American Seasons: Fall

    Mark O'Connor

    Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra

    Scott Yoo, conductor

    Mark O'Connor, violin

    5:50
  • 2:30 PM

    Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Overtures

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    11:03
  • 2:21 PM

    Autumn Soiree No. 5

    Felicien David

    Limoges Baroque Ensemble

    8:21
  • 2:17 PM

    Minuet

    Luigi Boccherini

    Jewels of the Classics

    Philharmonia Virtuosi

    Richard Kapp, conductor

    3:41
  • 2:06 PM

    Umoja (Unity)

    Valerie Coleman

    Imani Winds

    Imani Winds

    2:49
  • 2:01 PM

    Shenandoah

    Traditional

    Out Of This World

    Chanticleer

    4:36
  • 1:47 PM

    Four Seasons: Autumn

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Le Quattro Stagioni

    Brecon Baroque

    Rachel Podger, violin

    10:41
  • 1:45 PM

    Harvest Flower Polka

    Hans Christian Lumbye

    Lumbye: Complete Orchestral Works, Volume 6

    Tivoli Symphony Orchestra

    Tamas Veto, conductor

    2:21
  • 1:33 PM

    String Quartet No. 6

    Maddalena Laura Sirmen

    Allegri String Quartet

    9:57
  • 1:24 PM

    Our Town

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: The Red Pony; Our Town; The Heiress Suite; Music For Movies

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    9:02
  • 1:19 PM

    Walden Pond: The Pond

    Dominick Argento

    Argento: Walden Pond

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    3:56
  • 1:15 PM

    Lyric Pieces: Homeward

    Edvard Grieg

    Ballad for Edvard Grieg

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    2:45
  • 1:07 PM

    The Planets: Jupiter

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: The Planets

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Colin Davis, conductor

    8:15
  • 1:01 PM

    Amadigi di Gaula: Sento la gioia (I feel the joy)

    George Frideric Handel

    Sound The Trumpet: Royal Music of Purcell and Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    4:34
  • 12:51 PM

    Adagio

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 3 & 4

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    Yakov Kreizberg, conductor

    Julia Fischer, violin

    7:50
  • 12:43 PM

    Contentment

    William Bolcom

    William Bolcom: The Complete Rags

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    7:38
  • 12:38 PM

    Appalachian Autumn: Jig

    Grant Cooper

    The Tales of the West Virginia Hills

    West Virginia Symphony Orchestra

    Grant Cooper, conductor

    2:49
  • 12:18 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1, 2, & 3

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    19:50
  • 12:11 PM

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Avlana Eisenberg, conductor

    5:58
  • 12:06 PM

    Serenade

    Roman Hoffstetter

    From Mozart to Ravel

    Blair String Quartet

    3:49
  • 12:03 PM

    Sketches in Sepia

    Florence Price

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:35
  • 11:47 AM

    Autumn Legend

    William Alwyn

    Alwyn: Orchestral Music

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    Rachael Pankhurst, English horn

    10:48
  • 11:22 AM

    Fantasie for Violin and Piano

    Franz Schubert

    Violin Fantasies

    Jennifer Koh, violin

    24:28
  • 11:19 AM

    Dearest Spot on Earth

    Justin Holland

    Justin Holland Recording Project

    Keith Calmes, guitar

    2:25
  • 11:12 AM

    Suite for Strings: Finding Home

    Michael Fine

    Michael Fine: Seasons

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Philip Mann, conductor

    5:26
  • 11:06 AM

    Dance of the Blessed Spirits

    Christoph Gluck

    Journey to Mozart

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hope, violin

    5:07
  • 11:01 AM

    Izumi Tateno, piano

    4:42
  • 10:48 AM

    Sonata No. 4

    Jean-Joseph Mondonville

    Mondonville: Six Sonatas Op. 3

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    10:23
  • 10:23 AM

    String Quartet

    Gabriel Faure

    Debussy, Faure, Ravel: String Quartets

    Ebene Quartet

    24:20
  • 10:15 AM

    i thank You God for most this amazing day

    Eric Whitacre

    Whitacre: Cloudburst

    Polyphony

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    5:56
  • 10:07 AM

    Pastorale for Oboe, Harp and Strings

    Howard Hanson

    HANSON: Concerto for Organ, Harp and Strings / Nymphs and Satyr

    Philadelphia Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Spalding, conductor

    Jonathan Blumenfeld, oboe

    7:23
  • 10:01 AM

    Sure on this Shining Night

    Morten Lauridsen

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    Fabio Bidini, piano

    4:51
  • 9:23 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Charles Ives

    Ives: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    35:37
  • 9:17 AM

    Autumn Song

    Paul Moravec

    Moravec: Chamber Symphony; Cool Fire; Autumn Song

    Marya Martin, flute

    4:57
  • 9:05 AM

    Moseltraume

    Lou Koster

    Koster: Orchestral Music

    Estro Armonico Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra

    Jonathan Kaell, conductor

    10:42
  • 9:01 AM

    Breakfast at Tiffany's: Moon River

    Henry Mancini

    Cinema

    Plinio Fernandes, guitar

    3:24
  • 8:38 AM

    November Woods

    Arnold Bax

    Bax: Tone Poems

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    20:27
  • 8:34 AM

    Autumn Leaves

    Charles Stanford

    My Spirit Sang All Day

    King's Singers

    3:27
  • 8:01 AM

    Piano Trio No. 1

    Emilie Mayer

    Mayer: Piano Trios; Notturno

    Trio Vivente

    30:56
  • 7:42 AM

    Wood Notes

    William Grant Still

    Still: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 3; Wood Notes

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    16:27
  • 7:36 AM

    Hymnus for 12 Cellos

    Julius Klengel

    Elgar

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    5:10
  • 7:01 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 7

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    33:11
  • 6:46 AM

    Musica Celestis

    Aaron Jay Kernis

    Kernis: Second Symphony, Musica Celestis, etc.

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    12:32
  • 6:43 AM

    Shine

    Ola Gjeilo

    Dawn

    Ola Gjeilo, piano

    2:31
  • 6:01 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2 "In Evening Light"

    Peteris Vasks

    Concert Recording

    Camerata Bern

    Antje Weithaas, violin and conductor

    39:34