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  • 5:33 AM

    Metamorphosen

    Richard Strauss

    Metamorphosen: Strauss Chamber Works

    Oculi Ensemble

    25:30
  • 5:22 AM

    Cancion de el alma (Song of the Soul)

    Edie Hill

    Edie Hill: Clay Jug

    The Crossing

    Donald Nally, conductor

    8:51
  • 5:06 AM

    Canon

    Kate Moore

    Kate Moore: Dances and Canons

    Saskia Lankhoorn, piano

    15:32
  • 5:01 AM

    Etudes: Adagio

    Knudage Riisager

    Riisager: Violin Concerto & Etudes

    Aarhus Symphony Orchestra

    Andreas Delfs, conductor

    4:45
  • 4:55 AM

    Nostalghia

    Valentin Silvestrov

    Silvestrov

    Alexey Botvinov, piano

    3:32
  • 4:15 AM

    The Protecting Veil

    John Tavener

    Tavener: The Protecting Veil; The Last Sleep Of The Virgin

    I Fiamminghi

    Rudolf Werthen, conductor

    France Springuel, cello

    37:46
  • 4:06 AM

    Keymaster

    Caleb Burhans

    Janus: i am not

    Janus

    7:34
  • 4:01 AM

    All Dreams Begin With the Horizon: noble

    Christopher Theofanidis

    American Lyricism

    Christopher Atzinger, piano

    4:44
  • 3:53 AM

    The Days (I giorni)

    Ludovico Einaudi

    Spheres

    German Chamber Orchestra Berlin

    Simon Halsey, conductor

    Daniel Hope, violin

    5:38
  • 3:34 AM

    Noble and Sentimental Waltzes

    Maurice Ravel

    When Do We Dance

    Lise de la Salle, piano

    18:33
  • 3:16 AM

    Schicksalslied (Song of Destiny)

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Alto Rhapsody

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    16:02
  • 3:08 AM

    Evensongs: Abide Canons

    Ingram Marshall

    Ingram Marshall: Evensongs

    Maia Quartet

    6:07
  • 3:06 AM

    Peace I leave with you

    Amy Beach

    Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge

    Anna Lapwood, conductor

    1:34
  • 3:01 AM

    Two Meditations on Poems of Mary Oliver: Linen of Words

    Evan Premo

    For Claire & Philip

    River Town Duo

    4:37
  • 2:48 AM

    Old Hungarian Dances

    Ferenc Farkas

    Frosunda Wind Quintet

    9:35
  • 2:33 AM

    Don Juan and Faust: Six airs de ballet

    Moritz Moszkowski

    From Foreign Lands

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    14:03
  • 2:15 AM

    Sonata for Flute, Viola, and Harp

    Claude Debussy

    Aurele Nicolet, flute

    Nobuko Imai, viola

    Naoko Yoshino, harp

    17:15
  • 2:06 AM

    Under the Eye of Heaven: The Enigma

    Nick Bicat

    Power

    London Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Warren-Green, conductor

    7:28
  • 2:01 AM

    Scherzo No. 2

    Clara Schumann

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    4:47
  • 1:52 AM

    Coppelia: Waltz of The Hours

    Leo Delibes

    Delibes: Coppelia/ Chopin: Les Sylphides

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Heinz Fricke, conductor

    6:18
  • 1:41 AM

    Winter Poem No. 1

    Glenn Buhr

    Winter Poems - Music of Glenn Buhr

    Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra

    Bramwell Tovey, conductor

    10:02
  • 1:18 AM

    Wanderer Fantasy

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Piano Sonata in B Flat D 960

    Alfred Brendel, piano

    21:01
  • 1:06 AM

    The Walk to the Paradise Garden

    Frederick Delius

    Delius: Paris; In A Summer Garden; Brigg Fair Etc.

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    10:40
  • 1:01 AM

    Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes

    Florence Price

    Catalyst Quartet

    4:45
  • 12:46 AM

    The Seasons: Autumn

    Alexander Glazunov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade, Arensky: Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky, Glazunov: The Seasons, Concert Waltzes

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor

    12:29
  • 12:25 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: The Violin Concertos

    Lausanne Chamber Orchestra

    Renaud Capucon, violin

    18:52
  • 12:13 AM

    Miniature Suite

    Poldowski

    Music of the Gilded Age

    Sylvan Winds

    10:29
  • 12:06 AM

    The Gadfly: Romance

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vassily Sinaisky, conductor

    6:33
  • 12:01 AM

    La Misterieuse

    Francois Couperin

    Couperin: Keyboard Music Vol. 2

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    4:51
  • 11:51 PM

    Carousel Waltz

    Richard Rodgers

    American Light Music Classics

    New London Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    7:33
  • 11:44 PM

    Glass Houses: No. 11

    Ann Southam

    Mirrored Glass

    Taktus

    6:05
  • 11:25 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 8

    Francois Devienne

    Devienne, Cimarosa: Flute Concertos

    London Mozart Players

    James Galway, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    17:11
  • 11:13 PM

    Invitation to the Dance

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Weber: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2, Bassoon Concerto

    BBC Philharmonic

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    10:02
  • 11:06 PM

    Viennese Ladies Landler

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: 12 German Dances, Concert Piece, Rondo

    Ensemble Wien

    7:01
  • 11:01 PM

    From Meadow to Mayfair Suite: Evening in Town

    Eric Coates

    New Philharmonia Orchestra

    Adrian Boult, conductor

    4:38
  • 10:50 PM

    Overture to Gwendoline

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    8:31
  • 10:30 PM

    An American in Paris

    George Gershwin

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    18:11
  • 10:23 PM

    Inspiration Waltzes

    Nathaniel Dett

    My Cup Runneth Over: The Complete Piano Works of R. Nathaniel Dett

    Clipper Erickson, piano

    6:05
  • 10:14 PM

    Preludio, Fuga, and Vivace

    Sergio Assad

    Bacheando

    Plinio Fernandes, guitar

    7:00
  • 10:06 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Introduction and March

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    7:54
  • 10:03 PM

    Pickles and Peppers

    Adaline Shepherd

    Fluffy Ruffle Girls

    Virginia Eskin, piano

    2:39
  • 9:38 PM

    Carmen Suite

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: Carmen Suite, L'arlesienne Suites Etc.

    Orchestre de la Bastille

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    19:27
  • 9:26 PM

    On the Town: Three Dance Episodes

    Leonard Bernstein

    Bernstein: Chichester Psalms

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    10:32
  • 9:14 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 3

    Pieter Hellendaal

    Hellendaal: Six Grand Concertos for Violins, etc. in Eight Parts Opus 3

    Combattimento Consort Amsterdam

    Jan Willem de Vriend, conductor

    10:35
  • 9:06 PM

    Haneros Haluli

    Zavel Zilberts

    THE KNIGHTS BEFORE CHRISTMAS

    The Knights

    Eric Jacobsen, conductor

    Colin Jacobsen, violin

    7:23
  • 9:01 PM

    Concerto for 2 Horns: Rondo

    Antonio Rosetti

    Rosetti: Concertos for 2 Horns

    Bavarian Chamber Philharmonic

    Johannes Moesus, conductor

    Klaus Wallendorf, horn

    4:35
  • 8:37 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Joseph White

    Black Composers Series 1974-1978

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    Aaron Rosand, violin

    21:47
  • 6:53 PM

    Waltz No. 2 "Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    Beethoven: Sonatas; Chopin: Waltzes, Etc

    Ingrid Fliter, piano

    5:24
  • 6:28 PM

    Faithful Shepherd: Suite

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Water Music, Il Pastor Fido

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    23:09
  • 6:12 PM

    Sonata No. 4

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Sonatas For Strings

    Camerata Bern

    Thomas Furi, conductor

    13:45
  • 6:06 PM

    Donna Diana Overture

    Emil von Reznicek

    Great Comedy Overtures

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Lance Friedel, conductor

    6:00
  • 6:01 PM

    Sonata for Two Violins: Gigue and Presto

    Johann Goldberg

    Goldberg: Chamber Music

    Musica Alta Ripa

    4:33
  • 5:51 PM

    Festive Overture

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra: Portrait

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    James DePreist, conductor

    6:13
  • 5:46 PM

    Gold Dust Waltz

    Erik Satie

    Erik Satie: Oeuvres pour piano

    Anne Queffelec, piano

    4:33
  • 5:42 PM

    Wedding on the Eiffel Tower: Waltz of the Telegrams

    Germaine Tailleferre

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    2:32
  • 5:19 PM

    Gaite Parisienne: Selections

    Jacques Offenbach

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    23:11
  • 5:11 PM

    Nightclub 1960

    Astor Piazzolla

    'Pot-Pourri' for flute & guitar

    William Bennett, flute

    5:35
  • 5:06 PM

    Thais: Meditation

    Jules Massenet

    Intermezzo

    Camerata Transylvanica

    Gyorgy Selmeczi, conductor

    Janos Selmeczi, violin

    4:38
  • 5:01 PM

    Rondo

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    C.P.E. Bach: Sonatas And Rondos

    Mikhail Pletnev, piano

    4:42
  • 4:52 PM

    Symphony: 4th movement

    Alice Mary Smith

    Smith, A.M.: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    6:19
  • 4:18 PM

    The Bourgeois Gentleman Suite

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, Divertimento After Couperin

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    32:41
  • 4:12 PM

    Polska after Olof Norblad

    Anonymous

    Baroque Tales

    Lynx Ensemble

    3:32
  • 4:06 PM

    Polonaise

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Czech Suite, Prague Waltzes, etc.

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    5:21
  • 4:01 PM

    Garden of Roses (Il giardino di rose): Sinfonia

    Alessandro Scarlatti

    A. Scarlatti: Sinfonie & Concertos

    Accademia Bizantina

    Ottavio Dantone, conductor

    4:43
  • 3:49 PM

    Introduction and Rondo capriccioso

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Violin on Stage

    NFM Wroclaw Philharmonic

    Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor

    Bomsori Kim, violin

    9:15
  • 3:48 PM

    Introduction and Rondo capriccioso

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Violin on Stage

    NFM Wroclaw Philharmonic

    Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor

    Bomsori Kim, violin

    9:15
  • 3:39 PM

    Four South African Folktunes

    Traditional

    South African Music

    National Symphony Orchestra of the S.A.B.C.

    Peter Marchbank, conductor

    7:43
  • 3:28 PM

    Divertimento No. 14

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    New York Philomusica

    10:36
  • 3:25 PM

    Locus iste

    Karl Jenkins

    Karl Jenkins: Motets

    Polyphony

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    2:43
  • 3:00 PM

    Concerto Serenade

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    Catherine Michel, harp

    23:27
  • 2:56 PM

    Friday Afternoons: A New Year Carol

    Benjamin Britten

    Season of Light

    Essential Voices USA

    Judith Clurman, conductor

    2:11
  • 2:49 PM

    Light Cavalry Overture

    Franz von Suppe

    William Tell and Other Favorite Overtures

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    6:49
  • 2:44 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2 "Characteristic": Dance

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Suites Nos. 1 And 2

    National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

    Stefan Sanderling, conductor

    4:16
  • 2:28 PM

    Symphony No. 5: 3rd and 4th movements

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven 5 And 7

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Manfred Honeck, conductor

    15:04
  • 2:21 PM

    New Vienna Landler

    Joseph Lanner

    Vienne 1850: Danses

    Ensemble Bella Musica Vienna

    Michael Dittrich, conductor

    5:34
  • 2:17 PM

    Puppets: The Sentimental Puppet's Waltz

    Bohuslav Martinu

    Motyli a rajky (Butterflies and Birds of Paradise)

    Emil Leichner, piano

    2:44
  • 2:10 PM

    Ballet Scenes: Mazurka

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: From the Middle Ages; Scenes de Ballet

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    3:56
  • 2:04 PM

    Minuet Antique

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Das Klavierwerk

    Heidi Lowy, piano

    5:34
  • 1:47 PM

    Gloriana: Courtly Dances

    Benjamin Britten

    Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf, Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    10:19
  • 1:41 PM

    Symphony No. 94 "Surprise": Minuet

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies no 94 "Surprise" & 100 "Military"

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    5:32
  • 1:33 PM

    Jota de Pamplona

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Navarra Symphony Orchestra

    Ernest Martinez Izquierdo, conductor

    Tianwa Yang, violin

    6:43
  • 1:17 PM

    Oboe d'Amore Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    John Abberger, oboe d'amore

    15:11
  • 1:10 PM

    The Merchant of Venice: Suite: A la Valse

    Arthur Sullivan

    Ruddigore

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Vivian Dunn, conductor

    4:55
  • 1:04 PM

    Serenade

    Roman Hoffstetter

    Greatest Hits Of 1790

    Philharmonia Virtuosi

    Richard Kapp, conductor

    4:45
  • 12:45 PM

    Children's Games (Jeux d'enfants)

    Georges Bizet

    Rossini: La Boutique Fantasque

    Toronto Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    11:30
  • 12:41 PM

    Dolly Suite: Tendresse

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: Nocturnes and Barcarolles

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    3:30
  • 12:32 PM

    String Quartet No. 1

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Arabella String Quartet

    7:15
  • 12:24 PM

    Danzon Cubano

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man and Other Favorites

    Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    6:31
  • 12:15 PM

    Grand Canyon Suite: On the Trail

    Ferde Grofe

    Grofe: Grand Canyon Suite, Gershwin: Catfish Row

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    8:01
  • 12:04 PM

    Four Seasons: Autumn

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi and Piazzolla

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Nikki Chooi, violin

    10:29
  • 11:50 AM

    Symphony: Finale

    Edvard Grieg

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    7:38
  • 11:32 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 4

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Barry Tuckwell

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Peter Maag, conductor

    Barry Tuckwell, horn

    16:43
  • 11:21 AM

    La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Prague Sinfonia Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    9:50
  • 11:12 AM

    Crisantemi (Chrysanthemums)

    Giacomo Puccini

    In the South

    Brodsky Quartet

    7:14
  • 11:06 AM

    Jocelyn: Berceuse

    Benjamin Godard

    Eroica Trio

    Eroica Trio

    5:44
  • 11:01 AM

    Three Etudes

    Fernando Sor

    Sor: 24 Progressive Etudes; 6 Little Pieces

    Norbert Kraft, guitar

    4:42
  • 10:49 AM

    Oboe Concerto No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    City of London Sinfonia

    Nicholas Ward, conductor

    Anthony Camden, oboe

    8:40
  • 10:21 AM

    Idyll for String Orchestra

    Leos Janacek

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    26:28
  • 10:16 AM

    The Muppet Movie: Rainbow Connection

    Paul Williams/Kenneth Ascher

    Lang Lang, piano

    4:10
  • 10:06 AM

    The Air, Turning

    Edmund Finnis

    The Air, Turning

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Ilan Volkov, conductor

    8:55
  • 10:01 AM

    The Beatitudes

    Vladimir Martynov

    Mari

    Berlin Konzerthaus Orchestra

    Jonathan Stockhammer, conductor

    Mari Samuelsen, violin

    4:44
  • 9:55 AM

    Prelude and Fugue No. 11

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Dmitri Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87

    Keith Jarrett, piano

    3:20
  • 9:25 AM

    Waltz Suite

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Symphony No. 6; Waltz Suite

    Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    29:07
  • 9:01 AM

    Partita No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Something Almost Being Said: Music of Bach and Schubert

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    22:36
  • 8:54 AM

    Ambre

    Nils Frahm

    The Glass Effect: The Music of Philip Glass

    Lavinia Meijer, harp

    3:53
  • 8:33 AM

    Concerto for Cello and Strings

    Dobrinka Tabakova

    Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra

    Maxim Rysanov, conductor

    Kristina Blaumane, cello

    20:50
  • 8:27 AM

    Traumlicht (Dreamlight)

    Richard Strauss

    Songs Of Life And Death

    Ensemble Vocapella Limburg

    Tristan Meister, conductor

    5:44
  • 8:01 AM

    Serenade No. 12

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Greatest Hits

    Netherlands Wind Ensemble

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    24:19
  • 7:49 AM

    There is a Willow Grows Aslant a Brook

    Frank Bridge

    Bridge, Bantock & Butterworth

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    9:20
  • 7:46 AM

    Meditation

    Florence Price

    Meditations: Florence Price Piano Discoveries

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:17
  • 7:01 AM

    Symphony No. 6

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 6

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    43:01
  • 6:50 AM

    Night Revels

    Leevi Madetoja

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Jorma Panula, conductor

    7:58
  • 6:35 AM

    I Nottambuli (Night Owls)

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Works for Cello & Piano

    Enrico Dindo, cello

    14:47
  • 6:01 AM

    String Quartet No. 9 "Razumovsky No. 3"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: String Quartets Op. 59, Nos. 2 & 3

    Shanghai Quartet

    32:03