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  • 5:49 AM

    Night Prayer

    Eriks Esenvalds

    Esenvalds: Passion And Resurrection

    Polyphony

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    9:20
  • 5:10 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    Martha Argerich: Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1; Liszt Piano Concerto No. 1

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Martha Argerich, piano

    37:51
  • 5:06 AM

    Barcarole

    Jorge Morel

    Sonidos Latinos

    David Russell, guitar

    2:53
  • 5:01 AM

    The rising of the moon

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens: Melodies Sans Paroles

    Bart Schneemann, oboe

    4:34
  • 4:51 AM

    Hear the Dust Blow

    Michael Daugherty

    Five MInutes for Earth

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    6:55
  • 4:21 AM

    String Quartet No. 4

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn Quartets, Vol. 2

    Eroica Quartet

    28:17
  • 4:17 AM

    Raining at Sunset

    Chris Thile

    Durch Raum und Zeit

    Jochen Ross, mandolin

    2:16
  • 4:06 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel - Concerti Grossi Op. 6 Nos. 1-6

    Boston Baroque

    Martin Pearlman, conductor

    10:50
  • 4:01 AM

    Serenade for Strings: Andante

    Max Bruch

    Bruch: Orchestral Works

    Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra

    George Hanson, conductor

    4:35
  • 3:50 AM

    Source Code

    Jessie Montgomery

    Strum: Music for Strings

    Catalyst Quartet

    8:41
  • 3:22 AM

    The Blue Pearl

    Erkki Melartin

    Melartin: Orchestral Works

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Hannu Lintu, conductor

    26:15
  • 3:18 AM

    Etude-Tableau No. 1

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Piano Sonata No. 2 Études-Tableaux Op. 33

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    2:30
  • 3:06 AM

    Our Town

    Aaron Copland

    The Copland Collection 1936-1948

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Aaron Copland, conductor

    11:03
  • 3:01 AM

    Nonetto: 1st movement

    Bohuslav Martinu

    Spohr, Martinu: Nonets / Ensemble Wien-Berlin

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    4:50
  • 2:51 AM

    Italian Serenade

    Hugo Wolf

    Favourite Serenades for Orchestra

    I Musici

    7:25
  • 2:28 AM

    Cello Sonata No. 5

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Hope Amid Tears

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    21:20
  • 2:09 AM

    Don Juan

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Symphonic Poems

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    17:19
  • 2:06 AM

    Marcus Eley, clarinet

    2:25
  • 2:01 AM

    The Honeysuckle; The Fairy Round; The Night Watch

    Anthony Holborne

    Nocturnal

    Jakob Lindberg, lute

    4:46
  • 1:37 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 5

    Henri Vieuxtemps

    Vieutemps, Saint-Saens: Violin Concertos

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    Isabelle van Keulen, violin

    21:20
  • 12:51 AM

    Fiesta criolla

    Manuel Gomez Carrillo

    Fiesta Criolla: Latin-American Orchestral Works

    Wurttemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen

    Gabriel Castagna, conductor

    7:10
  • 12:31 AM

    The Tender Land Suite

    Aaron Copland

    Suite from "The Tender Land" / 3 Latin-American Sketches / Suite from "The Red Pony"

    Phoenix Symphony

    James Sedares, conductor

    21:22
  • 12:27 AM

    Flight

    Rachel Portman

    Elle

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:27
  • 12:14 AM

    String Quartet No. 5

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Saint-Georges: 6 Concertante Quartets

    Arabella String Quartet

    10:44
  • 12:07 AM

    Fantasia fugata

    Amy Beach

    Beach: Fire-flies: The Solo Piano Music of Amy Beach Vol. 3

    Joanne Polk, piano

    5:55
  • 12:02 AM

    Meditation

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: Complete Concertos

    Russian National Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    4:09
  • 11:55 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2: Rondo

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Complete Piano Concertos

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Andrew Constantine, conductor

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    5:58
  • 11:40 PM

    Rounds for String Orchestra

    David Diamond

    David Diamond, Vol. 5: Rounds

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    14:17
  • 11:31 PM

    Suite No. 1: Fuga con Pajarillo

    Aldemaro Romero

    Songs for Our Times

    Sphinx Virtuosi

    8:00
  • 11:17 PM

    Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Songs of Paradise

    Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra

    Kazuhiro Koizumi, conductor

    11:49
  • 11:08 PM

    My Neighbor Totoro Suite

    Joe Hisaishi

    A Symphonic Celebration: Music from the Studio Ghibli films of Hayao Miyazaki

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Joe Hisaishi, conductor

    8:29
  • 11:02 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 4

    Johannes Brahms

    Moskowski

    Esther Budiardjo, piano

    5:13
  • 10:53 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "Romantic": Finale

    Howard Hanson

    Howard Hanson Symphonies 1, 2; Elegy in Memory of Serge Koussevitky

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    7:06
  • 10:36 PM

    The Love for Three Oranges: Suite

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Hindemith, Prokofiev, Bartok

    Kansas City Symphony

    Michael Stern, conductor

    16:05
  • 10:22 PM

    Overture

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    German Consort Music, 1660-1710

    Parley of Instruments

    12:54
  • 10:06 PM

    Carmen Fantasy

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Leila Josefowicz, violin

    13:53
  • 10:03 PM

    Novelty Rag

    May Aufderheide

    Fluffy Ruffle Girls

    Virginia Eskin, piano

    2:31
  • 9:40 PM

    Symphony No. 35 "Haffner"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies 32, 35 & 39

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    19:49
  • 9:32 PM

    Andante Cantabile

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Quartets 1 and 3

    Heath Quartet

    6:31
  • 9:07 PM

    Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff, Paganini Rhapsody, Piano Concerto No. 2

    Mahler Chamber Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Yuja Wang, piano

    23:00
  • 9:00 PM

    Ballade "About Olden Times"

    Anatol Liadov

    Liadov: The Enchanted Lake, and other orchestral works.

    Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    5:53
  • 6:39 PM

    Three Botticelli Pictures

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: The Birds, Three Boticelli Pictures

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    18:57
  • 6:16 PM

    Clarinet Concerto No. 2

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Janet Hilton Plays Weber

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    Janet Hilton, clarinet

    22:02
  • 6:11 PM

    Etude No. 1 "Venezia"

    Benna Moe

    Romantic Piano Works by Danish Women Composers

    Cathrine Penderup, piano

    2:50
  • 6:06 PM

    Idomeneo: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Arias for Male Soprano

    Boston Baroque

    Martin Pearlman, conductor

    4:28
  • 6:01 PM

    Gavotte No. 2

    David Popper

    Children's Cello

    Steven Isserlis, cello

    4:40
  • 5:51 PM

    Fanfare, Hymn and Finale

    Peter Boyer

    Peter Boyer: Balance of Power - Orchestral Works

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Peter Boyer, conductor

    7:45
  • 5:30 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Virtuoso Trumpet: Bach, Mozart, Telemann

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jahja Ling, conductor

    Rolf Smedvig, trumpet

    18:35
  • 5:25 PM

    Oscar Tango

    Simon Jeffes

    "Still Life" At The Penguin Cafe

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    3:22
  • 5:06 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Ernst von Dohnanyi

    Dohnanyi: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2

    Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra

    Ariane Matiakh, conductor

    Sofja Gulbadamova, piano

    18:30
  • 5:01 PM

    Superman: March

    John Williams

    John Williams: The Berlin Concert

    Berlin Philharmonic

    John Williams, conductor

    4:52
  • 4:52 PM

    Violin Sonata: Finale

    Mel Bonis

    Le Temps Retrouve

    Elena Urioste, violin

    6:16
  • 4:41 PM

    Carnaval

    Robert Schumann

    RAVEL, M.: Orchestral Works, Vol. 3

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    9:50
  • 4:17 PM

    Symphony "The Cotswolds"

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: Symphony, "The Cotswolds" / Walt Whitman, Overture / Indra / Japanese Suite / A Winter Idyll

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    23:08
  • 4:12 PM

    The Magic Box

    Francis Bebey

    The Magic Box

    John Williams, guitar

    3:09
  • 4:06 PM

    Strange Days (Giorni dispari)

    Ludovico Einaudi

    Ludovico Einaudi: Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    5:30
  • 4:01 PM

    Symphonic Metamorphosis: March

    Paul Hindemith

    American Maestros

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    4:35
  • 3:47 PM

    Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter": Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies No. 40 & 41

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    10:58
  • 3:46 PM

    The Three-Cornered Hat: Suite

    Manuel de Falla

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    12:11
  • 3:32 PM

    Concertino for Oboe

    Lille Soderlundh

    A Swedish Serenade

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    Alf Nilsson, oboe

    13:13
  • 3:04 PM

    Violin Sonata

    Cesar Franck

    Kyung Wha Chung, violin

    Radu Lupu, piano

    27:28
  • 3:04 PM

    Violin Sonata

    Cesar Franck

    Secret Love Letters

    Lisa Batiashvili, violin

    27:21
  • 3:00 PM

    Fur Elise

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Classics: Popular Works for Solo Piano

    John O'Conor, piano

    2:45
  • 2:52 PM

    The Fabelmans: The Journey Begins

    John Williams

    The Fabelmans Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Studio Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    Joanne Pearce Martin, piano

    6:09
  • 2:39 PM

    William Tell: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Italian Overtures

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    11:03
  • 2:34 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 8 "Pathetique": 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Classic II

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Hauser, cello

    4:15
  • 2:23 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms Symphony No. 2.

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    9:20
  • 2:17 PM

    Reflections on the Mississippi: Steamboat

    Michael Daugherty

    Daugherty: Dreamachine; Trail of Tears

    Albany Symphony Orchestra

    David Alan Miller, conductor

    Carol Jantsch, tuba

    4:37
  • 2:17 PM

    Suite Bergamasque

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy Rediscovered

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Emil de Cou, conductor

    18:29
  • 2:04 PM

    Spanish Dance No. 5 "Andaluza"

    Enrique Granados

    Granados: Twelve Spanish Dances

    Razumovsky Sinfonia

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    Norbert Kraft, guitar

    4:30
  • 1:49 PM

    Fantasy for Clarinet and String Quartet

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Meyerbeer, Romberg, Mendelssohn, Weber: Klarinettenquintette

    Consortium Classicum

    Dieter Klocker, clarinet

    8:37
  • 1:46 PM

    L'Africaine: Pays merveilleux...O paradis (Vasco's aria)

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Pavarotti: Verismo Arias

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Oliviero de Fabritis, conductor

    Luciano Pavarotti, tenor

    3:30
  • 1:34 PM

    Violin Concerto: Finale

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto, Souvenir D'un Lieu Cher

    Mahler Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Harding, conductor

    Janine Jansen, violin

    10:20
  • 1:22 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 26 "Coronation": 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Concertos Nos. 22 & 26

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    10:42
  • 1:15 PM

    Alleluia

    Randall Thompson

    tidings

    Cantus

    5:18
  • 1:08 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 4

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Slavonic Dances

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    6:05
  • 1:04 PM

    Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba

    George Frideric Handel

    Best Film Classics 100

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    2:47
  • 12:46 PM

    Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter": Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies No. 40 & 41

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    10:58
  • 12:36 PM

    Te Deum

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    J. Haydn: Harmoniemesse; Te Deum

    La Petite Bande

    Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor

    8:18
  • 12:33 PM

    Te Deum: Prelude

    Marc-Antoine Charpentier

    Empire Brass

    William Kuhlman, organ

    2:24
  • 12:18 PM

    Koanga: La Calinda

    Frederick Delius

    Delius: Orchestral Works

    Halle Orchestra

    John Barbirolli, conductor

    4:32
  • 12:15 PM

    Minuet

    Luigi Boccherini

    Stokowski Transcriptions

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor

    2:28
  • 12:09 PM

    Trio No. 3: Minuet

    Johann Hummel

    Divertimenti of the Viennese Classical Period

    Vienna String Trio

    4:23
  • 12:04 PM

    English Suite No. 4: Prelude

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: English Suites

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    4:30
  • 11:48 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Niccolo Paganini

    Paganini, Spohr: Violin Concertos

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    10:26
  • 11:30 AM

    Simple Symphony

    Benjamin Britten

    Works by Britten, Tippett, Walton

    Guildhall Strings

    15:55
  • 11:26 AM

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

    Justin Holland

    Justin Holland: Guitar Works & Arrangements

    Christopher Mallett, guitar

    4:05
  • 11:17 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 6

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Flute Concertos Op 10

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Patrick Gallois, flute

    7:22
  • 11:06 AM

    Academic Festival Overture

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 1, Overtures

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    10:30
  • 11:01 AM

    Andante

    Elfrida Andree

    Elfrida Andree: Complete Piano Works

    Oskar Ekberg, piano

    4:39
  • 10:48 AM

    Trumpet Concerto No. 1

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Concertos for Trumpet

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Maurice Andre, trumpet

    10:40
  • 10:27 AM

    Symphony No. 31 "Paris"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    18:40
  • 10:15 AM

    Harp Sonata

    Paul Hindemith

    Mathias Santa Fe Suite

    Elinor Bennett, harp

    10:16
  • 10:06 AM

    Three Pieces in Olden Style

    Henryk Gorecki

    Gorecki: Piano Concerto/Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony

    Amadeus Chamber Orchestra

    Agnieszka Duczmal, conductor

    8:58
  • 10:01 AM

    Shenandoah

    Traditional

    Provenance

    Kinnara Ensemble

    J.D. Burnett, conductor

    4:34
  • 9:31 AM

    Les Sylphides Ballet

    Frederic Chopin

    Delibes: Coppelia; Chopin: Les Sylphides; Gounod: Faust

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    27:20
  • 9:20 AM

    Keyboard Suite No. 1

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel Suites

    Lisa Smirnova, piano

    10:30
  • 9:07 AM

    Six Italian Dance Tunes

    Peter Warlock

    Warlock: Capriol Suite; The Curlew; Six English Tunes; Serenade; Six Italian Dance Tunes; Ross Pople/London Festival Orchestra

    London Festival Orchestra

    Ross Pople, conductor

    10:39
  • 9:01 AM

    Duo for Flute and Piano: Flowing

    Aaron Copland

    american flute music

    Jeffrey Khaner, flute

    5:42
  • 8:20 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 8

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor

    38:18
  • 8:16 AM

    Nils-Erik Sparf, violin/viola

    Peter Jablonski, piano

    3:03
  • 8:01 AM

    Charterhouse Suite

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Israel Chamber Orchestra

    Dalia Atlas, conductor

    13:32
  • 7:35 AM

    Suite for 13 Wind Instruments

    Richard Strauss

    R. Strauss: Music for Wind Ensemble

    Netherlands Wind Ensemble

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    23:44
  • 7:21 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2 "Characteristic": Dreams of a Child

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Suites Nos. 1 And 2

    National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

    Stefan Sanderling, conductor

    13:09
  • 7:01 AM

    Horn Quintet

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Complete Mozart Edition, Vol. 10: Quintets, Quartets, etc.

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    Timothy Brown, horn

    17:47
  • 6:30 AM

    Symphony No. 2: 3rd and 4th movements

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2, Dances from Aleko, Scherzo

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    27:43
  • 6:18 AM

    Jeromita Linares

    Carlos Guastavino

    "Impresiones"

    Camerata Bariloche

    Pablo Cohen, guitar

    11:43
  • 6:01 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos - Harpsichord and Violin Concertos

    Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra

    15:23