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  • 5:54 AM

    Prayer

    Frederic Hand

    John Williams & Timothy Kahn

    John Williams, guitar

    4:35
  • 5:14 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2 "In Evening Light"

    Peteris Vasks

    In Evening Light

    Munich Chamber Orchestra

    Sergej Bolkhovets, conductor

    Sebastian Bohren, violin

    38:09
  • 5:06 AM

    Late and Soon

    Max Richter

    Max Richter: In a Landscape

    Max Richter, synthesizer

    7:10
  • 5:01 AM

    Celeste

    Brian Eno/Roger Eno

    Study of the Invisible

    Vanessa Wagner, piano

    4:39
  • 4:55 AM

    Good Night, Dear Heart

    Dan Forrest

    Nightfall

    Voces8

    3:39
  • 4:14 AM

    Cello Concerto

    Gerald Finzi

    Finzi: Cello Concerto; Leighton: Suite Veris Gratia

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    Raphael Wallfisch, cello

    39:01
  • 4:06 AM

    Ballade No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Awadagin Pratt: A Long Way from Normal

    Awadagin Pratt, piano

    6:23
  • 4:01 AM

    Duo Concertant No. 2: Adagio cantabile

    Antoine de L'Hoyer

    LHOYER: 3 DUO CONCERTANTS, OP. 31 - DUO CONCERTANT, OP. 34, NO. 2

    Matteo Mela, guitar

    4:41
  • 3:58 AM

    Erla's Waltz

    Olafur Arnalds

    The Glass Effect: The Music of Philip Glass

    Lavinia Meijer, harp

    1:56
  • 1:40 AM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Johann Hummel

    Haydn, Hummel, Etc.: Trumpet Concertos

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    17:36
  • 1:30 AM

    Prague Waltzes

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Czech Suite, Prague Waltzes, etc.

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    8:55
  • 1:15 AM

    A Winter's Tale

    Josef Suk

    uk: A Summer's Tale, Op. 29 & A Winter's Tale, Op. 9

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Mogrelia, conductor

    14:43
  • 1:10 AM

    Children's Corner: The Snow is Dancing

    Claude Debussy

    Childhood Tales

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    2:39
  • 1:06 AM

    Snow Maiden: Dance of the Tumblers

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Exotic Dances from the Opera

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    3:47
  • 1:01 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 24

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Cimarosa: Keyboard Sonatas, Vol. 2

    Victor Sangiorgio, piano

    4:49
  • 12:52 AM

    Guitar Quintet No. 4 "Fandango": Fandango

    Luigi Boccherini

    Boccherini, Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Guitar Quintets

    Tokyo String Quartet

    Kazuhito Yamashita, guitar

    7:20
  • 12:47 AM

    Second Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Music for Wind Band

    Cleveland Symphonic Winds

    Frederick Fennell, conductor

    11:30
  • 12:46 AM

    Rosen aus dem Suden (Roses from the South) Waltz

    Johann StraussJr.

    Strauss Waltzes

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    8:38
  • 12:14 AM

    Symphony No. 48 "Maria Theresia"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn 2032 Project, No. 13. Hornsignal

    Il Giardino Armonico

    Giovanni Antonini, conductor

    30:45
  • 12:05 AM

    Variations on an Original Theme

    Cecile Chaminade

    Nostalgia: Piano Music of Cecile Chaminade Vol. 2

    Joanne Polk, piano

    8:45
  • 11:27 PM

    String Quartet No. 19 "Dissonance"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: String Quartets K465 and K499

    Belcea Quartet

    36:29
  • 11:07 PM

    Sea Sketches

    Grace Williams

    Grace Williams: Orchestral Works

    BBC Philharmonic

    John Andrews, conductor

    18:34
  • 11:02 PM

    The Gospel Messiah: For Unto Us a Child is Born

    George Frideric Handel

    Too Hot to Handel - The Gospel Messiah

    Colorado Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    4:23
  • 10:28 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Frederic Chopin

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    32:18
  • 10:22 PM

    Downton Abbey: May

    John Lunn

    Downton Abbey Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Chamber Orchestra of London

    Alastair King, conductor

    3:09
  • 10:17 PM

    Downton Abbey: One Hundred Years of Downton

    John Lunn

    Downton Abbey Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Chamber Orchestra of London

    Alastair King, conductor

    5:13
  • 10:13 PM

    Downton Abbey: Brancaster

    John Lunn

    Downton Abbey: The Ultimate Collection

    Chamber Orchestra of London

    Alastair King, conductor

    John Lunn, piano

    4:22
  • 10:09 PM

    To Kill a Mockingbird: Main Title

    Elmer Bernstein

    Vintage Cinema

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:02
  • 10:01 PM

    Arabesque No. 1

    Claude Debussy

    Piano Classics: Popular Works for Solo Piano

    John O'Conor, piano

    4:37
  • 9:56 PM

    The Snowman: Walking in the Air

    Howard Blake

    Christmas With The Pops: Traditional Christmas Favorites

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    Stephen Van Dyck, treble

    3:40
  • 9:32 PM

    Clarinet Trio

    Louise Farrenc

    Farrenc, L.: Piano Trio, Op. 33 / Clarinet Trio, Op. 44 / Sextet, Op. 40

    Linos Ensemble

    22:53
  • 9:29 PM

    Promenade (Walking the Dog)

    George Gershwin

    Rendezvous with Tashi

    Tashi

    2:39
  • 9:12 PM

    Bolero

    Maurice Ravel

    The Chicago Principal

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    14:42
  • 9:00 PM

    Swedish Dances

    Max Bruch

    Bruch: The 3 Symphonies, Swedish Dances

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    9:51
  • 6:54 PM

    Marching Song

    Gustav Holst

    Composer's Collection: Gustav Holst

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    4:13
  • 6:16 PM

    Symphony No. 7

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies No 5 & 7

    Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    36:09
  • 6:12 PM

    Bagatelle

    John Ireland

    Ireland: Music for String Orchestra

    Orchestra of the Swan

    David Curtis, conductor

    Raphael Wallfisch, cello

    2:35
  • 6:06 PM

    Rondo alla polacca

    Nikolaus von Krufft

    Debut

    Ben Goldscheider, horn

    5:24
  • 6:01 PM

    London Suite: Covent Garden

    Eric Coates

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Wilson, conductor

    4:38
  • 5:46 PM

    My Heart is Inditing

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Coronation Anthems

    The Sixteen

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    12:02
  • 5:29 PM

    Guitar Concerto

    Ferdinando Carulli

    Carulli, Molino: Guitar Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    15:29
  • 5:22 PM

    Vocalise

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Portraits: Works for Flute, Clarinet and Piano

    Demarre McGill, flute

    5:10
  • 5:07 PM

    Symphony No. 5: Finale

    Gustav Mahler

    Mahler: Symphony No. 5

    London Symphony Orchestra

    James DePreist, conductor

    15:23
  • 5:01 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2: 2nd movement

    Edward MacDowell

    National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

    Arthur Fagen, conductor

    Stephen Prutsman, piano

    4:42
  • 4:48 PM

    String Quartet No. 3

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    W.A. Mozart: The String Quartets

    Amadeus Quartet

    10:36
  • 4:15 PM

    Piano Concerto

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann/Strauss

    German Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    30:28
  • 4:10 PM

    Calliope

    Julie Cooper

    Contiuuum

    Oculus Ensemble

    Jessica Cottis, conductor

    3:20
  • 4:06 PM

    Molly on the Shore

    Percy Grainger

    Percy Grainger: Symphonic Band Music

    Michigan State University Band

    Keith Brion, conductor

    4:01
  • 4:01 PM

    Tale of Tsar Saltan Suite: March

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    4:43
  • 3:55 PM

    Peer Gynt: Anitra's Dance

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites 1 And 2

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    3:17
  • 3:50 PM

    La Stravaganza: Violin Concerto No. 11

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Violin Concerti

    Arte Dei Suonatori Baroque Orchestra

    Rachel Podger, violin

    7:52
  • 3:04 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Eroica"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Concert Recording

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    44:51
  • 2:59 PM

    Peer Gynt: Anitra's Dance

    Edvard Grieg

    Minnesota Orchestra At One Hundred

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    3:25
  • 2:57 PM

    Christian Marclay, turntables etc.

    3:36
  • 2:51 PM

    Il barbiere di Siviglia (Barber of Seville): Largo al factotum

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: The Barber of Seville

    London Symphony Orchestra

    James Levine, conductor

    Sherrill Milnes, baritone

    4:33
  • 2:48 PM

    Heidenroslein (Wild Rose)

    Franz Schubert

    An Die Musik - Favorite Schubert Songs

    Bryn Terfel, baritone

    1:49
  • 2:41 PM

    The Moons Symphony: Europa: Is there an Ocean?

    Amanda Lee Falkenberg

    Falkenberg: The Moons Symphony

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    5:50
  • 2:34 PM

    In the Steppes of Central Asia

    Alexander Borodin

    Ports of Call

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    6:09
  • 2:23 PM

    Memories of the Straw Brook Waltz

    Joseph Lanner

    Joseph Lanner: Dance Music from Old Vienna

    Vienna String Ensemble

    9:36
  • 2:18 PM

    Howl's Moving Castle: Merry-Go-Round of Life

    Joe Hisaishi

    Cinema

    Plinio Fernandes, guitar

    3:20
  • 2:10 PM

    Wind Quintet: 2nd movement

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen, Loeffler, Prokofiev

    Chamber Music Northwest

    4:52
  • 2:04 PM

    The Red Pony Suite: Morning on the Ranch

    Aaron Copland

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

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    4:33
  • 1:50 PM

    Violin Concerto: Adagio

    Jean Sibelius

    The Art Of Itzhak Perlman

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    8:48
  • 1:46 PM

    Waltz No. 8

    Frederic Chopin

    Beethoven: Sonatas; Chopin: Waltzes, Etc

    Ingrid Fliter, piano

    2:56
  • 1:36 PM

    Symphony No. 5

    Johann Christian Bach

    JC Bach: 6 Symphonies, Op. 3

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    8:10
  • 1:32 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Afro-American": Animato

    William Grant Still

    African American Voices

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Kellen Gray, conductor

    3:14
  • 1:25 PM

    Piva and Canario

    Johannes Kapsberger

    Alla Luce: Music of Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger

    Chatham Baroque

    5:34
  • 1:16 PM

    Images for Orchestra: Rondes de printemps (Spring Rounds)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Works for Orchestra, Vol. I

    Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg

    Louis de Froment, conductor

    7:51
  • 1:14 PM

    Flight of the Bumblebee

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    300

    Ingolf Wunder, piano

    1:17
  • 1:07 PM

    Festival March

    Antonin Dvorak

    Janacek: Lachian Dances; Dvorak: Suite in A, Op. 98b "American", Festival March

    Rochester Philharmonic

    David Zinman, conductor

    5:39
  • 1:04 PM

    Acis and Galatea: Happy We!

    George Frideric Handel

    Grand & Glorious - Great Operatic Choruses / Robert Shaw

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    1:56
  • 12:54 PM

    Imagined Oceans: Lacus Serenitatis

    Karl Jenkins

    Studio Orchestra

    Karl Jenkins, conductor

    Pamela Thorby, rec

    4:44
  • 12:44 PM

    Symphony No. 4: 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5

    Philharmonic of La Scala

    Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor

    6:45
  • 12:39 PM

    Cortege Solennel No. 3

    Alexander Glazunov

    GLAZUNOV, A.K.: Orchestral Works, Vol. 16 - The Sea / Oriental Rhapsody / Ballade / Cortege solennel

    Moscow Symphony Orchestra

    Igor Golovchin, conductor

    4:09
  • 12:31 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Johann Fasch

    J Haydn, Mozart, Fasch: Quatre Concertos

    Paillard Chamber Orchestra

    Jean-Francois Paillard, conductor

    Maurice Andre, trumpet

    7:14
  • 12:26 PM

    The New German Waltz

    Sophia Dussek

    Favourite Airs Arranged for the Harp

    Kyunghee Kim-Sutre, harp

    3:52
  • 12:21 PM

    Auf dem Wasser zu singen (To be Sung on the Water)

    Franz Schubert

    50 Best Relaxing Piano

    Bertrand Chamayou, piano

    4:08
  • 12:16 PM

    The Water is Wide

    Traditional

    The Fairie Round

    Shelley Phillips, english horn

    4:03
  • 12:08 PM

    Giannina and Bernardone: Overture

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Cimarosa: Overtures, 2

    Toronto Chamber Orchestra

    Kevin Mallon, conductor

    6:40
  • 12:04 PM

    Carmen: Seguedilla

    Georges Bizet

    Cantabile

    Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Olivieri-Munroe, conductor

    Sol Gabetta, cello

    2:46
  • 11:49 AM

    Renaissance Scottish Dances

    Peter Maxwell Davies

    Peter Maxwell Davies

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Peter Maxwell Davies, conductor

    9:19
  • 11:26 AM

    Symphony No. 85 "The Queen"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies, Vol. 5 (Nos. 85, 92, 103)

    Capella Istropolitana

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    20:52
  • 11:23 AM

    Fantasy Pieces: Humoresque

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Uncovered Vol. 1

    Catalyst Quartet

    3:17
  • 11:13 AM

    Oboe Concerto: 3rd movement

    Ruth Gipps

    Gipps: Orchestral Works, Volume 2

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    Juliana Koch, oboe

    8:15
  • 11:06 AM

    Prelude No. 15 "Raindrop"

    Frederic Chopin

    Music for a Rainy Day

    Roland Pontinen, piano

    6:09
  • 11:01 AM

    The English Patient: Convento di Sant'Anna

    Gabriel Yared

    Angele Dubeau & La Pieta: Silence, on joue! A Time for Us

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    4:42
  • 10:48 AM

    Africa Fantasie

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens: Piano Concertos 1-5, etc.

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    Jean-Philippe Collard, piano

    10:48
  • 10:32 AM

    Mandolin Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Christopher Parkening, guitar

    13:09
  • 10:13 AM

    The Wise Virgins Ballet Suite

    William Walton

    WALTON, W.: Quest / The Wise Virgins

    English Northern Philharmonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    18:04
  • 10:06 AM

    3 German Dances

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sir Charles' Precious Music Box Ii

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    6:10
  • 10:01 AM

    Unsent Love Letters

    Elena Kats-Chernin

    Elena Kats-Chernin: Unsent Love Letters: Meditations on Erik Satie

    Tamara-Anna Cislowska, piano

    4:39
  • 9:18 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms

    Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra Amsterdam

    Yakov Kreizberg, conductor

    Julia Fischer, violin

    40:35
  • 9:15 AM

    Valse Lente

    Germaine Tailleferre

    The Flower of France

    Quynh Nguyen, piano

    1:47
  • 9:01 AM

    From Italy (Aus Italien): On the Beach at Sorrento

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Don Juan; Aus Italien

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    12:35
  • 8:48 AM

    Toccata and Fugue

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    10:07
  • 8:38 AM

    Land of the Mountain and the Flood

    Hamish MacCunn

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    John Wilson, conductor

    9:11
  • 8:09 AM

    String Quartet No. 3

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn Op. 44 Nos. 1, 2

    Cecilia String Quartet

    27:33
  • 8:01 AM

    Gaelic Symphony: 2nd movement

    Amy Beach

    Nashville Symphony Orchestra

    Kenneth Schermerhorn, conductor

    7:20
  • 7:36 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 4

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Violin Concertos 1, 3 & 4

    Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

    Viktoria Mullova, conductor

    Viktoria Mullova, violin

    22:15
  • 7:30 AM

    Da pacem Domine

    Arvo Part

    Arvo Part: Lamentate

    Hilliard Ensemble

    5:30
  • 7:01 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Charles Gounod

    Bizet: L'Arlesienne; Gounod: Symphonies

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    26:41
  • 6:45 AM

    Suite: Paris

    Haydn Wood

    British Light Music: Haydn Wood, Vol. 2

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Ernest Tomlinson, conductor

    13:34
  • 6:22 AM

    Harp Concerto No. 1

    Ernst Eichner

    Eichner: Harp Concertos

    Kurpfalz Chamber Orchestra

    Stefan Fraas, conductor

    Silke Aichhorn, harp

    22:41
  • 6:01 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 30

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven

    Alexandre Tharaud, piano

    18:27