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  • 5:23 AM

    Clarinet Quintet

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Hawthorne String Quartet

    Harold Wright, clarinet

    35:39
  • 5:15 AM

    In the Well: The Rising of the Moon

    Vilem Blodek

    Small Czech Musical Gems

    Prague Symphony Orchestra

    Vaclav Smetacek, conductor

    6:26
  • 5:06 AM

    My Desert, My Rose

    Aleksandra Vrebalov

    Wooden Bodies

    Malva String Quartet

    7:54
  • 5:01 AM

    In Praise of Music: For the Saint, Cecilia

    Dominick Argento

    Casa Gudi - Frederica Von Stade Sings Dominick Argento

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    4:34
  • 4:44 AM

    Three Pieces after Byzantine Hymns

    Vassilis Tsabropoulos

    Chants, Hymns and Dances

    Anja Lechner, cello

    13:58
  • 4:37 AM

    Experience

    Ludovico Einaudi

    Nightfall

    Voces8

    Lara Somogyi, harp

    5:35
  • 4:23 AM

    The Jungle Book: The Meditation of Purun Bhagat

    Charles Koechlin

    Charles Koechlin: The Jungle Book

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    13:46
  • 4:15 AM

    Impromptu No. 6

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    6:09
  • 4:06 AM

    Spiegel im Spiegel (Mirror in the Mirror)

    Arvo Part

    Fairy Tale

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    8:21
  • 4:01 AM

    Elegy

    Elliott Carter

    American Music For Strings

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    4:46
  • 3:52 AM

    Musical Moment No. 2

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert

    Maurizio Pollini, piano

    6:26
  • 3:23 AM

    Songbook

    Daron Hagen

    Built For Buffalo

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Michael Ludwig, violin

    27:49
  • 3:06 AM

    Serenade to Music

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music, etc.

    Toronto Symphony Orchestra

    Peter Oundjian, conductor

    Carla Huhtanen, soprano

    14:22
  • 3:01 AM

    Forgotten Fairy Tales: Selections

    Edward MacDowell

    MacDowell: Piano Music, Vol. 3

    James Barbagallo, piano

    4:52
  • 2:47 AM

    Negro Folk Symphony: Hope in the Night

    William Dawson

    African American Voices

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Kellen Gray, conductor

    10:49
  • 2:14 AM

    Meditations on a Theme of John Blow

    Arthur Bliss

    Bliss: Meditations on a Theme of John Blow; Checkmate; Adam Zero

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    31:42
  • 2:06 AM

    Chorale

    Frederic Hand

    Opalescent

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    6:24
  • 2:01 AM

    Chamber Concerto: Sicilienne

    Ernest Chausson

    Chausson: Concert - Mathieu: Trio & Quintette

    Alcan Quartet

    David Lefevre, violin

    4:42
  • 1:54 AM

    Mazurka No. 36

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin

    Yulianna Avdeeva, piano

    3:59
  • 1:14 AM

    Symphony No. 38 "Prague"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    W.A. Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 38 & 39

    North German Radio Philharmonic

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    38:51
  • 1:06 AM

    Legend No. 4

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvo?ak: Legends & Rhapsodies

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Tomas Netopil, conductor

    5:43
  • 1:01 AM

    Csardas

    Vittorio Monti

    Nigel Kennedy's Greatest Hits

    Kroke

    Nigel Kennedy, violin

    4:42
  • 12:49 AM

    A Winter Idyll

    Gustav Holst

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

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    8:59
  • 12:21 AM

    Sleeping Beauty Ballet Suite

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake; Sleeping Beauty; The Nutcracker: Highlights

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    26:43
  • 12:18 AM

    Scarf Dance

    Cecile Chaminade

    Nostalgia: Piano Music of Cecile Chaminade Vol. 2

    Joanne Polk, piano

    1:57
  • 12:06 AM

    Children's Games (Jeux d'enfants)

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: Symphony in C; Carmen - Suites Nos 1 & 2; Jeux d'enfants - Suite; Overture: Patrie

    French National Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    10:53
  • 12:01 AM

    Vento Chiaro

    4:33
  • 11:51 PM

    Four Dances

    Thomas Morley

    Dances From Renaissance To Nutcracker

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    7:18
  • 11:15 PM

    Symphony No. 31 "Hornsignal"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies 31"Hornsignal" & 45 "Farewell"

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    33:55
  • 11:08 PM

    Perpetual Motion Pieces

    Francis Poulenc

    Poulenc: Piano Music

    Pascal Roge, piano

    5:25
  • 11:06 PM

    The Musical Box

    Anatol Liadov

    Liadov: The Enchanted Lake, and other orchestral works.

    Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    1:34
  • 11:01 PM

    Piano Sonata: Menuet

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    CPE Bach

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    4:38
  • 10:50 PM

    Deep River

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Ashley Jackson

    Ashley Jackson, harp

    8:14
  • 10:28 PM

    Six Dances for String Orchestra

    Ulysses Kay

    The Incredible Flutist

    Westphalian Symphony Orchestra, Recklinghausen

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    20:16
  • 10:15 PM

    Winged Creatures

    Michael Abels

    Winged Creatures

    Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra

    Allen Tinkham, conductor

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    11:39
  • 10:06 PM

    Idyll

    Hazel Scott

    Holes in the Sky

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:54
  • 10:01 PM

    Andante festivo

    Jean Sibelius

    Sphinx Virtuosi

    Damon Gupton, conductor

    4:35
  • 9:52 PM

    Antoinette Polka Mazurka

    Alfred Pease

    Justin Holland: Guitar Works & Arrangements

    Christopher Mallett, guitar

    6:00
  • 9:17 PM

    String Quintet "American"

    Antonin Dvorak

    Gyorgy Kurtag: Moments Musicaux and Officium Breve/Antonin Dvorak: String Quintet Op. 97

    Parker Quartet

    Kim Kashkashian, viola

    34:01
  • 9:07 PM

    An Outdoor Overture

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: Orchestral Works

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Louis Lane, conductor

    8:57
  • 9:01 PM

    Troubled Water

    Margaret Bonds

    Senku

    William Chapman Nyaho, piano

    4:51
  • 8:48 PM

    Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto; Saint-Saens: Havanaise

    New York Chamber Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin

    10:40
  • 5:44 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach: Piano Concertos BVW 1052, 1054, 1056, 1057

    Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

    Janos Rolla, conductor

    Cyprien Katsaris, piano

    14:36
  • 5:15 PM

    Symphony No. 5

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonies, Vol. 1

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Edward Gardner, conductor

    27:10
  • 5:10 PM

    Wild Swans: Eliza's Aria

    Elena Kats-Chernin

    Ragtime & Blue

    Nicola Sweeney, violin

    3:16
  • 5:06 PM

    Le Chant des oiseaux (The Song of the Birds)

    Clement Janequin

    French Chansons

    Scholars of London

    3:12
  • 5:01 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 1: Gavotte

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Suites Nos. 1 And 2

    National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

    Stefan Sanderling, conductor

    4:40
  • 4:45 PM

    Leonore Overture No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Complete Overtures

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    13:58
  • 4:37 PM

    Lost Lady Rag

    William Bolcom

    William Bolcom: The Complete Rags

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    6:29
  • 4:22 PM

    Noble and Sentimental Waltzes

    Maurice Ravel

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    13:46
  • 4:07 PM

    Flute Quartet No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Flute Quartets

    Emerson String Quartet

    Carol Wincenc, flute

    14:00
  • 4:01 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 3rd movement

    Richard Hol

    Hol: Symphonies

    Residentie Orchestra The Hague

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    4:42
  • 3:46 PM

    Tales from the Vienna Woods

    Johann StraussJr.

    The Key to Classics: J. Strauss

    Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    12:01
  • 3:42 PM

    Three Easy Rondos: Rondo No. 3

    Louise Farrenc

    FARRENC, L.: Piano Works (Complete), Vol. 3 - Rondeaux

    Maria Stratigou, piano

    3:04
  • 3:20 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 3

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: 3 Violin Concertos

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Simon Standage, violin

    21:20
  • 3:06 PM

    Le Roi d'Ys Overture

    Edouard Lalo

    Bizet/Roma/Lalo/Le Roi d'Ys

    Bordeaux Aquitaine Orchestra

    Roberto Benzi, conductor

    12:02
  • 3:01 PM

    Sylvan Winds

    Boris Baev, oboe

    Mark Dover, clarinet

    Nanci Belmont, bassoon

    Eric C. Davis, horn

    4:37
  • 2:42 PM

    Dolly Suite

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: Orchestral Works

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    16:39
  • 2:35 PM

    Romanza Andaluza

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Sarasate

    Julia Fischer, violin

    4:18
  • 2:24 PM

    Concerto for Two Horns

    Leopold Mozart

    L. Mozart, Fasch, Mouret: Concerti da caccia

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    11:03
  • 2:06 PM

    Little Concert Suite

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha OVerture / Petite Suite

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    16:03
  • 2:01 PM

    Czech Suite: Sousedska

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 "New World"; Czech Suite

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    4:43
  • 11:44 AM

    Symphony No. 30 "Alleluia"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies 22, 24, 30

    Cantilena

    Adrian Shepherd, conductor

    13:51
  • 11:22 AM

    Cello Sonata

    Henriette Renie

    Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers

    Victor Julien-Laferriere, cello

    20:41
  • 11:09 AM

    Albany Symphony Orchestra

    David Alan Miller, conductor

    Weixiong Wang, clarinet

    10:29
  • 11:06 AM

    Carmen: Intermezzo

    Georges Bizet

    Escape Through Opera

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leopold Stokowski, conductor

    3:04
  • 11:01 AM

    Chacony (Chaconne)

    Henry Purcell

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    4:33
  • 10:43 AM

    Fantasy on Polish Airs

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Works for Piano and Orchestra

    North German Radio Elbphilharmonie Orchestra

    Krzysztof Urbanski, conductor

    Jan Lisiecki, piano

    14:51
  • 10:25 AM

    Suite in the Ancient Style

    Vincent d'Indy

    Vincent D'Indy

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    16:19
  • 10:18 AM

    Prelude and Fugue No. 1

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Dmitri Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87

    Jenny Lin, piano

    5:25
  • 10:06 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

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

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Henryk Szeryng, violin

    11:43
  • 10:01 AM

    Prelude No. 1

    Ketil Bjornstad

    Rainbow Sessions

    Ketil Bjornstad, piano

    4:37
  • 9:52 AM

    Hymn

    Valentin Silvestrov

    Ustvolskaya, Silvestrov, Kancheli: Works for Piano and Orchestra

    Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

    Thomas Sanderling, conductor

    6:01
  • 9:46 AM

    Sakura, Sakura

    Traditional Japanese

    Romance de Amor

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    5:59
  • 9:01 AM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The 9 Symphonies

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    43:02
  • 8:49 AM

    Flute Concertino

    Cecile Chaminade

    French Flute Concertos

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Philippe Auguin, conductor

    Manuela Wiesler, flute

    8:32
  • 8:26 AM

    String Quartet

    Reynaldo Hahn

    Reynaldo Hahn

    Parisii Quartet

    23:03
  • 8:07 AM

    Ballads for Orchestra

    Grace Williams

    Grace Williams: Orchestral Works

    BBC Philharmonic

    John Andrews, conductor

    17:06
  • 8:01 AM

    Two Pieces

    Rebecca Clarke

    Clarke: Chamber Works

    Michael Ponder, viola

    5:32
  • 7:28 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 6

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Complete Piano Sonatas

    Fazil Say, piano

    29:48
  • 7:07 AM

    Jeux (Games)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Trois Nocturnes, Jeux

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    18:49
  • 7:01 AM

    Forest of Charm and Enchantment

    Marcel Grandjany

    Impressions de France

    Caroline Leonardelli, harp

    5:52
  • 6:25 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Arthur Somervell

    Coleridge-Taylor: Violin Concerto

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Martyn Brabbins, conductor

    Anthony Marwood, violin

    32:49
  • 6:20 AM

    The Cloths of Heaven

    Rebecca Dale

    Night Seasons

    Tenebrae

    Nigel Short, conductor

    Ben Dawson, piano

    4:17
  • 6:01 AM

    Fantasy Variations

    Ulysses Kay

    Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Arthur Fagen, conductor

    17:55