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  • 5:50 AM

    Morning Star Waltz

    Justin Holland

    Justin Holland Recording Project

    Michael Vascones, guitar

    8:43
  • 5:44 AM

    When I Lay Me Down to Sleep

    James Mulholland

    The Aeolians

    The Aeolians

    Jason Max Ferdinand, conductor

    4:35
  • 5:06 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Adolphus Hailstork

    Hailstork: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 3

    Grand Rapids Symphony

    David Lockington, conductor

    36:36
  • 5:01 AM

    Sarah Cahill, piano

    4:39
  • 4:45 AM

    Suite for String Orchestra

    Marion Bauer

    Vienna Orchestra

    Charles Adler, conductor

    13:17
  • 4:17 AM

    Piano Quartet No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    Isaac Stern, violin

    Jaime Laredo, violin

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    26:05
  • 4:12 AM

    Au matin (Etude de Concert)

    Marcel Tournier

    Susann McDonald, harp

    3:28
  • 4:06 AM

    Khovanshchina: Prelude (Dawn over the River Moscow)

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    5:24
  • 4:01 AM

    Suite of Three Pieces: Idylle

    Benjamin Godard

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Susan Milan, flute

    4:50
  • 3:43 AM

    Lyric Quartet

    William Grant Still

    Catalyst Quartet

    15:14
  • 3:19 AM

    Montgomery Variations

    Margaret Bonds

    African American Voices II

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Kellen Grey, conductor

    22:59
  • 3:15 AM

    Three Dream Portraits: Dream Variation

    Margaret Bonds

    Will Liverman, baritone

    Paul Sanchez, piano

    2:08
  • 3:06 AM

    In Sentimental Mood

    Florence Price

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:30
  • 3:01 AM

    Cello Sonata: 3rd movement

    Kevin Day

    Our Stories: Contemporary Works by Black and Latinx Composers

    Thomas Mesa, cello

    4:30
  • 2:51 AM

    Comedy Overture

    Ferruccio Busoni

    Rome Symphony Orchestra

    Francesco La Vecchia, conductor

    7:01
  • 2:19 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Franz Schubert

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    30:56
  • 2:10 AM

    La Sylphide

    Louise Farrenc

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

    Maria Stratigou, piano

    7:00
  • 2:06 AM

    The Dragonfly Polka Mazurka

    Josef Strauss

    Schwanen Salon Orchestra

    Georg Huber, conductor

    3:25
  • 2:01 AM

    Village Dance

    Claude Champagne

    Quebec Symphony Orchestra

    Yoav Talmi, conductor

    4:47
  • 1:44 AM

    Vikingur Olafsson, piano

    14:37
  • 1:26 AM

    Variations on a Theme by Haydn "St. Antoni Chorale"

    Johannes Brahms

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    17:06
  • 1:23 AM

    Minuet on the Name of Haydn

    Maurice Ravel

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    2:00
  • 1:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 1 "La Chasse"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Hagen Quartet

    14:57
  • 1:01 AM

    Flowers of the Forest

    Anonymous

    Baltimore Consort

    4:35
  • 12:51 AM

    Danse Macabre

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Mephisto and Co.

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    6:52
  • 12:51 AM

    Danse Macabre

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Mephisto and Co.

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    6:52
  • 12:29 AM

    Concerto for violin and string orchestra

    Felix Mendelssohn

    My Tribute to Yehudi Menuhin

    Basel Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hope, conductor

    Daniel Hope, violin

    22:34
  • 12:13 AM

    Sussex Landscape

    Avril Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Roderick Cox, conductor

    13:31
  • 12:09 AM

    Four British Folk Song Settings

    Percy Grainger

    Penelope Thwaites, piano

    4:24
  • 12:01 AM

    Pirates of Penzance Overture

    Arthur Sullivan

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    7:07
  • 11:52 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 15: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    7:54
  • 11:38 PM

    Delights and Dances

    Michael Abels

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    13:03
  • 11:30 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Scottish Ensemble

    Jonathan Morton, conductor

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    7:16
  • 11:25 PM

    Three Songs: Mamulengo

    Lea Freire

    Images of Brazil

    Francesca Anderegg, violin

    3:30
  • 11:12 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Spring": 1st movement

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 1-4

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    12:26
  • 11:08 PM

    Scherzo-Etude

    Cecile Chaminade

    Nostalgia: Piano Music of Cecile Chaminade Vol. 2

    Joanne Polk, piano

    2:11
  • 11:01 PM

    Light Cavalry Overture

    Franz von Suppe

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Franz Welser-Most, conductor

    6:51
  • 10:49 PM

    Academic Festival Overture

    Johannes Brahms

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    9:59
  • 10:41 PM

    Symphony No. 6: Scherzo

    Emilie Mayer

    Emilie Mayer: Music From The Shadows - Symphonies Nos. 6 & 3

    Bremerhaven Symphony Orchestra

    Marc Niemann, conductor

    7:16
  • 10:30 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 3 "Il gardellino" ("The Goldfinch")

    Antonio Vivaldi

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Lisa Beznosiuk, flute

    9:57
  • 10:26 PM

    Evening

    Eriks Esenvalds

    Esenvalds: Passion And Resurrection

    Polyphony

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    3:20
  • 10:10 PM

    Sonata in the Old Spanish Style

    Gaspar Cassado

    I Musici Montreal

    Yuli Turovsky, conductor

    Yuli Turovsky, cello

    14:02
  • 10:06 PM

    Minuet

    Luigi Boccherini

    Pure Classics

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    3:52
  • 10:03 PM

    Impromptu

    Germaine Tailleferre

    The Flower of France

    Quynh Nguyen, piano

    2:26
  • 9:57 PM

    Dance Suite for Harp: Bolero

    David Watkins

    Jouer, chanter, danser/Play, sing, dance

    Manon Le Comte, harp

    2:43
  • 9:55 PM

    Dance Suite for Harp: Highland Lament

    David Watkins

    Jouer, chanter, danser/Play, sing, dance

    Manon Le Comte, harp

    2:18
  • 9:43 PM

    Dance of the Hours

    Amilcare Ponchielli

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    10:30
  • 9:09 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 5

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Orli Shaham, piano

    18:37
  • 9:03 PM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 2: Campanae Parisienses/Aria

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    5:10
  • 9:00 PM

    Cantata No. 156: Arioso

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Strauss, Bach, Marcello: Oboe Concertos

    Academy of London

    Richard Stamp, conductor

    Ray Still, oboe

    2:50
  • 6:54 PM

    Funeral March of a Marionette

    Charles Gounod

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    4:06
  • 6:16 PM

    Symphony No. 3

    Johannes Brahms

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    36:38
  • 6:12 PM

    Ten Turkish Folksong: Horon

    Cemal Resit Rey

    Beyza Yazgan, piano

    2:09
  • 6:06 PM

    Folk Suite No. 4

    William Grant Still

    Calico Winds

    5:28
  • 6:01 PM

    The Prince and the Pauper

    Erich Korngold

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    4:48
  • 5:40 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Franz Liszt

    Dresden Philharmonic

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    Nelson Freire, piano

    17:35
  • 5:18 PM

    Cello Suite No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    21:00
  • 5:12 PM

    Joanne Polk, piano

    3:56
  • 5:06 PM

    Hansel and Gretel: Dream Pantomime

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Intermezzo

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    5:57
  • 5:01 PM

    West: 1st movement

    Michael Torke

    Albany Symphony Orchestra

    David Alan Miller, conductor

    Peter Kolkay, bassoon

    4:37
  • 4:45 PM

    Marosszek Dances

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Philharmonia Hungarica

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    13:43
  • 4:32 PM

    Guitar Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    11:37
  • 4:18 PM

    Chimney of King Rene

    Darius Milhaud

    Berlin Philharmonic Winds

    12:54
  • 4:13 PM

    Fragments from Hans Andersen: The golden treasure

    York Bowen

    Nicolas Namoradze, piano

    2:49
  • 4:06 PM

    Bartered Bride: Overture

    Bedrich Smetana

    Czech State Philharmonic

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    6:49
  • 4:00 PM

    Le Concert: Overture and Gigue

    Mademoiselle Laurant

    Destinees

    Sophie de Bardonneche, violin

    4:48
  • 3:51 PM

    Rodeo: Buckaroo Holiday

    Aaron Copland

    Colorado Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    7:09
  • 3:51 PM

    Rodeo: Buckaroo Holiday

    Aaron Copland

    Colorado Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    7:09
  • 3:41 PM

    Rag-Tango

    William Bolcom

    William Bolcom: The Complete Rags

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    8:42
  • 3:26 PM

    Concerto for Two Horns

    Franz Pokorny

    Herrmann Baumann

    Concerto Amsterdam

    Jaap Schroder, conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    13:55
  • 3:20 PM

    Stardust

    Taylor Scott Davis

    Nightfall

    Voces8

    5:29
  • 3:07 PM

    Pastoral Suite

    Gunnar De Frumerie

    Stockholm Chamber Ensemble

    Jan-Olav Wedin, conductor

    Gunilla von Bahr, flute

    11:28
  • 3:00 PM

    Romanian Folk Dances

    Bela Bartok

    Bartok: Romanian Folk-Dances, Kodaly: Galanta Dances, Marosszek Dances

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    6:07
  • 2:52 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 1: Finale

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Jonathan Biss, piano

    4:33
  • 2:41 PM

    Violin Concerto: 1st movement

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Violin Concertos by Black Composers

    Encore Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hege, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    10:24
  • 2:34 PM

    Sword Dance

    Frederic Lamond

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Martyn Brabbins, conductor

    6:14
  • 2:24 PM

    The Skaters Waltz

    Emil Waldteufel

    The Four Seasons: A Musical Calendar Of Favorite Classics

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    8:44
  • 2:20 PM

    Venezuelan Waltz No. 3 "Natalia"

    Antonio Lauro

    Berta Rojas, guitar

    2:53
  • 2:17 PM

    Pastorale

    Germaine Tailleferre

    Melancolie

    Miki Aoki, piano

    2:07
  • 2:07 PM

    Norwegian Dance No. 1

    Edvard Grieg

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    6:14
  • 2:04 PM

    The Little White Donkey

    Jacques Ibert

    Carnival Fantasy

    Salut Salon

    2:00
  • 1:58 PM

    Fidelio: Abscheulicher!...Komm, Hoffnung

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    Deborah Voigt, soprano

    5:44
  • 1:52 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Eroica": 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 "Eroica"

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    5:15
  • 1:49 PM

    Jurassic Park: Main Title

    John Williams

    Director's Cut

    Vienna Horns

    3:33
  • 1:36 PM

    Symphony No. 7

    Georg Anton Benda

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    10:44
  • 1:29 PM

    Clarinet Quintet: Rondo

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Mozart, Weber: Clarinet Quintets

    Hagen Quartet

    Eduard Brunner, clarinet

    5:42
  • 1:18 PM

    Serenade for Strings: 1st movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    The Tchaikovsky Project

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    9:35
  • 1:15 PM

    Swedish Polka

    Hugo Alfven

    Swedish Orchestral Favourites

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Okko Kamu, conductor

    2:09
  • 1:07 PM

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    6:21
  • 1:04 PM

    Danza Alta

    Francisco de la Torre

    Adio Espana

    Baltimore Consort

    2:03
  • 1:04 PM

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    6:21
  • 12:44 PM

    Concerto for Two Violins

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Kahane, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    Margaret Batjer, violin

    14:14
  • 12:41 PM

    Laura Sewell, cello

    Butch Thompson, piano

    2:08
  • 12:36 PM

    Symphony No. 88: 3rd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies 88-92, etc.

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    3:57
  • 12:30 PM

    Xinjiang Fantasy

    Xuefei Yang

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    5:12
  • 12:20 PM

    Novelette "In Eastern Style"

    Alexander Glazunov

    Saint Petersburg String Quartet

    8:06
  • 12:16 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Quebec Symphony Orchestra

    Yoav Talmi, conductor

    3:12
  • 12:09 PM

    From Olden Times: Intrada

    Johan Halvorsen

    Halvorsen: Suite ancienne, Mascarade Suite

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Ari Rasilainen, conductor

    5:14
  • 12:04 PM

    Canzon No. 7

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    Empire Brass & Friends

    3:55
  • 11:42 AM

    Overture, Scherzo and Finale

    Robert Schumann

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    16:50
  • 11:26 AM

    Tannhauser: Overture

    Richard Wagner

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    13:45
  • 11:21 AM

    Overjoyed

    Stevie Wonder

    Calefax Reed Ensemble

    4:04
  • 11:12 AM

    Introduction and Caprice-Jota

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Navarra Symphony Orchestra

    Ernest Martinez Izquierdo, conductor

    Tianwa Yang, violin

    7:08
  • 11:06 AM

    March Militaire No. 1

    Franz Schubert

    Vladimir Horowitz, piano

    6:09
  • 11:01 AM

    Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes

    Florence Price

    Catalyst Quartet

    4:45
  • 10:48 AM

    Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave)

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    10:10
  • 10:22 AM

    Variations on a Nursery Song

    Ernst von Dohnanyi

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Eldar Nebolsin, piano

    24:12
  • 10:17 AM

    Summer Evenings: Under the plane trees

    Bernard Andres

    Chicago Harp Quartet

    3:27
  • 10:06 AM

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor

    Shlomo Mintz, violin

    10:19
  • 10:01 AM

    Missa "Regina Caeli": Kyrie

    Giovanni Palestrina

    The Sixteen

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    4:53
  • 9:41 AM

    Faust Ballet Music

    Charles Gounod

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    17:20
  • 9:33 AM

    The Blessed Cathedral

    Mel Bonis

    Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers

    Francois Dumont, piano

    6:37
  • 9:11 AM

    Oboe Concerto No. 2

    Ludwig Lebrun

    Potsdam Chamber Academy

    Albrecht Mayer, conductor

    Albrecht Mayer, oboe

    20:32
  • 9:01 AM

    String Quartet

    Germaine Tailleferre

    Stenhammar Quartet

    9:44
  • 8:25 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    33:15
  • 8:21 AM

    Waltz No. 5 "Grande Valse"

    Frederic Chopin

    Bruce Liu: Chopin: Highlights from the 18th International Chopin Piano Competition

    Bruce Liu, piano

    3:42
  • 8:01 AM

    Three Symphonic Dances

    Cyril Scott

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Martyn Brabbins, conductor

    17:52
  • 7:27 AM

    Scottish Fantasy

    Max Bruch

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Alexander Platt, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    31:06
  • 7:17 AM

    Introduction and Caprice

    Giulio Regondi

    Anabel Montesinos, guitar

    9:59
  • 7:01 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 4

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Murray Perahia, conductor

    Murray Perahia, piano

    13:38
  • 6:53 AM

    Music for Symphony Orchestra: Andante

    Yasushi Akutagawa

    Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra

    Ryusuke Numajiri, conductor

    4:41
  • 6:01 AM

    String Quartet No. 13 (version with Grosse Fuge)

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Concert Recording

    Ebene Quartet

    50:06