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  • 5:44 AM

    Resurrexit

    Mason Bates

    Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 ? Bates: Resurrexit

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Manfred Honeck, conductor

    10:49
  • 5:33 AM

    SEVEN

    Andrea Casarrubios

    Whole Heart

    Claire Bryant, cello

    10:12
  • 5:27 AM

    BeLonging: BeLoved

    Andy Akiho

    Belonging

    Imani Winds

    Andy Akiho, steel pan

    3:19
  • 5:26 AM

    BeLonging: Loved

    Andy Akiho

    Belonging

    Andy Akiho, steel pan

    1:44
  • 5:07 AM

    Home

    Kevin Puts

    Home

    Miro Quartet

    16:46
  • 5:01 AM

    composition as explanation: of course it is beautiful

    David Lang

    David Lang: composition as explanation

    eighth blackbird

    4:35
  • 4:49 AM

    Colorful History

    Timo Andres

    Timo Andres: The Blind Banister

    Timo Andres, piano

    9:25
  • 4:39 AM

    Altar de cuerda: Maya deco

    Gabriela Ortiz

    Gabriela Ortiz: Revolucion diamantina

    Los Angeles Phiharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    Maria Duenas, violin

    9:23
  • 4:27 AM

    Revelry

    Valerie Coleman

    Decoda

    Decoda

    10:13
  • 4:22 AM

    A Prayer

    Rene Orth

    Show Me The Way

    Will Liverman, baritone

    3:56
  • 4:14 AM

    Revolucion diamantina: Todas

    Gabriela Ortiz

    Gabriela Ortiz: Revolucion diamantina

    Los Angeles Phiharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    6:22
  • 4:07 AM

    To Music

    Caroline Shaw/So Percussion

    Rectangles and Circumstance

    So Percussion

    Caroline Shaw, vocals

    5:55
  • 4:01 AM

    composition as explanation: intertext

    David Lang

    David Lang: composition as explanation

    eighth blackbird

    4:52
  • 3:51 AM

    A Dream in the Forest (Un Sueno en la Floresta)

    Agustin Barrios

    Romance de Amor

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    7:02
  • 3:19 AM

    Fairy Tale

    Josef Suk

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    30:28
  • 3:12 AM

    Two Polsdans; Pol

    Anonymous

    Sublimation: Songs and dances from 18th-century Scandinavia

    The Curious Bards

    5:35
  • 3:06 AM

    Valse Triste

    Jean Sibelius

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    5:20
  • 3:01 AM

    Barcarolle

    Mel Bonis

    Myriam Barbaux-Cohen, piano

    4:48
  • 2:46 AM

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Christopher Gunning, conductor

    12:13
  • 2:43 AM

    Blue Bird: Star Dance

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    2:04
  • 2:25 AM

    String Quartet No. 53 "The Lark"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Danish String Quartet

    17:31
  • 2:20 AM

    La Rondine: Chi il bel sogno di Doretta

    Giacomo Puccini

    Rome Opera Orchestra

    Oliviero de Fabritis, conductor

    Leontyne Price, soprano

    2:44
  • 2:06 AM

    Italian Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Harp Consort

    Andrew Lawrence-King, conductor

    13:12
  • 2:01 AM

    Carnival-Waltz

    Florent Schmitt

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    4:48
  • 1:56 AM

    Straw Hat Dance

    Du Mingxin

    Lang Lang, piano

    1:59
  • 1:50 AM

    Spring Festival Overture

    Huan Zhi Li

    Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kektjiang Lim, conductor

    5:02
  • 1:21 AM

    Guitar Concerto No. 3

    Mauro Giuliani

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    27:47
  • 1:07 AM

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    13:30
  • 1:01 AM

    Vento Chiaro

    4:33
  • 12:51 AM

    Symphony No. 34: Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 31, 33 & 34

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    7:27
  • 12:44 AM

    Ma vlast (My Country): Vysehrad

    Bedrich Smetana

    Fibich: Symphony No. 1/Smetana: Vysehrad, Vlatava

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    14:18
  • 12:29 AM

    Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    15:28
  • 12:18 AM

    Andromaque: Overture

    Camille Saint-Saens

    SAINT-SAËNS, C.: Ascanio: Ballet / Overtures to Stage Works (Malmö Symphony, Märkl)

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    8:34
  • 12:08 AM

    Irish Suite for Strings

    Arthur Duff

    Silver Apples of the Moon

    Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Fionnuala Hunt, conductor

    10:06
  • 12:01 AM

    Espana

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Offenbach: Gaite Parisienne; Gounod, Thomas, Chabrier

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    6:07
  • 11:51 PM

    L'Etoile du Nord: Dance Suite

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Meyerbeer: Ballet Music From The Operas / Nesterowicz

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Michal Nesterowicz, conductor

    9:07
  • 11:41 PM

    Nonet: 1st movement

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor: Nonet, Piano Trio, Piano Quintet

    Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective

    9:09
  • 11:37 PM

    Cinderella: Happiness Waltz

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Symphony No. 6; Waltz Suite

    Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    3:10
  • 11:06 PM

    Piano Trio No. 1

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn Piano Trios

    Joshua Bell, violin

    28:04
  • 10:52 PM

    Norwegian Rhapsody No. 1

    Johan Svendsen

    Svendsen: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

    Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    7:46
  • 10:46 PM

    Peer Gynt: Solveig's Song

    Edvard Grieg

    100 Best Classics

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    Camilla Tilling, soprano

    4:50
  • 10:30 PM

    Oboe d'Amore Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerti Virtuosi

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    John Abberger, oboe d'amore

    15:14
  • 10:18 PM

    Oberon Overture

    Carl Maria von Weber

    German Overtures

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    10:09
  • 10:11 PM

    Impromptu-Caprice

    Gabriel Pierne

    The Romantic Harp

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    5:56
  • 10:02 PM

    Symphony No. 5

    William Boyce

    Boyce: 8 Symphonies

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    7:57
  • 9:38 PM

    The Royal Children

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Humperdinck: Fairy-Tale Music

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    19:57
  • 9:31 PM

    Sonata

    Domenico Scarlatti

    Domenico Scarlatti: Sonatas

    Christian Zacharias, piano

    6:07
  • 9:13 PM

    Carmen Suite No. 2

    Georges Bizet

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    17:39
  • 9:07 PM

    Spring Breeze

    Yu-Xian Deng

    Romance de Amor

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    3:55
  • 9:00 PM

    Rondo for Violin and Orchestra

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 3 & 4

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    Yakov Kreizberg, conductor

    Julia Fischer, violin

    6:10
  • 6:48 PM

    South American Suite

    Brian Packham

    Highlands

    Camerata Bariloche

    Chris Norman, flute

    10:10
  • 6:15 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Spring"

    Robert Schumann

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    31:28
  • 6:08 PM

    Prelude No. 15 "Raindrop"

    Frederic Chopin

    The Complete Chopin Preludes

    Yundi Li, piano

    4:48
  • 6:06 PM

    Shepherd's Hey

    Percy Grainger

    Stars & Stripes

    Cleveland Symphonic Winds

    Frederick Fennell, conductor

    1:59
  • 6:01 PM

    Symphonic Dance No. 1

    Cyril Scott

    SCOTT, C.: Violin Concerto / Festival Overture / Aubade / 3 Symphonic Dances

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Martyn Brabbins, conductor

    4:40
  • 5:44 PM

    Second Rhapsody

    George Gershwin

    Saint-Saens | Ravel | Gershwin

    Prague Philharmonia

    Emmanuel Villaume, conductor

    Andrew von Oeyen, piano

    14:40
  • 5:21 PM

    Harp Concerto

    Francois Boieldieu

    Harp Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Marisa Robles, harp

    20:15
  • 5:11 PM

    Whimsical Symphony (Grillensymphonie)

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Suites and Concertos by Telemann

    Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra

    Jeannette Sorrell, conductor

    8:32
  • 5:06 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Entry of the Fairies

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty (Highlights)

    Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice

    Andrew Mogrelia, conductor

    4:46
  • 5:00 PM

    Scherzo

    Alfredo Catalani

    Puccini, Catalani, Ponchielli: for orchestra

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    4:42
  • 4:43 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn, Hummel, Etc.: Trumpet Concertos

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    14:38
  • 4:26 PM

    Dances of Galanta

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Hary Janos Suite; Dances Of Galanta; Peacock Variations

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    16:08
  • 4:21 PM

    Glowing Red Morningstar Lilies

    Traditional Chinese

    Chinese Dreams

    Lydia Maria Bader, piano

    4:38
  • 4:06 PM

    Little Concerto

    Carl Orff

    Carl Orff: Kleines Konzert

    Mainz Wind Ensemble

    Klaus Rainer Scholl, conductor

    13:02
  • 4:01 PM

    Chacony (Chaconne)

    Henry Purcell

    Chaconne

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    4:34
  • 3:50 PM

    Halcyon Days

    Eric Coates

    Coates: The Three Elizabeths Suite

    East of England Orchestra

    Malcolm Nabarro, conductor

    8:02
  • 3:50 PM

    Halcyon Days

    Eric Coates

    Coates: The Three Elizabeths Suite

    East of England Orchestra

    Malcolm Nabarro, conductor

    8:02
  • 3:34 PM

    Indra

    Gustav Holst

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

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    15:44
  • 3:14 PM

    The Birds

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Trittico Botticelliano, Gli Uccelli, Antiche Danze

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    18:12
  • 3:11 PM

    Das Veilchen

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Goethe Lieder

    Dawn Upshaw, soprano

    2:30
  • 3:00 PM

    La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    8:53
  • 2:50 PM

    Solemn Processional (Feierlicher Einzug)

    Richard Strauss

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    6:19
  • 2:45 PM

    Der Rosenkavalier: Final Trio ("Hab’ mir’s gelobt")

    Richard Strauss

    Metropolitan Opera Brass

    5:53
  • 2:41 PM

    Der Rosenkavalier: Di rigori armato il seno

    Richard Strauss

    Luciano Pavarotti, tenor

    2:30
  • 2:32 PM

    Symphony No. 5: 4th movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonies, Vol. 1

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Edward Gardner, conductor

    6:53
  • 2:24 PM

    Partita No. 3: Burlesca; Scherzo; Gigue

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: The Six Partitas

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    6:43
  • 2:19 PM

    Tromba Lontana

    John Adams

    Adams: Tromba Lontana, Violin Concerto, The Wound-Dresser

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    John Adams, conductor

    Gareth Bimson, trumpet

    4:07
  • 2:11 PM

    Goldberg Variations: Aria

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations

    Vikingur Olafsson, piano

    4:06
  • 2:04 PM

    Legend No. 4

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Legends, Symphony No. 8

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    5:29
  • 1:52 PM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Wedding March

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Andre Previn, conductor

    5:13
  • 1:51 PM

    Vienna Philharmonic Fanfare

    Richard Strauss

    Lake Wobegon Brass Band

    2:00
  • 1:47 PM

    Parade March No. 2

    Richard Strauss

    Locke Brass Consort

    James Stobart, conductor

    3:29
  • 1:41 PM

    Polonaise No. 3

    Clara Schumann

    The Young Clara: Early Piano Works

    Angela Tirino, piano

    3:41
  • 1:29 PM

    Academic Festival Overture

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony 1, Academic Festival Overture

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Christoph Eschenbach, conductor

    11:04
  • 1:21 PM

    Piano Trio No. 1: 2nd movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn Piano Trios

    Joshua Bell, violin

    5:52
  • 1:08 PM

    Hymn and Fuguing Tune No. 10

    Henry Cowell

    Barber, Ives, Copland: Adagio For Strings / Symphony No.3 / Quiet City

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Celia Nicklin, oboe

    6:51
  • 1:04 PM

    Village Scenes: Morning

    Emile Sauret

    Sauret: Violin and Piano Music - Scenes villageoises / Souvenir d'Orient / Souvenir de Los Angeles

    Michi Wiancko, violin

    2:35
  • 12:47 PM

    A Children's Overture

    Roger Quilter

    Overtures from the British Isles Volume 2

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    10:51
  • 12:42 PM

    Walking Tune

    Percy Grainger

    Music of Percy Grainger

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Kenneth Montgomery, conductor

    3:35
  • 12:32 PM

    Clarinet Quintet: 4th movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart, Brahms: Clarinet Quintets

    Emerson String Quartet

    David Shifrin, clarinet

    9:08
  • 12:22 PM

    Spring Song

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Lemminkainen Suite; Spring Song; Belshazzar's Feast Suite

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    9:05
  • 12:17 PM

    White Snow in the Spring Sunlight

    Traditional Chinese

    Sketches of China

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    3:38
  • 12:07 PM

    Sinfonia

    Josef Myslivecek

    Myslivecek: Symphonies

    Concerto Koln

    8:14
  • 12:04 PM

    Salut d'amour (Love's Greeting)

    Edward Elgar

    Songs From the Arc of Life

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    2:42
  • 11:45 AM

    Scherzo Capriccioso

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 8, Scherzo Capriccioso

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    12:36
  • 11:25 AM

    Concerto for 2 Horns

    Antonio Rosetti

    Rosetti: Horn Concertos

    Kurpfalz Chamber Orchestra

    Johannes Moesus, conductor

    Klaus Wallendorf, horn

    18:05
  • 11:16 AM

    Hary Janos Suite: Intermezzo and Entrance

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Kodaly: Hary Janos Suite

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos, conductor

    8:06
  • 11:06 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Reconstructed Violin Concerti

    Bach-Collegium Stuttgart

    Helmuth Rilling, conductor

    Isabelle Faust, violin

    9:20
  • 11:01 AM

    They Can't Take That Away from Me

    George Gershwin

    Classical Gershwin

    Katie Mahan, piano

    4:37
  • 10:43 AM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 1

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    15:11
  • 10:26 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Muzio Clementi

    Clementi: Piano Concerto; Two Symphonies, op. 18

    Rome Symphony Orchestra

    Francesco La Vecchia, conductor

    16:17
  • 10:17 AM

    Jasmine Flower

    Traditional Chinese

    Piano Book

    Lang Lang, piano

    6:41
  • 10:06 AM

    Four Seasons: Spring

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

    Orchestra of Flanders

    Rudolf Werthen, conductor

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    10:07
  • 10:01 AM

    Romance No. 3

    Clara Schumann

    Elles

    Marina Thibeault, viola

    4:46
  • 9:33 AM

    Symphony No. 8 "Evening"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Le Matin, Le Midi, Le Soir

    Concentus Musicus Vienna

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    24:50
  • 9:28 AM

    Musical Moment No. 1

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert, Mazzoli

    Shai Wosner, piano

    5:09
  • 9:08 AM

    Concerto Pastorale

    Johann Christoph Pez

    Christmas Concertos - Il Giardino Armonico

    Il Giardino Armonico

    Giovanni Antonini, conductor

    18:15
  • 9:01 AM

    Cinema Nostalgia

    Joe Hisaishi

    Dream Songs

    Studio Orchestra

    Joe Hisaishi, piano

    6:09
  • 8:44 AM

    Symphony No. 27

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    W.A. Mozart Symphonies Vol. 7 (1773)

    Danish National Chamber Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    14:06
  • 8:27 AM

    Brigg Fair

    Frederick Delius

    English Rhapsody: Delius & Butterworth

    Halle Orchestra

    Mark Elder, conductor

    16:42
  • 8:09 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 26 "Les adieux"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Mikhail Pletnev: Hommage A Rachmaninoff

    Mikhail Pletnev, piano

    16:01
  • 8:01 AM

    The Red Pony Suite: selections

    Aaron Copland

    Aaron Copland: Four Dances from Rodeo

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    7:21
  • 7:26 AM

    String Quintet "American"

    Antonin Dvorak

    Old World, New World

    Emerson String Quartet

    Paul Neubauer, viola

    32:36
  • 7:22 AM

    Little Concert Suite: Nanette's Caprice

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Clarinet Quintet / Petite Suite / Ballade / Spirituals

    Virginia Eskin, piano

    3:18
  • 7:01 AM

    Symphony

    Johann Vanhal

    Vanhal: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    Celia Nicklin, oboe

    18:53
  • 6:32 AM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream Suite

    Felix Mendelssohn

    The Four Seasons: A Musical Calendar Of Favorite Classics

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Rafael Kubelik, conductor

    26:42
  • 6:25 AM

    Dream Children

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Piano Music

    Peter Pettinger, piano

    6:02
  • 6:01 AM

    Clarinet Concerto No. 2

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Sabine Meyer plays Weber Clarinet Concerti

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    22:11