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  • 5:22 AM

    Symphony No. 6 "Sinfonia semplice"

    Carl Nielsen

    Carl Nielsen: The Symphonies

    Danish National Symphony Orchestra

    Fabio Luisi, conductor

    35:43
  • 5:10 AM

    Kanon Pokajanen (Canon of Repentance): Prayer

    Arvo Part

    Arvo Part: Kanon Pokajanen

    Estonian Chamber Choir

    Tonu Kaljuste, conductor

    10:54
  • 5:06 AM

    Cantata No. 156: Arioso

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    A New Baroque

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    3:10
  • 5:01 AM

    Reverie

    Andre Caplet

    Dedicated to Barrere

    Leone Buyse, flute

    4:37
  • 4:51 AM

    Exaltation of Larks

    Norman Dello Joio

    Music for Martha Graham

    Atlantic Sinfonietta

    Edvard Tchivzhel, conductor

    7:44
  • 4:18 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Florence Price

    Florence Price: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 3

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    31:05
  • 4:06 AM

    Bleached Memories

    Elena Kats-Chernin

    Bluetongue

    Guitar Trek

    10:03
  • 4:01 AM

    Old and Lost Rivers

    Tobias Picker

    The Five Sacred Trees

    London Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:35
  • 3:36 AM

    Forest Scenes

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Carnaval; Waldszenen: Nachtstucke

    Gerhard Oppitz, piano

    22:22
  • 3:19 AM

    Afro-Cuban Concerto

    Valerie Coleman

    Imani Winds: The Classical Underground

    Imani Winds

    15:32
  • 3:15 AM

    West Side Story: Somewhere

    Leonard Bernstein

    American Road Trip

    Augustin Hadelich, violin

    2:48
  • 3:06 AM

    Introduction, Chorale, and March

    Alfredo Casella

    Casella: Orchestral Music, Vol. 3

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gianandrea Noseda, conductor

    7:40
  • 3:01 AM

    Waltz No. 3

    Agustin Barrios

    Intimate Barrios

    Berta Rojas, guitar

    4:32
  • 2:50 AM

    The Bard

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Spring Song, The Bard, etc.

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    8:06
  • 2:30 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams, Delius, Walton

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    Neil Black, oboe

    18:41
  • 2:26 AM

    An Sylvia (Who is Sylvia?)

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert Revisited

    German Chamber Philharmonic Bremen

    Florian Donderer, conductor

    Matthias Goerne, baritone

    2:55
  • 2:06 AM

    Fantasie for Piano Four-Hands

    Franz Schubert

    Concert Recording

    Martha Argerich, piano

    18:43
  • 2:01 AM

    Intermezzo No. 4

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    4:39
  • 1:40 AM

    Three Botticelli Pictures

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    18:02
  • 1:18 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Violin Concertos 1, 3 & 4

    Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

    Viktoria Mullova, conductor

    Viktoria Mullova, violin

    21:01
  • 1:12 AM

    Mazurka

    Johann Kaspar Mertz

    Charms to Soothe

    David Leisner, guitar

    3:16
  • 1:06 AM

    Ballade "About Olden Times"

    Anatol Liadov

    Liadov: The Enchanted Lake, and other orchestral works.

    Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    5:53
  • 1:01 AM

    Contredanse and Tarantelle

    Frederic Chopin

    Malcom Frager plays Chopin

    Malcolm Frager, piano

    4:35
  • 12:52 AM

    Prayer

    Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR)

    New Day Begun

    PUBLIQuartet

    6:07
  • 12:48 AM

    Beatitudes

    Bernice Johnson Reagon

    Selections 1976-1988

    Sweet Honey in the Rock

    3:38
  • 12:24 AM

    Tales - A Folklore Symphony

    Carlos Simon

    Tales?A Folklore Symphony

    National Symphony Orchestra

    Gianandrea Noseda, conductor

    22:21
  • 12:19 AM

    If the Silver Bird Could Speak

    Eleanor Alberga

    Kete: Piano Music of the African Diaspora

    William Chapman Nyaho, piano

    3:18
  • 12:07 AM

    Folk Songs for Orchestra

    George Walker

    George Walker: Orchestral Works

    Cleveland Chamber Symphony

    Edwin London, conductor

    11:36
  • 12:01 AM

    Fantasie Negre No. 4

    Florence Price

    Florence Price: Piano Discoveries: Fantsie Negre No. 4

    Lara Downes, piano

    4:45
  • 11:50 PM

    Global Warming

    Michael Abels

    Songs for Our Times

    Sphinx Virtuosi

    8:31
  • 11:45 PM

    Credo: I Believe in Liberty

    Margaret Bonds

    Margaret Bonds: Credo; Simon Bore the Cross

    Dessoff Choirs

    Malcolm J. Merriweather, conductor

    Dashon Burton, bass-baritone

    4:23
  • 11:20 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Adolphus Hailstork

    Elfman: Violin Concerto, 'Eleven Eleven' - Hailstork: Piano Concerto No. 1

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    23:34
  • 11:10 PM

    Epitaph (To Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.)

    Adolphus Hailstork

    African Heritage Symphonic Series, Vol. II

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    7:38
  • 11:06 PM

    Amazing Grace

    H. Leslie Adams

    Dreams of a New Day

    Will Liverman, baritone

    3:20
  • 11:01 PM

    Unrest

    Brandee Younger

    Ashley Jackson

    Ashley Jackson, harp

    4:47
  • 10:47 PM

    Hymn for Everyone

    Jessie Montgomery

    Contemporary American Composers

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    11:19
  • 10:41 PM

    My Soul Hath Found Refuge in Thee

    Evelyn Simpson-Curenton

    The Aeolians

    The Aeolians

    Jason Max Ferdinand, conductor

    5:30
  • 10:24 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Florence Price

    Max Bruch, Florence Price: Violin Concertos

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Randall Goosby, violin

    15:54
  • 10:13 PM

    Variations on an African American Spiritual

    Joshua McGhee

    Where Freedom Rings: Compositions by Contemporary African American Composers

    Picasso Ensemble

    9:55
  • 10:01 PM

    Startin' Sumthin'

    Jeff Scott

    Startin' Sumthin'

    Imani Winds

    4:50
  • 9:46 PM

    Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn Overtures

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Claus Peter Flor, conductor

    12:09
  • 9:16 PM

    Symphony No. 7 "Sinfonia Romantica"

    Kurt Atterberg

    Atterberg: Orchestral Works, Vol. 5

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    28:32
  • 9:13 PM

    Brejeiro

    Ernesto Nazareth

    Solatino

    Gabriela Montero, piano

    1:47
  • 9:07 PM

    Donna Diana Overture

    Emil von Reznicek

    William Tell and Other Favorite Overtures

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    6:01
  • 9:01 PM

    Village Dance

    Claude Champagne

    Dancing For 100 Years

    Quebec Symphony Orchestra

    Yoav Talmi, conductor

    4:48
  • 8:48 PM

    String Quartet No. 6

    Maddalena Laura Sirmen

    Sirmen: Six String Quartets

    Lombardini Quartet

    10:40
  • 8:22 PM

    La Mer (The Sea)

    Claude Debussy

    Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps; Debussy: La Mer

    New York Philharmonic

    Jaap van Zweden, conductor

    25:09
  • 8:18 PM

    Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea

    Joe Hisaishi

    Dream Songs

    Studio Orchestra

    Joe Hisaishi, piano

    2:49
  • 8:06 PM

    Romance No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Mad About Violins

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor

    Shlomo Mintz, violin

    10:16
  • 8:01 PM

    English Suite No. 3: Gavottes

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Johann Sebastian Bach: English Suites Nos. 2 And 3

    Ivo Pogorelich, piano

    4:31
  • 7:57 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 21

    Johannes Brahms

    Claudio Abbado: Marce E Danze

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    1:19
  • 7:46 PM

    Hungarian Sketches

    Bela Bartok

    Mephisto Magic

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    10:59
  • 7:36 PM

    Rondo

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Piano Music for Four Hands, Vol. 1

    Yaara Tal, piano

    8:46
  • 7:31 PM

    First Xinjiang Dance

    Ding Shan-de

    Shanghai Philharmonic

    Cao Peng, conductor

    5:01
  • 7:06 PM

    The Four Moons

    Louis Ballard

    Ballard: The Four Moons, Devil's Promenade, Fantasy Aborigine No. 3, & Scenes from Indian Life

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    23:29
  • 7:01 PM

    Flowers from Froso: Entry to the Summer Meadow

    Wilhelm Peterson-Berger

    Nordic Spring

    Christian Bergqvist, violin

    4:33
  • 6:34 PM

    Clarinet Quintet

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Eddie Daniels and the Composers Quartet

    Composers Quartet

    Eddie Daniels, clarinet

    23:53
  • 6:17 PM

    Don Juan

    Richard Strauss

    R Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    15:51
  • 6:09 PM

    Romance

    Amy Beach

    American Road Trip

    Augustin Hadelich, violin

    6:21
  • 6:06 PM

    Preludes, Book 1: La fille aux cheveux de lin (The Girl with the Flaxen Hair)

    Claude Debussy

    More Greatest Hits

    Canadian Brass

    2:17
  • 6:01 PM

    Minuets with Contredances

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Dances and Minuets

    Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra

    Hans Graf, conductor

    4:41
  • 5:49 PM

    Gigi: Medley

    Frederick Loewe

    Over the Rainbow

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    8:56
  • 5:43 PM

    Raintree County: Overture

    Johnny Green

    Composed By: Classic Film Themes From Hollywood's Masters

    MGM Studio Orchestra

    Johnny Green, conductor

    3:32
  • 5:37 PM

    Friendly Persuasion: Main theme

    Dimitri Tiomkin

    Aisle Seat

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    3:52
  • 5:31 PM

    On the Town: Times Square, 1944

    Leonard Bernstein

    American Visions

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    5:09
  • 5:25 PM

    Vertigo: Prelude and Rooftop

    Bernard Herrmann

    Varese Sarabande - A 25th Anniversary Celebration

    Studio Orchestra

    4:42
  • 5:15 PM

    How the West Was Won: Prelude

    Alfred Newman

    True Grit: Music from the Classic Films of John Wayne

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paul Bateman, conductor

    3:21
  • 5:14 PM

    All About Eve: Main Title

    Alfred Newman

    Classic Film Scores For Bette Davis

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    1:39
  • 5:07 PM

    Gone with the Wind: Tara Theme

    Max Steiner

    Aisle Seat

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:41
  • 5:01 PM

    Romeo and Juliet: A Time for Us

    Nino Rota

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

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    4:53
  • 4:50 PM

    Giant: Suite

    Dimitri Tiomkin

    The Greatest Film Scores Of Dimitri Tiomkin

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Kaufman, conductor

    8:22
  • 4:44 PM

    Mr. Roberts: Suite

    Franz Waxman

    Legends of Hollywood: Franz Waxman, Vol. 2

    Queensland Symphony Orchestra

    Franz Waxman, conductor

    3:21
  • 4:40 PM

    The Great Race: Pie in the Face Polka

    Henry Mancini

    Dances for Flute

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Henry Mancini, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    2:31
  • 4:37 PM

    Irma la Douce: Theme

    Marguerite Monnot

    Andre Previn in Hollywood

    Studio Orchestra

    Johnny Williams, conductor

    Andre Previn, piano

    2:11
  • 4:29 PM

    Anything Goes

    Cole Porter

    The Essential Yo-Yo Ma

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    5:51
  • 4:18 PM

    Casablanca Suite

    Max Steiner

    Casablanca - Classic Film Scores for Humphrey Bogart

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    8:41
  • 4:07 PM

    The Quiet Man: Suite

    Victor Young

    True Grit: Music from the Classic Films of John Wayne

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paul Bateman, conductor

    9:29
  • 4:01 PM

    The Informer: Suite

    Max Steiner

    Now, Voyager: The Classic Film Scores Of Max Steiner

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    4:36
  • 3:48 PM

    Capriol Suite

    Peter Warlock

    Orchestral Favourites Vol I

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    10:03
  • 3:18 PM

    Piano Trio No. 1

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn Piano Trios

    Joshua Bell, violin

    28:04
  • 3:10 PM

    Gao Hong, pipa

    6:21
  • 3:06 PM

    Morning Song

    Edward Elgar

    Vaughan Williams; Elgar

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    3:21
  • 2:39 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 2

    Saverio Mercadante

    Saverio Mercadante: 3 Concertos pour Flute

    I Solisti Veneti

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    19:45
  • 2:18 PM

    Miss Sally's Party

    William Grant Still

    Witness, Vol. 2: The Music of William Grant Still

    Plymouth Music Series Orchestra

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    19:05
  • 2:11 PM

    A Ballet Through Mud: Moving Meditation

    RZA

    A Ballet Through Mud

    Colorado Symphony Orchestra

    Christopher Dragon, conductor

    5:13
  • 2:06 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3: Bourree and Gigue

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Orchestal Suites

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    3:59
  • 2:01 PM

    Unst Bridal March

    Traditional

    Celtic Airs

    Barry Douglas, piano

    4:33
  • 1:48 PM

    Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Orchestral Works

    Paris Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    10:23
  • 1:45 PM

    Sonando Contigo (Dreaming of you)

    Gabriela Montero

    Solatino

    Gabriela Montero, piano

    3:06
  • 1:30 PM

    Liebeslieder Walzer (Love-Song Waltzes)

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    12:52
  • 1:26 PM

    Shakespeare Love Songs: So sweet a kiss

    Owain Park

    When Love Speaks: Choral Music by Owain Park

    Epiphoni Consort

    Tim Reader, conductor

    4:26
  • 1:07 PM

    Guitar Quintet No. 6

    Luigi Boccherini

    Boccherini: The Guitar Quintets

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    17:29
  • 1:01 PM

    From Olden Times: Gigue

    Johan Halvorsen

    Halvorsen: Suite ancienne, Mascarade Suite

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Ari Rasilainen, conductor

    4:35
  • 12:47 PM

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

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: 6 Concerti for Flauto traverso

    Tokyo Bach-Mozart Ensemble

    Masahiro Arita, baroque flute

    10:59
  • 12:41 PM

    In The Bottoms Suite: Barcarolle

    Nathaniel Dett

    Bach to Black: Suites for Piano

    Rochelle Sennet, piano

    5:33
  • 12:21 PM

    Cello Concerto

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    CPE Bach: Cello Concertos

    Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

    Gustav Leonhardt, conductor

    Anner Bylsma, cello

    19:21
  • 12:15 PM

    Polonesse

    Anders Larsson

    Sublimation: Songs and dances from 18th-century Scandinavia

    The Curious Bards

    4:32
  • 12:06 PM

    Polonaise No. 2

    Frederic Chopin

    The Complete Piano Works of Chopin, Vol 5: Polonaises & Impromptus

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    7:42
  • 12:01 PM

    Lyric Waltz

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Spring Song, The Bard, etc.

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:49
  • 11:45 AM

    Ebb and Flow

    Tony Banks

    Five

    Czech National Symphony Orchestra

    Nick Ingman, conductor

    12:48
  • 11:25 AM

    String Quartet No. 64

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 76 No. 5 in D major, etc.

    Cleveland Quartet

    19:08
  • 11:17 AM

    Passacaglia on an Old English Tune

    Rebecca Clarke

    encircling

    Daphne Gerling, viola

    5:34
  • 11:06 AM

    Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Greensleeves/Tallis Fantasia

    New Queen's Hall Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    10:44
  • 11:01 AM

    Dr. Case's Pavan

    John Dowland

    Lute Works, Vol. 1

    Paul O'Dette, lute

    4:52
  • 10:44 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 5

    George Frideric Handel

    GF Handel: Concerti Grossi, Op. 6, Nos. 2-7 and 10

    Mercury Baroque

    Antoine Plante, conductor

    14:43
  • 10:23 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonie Concertante KV 297 B

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Heinz Holliger, oboe

    19:48
  • 10:17 AM

    Novelette

    Cecile Chaminade

    Nostalgia: Piano Music of Cecile Chaminade Vol. 2

    Joanne Polk, piano

    4:15
  • 10:06 AM

    Ouverture legere

    Lou Koster

    Koster: Orchestral Music

    Estro Armonico Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra

    Jonathan Kaell, conductor

    9:23
  • 10:01 AM

    Lyrical Serenade

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Miniatures

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    4:42
  • 9:39 AM

    Piano Trio

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure, Saint-Saens, D'indy

    Horszowski Trio

    19:14
  • 9:05 AM

    Serenade

    Wilhelm Stenhammar

    Wilhelm Stenhammar: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2; Serenade; Excelsior!

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    32:37
  • 9:01 AM

    Colourful clouds chasing the moon

    Ren Guang

    The Red Piano

    Yundi Li, piano

    3:13
  • 8:26 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Violin Concerto, Romance / Suk: Fantasy

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    Pamela Frank, violin

    31:43
  • 8:09 AM

    Idomeneo: Ballet Music: Selections

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Complete Mozart Edition, Vol. 25: Theatre and Ballet Music

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    15:01
  • 8:01 AM

    Gymnopedies

    Erik Satie

    Letter(s) to Erik Satie

    Bertrand Chamayou, piano

    8:13
  • 7:32 AM

    Autumn Gardens

    Einojuhani Rautavaara

    Rautavaara: Gift Of Dreams; Autumn Gardens

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    26:23
  • 7:25 AM

    There We Shall Rest

    Kim Andre Arnesen

    Infinity: Choral Works

    Kantorei Denver

    Joel Rinsema, conductor

    5:22
  • 7:01 AM

    Partita No. 5

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: The Six Partitas

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    22:54
  • 6:26 AM

    String Quartet No. 13 "Rosamunde"

    Franz Schubert

    Emerson String Quartet: Complete Recordings

    Emerson String Quartet

    32:39
  • 6:17 AM

    Romance

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Duos for Flute & Harp

    Shigenori Kudo, flute

    6:09
  • 6:01 AM

    Poeme

    Ernest Chausson

    Poeme

    Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yakov Kreizberg, conductor

    Julia Fischer, violin

    16:03