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  • 5:40 AM

    String Quartet No. 1 "Kreutzer Sonata"

    Leos Janacek

    The Kreutzer Project

    The Knights

    18:17
  • 5:14 AM

    String Quartet No. 16

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: String Quartets Opp. 95, 127, 130-133 & 135

    Takacs Quartet

    24:37
  • 5:06 AM

    Romance

    Gerald Finzi

    English String Miniatures, Vol. 3

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    6:55
  • 5:01 AM

    Postludium No. 3

    Valentin Silvestrov

    Silvestrov Postludium No. 3

    Matt Haimovitz, cello

    4:46
  • 4:55 AM

    O beloved (O bien aimee)

    Marcel Grandjany

    Voyage: American Works For Flute And Harp

    Jonathan Keeble, flute

    3:27
  • 4:11 AM

    Requiem

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: Requiem; Ravel: Pavane

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor

    Kathleen Battle, soprano

    42:07
  • 4:06 AM

    Cantata No. 22: Sanctify us

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Essential Bach

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    3:10
  • 4:01 AM

    The Veil of the Temple: Mother of God, Here I Stand

    John Tavener

    White Light: The Space Between

    O/Modernt Chamber Orchestra

    Hugo Ticciati, conductor

    4:38
  • 3:37 AM

    Nocturnal Dances of Don Juanquixote (Chamber Music III)

    Aulis Sallinen

    Sallinen: Violin Concerto; Don Juanquixote, etc.

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    Torleif Thedeen, cello

    20:34
  • 3:33 AM

    Song and Dance No. 10

    Federico Mompou

    Camino

    Sean Shibe, guitar

    3:15
  • 3:14 AM

    Six Epigraphes Antiques

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Orchestral Works 5

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    17:47
  • 3:06 AM

    Nocturne No. 17

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin

    Yulianna Avdeeva, piano

    6:10
  • 3:01 AM

    Benediction

    Carlo Gesualdo

    GESUALDO: TENEBRAE

    Hilliard Ensemble

    4:51
  • 2:47 AM

    Renascence

    Lita Grier

    American Flute Concertos

    Czech National Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    Mary Stolper, flute

    10:54
  • 2:42 AM

    Abendlied (Evening Song)

    Robert Schumann

    Perchance To Dream: A Lullaby Album For Children And Adults

    Carol Rosenberger, piano

    5:04
  • 2:21 AM

    String Quintet

    Maria Bach

    M. Bach: Piano Quintet "Wolga"

    Christine Busch, violin

    20:32
  • 2:07 AM

    Symphony No. 1: Mountain Flowers

    Rued Langgaard

    Langgaard: Symphony No. 1; Fra Dybet

    Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    11:48
  • 2:01 AM

    String Poetic: Nocturne

    Jennifer Higdon

    String Poetic

    Jennifer Koh, violin

    4:46
  • 1:53 AM

    Let My Love Be Heard

    Jake Runestad

    Runestad: Sing, Wearing the Sky

    Kantorei Denver

    Joel Rinsema, conductor

    5:37
  • 1:26 AM

    Appalachian Spring

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: Appalachian Spring, Short Symphony

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

    25:11
  • 1:18 AM

    A Stroll to the Moon

    Manos Hadjidakis

    Paper Moon: Songs by Manos Hadjidakis

    Elena Papandreou, guitar

    6:18
  • 1:06 AM

    Little Serenade

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    A Swedish Serenade

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    11:09
  • 1:01 AM

    Sunday Rag

    Elena Kats-Chernin

    Ragtime & Blue

    Sarah Nicolls, piano

    4:50
  • 12:45 AM

    Into the Twilight

    Arnold Bax

    Bax: Tone Poems, Vol. 2

    Ulster Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    12:56
  • 12:24 AM

    Piano Trio No. 4 "Gassenhauer"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Jonathan Cohler and Claremont Trio

    Jonathan Cohler, clarinet

    19:51
  • 12:15 AM

    Coronation Procession

    Ruth Gipps

    Gipps: Orchestral Works, Volume 3

    BBC Philharmonic

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    7:45
  • 12:06 AM

    Finlandia

    Jean Sibelius

    Ports of Call

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    7:48
  • 12:01 AM

    From Andersen's Fairy-Tales: Barcarolle and Arabesque

    Bohuslav Martinu

    Martinu: Piano Music, Vol. 7

    Giorgio Koukl, piano

    4:38
  • 11:53 PM

    Praeludium and Allegro

    Fritz Kreisler

    The Kreisler Album

    Joshua Bell, violin

    5:42
  • 11:14 PM

    Symphony No. 8

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphonies Nos. 7 and 8

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    37:09
  • 11:09 PM

    Yerevan

    Aram Khachaturian

    Gems from Armenia

    Aznavoorian Duo

    3:07
  • 11:07 PM

    El Tragalochas

    Isaias Alvarado

    Batucada: South American Guitar Music

    Graham Anthony Devine, guitar

    1:48
  • 11:01 PM

    Waltz No. 9 "L'adieu"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin

    Claudio Arrau, piano

    4:42
  • 10:51 PM

    L'amant anonyme: Overture-Symphony

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Le Mozart Noir

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    7:42
  • 10:28 PM

    Wanderer Fantasy

    Franz Schubert

    Andre Watts: The Schubert Recital

    Andre Watts, piano

    20:45
  • 10:23 PM

    Folk Songs for Orchestra: My Lord, what a morning

    George Walker

    George Walker: Orchestral Works

    Cleveland Chamber Symphony

    Edwin London, conductor

    3:33
  • 10:07 PM

    Quiet City

    Aaron Copland

    Eastman Wind Ensemble

    Eastman Wind Ensemble

    Donald Hunsberger, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    10:46
  • 10:01 PM

    Impromptu No. 2

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Summertime

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    4:34
  • 9:44 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 3

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Horn Concertos

    Israel Sinfonietta

    Uri Mayer, conductor

    David Jolley, horn

    14:41
  • 9:24 PM

    An American in Paris

    George Gershwin

    Gershwin: 100th Birthday Celebration

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    18:11
  • 9:20 PM

    En avril a Paris

    Charles Trenet

    Carte Blanche

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    3:05
  • 9:06 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 1

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel Concerti Grossi Op 12

    Concentus Musicus Vienna

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    12:29
  • 9:01 PM

    Jazz Suite: Polka

    Alexander Tsfasman

    Prokofiev, Rimsky-Korsakov, Tsfasman: Works for Piano and Orchestra

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Karl-Heinz Steffens, conductor

    Zlata Chochieva, piano

    4:29
  • 8:47 PM

    Carmen Fantasy

    Franz Waxman

    Violin on Stage

    NFM Wroclaw Philharmonic

    Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor

    Bomsori Kim, violin

    10:49
  • 5:53 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2: Scherzo

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens: Complete Piano Concertos

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    Stephen Hough, piano

    5:24
  • 5:24 PM

    Symphony No. 3

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Symphony No. 3, Suites

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor

    27:39
  • 5:13 PM

    Variations Concertantes

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Felix Mendelssohn: Complete Works for Cello and Piano

    Marcy Rosen, cello

    9:35
  • 5:06 PM

    Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom: Bless the Lord, O My Soul

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninov, S.: All-Night Vigil / Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom

    Svetoslav Obretenov National Philharmonic Choir

    Georgi Robev, conductor

    Boncho Chakov, tenor

    5:42
  • 5:01 PM

    Toccata

    Girolamo Frescobaldi

    Bolder Baroque

    Boulder Brass

    4:39
  • 4:51 PM

    Fanfare, Hymn and Finale

    Peter Boyer

    Peter Boyer: Balance of Power - Orchestral Works

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Peter Boyer, conductor

    7:45
  • 4:25 PM

    Symphony No. 2

    Robert Volkmann

    Volkmann: Complete Orchestral Works

    North West German Philharmonic

    Werner Andreas Albert, conductor

    24:25
  • 4:18 PM

    Piano Trio: 3rd movement

    Clara Schumann

    Dardington Piano Trio

    5:34
  • 4:06 PM

    Consecration of the House: Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, Overture Op. 124

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    10:34
  • 4:01 PM

    Memories of the Alhambra

    Francisco Tarrega

    Guitar Favourites

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    4:36
  • 3:48 PM

    From Italy (Aus Italien): In the Campagna

    Richard Strauss

    R. Strauss: Aus Italien, Don Juan

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    10:28
  • 3:24 PM

    String Quartet No. 59 "The Rider"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Emerson String Quartet: Complete Recordings

    Emerson String Quartet

    22:16
  • 3:20 PM

    Serenade

    Cecile Chaminade

    Piano Music by Cecile Chaminade

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    3:17
  • 3:06 PM

    Kaiser-Walzer (Emperor Waltz)

    Johann StraussJr.

    J. Strauss: Waltz Transcriptions/Stravinsky: Chamber Music

    Boston Symphony Chamber Players

    12:13
  • 3:01 PM

    Concerto for Strings "Conch Shell"

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Concertos for Strings

    I Musici

    4:35
  • 2:48 PM

    First Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Music for Wind Band

    Cleveland Symphonic Winds

    Frederick Fennell, conductor

    10:25
  • 2:26 PM

    Symphony No. 35 "Haffner"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies 32, 35 & 39

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    19:49
  • 2:17 PM

    I Was Glad

    Hubert Parry

    Hear My Prayer

    Voices of Ascension

    Dennis Keene, conductor

    Mark Kruczek, organ

    6:52
  • 2:06 PM

    Serenade for Strings

    Edward Elgar

    Grieg: Holberg Suite, Dvorak and Elgar: String Serenades

    Rotterdam Chamber Orchestra

    Conrad van Alphen, conductor

    10:36
  • 2:01 PM

    The Mermaid Suite: Pas de deux of the Mermaid and the Hunter

    Wu Zuqiang/Du Mingxin

    Concert Suites

    China National Symphony Orchestra

    Zuohuang Chen, conductor

    4:30
  • 11:43 AM

    Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Don Quixote, Don Juan, Till Eulenspiegel

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    15:00
  • 11:28 AM

    Petite Suite

    Claude Debussy

    Rhapsodie

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    12:57
  • 11:24 AM

    Rainbow

    Abbey Lincoln

    Holes in the Sky

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:42
  • 11:06 AM

    Swan Lake: Dance of the Swans

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tschaikowsky: Der Schwanensee

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    Joseph Silverstein, violin

    17:34
  • 11:01 AM

    Suite No. 1 for Two Pianos: Waltz

    Anton Arensky

    Arensky: Five Suites For Two Pianos / Genova & Dimitrov Piano Duo

    Aglika Genova, piano

    4:33
  • 10:31 AM

    Symphony No. 101 "The Clock"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos 101 The Clock and 104 London

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    27:07
  • 10:18 AM

    Concerto for Two Oboes

    Tomaso Albinoni

    The Italian Job

    La Serenissima

    Adrian Chandler, conductor

    Gail Hennessy, oboe

    11:01
  • 10:13 AM

    Romanza

    Emilio Pujol

    Songs My Father Taught Me

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    3:30
  • 10:06 AM

    Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5: Aria ("Lo, at Midnight")

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    When Words Fade

    Anderson & Roe Piano Duo

    6:42
  • 10:01 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
  • 9:22 AM

    Suite Symphonique

    George Chadwick

    Aphrodite / Suite Symphonique / Elegy

    Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    36:08
  • 9:16 AM

    Vocalise

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Bravura

    Cho-Liang Lin, violin

    5:57
  • 9:01 AM

    Slavonic Rhapsody No. 3

    Antonin Dvorak

    Smetana: Ma Vlast, etc.

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Paavo Berglund, conductor

    12:37
  • 8:32 AM

    The Blue Pearl

    Erkki Melartin

    Melartin: Orchestral Works

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Hannu Lintu, conductor

    26:15
  • 8:17 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach: Violin Concertos

    Janine Jansen, violin

    14:28
  • 8:06 AM

    Two English Idylls

    George Butterworth

    English Rhapsody: Delius & Butterworth

    Halle Orchestra

    Mark Elder, conductor

    9:11
  • 8:01 AM

    Danzas Argentinas: Danza de la moza donosa

    Alberto Ginastera

    When Do We Dance

    Lise de la Salle, piano

    4:21
  • 7:30 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert; Zuckerman

    National Arts Centre Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    27:57
  • 7:14 AM

    Concerto for 2 Orchestras No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Music For The Royal Fireworks

    English Baroque Soloists

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    15:30
  • 7:01 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 24

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Sonatas

    Mari Kodama, piano

    11:21
  • 6:23 AM

    Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spake Zarathustra)

    Richard Strauss

    Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    34:57
  • 6:15 AM

    The Hours Suite: The Hours

    Philip Glass

    Glass Hour

    Janacek Philharmonic

    Mark Shapiro, conductor

    Gregory Harrington, violin

    7:42
  • 6:01 AM

    Chimney of King Rene

    Darius Milhaud

    French Wind Music

    Reykjavik Wind Quintet

    12:26