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  • 3:01 AM

    Reflections on the Nature of Water: Crystalline; Fleet

    Jacob Druckman

    Paddle to the Sea

    Third Coast Percussion

    4:49
  • 2:55 AM

    Brureslatt

    Traditional Norwegian

    Rimur

    Trio Mediaeval

    3:13
  • 2:20 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Peteris Vasks

    Peteris Vasks: Oboe Concerto - Vestijums - Lauda

    Latvian National Symphony Orchestra

    Andris Poga, conductor

    Albrecht Mayer, oboe

    33:30
  • 2:06 AM

    Variations serieuses (Serious Variations)

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Lieder Ohne Worte

    Javier Perianes, piano

    11:53
  • 2:01 AM

    Lullaby for Natalie

    John Corigliano

    Mirror in Mirror

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    4:48
  • 1:48 AM

    Bleached Memories

    Elena Kats-Chernin

    Bluetongue

    Guitar Trek

    10:03
  • 1:22 AM

    La Mer (The Sea)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Images, Prelude, La Mer

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    24:22
  • 1:19 AM

    Bloom

    Marika Takeuchi

    Holes in the Sky

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:16
  • 1:06 AM

    Viola Concerto

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Georg Philipp Telemann: Viola Concertos

    Academy for Ancient Music Berlin

    Bernhard Forck, conductor

    Antoine Tamestit, viola

    11:34
  • 1:01 AM

    Barcarolle

    Mel Bonis

    Memoires d'une femme

    Myriam Barbaux-Cohen, piano

    4:48
  • 12:50 AM

    Global Warming

    Michael Abels

    African Heritage Symphonic Series Vol. 3

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    8:19
  • 12:48 AM

    Joy

    Margaret Bonds

    House of Belonging

    Conspirare

    Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

    Carla McElhaney, piano

    2:13
  • 12:21 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Samuel Barber

    Barber and Shostakovich: Violin Concertos

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Maxim Shostakovich, conductor

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin

    25:25
  • 12:06 AM

    Esther: Overture

    Eugene d'Albert

    Lamond: Symphony; Scottish Highlands Overture

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Martyn Brabbins, conductor

    12:29
  • 12:01 AM

    String Quartet No. 1: Menuetto

    Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf

    Dittersdorf: String Quartets

    Franz Schubert Quartet

    4:48
  • 11:44 PM

    Fantasia Mexicana

    Antonio Gomezanda

    Antonio Gomezanda: Orchestral Works

    Berlin Symphony Orchestra

    Jorge Velazco, conductor

    Alan Marks, piano

    14:47
  • 11:43 PM

    Fantasia Mexicana

    Antonio Gomezanda

    Antonio Gomezanda: Orchestral Works

    Berlin Symphony Orchestra

    Jorge Velazco, conductor

    Alan Marks, piano

    14:47
  • 11:38 PM

    3 Dances

    William Byrd

    Gypsy's Round

    Buffalo Guitar Quartet

    5:17
  • 11:19 PM

    A Downland Suite

    John Ireland

    Music of John Ireland and Frank Bridge

    English Chamber Orchestra

    David Garforth, conductor

    17:30
  • 11:11 PM

    Scherzando No. 6

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    FJ and JM Haydn: Flute Concertos

    Haydn Ensemble Berlin

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    7:32
  • 11:00 PM

    Polonaise Brillante

    Franz Liszt

    Gershwin: Rhapsody In Blue; Addinsell: Warsaw Concerto

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Misha Dichter, piano

    9:27
  • 10:56 PM

    Seasons: Spring

    Dominick Argento

    Come to the Woods

    The Singers

    Matthew Culloton, conductor

    3:13
  • 10:38 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Harpsichord Concertos, Triple Concerto

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    Richard Egarr, harpsichord

    16:45
  • 10:26 PM

    Four Seasons: Summer

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi - The Four Seasons

    Boston Baroque

    Martin Pearlman, conductor

    Christina Day Martinson, violin

    10:47
  • 10:15 PM

    Prince Igor: Overture

    Alexander Borodin

    Borodin

    Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

    Bramwell Tovey, conductor

    10:46
  • 10:06 PM

    Hymn of the Universe: Fold Your Wings, My Soul

    Tina Davidson

    Hymn to the Universe

    VocalEssence

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    Tina James, English horn

    7:47
  • 9:53 PM

    Sinfonietta No. 1

    Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson

    Live in Concert

    Sphinx Virtuosi

    Damon Gupton, conductor

    6:34
  • 9:42 PM

    Gloriana: Courtly Dances

    Benjamin Britten

    Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf, Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    10:19
  • 9:38 PM

    Il Trovatore: Vedi, le fosche nottune (Anvil Chorus)

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Grand & Glorious - Great Operatic Choruses / Robert Shaw

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    2:49
  • 9:23 PM

    Sinfonia Concertante: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante K 364, Concertone K 190

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    Vladimir Spivakov, violin

    13:13
  • 9:12 PM

    First Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Music for Wind Band

    Cleveland Symphonic Winds

    Frederick Fennell, conductor

    10:25
  • 9:07 PM

    Fugue "Little"

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach Transcriptions

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    3:52
  • 9:03 PM

    Romance No. 5

    Johannes Brahms

    Murray Perahia: Brahms

    Murray Perahia, piano

    3:51
  • 8:46 PM

    Marosszek Dances

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Kodaly: The Peacock, Galanta Dances, Marosszek Dances

    Budapest Symphony Orchestra

    Gyorgy Lehel, conductor

    13:53
  • 8:25 PM

    Symphony No. 88

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies 88-92, etc.

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    20:03
  • 8:16 PM

    Legend

    Vitezslava Kapralova

    Vitezslava Kapralova

    Stephanie Chase, violin

    6:47
  • 8:10 PM

    Impromptu No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    The Chopin Collection: The Impromptus

    Artur Rubinstein, piano

    4:16
  • 8:00 PM

    Swan of Tuonela

    Jean Sibelius

    Reveries

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    Marni Hougham, English horn

    9:32
  • 5:52 PM

    Serenade for Winds: Scherzo

    Julius Rontgen

    The Romantic Era in the Netherlands

    Viotta Ensemble

    6:40
  • 5:14 PM

    Symphony No. 7

    Antonin Dvorak

    Antonín Dvorák: Symphonies Nos. 7 – 9

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    36:22
  • 5:10 PM

    Etude No. 2

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin, Liszt

    Mariam Batsashvili, piano

    1:35
  • 5:06 PM

    Carmen: Gypsy Dance

    Georges Bizet

    LAGQ Latin

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    3:30
  • 5:01 PM

    Canzon No. 3

    Girolamo Frescobaldi

    Gabrieli for Brass: Venetian Extravaganza

    Royal Academy of Music Brass

    4:50
  • 4:45 PM

    Swedish Rhapsody No. 1 "Midsummer Vigil"

    Hugo Alfven

    Sibelius: Finlandia, Valse Triste; Grieg: Sigurd Jorsalfar

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    13:13
  • 4:20 PM

    Concerto Serenade

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Rodrigo: Concertos and Orchestral Works

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    Nancy Allen, harp

    22:57
  • 4:12 PM

    From Foreign Lands: Spain

    Moritz Moszkowski

    From Foreign Lands

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    7:04
  • 4:06 PM

    The White Peacock

    Charles Tomlinson Griffes

    Michael Lewin, piano

    5:10
  • 4:00 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Pastoral": Finale

    Francois-Joseph Gossec

    Le Mozart Noir

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    4:38
  • 3:45 PM

    Petite Suite Gauloise

    Louis Theodore Gouvy

    The Chamber Winds

    United States Air Force Band

    Lowell Graham, conductor

    13:46
  • 3:17 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn, Bruch: Concerto & Romance

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    Janine Jansen, violin

    26:54
  • 3:07 PM

    Far and Away: Suite

    John Williams

    John Williams: The Berlin Concert

    Berlin Philharmonic

    John Williams, conductor

    8:01
  • 3:01 PM

    Zefiro torna

    Claudio Monteverdi

    c. 1300-c. 2000

    Jeremy Denk, piano

    4:36
  • 2:52 PM

    Seattle Slew: Belmont Bouree

    William Bolcom

    William Bolcom

    Louisville Orchestra

    Lawrence Leighton Smith, conductor

    6:45
  • 2:42 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 47

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 1

    Roman Rabinovich, piano

    15:22
  • 2:22 PM

    An American in Paris

    George Gershwin

    Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story; Candide Overture; Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    18:22
  • 2:12 PM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique": 3rd movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky/Dvorak/Honeck/PSO

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Manfred Honeck, conductor

    8:57
  • 2:04 PM

    Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5: Aria (Cantilena)

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Cantilena

    Tabea Zimmermann, viola

    5:48
  • 1:56 PM

    Danse Macabre

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Mephisto and Co.

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    6:52
  • 1:50 PM

    Le roi s'amuse (The King Has Fun): Galliarde and Lesquercarde

    Leo Delibes

    French Music for the Stage

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:28
  • 1:44 PM

    Dance: When you're broken open

    Anna Clyne

    Clyne: Dance - Elgar: Cello Concerto

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    Inbal Segev, cello

    4:40
  • 1:40 PM

    Hallelujah

    Leonard Cohen

    Inspiration

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    3:27
  • 1:32 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 1: Scherzo

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Suites Nos. 1 And 2

    National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

    Stefan Sanderling, conductor

    7:00
  • 1:27 PM

    Matinees Musicales: Pantomime

    Benjamin Britten

    Rossini, Respighi: La Boutique Fantasque

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    2:51
  • 1:22 PM

    The Valkyrie: Ride of the Valkyries

    Richard Wagner

    Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra: Wagner

    Philharmonia Zurich

    Fabio Luisi, conductor

    4:50
  • 1:17 PM

    Transcendental Etude No. 5 "Feux follets"

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: 12 Etudes d'Execution Transcendante

    Alice Sara Ott, piano

    3:51
  • 1:07 PM

    Don Pasquale: Sinfonia

    Gaetano Donizetti

    Italian Overtures

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    6:44
  • 1:04 PM

    Rondeau

    Jean-Francois Dandrieu

    Crossover

    Stuttgart Brass Quartet

    1:54
  • 12:55 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 11: 3rd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Piano Concertos

    The King's Violins

    Bernard Labadie, conductor

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    4:08
  • 12:38 PM

    Hary Janos Suite: Intermezzo and Entrance

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Prokofiev: Leiutenant Kije Suite

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    7:51
  • 12:35 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 5

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Hungarian Dances

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    Andras Keller, violin

    2:31
  • 12:22 PM

    Octet: 2nd movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert Octet

    Isabelle Faust, violin

    11:22
  • 12:20 PM

    Hymn of the Universe: Stay with Us, Lord

    Tina Davidson

    Hymn to the Universe

    VocalEssence

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    1:32
  • 12:09 PM

    Panamanian Dances: Tamborito

    William Grant Still

    William Grant Still: La Guiablesse, Danzas de Panama, Quit Dat Fool'nish, Summerland

    Berlin Symphony Orchestra

    Isaiah Jackson, conductor

    4:06
  • 12:04 PM

    Joyous March

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Karajan Conducts Orchestral Favorites II

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    4:04
  • 11:55 AM

    Song without Words No. 45

    Felix Mendelssohn

    A Pianist's Journey

    Jeffrey Biegel, piano

    1:36
  • 11:45 AM

    Symphony No. 1: Finale

    Charles Gounod

    Gounod Symphonies

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    8:55
  • 11:41 AM

    Ballet de Cour: Pavane and Saltarelle

    Gabriel Pierne

    Prisms

    Chamber Music Palm Beach

    6:10
  • 11:32 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 23: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Momentum 1785/86

    Mahler Chamber Orchestra

    Leif Ove Andsnes, conductor

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    7:52
  • 11:22 AM

    Suite for Strings: 1st movement

    Ethel Smyth

    British Music for Strings, Vol. 3

    South German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim

    Douglas Bostock, conductor

    8:58
  • 11:15 AM

    Cantata No. 49: Sinfonia

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Dialogue Cantatas

    Berlin Baroque Soloists

    Rainer Kussmaul, conductor

    6:01
  • 11:08 AM

    Symphony No. 6: Intermezzo

    Alexander Glazunov

    Alexander Glazunov: Symphony No. 6, Lyric Poems

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    5:00
  • 11:04 AM

    Serenade for Strings: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    The Tchaikovsky Project

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    4:01
  • 10:42 AM

    Serenade No. 2

    Robert Fuchs

    Fuchs: Serenades Nos. 1 and 2

    Cologne Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Ludwig, conductor

    16:04
  • 10:26 AM

    Scherzo Capriccioso

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Overtures

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    14:31
  • 10:14 AM

    Harp Sonata

    Germaine Tailleferre

    La Promenade des Dames: French Women Composers and Harp Music

    Alessandra Ziveri, harp

    10:23
  • 10:07 AM

    Masquerade Suite: Waltz and Mazurka

    Aram Khachaturian

    Khachaturian: Gayaneh, Spartacus, Masquerade

    Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra

    Aleksander Lazarev, conductor

    7:00
  • 10:01 AM

    Sabrina: Theme

    John Williams

    Across the Stars

    Recording Arts Orchestra of Los Angeles

    John Williams, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    4:53
  • 9:40 AM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: "Carmen" Suite, "L'Arlesienne" Suite/Offenbach: Barcarolle, "Orpheus in the Underworld" Overture

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    18:33
  • 9:24 AM

    O'Carolan Suite in Baroque Style

    Thomas C. Kelly

    Silver Apples of the Moon

    Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Fionnuala Hunt, conductor

    13:55
  • 9:12 AM

    Quintettino "La musica notturna di Madrid"

    Luigi Boccherini

    In Motion

    United Strings of Europe

    Julian Azkoul, conductor

    11:03
  • 9:06 AM

    Choro No. 1 "Tipico Brasileiro"

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Prole do bebe n.1 per piano - Cirandas, 2 Preludes

    Anna-Stella Schic, piano

    4:34
  • 9:01 AM

    Pan's Flute: Pan and the Nymphs

    Jules Mouquet

    French Flute Concertos

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Philippe Auguin, conductor

    Manuela Wiesler, flute

    4:51
  • 8:40 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 11 "Turkish"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Sonatas and Variations

    Fazil Say, piano

    18:32
  • 8:37 AM

    Othello Suite: Military March

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha OVerture / Petite Suite

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    1:57
  • 8:12 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Erich Korngold

    Escape To Paradise: The Hollywood Album

    Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Alexander Shelley, conductor

    Daniel Hope, violin

    24:10
  • 8:01 AM

    Scheherazade: The Young Prince and the Young Princess

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Mad About Love

    Orchestre de la Bastille

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    9:42
  • 7:41 AM

    Songs of the Roses

    Morten Lauridsen

    Lauridsen: Nocturnes

    Polyphony

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    17:04
  • 7:21 AM

    The Royal Children

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Humperdinck: Fairy-Tale Music

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    19:57
  • 7:05 AM

    Concerto for 2 Orchestras No. 1

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks, Concerti a due cori

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    13:31
  • 7:01 AM

    English Suite: Folk Song

    John Duarte

    Wild Mountain Thyme: Celtic Music for Guitar

    Scott Tennant, guitar

    3:41
  • 6:30 AM

    Symphony No. 4 "Tragic"

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Douglas Boyd, conductor

    28:13
  • 6:25 AM

    Song without Words

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Song

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    4:16
  • 6:01 AM

    Chitra

    Wilhelm Stenhammar

    Piano Concerto No. 2, Chitra, Incidental Music

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    22:09
  • 5:47 AM

    Symphonic Dances: 1st movement

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Gateways

    Shanghai Symphony Orchestra

    Long Yu, conductor

    11:32
  • 5:17 AM

    South Bohemian Suite

    Vitezslav Novak

    Novak: Orchestral Works 1

    Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra

    Marek Stilec, conductor

    29:21
  • 5:01 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 9

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Sonatas 9

    Bernard Roberts, piano

    14:04