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  1. Violin Concerto: III. Romance Without Words

    Ned Rorem, Philippe Quint, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, José Serebrier

    02:44

  2. Symphony No. 2, Op. 30, "Romantic": III. Allegro con brio

    Howard Hanson, Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz

    07:16

  3. 3 Visions: No. 2, Summerland

    William Grant Still, Bruce Levingston

    04:53

  4. The Incredible Flutist Suite: XI. Polka Finale

    Walter Piston, National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic, Joann Falletta

    02:03

  5. Copland: Appalachian Spring: VII. Doppio movimento (Variations on a Shaker Hymn - Simple Gifts)

    Aaron Copland, Aurora Orchestra, Nicholas Collon

    03:01

  6. 2 Thoughts About the Piano: No. 2. Catenaires

    Elliott Carter, Ursula Oppens

    03:48

  7. Chester Overture

    William Schuman, United States Air Force Band, Arnald D. Gabriel

    06:28

  8. Sonata for Harp and Guitar, Op. 374, "Spirit of Trees": I. Andante cantabile - Maestoso rubato - Tempo I

    Alan Hovhaness, Yolanda Kondonassis, Jason Vieaux

    07:10

  9. My Shepherd Will Supply My Need (arr. V. Thomson)

    Virgil Thomson, Traditional, Washington National Cathedral Choir, Michael McCarthy

    04:17

  10. The Unanswered Question

    Charles Ives, Cincinnati Philharmonia Orchestra, Gerhard Samuel

    05:55

  11. Barber: Adagio for Strings

    Samuel Barber, Sir Simon Rattle, Berliner Philharmoniker

    08:57

  12. Folksong Symphony, "Symphony No. 4": I. The Girl I Left Behind Me

    Roy Harris, Colorado Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Colorado Symphony, Marin Alsop

    03:50

  13. Symphony No. 4: I. Allegretto

    David Diamond, Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz

    05:07

  14. Berceuse for Thomas Montgomery Newman

    George Antheil, Judy Pang

    02:17

  15. West Side Story: Act I: America

    Leonard Bernstein, West Side Story Ensemble (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), Johnny Green, West Side Story Orchestra

    04:59

  16. Symphony No. 4: I. Burlesque

    Roger Sessions, Columbus Symphony Orchestra, Christian Badea

    05:45

  17. String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor: II. Andante cantabile (Arr. Colbert for String Ensemble)

    Florence Beatrice Price, Sphinx Virtuosi

    07:06

  18. Divertimento, Op. 42: II. Song

    Vincent Persichetti, North Texas Wind Symphony, Eugene Migliaro Corporon

    02:08

  19. Concerto for Violin and Orchestra: II. Adagio

    Gian Carlo Menotti, Richard Hickox, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Jennifer Koh

    08:27

  20. Sinister Resonance

    Henry Cowell

    02:15

  21. Song Book: The Man I Love. Slow and in singing style

    George Gershwin, Frank Braley

    02:25

  22. 6 Short Pieces: Evening Song - Live

    Charles Griffes, William Burden, Steven Blier, New York Festival Of Song

    02:59

  23. Renaissance Concerto: II. Baroque Interlude (After Rameau)

    Lukas Foss, Amy Porter, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Joann Falletta

    03:46

  24. String Quartet No. 6: Variations on "Canon in D Major, P. 37"

    George Rochberg, Concord String Quartet

    08:14

  25. Notturno for Strings and Harp: Lento

    Irving Fine, Gerard Schwarz, New York Chamber Symphony

    02:17

  26. Adventures in a Perambulator: The Lake

    John Alden Carpenter, Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra, John McLaughlin Williams

    05:09

  27. Saxophone Sonata, Op. 19: I. With vigor

    Paul Creston, Donald Sinta, Nelita True

    04:48

  28. A Morning in the Woods

    Leo Ornstein, Janice Weber

    06:21

  29. Spirituals for String Choir and Orchestra; II. Sermon

    Morton Gould, Walter Susskind, London Symphony Orchestra

    03:38

  30. Nine-Minute Overture

    Harold Shapero, Los Angeles Philharmonic, André Previn

    09:26

  31. Lyric for Strings

    George Walker, Kellen Gray, Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    05:22

  32. Symphony No. 3: IV. Allegro con brio

    Vittorio Giannini, University of Houston Wind Ensemble, Tom Bennett

    05:06

  33. Canzona

    Peter Mennin, United States Air Force Band, Lowell Graham

    04:53

  34. Grand Canyon Suite: 1. Sunrise

    Ferde Grofé, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti

    06:41

  35. Come, Risen Lord

    Leo Sowerby, William Ferris Chorale, William Ferris

    03:26

  36. Rissolty Rossolty

    Ruth Crawford Seeger, Schönberg Ensemble, Oliver Knussen

    02:56

  37. Alleluia

    Randall Thompson, Mark Kruczek, Voices of Ascension Chorus, Dennis Keene

    05:20

  38. Six Elizabethan Songs: 4. Dirge (Shakespeare)

    Dominick Argento, Barbara Bonney, André Previn

    03:25

  39. Sun-treader: I. Quarter note= 69 Poco accelerando

    Carl Ruggles, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas

    04:00

  40. The Entertainer

    Scott Joplin, Morten Gunnar Larsen

    03:53

  41. Suite for Wind Quintet: I. Prelude

    Gunther Schuller, Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet

    02:19

  42. The Ballad of Baby Doe / Act 1: Willow, where we met together

    Douglas Moore, Beverly Sills, New York City Opera Orchestra, Emerson Buckley

    03:01

  43. I Wish It So

    Marc Blitzstein, Dawn Upshaw

    03:20

  44. Montgomery Variations: VI. Lament

    Margaret Bonds, Kellen Gray, Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    02:41

  45. Dance Rhythms, Op. 58

    Wallingford Riegger, Rutgers Wind Ensemble, William Berz

    08:30

  46. Suite of Old American Dances: I. Cake Walk

    Robert Russell Bennett, Cincinnati Wind Symphony, Eugene Migliaro Corporon

    04:04

  47. Susannah / Act 1: "Ain't it a pretty night?"

    Carlisle Floyd, Renée Fleming, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine

    05:57

  48. Canto XII for Bassoon solo: Scherzo

    Samuel Adler, David Bilger

    02:25

  49. Big Rock Candy Mountain (From "Sing Out, Sweet Land")

    Elie Siegmeister, Burl Ives

    02:39

  50. Pietà (Version for English Horn & Orchestra)

    Ulysses Kay, Anna Mattix, National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic, Joann Falletta

    08:44

  51. Five Roethke Songs: Her Longing

    Andrew Imbrie, Susan Narucki, Martin Goldray, Anthony Korf

    03:47

  52. Musical Offerings: No. 1, —

    George Perle, Leon Fleisher

    03:56

  53. Come to Me, My love

    Norman Dello Joio, The Choral Project

    04:28

  54. L.H.

    Leon Kirchner, Leon Fleisher

    07:18

  55. String Quartet No. 1 (1952): III. Allegro vivo

    Benjamin Lees, Juilliard String Quartet, Robert Mann, Robert Koff, Raphael Hillyer, Claus Adam

    03:45

  56. Helps: Second Thoughts

    Robert Helps, Emmanuel Pahud

    05:31

  57. Suite - From "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon"

    Richard Hageman, The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Nicholas Charles Raine

    07:34

  58. We Shall Walk Through The Valley (arr. Undine Smith Moore for Apollo5)

    Undine Smith Moore, Apollo5

    02:53

  59. Dizzy Fingers

    Zez Confrey, Richard Dowling

    02:10

  60. It's A Raggy Waltz - Live

    Dave Brubeck

    05:14

  61. Suite on 16th-century Hymns: Meditation

    George Frederick McKay, Ukraine National Radio Symphony Orchestra, John McLaughlin Williams

    05:30

  62. Main Theme - From "Wagon Train"

    Jerome Moross, The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Paul Bateman

    03:09

  63. The Waltzing Cat

    Leroy Anderson, Simon Tedeschi, Paul Mann, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

    02:46

  64. Passover Offering: Alla Marcia

    Yehudi Wyner, Carol Wincenc, Richard Stoltzman, David Taylor, Ronald Thomas

    03:03

  65. Quartet In C Major for Woodwinds: Allegro moderato

    Arthur Berger, Lieurance Woodwind Quintet

    03:23

  66. Ragtime Nightingale

    Joseph Lamb, Richard Dowling

    04:51

  67. Where the Music Comes From

    Lee Hoiby, Julia Faulkner

    03:14

  68. Etude No. 1 in E Major

    H. Leslie Adams, Thomas Otten

    02:03

  69. Flute Sonata, Op. 14: I. Allegro deciso

    Robert Muczynski, Anna Garzuly, Dorian Keilhack

    03:51

  70. From My Garden for Viola

    Ursula Mamlok, Hartmut Rohde

    06:47

  71. Look Down, Fair Moon

    Charles Naginski, Donald Berman, Susan Narucki, Chris Pedro Trakas

    02:51

  72. Through the Looking Glass, Op. 12: No. 1. Dedication

    Deems Taylor, Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz

    05:06

  73. Octet for Winds

    Ezra Laderman, The Atlanta Chamber Winds, Robert Ambrose

    08:17

  74. Lizzie Borden, Act III, Scene 2: "Kill Time," Scene, and Murder

    Jack Beeson, Brenda Lewis, Ellen Faull, Richard Fredricks, Anton Coppola

    07:15

  75. String Quartet No. 8: Adagio molto espressivo

    Quincy Porter, Ives Quartet

    04:48

  76. Schwanda the Bagpiper: Polka

    Jaromír Weinberger, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi

    02:30

  77. Concertante for Piano and Orchestra: Concertante for Piano and Orchestra: I. Andante con moto

    Vivian Fine, Reiko Honsho, Akeo Watanabe, Japan Philharmonic Orchestra

    09:20

  78. Piano Sonata No. 1: I. Largo-Allegro

    Louise Talma, Theresa Bogard

    06:25

  79. Shenandoah

    Donald Erb, Thomas Drent, Amelia Ballard, Kristy Biber, Gillick Bilson, Adam Boyt, Peter Campbell, Nicholas Carter, Sophie Chapman, Nicholas Chenu

    04:13

  80. 6 Preludes: No. 6. quarter note = 54

    Paul Bowles, Andrey Kasparov

    02:26

  81. Squares (An Essay for Orchestra) - Remastered

    Thomas Jefferson Anderson, Paul Freeman, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    07:33

  82. Trio Sonata No. 1, Op. 40: II. Andante espressivo

    Marion Bauer, Jonathan Snowden, Judith Herbert, Diana Ambache

    03:40

  83. Pilgrim Psalms: Psalm 64

    Ross Lee Finney, Harvard Glee Club, Radcliffe Choral Society, Andrew Clark

    02:47

  84. Three Indian Songs, Op. 32: No. 1, Song of the Deathless Voice

    Arthur Farwell, Lucas Meachem, Irina Meachem

    02:08

  85. Meteor Farm: No. 3. —

    Henry Brant, Phyllis Bruce, Laura Cook, Amy Snyder, Wesleyan Singers, Wesleyan Concert Choir, Wesleyan Gamelan, South Indian Trio, West African Drumming Ensemble, Wesleyan Big Band

    02:31

  86. In time of silver rain - Upper voices

    Langston Hughes, Sarah Quartel, Oxford University Press, The Oxford Choir, Bob Chilcott

    02:33

  87. May the Good Lord Bless and Keep You

    Meredith Willson, Franz Xaver Gruber, Aled Jones, Russell Watson, Tom Rainey

    04:55

  88. Adoration from "The Judgement of St Francis"

    Nicolas Flagello, Alan Hovhaness, Orchestra Da Camera Di Roma

    04:57

  89. Symphony NO. 2: III. Maestoso

    Alexei Haieff, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Münch

    06:07

  90. Woodwind Quintet No. 1: I. Andante

    Alvin Etler, Pennsylvania Quintet

    04:57

  91. 3 Miniatures: Allegretto

    Anthony Louis Scarmolin, Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Joel Eric Suben

    02:16

  92. The Old Chisholm Trail from Horizon

    Arthur Shepherd, Louis Lane, Cleveland Pops Orchestra

    06:30

  93. Lament for April 15

    Avery Claflin, Harriet Hill, Anna Louise Kautz, Mildred Greenberg, William Bridenbecker, Bert Spero, David Randolph

    05:59

  94. 3 Japanese Dances: 1. Dance with Pennons

    Bernard Rogers, Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell

    03:00

  95. Sonate pour violon en Mi Mineur, Op. 43: II. Allegretto vivo

    Blair Fairchild, Ambroise Aubrun, Steven Vanhauwaert

    05:02

  96. Across The Western Ocean

    Celius Dougherty, Tod Fitzpatrick, Alan Smith

    03:17

  97. Sing We to Our God Above

    Charles Knox, Sofia Albertina Vokalensemble, Fredrik Albertsson, Dag Videke

    02:33

  98. Night Wind

    Daniel Gregory Mason, Cecile Licad

    03:28

  99. The Dybbuk: Lord of the Earth! (Act I)

    David Tamkin, Freda Herseth, Joseph Evans, Raphael Frieder, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Stephen Gunzenhauser

    05:06

  100. Symphony in D: I. Largo - Allegro vivace

    David Van Vactor, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

    09:34