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  1. Cops & Robbers

    Terence Blanchard

    0:45

  2. Playground

    Terence Blanchard

    4:25

  3. Otis and Tien Have Dinner

    Terence Blanchard

    5:06

  4. Brother, What Is Going On?

    Terence Blanchard

    0:59

  5. The Final Battle

    Terence Blanchard

    5:28

  6. Hatred at Its Best

    Terence Blanchard

    2:37

  7. Avgo

    Terence Blanchard

    3:18

  8. Ashé

    Terence Blanchard

    8:18

  9. Nazis Pay Too Well

    Terence Blanchard

    3:54

  10. Marie's Death

    Terence Blanchard

    4:05

  11. Études-tableaux, Op. 39: No. 3, Allegro molto

    Sergei Rachmaninoff, Boris Giltburg

    3:15

  12. Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27: III. Adagio

    Sergei Rachmaninoff, Sir Simon Rattle, London Symphony Orchestra

    15:22

  13. Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14 (Arr. for Piano by Trifonov )

    Sergei Rachmaninoff, Daniil Trifonov

    3:34

  14. Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18: III. Allegro scherzando

    Sergei Rachmaninoff, Sviatoslav Richter, Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra, Stanisław Wisłocki

    11:39

  15. All-night Vigil, Op. 37, "Vespers": O Joyful Light

    Sergei Rachmaninoff, Latvian Radio Choir, Sigvards Kļava

    3:18

  16. Trio Elégiaque No. 1 in G Minor

    Sergei Rachmaninoff, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Zsolt-Tihamér Visontay, Mats Lidström

    12:35

  17. Symphonic Dances, Op. 45: II. Andante con moto (Tempo di valse)

    Sergei Rachmaninoff, Berliner Philharmoniker, Lorin Maazel

    9:07

  18. Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30: I. Allegro ma non tanto - Live

    Sergei Rachmaninoff, Yuja Wang, Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra Of Venezuela, Gustavo Dudamel

    15:50

  19. The Isle of the Dead, Op. 29

    Sergei Rachmaninoff, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy

    20:54

  20. Do Not Sing, My Beauty, Op. 4 No. 4

    Sergei Rachmaninoff, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Oleg Boshniakovich

    4:19

  21. Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Minor, Op. 40: II. Largo

    Sergei Rachmaninoff, Nikolai Lugansky, Sakari Oramo, City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    6:48

  22. Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 19: III. Andante

    Sergei Rachmaninoff, Gautier Capuçon, Yuja Wang

    5:39

  23. 10 Preludes, Op. 23 (Excerpts): No. 5 in G Minor, Alla marcia

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    3:35

  24. Daisies, Op. 38, No. 3

    Sergei Rachmaninoff, Jascha Heifetz

    1:50

  25. Rose Leaf Rag, A Ragtime Two Step

    Scott Joplin, Benjamin Loeb

    4:03

  26. Chrysanthemums

    Giacomo Puccini, Raymond Dessaints, Ensemble Amati

    6:05

  27. Champaka (The Flower King)

    Min Xiao-Fen, Rez Abbasi

    4:08

  28. The Flowering Peach, Op. 125: Rain

    Alan Hovhaness, Ohio State University Concert Band, Keith Brion

    1:24

  29. A Flower

    John Cage, Alexei Lubimov, Natalia Pschenitschnikova

    3:31

  30. Blumine (Originally Composed as Movement II of Symphony No. 1)

    Gustav Mahler, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu

    7:01

  31. Préludes - Book 2, L.123: 5. Bruyères - Live

    Claude Debussy, Krystian Zimerman

    3:06

  32. Daffodils

    Albert Ketèlbey, Rosemary Tuck

    2:52

  33. The Lotus Eaters

    Sarah Kirkland Snider, Emily D'Angelo, Frédéric L’Épée, René Flächsenhaar, Marc Prietzel, das freie orchester Berlin, Jarkko Riihimäki

    6:00

  34. Blomstervignetter No. 1, BVN 56: No. 2, Aakande

    Rued Langgaard, Berit Johansen Tange

    3:25

  35. Dance of the Cotton Blossoms

    Florence Beatrice Price, Althea Waites

    2:36

  36. A Lily Pond

    Billy Joseph Mayerl, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gary Carpenter

    4:42

  37. Lakmé: Flower Duet

    William Wilson

    1:28

  38. Flowerbouquette No. 43E

    Leif Segerstam, Various Artists

    7:27

  39. Flos campi: VI. Pone me ut signaculum super cor tuum (Set me as a seal upon thine heart)

    Ralph Vaughan Williams, Paul Silverthorne, Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Paul Daniel

    6:30

  40. You Come Here Often?

    Michael Tilson Thomas, Yuja Wang

    4:33

  41. Lyric for Strings (Live)

    George Walker, Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Asher Fisch

    5:50

  42. Temper The Wound

    Kalia Vandever

    3:44

  43. Last Spring (Arr. for Violin and Orchestra from Op. 33 No. 2 by Ben Palmer)

    Edvard Grieg, Eldbjørg Hemsing, Arctic Philharmonic

    4:40

  44. The Big House: VII. Fish Eggs and Wine

    Oliver Leith, Ruisi Quartet

    3:51

  45. Inside

    Gaspar Claus

    13:57

  46. Lyric Quartette: I. The Sentimental One

    William Grant Still, Catalyst Quartet

    6:36

  47. WTC 9/11: III. WTC

    Steve Reich, Mivos Quartet

    4:37

  48. Suite No. 8 in F Minor, HWV 433: V. Gigue

    George Frideric Handel, Seong-Jin Cho

    2:00

  49. Piva ala ferrarese - Intabulatura de lauto, Libro quarto

    Joan Ambrosio Dalza, Hopkinson Smith

    2:17

  50. Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major, K. 218: II. Andante cantabile

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Gottfried Von Der Goltz, Freiburger Barockorchester, Kristian Bezuidenhout

    5:46

  51. These Worlds in Us

    Missy Mazzoli, Arctic Philharmonic, Tim Weiss

    8:46

  52. Sinfonietta for String Orchestra: III. Vivace

    Grażyna Bacewicz, Primuz Chamber Orchestra, Lukasz Blaszczyk

    2:40

  53. Not All Men

    Hildur Guðnadóttir

    3:29

  54. Shara Nova: The Blue Hour: No. 38, You are the ghost

    Shara Nova, A Far Cry

    2:52

  55. The Light of the End - Pt. 9

    Sofia Gubaidulina, Gewandhausorchester, Andris Nelsons

    4:24

  56. Jupiter Moon Menace

    Nicole Lizée, Erik Hove, Steve Raegele, Miles Perkin, Alexandre Grogg, Ben Reimer

    5:10

  57. Altamirage V

    Pauline Oliveros, James Ilgenfritz

    3:13

  58. Pièces de clavecin, Book 1, Suite No. 1 in D Minor (Excerpts): No. 6, Gigue

    Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, Sarah Cahill

    1:51

  59. Two Preludes: Adagio e espressivo

    Dorothy Chang, Christopher Creviston, Hannah Gruber

    4:19

  60. Mendelssohn-Hensel, F: String Quartet in E-Flat Major: IV. Allegro molto vivace

    Fanny Mendelssohn, Quatuor Ébène

    5:39

  61. Fünf Lieder: Laue Sommernacht Am Himmel

    Alma Mahler, Barbara Hannigan, Reinbert de Leeuw

    1:49

  62. Tongue of the Invisible: II. Between the pages of the world (I)

    Liza Lim, Jonathan Holmes, Ensemble Musikfabrik, Uri Caine, Andre de Ridder

    3:02

  63. Keyboard Sonata in B Minor, Op. 2 No. 5: III. Allegro

    Anna Bon, Sarah Cahill

    3:56

  64. Legend of Sigh, Pt. 2

    Gity Razaz, Inbal Segev

    7:30

  65. The Birds, P. 154: 5. The Cuckoo

    Ottorino Respighi, San Francisco Symphony, Edo de Waart

    4:18

  66. Snider: Mass for the Endangered: Alleluia

    Sarah Kirkland Snider, Gallicantus, Gabriel Crouch

    4:19

  67. Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 "Pastoral": II. Szene am Bach: (Andante molto mosso)

    Ludwig van Beethoven, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, John Eliot Gardiner

    12:00

  68. Copland: 8 Poems of Emily Dickinson: No. 1, Nature, the Gentlest Mother

    Aaron Copland, Joyce DiDonato, Maxim Emelyanychev

    4:11

  69. Sonata Representativa: Sonata Representativa: IV. Fresch (Frog)

    Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, Romanesca, Andrew Manze

    1:22

  70. The Evergreen: II. Stem

    Caroline Shaw, Attacca Quartet

    3:10

  71. Woodland Sketches, Op. 51: VI. To a Water Lily

    Edward MacDowell, Giorgio Trione Bartoli

    2:34

  72. And God Created Great Whales, Op. 229, No. 1

    Alan Hovhaness, Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz

    12:20

  73. Canticles of the Holy Wind: XII. Sky with Endless Stars

    John Luther Adams, The Crossing, Donald Nally

    3:44

  74. Spider Web Anthem

    Meredith Monk

    6:07

  75. Dvořák: In Nature's Realm, Op. 91, B. 168

    Antonín Dvořák, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Libor Pešek

    14:02

  76. Violin Sonata No. 2 in G Major, Op. 13: III. Allegro animato

    Edvard Grieg, Vineta Sareika, Amandine Savary

    5:33

  77. Ravel: Vocalise-étude en forme de habanera, M. 51 (Arr. for Violin and Piano)

    Maurice Ravel, Jean Neveu

    3:15

  78. Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004: IV. Giga

    Johann Sebastian Bach, Isabelle Faust

    3:34

  79. Spiegel im Spiegel

    Arvo Pärt, Viktoria Mullova, Liam Dunachie, Paavo Järvi, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    9:25

  80. Echo Dash

    Jennifer Higdon, Hilary Hahn, Cory Smythe

    2:16

  81. Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 26: III. Finale. Allegro energico

    Max Bruch, Midori, Mariss Jansons, Berliner Philharmoniker

    7:31

  82. 24 Negro Melodies, Op. 59, No. 1: Deep River (arr. Powell)

    Maud Powell

    3:49

  83. Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47: I. Allegro moderato

    Jean Sibelius, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Staatskapelle Dresden, André Previn

    15:57

  84. Zapateado, Op. 23, No. 2

    Pablo de Sarasate, Ida Haendel, Adela Kotowska

    3:21

  85. Fantasia

    Einojuhani Rautavaara, Anne Akiko Meyers, Kristjan Järvi, Philharmonia Orchestra

    13:41

  86. Philharmonia Fantastique - The Making of the Orchestra: Primordial Orchestra

    Mason Bates, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Edwin Outwater

    0:42

  87. Philharmonia Fantastique - The Making of the Orchestra: Birth of Sprite

    Mason Bates, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Edwin Outwater

    4:36

  88. Cant voi l’aube

    Caroline Shaw, Attacca Quartet

    4:16

  89. Three Visions: II. Summerland (Version for Violin & Piano)

    William Grant Still, Itamar Zorman, Ieva Jokubaviciute

    3:57

  90. Umoja: Anthem of Unity

    Valerie Coleman, New York Youth Symphony, Michael Repper

    13:28

  91. Spectral Spirits: VIII. Eyewitness. Lucien M. Turner and the Migration of the Curlews

    Edie Hill, The Crossing, Donald Nally, Rebecca Myers

    3:50

  92. Contact: II. Codes. Scherzo

    Kevin Puts, Time For Three, Philadelphia Orchestra, Xian Zhang

    4:08

  93. Rondó a la Criolla

    Tania León, Adam Kent

    3:10

  94. Hahn: Chansons grises - No. 5, L'heure exquise

    Reynaldo Hahn, Renée Fleming, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

    2:53

  95. Conga del Fuego - Live

    Arturo Márquez, Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela, Gustavo Dudamel

    4:51

  96. Symphony No. 5, Op. 50: Ib. Adagio non troppo

    Carl Nielsen, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Gustavo Dudamel

    8:55

  97. City Noir: III. Boulevard Night

    John Adams, Berliner Philharmoniker, Gustavo Dudamel

    12:07

  98. Symphony No. 1 in D: I. Langsam. Schleppend. Wie ein Naturlaut (Slow. Dragging. Like a Sound of Nature) - Live from Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles / 2009

    Gustav Mahler, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel

    17:01

  99. Adès: Dante, Pt. I "Inferno": XII. The Thieves—devoured by reptiles

    Thomas Adès, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel, Los Angeles Master Chorale

    3:03

  100. Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92: IV. Allegro con brio

    Ludwig van Beethoven, Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela, Gustavo Dudamel

    6:15