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  • 7:08 PM

    Die Fledermaus: Overture

    Johann StraussJr.

    Viennafest

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    8:21
  • 7:02 PM

    Symphony No. 101 "The Clock": 3rd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonien Nr. 101 & 102

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    5:56
  • 6:54 PM

    The Planets: Jupiter

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: The Planets

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    7:32
  • 6:50 PM

    Symphony No. 35 "Haffner": Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart

    Concentus Musicus Vienna

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    4:10
  • 6:45 PM

    Molly on the Shore

    Percy Grainger

    Pops Britannia

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:23
  • 6:36 PM

    The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture

    Otto Nicolai

    Gluck, Humperdinck, Nicolai, Weber: Overtures

    Berlin City Opera Orchestra

    Artur Rother, conductor

    8:29
  • 6:27 PM

    Violin Concerto: Finale

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven And Britten Concertos

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    Janine Jansen, violin

    9:26
  • 6:20 PM

    Polonaise No. 6 "Heroic"

    Frederic Chopin

    The Chopin I Love

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    6:25
  • 6:04 PM

    Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Ballet And Dance Music

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    15:49
  • 5:53 PM

    Four Seasons: Summer

    Antonio Vivaldi

    The Four Seasons

    Il Giardino Armonico

    Enrico Onofri, violin

    10:35
  • 5:41 PM

    Swedish Rhapsody No. 1 "Midsummer Vigil"

    Hugo Alfven

    The Four Seasons: A Musical Calendar Of Favorite Classics

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    12:44
  • 5:38 PM

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

    Claude Debussy

    At the Break

    Christopher O'Riley, piano

    2:18
  • 5:33 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 3: 3rd movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Six Concertos for the Margrave of Brandenburg

    European Brandenburg Ensemble

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    4:40
  • 5:23 PM

    Scheherazade: The Young Prince and the Young Princess

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade / Tale of Tsar Saltan Suite

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    Maria Larionoff, violin

    10:40
  • 5:16 PM

    Serenade for Winds: Finale

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Serenades Opp. 22 & 24

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    5:58
  • 5:07 PM

    Adagio for Strings

    Samuel Barber

    The Greatest Classical Show On Earth

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    8:41
  • 5:02 PM

    Aranjuez Concerto: 1st movement

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez; Villa-Lobos: Concerto for Guitar, Five Preludes

    Monteverdi Orchestra

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    Julian Bream, guitar

    5:55
  • 4:58 PM

    Music for the Royal Fireworks: La Rejouissance

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Music For The Royal Fireworks; Water Music

    Capella Istropolitana

    Bohdan Warchal, conductor

    3:30
  • 4:55 PM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral": 1st movement (extract)

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    100 Best Classics

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Andre Cluytens, conductor

    2:46
  • 4:46 PM

    Sigurd Jorsalfar: Homage March

    Edvard Grieg

    Sibelius: Finlandia

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    8:52
  • 4:40 PM

    Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter": Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart 250 - A Celebration

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    5:59
  • 4:33 PM

    Danse Macabre

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Dukas, Debussy, Satie, Saint-Saens, Ravel

    French National Orchestra

    Georges Pretre, conductor

    7:04
  • 4:23 PM

    String Quartet No. 14 "Death and the Maiden": Presto

    Franz Schubert

    The Kernis Project: Schubert

    Jasper String Quartet

    9:28
  • 4:19 PM

    Pelleas and Melisande: Sicilienne

    Gabriel Faure

    Cello Adagios

    Lynn Harrell, cello

    3:30
  • 4:15 PM

    Symphony No. 101 "The Clock": Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 95, 97, 101

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    4:26
  • 4:03 PM

    The Sorcerer's Apprentice

    Paul Dukas

    Mephisto and Co.

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    11:19
  • 3:55 PM

    Toccata and Fugue

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Works for Organ and Harpsichord

    Ton Koopman, organ

    7:58
  • 3:49 PM

    Fidelio Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Complete Overtures

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    6:29
  • 3:42 PM

    Symphony No. 5: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5; Romeo and Juliet

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    6:20
  • 3:39 PM

    Turkish Rondo

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Transcriptions

    Arcadi Volodos, piano

    3:04
  • 3:35 PM

    String Quartet No. 12 "American": 3rd movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Modern Mandolin Quartet: Americana

    Modern Mandolin Quartet

    4:11
  • 3:24 PM

    Der fliegende Hollander (The Flying Dutchman): Overture

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Orchestral Favorites

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Georg Solti, conductor

    10:38
  • 3:13 PM

    Water Music Suite No. 3

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Water Music

    English Baroque Soloists

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    10:01
  • 3:04 PM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral": 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 op. 68

    Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra

    Evgeny Mravinsky, conductor

    9:43
  • 2:54 PM

    Dance of the Hours

    Amilcare Ponchielli

    Overtures and Intermezzi

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Silvio Varviso, conductor

    9:32
  • 2:47 PM

    Sinfonia Concertante: 3rd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Piano Concerto, Violin Concerto No. 1

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    Vladimir Spivakov, violin

    6:29
  • 2:44 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 4: Bourrees

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Orchestral Suites

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    3:00
  • 2:35 PM

    Finlandia

    Jean Sibelius

    Scandinavian Rhapsody, A Selection of Orchestral Favourites

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    9:17
  • 2:27 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Spring": Finale

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Complete Symphonies

    Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    7:42
  • 2:17 PM

    Flute and Harp Concerto: Rondo

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Flute and Harp Concerto, etc.

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    Lisa Beznosiuk, flute

    9:46
  • 2:04 PM

    William Tell: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    William Tell and Other Favorite Overtures

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    12:22
  • 1:59 PM

    Star Wars: Princess Leia

    John Williams

    John Williams' Classic Film Scores Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Star Wars

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    5:06
  • 1:51 PM

    Egmont Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Triple Concerto

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    8:18
  • 1:45 PM

    Concerto for Oboe and Violin: Adagio

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Hilary Hahn: Bach Violin Concertos

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Kahane, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    5:20
  • 1:38 PM

    Impromptu No. 3

    Franz Schubert

    11th Van Cliburn Piano Competition

    Olga Kern, piano

    6:59
  • 1:34 PM

    Symphony No. 88: Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies 92 & 88

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    3:26
  • 1:26 PM

    String Quartet No. 2: Nocturne

    Alexander Borodin

    Romantic Favorites

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    8:49
  • 1:19 PM

    Symphony No. 35 "Haffner": 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart 250 - A Celebration

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Rafael Kubelik, conductor

    5:42
  • 1:16 PM

    Minuet

    Luigi Boccherini

    Promenade Concert

    I Solisti Italiani

    3:57
  • 1:05 PM

    Guitar Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Guitar Concertos

    Chamber Orchestra of Leos Janacek

    Kazuhito Yamashita, guitar

    10:44
  • 12:59 PM

    Quintet for Piano and Winds: 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Mozart, Beethoven

    Murray Perahia, piano

    5:44
  • 12:56 PM

    The Valkyrie: Ride of the Valkyries

    Richard Wagner

    Klemperer Conducts Wagner: Album II

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Otto Klemperer, conductor

    2:51
  • 12:52 PM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Paper Music

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Bobby McFerrin, conductor

    4:24
  • 12:41 PM

    Kaiser-Walzer (Emperor Waltz)

    Johann StraussJr.

    Strauss and Lanner: Waltzes

    Alban Berg Quartet

    Ensemble

    10:38
  • 12:34 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 6: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Concerts Brandebourgeois Nos. 2, 5, 6

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    6:14
  • 12:30 PM

    Abduction from the Seraglio: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Overtures - Eine kleine Nachtmusik

    Tafelmusik

    Bruno Weil, conductor

    4:31
  • 12:22 PM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique": 3rd movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky Symphonies

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    8:06
  • 12:18 PM

    Waltz No. 8

    Frederic Chopin

    Beethoven: Sonatas; Chopin: Waltzes, Etc

    Ingrid Fliter, piano

    2:56
  • 12:09 PM

    Cello Concerto No. 1: 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Cello Concertos In C Major & D Major

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jose Luis Garcia, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    9:03
  • 12:03 PM

    Spanish Suite: Granada

    Isaac Albeniz

    Albeniz: Serenata

    Stephen Marchionda, guitar

    5:36
  • 11:59 AM

    Canon

    Johann Pachelbel

    Mad About Baroque

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    4:10
  • 11:56 AM

    Turandot: Nessun dorma

    Giacomo Puccini

    Roberto Alagna: Nessun Dorma

    Covent Garden Opera Orchestra

    Mark Elder, conductor

    Roberto Alagna, tenor

    3:26
  • 11:52 AM

    Jazz Suite No. 2: Waltz No. 2

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich: Jazz Music

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    3:42
  • 11:43 AM

    String Quartet No. 12 "American": 1st movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: String Quartets Opp. 96 & 105

    Chilingirian Quartet

    9:19
  • 11:39 AM

    Liebesfreud (Love's Joy)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Salut d'Amour

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    3:30
  • 11:30 AM

    Mignon: Overture

    Ambroise Thomas

    Great Comedy Overtures

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Lance Friedel, conductor

    8:22
  • 11:28 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 1: Bourrees

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Orchestal Suites

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    2:31
  • 11:15 AM

    Symphony No. 7: 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Triple Concerto & Symphony No. 7

    West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    12:39
  • 11:12 AM

    Lohengrin: Prelude to Act III

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Preludes and Orchestral Music

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    3:05
  • 11:05 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 3: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: The Violin Concertos; Sinfonia concertante

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    6:27
  • 10:57 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 11: 2nd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    50 Best Relaxing Piano

    The King's Violins

    Bernard Labadie, conductor

    Alexandre Tharaud, piano

    7:23
  • 10:45 AM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Five Symphonies

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    11:58
  • 10:42 AM

    Symphony No. 3: Fanfare

    Aaron Copland

    The Joy Of Bernstein

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    3:12
  • 10:37 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish": 3rd movement

    Robert Schumann

    Robert Schumann Symphonies 1-4

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    4:41
  • 10:28 AM

    Adagio

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Pachelbel Canon And Other Baroque Favorites

    Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra

    John Georgiadis, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    8:59
  • 10:24 AM

    Symphony No. 1: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    4:24
  • 10:21 AM

    Etude No. 1 "Aeolian Harp"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Etudes Opus 10, Op. 25

    Murray Perahia, piano

    2:15
  • 10:07 AM

    Symphony No. 2: 3rd movement

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2; Dances from Aleko

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vasily Petrenko, conductor

    14:00
  • 10:05 AM

    Eine kleine Nachtmusik: Minuet

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphony No. 29, Violin Concerto No. 5, Nachtmusik

    London Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Warren-Green, conductor

    2:11
  • 9:56 AM

    Romance No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Violin Concerto

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Dmitry Sitkovetsky, violin

    8:58
  • 9:44 AM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": Largo

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Piano Quintets In A, Op.5 & Op.81; Borodin: Quartet

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    11:34
  • 9:34 AM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 5

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: A Strange Beauty

    Staatskapelle Berlin

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    9:06
  • 9:30 AM

    Enigma Variations: Nimrod

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Enigma Variations, Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition

    Toronto Symphony Orchestra

    Peter Oundjian, conductor

    4:18
  • 9:25 AM

    Symphony No. 104 "London": Minuet

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos 101 The Clock and 104 London

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    4:39
  • 9:19 AM

    Aida: Triumphal March

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Greatest Hits: Trumpet

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    6:14
  • 9:07 AM

    Symphony No. 36 "Linz": Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 32, 35, 36

    English Baroque Soloists

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    11:31
  • 8:58 AM

    Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave)

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Impressions Of The Sea

    Long Beach Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    9:19
  • 8:44 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Classical"

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Bizet, Prokofiev, Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 1

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    13:32
  • 8:36 AM

    Four Seasons: Winter

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

    Janine Jansen, violin

    7:44
  • 8:21 AM

    Symphony No. 9 "Great": 4th movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: The Symphonies

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    14:34
  • 8:17 AM

    Etude No. 3 "Tristesse"

    Frederic Chopin

    Richter: The Authorised Recordings - Chopin, Liszt

    Sviatoslav Richter, piano

    4:08
  • 8:10 AM

    Symphonie Fantastique: A Ball

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique

    Orchestra of La Francophonie

    Jean-Philippe Tremblay, conductor

    6:41
  • 8:03 AM

    Swan Lake: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Pas de Deux - Tchaikovsky: Famous Waltzes

    New York Philharmonic

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    7:17
  • 7:49 AM

    The Lark Ascending

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams, Delius, Walton

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    13:36
  • 7:45 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 1: Minuets

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Orchestal Suites

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    3:21
  • 7:40 AM

    Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter": Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 28, 33, 35, 39, 40, 41, Eine kleine Nachtmusik

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    5:59
  • 7:33 AM

    Wedding Day at Troldhaugen

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Lyric Pieces

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    6:24
  • 7:19 AM

    Leonore Overture No. 3

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Overtures

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    13:38
  • 7:11 AM

    Music for the Royal Fireworks: Overture

    George Frideric Handel

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

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    7:42
  • 7:01 AM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Full Dimensional Sound - Dvorak, Glazunov, Schubert

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    William Steinberg, conductor

    Nathan Milstein, violin

    9:32
  • 6:56 AM

    Dreams of Love No. 3 (Liebestraum)

    Franz Liszt

    Nocturne

    Gerhard Oppitz, piano

    5:08
  • 6:51 AM

    La clemenza di Tito (The Clemency of Titus): Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Overtures

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    4:30
  • 6:45 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish": Finale

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: The Symphonies

    Staatskapelle Berlin

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    5:58
  • 6:43 AM

    Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Famous Bach Choruses

    English Baroque Soloists

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    2:31
  • 6:39 AM

    Symphony No. 85 "The Queen": Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Parisiennes Nos. 83, 84, 85

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    3:21
  • 6:33 AM

    Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1

    Edward Elgar

    Pomp & Pizazz

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    6:22
  • 6:20 AM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral": 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven Complete Symphonies

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Andris Nelsons, conductor

    12:19
  • 6:11 AM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 2, Tragic Overture

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    8:42
  • 6:00 AM

    Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances

    Alexander Borodin

    Russian Opera Choruses

    Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra

    Aleksander Lazarev, conductor

    11:23
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