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  • 6:33 PM

    Serenade for Strings: Finale

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 4, Serenade for Strings

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    7:33
  • 6:20 PM

    "Twinkle, Twinkle" Variations (Ah, vous dirai-je, maman)

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    For Children

    Helen Huang, piano

    12:54
  • 6:14 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Eroica": 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven Symphonies

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    6:02
  • 6:10 PM

    Concerto alla rustica (Rustic Concerto)

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Concertos

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    3:44
  • 5:59 PM

    Academic Festival Overture

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 3, Academic Festival Overture

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    10:33
  • 5:44 PM

    Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 6, Fantasia

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    15:41
  • 5:41 PM

    Waltz No. 6 "Minute"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    1:57
  • 5:37 PM

    Concerto for Oboe and Violin: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    The Ground Beneath Our Feet

    The Knights

    Johnny Gandelsman, violin

    4:34
  • 5:24 PM

    Petite Suite

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Petite Suite, etc

    Ulster Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    12:51
  • 5:13 PM

    Kaiser-Walzer (Emperor Waltz)

    Johann StraussJr.

    Ein Straussfest II

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    10:17
  • 5:04 PM

    Symphony No. 7: 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Triple Concerto & Symphony No. 7

    West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    8:51
  • 4:57 PM

    Romanian Folk Dances

    Bela Bartok

    Promenade Concert

    I Solisti Italiani

    6:49
  • 4:50 PM

    Symphony No. 104 "London": Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies 22, 104, Piano Concerto in D

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    6:44
  • 4:46 PM

    Idomeneo: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Overtures

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    4:24
  • 4:32 PM

    Harp Concerto

    George Frideric Handel

    Baroque, Vol. 6

    Toulouse Chamber Orchestra

    Louis Auriacombe, conductor

    Lily Laskine, harp

    13:42
  • 4:29 PM

    Appalachian Spring: Variations on a Shaker Melody

    Aaron Copland

    American Salute

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

    3:04
  • 4:24 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish": 3rd movement

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: The Four Symphonies

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    5:02
  • 4:15 PM

    Impromptu No. 4

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Moments Musicaux; Impromptus

    David Fray, piano

    8:33
  • 4:07 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms, Berg: Violin Concertos

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Daniel Harding, conductor

    Renaud Capucon, violin

    7:50
  • 4:04 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 1: Minuets

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Orchestral Suites

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Richard Egarr, conductor

    2:56
  • 3:52 PM

    Carmen Suite No. 1

    Georges Bizet

    Shchedrin: Carmen Ballet; Bizet: Carmen Suite

    Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

    James DePreist, conductor

    11:50
  • 3:47 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 3: 2nd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Four Horn Concertos

    Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

    Janos Rolla, conductor

    Dale Clevenger, horn

    4:43
  • 3:41 PM

    The Dance of the Goblins (La ronde des Lutins)

    Antonio Bazzini

    Devil's Dance

    Gil Shaham, violin

    5:13
  • 3:28 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "Choral": 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphony No. 9

    Manchester Camerata

    Douglas Boyd, conductor

    13:29
  • 3:25 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 15

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Slavonic Dances

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    2:58
  • 3:17 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Introduction and March

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    7:53
  • 3:05 PM

    Symphony No. 5: Adagietto

    Gustav Mahler

    The Joy Of Bernstein

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    11:08
  • 3:00 PM

    Fantasy-Impromptu

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Preludes and Impromptus

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    4:54
  • 2:51 PM

    Four Seasons: Summer

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Il Cimento Dell'Armonia e Dell'Inventione

    Europa Galante

    Fabio Biondi, conductor

    Fabio Biondi, violin

    9:15
  • 2:46 PM

    Hungarian March

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, Roman Carnival Overture, Three Pieces from The Damnation of Faust

    Halle Orchestra

    John Barbirolli, conductor

    4:45
  • 2:39 PM

    Clarinet Concerto: 2nd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Clarinet Concerto, Kegelstatt Trio

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Martin Frost, conductor

    Martin Frost, basset clarinet

    6:39
  • 2:36 PM

    Fanfare for the Common Man

    Aaron Copland

    American Voices

    Kansas City Symphony

    William McGlaughlin, conductor

    3:18
  • 2:25 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

    Il Giardino Armonico

    Giovanni Antonini, conductor

    10:52
  • 2:14 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 5 "Spring": 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano and Violin Sonatas, Vol.2

    Isaac Stern, violin

    10:18
  • 2:03 PM

    William Tell: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    11:12
  • 1:56 PM

    The Valkyrie: Ride of the Valkyries

    Richard Wagner

    Karajan Spectacular

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    6:16
  • 1:51 PM

    Jurassic Park: Main Themes

    John Williams

    The Great Fantasy Adventure Album

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    5:23
  • 1:49 PM

    The Skaters Waltz

    Emil Waldteufel

    Christmas Favorites

    Rachel Van Voorhees, harp

    2:32
  • 1:42 PM

    Serenade for Winds: Finale

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Serenades

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    6:16
  • 1:40 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 10

    Johannes Brahms

    Moskowski

    Esther Budiardjo, piano

    2:05
  • 1:28 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "Great": 4th movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert

    Vienna Symphony

    Philippe Jordan, conductor

    11:46
  • 1:23 PM

    Ruslan and Ludmila: Overture

    Mikhail Glinka

    The Moscow Sessions

    Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

    Lawrence Leighton Smith, conductor

    5:03
  • 1:17 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 2: Adagio

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Joshua Bell, violin

    5:52
  • 1:10 PM

    Pavane for a Dead Princess (Pavane pour une infante defunte)

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Ma Mere L'Oye, Pavane

    French National Orchestra

    Eliahu Inbal, conductor

    6:47
  • 1:05 PM

    Symphony No. 100 "Military": Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 99 & 100

    London Classical Players

    Roger Norrington, conductor

    5:10
  • 12:57 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan": Andante

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart 250 - A Celebration

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    7:37
  • 12:52 PM

    Eugene Onegin: Polonaise

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Russian Sketches

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    4:33
  • 12:50 PM

    String Quartet No. 13: 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Late String Quartets

    Juilliard String Quartet

    2:01
  • 12:47 PM

    Salut d'amour (Love's Greeting)

    Edward Elgar

    Jan Vogler: My Tunes

    Dresden Kapellsolisten

    Helmut Branny, conductor

    Jan Vogler, cello

    2:47
  • 12:36 PM

    Dance of the Hours

    Amilcare Ponchielli

    The Fantastic Philadelphians

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    10:32
  • 12:28 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Spring": Finale

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Symphonies No. 1 & 4

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    8:14
  • 12:16 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2: 2nd movement

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    50 Best Relaxing Piano

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    11:56
  • 12:08 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 3: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Horn Concerto

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    Eric Ruske, horn

    7:20
  • 12:05 PM

    Lieutenant Kije: Troika

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Pops a la Russe

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    3:04
  • 11:57 AM

    Egmont Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Overtures

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Daniel Harding, conductor

    7:37
  • 11:55 AM

    Hansel and Gretel: Evening Prayer

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Escape Through Opera

    Gurzenich Orchestra

    John Pritchard, conductor

    Ileana Cotrubas, soprano

    2:30
  • 11:48 AM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn, Beethoven: Violin Concertos

    Camerata Salzburg

    Roger Norrington, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    6:26
  • 11:44 AM

    Gymnopedie No. 1

    Erik Satie

    The Magic of Satie

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    3:33
  • 11:32 AM

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

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 'From The New World'

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Istvan Kertesz, conductor

    12:28
  • 11:28 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3: Air on the G String

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Best Film Classics 100

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    3:30
  • 11:20 AM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique": 2nd movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique"

    Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    7:37
  • 11:13 AM

    Adagio for Strings

    Samuel Barber

    Adventures in Early Music

    Smithsonian Chamber Players

    Kenneth Slowik, conductor

    7:34
  • 11:06 AM

    Cello Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Cello Concertos in C & D, Sinfonia Concertante

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Roger Norrington, conductor

    Steven Isserlis, cello

    7:03
  • 10:52 AM

    Der Rosenkavalier: Waltz Sequence No. 1

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Don Juan, Tod und Verklarung

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Tadaaki Otaka, conductor

    13:46
  • 10:45 AM

    Aida: Triumphal March

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Great Marches

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    6:34
  • 10:30 AM

    The Lark Ascending

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 2, The Lark Ascending

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    Barry Griffiths, violin

    14:15
  • 10:26 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    4:02
  • 10:19 AM

    Polonaise No. 6 "Heroic"

    Frederic Chopin

    My Favorite Chopin

    Van Cliburn, piano

    7:04
  • 10:12 AM

    Symphony No. 5: 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonien 1-9

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    6:56
  • 10:05 AM

    Voices of Spring Waltz (Fruhlingsstimmen)

    Johann StraussJr.

    F. Schubert: Symphony No. 9

    Southwest German Broadcasting Orchestra in Baden-Baden and Freiburg

    Michael Gielen, conductor

    7:15
  • 9:55 AM

    Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso

    Camille Saint-Saens

    The Perlman Sound

    Paris Orchestra

    Jean Martinon, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    9:14
  • 9:52 AM

    Minuet

    Luigi Boccherini

    Strings! The Definitive Collection

    Guildhall Strings

    3:03
  • 9:45 AM

    Mandolin Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons and Other Concertos

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Louis Auriacombe, conductor

    Andre Saint-Clivier, mandolin

    7:16
  • 9:35 AM

    Variations on "I Got Rhythm"

    George Gershwin

    The Complete Gershwin

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    Jeffery Siegel, piano

    8:53
  • 9:30 AM

    Symphony No. 97: Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 95, 97, 101

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    5:24
  • 9:22 AM

    Lucio Silla: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Overtures

    Concentus Musicus Vienna

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    7:41
  • 9:17 AM

    Symphony No. 1: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 1; Beethoven: Egmont Overture

    Munich Philharmonic Orchestra

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    5:15
  • 9:10 AM

    Bartered Bride: Overture

    Bedrich Smetana

    Menuhin and Czech Music

    Brno State Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yehudi Menuhin, conductor

    6:32
  • 9:03 AM

    Symphonie Fantastique: A Ball

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    6:51
  • 8:57 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2: Rondo

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2, 3

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    Michael Roll, piano

    5:49
  • 8:54 AM

    Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo

    Pietro Mascagni

    Opera Without Words

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    3:27
  • 8:44 AM

    Salome: Dance of the Seven Veils

    Richard Strauss

    R. Strauss: Rosenkavalier Suite, Etc

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Andre Previn, conductor

    9:42
  • 8:38 AM

    Slavonic Dance No. 6

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak Symphony No. 2, Slavonic Dances

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    5:22
  • 8:25 AM

    Concerto for Two Violins

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Concerts Avec Plusiers Instruments Ii

    Cafe Zimmermann

    Pablo Valetti, violin

    13:22
  • 8:22 AM

    Fur Elise

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    My First Recital

    Ruth Laredo, piano

    2:32
  • 8:18 AM

    Symphony No. 39: Menuetto

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 39 & 41

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Donald Runnicles, conductor

    3:43
  • 8:02 AM

    Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Orchestral Works

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    15:52
  • 7:57 AM

    Fantasia on Greensleeves

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Twentieth Century Classics

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    4:48
  • 7:47 AM

    Water Music Suite No. 3

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Water Music, Rodrigo

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    10:13
  • 7:39 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1: 2nd movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1, Saint-Saens: Piano Concerto No. 2

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    Andre Watts, piano

    7:02
  • 7:25 AM

    Peer Gynt Suite No. 1

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Symphonic Dances/Sigurd Jorsalfar/Peer Gynt

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    14:25
  • 7:19 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Spring": 3rd movement

    Robert Schumann

    Robert Schumann Symphonies 1-4

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    5:36
  • 7:06 AM

    Semiramide: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Favorite Overtures

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Thomas Schippers, conductor

    13:25
  • 7:02 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 1: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    3:34
  • 6:49 AM

    Consecration of the House: Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Overtures

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Otto Klemperer, conductor

    12:16
  • 6:41 AM

    Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia

    Aram Khachaturian

    Khachaturian: Spartacus Suites

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    8:50
  • 6:37 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 2: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Horn Concertos and Concert Rondo

    London Sinfonietta

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Richard Watkins, horn

    3:14
  • 6:26 AM

    Four Seasons: Autumn

    Antonio Vivaldi

    the four seasons: The Vivaldi Album

    English Chamber Orchestra

    David Lockington, conductor

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    10:50
  • 6:14 AM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": 4th movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphonies 7, 8 & 9

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    11:42
  • 6:07 AM

    Symphony No. 5: 1st movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonies 5 & 8

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    7:07
  • 6:00 AM

    Asturias (Leyenda)

    Isaac Albeniz

    Albeniz, Granados, Tarrega, Turina Etc.

    Eduardo Fernandez, guitar

    6:58
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