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  • 12:59 PM

    Symphony No. 100 "Military": Minuet

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies No. 100 Military and No. 103 Drimroll

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    4:44
  • 12:57 PM

    Masquerade: Waltz

    Aram Khachaturian

    Carnival Fantasy

    Salut Salon

    1:44
  • 12:54 PM

    Schindler's List: Theme

    John Williams

    The Silver Violin

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Kirill Karabits, conductor

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    3:43
  • 12:39 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "Great": 4th movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphony No. 9 "The Great"

    Northern Sinfonia

    Thomas Zehetmair, conductor

    14:09
  • 12:35 PM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Paper Music

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Bobby McFerrin, conductor

    4:24
  • 12:21 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Jalbert and Bach: Violin Concertos, etc.

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Kahane, conductor

    Margaret Batjer, violin

    13:21
  • 12:18 PM

    The Birds: Prelude

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: The Birds, Three Boticelli Pictures

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    3:06
  • 12:13 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish": 3rd movement

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: The Symphonies

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    5:06
  • 11:57 AM

    Les Preludes

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt's Rhapsody: Music From The Film

    Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

    Ondrej Lenard, conductor

    15:29
  • 11:46 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 16

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Sonatas K. 281, 282, 284, 545

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    10:40
  • 11:43 AM

    Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba

    George Frideric Handel

    For Thy Pleasure

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    3:24
  • 11:38 AM

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

    Antonin Dvorak

    Modern Mandolin Quartet: Americana

    Modern Mandolin Quartet

    4:11
  • 11:34 AM

    Rodeo: Hoe-Down

    Aaron Copland

    Aaron Copland: Billy the Kid; Rodeo

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    4:14
  • 11:26 AM

    Symphony No. 5: 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The 9 Symphonies

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    8:13
  • 11:20 AM

    Berceuse (Lullaby)

    Frederic Chopin

    The Journey

    Leon Fleisher, piano

    4:48
  • 11:04 AM

    Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Orchestral Works

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    15:58
  • 10:50 AM

    Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances

    Alexander Borodin

    Mussorgsky: Pictures from an Exhibition

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    13:36
  • 10:43 AM

    Il barbiere di Siviglia (Barber of Seville): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor

    7:24
  • 10:40 AM

    Hungarian Dance No. 10

    Johannes Brahms

    Moskowski

    Esther Budiardjo, piano

    2:05
  • 10:30 AM

    Violin Concerto: Finale

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Perlman Collection, Vol. 4

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    10:02
  • 10:23 AM

    Beatrice and Benedict: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Overtures, Queen Mab Scherzo

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Munch, conductor

    7:19
  • 10:16 AM

    Symphony No. 82 "The Bear": 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 22, 78, 82

    Stockholm Chamber Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    6:58
  • 10:12 AM

    Snow Maiden: Dance of the Tumblers

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Pops a la Russe

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    3:45
  • 10:04 AM

    Symphony No. 36 "Linz": 2nd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart 250 - A Celebration

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Rafael Kubelik, conductor

    7:33
  • 9:57 AM

    Asturias (Leyenda)

    Isaac Albeniz

    Albeniz: Piano Music for Guitar

    Jason Vieaux, guitar

    7:06
  • 9:51 AM

    Etude No. 3 "Un Sospiro" (A Sigh)

    Franz Liszt

    Andre Watts Plays Liszt, Album 2

    Andre Watts, piano

    5:40
  • 9:49 AM

    Carmen: Intermezzo

    Georges Bizet

    The Most Relaxing Classical Album In The World...Ever!

    French National Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    2:32
  • 9:37 AM

    Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun (Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune)

    Claude Debussy

    Stravinsky: Petrushka and Firebird Suites

    Symphony Orchestra

    Leopold Stokowski, conductor

    Julius Baker, flute

    11:19
  • 9:27 AM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral": 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 op. 68

    Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra

    Evgeny Mravinsky, conductor

    9:43
  • 9:21 AM

    Impromptu No. 3

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Impromptus Op. 90 And Op. 142

    Alfred Brendel, piano

    6:03
  • 9:14 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 3: 2nd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Violin Concertos

    Camerata Salzburg

    Leonidas Kavakos, conductor

    Leonidas Kavakos, violin

    7:04
  • 9:06 AM

    Grand Canyon Suite: On the Trail

    Ferde Grofe

    Out West!

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    7:24
  • 8:51 AM

    Bolero

    Maurice Ravel

    Lorin Maazel Conducts Ravel

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    14:41
  • 8:49 AM

    Rigoletto: La donna e mobile

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Best Film Classics 100

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Julius Rudel, conductor

    Alfredo Kraus, tenor

    2:17
  • 8:45 AM

    Canon

    Johann Pachelbel

    The Greatest Classical Show On Earth

    Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

    Karl Munchinger, conductor

    4:31
  • 8:41 AM

    Waltz No. 8

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Waltzes; Ravel: Valses Nobles

    Stephen Kovacevich, piano

    3:13
  • 8:35 AM

    Concerto for Two Violins: 2nd movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Air: The Bach Album

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Steven Mercurio, conductor

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    6:16
  • 8:28 AM

    Dance of the Blessed Spirits

    Christoph Gluck

    Adagio

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    Karlheinz Zoeller, flute

    6:45
  • 8:12 AM

    Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 6, Fantasia

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    15:41
  • 8:05 AM

    Symphony No. 7: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Triple Concerto & Symphony No. 7

    West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    7:02
  • 7:56 AM

    The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture

    Otto Nicolai

    Wagner: Siegfried Idyll, Boccherini, Dvorak, Faure, Grieg, Nicolai, Ponchielli, Suppe, Tchaikovsky

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    8:40
  • 7:51 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2: 2nd movement

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Fifty Shades Of Grey: The Classical Album

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    Cecile Ousset, piano

    4:29
  • 7:45 AM

    Clarinet Concerto: 2nd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sabine Meyer: Clarinet Connection

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Hans Vonk, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    6:36
  • 7:42 AM

    Lohengrin: Prelude to Act III

    Richard Wagner

    Leonard Bernstein: The Encore Collection Vol. 3

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    2:37
  • 7:37 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
  • 7:34 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 4: Rejouissance

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: 4 Ouverturen-Suites, Ouverture Bwv 1070

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    2:28
  • 7:26 AM

    Double Concerto: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Double Concerto, Beethoven: Triple Concerto

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Christoph Eschenbach, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    8:40
  • 7:19 AM

    L'Isle joyeuse (Joyous Isle)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Preludes, Book 1; Images, First Series

    Sergey Schepkin, piano

    5:43
  • 7:08 AM

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

    Antonin Dvorak

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

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    11:42
  • 7:03 AM

    Enigma Variations: Nimrod

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Enigma Variations, Cockaigne & Froissart Overtures

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    5:04
  • 6:59 AM

    The Firebird (L'oiseau de feu): Finale

    Igor Stravinsky

    Stravinsky: The Firebird; Scriabin: Prometheus / Gergiev

    Kirov Orchestra

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    3:34
  • 6:53 AM

    Espana

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Dukas: La Peri; L'Apprenti sorcier/Chabrier: Suite pastorale; Espana

    Ulster Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    6:01
  • 6:50 AM

    Xerxes: Largo

    George Frideric Handel

    Albinoni: Adagio; Pachelbel: Canon; Etc

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    3:01
  • 6:45 AM

    Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter": 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Makes You Smarter

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Rafael Kubelik, conductor

    5:04
  • 6:37 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor": 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Essential Beethoven

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    7:43
  • 6:30 AM

    Sinfonia Concertante: 3rd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies 88-92, etc.

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    Toru Yasunaga, violin

    6:48
  • 6:23 AM

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

    Maurice Ravel

    The Reiner Sound

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    6:31
  • 6:14 AM

    Finlandia

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Symphony No. 3, etc.

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    8:57
  • 6:02 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1, 2, & 3

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Henryk Szeryng, violin

    11:43
  • 5:59 AM

    Scenes from Childhood: Dreaming

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Kinderszenen, Kriesleriana

    Martha Argerich, piano

    2:56
  • 5:47 AM

    Rienzi: Overture

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Orchestral Favorites

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Georg Solti, conductor

    11:33
  • 5:46 AM

    Abduction from the Seraglio: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart for Brass

    Empire Brass

    1:45
  • 5:36 AM

    Sigurd Jorsalfar: Homage March

    Edvard Grieg

    Sibelius: Finlandia, Valse Triste; Grieg: Sigurd Jorsalfar

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    8:46
  • 5:27 AM

    Four Seasons: Spring

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Il Cimento Dell'Armonia e Dell'Inventione

    Europa Galante

    Fabio Biondi, conductor

    Fabio Biondi, violin

    9:02
  • 5:22 AM

    Symphonie Fantastique: March to the Scaffold

    Hector Berlioz

    Chiller

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    5:04
  • 5:06 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Eroica": 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: 9 Symphonies

    Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    15:33
  • 5:00 AM

    Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Symphony No. 1; "Pomp and Circumstance" Marches Nos. 1 & 4

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor

    6:26