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  • 3:18 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 2nd movement

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Symphony No 2, Etc

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    7:58
  • 3:10 PM

    Dance of the Blessed Spirits

    Christoph Gluck

    Flute Concertos

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    Barthold Kuijken, flute

    7:35
  • 3:05 PM

    Symphony No. 4 "Italian": Saltarello

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Symphony No 4 & 5

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    5:31
  • 2:49 PM

    Tannhauser: Overture

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Overtures and Preludes

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    15:30
  • 2:45 PM

    Xerxes: Largo

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel Bars: Popular Works of George Frideric Handel

    Les Concerts du Monde

    Keith Clark, conductor

    3:33
  • 2:37 PM

    Symphony No. 36 "Linz": 2nd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart 250 - A Celebration

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Rafael Kubelik, conductor

    7:33
  • 2:33 PM

    Humoresque No. 7

    Antonin Dvorak

    Encore

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    3:49
  • 2:25 PM

    Symphony No. 98: Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: The London Symphonies, Vol. I

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    8:04
  • 2:18 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1: 2nd movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Great Pianists Of The 20th Century: Van Cliburn

    RCA Symphony Orchestra

    Kirill Kondrashin, conductor

    Van Cliburn, piano

    7:04
  • 2:10 PM

    Symphony No. 5: 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Brass Busters!

    Canadian Brass

    7:34
  • 2:02 PM

    Beatrice and Benedict: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Overtures

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    8:03
  • 1:50 PM

    William Tell: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: 7 Overtures

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    11:53
  • 1:46 PM

    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
  • 1:38 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Jean Sibelius

    Jean Sibelius: Concerto for Violin in D minor, Op. 47, Max Bruch: Scottish Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 46

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Midori, violin

    7:38
  • 1:34 PM

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

    Claude Debussy

    .Such Stuff As Dreams...

    Carol Rosenberger, piano

    3:04
  • 1:28 PM

    Symphony No. 4: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 4; Hungarian Dances

    Halle Orchestra

    Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor

    6:12
  • 1:24 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3: Air on the G String

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Orchestral Suites

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Richard Egarr, conductor

    4:20
  • 1:18 PM

    Memories of the Alhambra

    Francisco Tarrega

    Reflections of Spain: Spanish Favorites for Guitar

    David Russell, guitar

    5:25
  • 1:02 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Eroica": 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven Symphonies

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    16:21
  • 12:51 PM

    Scheherazade: The Sea and Sinbad's Ship

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade; Tsar Saltan Suite etc.

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    10:39
  • 12:46 PM

    Eugene Onegin: Polonaise

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 6, Etc

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    4:31
  • 12:35 PM

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

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphonies Nos. 8 & 9

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor

    10:34
  • 12:30 PM

    Spanish Suite: Granada

    Isaac Albeniz

    Albeniz: Serenata

    Stephen Marchionda, guitar

    5:36
  • 12:26 PM

    Concerto for Two Violins: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach and Part

    Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

    Arabella Steinbacher, violin

    3:36
  • 12:20 PM

    Waltz No. 2 "Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    Beethoven: Sonatas; Chopin: Waltzes, Etc

    Ingrid Fliter, piano

    5:24
  • 12:07 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Horn Concertos

    Israel Sinfonietta

    Uri Mayer, conductor

    David Jolley, horn

    12:54
  • 12:04 PM

    La Vida Breve: Spanish Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Classic Williams: Romance of the Guitar

    John Williams, guitar

    3:18
  • 11:53 AM

    Prince Igor: Overture

    Alexander Borodin

    Borodin: Prince Igor: Overture and Polovtsian Dances

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    10:31
  • 11:50 AM

    Peer Gynt: In The Hall Of The Mountain King

    Edvard Grieg

    Minnesota Orchestra At One Hundred

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    2:37
  • 11:42 AM

    Mandolin Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    The Virtuoso Guitar

    Zagreb Soloists

    Antonio Janigro, conductor

    Alirio Diaz, guitar

    8:00
  • 11:32 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 3: Rondo

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The 5 Piano Concertos

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    Rudolf Serkin, piano

    10:17
  • 11:22 AM

    Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: La Damoiselle elue, L'Apres-midi d'un faune

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    9:41
  • 11:17 AM

    Cosi fan tutte: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Overtures

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Hans Vonk, conductor

    4:48
  • 11:03 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1-4

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    13:34
  • 10:52 AM

    Lohengrin: Prelude to Act I

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Overtures and Preludes

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    10:31
  • 10:49 AM

    Songs My Mother Taught Me

    Antonin Dvorak

    Lullaby

    Julian Lloyd Webber, cello

    3:10
  • 10:46 AM

    Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo

    Pietro Mascagni

    Romantic Adagio

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    3:28
  • 10:30 AM

    Russian Easter Festival Overture

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Tchaikovsky: 1812, Marche Slave, Etc / Järvi, Gothenburg So

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    14:52
  • 10:25 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish": 3rd movement

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: The Symphonies

    Staatskapelle Berlin

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    5:35
  • 10:15 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1: Rondo

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin, Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    Yundi Li, piano

    9:40
  • 10:07 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach: Concertos for Violin

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    Monica Huggett, violin

    7:42
  • 10:03 AM

    Molly on the Shore

    Percy Grainger

    Pops Britannia

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:23
  • 9:59 AM

    Ave Maria

    Franz Biebl

    Eventide

    Voces8

    3:23
  • 9:47 AM

    Night on Bald Mountain

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Mephisto and Co.

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    11:49
  • 9:33 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 16

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Complete Mozart Edition, Vol. 17: Piano Sonatas

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    13:37
  • 9:29 AM

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

    Antonin Dvorak

    Ginastera, Shostakovich, Dvorak: String Quartets

    Simon Bolivar String Quartet

    3:45
  • 9:27 AM

    Carmina Burana: Dance

    Carl Orff

    Orff: Carmina Burana

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Andre Previn, conductor

    1:45
  • 9:21 AM

    Symphony No. 5: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5; Romeo and Juliet

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    6:20
  • 9:18 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 1: Passepieds

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Orchestral Suites

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Richard Egarr, conductor

    2:56
  • 9:04 AM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral": 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1-9

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    13:10
  • 8:58 AM

    L'Isle joyeuse (Joyous Isle)

    Claude Debussy

    A Debussy Collection

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    5:51
  • 8:47 AM

    Rienzi: Overture

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Wesendonck-Lieder; Preludes And Overtures

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Franz Welser-Most, conductor

    11:34
  • 8:46 AM

    Water Music Suite No. 2: Alla Hornpipe

    George Frideric Handel

    Organ Music for Weddings

    Kevin Bowyer, organ

    1:14
  • 8:40 AM

    Symphony No. 35 "Haffner": 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies 32, 35 & 39

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    5:17
  • 8:25 AM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 3

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    14:43
  • 8:18 AM

    Wedding Day at Troldhaugen

    Edvard Grieg

    Ballad for Edvard Grieg

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    6:17
  • 8:13 AM

    Symphony No. 104 "London": Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Karajan Edition: Haydn Symphonies

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    4:50
  • 8:03 AM

    Kaiser-Walzer (Emperor Waltz)

    Johann StraussJr.

    Handel, Mozart, Brahms, Strauss

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Otto Klemperer, conductor

    10:49
  • 7:55 AM

    Danse Macabre

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Dukas, Debussy, Satie, Saint-Saens, Ravel

    French National Orchestra

    Georges Pretre, conductor

    7:04
  • 7:50 AM

    Appalachian Spring: Variations on a Shaker Tune

    Aaron Copland

    The Green Album

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    5:38
  • 7:45 AM

    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
  • 7:38 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 5 "Spring": 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano and Violin Sonatas, Vol.2

    Isaac Stern, violin

    6:38
  • 7:32 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 6: 3rd movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

    CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra

    Peter Schreier, conductor

    5:40
  • 7:25 AM

    String Quartet No. 2: Nocturne

    Alexander Borodin

    Strings by Starlight

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    Felix Slatkin, conductor

    7:39
  • 7:15 AM

    Marche Slave

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Marche Slav; Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Overture

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    9:20
  • 7:02 AM

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

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphonies Nos. 8 & 9

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor

    12:41
  • 6:57 AM

    Nocturne No. 2

    Frederic Chopin

    Yundi Li: Chopin

    Yundi Li, piano

    4:21
  • 6:48 AM

    Dance of the Hours

    Amilcare Ponchielli

    Overtures and Intermezzi

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Silvio Varviso, conductor

    9:32
  • 6:38 AM

    Four Seasons: Spring

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi, Cage: 8 Seasons

    B'Rock Baroque Orchestra

    Rodolfo Richter, violin

    9:30
  • 6:31 AM

    Fidelio Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Overtures

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Daniel Harding, conductor

    7:11
  • 6:22 AM

    Clarinet Concerto: 2nd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart 250 - A Celebration

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    Karl Heinz Steffens, clarinet

    8:26
  • 6:19 AM

    Scenes from Childhood: Dreaming

    Robert Schumann

    Andante Cantabile

    Lynn Harrell, cello

    2:50
  • 6:04 AM

    Symphony No. 2: 3rd movement

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2, Dances from Aleko, Scherzo

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    14:44
  • 6:00 AM

    Candide: Overture

    Leonard Bernstein

    "Glitter and Be Gay"

    Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mario Bernardi, conductor

    4:28
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