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  • 5:12 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "Great": 4th movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphony No. 9 "The Great"

    Northern Sinfonia

    Thomas Zehetmair, conductor

    14:09
  • 5:09 PM

    Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo

    Pietro Mascagni

    Opera Without Words

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    3:27
  • 5:04 PM

    Symphonie Fantastique: March to the Scaffold

    Hector Berlioz

    Chiller

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    5:04
  • 4:51 PM

    Consecration of the House: Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Overtures

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Otto Klemperer, conductor

    12:16
  • 4:47 PM

    Fantasia on Greensleeves

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Twentieth Century Classics

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    4:48
  • 4:35 PM

    Scheherazade: The Tale of the Kalendar Prince

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade / Tale of Tsar Saltan Suite

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    Maria Larionoff, violin

    11:29
  • 4:26 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish": 1st movement

    Robert Schumann

    Robert Schumann Symphonies 1-4

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    8:53
  • 4:16 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 5

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Piano Concertos BWV 1052, 1056, 1058

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    James Judd, conductor

    Jean Louis Steuerman, piano

    9:36
  • 4:07 PM

    Symphony No. 5: 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven 5 And 7

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Manfred Honeck, conductor

    8:58
  • 4:04 PM

    Lieutenant Kije: Troika

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Pops a la Russe

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    3:04
  • 3:59 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Greatest Hits: The Ballet, Vol. III

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    4:37
  • 3:52 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 3: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Violin Concertos

    Camerata Salzburg

    Leonidas Kavakos, conductor

    Leonidas Kavakos, violin

    6:43
  • 3:46 PM

    Paganini Etude No. 3 "La Campanella"

    Franz Liszt

    DeGaetano Plays Liszt

    Robert DeGaetano, piano

    5:40
  • 3:30 PM

    Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Orchestral Works

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    15:52
  • 3:17 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    L'Art de Maurice Andre

    Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

    Maurice Andre, trumpet

    12:11
  • 3:15 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 3

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Nine Hungarian Dances; Dvorak

    North German Radio Symphony

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    2:14
  • 3:09 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Eroica": 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies 1 & 3

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    5:55
  • 2:55 PM

    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
  • 2:44 PM

    Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Images pour Orchestre

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    10:19
  • 2:35 PM

    Kaiser-Walzer (Emperor Waltz)

    Johann StraussJr.

    Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Plays Strauss 1929 - 1990

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Bruno Walter, conductor

    9:06
  • 2:23 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 3rd movement

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff/Tchaikovsky

    Russian Federal Orchestra

    Vakhtang Jordania, conductor

    11:24
  • 2:19 PM

    Humoresque No. 7

    Antonin Dvorak

    American Virtuosa - Tribute to Maud Powell

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    3:46
  • 2:14 PM

    Symphony No. 5: 4th movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphony No. 5

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    5:28
  • 2:03 PM

    Water Music Suite No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Water Music

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    10:31
  • 1:54 PM

    Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies Nos. 1-6

    Vienna State Opera Orchestra

    Anatole Fistoulari, conductor

    8:31
  • 1:50 PM

    Funeral March of a Marionette

    Charles Gounod

    European Light Music Classics

    New London Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    4:20
  • 1:46 PM

    Symphony No. 35 "Haffner": Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies No 29, 33, 35, 38, And 41

    Orchestra Mozart

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    3:47
  • 1:40 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight": 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    The Greatest Classical Show On Earth

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    5:28
  • 1:31 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
  • 1:26 PM

    Canon

    Johann Pachelbel

    Pure Classics

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    4:55
  • 1:12 PM

    Der Rosenkavalier: Waltz Sequence No. 1

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Don Juan, Tod und Verklarung

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Tadaaki Otaka, conductor

    13:46
  • 1:03 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Spring": Finale

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: The Symphonies

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    8:45
  • 12:51 PM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Andre Previn, conductor

    12:06
  • 12:49 PM

    Beau Soir (Beautiful Evening)

    Claude Debussy

    Beau Soir

    Janine Jansen, violin

    2:12
  • 12:45 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 3: 2nd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Horn Concerto

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    Eric Ruske, horn

    3:43
  • 12:42 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 15

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Slavonic Dances

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    2:58
  • 12:38 PM

    Peer Gynt: Anitra's Dance

    Edvard Grieg

    Winter Dreams

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    3:37
  • 12:21 PM

    Symphony No. 5: III. Valse; IV. Finale

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Gergiev Festival LIVE

    Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    17:00
  • 12:14 PM

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

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: Piano Sonata & 3 Concert Studies

    Louis Lortie, piano

    6:07
  • 12:06 PM

    Mandolin Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Concerti & Other Works

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Eliot Fisk, guitar

    8:15
  • 12:01 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
  • 11:58 AM

    Madame Butterfly: Humming Chorus

    Giacomo Puccini

    Dies Irae: The Essential Choral Collection

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor

    3:04
  • 11:50 AM

    Romance No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Schubert, Beethoven, Mozart: Works for Violin and Orchestra

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Thomas Zehetmair, conductor

    Thomas Zehetmair, violin

    7:38
  • 11:45 AM

    Symphony No. 35 "Haffner": 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies No 29, 33, 35, 38, And 41

    Orchestra Mozart

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    5:35
  • 11:40 AM

    Impromptu No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    The Chopin Collection: The Impromptus

    Artur Rubinstein, piano

    4:16
  • 11:34 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 6: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Six Brandenburg Concertos

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    5:59
  • 11:23 AM

    Night on Bald Mountain

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Tchaikovsky: 1812; Dukas: Sorcerer's Apprentice; Smetana: Vltava (Die Moldau); Dvorak: Scherzo capriccioso; Mussorgsky: A Night on the Bare Mountain

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    10:40
  • 11:12 AM

    Academic Festival Overture

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 3, Academic Festival Overture

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    10:33
  • 11:02 AM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Perlman Collection, Vol. 8

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    9:52
  • 10:52 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 4: Rondo

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven Piano Concertos Part 1

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Alan Gilbert, conductor

    Inon Barnatan, piano

    10:04
  • 10:49 AM

    The Three-Cornered Hat: Neighbor's Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Slaughter on 10th Avenue

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    3:01
  • 10:43 AM

    Eugene Onegin: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Staatskapelle Dresden - Hans Vonk

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Hans Vonk, conductor

    6:36
  • 10:38 AM

    Holberg Suite: Rigaudon

    Edvard Grieg

    Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2; Grieg: Holberg Suite

    Mito Chamber Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    4:28
  • 10:35 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 1: Minuets

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Orchestral Suites

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Richard Egarr, conductor

    2:56
  • 10:26 AM

    Symphony No. 2: 2nd movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: The Symphonies

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    8:44
  • 10:16 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 16: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos Nr. 16, Kv 451 And Nr. 19, Kv 459

    Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Christian Zacharias, piano

    9:32
  • 10:07 AM

    Symphony No. 104 "London": 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies 22, 104, Piano Concerto in D

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    8:40
  • 10:04 AM

    Ave Maria

    Charles Gounod

    Ceremonial Music for Trumpet & Symphonic Organ

    Rolf Smedvig, trumpet

    3:02
  • 9:55 AM

    Wiener Blut (Vienna Blood)

    Johann StraussJr.

    International Salute

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    8:52
  • 9:51 AM

    L'elisir d'amore: Una furtiva lagrima

    Gaetano Donizetti

    Voice Of The Violin

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Michael Stern, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    4:14
  • 9:44 AM

    Bartered Bride: Overture

    Bedrich Smetana

    Menuhin and Czech Music

    Brno State Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yehudi Menuhin, conductor

    6:32
  • 9:42 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight": 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Sonatas op. 106 and op. 27/2

    Murray Perahia, piano

    2:13
  • 9:36 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish": 3rd movement

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: The Symphonies

    Staatskapelle Berlin

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    5:35
  • 9:26 AM

    Four Seasons: Summer

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The 4 Seasons

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    Jeanne Lamon, violin

    10:31
  • 9:16 AM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No 2 / Muti, Philadelphia Orchestra

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    8:59
  • 9:12 AM

    Rodeo: Hoe-Down

    Aaron Copland

    Aaron Copland: Billy the Kid; Rodeo

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    4:14
  • 9:04 AM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": 3rd movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: 9 Symphonien

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Rafael Kubelik, conductor

    8:05
  • 8:53 AM

    Water Music Suite No. 3

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Water Music, Rodrigo

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    10:13
  • 8:44 AM

    Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia

    Aram Khachaturian

    Khachaturian: Spartacus Suites

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    8:50
  • 8:41 AM

    Minuet

    Luigi Boccherini

    Strings! The Definitive Collection

    Guildhall Strings

    3:03
  • 8:27 AM

    Symphony No. 9 "Choral": 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphony No. 9

    Bach Collegium Japan

    Masaaki Suzuki, conductor

    14:07
  • 8:20 AM

    Impromptu No. 3

    Franz Schubert

    Brahms Inspired

    Orli Shaham, piano

    6:42
  • 8:17 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2: 3rd movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Violin Concertos

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    2:38
  • 8:06 AM

    Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances

    Alexander Borodin

    White Nights: Romantic Russian Showpieces

    Kirov Orchestra

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    11:13
  • 7:56 AM

    Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave)

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto, Symphony No. 4

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    9:02
  • 7:48 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
  • 7:45 AM

    Etude No. 1 "Aeolian Harp"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Etudes

    Maurizio Pollini, piano

    2:12
  • 7:40 AM

    Serenade No. 10 "Gran Partita": Adagio

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Soulful Serenade

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    5:28
  • 7:28 AM

    Rienzi: Overture

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Overtures And Orchestral Music

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    11:57
  • 7:17 AM

    Violin Concerto: Finale

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Violin Concerto

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    10:16
  • 7:13 AM

    Peer Gynt: Morning Mood

    Edvard Grieg

    Nocturne

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Measham, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    4:04
  • 7:06 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 4: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach: 6 Brandenburg Concertos

    Oregon Bach Festival Chamber Orchestra

    Helmuth Rilling, conductor

    7:09
  • 6:56 AM

    La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures (Complete), Vol. 1

    Prague Sinfonia Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    9:50
  • 6:51 AM

    L'Isle joyeuse (Joyous Isle)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Suite Bergamasque, Children's Corner and Others

    Alexis Weissenberg, piano

    4:43
  • 6:43 AM

    Beatrice and Benedict: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    The Flag Series - France

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    7:48
  • 6:39 AM

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

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: String Quartets Opp. 96 & 105

    Chilingirian Quartet

    3:40
  • 6:36 AM

    Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Fireworks Music, Water Music Suite

    Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

    Elgar Howarth, conductor

    3:11
  • 6:22 AM

    Sinfonia Concertante: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Pinchas Zukerman: Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon and Philips

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    13:27
  • 6:08 AM

    Symphony No. 9 "Choral": 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphony No 9

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Franz Welser-Most, conductor

    13:54
  • 6:00 AM

    Die Fledermaus: Overture

    Johann StraussJr.

    A Vienna Souvenir

    Ensemble Wien

    8:07
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