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  • 3:45 PM

    Etude No. 5 "Black Keys"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Etudes / John Browning

    John Browning, piano

    1:30
  • 3:39 PM

    Symphonie Fantastique: A Ball

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique

    London Classical Players

    Roger Norrington, conductor

    6:02
  • 3:28 PM

    The Sorcerer's Apprentice

    Paul Dukas

    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

    11:07
  • 3:23 PM

    Symphony No. 100 "Military": 2nd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

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

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    4:57
  • 3:13 PM

    By the Beautiful Blue Danube (An der schonen, blauen Donau)

    Johann StraussJr.

    Vienna Philharmonic New Year's Day Concert 1991

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    9:30
  • 3:05 PM

    Double Concerto: 2nd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Beethoven: Triple Concerto; Brahms: Double Concerto

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    David Oistrakh, violin

    7:49
  • 3:00 PM

    Cantata No. 208: Sheep May Safely Graze

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Leon Fleisher: Two Hands

    Leon Fleisher, piano

    5:02
  • 2:54 PM

    Eugene Onegin: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Dances from the Opera

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    6:37
  • 2:44 PM

    Clarinet Quintet: 4th movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Quintets by Mozart and Weber

    Mendelssohn String Quartet

    Charles Neidich, bassett horn

    9:13
  • 2:40 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 3

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Slavonic Dances

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    3:51
  • 2:26 PM

    Symphony No. 7: 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies 4 & 7

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Joshua Bell, conductor

    14:19
  • 2:16 PM

    Salome: Dance of the Seven Veils

    Richard Strauss

    Exotic Dances from the Opera

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    9:42
  • 2:12 PM

    Berceuse

    Gabriel Faure

    Encore!

    Midori, violin

    3:06
  • 2:04 PM

    The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture

    Otto Nicolai

    Romantic Overtures

    Halle Orchestra

    John Barbirolli, conductor

    8:17
  • 1:58 PM

    Don Giovanni: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: 11 Overtures

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Hans Vonk, conductor

    6:08
  • 1:54 PM

    St. Paul's Suite: Finale (The Dargason)

    Gustav Holst

    Orchestral Favourites Vol I

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    3:34
  • 1:44 PM

    Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Chasson: Poeme; Massanet: Meditation de Thais

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    9:47
  • 1:42 PM

    String Quartet No. 13: 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Late Beethoven Quartets

    Orion String Quartet

    1:57
  • 1:39 PM

    Scenes from Childhood: Dreaming

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Kinderszenen, Kriesleriana

    Martha Argerich, piano

    2:56
  • 1:31 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 1: 4th movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

    CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra

    Peter Schreier, conductor

    8:10
  • 1:18 PM

    Ma vlast (My Country): Vltava (The Moldau)

    Bedrich Smetana

    Romantic Adagio

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    12:24
  • 1:07 PM

    Symphony No. 36 "Linz": 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Symphonies 35 Haffner, 26 Linz, and 32

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor

    10:37
  • 1:05 PM

    The Love for Three Oranges: March

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Bernstein Favorites: Marches

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    1:50
  • 1:01 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
  • 12:56 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 3: Adagio

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1-3

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    4:20
  • 12:49 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 4

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Slavonic dances, Opp. 46 & 72

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vaclav Neumann, conductor

    6:43
  • 12:43 PM

    Nocturnes: Fetes (Festivals)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Trois Nocturnes, Jeux

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    6:17
  • 12:39 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3: Air on the G String

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    100 Best Classics

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    3:30
  • 12:28 PM

    Symphony No. 5: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies No 4 & 5

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    10:36
  • 12:22 PM

    Berceuse (Lullaby)

    Frederic Chopin

    The Complete Piano Works of Chopin, Vol 5: Masterpieces & Miniatures

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    5:58
  • 12:15 PM

    Clarinet Quintet: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart, Brahms: Clarinet Quintets

    Emerson String Quartet

    David Shifrin, clarinet

    6:45
  • 12:05 PM

    Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt's Rhapsody: Music From The Film

    Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

    Ondrej Lenard, conductor

    9:52
  • 11:56 AM

    Four Seasons: Spring

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Il Cimento Dell'Armonia e Dell'Inventione

    Europa Galante

    Fabio Biondi, conductor

    Fabio Biondi, violin

    9:02
  • 11:54 AM

    The Three-Cornered Hat: Miller's Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Bizet: Carmen Suite; Falla: Dances

    Los Romeros

    2:37
  • 11:50 AM

    Requiem: In Paradisum

    Gabriel Faure

    Choral Moods

    Choir of Trinity College

    Richard Marlow, conductor

    3:38
  • 11:41 AM

    Trumpet Concerto: 1st movement

    Johann Hummel

    Hummell: Mandolin Concerto, etc.

    London Mozart Players

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    Urban Agnas, trumpet

    9:16
  • 11:36 AM

    The Entertainer

    Scott Joplin

    Joplin: Complete Rags

    William Albright, piano

    4:03
  • 11:27 AM

    Symphony No. 4: Finale

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    9:00
  • 11:23 AM

    Candide: Overture

    Leonard Bernstein

    Bernstein: Selections From Candide, West Side Story, On The Waterfront, Fancy Free

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    4:13
  • 11:20 AM

    Rondeau

    Jean-Joseph Mouret

    Baroque for Dummies

    Ensemble Orchestra of Paris

    Jean Pierre Wallez, conductor

    Maurice Andre, trumpet

    1:54
  • 11:05 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Eroica": 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: 9 Symphonies

    Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    15:33
  • 10:58 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan": 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    MOZART, WA: Piano Concertos Nos. 20 and 21

    Fine Arts Quartet

    Alon Goldstein, piano

    6:34
  • 10:50 AM

    Rosen aus dem Suden (Roses from the South) Waltz

    Johann StraussJr.

    Strauss: Gala V

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    8:03
  • 10:45 AM

    Octet: Scherzo

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto, Octet

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    4:34
  • 10:41 AM

    Hungarian March

    Hector Berlioz

    Fiedler's Greatest Hits

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    4:11
  • 10:33 AM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Robert Schumann

    Orchestra of the Swan

    Orchestra of the Swan

    Kenneth Woods, conductor

    7:46
  • 10:27 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3: Air on the G String

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Ombra Mai Fu; Pachelbel: Canon

    I Solisti Italiani

    5:44
  • 10:19 AM

    Double Concerto: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms

    Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra Amsterdam

    Yakov Kreizberg, conductor

    Julia Fischer, violin

    8:09
  • 10:15 AM

    Humoresque No. 7

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak, Janacek, Smetana: Romantic Pieces

    James Ehnes, piano

    3:51
  • 10:11 AM

    Symphony No. 94 "Surprise": Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: London Symphonies 93, 94 "The Surprise", & 95

    La Petite Bande

    Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor

    3:48
  • 10:01 AM

    Die Meistersinger von Nurmberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremburg): Prelude to Act I

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Orchestral Works

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Klaus Tennstedt, conductor

    10:07
  • 9:53 AM

    Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: Les Preludes, Mazeppa, Hungarian Rhapsodies

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    7:53
  • 9:48 AM

    Schindler's List: Theme

    John Williams

    Beautiful Hollywood

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    Alexander Kerr, violin

    4:39
  • 9:46 AM

    Carmina Burana: Dance

    Carl Orff

    Orff: Carmina Burana

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    1:46
  • 9:39 AM

    Mandolin Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi Guitar Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    7:35
  • 9:35 AM

    Turkish Rondo

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    .Such Stuff As Dreams...

    Carol Rosenberger, piano

    3:28
  • 9:30 AM

    Fantasy for a Gentleman: Canario

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Dances for Flute

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Eduardo Mata, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    4:36
  • 9:26 AM

    Serenade

    Roman Hoffstetter

    Haydn: The Sharon Quartet

    Sharon Quartet

    4:30
  • 9:19 AM

    Vocalise

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Symphonies Nos. 1-3 etc.

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    6:28
  • 9:04 AM

    Symphony No. 5: 3rd and 4th movements

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The 9 Symphonies

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    14:34
  • 8:56 AM

    Variations on "I Got Rhythm"

    George Gershwin

    Fazil Say

    New York Philharmonic

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Fazil Say, piano

    7:56
  • 8:48 AM

    An Outdoor Overture

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: Billy The Kid; Rodeo Etc.

    Colorado Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    8:19
  • 8:43 AM

    Impresario: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Empire Brass: Greatest Hits

    Empire Brass

    4:22
  • 8:36 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2: Adagio

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach and Part

    Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

    Arabella Steinbacher, violin

    6:31
  • 8:32 AM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo

    Felix Mendelssohn

    The Four Seasons: A Musical Calendar Of Favorite Classics

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Rafael Kubelik, conductor

    4:43
  • 8:20 AM

    Symphony No. 5: Adagietto

    Gustav Mahler

    Adagio

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    11:50
  • 8:14 AM

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

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: Concert Studies; Consolations

    Jorge Bolet, piano

    5:29
  • 8:09 AM

    Symphony No. 104 "London": Minuet

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 104 "London" and 100 "Military"

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    4:37
  • 8:01 AM

    Siegfried: Forest Murmurs

    Richard Wagner

    WAGNER 3: Tristan Suite; Music from Siegfried, Lohengrin, Walkure; Faust Overture

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    7:50
  • 7:57 AM

    Concerto alla rustica (Rustic Concerto)

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Ombra Mai Fu; Pachelbel: Canon

    I Solisti Italiani

    3:47
  • 7:54 AM

    La Boheme: O soave fanciulla

    Giacomo Puccini

    Duets and Arias

    Royal Opera, Covent Garden

    Richard Armstrong, conductor

    Angela Gheorghiu, soprano

    3:45
  • 7:52 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Classical": 3rd movement

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Brodsky Unlimited

    Brodsky Quartet

    1:37
  • 7:43 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 3: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Violin Concertos 1, 3 & 4

    Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

    Viktoria Mullova, conductor

    Viktoria Mullova, violin

    9:10
  • 7:36 AM

    Quintet for Piano and Winds: 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Mozart: Quintett KV452; Beethoven: Quintett op. 16

    Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble

    Christian Zacharias, piano

    5:46
  • 7:31 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 6: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenberg Concertos

    La Stravaganza

    Siegbert Rampe, conductor

    5:00
  • 7:23 AM

    The Skaters Waltz

    Emil Waldteufel

    With Love from Vienna

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    8:04
  • 7:14 AM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique": 3rd movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky/Dvorak/Honeck/PSO

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Manfred Honeck, conductor

    8:57
  • 7:08 AM

    Aida: Triumphal March

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Classic Marches

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    6:21
  • 7:02 AM

    Symphony No. 1: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 1; Beethoven: Egmont Overture

    Munich Philharmonic Orchestra

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    5:15
  • 6:59 AM

    Slavonic Dance No. 15

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Slavonic Dances

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe Winds

    3:14
  • 6:57 AM

    Waltz No. 6 "Minute"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Waltzes

    Richard Raymond, piano

    1:48
  • 6:46 AM

    Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished": 2nd movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 8 & 9

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor

    10:55
  • 6:44 AM

    Abduction from the Seraglio: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart for Brass

    Empire Brass

    1:45
  • 6:38 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Spring": 3rd movement

    Robert Schumann

    Robert Schumann Symphonies 1-4

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    5:36
  • 6:28 AM

    Consecration of the House: Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Overtures

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    10:22
  • 6:14 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Jaime Laredo | Bach

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jaime Laredo, conductor

    Jaime Laredo, violin

    13:50
  • 6:09 AM

    Holberg Suite: Rigaudon

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Holberg Suite, Dvorak and Elgar: String Serenades

    Rotterdam Chamber Orchestra

    Conrad van Alphen, conductor

    4:19
  • 6:04 AM

    Symphony No. 101 "The Clock": Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonien Nr. 101 & 102

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    5:24
  • 6:00 AM

    Memories of the Alhambra

    Francisco Tarrega

    Into the Light

    Kaori Muraji, guitar

    4:09
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