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  • 2:31 PM

    Consecration of the House: Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphony No. 7, The Consecration of the House

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    12:39
  • 2:22 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Spring": Finale

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    9:06
  • 2:13 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1: 2nd movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto, Joyce Yang

    Odense Symphony Orchestra

    Alexander Lazarev, conductor

    Joyce Yang, piano

    7:45
  • 2:02 PM

    Four Seasons: Autumn

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The 4 Seasons

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    Jeanne Lamon, violin

    11:09
  • 1:58 PM

    Impresario: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Overtures

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    3:56
  • 1:45 PM

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

    Antonin Dvorak

    Adagio

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    13:03
  • 1:43 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 5 "Spring": 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano and Violin Sonatas, Vol.2

    Isaac Stern, violin

    1:17
  • 1:29 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    13:47
  • 1:25 PM

    Rodeo: Hoe-Down

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: Billy The Kid; Rodeo Etc.

    Colorado Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    4:09
  • 1:10 PM

    Les Preludes

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: Symphonic Poems

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    15:00
  • 1:04 PM

    Symphony No. 82 "The Bear": Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies 82, 83 & 84

    Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

    Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor

    5:51
  • 12:50 PM

    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
  • 12:48 PM

    Peer Gynt: In The Hall Of The Mountain King

    Edvard Grieg

    Chiller

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    2:31
  • 12:45 PM

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

    Claude Debussy

    At the Break

    Christopher O'Riley, piano

    2:18
  • 12:44 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2: Badinerie

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Rolf Smedvig: Virtuoso

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jahja Ling, conductor

    Rolf Smedvig, trumpet

    1:31
  • 12:40 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Afro-American": Animato

    William Grant Still

    African Heritage Symphonic Series, Vol. 1

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    3:19
  • 12:35 PM

    Memories of the Alhambra

    Francisco Tarrega

    Famous Spanish Guitar Music

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    4:38
  • 12:26 PM

    Symphony No. 4 "Italian": 1st movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Symphony No. 4

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    9:19
  • 12:16 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 3: Rondo

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The 5 Piano Concertos

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    9:26
  • 12:08 PM

    Violin Concerto: Finale

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky & Mendelssohn Concertos

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    Jascha Heifetz, violin

    8:15
  • 12:03 PM

    Canon

    Johann Pachelbel

    Ombra Mai Fu; Pachelbel: Canon

    I Solisti Italiani

    5:09
  • 11:49 AM

    Tannhauser: Overture

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Overtures And Orchestral Music

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    13:45
  • 11:46 AM

    Porgy and Bess: Summertime

    George Gershwin

    The Essential Leontyne Price

    RCA Symphony Orchestra

    Skitch Henderson, conductor

    Leontyne Price, soprano

    2:28
  • 11:40 AM

    Magic Flute: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Overtures - Eine kleine Nachtmusik

    Tafelmusik

    Bruno Weil, conductor

    6:28
  • 11:29 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1: Rondo

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Piano Concertos

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Jerzy Semkow, conductor

    Rafal Blechacz, piano

    9:51
  • 11:23 AM

    Concerto for Two Violins: 2nd movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Hilary Hahn: Bach Violin Concertos

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Kahane, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    6:50
  • 11:20 AM

    The Firebird (L'oiseau de feu): Finale

    Igor Stravinsky

    Stravinsky, Petrouchka: Scherzo a la Russe, The Firebird Suite

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    2:59
  • 11:05 AM

    Masques and Bergamasques

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: Pavane; Pelleas et Melisande, etc.

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    13:42
  • 11:01 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 4: 2nd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: The Four Hornbone Concertos

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Jean-Jacques Kantorow, conductor

    Christian Lindberg, trombone

    4:13
  • 10:55 AM

    Horn Trio: Finale

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Trios

    Gyorgy Sebok, piano

    6:23
  • 10:48 AM

    Nameday (Namensfeier) Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    6:25
  • 10:42 AM

    Symphony No. 3: 4th movement

    Franz Schubert

    A Second of Silence

    The Knights

    Eric Jacobsen, conductor

    5:55
  • 10:39 AM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2: Farandole

    Georges Bizet

    Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite

    Toronto Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    3:10
  • 10:33 AM

    String Quartet: 4th movement

    Maurice Ravel

    Debussy and Ravel: String Quartets

    Emerson String Quartet

    5:14
  • 10:30 AM

    Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba

    George Frideric Handel

    Albinoni: Adagio; Pachelbel: Canon; Etc

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    3:04
  • 10:24 AM

    String Quartet No. 12 "American": 4th movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Schubert & Dvorak Quartets

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Rosekrans, conductor

    5:48
  • 10:17 AM

    Beatrice and Benedict: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Overtures, Queen Mab Scherzo

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Munch, conductor

    7:19
  • 10:10 AM

    The Nutcracker: Waltz of the Flowers

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    100 Best Classics

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    6:56
  • 10:05 AM

    Ruslan and Ludmila: Overture

    Mikhail Glinka

    Tchaikovsky, Smetana, Glinka, Moussorgsky

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    4:52
  • 9:59 AM

    Don Giovanni: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 20, 21; Don Giovanni Overture

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    5:49
  • 9:48 AM

    Romance No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Mad About Violins

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor

    Shlomo Mintz, violin

    10:16
  • 9:45 AM

    Trumpet Concerto: 3rd movement

    Johann Hummel

    Haydn, Hummel: Trumpet Concertos

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    Niklas Eklund, trumpet

    3:51
  • 9:35 AM

    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
  • 9:29 AM

    Symphony No. 100 "Military": Minuet

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 99 & 100

    London Classical Players

    Roger Norrington, conductor

    5:51
  • 9:24 AM

    Peer Gynt: Arabian Dance

    Edvard Grieg

    Minnesota Orchestra At One Hundred

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    4:15
  • 9:08 AM

    Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Greensleeves/Tallis Fantasia

    New Queen's Hall Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    15:39
  • 9:04 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish": 3rd movement

    Robert Schumann

    Robert Schumann Symphonies 1-4

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    4:41
  • 8:59 AM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Andre Previn, conductor

    4:40
  • 8:56 AM

    Etude No. 12 "Revolutionary"

    Frederic Chopin

    The Chopin I Love

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    2:23
  • 8:48 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 3: 2nd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Everybody's Mozart

    New Philharmonia Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    Henryk Szeryng, violin

    8:22
  • 8:39 AM

    Kunstler-Leben Walzer (Artist's Life)

    Johann StraussJr.

    Strauss

    Vienna Volksopera Orchestra

    Franz Bauer-Theussl, conductor

    9:10
  • 8:33 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 4: 3rd movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

    CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra

    Peter Schreier, conductor

    4:52
  • 8:30 AM

    Slavonic Dance No. 1

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Slavonic Dances

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    3:46
  • 8:23 AM

    Symphony No. 5: 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven 5 And 7

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Manfred Honeck, conductor

    7:06
  • 8:14 AM

    Piano Quintet "Trout": Theme and Variations

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Quintet, Op. 114 "The Trout"

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    7:43
  • 8:03 AM

    The Red Pony Suite

    Aaron Copland

    Suite from "The Tender Land" / 3 Latin-American Sketches / Suite from "The Red Pony"

    Phoenix Symphony

    James Sedares, conductor

    11:24
  • 7:58 AM

    Candide: Overture

    Leonard Bernstein

    Bernstein: Candide; Facsimile; Fancy Free; On the Town

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    4:18
  • 7:55 AM

    Masques and Bergamasques: Overture

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: L'Oeuvre D'Orchestre, Vol. I

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    3:39
  • 7:43 AM

    Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: La Mer, Images, Prelude

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    11:37
  • 7:38 AM

    Symphony No. 101 "The Clock": Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 101 & 102

    London Classical Players

    Roger Norrington, conductor

    4:37
  • 7:32 AM

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

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos K467 And K595

    Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    Lars Vogt, piano

    6:25
  • 7:22 AM

    Trumpet Concerto: 1st movement

    Johann Hummel

    Classic Trumpet Concerti

    New York Chamber Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    Gerard Schwarz, trumpet

    9:54
  • 7:19 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 4: Rejouissance

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Orchestral Suites

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Richard Egarr, conductor

    2:45
  • 7:11 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Max Bruch

    Scottish Fantasy

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Joshua Bell, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    7:33
  • 7:05 AM

    Festive Overture

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Russian Overtures

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    5:37
  • 7:00 AM

    Symphony No. 1: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 1

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Gunter Wand, conductor

    5:04
  • 6:57 AM

    Etude No. 1 "Aeolian Harp"

    Frederic Chopin

    The Complete Piano Works of Chopin, Vol. 10: Etudes

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    2:33
  • 6:51 AM

    Eugene Onegin: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Lollipops

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Thomas Beecham, conductor

    6:04
  • 6:49 AM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral": 1st movement (extract)

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    100 Best Classics

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Andre Cluytens, conductor

    2:46
  • 6:42 AM

    Slavonic Dance No. 4

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Slavonic Dances Opp. 46 & 72

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Rafael Kubelik, conductor

    6:42
  • 6:28 AM

    Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances

    Alexander Borodin

    Borodin: Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 & 3

    Toronto Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    12:58
  • 6:19 AM

    Clarinet Quintet: 4th movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Chamber Works for Winds and Strings by Mozart

    Chicago Chamber Musicians

    Larry Combs, clarinet

    9:42
  • 6:15 AM

    Scenes from Childhood: Dreaming

    Robert Schumann

    Reverie

    Carol Rosenberger, piano

    3:11
  • 6:12 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2: 3rd movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach: Concertos for Violin

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    Monica Huggett, violin

    2:46
  • 6:00 AM

    Snow Maiden Suite

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Orchestral Suites

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    12:28
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