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  • 5:48 PM

    Four Seasons: Spring

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Four Seasons

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    10:58
  • 5:39 PM

    Symphony No. 40: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 36 & 40

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    8:16
  • 5:37 PM

    Waltz No. 6 "Minute"

    Frederic Chopin

    Autograph

    Alexandre Tharaud, piano

    1:50
  • 5:24 PM

    Leonore Overture No. 3

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Overtures; Piano Concerto No. 5

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Walter Weller, conductor

    13:16
  • 5:13 PM

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

    Johann StraussJr.

    Mad About Movies (The Sequel)

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    10:05
  • 5:05 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Violin Concerto; Schumann: Fantasy op. 131

    New York Philharmonic

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    8:04
  • 4:57 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan": Andante

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mad About Movies

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Rudolf Serkin, piano

    7:57
  • 4:50 PM

    Festive Overture

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Symphonic Spectacular

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    6:28
  • 4:48 PM

    Fantasy for a Gentleman: Dance

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Louis Fremaux, conductor

    John Williams, guitar

    2:00
  • 4:45 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 4: Minuets

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: 4 Ouverturen-Suites, Ouverture Bwv 1070

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    3:41
  • 4:34 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak, Khachaturian Violin Concertos

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Teddy Abrams, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    10:25
  • 4:31 PM

    Simple Gifts

    Aaron Copland

    Labyrinth

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    2:59
  • 4:22 PM

    Symphony No. 98: Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies 93, 96, & 98

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    8:46
  • 4:19 PM

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

    Claude Debussy

    Claude Debussy - Preludes - Book 1

    Maurizio Pollini, piano

    2:26
  • 4:07 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Eroica": 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonien 1-9

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    11:42
  • 4:03 PM

    Carmen: Gypsy Dance

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: Carmen Suite, L'arlesienne Suites Etc.

    Orchestra of the Bastille

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    3:55
  • 3:51 PM

    Semiramide: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    11:53
  • 3:45 PM

    Eine kleine Nachtmusik: Romance

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Everybody's Mozart

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    6:10
  • 3:42 PM

    Concerto for Oboe and Violin: 3rd movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach: Violin Concertos

    Janine Jansen and Friends

    Janine Jansen, violin

    3:27
  • 3:38 PM

    Waltz No. 5 "Grande Valse"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: The 19 Waltzes.

    Zoltan Kocsis, piano

    3:33
  • 3:23 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "Great": 4th movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: The Symphonies

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    14:34
  • 3:20 PM

    Peer Gynt: In The Hall Of The Mountain King

    Edvard Grieg

    Dies Irae: The Essential Choral Collection

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    2:49
  • 3:14 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish": Finale

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Symphonies 2 and 3

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Franz Welser-Most, conductor

    6:11
  • 3:10 PM

    The Three-Cornered Hat: Neighbor's Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Muti | Philadelphia Orchestra | de Falla, Ravel, Chabrier

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    3:11
  • 3:02 PM

    Double Concerto: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto; Brahms: Double Concerto

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    8:11
  • 2:57 PM

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

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Alessio Bax Plays Beethoven

    Alessio Bax, piano

    5:03
  • 2:50 PM

    Eugene Onegin: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky Waltzes

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Sergiu Comissiona, conductor

    6:40
  • 2:46 PM

    Cosi fan tutte: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Overtures - Eine kleine Nachtmusik

    Tafelmusik

    Bruno Weil, conductor

    4:27
  • 2:34 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach: 6 Brandenburg Concertos

    Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra

    Helmuth Rilling, conductor

    11:38
  • 2:30 PM

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

    Richard Wagner

    New Classical Arrangements for Brass

    Copper Street Brass Quintet

    3:39
  • 2:23 PM

    Symphonie Fantastique: March to the Scaffold

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique Op. 14 / Tristia

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    6:58
  • 2:14 PM

    Variations on "I Got Rhythm"

    George Gershwin

    Gershwin: Rhapsody In Blue / Concerto In F

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    William Tritt, piano

    9:04
  • 2:04 PM

    Scheherazade: The Young Prince and the Young Princess

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Mad About Love

    Orchestre de la Bastille

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    9:42
  • 2:00 PM

    Music for the Royal Fireworks: La Rejouissance

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Water Music, Royal Fireworks

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    3:05
  • 1:50 PM

    Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave)

    Felix Mendelssohn

    German Overtures

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    10:13
  • 1:40 PM

    Flute and Harp Concerto: Rondo

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Flute and Harp Concerto, etc.

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    Lisa Beznosiuk, flute

    9:46
  • 1:38 PM

    Etude No. 5 "Black Keys"

    Frederic Chopin

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

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    1:41
  • 1:25 PM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral": 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The 9 Symphonies

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    13:00
  • 1:21 PM

    Fantasia on Greensleeves

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Greensleeves/Tallis Fantasia

    New Queen's Hall Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    4:17
  • 1:09 PM

    La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Favorite Overtures

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Thomas Schippers, conductor

    11:14
  • 1:01 PM

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

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Christoph Eschenbach, conductor

    7:55
  • 12:52 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 5

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Keyboard Concertos Nos. 3, 5, 6, 7

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Murray Perahia, conductor

    Murray Perahia, piano

    9:13
  • 12:42 PM

    Academic Festival Overture

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Four Symphonies

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    9:42
  • 12:32 PM

    Serenade for Strings: 1st movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Favourite Serenades for Orchestra

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    9:48
  • 12:26 PM

    Abduction from the Seraglio: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Overtures

    Capella Istropolitana

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    5:36
  • 12:24 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 2: 3rd movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach and Part

    Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

    Arabella Steinbacher, violin

    2:40
  • 12:15 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1: Rondo

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 1, No. 5

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    Michael Roll, piano

    8:18
  • 12:11 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Scottish": 2nd movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Symphonies 3 & 4

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    4:18
  • 12:03 PM

    Images for Orchestra: Iberia: On Highways and Byways

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Images, etc.

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    7:11
  • 12:00 PM

    The Three-Cornered Hat: Miller's Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Romance D'amour

    Narciso Yepes, guitar

    3:03
  • 11:49 AM

    Four Seasons: Summer

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

    Trondheim Soloists

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    11:04
  • 11:35 AM

    Symphony No. 2: 3rd movement

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2; Dances from Aleko

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vasily Petrenko, conductor

    14:00
  • 11:31 AM

    Turkish Rondo

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart 250 - A Celebration

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    3:43
  • 11:25 AM

    Symphony No. 82 "The Bear": Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 22, 78, 82

    Stockholm Chamber Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    5:26
  • 11:22 AM

    Fanfare for the Common Man

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: Appalachian Spring

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Aaron Copland, conductor

    3:14
  • 11:12 AM

    Salome: Dance of the Seven Veils

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Rosenkavelier, Salome's Dance, Burleske Fastival Prelud

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    9:10
  • 11:04 AM

    Symphony No. 7: 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven For All: Music of Passion, Power and Beauty

    West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    8:55
  • 11:00 AM

    Pelleas and Melisande: Sicilienne

    Gabriel Faure

    The Faure Album

    Gil Shaham, violin

    3:31
  • 10:57 AM

    Hungarian Dance No. 5

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Nine Hungarian Dances; Dvorak

    North German Radio Symphony

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    2:33
  • 10:51 AM

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

    Antonin Dvorak

    Modern Mandolin Quartet: Americana

    Modern Mandolin Quartet

    5:53
  • 10:47 AM

    La clemenza di Tito (The Clemency of Titus): Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphony No. 41

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Frans Bruggen, conductor

    4:26
  • 10:39 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Spring": Finale

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Complete Symphonies

    Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    7:42
  • 10:27 AM

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

    Bedrich Smetana

    Fibich: Symphony No. 1/Smetana: Vysehrad, Vlatava

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    11:25
  • 10:22 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 2: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach: 6 Brandenburg Concertos

    Oregon Bach Festival Chamber Orchestra

    Helmuth Rilling, conductor

    5:04
  • 10:17 AM

    Dreams of Love No. 3 (Liebestraum)

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: Piano Works

    Dag Achatz, piano

    4:22
  • 10:09 AM

    Symphony No. 5: 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 8, Fidelio

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    8:39
  • 10:04 AM

    Octet: Scherzo

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto, Octet

    Seattle Chamber Music Society

    James Ehnes, violin

    4:29
  • 9:57 AM

    Orb and Sceptre

    William Walton

    Rule Brittania: Last Night of the Proms

    English Northern Philharmonia

    Paul Daniel, conductor

    7:07
  • 9:54 AM

    Porgy and Bess: Summertime

    George Gershwin

    Honey and Rue

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Andre Previn, conductor

    Kathleen Battle, soprano

    2:34
  • 9:52 AM

    The Birds: Prelude

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs And Dances I & Iii, Etc

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    2:49
  • 9:43 AM

    Mandolin Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Concerti per Mandolini

    I Solisti Veneti

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    Ugo Orlandi, mandolin

    8:22
  • 9:40 AM

    Beau Soir (Beautiful Evening)

    Claude Debussy

    Introducing Shannon Lee, violin

    Shannon Lee, violin

    2:34
  • 9:29 AM

    Symphony No. 36 "Linz": 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 32, 35, 36

    English Baroque Soloists

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    11:28
  • 9:26 AM

    Lohengrin: Prelude to Act III

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Orchestral Favorites

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    2:55
  • 9:10 AM

    Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks

    Richard Strauss

    Richard Strauss: Don Juan; Burlesque; Serenade; Till Eulenspiegel

    Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paavo Berglund, conductor

    15:03
  • 9:03 AM

    Serenade for Strings: Finale

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Favourite Serenades for Orchestra

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    7:30
  • 8:57 AM

    Slavonic Dance No. 3

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 From The New Worls; 3 Slavonic Dances

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    5:55
  • 8:47 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 1: Overture

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: 4 Ouverturen-Suites, Ouverture Bwv 1070

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    9:40
  • 8:30 AM

    Double Concerto: 1st movement

    Johannes Brahms

    For the Love of Brahms

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Joshua Bell, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    16:48
  • 8:22 AM

    Grand Canyon Suite: On the Trail

    Ferde Grofe

    Grofe: Grand Canyon Suite

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    7:24
  • 8:18 AM

    Symphony No. 104 "London": Minuet

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Karajan Edition: Haydn Symphonies

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    4:24
  • 8:08 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 9 "Jeunehomme": 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart, Haydn: Jeunehomme

    The King's Violins

    Bernard Labadie, conductor

    Alexandre Tharaud, piano

    9:09
  • 8:04 AM

    Funeral March of a Marionette

    Charles Gounod

    A History Of Hitchcock: Dial M For Murder

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paul Bateman, conductor

    4:17
  • 7:57 AM

    Espana

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Ports of Call

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    6:31
  • 7:53 AM

    Scenes from Childhood: Dreaming

    Robert Schumann

    Travels with My Cello

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Nicholas Cleobury, conductor

    Julian Lloyd Webber, cello

    3:33
  • 7:42 AM

    Symphony No. 5: 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The 9 Symphonies

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    11:37
  • 7:31 AM

    Impromptu No. 3

    Franz Schubert

    The Studio Recordings - New York 1985

    Vladimir Horowitz, piano

    10:11
  • 7:27 AM

    Concerto for Oboe and Violin: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Hilary Hahn: Bach Violin Concertos

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Kahane, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    4:31
  • 7:22 AM

    Sleeping Beauty: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Sibelius: Pelleas et Melisande, Valse Triste, Rakastava

    Edmonton Symphony Orchestra

    Uri Mayer, conductor

    4:39
  • 7:16 AM

    Spanish Suite: Granada

    Isaac Albeniz

    Albeniz: Serenata

    Stephen Marchionda, guitar

    5:36
  • 7:01 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Horn Concerto

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    Eric Ruske, horn

    14:30
  • 6:58 AM

    Humoresque No. 7

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak and America

    Benjamin Pasternack, piano

    3:03
  • 6:50 AM

    Four Seasons: Winter

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    Joseph Silverstein, violin

    8:35
  • 6:46 AM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2: Farandole

    Georges Bizet

    Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite

    Toronto Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    3:10
  • 6:42 AM

    El Amor Brujo: Ritual Fire Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Greatest Hits: The Ballet, Vol I

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    4:10
  • 6:29 AM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral": 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven Symphonies

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    12:21
  • 6:24 AM

    The Valkyrie: Ride of the Valkyries

    Richard Wagner

    Mad About Mad About

    Paris Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    4:55
  • 6:19 AM

    Symphony No. 100 "Military": Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Seven London Symphonies

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    5:07
  • 6:13 AM

    Cantata No. 208: Sheep May Safely Graze

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Arrangements

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    5:38
  • 6:06 AM

    Symphony No. 2: 2nd movement

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Complete Symphonies

    Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra

    John Eliot Gardner, conductor

    6:56
  • 6:00 AM

    Don Giovanni: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    The Key to Classics: Mozart

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    6:30
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