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  • 2:20 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 16: Andante

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Perchance To Dream: A Lullaby Album For Children And Adults

    Carol Rosenberger, piano

    4:37
  • 2:09 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

    St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble

    10:47
  • 2:03 PM

    Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia

    Aram Khachaturian

    James Galway Plays Khachaturian

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    6:25
  • 1:52 PM

    Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto; Saint-Saens: Havanaise

    New York Chamber Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin

    10:40
  • 1:45 PM

    Pavane for a Dead Princess (Pavane pour une infante defunte)

    Maurice Ravel

    Mad About Romance

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor

    6:58
  • 1:42 PM

    Ave Verum Corpus

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Choral Masterpieces

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    2:53
  • 1:37 PM

    Symphony No. 100 "Military": Minuet

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: The London Symphonies, Vol. II

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    5:05
  • 1:34 PM

    Etude No. 12 "Revolutionary"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Etudes / John Browning

    John Browning, piano

    2:22
  • 1:30 PM

    Holberg Suite: Rigaudon

    Edvard Grieg

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

    Mito Chamber Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    4:28
  • 1:24 PM

    Thais: Meditation

    Jules Massenet

    The Greatest Classical Show On Earth

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    Nigel Kennedy, violin

    5:41
  • 1:21 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 5: Largo

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Essential Bach

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    Raymond Leppard, harpsichord

    2:54
  • 1:14 PM

    The Valkyrie: Ride of the Valkyries

    Richard Wagner

    Karajan Spectacular

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    6:16
  • 1:05 PM

    Clarinet Quintet: 4th movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart; Zuckerman

    Kimball Sykes, clarinet

    9:38
  • 12:58 PM

    Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1

    Edward Elgar

    Pomp & Pizazz

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    6:22
  • 12:54 PM

    Fur Elise

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Greatest Hits Of 1790

    Philharmonia Virtuosi

    Richard Kapp, conductor

    Chick Corea, piano

    4:03
  • 12:48 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn, Adams

    Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Kristjan Jarvi, conductor

    Chad Hoopes, violin

    6:23
  • 12:44 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 5

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Slavonic Dances

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    3:19
  • 12:39 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 1

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    5:08
  • 12:35 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 1: Minuets

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Orchestral Suites BWV 1066-1069

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    3:28
  • 12:26 PM

    Symphony No. 4: Finale

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 4, Serenade for Strings

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    8:56
  • 12:24 PM

    March

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev : Works for violin & piano

    Gil Shaham, violin

    1:42
  • 12:09 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "Great": 4th movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphony No 9, Rosamunde Overture

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    15:33
  • 12:04 PM

    Marriage of Figaro: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Overtures - Eine kleine Nachtmusik

    Tafelmusik

    Bruno Weil, conductor

    4:45
  • 11:57 AM

    Espana

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Musique Francaise: La Marseillaise, Etc.

    Paris Orchestra

    Jean-Pierre Jacquillat, conductor

    6:40
  • 11:43 AM

    Leonore Overture No. 3

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphony No 7, Leonore Overture No 3

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    13:53
  • 11:40 AM

    Beautiful Rosemary (Schon Rosmarin)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Tango Song and Dance

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    2:15
  • 11:36 AM

    Symphony No. 101 "The Clock": Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 95, 97, 101

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    4:26
  • 11:24 AM

    Four Seasons: Autumn

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

    Orchestra of Flanders

    Rudolf Werthen, conductor

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    11:39
  • 11:15 AM

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

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Orchestral Favorites

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    8:55
  • 11:02 AM

    Sinfonia Concertante: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante K 364, Concertone K 190

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    Vladimir Spivakov, violin

    13:13
  • 10:55 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2: Rondo

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Concertos / Fischer, Goode, Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    Richard Goode, piano

    6:09
  • 10:48 AM

    Images for Orchestra: Iberia: On Highways and Byways

    Claude Debussy

    Iberia: Music of Rimsky-Korsakov, Debussy, Turina

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Eduardo Mata, conductor

    6:49
  • 10:40 AM

    Die Fledermaus: Overture

    Johann StraussJr.

    Viennafest

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    8:21
  • 10:29 AM

    Water Music Suite No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Water Music, Rodrigo

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    10:56
  • 10:20 AM

    String Quartet No. 63 "Sunrise": 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 76, Nos. 4 & 6

    Orlando Quartet

    8:39
  • 10:15 AM

    Dreams of Love No. 3 (Liebestraum)

    Franz Liszt

    Les Bis de Alexis Weissenberg

    Alexis Weissenberg, piano

    4:42
  • 10:06 AM

    Trumpet Concerto: 1st movement

    Johann Hummel

    Hummell: Mandolin Concerto, etc.

    London Mozart Players

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    Urban Agnas, trumpet

    9:16
  • 10:02 AM

    Masques and Bergamasques: Overture

    Gabriel Faure

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

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    3:39
  • 9:57 AM

    Star Wars: Princess Leia

    John Williams

    John Williams' Classic Film Scores Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Star Wars

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    5:06
  • 9:52 AM

    Eine kleine Nachtmusik: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart at the Movies

    Columbia Symphony Orchestra

    Bruno Walter, conductor

    4:36
  • 9:46 AM

    Serenade for Winds: Finale

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Serenades

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    6:16
  • 9:41 AM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 4: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Essential Bach

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Andras Schiff, conductor

    Andras Schiff, piano

    4:02
  • 9:32 AM

    Violin Concerto: Finale

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven, Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos

    Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    Viktoria Mullova, violin

    9:27
  • 9:24 AM

    Il barbiere di Siviglia (Barber of Seville): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jaime Laredo, conductor

    7:16
  • 9:19 AM

    Symphony No. 97: Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 96 & 97

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    5:10
  • 9:11 AM

    Dance of the Blessed Spirits

    Christoph Gluck

    Pachelbel Canon

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    Lisa Beznosiuk, flute

    7:36
  • 9:03 AM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Violin Concerto, Double Concerto

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    Vadim Repin, violin

    8:03
  • 8:56 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1: 2nd movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1; Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3

    RAI National Symphony Orchestra

    Juraj Valcuha, conductor

    Behzod Abduraimov, piano

    6:36
  • 8:52 AM

    Mother Goose (Ma mere l'oye): Laideronnette, Empress of the Pagodas

    Maurice Ravel

    French Impressions

    Northern Sinfonia of England

    Jean-Bernard Pommier, conductor

    3:48
  • 8:48 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
  • 8:46 AM

    Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Famous Bach Choruses

    English Baroque Soloists

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    2:31
  • 8:34 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Eroica": 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphony No. 3

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    11:40
  • 8:28 AM

    Colas Breugnon Overture

    Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Russian Overtures

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    5:30
  • 8:21 AM

    Sinfonia Concertante: 3rd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies 88-92, etc.

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    Toru Yasunaga, violin

    6:48
  • 8:14 AM

    Polonaise No. 6 "Heroic"

    Frederic Chopin

    The Complete Piano Works of Chopin, Vol 5: Polonaises & Impromptus

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    7:00
  • 8:07 AM

    Symphonie Fantastique: A Ball

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique; Liszt - Solti

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    6:23
  • 8:03 AM

    Memories of the Alhambra

    Francisco Tarrega

    Julian Bream: La Guitarra Romantica

    Julian Bream, guitar

    3:56
  • 7:58 AM

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

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Arias for Male Soprano

    Boston Baroque

    Martin Pearlman, conductor

    4:46
  • 7:54 AM

    Nabucco: Va, pensiero (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves)

    Giuseppe Verdi

    A Hymn for the World 2

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    4:52
  • 7:50 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3: Gavottes

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Greatest Hits: Trumpet

    Marlboro Festival Orchestra

    Pablo Casals, conductor

    3:34
  • 7:43 AM

    Symphony No. 5: 1st movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 5 and 8; Overture "Die Zauberharfe"

    Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    6:34
  • 7:39 AM

    Humoresque No. 7

    Antonin Dvorak

    Virtuoso

    Leonidas Kavakos, violin

    3:59
  • 7:27 AM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral": 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven Complete Symphonies

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Andris Nelsons, conductor

    12:19
  • 7:21 AM

    Asturias (Leyenda)

    Isaac Albeniz

    Guitare Festival

    Turibio Santos, guitar

    6:03
  • 7:14 AM

    Symphony No. 94 "Surprise": 2nd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 45 & 94; Horn Concerto No. 1

    London Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Warren-Green, conductor

    6:16
  • 7:09 AM

    Eugene Onegin: Polonaise

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Sibelius: Pelleas et Melisande, Valse Triste, Rakastava

    Edmonton Symphony Orchestra

    Uri Mayer, conductor

    4:44
  • 7:01 AM

    Symphony No. 40: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    The Key to Classics: Mozart

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    7:49
  • 6:58 AM

    Hungarian Dance No. 5

    Johannes Brahms

    With Love from Vienna

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    2:48
  • 6:43 AM

    Capriccio Espagnol

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Kabalevsky: The Comedians - Suite; Rimsky-Korsakov: Cappricio Espagnol; Glinka: Ruslan & Ludmilla Overture; Borodin: In the Steppes of Central Asia; Mussorgsky: A Night on the Bare Mountain; Prokofiev: The Love for Three Oranges

    Bavarian State Orchestra

    Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor

    15:39
  • 6:29 AM

    Tales from the Vienna Woods

    Johann StraussJr.

    Mad About the Waltz

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    13:13
  • 6:14 AM

    Symphony No. 5: 3rd and 4th movements

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Symphonies

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    14:50
  • 6:10 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Violin Concertos, Gubaidulina: In Tempus Praesens

    Trondheim Soloists

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    3:36
  • 6:00 AM

    Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Images, Prelude, La Mer

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    10:11
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