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  • 5:08 PM

    Symphony No. 36 "Linz": Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Symphonies 35 Haffner, 26 Linz, and 32

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor

    11:15
  • 5:03 PM

    Fantasia on Greensleeves

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Twentieth Century Classics

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    4:48
  • 4:49 PM

    Semiramide: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Favorite Overtures

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Thomas Schippers, conductor

    13:25
  • 4:47 PM

    The Love for Three Oranges: March

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Classic Marches

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    1:52
  • 4:43 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach, Brahms, Tchaikovsky: Violin Concertos

    Vienna Symphony Orchestra

    David Oistrakh, violin

    3:56
  • 4:37 PM

    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
  • 4:25 PM

    Symphony No. 5: 4th movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5

    West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    11:37
  • 4:22 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Nine Hungarian Dances; Dvorak

    North German Radio Symphony

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    2:49
  • 4:18 PM

    Symphony No. 94 "Surprise": Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 94 & 100, Sinfonia Concertante

    Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    3:54
  • 4:10 PM

    Finlandia

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Finlandia, Valse Triste; Grieg: Sigurd Jorsalfar

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    7:32
  • 4:02 PM

    Guitar Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Guitar Concertos

    Angel Romero, guitar

    8:30
  • 3:57 PM

    Impresario: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Serenades and Overtures

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    4:03
  • 3:45 PM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Andre Previn, conductor

    12:06
  • 3:42 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 2: 3rd movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

    CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra

    Peter Schreier, conductor

    2:37
  • 3:35 PM

    Fidelio Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven Symphony No.8 - Overtures

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    6:52
  • 3:26 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Violin Concerto

    New York Philharmonic

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Midori, violin

    9:42
  • 3:21 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 16: Andante

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Perchance To Dream: A Lullaby Album For Children And Adults

    Carol Rosenberger, piano

    4:37
  • 3:05 PM

    Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Orchestral Works

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    15:52
  • 2:54 PM

    Water Music Suite No. 3

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Water Music, Rodrigo

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    10:13
  • 2:46 PM

    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
  • 2:40 PM

    Rhapsody

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: 7 Fantasies, Op. 116, 4 Piano Pieces, Op. 119, Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 2

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    5:16
  • 2:31 PM

    Symphony No. 7: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 7

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    8:46
  • 2:25 PM

    Bartered Bride: Overture

    Bedrich Smetana

    Menuhin and Czech Music

    Brno State Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yehudi Menuhin, conductor

    6:32
  • 2:18 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto, Octet

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    James Ehnes, violin

    5:34
  • 2:08 PM

    Night on Bald Mountain

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    10:27
  • 2:03 PM

    Fantasy for a Gentleman: Canario

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    4:49
  • 1:55 PM

    Die Fledermaus: Overture

    Johann StraussJr.

    New Year's Concert 1988

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    8:11
  • 1:53 PM

    Waltz No. 6 "Minute"

    Frederic Chopin

    Beethoven: Sonatas; Chopin: Waltzes, Etc

    Ingrid Fliter, piano

    1:47
  • 1:50 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 5: Largo

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Essential Bach

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    Raymond Leppard, harpsichord

    2:54
  • 1:46 PM

    Marriage of Figaro: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 36 "Linzer" and 40

    Berlin Philharmonic

    4:11
  • 1:42 PM

    Hansel and Gretel: Evening Prayer

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Sacred Songs

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andreas Delfs, conductor

    Renee Fleming, soprano

    3:21
  • 1:39 PM

    Rodeo: Hoe-Down

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: Appalachian Spring, Rodeo, Billy The Kid, Fanfare For The Common Man

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    3:05
  • 1:22 PM

    Symphony No. 5: 3rd-4th movements

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphony No. 5, Wellington's Victory, Egmont

    Canadian Brass

    Georg Tintner, conductor

    16:40
  • 1:20 PM

    Beautiful Rosemary (Schon Rosmarin)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Tango Song and Dance

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    2:15
  • 1:08 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": 4th movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9, Carnival Overture

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    11:07
  • 1:02 PM

    Festive Overture

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Summon the Heroes

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    6:17
  • 12:46 PM

    Tannhauser: Overture

    Richard Wagner

    Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra: Wagner

    Philharmonia Zurich

    Fabio Luisi, conductor

    15:37
  • 12:43 PM

    Scenes from Childhood: Dreaming

    Robert Schumann

    Piano Classics: Popular Works for Solo Piano

    John O'Conor, piano

    2:31
  • 12:35 PM

    Symphony No. 38 "Prague": Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphony No. 38 "Prague"

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Frans Bruggen, conductor

    7:46
  • 12:24 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
  • 12:14 PM

    Salome: Dance of the Seven Veils

    Richard Strauss

    The Klemperer Legacy - Strauss: Don Juan, etc.

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Otto Klemperer, conductor

    8:59
  • 12:05 PM

    Symphony No. 5: Adagietto

    Gustav Mahler

    Mahler: Symphony No. 5

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    9:45
  • 11:59 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 5: 3rd movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Murray Perahia Plays Bach

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Murray Perahia, conductor

    Murray Perahia, piano

    5:20
  • 11:52 AM

    Images for Orchestra: Iberia: On Highways and Byways

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Orchestral Music

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    6:47
  • 11:48 AM

    Cosi fan tutte: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Late Romantics

    Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mario Bernardi, conductor

    4:41
  • 11:34 AM

    Symphony No. 7: 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Carlos Kleiber, conductor

    13:31
  • 11:23 AM

    Four Seasons: Autumn

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi - The Four Seasons

    Boston Baroque

    Martin Pearlman, conductor

    Christina Day Martinson, violin

    10:48
  • 11:16 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1, Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    Horacio Gutierrez, piano

    6:39
  • 11:08 AM

    Symphony No. 82 "The Bear": 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn Symphonies: No. 82 in C Major "The Bear"; No. 38 in C Major; No. 104 in D Major "London"

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Christof Perick, conductor

    7:44
  • 11:05 AM

    Ave Maria

    Charles Gounod

    Ceremonial Music for Trumpet & Symphonic Organ

    Rolf Smedvig, trumpet

    3:01
  • 10:55 AM

    Water Music Suite No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Water Music

    English Baroque Soloists

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    9:33
  • 10:50 AM

    Symphony No. 4 "Italian": Saltarello

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4, Hebrides Overture

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    5:25
  • 10:48 AM

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

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    The Menuhin Century [Luxury Edition]

    Yehudi Menuhin, violin

    1:10
  • 10:35 AM

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

    Antonin Dvorak

    Adagio

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    13:03
  • 10:29 AM

    Espana

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Heavy Classix

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    6:17
  • 10:23 AM

    Symphony No. 1: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 1; Beethoven: Egmont Overture

    Munich Philharmonic Orchestra

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    5:15
  • 10:16 AM

    Voices of Spring Waltz (Fruhlingsstimmen)

    Johann StraussJr.

    F. Schubert: Symphony No. 9

    SWR Baden-Baden and Freiburg Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Gielen, conductor

    7:15
  • 10:09 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 3: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Violin Concertos 3 & 5

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Peter Maag, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    6:48
  • 9:55 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Classical"

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Cinderella, etc.

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    14:05
  • 9:45 AM

    La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures (Complete), Vol. 1

    Prague Sinfonia Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    9:50
  • 9:30 AM

    Concerto for Two Violins

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Julia Fischer, violin

    14:39
  • 9:25 AM

    Thais: Meditation

    Jules Massenet

    The Sounds Of Remembered Dreams

    Susan Jolles, harp

    4:25
  • 9:19 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 8 "Pathetique": 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Mad About Piano

    Emil Gilels, piano

    5:46
  • 9:15 AM

    Symphony No. 88: Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies 88, 89 & 92

    La Petite Bande

    Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor

    3:56
  • 9:03 AM

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

    Bedrich Smetana

    Smetana: Ma Vlast

    Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra

    Zdenek Macal, conductor

    11:44
  • 8:57 AM

    Tannhauser: Pilgrims' Chorus

    Richard Wagner

    German Opera Choruses

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Silvio Varviso, conductor

    6:19
  • 8:49 AM

    Lucio Silla: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Overtures

    Concentus Musicus Vienna

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    7:41
  • 8:45 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach and Part

    Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

    Arabella Steinbacher, violin

    3:40
  • 8:38 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1: 2nd movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Great Pianists Of The 20th Century: Van Cliburn

    RCA Symphony Orchestra

    Kirill Kondrashin, conductor

    Van Cliburn, piano

    7:04
  • 8:28 AM

    Trumpet Concerto: 1st movement

    Johann Hummel

    Haydn, Hummel: Trumpet Concertos

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    Niklas Eklund, trumpet

    9:34
  • 8:25 AM

    Enigma Variations: Nimrod

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Pomp & Circumstance Marches, Enigma Variations

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    3:12
  • 8:19 AM

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

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: String Quartets Opp. 96 & 105

    Chilingirian Quartet

    5:35
  • 8:15 AM

    Xerxes: Largo

    George Frideric Handel

    Ombra Mai Fu; Pachelbel: Canon

    I Solisti Italiani

    3:32
  • 8:07 AM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Violin Concerto

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    8:29
  • 7:57 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 4: Rondo

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 4, Triple Concerto

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    Michael Roll, piano

    9:24
  • 7:48 AM

    Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave)

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto, Symphony No. 4

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    9:02
  • 7:40 AM

    The Planets: Jupiter

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: The Planets

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    7:53
  • 7:28 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

    Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

    11:27
  • 7:21 AM

    Danse Macabre

    Camille Saint-Saens

    The Sorcerer's Apprentice: French Symphonic Poems

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    7:00
  • 7:16 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Spring": 3rd movement

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Symphonies 1 & 2

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    5:53
  • 7:10 AM

    Dreams of Love No. 3 (Liebestraum)

    Franz Liszt

    Les Bis de Alexis Weissenberg

    Alexis Weissenberg, piano

    4:42
  • 7:01 AM

    Four Seasons: Summer

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Il Cimento Dell'Armonia e Dell'Inventione

    Europa Galante

    Fabio Biondi, conductor

    Fabio Biondi, violin

    9:15
  • 6:50 AM

    Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

    Claude Debussy

    Stravinsky: Petrushka and Firebird Suites

    Symphony Orchestra

    Leopold Stokowski, conductor

    Julius Baker, flute

    11:19
  • 6:43 AM

    Magic Flute: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Die Zauberflote

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    6:31
  • 6:37 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Eroica": 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: 9 Symphonies

    Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    5:32
  • 6:33 AM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 4: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Essential Bach

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Andras Schiff, conductor

    Andras Schiff, piano

    4:02
  • 6:29 AM

    Cello Concerto No. 2: 3rd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Cello Concertos In C Major & D Major

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jose-Luis Garcia, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    4:23
  • 6:19 AM

    Carnival Overture

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Overtures

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    9:53
  • 6:08 AM

    Academic Festival Overture

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 3, Academic Festival Overture

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    10:33
  • 6:00 AM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique": 2nd movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky/Dvorak/Honeck/PSO

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Manfred Honeck, conductor

    7:53
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