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  • 3:26 PM

    Four Seasons: Spring

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

    La Serenissima

    Adrian Chandler, conductor

    Adrian Chandler, violin

    9:26
  • 3:22 PM

    Trumpet Concerto: 3rd movement

    Johann Hummel

    Haydn, Hummel: Trumpet Concertos

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    Niklas Eklund, trumpet

    3:51
  • 3:15 PM

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

    Maurice Ravel

    Adagio

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    7:07
  • 3:06 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Spring": Finale

    Robert Schumann

    Anthology Of The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    8:37
  • 2:56 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 4: Rondo

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The 5 Piano Concertos

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    9:57
  • 2:46 PM

    Kaiser-Walzer (Emperor Waltz)

    Johann StraussJr.

    Vienna Philharmonic New Year's Day Concert 1991

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    10:38
  • 2:41 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 3: 2nd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Horn Concertos and Concert Rondo

    London Sinfonietta

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Richard Watkins, horn

    4:12
  • 2:35 PM

    Aida: Triumphal March

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Leonard Bernstein: The Encore Collection Vol. 2

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    6:32
  • 2:30 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    4:24
  • 2:20 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 1: Overture

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Orchestal Suites

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    10:24
  • 2:12 PM

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

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 6 & 82

    Handel and Haydn Society

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    8:00
  • 2:07 PM

    Liebesleid (Love's Sorrow)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Salut d'Amour

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    3:51
  • 2:04 PM

    Lohengrin: Prelude to Act III

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Overtures and Preludes

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    2:43
  • 1:58 PM

    Magic Flute: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Overtures

    Norwegian National Opera Orchestra

    Rinaldo Alessandrini, conductor

    6:29
  • 1:53 PM

    Canon and Gigue

    Johann Pachelbel

    A Baroque Festival

    Taverner Players

    Andrew Parrott, conductor

    5:00
  • 1:41 PM

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

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: The Symphonies

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Istvan Kertesz, conductor

    11:16
  • 1:35 PM

    Suite Bergamasque: Clair de lune (Moonlight)

    Claude Debussy

    Motherland

    Khatia Buniatishvili, piano

    5:34
  • 1:29 PM

    Symphonie Fantastique: A Ball

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique; Varese: Ionisation

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    6:26
  • 1:25 PM

    Octet: Scherzo

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Haydn Violin Concertos, Mendelssohn Octet

    Sejong Soloists

    Gil Shaham, violin

    4:06
  • 1:18 PM

    Symphony No. 7: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Mad About Beethoven

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    6:24
  • 1:10 PM

    Music for the Royal Fireworks: Overture

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Music For The Royal Fireworks

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    7:42
  • 1:03 PM

    Flute and Harp Concerto: 2nd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mad About Mozart

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Susan Palma, flute

    7:41
  • 1:01 PM

    Waltz No. 6 "Minute"

    Frederic Chopin

    The Chopin I Love

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    1:47
  • 12:52 PM

    The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture

    Otto Nicolai

    Great Comedy Overtures

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Lance Friedel, conductor

    8:19
  • 12:43 PM

    Night on Bald Mountain

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Mussorgsky, Stokowski: Pictures at an Exhibition

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Oliver Knussen, conductor

    9:02
  • 12:33 PM

    Academic Festival Overture

    Johannes Brahms

    Bernstein Century - Brahms: Symphony no 4, Overtures

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    10:11
  • 12:25 PM

    Symphony No. 5: 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    100 Best Classics

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    7:15
  • 12:22 PM

    Scenes from Childhood: Dreaming

    Robert Schumann

    Lise de la Salle plays Schumann

    Lise de la Salle, piano

    2:47
  • 12:14 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 1: 4th movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Six Concertos for the Margrave of Brandenburg

    European Brandenburg Ensemble

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    7:32
  • 12:03 PM

    Rienzi: Overture

    Richard Wagner

    German Overtures

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    11:38
  • 11:55 AM

    Grand Canyon Suite: On the Trail

    Ferde Grofe

    The American Album

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    8:00
  • 11:47 AM

    Ave Maria

    Franz Biebl

    Our Heart's Joy: A Chanticleer Christmas

    Chanticleer

    7:31
  • 11:43 AM

    Mlada: Procession of the Nobles

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Orchestral Spectaculars

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    4:30
  • 11:31 AM

    Cello Concerto No. 1: 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn, Vivaldi: Cello Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Lynn Harrell, cello

    11:22
  • 11:26 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 12: 2nd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart 250 - A Celebration

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    4:34
  • 11:22 AM

    Holberg Suite: Rigaudon

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Holberg Suite, Dvorak and Elgar: String Serenades

    Rotterdam Chamber Orchestra

    Conrad van Alphen, conductor

    4:19
  • 11:19 AM

    Fanfare for the Common Man

    Aaron Copland

    Essential Aaron Copland: 12 Greatest Hits

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    2:41
  • 11:10 AM

    Symphony No. 4: Finale

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky Symphonies

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    9:03
  • 11:06 AM

    Music for the Royal Fireworks: La Rejouissance

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Water Music, Royal Fireworks

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    3:05
  • 11:02 AM

    Symphonie Fantastique: March to the Scaffold

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yehudi Menuhin, conductor

    4:37
  • 10:58 AM

    Liebesfreud (Love's Joy)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Albeniz, Brahms, Dvorak, Elgar, Falla, Kreisler

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    3:29
  • 10:56 AM

    Minuet

    Luigi Boccherini

    Stokowski Transcriptions

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor

    2:28
  • 10:43 AM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral": 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The 9 Symphonies

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    13:00
  • 10:39 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3: Gavottes

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Orchestral Suites

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    3:28
  • 10:33 AM

    Symphony No. 4: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Four Symphonies

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    6:09
  • 10:26 AM

    Asturias (Leyenda)

    Isaac Albeniz

    Reflections of Spain: Spanish Favorites for Guitar

    David Russell, guitar

    6:18
  • 10:21 AM

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

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Quartet No. 14, No. 12 American

    Cleveland Quartet

    5:05
  • 10:12 AM

    Symphony No. 40: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart 250 - A Celebration

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    8:13
  • 10:03 AM

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

    Johann StraussJr.

    Strauss: Gala I

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    9:22
  • 10:00 AM

    Carmen: Intermezzo

    Georges Bizet

    Jewels of the Classics

    Philharmonia Virtuosi

    Richard Kapp, conductor

    2:40
  • 9:52 AM

    Egmont Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 "Eroica"

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    7:59
  • 9:46 AM

    Symphony No. 100 "Military": Minuet

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 99 & 100

    London Classical Players

    Roger Norrington, conductor

    5:51
  • 9:40 AM

    L'Isle joyeuse (Joyous Isle)

    Claude Debussy

    A Debussy Collection

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    5:51
  • 9:34 AM

    Concerto for Two Violins: 2nd movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Air: The Bach Album

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Steven Mercurio, conductor

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    6:16
  • 9:24 AM

    Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia

    Aram Khachaturian

    Barber: Adagio, Sibelius: Valse Triste

    Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    9:49
  • 9:17 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish": 3rd movement

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Symphonies 2 and 3

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Franz Welser-Most, conductor

    6:02
  • 9:12 AM

    Abduction from the Seraglio: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Overtures

    Norwegian National Opera Orchestra

    Rinaldo Alessandrini, conductor

    5:23
  • 9:03 AM

    Violin Concerto: Finale

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Essential Beethoven

    New Philharmonia Orchestra

    Alceo Galliera, conductor

    Arthur Grumiaux, violin

    9:01
  • 8:54 AM

    Der Rosenkavalier: Waltzes

    Richard Strauss

    Fritz Reiner conducts Richard Strauss

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    8:38
  • 8:45 AM

    Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens: Symphony No 3 "Organ"

    Kansas City Symphony

    Michael Stern, conductor

    Noah Geller, violin

    9:27
  • 8:40 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 2: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenberg Concertos

    La Stravaganza

    Siegbert Rampe, conductor

    4:30
  • 8:36 AM

    El Amor Brujo: Ritual Fire Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Twentieth Century Classics

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    3:40
  • 8:25 AM

    Symphony No. 2: 3rd movement

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff/Tchaikovsky

    Russian Federal Orchestra

    Vakhtang Jordania, conductor

    11:24
  • 8:19 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 16: Andante

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Perchance To Dream: A Lullaby Album For Children And Adults

    Carol Rosenberger, piano

    4:37
  • 8:15 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Scottish": 2nd movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Woody Allen Classics

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    4:28
  • 8:04 AM

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

    Richard Wagner

    Klemperer Conducts Wagner: Album II

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Otto Klemperer, conductor

    11:01
  • 7:56 AM

    Four Seasons: Winter

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

    Raglan Baroque Players

    Nicholas Kraemer, conductor

    Monica Huggett, violin

    7:58
  • 7:45 AM

    Consecration of the House: Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Complete Beethoven Edition Vol. 3: Music For The Stage

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Bernhard Klee, conductor

    10:48
  • 7:38 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
  • 7:31 AM

    String Quartet No. 62 "Emperor": 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: 6 String Quartets Op. 76

    Tatrai Quartet

    6:40
  • 7:22 AM

    Toccata and Fugue

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Great Organ Works

    Virgil Fox, organ

    8:44
  • 7:18 AM

    Rodeo: Hoe-Down

    Aaron Copland

    He Got Game - The Music Of Aaron Copland (Motion Picture Soundtrack)

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Aaron Copland, conductor

    3:29
  • 7:02 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 4

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Barry Tuckwell, conductor

    Barry Tuckwell, horn

    16:34
  • 6:58 AM

    Humoresque No. 7

    Antonin Dvorak

    Virtuoso

    Leonidas Kavakos, violin

    3:59
  • 6:49 AM

    Dance of the Blessed Spirits

    Christoph Gluck

    Greatest Hits Of 1790

    Philharmonia Virtuosi

    Richard Kapp, conductor

    Hubert Laws, flute

    8:27
  • 6:43 AM

    Nocturnes: Fetes (Festivals)

    Claude Debussy

    Classics at the Pops

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    6:22
  • 6:29 AM

    Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished": 2nd movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonies 5 & 8

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Georg Solti, conductor

    13:42
  • 6:26 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 1: Gavottes

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Orchestral Suites

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Richard Egarr, conductor

    2:45
  • 6:22 AM

    Symphony No. 85 "The Queen": Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Parisiennes Nos. 83, 84, 85

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    3:21
  • 6:17 AM

    Rhapsody

    Johannes Brahms

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

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    5:16
  • 6:12 AM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral": 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 6 "Pastoral"

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    4:58
  • 6:02 AM

    Scheherazade: The Young Prince and the Young Princess

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    CBS Masterworks Dinner Classics: Dinner for Two

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    10:05
  • 5:58 AM

    The Firebird (L'oiseau de feu): Finale

    Igor Stravinsky

    Stravinsky: The Firebird; Scriabin: Prometheus / Gergiev

    Kirov Orchestra

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    3:34
  • 5:48 AM

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

    Johann StraussJr.

    100 Best Classics

    Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    9:38
  • 5:43 AM

    The Valkyrie: Ride of the Valkyries

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Orchestral Works

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Klaus Tennstedt, conductor

    5:08
  • 5:38 AM

    Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter": 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies 40 & 41

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Georg Solti, conductor

    5:22
  • 5:33 AM

    Nocturne No. 2

    Frederic Chopin

    Yundi Li: Chopin

    Yundi Li, piano

    4:21
  • 5:28 AM

    Concerto for Oboe and Violin: Adagio

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    The Ground Beneath Our Feet

    The Knights

    Johnny Gandelsman, violin

    4:31
  • 5:23 AM

    Serenade

    Roman Hoffstetter

    Promenade Concert

    I Solisti Italiani

    5:29
  • 5:17 AM

    String Quartet: 4th movement

    Maurice Ravel

    Debussy and Ravel: String Quartets

    Emerson String Quartet

    5:14
  • 5:11 AM

    Eugene Onegin: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5; March Slav

    Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    5:49
  • 5:00 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Spring": 1st movement

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: The Symphonies

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    11:36
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