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  • 6:02 PM

    Symphony No. 4: Finale

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    The Tchaikovsky Project

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    9:10
  • 5:54 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
  • 5:47 PM

    Magic Flute: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Everybody's Mozart

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    7:02
  • 5:44 PM

    Humoresque No. 7

    Antonin Dvorak

    The Romantic Violinist: A Celebration Of Joseph Joachim

    Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    Daniel Hope, violin

    2:58
  • 5:38 PM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Nocturne

    Felix Mendelssohn

    The Four Seasons: A Musical Calendar Of Favorite Classics

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Rafael Kubelik, conductor

    5:33
  • 5:35 PM

    The Prince of Denmark's March

    Jeremiah Clarke

    Ceremonial Music for Trumpet & Symphonic Organ

    Rolf Smedvig, trumpet

    2:58
  • 5:26 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 2nd movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphony No. 2, etc.

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    8:47
  • 5:23 PM

    Scenes from Childhood: Dreaming

    Robert Schumann

    Homage to Schumann

    Eric Himy, piano

    2:50
  • 5:08 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "Choral": 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphony No. 9

    Bach Collegium Japan

    Masaaki Suzuki, conductor

    14:07
  • 5:04 PM

    Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo

    Pietro Mascagni

    Intermezzo

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:07
  • 5:01 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Afro-American": Animato

    William Grant Still

    African Heritage Symphonic Series, Vol. 1

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    3:19
  • 4:54 PM

    Asturias (Leyenda)

    Isaac Albeniz

    Albeniz, Turina

    Manuel Barrueco, guitar

    6:42
  • 4:49 PM

    Symphony No. 104 "London": Minuet

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos 101 The Clock and 104 London

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    4:39
  • 4:45 PM

    Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Greatest Hits: The Piano, Vol. 1

    Leon Fleisher, piano

    3:28
  • 4:37 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 2, Tragic Overture

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    8:42
  • 4:31 PM

    Rondo

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Violin Concertos 3 & 5

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Peter Maag, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    5:42
  • 4:25 PM

    Symphony No. 5: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Minnesota Orchestra At One Hundred

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    5:42
  • 4:21 PM

    Peer Gynt: Anitra's Dance

    Edvard Grieg

    Peer Gynt

    San Francisco Symphony

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    3:34
  • 4:08 PM

    Symphony No. 7: 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    13:31
  • 4:00 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 4

    Antonin Dvorak

    Sabre Dance

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Sergiu Comissiona, conductor

    7:05
  • 3:57 PM

    Liebesleid (Love's Sorrow)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Con Amore

    Kyung Wha Chung, violin

    3:28
  • 3:49 PM

    Kunstler-Leben Walzer (Artist's Life)

    Johann StraussJr.

    Strauss: Gala IV

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    8:19
  • 3:44 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 1: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach: 6 Brandenburg Concertos

    Oregon Bach Festival Chamber Orchestra

    Helmuth Rilling, conductor

    4:18
  • 3:38 PM

    Thais: Meditation

    Jules Massenet

    Adagio

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    Michel Schwalbe, violin

    6:04
  • 3:27 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Spring": 1st movement

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Symphonies 1 & 4

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    11:13
  • 3:16 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 16: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos Nr. 16, Kv 451 And Nr. 19, Kv 459

    Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Christian Zacharias, piano

    9:32
  • 3:08 PM

    Symphony No. 5: 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Symphonies

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    8:24
  • 3:05 PM

    Ave Maria

    Charles Gounod

    A Victoria Christmas

    Christopher Parkening, guitar

    2:37
  • 2:56 PM

    Four Seasons: Winter

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi - The Four Seasons

    Amsterdam Guitar Trio

    9:02
  • 2:53 PM

    Morning Song

    Edward Elgar

    Vaughan Williams; Elgar

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    3:21
  • 2:46 PM

    String Quartet: 2nd movement

    Maurice Ravel

    Debussy, Ravel, Dutilleux: Quartets

    Juilliard String Quartet

    6:32
  • 2:44 PM

    Beau Soir (Beautiful Evening)

    Claude Debussy

    Beau Soir

    Janine Jansen, violin

    2:12
  • 2:36 PM

    Symphony No. 5: 4th movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonies 5 & 8

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    7:38
  • 2:26 PM

    Prince Igor: Overture

    Alexander Borodin

    Russian Overtures

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    10:08
  • 2:14 PM

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

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 From the New World

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    11:01
  • 2:10 PM

    Molly on the Shore

    Percy Grainger

    Lincolnshire Posy

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    4:08
  • 2:05 PM

    Symphony No. 100 "Military": Minuet

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: The London Symphonies, Vol. II

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    5:05
  • 2:00 PM

    Cosi fan tutte: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Overtures

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    4:50
  • 1:51 PM

    Symphony No. 7: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The 9 Symphonies

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    8:56
  • 1:48 PM

    Swan Lake: Theme

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Karajan Forever: The Greatest Classical Hits

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    2:44
  • 1:37 PM

    Benvenuto Cellini: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: La Marseillaise, Etc

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    10:55
  • 1:30 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius, Goldmark: Violin Concertos

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    7:20
  • 1:19 PM

    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
  • 1:09 PM

    Dance of the Hours

    Amilcare Ponchielli

    Intermezzo

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    10:41
  • 12:59 PM

    Carmen Suite No. 1

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: Carmen, L'Arlesienne, etc.

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    9:34
  • 12:56 PM

    Madame Butterfly: Humming Chorus

    Giacomo Puccini

    The #1 Opera Album

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    2:57
  • 12:48 PM

    Romance No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Simply Anne-Sophie

    New York Philharmonic

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    8:20
  • 12:36 PM

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

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos 9 & 23

    Northern Sinfonia

    Thomas Zehetmair, conductor

    Imogen Cooper, piano

    10:58
  • 12:27 PM

    Carnival Overture

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 3

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    9:22
  • 12:21 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Spring": 3rd movement

    Robert Schumann

    Robert Schumann Symphonies 1-4

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    5:36
  • 12:11 PM

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

    Johann StraussJr.

    The Key to Classics: J. Strauss

    Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    9:38
  • 12:07 PM

    Symphony No. 88: Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies 88, 89 & 92

    La Petite Bande

    Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor

    3:56
  • 11:52 AM

    Russian Easter Festival Overture

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Tchaikovsky: Marche Slav; Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Overture

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    14:42
  • 11:44 AM

    The Planets: Jupiter

    Gustav Holst

    Dallas Space Spectacular

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    7:50
  • 11:39 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 3: 3rd movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Concerts Brandebourgeois Nos. 1, 3, 4

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    4:45
  • 11:35 AM

    Candide: Overture

    Leonard Bernstein

    World Encores

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    4:24
  • 11:28 AM

    Symphonie Fantastique: March to the Scaffold

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    6:52
  • 11:16 AM

    "Twinkle, Twinkle" Variations (Ah, vous dirais-je, Maman)

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Sonatas and Variations

    Fazil Say, piano

    11:42
  • 11:05 AM

    Four Seasons: Spring

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Four SeasonsĀ 

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Viktoria Mullova, violin

    10:22
  • 10:57 AM

    String Quartet No. 2: Nocturne

    Alexander Borodin

    From Mozart to Ravel

    Blair String Quartet

    8:33
  • 10:43 AM

    Swedish Rhapsody No. 1 "Midsummer Vigil"

    Hugo Alfven

    Alfven: Symphony No. 2, etc

    Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    13:43
  • 10:37 AM

    Suite Bergamasque: Clair de lune (Moonlight)

    Claude Debussy

    Best Film Classics 100

    Moura Lympany, piano

    4:56
  • 10:31 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
  • 10:22 AM

    The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture

    Otto Nicolai

    The Kiss: Music for Love and Passion

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    George Randolph Warren, conductor

    8:47
  • 10:11 AM

    The Sorcerer's Apprentice

    Paul Dukas

    Light Classics

    NBC Symphony Orchestra

    Arturo Toscanini, conductor

    10:11
  • 10:03 AM

    Symphony No. 5: 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The 9 Symphonies

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    8:13
  • 9:47 AM

    Mother Goose (Ma mere l'oye): Suite

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    15:41
  • 9:37 AM

    Cello Concerto No. 1: 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Cello Concertos In C Major & D Major

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jose Luis Garcia, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    9:03
  • 9:34 AM

    Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba

    George Frideric Handel

    Mad About Baroque

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    2:57
  • 9:22 AM

    Symphony No. 5: 4th movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky Symphonies

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    12:22
  • 9:17 AM

    Dreams of Love No. 3 (Liebestraum)

    Franz Liszt

    The Kiss: Music for Love and Passion

    Jorg Demus, piano

    4:42
  • 9:08 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Spring": Finale

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: The Symphonies

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    8:45
  • 9:04 AM

    Procession of the Sardar

    Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov

    Fiedler's Greatest Hits

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    3:44
  • 8:57 AM

    Fidelio Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Overtures

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Daniel Harding, conductor

    7:11
  • 8:54 AM

    Magic Flute: Der Holle Rache (Queen of the Night Aria)

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Heroines

    Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

    Louis Langree, conductor

    Natalie Dessay, soprano

    2:55
  • 8:48 AM

    Danse Macabre

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Camille Saint-Saens: Organ Symphony; Tone Poems

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    6:16
  • 8:40 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach and Part

    Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

    Arabella Steinbacher, violin

    7:40
  • 8:37 AM

    Waltz No. 6 "Minute"

    Frederic Chopin

    The Chopin Album

    Lang Lang, piano

    2:10
  • 8:31 AM

    Symphonie Fantastique: A Ball

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    6:29
  • 8:25 AM

    Ruslan and Ludmila: Overture

    Mikhail Glinka

    The London Horn Sound

    London Horns

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    5:31
  • 8:20 AM

    Symphony No. 101 "The Clock": Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 95, 97, 101

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    4:26
  • 8:11 AM

    Kaiser-Walzer (Emperor Waltz)

    Johann StraussJr.

    Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Plays Strauss 1929 - 1990

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Wilhelm Furtwangler, conductor

    9:27
  • 8:03 AM

    Symphony No. 7: 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonien 1-9

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    8:29
  • 7:55 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan": Andante

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 10 & 21

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    7:02
  • 7:52 AM

    Minuet

    Luigi Boccherini

    The Fantastic Stokowski

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:11
  • 7:40 AM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn Overtures

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Claus Peter Flor, conductor

    12:30
  • 7:35 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    4:02
  • 7:29 AM

    Polonaise for Violin and Strings

    Franz Schubert

    Beethoven, Dvorak, Schubert

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    5:59
  • 7:20 AM

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

    Franz Joseph Haydn

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

    Orlando Quartet

    8:39
  • 7:14 AM

    Etude No. 3 "Un Sospiro" (A Sigh)

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: Piano Sonata & 3 Concert Studies

    Louis Lortie, piano

    6:07
  • 7:10 AM

    String Quartet No. 12 "American": 3rd movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Smetana: Dvorak Quartets

    Endellion String Quartet

    3:42
  • 7:02 AM

    Der Rosenkavalier: Waltz Sequence No. 2

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Macbeth, etc.

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    8:25
  • 6:58 AM

    Simple Gifts

    Aaron Copland

    The Four Seasons: A Musical Calendar Of Favorite Classics

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    3:22
  • 6:54 AM

    Schindler's List: Theme

    John Williams

    Escape To Paradise: The Hollywood Album

    Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Alexander Shelley, conductor

    Daniel Hope, violin

    3:39
  • 6:45 AM

    Egmont Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Brahms: Symphony No. 1; Beethoven: Egmont Overture

    Munich Philharmonic Orchestra

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    9:07
  • 6:39 AM

    Clarinet Concerto: 2nd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Clarinet Concerto, Kegelstatt Trio

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Martin Frost, conductor

    Martin Frost, basset clarinet

    6:39
  • 6:27 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1: Rondo

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1, Fantaisie op. 49 etc.

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Emmanuel Krivine, conductor

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    10:55
  • 6:23 AM

    Concerto for Oboe and Violin: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    The Ground Beneath Our Feet

    The Knights

    Johnny Gandelsman, violin

    4:34
  • 6:18 AM

    Sleeping Beauty: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    4:35
  • 6:09 AM

    Night on Bald Mountain

    Modest Mussorgsky

    The Fantastic Stokowski

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    8:43
  • 6:00 AM

    Symphony No. 5: 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven Symphonies

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    9:07
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