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  • 11:02 AM

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

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: 9 Symphonien

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Rafael Kubelik, conductor

    13:03
  • 10:58 AM

    Turkish Rondo

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Complete Mozart Edition, Vol. 17: Piano Sonatas

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    3:31
  • 10:47 AM

    Four Seasons: Autumn

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Isaac Stern - A Life in Music - Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Double Concertos

    Jerusalem Music Centre Chamber Orchestra

    Isaac Stern, conductor

    Isaac Stern, violin

    11:20
  • 10:44 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Afro-American": Animato

    William Grant Still

    African Heritage Symphonic Series, Vol. 1

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    3:19
  • 10:40 AM

    The Three-Cornered Hat: Neighbor's Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Muti | Philadelphia Orchestra | de Falla, Ravel, Chabrier

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    3:11
  • 10:30 AM

    Symphony No. 7: 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Bernstein: Reaching For The Note

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    9:43
  • 10:23 AM

    Samson and Delilah: Bacchanale

    Camille Saint-Saens

    French Opera Highlights

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    7:32
  • 10:21 AM

    Fantasy for a Gentleman: Dance

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Louis Fremaux, conductor

    John Williams, guitar

    2:00
  • 10:10 AM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 5

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach

    The King's Violins

    Bernard Labadie, conductor

    Alexandre Tharaud, piano

    9:44
  • 10:01 AM

    An Outdoor Overture

    Aaron Copland

    Copland

    Utah Symphony Orchestra

    Maurice Abravanel, conductor

    9:19
  • 9:53 AM

    String Quartet No. 2: Nocturne

    Alexander Borodin

    Pops a la Russe

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    7:43
  • 9:47 AM

    Don Giovanni: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Overtures

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    5:47
  • 9:43 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Scottish": 2nd movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Symphonies 3 & 4

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    4:18
  • 9:39 AM

    Waltz No. 8

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 3; Ballade No. 4; Waltzes, Mazurkas, Barcarolle

    Ingrid Fliter, piano

    3:16
  • 9:30 AM

    Scottish Fantasy: Finale

    Max Bruch

    Jean Sibelius: Concerto for Violin in D minor, Op. 47, Max Bruch: Scottish Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 46

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Midori, violin

    9:39
  • 9:23 AM

    Swan Lake: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky Nutcracker & Swan Lake Suite

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    6:58
  • 9:12 AM

    Toccata and Fugue

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Stokowski Transcriptions

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor

    9:39
  • 9:01 AM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral": 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Summer Adagio

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    11:26
  • 8:53 AM

    Prague Waltzes

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Legends, Prague Waltzes

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    7:35
  • 8:45 AM

    Four Seasons: Winter

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    Joseph Silverstein, violin

    8:35
  • 8:38 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Spring": 3rd movement

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Symphonies 1 & 2

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    5:53
  • 8:34 AM

    Candide: Overture

    Leonard Bernstein

    Bernstein: Reaching For The Note

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    4:30
  • 8:20 AM

    Symphony No. 2: 3rd movement

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 / Vocalise

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    13:27
  • 8:12 AM

    Piano Quintet "Trout": Theme and Variations

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Quintet, Op. 114 "The Trout"

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    7:43
  • 8:06 AM

    Symphony No. 100 "Military": 2nd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: The London Symphonies, Vol. II

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    6:10
  • 8:02 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 4: Minuets

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: 4 Ouverturen-Suites, Ouverture Bwv 1070

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    3:41
  • 7:52 AM

    Academic Festival Overture

    Johannes Brahms

    Bernstein Century - Brahms: Symphony no 4, Overtures

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    10:11
  • 7:49 AM

    Porgy and Bess: Summertime

    George Gershwin

    The Essential Leontyne Price

    RCA Symphony Orchestra

    Skitch Henderson, conductor

    Leontyne Price, soprano

    2:28
  • 7:43 AM

    Eine kleine Nachtmusik: Romance

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Everybody's Mozart

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    6:10
  • 7:40 AM

    Liebesfreud (Love's Joy)

    Fritz Kreisler

    The Art Of Itzhak Perlman

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    3:08
  • 7:30 AM

    Symphony No. 5: 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven Symphonies

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    9:07
  • 7:23 AM

    Adagio

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Sharon Isbin Plays Baroque Favorites for Guitar

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    7:44
  • 7:10 AM

    Semiramide: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    11:53
  • 7:00 AM

    Serenade for Strings: 1st movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Favourite Serenades for Orchestra

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    9:48
  • 6:57 AM

    Scenes from Childhood: Dreaming

    Robert Schumann

    50 Best Relaxing Piano

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    3:16
  • 6:52 AM

    Hungarian March

    Hector Berlioz

    Pomp & Pizazz

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    5:02
  • 6:49 AM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 5: Largo

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Air: The Bach Album

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Steven Mercurio, conductor

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    3:18
  • 6:45 AM

    Abduction from the Seraglio: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Entfuhrung Harmoniemusik

    Amadeus Winds

    Bastiaan Blomhert, conductor

    3:54
  • 6:41 AM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 3: Italiana

    Ottorino Respighi

    Meditations at Sunset

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    3:18
  • 6:31 AM

    Scheherazade: The Young Prince and the Young Princess

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Mad About Love

    Orchestre de la Bastille

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    9:42
  • 6:22 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
  • 6:19 AM

    Gymnopedie No. 2

    Erik Satie

    Melancolie

    Miki Aoki, piano

    3:15
  • 6:07 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
  • 6:01 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
  • 5:54 AM

    Images for Orchestra: Iberia: On Highways and Byways

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Images, etc.

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    7:11
  • 5:43 AM

    Kaiser-Walzer (Emperor Waltz)

    Johann StraussJr.

    Handel, Mozart, Brahms, Strauss

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Otto Klemperer, conductor

    10:49
  • 5:40 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2: 3rd movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach and Part

    Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

    Arabella Steinbacher, violin

    2:40
  • 5:26 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 16

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Complete Mozart Edition, Vol. 17: Piano Sonatas

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    13:37
  • 5:22 AM

    El Amor Brujo: Ritual Fire Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Greatest Hits: The Ballet, Vol I

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    4:10
  • 5:12 AM

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

    Richard Wagner

    Music of Wagner

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    9:45
  • 5:00 AM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral": 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    BEETHOVEN, L. van: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 6

    Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia

    Bela Drahos, conductor

    12:05