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Ludwig van Beethoven: First movement from String Quartet in B-flat Major, Op. 18, No. 6 The Amadeus Quartet

Virgil Thomson: "Industrial Expansion in the Mississippi Valley" from "The River" The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra with conductor Sir Neville Marriner

Benjamin Britten: Bolero and Tarantella from "Soirees Musicales," Op. 9 The English Chamber Orchestra with conductor Sir Alexander Gibson

Max Bruch: Scherzo from Septet The Bronx Arts Ensemble

Johann Sebastian Bach: First movement from Concerto for Four Pianos and Strings in A Minor Pianists Christoph Eschenbach, Justus Franz, Gerhard Oppitz and Helmut Schmidt and the strings of the Hamburg Philharmonic

Traditional: "Bugail Aberdyfi" Baritone Bryn Terfel

Johann Sebastian Bach: Allegro from Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Minor Violinist Ilya Gringolts

Valerie Coleman and a traditional spiritual arranged by Coleman: "Umoja/Ev'ry Time I Feel the Spirit" The Imani Winds

Louis Spohr: Scherzo from Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 102 The Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra of Kosice with conductor Alfred Walter