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  • 1:59 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
  • 1:58 PM

    Abduction from the Seraglio: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart for Brass

    Empire Brass

    1:45
  • 1:48 PM

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

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Orchestral Works

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Klaus Tennstedt, conductor

    10:07
  • 1:42 PM

    Symphony No. 100 "Military": Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: 12 London Symphonies

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    4:59
  • 1:35 PM

    Images for Orchestra: Iberia: On Highways and Byways

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Orchestral Works

    Paris Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    7:38
  • 1:25 PM

    Scottish Fantasy: Finale

    Max Bruch

    Max Bruch: Concerto No. 2; Scottish Fantasy

    Montreal Symphony Orchestra

    Mario Bernardi, conductor

    James Ehnes, violin

    9:15
  • 1:19 PM

    Quintet for Piano and Winds: 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Mozart, Beethoven

    Murray Perahia, piano

    5:44
  • 1:09 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 2; Overtures

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    9:34
  • 1:05 PM

    Peer Gynt: Arabian Dance

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites 1 & 2, etc.

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    4:45
  • 1:01 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 1: Gavottes

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Orchestal Suites

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    3:29
  • 12:58 PM

    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
  • 12:52 PM

    Espana

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Symphonic Spectacular

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    6:20
  • 12:40 PM

    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
  • 12:35 PM

    Waltz No. 2 "Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Waltzes

    Richard Raymond, piano

    5:19
  • 12:26 PM

    Der Rosenkavalier: Waltz Sequence No. 2

    Richard Strauss

    Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavelier; Die Frau ohne Schatten; Burleske

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    8:44
  • 12:22 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 5

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Slavonic Dances

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    3:21
  • 12:14 PM

    Symphony No. 4: Finale

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    8:10
  • 12:11 PM

    Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba

    George Frideric Handel

    Pachelbel Canon and Other Favorites

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    3:05
  • 12:04 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    6:14
  • 11:54 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 4: Rondo

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The 5 Piano Concertos

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    9:57
  • 11:48 AM

    Magic Flute: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Overtures - Eine kleine Nachtmusik

    Tafelmusik

    Bruno Weil, conductor

    6:28
  • 11:41 AM

    Nocturnes: Fetes (Festivals)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Trois Nocturnes, Jeux

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    6:17
  • 11:34 AM

    Symphonie Fantastique: March to the Scaffold

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique

    Orchestra of La Francophonie

    Jean-Philippe Tremblay, conductor

    6:39
  • 11:31 AM

    Hungarian Dance No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: 21 Hungarian Dances

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    2:55
  • 11:24 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach, Vasks: Distant Light - Violin Concertos

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Renaud Capucon, conductor

    Renaud Capucon, violin

    7:05
  • 11:21 AM

    Gymnopedie No. 3

    Erik Satie

    The Magic of Satie

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    3:01
  • 11:09 AM

    Symphony No. 2: 3rd movement

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff/Tchaikovsky

    Russian Federal Orchestra

    Vakhtang Jordania, conductor

    11:24
  • 11:03 AM

    Voices of Spring Waltz (Fruhlingsstimmen)

    Johann StraussJr.

    Wienerwaltzer Paprika

    Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    6:06
  • 10:59 AM

    Dance of the Blessed Spirits

    Christoph Gluck

    Romance Of The Violin

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Michael Stern, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    3:53
  • 10:51 AM

    Finlandia

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Symphony No. 2, Finlandia

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    8:06
  • 10:43 AM

    Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter": 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    The Magic of Mozart

    Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra

    Leopold Hager, conductor

    8:18
  • 10:39 AM

    Songs My Mother Taught Me

    Antonin Dvorak

    Lullaby

    Julian Lloyd Webber, cello

    3:10
  • 10:24 AM

    Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks

    Richard Strauss

    The Klemperer Legacy - Strauss: Don Juan, etc.

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Otto Klemperer, conductor

    14:58
  • 10:16 AM

    Serenade for Strings: Finale

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Favourite Serenades for Orchestra

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    7:30
  • 10:14 AM

    Peer Gynt: In The Hall Of The Mountain King

    Edvard Grieg

    Chiller

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    2:31
  • 10:02 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Eroica": 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonie No. 3

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Frans Bruggen, conductor

    12:06
  • 9:51 AM

    Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: La Mer, etc.

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    10:14
  • 9:46 AM

    Cosi fan tutte: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: 11 Overtures

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Hans Vonk, conductor

    4:48
  • 9:32 AM

    Tannhauser: Overture

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Orchestral Favorites

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Georg Solti, conductor

    14:14
  • 9:26 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 6: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

    CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra

    Peter Schreier, conductor

    5:48
  • 9:24 AM

    The Love for Three Oranges: March

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg: Speaking in Strings

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin

    1:41
  • 9:07 AM

    Symphony No. 9 "Great": 4th movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 8 "Unfinished" & 9 "The Great"

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    16:22
  • 9:04 AM

    The Firebird (L'oiseau de feu): Finale

    Igor Stravinsky

    Stravinsky: L'ouiseau de feu, Le Sacre du printemps, Persephone

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    3:19
  • 9:01 AM

    Turandot: Nessun dorma

    Giacomo Puccini

    Carreras Domingo Pavarotti In Concert

    Orchestra of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Luciano Pavarotti, tenor

    2:59
  • 8:56 AM

    Funeral March of a Marionette

    Charles Gounod

    European Light Music Classics

    New London Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    4:20
  • 8:45 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Alessandro Marcello

    Albinoni, Cimarosa, Marcello, Sammartini, Lotti: Oboe Concertos

    I Musici

    Heinz Holliger, oboe

    11:35
  • 8:41 AM

    Berceuse

    Gabriel Faure

    The Faure Album

    Gil Shaham, violin

    3:34
  • 8:32 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 4: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart, Strauss: Horn Concertos

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Radovan Vlatkovic, horn

    8:16
  • 8:29 AM

    Fanfare for the Common Man

    Aaron Copland

    The Ultimate Copland Album

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    3:31
  • 8:18 AM

    Four Seasons: Summer

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    10:50
  • 8:06 AM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral": 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: 9 Symphonies

    Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    12:00
  • 7:52 AM

    Hungarian Rhapsody No. 9

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: Orchestral Favorites - Hungarian Fantasy

    Szeged Symphony Orchestra

    Tamas Pal, conductor

    12:48
  • 7:43 AM

    Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Greatest Hits: Violin

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    Zino Francescatti, violin

    9:16
  • 7:39 AM

    Symphony No. 88: Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn Symphonies 88, 90 & 92

    Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    3:57
  • 7:29 AM

    Water Music Suite No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Fireworks, Watermusic

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    9:34
  • 7:21 AM

    Symphony No. 2: 2nd movement

    Franz Schubert

    Franz Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Jonathan Nott, conductor

    8:29
  • 7:12 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan": Andante

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Makes You Smarter

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    Robert Casadesus, piano

    7:48
  • 7:04 AM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms and Joachim Violin Concertos

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Carlos Kalmar, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    8:35
  • 7:00 AM

    Minuet

    Luigi Boccherini

    Boccherini: String Quintets Op. 11, 4-6

    Smithsonian Chamber Players

    3:57
  • 6:54 AM

    Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Sleepers Awake)

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Essential Bach

    New Symphony Orchestra of London

    Raymond Agoult, conductor

    5:31
  • 6:46 AM

    The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture

    Otto Nicolai

    Romantic Overtures

    Halle Orchestra

    John Barbirolli, conductor

    8:17
  • 6:35 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 21 "Waldstein": 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Alice Sara Ott: Beethoven Piano Sonatas

    Alice Sara Ott, piano

    9:59
  • 6:20 AM

    Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams, Barber, Grainger, Faure, Satie

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    15:35
  • 6:05 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Classical"

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Complete Symphonies

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    14:00
  • 6:00 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 3: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach: Brandenburg Concerto

    Academy of Ancient Music Berlin

    5:30
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