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  • 3:25 PM

    Der Rosenkavalier: Waltz Sequence No. 1

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Don Juan, Tod und Verklarung

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Tadaaki Otaka, conductor

    13:46
  • 3:18 PM

    Voices of Spring Waltz (Fruhlingsstimmen)

    Johann StraussJr.

    Strauss: Gala I

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    6:10
  • 3:05 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    13:33
  • 3:01 PM

    Die Forelle (The Trout)

    Franz Schubert

    Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1

    Daniil Trifonov, piano

    3:07
  • 2:50 PM

    Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances

    Alexander Borodin

    Borodin: Prince Igor: Overture and Polovtsian Dances

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    11:43
  • 2:45 PM

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

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Quartet No. 14, No. 12 American

    Cleveland Quartet

    5:05
  • 2:37 PM

    Lucio Silla: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Overtures

    Concentus Musicus Vienna

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    7:41
  • 2:28 PM

    Violin Concerto: Finale

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky & Mendelssohn Concertos

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    Jascha Heifetz, violin

    8:15
  • 2:25 PM

    Xerxes: Largo

    George Frideric Handel

    Ombra Mai Fu; Pachelbel: Canon

    I Solisti Italiani

    3:32
  • 2:18 PM

    Quintet for Piano and Winds: 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Mozart & Beethoven: Piano and Wind Quintets

    Vienna Wind Soloists

    Andre Previn, piano

    5:48
  • 2:05 PM

    Semiramide: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Favorite Overtures

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Thomas Schippers, conductor

    13:25
  • 1:56 PM

    Lohengrin: Treulich gefuhrt (Bridal Chorus)

    Richard Wagner

    Brass At Wahalla: Philip Jones Ensemble Plays Wagner

    Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

    Elgar Howarth, conductor

    8:23
  • 1:53 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Nine Hungarian Dances; Dvorak

    North German Radio Symphony

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    2:49
  • 1:50 PM

    Carnival of the Animals: The Swan

    Camille Saint-Saens

    The Swan

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    Han-Na Chang, cello

    3:13
  • 1:43 PM

    Guitar Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Mad About Vivaldi

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    7:28
  • 1:36 PM

    Polonaise No. 6 "Heroic"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: 26 Preludes, Scherzo No. 2

    Martha Argerich, piano

    6:16
  • 1:28 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Spring": Finale

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Complete Symphonies

    Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    7:42
  • 1:23 PM

    Peer Gynt: Arabian Dance

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites 1 And 2

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    4:55
  • 1:14 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 2nd movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonien Nos. 1 & 2

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    8:35
  • 1:10 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 3

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Slavonic Dances

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    4:37
  • 1:04 PM

    Symphony No. 97: Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: The London Symphonies, Vol. II

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    5:37
  • 12:58 PM

    Cantata No. 208: Sheep May Safely Graze

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Arrangements

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    5:38
  • 12:52 PM

    Magic Flute: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Die Zauberflote

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    6:31
  • 12:48 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Essential Ballet

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    4:05
  • 12:36 PM

    Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

    Claude Debussy

    Songs of the Earth

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    John Mauceri, conductor

    Louise DiTullio, flute

    10:39
  • 12:28 PM

    Symphony No. 7: 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven For All: Symphonies 1-9

    West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    8:52
  • 12:19 PM

    Piano Concerto: Adagio

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel

    Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra

    Lionel Bringuier, conductor

    Yuja Wang, piano

    8:14
  • 12:05 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Classical"

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Cinderella, etc.

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    14:05
  • 11:55 AM

    Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Chasson: Poeme; Massanet: Meditation de Thais

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    9:47
  • 11:53 AM

    Rigoletto: La donna e mobile

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Italian Opera Arias

    Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Marcello Viotti, conductor

    Rolando Villazon, tenor

    2:01
  • 11:44 AM

    Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave)

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto, Symphony No. 4

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    9:02
  • 11:38 AM

    Dreams of Love No. 3 (Liebestraum)

    Franz Liszt

    DeGaetano Plays Liszt

    Robert DeGaetano, piano

    5:32
  • 11:31 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 3: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Horn Concertos

    Israel Sinfonietta

    Uri Mayer, conductor

    David Jolley, horn

    7:08
  • 11:26 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3: Air on the G String

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Encore

    The King's Violins

    Bernard Labadie, conductor

    Nicole Trotier, violin

    4:54
  • 11:15 AM

    Night on Bald Mountain

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition, Night on Bald Mountain

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    10:15
  • 11:02 AM

    Symphony No. 5: 4th movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky Symphonies

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    12:22
  • 10:59 AM

    Scenes from Childhood: Dreaming

    Robert Schumann

    Andante Cantabile

    Lynn Harrell, cello

    2:50
  • 10:55 AM

    Thais: Meditation

    Jules Massenet

    The Sounds Of Remembered Dreams

    Susan Jolles, harp

    4:25
  • 10:48 AM

    Images for Orchestra: Iberia: On Highways and Byways

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Orchestral Music

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    6:47
  • 10:44 AM

    Funeral March of a Marionette

    Charles Gounod

    Chiller

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:36
  • 10:29 AM

    Concerto for Two Violins

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach: Concertos for Violin

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    Monica Huggett, violin

    14:44
  • 10:26 AM

    Turkish Rondo

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Classics: Popular Works for Solo Piano

    John O'Conor, piano

    3:17
  • 10:09 AM

    Symphony No. 5: 3rd and 4th movements

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 8, Fidelio

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    16:36
  • 10:06 AM

    Hungarian Dance No. 5

    Johannes Brahms

    The Berlin Gala - A Salute To Carmen

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    2:55
  • 9:58 AM

    Beatrice and Benedict: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    The Flag Series - France

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    7:48
  • 9:49 AM

    Four Seasons: Winter

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi - The Four Seasons

    Amsterdam Guitar Trio

    9:02
  • 9:44 AM

    Symphony No. 4 "Italian": Saltarello

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4, Hebrides Overture

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    5:25
  • 9:40 AM

    Berceuse

    Gabriel Faure

    Bits and Pieces

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    3:18
  • 9:36 AM

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

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Quartet No. 14, No. 12 American

    Cleveland Quartet

    3:47
  • 9:29 AM

    Danse Macabre

    Camille Saint-Saens

    The Sorcerer's Apprentice: French Symphonic Poems

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    7:00
  • 9:22 AM

    Symphony No. 94 "Surprise": 2nd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: London Symphonies 93, 94 "The Surprise", & 95

    La Petite Bande

    Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor

    6:50
  • 9:18 AM

    Serenade

    Roman Hoffstetter

    From Mozart to Ravel

    Blair String Quartet

    3:50
  • 9:06 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Eroica": 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven 3/Strauss

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Manfred Honeck, conductor

    11:42
  • 8:58 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 20: 2nd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concertos Nos. 20 & 21

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    Christian Zacharias, piano

    8:20
  • 8:51 AM

    String Quartet No. 2: Nocturne

    Alexander Borodin

    Romance Of The Violin

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Michael Stern, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    6:38
  • 8:45 AM

    Asturias (Leyenda)

    Isaac Albeniz

    Famous Spanish Guitar Music

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    6:13
  • 8:32 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Brandenburgische Konzerte Nr. 1-3

    Bath Festival Chamber Orchestra

    Yehudi Menuhin, conductor

    12:27
  • 8:28 AM

    Enigma Variations: Nimrod

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Pomp & Circumstance Marches, Enigma Variations

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    3:12
  • 8:23 AM

    Symphonie Fantastique: March to the Scaffold

    Hector Berlioz

    Chiller

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    5:04
  • 8:19 AM

    Arabesque No. 1

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Piano Works

    Jean-Bernard Pommier, piano

    3:28
  • 8:06 AM

    Symphony No. 2: 3rd movement

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 / Vocalise

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    13:27
  • 8:04 AM

    Rondeau

    Jean-Joseph Mouret

    The Bells of St. Genevieve and other Baroque delights

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Donald Fraser, conductor

    Crispian Steele-Perkins, trumpet

    1:55
  • 7:53 AM

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

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9, Carnival Overture

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    11:07
  • 7:49 AM

    Masques and Bergamasques: Overture

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: Violin Concerto etc.

    Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    3:46
  • 7:46 AM

    Hansel and Gretel: Evening Prayer

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Escape Through Opera

    Gurzenich Orchestra

    John Pritchard, conductor

    Ileana Cotrubas, soprano

    2:30
  • 7:42 AM

    Cosi fan tutte: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Late Romantics

    Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mario Bernardi, conductor

    4:41
  • 7:37 AM

    Etude No. 3 "Tristesse"

    Frederic Chopin

    Les Bis de Alexis Weissenberg

    Alexis Weissenberg, piano

    4:25
  • 7:23 AM

    Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished": 2nd movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonies 5 & 8

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Georg Solti, conductor

    13:42
  • 7:22 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2: Badinerie

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    The Greatest Classical Show On Earth

    Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

    Karl Munchinger, conductor

    1:30
  • 7:16 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Eroica": 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Symphonies

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    5:29
  • 7:09 AM

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

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Sheherazade; Le Tombeau De Couperin/Debussy: Ballades de Villon

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    6:47
  • 7:03 AM

    Symphony No. 5: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Minnesota Orchestra At One Hundred

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    5:42
  • 6:54 AM

    Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies Nos. 1-6

    Vienna State Opera Orchestra

    Anatole Fistoulari, conductor

    8:31
  • 6:52 AM

    Hungarian Dance No. 3

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms, J.: Hungarian Dances / Waltzes, Op. 39

    Idil Biret, piano

    2:37
  • 6:43 AM

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

    Johann StraussJr.

    Ein Straussfest

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    8:27
  • 6:32 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Alessandro Marcello

    Venetian Oboe Concertos

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Simon Wright, conductor

    John Anderson, oboe

    10:59
  • 6:30 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 5 "Spring": 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Complete Violin Sonatas

    Augustin Dumay, violin

    1:14
  • 6:25 AM

    Symphony No. 100 "Military": Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: The London Symphonies, Vol. II

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    5:14
  • 6:12 AM

    Petite Suite

    Claude Debussy

    Musique Francaise

    CBC Vancouver Orchestra

    Mario Bernardi, conductor

    13:10
  • 5:57 AM

    Masques and Bergamasques

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: Orchestral Works

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    14:16
  • 5:42 AM

    Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Orchestral Favourites

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    15:09
  • 5:33 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 16

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    My First Recital

    Ruth Laredo, piano

    8:52
  • 5:29 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Violin Concertos

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    Andrew Manze, violin

    3:17
  • 5:20 AM

    Carnival Overture

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Overtures

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    9:53
  • 5:11 AM

    The Planets: Jupiter

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: The Planets

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    7:53
  • 5:00 AM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral": 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Summer Adagio

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    11:26
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