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Tracklist

00:00
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Flute Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement
Martin Sieghart, conductor
Capella Istropolitana
Herbert Weissberg, flute

07:42
Sergei Prokofiev
The Love for 3 Oranges Suite: March
Andrew Mogrelia, conductor
Slovak State Philharmonic, Kosice

09:15
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Musical Joke 257
Ondrej Lenard, conductor
CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava

12:22
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Sonata No. 16
Laszlo Baranyay, piano

24:50
Frederic Chopin
Minute Waltz
Eva Sukova, piano

26:27
Emmanuel Chabrier
Espana
Antonio de Almeida, conductor
Moscow Symphony Orchestra

32:59
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Horn Concerto No. 3: 3rd movement
Jozef Kopelman, conductor
Capella Istropolitana
Milos Stevove, horn

36:37
Johann Strauss, Jr. & Josef Strauss
Pizzicato Polka
Ondrej Lenard, conductor
CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava

39:10
Georges Bizet
L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1: Minuet
Alfred Walter, conductor
Philharmonia Cassovia

42:09
Franz Schubert
Piano quintet: die forelle
Bamberg piano quintet

50:07
Emil Sjogren
Portrait of Donnie, my little dog
Lars Roos, piano

51:45
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for 2 trumpets: 1st movement
New York Chamber Symphony
Gerard Schwarz, trumpet
Norman Smith, trumpet

54:45
Franz Joseph Haydn
Piano concerto: 1st movement
Gerard Schwarz, conductor
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Carol Rosenberger, piano

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