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  • 8:29 AM

    Symphony No. 5: 3rd and 4th movements

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Symphonies

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    14:50

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  • 8:13 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 3: 1st movement

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No 3; Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No 2

    Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    Yuja Wang, piano

    15:50

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  • 8:08 AM

    Pavane

    Gabriel Faure

    Paper Music

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Bobby McFerrin, conductor

    Bobby McFerrin, vocal

    5:22

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  • 7:57 AM

    Dance of the Hours

    Amilcare Ponchielli

    Intermezzo

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    10:41

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  • 7:54 AM

    Humoresque No. 7

    Antonin Dvorak

    The Romantic Violinist: A Celebration Of Joseph Joachim

    Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    Daniel Hope, violin

    2:58

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  • 7:47 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 3: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Karajan Forever: The Greatest Classical Hits

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    6:33

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  • 7:40 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2: Rondo

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Essential Beethoven

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Radu Lupu, piano

    6:06

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  • 7:33 AM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique": 2nd movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique"

    Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    7:37

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  • 7:27 AM

    Danse Macabre

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Camille Saint-Saens: Organ Symphony; Tone Poems

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    6:16

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  • 7:21 AM

    The Valkyrie: Ride of the Valkyries

    Richard Wagner

    Symphonic Spectacular

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    4:50

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  • 7:08 AM

    Harp Concerto

    George Frideric Handel

    Masterworks for the Harp

    Philomusica of London

    Granville Jones, conductor

    Osian Ellis, harp

    13:44

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  • 7:03 AM

    Ave Maria

    Franz Schubert

    Play

    Edgar Moreau, cello

    4:08

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  • 6:48 AM

    Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel; Grieg, Tchaikovsky / Karajan

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    14:56

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  • 6:42 AM

    Don Giovanni: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Overtures

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Hans Vonk, conductor

    6:08

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  • 6:34 AM

    Symphony No. 101 "The Clock": 3rd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 95, 97, 101

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    7:24

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  • 6:32 AM

    Peer Gynt: In The Hall Of The Mountain King

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Peer Gynt

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    2:31

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  • 6:21 AM

    Violin Concerto: Finale

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Leonidas Kavakos | Beethoven

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Leonidas Kavakos, conductor

    Leonidas Kavakos, violin

    10:27

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  • 6:05 AM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach

    The King's Violins

    Bernard Labadie, conductor

    Alexandre Tharaud, piano

    15:36

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  • 6:01 AM

    Pelleas and Melisande: Sicilienne

    Gabriel Faure

    Mad About Love

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    3:59

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  • 5:55 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan": Andante

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Romance Of The Violin

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Michael Stern, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    6:16

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  • 5:51 AM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2: Farandole

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: "Carmen" Suite, "L'Arlesienne" Suite/Offenbach: Barcarolle, "Orpheus in the Underworld" Overture

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    3:24

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  • 5:42 AM

    Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave)

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 'Scottish'

    Hanover Band

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    8:57

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  • 5:32 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 4: Rondo

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Concertos / Fischer, Goode, Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    Richard Goode, piano

    9:56

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  • 5:23 AM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    9:06

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  • 5:20 AM

    Morning Song

    Edward Elgar

    Breakfast in Bed

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    3:01

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  • 5:08 AM

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

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 From the New World

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    11:01

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  • 5:04 AM

    Candide: Overture

    Leonard Bernstein

    "Somewhere" - The Leonard Bernstein Album

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    4:29

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  • 5:00 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach, Brahms, Tchaikovsky: Violin Concertos

    Vienna Symphony Orchestra

    David Oistrakh, violin

    3:56

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