The National Jukebox: Classical Music
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A hunt in the Black Forest
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Abbietta Zingara
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Abbietta Zingara
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Adagio from Fourth symphony
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Addio del passato
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Ah fors' e lui
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Ah! Non credea mirarti
- Excerpt starting at 02:35
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Ah! non credea mirarti
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Air de Phanuel
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Air des bijoux
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Air du grand pretre
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Alma
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Amarella waltz
- Excerpt starting at 01:06
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An album leaf
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Andantino
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At the mountain inn
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Bad'ner Mad'l'n
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Beauty's eyes
- Excerpt starting at 01:51
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Ben Bolt
- Excerpt starting at 01:38
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Berceuse
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Blue Danube waltz
- Excerpt starting at 00:07
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Blue Danube waltz
- Excerpt starting at 01:06
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Blue Danube waltz
- Excerpt starting at 01:28
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Boating on the lake
- Excerpt starting at 02:48
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Bridal chorus
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Bridal march
- Excerpt starting at 01:37
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Brindisi
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Brindisi
- Excerpt starting at 02:21
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Brindisi
- Excerpt starting at 00:39
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Butterfly's death scene
- Excerpt starting at 02:25
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Butterfly's death scene
- Excerpt starting at 02:26
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By the light of the silv'ry moon
- Excerpt starting at 00:26
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Canzone del porter
- Excerpt starting at 01:46
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Carnival of Venice
- Excerpt starting at 00:13
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Carnival of Venice
- Excerpt starting at 02:30
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Caro nome
- Excerpt starting at 02:12
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Cavalleria rusticana : Intermezzo
- Excerpt starting at 00:13
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Cavalleria rusticana : Intermezzo
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Celeste Aida
- Excerpt starting at 00:17
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Charmant oiseau
- Excerpt starting at 00:43
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Che soave zefiretto
- Excerpt starting at 02:05
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Che volo d'angelli
- Excerpt starting at 00:52
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Come per me sereno
- Excerpt starting at 01:32
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Comfort ye, my people
- Excerpt starting at 01:55
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Coronation march
- Excerpt starting at 00:47
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Cradle song
- Excerpt starting at 00:50
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Credo (Iago's creed)
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D'une prison
- Excerpt starting at 01:22
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Dammi ancor
- Excerpt starting at 03:00
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Das Herz am Rhein
- Excerpt starting at 00:13
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Depuis le jour
- Excerpt starting at 01:20
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Depuis le jour
- Excerpt starting at 01:19
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Die Deutsche Mutter
- Excerpt starting at 02:25
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Die Lorelei
- Excerpt starting at 01:07
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Die Lorelei
- Excerpt starting at 01:15
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Die Lorelei
- Excerpt starting at 01:20
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Dollar princess waltz
- Excerpt starting at 01:43
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Don't be cross
- Excerpt starting at 00:30
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Dov'e l'indiana bruna
- Excerpt starting at 01:30
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E lucevan le stelle
- Excerpt starting at 01:02
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E lucevan le stelle
- Excerpt starting at 01:18
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E lucevan le stelle
- Excerpt starting at 01:19
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Elle a fui (The dove has flown)
- Excerpt starting at 01:29
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Elle a fui (The dove has flown)
- Excerpt starting at 01:21
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Espana
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Every valley shall be exalted
- Excerpt starting at 03:28
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Extase
- Excerpt starting at 01:41
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Farandole, part 4
- Excerpt starting at 00:15
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Farewell to the forest
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Flower song
- Excerpt starting at 02:11
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Flower song
- Excerpt starting at 02:35
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Flower song
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Flower song
- Excerpt starting at 01:08
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Fort denn, eile
- Excerpt starting at 01:11
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Fort denn, eile
- Excerpt starting at 01:08
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Forza del destino overture
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Fra poco a me ricovero
- Excerpt starting at 03:18
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Gems from A chocolate soldier
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Gems from Babes in Toyland
- Excerpt starting at 00:37
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Gems from Cavalleria rusticana
- Excerpt starting at 01:56
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Gems from Cavalleria rusticana
- Excerpt starting at 02:28
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Gems from Erminie
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Gems from Erminie
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Gems from Mignon
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Gems from Mignon
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Gems from Pinafore
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Gems from Robin Hood
- Excerpt starting at 01:43
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Gems from The Mikado
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Gems from The Mikado
- Excerpt starting at 00:12
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Gems from The tales of Hoffmann
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Gently fall the dews of eve
- Excerpt starting at 00:29
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Glittering moonbeams
- Excerpt starting at 01:20
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Gloria
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Gondolier and nightingale
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Grand Russian fantasie
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Grand trio
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Guitarrero, op. 88
- Excerpt starting at 01:31
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Habanera
- Excerpt starting at 03:02
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Habanera
- Excerpt starting at 03:05
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Habanera
- Excerpt starting at 02:46
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Handel's largo
- Excerpt starting at 02:12
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Happy birds waltz
- Excerpt starting at 00:28
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He shall lead his flock
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Hearts and flowers
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Hearts and flowers
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Hearts and flowers
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Hiawatha
- Excerpt starting at 00:02
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Holy art Thou
- Excerpt starting at 02:17
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Home to our mountains
- Excerpt starting at 00:32
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Humoresque
- Excerpt starting at 02:18
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Humoresque
- Excerpt starting at 01:33
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Hungarian rhapsody no. 12
- Excerpt starting at 00:12
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Hydropaten waltz
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I love you best of all
- Excerpt starting at 01:48
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I pagliacci : Selection
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If a girl like you loved a boy like me
- Excerpt starting at 00:30
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Il dolce suono
- Excerpt starting at 01:37
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Il dolce suono
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Il fior che avevi a me
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Il trovatore : Selection
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Immortellen waltz
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Indian lament
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Invocation Mephistopheles
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Je suis Titania!
- Excerpt starting at 01:10
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La Marseillaise
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La donna e mobile
- Excerpt starting at 01:59
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La donna e mobile
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La fatal pietra
- Excerpt starting at 01:38
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Lady love
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Le reve
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Le veau d'or
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Les patineurs waltz
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Lifdrabanten och kung Erik
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Life preserver
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Lohengrin's narrative
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Lucia sextette : Chi mi frena
- Excerpt starting at 00:43
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Lullaby from Erminie
- Excerpt starting at 00:48
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Madame Butterfly fantasie
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Magic flute overture
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Magiche note (Magic tones)
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Magiche note (Magic tones)
- Excerpt starting at 02:26
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Marche Romaine
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Marguerite
- Excerpt starting at 00:08
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Maurice tango
- Excerpt starting at 00:09
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Meditation religieuse
- Excerpt starting at 01:12
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Mein Herz
- Excerpt starting at 02:27
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Merrymakers' dance
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Mi chiamano Mimi
- Excerpt starting at 03:11
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Micaela's air
- Excerpt starting at 00:28
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Midsummer night's dream overture
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Miserere
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Moonlight sonata : First movement
- Excerpt starting at 01:14
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Morning, noon and night in Vienna : Overture
- Excerpt starting at 00:21
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My heart at thy sweet voice
- Excerpt starting at 00:46
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Narcissus
- Excerpt starting at 00:31
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Night hymn at sea
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Non so piu cosa son
- Excerpt starting at 01:38
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O du mein holder Abendstern
- Excerpt starting at 01:32
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O quanti occhi fisi
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Of thee I'm thinking, Margaretha
- Excerpt starting at 00:36
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Oh, paradise
- Excerpt starting at 03:25
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On the sea
- Excerpt starting at 00:31
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Paderewski minuet
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Paderewski minuet
- Excerpt starting at 01:23
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Pagliacci : Prologo (Prologue)
- Excerpt starting at 01:01
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Pagliacci : Prologue
- Excerpt starting at 00:28
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Pagliacci prologue
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Parigi o cara
- Excerpt starting at 02:52
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Pescator, affonda l'esca
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Pescator, affonda l'esca
- Excerpt starting at 00:43
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Piesn wieczorna
- Excerpt starting at 00:34
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Piff! Paff!
- Excerpt starting at 00:11
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Piff! Paff!
- Excerpt starting at 01:25
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Pilgrims' chorus
- Excerpt starting at 02:32
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Pink lady waltzes
- Excerpt starting at 00:00
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Pirouette
- Excerpt starting at 01:11
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Plantation echoes
- Excerpt starting at 01:53
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Polonaise : I'm fair Titania
- Excerpt starting at 01:19
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Prayer from Freischutz
- Excerpt starting at 01:19
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Processional of knights of the Holy Grail
- Excerpt starting at 01:14
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Proch's air and variations
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Prologue I'pagliacci
- Excerpt starting at 00:42
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Questa o quella
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Questa o quella
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Racconto di Rodolfo
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Racconto di Rodolfo
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Recondita armonia
- Excerpt starting at 00:45
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Recondita armonia
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Resurrection
- Excerpt starting at 01:29
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Rhapsodie hongroise no. 2
- Excerpt starting at 00:26
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Rigoletto quartet
- Excerpt starting at 00:48
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Rocked in the cradle of the deep
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Sakuntala overture
- Excerpt starting at 01:10
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Salve, dimora
- Excerpt starting at 00:19
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Scenes that are brightest
- Excerpt starting at 00:00
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Schubert's serenade
- Excerpt starting at 03:04
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Se vuol ballare
- Excerpt starting at 00:45
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Selections from Cavalleria rusticana, part 2
- Excerpt starting at 00:00
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Serenade
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SerenadeChantez, riez, dormez
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Serenata : Com'e gentil
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Serenata : Com'e gentil
- Excerpt starting at 00:25
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Shadow song
- Excerpt starting at 00:09
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Showers of gold
- Excerpt starting at 00:29
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Siciliana
- Excerpt starting at 01:37
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Siciliana
- Excerpt starting at 00:09
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Silver threads among the gold
- Excerpt starting at 00:45
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Soldiers' chorus
- Excerpt starting at 00:00
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Solvejg's song
- Excerpt starting at 00:43
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Songe d'enfant
- Excerpt starting at 00:48
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Southern roses waltz
- Excerpt starting at 00:05
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Spring song
- Excerpt starting at 00:00
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Spring song
- Excerpt starting at 01:16
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Spring, op. 41
- Excerpt starting at 01:22
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Star of the sea
- Excerpt starting at 00:31
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Stride la vampa
- Excerpt starting at 01:03
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Suite Espagnole
- Excerpt starting at 01:46
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Suite espagnole
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Swiss echo song
- Excerpt starting at 01:24
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Tales of Hoffman : Barcarolle
- Excerpt starting at 00:17
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Tannhauser march
- Excerpt starting at 00:00
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The Bay of Biscay
- Excerpt starting at 01:53
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The Flying Dutchman : Fantasia
- Excerpt starting at 01:28
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The angel's serenade
- Excerpt starting at 03:20
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The blacksmith
- Excerpt starting at 01:44
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The chapel
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The forge in the forest
- Excerpt starting at 01:01
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The forge in the forest
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The friendly rivals
- Excerpt starting at 00:00
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The girls of my dreams
- Excerpt starting at 01:43
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The hunter's farewell
- Excerpt starting at 00:41
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The ladder of roses
- Excerpt starting at 01:00
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The land of the swallows
- Excerpt starting at 00:26
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The last hope
- Excerpt starting at 00:21
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The last rose of summer
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The swallows
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The wren
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Then you'll remember me
- Excerpt starting at 03:01
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Then you'll remember me
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Then you'll remember me
- Excerpt starting at 00:47
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Traume
- Excerpt starting at 01:23
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Traume
- Excerpt starting at 00:12
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Tu che a Dio spiegasti l'ali
- Excerpt starting at 01:06
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Tu che a Dio spiegasti l'ali
- Excerpt starting at 01:27
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Un bel di
- Excerpt starting at 01:37
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Un bel di, vedremo
- Excerpt starting at 00:53
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Una voce poco fa
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Vainement, ma bien aimee
- Excerpt starting at 03:16
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Valse
- Excerpt starting at 00:54
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Valse bleue
- Excerpt starting at 01:12
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Valse infernale
- Excerpt starting at 02:44
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Venetian song
- Excerpt starting at 01:51
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Vesti la giubba
- Excerpt starting at 01:32
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Vesti la giubba
- Excerpt starting at 01:59
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Vilia
- Excerpt starting at 00:35
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Vision fugitive
- Excerpt starting at 03:17
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Vissi d'arte
- Excerpt starting at 00:43
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Waltz entrancing
- Excerpt starting at 01:01
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Washington Post march
- Excerpt starting at 00:00
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When life is brightest
- Excerpt starting at 00:00
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When life is brightest
- Excerpt starting at 00:01
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When the roses bloom
- Excerpt starting at 00:48
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Wiener Blut waltz
- Excerpt starting at 00:00
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William Tell : Ballet music
- Excerpt starting at 01:33
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William Tell overture
- Excerpt starting at 00:01
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William Tell overture
- Excerpt starting at 00:08
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Wise bird
- Excerpt starting at 00:15