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The Wind Rises

Composed by

Joe Hisaishi (b.1950)

Performed by

Avital/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Hisaishi

Label

Deutsche Grammophon

Catalog Number

4877352

Today's Playlist

12:23am String Quartet in D, Op. 76 No. 5

Composed by

Josef Haydn (1732-1809)

Performed by

Cleveland Quartet

12:43am Fantasy

Composed by

George Dyson (1883-1964)

Performed by

Lloyd Webber/Academy SMF/Marriner

12:50am Finlandia, Op. 26

Composed by

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)

Performed by

Berlin Philharmonic/Karajan

1:01am Piano Quintet in A, D. 667 "Trout"

Composed by

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

Performed by

Richter/Borodin Quartet

1:46am Suite from "The Alamo"

Composed by

Dimitri Tiomkin (1894-1979)

Performed by

London Symphony/Kaufman

2:01am The Planets, Op. 32

Composed by

Gustav Holst (1874-1934)

Performed by

NY Philharmonic/NY Choral Artists/Mehta

2:55am Theme from The Age of Innocence

Composed by

Elmer Bernstein (1922-2004)

Performed by

Perlman/Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra/Williams

3:01am Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78 "Organ"

Composed by

Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921)

Performed by

Cochereau/Berlin Philharmonic/Karajan

3:39am Scenes from Childhood, Op. 15

Composed by

Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

Performed by

Vladimir Ashkenazy

4:00am Ma Vlast (My Fatherland)

Composed by

Bedrich Smetana (1824-1884)

Performed by

Czech Philharmonic/Bychkov

5:23am Prelude in D flat, OP. 28 No. 15 "Raindrop"

Composed by

Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)

Performed by

Lang Lang

5:31am Concerto Grosso in G minor, Op. 6 No. 8 "Christmas Concerto"

Composed by

Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713)

Performed by

Berlin Philharmonic/Karajan

5:49am Music selected by the announcer

6:01am Two Arabesques, L. 66

Composed by

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

Performed by

Tiffany Poon

6:09am Idylls, Op. 7 No. 4

Composed by

Josef Suk (1874-1935)

Performed by

Risto Lauriala

6:16am Swanilda’s Waltz from Coppelia

Composed by

Leo Delibes (1836-1891)

Performed by

Berlin Philharmonic/Karajan

6:21am Suite from "To Kill a Mockingbird"

Composed by

Elmer Bernstein (1922-2004)

Performed by

City of Prague Philharmonic/Fitzpatrick

6:30am Suite from The Nutcracker, Op. 71

Composed by

Peter I. Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

Performed by

St. Petersburg Philharmonic/Temirkanov

7:00am Exsultate Justi from Empire of the Sun

Composed by

John Williams (b.1932)

Performed by

Boston Pops Orchestra; American Boychoir; Tanglewood Festival Chorus/Williams

7:06am Ballet Music from Aida

Composed by

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)

Performed by

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Serebrier

7:15am Four Seasons

Composed by

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)

Performed by

Zukerman/National Arts Center Orch

8:01am Water Music - Complete

Composed by

George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)

Performed by

Orchestra of St. Luke's/Mackerras

8:56am Music selected by the announcer

9:01am Finlandia, Op. 26

Composed by

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)

Performed by

Berlin Philharmonic/Karajan

9:11am End Title (You Are Karen)

Composed by

John Barry (1933-2011)

Performed by

A Studio Orchestra/Barry

9:16am Piano Concerto in D

Composed by

Josef Haydn (1732-1809)

Performed by

Evrov/Sofia Philharmonic/Dafov

9:37am Selections from "The Imitation Game"

Composed by

Alexandre Desplat (b.1961)

Performed by

London Symphony/Desplat

9:53am Theme from Far and Away

Composed by

John Williams (b.1932)

Performed by

Perlman/Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra/Williams

10:00am Pohadka (Fairy Tale)

Composed by

Leos Janacek (1854–1928)

Performed by

Djokic/Jalbert

10:14am Theme from Somewhere in Time

Composed by

John Barry (1933-2011)

Performed by

The City of Prague Philharmonic/Raine

10:21am Hebrides Overture, Op. 26

Composed by

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

Performed by

Slovak Philharmonic/Dohnanyi

10:33am Bagatelle in A minor, “Für Elise”

Composed by

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Performed by

Anatol Ugorski

10:38am Suite from The Buccaneer

Composed by

Elmer Bernstein (1922-2004)

Performed by

Cincinnati Pops/Kunzel

10:46am Oboe Concerto in D minor

Composed by

Alessandro Marcello (1673-1747)

Performed by

Holliger/I Musici

10:59am Three Waltzes for Five Browns (a Disney movie medley)

Composed by

Greg Anderson, arranger

Performed by

Five Browns

11:08am Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G minor

Composed by

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Performed by

Philadelphia Orchestra/Ormandy

11:12am Howl's Moving Castle

Composed by

Joe Hisaishi (b.1950)

Performed by

Cobb/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Hisaishi

11:26am Sorcerer's Apprentice

Composed by

Paul Dukas (1865-1935)

Performed by

French National Orchestra/Slatkin

11:39am Main Titles from Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

Composed by

Michael Kamen (1948-2003)

Performed by

Cincinnati Pops/Kunzel

11:43am Music selected by the announcer

12:01pm Flight of the Bumblebee from The Tale of Tsar Saltan

Composed by

Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)

Performed by

Suisse Romande Orchestra/Ansermet

12:03pm Terpsichore Ballet, HWV 8b

Composed by

George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)

Performed by

English Baroque Soloists/Gardiner

12:16pm Tara's Theme from Gone with the Wind

Composed by

Max Steiner (1888-1971)

Performed by

Perlman/Boston Pops/Williams

12:21pm Concerto in C for Flute and Harp, K. 299

Composed by

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Performed by

Galway/Robles/Chamber Orchestra of Europe

12:52pm Selections from The Mission

Composed by

Ennio Morricone (1928-2020)

Performed by

John Williams/studio orchestra

1:00pm An American in Paris

Composed by

George Gershwin (1898-1937)

Performed by

NY Philharmonic/Bernstein

1:20pm Carmen Ballet

Composed by

Rodion Shchedrin, after Georges Bizet

Performed by

Boston Pops/Fiedler

2:00pm La Flute Magique

Composed by

Riccardo Drigo (1846-1930)

Performed by

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Bonynge

2:55pm Music selected by the announcer

3:00pm Liebestraum No. 3 in A flat

Composed by

Franz Liszt (1811-1886)

Performed by

Van Cliburn

3:07pm Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30, TrV 176: I-IX

Composed by

Richard Strauss (1864-1949)

Performed by

Berlin Philharmonic/Dudamel

3:43pm Prelude and Love Theme from Spellbound

Composed by

Miklos Rozsa (1907-1995), arranged by Paul Bateman

Performed by

Hope/Royal Stockholm PO/Shelley

3:51pm The Bells of St. Genevieve

Composed by

Marin Marais (1656-1728)

Performed by

Harnoncourt Trio

4:01pm Star Wars: Suite for Five Pianos

Composed by

John Williams, arr. by Greg Anderson

Performed by

Five Browns

4:12pm Selections from Cinderella

Composed by

Patrick Doyle (b.1953)

Performed by

London Symphony/Schearman

4:22pm Symphony No. 2 in B flat, D. 125

Composed by

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

Performed by

Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Abbado

4:55pm The Memory Waltz from The Snows of Kilimanjaro

Composed by

Bernard Herrmann

Performed by

Hollywood Bowl Orchestra/Mauceri

5:02pm Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23

Composed by

Peter I. Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

Performed by

Postnikova/Vienna Symphony/Rozhdestvensky

5:42pm How to Train Your Dragon: This is Berk

Composed by

John Powell

Performed by

studio orchestra/Greenaway

5:47pm Overture to The Barber of Seville

Composed by

Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)

Performed by

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

5:56pm Waltz from Murder on the Orient Express

Composed by

Richard Rodney Bennett, arr. by John Mauceri

Performed by

Hollywood Bowl Orchestra/Mauceri

6:02pm Superman March

Composed by

John Williams (b.1932)

Performed by

Berlin Philharmonic/Williams

6:08pm Suite from "To Kill a Mockingbird"

Composed by

Elmer Bernstein (1922-2004)

Performed by

City of Prague Philharmonic/Fitzpatrick

6:18pm One Summer's Day (from the film "Spirited Away")

Composed by

Joe Hisaishi (b.1950)

Performed by

Hisaishi/London Symphony

6:23pm Suite from The Lion in Winter

Composed by

John Barry (1933-2011)

Performed by

Crouch Festival Chorus/Prague Philharmonic/Temple

6:33pm Theme from Schindler's List

Composed by

John Williams (b.1932)

Performed by

Little/New World Philharmonic/Sutherland

6:39pm The Fellowship from The Fellowship of the Ring

Composed by

Howard Shore (b.1946)

Performed by

City of Prague Philharmonic/Raine

6:45pm Pines of the Appian Way from Pines of Rome

Composed by

Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936)

Performed by

Cincinnati Pops/Kunzel

6:50pm Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

Composed by

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

Performed by

French National Orchestra/Gatti

7:03pm Overture to The Thieving Magpie

Composed by

Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)

Performed by

Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields/Marriner

7:14pm La Valse

Composed by

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)

Performed by

Paris Orchestra/Karajan

7:29pm Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565

Composed by

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), orchestrated by Leopold Stokowski

Performed by

Czech Philharmonic/Stokowski

7:41pm Carnival Overture, Op. 92

Composed by

Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)

Performed by

Vienna Philharmonic/Eschenbach

7:52pm Harry’s Wondrous World from Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Composed by

John Williams (b.1932)

Performed by

Berlin Philharmonic/Williams

8:00pm Prelude to Act 1 from Parsifal

Composed by

Richard Wagner (1813-1883)

Performed by

Chicago Symphony/Barenboim

8:15pm Selections from The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

Composed by

Howard Shore (b.1946)

Performed by

New Zealand SO/London Voices/Pope

8:41pm Adagio for Strings, Op. 11

Composed by

Samuel Barber (1910-1981)

Performed by

NY Philharmonic/Bernstein

8:53pm Clair de lune from Suite Bergamasque

Composed by

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

Performed by

Cincinnati Pops/Kunzel

9:01pm The Blue Danube

Composed by

Johann Strauss Jr. (1825-1899)

Performed by

Vienna Philharmonic/Pretre

9:13pm Mars, The Bringer of War from The Planets, Op. 32

Composed by

Gustav Holst (1874-1934)

Performed by

French National Orchestra/Maazel

9:22pm Finale from Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"

Composed by

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Performed by

Jones/Troyanos/Thomas/Ridderbusch/Vienna Philharmonic & State Opera Chorus/Bohm

9:44pm 1812 Overture, Op. 49

Composed by

Peter I. Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

Performed by

Bavarian Radio Symphony/Maazel

10:02pm Concierto de Aranjuez

Composed by

Joaquin Rodrigo (1901-1999)

Performed by

P. Romero/Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields/Marriner

10:27pm Caucasian Sketches No. 1, Op. 10

Composed by

Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859-1935)

Performed by

Sydney Symphony/Gee

10:53pm Air from Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D, BWV 1068 "Air on the G String"

Composed by

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Performed by

Ma/Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra/Koopman

11:00pm Funeral March and Finale from Götterdämmerung

Composed by

Richard Wagner (1813-1883)

Performed by

Cleveland Orchestra/Szell

11:16pm Death and Transfiguration, Op. 24

Composed by

Richard Strauss (1864-1949)

Performed by

Berlin Philharmonic/Karajan

11:44pm Music selected by the announcer