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One Summer's Day (from the film "Spirited Away")

Composed by

Joe Hisaishi (b.1950)

Performed by

Hisaishi/London Symphony

Label

Universal Music

Catalog Number

1638

Today's Playlist

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