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Borodin String Quartet — Allegro, Shostakovich String Quartet 2

Sep 11th, 2008 | By brianS | Category: WGOM Videos

Playing the waltz from Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 2 in A Major (Op 68), composed in 1968.

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The Sorcerer’s Apprentice

Sep 8th, 2008 | By brianS | Category: WGOM Videos

The spooky introduction to classical music for millions of children. From Disney's Fantasia, 1940. This piece was (mostly) completed by 1939. According to The Source, Leopold Stokowski conducted for free. This is the one piece in the film not recorded by Stokowski's Philadelphia Orchestra. Original score by Paul Dukas.

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Philadelphia Orchestra — Scheherazade (The Sea and Sinbad’s Ship)

Sep 7th, 2008 | By brianS | Category: WGOM Videos

Recorded at the Academy of Music, Philadelphia, 1978. Eugene Ormandy, conductor. A great way to kick off Classical Week at the WGOM.

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