As you gather with friends and family to give thanks this holiday weekend, we want you to have one less thing to worry about. So we've put together the perfect playlist of classical music for your Thanksgiving get-together.
This two-hour collection of works is filled with a festive American flavor of music to celebrate family, feasting and the harvest themes. It's ready when you are. Just click on Listen above.
If YouTube is easier for your setup, you can play the music from there, too.
For the rest of the day, we have a live stream of themed classical music that goes along with whatever you're doing on Thanksgiving Day — whether it's preparing the big meal, catching up with visitors or just hanging out. Just click below and hit the Play button.
And don't forget our continuous stream of holiday music for whenever the mood hits you this weekend. Just click below and hit the Play button.
You have enough to worry about this Thanksgiving Day and holiday season. Let us take care of the music.
Playlist
00:00:00Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral": 1st movement
Ludwig van Beethoven
CSR Symphony
Michael Halasz, conductor
00:09:23
String Quartet No. 12 "American": 1st movement
Antonin Dvorak
Moyzes Quartet
00:16:34
Piano Concerto No. 1: 2nd & 3rd movements
Frederic Chopin
Istvan Szekely, piano
Budapest Symphony
Gyula Nemeth, conductor
00:35:21
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik: 1st movement
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Cappella Istropolitana
Wolfgang Sobotka, conductor
00:41:11
Rodeo: Hoedown
Aaron Copland
CSR Symphony
Stephen Gunzenhauser, conductor
00:44:27
The Four Seasons: Autumn: 1st & 3rd movements
Antonio Vivaldi
Accademia Ziliniana
00:53:22
Serenade for Strings: Valse
Peter Tchaikovsky
Hungarian State Opera Chamber Orchestra
Tamas Benedek, conductor
00:57:28
Piano Quintet "Trout": 4th movement
Franz Schubert
Ensemble Villa Musica
01:05:33
The Moldau
Bedrich Smetana
Slovak Philharmonic
Barry Wordsworth, conductor
1:17:58
Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": 2nd movement
Antonin Dvorak
CSR Symphony
Ondrej Lenard, conductor
01:29:21
Intermezzo No. 3, Op. 119
Johannes Brahms
Iaszlo Baranyay, piano
01:31:25
Appalachian Spring
Aaron Copland
CSR Symphony Orchestra
Stephen Gunzenhauser, conductor