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Old 12-31-2012, 03:13 PM
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Barry -- I agree with batman911; WCPE is an excellent classical music station broadcasting out of North Carolina that you can listen to online. I often listen to it here in Chicago. My favorite classical composers: Bach, Vivaldi, Mozart, Beethoven, Haydn, Schubert, Brahms, Dvorak, Rachmaninoff, Barber, Copland.

I wonder if the public libraries in The Villages have classical CD's that can be checked out? That is one way to explore a composer's music before buying it.
Every composer Schaunburgr listed, although I find Brahms a bit heavy. If you like Night On Bald Mountain, mentioned by someone earlier, you might like Dvorak's New World Symphony.

Also, Give Rhapsody in Blue a whirl for a little more modern feel. Also, try looking some of this up on You Tube. I had a hankering for the whole Handel's
Messiah the other night, not just the choruses, and found it there.