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  • 4:25 AM

    Swan Lake: Highlights

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    33:28
  • 4:10 AM

    Concertino for Oboe

    Lille Soderlundh

    A Swedish Serenade

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    Alf Nilsson, oboe

    13:13
  • 4:06 AM

    Ribers No. 8

    Traditional

    Danish String Quartet

    2:53
  • 4:01 AM

    Four Romances

    Darius Milhaud

    French Piano Music

    Grant Johannesen, piano

    4:45
  • 3:50 AM

    Spiegel im Spiegel (Mirror in the Mirror)

    Arvo Paert

    Lisa Batiashvili, violin

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    10:25
  • 3:29 AM

    Cello Suite No. 2 in d minor

    J.S. Bach

    Pieree Fournier, cello

    19:14
  • 3:19 AM

    Petrouchka: IV

    Igor Stravinsky

    The Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    13:34
  • 3:10 AM

    Along Peter's Street

    Trad.

    Soviet Army Chorus

    3:10
  • 3:03 AM

    Clair de lune

    Claude Debussy

    Paula Robison, flute

    Romero Lubambo, guitar

    5:17
  • 2:21 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 3

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    Martha Argerich, piano

    40:20
  • 2:16 AM

    Pelleas and Melisande: Sicilienne

    Gabriel Faure

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    4:03
  • 1:43 AM

    String Quintet No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Steven Copes, violin

    Kyu-Young Kim, violin

    Rebecca Albers, viola

    Maiya Papach, viola

    Julie Albers, cello

    31:56
  • 1:16 AM

    Cello Concerto No. 2

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Concert Recording

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Julie Albers, conductor

    Julie Albers, cello

    26:51
  • 1:03 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concert Recording

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    9:16
  • 12:43 AM

    Suite Pastorale

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Orchestre National de France

    Armin Jordan, conductor

    20:44
  • 12:29 AM

    Sonata, op. 406

    Alan Hovhaness

    The Aurora Duo

    8:51
  • 12:11 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams, Delius, Walton

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    Neil Black, oboe

    18:39
  • 11:59 PM

    Scherzo No. 3

    Frederic Chopin

    Simon Trpceski, piano

    7:14
  • 11:56 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 9

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Concerti Grossi Op 6, 9-12

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    14:06
  • 11:38 PM

    Supposed Treasure: Overture

    Etienne Mehul

    Mehul: The Complete Symphonies

    Gulbenkian Orchestra

    Michel Swierczewski, conductor

    4:25
  • 11:31 PM

    Habanera

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Chabrier: Espana, Etc / Gardiner, Wiener Philharmoniker

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    3:56
  • 11:23 PM

    String Quintet No. 2: 4th movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Chiara String Quartet

    Roger Tapping, viola

    5:00
  • 11:19 PM

    Galliard "Traditore"

    Pierre Phalese

    Early Music Consort of London

    David Munrow, conductor

    2:09
  • 11:09 PM

    Auf dem Wasser zu singen (To be Sung on the Water)

    Franz Schubert

    Bertrand Chamayou, piano

    4:12
  • 10:59 PM

    Norwegian Dance No. 1

    Edvard Grieg

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    6:16
  • 10:45 PM

    Conversation Symphony for Two Orchestras

    John Marsh

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    10:40
  • 10:41 PM

    Boogie Woogie Etude

    Morton Gould

    Benjamin Grosvenor, piano

    2:01
  • 10:30 PM

    Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Isaac Stern - A Life In Music - Lalo, Saint-Saens, Chausson

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    Isaac Stern, violin

    8:49
  • 10:23 PM

    Trio Settecento

    3:55
  • 10:13 PM

    Four Norwegian Moods

    Igor Stravinsky

    Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps, etc.

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    8:41
  • 10:00 PM

    Serenade No. 7 "Haffner": Rondo

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Serenades 5 & 6

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    8:37
  • 9:53 PM

    Concerto Grosso: March

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    3:30
  • 9:45 PM

    Concerto for Two Trumpets

    Francesco Manfredini

    New Bach Collegium Musicum Leipzig

    Max Pommer, conductor

    Ludwig Guttler, trumpet

    Kurt Sandau, trumpet

    6:26
  • 9:34 PM

    Symphonie Espagnole: Rondo

    Edouard Lalo

    Paris Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    8:01
  • 9:32 PM

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    1:24
  • 9:23 PM

    Berenice: Overture, Minuet and Gigue

    George Frideric Handel

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    7:11
  • 9:16 PM

    Sonata No. 3

    Johann Rosenmuller

    King's Noyse

    David Douglass, conductor

    4:49
  • 9:09 PM

    John Henry: Railroad Ballad

    Aaron Copland

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    3:39
  • 8:59 PM

    The Fairy Queen: Overture

    Henry Purcell

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Ronald Thomas, conductor

    6:43
  • 8:50 PM

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    5:38
  • 8:42 PM

    The Gadfly: Romance

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Belgian Radio and TV Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    6:09
  • 8:29 PM

    String Quartet No. 12 "American": 1st movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Schubert & Dvorak Quartets

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Rosekrans, conductor

    10:37
  • 8:24 PM

    Chanson triste (Sad song)

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Queensland Symphony Orchestra

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    Takako Nishizaki, violin

    3:24
  • 8:12 PM

    Concerto No. 1

    Jacques Aubert

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Simon Standage, conductor

    8:54
  • 8:02 PM

    Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave)

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto, Symphony No. 4

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    9:02
  • 5:50 PM

    Symphony No. 8, 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    7:48
  • 5:46 PM

    Piano Sonata no. 11, 3rd movement "Rondo alla turca"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    3:49
  • 5:41 PM

    Piano Sonata no. 58, 2nd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Alfred Brendel, piano

    4:11
  • 5:27 PM

    Piano Sonata no. 21, "Waldstein" 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Richard Goode, piano

    9:39
  • 5:13 PM

    Violin Partita No. 3, Gavotte & Rondeau

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Monica Huggett, violin

    3:36
  • 5:05 PM

    Violin Partita No. 3, Gavotte & Rondeau

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Monica Huggett, violin

    3:36
  • 5:02 PM

    Piano Sonata no. 58, 2nd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Alfred Brendel, piano

    4:11
  • 4:50 PM

    Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1

    Georges Enescu

    Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    11:45
  • 4:45 PM

    Jason Vieux, guitar

    4:59
  • 4:36 PM

    12 Contredanses

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 "Eroica"

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    8:51
  • 4:30 PM

    Fractalia

    Owen Condon

    Third Coast Percussion

    5:00
  • 4:12 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak | Violin Concerto & Piano Quintet

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    Sarah Chang, violin

    10:22
  • 4:05 PM

    Pasquinade (Caprice)

    Louis Moreau Gottschalk

    James Adler, piano

    3:54
  • 3:48 PM

    Sonata in A: Finale

    Cesar Franck

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    Eric Le Sage, piano

    6:05
  • 3:32 PM

    Rounds for String Orchestra

    David Diamond

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    14:14
  • 3:25 PM

    Papillons (selections)

    Robert Schumann

    Jon Nakamatsu, piano

    4:18
  • 3:08 PM

    Concerto for Oboe and Violin

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Richard Killmer, oboe

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    15:50
  • 3:01 PM

    Sonorous Table Suite (Mensa sonora): Part 2

    Heinrich Biber

    Baroque Band

    Garry Clarke, conductor

    6:10
  • 2:56 PM

    Estonian Dance Suite

    Eduard Tubin

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Hans-Peter Frank, conductor

    11:14
  • 2:44 PM

    The Magic Harp Overture (Rosamunde)

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphony in C Major

    Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Roger Norrington, conductor

    10:00
  • 2:34 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 8 "Pathetique": 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Sonatas 8, 17, and 23

    Ingrid Fliter, piano

    5:51
  • 2:27 PM

    Symphony No. 101 "The Clock": 3rd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 101 & 103

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Frans Bruggen, conductor

    7:24
  • 1:57 PM

    Coppelia: Slavonic Theme and Variation

    Leo Delibes

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    6:50
  • 1:52 PM

    Symphony No. 36, "Linz": 3rd mvt

    Wolfgang Mozart

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Rafael Kubelik, conductor

    3:33
  • 1:40 PM

    Romanian Folk Dances

    Bela Bartok

    Bartok: Divertimento, Romanian Folk Dances; Janacek: Mladi

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    6:14
  • 1:32 PM

    Maskarade: Overture

    Carl Nielsen

    Scandinavian Rhapsody, A Selection of Orchestral Favourites

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:36
  • 1:23 PM

    Symphony No. 5

    Carl Friedrich Abel

    Cantilena

    Adrian Shepherd, conductor

    7:37
  • 1:18 PM

    Lyric Pieces: Smatrold (Puck)

    Edvard Grieg

    Hagai Shaham, violin

    Arnon Erez, piano

    1:45
  • 1:10 PM

    Il Signor Bruschino: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Schubert: Symphony No. 9 'Great'; Beethoven: Symphony No. 7; Rossini: Overtures

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    5:01
  • 1:04 PM

    Les Concerts du Monde

    Keith Clark, conductor

    3:32
  • 12:55 PM

    Je te veux (I want you)

    Erik Satie

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    5:09
  • 12:47 PM

    Symphony No. 6: 3rd mvt

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Daniele Gatti, conductor

    5:44
  • 12:36 PM

    Clarinet Quartet: 4th mvt

    Bernhard Crusell

    Osmo Vanska, clarinet

    et al

    6:33
  • 12:31 PM

    The Queen's Jig

    John Playford

    The King's Noyse

    David Douglass, v

    3:33
  • 12:15 PM

    Symphony No. 3

    William Boyce

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Ronald Thomas, conductor

    5:05
  • 12:11 PM

    Etude No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    Murray Perahia, piano

    2:01
  • 12:04 PM

    Impresario: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Tafelmusik

    Bruno Weil, conductor

    4:15
  • 11:51 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1: 3rd Movement

    Max Bruch

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    Midori, violin

    7:32
  • 11:45 AM

    Children's Circus: Little March

    Jan Koetsier

    Clowning Around

    London Brass

    2:45
  • 11:42 AM

    Canzon "La Lusignuola" (The Nightingale)

    Tarquinio Merula

    2014-2015 MPR Class Notes Artists

    Belladonna

    1:32
  • 11:36 AM

    Symphony No. 1: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 1; Beethoven: Egmont Overture

    Munich Philharmonic Orchestra

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    5:15
  • 11:31 AM

    Fancy Free Ballet: Danzon

    Leonard Bernstein

    The Joy Of Bernstein

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    2:50
  • 11:24 AM

    Symphony No. 93: Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    4:39
  • 11:20 AM

    Bartered Bride: Furiant

    Bedrich Smetana

    Smetana: The Bartered Bride & From My Life

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    1:57
  • 11:07 AM

    Wedding March

    Johan Halvorsen

    Norwegian Violin Favourites

    Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    Henning Kraggerud, violin

    4:52
  • 11:04 AM

    The Married Beau: Hornpipe on a Ground

    Henry Purcell

    Boston Baroque

    Martin Pearlman, conductor

    1:21
  • 10:41 AM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Johann Hummel

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    Bibi Black, trumpet

    17:38
  • 10:17 AM

    Violin Sonatina No. 2

    Franz Schubert

    Andrew Manze, violin

    Richard Egarr, fortepiano

    22:38
  • 10:14 AM

    Lachrimae Antiquae Novae

    John Dowland

    John Holloway, violin

    Monika Baer, violin

    Renate Steinmann, viola

    Susanna Hefti, viola

    Martin Zeller, bass violin

    4:00
  • 10:06 AM

    Molly on the Shore

    Percy Grainger

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    4:02
  • 10:01 AM

    The Seasons: December (Christmas)

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Seasons, etc.

    Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leonid Grin, conductor

    4:40
  • 9:51 AM

    Minuet in Fandango Style

    Salvador Castro de Gistau

    Hasse: Cantatas Vol. 1

    Artemandoline

    8:24
  • 9:23 AM

    Symphony on a French Mountain Air

    Vincent d'Indy

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Munch, conductor

    Nicole Henriot-Schweitzer, piano

    25:17
  • 9:18 AM

    Six Songs: My Heart's Song

    Jean Sibelius

    .against the dying of the light

    Cantus

    3:06
  • 9:06 AM

    Symphony No. 12

    William Herschel

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    11:14
  • 9:01 AM

    Cantata No. 156: Arioso

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach Favorites

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    4:29
  • 8:35 AM

    La Mer (The Sea)

    Claude Debussy

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    23:54
  • 8:30 AM

    The Piano's 12 Sides: Legend

    Carter Pann

    Joel Hastings, piano

    3:45
  • 8:13 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 4

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    Dennis Brain, horn

    16:03
  • 8:06 AM

    Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

    Lajos Lencses, oboe

    5:39
  • 8:01 AM

    London Suite: Knightsbridge March

    Eric Coates

    London Pride

    East of England Orchestra

    Malcolm Nabarro, conductor

    4:22
  • 7:48 AM

    Academic Festival Overture

    Johannes Brahms

    The Berlin Album

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    10:03
  • 7:46 AM

    An Old Music Box (Une vieux boite de musique)

    Deodat de Severac

    At the Break

    Christopher O'Riley, piano

    1:43
  • 7:34 AM

    The Planets: Jupiter, Mercury

    Gustav Holst

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    11:50
  • 7:06 AM

    Symphonic Poem No. 12 "Die Ideale"

    Franz Liszt

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    25:54
  • 7:01 AM

    Pastorale-Polonaise

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Heinz Holliger, oboe

    Klaus Thunemann, bassoon

    Christianne Jaccottet, harpsichord

    4:29
  • 6:45 AM

    Overture No. 2

    Jean-Marie Leclair

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    13:33
  • 6:37 AM

    Hermann and Dorothea Overture

    Robert Schumann

    Polish National Radio Orchestra

    Johannes Wildner, conductor

    8:19
  • 6:31 AM

    Postcards from the Sky: "Unfolding Sky"

    Marjan Mozetich

    Blanc

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:13
  • 6:07 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 16

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano

    23:10
  • 6:01 AM

    Cancao sertaneja (Song of the Farmlands)

    Camargo Guarnieri

    Essencia Do Brasil

    Brazilian Guitar Quartet

    4:25
  • 5:44 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 11

    Giovanni Punto

    Telemann: Horn Concerto, Etc.

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Barry Tuckwell, horn

    14:21
  • 5:32 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel and Haydn Society

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    11:49
  • 5:10 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Alexander Borodin

    Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor

    19:40
  • 5:06 AM

    Julia Fischer, violin

    Milana Chernyavska, piano

    3:11
  • 5:01 AM

    Sinfonia

    Antonio Leal Moreira

    Spanish and Portuguese Orchestral Music

    Algarve Orchestra

    Alvaro Cassuto, conductor

    4:36
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