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  • 4:33 AM

    Symphony No. 5

    Niels Gade

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    Roland Pontinen, piano

    25:46
  • 4:29 AM

    Wild Swans: Eliza's Aria

    Elena Kats-Chernin

    Daniel Hope, violin

    Jacques Ammon, piano

    3:07
  • 4:09 AM

    Divertimento No. 7

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    17:50
  • 4:06 AM

    Sir John Smith's Almain

    John Dowland

    Dowland: My Favorite Dowland

    Paul O'Dette, lute

    2:30
  • 4:01 AM

    Paul's Steeple and Stingo

    John Playford

    Apollo's Banquet

    4:42
  • 3:07 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat

    Johannes Brahms

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    Stephen Hough, piano

    51:00
  • 2:58 AM

    Legende

    Henryk Wieniawski

    A La Carte

    Abbey Road Ensemble

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    7:46
  • 2:51 AM

    Armida: Overture

    Tommaso Traetta

    Concerto Koln

    Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor

    5:19
  • 2:24 AM

    Suite from Der Rosenkavalier

    Richard Strauss

    Minnesota Orchestra Live from Orchestra Hall

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    25:00
  • 2:12 AM

    Salome's Dance

    Richard Strauss

    Minnesota Orchestra Live from Orchestra Hall

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    7:00
  • 1:07 AM

    Don Qhixote

    Richard Strauss

    Minnesota Orchestra Live from Orchestra Hall

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Anthony Ross, cello

    7:00
  • 12:52 AM

    Stimmungsbilder

    Richard Strauss

    David Golub, piano

    10:40
  • 12:37 AM

    Rounds for String Orchestra

    David Diamond

    American Music For Strings

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    13:52
  • 12:11 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 15 "Pastoral"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Alfred Brendel, piano

    25:07
  • 12:06 AM

    Lute Suite No. 4: Gavotte en Rondeau

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Joshua Bell, violin

    2:47
  • 11:34 PM

    Symphony No. 5

    Tchaikovsky

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    31:01
  • 11:18 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 59 "Genzinger"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Glenn Gould, piano

    17:15
  • 11:10 PM

    Hansel and Gretel: Evening Prayer

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Andre Cluytens, conductor

    3:19
  • 10:59 PM

    Years of Pilgrimage: Chapelle de Guillaume Tell

    Franz Liszt

    Ashley Wass, piano

    7:10
  • 10:44 PM

    Easter Oratorio (opening)

    JS Bach

    Collegium Vocale

    Philippe Herreweghe, conductor

    12:47
  • 10:40 PM

    Chorale Prelude: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (Now comes the Savior)

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cameron Carpenter, organ

    4:19
  • 10:27 PM

    Lincolnshire Posy

    Percy Grainger

    Lincolnshire Posy

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    17:16
  • 10:17 PM

    Pizzicato Polka

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    2:30
  • 10:07 PM

    Ave Maria

    Franz Biebl

    Chanticleer

    7:31
  • 9:55 PM

    Fantasia for Horn

    Franz Strauss

    Rebecca Dodson-Webster, horn

    Richard Seiler, piano

    11:00
  • 9:48 PM

    William Tell: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Complete Overtures

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    11:03
  • 9:31 PM

    Highland Cathedral

    Michael Korb/Uli Roewer

    Musica Variata

    Musica Variata

    7:49
  • 9:15 PM

    Symphonie Fantastique: Reveries

    Hector Berlioz

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    15:29
  • 9:05 PM

    The Planets: Uranus

    Gustav Holst

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    :00
  • 8:39 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Andris Nelsons, conductor

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    50:18
  • 8:23 PM

    The Shadows of October

    Michael Whalen

    Michael Whalen: The Shadows of October

    Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra

    Dennis Burkh, conductor

    Mitchell Estrin, clarinet

    7:42
  • 8:22 PM

    The Valkyrie: Ride of the Valkyries

    Richard Wagner

    Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

    James Levine, conductor

    5:43
  • 8:00 PM

    Rounds for String Orchestra

    David Diamond

    Seattle Symphony Orchestra

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    14:19
  • 5:49 PM

    Bright Blue Music

    Michael Torke

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman

    9:00
  • 5:41 PM

    Two Preludes, Book II

    Claude Debussy

    Claudio Arrau, piano

    5:46
  • 5:19 PM

    Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Daniele Gatti, conductor

    20:47
  • 5:11 PM

    Martin Frost, clarinet

    Janine Jansen, violin

    Boris Brovtsyn, violin

    Maxim Rysanov, viola

    Torleif Thedeen, cello

    7:10
  • 5:05 PM

    Xerxes: Ombra mai fu

    George Frideric Handel

    Moriah Huerta, voice

    Kellie LeClair, piano

    3:18
  • 4:59 PM

    March of the Siamese Children (The King and I)

    Richard Rodgers, arr. Hough

    Stephen Hough, piano

    3:51
  • 4:51 PM

    Carousel Waltz

    Richard Rodgers

    My Favorite Things: A Richard Rogers Celebration

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    7:49
  • 4:48 PM

    Schon Rosmarin

    Fritz Kreisler

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    Lambert Orkis, piano

    2:07
  • 4:20 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    25:48
  • 4:13 PM

    Concerto for 4 Violins and Strings

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    6:20
  • 4:07 PM

    Hopkinson Smith, lute

    4:55
  • 3:48 PM

    Capriccio Espagnol

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    16:11
  • 3:39 PM

    Pearl Fishers: Au fond du temple saint (Temple Duet)

    Georges Bizet

    Montreal Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Dutoit, conductor

    Gregory Cross, tenor

    Gino Quilico, baritone

    7:27
  • 3:28 PM

    Benjamin Grosvenor, piano

    5:29
  • 3:08 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Orchestral Suites

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    19:18
  • 3:00 PM

    Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5: Aria (Cantilena)

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Romances for Saxophone

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Branford Marsalis, saxophone

    5:34
  • 2:55 PM

    Clarinet Quartet No. 1: 4th mvt

    Bernhard Crusell

    Osmo Vanska, clarinet

    3:44
  • 2:51 PM

    Galliard

    William Brad

    The King's Noyse

    David Douglass, v

    :00
  • 2:30 PM

    Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

    Benjamin Britten

    Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf, Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    17:06
  • 2:19 PM

    String Quartet No. 2: 1st movement

    Alexander Borodin

    2014-2015 MPR Class Notes Artists

    Mill City String Quartet

    8:48
  • 2:02 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 1

    Richard Strauss

    Mozart, Strauss: Horn Concertos

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Radovan Vlatkovic, horn

    16:05
  • 1:50 PM

    Aria: Ch'io mi scordi di te"

    Wolfgang Mozart

    St. Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Zacharias, conductor

    Isabel Leonard, mezzo

    :00
  • 1:41 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1: Rondo

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    8:55
  • 1:32 PM

    Kamarinskaya

    Mikhail Glinka

    San Diego Chamber Orchestra

    Donald Barra, conductor

    6:09
  • 1:29 PM

    Ack Varmeland, du skona

    Traditional

    Danish String Quartet

    3:00
  • 1:22 PM

    Flute Quartet No. 1: 3rd mvt

    Wolfgang Mozart

    Accordo

    4:33
  • 1:18 PM

    Irish is Reel

    Adam Maness

    UNKNOWN

    The 442s

    3:16
  • 1:10 PM

    A New Tune

    Anonymous

    The Sunday Sessions: Wish List

    Palladian Ensemble

    4:05
  • 1:05 PM

    Mother Goose (Ma mere l'oye): Laideronnette, Empress of the Pagodas

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Sheherazade, etc.

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    5:03
  • 12:48 PM

    Mass: Simple Song

    Leonard Bernstein

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:00
  • 12:37 PM

    L'assedio di Corinto (Siege of Corinth): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    8:53
  • 12:33 PM

    Waltz No. 12

    Frederic Chopin

    Stephen Kovacevich, piano

    3:14
  • 12:23 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 5

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: 5 Piano Concertos

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    Ramin Bahrami, piano

    8:22
  • 12:18 PM

    Prelude on Rhosymedre

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Mississippi Guitar Quartet

    4:01
  • 12:11 PM

    Hymn to New England

    John Williams

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    3:00
  • 12:08 PM

    Simple Symphony: Boisterous Bourree

    Benjamin Britten

    Works by Britten, Tippett, Walton

    Guildhall Strings

    2:49
  • 12:04 PM

    Acis and Galatea: Happy We!

    George Frideric Handel

    Grand & Glorious - Great Operatic Choruses / Robert Shaw

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    1:56
  • 11:52 AM

    Symphony No. 34: Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    7:28
  • 11:49 AM

    Zwa sterndal am himmel

    Traditional German

    Vienna Boys Choir

    1:28
  • 11:42 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    William Boyce

    Boyce: 8 Symphonies

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    7:20
  • 11:32 AM

    Concerto for Two Flutes

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, conductor

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    Shigenori Kudo, flute

    6:49
  • 11:24 AM

    Octet: Finale

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Cleveland Quartet

    5:50
  • 11:21 AM

    March for Children

    Franz Schubert

    Yaara Tal, piano

    Andreas Groethuysen, piano

    2:32
  • 11:08 AM

    Symphony No. 4: 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies No 4 & 5

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    6:00
  • 11:04 AM

    Holberg Suite: Gavotte

    Edvard Grieg

    Rotterdam Chamber Orchestra

    Conrad van Alphen, conductor

    3:05
  • 10:31 AM

    Clarinet Concerto

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart, Debussy, Takemitsu

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, basset clarinet

    26:37
  • 10:26 AM

    Rondo a Capriccio (Rage Over a Lost Penny)

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Evgeny Kissin, piano

    5:29
  • 10:15 AM

    Rhapsodie

    Marcel Grandjany

    Impressions de France

    Caroline Leonardelli, harp

    8:38
  • 10:07 AM

    Prince and the Mermaid Suite

    William Grant Still

    William Grant Still

    Oregon String Quartet

    7:24
  • 10:01 AM

    The Desert of Roses: 3rd movement

    Robert Moran

    Piano Circus Band

    Craig Smith, conductor

    4:34
  • 9:41 AM

    Symphony No. 21

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    18:47
  • 9:24 AM

    Keyboard Suite No. 4

    George Frideric Handel

    Keith Jarrett, piano

    13:51
  • 9:13 AM

    Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia

    Aram Khachaturian

    Khachaturian: Spartacus Suites

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    8:50
  • 9:07 AM

    Sonata No. 8

    Jean-Fery Rebel

    Trio Settecento

    6:43
  • 9:01 AM

    Dowland in Armenia

    Loris Chobanian

    William Kanengiser, guitar

    4:50
  • 8:37 AM

    Cello Concerto No. 9

    Luigi Boccherini

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    Matt Haimovitz, cello

    21:00
  • 8:35 AM

    Ack Varmeland, du skona

    Traditional

    Wood Works

    Danish String Quartet

    3:10
  • 8:13 AM

    Bassoon Concerto

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    St. Mary's Chamber Players

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    John Miller, bassoon

    19:35
  • 8:06 AM

    Symphony: Scherzo

    Richard Wagner

    Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra

    Hiroshi Wakasugi, conductor

    6:09
  • 8:01 AM

    Dance of the Flowers

    Amy Beach

    Joanne Polk, piano

    4:41
  • 7:38 AM

    Harp Concerto

    Nino Rota

    Virtuosi Italiani

    Marzio Conti, conductor

    Luisa Prandina, harp

    20:52
  • 7:29 AM

    Concerto for 2 Recorders

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Cologne Camerata

    8:05
  • 7:12 AM

    Night Ride and Sunrise

    Jean Sibelius

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    15:14
  • 7:06 AM

    Louise Pellerin, oboe

    Dom Andre Laberge, organ

    5:09
  • 7:01 AM

    Iberia: Triana

    Isaac Albeniz

    Iberia

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Daniel, conductor

    John Williams, guitar

    4:37
  • 6:55 AM

    Waltz No. 9 "L'adieu"

    Frederic Chopin

    Stephen Kovacevich, piano

    3:00
  • 6:33 AM

    Symphony No. 94 "Surprise"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Hanover Band

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    22:23
  • 6:12 AM

    Lieutenant Kije Suite

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kije, Love for Three Oranges: Suites; Stravinsky: Suites Nos 1 and 2 for Small Orchestra

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Eduardo Mata, conductor

    19:21
  • 6:06 AM

    Ae Fond Kiss

    Robert Burns

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Rory Macdonald, conductor

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    4:36
  • 6:01 AM

    Concert Suite No. 6: La Poule (The Hen)

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Rameau: Une Symphonie Imaginaire

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    4:31
  • 5:54 AM

    Cantata No. 208: Sheep May Safely Graze

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    5:42
  • 5:10 AM

    Piano Quintet "Trout"

    Franz Schubert

    Takacs Quartet

    (Selected members), conductor

    Andreas Haefliger, piano

    40:44
  • 5:06 AM

    Fantasy Upon One Note

    Henry Purcell

    John Holloway, violin

    Monika Baer, violin

    Renate Steinmann, viola

    Susanna Hefti, viola

    Martin Zeller, bass violin

    2:43
  • 5:02 AM

    Intermezzo No. 2

    Vasily Kalinnikov

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:22
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