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  • 5:18 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Johannes Brahms

    Radio Philharmonic Orchestra of France

    Otto Klemperer, conductor

    David Oistrakh, violin

    40:51
  • 5:06 AM

    Old Hungarian Dances

    Ferenc Farkas

    Frosunda Wind Quintet

    9:35
  • 5:01 AM

    Lux Aeterna

    Ivo Antognini

    Mid-Winter Songs/Un Soir De Neige

    Phoenix Chamber Choir

    4:41
  • 4:31 AM

    From Foreign Lands: Russia

    Moritz Moszkowski

    From Foreign Lands

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    3:12
  • 4:21 AM

    Pavane, Idyll and Bacchanal

    Edgar Bainton

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paul Daniel, conductor

    9:08
  • 4:15 AM

    Schindler's List: Theme

    John Williams

    Beautiful Hollywood

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    Alexander Kerr, violin

    4:39
  • 1:59 AM

    French Suite No. 5: Sarabande

    J.S. Bach

    The French Suites

    Murray Perahia, piano

    Murray Perahia, piano

    4:09
  • 1:57 AM

    French Suite No. 5: Sarabande

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    The French Suites

    Murray Perahia, piano

    4:09
  • 1:36 AM

    Sextet for Winds

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Consortium Classicum

    20:05
  • 1:15 AM

    Symphony No. 95

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: 12 London Symphonies

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    19:48
  • 1:07 AM

    Antonia

    Pat Metheny

    Infusion

    Jason Vieaux, guitar

    6:22
  • 12:59 AM

    The Bells of St. Genevieve

    Marin Marais

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    7:51
  • 12:55 AM

    Fur Elise

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Greatest Hits: The Piano, Vol. 1

    Andre Watts, piano

    2:57
  • 12:46 AM

    Symphony No. 7: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven 5 And 7

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Manfred Honeck, conductor

    8:29
  • 12:37 AM

    Symphony No. 7: 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven 5 And 7

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Manfred Honeck, conductor

    8:58
  • 12:28 AM

    Symphony No. 7: 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven 5 And 7

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Manfred Honeck, conductor

    8:26
  • 12:19 AM

    Der Rosenkavalier: Hab mir's gelobt...Ist ein Traum, kann nicht wirklich sein

    Richard Strauss

    Elina Garanca: Aria Cantilena

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Fabio Luisi, conductor

    Elina Garanca, mezzo-soprano

    12:12
  • 11:58 PM

    Lieutenant Kije Suite

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky/Lieutenant Kije

    Montreal Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Dutoit, conductor

    19:22
  • 11:55 PM

    The Ruins of Athens: Turkish March

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Gianluca Cascioli, piano

    2:10
  • 11:37 PM

    Violin Partita No. 2: Chaconne

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Partitas Nos. 2 and 3; Sonata No. 3

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    17:47
  • 11:31 PM

    Requiem: Dies Irae; Tuba Mirum

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Verdi: Messa da Requiem

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Antonio Pappano, conductor

    Anja Harteros, soprano

    4:08
  • 11:27 PM

    Superman: Main Title

    John Williams

    London Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:25
  • 11:16 PM

    Four Seasons: Spring

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Nigel Kennedy, conductor

    Nigel Kennedy, violin

    9:40
  • 11:03 PM

    1712 Overture

    P.D.Q. Bach (Peter Schickele)

    The Ill-Conceived P.D.Q. Bach Anthology

    Greater Hoople Area Philharmonic

    Walter Bruno, conductor

    11:33
  • 10:49 PM

    Adagio for Strings

    Samuel Barber

    The Bernstein Century: Barber & Schuman

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    9:52
  • 10:19 PM

    Scheherazade: The Festival at Baghdad

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade, etc.

    Kirov Orchestra

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    Sergei Levitin, violin

    12:04
  • 10:15 PM

    Carnival of the Animals: The Swan

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Songs From The Arc Of Life

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    2:50
  • 10:04 PM

    Finlandia

    Jean Sibelius

    Ports of Call

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    7:48
  • 10:00 PM

    Drink Deep

    Dan Nass

    2016-2017 Classical MPR Class Notes Artists

    The Dream Songs Project

    3:18
  • 9:53 PM

    Song without Words No. 7

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Tzimon Barto: Popular Encores

    Tzimon Barto, piano

    4:44
  • 9:43 PM

    Four Seasons: Winter

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Nigel Kennedy, conductor

    Nigel Kennedy, violin

    8:46
  • 9:38 PM

    Circus Polka

    Igor Stravinsky

    Stravinsky, Martin

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Thierry Fischer, conductor

    3:34
  • 9:36 PM

    Barnum and Bailey's Favorite

    Karl King

    Fennell Conducts Hands Across the Sea

    Eastman Wind Ensemble

    Frederick Fennell, conductor

    2:32
  • 9:24 PM

    Danzon No. 2

    Arturo Marquez

    Fiesta

    Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    9:46
  • 9:12 PM

    Harp Concerto

    George Frideric Handel

    Harp Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Marisa Robles, harp

    10:57
  • 9:06 PM

    La Boheme: O soave fanciulla

    Giacomo Puccini

    Pavarotti's Opera Made Easy: My Favorite Puccini

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    Mirella Freni, soprano

    4:13
  • 9:00 PM

    The Magnificent Seven

    Elmer Bernstein

    Round-Up

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    5:32
  • 6:48 PM

    Variations on Mozart's "Bei Mannern"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Jonathan Miller, cello

    Randall Hodgkinson, piano

    10:34
  • 6:44 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 5

    Johannes Brahms

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    Lambert Orkis, piano

    2:41
  • 6:06 PM

    Symphony No. 7

    Antonin Dvorak

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    36:19
  • 5:59 PM

    Trumpet Sonata No. 1

    Pietro Baldassare

    Italian Trumpet Concertos

    New Bach Collegium Musicum Leipzig

    Max Pommer, conductor

    Ludwig Guttler, trumpet

    5:28
  • 5:54 PM

    Morgen! (Tomorrow!)

    Richard Strauss

    Richard Strauss: Orchestral Songs

    Munich Philharmonic Orchestra

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    Diana Damrau, soprano

    3:42
  • 5:25 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "Romantic"

    Howard Hanson

    Hanson Conducts Hanson: Symphony No. 1 "Nordic" / Symphony No. 2 "Romantic" / Song Of Democracy

    Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra

    Howard Hanson, conductor

    27:49
  • 5:17 PM

    Overture in the French Style: Overture

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    12th Van Cliburn Competition: Silver

    Joyce Yang, piano

    6:46
  • 5:02 PM

    Sinfonia

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Concert Recording

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Zacharias, conductor

    14:15
  • 4:54 PM

    Torch Dance

    Moritz Moszkowski

    From Foreign Lands

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    6:15
  • 4:48 PM

    Sonata "La Foscari"

    Giovanni Legrenzi

    Verso Venezia - Sonate & Canzoni

    Pallade Musica

    5:09
  • 4:24 PM

    Symphony No. 94 "Surprise"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    London Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Warren-Green, conductor

    22:59
  • 4:19 PM

    Tim Fain, violin

    3:00
  • 4:15 PM

    Hymn for America

    Stephen Paulus

    Mormon Tabernacle Choir

    Craig Jessop, conductor

    3:11
  • 4:13 PM

    God Bless America

    Irving Berlin

    God Bless America

    Mormon Tabernacle Choir

    2:20
  • 4:10 PM

    America (My Country 'Tis of Thee)

    Traditional

    Mormon Tabernacle Choir

    2:15
  • 4:07 PM

    America the Beautiful

    Samuel Ward/Katharine Bates

    Mormon Tabernacle Choir

    3:37
  • 4:00 PM

    La Vida Breve: Interlude and Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    6:35
  • 3:54 PM

    Lincoln: Selections

    John Williams

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    9:33
  • 3:41 PM

    Blumenstuck (Flower Piece)

    Robert Schumann

    Vladimir Horowitz, piano

    7:28
  • 3:24 PM

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    14:56
  • 3:06 PM

    Faust Ballet Music

    Charles Gounod

    Gounod: Faust

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    16:23
  • 3:01 PM

    Impromptu No. 2

    Franz Schubert

    Michael McHale, piano

    4:49
  • 2:56 PM

    Orfeo ed Euridice: Se il dolce de la tua lira

    Christoph von Gluck

    Rome Opera Orchestra

    Pierre Monteaux, conductor

    Roberta Peters, soprano

    :00
  • 2:51 PM

    Concert Suite No. 4: La Rameau

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Baroque Nouveau

    4:40
  • 2:38 PM

    Ma vlast (My Country): Vltava (The Moldau)

    Bedrich Smetana

    Dvorak: New World Symphony

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Istvan Kertesz, conductor

    11:05
  • 2:32 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 3: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach: Brandenburg Concerto

    Academy of Ancient Music Berlin

    5:30
  • 2:29 PM

    Lady in the Dark: Tchaikowsky and Other Russians

    Ira Gershwin & Kurt Weill

    Danny Kaye, vocal

    :00
  • 2:21 PM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique": 3rd movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    James Levine, conductor

    9:05
  • 2:18 PM

    Curtain Tune on a Ground

    Henry Purcell

    Purcell: Masques

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    2:16
  • 2:10 PM

    Octet: Scherzo

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto, Octet

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    4:34
  • 2:04 PM

    Symphony No. 100 "Military": Minuet

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Seven London Symphonies

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    4:47
  • 1:55 PM

    Medley: Beautiful River; Battle Hymn of the Republic

    Robert Lowry; Julia Ward Howe

    Jacqueline Schwab, piano

    5:00
  • 1:46 PM

    Toward a New Life

    Josef Suk

    Pomp & Pizazz

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    5:48
  • 1:37 PM

    Serenade No. 2: 1st movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    7:43
  • 1:33 PM

    1600 Pennsylvania Avenue: Take Care of This House

    Alan Jay Lerner & Leonard Bernstein

    Kelli O'Hara, soprano

    :00
  • 1:32 PM

    Lyric Pieces: Sommerfugl (Butterfly)

    Edvard Grieg

    Stephen Hough, piano

    1:39
  • 1:22 PM

    Concerto Andaluz: 1st movement

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Delaware Symphony Orchestra

    David Amado, conductor

    8:06
  • 1:18 PM

    Nymphs and Satyr Suite: Scherzo

    Howard Hanson

    HANSON: Concerto for Organ, Harp and Strings / Nymphs and Satyr

    Philadelphia Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Spalding, conductor

    Holly Blake, bassoon

    3:03
  • 1:08 PM

    Old American Songs: Selections

    Aaron Copland

    VocalEssence

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    5:22
  • 1:04 PM

    Acis and Galatea: Happy We!

    George Frideric Handel

    Grand & Glorious - Great Operatic Choruses / Robert Shaw

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    1:56
  • 12:55 PM

    Little Serenade: 1st movement

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    2:44
  • 12:46 PM

    String Symphony No. 6

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Camerata Bern

    Thomas Furi, conductor

    8:44
  • 12:41 PM

    Piano Trio No. 1: 3rd mvt

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio

    3:33
  • 12:30 PM

    Four Seasons: Spring

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

    Australian Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Tognetti, conductor

    Richard Tognetti, violin

    9:32
  • 12:24 PM

    The Forest Bird (L'Oiseau des bois)

    Franz Doppler

    Doppler: Music for Flutes and Piano

    Per Oien, flute

    5:14
  • 12:20 PM

    Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro

    Giacomo Puccini

    Munich Radio Philharmonic

    Diana Damrau, soprano

    2:44
  • 12:07 PM

    An Irish Symphony: 3rd movement

    Arthur Sullivan

    Sullivan: Symphony in E major 'Irish'

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    6:13
  • 12:04 PM

    Our Town: Grover's Corners

    Aaron Copland

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    2:20
  • 11:50 AM

    Serenade for Winds

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: An Alpine Symphony, Serenade

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    8:48
  • 11:42 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 20

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Opp. 31 And 49

    Maurizio Pollini, piano

    7:07
  • 11:34 AM

    St. Matthew Passion: Wir setzen uns mit Tranen nieder

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    6:27
  • 11:24 AM

    Grania and Diarmid Incidental Music

    Edward Elgar

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    9:46
  • 11:12 AM

    Sacred and Profane Dances

    Claude Debussy

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Edmon Colomer, conductor

    Vanessa McKeand, harp

    9:40
  • 11:06 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 4

    Alessandro Scarlatti

    A & D Scarlatti: Concerti & Sinfonie

    Europa Galante

    Fabio Biondi, conductor

    Fabio Biondi, violin

    5:07
  • 11:01 AM

    Symphony No. 40: 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    4:45
  • 10:52 AM

    March Militaire No. 1

    Franz Schubert

    Vladimir Horowitz, piano

    6:09
  • 10:41 AM

    Sonata da Camera

    George Frideric Handel

    Baroque Music for Brass and Organ

    Empire Brass

    William Kuhlman, organ

    9:32
  • 10:31 AM

    Kunstler-Leben Walzer (Artist's Life)

    Johann StraussJr.

    Strauss

    Vienna Volksopera Orchestra

    Franz Bauer-Theussl, conductor

    9:10
  • 10:24 AM

    Air and Dance for Strings

    Frederick Delius

    Vaughan Williams and Delius

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    5:03
  • 10:21 AM

    Pescatore; Saltarello

    Pietro Paolo Borrono

    Renaissance Favorites For Guitar

    David Russell, guitar

    2:36
  • 10:06 AM

    Allan Vogel, oboe

    Philip Setzer, violin

    Geraldine Walther, viola

    Colin Carr, cello

    14:35
  • 10:01 AM

    Three Chinese Folk Songs

    Zhou Long

    Shanghai Quartet

    4:43
  • 9:13 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Winter Dreams"

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    45:15
  • 9:06 AM

    Eastern Promises: Concertino

    Howard Shore

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Kirill Karabits, conductor

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    5:12
  • 9:01 AM

    Milonga del Angel

    Astor Piazzolla

    groovebox

    Ahn Trio

    4:25
  • 8:48 AM

    Capriccio "On the Departure of a Brother"

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: French Overture, Italian Concerto, Duets

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    10:06
  • 8:32 AM

    New England Triptych

    William Schuman

    An American Tapestry

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    15:38
  • 8:25 AM

    Larghetto

    Neil McKay

    Music For Quiet Listening

    Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra

    Howard Hanson, conductor

    6:30
  • 8:06 AM

    String Quintet No. 4

    Luigi Boccherini

    Boccherini: String Quintets, Cello Sonatas

    Sigiswald Kuijken, violin

    17:11
  • 8:01 AM

    Dance of the Bajader

    Johan Halvorsen

    Halvorsen, J.: Kongen / Vasantasena / Tordenskjold

    Latvian National Symphony Orchestra

    Terje Mikkelsen, conductor

    4:25
  • 7:36 AM

    Grand Duo Concertant

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Chamber Music of Carl Maria von Weber for Clarinet

    David Shifrin, clarinet

    22:20
  • 7:29 AM

    Alfonsina y el Mar (Alfonsina and the Sea)

    Ariel Ramirez

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    5:56
  • 7:06 AM

    Symphony No. 53 "Imperial"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    21:30
  • 7:01 AM

    Four North American Legends: Chippewa Lullaby

    Carl Busch

    Gowanus Arts Ensemble

    Reuben Blundell, conductor

    4:25
  • 6:41 AM

    Tapiola

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Symphonies 6 & 7, Tapiola

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    17:23
  • 6:15 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Tchaikovsky & Mendelssohn Concertos

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Munch, conductor

    Jascha Heifetz, violin

    24:03
  • 6:06 AM

    Summer Pastorale

    Arthur Honegger

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    8:09
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