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  • 4:51 AM

    The Flowers of Esfahan

    Colin Jacobsen

    A Walking Fire

    Brooklyn Rider

    7:19
  • 4:37 AM

    The Garden of Cosmic Speculation: Garden of the Senses Suite

    Michael Gandolfi

    Gandolfi: The Garden of Cosmic Spectacular

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Spano, conductor

    12:55
  • 4:29 AM

    La Isla Magica

    Angelica Negron

    Eleonore Oppenheim, double bass

    Angelica Negron, electronics

    8:05
  • 4:17 AM

    In a Landscape

    John Cage

    Rothko Chapel

    Sarah Rothenberg, piano

    9:40
  • 4:06 AM

    Qi: Garden

    Evan Ziporyn

    Brooklyn Rider

    9:37
  • 4:01 AM

    Patterns of Plants: The Nineteenth Collection: Pattern A

    Mamoru Fujieda

    Sarah Cahill, piano

    4:48
  • 3:48 AM

    Illuminations of the Beyond (Eclairs sur l'au-dela): Demeurer dans l’amour (To Abide in Love)

    Olivier Messiaen

    Messiaen: Illuminations of the Beyond

    Orchestre de la Bastille

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    10:11
  • 3:38 AM

    Sun Rings: One Earth, One People, One Love

    Terry Riley

    Kronos Quartet

    9:07
  • 3:09 AM

    A Pile of Dust

    Johann Johannsson

    Johann Johannsson: Orphee

    Air Lyndhurst String Orchestra

    Anthony Weeden, conductor

    4:49
  • 3:06 AM

    Blue Piece

    Libby Larsen

    Holes in the Sky

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    2:43
  • 3:01 AM

    Solstice: Garden of the Sun

    Lou Harrison

    Lou Harrison: A Portrait

    California Symphony

    Barry Jekowsky, conductor

    4:21
  • 2:47 AM

    The Leopard (Il Gattopardo): Selections

    Nino Rota

    Nino Rota: Music For Film

    Philharmonic of La Scala

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    11:43
  • 2:29 AM

    Children's Corner

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Engulfed Cathedral

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    16:37
  • 2:14 AM

    Mandolin Concerto

    Domenico Caudioso

    Concerto Italiano

    Rinaldo Alessandrini, conductor

    Julien Martineau, mandolin

    13:08
  • 2:06 AM

    Appalachian Spring: Variations on a Shaker Melody

    Aaron Copland

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    6:47
  • 2:01 AM

    String Quartet No. 11 "Serioso": 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Cypress String Quartet

    4:41
  • 1:52 AM

    Handelian Rhapsody

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger: Piano Transcriptions

    Piers Lane, piano

    6:18
  • 1:14 AM

    Symphony No. 8

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Legends, Symphony No. 8

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    36:48
  • 1:07 AM

    Closing

    Philip Glass

    Philip Glass, Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    5:41
  • 1:01 AM

    The Wedding Waltz

    Heikki Aaltoila

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:37
  • 12:47 AM

    Introduction and Allegro

    Maurice Ravel

    French Chamber Music for Harp

    Markus Klinko, harp

    10:57
  • 12:26 AM

    Piano Sonata

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Solo Piano Works

    Arcadi Volodos, piano

    19:01
  • 12:11 AM

    New Dutch Academy

    Simon Murphy, conductor

    14:02
  • 12:06 AM

    Algerian Suite: French Military March

    Camille Saint-Saens

    French Bon Bons

    Grimethorpe Colliery Band

    Major Peter Parkes, conductor

    4:28
  • 12:01 AM

    Grand Canyon Suite: Sunset

    Ferde Grofe

    Grofe: Grand Canyon Suite, Gershwin: Catfish Row

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    4:43
  • 11:40 PM

    Holberg Suite

    Edvard Grieg

    Orchestral Favourites Vol I

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    17:37
  • 11:37 PM

    Holberg Suite

    Edvard Grieg

    Orchestral Favourites Vol I

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    17:37
  • 11:33 PM

    Dance of the Shepherd Girl

    Hugo Alfven

    A Swedish Pastorale

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Jan-Olav Wedin, conductor

    3:46
  • 11:26 PM

    Grand Duchess of Gerolstein: Overture

    Jacques Offenbach

    Gulbenkian Orchestra

    Michel Swierczewski, conductor

    4:33
  • 11:09 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 8

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Sonatas

    Sara Davis Buechner, piano

    15:59
  • 11:00 PM

    Mandolin Sonata

    Cristoforo Signorelli

    Hasse: Cantatas Vol. 1

    Artemandoline

    8:28
  • 10:48 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Staatskapelle Berlin

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    10:09
  • 10:33 PM

    Horn Concerto

    Johann Neruda

    Before Mozart: Early Horn Concertos

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Nicholas McGegan, conductor

    Alec Frank-Gemmill, horn

    14:17
  • 10:26 PM

    Donna Diana Overture

    Emil von Reznicek

    Great Comedy Overtures

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Lance Friedel, conductor

    6:00
  • 10:19 PM

    Seasonal Breezes: Summer Breeeze

    Rick Sowash

    Sylvan Trio

    5:06
  • 10:05 PM

    Novelette "In Eastern Style"

    Alexander Glazunov

    Saint Petersburg String Quartet

    8:06
  • 10:00 PM

    Serenade for Strings: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Mad About the Waltz

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    3:51
  • 9:45 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 7

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Australian Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Tognetti, conductor

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    13:58
  • 9:39 PM

    Earthly Angels

    5:05
  • 9:23 PM

    Sonata No. 1

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Camerata Bern

    Thomas Furi, conductor

    13:45
  • 9:17 PM

    Fast Blue Village 2

    Elena Kats-Chernin

    Del Sol String Quartet

    5:16
  • 9:06 PM

    Symphonie Espagnole: Rondo

    Edouard Lalo

    Lalo: Symphonie espagnole/Saint-Saens: Violin Concerto No.3

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    Chee-Yun, violin

    8:27
  • 9:00 PM

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    4:41
  • 8:52 PM

    Ritirata notturna di Madrid

    Luigi Boccherini

    Berio: Orchestral Transcriptions

    Giuseppe Verdi Orchestra of Milan

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    6:30
  • 8:36 PM

    Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Don Juan, Tod und Verklarung

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Tadaaki Otaka, conductor

    15:47
  • 8:30 PM

    Variations on a Theme by Mozart

    Mikhail Glinka

    Susann McDonald, harp

    4:11
  • 8:06 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 15 "Pastoral"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Stephen Kovacevich: The Complete Piano Sonatas

    Stephen Kovacevich, piano

    22:41
  • 8:00 PM

    American Suite: 1st movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 in E minor; American Suite

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    5:25
  • 5:48 PM

    Symphonie Fantastique: Dream of a Witches' Sabbath

    Hector Berlioz

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Harding, conductor

    10:03
  • 5:13 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    Yefim Bronfman, piano

    33:54
  • 5:06 PM

    La Boheme: Si, mi chiamano Mimi (They call me Mimi)

    Giacomo Puccini

    The #1 Opera Album

    Orchestra of the Royal Theater, Torino

    John Mauceri, conductor

    Angela Gheorghiu, soprano

    4:43
  • 5:01 PM

    Sonata No. 16

    Giovanni Fontana

    Stradivaria

    4:31
  • 4:53 PM

    Intrada

    Aarre Merikanto

    Aarre Merikanto

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor

    5:17
  • 4:50 PM

    Amor Vittorioso (Love Victorious)

    Giovanni Gastoldi

    2014-2015 MPR Class Notes Artists

    Summit Hill Brass Quintet

    :59
  • 4:20 PM

    Sinfonia Concertante

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Sinfonie Concertanti KV 297b & KV 364

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    30:26
  • 4:09 PM

    Sicilian Vespers: Overture

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    9:14
  • 4:06 PM

    Canzon Noni Toni

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    Philadelphia Brass Ensemble

    3:15
  • 4:01 PM

    The Color Purple: Main Theme

    Quincy Jones

    Cinema Serenade

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    4:30
  • 3:51 PM

    Rhapsody No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    6:18
  • 3:06 PM

    Capriol Suite

    Peter Warlock

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    9:11
  • 3:01 PM

    Rondo

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    C.P.E. Bach: Sonatas And Rondos

    Mikhail Pletnev, piano

    4:36
  • 2:44 PM

    The Merchant of Venice: Suite

    Arthur Sullivan

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Vivian Dunn, conductor

    14:20
  • 2:44 PM

    Five Bagatelles

    Gerald Finzi

    FINZI: Clarinet Concerto / Five Bagatelles / Three Soliloquies / Romance

    Northern Sinfonia

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    Robert Plane, clarinet

    14:32
  • 2:21 PM

    Symphony Concertante

    Carl Stamitz

    Isaac Stern - A Life in Music - Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Double Concertos

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    Isaac Stern, violin

    21:25
  • 2:17 PM

    Sound the Trumpet

    Henry Purcell

    English Concert

    Iestyn Davies, countertenor

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    :00
  • 2:10 PM

    Danse Macabre

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Montreal Symphony Orchestra

    Kent Nagano, conductor

    Andrew Wan, violin

    7:17
  • 2:02 PM

    The Gadfly: Romance

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich: Film Music from The Gadfly & Pirogov

    Belgian Radio and TV Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    6:09
  • 1:56 PM

    Sergei Rachmaninoff, piano

    3:41
  • 1:41 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn, Hummel, Etc.: Trumpet Concertos

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    14:38
  • 1:38 PM

    Cello Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    London Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Warren-Green, conductor

    Han-Na Chang, cello

    9:35
  • 1:31 PM

    Symphony No. 1: Finale

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 8 "Unfinished" & 1

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    5:54
  • 1:22 PM

    Edmonton Symphony Orchestra

    Uri Mayer, conductor

    7:31
  • 1:19 PM

    Coral Reef (Recife Dos Corais)

    Sergio Assad

    Latin American Music for Two Guitars

    Sergio & Odair Assad, guitars

    2:04
  • 1:11 PM

    The Harmonious Blacksmith

    George Frideric Handel

    Earl Wild - The Romantic Master

    Earl Wild, piano

    4:26
  • 1:04 PM

    Cantata No. 49: Sinfonia

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Dialogue Cantatas

    Berlin Baroque Soloists

    Rainer Kussmaul, conductor

    Raphael Alpermann, organ

    6:01
  • 12:44 PM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy: A Midsummer Night's Dream

    Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra

    Helmuth Rilling, conductor

    12:54
  • 12:35 PM

    Symphony: 1st movement

    Alice Mary Smith

    London Mozart Players

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    7:41
  • 12:32 PM

    Schwanda the Bagpiper: Polka

    Jaromir Weinberger

    Concert in the Park

    Edmonton Wind Ensemble

    Harry Pinchin, conductor

    2:28
  • 12:26 PM

    Canon

    Johann Pachelbel

    The Greatest Classical Show On Earth

    Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

    Karl Munchinger, conductor

    4:31
  • 12:22 PM

    Dark Forest: Speak Gently, Spring

    Rick Sowash

    Josh Aerie, cello

    Greg Kostraba, piano

    3:25
  • 12:08 PM

    A Fugal Concerto

    Gustav Holst

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    Kathryn Greenbank, oboe

    Julia Bogorad-Kogan, flute

    7:22
  • 12:04 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 15

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Slavonic Dances

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    3:26
  • 11:47 AM

    Carmen Fantasy

    Pablo de Sarasate

    New York Philharmonic

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    11:05
  • 11:44 AM

    Concerto No. 4 for Piano and Vibraphone "Newton's Law": Fuga XX

    Arash Safaian

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Sebastian Knauer, piano

    Pascal Schumacher, vibraphone

    2:12
  • 11:35 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 4

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

    Nicholas McGegan, conductor

    Marion Verbruggen, recorder

    6:56
  • 11:30 AM

    The Red Poppy: Russian Sailor's Dance

    Reinhold Gliere

    Pops a la Russe

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    3:38
  • 11:26 AM

    Cherry Ripe

    Frank Bridge

    Finzi; Parry; Bridge

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    3:15
  • 11:20 AM

    Symphony No. 100 "Military": Minuet

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: The London Symphonies, Vol. II

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    5:05
  • 11:15 AM

    Reverie

    Germaine Tailleferre

    Reverie

    Kassia Ensemble

    Mary Elizabeth Bowden, trumpet

    4:21
  • 11:09 AM

    Idomeneo: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Arias for Male Soprano

    Boston Baroque

    Martin Pearlman, conductor

    4:28
  • 11:04 AM

    Sleeping Beauty: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky Waltzes

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Sergiu Comissiona, conductor

    4:54
  • 10:49 AM

    Wiener Blut (Vienna Blood)

    Johann StraussJr.

    Strauss Waltzes

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    8:50
  • 10:47 AM

    Sorochinsky Fair: Gopak

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Moussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    1:40
  • 10:31 AM

    Wind Quintet

    Franz Danzi

    Danzi: Wind Quintets, Op. 56 Nos. 1 & 2, Op. 68 Nos. 1 & 2

    Academia Wind Quintet

    14:37
  • 10:23 AM

    Italian Serenade

    Hugo Wolf

    I Solisti Veneti

    7:06
  • 10:20 AM

    Boston Symphony Chamber Players

    2:51
  • 10:17 AM

    Hungarian Folk Songs: Hey, Gorbenye

    Dana Wilson

    Formosa Quartet

    2:09
  • 10:10 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    William Boyce

    Boyce: 8 Symphonies

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    5:22
  • 10:06 AM

    Mock Morris

    Percy Grainger

    Music of Percy Grainger

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Kenneth Montgomery, conductor

    3:33
  • 10:01 AM

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    4:42
  • 9:50 AM

    Finlandia

    Jean Sibelius

    Jean Sibelius: Violin Concerto, Karelia Suite, Finlandia

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Okko Kamu, conductor

    8:15
  • 9:23 AM

    Cello Sonata No. 1

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Felix Mendelssohn: Complete Works for Cello and Piano

    Marcy Rosen, cello

    25:49
  • 9:08 AM

    Women's Philharmonic

    Apo Hsu, conductor

    12:36
  • 9:06 AM

    Four Variations on Guardame las Vacas

    Luis de Narvaez

    David Russell, guitar

    1:38
  • 9:01 AM

    Concerto for 2 Horns: Rondo

    Antonio Rosetti

    Bavarian Chamber Philharmonic

    Johannes Moesus, conductor

    Klaus Wallendorf, horn

    Sarah Willis, horn

    4:34
  • 8:38 AM

    Symphony No. 4

    Niels Gade

    Gade: Symphonies 3 & 4

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    20:35
  • 8:30 AM

    Letter from Home

    Aaron Copland

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    6:38
  • 8:10 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 4

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Discovering Dutch Ensembles

    Liza Ferschtman, violin

    17:55
  • 8:06 AM

    Pastoral

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    Lars-Erik Larsson: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    3:39
  • 8:01 AM

    Cinderella: Adagio

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Cinderella

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    4:47
  • 7:41 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Muzio Clementi

    Clementi, Vol. 1

    Philharmonia

    Francesco d'Avalos, conductor

    16:46
  • 7:31 AM

    Gran Sonata Eroica

    Mauro Giuliani

    Martha Masters, guitar

    10:03
  • 7:24 AM

    Two Rags

    Scott Joplin

    Calico Winds

    4:42
  • 7:06 AM

    Merry Mount Suite

    Howard Hanson

    Howard Hanson: Symphony No. 1, Merry Mount Suites

    Nashville Symphony Orchestra

    Kenneth Schermerhorn, conductor

    17:49
  • 7:01 AM

    Nocturne

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Russian Masterpieces for Cello and Orchestra

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    Zuill Bailey, cello

    4:51
  • 6:37 AM

    Rossiniana Suite

    Ottorino Respighi

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    20:59
  • 6:31 AM

    Prelude and Fugue No. 1

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Dmitri Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87

    Jenny Lin, piano

    5:25
  • 6:06 AM

    New Bach Collegium Musicum Leipzig

    Max Pommer, conductor

    Burkhard Glaetzner, oboe

    23:45
  • 6:01 AM

    Symphony No. 2: Scherzo

    Charles Gounod

    Gounod: The 2 Symphonies

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    4:45
  • 5:33 AM

    African Suite

    Fela Sowande

    National Arts Centre Orchestra

    Mario Bernardi, conductor

    24:52
  • 5:29 AM

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    Matthew Hagle, piano

    3:53
  • 5:06 AM

    Symphony No. 7

    Jean Sibelius

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor

    20:59
  • 5:01 AM

    Orchestral Quartet No. 5: Rondo

    Carl Stamitz

    NZSO Chamber Orchestra

    Donald Armstrong, conductor

    4:40
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