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Concerto Grosso No. 7

  • Composer:George Frideric Handel
  • Conductor:Trevor Pinnock
  • Orchestra/Ensemble:English Concert
  • Archiv 410898

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5:01 AM
  • Callirhoe
  • Composer: Cecile Chaminade
  • Conductor: David Reiland
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: National Orchestra of Metz Grand Est
  • Bru Zane 2006
5:21 AM
  • The Devil's Beauties
  • Composer: Francois Dompierre
  • Conductor: Angele Dubeau
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: La Pieta
  • Soloists: Angele Dubeau, violin
  • Analekta 8718
5:25 AM
  • Piano Concerto
  • Composer: George Gershwin
  • Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony
  • Soloists: Garrick Ohlsson, piano
  • RCA 68931
6:01 AM
  • Concerto Grosso No. 7
  • Composer: George Frideric Handel
  • Conductor: Trevor Pinnock
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: English Concert
  • Archiv 410898
6:18 AM
  • Simple Symphony
  • Composer: Benjamin Britten
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Guildhall Strings
  • RCA 7846
6:34 AM
  • Concerto for Two Clarinets
  • Composer: Franz Krommer
  • Conductor: Kenneth Sillito
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Soloists: Sabine Meyer, clarinet, Julian Bliss, clarinet
  • EMI 79786
7:01 AM
  • Impressions d'ardennes
  • Composer: Joseph Jongen
  • Conductor: Roman Kofman
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: National Orchestra of Belgium
  • Cypres 1634
7:16 AM
  • Flowers of France
  • Composer: Germaine Tailleferre
  • Soloists: Quynh Nguyen, piano
  • Music & Arts 1306
7:26 AM
  • Symphony No. 2
  • Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Conductor: Simon Rattle
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic
  • EMI 57445
8:01 AM
  • Beatriz
  • Composer: Eduardo de Goes Lobo
  • Soloists: Graham Anthony Devine, guitar
  • Naxos 574337
8:05 AM
  • Sinfonia "Le campane di Roma" ("Bells of Rome")
  • Composer: Giuseppe Demachi
  • Conductor: Fabio Biondi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Europa Galante
  • Soloists: Fabio Biondi, violin
  • Virgin 63430
8:23 AM
  • String Quartet No. 2
  • Composer: Maddalena Laura Sirmen
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Lombardini Quartet
  • CPO 555488
8:34 AM
  • Horn Concerto
  • Composer: Reinhold Gliere
  • Conductor: Werner Andreas Albert
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: Marie Luise Neunecker, horn
  • Schwann 313572
9:01 AM
  • Transcendental Etude No. 10 "Allegro agitato molto"
  • Composer: Franz Liszt
  • Soloists: Haochen Zhang, piano
  • Bis 2681
9:06 AM
  • Fantasy on a Hymn by Justin Morgan
  • Composer: Thomas Canning
  • Conductor: Raymond Leppard
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
  • London/Decca 458157
9:17 AM
  • Phoenix (Agnus Dei)
  • Composer: Ola Gjeilo
  • Conductor: Rupert Gough
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Choir of Royal Holloway
  • London/Decca 4854827
9:22 AM
  • Symphony No. 47 "Palindrome"
  • Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
  • Conductor: Antal Dorati
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonia Hungarica
  • London/Decca 425910
9:45 AM
  • Four Characteristic Waltzes
  • Composer: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
  • Soloists: Rochelle Sennet, piano
  • Albany 1869
10:01 AM
  • Minuet No. 1
  • Composer: Giacomo Puccini
  • Conductor: Jacek Kaspszyk
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Collins 1165
10:06 AM
  • Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": Largo
  • Composer: Antonin Dvorak
  • Conductor: Leonard Bernstein
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: New York Philharmonic
  • Sony 60563
10:21 AM
  • Angel Springs
  • Composer: Joe Hisaishi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Studio Orchestra
  • Soloists: Joe Hisaishi, piano
  • London/Decca 803489
10:26 AM
  • Flute Quartet No. 1
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Emerson String Quartet
  • Soloists: Carol Wincenc, flute
  • DG 431770
10:42 AM
  • Capriccio Espagnol
  • Composer: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
  • Conductor: Mariss Jansons
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra
  • EMI 55227
11:01 AM
  • Dreaming
  • Composer: Amy Beach
  • Soloists: Anna Shelest, piano
  • Sorel 15
11:06 AM
  • Viola Concerto
  • Composer: Georg Philipp Telemann
  • Conductor: Pinchas Zukerman
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Pinchas Zukerman, viola
  • DG 4795983
11:20 AM
  • Four Scottish Dances
  • Composer: Malcolm Arnold
  • Conductor: Keith Lockhart
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Boston Pops Orchestra
  • RCA 68901
11:30 AM
  • Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Overture
  • Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
  • Conductor: Claus Peter Flor
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
  • RCA 7905
11:43 AM
  • Etude No. 5
  • Composer: Frederic Chopin
  • Soloists: Louis Lortie, piano
  • Chandos 8482
11:48 AM
  • Symphony: 1st movement
  • Composer: Georges Bizet
  • Conductor: Seiji Ozawa
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: French National Orchestra
  • EMI 63898
12:01 PM
  • Farewell to Stromness
  • Composer: Peter Maxwell Davies
  • Soloists: Peter Maxwell Davies, piano
  • Unicorn 9070
12:06 PM
  • Cancion de Cuna (Afro-Cuban Lullaby)
  • Composer: Leo Brouwer
  • Soloists: Marco Tamayo, guitar
  • Naxos 555887
12:12 PM
  • Symphony No. 4 "Tragic"
  • Composer: Franz Schubert
  • Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
  • Teldec 91184
12:45 PM
  • Marosszek Dances
  • Composer: Zoltan Kodaly
  • Conductor: Antal Dorati
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonia Hungarica
  • Mercury 432005
1:01 PM
  • Andromaque: Prelude to Act IV
  • Composer: Camille Saint-Saens
  • Conductor: Jun Markl
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Malmo Symphony Orchestra
  • Naxos 574033
1:06 PM
  • Canon
  • Composer: Johann Pachelbel
  • Soloists: Yolanda Kondonassis, harp
1:12 PM
  • Five Pieces in Folk-Style
  • Composer: Robert Schumann
  • Soloists: Yo-Yo Ma, cello, Emanuel Ax, piano
  • Sony 42663
1:30 PM
  • Bull on the Roof (Le boeuf sur le toit)
  • Composer: Darius Milhaud
  • Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra
  • Chandos 9023
1:48 PM
  • Kaiser-Walzer (Emperor Waltz)
  • Composer: Johann Strauss, Jr.
  • Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra
  • EMI 65141
2:08 PM
  • Double Concerto: 1st movement
  • Composer: Ethel Smyth
  • Conductor: Odaline de la Martinez
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Soloists: Sophie Langdon, violin, Richard Watkins, horn
  • Chandos 9449
2:19 PM
  • Nameday (Namensfeier) Overture
  • Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic
  • DG 427256
2:27 PM
  • La Paloma (The Dove)
  • Composer: Sebastian Iradier
  • Soloists: Gao Hong, pipa, Ignacio Lusardi Monteverdi, guitar
  • ARC Music 2969
2:33 PM
  • Hary Janos Suite
  • Composer: Zoltan Kodaly
  • Conductor: Klaus Tennstedt
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra
  • EMI 47109
3:01 PM
  • Brigadoon: The Wedding Dance
  • Composer: Frederick Loewe
  • Conductor: Johnny Green
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: MGM Studio Orchestra
  • Rhino 56826
3:07 PM
  • Brigadoon: Main Title; Once in the Highlands; Brigadoon; Down on MacConnachy Square
  • Composer: Frederick Loewe
  • Conductor: Johnny Green
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: MGM Studio Orchestra
  • Rhino 56826
3:15 PM
  • Tom Jones: Main Theme
  • Composer: John Addison
  • Conductor: Arthur Fiedler
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Boston Pops Orchestra
  • RCA 60393
3:18 PM
  • Sunset Boulevard: Selections
  • Composer: Franz Waxman
  • Conductor: Charles Gerhardt
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: National Philharmonic Orchestra
  • RCA 708
3:27 PM
  • Airport
  • Composer: Alfred Newman
  • Conductor: Charles Gerhardt
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: National Philharmonic Orchestra
  • RCA 184
3:32 PM
  • The Robe
  • Composer: Alfred Newman
  • Conductor: Charles Gerhardt
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: National Philharmonic Orchestra
  • RCA 184
3:41 PM
  • Star Trek: Main Theme
  • Composer: Alexander Courage
  • Conductor: John Williams
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Boston Pops Orchestra
  • Philips 411185
3:45 PM
  • Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan: Main Title
  • Composer: James Horner
  • Conductor: Erich Kunzel
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
  • Telarc 80146
3:49 PM
  • Into the Woods: No One Is Alone
  • Composer: Stephen Sondheim
  • Conductor: James Lapine
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Original Cast Recording
  • RCA 6796
3:55 PM
  • A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: Comedy Tonight
  • Composer: Stephen Sondheim
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Studio Orchestra
  • Soloists: Zero Mostel, vocals
  • Rykodisc 10727
4:01 PM
  • Gone with the Wind: Tara Theme
  • Composer: Max Steiner
  • Conductor: John Williams
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Boston Pops Orchestra
  • Philips 411037
4:08 PM
  • Carmen Fantasy
  • Composer: Franz Waxman
  • Conductor: Andrew Litton
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin
  • Nonesuch 79464
4:19 PM
  • Captains Courageous: Suite
  • Composer: Franz Waxman
  • Conductor: Erich Kunzel
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
  • Telarc 80682
4:25 PM
  • The Wizard of Oz: Suite
  • Composer: Herbert Stothart
  • Conductor: John Wilson
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Sinfonia of London
  • Chandos 5294
4:39 PM
  • Philadelphia Story: Suite
  • Composer: Franz Waxman
  • Conductor: Charles Gerhardt
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: National Philharmonic Orchestra
  • RCA 708
4:43 PM
  • Captain Blood: Overture
  • Composer: Erich Korngold
  • Conductor: Erich Kunzel
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
  • Telarc 80168
4:47 PM
  • Jezebel: Waltz
  • Composer: Max Steiner
  • Conductor: John Mauceri
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
  • Philips 438685
4:52 PM
  • Dark Victory: Suite
  • Composer: Max Steiner
  • Conductor: Charles Gerhardt
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: National Philharmonic Orchestra
  • RCA 183
5:01 PM
  • Spiritual Fantasy: Wade in the Water
  • Composer: Frederick C. Tillis
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Castle of our Skins
  • Lorelt 47
5:06 PM
  • William Tell: Overture
  • Composer: Gioacchino Rossini
  • Conductor: Yoel Levi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
  • Telarc 80334
5:18 PM
  • Hymn and Fuguing Tune No. 10
  • Composer: Henry Cowell
  • Conductor: Neville Marriner
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Soloists: Celia Nicklin, oboe
  • Argo 417818
5:26 PM
  • Oboe Concerto
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Chamber Orchestra of Europe
  • Soloists: Douglas Boyd, oboe
  • DG 429225
5:40 PM
  • L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2
  • Composer: Georges Bizet
  • Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic
  • DG 431160
6:01 PM
  • Romanza Andaluza
  • Composer: Pablo de Sarasate
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Gil Shaham, violin
  • DG 449923
6:06 PM
  • Artaxerxes: Overture
  • Composer: Thomas Arne
  • Conductor: Mary Terey-Smith
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Capella Savaria
  • Dorian 93251
6:13 PM
  • Scottish Folk Songs: Eilidh Bhan
  • Composer: Helen Hopekirk
  • Soloists: Gary Steigerwalt, piano
  • Toccata 430
6:15 PM
  • Enigma Variations
  • Composer: Edward Elgar
  • Conductor: Bryden Thomson
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Chandos 8610
6:48 PM
  • Carnaval
  • Composer: Robert Schumann
  • Conductor: Eiji Oue
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra
  • Reference 79
7:01 PM
  • String Quartet No. 4: 4th movement
  • Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Dover Quartet
  • Cedille 198
7:06 PM
  • Romeo and Juliet
  • Composer: Justin Holland
  • Soloists: Jiji, guitar
  • Rising Sun 74224
7:11 PM
  • Cinema Paradiso: Love Theme
  • Composer: Ennio Morricone
  • Conductor: Alexander Shelley
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Soloists: Daniel Hope, violin
  • DG 4792954
7:16 PM
  • Symphony No. 3
  • Composer: Jean Sibelius
  • Conductor: Jukka-Pekka Saraste
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • RCA 60434
7:45 PM
  • Suite No. 7
  • Composer: Kurt Atterberg
  • Conductor: Ulf Wallin
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Camerata Nordica
  • CPO 777156
8:01 PM
  • They Can't Take That Away from Me
  • Composer: George Gershwin
  • Soloists: Katie Mahan, piano
  • Steinway and Sons 30132
8:06 PM
  • Capriol Suite
  • Composer: Peter Warlock
  • Conductor: William Boughton
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: English String Orchestra
  • Nimbus 5210
8:17 PM
  • 6 Pieces for Violin and Piano: No. 2
  • Composer: Amanda Rontgen-Maier
  • Soloists: Thomas Albertus Irnberger, violin, Barbara Moser, piano
  • Gramola 99153
8:20 PM
  • Trumpet Concerto
  • Composer: Johann Hummel
  • Conductor: Raymond Leppard
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Wynton Marsalis, trumpet
  • Sony 57497
8:40 PM
  • The Birds
  • Composer: Ottorino Respighi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
  • DG 437533
9:01 PM
  • Overture "Water Music": Menuet; Gigue; Canarie
  • Composer: Georg Philipp Telemann
  • Conductor: Reinhard Goebel
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Musica Antiqua Cologne
  • Archiv 413788
9:06 PM
  • Orb and Sceptre
  • Composer: William Walton
  • Conductor: Andre Previn
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
  • EMI 2127
9:14 PM
  • Scherzo
  • Composer: Arthur Foote
  • Soloists: Carol Wincenc, flute, Kevin Lawrence, violin, Carolyn Stuart, violin, Sheila Brown, viola, Brooks Whitehouse, cello
  • Bridge 9373
9:21 PM
  • The Lord said (Dixit Dominus)
  • Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
  • Conductor: Stephen Cleobury
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music
  • EMI 57265
9:24 PM
  • Mass: Dona nobis pacem
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Conductor: Harry Christophers
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: The Sixteen
  • Coro 16186
9:27 PM
  • Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5: Aria (Cantilena)
  • Composer: Heitor Villa-Lobos
  • Soloists: Anne Akiko Meyers, violin, Jason Vieaux, guitar
  • Avie 2455
9:34 PM
  • Symphony on a French Mountain Air
  • Composer: Vincent d'Indy
  • Conductor: Marek Janowski
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Radio Philharmonic Orchestra of France
  • Soloists: Catherine Collard, piano
  • Erato 45821
10:01 PM
  • Symphony No. 94 "Surprise": Minuet
  • Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
  • Conductor: Christopher Warren-Green
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Chamber Orchestra
  • Virgin 61235
10:06 PM
  • Grand Canyon Suite: On the Trail
  • Composer: Ferde Grofe
  • Conductor: Leonard Slatkin
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
  • RCA 60778
10:15 PM
  • Lost in the Stars
  • Composer: Kurt Weill
  • Soloists: Lara Downes, piano
  • Steinway & Sons 30016
10:21 PM
  • Agnus Dei
  • Composer: Samuel Barber
  • Conductor: Robert Shaw
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Robert Shaw Festival Singers
  • Telarc 80406
10:32 PM
  • Le Tombeau de Couperin
  • Composer: Maurice Ravel
  • Conductor: Hugh Wolff
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
  • Teldec 74006
10:51 PM
  • Romanian Folk Dances
  • Composer: Bela Bartok
  • Conductor: Yoav Talmi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Quebec Symphony Orchestra
  • Analekta 3156
11:01 PM
  • Pictures at an Exhibition: The Old Castle
  • Composer: Modest Mussorgsky
  • Conductor: Eiji Oue
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra
  • Reference 79
11:08 PM
  • March of the Women
  • Composer: Ethel Smyth
  • Conductor: Philip Brunelle
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Plymouth Music Festival Orchestra
  • Soloists: Eiddwen Harrhy, soprano
11:12 PM
  • Requiem: Pie Jesu
  • Composer: Andrew Lloyd Webber
  • Conductor: Barry Wordsworth
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Soloists: Julian Lloyd Webber, cello
  • Philips 426484
11:19 PM
  • Five Pieces for String Orchestra
  • Composer: Heino Eller
  • Conductor: Neeme Jarvi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Scottish National Orchestra
  • Chandos 8525
11:37 PM
  • Piano Concerto No. 1: Rondo
  • Composer: Frederic Chopin
  • Conductor: Jun Markl
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Scottish Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Ingrid Fliter, piano
  • Linn 455
11:47 PM
  • Scheherazade: The Young Prince and the Young Princess
  • Composer: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
  • Conductor: Gerard Schwarz
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Seattle Symphony
  • Soloists: Maria Larionoff, violin
  • Naxos 572693
12:01 AM
  • Keltic Lament
  • Composer: John Foulds
  • Conductor: Sakari Oramo
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
  • Warner 62999
12:06 AM
  • Oboe d'Amore Concerto
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Conductor: Jaap ter Linden
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Amsterdam Sinfonietta
  • Soloists: Pauline Oostenrijk, oboe d'amore
  • Challenge 72506
12:21 AM
  • D'un jardin clair (A Sunny Garden)
  • Composer: Lili Boulanger
  • Soloists: Lang Lang, piano
  • DG 4859230
12:25 AM
  • The Garden of Fand
  • Composer: Arnold Bax
  • Conductor: Vernon Handley
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Chandos 10362
12:44 AM
  • Sonata No. 10
  • Composer: Niccolo Paganini
  • Soloists: Moshe Hammer, violin, Norbert Kraft, guitar
  • Naxos 553142
1:01 AM
  • Serenade for Strings: Romanza
  • Composer: Ernst von Dohnanyi
  • Conductor: John Farrer
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: English Sinfonia
  • ASV 1107
1:06 AM
  • Source Code
  • Composer: Jessie Montgomery
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Noreia String Quartet
  • European Broadcasting Union Recording
1:15 AM
  • Contact: Codes
  • Composer: Kevin Puts
  • Conductor: Xian Zhang
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Philadelphia Orchestra
  • DG 35748
1:20 AM
  • Symphony No. 5 "Reformation"
  • Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
  • Conductor: Claudio Abbado
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
  • DG 415353
1:53 AM
  • Where's My Bow?
  • Composer: Edgar Meyer/Chris Thile/Stuart Duncan
  • Soloists: Yo-Yo Ma, cello, Stuart Duncan, fiddle, Chris Thile, fiddle, Edgar Meyer, double bass
  • Sony 84118
2:01 AM
  • Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Prelude and Fugue No. 2
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Soloists: Andras Schiff, piano
  • London/Decca 417236
2:06 AM
  • Quiet Reflections
  • Composer: Jack Gallagher
  • Conductor: JoAnn Falletta
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
  • Naxos 559768
2:20 AM
  • Concerto No. 12
  • Composer: Pietro Locatelli
  • Conductor: Elizabeth Wallfisch
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Raglan Baroque Players
  • Hyperion 67041
2:32 AM
  • Piano Quartet
  • Composer: Robert Schumann
  • Soloists: Daniel Hope, violin, Paul Neubauer, viola, David Finckel, cello, Wu Han, piano
  • DG 22906
3:01 AM
  • String Quartet: 2nd movement
  • Composer: Amanda Rontgen-Maier
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Zilliacus Quartet
  • dB Productions 207
3:06 AM
  • Stabat Mater
  • Composer: Paul Mealor
  • Conductor: Nigel Short
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Tenebrae
  • Soloists: Grace Davidson, soprano
  • London/Decca 2781149
3:31 AM
  • Seule dans la foret
  • Composer: Germaine Tailleferre
  • Soloists: Patrizio Mazzola, piano
  • Orlando 40
3:33 AM
  • Violin Sonata No. 11
  • Composer: Arcangelo Corelli
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Trio Sonnerie
  • Virgin 90840
3:42 AM
  • Guitar Concerto "Affinity"
  • Composer: Chris Brubeck
  • Conductor: Elizabeth Schulze
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Maryland Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: Sharon Isbin, guitar
  • Zoho 202005
4:01 AM
  • Go, Lovely Rose
  • Composer: Eric Whitacre
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Voces8
  • London/Decca 4853971
4:06 AM
  • Symphony No. 3
  • Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff
  • Conductor: Yannick Nezet-Seguin
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Philadelphia Orchestra
  • DG 4864778
4:46 AM
  • Prelude No. 12
  • Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff
  • Soloists: Helene Grimaud, piano
  • Denon 1054
4:50 AM
  • Four Angels: Regina Coeli
  • Composer: Mark Adamo
  • Conductor: Sylvia Alimena
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Eclipse Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Dotian Levalier, harp
  • Naxos 559258
Julie Amacher

Julie Amacher

Julie Amacher's desire to introduce others to great music is what led her to radio. She began her professional broadcast career at a station in Sun Prairie, WI. She went from rock 'n' roll to the Rocky Mountains, where she found her niche in public radio at KUNC in Greeley, Colo. Julie spent 13 years at KUNC, where she managed the announcers and their eclectic music format. During that time, she earned four national awards for best announcer. She joined Classical 24 in 1997 as a host and producer. She has managed the service since 2007.

Scott Blankenship

Scott Blankenship

Scott Blankenship started his radio career in college when he began working as a volunteer at a local cable radio station, announcing alternative and new rock music. His love and appreciation of classical music began at public radio station KVNO in Omaha, where he spent 13 years in various on-air and management roles, five of those years as the morning drive-time host.

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Jeff Esworthy

Jeff Esworthy has been a host of Classical 24 since 1996. He’s a public radio veteran with more than 20 years behind the microphone, where he’s hosted everything from folk to jazz to progressive rock. A hobbyist musician and collector of instruments from around the world, Jeff has what he describes as a “passable” command of southern string-band music on fiddle and banjo, and he is a long-time student of the classical music of Northern India on instruments such as the sitar, sarangi and tabla.

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Ward Jacobson

Ward Jacobson has enjoyed a radio career spanning over two decades as a morning show host and sportscaster, as well as producer/host of an interview program where he chatted with authors, musicians, politicians and newsmakers.

Valerie Kahler

Valerie Kahler

Valerie Kahler started playing cello and piano in 3rd grade, but didn't officially fall under the spell of classical music until high school when she began exploring her parents' LP collection. There, tucked between the Herb Alpert and an abandoned children's record, she found an album of the Los Angeles Philharmonic with Zubin Mehta. She played the A side (Ravel's Bolero and Tchaikovsky's Marche Slave) over and over again, mesmerized by the changes of color the composers could produce with different instruments, and by the images the music conjured in her imagination.  Thanks to teachers and professors with high expectations and a taste for demanding repertoire, Valerie was able to explore orchestral, chamber and vocal music from the inside out, all through high school and college. At some point during an unfocused pursuit of a bachelor's degree, she wandered into the studios of KNAU (now Arizona Public Radio) in Flagstaff, Arizona. A stint as a volunteer in the music library inevitably led to being placed, unwillingly, in front of a microphone. It became surprisingly less terrifying each time, so she stayed. Ten years later, she packed her bike and her cat into a small pickup truck and drove to St. Paul, Minnesota to work for Classical24. When she's not playing classical music or talking about classical music, she's likely to be reading, sewing, singing or cooking. Valerie shares her life with her partner John, an artist, and their two cats: Mirra and Dieter.

Jillene Khan

Jillene Khan

Jillene Khan works for Minnesota Public Radio/American Public Media as an overnight classical host. She studied radio broadcasting at Brown College in St. Paul and kept her Midwestern roots after graduation by hosting at radio stations in Minneapolis; Milwaukee; Davenport, Iowa; and Madison, Wisconsin. She has received local and national recognition for her work from the Country Music Association and Wisconsin Broadcasters Association. She recently won the Gracie Award from the Alliance for Women in Media. Outside of radio, her favorite things include spending time with loved ones, a great hug, an animal of any kind, and the thrill of a new experience. She absolutely loves doing things for the first time or going places she has never been before. She also enjoys being outdoors, no matter what the weather. “There’s no such thing as bad weather, just bad clothing,” she says.

Elizabeth Lyon

Elizabeth Lyon

Elizabeth Lyon joins the classical ranks as our assistant program director and fill-in host after six years working for us as a master control specialist, board operator and producer. Her new role combines her love of working technically, behind-the-scenes, as well as stepping in front of the microphone to share her favorite music. As the assistant program director, she coordinates programming, serves as an on-air host and dips her toes in every part of the department. That’s what she loves most about working in radio: “It’s like a river you flow on and you don’t know where you’ll end up, but you love the ride.” Although a violinist by training, her favorite classical composers are tied to her roots in choral music. When not doing all things audio, she can be found hiking, reading, or volunteering with programs that benefit children.

Bonnie North

Bonnie North

For host Bonnie North, classical music is more than just a genre — it's a way of life. She stumbled into the world of radio after responding to a newspaper ad for Vermont Public Radio seeking a classical music DJ for its Sunday afternoon show. Despite having no previous radio experience, she was confident in her knowledge of classical music and took a chance. She created an audition tape, and the rest is history. Her favorite composer depends on her mood. Sometimes she seeks the meditative sounds of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, while other times she craves the angular compositions of Igor Stravinsky. Of course, she also loves the classics by composers who include Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel. But she is always looking for contemporary composers and is eager to discover new musical talents. Outside of work, she loves to attend live music events. She also enjoys traveling and having friends and family scattered throughout the United States and Europe. But her love for animals is just as strong, and she often volunteers at animal shelters. She is an avid duathlon participant, combining her love for running and biking in one exciting event.

Kevin O'Connor

Kevin O'Connor

Kevin O'Connor grew up in a household where his father and boisterous Irish uncles would often noisily debate what was to be played on the turntable: Between the three brothers, and depending on the mood of the day, it wavered between Glenn Gould, Oscar Peterson and Gordon Lightfoot. (The brothers also hailed from Toronto). Kevin's career arc seemed to follow suit, spinning and selling classical, jazz, folk and pop music on the radio, and briefly in retail, for the past three decades.  A native of the San Francisco Bay Area, he migrated do the Pacific Northwest, landing the requisite free-form overnight shift at his college station, KBSU, Boise. This was the first among many rungs in a public radio career that has always permitted him to express his passions for great music and explore his mercenary tendency toward spreading the message to anyone who will listen. For the past 18 years, he has served as music director and afternoon host at KBEM. He is also an avid cyclist and walker.

Melissa Ousley

Melissa Ousley

Melissa Ousley stumbled into a career in broadcasting many years ago when she moved to Wichita, Kansas to be near her soon-to-be husband. The attraction (to radio work, that is) was immediate and the chance to be around great music without having to practice was irresistible. After establishing herself as a host and producer in Kansas, Melissa moved to Minnesota and continued her work at WCAL in Northfield and Minnesota Public Radio in St. Paul. Her morning classical show at WCAL was twice named "Best Classical Radio Program" by the Twin Cities paper City Pages. Melissa grew up near New York City. As a teenager, she attended the Preparatory Division of the Manhattan School of Music. Her bachelor's degree is from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York. When she's away from the airwaves, Melissa loves to run, read, and spend time with her family.

Mindy Ratner

Mindy Ratner

Mindy Ratner fell hopelessly in love with radio as an undergraduate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she volunteered at an on-campus student station. She worked at the local public television station and began her career in earnest as an announcer at Wisconsin Public Radio. The native New Yorker moved on to stations in Cincinnati and Philadelphia before joining Minnesota Public Radio in 1983. April 1998 marked the beginning of a great life adventure, as Ratner began work as a music host and producer on the English Service of China Radio International in Beijing before a return to MPR. Her extracurricular interests include international travel; folk, ballroom and contra-dancing; choral singing; hanging out with her amazing Chinese cat; and trying to stay ahead of the weeds in her garden…with varying degrees of success!

Melanie Renate

Melanie Renate

Through her many mentors at KROC in Rochester, Minnesota, Melanie Renate learned how to splice tape in tandem with learning how to use her voice. She eventually found her path combining her ability to care for people with her love of radio broadcasting. As a certified health and wellness coach and a passionate yogi and mental-health advocate, she has developed a deep appreciation for ways in which music can aid in overall wellness. She is excited to bring her passion for people with her as she steps back behind the microphone as a classical host.

Steve Seel

Steve Seel

Steve Seel is the host of YourClassical’s weekly SymphonyCast and the trailblazing music show Extra Eclectic. He possesses a broad knowledge of many musical genres, having hosted radio programs ranging from classical to jazz and even avant-garde music at radio stations around the country. Steve began his love affair with public radio at 24 working whatever shifts he could at his hometown station of WUSF-FM in Tampa, Florida, and from there worked his way to snowy Buffalo, New York, and its renowned classical station WNED-FM, where he hosted middays and the weekly experimental-music show Present Tense. In 2005, Steve became one of the founding voices on Minnesota Public Radio's eclectic station, the Current. While there, he hosted afternoons and mornings, and conducted in-depth interviews with pop music luminaries ranging from Brian Eno to David Byrne to Tori Amos. Steve is a basement composer obsessed with all things both minimalist and slow, and might actually be incapable of writing anything that exceeds 75 beats-per-minute.

Steve Staruch

Steve Staruch

Steve Staruch can be heard on Classical Minnesota Public Radio from 3 to 7 p.m. weekdays, including hosting Friday Favorites, as well as nationally during those times. Before joining MPR in 2004, Steve presented a variety of radio programs on WCAL in Northfield, Minn., where he created an immensely popular call-in program, and on WXXI in Rochester, N.Y. Outside radio, he enjoys work as a freelance tenor and violist. He and his wife, Naomi, enjoy traveling, gardening and hosting dinner parties.

Lynne Warfel

Lynne Warfel

Lynne Warfel celebrates 30 years as a broadcaster in 2014. She started in Los Angeles in 1984 at the venerable commercial classical station KFAC, and also worked at KUSC. She then lived in Edinburgh, Scotland for five years working in a classic rock format at Radio Forth in Edinburgh before returning to the States and joining Minnesota Public Radio in 1993. Lynne trained as an actor, graduating from Northwestern University and also trained at Second City Workshop. She's a 35 year member of Actor's Equity and Screen Actors' Guild. She finished a Masters in Theology from Fuller Seminary in Pasadena, CA. Her interests and passions include: laughing, dog rescue, her Collies and Gordon Setters, her Lipizzan horse, Teddy and her two extremely funny, smart and sweet sons, Peter and Josh.