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Below are many of the more than 200 five-hour 'weeks' of Exploring Music that have been created since 2003. The first seven minutes of every program are free to sample. Several entire 5-hour programs are also free to listen (marked 'free' below). For complete access to all of the shows, click here to become a subscriber. To sort through the shows by composers Click Here. To see the Playlist for a given show, click on the show and then on the 'playlist' button beneath any of the five one-hour programs.
AAmerican Masters, Part I American Masters, Part II American Masters, Part IIIAmerican Masters, Part IVAmerican Masters, Part V An Intelligent Conversation: String Quartets Arias & BarcarollesArtists in Exile, Part IArtists in Exile, Part II Autumn Leaves Autumnal Masterpieces BBach Sleeps in on SundaysBach to Beethoven Bach's Christmas Oratorio Bach's Not-So-Minor B-Minor MassBallad of East and West Baltic MusicBarber, SamuelBartok, BelaBeethoven and that Danged MetronomeBeethoven and the PianoBeethoven at Parnassus, Part IBeethoven at Parnassus, Part IIBeethoven Piano Sonatas (FREE)Beethoven Quartets Berlioz, HectorBernstein, LeonardBill's Keepers Boulanger, NadiaBrahms, Johannes, Part IBrahms, Johannes, Part II Britten, Benjamin Bruckner, Anton CCall for ScoresCarnegie Hall, Part 1 (FREE)Carnegie Hall, Part 2 (FREE)Cello Concertos Child's PlayChopin, FredericClash of the Titans Clowning AroundCopland, Aaron Corigliano, JohnCzech out those Bohemians DDebussy, Claude Demons, Spooks and Other Things That Go Bump in the NightDirector's ChoiceDistant Neighbors Don't Shoot the Piano PlayerDvořák, AntoninDvorak, Tchaikovsky & Borodin String Quartets EElgar, EdwardEmotion and Meaning in MusicEnescu, GeorgesEspanaFFamilies of Instruments Family Matters: All in the FamilyFauré, GabrielFit for a KingFour SeasonsFranck, CésarFrom This Mighty River: Music of the Children of J.S BachGGame of Pairs, Part I Game of Pairs, Part IIGershwin, GeorgeGet the PictureGitana: Gypsy Music and Its InfluencesGreen and Pleasant Land Grieg and SibeliusHHandel, George FridericHaydn and Mozart QuartetsHaydn SymphoniesHidden Gold, Part IHidden Gold, Part IIHHindemith, PaulHit or MythHoliday CelebrationHomageHow Strange the Change from Major to Minor, Part IHow Strange the Change from Major to Minor, Part IIII Didn't Know About YouI Hear a Rhapsody I Hear America Singing I Lost it at the MoviesIn a Family WayIncidentally SpeakingIntimate Conversations: Conversations with Samuel Rhodes and David FinckelInvitation to the Dance, Part IInvitation to the Dance, Part II Invitation to the Dance, Part IIIIt Takes Two to TangoIt Was a Lover and His Lass Italian SouvenirsJJanáček, LeošKKeyboard SmorgasbordLLatin CarnivalLes Cinq PlusLes SixLife Among the Dead: Requiem MassesListener's Choice, Part IIListener's Choice, Part III Liszt, FranzLittle Night Music Little Traveling Music, Please London, The Music of, Part 1London, The Music of, Part 2MMaestro, Part IMaestro, Part IIMagnificent MagyarsMahler, Gustav, Part IMahler, Gustav, Part IIMaiden Voyages Mendelssohn, FelixMendelssohn, Schumann and Brahms String QuartetsMerrie EnglandMozart at his ZenithMozart Piano ConcertosMozart's Birthday BashMozart: Bright Lights, Big CityMusic for the MassesMusic from the Magic Box Music in 19th Century Paris: Waterloo to Bismarck Music in the Time of WarMusic of ScandinaviaMusical CryptogramsMusical LandscapesNNationalismNew Releases, Part INew Releases, Part IINew Releases, Part III, week 1 of 2New Releases, Part III, week 2 of 2 New Wine in Old Bottles Nielsen, Carl Ninth SymphoniesNobody Ever Builds a Statue to a CriticOOrpheus in the New World Outward BoundPPastoral SymphoniesPiano ConcertosPolandPorts of Call, Part I Ports of Call, Part II Poulenc, FrancisProkofiev, SergeiProud Tower, Part I (FREE)Proud Tower, Part IIRRachmaninoff, SergeiRavel, Maurice Respighi, OttorinoRimsky-Korsakov and His PupilsRoaring 20's Russian Five: The Mighty Handful SSchool DaysSchubert String QuartetsSchubertiade, Part ISchubertiade, Part IISchuman, WilliamSchumann, Robert Shakespeare Shostakovich, Dmitri, Part I Shostakovich, Dmitri, Part IISlipped Through the Cracks Sounds of the City of Lights SoundtracksSpanish SchoolSpring is Here St-Saëns, Camille St. Matthew PassionStrauss, RichardStravinsky, IgorString Quartets from Fibich to SibeliusStrings Plus OneSweet Home Chicago Symphony, Part 01Symphony, Part 02Symphony, Part 03Symphony, Part 04Symphony, Part 05Symphony, Part 06 (French)Symphony, Part 07 (Russian)Symphony, Part 08Symphony, Part 09Symphony, Part 10Symphony, Part 11TTchaikovsky, Peter, Part I (FREE)Tchaikovsky, Peter, Part II (FREE)The Big Five I: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Part IThe Big Five II: New York Philharmonic, Part IThe Big Five II: New York Philharmonic, Part IIThe Gathering Storm: Music from the Great Depression to WWIIThrough the Mail SlotTo the Finland Station, Part ITo the Finland Station, Part IITone Poems Too Darn BigTriple PlayTudor MusicTwo Very Different Worlds Delius and HolstUUnder the Hood, Part IUnder the Hood, Part II Unfinished Symphonies VVariationsVaughan Williams, RalphVenice: The Glories ofVerdi, Giuseppe, Part IVerdi, Giuseppe, Part IIVienna, Part IVienna, Part II ViolaViolin Concerto Virtuoso, The World ofVoices from the East WWagner's Ring CycleWagner, RichardWalton, WilliamWater MusicWhat Else Ya Got?Wind QuintetsWunderkinder, Part IWunderkinder, Part IIYYin and Yang: The Play of Opposites, Part 1Yin and Yang: The Play of Opposites, Part 2You and the Night and the Music
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Poulenc, Francis Purchase Now
Poulenc: Flute Sonata, FP 164 (excerpt)
Wolfgang Schulz, fl.; James Levine, p.
DG 427639
:48
Poulenc: Rapsodie Nègre
1. Prélude
2. Ronde
3. Honoloulou
4. Pastorale
5. Final
Anne Sofie Von Otter, ms.; Bengt Forsberg, p.
DG 447752
10:23
Poulenc: Le bestiaire
Le dromadaire
La chèvre du Thibet
Le dauphin
Gilles Cachemaille, bs. bar.; Pascal Rogé, p.
Decca 436991
2:34
Poulenc: Sonata For Clarinet & Bassoon
Richard Hosford, cl.; Ursula Leveaux, bsn.
Hyp 67255/6
7:23
Poulenc: Les Biches Suite
1. Rondeau
2. Adagietto
3. Rag-Mazurka
4. Andantino
5. Finale: Presto
Orchestre National De France/Charles Dutoit;
Pascal Rogé, p.
Lon 452937
19:54
Poulenc: 3 Mouvements Perpétuels
Francis Poulenc, p.
EMI 55036
4:34
Poulenc (arr. Heifetz): Mouvements perpetuels (excerpt)
Jascha Heifetz, v.; Brooks Smith, p.
RCA 61776
1:01
Poulenc: Trio For Piano, Oboe & Bassoon
1. Lent, Presto
Nash Ensemble
Hyperion 67255
00:58, 1:40
Poulenc: Aubade, FP 51
Toccata
Les Compagnes De Diane
Diane Et Compagnes
Entrée De Diane
Sortie De Diane
Toilette De Diane
Introduction À La Variation De Diane;
Variation De Diane
Désespoir De Diane
Adieux Et Départ De Diane
Orchestre National De France/Charles Dutoit;
Pascal Rogé, p.
London 452937
20:22
Poulenc: Concert Champetre, II. Sicilienne
London Symphony Orchestra/Andre Previn; Simon Preston, hps.
EMI 69752
5:49
Poulenc: Concerto In D Minor For Two Pianos, FP 61
1. Allegro Ma Non Troppo
2. Larghetto
3. Finale: Allegro Molto
Boston Symphony Orchestra/Seiji Ozawa; Katia & Marielle
Labèque, pianos
Phil 426284
20:10
Poulenc: Sextet For Piano & Winds, FP 100
Allegro Vivace
Divertissement
Finale
Ensemble Wien-Berlin; James Levine, p.
DG 427639
:42, 18:06
Poulenc: Le travail du peintre
Georges Braque
Marc Chagall
Jacques Villon
Pierre Bernac, bar.; Francis Poulenc, p.
Adès 202942
4:44
Poulenc: Concerto in G min for Organ, Strings and Timpani
Andante, Allegro Giocoso
Andante moderato
Tempo Allegro, molto agitato
Tres calme, lent
Tempo de l'Allegro initial
Tempo introduction, Largo
LSO/Andre Previn; Simon Preston, org.
EMI 69752
23:52
Poulenc: La Baigneuse De Trouville, FP 23
Orchestre National De France/Charles Dutoit
Lon 452937
1:45
Poulenc: Trio For Piano, Oboe & Bassoon (excerpt)
Nash Ensemble
Hyperion 67255
00:27
Poulenc: L'Embarquement Pour Cythère, FP 150
Katia & Marielle Labèque, pianos
Phil 426 284
2:03
Francis Poulenc: Sonata For Piano & Cello
II. Cavatine
Joel Krosnick, vc.; Gilbert Kalish, p.
Arabesque 6682
7:01
Poulenc: Stabat Mater, FP 148
Stabat Mater dolorosa
Cujus animam gementem
O quam tristis
Quae moerebat
Quis est homo
Vidit suu
Eja Mater
Fac ut ardeat
Sancta Mater
Fac ut portem
Inflammatus et accensus
Quando corpus
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra & BBC Chorus/Yan Pascal
Tortelier; Janice Watson, s.
Chandos 9341
32:28
Poulenc: Babar The Elephant (excerpt)
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/JoAnn Falletta; Meryl
Streep, narr.
Koch 7368
9:09
Poulenc: Dialogue Des Carmélites, Act III finale
Paris National Opera Orchestra & Chorus/Pierre Dervaux;
Liliane Berton, s.; Denise Duval, s.
EMI 62768
9:40
Poulenc: Flute Sonata, FP 164
Allegretto Malincolico
Cantilena: Assez Lent
Presto Giocoso
Wolfgang Schulz, fl.; James Levine, p.
DG 427639
12:16
Poulenc: Gloria
Gloria In Excelsis Deo
Laudamus Te
Domine Deus, Rex Caelestis
Domine Fili Unigenite
Agnus Dei
Qui Sedes Ad Dexteram Patris
Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus/Bernard Haitink;
Jessica Rivera, s.
CSO Resound 901906
23:43
