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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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Program 1
Mendelssohn
Concertgebouw Orch/Haitink; Perlman, v.
Concerto for Violin & Orchestra in e minor, I (excerpt)
EMI 47074
1:20
Vivaldi
English Concert/Pinnock; Standage, v.
Autumn from The Four Seasons
Archiv 400045
:31, 10:17
J.S. Bach
Academy of Ancient Music/Manze, v.
Concerto for Violin & Orchestra No. 2 in E Major, BWV 1042
HM 907155
7:22, 8:39
Mozart
Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra/Zinman; Frank, v.
Concerto for Violin & Orchestra No. 3 in G Major, K. 216, III
Arte Nova 721040
5:58
Mozart
New Symphony Orchestra/Sargent; Heifetz, v.
Concerto for Violin & Orchestra No. 4 in D Major, K. 218, II
RCA 61761
6:21
Mozart
German Chamber Phil/Tetzlaff, v.
Concerto for Violin & Orchestra No. 5 in A Major, K. 219, I (excerpt) + III
Virgin 82122
1:23 + 8:33, 1:25
Program 2
Beethoven, cad. Kreisler
Columbia Symphony/Walter;Francescatti, v.
Concerto for Violin & Orchestra in D Major, Op. 61, I
Sony 47659
23:33, 2:05
Beethoven, cad. Schnittke
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields/Marriner; Kremer, v.
Violin Concerto, Op. 61, I (excerpt)
Phil 410549
4:46
Beethoven, cad. Bell
Camerata Salzburg/Norrington; Bell, v.
Violin Concerto, Op. 61, I (excerpt) + III
Sony 89505
4:09 + 9:16
Paganini
Chamber Orchestra of Santa Cecilia/Ughi; Ughi, v.
Concerto for Violin & Orchestra in b minor, La Campanella, III
RCA 7844
8:05
Program 3
Mendelssohn
Concertgebouw Orch/Haitink; Perlman, v.
Concerto for Violin & Orchestra in e minor, Op. 64, I
EMI 47074
13:02
Brahms
NY Phil/Masur;Mutter, v.
Concerto for Violin & Orchestra in D Major, Op. 77, I
DG 457075
22:56, 2:13
Viotti
Padova Chamber Orch/Golub; Kaplan, v.
Concerto for Violin & Orchestra No. 22 in a minor (excerpts)
Arab 6691
2:04, 1:44
Tchaikovsky
Berlin Phil/Abbado; Midori, v.
Concerto for Violin & Orchestra in D Major, Op. 35, III
Sony 68338
10:08
Program 4
Sibelius
Academy of St. Martin in-the-Fields/Marriner; Josefowicz, v.
Concerto for Violin & Orchestra in d minor, Op. 47, III (excerpt), I
Phil 446131
:51, 15:20
Elgar
LSO/Davis; Hahn, v.
Concerto for Violin & Orchestra in b minor, Op. 61, III
DG 474504
:16, 7:34
Program 5
Prokofiev
LSO/Rostropovich; Vengerov, v.
Concerto for Violin & Orchestra No. 1, I
Teldec 92256
9:57
Weill
English Symphony Orch/Boughton; Hope, v.
Concerto for Violin & Wind Orchestra, II
Nimbus 5582
3:21
Stravinsky
BSO/Ozawa; Perlman, v.
Concerto for Violin & Orchestra in D Major, I
DG 447445
5:46
Bartók
Budapest Festival Orchestra/Fischer;Zehetmair, v.
Violin Concerto No. 2 in b minor, I
Berlin Cl 1134
15:02
Adams
LSO/Nagano; Kremer, v.
Concerto for Violin, Part II: Body Through Which the Dream Flows
Nonesuch 79360
11:31

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