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Below are many of the more than 200 five-hour 'weeks' of Exploring Music that have been created since 2003. 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.
AACTIVE 3/1 - 3/14 Ravel, MauriceAmerican Masters, Part I American Masters, Part II American Masters, Part IIIAmerican Masters, Part IVAmerican Masters, Part V American Masters, Part VIAn Intelligent Conversation: String Quartets Arias & BarcarollesArtists in Exile, Part IArtists in Exile, Part II Autumn Leaves Autumnal Masterpieces BBach Sleeps in on SundaysBach to BeethovenBach'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 SonatasBeethoven Quartets Berlioz, HectorBernstein, Leonard: The ComposerBill's Keepers Boulanger, NadiaBrahms, Johannes, Part IBrahms, Johannes, Part IIBritten, Benjamin Bruckner, Anton CCall for ScoresCarnegie Hall, Part 1Carnegie Hall, Part 2Cello 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, GeorgesEspañaFFamilies of Instruments Family Matters: All in the FamilyFauré, GabrielFit for a KingFleisher, LeonFour SeasonsFranck, CésarFrom the Mountains to the SeaFrom 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 IHHidden Gold, Part IIHindemith, 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 SingingI 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 Martha Graham and her MusicMendelssohn, FelixMendelssohn, Schumann and Brahms String QuartetsMerrie EnglandMillennium of Women in MusicMozart 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 BoundPPacific Overtures, Part 1Pacific Overtures, Part 2Pastoral SymphoniesPiano ConcertosPolandPorts of Call, Part I Ports of Call, Part II Poulenc, FrancisProkofiev, SergeiProud Tower, Part IProud 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 IShostakovich, Dmitri, Part IISlipped Through the Cracks Songs of PartingSounds 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 10 (Alexander Scriabin to Samuel Barber)Symphony, Part 11Symphony, Part 12TTchaikovsky, Peter, Part ITchaikovsky, Peter, Part IIThe 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 EastWWagner'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
Music in 19th Century Paris: Waterloo to Bismarck
Music in Paris during the middle of the 19th century was dominated by one supreme composer and a stellar supporting cast whose works remain in heavy rotation to this day. Join us to explore the Parisian scene from roughly 1813 to 1870, the period between the fall of Napoleon I and the start of the Franco Prussian War. We'll look at Hector Berlioz, and also at Bizet, Cherubini, Faure, Gounod, Meyerbeer, Offenbach, and Saint-Saëns. And we'll visit with some of the foreigners who flocked to Paris to make their own contributions: Bellini, Chopin, Donizetti, Liszt, Paganini, Rossini, Sarasate, Wagner, and more. It's was an era of great artistic change which brought Realism and Naturalism to the novels of Hugo and Flaubert, and led to impressionism in painting. And it's where we go this week on Exploring Music.
Etienne-Nicolas Mehul: Le Chant du Depart
Marcel Journet
Preiser Records 89106
3:15
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Luigi Cherubini: Requiem In C Minor:
I. Introitus & Kyrie, 2. Graduale, 3. Dies Irae
Arturo Toscanini: NBC Symphony Orchestra, Robert Shaw
RCA 72373
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Cherubini: String Quartet #5 In F:
1. Moderato Assai, 3. Scherzo: Allegro Non Troppo, 4. Finale: Allegro Vivace
Melos Quartet
DG 429185
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Cherubini: Eliza, Ou Le Voyage Aux Glaciers Du Mont St. Bernard
Neville Marriner: Academy Of St. Martin In The Fields
EMI 54438
7:34
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Cherubini: Requiem In C Minor - Sanctus
Luigi Cherubini Arturo Toscanini: NBC Symphony Orchestra, Robert Shaw Chorale
RCA 72373
1:22
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Luigi Cherubini: Médée - Overture
Neville Marriner: Academy Of St. Martin In The Fields
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Luigi Cherubini: Médée:
E Che? Io Son Medea!; Oh Dei, Pietà Di Noi!; O Cielo, Il Vil Delitto Punir Non Saprai?
Maria Callas, Nicola Rescigno, Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
Ica Classics 5110
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Gioacchino Rossini : William Tell: Act III, Scene 2, "Resta immobile"
National Philharmonic Orchestra, Pavarotti, Freni, Ghiaurov, Chailly, Milnes
London 417154
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Rossini: William Tell: Act IV, Scene 1, "O muto asil del pianto...Vendetta!"
National Philharmonic Orchestra, Pavarotti, Freni, Ghiaurov, Chailly, Milnes
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Rossini: William Tell: Act IV, Scene 2, "Io ti rivedo!"
National Philharmonic Orchestra, Pavarotti, Freni, Ghiaurov, Chailly, Milnes
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Rossini: William Tell: Act IV, Scene 2, "Tutto cangia, il ciel s'abbella"
National Philharmonic Orchestra, Pavarotti, Freni, Ghiaurov, Chailly, Milnes
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Gioachino Rossini: Stabat Mater: Cujus Animam Gementem
Robert Gambill, Chor & Orchester Del Macchio Musicale Fiorentino R.Muti & Solisten
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Gioachino Rossini: Blues on Parade
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Meyerbeer: Robert Le Diable - Encore Un De Gagne
Samuel Ramey; Jacques Delacote: Munich Radio Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Chorus
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Meyerbeer: Robert Le Diable - Voici Donc Les Debris
Samuel Ramey; Jacques Delacote: Munich Radio Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Chorus
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Giacomo Meyerbeer: Les Huguenots: Overture
New Philharmonia Orchestra & Richard Bonynge 4:41 1 of 14
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Meyerbeer: Le Prophète - Act 2: Ah, Mon Fils, Soit Béni!
Marilyn Horne, Henry Lewis, Suisse Romande Orchestra
Decca 001089302
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Giacomo Meyerbeer: L'Africaine: "Mi Batte Il Cor...O Paradiso!"
Luciano Pavarotti, National Philharmonic Orchestra & Oliviero de Fabritiis
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Jacques Halévy: La Juive - Rachel, Quand Du Seigneur
Plácido Domingo; Carlo Maria Giulini: Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
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Adolphe Charles Adam: Giselle Act II, No.15: Pas de deux
Terence Kern & London Festival Ballet Orchestra
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Hector Berlioz: Béatrice Et Bénédict: Ouverture. Allegretto Scherzando
New York Philharmonic, Pierre Boulez
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Berlioz: Les Nuits D'Été, Op. 7 - 6. L'Île Inconnue
Anne Sophie van Otter, Antoine Tamestit; Marc Minkowski: Les Musiciens Du Louvre
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Charles Gounod: Waltz from Faust
Neville Marriner, Stuttgart, Beliebte Orchesterstücke
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Charles Gounod: Faust - "Le Veau D'or est Toujours Debout!"
Samuel Ramey Julius Rudel, Münchner Rundfunkorchester
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Édouard Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole, Op. 21 - 2. Scherzando
Itzhak Perlman, André Previn, London Symphony Orchestra
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Georges Bizet: Les Pêcheurs De Perles - Je Crois Entendre Encore
Plácido Domingo, Carlo Maria Giulini, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
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Charles-Valentin Alkan: Sonate De Concert, E, Op. 47 -
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Alkan Trio
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Franz Liszt: Comment, Disaient-Ils, S 276
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Frédéric Chopin : Raindrop Prelude Op 28. no 15
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Jacques Offenbach: Orpheus In The Underworld - Overture
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Frédéric Chopin: Prelude 13 in F sharp major. Lento
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Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser - Act 3: Pilgramage
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Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser - Overture
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Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser - Act 1: Naht Euch Dem Strande ... Der Venusberg
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Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos - Elle Ne M'Aime Pas! (El ne mem pah)
Samuel Ramey; Jacques Delacote: Munich Radio Orchestra
EMI 49582
9:56
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Hector Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14 -
4. Marche Au Supplice, 5. Songe D'Une Nuit Du Sabbat
CSO/Solti
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