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Brian Dunning delves into urban legends surrounding three of the greatest classical composers as well as the renowned Stradivarius violin.

  • Added: May 09, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: World War II graves at Arlington National Cemetary, Credit: L. Sponsler
An objective, entertaining, and respectful music/sound chronicle of America’s war history starting with the Civil War, which spurred the eventual c...

Bought by KTNA, Wyoming Public Radio, Connecticut Public (WNPR), Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KUCB and more


  • Added: May 09, 2024
  • Length: 01:55:18
  • Purchases: 77
Caption: Tiny Parham & Musicians
It’s not that one brought about the other. Rather, it was a melding of many factors, and during that time, jazz became incredibly popular, as did s...

  • Added: May 09, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
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6 works, including HASSE: Sinfonia, Op. 5, #6. Concerto Köln (ancnt. instr.)/Pablo Heras-Casado.

  • Added: May 09, 2024
  • Length: 56:59
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6 works, including GRIFFES: Poem for Flute & Orchestra (1918) (1918) . Seattle Symphony Orchestra/Gerard Schwarz; Scott Goff, flute.

  • Added: May 09, 2024
  • Length: 57:00
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Take a musical journey through Europe with Jeff Rupert and Jazz and the American Spirit when he shares great jazz centered around the musical theme...

  • Added: May 09, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
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In the spring of 1945 Duke Ellington undertook a weekly Saturday broadcast to support the war-bond drive. We’ll hear music from these programs as ...

  • Added: May 09, 2024
  • Length: :00
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In the late 1970s the Columbia label was home to an array of talented jazz musicians, including Woody Shaw, Arthur Blythe, Dexter Gordon, and Weath...

  • Added: May 09, 2024
  • Length: 59:04
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Author and dancer Georgia Finnegan talks about her new book "Grace & Grit: A History of Ballet in Minnesota"

  • Added: May 09, 2024
  • Length: 08:08
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4 works, including COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: Gipsy Suite, Op. 20. RTE Concert Orchestra, Dublin/Adrian Leaper.

  • Added: May 09, 2024
  • Length: 57:00
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4 works, including COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: Gipsy Suite, Op. 20. RTE Concert Orchestra, Dublin/Adrian Leaper.

  • Added: May 09, 2024
  • Length: 57:00
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6 works, including GRIFFES: Japanese Melodies (3) (3) . Perspectives Ensemble.

  • Added: May 09, 2024
  • Length: 57:00
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6 works, including GRIFFES: Japanese Melodies (3) (3) . Perspectives Ensemble.

  • Added: May 09, 2024
  • Length: 57:00
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6 works, including PIAZZOLLA: Verano Porteno (Tango) (Tango) ; Berta Rojas, guitar.

  • Added: May 09, 2024
  • Length: 57:31
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6 works, including NS: Le Rouet d'Omphale, Op. 31. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Thomas Beecham.

  • Added: May 08, 2024
  • Length: 56:59
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Featuring- Mister 1960's Record Review, Let's Hear It For The Girls, Vocal Group Greats, and Much More!

  • Added: May 08, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
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4 works, including SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 2 in C, Op. 61. Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique/John Eliot Gardiner.

  • Added: May 08, 2024
  • Length: 57:00
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6 works, including MOZART: Symphony No. 32 in G, K 318. Academy of St Martin in Fields/Sir Neville Marriner.

  • Added: May 08, 2024
  • Length: 57:00
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6 works, including ABEL: Symphony in B flat, Op. 10, #2. La Stagione Frankfurt/Michael Schneider.

  • Added: May 08, 2024
  • Length: 57:01
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6 works, including ABEL: Symphony in B flat, Op. 10, #2. La Stagione Frankfurt/Michael Schneider.

  • Added: May 08, 2024
  • Length: 57:01
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Award-winning music documentarian Paul Ingles hosts this week's mix of tunes from his eclectic personal collection. It's a show where deep tracks a...

  • Added: May 08, 2024
  • Length: 57:49
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4 works, including ROUSSEL: Festin de L'Araignee, Le, Op. 17. Paris National Opera Orchestra/Michel Queval.

  • Added: May 08, 2024
  • Length: 57:00
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4 works, including ROUSSEL: Festin de L'Araignee, Le, Op. 17. Paris National Opera Orchestra/Michel Queval.

  • Added: May 08, 2024
  • Length: 57:00
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6 works, including CHABRIER: Caprice; Georges Rabol, piano.

  • Added: May 08, 2024
  • Length: 57:00
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Guest host Gardner Campbell sits in for Paul Ingles on this show's mix of tunes--- still deep tracks and "artful seques" . And virtually NO REPEATS...

  • Added: May 08, 2024
  • Length: 58:55