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La Púrpura de la Rosa was first heard in Lima, Peru in 1701, making it the first opera to be performed in the New World. Tomás de Torrejón y Velasc...

  • Added: Jan 17, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
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Soprano, Leyla Gencer singing in preserved recordings from the 1950's and 1960's.

  • Added: Jan 17, 2024
  • Length: 01:58:30
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Mexican living composer Arturo Márquez has reached a high level of popularity due to the success of his orchestral work Danzón No.2. However, Artur...

  • Added: Jan 17, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
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Concerto Grosso No. 1 by Ernst Bloch will showcase pianist Walter Hendl and conductor Charles Much. Then, we’ll hear Leonard Bernstein conduct the ...

  • Added: Jan 16, 2024
  • Length: 01:58:30
Caption: Agustin Barrios and as Nitsuga Mangoré
In honor of the 139th anniversary of his birth, this week's edition of Classical Guitar Alive! features a tribute to singularly extraordinary Parag...

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  • Added: Jan 12, 2024
  • Length: 58:57
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Malcolm Sargent conducts music composed by Vaughan Williams in live performances.

  • Added: Jan 09, 2024
  • Length: 01:58:00
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We're checking out some more new recordings that have come over the transom in recent months, including music for solo violin by Matteis and Vilsma...

  • Added: Jan 09, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
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This week, we present a collection of rarely-heard works by American masters in recordings from the orchestra's archives. Included are Three Places...

  • Added: Jan 09, 2024
  • Length: 01:58:30
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The Brazilian Camargo Guarnieri was one of the greatest composers of the 20th century. Though his music hasn’t been heard much outside of his count...

  • Added: Jan 09, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
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Domingo Hindoyan leads the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic in symphonic dances from Bernstein and Rachmaninoff. Pianist Paul Lewis also joins the orch...

  • Added: Jan 09, 2024
  • Length: 01:58:30
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Philip Glass' "The Triumph of the Octagon" was inspired by an eight-sided castle in southern Italy. Riccardo Muti conducts the work's world premier...

  • Added: Jan 04, 2024
  • Length: 01:58:31
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Famed English orchestra The Hallé, led by Sir Mark Elder, bring us two Greek myths: Sibelius's "The Oceanids" and Ravel's ballet "Daphnis et Chloé"...

  • Added: Jan 03, 2024
  • Length: 01:58:30
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Four performances showcasing the talents of violinist Jascha Heifetz.

  • Added: Jan 02, 2024
  • Length: 01:57:00
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Music written and performed in Latin America during the Colonial period (16th to early 19th centuries) has become more popular in recent years. How...

  • Added: Jan 02, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
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Much of the music composed by Jheronimus Vinders (fl. 1525) has been neglected in the past, but it's been resurrected thanks to a new performing ed...

  • Added: Jan 02, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
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The New Yorker magazine wrote that "Daniel Barenboim is a Bruckner guy, and his devotion has been lifelong." We celebrate Barenboim's 80th birthday...

  • Added: Dec 28, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:30
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From its opening sinuous flute solo, Debussy’s Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun blossoms into a dazzling kaleidoscope of orchestral sound. The mu...

  • Added: Dec 28, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:30
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Christian Thielemann leads the Dresden Staatskapelle in an exceptional performance of audience favorites. We celebrate the start of the New Year wi...

  • Added: Dec 27, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:30
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A variety of music from the medieval era is on the menu this week, including selections from Ludus Danielis (The Play of Daniel), a liturgical dram...

  • Added: Dec 27, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
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Guido Cantelli conducts Brahms, Debussy, Tchaikovsky, and Ravel.

  • Added: Dec 25, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:30
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Dvořák's Eighth Symphony is a rhapsodic celebration of his Czech homeland, with depictions of nature and references to folk dances. Herbert Blomste...

  • Added: Dec 19, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:30
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On this closing broadcast program, the the orchestra performs Britten's "Four Sea Interludes" from Peter Grimes, Op. 33a and Mahler's second sympho...

  • Added: Dec 19, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:30
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Ignaz Friedman plays music by Chopin, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, and more.

  • Added: Dec 19, 2023
  • Length: 01:57:30
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Christmas, St. Stephen’s Day, and the waning of the old year- we’re celebrating them all on this week’s show! We’ll hear more tracks from Cappella ...

  • Added: Dec 19, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
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From European traditions to the native cultures, choral music has always been a part of Latin America’s musical identity. Fiesta will highlight so...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2023
  • Length: 58:30