Michael's Playlists
Songs We Use for Bumper Music
("Bumper music" refers to the songs we play coming in and out of a commercial break)
Albums We Use Extensively
(so good you'll want the whole album)
Abraham Lincoln Portraits
Leornard Slatkin and Nashville Symphony Orchestra
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Christmas Records We Play
Some of Michael's Favorite Classical Music Recordings
Nielsen: Symphony No. 2, The Four Temperaments; Symphony No. 3, Sinfonia Espansiva
Carl Nielsen (Composer), Alan Gilbert (Conductor), New York Philharmonic (Orchestra)
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Sibelius: Finlandia; Valse triste; Symphony No. 2
James Levine and Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
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Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2; Violin Concerto
Rudolf Serkin (piano); Isaac Stern (violin) and Eugene Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra and Columbia Symphony Orchestra
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Grieg, Nielsen, Wiren, & Svendsen: Scandinavian String Music
Richard Studt conducting the Bournemouth Sinfonietta
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Villa-Lobos: Concerto for Guitar; Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Concerto No 1
Pepe Romero; Neville Marriner; Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
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J. Rodrigo: Concierto Serenata
Enrique Batiz conducting the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
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Aaron Copland: Rodeo; The Red Pony; Prairie Journal; Letter from Home
JoAnn Falletta conducting the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
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Holst: Hammersmith/Moorside Suite/Suite No. 1 in E flat/Suite No. 2 in F
Howard Dunn conducting the Dallas Wind Symphony
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Carl Nielsen: Symphonies No. 3 & 4
Herbert Blomstedt conducting the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
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Dvorak: Complete Published Orchestral Works (Box Set)
Stephen Gunzenhauser conducting the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
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Percy Grainger: Famous Folk-Settings
Kenneth Montgomery conducting the Bournemouth Sinfonietta
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BACH: Brandenburg Concertos 4, 5, 6, plus Orchestral Suite #4
Pablo Casals conducting the Marlboro Festival Orchestra
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TCHAIKOVSKY, Violin Concerto (with David Oistrakh) and Piano Concerto #1 (with Emil Gilels)
NY Philharmonic and Philadelphia Orchestra
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DVORAK, Symphony #6, Scherzo Capriccioso; Notturno
Marin Alsop conducting the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
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THE ART OF THE VIENNA HORN (Chamber Music for French Horn by Brahms, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann)
Wolfgang Tomboeck & company
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BEETHOVEN, Piano Concerto #5 & Choral Fantasy
Yefim Bronfman (piano) with David Zinman conducting the Tonhalle Orchestra of Zurich
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BEETHOVEN, Symphonies 4 & 6
Bruno Walter conducting the Columbia Symphony Orchestra
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MOZART: Piano Concertos, Vol 4: Concertos 23 & 24
Jeno Jando (piano) and Concentus Hungaricus
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