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Isaac Asimov: The Stars in Their Courses
Elizabeth Coatsworth: The Cat Who Went to Heaven
Richard Dawkins: The God Delusion
Stieg Larsson: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson: The Girl Who Played with Fire
Stieg Larsson: The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest
Mark Prothero with Carlton Smith: Defending Gary: Unraveling the Mind of the Green River Killer
Herman Wouk: The Winds of War & War and Remembrance
Compagnie Marie Chouinard Performs Chopin and Stravinsky
Gerard Schwarz Conducts The Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Toradze – Pianist
Hamelin Pinch-Hits for Lang Lang, Belts Home Run
Leonidas Kavakos and Yuja Wang at Seattle’s Benaroya Hall
Valentina Lisitsa Returns to George Fox University
My Interview with Lola Astanova
My Interview with Nikolay Minev
My Interview with Szuyu “Rachel” Su
My Interview with Valentina Lisitsa
Albeniz: Iberia; Pianist – Alicia de Larrocha
Alicia de Larrocha (1923 – 2009)
Andrew Rangell: Two Short Films
Anna Netrebko and Elina Garanča Sing Duets by Delibes, Bellini, and Offenbach
Bach (and Bach-Busoni): Chaconne in D minor; Jascha Heifetz, Violin and Hélène Grimaud, Piano
Bach: Italian Concerto; Pianist – Glenn Gould
Barber: Piano Concerto; Pianist – Albert Tiu
Barber: Violin Concerto; Violinist – Rachel Barton Pine
Barber: Sonata for Piano; Pianist – Vladimir Horowitz
Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 1; Pianist – Maurizio Pollini
Bartók: Piano Sonata; Pianist – Zoltán Kocsis
Beethoven: “Archduke” Trio; The Istomin/Stern/Rose Trio
Beethoven: Moonlight Sonata; Pianist – Valentina Lisitsa
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4; Pianist – Hélène Grimaud
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 “Emperor”; Pianist: Manlio Giordano
Beethoven: “Waldstein” Sonata; Pianist – Emil Gilels
Berg: Piano Sonata; Pianist – Marc-Andre Hamelin
Brahms: Horn Trio in E flat major
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1; Pianist – Hélène Grimaud
Brahms: Piano Quintet; Peter Serkin and The Orion String Quartet
Britten: The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 2; Pianist – Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
Debussy: Suite “Pour le Piano”; Pianist – Boris Feiner
De Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain; Pianist – Alicia de Larrocha
Dinu Lipatti: Two Who Died Too Young – Part I
Franck: Violin Sonata; Yehudi and Hephzibah Menuhin
Gershwin: Highlights from “Porgy and Bess”
Goldmark: Suite for Piano and Violin, Op. 11
Grieg: Piano Concerto; Pianist – Valentina Lisitsa
Korngold: Violin Concerto; Violinist – Leonidas Kavakos
Liebermann: Gargoyles, Op. 29; Pianist – Yuja Wang
Liszt: Sonata in B minor; Pianist – Van Cliburn
Liszt: “Un Sospiro”; Pianist – Marc-Andre Hamelin
Lola Astanova: The Lighter Side of Lola
Lola Astanova: Two Etudes by Liszt and Scriabin
Martha Argerich and Lilya Zilberstein Perform Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite
Medtner: Sonata Reminiscenza; Pianist – Marc-Andre Hamelin
Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor – Van Baerle Trio
Mozart: Fantasy and Fugue in C major; Pianist – Glenn Gould
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 9; Pianist – Maria João Pires
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20; Pianist – Maria João Pires
Nielsen: Symphony No. 3: “Espansiva”
Nielsen: Three Pieces, Op. 59; Pianist – Heng-Jin Park
Nielsen: Violin Concerto; Violinist – Baiba Skride
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2; Pianist – Yefim Bronfman
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3; Pianist – Martha Argerich
Prokofiev: Prelude Op. 12, No. 7 “The Harp”
Prokofiev: Sonata for Flute and Piano; James Galway – Flute; Phillip Moll – Piano
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1; Violinist – Hilary Hahn
Prokofiev: Violin Sonata No. 1; David Oistrakh, violin; Sviatoslav Richter, piano
Prokofiev: Violin Sonata No. 2; Violinist – Gidon Kremer; Pianist – Martha Argerich
Prokofiev: Sonata No. 6; Pianist – Boris Feiner
Prokofiev: Sonata No. 8; Pianist – Evgeny Kissin
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2; Pianist – Van Cliburn
Rachmaninoff: Piano Sonata No. 1; Pianist – Valentina Lisitsa
Rachmaninoff: Piano Sonata No. 2; Pianist – Lola Astanova
Rachmaninoff: Prelude Op. 23 No. 5; Pianist – Emil Gilels
Rachmaninoff: Two Pieces for Piano; Pianist – Manlio Giordano
Rachmaninoff: Trio élégiaque in D minor, Opus 9
Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin – Toccata; Pianist – Quynh Nguyen
Ravel: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand; Pianist – Siheng Song
Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major; Pianist – Martha Argerich
Ravel: Piano Trio Performed by The Boston Trio
Ravel: Sonata No. 2 for Violin and Piano with Anne Akiko Meyers, Violinist and Anton Nel, Pianist
Ravel: String Quartet Performed by The Hagen Quartett
Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Festival Overture
Saint-Saëns: The Carnival of the Animals
Sarah Chang – Age 10 – Plays Sarasate’s “Carmen Fantasy”
Schubert: Sonata in B-flat Major; Pianist – Alfred Brendel
Schubert: String Quintet in C major
Schubert: Wanderer Fantasy; Pianist – Evgeny Kissin
Schubert-Liszt: Ave Maria; Pianist – Valentina Lisitsa
Scriabin: Etude Op. 8 No. 12; Pianist – Vladimir Horowitz
Scriabin: Etude Op. 42 No.5; Pianist – Irina Morozova
Scriabin: Sonata No. 5; Pianist – Marc-Andre Hamelin
Shostakovich: Piano Sonata No. 2; Pianist – Valentina Lisitsa
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
Strauss: Four Last Songs; Soprano – Renée Fleming
Valentina Lisitsa: Four Encores
Vaughan Williams: Five Mystical Songs; Baritone – Thomas Allen
Wagner: Isolde’s Liebestod, in Performances by Jessye Norman and Vladimir Horowitz
William Kapell: Two Who Died Too Young – Part II
The Assassination of John F. Kennedy – 46 Years Later
Harvey Weinstein: Three Women, One Story
Sam Harris on Trump vs. Clinton
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