Poster YourClassical MPR Radio App Stream Tile
Curated Streams

YourClassical MPR

Where Classical Music Comes Alive

Build a deeper understanding and appreciation of classical music on YourClassical MPR. Listen to our live regional Minnesota Public Radio broadcast as our hosts take you through a classical music journey. Featuring music, commentary, interviews and more.

On Air Now
  • 5:26 AM

    String Quartet

    Edvard Grieg

    Emerson String Quartet: Complete Recordings

    Emerson String Quartet

    31:56
  • 5:22 AM

    Contrasts: Romance

    H. Leslie Adams

    Rochelle Sennet, piano

    2:12
  • 5:06 AM

    Sinfonia No. 2

    George Walker

    George Walker: Five SInfonias

    National Symphony Orchestra

    Gianandrea Noseda, conductor

    15:50
  • 5:01 AM

    Sleepsong

    Rolf Lovland

    Invisible Stars - Choral Works of Ireland and Scotland

    The Choral Scholars of University College Dublin

    Desmond Earley, conductor

    Emily Doyle, soprano

    4:37
  • 4:53 AM

    Lullaby for Natalie

    John Corigliano

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    Akira Eguchi, piano

    4:48
  • 4:33 AM

    Sinfonietta No. 2 "Generations"

    Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    19:29
  • 4:29 AM

    Dearest Spot on Earth

    Justin Holland

    Justin Holland Recording Project

    Keith Calmes, guitar

    2:25
  • 4:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 3

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Amadeus Quartet

    21:32
  • 4:01 AM

    Three Botticelli Pictures: Birth of Venus

    Ottorino Respighi

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    4:42
  • 3:34 AM

    Symphony No. 4

    Walter Piston

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    24:19
  • 3:17 AM

    Seven Last Words of the Unarmed

    Joel Thompson

    University of Michigan Men's Glee Club

    Eugene Rogers, conductor

    14:50
  • 3:10 AM

    Aria detta la Frescobalda

    Girolamo Frescobaldi

    Eliot Fisk, guitar

    5:47
  • 3:06 AM

    Arietta

    Huw Watkins

    The Jukebox Album

    Elena Urioste, violin

    3:33
  • 3:01 AM

    The Sea: Nocturne (Calm)

    Nikos Skalkottas

    Nikos Skalkottas: Dance of the Waves

    Athens State Orchestra

    Stefanos Tsialis, conductor

    4:48
  • 2:44 AM

    The Plain (La Vega)

    Isaac Albeniz

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Elmer Bernstein, conductor

    Christopher Parkening, guitar

    14:12
  • 2:31 AM

    Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Richard Studt, conductor

    12:18
  • 2:26 AM

    MLK

    U2

    Cantus

    2:57
  • 2:06 AM

    Three Black Kings

    Duke Ellington

    Concert Recording

    Philharmonia

    Santtu-Matias Rouvali, conductor

    19:03
  • 2:01 AM

    Waltz No. 9 "L'adieu"

    Frederic Chopin

    Claudio Arrau, piano

    4:41
  • 1:48 AM

    Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto; Saint-Saens: Havanaise

    New York Chamber Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin

    10:40
  • 1:23 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Adolphus Hailstork

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    23:34
  • 1:16 AM

    The Tempest: Banquet Dance

    Arthur Sullivan

    Kansas City Symphony

    Michael Stern, conductor

    4:06
  • 1:06 AM

    Andante and Hungarian Rondo

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Sundsvall Chamber Orchestra

    Niklas Willen, conductor

    Christian Davidsson, bassoon

    10:00
  • 1:01 AM

    Waltz No. 4

    Cecile Chaminade

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    4:47
  • 12:49 AM

    Bright Blue Music

    Michael Torke

    Javelin - the Music of Michael Torke

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    9:06
  • 12:45 AM

    Warmth from Other Suns: Settle

    Carlos Simon

    Settle: Migration Music Part 3

    Ivalas Quartet

    2:53
  • 12:21 AM

    String Quartet No. 63 "Sunrise"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Amadeus Quartet

    22:31
  • 12:09 AM

    Road to the Sun: Parts 4-5

    Pat Metheny

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    10:54
  • 12:07 AM

    Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spake Zarathustra): Sunrise

    Richard Strauss

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    1:32
  • 12:01 AM

    Peer Gynt: Morning Mood

    Edvard Grieg

    Scandinavian Rhapsody, A Selection of Orchestral Favourites

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:30
  • 11:51 PM

    Horse-power Suite: El Tropico

    Carlos Chavez

    Mi Alma Mexicana

    Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas

    Alondra de la Parra, conductor

    7:29
  • 11:49 PM

    Aires Tropicales: Contradanza

    Paquito D'Rivera

    Imani Winds: The Classical Underground

    Imani Winds

    1:42
  • 11:43 PM

    Aires Tropicales: Son

    Paquito D'Rivera

    Imani Winds: The Classical Underground

    Imani Winds

    5:06
  • 11:36 PM

    Scherzo on Tropical Airs

    Santos Cifuentes

    Inca Trail Connections

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

    6:48
  • 11:27 PM

    Far and Away: Suite

    John Williams

    Berlin Philharmonic

    John Williams, conductor

    8:00
  • 11:24 PM

    Seven Landscapes: Sunny Glade

    Jan Freidlin

    Alexey Botvinov, piano

    2:05
  • 11:21 PM

    Daybreak

    Ola Gjeilo

    Dawn

    Ola Gjeilo, piano

    2:28
  • 11:13 PM

    Samson: Let the Bright Seraphim

    George Frideric Handel

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    Edita Gruberova, soprano

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    5:45
  • 11:06 PM

    Wand of Youth: Overture, Serenade, and Sun Dance

    Edward Elgar

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    6:42
  • 11:01 PM

    Words of the Sun

    Zhou Long

    Chanticleer

    4:41
  • 10:53 PM

    Grand Canyon Suite: Sunrise

    Ferde Grofe

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    William Stromberg, conductor

    5:20
  • 10:48 PM

    In the Mountains: Sunny Day

    Josef Foerster

    Foerster: Symphony No. 5 & In den Bergen

    Osnabruck Symphony Orchestra

    Hermann Baumer, conductor

    4:29
  • 10:28 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Night in the Tropics"

    Louis Moreau Gottschalk

    Gottschalk, Vol. 2

    Utah Symphony Orchestra

    Maurice Abravanel, conductor

    18:58
  • 10:24 PM

    Dances in the Canebrakes: Tropical Noon

    Florence Price

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    3:38
  • 10:20 PM

    Tropic Winter: Pompons and Fans

    Nathaniel Dett

    My Cup Runneth Over: The Complete Piano Works of R. Nathaniel Dett

    Clipper Erickson, piano

    3:57
  • 10:13 PM

    A Song Before Sunrise

    Frederick Delius

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    5:25
  • 10:07 PM

    Empire of the Sun: Exsultate Justi

    John Williams

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:57
  • 10:01 PM

    Sunburst

    Andrew York

    Play

    Jason Vieaux, guitar

    4:17
  • 9:56 PM

    Caprice No. 13

    Niccolo Paganini

    Bel Canto Paganini

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    2:43
  • 9:54 PM

    Elena Papandreou, guitar

    4:10
  • 9:25 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 2 "La Campanella"

    Niccolo Paganini

    Paganini: The Violin Concertos

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Dutoit, conductor

    Salvatore Accardo, violin

    31:02
  • 9:11 PM

    Crisantemi (Chrysanthemums); Blumine (Flowers)

    Giacomo Puccini; Gustav Mahler

    Concert Recording

    Lausanne Chamber Orchestra

    Simone Young, conductor

    13:53
  • 5:52 PM

    The Big Sleep: Suite

    Max Steiner

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    7:11
  • 5:43 PM

    8 1/2: Walking the Gangplank

    Nino Rota

    Nino Rota: Music For Film

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    5:31
  • 5:38 PM

    You've Got Mail: Empty Store

    George Fenton

    Studio Orchestra

    George Fenton, conductor

    2:50
  • 5:33 PM

    Babes in Toyland: Eccentric Dance

    Victor Herbert

    Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra

    Keith Brion, conductor

    3:10
  • 5:28 PM

    Dance of the Cuckoos

    Marvin Hatley

    London Music Works

    3:02
  • 5:20 PM

    Camelot: The Simple Joys of Maidenhood

    Frederick Loewe

    Camelot Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Studio Orchestra

    Alfred Newman, conductor

    Vanessa Redgrave, vocals

    2:01
  • 5:15 PM

    Murder on the Orient Express: Waltz

    Richard Rodney Bennett

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    John Mauceri, conductor

    3:35
  • 5:12 PM

    Charade: Punch and Judy

    Henry Mancini

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    2:00
  • 5:07 PM

    Philadelphia Story: Suite

    Franz Waxman

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    3:36
  • 5:01 PM

    Suspicion: Prelude

    Franz Waxman

    A History Of Hitchcock: Dial M For Murder

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paul Bateman, conductor

    4:40
  • 4:51 PM

    It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World: The Big W

    Ernest Gold

    Studio Orchestra

    4:42
  • 4:50 PM

    It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World: Main Theme

    Ernest Gold

    It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World Soundtrack

    Studio Orchestra

    3:17
  • 4:45 PM

    There's No Business Like Show Business

    Irving Berlin

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    3:25
  • 4:37 PM

    Chinatown: Love Theme from Chinatown (End Title)

    Jerry Goldsmith

    Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra

    Jerry Goldsmith, conductor

    2:03
  • 4:28 PM

    Fiddler on the Roof Potpourri

    Jerry Bock

    Over the Rainbow

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    7:23
  • 4:23 PM

    Raintree County: Overture

    Johnny Green

    MGM Studio Orchestra

    Johnny Green, conductor

    3:32
  • 4:16 PM

    Johnny Belinda: Suite

    Max Steiner

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    5:08
  • 4:11 PM

    Lost Weekend: Love Theme

    Miklos Rozsa

    Cinema Serenade 2: The Golden Age

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    4:20
  • 4:07 PM

    The Best Years of Our Lives: Theme

    Hugo Friedhofer

    London Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    2:41
  • 4:01 PM

    Gone with the Wind: Tara Theme

    Max Steiner

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:40
  • 3:46 PM

    Flute and Oboe Concerto

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

    Janos Rolla, conductor

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    Pierre Pierlot, oboe

    12:31
  • 3:33 PM

    Devil's Promenade

    Louis Ballard

    Ballard: The Four Moons, Devil's Promenade, Fantasy Aborigine No. 3, & Scenes from Indian Life

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    11:04
  • 3:21 PM

    Kreisleriana No. 2

    Robert Schumann

    Undersong

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    10:27
  • 3:07 PM

    Divertimento No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart; Zuckerman

    National Arts Centre Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    14:08
  • 2:55 PM

    Peer Gynt: In The Hall Of The Mountain King

    Edvard Grieg

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    2:52
  • 2:48 PM

    Valse-Caprice No. 4

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: The Complete Music for Piano

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    7:27
  • 2:23 PM

    Swan Lake Ballet Suite

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    23:10
  • 2:17 PM

    Meditation

    Mel Bonis

    Memoires d'une femme

    Myriam Barbaux-Cohen, piano

    3:56
  • 2:06 PM

    Concerto for Two Violins and Two Cellos

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Concerti per Mandolini

    Europa Galante

    Fabio Biondi, conductor

    10:05
  • 2:01 PM

    Basse Danse

    Thoinot Arbeau

    Broadside Band

    4:33
  • 1:48 PM

    Consecration of the House: Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Overtures and Incidental Music

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor

    10:28
  • 1:45 PM

    Lord Willoughby's Welcome Home

    John Dowland

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    2:31
  • 1:13 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 3

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Montreal Symphony Orchestra

    Kent Nagano, conductor

    Andrew Wan, violin

    30:25
  • 1:06 PM

    Overture "Water Music": Bourree; Harlequinade; Der sturmende Aeolus

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    5:10
  • 1:01 PM

    American Suite: 2nd movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    4:38
  • 12:54 PM

    Trumpet Sinfonia "Il Barcheggio"

    Alessandro Stradella

    Italian Trumpet Concertos

    New Bach Collegium Musicum Leipzig

    Max Pommer, conductor

    Ludwig Guttler, trumpet

    4:45
  • 12:35 PM

    Clarinet Concerto

    Aaron Copland

    Nashville Chamber Orchestra

    Paul Gambill, conductor

    Laura Arden, clarinet

    17:26
  • 12:19 PM

    Wurttemberg Sonata No. 2

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Keith Jarrett: CPE Bach

    Keith Jarrett, piano

    13:44
  • 12:06 PM

    Gayane Ballet Suite

    Aram Khachaturian

    Royal Scottish Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    12:20
  • 12:01 PM

    Fragments from Hans Andersen: A leaf from the sky

    York Bowen

    Nicolas Namoradze, piano

    4:40
  • 11:44 AM

    Tannhauser: Overture

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Tannhauser, Parsifal, Tristan Und Isolde

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    14:17
  • 11:40 AM

    Glory in the Meeting House

    Traditional

    Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra

    Jeannette Sorrell, conductor

    3:38
  • 11:23 AM

    String Quartet No. 13

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Amadeus Quartet

    15:51
  • 11:19 AM

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    1:55
  • 11:06 AM

    The Three-Cornered Hat: Suite

    Manuel de Falla

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    12:11
  • 11:01 AM

    Toccata

    Girolamo Frescobaldi

    Jian Wang: The Baroque Album

    Camerata Salzburg

    Jian Wang, cello

    4:37
  • 10:48 AM

    Ballade No. 4

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin

    Khatia Buniatishvili, piano

    10:28
  • 10:27 AM

    An American in Paris

    George Gershwin

    Music of the Americas

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Andres Orozco-Estrada, conductor

    19:51
  • 10:17 AM

    Long Road

    Eriks Esenvalds

    Wandering Heart

    Chor Leoni Men's Chorus

    Erick Lichte, conductor

    7:33
  • 10:06 AM

    Oboe Concerto No. 8

    Tomaso Albinoni

    I Musici

    Heinz Holliger, oboe

    10:34
  • 10:01 AM

    Unst Bridal March

    Traditional

    Barry Douglas, piano

    Catriona McKay, Scottish harp

    Chris Stout, Shetland fiddle

    4:32
  • 9:52 AM

    Summer Evening

    Frederick Delius

    Vaughan Williams and Delius

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    6:14
  • 9:48 AM

    Berceuse

    Theresa Carreno

    El Fin del Silencio: Latin American Women Composers

    Antonio Oyarzabal, piano

    4:02
  • 9:05 AM

    Septet

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven

    New York Philomusica

    A. Robert Johnson, conductor

    41:04
  • 9:01 AM

    Light Through Windows

    Caroline Mallonee

    Locally Sourced: Choral Music by Northwest Composers

    Vox16

    3:08
  • 8:42 AM

    Isaac Stern, violin

    Yefim Bronfman, piano

    16:05
  • 8:35 AM

    Heather Hill

    Constance Warren

    British Music for Strings, Vol. 3

    South German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim

    Douglas Bostock, conductor

    6:45
  • 8:01 AM

    String Quartet No. 10

    Antonin Dvorak

    Takacs Quartet

    32:03
  • 7:25 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Peteris Vasks

    Peteris Vasks: Oboe Concerto - Vestijums - Lauda

    Latvian National Symphony Orchestra

    Andris Poga, conductor

    Albrecht Mayer, oboe

    33:30
  • 7:19 AM

    Berceuse (Lullaby)

    Mel Bonis

    Myriam Barbaux-Cohen, piano

    5:28
  • 7:01 AM

    Indra

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: Symphony, "The Cotswolds" / Walt Whitman, Overture / Indra / Japanese Suite / A Winter Idyll

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    15:44
  • 6:40 AM

    Prelude, Chorale and Fugue

    Cesar Franck

    Awadagin Pratt, piano

    18:42
  • 6:07 AM

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    32:03
  • 6:01 AM

    Postcards from the Sky: "Unfolding Sky"

    Marjan Mozetich

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:13