Here's another approach, fairly bristling with shorter performances. Some of these, like the Satie pieces played on guitar, were under two minutes in duration. Again, the times reflect when the info was posted, not when the tracks began.
10.14.2012
- Dead White Guys WCBN 88.3 FM wcbn.org
8:56
AM
amelia
cuni
ragas
18 & 17 solo for voice
john
cage: 58 microtonal ragas
other
minds music
8:54
AM
michael
tilson thomas & the buffalo philharmonic
men
{1920}
the
complete music of carl ruggles
other
minds music
8:50 AM
pimlico
opera company
on
being well-connected
from
the operetta moscow, cheryomushki {1958}
shostakovich
cheryomushki
bbc
music
8:48
AM
nelson
eddy {1940}
major
general's song
from
gilbert & sullivan's pirates of penzance {1879}
the
old refrain
asv
living era
8:46
AM
lauritz
melchior {english} danny kaye {russian}
home
on the range
{bilingual
performance introduced by judy garland}
opera
rarities
allegro
8:43
AM
cincinnati
pops orchestra
conducted
by erich kunzel
galop
from genevieve de brabant {1859}
offenbach:
gaite parisienne
telarc
8:39
AM
brno
state symphony orchestra
conducted
by leos svarovsky
lachian
trojak {1892}
leos
janacek: unknown II
supraphon
8:34
AM
philharmonia
orchestra
conducted
by riccardo muti
overture
from giuseppe verdi's opera nabucco {1841}
verdi
– nabucco
emi
8:23
AM
peter
schreier, neues bachisches collegium musicum
directed
by hans-joachim rotzsch
BWV
137, tenor aria {1725}
bach
kantaten BWV 137, 21
berlin
classics
8:21
AM
arleen
auger, neues bachisches collegium musicum
directed
by hans-joachim rotzsch
BWV
137, alto aria {1725}
bach
kantaten BWV 137, 21
berlin
classics
8:19
AM
thomanerchor
leipzig,
neues
bachisches collegium musicum
directed
by hans-joachim rotzsch
BWV
137 opening chorus {1725}
bach
kantaten BWV 137, 21
berlin
classics
8:10
AM
anne
sofie von otter
amanti,
io vi so dire {lovers, i can tell you}
by benedetto
ferrari {17th century}
music
for a while: baroque melodies
archiv
production
8:07
AM
amelita
galli-curci & company {1927}
sextette
from lucia di lammermoor
by
gaetano donizetti {1835}
amelita
galli-curci - the victor recordings
romophone
8:05
AM
dorothy
dorow with rudolf jansen
vorfruhling
{earliest spring}
poem
by ferdinand avenarius
set
by anton von webern {1899}
webern
lieder
etcetera
7:56
AM
margaret
mitchell of the d'oyly carte opera company,
the
new promenade orchestra conducted by isidore godfrey
the
sun whose rays are all ablaze
gilbert
& sullivan: the mikado
naxos
historical
7:52
AM
jan
de gaetani
with
the eastman chamber ensemble conducted by david effron
le
spectre de la rose
from
les nuits d'ete op.7 by hector berlioz {1856}
jan de
gaetani sings berlioz, mahler
bridge
7:47
AM
ensemble
clement janequin
with
organist willem jansen
ach
herr, du schopfer aller ding, SWV 450 {c.1615-1627}
heinrich
schutz: die sieben worte jesu christi am kreuz
harmonia
mundi
7:41
AM
patricia
rozario & the holst singers
conducted
by stephen layton
the
92nd psalm in hebrew, unaccompanied
set
by franz schubert {1828}
hyperion
schubert edition volume 31
hyperion
7:32
AM
tatiana
nikolaeva
prelude
no.13 in f sharp minor {1950-51}
shostakovich:
24 preludes and fugues for piano
melodiya
7:19
AM
gustav
mahler - welte-mignon player piano roll {1905}
piano
reduction of fourth movement from symphony no.4 {1899-1901}
mahler
plays mahler
golden
legacy
7:13
AM
gidon
kremer & kremerata musica
piano
quartet by gustav mahler {age 16 - 1876}
mahler-schoenberg-berg-webern
deutsche
grammophon
7:07
AM
duo
danica: merete hoffmann & asger troelsen
danse
bretonne by jean langlais {1986}
telemann/langlais:
works for oboe & organ
kontrapunkt
7:03
AM
maria
makarova
contredanse
from
the soundtrack of the film the gadfly {1955}
dmitri
shostakovich - music for organ
olympia
6:52
AM
berlin
philharmoniker - pierre boulez
german
dances by franz schubert {1824}
arranged
by anton webern {1931}
boulez
conducts webern II
deutsche
grammophon
6:49
AM
itzhak
perlman, pinchas zukerman & samuel sanders
waltzes
for two violins & piano by dmitri shostakovich {1955}
bartok/shostakovich/prokofiev
emi
classics - matrix 26
6:42
AM
wind
section of the ussr state symphony orchestra
two
pieces from scarlatti scored for wind ensemble op.17 {1928}
dmitri
shostakovich - symphony no.4/two pieces from scarlatti
gennadi
rozhdestvensky
praga
6:31
AM
peter
basche & ekkehard glocke, oboes - dieter wagner, cor anglais
variations
on an aria from mozart's opera don giovanni
for
two oboes & cor anglais {1796-97}
beethoven:
unknown works volume 3
berlin
classics
6:25
AM
erhard
fietz, mandolin & amadeus webersinke, piano
adagio
& sonatine for mandolin & piano, WoO 45 & 44 {1796}
beethoven:
unknown works volume 3
berlin
classics
6:16 AM
peter
fletcher
tiny
thoughts for children:
war
song of the king of the beans,
what
the little princess of tulips said,
and
waltz of the chocolate-covered almonds {1913}
erik
satie: peter fletcher, guitar
centaur
6:10
AM
gil
shaham & orli shaham
larghetto
from romantic pieces op.75 {1887}
dvorak
for two - works for violin & piano
deutsche
grammophon
6:08
AM
vienna
brahms trio
innig
{sincerely}
from
six pieces in canonic form op.56 {1844}
robert
schumann piano trios volume 2
naxos
6:04
AM
collegium
musicum 90, simon standage
instrumental
version of the plane tree aria
from
the opera serse {1738}
handel
at the opera
chandos