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