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MPR News host picks

• Bob Collins: "Into the Mystic" by Van Morrison
• Tom Crann: "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life" performed by Frank Sinatra
• Gary Eichten: "Dreaming My Dreams with You" performed by Waylon Jennings
• Kerri Miller: "When A Man Loves A Woman" performed by Percy Sledge

Classical MPR host picks

• Julie Amacher: "Chi il bel sogno di Doretta" from La Rondine (Puccini) performed by Angela Gheorghiu
• John Birge: Richard Strauss: "Morgen!" (Richard Strauss) performed by Joshua Bell with Anna Netrebko
• Scott Blankenship: "Somewhere" from West Side Story (Leonard Bernstein) performed by Kiri Te Kanawa, Jose Carreras, Marilyn Horne
• Fred Child: "Amor mio, si muero y tu no mueres" from Neruda Songs (Peter Lieberson) performed by Lorraine Hunt Lieberson
• Gillian Martin: "O mio babbino caro" from Gianni Schicchi (Puccini) performed by Kiri Te Kanawa
• Brian Newhouse: Intermezzo in A (Johannes Brahms) performed by Helene Grimaud
• Steve Staruch: "Beyond the Sea" performed by Bobby Darin

The Current host picks

• Mary Lucia: "Johnsburg, Illinois" performed by Tom Waits
• Steve Seel: "Something" by The Beatles
• Mark Wheat: "At Last" performed by Etta James