Midday Music Thursday 10/30/08

(Note: Friday brings the return of Midday Music Requests day with Alan Cooke. Bring on those Halloween requests, and I'll see you Monday.)

11 AM

• Stravinsky: Scherzo a la Russe. Russian National Orch, Pletnev. DG 453 434.
• Svendsen: String Octet in A major. Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble. Chandos 9258.
• Barber: Piano Sonata, Op. 26: Finale. Garrick Ohlsson. Arabesque 6724.
• Barber: Adagio for Strings. Saint Louis Sym, Slatkin. Telarc 80503.

12 N

• Schubert: Rosamunde, Incidental Music. Orpheus Chamber Orch. DG 437 782.
• Brahms: Viola Sonata No. 2 in E-flat, Op. 120/2. Nobuko Imai, Roger Vignoles. Chandos 8550.
• Nielsen: Flute Concerto: Finale. Emmanuel Pahud, Berlin Phil, Rattle. EMI 94421.
• Kapustin: Preludes in Jazz Style, Op. 53: Nos. 11-12. John Salmon. Naxos 8.570582.
  

1 PM

• Bach: Cantata No. 11, "Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen." Concentus Musicus, Vienna Boys Choir, Chorus Viennensis, soloists, Harnoncourt. Teldec 8.35029.
• Khatchaturian: Trio for Clarinet, Violin and Piano. Walter Boeykens Ensemble. Harmonia Mundi 901419.
• Kapustin: Preludes in Jazz Style, Op. 53: No. 18. John Salmon. Naxos 8.570582.