Midday Music Tuesday 11/11/08

Best Veterans' Day wishes to you.

11 AM

• McKinley: Patriotic Variations. Slovak Radio Sym, Stankovsky MMC 2032.
• Granados: Goyescas: The Young Men in Love: Conversation through the Bars. Eric Parkin. Chandos 9412.
• Beach: Piano Quintet in F-sharp minor. Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center (Anne-Marie McDermott, Escher String Quartet). CMS Studio 82524.
• Copland: Letter from Home. Buffalo Phil, Falletta. Naxos 8.559240.

12 N

• Chopin: "Heroic" Polonaise in A-flat, Op. 53. Olga Kern. Harmonia Mundi 907402.
• Daugherty: UFO for solo percussion and wind symphony: Mvt 2. Evelyn Glennie, North Texas Wind Sym, Corporon. Klavier 11121.
• O'Connor: Double Violin Concerto (Swingin', Midnight on the Dance Room Floor, Dixieland). Mark O'Connor and Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Colorado Sym Orch, Alsop. OMAC-8.
• O'Connor: Appalachia Waltz. Mark O'Connor and Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg. OMAC-8.
• Traditional (American revival song): I'm on My Journey Home. Anonymous 4. Harmonia Mundi 907400.

1 PM

• Beethoven: "Pastorale" Symphony (No. 6 in F major). BBC Scottish Sym, Vanska. BBC Music Mag Vol. 8, No. 3.