Midday Music Wednesday 11/26/08

Please tune in to GPB Thursday at 11:00 for the cooking-oriented special program Turkey Confidential, followed at 1:00 by Giving Thanks. Friday brings the usual requests edition of Midday Music with Alan Cooke. Happy Thanksgiving!

11 AM

• Mozart: "Paris" Symphony (No. 31 in D major, K. 297). Frieburg Baroque Orch, von der Goltz. Harmonia Mundi 901897.
• Dvorak: Piano Quintet in A major, Op. 81. Ensemble Explorations, Braley. Harmonia Mundi 901880.

12 N

• Ungar: Ashokan Farewell. Jay Ungar, Molly Mason. Angel EMI 56720.
• Bernstein: Divertimento for orchestra. Bournemouth Sym, Alsop. Naxos 8.559245.
• Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5. Donna Brown, Antonio Meneses, cellists of the Sao Paolo Sym, Minczuk. BIS 1410.
• Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks. Boston Baroque, Pearlman. Telarc 80594.
• Tchaikovsky: Seasons: November, Troika. Wu Han. Artist Led 10701.

1 PM

• Kreisler/Rachmaninoff: Liebesfreud. Wu Han. Artist Led 10701.
• Beethoven: "Emperor" Piano Concerto (No. 5 in E-flat). Evgeny Kissin, London Sym, Davis. EMI 06311.