Midday Music Wednesday 12/10/08

11 AM

• Elgar: Romance for bassoon and orchestra, Op. 62. Preman Tilson, New Zealand Sym, Judd. Naxos 8.557577.
  
• Elgar: Violin Concerto in B minor. Gil Shaham, Chicago Sym, Zinman. Canary CC06.
  

12 N

• Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker, Act 2: Pas de deux; Final waltz and apotheosis. Boston Sym, Ozawa. DG 435 619.
  
• Beethoven: "Waldstein" Piano Sonata (No. 21 in C major, Op. 53). Paul Lewis. Harmonia Mundi 901903.05.
  
• Handel: Semele: "Where'er you walk." Ian Bostridge, Orch of the Age of Enlightenment, Bicket. EMI 82243.
• Anonymous: Sonata No. 3 from Book 1 of A Desire for the Choicest Sonatas (1672). Chatham Baroque. Dorian 90706.
  

1 PM

• Lasso: Cantiones Sacrae (1592): No. 2, Prolongati sunt dies mei. Collegium Vocale Gent, Herreweghe. Harmonia Mundi 901984.
  
• Prokofiev: Violin Sonata No. 2 in D major, Op. 94b. Mikhail Simonyan, Alexei Podkorytov. Delos 3385.
  
• Bizet: L'Arlesienne, Suite No. 2. Les Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble, Minkowski. Naive 5130.