Midday Music, Thursday 1/15/09

11 AM

• Veracini: Violin Sonata in E major, Op. 1/11. Enrico Casazza, La Magnifica Comunita. Brilliant 93809.
• Bizet: Carmen: Prelude and Three Entr'actes. Les Musiciens du Louvre, Minkowski. Naive 5130.
• Bernstein: Serenade for Violin, Strings, Harp and Percussion after Plato's Symposium (1954). Robert McDuffie, Saint Louis Sym, Slatkin. EMI 06611.

12 N

• Nielsen: Aladdin: Oriental Festival March. Danish National Sym, Rozhdestvensky. Chandos 10498 X.
• Beethoven: Cello Sonata No. 3 in A major, Op. 69. Daniel Muller-Schott, Angela Hewitt. Hyperion 67633.
• Nielsen: Aladdin: Aladdin's Dream; Dance of the Morning Mists. Danish National Sym, Rozhdestvensky. Chandos 10498 X.
• Weill: Little Threepenny Music. Meadows Wind Ensemble, Ballarini, Platko, Delaney. Gasparo 357.

1 PM

• Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 in F minor. Royal Phil Orch, Gatti. Harmonia Mundi 907393.
• Bertali: Sonata No. 2 from the collection Prothimia Suavissima (1672). Chatham Baroque. Dorian 90706.