Midday Music, Thursday 4/23/09

11 AM

  • Mozart: The Magic Flute, Overture. Lausanne Chamber Orch, Menuhin. Virgin 363284.
  • Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 3, "Pastoral"; Symphony No. 4, beginning. London Sym, Thomson. Chandos 9087-91.
12 N
  • Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor. Emmanuel Pahud, Berlin Baroque Soloists, Kussmaul. EMI 57111.
  • Interview with Eric Mitchko, the Atlanta Opera's director of artistic administration, about Wagner's The Flying Dutchman. The Atlanta Opera production runs April 25 & 28 and May 1 & 3 at the Cobb Energy Centre, Atlanta. Tickets through Ticketmaster.
  • Wagner: The Flying Dutchman, Overture. Cincinnati Sym, Lopez-Cobos. Telarc 80379.
  • Sarasate: Basque Caprice. Yossif Ivanov, Itamar Golan. Ambroisie 136.
  • Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No. 1. BBC Scottish Sym, Maksymiuk. Naxos 8.550864.
1 PM
  • Grieg: Wedding Day at Troldhaugen. BBC Scottish Sym, Maksymiuk. Naxos 8.550864.
  • Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat. Zoltan Kocsis, Budapest Festival Orch, Fischer. Philips 422 380.