Monday, September 7 - Labor Day

A mostly American program for this American holiday. For the picnic angle on Labor Day, catch "Struttin' with Some Barbecue" just before noon. For the labor angle, there's Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue (see Fantasia 2000 for a relevant story in animation) and Rzewski's "Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues."

11 AM

• Antheil: String Quartet No. 3. Fine Arts Quartet. Naxos 8.559354.
• Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez: Adagio. Alfonso Moreno, London Sym, Batiz. EMI 37681.
• Bach: Partita No. 1 in B-flat, BWV 825. Murray Perahia. Sony 443612.
• Henderson: Dixie Bach; Hardin-Armstrong/Dedrick: Struttin' with Some Barbecue. Canadian Brass. Opening Day 7371.

12 N

• O'Connor: String Quartet No. 2, "Bluegrass": third movement. Kavafian, O'Connor, Neubauer, Haimovitz. OMAC-14.
• Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue. Fazil Say, New York Phil, Masur. Teldec 26202.
• Schumann: Symphony No. 4. Cleveland Orch, Dohnanyi. London 421 643.

1 PM

• Copland: Clarinet Concerto. Jon Manasse, Slovak Radio Sym, Trevor. XLNT 18011.
• Rzewski: Four North American Ballads: Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues. Ralph van Raat. Naxos 8.572087.
• Rachmaninoff: Vocalise. St. Petersburg Phil, Jansons. EMI 55140.
• Whitacre: Five Hebrew Love Songs. Atlanta Singers, Elizabeth Lamback, David Brensinger. ACA Digital 20095.