Midday Music playlist for Thursday, September 11

I'm about to resume posting weekly lists of concerts. If you notice I've missed a performance GPB listeners would like to know about, please write (middaymusic@gpb.org) and point me to details. Note: Much as I'd love to provide one-stop shopping for every single classical event in Georgia, and valuable though student performances and church singalongs may be, there is a whole state to cover. Just concerts by pros, please. Thanks!

Concert-wise, it's all Beethoven at the CSO's Saturday concert; the Cobb Symphony has an all not-Beethoven program; the Valdosta Symphony plays some Beethoven and some not-Beethoven. Details are here on those concerts and others. (Today on the air, Columbus Symphony music director George del Gobbo introduces Beethoven's Fifth Symphony. Tomorrow please join Alan Cooke for Midday Music Requests.)

11 AM

• Godard: Berceuse from Jocelyn. Eroica Trio. Angel 57906.
• Dvorak: "American Quintet" (String Quintet in E-flat, Op. 97). Vlach Quartet, Kyeslak. Naxos 8.553376.
• Roussel: Suite in F (1926). Royal Scottish National Orch, Deneve. Naxos 8.570529.

12 N

• Villa-Lobos: Aria from Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5. Eroica Trio. Angel 57906.
• Kapustin: Concert Etudes, Op. 42: Raillery, Pastoral, Intermezzo. John Salmon. Naxos 8.570532.
• Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue. Anne-Marie McDermott, Dallas Sym, Justin Brown. Bridge 9252.
• Bach: Lute Suite No. 4 in E major, arr. guitar. Julian Bream. EMI 55123.

1 PM

• Rachmaninoff: Vocalise. Eroica Trio. Angel 57906.
• Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor. Tonhalle Orch, Zinman. Arte Nova 49695.
• Dvorak: Rusalka: Song to the Moon, arr. violin and orchestra. Joshua Bell, Orch of St. Luke's, Stern. Sony 97779.
  

Midday Music playlist for Wednesday, September 10

11 AM

• Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor. Lang Lang, Vienna Phil, Mehta. DG 289 477 79841.
• Albeniz: Cordoba. Xuefei Yang, guitar. EMI 06322.
• Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony: Red Cape Tango. Baltimore Sym, Zinman. Argo 452 103.

12 N

• Beethoven: Fidelio Overture. Scottish Chamber Orch, Mackerras. Telarc 80439-A.
  
• Beethoven: "Eroica" Symphony (No. 3 in E-flat). Helsingborg Sym, Manze. Harmonia Mundi 907370.
  

1 PM

• Tuma: Sonata a tre in A minor. Concerto Italiano, Alessandrini. Naive 30436.
  
• Mozart: Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, K. 478. Mann, Hillyer, Adam, Bernstein. Sony 60598.
  
• Schmitt: Symphony in D. New Dutch Academy Chamber Orch, Murphy. PentaTone 039.
  

Midday Music playlist for Tuesday, September 9

Today's musical newcomer is William Perry's Jamestown Concerto from 2006, written to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the first permanent English colony in Virginia. The solo cello acts as the narrator, introducing each section of the story (London 1606 - The Virginia Company; Settlements Along the River; The Long Winters; Pocahontas in London; and Jamestown - Four Hundred Years On). William Perry has had a long and successful career writing music for films and television, and you get some of that cinematic feeling from this concerto.

For details on live classical music around Georgia this week - orchestral concerts in Columbus, Valdosta and Kennesaw and the Eroica Trio's appearances in Dahlonega, Lookout Mountain and Columbus - please see Monday's post.

11 AM

• Beethoven: Oboe Concerto: Largo (reconstr. ). Bart Schneeman, Radio Chamber Orch Netherlands, de Vriend. Channel 21404.
  
• Wagner: Rienzi Overture. Berlin Phil, Tennstedt. EMI 86248.
  
• Gershwin: Cuban Overture, arr. piano duo. Piano Duo Genova and Dimitrov. CPO 777 039.
  
• Mozart: "Haffner" Symphony (No. 35 in D). English Baroque Soloists, Gardiner. Philips 422 419.
  

12 N

• Milhaud: Scaramouche. Theodore Kerkezos, Philharmonia Orch, Brabbins. Naxos 8.557063.
  
• Perry: Jamestown Concerto for Cello and Orchestra. Yehuda Hanani, RTE National Sym, Eddins. Naxos 9.559344.
  
• Quantz: Trio Sonata in C minor, on flute, oboe and guitar. Kuskin, Bender, Kessler. Boston Skyline 110.
  
• Prokofiev: Fountain Scene and Polonaise from Boris Godunov. Scottish National Orch, Jarvi. Chandos 10484 X.
  

1 PM

• Victoria: Vexilla Regis. The Sixteen, Christophers. Coro 16021.
  
• Beethoven: Triple Concerto for Piano, Violin and Cello. Eroica Trio, Prague Chamber Orch. Angel/EMI 62655.
  

Midday Music playlist for Monday, September 8

Midday Music's noontime selections tie into these upcoming concerts:

• The Valdosta Symphony is trying out potential new music directors this season. First up is Howard Hsu, who leads the orchestra in Bartok's Rumanian Folk Dances, Milhaud's Percussion Concerto (with Paul Campiglia as soloist) and Beethoven's Eroica Symphony. Valdosta; Saturday, September 13.


• Joining the Cobb Symphony, Russian pianist Alexander Ghindin (first prize winner, Cleveland International Piano Competition) performs Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. Also on the program: The Planets by Gustav Holst. Kennesaw; September 13-14.


• The Columbus Symphony plays an all-Beethoven program including the Fifth Symphony and, with the Eroica Trio as guests, the Triple Concerto. Columbus; Saturday, September 13.

• Note that the Eroica Trio also appears in Dahlonega this Thursday, September 11 (a free concert at Northern Georgia College and State University's student center auditorium) and on Friday the 12th in Lookout Mountain (at Covenant College, again free).

And here's today's playlist.

11 AM

• Tuma: Sonata a quattro in A minor. Concerto Italiano. Naive 30436.
• Saint-Saens: Oboe Sonata. Ensemble Villa Musica. MDG 304 0395.
• Lawes: Consort Set in G major. Maxine Eilander, Les Voix Humaines. Atma 2372.
• Dvorak: Violin Sonata in F major. Gil Shaham, Orli Shaham. DG 449 820.

12 N

• Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. Peter Jablonski, Royal Phil, Ashkenazy. London 436 239.
• Bartok: Rumanian Folk Dances. Quebec Sym, Talmi. Analekta 3156.
• Beethoven: Piano Trio in B-flat, Op. 11, "Gassenhauer." Eroica Trio. Angel 62655.

1 PM

• Haydn: Symphony No. 70 in D major. Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia, Drahos. Naxos 8.550780.
• Gershwin/Grainger: Porgy and Bess Fantasy. Piano Duo Genova and Dimitrov. CPO 77 039.
• Warlock: Capriol Suite. Royal Phil, Wordsworth. Intersound 2882.

Midday Music playlist for Friday, September 5

...will be found at augustamiddaymusic.blogspot.com, where Alan Cooke posts details of his Requests Fridays. The request line is 877-RADIO-GA.

Midday Music playlist for Thursday, September 4

Three big new releases from three big names: pianist Simone Dinnerstein, violinist Joshua Bell and pianist Lang Lang. Enjoy!

11 AM

"The Berlin Concert" is the second recording by American pianist Simone Dinnerstein, and it's being as received as enthusiastically as her first, career-launching recording of Bach's Goldberg Variations was last year.

In this live performance in November 2007, Simone Dinnerstein ("Simona Dinnersteen") plays Bach, Lasser and Beethoven to an enthusiastic crowd at the Berlin Philharmonie. It's available from Telarc as a disc or a download.

• Bach: French Suite No. 5 in G major, BWV 816.
• Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111.
• Bach: Goldberg Variation No. 13 (as an encore).

12 N

Joshua Bell is among the world's most popular violinists, and Vivaldi's Four Seasons are among the world's most popular violin concertos. At last, he and they meet.

Josh Bell is backed by the English chamber orchestra the Academy of Ancient Music. As a bonus, Bell throws in the devilishly tricky "Devil's Trill" Sonata by Giuseppe Tartini. All just out this week from Sony BMG.

We hear the entire album this noon hour.

• Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, violin concertos, Op. 8, Nos. 1-4 (Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter).
• Tartini: Violin Sonata in G minor The Devil's Trill

1 PM

Did you watch the opening ceremony of the Olympics in Beijing? Recall a musical number with throngs of green lightbulb-clad dancers gyrating around a grand piano? Well, the young man playing that piano was twenty-something international Chinese-born superstar pianist Lang Lang.

Lang Lang's latest recording is of pieces well suited to his Romantic, impassioned style: the two gorgeous piano concertos by Chopin. With him are conductor Zubin Mehta and the Vienna Philharmonic. The recording officially comes out next Tuesday from Deutsche Grammophon in disc or download form. We'll hear one today and catch the other next week.

• Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21.

Midday Music playlist for Wednesday, September 3

11 AM

• Beethoven: Romance No. 1 in G major. Itzhak Perlman, Berlin Phil, Barenboim. EMI 49657.
• Cramer: Variations on "Ein Maedchen oder Weibchen" from Mozart's Magic Flute. Malcolm Bilson. Bridge 9263.
• Mendelssohn: "Italian" Symphony (No. 4 in A major). Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Mackerras. Virgin 61183.
• Sarasate: Carmen Fantasy. Gil Shaham, Berlin Phil, Abbado. DG 289 457 583.

12 N

• Telemann: Recorder Concerto in C major. Peter Holtslag, Parley of Instruments, Holman. Hyperion 66413.
  
• Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun. London Sym, Thomas. Sony 48231.
  
• Reicha: Oboe Quintet in F major, Op. 107. Sarah Francis, Allegri String Quartet.
  
• Copland: Hoe-Down from Rodeo. Detroit Sym, Dorati. Decca 466 909.
  

1 PM

• Glass, L.: Piano Quintet in C major. Christina Bjorkoe, Copenhagen Classic. CPO 777 062.
• Wagner: Forest Murmurs, from Siegfried. Met Orch, Levine. DG 447 764.
  

Midday Music playlist for Tuesday, September 2

The summer drought of concerts is ending. First into the water for 2008-2009 is the Albany Symphony. Led by music director Claire Fox Hillard, the orchestra plunges in with Made in America. The program includes Joan Tower's piece by that name, Philip Glass's double timpani concerto (featuring principal timpanists of the Atlanta and Macon symphonies, Mark Yancich and David Morris), Copland's Rodeo and the premiere of Evening Scenes by Albany Symphony member Scott Young. Albany's ASO is in concert 8 p.m. Saturday, September 6 at Albany Municipal Auditorium. Info: (229) 317-6799; Albany Symphony.

11 AM

• Prokofiev: The Stone Flower, Suite. Scottish National Orch, Jarvi. Chandos 10481.
• Gabrieli: Jubilate Deo. Canadian Brass. Opening Day 7347.
• Breton: Four Spanish Pieces. LOM Piano Trio. Naxos 8.570713.

12 N

• Lawes: Consort Set in D minor. Maxine Eilander, Les Voix Humaines. Atma 2372.
• Beethoven: "Pastorale" Piano Sonata (No. 15 in D major, Op. 28). Claudio Arrau. Philips 426 256.
• Tower: Made in America. Nashville Sym, Slatkin. Naos 8.559328.
• Purcell: Trumpet Sonata, Z. 850: Allegro. Aradia Baroque Ensemble, Mallon. Naxos 8.554262.
  

1 PM

• Bolling: Jazz Suite No. 1 for Flute and Jazz Piano. Baroque and Blue. Profil 08021.
• Sainz de la Maza: Zapateado; Rondena. David Russell. Telarc 80633.
  
• Beriot: Violin Concerto No. 5 in D major. Philippe Quint, Slovak Radio Sym, Trevor. Naxos 8.570360.

Midday Music playlist for Monday, September 1

11 AM

• Mascagni: Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana. I Salonisti. DHM 77377.
• Ries: Piano Sonata in F minor, Op. 11/2. Susan Kagan. Naxos 8.570796.
• Lawes: Duo for Guitar and Harp. Maxine Eilander, Stephen STubbs. Atma 2372.
• Saint-Saens: Piano Concerto No. 5. Stephen Hough, City of Birmingham Sym, Oramo. Hyperion 67331/2.

12 N

• Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue in D major. Tafelmusik, Lamon. Reference 2101.
• Rubinstein: Melody in F major. Bernard Gregor-Smith, Yolande Wrigley. ASV 2103.
• Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 6 in B-flat, K. 238. David Greilsammer, Suedama Ensemble. Naive 5149.
  
• Dvorak: Humoresque, Op. 101/7 (arr. Waxman). Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Leslie Stifelman. Nonesuch 79464.
  
• Copland: Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes. Atlanta Sym, Lane. Telarc 80606.
  

1 PM

• Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50. Yefim Bronfman, Gil Shaham, Truls Mork. Canary CC05.
  

Midday Music playlist for Friday, August 29

Eric Nauert from member station WSVH Savannah is your Midday Music host today; the playlist is here. Sarah Zaslaw will host on Monday, and Alan Cooke's requests edition of the show returns next week. Happy Labor Day weekend!

Midday Music playlist for Thursday, August 28

GPB provides classical music on the radio; we also support live performances in the communities we serve. Starting in September, check this blog often. In addition to Midday Music playlists I'll resume listing classical happenings around the state as concert series rev back up for the 2008-2009 season.

11 AM

• Walton: Scapino, comedy overture. London Sym, Previn. EMI 47624.
• Rossini/Berr: String Sonata No. 1 in G, arr. wind quartet. Michael Thompson Wind Quartet. Naxos 8.554098.
• Napravnik: Piano Concerto ("Concerto Symphonique") in A minor. Evgeny Soifertis, BBC Scottish Sym, Titov.
• Soler: Harpsichord Sonata No. 84 in D major. Maggie Cole. Virgin 91172.

12 N

• Bernstein: Candide Overture. Saint Louis Sym, Slatkin. EMI 47522.
• Dvorak: "New World" Symphony (No. 9 in E minor). New York Phil, Masur. Teldec 73244.
• Debussy: En Bateau. Yolanda Kondonassis. Telarc 80622.
  

1 PM

• Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 1. Dennis Brain, Philharmonia Orch, Sawallisch. EMI 47834.
  
• Tuma: Sonata a quattro in E minor. Concerto Italiano, Alessandrini. Naive 30436.
  
• Haydn: Piano Sonata No. 62 in E-flat. Malcom Bilson. Bridge 9263.
  

Midday Music playlist for Wednesday, August 27

11 AM

• Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty, Suite. Boston Sym, Ozawa. DG 435 619.
• Turina: Piano Trio in F major. Trio Arbos. Naxos 8.555870.
• Dvorak: Sousedska (Slavonic Dance Op. 46/6). New York Phil, Masur. Teldec 73244.

12 N

• Bach: Violin Sonata No. 4 in C minor. Lucy van Dael, Bob van Asperen. Naxos 8.554614.
  
• Salzedo: Chanson dans la nuit. Yolanda Kondonassis. Telarc 80691.
  
• Haydn: Symphony No. 73, "The Hunt." Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne, Lopez-Cobos. Denon 18079.
  
• Respighi: Fantasia Slava for piano and orchestra. Geoffrey Tozer, BBC Phil, Downes. Chandos 9311.
  

1 PM

• Danielpour: First Light. Seattle Sym, Schwarz. Delos 3118.
  
• Weiss: Lute Sonata No. 45 in A major. Robert Barto. Naxos 8.555722.
  

Midday Music playlist for Tuesday, August 26

11 AM

• Dvorak: In Nature's Realm, Concert Overture. New Jersey Sym, Macal. Delos 3314.
  
• Rachmaninoff: Suite No. 2 for Two Pianos, Op. 17. Martha Argerich, Alexandre Rabinovitch. Teldec 9031 74717.
  
• Haydn, M.: Symphony in E-flat, P. 1. Franz Liszt Chamber Orch, Rolla. Teldec 8.43188.
• Gabrieli: Canzon Quarta a 4. London Sym Orch Brass. Naxos 8.554129.
  

12 N

• Tuma: Sinfonia in B-flat. Concerto Italiano, Alessandrini. Naive 30436.
  
• Ravel: Violin Sonata in G major. Viktoria Mullova, Bruno Canino. Philips 426 254.
  
• Schumann: Genoveva, Overture. BBC National Orch of Wales, Weller. BBC Mag Vol. 10/8.
  
• Wagner/Liszt: Isolde's Lovedeath (Liebestod). Alfre dBrendel. Philips 420 254.
• Sammartini: Recorder Sonata in E minor, Op. 2/3. Maurice Steger et al. Harmonia Mundi 905266.
  

1 PM

• Scriabin: Poem of Ecstasy; Symphony No. 2 (mvts 3-5). BBC Philharmonic, Sinaisky. BBC Mag Vol. 10/10.

Midday Music playlist for Monday, August 25

Several Americans today on GPB. For the 90th birth anniversary of composer-conductor Leonard Bernstein today, the San Francisco String Quartet plays its version of Bernstein's "Gee Officer Krupke," from West Side Story. We hear Virgil Thomson's music for an arty film the government put out in 1937 to convince Americans of the need for dams on the Mississippi: The River. And from just last decade, by Christopher Theofanidis, sounds for string orchestra titled Visions and Miracles.

Other highlights include selections from Edvard Grieg's music for the drama Peer Gynt and the seldom-heard second suite of Caucasian Sketches by Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, based on music of the Caucasus region (the area known as Georgia).

11 AM

• Grieg: Peer Gynt, Incidental Music: selections. San Francisco Sym & Chorus, Malmberg, Haeggander, Blomstedt. London 425 448.
  
• Tuma: Sinfonia a quattro in B-flat. Concerto Italiano, Alessandrini. Naive 30436.
  
• Francaix: Piano Sonata. Nicole Narboni. Independently produced.
  

12 N

• Bernstein: Gee Officer Krupke. San Francisco String Quartet. ViolinJazz JCCD 105.
  
• Thomson: The River. Post-Classical Ensemble, Gil-Ordonez. Naxos 8.559291.
  
• Godowsky: Symphonic Metamorphosis on "Die Fledermaus," after Strauss.
• Turina: Sinfonia Sevillana: Fiesta en San Juan de Aznalfarache. Castile & Leon Sym, Darman. Naxos 8.555955.
  

1 PM

• Theofanidis: Visions and Miracles. SONYC (String Orchestra of New York City). Albany 941.
  
• Ippolitov: Caucasian Sketches, Suite No. 2 (obscurer than Suite No. 1). Sydney Sym, Lyndon Gee. Marco Polo 220369.
• Sarasate: Caprice Basque, from Danses Espagnoles. Yossif Ivanov, Itamar Golan. Ambroisie 136.
  

Playlist for Thursday, August 21

We're going for more than eight golds on GPB's Midday Music.

In the Goldberg Variations, Bach presents a beautiful initial tune, riffs on its bass line in many ways and finally returns to the opening tune. We hear the Goldberg Variations (in Glenn Gould's 1955 recording) plus variations on them - from Bach's own canons on that same bassline, to Gabriela Montero's Goldberg-inspired improv, to a rag on mandolin, piano and tuba.

Also on this glittering show, there's gold from the River Rhine, a golden rooster of Russian lore, the golden spike that connected America's railroads, goldenrods, a golden age and a golden spinning wheel. Phelps, schmelps!

11 AM

• Bach: Fourteen Canons on the Bass-line of the Goldberg Variations. Richard Egarr. Harmonia Mundi 907425.26.
• Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988. Glenn Gould. Sony 87703.
• Montero: Improvisation on the Theme from Bach's Goldberg Variations. Gabriela Montero. EMI 58039.
• Gladd: The Goldberg Rag, from Three Rags after Bach. Ugo Orlandi, Maura Mazzonetto, Daniele Bosio. Naxos 8.557999.

12 N

• Wagner/Stokowski: Das Rheingold: Entrance of the Gods into Valhalla. Bournemouth Sym Orch, Serebrier. Naxos 8.570293.
• Rimsky-Korsakov: The Golden Cockerel: Bridal Procession and the Lamentable Death of King Dodon. Philadelphia Orch, Ormandy. Sony 61699.
• Zimbalist: Fantasy on Themes from Rimsky-Korsakov's Golden Cockerel. Alexander Sitkovetsky, Olga Sitkovetsky. EMI 57025.
• Antheil: "American" Symphony (No. 3), including "The Golden Spike." Radio Sym Orch Frankfurt, Wolff. CPO 777 040.
• Oswald: The Golden Rod. Matthew Dixon, Broadside Band. Dorian 80164.
  

1 PM

• Shostakovich: The Golden Age, Suite. Chicago Sym, Stokowski. RCA 74321 70931.
• Dvorak: The Golden Spinning Wheel. Royal Concertgebouw Orch, Harnoncourt. Teldec 8573 87630.

Playlist for Wednesday, August 20

Going for the silver! (Also, big pieces by Tchaikovsky and Schubert.)

11 AM

• Waxman: The Silver Chalice, Suite. Queensland Sym, Mills. Varese 5480.
• Wagner: Parsifal: Prelude; Good Friday Music. Philadelphia Orch, Thielemann. DG 289 453 485.
• Scheidt: Suite for Ten Wind Instruments. German Brass. EMI 47692.
• Joplin: Silver Swan. Giovanni de Chiaro. Centaur 2457.

12 N

• Hovhaness: Silver Pilgrimage (Symphony No. 15): Marava Princess. Louisville Orch, Whitney. First Edition 0006.
• Lehar: Gold and Silver Waltz. Vienna Phil, Gardiner. DG 289 463 185.
• Mason: Silver Spring. Kenneth Bolton. Naxos 8.559142.
• Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto. Midori, Berlin Phil, Abbado. Sony 68338.
  

1 PM

• Musick's Silver Sound (by various). Baltimore Consort. Dorian 90601.
  
• Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-flat, D. 960. Vladimir Ashkenazy. London 417 327.
  

Playlist for Tuesday, August 19

Olympic medal fever seizes Midday Music! In today's loose musical tie-ins we go for two bronzes (both equestrian, as it happens). Tomorrow: a nice handful of silvers. Thursday: aiming for more than eight golds.

11 AM

• Gliere: Bronze Horseman, Suite. BBC Philharmonic, Downes. Chandos 9379.
• Auber: The Bronze Horse, Overture. Detroit Sym, Paray. Mercury 434 309.
• Vierdanck: Capriccio in A minor.

12 N

• Torke: Javelin. Boston Pops, Williams. Sony 62592.
• Mendelssohn: "Reformation" Symphony (No. 5 in D major). New Philharmonia Orch, Muti. EMI 81788.
• Telemann: Concerto in G for Two Violas. Goebel, Deuter, Musica Antiqua of Cologne. Archiv 289 463 074.
• Finney: Fiddle-doodle-ad, Eight American Folk Tunes. Miranda Cuckson, Thomas Sauer. Centaur 2757.

1 PM

• Thuille: Piano Quintet in E-flat, Op. 20. Oliver Triendl, Vogler Quartet. CPO 777 090.
• Wang: Yi Dance. Xuefei Yang. EMI 06322.

Playlist for Monday, August 18

John Powell was many things: a Virginian-born composer, an international concert pianist, a collector of Appalachian old-time tunes, an amateur astronomer who discovered a comet, and a racist who supported Virginia's Racial Integrity Law in 1924. (The American John Powell is not to be confused with the living British film composer by the same name.)

In the first hour of GPB's Midday Music we hear the mid-century symphony in which John Powell set folk tunes he'd collected during his years traipsing around rural Virginia listening to the locals. The Virginia Symphony performs Powell's Virginia Symphony.

11 AM

• Powell: Virginia Symphony. Virginia Symphony, Falletta. Albany 589.

12 N

• Kreisler: Syncopation. Gidon Kremer, Oleg Maisenberg. DG 289 453 440.
• Dvorak: Romantic Pieces, Op. 75. Kremer, Maisenberg. DG 289 453 440.
• Alfven: Swedish Rhapsody No. 2, "Dalarapsodi." Iceland Sym, Sakari. Chandos 9313.
• Joplin: Maple Leaf Rag. Richard Dowling. Klavier 77035.
  
• Liadov: The Enchanted Lake. Russian National Orch, Pletnev. DG 447 084.
  

1 PM

• Faure: Ballade for piano and orchestra, Op. 19. Stephane Lamelin, CBC Vancouver Orch, Bernardi. SMCD 5178.
  
• Bach: Aria Variata "in the Italian Style." Angela Hewitt. Hyperion 67499.
  
• Kodaly: Summer Evening. Orpheus Chamber Orch. DG 447 109.
  

Playlist for Thursday, August 14

11 AM

• Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending. Pinchas Zukerman, English Chamber Orch, Barenboim. DG 289 453 909.
• Goldmark: String Quartet in B-flat, Op. 8. Lajtha String Quartet. Hungaroton 31556.
• Atterberg: Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 1. Love Dervinger, NDR Radio Phil, Rasilainen. CPO 999 732.

12 N

• Mendelssohn: Overture for Winds, Op. 24. London Sym, Abbado. DG 423 104.
• Faure: Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor. Schubert Ensemble of London. BBC Music Magazine, vol. 82.
• McKay: Suite for Flute and Harp: Allegro Ostinato. Laurel Zucker, Susan Jolles. Cantilena 66034.
• Qian Shao-xi: Willows and Waves Playing with the Oriole. Shanghai Film Chinese Orch, Wang. Hugo 7107.

1 PM

• Tallis: Magnificat for four voices. Tallis Scholars. Gimell 203.
• Janacek: On an Overgrown Path, Book 1. Leif Ove Andsnes. Virgin 91222.
  

Playlist for Wednesday, August 13

<- This is a new CD of Puccini's popular opera La Boheme. It's the first American Boheme recording in half a century.

Captured in concert in Atlanta in September 2007 and released this summer, it features a fresh young (i.e. age-appropriate), not-yet-brand-name cast, with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus led by Robert Spano. Norah Amsellem sings the part of the poor Parisian seamstress Mimi, and Marcus Haddock is the poet Rodolfo.

In the noon hour on GPB, we hear the second half of Act I, where Mimi and Rodolfo meet. They're in a cold garret, but as their hearts warm up the hit tunes come thick and fast.

(P.S. 8/18: The New York Times mentions the Atlanta Symphony's new Boheme recording in a substantial article about Puccini Sunday, August 17.)


11 AM

• Mozart: Piano Sonata in E-flat, K. 282. Leon Fleisher. Vanguard 1796.
• Vivaldi: Concerto in G minor for two cellos, RV 531. Academy of Ancient Music Berlin. Harmonia Mundi 901975.
• Ginastera: Malambo. Fernando Viani. Naxos 8.557911-12.
• Vaughan Williams: The Wasps, Aristophanic Suite. London Phil, Boult. EMI 47216.

12 N

• Winstin: Taliban Dances (Violin Concerto). Galyna Hornostai, Kiev Phil, Winstin. ERM 5555.
• Gaubert: Ancient Medallions. Smith, Lowe, Pinkas. Naxos 8.557305.
• Puccini: La Boheme, second half of Act I. Norah Amsellem, Marcus Haddock, Atlanta Sym Orch, Spano. Telarc 80697.
• Chen, P.: Autumn Moon on a Calm Lake. Li Fan. Centaur 2652.

1 PM

• Eccles: Orchestral Suite (made for the Queen's Coronation). Parley of Instruments, Holman. Hyperion 66817.
• Fibich: Quintet for piano, clarinet, horn, violin and cello, Op. 42. Endymion Ensemble. ASV 943.

Playlist for Tuesday, August 12

Armed conflict has thrown the other Georgia, in the Caucasus region east of the Black Sea, into headlines this week. Did you know there's a well-known piece of classical music based on the folk music of that Georgia? It's by Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, a Russian who after graduation from conservatory spent years living in Georgia conducting the Tiflis (Tbilisi) Symphony and studying the sounds of the region. We hear his Caucasian Sketches in the noon hour.

11 AM

• Mozart: Adagio in B-flat for winds, K. 411; Serenade No. 11 in E-flat for winds, K. 375. Netherlands Wind Ensemble. Chandos 9284.
• Liszt: Mephisto Waltz No. 1, "Dance in the Village Inn." John Ogdon. Philips 456 916.
• Corelli: Violin Sonata in A major, Op. 5/6. Andrew Manze, Richard Egarr. Harmonia Mundi 907298.99.

12 N

• Tomlinson: Aladdin Dances: Belly Dance. Slovak Radio Sym Orch, Tomlinson. Marco Polo 8.223513.
• Ippolitov-Ivanov: Caucasian Sketches. Baltimore Sym, Zinman. Telarc 80378.
• Dubensky: Concerto Grosso for Three Trombones and Tuba. Pittsburgh Sym Low Brass Section. Albany 1003.
• Haydn: Sinfonia Concertante for violin ,cello, oboe and bassoon. Berlin Phil, Rattle. EMI 94237.

1 PM

• Tchaikovsky: String Quartet No. 2 in F major. Ying Quartet. Telarc 80685.
• Still: Suite for Violin and Piano. Fritz Gearhart, Paul Tardiff. Koch 7268.

Playlist for Monday, August 11

Many thanks to Eric Nauert, Russell Wells and Alan Cooke for hosting Midday Music last week while I played hooky. After a quick end-of-summer family getaway to the coast, it's back to school and I'm happy to be back with you and the music.

A few loose Olympic tie-ins on Midday Music: We'll count Handel's Water Music as a tribute toward sports of the splashy variety. Janacek's Sinfonietta owes its genesis to a gymnastics festival, so that's a fair connection. And for the geographic angle, Chinese-born guitarist Xuefei Yang plays The Chinese Garden by Stephen Goss.

And please note the season finale of The ASO on GPB, coming up this Thursday and Sunday evening.

11 AM

• Rachmaninoff: Vocalise. Mischa Maisky, Pavel Gililov. DG 5831.
• Handel: Water Music, Suite No. 2 in D major. London Classical Players, Norrington. Virgin 391334.
• Brahms: Clarinet Sonata in E-flat, Op. 120/2. Jon Manasse, Jon Nakamatsu. Harmonia Mundi 907430.
• Albeniz: Castilla. Xuefei Yang. EMI 06322.

12 N

• Goss: The Chinese Garden. Xuefei Yang. EMI 06322.
• Beethoven: "Emperor" Piano Concerto No. 5. Vladimir Ashkenazy, Chicago Sym, Solti. London 417 703.
• Friml: Valse Silhouette. Stephanie Chase, Sara Davis Buechner. Koch 7662.

1 PM

• Haydn: Symphony No. 88 in G major. Orch of the 18th Century, Bruggen. Philips 426 169.
• Mendelssohn/Liszt: On Wings of Song. Bertrand Chamayou. Naive 5131.
• Janacek: Sinfonietta. Czech State Phil, Serebrier. Reference 65.
  

Early August playlists

Fridays, August 1 and August 8

Alan Cooke hosts Midday Music requests from WACG Augusta. 

Playlists here.

Monday-Thursday, August 4-7

Eric Nauert and Russell Wells host from WSVH Savannah. 

Playlists here.

I'll next be with you for Midday Music on Monday the 11th.  Meanwhile, please enjoy my co-hosts. I also invite you to tune in for The ASO on GPB Thursday or Sunday.  There's a world premiere of a new piano concerto by Behzad Ranjbaran, featuring Jean-Yves Thibaudet, as well as music of Bach and Rachmaninoff.  Happy listening!  -Sarah

Playlist for Thursday, July 31

Cross the classic jam band The Grateful Dead with classically trained LaGrange composer Lee Johnson and what do you get? The "Dead" Symphony - an orchestral tribute to the Grateful Dead. The Baltimore Symphony gives its world premiere tomorrow, Friday, August 1, on the 66th birth anniversary of late bandmember Jerry Garcia. On GPB, hear my chat with Lee Johnson plus parts of his "Dead Symphony," right after the noon news. (NPR's Scott Simon recently spoke with Lee Johnson too; check that out.)

11 AM

• Chopin: Fantasy-Impromptu, Op. 66. Jon Nakamatsu. Harmonia Mundi 907244.
• Schubert: Piano Trio No. 1 in B-flat, Op. 99. Storioni Trio. PentaTone 050.
• Sullivan: Overture di Ballo. Royal Liverpool Phil, Groves. EMI 64726.

12 N

• Lee Johnson: Dead Symphony No. 6: excerpts. Russian National Orch, Johnson. OMI 0635.
• Joplin: Swipesy. Benjamin Loeb. Naxos 8.559277.
• Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez. Sharon Isbin, New York Phil, Serebrier. Warner 60296.
• Kodaly: Dances of Marosszek. Budapest Festival Orch, Fischer. Philips 462 824.

1 PM

• Massenet: Meditation from Thais. Nicola Benedetti, London Sym, Harding. DG 987 057.
• Schumann: Piano Quartet in E-flat. Rabinovitch, Schwartzberg, Imai, Gutman. EMI 55484.
• Rossini: William Tell, Overture. Montreal Sym, Dutoit. London 433 074.

Playlist for Wednesday, July 30

11 AM

• Farrenc: Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano in E-flat. Engerer, Guyot, Salque. Naive 5033.
• Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier, Suite. Houston Sym, Eschenbach. RCA 59408.

12 N

• Bencini: Ave Maria. A Sei Voici, Fabre-Garrus. Naive 8892.
• Jobim: Jardim Abandonado; Milagres e Palhacos. Guettel: Octet. Sergio & Odair Assad. Nonesuch 278140.
• Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3. Earl Wild, Royal Phil, Horenstein. Chandos 8521/2.
• Debussy: Suite Bergamasque: Passepied. Sergio & Odair Assad. Nonesuch 278140.

1 PM

• Telemann: Overture in C minor. Berlin Baroque Soloists, Kussmaul. DG 5761.
• Ravel: Miroirs. Jean-Yves Thibaudet. London 433 515.
• Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Overture. Atlanta Sym, Levi. Telarc 80551.
  

Playlist for Tuesday, July 29

11 AM

• Brahms: Tragic Overture arr. four-hands piano. Matthies, Kohn. Naxos 8.554117.
• Brahms: Sextet No. 2 in G major arr. string orchestra. NES Chamber Orch, Sitkovetsky. Nonesuch 79545.

12 N

• Sowash: Daweswood: The Bud, the Blossom and the Berry. Mirecourt Trio, Olzenak. Gasparo 285.
• Rimsky-Korsakov: "Antar" Symphony (Symphony No. 2). State Sym Orch of Russia, Svetlanov. RCA 62558.
• Phalese: Two gaillards and an alemande. Baltimore Consort. Dorian

1 PM

• Purcell: Fantasias in Four Parts, Nos. 10-12. Hesperion XX, Savall. Alia Vox 9859.
  
• Bach: English Suite No. 6 in D minor. Angela Hewitt. Hyperion 67541/2.
  
• Mendelssohn/Liszt: On Wings of Song. Bertrand Chamayou. Naive 5131.
  

Playlist for Monday, July 28

Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer Norman Dello Joio passed away Thursday at age 95. In his honor, Midday Music concludes with his Trio as performed by the Atlanta Chamber Players. For more on Norman Dello Joio, please visit his website or read his New York Times obituary.

11 AM

• Smetana: The Bartered Bride, Overture. Janacek Phil, Kuchar. Brilliant 93634.
• Casasdesus: Violin Sonata No. 2 (1941). Fritz Gearhart, John Owings. Koch 7528.
• Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat, K. 595. Murray Perahia, Chamber Orch of Europe. Sony 63380.

12 N

• Mendelssohn: Prelude in B minor, Op. 104a/2; Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 15. Bertrand Chamayou. Naive 5131.
  
• Purcell: Three Fantasias in Three Parts. Hesperion XX, Savall. Alia Vox 9859.
• Tavener: Song for Athene. Santa Cecilia National Academy Chorus, Gabbiano. DG 289 459 146.
  
• Crusell: Sinfonia Concertante for clarinet, bassoon, horn and orchestra. Korsimaa-Hursti, Hara, Lanzky-Otto, Tapiola Sinfonietta, Vanska. BIS 495.
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1 PM

• Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 1 in E-flat. Frankfurt Radio Sym Orch, Inbal. PentaTone 5186 157.
  
• Dello Joio: Trio for flute, cello and piano. Atlanta Chamber Players (Christina Smith, Brad Ritchie, Paula Peace). MSR 1190.
  

Playlist for Thursday, July 24

11 AM

• Mozart: The Impresario, Overture. Lausanne Chamber Orch, Menuhin. Virgin 363284.
• Alkan: Concerto for Solo Piano. Marc-Andre Hamelin. Hyperion 67569.

12 N

• Villa-Lobos: Prelude No. 1 in E minor. David Russell. Telarc 80672.
• Sainz de la Maza: Campanas del Alba. David Russell. Telarc 80672.
• Cui: Piano Preludes Nos. 1-3. Jeffrey Biegel. Naxos 8.555557.
• Mendelssohn: "Italian" Symphony (Symphony No. 4). London Sym Orch, Wordsworth. Virgin 391372.
• Dvorak/Kreisler: Two Slavonic Dances. Catherine Manoukian, Akira Eguchi. Marquis 81215.

1 PM

• Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks. London Classical Players, Norrington. Virgin 3913334.
• Finzi: Eclogue for piano and strings. Peter Donohoe, Northern Sinfonia, Griffiths. Naxos 8.555766.
• Wagner: Siegfried Idyll. Lausanne Chamber Orch, Lopez-Cobos. Denon 78764.
  

Playlist for Wednesday, July 23

Not to dampen your summer fun, but we've got a couple of real downers today.

The painting at left, The Isle of the Dead by Arnold Boecklin, inspired Sergei Rachmaninoff's piece of the same title, which we hear in the first hour of Midday Music. The music begins and ends with the repeating heavy, low pulses of Charon's oars as he ferries the newly deceased across the River Styx.

For The Wood Dove, Antonin Dvorak took inspiration from Czech folklore. A woman murders her husband. She remarries. But she imagines the plaintive sound of the wood dove to be the voice of her first husband. The guilt drives her around the bend. She kills herself. Again, not a super cheerful scenario: two funeral marches with a wedding and some chirping in between.

Enjoy! ;)

11 AM

• Chopin: Polonaise-Fantaisie in A-flat, Op. 61. Richard Goode. Nonesuch 79452.
  
• Davidoff: Cello Concerto No. 1 in B minor, Op. 5. Wen-Sinn Yang, Latvian National Sym, Mikkelsen. CPO 777 263.
  
• Rachmaninoff: The Isle of the Dead. Royal Phil Orch, Litton. Virgin 90830.
  

12 N

• Saint-Saens: Fantaisie for flute and harp, Op. 124. Renie Yamahata, Angela Jones. Discover 920281.
  
• Palestrina: Alma Redemptoris. Voices of Ascension, Keene. Delos 3179.
  
• Haydn: Piano Concerto in G major. Mikhail Pletnev, German Chamber Phil. Virgin 61881.
• Ravel: Sonatine. Lise de la Salle. Naive 4936.
  

1 PM

• Wagenseil: Symphony for Six Parts in A major. Stuttgart Chamber Orch, Goritzki. CPO 777 112.
  
• Dvorak: The Wild Dove (Holoubek), Op. 110. Netherlands Phil Orch, Kreizberg. PentaTone 5186 065.
  
• Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 2. Christopher Krueger, Boston Baroque, Pearlman. Telarc 80619.
  

Playlist for Tuesday, July 22

11 AM

• Avshalomov: Four Biblical Tableaux. Berlin Radio Sym, Schwarz. Naxos 8.559426.
• Granados: The Ghost's Serenade, from Goyescas: Young Men in Love. Eric Parkin. Chandos 9412.
• Glazunov: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat. Royal Scottish National Orch, Serebrier. Warner 61434.

12 N

• Schubert: Stabat Mater in G minor, D. 175. Immortal Bach Ensemble, Leipzig Chamber Orch, Schuldt-Jensen. Naxos 8.570381.
• Beethoven: "Ghost" Trio in D major, Op. 70/1. Borodin Trio. Chandos 9296.
• Telemann: Concerto in A minor for recorder, viola da gamba and strings. Pehrsson, Larsson, Drittningholm Baroque Ens, Sparf. BIS 617.
• Anonymous (Italy, 13th c.): Istampitta: Saltarello II. Hesperion XXI, Savall. Alia Vox 9848.

1 PM

• Anonymous (Italy, 13th c.): Istampitta In Pro. Hesperion XXI, Savall. Alia Vox 9848.
• Maslanka: A Child's Garden of Dreams. Dallas Wind Sym, Junkin. Reference 108.
• Secunda/Cohen: Bei mir bist du schoen. Quartet San Francisco. JCCD105 (Whirled Chamber Music).

Playlist for Monday, July 21

Hi again. Many thanks to co-hosts Eric Nauert, Russell Wells and Alan Cooke for hosting while I was in Ithaca, New York, enjoying such scenic spots as Buttermilk Falls State Park (right). Fine as the trip was, it's good to be back with you and the music on GPB.

11 AM

• Falla: Ritual Fire Dance. Montreal Sym, Dutoit. London 452 500.
• Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 4 in D, K. 218. Maxim Vengerov, UBS Verbier Festival Chamber Orch. EMI 78374.
• Medtner: Piano Quintet in C major, op. post. Dmitri Alexeev, New Budapest Quartet. Hyperion 66744.

12 N

• Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme. Mstislav Rostropovich, Royal Concertgebouw Orch, Kondrashin (live 1977). RCO 06004.
• Arnold: Wind Quintet, Op. 2. East Winds. Naxos 8.570294.
• Rameau: Le Rappel des Oiseaux. Dmitry Paperno. Cedille 074.
• Susato/Dunnigan: The Danserye (1551). University of Texas Wind Ensemble, Junkin. Reference 104.

1 PM

• Elgar: Symphony No. 1 in A-flat, Op. 55. London Philharmonic Orch, Solti. London 443 856.

Playlist for Thursday, July 10

Alan Cooke hosts Friday Requests from WACG Augusta this week and next. Between those two dates however, Midday Music comes to you from WSVH Savannah, with Eric Nauert and Russell Wells holding down the fort. I'll be back July 21. Happy trails till then.

11 AM

• Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet: Dance with Mandolins. Berlin Phil, Abbado. DG 289 453 439.
• Haydn: "Emperor" String Quartet in C major, Op. 76/3. Takacs String Quartet. London 421 360.
• Lajtha: Cello Sonata (1932). Peter Szabo, Denes Varjon. Hungaroton 31552.
• Danielpour: Urban Dances: Finale. Philharmonia Orch, Macal. Sony 60779.

12 N

• Wagner: Prelude to Act 3 of Lohengrin. Philadelphia Orch, Thielemann. DG 289 453 485.
• Raff: Duo on Themes from Wagner's Lohengrin. Livia Sohn, Benjamin Loeb. Naxos 8.570202.
• Barber: Violin Concerto. Robert McDuffie, Atlanta Sym, Levi. Telarc 80441.
• Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture. Russian National Orch, Pletnev. DG 477 053.

1 PM

• Schein: Suite No. 14 for Five Viols, from Banchetto Musicale. Sax Cordae Consort of Viols. Centaur 2357.
  
• Beethoven: "Pathetique" Piano Sonata in C minor, Op. 13. Angela Hewitt. Hyperion 67605.
• Schumann: Concert Piece for Four Horns and Orchestra. Philharmonia Orch, Thielemann. DG 453 482.
  

Playlist for Wednesday, July 9

11 AM

• Chaminade: Arabesque. Peter Jacobs. Hyperion 66846.
• Sammartini, G.B.: Sinfonia in A major. Accademia d'Arcadia, Lurig. Brilliant 93610.
• Mozart: String Quartet in G major, K. 387. Cleveland Quartet.
• Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin: Waltz. Cincinnati Pops Orch, Kunzel. Telarc 80541.

12 N

• Orekhov: Troika Variations. Artyom Dervoed. Naxos 8.570447.
• Torelli: Trumpet Concerto: Allegro, arr. brass quintet. Paramount Brass. Centaur 2355.
  
• Balakirev: Islamey, Oriental Fantasy. Yefim Bronfman. Sony 60689.
• Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor. Tonhalle Orch Zurich, Zinman. Arte Nova 49685.

1 PM

• Faure: Berceuse. Gil Shaham, Akira Eguchi. Canary 03.
• Albeniz: Fete-Dieu a Seville. Cincinnati Pops,Kunzel. Telarc 80703.
• Martinu: Concerto for Flute, Violin and Orchestra. Thomsen, Matousek, Czech Phil, Hogwood. Hyperion 67671.
• Brahms: Intermezzi, Op. 117. Nicholas Angelich. Virgin 379302.

Playlist for Tuesday, July 8

Not the most obvious pair of influences, but Ernest Bloch's dual inspirations in writing his Violin Concerto were (1) Indian songs he heard on a visit to New Mexico and (2) "the complex, glowing, agitated soul" he felt "vibrating through the Bible." The Swiss composer's Indian-biblical concerto concludes today's show.

11 AM

• Mozart: String Quintet in C major, K. 515. Takacs Quartet, Koromzay. Hungaraton 12656.
• Hartmann, J.P.E.: Correggio. Danish National Sym, Dausgaard. DaCapo 8.226061.
• Debussy: Premiere Rhapsodie. James Campbell, Philharmonia Orch, Simon. Cala 1025.

12 N

• Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor. Nikolaj Znaider, Israel Phil Orch, Mehta. RCA 69216.
• Handel: Trio Sonata in G minor, Op. 2/2. London Baroque. Harmonia Mundi 901379.
• Poulenc: Sextet for Piano and Winds. Ralf Gothoni, Wind Quintet of the Danish National Sym. Naxos 8.557356.

1 PM

• Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D minor. Simon Preston. DG 427 668.
• Bloch: Violin Concerto (1938). Zina Schiff, Royal Scottish National Orch, Serebrier. Naxos 8.557757.

Playlist for Monday, July 7

11 AM

• Telemann: Concerto in D for Two Horns. La Stagione Frankfurt, Schneider. CPO 777 267.
• Chopin: Three Mazurkas. Ingrid Fliter. EMI 148992.
• Field: Piano Concerto No. 6 in C. Miceal O'Rourke, London Mozart Players, Bamert. Chandos 9442.

12 N

• Berlioz: Te Deum: March for the Presentation of Colors. Frankfurt Radio Sym, Inbal. Denon 81757 6142.
• Haydn: Symphony No. 63, "La Roxelane." Orpheus Chamber Orch.
• Tchaikovsky: Dumka, Russian Rustic Scene, Op. 59. Christoph Eschenbach. Ondine 1131.
• Grieg: Holberg Suite. Oslo Camerata, Barratt-Due. Naxos 8.557890.
  

1 PM

• Schuman, W.: Newsreel (1943). Milwaukee Sym, Foss. Pro Arte 102.
• Mozart: Serenata Notturna (Serenade No. 6 in D), K. 239. PRague Chamber Orch, Mackerras.
  
• Beethoven: String Quartet No. 5 in A, Op. 18/5. Cleveland Quartet. Telarc 80414.

Playlist for Thursday, July 3

You know the vaguely Mozartean theme from Performance Today? Remember the distinctive the All Things Considered theme? The theme for NPR's Morning Edition?

If you listen to much GPB, you've heard music or arrangements by Jim Pugh. Well, Pugh ("Pew") also composes music longer than 60-second radio "billboards." In addition to that, he's an award-winning trombonist who has toured with Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Ensemble and Steely Dan. We'll have evidence of James Pugh's talents at the end of today's show, when he soloes in his own Trombone Concerto.

A couple of notes: Tonight at 8:00 join me for The ASO on GPB, featuring guest conductor Hans Graf and pianist Ingrid Fliter with the Atlanta Symphony in Tchaikovsky, Beethoven and Rachmaninoff. Tomorrow, Friday the Fouth, Alan Cooke offers an upbeat Independence Day edition of Midday Music at 11:00. Friday Requests will be back next week. Happy holiday! - Sarah

11 AM

• Boccherini: String Quintet in D major, Op. 29/1. Kuijken, Stuurop, van Dael, Bylsma, Kuijken. Sony 63190.
• Popper: Requiem for three cellos and orchestra. Maria Kliegel et al. , Esterhazy Sinfonia, Markson. Naxos 8.554657.
• Handel: Organ Concerto in F major, Op. 4/6. Bob van Asperen, Orch of the Age of Enlightenment. Virgin 45174.
• Respighi: Belkis, Queen of Sheba, ballet suite: Dream of Solomon; Dance of Belkis at Dawn. Philharmonia Orch, Simon. Chandos 8405.

12 N

• Smetana: Hakon Jarl. Janacek Phil, Kuchar. Brilliant 93634.
• Haydn: Piano Sonata No. 62 in E-flat. Mikhail Pletnev. Virgin 61881.
• Moscheles: Concertante in F for flute, oboe and orchestra. Grauwels, Van den Hauwe, Belgian Radio Sym, Vandernoot. Naxos 8.555977.

1 PM

• Matteis: Suite in C major. Arcadian Academy, McGegan. Harmonia Mundi 907067.
  
• Bruckner: Overture in G minor. French Radio Phil Orch, Janowski. Virgin 91206.
  
• Enescu: Legend for trumpet and piano. Hakan Hardenberger, Leif Ove Andsnes. EMI 56760.
  
• Pugh: Trombone Concerto (1992). James Pugh, Colorado Sym, Tyzik. Albany 926.
  

Playlist for Wednesday, July 2

11 AM

• Handel: Recorder Sonata in F major, HWV 369. Amarillis. Naive/Ambroisie 9910.
• Field: Nocturne No. 1 in E-flat. John O'Conor. Telarc 80199.
• Sullivan: The Tempest, Incidental Music. Kansas City Sym, Stern. Reference 115.
• Rachmaninoff: Elegiac Trio No. 1 in G minor. Bekova Sisters. Chandos 9329.

12 N

• Gershwin: Rialto Ripples Rag. William Tritt, Cincinnati Pops, Kunzel. Telarc 80166.
• Rimsky-Korsakov: Dubinushka. London Sym Orch, Jarvi. Chandos 8783.
• Stanford: Piano Concerto No. 1 in G major. Piers Lane, BBC Scottish Sym, Brabbins. Hyperion 66820.
• Chen Yi: Shuo. Ying Quartet. Telarc 80690.

1 PM

• Villa Lobos: Concerto Grosso for Wind Quartet and Wind Orchestra. "The President's Own" U.S. Marine Band, Serebrier. Naxos 8.570727.
• Saint-Saens: Piano Quintet in A minor. Musique Oblique Ensemble. Harmonia Mundi 901472.

Tuesday, August 1

11 AM

• Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, "Pathetique." Philadelphia Orch, Eschenbach. Ondine 1131.
• Tchaikovsky: Melodrama. Moscow Chamber Orch, Orbelian. Delos 3244.
  

12 N

• Ravel: Bolero. Cincinnati Pops Orch, Kunzel. Telarc 80703.
  
• Lecuona: Afro-Cuban Dances. Thomas Tirino. BIS 794.
  
• Haydn: "The Clock," Symphony No. 101. Hanover Band, Goodman. Hyperion 66528.
  

1 PM

• Saint-Saens: Tarantella.
  
• Dohnanyi: Violin Concerto No. 1 in D minor. Michael Ludwig, Royal Scottish National Orch, Falletta. Naxos 8.570833.
  

Playlist for Monday, June 30

Seas and oceans wash over the noon hour, with just a sampling of the sea of ocean-related music that's out there. For those of us landlubbers who are wishing we were closer to a coast, and for those lucky and deserving individuals who have already embarked on their Indpendence Day vacations.

11 AM

• Purcell: Sonatas of Three Parts: No. 6 in C. Purcell Quartet. Chandos 0572/3.
• Dvorak: String Quartet No. 10 in E-flat, Op. 51. Alban Berg Quartet. EMI 57013.
• Serra: Rural Impressions [of Catalonia]. El Valles Sym, Brotons. Naxos 8.555871.

12 N

• Kanengiser: Turn to the Sea. Los Angeles Guitar Quartet. Telarc 80647.
• Hiscott: Blue Ocean for clarinet, accordion, cello and piano. Freedman, Hiscott, Marleyn, Kehler-Siebert. CBC 1166.
• Vaughan Williams: Sea Songs, Quick March. US Air Force Band, Graham. Klavier 11159.
• Debussy: La Mer. Cleveland Orch, Boulez. DG 439 896.
• Elgar: Sea Pictures: Where Corals Lie. Sarah Connolly, Bournemouth Sym, Wright. Naxos 8.557710.

1 PM

• Traditional: Scotch Cap. Baltimore Consort. Dorian 90601.
• Granados: Candlelight Fandango, from Goyescas: Young Men in Love. Eric Parkin. Chandos 9412.
• Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Concertino for harp, string quartet and three clarinets. Ann Mason Stockton et al. Crystal 171.
• Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 4. Andrew Manze, English Consort. Harmonia Mundi 907385.

Playlist for Thursday, June 26

11 AM

• Mendelssohn: Fantasy in F-sharp minor, "Sonata ecossaise." Lydia Artimiw. Chandos 8326.
• Telemann: Oboe Sonata in G, Op. 13/6. Han de Vries, Bob van Asperen, Wouter Moeller. Virgin 61878.
• Schumann: Märchenbilder (Fairy Tale Pictures). Nobuko Imai, Martha Argerich. EMI 55484.
• Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 3 in E-flat, Op. posth. Louis Lortie, Residentie Orch, Pehlivanian. Chandos 10371.

12 N

• Corelli: Concerto Grosso in D, Op. 6/1. Europa Galante, Biondi. Naive 20012.
  
• Strauss: Don Juan. Vienna Phil, Dohnanyi. London 430 508.
  
• Wang Luobin/Garcia: A La Mu Han (arr. guitar). Xuefei Yang. EMI 06322.
  
• Haydn: Symphony No. 90. Berlin Phil, Rattle. EMI 94237.
  

1 PM

• Gottschalk: Tremolo. Cecile Licad. Naxos 8.559145.
  
• Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2, "Little Russian" ("Ukrainian"). Gewandhaus Orch, Masur. Teldec 44943.
• Huang Zi: Plum Blossoms in the Snow. Xuefei Yang. EMI 06322.

Playlist for Wednesday, June 25

11 AM

• Hovhaness: Fanfare for the New Atlantis. Royal Scottish National Orch, Robertson. Naxos 8.559336.
• Brahms: Serenade No. 1 in D major. London Sym Orch, Thomas. Sony 45932.

12 N

• Villoldo: El Choclo. Ricardo Cobo. Naxos 8.557329.
• Hovhaness: Guitar Concerto No. 2. Javier Calderon, Royal Scottish National Orch, Robertson. Naxos 8.559336.
• Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Cleveland Orch, Ashkenazy. London 440 653.

1 PM

• Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3. Swiss Baroque Soloists, Gabetta.
• Beethoven: String Quartet Op. 59/2 in E minor. Tokyo String Quartet. Harmonia Mundi 907423.

Playlist for Tuesday, June 24

11 AM

• Wagner: Good Friday Music, from Parsifal. New York Phil, Mehta. Sony 45749.
• Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5. Cincinnati Sym, Jarvi. Telarc 80683.

12 N

• Purcell: Three Parts upon a Ground in D major. Purcell Quartet. Chandos 0572/3.
• Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 16 in G major, Op. 31/1. Garrick Ohlsson. Bridge 9262.
• Elgar: Three Bavarian Dances, Op. 27. New Zealand Sym, Judd. Naxos 8.557577.
• Pasculli: Fantasia after Meyerbeer's The Huguenots. Ivan Paison, Natalia Shcherbakova. Naxos 8.570567.

1 PM

• Granados: El Pelele. Eric Parkin. Chandos 9412.
• Berlioz: Harold in Italy. Gerard Causse, Revolutionary and Romantic Orch, Gardiner. Philips 446 676.

Playlist for Monday, June 23

No special Georgia connections today, but we hear new recordings by two of today's finest pianists: Olli Mustonen (in Beethoven) and Wu Han (in Rachmaninoff).

11 AM

• Stenhammar: Symphony No. 1 in F major. Gothenburg Sym, Jarvi. DG 445 857.
• Debussy: Reverie. Minnesota Orch, Oue. Reference 99.

12 N

• Buchner: Sonata in C for two bassoons, from Plectrum Musicum. Parnassi Musici. CPO 777 132.
• Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor. Olli Mustonen, Tapiola Sinfonietta. Ondine 1123.
• Debussy: Pour le Piano. Boris Berman. Chandos 9294.
  

1 PM

• Borodin: Polovetsian Dances, from Prince Igor. Cincinnati Pops Orch, Kunzel. Telarc 60657.
• Rachmaninoff: Preludes from Op. 23 & Op. 32. Wu Han. Artist Led 10701.
• Kreisler/Rachmaninoff: Liebesfreud (Love's Joy). Wu Han. Artist Led 10701.
• Philidor l'ainee: Musiques de Louis XIII. Le Concert des Nations, Kraemer, Savall. Alia Vox 9842.
  

Playlist for Thursday, June 19

Tonight at 8:00 tune in for The ASO on GPB - it's Schumann and Shostakovich with the Atlanta Symphony, Hugh Wolff and Nicholas Angelich. Angelich also plays Brahms to wrap up today's Midday Music. Friday at 11:00 join host Alan Cooke for Midday Music Requests. And finally, have a great midsummer weekend. (What's the magic word?) Please.

Here's the Midday Music playlist du jour:

11 AM

• Nielsen: Helios Overture. New York Scandia Sym, Matson. Centaur 2780
  
• Beethoven: "Gassenhauer" Trio (Piano Trio in B-flat, Op. 11). Ashkenazy, Perlman, Harrell. EMI 47455.
  
• Mozart: Symphony No. 17 in G major, K. 129. Prague Chamber Orch, Mackerras. Telarc 80242.
  
• Berwald: Theme and Variations in G minor. Greta Erikson. Genesis 111.
  

12 N

• Mendelssohn: Ruy Blas Overture. New Philharmonia Orch, Atzmon. EMI 81788.
  
• Bohme: Brass Sextet in E-flat, Op. 30. Adolph Herseth, Asbury Brass Quintet. Albany 273.
  
• Schoenfield: Four Souvenirs. William Terwilliger, Andrew Cooperstock. Azica 71241.
  
• O'Connor: Fiddle Concerto: first mvt. Mark O'Connor, Concordia Orch, Alsop. Warner 45846.
  

1 PM

• Elgar: Imperial March. Denver Brass, Galema, Graham. Klavier 1165.
  
• Respighi: The Birds (Gli Uccelli). Orpheus Chamber Orch. DG 437 533.
  
• Brahms: Fantasies, Op. 116. Nicholas Angelich. Virgin 379302.
  

Playlist for Wednesday, June 18

At noon it's a new violin concerto with an eyebrow-raising title: Taliban Dances. The outer sections of Robert Ian Winstin's virtuosic concerto are called "Call to Prayer." Between those come two lullabies ("Life" and "Death") and a "Baghdad bossa nova" that Winstin calls "an artistic statement on the absurdity of war."

Earlier, pianist Nicholas Angelich anchors a Schumann chamber work. To hear MORE Angelich in BIGGER Schumann, tune in for The ASO on GPB, this Thursday evening at 8 and Sunday at 10. He'll shine in Schumann's Piano Concerto with the Atlanta Symphony.


11 AM

• Telemann: Recorder Concerto in C major. Michael Schneider, La Stagione Frankfurt. CPO 777 267.
• Schumann: Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor. Angelich, Capucon, Capucon. EMI 89241.
• Smetana: The Moldau (Vltava). Vienna Phil, Harnoncourt. RCA 54331.

12 N

• Winstin: Taliban Dances, Concerto for Violin and Orchestra. Galyna Hornostai, Kiev Philharmonic, Winstin. ERM 5555.
• Saint-Saens: Samson and Delilah: "My heart opens at your voice" arr. flute, oboe and piano. Zuckerman, Vogel, Helmrich. Delos 3209.
• Nelson: Danza Capriccio. Keith Young, Keystone Wind Ens, Stamp. Klavier 11168.

1 PM

• Pasculli: Ricordo di Napoli, scherzo brillante. Ivan Paisov, Natalia Shcherbakova. Naxos 8.570567.
  
• Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kije, Suite. Cincinnati Sym, Jarvi. Telarc 80683.
• Alfven: Swedish Rhapsody No. 1, "Midsummer Vigil." Iceland Sym, Sakari. Chandos 9313.
  
• Gounod: Romeo and Juliet: "Je veux vivre" arr. flute, oboe and piano. Zuckerman, Vogel, Helmrich. Delos 3209.

Playlist for Tuesday, June 17

Coming to Columbus this weekend: the Michael O'Neal Singers with their program "We Remember Them: Songs of Hope and Freedom." The Michael O'Neal singers are based in Roswell, Ga. In July they'll perform at the Amalfi Coast Music Festival in Italy. Catch them closer to home at Columbus's RiverCenter, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 21.

On the first half of the concert: The Holocaust Cantata: Songs from the Camps, which weaves together musical fragments composer Donald McCullough found in the archives of the U.S. Holocaust Museum in Washington. (Soloists are soprano Debbie Rostad, bass-baritone John LaForge and cellist Daniel Laufer.) On the second half: American spirituals.

11 AM

• Handel: "Ombra mai fu" from Serse, arr. organ. Luc Beausejour. Analekta 9812.
• Debussy: Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp. Davies, Chase, Robles. Virgin 91148.
• Gershwin: Concerto in F. Andrew Litton, Bournemouth Sym. Virgin 90780.

12 N

• Rota: Improvviso (Un diavolo sentimentale). Gidon Kremer, Oleg Maisenberg. Teldec 17222.
• Bach: Sinfonias from Cantatas nos. 29, 156 & 31. Taverner Players Parrott. Virgin 391340.
• Brahms: Clarinet Sonata in E-flat, Op. 120/2. Jon Manasse, Jon Nakamatsu. Harmonia Mundi 907430.
• Byrd/Jacob: William Byrd Suite. Eastman Wind Ens, Fennell. Mercury 432 009.

1 PM

• Ibert: Entr'acte. Gary Schocker, Jason Vieaux. Azica 71215.
• Röntgen: Symphony No. 3 in C minor. Rheinland-Pfalz State Phil, Porcelijn. CPO 777 119.
• Guatelli: Ancient & Modern Oriental National Airs & Popular Songs. Prague Sym, Araci. Brilliant 93613.

Playlist for Monday, June 16

Our first hour ties into the Madison Chamber Music Festival, now underway in Georgia.

Tonight at the Madison-Morgan Cultural Center acclaimed pianist Andreas Haefliger does Brahms' Piano Quintet and more; on Midday Music we hear him play Schumann. Tuesday at the festival the American String Quartet and Trio RPM play Ravel and Debussy; on GPB we sample the quartet by Ravel. And Wednesday in Madison it's the fantastic Octet by Mendelssohn played by the Parker String Quartet and friends; on Midday Music festival director Christopher Rex et al. tear through that masterpiece.

Whet your appetite for live chamber music? Madison is off I-20 south of Athens. Here's the festival's website.

11 AM

• Mendelssohn: Octet. Georgian Chamber Players and friends, including William Preucil, violin I. ACA 20102.
• Schumann: Davidsbundler Dances, Book 1. Andreas Haefliger. Sony 48036.
• Ravel: String Quartet: mvt 2 (Assez vif). Casals Quartet. HMI 987072.

12 N

• Saint-Saens: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D major. Stephen Hough, City of Birmingham Sym, Oramo. Hyperion 67331.
• Salgan/Morel: Don Agustin Bardi. Ricardo Cobo. Naxos 8.557329.
  
• Mozart: Quintet for Piano and Winds in E-flat, K. 452. Uchida, Black, King, Lloyd, O'Neill. Philips 422 592.

1 PM

• Brahms: Symphony No. 3.
• Sammartini
  

Playlist for Thursday, June 12

You won't find many happy faces at U.S. gas stations these days. But back in the 1930s, Virgil Thomson thought a gas station would make a great setting for his new ballet Filling Station, about one evening's dramas large and small. Filling Station was the first all-American ballet: American music, design, choreography, setting - the works. And it was influential. Thomson's success emboldened another composer to try a ballet with an American theme, and Aaron Copland's Billy the Kid would be on stage by later that year. We hear Filling Station in the noon hour on GPB. No prices per gallon are specified.

11 AM

• Schubert/Primrose: Litany for All Soul's Day: Adagio. Roberto Diaz, Robert Koenig. Naxos 8.557391.
  
• Arensky: Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor. Cardenes, Solow, Golabek. Delos 3056.
• Debussy: Toccata from Pour le piano. Boris Berman. Chandos 9294.
  
• Berlioz: Love Scene from Romeo and Juliet. Baltimore Sym, Zinman. Telarc 80606.
  

12 N

• Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2. Niklas Eklund, Swiss Baroque Soloists, Gabetta. Naxos 8.557755-56.
  
• Respighi: The Pines of Rome. Berlin Phil, Karajan. DG 449 724.
  
• Thomson: Filling Station (1938 ballet set at a gas station). Albany [NY] Sym, Miller. Albany 591.
  

1 PM

• Mozart: Flute Concerto No. 2 in D, K. 314. Emanuel Pahud, Berlin Phil, Abbado. EMI 56365.
  
• Zimbalist: Sarasateana. Roberto Diaz, Robert Koenig. Naxos 8.557391.
  
• Enescu: Rumanian Rhapsody No. 1. Cincinnati Pops, Kunzel. Telarc 80606.
  

Playlist for Wednesday, June 11

11 AM

• Mozart: "Gran Partita," Serenade in B-flat, K. 361. Moonwinds, Lluna. HMI 987071.
• DiLiberto: Fantasia on Mascagni's La Cavalleria Rusticana. Jon Kimura Parker. HPR00613.

12 N

• Arnold: Overture (1940). East Winds. Naxos 8.570294.
• Glazunov: Overture No. 2 on Three Greek Themes. USSR Sym Orch, Svetlanov. Melodiya 164.
• Schubert: Piano Trio No. 1 in B-flat, Op. 99. Donald Runnicles, Beth Newdome, Christopher Rex (Georgian Chamber Players). ACA 20102.

1 PM

• Stravinsky: Firebird, complete ballet (1910). London Sym, Nagano. Virgin 45032.

Playlist for Tuesday, June 10

Concert listings are here (including details on the final weekend of the Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival, where our featured violinist in today's 1 o'clock hour, Rachel Barton Pine, performs). Details on the weekly broadcast of The ASO on GPB are here. And today's Midday Music playlist is here:

11 AM

• Piazzolla: Escualo; Concerto for Quintet. Gidon Kremer et al. Nonesuch 79407.
• Haydn: Symphony No. 54. Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orch, Fischer. Nimbus 5530/4.
• Albeniz: Sevilla; Cordoba; Castilla. Xuefei Yang. EMI 06322.

12 N

• Fasch: Andante in D. Tempesta di Mare. Chandos 0751.
• Schumann: Kreisleriana. Jonathan Biss. EMI 65391.
• Milhaud: The Bull on the Roof. National Orch of Lille. Naxos 8.557287.

1 PM

• Brahms: Violin Concerto in D major. Rachel Barton, Chicago Sym, Kalmar. Cedille 068.
• Schumann: Arabeske in C. Jonathan Biss. EMI 65391.

Select Classical Concerts, June 10-July 3

Summertime and the livin' is slower, concert-wise, but not at a standstill. Looky here:

• Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival: Concerts with acclaimed musicians through June 15 on Amelia Island, Florida, the first barrier island past the Georgia-Florida border. Christopher Rex, director.
• Saturday, June 14 the Rome Symphony presents the award-winning Georgia Brass Band with the Roman Festival Brass and guest conductor Jerry Pollard. Hoagy Carmichael, Gustav Holst and more. Huffman Center, Rome, 7 p.m.; bring a picnic.
• The Albany Chorale presents its annual fundraiser show, Saturday, June 14, 7 p.m. at Theatre Albany. "The Big Band Sound" features music from the 1940s and 50s.
• Madison Chamber Music Festival: Concerts through July 3 at the Madison-Morgan Cultural Center, Madison, Ga., off I-20. Christopher Rex directs this fine festival too.
• Atlanta Symphony: The final classical concerts of the ASO's 2007-2008 season, June 12-14. Robert Spano conducts Stravinsky's Firebird and two works by Osvaldo Golijov. Symphony Hall, Atlanta.
• Saturday, June 14 the Rome Symphony presents the award-winning Georgia Brass Band with the Roman Festival Brass and guest conductor Jerry Pollard. Hoagy Carmichael, Gustav Holst and more. Huffman Center, Rome, 7 p.m.; bring a picnic.
• The Albany Chorale presents its annual fundraiser show, Saturday, June 14, 7 p.m. at Theatre Albany. "The Big Band Sound" features music from the 1940s and 50s.
• The Atlanta Concert Band performs Sunday, June 29 at 3 p.m. at the Falany Performing Arts Center, Reinhardt College, Waleska.

Playlist for Monday, June 9

11 AM

• Lurano: La Favola di Orfeo: Intermezzo. Huelgas Ensemble. Sony 60095.
• Beethoven: Symphony No. 8. Cleveland Orch, Szell. Sony 46328.
• Medtner: Skazki, Op. 51. Hamish Milne. Hyperion 67491.
• Debussy: The Little Shepherd. Yolanda Kondonassis. Telarc 80622.
  

12 N

• Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 1. Cellists of the Sao Paolo Symphony, Antonio Meneses, Minczuk. BIS 1410.
• Bach, J.C.F.: Cello Sonata in G major. London Baroque. Harmonia Mundi 901587.
• Meyer, Edgar: Double Bass Concerto in D. Edgar Meyer, Saint Paul Chamber Orch, Wolff. Sony 60956.

1 PM

• Rodrigo: Concierto Andaluz for four guitars and orchestra. EntreQuartre Guitar Quartet, Asturias Sym, Valdes. Naxos 555841.
• Weber: Konzertstuck in F minor, Op. 79. Claudio Arrau, Philharmonia Orch, Galliera. EMI 62885.
• Rhene-Baton: Passacaille for flute and piano. Jan Vinci, Hugh Sung. Albany 947.
  

Playlist for Tuesday, June 3

The place violinist Cecylia Arzewski would most like to be stranded is Venice. The actress she imagines playing her in a biopic is Greta Garbo. Please join me this Thursday and Sunday evening for The ASO on GPB (details), as long-time Atlanta Symphony concertmaster Cecylia Arzewski gives her final solo performance with her orchestra before retiring: the Violin Concerto by Aram Khatchaturian. Also on the broadcast, Roberto Minczuk conducts Russian favorites, and I speak with both violinist and conductor. In preparation for that show, we hear Cecylia Arzewski and her violin on disc on Midday Music, "playing" the part of the heroine in Rimsky-Korsakov's Sheherazade, today at noon. (By the way, her name is pronounced Cecelia Ahr-ZHEFF-skee.)

Note: Wednesday through Friday, June 4-6, Midday Music will be hosted by Eric Nauert and Russell Wells of GPB member station WSVH Savannah (playlists). See you Monday. - Sarah

11 AM

• Three tunes from Renaissance Italy. Instruments of the Baltimore Consort. Dorian 90601. (The title of this new CD alludes both to the materials of early classical instruments and to more recent music: "Gut, Wind & Wire.")
• Handel: Concerto a Due Cori No. 2 in F major. Tafelmusik, Lamon. Sony 63073.
• Strauss: Violin Sonata in E-flat. Gil Shaham, Rohan de Silva. DG 427 659.
• Three tunes from Scotland. Instruments of the Baltimore Consort. Dorian 90601.

12 N

• Russian folk music: Kamarinskaya. Atlanta Balalaika Society.
• Glinka: Kamarinskaya. Detroit Sym, Jarvi. Chandos 9227.
• Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade, Symphonic Suite after The Thousand and One Nights. Atlanta Sym Orch, Cecylia Arzewski, Robert Spano.

1 PM

• Rosetti: Horn Concerto in F major. Zdenek Divoky, Czech Chamber Orch, Kukal. Hanssler 98.383.
• Vaughan Williams: Suite de Ballet for flute and piano. Jan Vinci, Hugh Sung. Albany 947.
• Schubert: "Unfinished" Symphony (No. 8 in B minor). Vienna Phil, Kleiber. DG 449 745.

Playlist for Monday, June 2

11 AM

• Rameau: Castor and Pollux, Ballet Suite. SWR Sym Orch, Cambreling. Hanssler 93.018.
• Thuille: Cello Sonata in D minor. Marcy Rosen, Lydia Artimiw. Bridge 9264.
• Bax: Overture to a Picaresque Comedy. Royal Scottish National Orch, Lloyd-Jones. Naxos 555343.

12 N

• Chopin: Mazurka in F-sharp minor, Op. 59/3; Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58. Ingrid Fliter. EMI 148992.
• Saint-Saens: Bacchanale from Samson and Delilah. Philadelphia Orch, Ormandy. CBS 74277.
• Varied music from the Mediterranean (from a Turkish manuscript, a medieval Spanish court, and Jews of Sarajevo). Hesperion XXI, Savall. Alia Vox 9848.

1 PM

• Mozart: Clarinet Quintet, K. 581. Consortium Classicum. CPO 999 802.
• Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue. Wayne Marshall, Aalborg Sym. Virgin 61347.