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Tuesday, March 20, 2007
A guide for music played on WNYC FM


12:00am
"Wiegenlied" (Lullaby), Op. 49/4
Johannes Brahms
(Uncredited Orchestra)
Beniamino Gigli, tenor
Angel/EMI 69235
12:03am
"Rienzi": 'Allmacht'ger Vater' (Rienzi's Prayer)
Richard Wagner
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Erich Leinsdorf, conductor
Lauritz Melchior, tenor
CBS/Sony 60896
12:09am
Etude-tableau in F-sharp Minor, Op. 39/3
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Sviatoslav Richter, piano
Olympia 337
12:13am
String Quartet No. 1 in B Minor, Op. 50
Sergei Prokofiev
Emerson String Quartet
Deutsche Grammophon 431772
12:38am
Symphony No. 7
Alfred Schnittke
BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra
Tadaaki Otaka, conductor
BIS 747
1:02am
"Well Tempered Clavier": Book 1, BWV 846: nos 1-12
Johann Sebastian Bach
Sviatoslav Richter, piano
Le Chant du Monde 278525
2:03am
Prelude and Fugue
Alfred Schnittke
Boris Berman, piano
Chandos 9704
2:14am
Six Etudes, Op 111/3: Prelude and Fugue
Camille Saint-Saens
Piers Lane, piano
Hyperion 67037
2:20am
Prelude and Fugue for Two Violins and Cello in E Minor
Ludwig van Beethoven
Lukas Hagen, violin
Rainer Schmidt, violin
Clemens Hagen, cello
Deutsche Grammophon 453772
2:27am
Prelude and Fugue in G
Johann Pachelbel
Joseph Payne, organ
Centaur 2383
2:31am
"Tristan und Isolde": 'O sink' hernieder'
Richard Wagner
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Fritz Busch, conductor
Lauritz Melchior, tenor
Helen Traubel, soprano
CBS/Sony 60896
2:50am
"Forbidden Fruit"
John Zorn
Kronos Quartet
Christian Marclay, turntables
Ohta Hiromi, vocals
Nonesuch 79181
3:03am
Symphony No. 5 in B-flat
Anton Bruckner
Munich Philharmonic Orchestra
Sergiu Celibidache, conductor
Angel/EMI 56691
4:35am
"Lucia di Lammermoor": 'Fra poco a me ricovero'
Gaetano Donizetti
(Uncredited Orchestra)
Beniamino Gigli, tenor
Ezio Pinza, bass
RCA 7811
4:49am
Prelude No. 21 in B Minor, Op. 32/10
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Sviatoslav Richter, piano
Olympia 337
7:01pm
"Modern Love Waltz"
Philip Glass
Aleck Karis, piano
Romeo 7204
7:04pm
"La Dolce Vita": Waltz
Nino Rota
Peter Blanchette, archguitar
Charlie Schneeweis, trumpet
Jean Chaine, bass guitar
Dorian 93198
7:08pm
Symphony No. 8 in D Minor
William Boyce
Academy of Ancient Music
Christopher Hogwood, conductor
L'Oiseau Lyre 436761
7:21pm
Chamber Symphony
John Adams
Absolute Ensemble
Kristjan Jarvi, conductor
CCn'C 492
7:45pm
"Estampes"
Claude Debussy
Jean-Bernard Pommier, piano
Virgin 61197
8:05pm
Etude No. 1 in E Minor
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Pepe Romero, guitar
Philips 420245
8:08pm
"Koyaanisqatsi": 5 Selections
Philip Glass
Glass Ensemble
Michael Riesman, conductor
Nonesuch 79506
8:40pm
"Amazonia"
Zez Confrey
Eteri Andjaparidze, piano
Naxos 559016
8:43pm
Suite on English Folk Tunes, Op. 90 "A Time There Was..."
Benjamin Britten
English Symphony Orchestra
William Boughton, conductor
Nimbus 5295
9:00pm
"House of Life"
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Benjamin Luxon, baritone
David Willison, piano
Chandos 8475
9:23pm
"An Evening Hymn"
Henry Purcell
David Daniels, countertenor
Martin Katz, piano
Virgin 45400
9:28pm
"Hansel and Gretel": 'Evening Prayer'
Englebert Humperdinck
New Symphony Orchestra of London
Leopold Stokowski, conductor
Norman Luboff Choir
RCA 62599
9:35pm
Guitar Quartet No. 5, "Labyrinth"
Ian Krouse
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
Delos 3163
9:57pm
Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Strings in F, RV 544
Antonio Vivaldi
Toronto Chamber Orchestra
Paul Robinson, conductor
Ofra Harnoy, cello
Igor Oistrakh, violin
RCA 61578
10:10pm
"Oasis"
Franghiz Ali-Zadeh
Kronos Quartet
Nonesuch 79804
10:25pm
"Music for the Theatre"
Aaron Copland
New York Philharmoni
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
Deutsche Grammophon 431672
10:50pm
"El salon Mexico"
Aaron Copland
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
Deutsche Grammophon 431672