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12:01am
Swan Lake: Suite, Op. 20
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
London Symphony Orchestra
Richard Williams, conductor
MCA 25207
12:21am
Lemminkainen Suite, Op. 22: Lemminkainen in Tuonela
Jean Sibelius
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic
Paavo Jarvi, conductor
Virgin 45213
12:37am
Mignon: Overture
Ambroise Thomas
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Paul Paray, conductor
Mercury 434321
12:45am
Serenade to Music
Ralph Vaughan Williams
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Vernon Handley, conductor
Chandos 8330
12:56am
"Three Page Sonata"
Charles Ives
Joanna MacGregor, piano
LDR 1004
1:04am
Guitar Quintet No. 4 in D, G. 448, Fandango
Luigi Boccherini
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble
Pepe Romero, guitar
Philips 438769
1:21am
Peter Grimes: Four Sea Interludes, Op. 33
Benjamin Britten
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
Deutsche Grammophon 431768
1:39am
Spem in alium
Thomas Tallis
Kronos Quartet
Nonesuch 79242
1:48am
String Quartet, Op. 11
Samuel Barber
Tokyo String Quartet
RCA 61387
2:08am
"Porgy and Bess": 'Fantasy'
George Gershwin
R. & J. Contiguglia, pianos
MCA 6226
2:29am
Symphonies of Wind Instruments (1920)
Igor Stravinsky
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Pierre Boulez, conductor
Deutsche Grammophon 457616
2:38am
Dichterliebe, Op. 48
Robert Schumann
Ian Bostridge, tenor
Julius Drake, piano
Angel/EMI 56575
3:08am
Xerxes: Ombra mai fu
George Frederick Handel
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Roger Norrington, conductor
David Daniels, countertenor
Virgin 45326
3:12am
"West Side Story":' I Feel Pretty'
Leonard Bernstein
Katia and Marielle Labeque, piano
CBS/Sony 45531
3:14am
Die Fledermaus: Overture
Johann Strauss II
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Carlos Kleiber, conductor
CBS/Sony 45564
3:23am
Trumpet Concerto in E-flat, Hob. VIIe:1
Franz Joseph Haydn
National Philharmonic Orchestra
Raymond Leppard, conductor
Wynton Marsalis, trumpet
CBS/Sony 37846
3:37am
"El salon Mexico"
Aaron Copland
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
Deutsche Grammophon 431672
3:49am
Variations on Mozart's Ein Madchen oder Weibchen, Op. 66
Ludwig van Beethoven
Mischa Maisky, cello
Martha Argerich, piano
Deutsche Grammophon 453748
3:59am
Sliding Down
Edgar Meyer
Edgar Meyer, double bass
Bela Fleck, banjo
Mike Marshall, mandolin
CBS/Sony 62891
4:04am
Rituals
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich
Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra
Michael Stern, conductor
Naxos 559268
4:30am
Images for Orchestra
Claude Debussy
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
James Levine, conductor
CBS/Sony 53284
5:06am
The Tempest: Incidental Music
Matthew Locke
Il Giardino Armonico
Giovanni Antonini, conductor
Teldec 21464
5:27am
Tragic Overture, Op. 81
Johannes Brahms
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor
Deutsche Grammophon 429403
5:42am
Jazz Suite No. 1
Dmitri Shostakovich
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Mariss Jansons, conductor
Angel/EMI 55601
5:51am
Lincolnshire Posy
Percy Aldridge Grainger
Cleveland Symphonic Winds
Frederick Fennell, conductor
Telarc 80099
6:06am
William Tell: Overture
Gioacchino Rossini
Royal Opera, Covent Garden
Carlo Rizzi, conductor
Conifer 55004
6:19am
The Planets: Mars, the Bringer of War
Gustav Holst
Philharmonia Orchestra
William Boughton, conductor
Nimbus 5117
6:26am
Silver Ladders
Joan Tower
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Nonesuch 79245
6:48am
Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565
Johann Sebastian Bach
Andrew Manze, violin
Harmonia Mundi 907250
6:56am
Variations on a Theme in Ancient Style
Carlos Salzedo
Ieuan Jones, harp
ASV 2111
7:05am
Rosamunde: Ballet Music, D. 797
Franz Schubert
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
Angel/EMI 54873
7:21am
Musique profane
Anonymous
Ensemble Medieval de Toulouse
Pierre Hudrisier, conductor
Ariane 148
7:41am
Voyage
John Corigliano
I Fiamminghi
Rudolf Werthen, conductor
Paul Edmund-Davies, flute
Telarc 80503
7:50am
The Lark Ascending
Ralph Vaughan Williams
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Adrian Boult, conductor
Hugh Bean, violin
Angel/EMI 66226
8:05am
Eight Lines
Steve Reich
London Chamber Orchestra
Christopher Warren-Green, conductor
Virgin 61121
8:23am
Four Seasons: Winter, Op. 8, RV 297
Antonio Vivaldi
Kremerata Baltica
Gidon Kremer, violin
Nonesuch 79568
8:31am
Prayers of Kierkegaard, Op. 30
Samuel Barber
Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
Andrew Schenck, conductor
KOCH International 7125
8:51am
Pavan and Galliard in six parts
William Byrd
Fretwork
Virgin 90795
8:55am
The Salley Gardens
Traditional Irish/Benjamin Britten
Ian Bostridge, tenor
Julius Drake, piano
Angel/EMI 56830
8:58am
Polonaise in C, Op. 89
Ludwig van Beethoven
Andras Schiff, piano
Hungaroton 11885
9:05am
Blue Monday (135th Street Blues)
George Gershwin
Concordia
Marin Alsop, conductor
Amy Burton, soprano
Gregory Hopkins, tenor
William Sharp, baritone
Angel/EMI 54851
9:28am
Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, From the New World
Antonin Dvorak
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
CBS/Sony 60563
10:13am
"Quiet City"
Aaron Copland
City of London Sinfonia
Richard Hickox, conductor
Crispian Steele-Perkins, trumpet
Helen McQueen, english horn
Virgin 90766
10:24am
Canon and Gigue in D
Johann Pachelbel
Hesperion XXI
Jordi Savall, conductor
Alia Vox 9820
10:28am
"West Side Story": 'Maria'
Leonard Bernstein
Katia and Marielle Labeque, piano
CBS/Sony 45531
10:31am
Symphony No. 1, La nuit des tropiques
Louis Moreau Gottschalk
Utah Symphony Orchestra
Maurice Abravanel, conductor
Vanguard 09
10:50am
Lhistoire du soldat: Suite
Igor Stravinsky
Richard Stoltzman, clarinet
Richard Goode, piano
Lucy Chapman Stoltzman, violin
RCA 60170
11:06am
Great Mass in C Minor, K. 427: Et incarnatus est
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Bavarian Radio Symphony
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
Arlene Auger, soprano
Deutsche Grammophon 431791
11:14am
Masques et bergamasques, Op. 112
Gabriel Faure
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Deutsche Grammophon 449186
11:28am
"Gnarly Buttons"
John Adams
London Sinfonietta
John Adams, conductor
Michael Collins, clarinet
Nonesuch 79465
11:53am
Fantasia on the Dargason
Gustav Holst
Cleveland Symphonic Winds
Frederick Fennell, conductor
Telarc 80038
11:56am
Summer Night on the River
Frederick Delius
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Vernon Handley, conductor
Chandos 8330
12:03pm
Miniatures
William Grant Still
Calico Winds
Albany 693
12:16pm
Virtuoso Alice
David del Tredici
Michael Boriskin, piano
New World 380
12:29pm
Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in E-flat, Op. 74
Carl Maria Von Weber
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Antony Pay, clarinet
Virgin 90720
12:52pm
Lydia, Op. 4/2
Gabriel Faure
The King's Singers
RCA 61427
12:54pm
Blue Danube Waltz, Op. 314
Johann Strauss II
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Carlos Kleiber, conductor
CBS/Sony 45564
1:05pm
Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F, BWV 1046
Johann Sebastian Bach
Il Giardino Armonico
Giovanni Antonini, conductor
Teldec 98442
1:23pm
The Isle of the Dead, Op. 29
Sergei Rachmaninoff
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Sergei Rachmaninoff, conductor
RCA 62532
1:42pm
The Ebb of the Tide
Traditional Welsh
William Taylor, harp
Dorian 90260
1:43pm
Suite bergamasque: Clair de lune
Claude Debussy
Dubravka Tomsic, piano
Stradavari 6065
1:49pm
Lachrimae antiquae pavan
John Dowland
Les Voix Humaines
Daniel Taylor, countertenor
Andreas Martin, lute
ATMA 2228
2:03pm
Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56a
Johannes Brahms
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Sir Charles Mackerras, conductor
Telarc 80450
2:20pm
Essay for Orchestra No. 2, Op. 17
Samuel Barber
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Angel/EMI 49463
2:31pm
Indian Queen: Incidental Music
Henry Purcell
Tafelmusik
Jeanne Lamon, conductor
CBS/Sony 66169
2:44pm
Mladi (Youth)
Leos Janacek
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Winds
Deutsche Grammophon 415668
3:02pm
Simple Symphony, Op. 4
Benjamin Britten
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Deutsche Grammophon 423624
3:20pm
Triple Quartet
Steve Reich
Orchestre National de Lyon
David Robertson, conductor
Astree/Naive 782167
3:35pm
Gallop of a Thousand Horses
Kayhan Kalhor
Silk Road Ensemble
CBS/Sony 93962
3:40pm
The Marriage of Figaro: Voi che sapete
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
RCA Victor Orchestra
Fritz Reiner, conductor
Rise Stevens, mezzo-soprano
MET 114
3:43pm
An American in Paris
George Gershwin
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Angel/EMI 64084
4:02pm
Le bourgeois gentilhomme
Jean-Baptiste Lully
Le Concert des Nations
Jordi Savall, conductor
Alia Vox 9807
4:20pm
Symphony No. 92 in G, Oxford
Franz Joseph Haydn
La Petite Bande
Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor
Virgin 91499
4:46pm
"West Side Story": 'One Hand, One Heart'
Leonard Bernstein
Katia and Marielle Labeque, piano
CBS/Sony 45531
4:48pm
Sonata in D for Eight Viols and One Trumpet
Alessandro Stradella
Tafelmusik
Jeanne Lamon, conductor
Crispian Steele-Perkins, natural trumpet
CBS/Sony 53365
4:57pm
Sliding Down
Edgar Meyer
Edgar Meyer, double bass
Bela Fleck, banjo
Mike Marshall, mandolin
CBS/Sony 62891
5:02pm
Espanyoleta and gayta
Anonymous
Piffaro
Archiv 453441
5:06pm
Grande Valse brillante in E-flat, Op. 18
Frederic Chopin
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
Arabesque 6669
5:12pm
Orchestral Variations
Aaron Copland
Aaron Copland, conductor
CBS/Sony 47236
5:24pm
Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 2
Ottorino Respighi
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
Sir Neville Marriner, conductor
Angel/EMI 69358
5:43pm
Suite espanola: No. 5, Asturias (leyenda)
Isaac Albeniz
John Williams, guitar
CBS/Sony 44794
5:49pm
The Threepenny Opera: Foxtrot Potpourri
Kurt Weill
Das Palast Orchester
H. K. Gruber, conductor
RCA 63513
5:54pm
Sonata X
Dario Castello
Il Giardino Armonico
Teldec 82536
6:01pm
Three Gymnopedies
Erik Satie
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
London/Decca 473620
6:11pm
Triple Concerto in C, Op. 56
Ludwig van Beethoven
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
Mark Zeltser, piano
Deutsche Grammophon 457861
6:48pm
Concerto for Two Trumpets in C, Op. 9/9
Tomasso Albinoni
Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra
Jorg Faerber, conductor
Maurice Andre, trumpet
Guy Touvron, trumpet
Angel/EMI 65337
7:00pm
Symphony No. 1 in D, Op. 25, Classical
Sergei Prokofiev
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Claudio Abbado, conductor
Deutsche Grammophon 469172
7:14pm
The Chairman Dances
John Adams
San Francisco Symphony
Edo de Waart, conductor
Nonesuch 79144
7:26pm
Terpsichore: Dance Suite
Michael Praetorius
Early Music Consort of London
David Munrow, conductor
Angel/EMI 69024
7:49pm
Symphony No. 5: Adagietto
Gustav Mahler
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Lorin Maazel, conductor
CBS/Sony 44907
7:59pm
Suite No. 3 in D: Air on the G String, BWV 1068
Johann Sebastian Bach
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Deutsche Grammophon 429390
8:05pm
Hebrides Overture in D, Op. 26 (Fingal's Cave)
Felix Mendelssohn
London Classical Players
Roger Norrington, conductor
Angel/EMI 49889
8:15pm
Romance, Op. 37
Camille Saint-Saens
Anna Noakes, flute
Gillian Tingay, harp
ASV 2101
8:21pm
Down a River of Time
Eric Ewazen
Sejong Soloists
Linda Strommen, oboe
Albany 577
8:45pm
Gosteg of Master David
Traditional Welsh
William Taylor, harp
Dorian 90260
8:52pm
Symphony No. 2
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich
Louisville Orchestra
Lawrence Leighton Smith, conductor
Louisville 10
9:03pm
Symphony No. 25 in G Minor, K. 183
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Prague Chamber Orchestra
Sir Charles Mackerras, conductor
Telarc 80165
9:29pm
Three Movements for Orchestra"
Steve Reich
London Symphony Orchestra
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Nonesuch 79295
9:44pm
Trio Sonata in D Minor
George Phillip Telemann
Bart Schneemann, oboe
Pieter Wispelwey, cello
Frans Rob't Berkhout, bassoon
Menno van Delft, keyboard
Siebe Henstra, organ
Channel Classics 14098
9:53pm
The Silken-fair
Traditional Welsh
William Taylor, harp
Dorian 90260
9:56pm
Oboe Concerto in D Minor, RV 454
Antonio Vivaldi
I Solisti di Zagreb
Han de Vries, oboe
Angel/EMI 89487
10:05pm
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp Minor, Op. 27/2, Moonlight
Ludwig van Beethoven
Andre Watts, piano
Angel/EMI 73285
10:21pm
Saltarello
Anonymous
Peter Blanchette, archguitar
Jean Chaine, bass guitar
Dorian 93178
10:23pm
Piano Concerto in F
George Gershwin
Boston Pops Orchestra
Arthur Fiedler, conductor
Earl Wild, piano
RCA 6519
10:53pm
Por nos de dulta tirar, CSM 18
Alfonso X "El Sabio"
Ensemble Unicorn, Vienna
Naxos 553133
11:01pm
Oasis
Improvisation
Silk Road Ensemble
CBS/Sony 93962
11:04pm
Piano Sonata No. 15 in C, K. 545, Sonata facile
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Maria Joao Pires, piano
Philips 456928
11:16pm
Dover Beach
Samuel Barber
Tokyo String Quartet
Marilyn Horne, mezzo-soprano
RCA 68771
11:25pm
Souvenirs de Boheme en forme de polka, Op. 13
Bedrich Smetana
Andras Schiff, piano
Teldec 21261
11:33pm
Music for Movies
Aaron Copland
Orchestra of St. Luke's
Dennis Russell Davies, conductor
Music Masters 60162
11:50pm
Lord Fitzwilliam Suite
William Byrd
Boulder Brass
Dorian 93204
Wordless Music
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Music from the 92nd Street Y
Sara Fishko digs into the audio archives of the 92nd Street Y to bring us the greatest live performances from the stage of the Y's Kaufmann Concert Hall.
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Concerts from the Frick Collection
For over sixty years, the series Concerts from The Frick Collection has delighted WNYC listeners with the finest in keyboard recitals, chamber groups, and early music ensembles.
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The New Americans
WNYC announces The New Americans, an ongoing station-wide celebration of foreign-born artists now residing in the United States.
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