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A guide for music played on WNYC-2
12:17am
Sonata in C
George Phillip Telemann
Barthold Kuijken, transverse flute
Wieland Kuijken, cello/gamba
Robert Kohnen, harpsichord
Accent 94104
12:32am
Songs of Travel
Ralph Vaughan Williams
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle, conductor
Thomas Allen, baritone
Angel/EMI 64731
12:55am
Vals arabesque
Ernesto Lecuona
Kathryn Stott, piano
Angel/EMI 56803
12:56am
"La bonne Chanson," Op. 61 (The Good Song)
Gabriel Faure
Gerard Souzay, baritone
Dalton Baldwin, piano
Angel/EMI 64079
1:18am
Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 36
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
CBS/Sony 61556
2:06am
Symphony No. 1, La nuit des tropiques
Louis Moreau Gottschalk
Utah Symphony Orchestra
Maurice Abravanel, conductor
Vanguard 09
2:25am
Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85
Sir Edward Elgar
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
Jacqueline Du Pre, cello
CBS/Sony 60789
2:56am
Lincoronazione di Poppea: Pur ti miro
Claudio Monteverdi
Bavarian State Opera Orchestra members
Ivor Bolton, conductor
Anna Caterina Antonacci, soprano
David Daniels, countertenor
Farao Classics 108020
3:02am
"Ma Vlast" (My Country)
Bedrich Smetana
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Colin Davis, conductor
LSO Live 0516
4:18am
Mandolin Concerto in C, RV 425
Antonio Vivaldi
Toulouse Chamber Orchestra
Louis Auriacombe, conductor
Aimee Auriacombe, mandolin
Angel/EMI 69143
4:25am
Liebesleid
Fritz Kreisler
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
Patricia Zander, piano
CBS/Sony 37280
4:29am
The Tempest: Incidental Music
Matthew Locke
Il Giardino Armonico
Giovanni Antonini, conductor
Teldec 21464
4:49am
Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks, Op. 28
Richard Strauss
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Andre Previn, conductor
Angel/EMI 64106
5:05am
Symphony No. 1 in C
Georges Bizet
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Deutsche Grammophon 423624
5:37am
Adagio from the Serenade No. 10 for Winds (Gran Partita)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Marlboro Wind Ensemble
Richard Stoltzman, clarinet
CBS/Sony 45813
5:43am
Hexachords (1972)
Joan Tower
Laurel Ann Maurer, flute
Joanne Pearce Martin, piano
Albany 167
5:51am
Carnival Overture, Op. 92
Antonin Dvorak
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Rafael Kubelik, conductor
Deutsche Grammophon 423120
6:00am
"Die Winterreise," D. 911
Franz Schubert
Benjamin Luxon, baritone
David Willison, piano
Chandos 8815
7:15am
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645 (Sleepers Awake)
Johann Sebastian Bach
Canadian Brass
RCA 5628
7:19am
Candide: Make Our Garden Grow
Leonard Bernstein
Dallas Wind Symphony
Dr. Timothy Seelig, conductor
Turtle Creek Chorale
Reference 49
7:23am
Instrumental and "O presul vere civitatis"
Hildegard von Bingen
Sequentia
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 77378
7:39am
Symphony No. 1 in B-flat, Op. 38, "Spring"
Robert Schumann
Cleveland Orchestra
George Szell, conductor
CBS/Sony 62349
8:10am
Concierto de aranjuez
Joaquin Rodrigo
Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne
Lawrence Foster, conductor
Sharon Isbin, guitar
Virgin 91192
8:33am
Rig Veda: Third Group, Op. 26
Gustav Holst
Holst Orchestra
Hilary Davan Wetton, conductor
The Holst Singers
Hyperion 66175
8:46am
Le Roi malgre lui: Fete polonaise
Emmanuel Chabrier
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
Deutsche Grammophon 447751
8:54am
Viola Concerto in G
George Phillip Telemann
Musica Antiqua Koln
Reinhardt Goebel, conductor
Reinhard Goebel, viola
Archiv 463074
9:05am
Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Kirov Orchestra, St.Petersburg
Valery Gergiev, conductor
Vadim Repin, violin
Philips 473343
9:40am
Medea: Ballet Suite, Op. 23, 'Cave of the Heart'
Samuel Barber
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Schenck, conductor
KOCH International 7010
10:08am
Symphony No. 3
Aaron Copland
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
CBS/Sony 63155
10:49am
"Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage," Op. 112
Ludwig van Beethoven
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
Monteverdi Choir
Deutsche Grammophon 453798
10:57am
Johnson Boys
Traditional
Hesperus
Golden Apple Records 7553
11:00am
Suite espanola: No. 5, Asturias (leyenda)
Isaac Albeniz
John Williams, guitar
CBS/Sony 44794
11:07am
Love Is Here to Stay
George Gershwin
London Symphony Orchestra
John Williams, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin
CBS/Sony 60659
11:11am
Sheherazade
Maurice Ravel
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano
Warner Classics 61938
11:27am
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
Helene Grimaud, piano
Denon 75368
12:02pm
Piano Sonata No. 15 in C, K. 545, Sonata facile
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Maria Joao Pires, piano
Philips 456928
12:14pm
Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices, and Organ
Steve Reich
Members of the Steve Reich Ensemble
Steve Reich, conductor
Nonesuch 79220
12:40pm
Cello Concerto in C, Hob.VIIb:1
Franz Joseph Haydn
Florilegium
Pieter Wispelwey, cello
Channel Classics 7395
1:04pm
Eighteen Courtly Masquing Ayres
John Adson
Musica Aurea
David Munrow, recorder and various Renaissance instruments
Don Smithers, recorder and various Renaissance instruments
Michael Morrow, crumhorn
Boston Skyline 138
1:31pm
Symphony No. 2, Op. 30, Romantic
Howard Hanson
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
Telarc 80649
1:57pm
Prelude en tapisserie (Prelude in Tapestry)
Erik Satie
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
London/Decca 473620
2:01pm
Kinderszenen, Op. 15 (Scenes from Childhood)
Robert Schumann
Vladimir Horowitz, piano
Philips 456838
2:18pm
Lemminkainen Suite, Op. 22: Lemminkainen in Tuonela
Jean Sibelius
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic
Paavo Jarvi, conductor
Virgin 45213
2:34pm
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, BWV 147
Johann Sebastian Bach
Leon Fleisher, piano
Vanguard 1551
2:38pm
I Was Looking at the Ceiling and then I Saw the Sky: Excerpts
John Adams
Ad hoc ensemble
John Adams, conductor
Audra McDonald, vocalist
Darius de Haas, vocalist
Marin Mazzie, vocalist
Welly Yang, vocalist
Michael McElroy, vocalist
Nonesuch 79473
3:00pm
Symphony No. 4 in C Minor, Op. 43
Dmitri Shostakovich
Scottish National Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi, conductor
Chandos 8640
4:02pm
Gypsy Songs
Sergio Assad
Sergio and Odair Assad, guitars
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin
Nonesuch 79505
4:10pm
The Unanswered Question
Charles Ives
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
CBS/Sony 60203
4:16pm
Suite No. 4 in G, Op. 61, Mozartiana
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Radio Symphony Orchestra of Stuttgart
Sir Neville Marriner, conductor
Capriccio 10200
4:40pm
Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 2
Ottorino Respighi
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
Sir Neville Marriner, conductor
Angel/EMI 69358
4:58pm
"Variations on a Theme of Handel," WoO 45
Ludwig van Beethoven
Mischa Maisky, cello
Martha Argerich, piano
Deutsche Grammophon 453748
5:11pm
Les Indes galantes: Overture, Airs, and Dances
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Orchestre de la Chapelle Royale
Philippe Herreweghe, conductor
Harmonia Mundi 2901130
5:28pm
Dido and Aneas: When I am laid in Earth (Didos Lament)
Henry Purcell
Munich Radio Orchestra
Maurizio Barbacini, conductor
Denyce Graves, mezzo soprano
RCA 63509
5:33pm
Piano Concerto No. 17 in G, K. 453
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
English Chamber Orchestra
Murray Perahia, conductor
Murray Perahia, piano
CBS/Sony 36686
6:04pm
Tabula rasa
Arvo Part
Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra
Saulius Sondeckis, conductor
Gidon Kremer, violin
Tatiana Grindenko, violin
Alfred Schnittke, prepared piano
ECM 1275
6:30pm
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11
Frederic Chopin
Moscow Philharmonic
Dmitri Kitayenko, conductor
Evgeny Kissin, piano
RCA 68378
7:07pm
Trumpet Concerto in E-flat, Hob. VIIe:1
Franz Joseph Haydn
National Philharmonic Orchestra
Raymond Leppard, conductor
Wynton Marsalis, trumpet
CBS/Sony 37846
7:21pm
Eight Lines
Steve Reich
London Chamber Orchestra
Christopher Warren-Green, conductor
Virgin 61121
7:39pm
Lamento di Tristano
Anonymous
Jordi Savall, viola da gamba
Pedro Estevan, percussion
Astree/Naive 8547
7:44pm
Fantasia para una gentilhombre (Fantasy for a Gentleman)
Joaquin Rodrigo
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Goran Sollscher, guitar
Deutsche Grammophon 429232
8:07pm
Coffee Cantata, BWV 211
Johann Sebastian Bach
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir
Ton Koopman, conductor
Anne Grimm, soprano
Paul Agnew, tenor
Klaus Mertens, bass
Erato 15562
8:32pm
John's Book of Alleged Dances
John Adams
Kronos Quartet
Nonesuch 79465
9:09pm
Trionfo di Afrodite
Carl Orff
Munich Radio Orchestra
Franz Welser-Most, conductor
Dagmar Schellenberger, soprano
Lothar Odinius, tenor
Lisa Larson, soprano
Robert Swensen, tenor
Alfred Reiter, bass
Angel/EMI 55517
9:51pm
The Planets: Mars, the Bringer of War
Gustav Holst
Philharmonia Orchestra
William Boughton, conductor
Nimbus 5117
9:58pm
The Emperors Fanfare
Antonio Soler
Burning River Brass
Dorian 90277
10:01pm
Lachrimae antique novae Pavan
John Dowland
Fretwork
Virgin 90795
10:05pm
Gymnopedie No. 1
Erik Satie
Angel Romero, guitar
Telarc 80134
10:08pm
Rose Without a Thorn Suite
Henry VIII of England
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
London 417524
10:20pm
Violin Sonata No. 1 in D, Op. 12/1
Ludwig van Beethoven
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
Lambert Orkis, piano
Deutsche Grammophon 457619
10:42pm
Enigma Variations, Op. 36
Sir Edward Elgar
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Georg Solti, conductor
London 452853
11:12pm
The Red Pony Suite
Aaron Copland
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Aaron Copland, conductor
CBS/Sony 47236
11:37pm
Les preludes
Franz Liszt
Berlin Symphony Orchestra
Claus Peter Flor, conductor
RCA 60119
11:54pm
Silver Ladders
Joan Tower
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Nonesuch 79245