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A guide for music played on WNYC-2
12:00am
I'm Tired
Traditional
Bright Light Quartet
Smithsonian Folkways 827
12:03am
Come to me, soothing sleep
George Frederick Handel
Kathleen Ferrier, contralto
Angel/EMI 66963
12:07am
Come, Heavy Sleep
John Dowland
Boston Camerata
Joel Cohen, conductor
Erato 12704
12:11am
Come, Heavy Sleep
John Dowland
John Potter, tenor
ECM 1697
12:17am
Flute Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, RV 104, La notte
Antonio Vivaldi
Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble
Dan Laurin, recorder
BIS 635
12:25am
She is Asleep
John Cage
Sabine Meyer, voice
Marco Dalpane, piano
ants AG13
12:32am
Night Fantasies
Elliott Carter
Charles Rosen, piano
EtCetera 1008
12:54am
Verklarte Nacht, Op. 4 (Transfigured Night)
Arnold Schoenberg
Berlin Soloists
Teldec 46277
1:23am
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
Dylan Thomas
Dylan Thomas, vocals
Caedmon 79083
1:25am
Dream Sequence
Andrew Imbrie
Parnassus
Anthony Korf, conductor
New World 80441
1:49am
Three Nocturnes
Claude Debussy
Philharmonia Orchestra
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Ambrosian Singers
CBS/Sony 44645
2:17am
Traum-Formel (Dream Formula)
Karlheinz Stockhausen
Suzanne Stephens, bassett horn
Deutsche Grammophon 423378
2:25am
Quotation of Dream
Toru Takemitsu
Daisuke Suzuki, guitar
Brandon Ross, guitar, harp and vocals
Stomu Takeishi, guitars
Intoxicate 1009
3:25am
Nocturnes 11 - 19
Frederic Chopin
Maurizio Pollini, piano
Deutsche Grammophon 4775718
4:56am
Agon
Igor Stravinsky
New York City Ballet Orchestra
Robert Irving, conductor
Nonesuch 9 79135-2
5:00am
Manhattan Minuet
Raymond Scott
The Beau Hunks Sextette
basta 30-90362
5:02am
Alma redemptoris, K. 187
Johann Joseph Fux
Ensemble Caprice
Matthias Maute, director
Monika Mauch, soprano
atma ACD2 2347
5:06am
Les Anges
Erik Satie
Sabine Meyer, voice
Marco Dalpane, piano
ants AG13
5:08am
Piano Concerto No. 2
Ned Rorem
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Jose Serebrier, conductor
Simon Mulligan, piano
Naxos 8.559315
5:42am
Piano Sonata No. 4 in F-sharp, Op. 30
Alexander Scriabin
Emil Gilels, piano
MCA 32107
5:49am
Batey
Tania Leon
The Western Wind
Tania Leon, conductor
CRI 662
6:10am
Bridge of Light
Keith Jarrett
The Fairfield Orchestra
Thomas Crawford, conductor
Patricia McCarty, viola
ECM 1450
6:27am
Passacaglia for Solo Violin
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
Michelle Makarski, violin
ECM 1587
6:37am
Now is a Ship
Judith Weir
Young People's Chorus of New York
Francisco J. Nunez, conductor
Perspectives Ensemble
Vital Records VR2017
6:38am
Tone Cloud II
Michael Harrison
Michael Harrison, piano
Cantaloupe 21043
6:47am
By the River
Edgar Meyer
Edgar Meyer, double bass
Mike Marshall, mandolin
Bela Fleck, banjo
CBS/Sony 62891
6:51am
Piano Sonata, No. 2
Paul Hindemith
Allison Brewster Franzetti, Piano
NAXOS 8.570401
7:03am
"Three Songs for Pipa and Cello"
Bright Sheng
Wu Man, pipa
Nicholas Tzavaris, cello
BIS 1138
7:15am
Septet in E-flat, Op. 20
Ludwig van Beethoven
Nash Ensemble
Virgin 61409
7:55am
Twelve Gates to the City
Traditional
Gary Davis, guitar and vocals
Prestige 547
7:58am
Etude No. 4
Philip Glass
Philip Glass, piano
Orange Mountain Music 0009
8:02am
Mass in C Minor, K. 427 ("Great")
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Raymond Leppard, conductor
Ilena Cotrubas,soprano
Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano
Werner Krenn, tenor
Hans Sotin, bass
John Alldis Choir
Angel/EMI 79524
9:02am
Kafka Songs
Lisa Bielawa
Carla Kihlstedt, violin, voice
Tzadik TZ 8039
9:24am
Poco a poco
Sylvie Courvoisier
Mark Feldman, violin
Eric Friedlander, cello
ECM 1838
9:33am
Intermezzo
Hans Haass
player piano
Musikproduktion Dabringhaus und Grimm 645 1404-2
9:38am
Let The Florid Music Praise
Benjamin Britten
Francis John Vogt, tenor
Ginger Yang Hwalek, piano
Capstone Records CPS-8702
9:42am
Music for Piano, No. 3
Toshi Ichiyanagi
Steffen Schleiermacher, piano
MDG MDG 613 1385-2
9:47am
A Flower (WNYC Summerstage 1992)
John Cage
Joan La Barbara, vocalist
WNYC New York Public Radio Summerstage 1992
9:51am
String Quintet No.2 in G, Op. 111
Johannes Brahms
Zukerman Chamber Players
altara 1011
10:23am
String Quartet No. 4, "Silent Temple"
Bright Sheng
BIS 1138
10:36am
Just Now, Var. 1
Anat Fort
Anat Fort, piano
Perry Robinson, clarinet / ocarina
Ed Schuller, double-bass
Paul Motian, drums
ECM 1994
10:41am
Sicilienne, Op. 78
Gabriel Faure
Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute
Marielle Nordmann, harp
CBS/Sony 44552
10:44am
Introduction and Fugue
Mark Zuckerman
Seattle Sinfonia
Joel Eric Suben, conductor
MSR 1223
10:50am
"The Future of Fire"
Zhou Long
Singapore Symphony Orchestra
Lan Shui, conductor
The Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Singapore
Bis 1322
10:56am
Symphony No. 1
Kurt Weill
Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen
Antony Beaumont, conductor
Chandos 5046
11:19am
Circumstance
David Smith
David Smith Quintet
David Smith, trumpet
Seamus Blake, saxophone
Nate Radley, guitar
David Ephross, bass
Mark Ferber, drums
Fresh Sound FSNT 267
11:29am
Orphee-Serenade
William Bolcom
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Deutsche Grammophon 435 389-2
11:49am
The River
Virgil Thomson
Philharmonia Virtuosi
Richard Kapp, conductor
ESS.A.Y 1005
12:58pm
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
1:10pm
Symphony No. 2 in C, Op. 61
Robert Schumann
Philharmonia Orchestra
Christian Thielemann, conductor
Deutsche Grammophon 453482
1:52pm
Mutations from Bach
Samuel Barber
Summit Brass
Summit 218
1:58pm
Junge Fischerin
Friedrich Nietzsche
John Aler, tenor
John Bell Young, piano
Newport 85535
2:02pm
Piano Concerto
Aaron Copland
Symphony of the Air
Aaron Copland, conductor
Earl Wild, piano
Vanguard 03
2:18pm
String Quartet No. 13 in B flat Major, Op. 130 (mvmts. 1-5)
Ludwig van Beethoven
Takacs Quartet
London/Decca 470849
2:51pm
Manhattan Minuet
Raymond Scott
The Beau Hunks Sextette
basta 30-90362
2:54pm
Alma redemptoris, K. 187
Johann Joseph Fux
Ensemble Caprice
Matthias Maute, director
Monika Mauch, soprano
atma ACD2 2347
2:58pm
Les Anges
Erik Satie
Sabine Meyer, voice
Marco Dalpane, piano
ants AG13
3:00pm
Sons of Noah
Stephen Hartke
Xtet
Donald Crockett, conductor
Lisa Stidham, soprano
New World Records 80568-2
3:30pm
Three Movements for Orchestra
Steve Reich
London Symphony Orchestra
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Nonesuch 79295
3:45pm
Xaracas; El Cascabel (Son Jarocho)
Lucas Ruiz de Ribayaz
Constantinople
Kiya Tabassian, requinto, vocals
Teresita de Jesus Islas, jarana, vocals, dance
atma ACD2 2567
3:54pm
Three Jamaican Dances
Oswald Russell
William Chapman Nyaho, piano
MSR Classics MS 1091
4:00pm
Verklarte Nacht
Arnold Schoenberg
Les Dissonances
David Grimal, violin
ambroisie am110
4:26pm
Octet
Stephen Kemp
The Queen's Chamber Band
Capstone 8733
4:39pm
Cello Concerto No. 1, Op. 65
Jouni Kaipainen
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Hannu Lintu, conductor
Marko Ylonen, cello
Ondine 1062
5:16pm
The Girl in the Magnesium Dress
Frank Zappa
Ensemble Modern
Peter Rundel, conductor
Barking Pumpkin R2 71600
5:21pm
a moment for Nick Drake
Caleb Burhans
itsnotyouitsme
Caleb Burhans, electric violin, voice
Grey McMurray, electric guitar
New Amsterdam n/a
5:28pm
Yawp
Belinda Reynolds
Sergio Puccini, guitar
Innova 653
5:36pm
Tres Danzas para Clavecin
Barbara Harbach
Barbara Harbach, harpsichord
Gasparo 290
5:43pm
Voci (Folk Songs II)
Luciano Berio
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
Dennis Russell Davies, conductor
Kim Kashkashian, viola
ECM 1735
6:15pm
In nomine a5 (IV) [instrumental]
William Byrd
Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford
Bill Ives, director
Fretwork
harmonia mundi 907440
6:18pm
Etudes, Book I: "In Trills"
Ezequiel Vinao
Ju-Ying Song, piano
ProPiano 224511
6:24pm
Glorious Hill
Gavin Bryars
Hilliard Ensemble
ECM 1533
6:36pm
Soul for String Quartet and Pipa
Zhou Long
Shanghai String Quartet
Min Xiao-Fen, pipa & ruan
Delos 3233
6:48pm
Proverb
Steve Reich
Theatre of Voices
Paul Hillier, conductor
Steve Reich Ensemble
Nonesuch 79430
7:03pm
Sonata No. 2
Paul Hindemith
Sviatoslav Richter, piano
Pyramid Records 13497
7:14pm
Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830
Johann Sebastian Bach
Rosalyn Tureck, piano
VAI 1040
7:45pm
Fantasia (ancora?)
Robert Stern
Barbara Harbach, harpsichord
Gasparo 290
7:49pm
Romance Oubliee S 132a Forgotten Romance
Franz Liszt
Nobuko Imai, viola
Roland Pontinen, piano
BIS 829
7:54pm
Fayetteville
Daniel Bernard Roumain
DBR
Christian A Davis AKA DJ Scientific
Thirsty Ear 71792
7:56pm
Breakfast Rhythms II
Joan Tower
Ensemble 21
Robert Spring, clarinet
Summit 124
8:05pm
Crystal Silence
Chick Corea
Uncredited Orchestra
Chick Corea, piano
MNJ 001
8:14pm
Seven Tunes: Guessing Song
Bright Sheng
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
CBS/Sony 64114
8:15pm
Etude No. 8
Philip Glass
Philip Glass, piano
Orange Mountain Music 0009
8:20pm
Liebe mir im Busen
Hugo Wolf
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, mezzo-soprano
Steven Blier, piano
Bridge 9228
8:21pm
"Blue Pipa"
Min Xiao-Fen
Min Xiao-Fen, pipa
ACO Archival Recording March 25, 2007
8:27pm
Missa Pro Defunctis
Orlando di Lasso
The Hilliard Ensemble
David James, countertenor
Rogers Covey-Crump, tenor
John Potter, tenor
Gordon Jones, baritone
ECM 1658
9:01pm
North Hungarian Peasant Songs and Dances, Op. 5
Miklos Rozsa
Philippe Quint, violin
William Wolfram, piano
naxos 8.570190
9:10pm
Stille Musik
Valentin Silvestrov
Munich Chamber Orchestra
Christoph Poppen
ECM 1988
9:21pm
Fado Das Horas Incertas/Fado of Uncertain Hours
Jorge Fernando
Ana Moura, voice
Jorge Fernando, guitar
Harmonia mundi 468072
9:23pm
Landscape
Andrzej Panufnik
Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra
John Storgards, conductor
Ondine ODE 1101-5
9:31pm
Sing Along
Judd Greenstein
NOW Ensemble
New Amsterdam n/a
9:38pm
Quodlibet, Op. 9
Kurt Weill
Bremen Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra
Antony Beaumont, conductor
Chandos 5046
10:00pm
Borinage
Michael Gordon
Alarm will Sound
Alan Pierson, conductor
Cantaloupe CA21044
10:08pm
Orodruin
Sylvie Courvoisier
Sylvie Courvoisier, piano
Mark Feldman, violin
Eric Friedlander, cello
ECM 1838
10:21pm
Songs My Mother Taught Me, Op. 55/4
Antonin Dvorak
Antonio Janigro, cello
Antonio Beltrami, piano
Vanguard 80
10:23pm
"A Black November Turkey"
John Corigliano
Corigliano Quartet
Naxos 559180
10:26pm
Musica nostalgica
Alfred Schnittke
David Geringas, cello
Tatjana Geringas, piano
Hanssler 08002
10:29pm
Les Travaux et les Jours
Tristan Murail
Marilyn Nonken, piano
Metier 92097
11:08pm
Mandolin Concerto in G, S. 28
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
London Mozart Players
Howard Shelley, conductor
Alison Stephens, mandolin
Chandos 9925
11:26pm
Dialogue for Viola and Orchestra
Laurent Petitgirard
Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine
Laurent Petitgirard, conductor
Gerard Causse, viola
Naxos 8.557602
11:49pm
Concerto in Slendro
Lou Harrison
Robert Hughes, conductor
Daniel Kobialka, violin
Machiko Kobialka, tack piano
James Barbagallo, tack piano
Patricia Jennerjohn, celesta
Don Marconi, percussion
Jerome Neff, percussion
CRI 613
11:59pm
Festive Overture
Dmitri Shostakovich
Russian Federal Orchestra
Vakhtang Jordania, conductor
Angelok 9932