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Street Shots Challenge
A guide for music played on WNYC-2
12:00am
Das Jahr (The Year): January and February
Fanny Mendelssohn
Sarah Rothenberg, piano
Arabesque 6666
12:07am
"Stop Searching" (Ne Nehledej)
Iva Bittova
Iva Bittova, voice and violin
Nonesuch 79455
12:21am
Transience
Jason Eckardt
Makoto Nakura, marimba
Private collection Private collection
12:29am
Uncommon Ritual
Edgar Meyer
Edgar Meyer, double bass
Bela Fleck, banjo
Mike Marshall, mandolin
CBS/Sony 62891
12:35am
NYC Playground
Kevin James
Young People's Chorus of New York
Francisco J. Nunez, conductor
Extension Ensemble
Eli Bunzel, soprano
Mitchell Schor, soprano
Vital Records VR2017
12:45am
Fu
Ge Gan-ru
Ying Quartet
Telarc 80690
12:57am
Moy Mell (An Irish Tone-Poem)
Arnold Bax
Ashley Wass, piano
Martin Roscoe, piano
Naxos 8.570413
1:07am
Spem in alium
Thomas Tallis
Kronos Quartet
Nonesuch 79242
1:16am
After Spring
Bun-Ching Lam
Thomasa Eckert, piano
Bun-Ching Lam, piano
New World/CRI 726
1:30am
Four Roses
Annie Gosfield
Annie Gosfield, sampling keyboard
Ted Mook, celo
Tzadik 7040
1:36am
Tabula rasa
Arvo Part
Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra
Saulius Sondeckis, conductor
Gidon Kremer, violin
Tatiana Grindenko, violin
Alfred Schnittke, prepared piano
ECM 1275
2:04am
In the Country of Last Things
Heiner Goebbels
Junge Deutsche Philharmonie
Peter Rundel, conductor
Jocelyn B. Smith, vocals
David Moss, vocals
ECM 1688
2:09am
The Horatian - Three Songs
Heiner Goebbels
Junge Deutsche Philharmonie
Peter Rundel, conductor
Jocelyn B. Smith, vocals
ECM 1688
2:26am
Esquina
Dino Saluzzi
Dino Saluzzi, bandoneon
Anja Lechner, cello
ECM 1991
2:36am
Chaconne, Op. 32
Carl Nielsen
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
Virgin 45129
2:45am
On the Transmigration of Souls
John Adams
New York Philharmonic
Lorin Maazel, conductor
New York Choral Artists
Brooklyn Youth Chorus
Nonesuch 79816
3:10am
4 Mod 4 (1998)
Lawrence Fritts
Gro Sandvik, flute
Yasmin Flores, clarinet
Albany 956
3:19am
String Quartet No. 13 in B flat Major, Op. 130 (mvmts. 1-5)
Ludwig van Beethoven
Takacs Quartet
London/Decca 470849
3:54am
Five Songs
Charles Ives
Orchestra of St. Luke's
John Adams, conductor
Dawn Upshaw, soprano
Elektra/Nonesuch 979249-2
4:03am
Six Folk Song Arrangements
Samuel Barber
Samuel Barber, baritone and piano
Bridge 9156
4:16am
Ballade for Trombone and Piano
Eric Ewazen
James C. Lebens, trombone
Eric Ewazen, piano
Albany Records TROY 954
4:30am
Ma Mere l'Oye
Maurice Ravel
Berlin Philharmonic
Pierre Boulez, conductor
Deutsche Grammophon 439859
4:59am
Piano Sonata No. 5 in F-sharp, Op. 53
Alexander Scriabin
Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano
Hyperion 67131
5:00am
Sales Tax Toddle
Traditional
Hesperus
Golden Apple Records 7553
5:02am
Lava
Daniel Bernard Roumain
DBR
Thirsty Ear 71792
5:06am
"Dancing with the Moon"
Min Xiao-Fen
Min Xiao-Fen's Blue Pipa Trio
Min Xiao-Fen, pipa, vocal
Steve Salerno, guitar
Mark Hellas, bass
Blue Pipa, Inc. April 12, 2007
5:11am
"Eight Chinese Folk Songs"
Zhou Long, arranger
Shanghai String Quartet
Delos 3233
5:27am
Das Kathchen von Heilbronn, op. 17: Overture
Hans Pfitzner
Berlin German Opera Orchestra
Christian Thielemann, conductor
Deutsche Grammophon 449571
5:43am
Imke's
Sylvie Courvoisier
Sylvie Courvoisier, piano
Eric Friedlander, cello
Mark Feldman, violin
ECM 1839
5:45am
Common Tones in Simple Time
John Adams
San Francisco Symphony
Edo de Waart, conductor
Nonesuch 79144
6:06am
North American Ballads: Dreadful Memories
Frederick Rzewski
Lisa Moore, piano
Cantaloupe 21014
6:10am
Suite pastorale
Emmanuel Chabrier
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
Deutsche Grammophon 447751
6:29am
Old Tyme
Edgar Meyer
Edgar Meyer, double bass
Mike Marshall, mandolin
Bela Fleck, banjo
CBS/Sony 62891
6:32am
halfway there
Adam Unsworth
Adam Unsworth, horn
Diane Monroe, violin
Les Thimmig, bass clarinet, flute, alto flute
Tony Miceli, vibraphone
Ranaan Meyer, bass
Cornell Rochester, drums
Unsworth n/a
6:44am
Prelude No. 1 - Andante
Ruth Crawford Seeger
Continuum
Cheryl Seltzer, piano
Naxos 8.559197
6:45am
Critical Moments 2
George Perle
Eighth Blackbird
Cedille 67
6:56am
Three Fantasy Movements
Shulamit Ran
English Chamber Orchestra
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Nina Flyer, cello
KOCH International 7269
7:18am
Five for Violin and Piano
Ralph Shapey
Miranda Cuckson, violin
Blair McMillen, piano
Centaur 2900
7:29am
"A Dance Poem"
Alexander von Zemlinsky
Gurzenich Orchestra
James Conlon, conductor
Angel/EMI 56474
8:04am
Piano Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 25
Johannes Brahms
Amadeus Quartet
Murray Perahia, piano
CBS/Sony 42361
8:45am
Lord Fitzwilliam Suite
William Byrd
Boulder Brass
Dorian 93204
8:56am
Piano Sonata No. 6, Op. 62
Alexander Scriabin
Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano
Hyperion 67131
9:07am
Four Wedding Dances
Gyorgy Ligeti
Rosemary Hardy, soprano
Eva Wedin, soprano
Malena Ernman, mezzo-soprano
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano
Sony Classical SK 62311
9:12am
Images for Orchestra
Claude Debussy
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
James Levine, conductor
CBS/Sony 53284
9:47am
Ergodos I
James Tenney
computer music
mode 185
9:50am
Parajota Delate (1988)
Tania Leon
Continuum
CRI 662
9:53am
Midnight Heat
Band arrangement
New York City "All-City" High School Marching Band
Douglas Ocharsky, conductor
NYC Dept. of Ed.
9:56am
Tsmindao Ghmerto
Anonymous
Maya Beiser, cello, vocals
Koch 3-7464-2 HI
10:03am
Rites V
Burnt Sugar
Burnt Sugar
Lawrence Butch Morris
Avantgroid 0301
10:10am
"Enchanted Summer"
Sir Arnold Bax
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Vernon Handley, conductor
Anne Williams-King, soprano
Lynore McWhirter, soprano
Barry Griffiths, violin
Brighton Festival Chorus
Chandos 10366
10:38am
Sesto tono sobre fa ut mi re
Luys de Narvaez
Pablo Marquez, guitar
ECM 1958
10:41am
Ondas
Clarice Assad
Clarice Assad, piano and vocals
Assad 01
10:44am
Entr'acte
Jacques Ibert
Michala Petri, recorder
Lars Hannibal, guitar
OUR Recordings 8226900
10:47am
Chaconne (1963)
Sofia Gubaidulina
Beatrice Rauchs, piano
BIS 853
10:56am
Symphony No. 3 (Part One)
Gustav Mahler
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
Michelle DeYoung, mezzo-soprano
Peter Norton, trombone
Philip Collins, posthorn
May Festival Chorus
Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music Children's Choir
Telarc 80481
11:55am
Septet in E-flat, Op. 20
Ludwig van Beethoven
Nash Ensemble
Virgin 61409
12:55pm
Le marriage force: Suite
Jean-Baptiste Lully
New York Kammermusiker (Double Reed Ensemble)
Ilonna Pederson, conductor
Dorian 90189
1:04pm
Pictures at an Exhibition
Modest Moussorgsky
Ivo Pogorelich, piano
Deutsche Grammophon 437667
1:46pm
A Shropshire Lad
George Butterworth
English Symphony Orchestra
William Boughton, conductor
Nimbus 5210
1:57pm
Tulsa: A Symphonic Portrait in Oil
Don Gillis
Sinfonia Varsovia
Ian Hobson, conductor
Albany Records TROY933
2:07pm
Symphony No. 2
Stephen Hartke
Riverside Symphony
George Rothman, conductor
New World Records 80533-2
2:33pm
Sinfonia Sacra
Andrzej Panufnik
Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra
John Storgards, conductor
Ondine ODE 1101-5
2:59pm
Sales Tax Toddle
Traditional
Hesperus
Golden Apple Records 7553
3:01pm
Tomorrow
Bernice Johnson Reagon
Sweet Honey in the Rock
Flying Fish 366
3:05pm
Workers Union
Louis Andriessen
Bang on a Can All-Stars
Cantaloupe 21012
3:22pm
Solo (1961)
Robert Helps
Naomi Niskala, piano
Albany 958
3:26pm
Tubicinate
David Smith
David Smith Quintet
David Smith, trumpet
Seamus Blake, saxophone
Nate Radley, guitar
David Ephross, bass
Mark Ferber, drums
Fresh Sound FSNT 267
3:31pm
Microtonal Raga 4
John Cage
Amelia Cuni, dhrupad vocals
Federico Sanesi, percussion
Other Minds OM 1010-2 CD
3:35pm
Sonata for Harp and Piano
Carlos Salzedo
Yolanda Kondonassis, harp
Katherine Brown, piano
Telarc 80691
3:48pm
String Quartet Set
Lou Harrison
Kronos Quartet
CRI 613
4:00pm
Piano Sonata No. 1
Charles Ives
Rene Eckhardt, piano
Radio Nederlands 93004
4:35pm
Ophelia
John Cage
American Festival of Microtonal Music Ensemble
Joshua Pierce, piano and prepared piano
Robert White, tenor
ants AG06
4:40pm
Prospectors Quartet
Jonny Greenwood
Emperor Quartet
Nonesuch 369020-2
4:44pm
Piccolo Play in Homage to Couperin
Thea Musgrave
Susan Glaser, piccolo
Robert Markham, piano
KOCH International 7396
4:59pm
Music for Pieces of Wood
Steve Reich
Laszlo Gooz, clave
Hungaroton 12545
5:08pm
neon
Tansy Davies
London Sinfonietta
David Porcelijn, conductor
London Sinfonietta Label CD1-2006
5:19pm
Instrumental
Michael Gordon
Todd Reynolds, violin
Michael Gordon, keyboard
Nonesuch 79801
5:24pm
Touches
Leonard Bernstein
James Tocco, piano
Pro Arte 3109
5:33pm
Secluded Orchid
Zhou Long
Zhou Long, conductor
Wang Guowei, erhu
Chen Yihan, pipa
Fred Sherry, cello
Frank Cassara, percussion
Delos DE 3335
5:46pm
Static
Sebastian Currier
Paul Lustig Dunkel, flute
Derek Bermel, clarinet
Nicholas Kitchen, violin
Wilhelmina Smith, cello
Michael Boriskin, piano
Koch 77691
6:13pm
Jazz Etudes
Erwin Schulhoff
James Tocco, piano
ECM 1347/48
6:27pm
3 Strophes sur le nom de Sacher
Henri Dutilleux
Truls Mork, cello
Virgin Classics 7243 5 45502 2 5
6:36pm
Fantasia
Frederic Rzewski
Frederic Rzewski, piano
Nonesuch 79623-2
6:51pm
Clever Hans
David Soldier
Rebecca Cherry, violin
Karlos Rodriquez, cello
Michael Mizrahi, harpsichord
Mulatta Records MUL014
7:05pm
Octandre
Edgard Varese
The Contemporary Chamber Ensemble
Arthur Weisberg, conductor
Nonesuch 71269
7:12pm
Symphony No. 2 in B-flat, Op. 21
George W. Chadwick
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi, conductor
Chandos 9334
7:47pm
"Sequentia II"
Ezequiel Vinao
Absolute Ensemble
Kristjan Jarvi, conductor
Pablo Rieppi, timpani
Bis 1187
7:50pm
Dolcisima mia vita
Carlo Gesualdo
The Consort of Musicke
Anthony Rooley, conductor
Emma Kirkby, soprano
Evelyn Tubb, soprano
Mary Nichols, alto
Joseph Cornwell, tenor
Andrew King, tenor
Richard Wistreich, bass
Decca 475 9110
7:52pm
The Murder of Two Men by a Young Kid Wearing Lemon Colored Gloves
Kenneth Patchen
The Chamber Jazz Sextet
Kenneth Patchen, vocals
Rhino 70281
7:54pm
Piano Concerto No. 1 "Argentango"
Hubert Klyne Headley
Russian Philharmonic Orchestra
Dmitri Yablonsky, conductor
Anna Bogolyubova, piano
Naxos 8.559300
8:04pm
Down by the Riverside
Frederic Rzewski
Frederic Rzewski, piano
Nonesuch 79623-2
8:15pm
Symphony no. 4, Op. 29 "The Inextinguishable"
Carl Nielsen
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Davis, conductor
Virgin 91210
8:50pm
Forsaken Sea
Sekou Sundiata and Douglas Booth
Sekou Sundiata
Mercury 314 534 397-2
8:54pm
Intimations
Ken Schaphorst
Ken Schaphorst Big Band
Ken Schaphorst, conductor
John Dirac, guitar
JCA Recordings ACCU-4201
8:59pm
Joey
Nick Drake
Christopher O'Riley, piano
World Village 468066
9:05pm
Raising the Gaze
Peter Lieberson
Boston Musica Viva
Richard Pittman, conductor
Neuma 450-79
9:12pm
Violin Sonata No. 4, "Children's Day at the Camp Meeting"
Charles Ives
Jaime Laredo, violin
Ann Schein, piano
Phoenix 136
9:23pm
Radiophonie No 2
Sylvain Chauveau
Luca Miti, pianoforte
ants ag10
9:28pm
Two Ricercadas
Diego Ortiz
Piers Adams, recorder
Julia Bishop, violin
Angela East, viola da gamba
Angela East, bass violin
Julian Rhodes, keyboard
Dorian 93208
9:31pm
Liebe mir im Busen
Hugo Wolf
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, mezzo-soprano
Steven Blier, piano
Bridge 9228
9:33pm
Quintet for clarinet and strings
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich
David Shifrin, clarinet
Ida Kavafian, violin
Ani Kavafian, violin
Paul Neubauer, viola
Fred Sherry, cello
Delos 3183
9:51pm
Das Wohltemperierte Clavier, Book One: BWV 862-869
Johann Sebastian Bach
Glenn Gould, piano
CBS/Sony 42266
10:25pm
Three Songs from "Gomorra"
HK Gruber
London Mob Ensemble
H. K. Gruber, conductor
HK Gruber, chansonnier
EMI Classics 7243 5 56441 2 1
10:34pm
Passacaglia in d minor, BuxWV 161
Dietrich Buxtehude
Nicholas Danby, organ
Virgin 91139
10:40pm
Night Time
Sebastian Currier
Marie-Pierre Langlamet, harp
Jean-Claude Velin, violin
Koch 77691
10:57pm
Pavan and Galliard in six parts
William Byrd
Fretwork
Virgin 90795
11:01pm
D&C
Heiner Goebbels
Junge Deutsche Philharmonie
Peter Rundel, conductor
ECM 1688
11:13pm
Piano Sonata No. 7, Op. 64, "Messe Blanche"
Alexander Scriabin
Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano
Hyperion 67131
11:24pm
Suiet for Five Wind Instruments and Piano
Ruth Crawford Seeger
Continuum
Joel Sachs, conductor
Jayn Rosenfeld, flute
Marsha Heller, oboe
John Craig Barker, clarinet
Daniel Grabois, French horn
Cynde Iverson, bassoon
Cheryl Seltzer, piano
Naxos 8.559197
11:34pm
Pezzo Fantasioso
Isang Yun
Angela Chun, violin
Jennifer Chun, violin
Harmonia Mundi 907444
11:44pm
Greeting Prelude
Igor Stravinsky
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Igor Stravinsky, conductor
CBS/Sony 45525
11:45pm
Big Country
Bela Fleck
Edgar Meyer, double bass
Mike Marshall, mandolin
Bela Fleck, banjo
CBS/Sony 62891
11:49pm
Agnus Dei
Pierre de Manchicourt
Tone Elisabeth Braaten, soprano
Ingrid Hanken, soprano
Edda Rydh, mezzo-soprano
Narianne Beate Kielland, mezzo soprano
Per Kristian Amundrod, tenor
Frank Havroy, bariton
Chandos 5050
11:51pm
Champagne and Rice
Greg Pliska
Gowanus Radio Orchestra
Pliska Records 01
11:53pm
Eat Him By His Own Light
Jonny Greenwood
Martin Burgess, violin
Caroline Dale, cello
Michael Dussek, piano
Nonesuch 369020-2