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12:00am
Passacaglia ungherese
Gyorgy Ligeti
Elisabeth Chojnacka, harpsichord
Sony Classical SK 62307
12:06am
Eine Alpensinfonie, Op. 64
Richard Strauss
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Christian Thielemann, conductor
Deutsche Grammophon 469519
1:00am
36 Variations on "The People United Will Never Be Defeated!"
Frederic Rzewski
Frederic Rzewski, piano
Nonesuch 79623-2
2:04am
Partita in E major, BWV 995
Johann Sebastian Bach
Paul O'Dette, baroque lute
harmonia mundi 907438
2:27am
Utah Dances
David Soldier
Michael Swartz, alto saxophone
Mulatta Records MUL014
2:39am
"Fog Tropes II" in F
Ingram Marshall
Kronos Quartet
Nonesuch 79613
2:50am
Nickolaievski Soldat
Annie Gosfield
Annie Gosfield, sampling keyboard
Roger Kleier, electric guitar
Jim Pugliese, percussion
Christine Bard, percussion
Tzadik 7040
2:57am
Inscape
Aaron Copland
American Symphony Orchestra
Leon Botstein, conductor
New World Records 80631
3:10am
Symphony No. 1, "Sea Symphony"
Ralph Vaughan Williams
London Symphony Orchestra
Bryden Thomson, conductor
London Symphony Chorus
Yvonne Kenny, soprano
Brian Rayner Cook, baritone
Roderick Elms, organ
Chandos 8764
4:16am
Cello Sonata, Op. 8
Zoltan Kodaly
Pieter Wispelwey, cello
Channel Classics 15398
4:50am
Concerto in G minor RV 332
Antonio Vivaldi
Il Giardino Armonico
Giovanni Antonini, conductor
Enrico Onofri, violin
Teldec 97671
5:00am
The Sleepwalker
Raymond Scott
The Beau Hunks Sextette
basta 30-90362
5:02am
Snow Samba
Paquito D'Rivera
New York Voices
Claudio Roditi, trumpet
Paquito D' Rivera, alto saxophone, clarinet
Kim Nazarian, lead vocal
Darmon Meader, scat solo
mcg jazz MCGJ1010
5:08am
Diferencias sobre Conde Claros
Luys de Narvaez
Pablo Marquez, guitar
ECM 1958
5:11am
The Hague Part II
Michael Gordon
Alarm will Sound
Alan Pierson, conductor
Cantaloupe CA21044
5:18am
Orodruin
Sylvie Courvoisier
Sylvie Courvoisier, piano
Mark Feldman, violin
Eric Friedlander, cello
ECM 1838
5:31am
Chain 3 for Orchestra
Witold Lutoslawski
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Witold Lutoslawski, conductor
Deutsche Grammophon 431 664-2
5:43am
Symphony No. 2 in C, Op. 61
Robert Schumann
Cleveland Orchestra
George Szell, conductor
CBS/Sony 62349
6:19am
Piano Concerto
Elliott Carter
SWF Symphony Orchestra
Michael Gielen, conductor
Ursula Oppens, piano
Arte Nova 27773
6:42am
String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp Minor, Op. 131
Ludwig van Beethoven
Emerson String Quartet
Deutsche Grammophon 447075
7:17am
Lollapalooza
John Adams
The Halle Orchestra
Kent Nagano, conductor
Nonesuch 79607-2
7:24am
Music for the Theatre
Aaron Copland
Orchestra of St. Luke's
Dennis Russell Davies, conductor
Music Masters 60162
7:47am
Sonata in G, K. 432
Domenico Scarlatti
Sergio and Odair Assad, guitars
Nonesuch 79292
7:49am
Poetica
Tristan Honsinger
Alexander von Schlippenbach, piano
Rudi Mahall, bass clarinet
Tristan Honsinger, cello
Paul Lovens, percussion
psi records psi 03.05
7:54am
One Touch of Venus: Speak Low
Kurt Weill
Hudson Shad
HudsonShad 01
7:57am
Variations on a Theme in Ancient Style
Carlos Salzedo
Ieuan Jones, harp
ASV 2111
8:05am
Candide
Leonard Bernstein
Unnamed orchestra
Eric Stern, conductor
Candide: Jason Danieley
Cunegonde: Harolyn Blackwell
Dr. Pangloss: Jim Dale
Old Lady: Andrea Martin
RCA 68835
9:17am
The Rose of the Winds
Stephen Hartke
Carolyn Huebl, violin
Juliana Athayde, violin
Miho Saegusa, violin
Allison Jones, violin
Beth Guterman, viola
Laura Renz, viola
Naxos 8.559201
9:30am
String Sextet in D major, Op. 10
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Concertante
Xiao-Dong Wang, violin
Lisa Shihoten, violin
Rachel Shapiro, viola
Ara Gregorian, viola
Alexis Pia Gerlach, cello
Zvi Plesser, cello
Kleos 5142
10:06am
Paraskeva
Iva Bittova
Nonesuch 79455
10:13am
Sonata for Violin and Piano
John Corigliano
Joshua Bell, violin
Jeremy Denk, piano
CBS/Sony 88060
10:36am
Microtonal Raga 2
John Cage
Amelia Cuni, dhrupad vocals
Raymond Kaczynski, percussion
Federico Sanesi, percussion
Other Minds OM 1010-2 CD
10:40am
A solis ortus cardine
Volker Schlott
Die 12 Cellisten Der Berliner Philharmoniker
EMI 57030
10:45am
Springdans fra Vestfold
Traditional Norwegian
Trio Mediaeval
Arr. Tone Krohn
ECM 2003
10:47am
Seven Tunes: The Drunken Fisherman
Bright Sheng
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
CBS/Sony 64114
10:51am
String Quartet no. 3, psalms of sorrow
Richard Danielpour
The American String Quartet
Randall Scarlata, bariton
Arabesque 6789
11:16am
Cello Concerto
Vernon Duke
Russian Philharmonic Orchestra
Dmitry Yablonsky
Sam Magill, cello
Naxos 8.559286
11:43am
Yi Feng (Lost Style)
Ge Gan-ru
Frank Su Huang, cello
New Albion 134
11:55am
Serenata
Dino Saluzzi
Dino Saluzzi, bandoneon
Anja Lechner, cello
ECM 1991
12:56pm
Passacaglia for Solo Violin
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
Michelle Makarski, violin
ECM 1587
1:06pm
Symphony No. 3 in D Minor
Anton Bruckner
Staatskapelle Dresden
Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor
Deutsche Grammophon 431684
2:05pm
String Quartet no 1 "Kreutzer"
Leos Janacek
Medici Quartet
Nimbus 5113
2:24pm
A Quiet Afternoon
Ned Rorem
Sahan Arzruni, piano
New World 80590
2:33pm
The Sleepwalker
Raymond Scott
The Beau Hunks Sextette
basta 30-90362
2:36pm
Diferencias sobre Conde Claros
Luys de Narvaez
Pablo Marquez, guitar
ECM 1958
2:39pm
Some Circles
Maria Schneider
Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra
Maria Schneider, conductor
Rich Perry, tenor saxophone, flute
enja ENJ 8048 2
2:45pm
Concerto for Flute and Orchestra, Op. 87A
Herman D. Koppel
Odense Symphony Orchestra
Paul Mann, conductor
Rune Most, flute
Da Capo 8.226032
3:03pm
Corcovado
Antonio Carlos Jobim
New York Voices
Paquito D' Rivera, alto saxophone, clarinet
Claudio Roditi, trumpet
mcg jazz MCGJ1010
3:11pm
Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat, Op. 107
Dmitri Shostakovich
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy, conductor
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
CBS/Sony 44903
3:38pm
Train Music
Percy Aldridge Grainger
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle, conductor
Angel/EMI 56412
3:40pm
Douce dame
Gautier de Coincy
The Harp Consort
Andrew Lawrence-King, conductor
Harmonia Mundi 907317
3:43pm
"Zippo Songs": 'Away From You'
Phil Kline
The Zippo Band
Cantaloupe 21019
3:46pm
"Zhao Jun Crosses the Frontier Pass"
Min Xiao-Fen
Min Xiao-Fen, pipa
Asphodel 0974
3:52pm
Ice-9 Ballads
Dave Soldier
Manhattan Chamber Orchestra
Richard Auldon Clark, conductor
Kurt Vonnegut, narrator
Mulatta 05
4:00pm
Interventions
Vijay Iyer
American Composers Orchestra
Dennis Russell Davies, conductor
Vijay Iyer, piano & electronics
ACO Archival Recording March 25, 2007
4:18pm
"Totem Ancestor"
John Cage
Philipp Vandre, piano
Mode 180
4:20pm
Bridge to the Beyond
John Zorn
John Zorn, piano and theremin
Mike Patton, voice
Marc Ribot, guitar
Trevor Dunn, bass
Cyro Baptista, percussion
Tzadik 7332
4:26pm
Etude No. 1 in C-sharp Minor, Op. 2/1
Alexander Scriabin
Emil Gilels, piano
MCA 32107
4:29pm
Hungarian Rock
Gyorgy Ligeti
Elisabeth Chojnacka, harpsichord
Sony Classical SK 62307
4:34pm
String Quartet no. 4, apparitions
Richard Danielpour
The American String Quartet
Arabesque 6789
5:02pm
How to Pray
David Lang
Audrey Riley, cello & hammond organ
Andrew Zolinsky, piano
James Woodrow, electric guitar
Nick Allum & Rob Allum, drums
Cantaloupe 21029
5:13pm
"The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind"
Osvaldo Golijov
Kronos Quartet
David Krakauer, clarinets
Nonesuch 79444
5:45pm
The Viola in My Life
Morton Feldman
Morton Feldman, conductor
Karen Phillips, viola
Paula Robison, flute
Raymond DesRoches, percussion
David Tudor, piano
Anahid Ajemian, violin
Seymour Barab, cello
CRI 620
6:14pm
All Together Now
Patrick Burke
NOW Ensemble
New Amsterdam n/a
6:19pm
There Will Be Blood
Jonny Greenwood
BBC Concert Orchestra
Robert Ziegler, conductor
Nonesuch 369020-2
6:22pm
Suite No. 2 for Strings
Lou Harrison
The New Professionals Orchestra
Rebecca Miller, conductor
Mode 140
6:33pm
Hoketus
Louis Andriessen
Bang on a Can All-Stars
Cantaloupe 21012
6:58pm
Proverb
Steve Reich
Theatre of Voices
Paul Hillier, conductor
Steve Reich Ensemble
Nonesuch 79430
7:12pm
Dead Man Walking: Don't say a word
Jake Heggie
San Francisco Opera Orchestra
Patrick Summers, conductor
Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano
John Packard, baritone
Frederica von Stade, mezzo-soprano
Erato 86238
7:20pm
Morning: Good
Anat Fort
Anat Fort, piano
Perry Robinson, clarinet / ocarina
Ed Schuller, double-bass
Paul Motian, drums
ECM 1994
7:27pm
"Plotinus (Ennead V. 8.4)"
Ezequiel Vinao
Absolute Ensemble
Kristjan Jarvi, conductor
Janet Youngdahl, soprano
Bis 1187
7:29pm
Starscape (1964)
Robert Helps
Naomi Niskala, piano
Albany 958
7:32pm
Charade
David Smith
David Smith Quintet
David Smith, trumpet
Seamus Blake, saxophone
Nate Radley, guitar
David Ephross, bass
Mark Ferber, drums
Fresh Sound FSNT 267
7:41pm
The Tempest: Incidental Music
Matthew Locke
Il Giardino Armonico
Giovanni Antonini, conductor
Teldec 21464
8:01pm
Three Gymnopedies
Erik Satie
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
London/Decca 473620
8:11pm
Serenade, Op. 31
Benjamin Britten
English String Orchestra
William Boughton, conductor
Jerry Hadley, tenor
Anthony Halstead, horn
Nimbus 5234
8:35pm
Earlier Departure
Glauco Sagebin
Glauco Sagebin, piano
Santi Debriano, bass
Paulo Braga, drums
Blue Toucan Music N/A
8:40pm
"Handarma"
Mongolian Folk Music
Hungaroton 18013/14
8:42pm
Terpsichore: Philou
Michael Praetorius
New London Consort
Philip Pickett, conductor
Decca 475 9101
8:45pm
The Chicken's Shadow
Dan Plonsey
Dan Plonsey, saxophone, keyboards, vocals
Felmay 7015
8:51pm
String Quartet in F, Op. 3/5, Serenade
Franz Joseph Haydn
Kodaly Quartet
Naxos 555704
9:07pm
Khaen/Violin Duo #6
Jaron Lanier
Jaron Lanier, khaen
Barbara Higbie, violin
POINT 442132
9:13pm
String Quintet No.2 in G, Op. 111
Johannes Brahms
Zukerman Chamber Players
altara 1011
9:44pm
Perfume Song
Steve Nieve
Muriel Teodori, Director
Sting, as Dionysos
Barbara Bonney, Opera Singer
Deutsche Grammophon B0008745-02
9:49pm
Pinetops
Ronn McFarlane
Ronn McFarlane, lute
Mark Cudek, cittern
James Blachly, bass
Dorian DSL 90701
9:51pm
Closed Window
Okkyung Lee
Okkyung Lee, cello
John Hollenbeck, drums
Trevor Dunn, bass
Doug Wieselman, clarinet
Tzadik 7715
9:55pm
Piano Variations
Aaron Copland
Stephen Hough, piano
hyperion CDA67005
10:06pm
Glacia
Jon de Rosa
Jon de Rosa, electronics
Silber 12
10:19pm
Sekel
Sylvie Courvoisier
Sylvie Courvoisier, piano
Eric Friedlander, cello
Mark Feldman, violin
ECM 1839
10:21pm
MiYi Pattern
He Xuntian
Images of Sound Ensemble
He Xuntian
Seven Fingers Percussion Group
ZaTu Vocal Ensemble
Wind Music 9177
10:25pm
Reverberation
Vladimir Ussachevsky
Smithsonian Folkways 6160
10:26pm
Three Strickes
Wayne Horvitz
Wayne Horvitz, piano and drum machine
Butch Morris, cornet, marimba and drum machine
Robert Previte, drums, marimba and piano
Sound Aspects 014
10:29pm
Concerto No. 1 in A minor for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 99
Dmitri Shostakovich
London Symphony Orchestra
Maxim Shostakovich, conductor
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin
EMI CDC 54314
11:08pm
Come, Heavy Sleep
John Dowland
Boston Camerata
Joel Cohen, conductor
Erato 12704
11:12pm
Twelve German Dances for Orchestra, WoO 8
Ludwig van Beethoven
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Sir Neville Marriner, conductor
Deutsche Grammophon 453713
11:32pm
Slate
Michael Torke
London Sinfonietta
Kent Nagano, conductor
James Pugliese, xylophone
Edmund Niemann, piano
Nurit Tilles, piano
Argo 430 209-2
11:41pm
"Child": 'My Very Empty Mouth'
David Lang
Sentieri Selvaggi
Cantaloupe 21013
11:54pm
Walls of Waves
Loop 2.4.3
Loop 2.4.3
Thomas Kozumplik, percussion
Lorne Watson, percussion
Loop 2.4.3 2007 Loop 2.4.3 2007
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