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12:00am
James
Improvisation
Catherine Sikora, saxophone
Ziv Ravitz, drums
12:03am
Piano Sonata no. 33 in c minor
Franz Joseph Haydn
Zoltan Kocsis, piano
Hungaraton 11618
12:18am
Nor Spell Nor Charm
Jacob Druckman
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Deutsche Grammophon 435 389-2
12:34am
Tierkreis
Karlheinz Stockhausen
Volker Hemken, bass clarinet
Steffen Schleiermacher, piano
MDG 613 1451-2
1:02am
Mass No. 2 in D Minor
Luigi Cherubini
Bach-Collegium Stuttgart
Helmut Rilling, conductor
Gachinger Kantoriei, Stuttgart
Pamela Coburn, soprano
Cornelia Kallisch, alto
Martin Thompson, tenor
Jacob Will, bass
Hanssler 98981
2:15am
Suite for Solo Violin
William Bolcom
Philip Ficsor, violin
Albany Records TROY 959/60
2:29am
Songs of the Shining Wind
Robert Kyr
Ensemble P. A. N.
Laurie Monahan, mezzo soprano
Michael Collver, countertenor
John Fleagle, tenor
Crawford Young, lute
Shira Kammen, vielle
New Albion 075
3:03am
Different Trains
Steve Reich
Kronos Quartet
Astree/Naive 782167
3:30am
"Piano and String Quartet"
Morton Feldman
Kronos Quartet
Aki Takahashi, piano
Nonesuch 79320
4:50am
"Lachrimae Caravaggio": Statio II
Jordi Savall
Le Concert des Nations
Jordi Savall, conductor
Hesperion XXI
Alia Vox 9852
5:00am
The Housatonic at Stockbridge
Charles Ives
Continuum
Joel Sachs, conductor
Naxos 8.559194
5:03am
Anticipation/Dream of Peace
C. Dufallo and J. Bilagody
Ethel
Truck Stop Project n/a
5:08am
Regina caeli
Cristobal de Morales
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
5:14am
Serenade for Strings, Op. 1
Samuel Barber
San Diego Chamber Orchestra
Donald Barra, conductor
KOCH International 7206
5:23am
Flute Concerto
Henri Lazarof
New Philharmonia of London
Henri Lazarof, conductor
James Galway, flute
CRI 588
5:41am
Octavia
Sylvie Courvoisier
Sylvie Courvoisier, piano
Eric Friedlander, cello
Mark Feldman, violin
ECM 1839
5:45am
Sinfonietta ("Symphonic Phantasy")
Sir Arnold Bax
BBC Philharmonic
Vernon Handley, conductor
Chandos 10362
6:07am
Trumpet Concerto, "From the Wreckage"
Mark-Anthony Turnage
Gothenberg Symphony Orchestra
Peter Eotvos, conductor
Hakan Hardenberger, trumpet
Deutsche Grammophon 4776150
6:22am
Good By Macedonia
Traditional Macedonian
Kocani Orkestar
Paolo Fresu, trumpet/bugle/effects
Antonello Salis, piano/accordion
6:31am
Aguadate-Te Ao Chegar/Waits for You When You Arrive
Cristina Viana/Carlos Viana
Ana Moura, voice
Harmonia mundi 468072
6:34am
"Zippo Songs": 'My Dead Ass'
Phil Kline
The Zippo Band
Cantaloupe 21019
6:37am
Song of the Ghost of Carmen
Steve Nieve
Muriel Teodori, Director
Sting, as Dionysos
Sara Fulgoni, Ghost of Carmen
Deutsche Grammophon B0008745-02
6:43am
Cantata No. 23, "Du wahrer Gott und Davids Sohn," BWV 23
Johann Sebastian Bach
Stuttgart Bach Collegium
Helmut Rilling, conductor
Arlene Auger, soprano
Helen Watts, alto
Aldo Baldin, tenor
Niklaus Tuller, baritone
Gachinger Kantoriei, Stuttgart
Hanssler 98879
7:02am
Three Songs
Ruth Crawford Seeger
Continuum
Joel Sachs, conductor
Nan Hughes, mezzo-soprano
Marsha Heller, oboe
Erik Charlston, percussion
Cheryl Seltzer, piano
Naxos 8.559197
7:10am
Beyond the Mountains
P. Q. Phan
William F. Brooks, conductor
E. Michael Richards, clarinet
Julieta L. Mihai, violin
Leonardo G. Altino, cello
Kazuko Tonasaki, piano
New World
7:25am
O ceteris preambulis
Anonymous English
Trio Mediaeval
ECM 1753
7:28am
Amours, qui bien ses enchanter
Gautier de Coincy
The Harp Consort
Andrew Lawrence-King, conductor
Harmonia Mundi 907317
7:30am
The Little Land
David del Tredici
Young People's Chorus of New York
Francisco J. Nunez, conductor
Vital Records VR2017
7:36am
Recuerdos de viaje
Isaac Albeniz
Guillermo Gonzalez, piano
Naxos 8.570553
8:06am
Symphony No. 9 in C, D. 944, The Great
Franz Schubert
Cleveland Orchestra
George Szell, conductor
CBS/Sony 37239
8:53am
Piano Sonata No. 8, Op. 66
Alexander Scriabin
Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano
Hyperion 67131
9:05am
Trespass
Jason Eckardt
Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble
Timothy Weiss, conductor
Marilyn Nonken, pianist
Private collection Private collection
9:20am
Ge Xu (Antiphony)
Chen Yi
Foundation Philharmonic Orch.
David Snell, conductor
ATMA 2199
9:27am
Chai
Dorothy Lawson
Ethel
Cantalope 21037
9:31am
Nuages (Clouds)
Django Reinhardt
English Chamber Orchestra
Leslie Williams, conductor
Michael Conn, guitar
London 425201
9:36am
Paisajes
Federico Mompou
Carmen Bravo, piano
EMI 7 64470 2
9:45am
The Waves Roll on, Thundering and Shimmering (2005)
Joseph Dangerfield
Megan Luljak, flute
Stuart Breczinski
Albany 956
9:58am
Recollections (1959)
Robert Helps
Naomi Niskala, piano
Albany 958
10:11am
"Fog Tropes II" in F
Ingram Marshall
Kronos Quartet
Nonesuch 79613
10:22am
Night Fantasies
Elliott Carter
Charles Rosen, piano
EtCetera 1008
10:43am
Justitiae Domini rectae
Giovanni Palestrina
Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge
Richard Marlow, director
Chandos 0732
10:46am
Fascinating Rhythm
George Gershwin
Glauco Sagebin, piano
Santi Debriano, bass
Paulo Braga, drums
Blue Toucan Music N/A
10:50am
Wasserklavier (Water-piano) (1965)
Luciano Berio
David Arden, piano
New Albion 089
10:52am
Septet in E-flat, Op. 20
Ludwig van Beethoven
Melos Ensemble of London
Angel/EMI 69755
11:31am
Suien
Kazuo Fukushima
Steffen Schleiermacher, piano
MDG MDG 613 1385-2
11:40am
Masques et bergamasques, Op. 112
Gabriel Faure
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Deutsche Grammophon 449186
11:54am
Rituals
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich
Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra
Michael Stern, conductor
Naxos 559268
12:59pm
Zwei Dialoge mit Nachwort
Valentin Silvestrov
Munich Chamber Orchestra
Christoph Poppen
Alexei Lubimov, piano
ECM 1988
1:00pm
Sonata No. 1
Aribert Reimann
Matthew Rubenstein, piano
CPO 777236-2
1:12pm
Different Trains
Steve Reich
Kronos Quartet
Astree/Naive 782167
1:40pm
King Kong
Max Steiner
Moscow Symphony Orchestra
William T. Stromberg, conductor
Marco Polo 8223763
2:07pm
Two Pages
Philip Glass
Bang on a Can All-Stars
Cantaloupe 21016
2:35pm
Toccata
Laurel Firant
Leonore Hall, piano
Capstone Records 8758
2:42pm
Sonata for Violin and Piano
Scott Wheeler
Sharan Leventhal, violin
Randall Hodgkinson, piano
Newport Classic NPD 85672
3:03pm
Hymne an den heiligen Daniel (1997)
Krzysztof Pendercki
Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra
Antoni Wit, conductor
Izabela Keosinska, soprano
Agnieszka Rehlis, mezzo-soprano
Adam Zdunikowski, tenor
Piotr Nowacki, bass
Naxos 557980
3:15pm
"Physical Property"
Steven Mackey
Brentano String Quartet
Steven Mackey, electric guitar
Albany 588
3:31pm
The Red Pony Suite
Aaron Copland
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Aaron Copland, conductor
CBS/Sony 47236
3:57pm
String Quartet No. 1 (1987)
Benedict Mason
The Arditti Quartet
Bridge 9045
4:33pm
Concerto for Orchestra
Joan Tower
Colorado Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor
KOCH International 7469
5:02pm
Palestrina: Prelude to Act I
Hans Pfitzner
Berlin German Opera Orchestra
Christian Thielemann, conductor
Deutsche Grammophon 449571
5:10pm
Icaria 2
Sylvie Courvoisier
Sylvie Courvoisier, piano
Eric Friedlander, cello
Mark Feldman, violin
ECM 1839
5:13pm
O.J. Bin Laden
Gutbucket
Gutbucket
Cantaloupe 21021
5:16pm
The Housatonic at Stockbridge
Charles Ives
Continuum
Joel Sachs, conductor
Naxos 8.559194
5:20pm
Dawg's Bull
David Grisman
Quartet San Francisco
ViolinJazz Recordings JCCD105
5:24pm
"A Dance Poem"
Alexander von Zemlinsky
Gurzenich Orchestra
James Conlon, conductor
Angel/EMI 56474
5:59pm
Sky
Okkyung Lee
Okkyung Lee, cello
Tzadik 7715
6:06pm
Electric Guitar Phase
Steve Reich
Dominic Frasca, electric guitar
Nonesuch 79546
6:21pm
Terpsichore: Dance Suite
Michael Praetorius
Early Music Consort of London
David Munrow, conductor
Angel/EMI 69024
6:43pm
Noli Me Tangere: Arioso
Sofia Kraevska
Ibis Camerata
Albany 886
6:46pm
Lyra (The Lyre)
Donald Betts
Donald Betts, piano
MMC MMC2163
6:49pm
"Three Rumsfeld Songs"
Phil Kline
The Zippo Band
Cantaloupe 21019
6:55pm
Two Pages
Philip Glass
Dominic Frasca, guitar
Cantaloupe 21032
7:13pm
Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime
Judy Dunaway
Judy Dunaway, balloons
CRI 778
7:26pm
La Passion selon Sade: O' - Atti Vocali
Sylvano Bussotti
Cathy Berberian, mezzo-soprano
Bruno Canino, piano & cembalo
Wergo 60054
7:35pm
Butcher
Chris DeBlasio
Downtown Chamber & Opera Players
Mimi Stern-Wolfe, conductor
Mimi Stern-Wolfe, piano
Veronica Burke, soprano
Downtown Music Productions 01
7:40pm
Receiver
Michael Gordon
Todd Reynolds, violin
Michael Gordon, keyboard
Nonesuch 79801
7:44pm
Les Ameriquains
Anonymous/trans. Philidor
Les Concerts des Nations
Jordi Savall, conductor
Alia Vox 9824
7:47pm
Four Songs
Donald Hagar
Patricia Sonego, soprano
Hiromi Abe, piano
Live Concert CD 03/06
7:58pm
Unexpected Desire
P. Q. Phan
Samaris Trio
New World
8:08pm
"Many Many Women": 'There are many being living'
Petr Kotik
S.E.M. Ensemble
Dog W/A Bone 03
8:16pm
Sonata
Gherman Dzhaparidze
Oleg Timofeyev, guitars
Profil PH07072
8:30pm
Sabbath's Child (Proclamation)
David del Tredici
Young People's Chorus of New York
Francisco J. Nunez, conductor
Vital Records VR2017
8:32pm
Hill Song No. 2
Percy Aldridge Grainger
Eastman Wind Ensemble
Frederick Fennell, conductor
Mercury 432 754-2
8:38pm
Una pastora yo ami
Joaquin Rodrigo
Joseph Kaiser, tenor
Michael Barrett, piano
Bridge 9228
8:40pm
Quintet Op. 30 (first version)
Paul Hindemith
Ensemble Villa Musica
Ulf Rodenhauser, clarinet
Erno Sebestyen, violin
Nina Martinez, violin
Enrique Santiago, viola
Martin Ostertag, violoncello
MDG MDG 304 0447-2
9:04pm
Sonata for Cello and Piano
Roberto Sierra
Continuum
New Albion 135
9:13pm
"The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind"
Osvaldo Golijov
Kronos Quartet
David Krakauer, clarinets
Nonesuch 79444
9:45pm
smear
Jonny Greenwood
London Sinfonietta
Martyn Brabbins, conductor
Valerie Hartmann-Claverie, ondes martenot
Bruno Perrault, ondes martenot
London Sinfonietta Label CD2-2006
9:55pm
Benedicta es celorum
Anonymous English
Trio Mediaeval
ECM 1753
10:00pm
Shadow Bands
Scott Wheeler
Sharan Leventhal, violin
James Dunham, viola
Jonathan Miller, cello
Newport Classic NPD 85672
10:09pm
Utah Dances
David Soldier
Michael Swartz, alto saxophone
Mulatta Records MUL014
10:21pm
"T'amo, mio 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
10:24pm
Earlier Departure
Glauco Sagebin
Glauco Sagebin, piano
Santi Debriano, bass
Paulo Braga, drums
Blue Toucan Music N/A
10:29pm
A Voz Que Conta A Nossa Historia
Jorge Fernando, Armando Machado
Ana Moura, voice
Jorge Fernando, guitar
Harmonia mundi 468072
10:32pm
"L.A. Variations"
Esa-Pekka Salonen
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
CBS/Sony 89158
10:52pm
Corner of Time
Dan Kaufman
Barbez
Tzadik 8119
10:59pm
Violin Concert No. 1
Leonardo Balada
Barcelona GTL Symphony Orch
Matthias Aeschbacher, conductor
Andres Cardenes, violin
Naxos 554708
11:16pm
Who Cares? (Ballet)
George Gershwin
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Andrew Litton, conductor
MCA 6216
11:56pm
Palestrina: Prelude to Act II
Hans Pfitzner
Berlin German Opera Orchestra
Christian Thielemann, conductor
Deutsche Grammophon 449571
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