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12:00am
Preludes, Op. 74
Alexander Scriabin
Emil Gilels, piano
MCA 32107
12:07am
Das Wohltemperierte Clavier, Book One: BWV 862-869
Johann Sebastian Bach
Glenn Gould, piano
CBS/Sony 42266
12:43am
Or the Jazz Stravinsky?
Burnt Sugar
Burnt Sugar
Lawrence Butch Morris, conductor
Avantgroid 0301
12:55am
The Wound-Dresser
John Adams
Orchestra of St. Luke's
John Adams, conductor
Sanford Sylvan, baritone
Nonesuch 79218
1:16am
Music for Piano, No. 7
Toshi Ichiyanagi
Steffen Schleiermacher, piano
MDG MDG 613 1385-2
1:26am
"Five for Ten Small Fingers"
Dave Brubeck
John Salmon, piano
Naxos 559301
1:29am
Four Piano Blues
Aaron Copland
Alan Marks, piano
Nimbus 5267
1:38am
Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: First Set of Variations
Johann Sebastian Bach / Uri Caine
Uri Caine Ensemble
Uri Caine, piano
Winter & Winter 910054
2:56am
"The Cusp of Magic": 'Buddha's Bedroom'
Terry Riley
Kronos Quartet
Wu Man, pipa
Nonesuch 360508
3:08am
Piano Trio No. 2: Camera Dances
Scott Wheeler
The Gramercy Trio
Sharan Leventhal, violin
Jonathan Miller, cello
Randall Hodgkinson, piano
Newport Classic NPD 85672
3:23am
Dix-huitieme ordre
Francois Couperin
Angela Hewitt, piano
Hyperion 67440
3:45am
"Neruda Songs"
Peter Lieberson
Boston Symphony Orchestra
James Levine, conductor
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, mezzo-soprano
Nonesuch 79954
4:18am
Five Tango Sensations
Astor Piazzolla
Kronos Quartet
Astor Piazzolla, bandoneon
Nonesuch 79254
4:46am
Here with You / Statue of Liberty / Let X =X / Sweaters
Laurie Anderson
Laurie Anderson, vocals, violin and keyboards
Skuli Sverrisson, bass
Jim Black, drums
Peter Scherer, keyboards
Nonesuch 79681
5:03am
"New York Requiem"
Meredith Monk
Meredith Monk, vocals
Harry Huff, piano
ECM 1589
5:14am
Harlem, A Letter Home
Sekou Sundiata and Douglas Booth
Sekou Sundiata
Mercury 314 534 397-2
5:17am
New York Counterpoint
Steve Reich
Evan Ziporyn, clarinets
Nonesuch 79481
5:29am
Sketches of NYC
Butch Morris
Various Players
Butch Morris, conductor
Nublu Records 11
5:38am
Six Preludes
William Bland
David Starobin, guitar
Bridge 9329
5:48am
Six Pianos
Steve Reich
Piano Circus
Argo 430380
6:00am
Passepied from Suite Bergamasque
Claude Debussy
Sergio and Odair Assad, guitars
nonesuch 278140-2
6:03am
Se quanque amours
Guillaume Machaut
Orlando Consort
Archiv 477 6731
6:09am
"Quiet As The Moon"
Dave Brubeck
John Salmon, piano
Naxos 559301
6:11am
Turning Points
Joan Tower
David Shifrin, clarinet
Ani Kavafian, violin
Theodore Arm, violin
Paul Neubauer, viola
Fred Sherry, cello
Delos 3183
6:29am
King's Children, excerpts
Englebert Humperdinck
Vienna State Opera Orchestra
Hans Swarowsky, conductor
Tuxedo 1054
6:42am
Ja pour yver
Gautier de Coincy
The Harp Consort
Andrew Lawrence-King, conductor
Harmonia Mundi 907317
6:56am
Not A Dream?
Anat Fort
Anat Fort, piano
Perry Robinson, clarinet / ocarina
Ed Schuller, double-bass
Paul Motian, drums
ECM 1994
7:01am
Four Marys
Julia Wolfe
Cassatt String Quartet
Cantaloupe 21011
7:12am
Five Part Things for His Majesties Sagbutts and Cornetts
Matthew Locke
His Majesties Sagbutts and Cornetts
Meridian 84233
7:22am
Miracles
Nils Vigeland
Young People's Chorus of New York
Francisco J. Nunez, conductor
Vital Records VR2017
7:24am
General William Booth Enters Into Heaven
Charles Ives
San Francisco Symphony
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Thomas Hampson, baritone
RCA 63703
7:30am
Ave Regina, K. 205
Johann Joseph Fux
Ensemble Caprice
Matthias Maute, director
Monika Mauch, soprano
atma ACD2 2347
7:34am
String Quartet no. 4, apparitions
Richard Danielpour
The American String Quartet
Arabesque 6789
8:02am
Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14
Hector Berlioz
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
CBS/Sony 38475
8:49am
Polonaise in C, Op. 89
Ludwig van Beethoven
Andras Schiff, piano
Hungaroton 11885
8:56am
Winter Waters
Sir Arnold Bax
Eric Parkin, piano
Chandos 8496
9:03am
The Four Sections
Steve Reich
London Symphony Orchestra
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Nonesuch 79220
9:29am
Octavia
Sylvie Courvoisier
Sylvie Courvoisier, piano
Eric Friedlander, cello
Mark Feldman, violin
ECM 1839
9:33am
"Three Chinese Love Songs"
Bright Sheng
Lisa Saffer, soprano
Paul Neubauer, viola
Bright Sheng, piano
New World 80407
9:40am
Tango
Carlos Salzedo
Yolanda Kondonassis, harp
Telarc 80691
9:42am
Pizzicato for String Quartet
Vivian Fung
Ying Quartet
Telarc 80690
9:46am
Mandolin Concerto in G, S. 28
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
London Mozart Players
Howard Shelley, conductor
Alison Stephens, mandolin
Chandos 9925
10:04am
Essay for Orchestra No. 2, Op. 17
Samuel Barber
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Angel/EMI 49463
10:15am
Missa Media Vita: Sanctus
Nicolas Gombert
Hilliard Ensemble
ECM 1884
10:23am
Two Variations on Scottish Folksongs
Franz Joseph Haydn
Gamerith Consort
KOCH/Schwann 321760
10:29am
Landscape
Andrzej Panufnik
Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra
John Storgards, conductor
Ondine ODE 1101-5
10:37am
Terpsichore: Bransle de la Torche
Michael Praetorius
New London Consort
Philip Pickett, conductor
Decca 475 9101
10:39am
Three Chansons
Josquin des Prez
Taverner Choir
Andrew Parrott, conductor
Andrew Lawrence-King, Baroque harp
Angel/EMI 54659
10:54am
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
11:09am
The Marigold Heart
Leo Smit
Georgine Resick, soprano
Warren Jones, piano
Bridge 9227
11:32am
I'm Tired
Traditional
Bright Light Quartet
Smithsonian Folkways 827
11:35am
String Quartet
John Corigliano
Corigliano Quartet
Naxos 559180
12:58pm
Trio Sonata in D Minor
George Phillip Telemann
Bart Schneemann, oboe
Pieter Wispelwey, cello
Frans Rob't Berkhout, bassoon
Menno van Delft, keyboard
Siebe Henstra, organ
Channel Classics 14098
1:07pm
Glorious Hill
Gavin Bryars
Hilliard Ensemble
ECM 1533
1:19pm
Le Roi malgre lui: Fete polonaise
Emmanuel Chabrier
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
Deutsche Grammophon 447751
1:26pm
Tara
Yungchen Lhamo
Yungchen Lhamo, vocals
Joy Askew, vocals
Marc Shulman, nylon string guitar
Benjamin Wittman, percussion
Eyvind Kang, viola
Mamadou Diabate, kora
Real World 333300
1:31pm
Uncharted Waters
Ronn McFarlane
Ronn McFarlane, lute
James Blachly, bass
Dorian DSL 90701
1:35pm
Quartet
Leslie Bassett
Stentorian Consort
Troy 948
1:41pm
Carpathian Suite
Vladimir Zubitsky
mikko luoma, accordion
bridge 9221
1:54pm
Ge Xu (Antiphony)
Chen Yi
Foundation Philharmonic Orch.
David Snell, conductor
ATMA 2199
2:02pm
to be sung on the water
Donald Crockett
Michelle Makarski, violin
Ronald Copes, viola
ECM New 1871
2:13pm
Miserere
Gregorio Allegri
The Tallis Scholars
Gimell 454990
2:26pm
Dance of Life
Behzad Ranjbaran
Eugene Levinson,double bass
Gary Levinson, violin
Cala 507
2:34pm
Aeolian Harp
Henry Cowell
Alan Feinberg, piano
Argo 436925
2:36pm
I Kick My Hand
Nick Didkovsky
Nick Didkovsky, electric guita
CRI 672
2:40pm
Lest We Forget
Sy Brandon
Zodiac Trio
Vanessa Mollard, violin
Riko Higuma, piano
Kliment Krylovskiy, clarinet
Emeritus Recordings 20072
2:51pm
"Dance Suite: Sonata No. 3"
Avner Dorman
Eliran Avini, piano
Naxos 579001
3:06pm
Concerto for Viola and Orchestra
Bela Bartok
Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra
Peter Eotvos, conductor
Kim Kashkashian, viola
ECM 1711
3:30pm
"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
3:58pm
Clarinata
Dick Hyman
Richard Stoltzman, clarinet
Irma Vallecillo, piano
RCA 62685
4:01pm
"Sonatas and Interludes"
John Cage
Margaret Leng Tan, piano and prepared piano
Mode 158
5:01pm
Three Anti-Mondernist Songs
Henry Cowell
Continuum
Ellen Lang, mezzo-soprano
Cheryl Seltzer, piano
Naxos 8.559192
5:08pm
Piano Sonata No. 10, Op. 70
Alexander Scriabin
Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano
Hyperion 67131
5:19pm
Treacherous Cretins
Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa, lead guitar
Rykodisc 10028
5:25pm
Sonata per il violono e violone
Giovanni Paolo Cima
Musica Fiata Köln
Roland Wilson, conductor
CBS/Sony 66254
5:29pm
Dometude
Marc Mellits / Dominic Frasca
Dominic Frasca, guitar
Cantaloupe 21032
5:31pm
Partita for Flute, Violin, and Strings
Paul Creston
City of London Sinfonia
David Amos, conductor
Yossi Arnheim, flute
Nicholas Ward, violin
Harmonia Mundi 906011
5:48pm
Windsong
Harry Partch
Harry Partch, assorted instruments
New World Records 80623-2
5:59pm
Khse Buon
Chinary Ung
Maya Beiser, Cello
Koch 3-7464-2 HI
6:16pm
Returning Point
Okkyung Lee
Okkyung Lee, cello
John Hollenbeck, drums
Doug Wieselman, clarinet
Trevor Dunn, bass
Tzadik 7715
6:23pm
Grohg
Aaron Copland
Cleveland Orchestra
Oliver Knussen, conductor
Argo 443 203-2
6:54pm
The Unlikely Duet
Steve Nieve
Muriel Teodori, Director
Sting, as Dionysos
Barbara Bonney, Opera Singer
Elvis Costello, Chief of Police
Robert Wyatt, The Friend
Sara Fulgoni, Ghost of Carmen
Amanda Roocroft, Ghost of Norma
Deutsche Grammophon B0008745-02
6:58pm
O magnum mysterium
Jacobus Clemens 'non Papa'
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
7:06pm
Nacht Klange
Toshio Hosokawa
Steffan Schleiermacher, piano
MDG MDG 613 1385-2
7:14pm
Suite for Sampler and Orchestra
Heiner Goebbels
Junge Deutsche Philharmonie
Peter Rundel, conductor
ECM 1688
7:45pm
A Recollection
Leos Janacek
Andras Schiff, piano
ECM 1736
7:46pm
The Russian?
Burnt Sugar
Burnt Sugar
Lawrence Butch Morris, conductor
Avantgroid 0301
7:51pm
waltz with a view
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
8:00pm
Symphony No. 3
David Diamond
Seattle Symphony Orchestra
Gerard Schwarz, conductor
Delos 3103
8:31pm
Catana
Michael Finnissy
Uroboros Ensemble
Michael Finnissy, conductor
Etcetera KTC 1096
8:48pm
In nomine a5 (V) [instrumental]
William Byrd
Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford
Bill Ives, director
Fretwork
harmonia mundi 907440
8:50pm
Ma viele (My fiddle)
Gautier de Coincy
The Harp Consort
Andrew Lawrence-King, conductor
Harmonia Mundi 907317
8:54pm
"The End"
The Doors
The Zippo Band
Cantaloupe 21019
8:57pm
Twelve German Dances for Orchestra, WoO 8
Ludwig van Beethoven
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Sir Neville Marriner, conductor
Deutsche Grammophon 453713
9:18pm
Aliens Took My Mom
Improvisation
Tangerine Awkestra
Katie Down, conductor
Mulatta 001
9:49pm
Salve Regina
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
Europa Galante
Fabio Biondi, conductor
Barbara Schlick, soprano
Opus 111 30-88
10:01pm
Fandango
Antonio Soler
de Falla Trio
Concord Concerto 42011
10:12pm
Piano Sonata No. 9 in F, Op. 68 ("Messe noire")
Alexander Scriabin
Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano
Hyperion 67131
10:20pm
"era tanto tempo che non mi succedeva"
Anna Guidi
Luca Miti, pianoforte
ants ag10
10:23pm
A little piece for pianoforte
Michael Asmara
Steffen Schleirmacher, piano
MDG 613 1322-2
10:25pm
Three Dances for Harpsichord
Dina Smorgonsky
Marina Minkin, harpsichord
Albany Records Troy 977
10:31pm
Le Legendaire
Laurent Petitgirard
Classical Polish Philharmonia
Laurent Petitgirard, conductor
Polish Radio Choir
Naxos 8.557602
10:53pm
"Lullaby and Doina"
Osvaldo Golijov
St. Lawrence String Quartet
Tara Helen O'Connor, flute
Todd Palmer, clarinet
Mark Dresser, bass
Angel/EMI 57356
10:59pm
Celestial Hoops IV
Michael Daugherty
Michael Daugherty, synthesizer and sampling keyboards
Opus One 138
11:07pm
Etude No. 10
Philip Glass
Philip Glass, piano
Orange Mountain Music 0009
11:14pm
Troubadour Songs
Steven Mackey
Brentano String Quartet
Steven Mackey, electric guitar
Albany 588
11:26pm
Young Apollo, Op. 16
Benjamin Britten
Halle Orchestra
Kent Nagano, conductor
Nikolai Lugansky, piano
Lyn Fletcher, violin
Dara de Cogan, violin
Tim Pooley, viola
Peter Worrall, cello
Erato 25502
11:33pm
Music for the Theatre
Aaron Copland
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
CBS/Sony 60177
11:55pm
Waiting
David Smith
David Smith Quintet
David Smith, trumpet
Seamus Blake, saxophone
Nate Radley, guitar
David Ephross, bass
Mark Ferber, drums
Fresh Sound FSNT 267
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