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A guide for music played on WNYC-2
12:00am
Sky Beetle
Dan Kaufman
Barbez
Tzadik 8119
12:07am
Symphony No. 1 in D Minor
Alexander von Zemlinsky
Gurzenich Orchestra
James Conlon, conductor
Angel/EMI 56473
12:40am
String Quartet No. 2
Carlos Chavez
Southwest Chamber Music
Lorenz Gamma, violin
Jan Karlin, viola
Peter Jacobson, cello
Tom Peters, double bass
Cambria 8853
1:04am
The Well-Tuned Piano 2
La Monte Young
La Monte Young, piano
Gramavision 8701
2:06am
Das Wohltemperierte Clavier, Book One: BWV 862-869
Johann Sebastian Bach
Glenn Gould, piano
CBS/Sony 42266
2:42am
Symphony No. 2 in C, Op. 61
Robert Schumann
Cleveland Orchestra
George Szell, conductor
CBS/Sony 62349
3:20am
A la Par (1986)
Tania Leon
Kathleen Murray, piano
Dane Richeson, percussion
CRI 823
3:34am
Gathering Paradise: Emily Dickinson Settings
Augusta Read Thomas
New York Philharmonic
Lorin Maazel, conductor
Heidi Grant Murphy, soprano
New World Records 80648-2
3:59am
Nachspiel
Friedrich Nietzsche
John Aler, tenor
John Bell Young, piano
Newport 85535
4:01am
Kirchengeschichtliches Responsorium
Friedrich Nietzsche
John Aler, tenor
John Bell Young, piano
Newport 85535
4:03am
Gebet an das Leben
Friedrich Nietzsche
John Aler, tenor
John Bell Young, piano
Newport 85535
4:05am
Standchen
Friedrich Nietzsche
John Aler, tenor
John Bell Young, piano
Newport 85535
4:07am
Manfred-Meditation
Friedrich Nietzsche
Thomas Coote, piano
John Bell Young, piano
Newport 85535
4:21am
Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30
Richard Strauss
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
Thomas Brandis, violin
Deutsche Grammophon 410959
4:58am
Junge Fischerin
Friedrich Nietzsche
John Aler, tenor
John Bell Young, piano
Newport 85535
5:00am
"Epilogus: Angelus Silesius (Cherubinischer Wandersmann, 1:289)"
Ezequiel Vinao
Absolute Ensemble
Kristjan Jarvi, conductor
Janet Youngdahl, soprano
Bis 1187
5:02am
Reminiscence
Donald Hagar
Theodore Nusslein, viola
Ulrike Nusslein, piano
concert recording 10/05
5:06am
Festive Overture
Dmitri Shostakovich
Russian Federal Orchestra
Vakhtang Jordania, conductor
Angelok 9932
5:12am
Four Keyboard Pieces
Yehezkel Braun
Marina Minkin, harpsichord
Albany Records Troy 977
5:24am
Seven Tunes: Guessing Song
Bright Sheng
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
CBS/Sony 64114
5:25am
"A Virgen mui groriosa"
Anonymous
Ensemble Alcatraz
Nonesuch 79180
5:40am
String Quintet No.2 in G, Op. 111
Johannes Brahms
Zukerman Chamber Players
altara 1011
6:11am
Freud
Annie Gosfield
Annie Gosfield, sampling keyboard
Roger Kleier, electric guitar
Tzadik 7040
6:15am
Cantata, "Accession of Emperor Leopold II," WOO 88
Ludwig van Beethoven
The Orchestra of St. Luke's
Robert Bass, conductor
Elizabeth Futral, soprano
Gregory Cross, tenor
Jan Opalach, bass-baritone
Elizabeth Mann, flute
Daire Fitzgerald, cello
The Collegiate Chorale
Koch International 7377
6:39am
Klavierstuck VII
Karlheinz Stockhausen
Steffen Schleiermacher, piano
MDG 613 1451-2
6:46am
Banish Misfortune
Traditional Irish
Ensemble Galilei
Dorian 80139
6:50am
Making Lunch
Ken Schaphorst
Ken Schaphorst Big Band
Ken Schaphorst, conductor
John Medeski, piano
JCA Recordings ACCU-4201
6:53am
Chamber Symphony
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich
Boston Musica Viva
Richard Pittman, conductor
CRI 621
7:08am
Big Ben, Variation Fantasy on the Westminster Chimes, Op. 62
Ernst Toch
NDR-Hamburg Symphony Orchestra
Leon Botstein, conductor
New World 80609-2
7:25am
Suburbis
Federico Mompou
Carmen Bravo, piano
EMI 7 64470 2
7:38am
(nice dream)
Radiohead
Christopher O'Riley, piano
World Village 468034
7:42am
Song of the Ghost of Butterfly
Steve Nieve
Muriel Teodori, Director
Nathalie Manfrino, The Ghost of Butterfly
Deutsche Grammophon B0008745-02
7:44am
Eucaristica
Pablo Casals
Dennis Keene, conductor
Ascenion Music Chorus
Mark Kruczek, organ
Delos 3138
7:49am
The OId Tower of Lobenicht
Gavin Bryars
Bill Frisell, electric guitar
Alexander Balanescu, viola
Kate Musker, viola
David Smith, tenor horn / piano
Gavin Bryars, bass
ECM 1424
8:05am
The Desert Music
Steve Reich
Ossia and Alarm Will Sound
Alan Pierson, conductor
Cantaloupe 21009
8:49am
Missa Media Vita: Agnus Dei
Nicolas Gombert
Hilliard Ensemble
ECM 1884
8:55am
Lord Fitzwilliam Suite
William Byrd
Boulder Brass
Dorian 93204
9:06am
Viola Sonata No. 2 in E-flat, Op. 120
Johannes Brahms
Kim Kashkashian, viola
Robert Levin, piano
ECM 1630
9:27am
Der Sommer
Gyorgy Ligeti
Christiane Oelze, soprano
Irina Kataeva, piano
Sony Classical SK 62311
9:30am
Powerhouse
Raymond Scott
Quartet San Francisco
ViolinJazz Recordings JCCD105
9:34am
Sycamore
Ronn McFarlane
Ronn McFarlane, lute
Mindy Rosenfeld, flute
James Blachly, bass
Dorian DSL 90701
9:38am
Salve virgo virginum
Anonymous English
Trio Mediaeval
ECM 1753
9:41am
Lieder des Abschieds, Op. 14
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
BBC Philharmonic
Sir Edward Downes, conductor
Linda Finnie, contralto
Chandos CHAN 10431 X
9:57am
More Than Anything
Anat Fort
Anat Fort, piano
Andreas Henze, bass
Heinrich Koebberling, drums
Aaron Stewart, tenor saxophone
Dan Nadel, guitar
Anat Fort ANAf001
10:04am
Szeroka woda (Broad Waters) Op. 39
Henryk Gorecki
Lira Chamber Chorus
Lucy Ding, conductor
Nonesuch 79348
10:19am
Dance Panels
Aaron Copland
New York Chamber Symphony
Gerard Schwarz, conductor
Angel/EMI 49095
10:45am
Blue-Bird/Cool-Trane
Valerie Capers
Maria Corley, piano
Albany 857
10:47am
Circa
Belinda Reynolds
American Baroque
Innova 653
10:54am
"Looking at a Rainbow"
Dave Brubeck
John Salmon, piano
Naxos 559301
10:57am
Suite pastorale
Emmanuel Chabrier
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
Deutsche Grammophon 447751
11:15am
Holiday Overture (1944, rev. 1961)
Elliott Carter
Nashville Symphony
Kenneth Schermerhorn, conductor
Naxos 8.559151
11:25am
Ergodos III
James Tenney
The Barton Workshop
Frank Denyer, piano
Nora Mulder, piano
mode 185
11:39am
Volcano Songs: Solos
Meredith Monk
Meredith Monk, vocals
ECM 1589
11:51am
"Walsinghame"
Sir Arnold Bax
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Vernon Handley, conductor
Martyn Hill, tenor
Lynore McWhirter, soprano
Brighton Festival Chorus
Chandos 10366
12:58pm
Piano Sonata No. 2 in G-sharp Minor, Op. 19, "Sonata-Fantasy"
Alexander Scriabin
Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano
Hyperion 67131
1:00pm
The Unfolding Opium Poppy
David Soldier
Rebecca Cherry, violin
Steven Beck, piano
Mulatta Records MUL014
1:07pm
Peter Grimes: Four Sea Interludes, Op. 33
Benjamin Britten
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
Deutsche Grammophon 431768
1:26pm
Fearful Symmetries
John Adams
Orchestra of St. Luke's
John Adams, conductor
Nonesuch 79218
1:55pm
Cloudiness
Tan Dun
Ying Quartet
Telarc 80690
1:57pm
Khaen/Violin Duo #6
Jaron Lanier
Jaron Lanier, khaen
Barbara Higbie, violin
POINT 442132
2:04pm
The Dharma at Big Sur
John Adams
BBC Symphony Orchestra
John Adams, conductor
Tracy Silverman, electric violin
Nonesuch 79857-2
2:32pm
"In C"
Terry Riley
Shanghai Film Orchestra
Wang Yongji, conductor
Schaefer's CD
3:01pm
A Glimpse Retraced
Jason Eckardt
Ensemble 21
Paul Hostetter, conductor
Marilyn Nonken, piano
mode 137
3:17pm
"Epilogus: Angelus Silesius (Cherubinischer Wandersmann, 1:289)"
Ezequiel Vinao
Absolute Ensemble
Kristjan Jarvi, conductor
Janet Youngdahl, soprano
Bis 1187
3:19pm
Seven Songs on Poems by Alexander Blok, Op. 127
Dmitri Shostakovich
Galina Vishnevskaya, soprano
David Oistrakh, violin
Mstislav Rostropovich, cello
Moishei Vaynberg, piano
Melodya 53237
3:44pm
Three Miniatures in Syncopation
Billy Mayerl
Eric Parkin, piano
Chandos 9141
3:51pm
Music for the Theatre
Aaron Copland
Orchestra of St. Luke's
Dennis Russell Davies, conductor
Music Masters 60162
4:15pm
Requiem
Gyorgy Ligeti
Berlin Philharmonic
Jonathan Nott, conductor
Caroline Stein, soprano
Margriet van Reisen, mezzo-soprano
London Voices
Teldec 88263
4:42pm
Kleines Requiem fur eine Polka Op. 66
Henryk Gorecki
London Sinfonietta
David Zinman, conductor
Nonesuch 79362
5:05pm
Musica Segreta
David Gompper
Katie Wolfe, violin
Christine Rutledge, viola
Albany 956
5:16pm
String Quartet No. 13 in B flat Major, Op. 130 (mvmts. 1-5)
Ludwig van Beethoven
Takacs Quartet
London/Decca 470849
5:50pm
The Big Cheese
Bela Fleck
Edgar Meyer, double bass
Mike Marshall, mandolin
Bela Fleck, banjo
CBS/Sony 62891
5:54pm
Octavo tono
Luys de Narvaez
Pablo Marquez, guitar
ECM 1958
5:57pm
Salve Regina
Leonardo Leo
Europa Galante
Fabio Biondi, conductor
Barbara Schlick, soprano
Opus 111 30-88
6:17pm
Traum-Formel (Dream Formula)
Karlheinz Stockhausen
Suzanne Stephens, bassett horn
Deutsche Grammophon 423378
6:24pm
Le marriage force: Suite
Jean-Baptiste Lully
New York Kammermusiker (Double Reed Ensemble)
Ilonna Pederson, conductor
Dorian 90189
6:33pm
Variations on an Egyptian Folksong
Gamal Abdel-Rahim
William Chapman Nyaho, piano
MSR Classics MS 1091
6:39pm
Song of Eight Unruly Tipsy Poets From "Poems from Tang"
Zhou Long
Shanghai String Quartet
Delos 3233
6:46pm
Jui Kuang ("Wine Mad")
Chinese Traditional
Yao Bingyan, guqin
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings 40438
6:49pm
Nocturnos de la Ventana
David Macbride
The Prism Orchestra
Robert Black, conductor
Frank Hoffmeister, tenor
Owl Recordings 34
7:07pm
Dancetudes
Randall Woolf
Kathleen Supove, piano
CRI 653
7:21pm
Indian Queen: Incidental Music
Henry Purcell
Tafelmusik
Jeanne Lamon, conductor
CBS/Sony 66169
7:33pm
Parlando di S. Paolo alle Tre Fontane versione 2
Enrico Piva
Luca Miti, pianoforte
ants ag10
7:37pm
Un sonar de piva
Rossino Mantovano
Piffaro
Archiv 477 6727
7:41pm
Spring Essence: Secret Love
Peter Askim
Judith Kellock, soprano
Peter Askim, double bass
Albany 885
7:43pm
"Fads and Fancies in the Academy"
John Cage
mode 55
8:01pm
mickey finn
Donald Crockett
Michelle Makarski, violin
ECM New 1871
8:11pm
No Shadow of Turning
David Gillingham
Ohio State University Wind Symphony
Russel C. Mikkelson, conductor
Naxos 8.570244
8:21pm
Contramonkey
Edgar Meyer
Edgar Meyer, double bass
Bela Fleck, banjo
Mike Marshall, mandolin
CBS/Sony 62891
8:25pm
Petite Suite for Recorder and Harpsichord
Benjamin Bar-Am
Marina Minkin, harpsichord
Drora Bruck, recorder
Albany Records Troy 977
8:30pm
Stranded the Line
Jonny Greenwood
Emperor Quartet
Nonesuch 369020-2
8:33pm
Sextet
Aaron Copland
Boston Symphony Chamber Players
Gilbert Kalish, piano
Nonesuch 79168
8:48pm
Four Proverbs
Michael Torke
Argo Band
Michael Torke, conductor
Catherine Bott, soprano
Argo 443 528-2
9:03pm
Lairs of Soundings
Dan Locklair
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Kirk Trevor, conductor
Janeanne Houston, soprano
Naxos 8.559337
9:14pm
Swedish National Airs with Variations, Op. 52
Ferdinand Ries
Gavle Symphony Orchestra
Uwe Grodd, conductor
Christopher Hinterhuber, piano
Naxos 8.557844
9:29pm
Alack, when I look back
William Byrd
Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford
Bill Ives, director
Stefan Roberts, treble
Rogers Covey-Crump, tenor
harmonia mundi 907440
9:35pm
All the Way Through Evening / Train Station
Chris DeBlasio
Downtown Chamber & Opera Players
Mimi Stern-Wolfe, conductor
Mimi Stern-Wolfe, piano
Gilles Denizot, heldentenor
Downtown Music Productions 01
9:37pm
Lava
Daniel Bernard Roumain
DBR
Thirsty Ear 71792
9:41pm
Oboe Concerto
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich
Louisville Orchestra
James Sedares, conductor
John Mack, oboe
KOCH International 7278
9:58pm
Pastorale
William Bolcom
Philip Ficsor, violin
Constantine Finehouse, piano
Albany Records TROY 959/60
10:05pm
Rainbow Concerto
Jacob Ter Veldhuis (Jacob TV)
Arnhem Philharmonic
Jurjen Hempel, conductor
Marien van Staalen, cello
basta 3091732
10:34pm
Anna Bolena: Al dolce guidami
Gaetano Donizetti
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden
Richard Armstrong, conductor
Angela Gheorghiu, soprano
Angel/EMI 56117
10:38pm
Urban Mantra
Loop 2.4.3
Loop 2.4.3
Thomas Kozumplik, percussion
Lorne Watson, percussion
Loop 2.4.3 2007 Loop 2.4.3 2007
10:43pm
A solis ortus cardine
Volker Schlott
Die 12 Cellisten Der Berliner Philharmoniker
EMI 57030
10:48pm
Vocalise-Habanera
Maurice Ravel
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, mezzo-soprano
Steven Blier, piano
Bridge 9228
10:52pm
The Letter
Harry Partch
Harry Partch Ensemble
Harry Partch, intoning voice
New World Records 80622
10:54pm
The Same Sky
Carolyn Yarnell
Carolyn Yarnell, synthesizer
Tzadik 7087
11:13pm
"ear for EAR" (Antiphonies)
John Cage
Vocal Arts Group Nova
Tamas Veto, conductor
mode 71
11:17pm
Concerto for Pipa with String Orchestra
Lou Harrison
The New Professionals Orchestra
Rebecca Miller, conductor
Wu Man, pipa
Mode 140
11:44pm
"Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme" Incidental Music
Richard Strauss
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Klaus Tennstedt, conductor
BBC Music 4208-2