Friday, June 1, 2007

REQUEST DAY
A special 4-hour edition

10 AM
Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in E, "Spring." Cho-Liang Lin, Sejong. Naxos 8.557920.
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis. ASMF, Marriner. London 414 595.
Wagner: Tännhauser: Fest March. Philadelphia Orchestra, Ormandy. CBS MBK 38914.
Orff: Carmina Burana: chorus, O Fortuna. Montreal SO & Chorus. Decca B0006918.
Chopin: Ballade No. 4 in F minor. Stephen Hough, piano. Hyperion 67456.
Bach, J.S: Cantata, BWV 80: chorus, Ein feste Burg. Monteverdi Choir, Gardiner. SDG 110.

11 AM
Rossini: William Tell: Overture. Chamber Orchestra of Europe. DG 431 653.
Elgar: Violin Concerto in B minor: Andante. Salvatore Accardo, London SO. Collins 13382.
Joplin: The Entertainer. Ethan Bortnick, piano. http://ethansmusicsite.com/vitheentertain.cfm
Verdi: Nabucco: chorus, "Va, pensiero..." Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Muti. EMI 74769.
Rimsky-Korsakov: May Night: Overture. Rotterdam PO, Zinman. Philips 411 446.
Mozart: Requiem: Introitus, Lacrimosa. Bonney, Monteverdi Choir, Gardiner. Philips 420 197.
Adams, John: The Chairman Dances. BBC Concert Orch., Wordsworth. BBC MM222.

12 PM
Vivaldi: Oboe Concerto in A minor, RV 461. David Reichenberg, oboe. Archiv 415 674.
Bach, J.S: Jesu, joy of man's desiring. Choir of King's College, Cambridge. Decca B0006918.
Haydn: Symphony No. 101 in D, "Clock:" Andante. New York PO, Bernstein. Sony 47557.
Martini: Plaisir d'Amour. Beverly Sills, soprano. Columbia 33933 (LP).
Mahler: Symphony No. 2: finale. Schoenberg Choir, Vienna PO, Abbado. DG 271385.
Franck: Symphony in D minor: mvt. 3. Cincinnati SO, López-Cobos. Telarc 80247.

1 PM
Verdi: Rigoletto: "Caro nome" Leontyne Price, soprano. RCA 61236.
Beethoven: 5 Variations on "Rule Britannia," WoO 79. Alfred Brendel, piano Philips 432 093.
Rodgers-Hart: "With a song in my Heart" Mario Lanza, tenor. RCA 68134.
Barber: Adagio for Strings. Boston SO, Munch. RCA 68758.
Gershwin: Cuban Overture. Cleveland Orchestra, Chailly. London 417 326.
Mozart: Ave verum corpus, K. 618. Choir of King's College, Cambridge. EMI 49672.
Mozart: Laudate Dominum, K.321. Lynne Dawson, soprano. EMI 49672.
Debussy: Etude No. 7. Mitsuko Uchida, piano. Philips 422 412.