Friday, December 14, 2007

REQUEST DAY
11AM
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat: mvt. 3. Mitsuko Uchida, English CO. Philips 420 951.
Handel: Messiah: aria, "Rejoice greatly." Elizabeth Harwood, soprano. EMI 79543.
Ravel: String Quartet in F: mvt. 2. Quatuor Ysaÿe. London 430 434.
Joplin: Weeping Willow. Dick Hyman, piano. RCA 7993-2-RG.
Qi Liu: Red Flowers in Bloom. Shanghai String Quartet. Delos 3308.
Noack, Kurt: Brownie's Guard Parade. Royal Swedish Air Force Band. Naxos 8.557545.
Bach, J.S: Cantata 14o, "Wachet Auf:" mvt. 3. Jan Opalach, bass. L'Oiseau-Lyre 417 616.
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor: mvt. 3 Emanuel Ax, Philadelphia Orch. RCA 60789.
Purcell: The Fairy Queen: selections. The Empire Brass. EMI 49277.

12PM
Franck
: Panis Angelicus. Sherrill Milnes, baritone. Met 257.
Handel: Harp Concerto in B-flat: mvt. 1. Ursula Holliger, The English Concert. Archiv 413 465.
Bach, J.S.-arr.Bullard: "Little" Fugue in G minor. John Bullard, banjo. Albany Troy 255.
Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor: Adagio. Lars Vogt, CBSO; Simon Rattle. EMI 54746.
Morricone: film, The Mission: Gabriel's Oboe. Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Rome Sinfonietta Orch. Sony SK 93456.
Morricone: film, Once upon a time in the West: main theme. Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Rome Sinfonietta Orch. Sony SK 93456.
Widor: Symphony No. 5, Toccata. Michael Murray, organ. Telarc 80104.
Jessel, Leon: Parade of the Wooden Soldiers. Boston Pops Orch., Williams. Sony SK 48232.
Stanford: Songs of the Sea: Homeward Bound. Gerald Finley, baritone. Chandos 5043.

1PM
Alford: Colonel Bogey March. Boston Pops Orch., Williams. Sony MLK 66710.
Respighi: The Birds: Prelude, The Cuckoo. ASMF; Marriner. EMI 69358.
Niles: I Wonder as I Wander. Nathan Gunn, baritone. Met 245.
trad: Adeste Fideles. Ramon Vargas, tenor. Met 245.
Reger: Maria Wiegenlied. Claudia Muzio. Met 245.
trad: Good Christian Men, Rejoice. The Empire Brass. EMI 49097.
Rutter: What sweeter music. The Cambridge Singers. Collegium 111.
Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending: excerpt. Sarah Chang, violin. EMI 10023.
Handel: Messiah: Comfort Ye; Every Valley. Philip Langridge, tenor. ASV 960.
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat: mvt. 3, excerpt. Stephen Kovacevich, London SO. Philips 422 482.
various: Christmas Medley. Battle, von Stade, Orch. of St. Luke's; Previn. Sony SK 48235.