Friday, August 15, 2008

REQUEST DAY
11 AM
Tchaikovsky
: ballet, Swan Lake: Act 1 Waltz. Suisse Romande Orchestra; Ansermet. Decca 289 460 639.
Barber: Violin Concerto, Op.14: mvt. 2. Robert McDuffie, Atlanta SO. Telarc 80441.
Romberg: The Student Prince: Serenade. Gordon MacRae, baritone. EMI 69052.
Berlioz: Overture: Rob Roy, excerpt. Scottish National Orchestra; Gibson. Chandos 8316.
Satie: Gnossiennes: Nos. 1,2. Aldo Ciccolini, piano. EMI 49760.
Mendelssohn: Overture: Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage: excerpt. Vienna PO; Dohnányi. London 421 769.
Handel: anthem, Zadok the Priest. Academy & Chorus of St. Martin-in-the-Fields. Philips 412 733.

12 PM
Gershwin
: An American in Paris. Eugene List, piano; Cincinnati SO; Kunzel. Telarc 80058.
Mercer & Warren: song, "I'm an Old Cowhand." The Sons of the Pioneers. You Tube.
Rimsky-Korsakov:
opera, Sadko: The Song of India. Columbia SO; Kostelanetz. CBS 45811.
Mozart: Fantasia in C minor, K. 475. Andreas Haefliger, piano. Sony 46748.
Friml-Wright-Forrest: song, La Bella Senorita, (Donkey Serenade). Alan Jones, tenor. You Tube.
Ravel: ballet, Ma Mere L'Oye: selections. Cleveland Orchestra, Ashkenazy. London 430 413.
Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 in E: mvt. 4, excerpt. Cleveland Orchestra; Ashkenazy. London 430 841.

1 PM
Beethoven: Symphony No.3 in E-flat: mvt. 3, Scherzo. Vienna PO; Abbado. DG 419 597.
Vaughan Williams: Suite: "The Wasps," selections. London PO; Boult. EMI 47216.
Kay, Hershey: ballet, Cakewalk: finale. Boston Pops Orchestra; Fiedler. RCA 61501.
Gottschalk: Pasquinade, Op.59. Cecile Licad, piano. Naxos 8.559145.
Puccini: Manon Lescaut: aria, "Sola, perduta, abbandonata." Mirela Freni, soprano. You Tube.
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A, K.622: Adagio. Eric Hoeprich, Orchestra of the 18th Century. Philips 420 242.
Strauss, Richard: Four Last Songs: 4. Im Abendrot. Nina Stemme, soprano. EMI 78797.
Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending, excerpt. Iona Brown, violin; ASMF. Argo 414 595.