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TODAY IS ALL SAINTS DAY


1:00 pm
Cristobal de Morales     Spain (1500 - 1553)
Mass for the Feast of St. Isidore of Seville

Gabrieli Players / Paul McCreesh
Gabrieli Consort
Archiv Produktion 449 143-2 BUY CD



___________ 1  Thursday ___________


2:18 pm
Traditional American
When the Saints Go Marching In

Duke University Cho / Rodney Wynkoop
Duke University Chorale BUY CD
2:22 pm
Claude Debussy     France (1862 - 1918)
Le Martyre de Saint Sebastien (selections)

Los Angeles Phil Orch / Esa-Pekka Salonen
Sony Classical 58952 BUY CD
2:46 pm
Gregorian Chant     Italy -
Regem regem Dominum - Venite exsultemus (Invitatory on the feast of All Saints, Psalm 94)

Niederaltaicher Scholaren / Konrad Ruhland
Sony Classical 53899 BUY CD
2:55 pm
Traditional English
Come, Come, Ye Saints

Mormon Tabernacle Cho; Alexander Schreiner & Frank Asper, o's / Richard P. Condie
Sony Classical 48293 BUY CD



ROGER QUILTER BORN THIS DAY IN 1877
___________ 1  Thursday ___________


3:00 pm
Roger Quilter     Great Britain (1877 - 1953)
Slumber Song

Julian Lloyd Webber, vc; John Lenehan, p
Philips 442 426-2 BUY CD
3:03 pm
Piotr Tchaikovsky     Russia (1840 - 1893)
Symphony No. 1 in g, Op. 13, Winter Dreams (1866; rev. 1874)

New York Phil / Leonard Bernstein
Sony Classical 47631 BUY CD
THIS IS THE CHINA SEMESTER AT MSSU 3:49 pm
Ma Sicong     China (1912 - 1987)
Lullaby for Violin and Piano (1935)

Hsiao-mei Ku, v; Ning Lu, p
Naxos 8.570600 BUY CD
3:55 pm
Johannes Brahms     Germany (1833 - 1897)
Sandmaennchen

Angelika Kirchschlager, ms; Helmut Deutsch, p
Sony Classical 64498 BUY CD



GIUSEPPE SAMMARTINI (55) DIED THIS DAY IN 1750
___________ 1  Thursday ___________


4:00 pm
Giuseppe Sammartini     Italy (1695 - 1750)
Concerto for Recorder and String Orchestra in F

Moscow Virtuosi / Vladimir Spivakov
Michala Petri, r
RCA 09026-68543-2 BUY CD
CLASSICAL FAVORITE #143
EUGEN JOCHUM BORN THIS DAY IN 1902
4:14 pm
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart     Austria (1756 - 1791)
Symphony No. 40 in g, K. 550 (1788)

Concertgebouw Orch / Eugen Jochum
Radio Netherlands Worldwide 97017 BUY CD
ON THIS DAY IN 1871: "LOHENGRIN" IS FIRST WAGNER OPERA SEEN IN ITALY 4:40 pm
Richard Wagner     Germany (1813 - 1883)
Lohengrin: Prelude (Act III) & Bridal Chorus

Berlin Phil Orch / Edo de Waart
Canadian Brass
Philips 434 109-2 BUY CD
CLASSICAL FAVORITE #207
4:46 pm
Gioacchino Rossini     Italy (1792 - 1868)
Guillaume Tell: Overture

Detroit Sym Orch / Paul Paray
Mercury 434 332-2 BUY CD





1:00 pm
Gustav Mahler     Austria (1860 - 1911)
Symphony No. 7 in e-C (1904-05)

Cleveland Orch / Pierre Boulez
DG 447 756-2 BUY CD



TODAY IS ALL SOULS' DAY
___________ 2  Friday ___________


2:16 pm
Richard Strauss     Germany (1864 - 1949)
Allerseelen (song) for Violin and Piano, Op. 10/8 (1882)

Kiri Te Kanawa, s; Georg Solti, p
London 430 511-2 BUY CD
ON THIS DAY IN 1752: COUNT ANDREI RAZUMOVSKY BORN IN ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA 2:21 pm
Ludwig van Beethoven     Germany (1770 - 1827)
Quartet for Strings No. 9 in C, Op. 59/3 (1805-06)

Alban Berg String Quartet
EMI 47133 BUY CD
UNICO WILHELM VAN WASSENAER BORN THIS DAY IN 1692 2:51 pm
Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer     Netherlands (1692 - 1766)
Sonata prima

Trio de L'Oustal
NM Classics 92101 BUY CD



GYOERGY SEBOK BORN THIS DAY IN 1922
___________ 2  Friday ___________


3:00 pm
Bela Bartok     Hungary (1881 - 1945)
Rhapsody for Cello and Piano No. 1 [arr. Bartok from Rhapsody No. 1 for Violin and Piano]

Janos Starker, vc; Gyoergy Sebok, p
Mercury 434 358-2 BUY CD
ON THIS DAY IN 1990: 4TH SYMPHONY DEBUTS AT BROOKLYN ACAD OF MUSIC 3:12 pm
Lou Harrison     United States (1917 - 2003)
Symphony No. 4 for Baritone and Orchestra

California Sym / Barry Jekowsky
Al Jarreau, br
Argo 455 590-2 BUY CD
NEW!
3:55 pm
Johann Pachelbel     Germany (1653 - 1706)
Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Continuo in D (transc. Eaken Piano Trio)

Eaken Piano Trio
Eaken Piano Trio 35371CD BUY CD



TODAY IS ALL SOULS' DAY
___________ 2  Friday ___________


4:00 pm
Franz Schubert     Austria (1797 - 1828)
Am Tage aller Seelen (song) [text J.G. Jacobi]. D. 343, Litanei auf das Fest aller Seelen (1816)

Bryn Terfel, br; Malcolm Martineau, p
DG 445 294-2 BUY CD
ON THIS DAY IN 1877: SAINT-SAENS AT PIANO DEBUTS 4TH PIANO CONCERTO, PARIS 4:05 pm
Camille Saint-Saens     France (1835 - 1921)
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 4 in c, Op. 44 (1875)

City of Birmingham Sym Orch / Sakari Oramo
Stephen Hough, p
Hyperion CDA67331 BUY CD
NEW!
ON THIS DAY IN 1873: DEBUT OF "VARIATIONS ON A THEME BY HAYDN", VIENNA
4:31 pm
Johannes Brahms     Germany (1833 - 1897)
Variations on a Theme by Haydn for Orchestra, Op. 56a (1873)

Pittsburgh Sym Orch / Marek Janowski
PTC 5186 307 BUY CD
CLASSICAL FAVORITE #009
HAROLD FARBERMAN TURNS 78 TODAY
4:48 pm
Ludwig van Beethoven     Germany (1770 - 1827)
Symphony No. 9 in d, Op. 125, "Choral Symphony" (1822-24): Scherzo (arr. Farberman)

All Star Percussion Ens / Harold Farberman
MMG MCD 10007 BUY CD



CLASSICAL FAVORITE #097
GRAMMY® 1975 WINNER: BEST CHORAL PERFORMANCE


1:00 pm
Carl Orff     Germany (1895 - 1982)
Carmina burana (scenic cantata) for Soprano, Tenor, Baritone, Orchestra and Chorus (1935-36)

Cleveland Orch / Michael Tilson Thomas
Judith Blegen, s; Kenneth Riegel, t; Peter Binder, br; Cleveland Orch Cho & Boys Cho/Robert Page
CBS MK 33172 BUY CD



___________ 5  Monday ___________


2:04 pm
Maurice Ravel     France (1875 - 1937)
Concerto for Piano (left hand) and Orchestra in D (1930-31)

Concertgebouw Orch / Bruno Walter
Paul Wittgenstein, p
Radio Netherlands Worldwide 97017 BUY CD
ON THIS DAY IN 1846: SCHUMANN 2ND SYMPHONY DEBUTED BY MENDELSSOHN IN LEIPZIG 2:21 pm
Robert Schumann     Germany (1810 - 1856)
Symphony No. 2 in C, Op. 61 (1845-46)

Marlboro Festival Orch / Pablo Casals
Sony Classical 47297 BUY CD



GEORGE M. COHAN (64) DIED THIS DAY IN 1942
___________ 5  Monday ___________


3:00 pm
George M. Cohan     United States (1878 - 1942)
George M. Cohan on Broadway

Canadian Brass / Lukas Foss
Philips 434 276-2 BUY CD
VLADIMIR HOROWITZ (85) DIED THIS DAY IN 1989 3:11 pm
Franz Schubert     Austria (1797 - 1828)
Sonata for Piano in B-flat, D. 960 (1828)

Vladimir Horowitz, p
DG 435 025-2 BUY CD
ANTHONY ROLFE JOHNSON TURNS 67 TODAY 3:51 pm
Johann Sebastian Bach     Germany (1685 - 1750)
Evangelist: Und da die Engel von ihnen gen Himmel fuhren, fr Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248

English Baroque Soloists / John Eliot Gardiner
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, t; Monteverdi Cho
Archiv Produktion 439 885-2 BUY CD
TODAY IS GUY FAWKES DAY IN GREAT BRITAIN 3:54 pm
Johann Strauss (II)     Austria (1825 - 1899)
Explosions Polka, Op. 43

CSSR State Phil Orch / Johannes Wildner
Naxos 8.554517 BUY CD



NICHOLAS MAW TURNS 72 TODAY
___________ 5  Monday ___________


4:00 pm
Nicholas Maw     Great Britain (1935 -       )
American Games

United States Marine Band / Timothy W. Foley
United States Marine Band CD-13 BUY CD
4:22 pm
John Philip Sousa     United States (1854 - 1932)
The National Game March

Eastman Wind Ens / Frederick Fennell
Mercury 434 300-2 BUY CD
4:26 pm
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart     Austria (1756 - 1791)
Quartet for Strings No. 17 in B-flat, K. 458, Hunting (1784)

Emerson String Quartet
DG 427 657-2 BUY CD
4:52 pm
John (Towner) Williams     United States (1932 -       )
Call of the Champions (The Official Theme of the 2002 Olympic Winter Games)

Utah Sym / John Williams
Mormon Tabernacle Cho
Sony Classical 89364 BUY CD



CLASSICAL FAVORITE #017


1:00 pm
Sergei Rachmaninoff     Russia (1873 - 1943)
Symphony No. 2 in e, Op. 27 (1907)

Cincinnati Sym Orch / Jesus Lopez-Cobos
Telarc CD-80543 BUY CD



TODAY IS ELECTION DAY
___________ 6  Tuesday ___________


2:01 pm
Aaron Copland     United States (1900 - 1990)
Old American Songs: The Dodger (Campaign Song)

William Warfield, br; Aaron Copland, p
Sony Classical 60899 BUY CD
LILI KRAUS (81) DIED THIS DAY IN 1986 2:04 pm
Carl Maria von Weber     Germany (1786 - 1826)
Konzertstueck for Piano and Orchestra in f, Op. 79 (J. 282) (1821)

Concertgebouw Orch / Pierre Monteux
Lili Kraus, p
Radio Netherlands Worldwide 97017 BUY CD
2:22 pm
Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer     Netherlands (1692 - 1766)
Concerti Armonici (1740): Concerto No. 1 in G

Combattimento Consort Amsterdam / Jan Willem de Vriend
Radio Netherlands Worldwide MCCP121 BUY CD
ON THIS DAY IN 1802: LUDWIG EXPLAINS HIMSELF IN HIS HEILIGENSTADT TESTAMENT 2:34 pm
Ludwig van Beethoven     Germany (1770 - 1827)
Sonata for Piano No. 16 in G, Op. 31/1 (1802)

Alfred Brendel, p
Philips 438 134-2 BUY CD



NEW!
HEINRICH SCHUETZ (87) DIED THIS DAY IN 1672
___________ 6  Tuesday ___________


3:00 pm
Heinrich Schuetz     Germany (1585 - 1672)
Die mit Traenen saeen

Febiarmonci / Wolfgang Helbich
Alsfelder Vocal Ens
Naxos 8.558198-99 BUY CD
ARTURO SANDOVAL TURNS 58 TODAY 3:05 pm
Leopold Mozart     Austria (1719 - 1787)
Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra in D (cadenzas by Sandoval)

London Sym Orch / Luis Haza
Arturo Sandoval, tr
RCA 09026-62661-2 BUY CD
ON THIS DAY IN 1814: ADOLPHE SAX, INVENTOR OF THE SAXOPHONE, IS BORN TODAY 3:15 pm
Darius Milhaud     France (1892 - 1974)
Scaramouche (suite) for 2 Pianos, Op. 165b (1937)

Orpheus Ch Orch
Branford Marsalis, alto sax
Sony Classical 89251 BUY CD
COPLAND'S CLARINET CONCERTO DEBUTED BY BENNY GOODMAN, NBC SO 3:28 pm
Aaron Copland     United States (1900 - 1990)
Concerto for Clarinet, Strings, Harp and Piano (1947-48)

New York Ch Sym / Gerard Schwarz
David Shifrin, cl
EMI 49095 BUY CD
SAINT-SAENS' "INTRODUCTION & RONDO CAPRICCIOSO" PREMIERES 3:44 pm
Camille Saint-Saens     France (1835 - 1921)
Introduction and Rondo capriccioso for Violin and Orchestra in a, Op. 28 (1863)

Philadelphia Orch / Eugene Ormandy
Dylana Jenson, v
RCA RCD1-4548 BUY CD
JOHN PHILIP SOUSA BORN THIS DAY IN 1854 3:53 pm
John Philip Sousa     United States (1854 - 1932)
Myrrha Gavotte

Cincinnati Pops Orch / Erich Kunzel
MMG MCD 10005 BUY CD



PIOTR TCHAIKOVSKY (53) DIED THIS DAY IN 1893
___________ 6  Tuesday ___________


4:00 pm
Piotr Tchaikovsky     Russia (1840 - 1893)
Elegy for Strings (1884)

Kremerata Baltica
Gidon Kremer, v
Nonesuch 79657-2 BUY CD
CLASSICAL FAVORITE #112
CHARLES MUNCH (77) DIED THIS DAY IN 1968
4:08 pm
Antonin Dvorak     Czech Republic (1841 - 1904)
Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in b, Op. 104 (1894-95)

Boston Sym Orch / Charles Munch
Gregor Piatigorsky, vc
RCA 82876 55302 2 BUY CD
NEW!
4:51 pm
Charles Ives     United States (1874 - 1954)
Variations on America for Organ (?1891)

United States Marine Band / Timothy W. Foley
Naxos 8.570559 BUY CD



ON THIS DAY IN 1867: LISZT'S "DANTE SYMPHONY" PREMIERES IN DRESDEN


1:00 pm
Franz Liszt     Hungary (1811 - 1886)
Dante Symphony for Orchestra, S. 109 (R. 427) (1857)

Budapest Sym Orch / Gyoergy Lehel
Veronika Kincses, s; Ladies of the Hungarian Radio and Television Cho/Ferenc Sapszon
Hungaroton HCD 11918-2 BUY CD
CLASSICAL FAVORITE #164
ALSO TAKEN FROM DANTE
1:49 pm
Giacomo Puccini     Italy (1858 - 1924)
Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro

Joseph Alessi, tb; Barbara Allen, h
Naxos 8.570232 BUY CD
RICHARD BARRETT TURNS 48 TODAY 1:55 pm
Richard Barrett     Great Britain (1959 -       )
March of the Cobblers

Grimethorpe Colliery Band
RCA 09026-68757-2 BUY CD



BARTHOLOMEO CAMPAGNOLI (76) DIED THIS DAY IN 1827; REC. 1915
___________ 7  Wednesday ___________


2:00 pm
Bartholomeo Campagnoli     Italy (1751 - 1827)
Romanza

Pablo Casals, vc; Charles A. Baker, p
Sony Classical 66573 BUY CD
NEW!
2:05 pm
Domenico Cimarosa     Italy (1749 - 1801)
La baronessa Stramba: Overture

Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia / Alessandro Amoretti
Naxos 8.570508 BUY CD
2:13 pm
Frederic Chopin     Poland (1810 - 1849)
Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano in g, Op. 8 (1828-29)

Pamela Frank, v; Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Emanuel Ax, p
Sony Classical 53112 BUY CD
GERMAINE TAILLEFERRE (91) DIED THIS DAY IN 1983 2:41 pm
Germaine Tailleferre     France (1892 - 1983)
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (1925)

Univ. of California Santa Cruz Orch / Nicole Paiement
Josephine Gandolfi, p
Helicon HE 1048 BUY CD



___________ 7  Wednesday ___________


3:00 pm
(Franz) Joseph Haydn     Austria (1732 - 1809)
Sonata for Piano in A, H. XVI/47

Paul Galbraith, g
Delos DE 3239 BUY CD
CLASSICAL FAVORITE #037
ON THIS DAY IN 1934: RACHMANINOFF DEBUTS HIS "RHAPSODY"; RECORDED 1/21/1970
3:13 pm
Sergei Rachmaninoff     Russia (1873 - 1943)
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 43 (1934)

Royal Concertgebouw Orch / Karel Ancerl
Daniel Wayenberg, p
Radio Netherlands Worldwide RCO 06004 BUY CD
ON THIS DAY IN 1910: HERBERT'S "NAUGHTY MARIETTA" OPENS AT NEW YORK THEATRE 3:37 pm
Victor Herbert     United States (1859 - 1924)
Naughty Marietta: Italian Street Song

London Sym Orch / Andre Kostelanetz
Beverly Sills, s
Angel 47197 BUY CD
CLASSICAL FAVORITE #066
3:40 pm
Johann Sebastian Bach     Germany (1685 - 1750)
Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G, BWV 1049 (ca. 1720)

English Concert / Trevor Pinnock
Archiv Produktion 410 501-2 BUY CD
AL HIRT BORN THIS DAY IN 1922 3:56 pm
James Scott     United States (1886 - 1938)
The Toy Trumpet

Boston Pops Orch / Arthur Fiedler
Al Hirt, tr
RCA 09026-61685-2 BUY CD



PAUL LINCKE BORN THIS DAY IN 1866
___________ 7  Wednesday ___________


4:00 pm
Paul Lincke     Germany (1866 - 1946)
Glow Worm Idyll

New Light Sym Orch
Guild GLCD 5106 BUY CD
IGNAZ BRUELL BORN THIS DAY IN 1846 4:05 pm
Ignaz Bruell     Austria (1846 - 1907)
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 in F, Op. 10

BBC Scottish Sym Orch / Martyn Brabbins
Martin Roscoe, p
Hyperion CDA67069 BUY CD
WILLIAM ALWYN BORN THIS DAY IN 1905; WORLD PREMIERE RECORDING 4:33 pm
William Alwyn     Great Britain (1905 - 1985)
Ballade for Violin and Piano

Madeleine Mitchell, v; Andrew Ball, p
Naxos 8.570340 BUY CD
4:44 pm
Johann Sebastian Bach     Germany (1685 - 1750)
Sonata for Flute and Continuo in e, BWV 1034

James Galway, fl; Phillip Moll, hc; Sarah Cunningham, viga
RCA 09026-62555-2 BUY CD





1:00 pm
Anton Bruckner     Austria (1824 - 1896)
Symphony No. 3 in d, Wagner (1873-77; recomp. W.F. Schalk 1888-89)

Dresden State Orch / Giuseppe Sinopoli
DG 431 684-2 BUY CD



NEW!
___________ 8  Thursday ___________


2:01 pm
Richard Wagner     Germany (1813 - 1883)
Das Rheingold: Entrance of the Gods into Valhalla (ed. Stokowski)

Bournemouth Sym Orch / Jose Serebrier
Naxos 8.570293 BUY CD
SIMON STANDAGE TURNS 66 TODAY 2:10 pm
Antonio Vivaldi     Italy (1678 - 1741)
Concerto for Violin, Strings and Continuo in F, Op. 4/9 (RV. 284), La Stravaganza

English Concert / Trevor Pinnock
Simon Standage, v
Archiv Produktion 429 753-2 BUY CD
ON THIS DAY IN 1919: STRAVINSKY'S "THE SOLDIER'S TALE" (INSTRUMENTAL) DEBUTS 2:18 pm
Igor Stravinsky     Russia (1882 - 1971)
L'Histoire du soldat: The Royal March

Columbia Ch Orch / Igor Stravinsky
Sony Classical 60989 BUY CD
2:21 pm
(Franz) Joseph Haydn     Austria (1732 - 1809)
Symphony No. 100 in G, Military (1793-94)

New York Phil / Leonard Bernstein
Sony Classical 47557 BUY CD
2:47 pm
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber     Czech Republic (1644 - 1704)
Battalia a 10 in D

Cologne Musica Antiqua / Reinhard Goebel
Archiv Produktion 429 230-2 BUY CD



ARNOLD BAX BORN THIS DAY IN 1883
___________ 8  Thursday ___________


3:00 pm
Arnold Bax     Great Britain (1883 - 1953)
Tintagel (symphonic poem) (1917-19)

Ulster Orch / Bryden Thomson
Chandos 8312 BUY CD
ARTHURIAN LEGEND IN MUSIC ALL THIS HOUR 3:16 pm
Henry Purcell     Great Britain (1659 - 1695)
King Arthur: Fairest Isle

Catherine Bott, s; Paula Chateaneuf, theorbo
L'Oiseau-Lyre 444 620-2 BUY CD
3:19 pm
Benjamin Britten     Great Britain (1913 - 1976)
King Arthur (incidental music for Bridson's radio drama) (1937)

UNLV Wind Orch / Thomas G. Leslie
Klavier Records K 11156 BUY CD
3:45 pm
Franz Liszt     Hungary (1811 - 1886)
Paraphrase on Solemn March to the Holy Grail from Parsifal for Piano (1882)

David Allen Wehr, p
Connoisseur Society CD 4199 BUY CD
3:54 pm
Carolyn Anderson Surrick     Great Britain -
The Lady of the Lake

Ens Galilei
Telarc CD-80536 BUY CD



CLASSICAL FAVORITE #200
___________ 8  Thursday ___________


4:00 pm
Felix Mendelssohn (-Bartholdy)     Germany (1809 - 1847)
Nocturne, fr A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61

Orpheus Ch Orch
DG 437 782-2 BUY CD
FRIEDRICH WITT BORN THIS DAY IN 1770 4:07 pm
Friedrich Witt     Germany (1770 - 1836)
Concerto for 2 Horns and Orchestra in F

Concerto Amsterdam / Jaap Schroeder
Hermann Baumann & Mahir Cakar, fh's
Arts Music 43049-2 BUY CD
FRANCISCO GUERRERO (71) DIED THIS DAY IN 1599 4:26 pm
Francisco Guerrero     Spain (1528 - 1599)
Duo seraphim

Cho of the Queen's College, Oxford / Owen Rees
Guild GMCD 7276 BUY CD
ON THIS DAY IN 1740: HANDEL PUBLISHES SECOND SET OF 6 ORGAN CONCERTOS [OP. 7 4:30 pm
George Frideric Handel     Germany (1685 - 1759)
Concerto for Organ and Orchestra No. 11 in g, Op. 7/5

Jean-Francois Paillard Ch Orch / Jean-Francois Paillard
Marie-Claire Alain, o
Boston Skyline BSD 136 BUY CD
CESAR FRANCK (67) DIED THIS DAY IN 1890 4:45 pm
Cesar Franck     Belgium (1822 - 1890)
Les Eolides (symphonic poem) for Orchestra [after Leconte de Lisle], M. 43 (1875-76)

Concertgebouw Orch / Pierre Monteux
Radio Netherlands Worldwide 97017 BUY CD



BRYN TERFEL TURNS 42 TODAY


1:00 pm
Ludwig van Beethoven     Germany (1770 - 1827)
Die Weihe des Hauses [Consecration of the House] (incidental music) for solo Voices, Orchestra &

Berlin Phil Orch / Claudio Abbado
Sylvia McNair, s; Bryn Terfel, br; Bruno Ganz, nar; Berlin Radio Cho
DG 447 748-2 BUY CD
IVAN MORAVEC TURNS 77 TODAY 1:53 pm
Frederic Chopin     Poland (1810 - 1849)
Mazurka for Piano in b, Op. 33/4

Ivan Moravec, p
MMG MCD 10016 BUY CD



ON THIS DAY IN 1878: NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC FOUNDED BY LEOPOLD DAMROSCH
___________ 9  Friday ___________


2:00 pm
Johann Sebastian Bach     Germany (1685 - 1750)
Concerto for Violin, Oboe and Strings in c, BWV 1060

New York Phil / Leonard Bernstein
Isaac Stern, v; Harold Gomberg, ob; Leonard Bernstein, hc
Sony Classical 60211 BUY CD
NEW!
2:19 pm
Arthur Sullivan     Great Britain (1842 - 1900)
Symphony in E, Irish

Royal Liverpool Phil Orch / David Lloyd-Jones
Naxos 8.570351 BUY CD
2:55 pm
Thomas Moore     Ireland (1779 - 1852)
The Minstrel Boy (arr. Tom Kochan)

Ens
James Galway, fl
RCA 09026-68393-2 BUY CD



PETER VAN DE GRAAFF TURNS 46 TODAY
___________ 9  Friday ___________


3:00 pm
Giovanni Bononcini     Italy (1670 - 1747)
Mirena e Floro (intermezzo II) for 2 Voices and Orchestra

Comic Intermezzo Orch
Peter Van De Graaff, br; Kathleen Van De Graaff, s
Naxos 8.570035 BUY CD
CLASSICAL FAVORITE #243
ON THIS DAY IN 1881: BRAHMS DEBUTS HIS PIANO CONCERTO NO. 2 AT BUDAPEST
3:11 pm
Johannes Brahms     Germany (1833 - 1897)
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 in d, Op. 15 (1854-58): Rondo

Philharmonia Orch / Evgeni Svetlanov
Peter Donohoe, p
EMI 66272 BUY CD
NEW!
3:24 pm
Jean-Marie Leclair     France (1697 - 1764)
Deuxieme recreation de musique for 2 Flutes and Continuo in g

Fenwick Smith & Christopher Krueger, fl's; Laura Blustein, vc; John Gibbons, hc
Naxos 8.557440-41 BUY CD
CLASSICAL FAVORITE #022
ON THIS DAY IN 1940: "CONCIERTO DE ARANJUEZ" PREMIERES IN BARCELONA
3:51 pm
Joaquin Rodrigo     Spain (1901 - 1999)
Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar and Orchestra (1939): Adagio (arr. Daryl Runswick)

London Trumpet Sound / Geoffrey Simon
Maurice Murphy, flugelhorn solo
Cala Artists CACD0113 BUY CD



BURRILL PHILLIPS BORN 100 YEARS AGO TODAY
___________ 9  Friday ___________


4:00 pm
Burrill Phillips     United States (1907 - 1988)
Selections from McGuffey's Reader for Orchestra (1933)

Eastman-Rochester Orch / Howard Hanson
Mercury 434 319-2 BUY CD
A SECOND WORK FROM 1933 4:17 pm
Karol Szymanowski     Poland (1882 - 1937)
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 2, Op. 61 (1933)

Warsaw Phil Orch / Antoni Wit
Ilya Kaler, v
Naxos 8.557981 BUY CD
DONALD GRANTHAM TURNS 60 TODAY 4:41 pm
Donald Grantham     United States (1947 -       )
Variations on an American Cavalry Song

North Texas Wind Sym / Eugene Migliaro Corporon
Klavier Records K 11128 BUY CD
4:53 pm
John Philip Sousa     United States (1854 - 1932)
The Black Horse Troop March

United States Marine Band / Frederick Fennell
United States Marine Band CD-1 BUY CD



CLASSICAL FAVORITE #202


1:00 pm
Franz Schubert     Austria (1797 - 1828)
Symphony No. 9 in C, D. 944, The Great (?1825-28)

Berlin Phil Orch / Daniel Barenboim
CBS MK 42316 BUY CD



ALEXANDER BORODIN BORN THIS DAY IN 1833
___________ 12  Monday ___________


2:05 pm
Alexander Borodin     Russia (1833 - 1887)
Quartet for Strings No. 1 in A (1874-79)

St. Petersburg String Quartet
Sony Classical 64097 BUY CD
"KISMET" MUSIC WAS BASED ON TUNES BY BORODIN 2:44 pm
Robert Wright     United States (1914 - 2005)
Kismet (1955): And This is My Beloved

Orch / Irving Aaronson
Mario Lanza, t; Cho
RCA 60720-2-RG BUY CD
2:48 pm
Guido Deiro     United States (1886 - 1950)
Kismet Fox Trot

Henry Doktorski, acco
Bridge 9138 BUY CD
2:52 pm
Alexander Borodin     Russia (1833 - 1887)
Nocturne for String Orchestra [arr. from Quartet No. 2 for Strings]

Acad of St. Martin in the Fields / Michael Stern
Joshua Bell, v
Sony Classical 87894 BUY CD



CLASSICAL FAVORITE #085
LUCIA POPP BORN THIS DAY IN 1939
___________ 12  Monday ___________


3:00 pm
Richard Strauss     Germany (1864 - 1949)
Four Last Songs for Soprano and Orchestra, AV 150 (Op. posth.) (1948): Im Abendrot

London Sym Orch / Michael Tilson Thomas
Lucia Popp, s
Sony Classical 48242 BUY CD
CLASSICAL FAVORITE #104
3:09 pm
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart     Austria (1756 - 1791)
Eine kleine Nachtmusik for Strings and Continuo in G, K. 525 (1787)

St. Paul Ch Orch / Bobby McFerrin
Sony Classical 64600 BUY CD
3:27 pm
Antonio Vivaldi     Italy (1678 - 1741)
Concerto for Flute and Orchestra in g, Op. 10/2, RV. 439, La notte (1729-30)

New London Consort / Philip Pickett
Philip Pickett, r
L'Oiseau-Lyre 433 198-2 BUY CD
3:37 pm
Luigi Boccherini     Italy (1743 - 1805)
Octet (Notturno) in G, Op. 38/4, G. 470

Tafelmusik / Jeanne Lamon
Sony Classical 53121 BUY CD
3:52 pm
Charles Ancliffe     Great Britain (1880 - 1952)
Nights of Gladness

New London Orch / Ronald Corp
Hyperion CDA66868 BUY CD



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4:00 pm
Martin Luther     Germany (1483 - 1546)
A Mighty Fortress Is Our God

Wallace Collection / Stephen Cleobury
Cho of King's College, Cambridge; Thomas Williamson, o
EMI 57026 BUY CD
4:07 pm
Felix Mendelssohn (-Bartholdy)     Germany (1809 - 1847)
Symphony No. 5 in d, Op. 107, Reformation (1832)

Vienna Phil Orch / John Eliot Gardiner
DG 289 459 156-2 BUY CD
4:36 pm
Victor Young     United States (1899 - 1956)
Scaramouche (1952)

Brandenburg Phil Orch, Potsdam / Richard Kaufman
Naxos 8.557704 BUY CD
4:56 pm
Darius Milhaud     France (1892 - 1974)
Scaramouche (arr. Howard Snell)

River City Brass Band / Denis Colwell
Summit PROMO BUY CD





1:00 pm
Gustav Mahler     Austria (1860 - 1911)
Benjamin Zander discusses Symphony No. 4 in G-E for Soprano and Orchestra (1892, 1899-1900)

Philharmonia Orch / Benjamin Zander
Benjamin Zander, nar
Telarc CD-80555 BUY CD



LOUIS JAMES ALFRED LEFEBURE-WELY BORN THIS DAY IN 1817
___________ 13  Tuesday ___________


2:21 pm
Louis James Alfred Lefebure-Wely     France (1817 - 1869)
Sortie for Organ in E-flat

Stanislas Deriemaeker, o
NCRV 9087-9090 BUY CD
NEW!
2:27 pm
Antonio Caldara     Italy (1670 - 1736)
Sinfonia for 2 Flutes and Continuo No. 12, La passione di Gesu Signor nostro (1730)

Ens Caprice / Matthias Maute
ATMA ACD2 2347 BUY CD
GIOACCHINO ROSSINI (76) DIED THIS DAY IN 1868 2:33 pm
Gioacchino Rossini     Italy (1792 - 1868)
Paraphrase on Largo al factotum (arr. Castenuovo-Tedesco/ed. Heifetz)

Gil Shaham, v; Akira Eguchi, p
DG 447 640-2 BUY CD
LOTHAR ZAGROSEK TURNS 65 TODAY 2:39 pm
Franz Schreker     Germany (1878 - 1934)
Der Geburtstag de Infantin [The Birthday of the Infanta] (suite) for Orchestra (1923)

Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch / Lothar Zagrosek
London 444 182-2 BUY CD



MAURICE DELAGE BORN THIS DAY IN 1879
___________ 13  Tuesday ___________


3:00 pm
Maurice Delage     France (1879 - 1961)
Lahore

Ens
Anne Sofie von Otter, ms; Bengt Forsberg, p
DG 457 688-2 BUY CD
BRUNO MADERNA (53) DIED THIS DAY IN 1973 3:06 pm
Bruno Maderna     Italy (1920 - 1973)
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (1969)

Royal Concertgebouw Orch / Diego Masson
Theo Olof, v
Radio Netherlands Worldwide RCO 06004 BUY CD
3:34 pm
Ludwig van Beethoven     Germany (1770 - 1827)
Wellington's Victory for Orchestra, Op. 91, Battle Symphony (1813)

Cincinnati Sym Orch / Erich Kunzel
Telarc CD-80079 BUY CD
3:51 pm
Georg Philipp Telemann     Germany (1681 - 1767)
Musique heroique (marches) for 2 Instruments and Continuo (1728)

New York Trumpet Ens
Edward Carroll, tr
MMG MCD 10021 BUY CD



CLASSICAL FAVORITE #058
ON THIS DAY IN 1893: PREMIERE OF SIBELIUS' KARELIA INCIDENTAL MUSIC
___________ 13  Tuesday ___________


4:00 pm
Jean Sibelius     Finland (1865 - 1957)
Karelia Suite for Orchestra, Op. 11 (1893)

Philadelphia Orch / Eugene Ormandy
CBS Odyssey MBK 39785 BUY CD
RECORDED NOVEMBER 13, 1961, AT THE WHITE HOUSE 4:17 pm
Felix Mendelssohn (-Bartholdy)     Germany (1809 - 1847)
Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello No. 1 in d, Op. 49 (1839)

Mieczyslaw Horszowski, p; Alexander Schneider, v; Pablo Casals, vc
Sony Classical 66571 BUY CD
ANTAL DORATI (82) DIED THIS DAY IN 1988 4:48 pm
Igor Stravinsky     Russia (1882 - 1971)
Scherzo a la russe for Orchestra (1943-44)

London Sym Orch / Antal Dorati
Mercury 432 012-2 BUY CD
AUTHOR ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON BORN THIS DATE IN 1850 4:53 pm
John Alden Carpenter     United States (1876 - 1951)
Looking-Glass River [text Robert Louis Stevenson] (1909)

Robert Osborne, b-br; Dennis Helmrich, p
Albany Records TROY 388 BUY CD
4:55 pm
Thomas Dunhill (1877 - 1946)
Songs of the River: Where Go the Boats? (text Robert Louis Stevenson)

Cantabile Vocal Quartet
Quattro Voci Records 8195 BUY CD





1:00 pm
Franz Schubert     Austria (1797 - 1828)
Octet for Strings and Winds in F, D. 803 (Op. 166) (1824)

Mozzafiato & L'Archibudelli
Sony Classical 66264 BUY CD



ALSO WRITTEN IN 1824
___________ 14  Wednesday ___________


2:02 pm
Felix Mendelssohn (-Bartholdy)     Germany (1809 - 1847)
Sonata for Viola and Piano in c (1824)

Michael Gieler, vi; Lauretta Bloomer, p
Radio Netherlands Worldwide 93008 BUY CD
FANNY MENDELSSOHN (-HENSEL) BORN THIS DAY IN 1805 2:30 pm
Fanny Mendelssohn (-Hensel)     Germany (1805 - 1847)
Pieces (3) for Piano 4-Hands

Yaara Tal & Andreas Groethuysen, p's
Sony Classical 48494 BUY CD
LEOPOLD MOZART BORN THIS DAY IN 1719 2:39 pm
Leopold Mozart     Austria (1719 - 1787)
Concerto for 2 Horn, Strings and Continuo in E-flat

Concerto Amsterdam / Jaap Schroeder
Hermann Baumann & Mahir Cakar, fh's
Arts Music 43049-2 BUY CD
MARIA KLIEGEL TURNS 55 TODAY 2:51 pm
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco     Italy (1895 - 1968)
Figaro Variations from Rossini's 'The Barber of Seville' (Concert Transcription, ed. Piatigorsky)

Maria Kliegel, vc; Nina Tichman, p
Naxos 8.557613 BUY CD



GASPARE SPONTINI BORN THIS DAY IN 1774
___________ 14  Wednesday ___________


3:00 pm
Gaspare Spontini     Italy (1774 - 1851)
La Vestale: Overture

La Scala Orch / Riccardo Muti
Sony Classical 66357 BUY CD
JAERNEFELT WAS BROTHER-IN-LAW OF SIBELIUS 3:08 pm
Armas Jaernefelt     Finland (1869 - 1958)
Berceuse

Swedish Radio Sym Orch / Esa-Pekka Salonen
Sony Classical 46668 BUY CD
3:12 pm
Jean Sibelius     Finland (1865 - 1957)
Pensees lyriques: Berceuse, Op. 40/5 (arr. Kondonassis)

Yolanda Kondonassis, h
Telarc CD-80533 BUY CD
IGNAZ (-JOSEPH) PLEYEL (74) DIED TH