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Monday

Mendelssohn: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in E minor, Op. 64 (excerpts)
Concertgebouw/Haitink; Perlman, v.
EMI 69863
2:30

Mendelssohn: String Symphony No. 3 in E Minor, I
English String Orchestra/Boughton
Nimbus 5141
3:05

Mendelssohn Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 11, III
LSO/Abbado
DG 445596
6:40

Mendelssohn: Overture for Wind Instruments in C Major
LSO/Abbado
DG 423104
9:41

Mendelssohn: Octet for Strings, I
Guarneri & Orion String Quartets
Arab 6714
14:14

Mendelssohn: Overture fr. A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Berlin Phil/Abbado
Sony 62826
11:40

Mendelssohn: No. 2 from Seven Character-istic Pieces for Piano, Op. 7
Jones, p.
Nimbus 5074
1:50

Tuesday

Mendelssohn: Octet for Strings, II
Guarneri & Orion String Quartets
Arab 6714
4:27

Bach: St. Matthew Passion (excerpt)
CSO/Solti
Decca 421 177
2:10

Mendelssohn: String Quartet in Eb Major, Op. 12, I
Julliard String Quartet
Sony 60579
8:04

Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture, in B minor, Op. 26, “Fingal’s Cave”
Cleveland Orchestra/Szell
Sony 46536
10:50

Mendelssohn: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 in G Minor
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields/Marriner; Perahia, p.
CBS 42401
20:02

Mendelssohn: Frühlingsglaube” & “Auf Flügeln des Gesanges”
Quasthoff, bar., Zeyen, p.
DG B0002192
1:43, 2:22

Wednesday

Mendelssohn: Quintet for Strings no 1 in A major, Op. 18, II
L’Archibudelli
Sony 60766
7:45

Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words, Op. 19b (excerpt)
Gould, p.
Sony 52622
2:13

Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 5 in D major, Op. 107, Reformation, I (excerpt) & finale
LSO/Abbado
DG 415353
:28, 9:04

Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Op. 90, Italian
CSO/Solti
Lon 436621
29:47

Thursday

Mendelssohn: St. Paul (excerpts)
Leipzig Radio Chorus & Gewandhaus Orchestra/Masur
Phil 420212
11:21

Mendelssohn: Trio for Piano and Strings No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49, I
Schneider, v.; Casals, vc.; Horszowski, p.
Sony 66571
9:54

Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3, Scottish, I & II
CSO/Solti
Lon 436621
15:52

Mendelssohn: Scherzo fr. A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Berlin Phil/Abbado
Sony 62826
4:23

Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3, Scottish, III (edited excerpts)
CSO/Solti
Lon 436621
4:37

Friday

Mendelssohn: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in E Minor, Op. 64
Concertgebouw/Haitink; Perlman, v.
EMI 69863
28:57

Mendelssohn: Elijah (excerpts)
London Symphony/Hickox
Chan 8774
8:56

Mendelssohn: String Quartet in F Minor, Op. 80 (excerpts)
Ysaye Quartet
Lon 436325
1:42, 1:00, 1:09

Mendelssohn: Nocturne & Finale fr. A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Berlin Phil/Abbado; Branagh, n.
Sony 62826
10:54

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Monday

Taj Mahal: Blues With A Feeling
Taj Mahal
5:05

W.C. Handy: St. Louis Blues
Katharine Handy Lewis, voc.
3:08

Interview with W. C. Handy
2:46

W.C. Handy: St. Louis Blues
Louis Armstrong And His All-Stars
8:52

County Farm Blues (excerpt)
Eddie “Son” House, gtr. & voc.
:57

Drifting Blues (excerpt)
Lightnin’ Hopkins
2:20

Drifting Blues
Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers
3:14

Drifting Blues (excerpt)
Albert King, gtr. & voc.
1:42

Slide Hampton: Frame for the Blues
Maynard Ferguson, tpt. & voc.
8:14

Hailstork: Epitaph For A Man Who Dreamed
Chicago Sinfonietta/Paul Freeman
Cedille 61
7:38

Trad.: Deep River
Howard University Ch. Choir
Smithsonian Folkways 4007208
2:55

B.B. King: The Thrill Is Gone
B.B. King Live in Cook County Jail
5:26

Tuesday

George Gershwin: “Bess, You Is My Woman Now”
Todd Duncan, bar.; Anne Brown, sop.
Music Masters B000000FMO
5:34

Aaron Copland: “Simple Gifts”, “The Boatmen’s Dance”, “The Little Horses” & “Ching-A-Ring Chaw” fr. Old American Songs
William Warfield, b. Aaron Copland, p.
Sony 90403
9:29

Giacomo Puccini: “Vissi d’arte” fr. Tosca
Rome Opera House Orchestra/Fabritiis; Leontyne Price, s.
RCA 794051
3:17

G. Verdi: “Pace, Pace, Mio Dio” fr. La Forza Del Destino
RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra/Schippers; Leontyne Price, s.
RCA 794051
5:48

Gershwin: Introduction, “Summertime” & “O Lawd, I’m On My Way” fr. Porgy & Bess
RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra/Skitch Henderson; Leontyne Price, s.; William Warfield, bar.
RCA 794051
6:20. 00:18

Duke Ellington: “Come Sunday” fr. Black, Brown & Beige
Mahalia Jackson, s. w/ Duke Ellington & his Orchestra
8:10

Wednesday

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Petite suite de concert, Op. 77
  III. Un sonnet d’amour
  IV. La tarantelle fretillante
Chicago Sinfonietta/Paul Freeman
Cedille 055
5:41

Jeffrey Mumford: Her Eastern Light Amid a Cavernous Dusk Aspen Wind Quintet
New World 650
8:23

Hale Smith: Evocation
Natalie Hinderas, p.
CRI 629
3:21

Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat
New York Phil/Bernstein; André Watts, p.
Phil 456 985
18:29

Alvin Singleton: In Our Own House
Karen Walwyn, p.; Jason Marsalis, perc.
Albany 384
6:59

Roland Hayes: Lit’l Boy
Robert Sims, bar.
3:45

Thursday

Georg Friedrich Händel: “Let the Bright Seraphim” fr. Samson
Orchestra of St. Luke’s/John Nelson; Wynton Marsalis, trp.; Kathleen Battle, s.
Sony 46672
5:32

Richard Strauss: IV. Im Abendrot fr Vier Letze Lieder
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra/Kurt Masur; Jessye Norman, s.
Phil 475 8507
10:00

Olly Wilson: Sinfonia, II (Elegy for Olly Wilson Sr. and Calvin Simmons)
Boston Symphony Orchestra/Seiji Ozawa
New World 80331-2
9:01

Roberto Sierra: Concerto for Saxophones and Orchestra, II
Sinfonia Varsovia/Giancarlo Guererro; James Carter, sax
Decca 001547202
7:02

Anthony Davis: Maps – I. Timothy Island
Kansas City Symphony/William McGlaughlin; Shem Guibbory, v.; Gerry Hemingway, perc.
Gramavision R2 79429
6:08

Kothbiro
Regina Carter, vln.; Yacouba Sissoko, kora
Koch 2090
0:32

N’Teri
Regina Carter, vln, Yacouba Sissoko, kora; Will Holshouser, acc.; Chris Lightcap, db.; Alvester Garnett, percussion
Koch 2090
Reverse Thread
5:52

Johannes Brahms: Ballade #3 In B Minor, Op. 10/3
Awadagin Pratt, p.
EMI 55025
3:48

John Williams: Air and Simple Gifts
Anthony McGill, cl.; Itzhak Perlman, v.; Yo-Yo Ma, vc.; Gabriela Montero, p.
Sony 770636
1:56

Friday

Langston Hughes: Night and Morn
Smithsonian Folkways 47001_06
0:33

Joe “King’ Oliver: West End Blues
Louis Armstrong And His Hot Five
Fremeaux and Assoc. 1354
3:15,

Cold in Hand
1:46

To Harlem: Snowy Morning Blues
James P. Johnson, p.
1:16 excerpt

Darius Milhaud: La Création Du Monde, Op. 81 (excerpt)
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra/Branford Marsalis
2:00

Duke Ellington: Jungle Nights in Harlem
2:59

Duke Ellington: Sophisticated Lady
Karrin Allyson, voc.; Rod Fleeman, gtr., Randy Weinstein harm., Ed Howard, bs.
4:38

How Long Blues (excerpt)
Count Basie and His Orchestra w/ Jimmy Rushing
1:57 excerpt

Mary Lou Williams: Hesitation Boogie
Mary Lou Williams, p.
1:43

Piney Brown Blues (excerpt)
Big Joe Turner & Jay McShann
3:02

Parker: Ornithology
Charlie Parker and Miles Davis
1:19; :34

Denzil Best: Move
Miles Davis nonet
:54

Miles Davis: All Blues
Miles Davis sextet
1:02

Billy Strayhorn: Lush Life
Johnny Hartman, John Coltrane, McCoy Tyner
5:29

Ray Evans and Jay Livingston: Mona Lisa
Nat “King” Cole
2:29

Stevie Wonder: Sir Duke (excerpt)
Steve Wonder
1:39 excerpt

Michael Jackson: Billie Jean (excerpt)
1:09

Langston Hughes: The Negro Speaks of Rivers
SFW47001_01
0:46

Duke Ellington: Come Sunday
Duke Ellington, Ray Nance, vln.
2:37

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Monday

Trad.: Egwabo/Welcome (Ghana) (excerpts)
Arc 1950
:56, :42

Trad.: “Lord, How Come Me Here?”
Marian Anderson, contralto; Franz Rupp, piano
RCA 61960
2:12

Trad: “In that New Jerusalem”
Smithsonian Folkways 2657
2:00

Trad.: “I Been in de Storm So Long”
Marian Anderson, contralto
RCA 61960
3:10

Chevalier de Saint-Georges: Quartet No. 2 In B Flat Major, I & II
Apollon Quartet
Avenida 276011
11:05

Chevalier de Saint-Georges: Adagio fr. Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major
Encore Chamber Orchestra/Hege; Rachel Barton, v.
Cedille 035
5:52

Trad.: “Move Daniel” & “Pharaoh’s Host Got Lost”
McIntosh County Singers
Smithsonian Folkways 4344
3:49, 1:38

Trad.: “I Stood on de Ribber ob Jerdon”
Marian Anderson, contralto; Rupp, p.
RCA 61960
2:37

Trad.: Deep River
Tuskegee Institute Choir
Westminster 8154
3:23

Tuesday

Trad.: “Every Time I Feel the Spirit”
Leadbelly, voc.
Smithsonian Folkways 40194
3:27

Trad./Burleigh: “Go Down Moses”
Harry T. Burleigh, baritone
Arch 1005
2:06

Trad.: “Trouble”
Michel Larue, voc
Smithsonian Folkways 05252
1:54

Joseph White: Violin Concerto in F-sharp minor
Encore Chamber Orchestra/Hege; Rachel Barton, v.
Cedille 35
21:36

Scott Joplin: Maple Leaf Rag
Boston Pops Orchestra/Fiedler
Universal Classics B0002916-02
3:20

Scott Joplin: Ragtime Dance
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
Universal Classics B0002916-02
2:42

Scott Joplin: Solace – A Mexican Serenade
Morton Gunnar Larsen, f.
Universal Classics B0002916-02
7:17

Trad.: La Bella Cubana
Juan Carlos Valdivia, v.; Leonor Martínez, p.
Music Trends Records B001Q21MT4
5:19; 1:39

Wednesday

Trad.: “Salangadou”
Michel Larue, voc.
Smithsonian Folkways 05252
:56

Trad.: “Gwine to Alabamy”
Michel Larue, voc.
Smithsonian Folkways 05252
1:37

Trad.: “A City Called Heaven”
Terence Blanchard, p.; Jubilant Sykes, bar.
Sony 63294
4:22

Foster: “Jeanie With The Light Brown Hair”
Thomas Hampson; Michael Parloff, fl.
EMI 41645
1:52

Foster: Old Folks at Home & My Old Kentucky Home
Jay Ungar/Matt Glaser/Evan Stover/Molly Mason/Tony Trischka
EMI 54621
4:56

James A. Bland: “Carry Me Back to Old Virginny”
Louis Armstrong & the Mills Brothers
Giants of Jazz
3:05

Sydney Lambert: Rescue Polka Mazurka
Center for Black Music Research
3:16

Scott Joplin: Bethena (A Concert Waltz)
Eric Rogers, p.
Universal CL (DG) B0002916-02
5:24

Joplin: Treemonisha (excerpts)
Paragon Ragtime Orchestra and Singers
New World 80720
19:33

Trad.: “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot”
Apollo Jubilee Quartette
Arch 1005
2:44

Trad.: “Salangadou” (excerpt)
Eartha Kitt
1:22

Thursday

James S. Scott: Frog Legs Rag
Center for Black Music Research
www.colum.edu/CBMR/
3:47

R. Nathaniel Dett: In the Bottoms
  I. Prelude
  II. His Song
  III. Honey
  IV. Barcarolle
  V. Dance
Natalie Hinderas, p.
CRI 629
18:19

William Grant Still: Symphony #1, Afro-American
Detroit Symphony Orchestra/Neeme Järvi
Chandos 9154
12:43, 11:25

Noble Sissle: Great Camp Meetin’ Day
Ford Dabney’s Band
Arch 1005
2:39

Friday

Trad.: “I Just Come from the Fountain”
Michel Larue, voc.
Smithsonian Folkways 5252
1:08

Trad: “Let Us Break Bread Together”
Terence Blanchard, p.; Jubilant Sykes, bar.
Sony 63294
2:44

Trad.: “Joe Hill”
Paul Robeson, bass
Smithsonian Folkways 40026
3:05

James Reese Europe: Castle House Rag
Center for Black Music Research, Chicago
3:16

Florence Price: Concerto in One Movement
New Black Music Repertory Ensemble/Leslie B. Dunner, Karen Walwyn, p.
Albany 1295
18:29

Florence Price: Symphony in E Minor, III & IV
New Black Music Repertory Ensemble/Leslie B. Dunner
Antonín Dvorák, arr. Tatum: Humoresque
Art Tatum, p.
4:46

I Got You (I Feel Good)
James Brown
2:49

Diggin’ on James Brown
Tower of Power
4:40

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Monday

Bach: Aria fr. Goldberg Variations (two excerpts)
Gould, p.
CBS 37779, Sony 87703
1:53, 1:33

Handel: Overture fr. Messiah (excerpt)
Royal Phil/Beecham
RCA LDS-6409
2:24

Handel: Overture fr. Messiah
Amsterdam Baroque/Koopman
Erato 2292-45433
3:07

Beethoven: Symphony No. 1, III
Vienna Phil/Furtwangler
EMI 47409
3:49

Beethoven: Symphony No. 2, I
Berlin Phil/Karajan
DG 429036
10:13

Beethoven: Symphony No. 2, I (excerpt), II, III, IV
London Classical Players/Norrington
EMI 47698
1:09, 9:59, 10:45

Tuesday

Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, I (excerpt)
Berlin Phil/Furtwangler
Tahra 1008
1:09

Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, I
Vienna Phil/Bernstein
DG 413778
17:37

Beethoven: Symphony No. 4, I & IV (excerpts)
Bavarian Radio Symphony/Kleiber
Melo 40047
9:13, :19, :18

Beethoven: Symphony No. 4, IV (excerpt)
Vienna Phil/Furtwangler
EMI 47409
:21

Beethoven: Symphony No. 4, IV (excerpt + complete)
La Scala/Giulini
Sony 58921
:17, 7:44

Beethoven: Symphony No. 5, I (excerpt)
Vienna Phil/Furtwangler
EMI 69803
1:00

Beethoven: Symphony No. 5, I (excerpt)
Vienna Phil/Bernstein
DG 419435
1:01

Beethoven: Symphony No. 5, I (excerpt)
Concertgebouw/E. Kleiber
:54

Beethoven: Symphony No. 5, I
Vienna Phil/C. Kleiber
DG 415861
7:17

Wednesday

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4, I (excerpt)
CSO/Stock; Schnabel, p.
RCA 09026-61393
:17

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4, I (excerpt + complete)
Cleveland Orch/Szell; Fleisher, p.
CBS 42445
:17, 17:59

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4, I (excerpt)
Cleveland Orch; Ashkenazy, p.
Lon 421718
:16

Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, I (excerpt)
NBC Symphony Orch/Toscanini
RCA 74321 55836
1:17

Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, I (excerpt)
Columbia Symphony/Walter
CBS 36720
1:13

Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, I
Concertgebouw/Mengelberg
8:29

Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 rehearsal (excerpt)
Columbia Symphony/Walter
Sony 64465
3:47

Beethoven: Symphony No. 7, I
Columbia Symphony/Walter
Sony 64463
12:58

Thursday

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5, finale
New York Phil/Bernstein
CBS 37218
8:53

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 finale (excerpt + complete)
Leningrad Phil/Mravinsky
Doremi 7811
:38, 11:00

Beethoven: Symphony No. 8
London Classical Players/Norrington
EMI 47698
25:13, 3:01

Friday

Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 (excerpts)
CSO/Reiner
RCA 09026-61795
1:12, :25, :57

Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 (excerpts)
Vienna Phil/Furtwangler
DG 435325
1:12, 2:20, 24:47

Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 (excerpts)
London Classical Players/Norrington
Virgin Veritas 56137820
:50, :28, 1:10, 1:03

Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 (excerpts)
Vienna Phil/Rattle
EMI 7234 5 57450
1:08, 11:50

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Monday

C.P.E. Bach: Trio in D Major, I
Nicolet, fl.; Holliger, ob.; Jaccottet, hps.; Schwartz, vc.
Denon 7092
4:32

Haydn: Trio in e minor, Hob. XV:12
Kalichstein, p.; Laredo, v.; Robinson, vc.
Dorian 90164
10:29

Mozart: Trio in Eb Major for Clarinet, Viola & Piano, Kegelstatt, K. 498, I + IV (excerpt)
Hoffman, vla.; Kitt, cl.; Orkis, p.
Koch 7029
5:55, 2:30

Mozart: Trio No. 5 in E Major, K. 542
Mutter, v.; Previn, p.; Müller-Schott, vc.
DG B0006099-02
18:36

Strauss: Act III Trio fr. “Der Rosenkavalier”
Met Opera Orchestra/Levine; von Otter, ms.; Fleming, s.; Murphy, ms.
DG 449177
5:38

Tuesday

Beethoven: Serenade for Flute, Violin & Viola, Op. 25, I & III
Rampal, fl.; Jarry, v.; Collot, vla.
EMI 69632
5:22

Beethoven: Concerto for Piano, Violin and Cello in C Major, Triple Concerto, Op. 56
Berlin Phil/Karajan; Oistrakh, v.; Rostropovich, vc.; Richter, p.
EMI 69032
36:15

Beethoven: Trio in B-flat Major for Piano, Clarinet and Cello, Op. 11, III + I (excerpt)
Ax, p.; Stoltzman, cl.; Ma, vc.
Sony 57499
6:44, 3:50

Wednesday

Brahms: Trio in B Major, Op. 8, I
Ashkenazy, p.; Perlman, v.; Harrell, vc.
EMI 54725
20:37

Brahms: Trio in E-flat Major for Horn, Violin and Piano, Op. 40, IV
Sorkin, v.; Zaslav, p.; Tuckwell, hn.
Music & Arts 1154
6:07

Ravel: Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano in a minor, I, II & IV
Bell, v.; Thibaudet, p.; Isserlis, vc.
Lon 444702
18:01

Bernstein: Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano, II + III
Ahn Trio
EMI 57022
3:39 + 3:35

Thursday

Brahms: Trio in B Major, Op. 8, II (excerpt)
Ashkenazy, p.; Perlman, v.; Harrell, vc.
EMI 54725
1:34

Dvorák: Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano in e minor, Dumky, Op. 90, I & IV
Kim, v.; Ma, vc.; Ax, p.
CBS 44527
14:45

Bartók: Contrasts, Sz. 111
Argerich, p.; Juillet, v.; Collins, cl.
EMI 56816
16:21

Piazzolla: Oblivion
Ahn Trio
EMI 57022
6:02

McGlaughlin: Three Sketches for Three Winds
Moriah Winds
8:34

Piazzolla: Primavera Porteña
Ahn Trio
EMI 57022
4:21

Friday

O’Connor: Appalachia Waltz
O’Connor, v.; Ma, vc.; Meyer, db.
Sony 68460
5:43

Mozart: Trio in E-flat Major, K. 563, IV
Kremer, v.; Kashkashian, vla.; Ma, vc.
Sony 39561
7:29

O’Connor: Caprice for Three
O’Connor, v.; Cook, vla.; Haas, vc.
Omac 17
3:38

Debussy: Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp
Pierre, hp.; Gallois, fl.; Xuereb, vla.
17:19

Arensky: Trio No. 1 in d minor, II
Borodin Trio
Chan 8477
6:22

Gershwin: I Loves You Porgy
Bill Evans Trio
Riverside 4443
5:57

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Monday

Haydn: Symphony No. 7 in C, Le Midi (excerpt)
English Concert/Pinnock
Archiv 423098
:20

Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in d minor, Choral (excerpt)
CSO/Solti
Lon 430400
:10

Schubert: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat (excerpt)
Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Abbado
DG 423652
:21

Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in c minor (excerpt)
Berlin Phil/Harnoncourt
Teldec 13136
:17

Ives: Symphony No. 1 (excerpt)
CSO/Thomas
Sony 44939
11:43

Spontini: Allegretto Grazioso fr. La Vestale (excerpt)
Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra/Muti
Sony 66357
:48

Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 (excerpt)
CSO/Solti
Decca 430400
:30

Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique (excerpt)
NY Phil/Bernstein
Sony 60968
:38

Saint-Saëns: Symphony in A, I (excerpt)
Orchestre National De L’ORTF/Martinon
EMI 62643
2:09, :35

Saint-Saëns: Symphony #1 in E Flat, Op. 2, I & II
Orchestre National De L’ORTF/Martinon
EMI 62643
13:25

Gounod: Symphony No. 1 in D, I
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra/Hogwood
Lon 430231
6:25

Bizet: Symphony in C, I
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra/Wolff
Teldec 77309
7:17

Gounod: Symphony No. 1 in D, II (excerpt)
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra/Hogwood
Lon 430231
:37

Bizet: Symphony in C, II & IV
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra/Wolff
Teldec 77309
16:02

Tuesday

Saint-Saëns: Symphony #2 In A Minor, I
Orchestre National De L’ORTF/Martinon
EMI 62643
7:05, :19

Hermann: Prelude fr. Vertigo (excerpt)
LA Phil/Salonen
Sony 60991
:08

Saint-Saëns: Symphony In F, Urbs Roma, I (excerpt)
Orchestre National De L’ORTF/Martinon
EMI 62643
:50

Bizet: Roma Symphonie, I, III & IV
Orchestre National De Lille/Casadesus
Erato 45016
11:08, 13:47

Saint-Saëns: Symphony #2 In A Minor, Op. 55, IV
Orchestre National De L’ORTF/Martinon
EMI 62643
7:15

Gounod: Petite Symphonie, I & IV
St. Paul Chamber Orchestra/Hogwood
Lon 430231
10:17, 1:35

Wednesday

Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 1 in E-flat, Op. 2 (excerpt)
Orchestre National De L’ORTF/Martinon
EMI 62643
1:06

Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 in c minor, Organ (excerpt)
Berlin Philhamonic/Levine
DG 419617
1:32

D’Indy: Symphony on a French Mountain Air, Op. 25, I
Philadelphia Orchestra/Ormandy; Casadesus, p.
Sony 46730
10:42

Lalo: Symphony in G minor, I
Basel Symphony Orchestra/Andretta
CPO 999296
8:21

Saint-Saëns: Symphony #3 In C Minor, Organ, Op. 78, I, III & IV
Berlin Philhamonic/Levine
DG 419617
25:55

Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole, Op. 21, II
Montreal Symphony Orchestra/Dutoit; Bell, v.
Decca 444802
4:27

Thursday

Franck: Symphony in d minor, I-III
Orchestre Des Champs-Elysées/Herreweghe
Harmonia Mundi 901771
37:38

Chausson: Symphony in B-flat Major, Op. 20, I
BBC Philharmonic/Tortelier
Chandos 9650
12:01

Friday

Dukas: Symphony In C, III
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra/Tortelier
Chandos 9225
:18, 11:16

d’Indy: Symphony No. 2 in B-flat, Op. 57, I
Monte Carlo Philharmonic/De Priest
Koch 7280
11:55

Roussel: Symphony No. 1, Op. 7, Le Poéme de la forêt, I & II
Orchestre Philharmonique d’ Radio France/Janowski
RCA 62511
12:34

Roussel: Symphony No. 3 in g minor, Op. 42, III & IV
Orchestre Philharmonique d’ Radio France/Janowski
RCA 62511
8:37

Roussel: Symphony No. 4, IV
Philharmonia Orchestra/Karajan
EMI 63316
4:02

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Monday

Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro, K. 492 (excerpts)
London Phil/Solti; Ramey, bs.; Popp, s.; Allen, bar.; Te Kanawa, s.
Lon 410150
10:45, 6:03
Purchase

Mozart: Concerto for Horn and Orchestra No. 4 in Eb Major, K. 495, II & III
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields/Marriner; Tuckwell, hn.
EMI 69569
8:08, 3:02
Purchase

Mozart: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 25 in C Major, K. 503, I
Cleveland Orch/Szell; Fleisher, p.
CBS 37762
1:24, 14:32
Purchase

Tuesday

Mozart: Symphony No. 38 in D Major, Prague, K. 504, I
Vienna Phil/Levine
DG 423086
17:37
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Mozart: Serenade No. 13 in G major, K. 525, Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, II & IV
Guarneri Quartet, Levine, db.
RCA 63589
9:53
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Mozart: Don Giovanni, K. 527 (excerpts)
London Phil/Solti; Pertusi, bs.; Terfel, bs. bar.; Groop, ms.; Fleming, s.; Lippert, ten.; Scaltriti, bar.
Lon 455500
5:25, 1:26, 2:53, 3:35, 7:41
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Wednesday

Mozart: Adagio in b minor, K. 540
Brendel, p.
Phi 446921
11:20
Purchase

Mozart: Symphony No. 39 in E-flat Major, K. 543, I
CSO/Giulini
CSO CD-94/2
8:52
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Mozart: Adagio and Fugue in c minor for Strings, K. 546 (excerpt)
Berlin Phil/Karajan
DG 449515
5:26
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Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in g minor, K. 550, I
Berlin Phil/Karajan
EMI 64327
7:34
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Mozart: Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K. 551, Jupiter, IV
Cleveland Orch/Szell
CBS 42418
10:32
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Mozart: Trio for Violin, Viola and Cello in E flat major, K 563, VI
Kremer, v.; Kashkashian, vla.; Ma, vc.
CBS 39561
6:10
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Thursday

Mozart: Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A Major, K. 581, I
BSO Chamber Players; Wright, cl.
Phil 442149
9:26
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Mozart: Cosi fan Tutti (excerpts)
Philharmonia Orch/Böhm; soloists
EMI 69330
4:45, 3:05, 18:34
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Mozart: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 27 in B-flat Major, K. 595, I
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields/Marriner; Brendel, p.
Phil 412856
13:44
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Friday

Mozart: Quintet for 2 Violins, 2 Violas and Cello No. 6 in E flat major, K. 614, I
Guarneri Quartet; Kashkashian, vla.
RCA 7771-2
7:27
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Mozart: Ave verum corpus in D major, K. 618
Vienna Volksoper Chamber Orchestra/Harrer; Vienna Boys Choir
Phi 462778
3:02
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Mozart: “Der Vogelfanger bin ich ja” fr. Magic Flute
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields/Marriner; Bär, bar.
Phi 426276
2:44
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Mozart: Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K 622, II
Berlin Phil/Abbado; Meyer, cl.
EMI 56832
6:33
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Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K. 626 (excerpts)
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus/Shaw; Augér, s.; Ziegler, ms.; Hadley, ten.; Krause, bs.
Telarc 80128
26:46
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Monday

Leoš Janáček: Nursery Rhymes
  Introduction
  Beetroot Was Getting Married
  White Goat Gathers Pears
  Frankie Boy
Netherlands Wind Ensemble/Fischer
Chan 9399
1:52, 1:06
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Janáček: Idyll, II & IV
Norwegian Chamber Orchestra/Iona Brown
Chan 9816
6:04
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Grieg: Holberg Suite, III (excerpt)
Norwegian Chamber Orchestra/Iona Brown
Virgin 45224
:20
Purchase

Janáček: Zdenka’s Variations, Op. 1
Firkusny, p.
DG 449764
8:52
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Janáček: Suite for String Orchestra, III & IV
Norwegian Chamber Orchestra/Iona Brown
Chan 9816
3:59
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Janáček: Taras Bulba
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Kubelik
EMI 68223
21:52, :45, :14
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Beethoven: String Quartet No. 8, Razumovsky (excerpt)
Emerson Quartet
DG 447075
:20
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Janáček: Fairy Tale, III
Joel Krosnick, vc.; Gilbert Kalish, p.
Arab 6709
2:55
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Tuesday

Leoš Janáček: Along an Overgrown Path
  Come With Us!
Rudolf Firkusny
Newton Classics 8802091
1:22
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Janáček: Jealousy (originally the overture to Jenůfa)
Czech State Philharmonic/Jose Serebrier
Reference Records 75
5:42
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Janáček: Sonata 1. X. 1905, From the Street
  I. The Presentiment: Con moto
  II. The Death: Adagio
Rudolf Firkusny, piano
Newton Classics 8802091
11:51
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Janáček: Sinfonietta
  1. Fanfares
  2. Castle
  3. The Queen’s Convent
  4. Street
  5. Town Hall
New York Philharmonic Orchestra/Kurt Masur
Teldec 90847
24:20, 2:28 excerpt
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Janáček: Fairy Tale, II
Joel Krosnick, vc.; Gilbert Kalish, p.
Arabesque 6709
3:51
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Wednesday

Janáček: Intrada for Four Violins in d minor
Marie Gajdosova, Leos Zavadilík, Antonín Formacek & Dorothea Kellerova, vlns.
Supraphon 111878
1:05
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Janáček: String Quartet No. 1, Kreutzer Sonata
Guarneri Quartet
Phi 456574
17:18
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Janáček: The Excursions of Mr. Broucek to the Moon and into the 15th Century (excerpt)
Brno State Philharmonic Orchestra/Svarovsky; soloists
Supraphon 111878
10:32
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Janáček: The Cunning Little Vixen (excerpts)
Vienna Philharmonic/Mackerras
DG 4758670
19:08, 1:23
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Thursday

Leos Janáček: In the Mists
Rudolf Firkusny, p.
Newton Classics 8802091
7:08
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Janáček: Mládí
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
DG 415668
17:19
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Janáček: String Quartet #2, Intimate Letters
Guarneri Quartet
Philips 456574
23:48, 1:04
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Janáček: Along an Overgrown Path, Andante
Rudolf Firkusny, p.
Newton Classics 8802091
3:17
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Friday

Janáček: March of the Blue Boys for Tabor, Voix celeste, Piccolo and Glockenspiel
Pavel Sumpik, t.; Eva Podarilova, c. Frantisek Kantor, p. & Martin Oprsál, g.
Supraphon 111878
2:05
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Janáček: Mass in E flat, Kyrie
Choir Of King’s College Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury
EMI 49092
4:52
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Janáček: Glagolitic Mass
  1. Uvod (Introduction)
  2. Gospodi Pomiluji (Kyrie)
  3. Slava (Gloria)
  4. Veruju (Credo)
  5. Svet (Sanctus)
  6. Agnece Bozij (Agnus Dei)
  7. Varhany Solo (organ Solo)
  8. Intrada
Bavarian Radio Chorus and Orchestra/Rafael Kubelik
DG 463 672
23:08, 15:06
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Janáček: I’m Waiting for You
Ales Bartá, harmonium
Supraphon 111878
:45
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Janáček: Waiting for You! (Sketch for Piano)
Rudolph Firkusny, p.
Supraphon 111878
:50
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Leos Janácek: In the Mists, III & IV
Rudolf Firkusny, piano
Newton Classics 8802091
:21, 6:43
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Monday

Cornysh & Anon.: Fa La Sol & La Doune Celle
The Folger Consort
Bard 9510
2:53
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Cornysh: Ave Maria, Mater Dei
Cardinall’s Muisck/Carwood
ASV 164
2:44
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Fayrfax: “Most clear of colour” & “I love, loved, and loved wolde I be”
Cardinall’s Muisck/Carwood
ASV 184
4:28
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Henry VIII: Tandernaken
The Folger Consort
Bard 9510
1:50
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Henry VIII: “Grene Growith the Holly”
Anonymous 4
HM 907325
3:52
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Henry VIII: Rose Without a Thorn (excerpts)
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
Lon B0000807
4:21
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Anon.: Excerpts from the Mulliner Book
The Folger Consort
Bard 9510
2:18, :59
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Tallis: “Spem in Alium”
The Tallis Scholars/Phillips
Gimell 454906
9:39
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Tallis: “Why Fum’th in Sight” from Archbishop Parker’s Psalter
Theatre of Voices & The King’s Noyse
HM 907154
3:44
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Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
DG 419191
14:09
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Tuesday

Tallis: Like as the Doleful Dove
The King’s Noyse/Douglass
HM 907154
1:37
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Tallis: The Lamentations of Jeremiah
Tallis Scholars/Phillips
Gimell 454966
21:48
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Tallis: A Solfing Song
The King’s Noyse/Douglass
HM 907154
2:00
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Tallis: “If Ye Love Me, Keep My Commandments” & “Fond Youth is a Bubble”
Theatre of Voices/Hillier & The King’s Noyse/Douglass
HM 907154
2:00, 1:35
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Tallis: “Miserere Nostri”
Tallis Scholars/Phillips
Gimell 454966
2:24
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Byrd: Lament on the death of Thomas Tallis, “Ye Sacred Muses”
Wenzinger Consort of Viols; Deller, ct.
Vanguard 8101
3:48
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Byrd: Pavan & Galliard in 6 Parts
Fretwork
Virgin 90795
4:08
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Byrd: “Laudate Pueri Dominum”
The Cardinall’s Musick/Carwood
ASV 197
4:10
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Byrd: Earl of Oxford’s March fr. The Fitzwilliam Virginal Book
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
Lon B0000807
3:11
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Byrd: Fantasia No. 3 in 6 Parts
Fretwork
Virgin 90795
4:32
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Wednesday

Byrd: Preludium
The King’s Noyse/Douglass
HM 907180
5:27, :49
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Byrd: “Quomodo Cantabimus”
The Cardinall’s Musick/Carwood
ASV 179
8:41
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Byrd: “Come, Woeful Orpheus”
The Newberry Consort/Springfels; Hargis, s.
HM 907140
3:22
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Byrd: La Volta
Wilson, lute
Virgin 90795
1:36
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Picforth: In Nomine
The Newberry Consort/Springfels
HM 907140
3:04
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Tye: In Nomine XIII, ‘Trust’
The Newberry Consort/Springfels
HM 907140
1:28
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Byrd: “Angus Dei” fr. Masses for 3, 4 & 5 Voices
Pro Arte Singers/Hillier
HM 907223
3:02, 3:27, 3:12
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Anon.: “Robin is to the Greenwood Gone”
The King’s Noyse/Douglass
HM 907101
:52
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Simpson: Ricercar: Bonny Sweet Robin
The King’s Noyse/Douglass
HM 907101
3:25
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Anon.: “Blew-cap for Me”
The King’s Noyse; Hargis, s.
HM 907101
3:45
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Byrd: “Ave Verum Corpus”
The Cambridge Singers/Rutter
Collegium 107
3:41
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Thursday

Taverner: “Dum Transisset Sabbatum”
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge/Ledger
EMI 65103
8:17
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Tavener: The Hidden Face
Fretwork; Chance, cten.
HM 907285
17:33
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Playford: Stingo 1 & 2
Folger Consort
Bard 9510
3:30
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Gibbons: Pavana & Galiarda fr. The Fitzwilliam Virginal Book
Koopman, hc.
Capriccio 10211
6:56
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Bull: Ut Re Mi Fa Sol La
Charivari Agréable
Signum 009
5:32
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Anon.: The Little Barleycorne
The King’s Noyse/Douglass; Hargis, s.
HM 907101
3:29
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Playford: Stingo 2 (excerpt) + Newcastle
Folger Consort
Bard 9510
3:12
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Friday

Locke: Music for His Majesty’s Cornetts and Sackbutts
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
Lon B0000807
8:13
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Dowland: “In Darkness Let Me Dwell”
The Newberry Consort/Springfels; Hargis, s.
HM 907140
3:56
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Dowland: Semper Dowland, Semper Dolens
The King’s Noyse/Douglass
HM 907275
6:14
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Dowland: “Come, Heavy Sleepe” & “Sorrow Stay”
The King’s Noyse/Douglass; Hargis, s.
HM 907275
4:20 & 3:13
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Dowland: King of Denmark’s Galliard
O’Dette, lute
HM 907162
2:47
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Dowland: “Flow My Teares”
The King’s Noyse/Douglass; Hargis, s.
HM 907275
4:13
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Dowland: Pavan Lachrimae Antiquae
Fretwork
Virgin 90795
4:10
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Anon.: Pavana, Gallyard, & Dance
Hesperion XX
Alia Vox 9804
4:14
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Purcell: “Music for a While”
Battle, s.; Levine, p.
DG 415361
3:49
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Strogers: In Nomine a 5 No. 3
Hesperion XX
Alia Vox 9804
1:58
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Monday

Mozart: Quartet for Oboe & Strings, K. 370
Nash Ensemble; Hulse, ob.
Virgin 61448
6:52, 8:00

Mozart: Quintet for Clarinet & Strings, Stadler, K. 581, I
BSO Chamber Players; Wright, cl.
Phi 442149
9:27

Mozart: Quintet for Clarinet & Strings, Stadler, K. 581, II
Emerson Quartet; Shifrin, cl.
DG 459641
6:37

Mozart: Quintet for Clarinet & Strings, Stadler, K. 581, III (excerpt)
Academy of St. Martin in-the-Fields Chamber Ens; Pay, cl.
Phil 422833
:13

Mozart: Quintet for Clarinet & Strings, Stadler, K. 581, III
Academy of Ancient Music Chamber Ensemble; Pay, cl.
L’Oiseau Lyre 421429
6:56

Mozart: Quintet for Clarinet & Strings, Stadler, K. 581, IV
Kevafian & Arm, vlns; Appel, vla.; Sherry, vc.; Shifrin, cl.
Delos 3020
9:18

Tuesday

Mozart: Quintet for Clarinet & Strings, Stadler, K. 581, II (excerpt)
Emerson Quartet/Shifrin, cl.
DG 459641
1:53

Mozart: Quartet for Flute and Strings No. 1 in D Major, K. 285
Nash Ensemble; Davies, fl.
Virgin 61448-50
13:45

Hindemith: Kammermusik for Orchestra, Op. 24 No. 1
Royal Concertgebouw/Chailly
Decca 473722
15:09

Barber: Dover Beach, Op. 3
Emerson Quartet/Hampson, bar.
DG 459506
8:02

Hindemith: Trauermusik
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra/Blomstedt; Walther, vla.
Decca 000201102
8:38

Mahler: “Blicke mir nicht in die Lieder”
Hunt-Lieberson, ms.; Vignoles, p.
Wigmore Hall 13
1:30

Mozart: Quartet for Oboe & Strings, K. 370, II (excerpt)
Nash Ensemble; Hulse, ob.
Virgin 61448
2:09

Wednesday

Mozart: Trio for Clarinet and Strings in Eb Major, Kegelstatt, K. 498, I
Nash Ensemble
Virgin 61448-50
5:42

Bartók: Contrasts, Sz. 111
Goodman, cl; Szigeti, v.; Bartók, p.
CBS 42227
16:57

Schumann: Quintet for Piano & Strings in E-flat Major, Op. 44, I-III
Budapest String Quartet; Serkin, p.
CBS 37256
22:48

Kuhlau: Quintet for Flute and Strings No. 3 in A Major (excerpts)
Julliard String Quartet; Rampal, fl.
CBS 44517
3:41, 1:49

Thursday

Busch: Quintet for Saxophone and Strings in E-flat Major, Op. 34, I
Erato Quartet; Roth, sax
Ex Libris 6108
7:17

Schoenberg: String Quartet No. 2, Op. 10
Schoenberg String Quartet; Narucki, s.
Chandos 9939
11:05

Dvorák: Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 81, I & II
Takács String Quartet; Haefliger, p.
Decca 466197
27:40

Boccherini: Quintet for Guitar and Strings No. 5 in D Major, Op. 50
Carmirelli, v.; Genualdi, v.; Naegele, vla.; Rosen, vc.; Starobin, gtr.
Sony 47298
2:49

Friday

Brahms: Quintet in b minor for Clarinet and Strings, Op. 115, I
Elysium String Quartet; Drucker, cl.
Elysium 720
12:11

Brahms: Quintet in b minor for Clarinet and Strings, Op. 115, II
Melos Ensemble; de Peyer, cl.
EMI Seraphim 74520
11:28

Brahms: Quintet in b minor for Clarinet and Strings, Op. 115, III
Berlin Phil Octet; Stähr, cl.
Phil 446172
4:42

Brahms: Quintet in b minor for Clarinet and Strings, Op. 115, IV
Emerson Quartet; Shifrin, cl.
DG 459641
8:51

Tower: Petroushskates
eighth blackbird
Cedille 67
5:49

Mozart: Quintet for Horn and Strings, K. 407 (excerpts)
Gewandhaus Quartet; Baumann, hn.
Phil 426440
7:20

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