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Wednesday, May 2, 2007
A guide for music played on WNYC FM


12:00am
Sea-Shell
Carl Engel
Michael Rabin, violin
Leon Pommers, piano
Angel/EMI 67020
12:04am
Salve Regina
Alessandro Scarlatti
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
Nicholas McGegan, conductor
Dominique LaBelle, soprano
Philharmonia Chorale
Avie 48
12:21am
Symphony No. 4, Op. 54, "Poem of Ecstasy"
Alexander Scriabin
Kirov Orchestra, St.Petersburg
Valery Gergiev, conductor
Philips 468035
12:42am
Violin Sonata No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 27/4
Eugene Ysaye
Michael Rabin, violin
Angel/EMI 67020
12:56am
Banjo and Fiddle
William Kroll
Michael Rabin, violin
Artur Balsam, piano
CBS/Sony 60894
1:00am
Viola Concerto (1996)
Sofia Gubaidulina
Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre
Valery Gergiev, conductor
Yuri Bashmet, viola
Deutsche Grammophon 471494
1:37am
"Songs and Dances of Death"
Modest Moussorgsky
Kirov Orchestra, St.Petersburg
Valery Gergiev, conductor
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone
Philips 438872
1:57am
Nero: Vindex's Epithalamium
Anton Rubinstein
Kirov Orchestra, St.Petersburg
Valery Gergiev, conductor
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone
Philips 438872
2:01am
The Cecilian Vespers
Alessandro Scarlatti
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
Nicholas McGegan, conductor
Susanne Ryden and Dominique LaBelle, sopranos
Ryland Angel, countertenor
Michael Slattery, tenor
Neal Davies, baritone and cantor
Philharmonia Chorale
Avie 48
3:32am
"Scottish Fantasy," Op. 46
Max Bruch
Philharmonia Orchestra
Sir Adrian Boult, conductor
Michael Rabin, violin
Angel/EMI 64123
4:02am
"Firebird" Ballet (L'Oiseau de feu)
Igor Stravinsky
Kirov Orchestra, St.Petersburg
Valery Gergiev, conductor
Philips 446715
7:27pm
Lohengrin: Prelude Act II
Richard Wagner
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
Angel/EMI 64334
7:42pm
Lohengrin: Lohengrin's Arrival
Richard Wagner
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Erich Leinsdorf, conductor
Lauritz Melchior, tenor
Lorenzo Alvary, bass
CBS/Sony 60896
7:48pm
Lohengrin: "Einsam in truben Tagen"
Richard Wagner
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
Andre Cluytens, conductor
Leonie Rysanek, soprano
Melodram 10076
8:10pm
"Lohengrin": Act III Prelude
Richard Wagner
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Mariss Jansons, conductor
Angel/EMI 69848
8:12pm
"Lohengrin": Act III Prelude
Richard Wagner
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Mariss Jansons, conductor
Angel/EMI 69848
8:14pm
"Lohengrin": Bridal Chorus/Final Scene
Richard Wagner
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and Chorus
Andre Cluytens, conductor
Melodram 10076
8:37pm
"Fantasy on Themes from Wagner's 'Lohengrin'"
Franz Liszt
Michael Ponti, piano
Vox Classics 5047
8:49pm
"Tannhauser": 'Overture and Bacchanale'
Richard Wagner
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
Angel/EMI 64334
9:15pm
"Tannhauser": 'Dich teure Halle'
Richard Wagner
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
Joseph Keilberth, conductor
Gre Brouwenstijn, soprano
Melodram 10032
9:22pm
Tannhauser: Freudig begrussen wir
Richard Wagner
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Robert Shaw, conductor
Atlanta Symphony Chorus
Telarc 80333
9:32pm
"Tannhauser": Act Three
Richard Wagner
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
Joseph Keilberth, conductor
Gre Brouwenstijn, soprano
Ramon Vinay, tenor
Melodram 10032
10:28pm
"Die Meistersinger": Prelude to Act I
Richard Wagner
Cleveland Orchestra
George Szell, conductor
CBS/Sony 61698
10:40pm
Die Meistersinger: Wahn! Wahn! Uberall
Richard Wagner
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Claudio Abbado, conductor
Bryn Terfel, baritone
Deutsche Grammophon 471348
10:48pm
Die Meistersinger: Prize Song/Final Scene
Richard Wagner
Bayerische Staatsoper Orchestra
Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor
Ben Heppner, tenor
Bernd Weikl, baritone
Cheryl Studer, soprano
Kurt Moll, bass
Angel/EMI 55142
10:56pm
Fantasy on the Liebestod from Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde"
Moritz Moszkowski
Michael Ponti, piano
Vox Classics 5047