Letter V Classical Radio this week
March 27
1-3 p.m. EDT
1700-1900 UTC/GMT
WDCE, University of Richmond
90.1 FM
www.wdce.org
Wagner: “Rienzi” Overture
MET Orchestra/James Levine (Deutsche Grammophon)
Elgar: Violin Sonata in E minor, Op. 82
Karen Johnson, violin; Joanne Kong, piano (Brioso)
Beethoven: “Choral Fantasy”
Yefim Bronfman, piano
Swiss Chamber Choir, Tonhalle Orchestra, Zürich/David Zinman (Arte Nova)
Past Masters:
Saint-Saëns: “Introduction and Rondo capriccioso”
David Oistrakh, violin
Boston Symphony Orchestra/Charles Munch (RCA Victor)
(recorded 1955)
Juan Crisóstomo de Arriaga: String Quartet No. 2 in A major
Guarneri Quartet (Newton Classics)
Mozart: Serenade in C minor, K. 388
Harmonie of l’Orchestre des Champs Elysées/Philippe Herreweghe (Harmonia Mundi France)