Letter V Classical Radio this week

Aug. 14
noon-4 p.m. EDT
1600-2000 UTC
1700-2100 GMT
WDCE, University of Richmond
90.1 FM
www.wdce.org

Mendelssohn: “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” Overture
Orchestre de Champs Elysées/Philippe Herreweghe (Harmonia Mundi France)

Past Masters:
Haydn: Quartet in D major, Op. 20, No. 4
Pro Arte Quartet (Classica d’Oro)
(recorded 1935)

Peter Schickele:
“A Year in the Catskills”
Blair Woodwind Quintet (Naxos)

Rachmaninoff: “Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini”
Bella Davidovich, piano
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam/Neeme Järvi (Philips)

Poulenc: “Les Biches”
Ambrosian Singers; Philharmonia Orchestra/Georges Prêtre (EMI Classics)

Liszt: “Les Années de Pèlerinage: la Suisse” – “Vallée d’Obermann”
Carole Carniel, piano
(1840 Érard)
(Ligia)

Beethoven: Sonata in A major, Op. 69
Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Emanuel Ax, piano
(Sony Classical)

Dvořák: Romance in F minor, Op. 11
Josef Suk, violin
Czech Philharmonic/Václav Neumann (Supraphon)

Mozart: Symphony No. 23 in D major, K. 181
Geneva Chamber Orchestra/David Greilsammer
(Sony Classical)

Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5
in D major
London Symphony Orchestra/André Previn (RCA Victor)

Past Masters:
J.S. Bach: “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring”
(arranged by Myra Hess)
Myra Hess, piano (EMI Classics)
(recorded 1957)