Letter V Classical Radio this week

Aug. 21
noon-4 p.m. EDT
1600-2000 UTC
1700-2100 GMT
WDCE, University of Richmond
90.1 FM
www.wdce.org

Berlioz: “The Damnation of Faust” – “Rákóczy March”
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra/David Zinman (Telarc)

Schumann: “Waldszenen”
Mitsuko Uchida, piano (Decca)

Dohnányi: Serenade
in C major, Op. 10
(string orchestration by Dmitry Sitkovetsky)
NES Chamber Orchestra/Dmitry Sitkovetsky (Nonesuch)

Beethoven: Symphony
No. 2 in D major
Orchestra of the 18th Century/Frans Brüggen (Philips)

Stravinsky: “Chant du Rossignol” (“Song of the Nightingale”)
New York Philharmonic/Lorin Maazel (Deutsche Grammophon)

Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in E flat major
Maurice André, trumpet
London Philharmonic/
Jesus Lopez-Cobos
(EMI Classics)

Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 1
Martha Argerich, piano;  Guy Touvron, trumpet
Württemburg Chamber Orchestra, Heilbronn/
Jörg Faerber
(Deutsche Grammophon)

Past Masters:
Dag Wirén: Serenade, Op. 11
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields/Neville Marriner (Decca)
(recorded 1970)

Liszt: “Tasso”
Gewandhaus Orchestra, Leipzig/Kurt Masur
(EMI Classics)

Bartók: “Contrasts”
Charles West, clarinet; Laura Roelofs, violin; Landon Bilyeu, piano (Klavier)

J.C. Bach: Sinfonia concertante in G major
Anna McDonald & Julia Bishop, violins; Sebastian Comberti, cello; Rachel Brown, flute
The Hanover Band/Anthony Halstead (cpo)