Letter V Classical Radio this week

May 31
noon-3 p.m. EDT
1600-1900 UTC/GMT
WDCE, University of Richmond
90.1 FM
http://www.wdce.org

Ravel: “Menuet antique”
Berlin Philharmonic/Pierre Boulez
(Deutsche Grammophon)

Johann Bernhard Bach:
Overture-Suite No. 1
in G minor
Bach Concentus/
Ewald Demeyere
(Accent)

Stravinsky:
Divertimento
for violin and piano
Viktoria Mullova, violin
Bruno Canino, piano
(Philips)

Beethoven:
Quartet in C major,
Op. 59, No. 2 (“Razumovsky”)
Miró Quartet
(Miró Quartet Media)

John Adams:
“Absolute Jest”
St. Lawrence
String Quartet
San Francisco
Symphony Orchestra/
Michael Tilson Thomas
(SFS Media)

Dvořák: “Scherzo capriccioso”
Cleveland Orchestra/
Christoph von Dohnányi
(Decca)

Britten:
Piano Concerto in D major
Joanna MacGregor, piano
English Chamber Orchestra/
Stuart Bedford
(Naxos)

Past Masters:
Rossini: “La gazza ladra” Overture
Royal Philharmonic/Colin Davis
(recorded 1961)
(EMI Classics)