Happy Valentine’s Day!
9:10 AM / Michael Nyman / The Heart Asks Pleasure First
Michael Chertock, Piano
Telarc CD-80357
9:14 AM / Gerald Finzi / Three Soliloquies from “Love’s Labours Lost”, Op. 28
Robert Plane, Clarinet
Howard Griffiths, Conductor
Northern Sinfonia
Naxos 8.553566
9:20 AM / Cole Porter / Night and Day
Stephane Grappelli and Yehudi Menhuin, Violins
Alan Clare Trio
Angel 7243 5 66830 2 0
*I promise, “My Funny Valentine” is coming.
9:24 AM / Rodgers and Hart / My Funny Valentine
Stephane Grappelli and Yehudi Menhuin, Violins
Pierre Michelot, Bass
Ronnie Verrell, Drums
Laurie Holloway, Keyboards
Angel 7243 5 66830 2 0
9:33 AM / Jay Ungar and Molly Mason / The Lover’s Waltz
Jay Ungar, Fiddle
Molly Mason, Piano
Angel 7243 5 55561 2
9:37 AM / Jay Ungar and Molly Mason / The Lover’s Lament
Angel 7243 5 55561 2
9:42 AM / Leos Janacek / Jealousy Overture
Jiri Belohlavek, Conductor
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Bohumil Kotmel and Jaroslav Kroft, Leaders
Chandos CHAN 9080
9:48 AM / Trad. English / The Lover’s Ghost
John Rutter, Conductor
The Cambridge Singers
Members of the City of London Sinfonia
Collegium COLCD 120
9:53 AM / Josef Suk / Love Song, Op. 17, No. 1
David Oistrakh, Violin
Vladimir Yampolsky, Piano
EMI Classics 7243 569367 2 0
10:01 AM / NPR News
10:06 AM / Dr. Sue Ann Martin / Arts Almanac
10:10 AM / Sir Edward Elgar / Salut d’amour (Love’s Greeting), Op. 12
David Zinman, Conductor
Baltimore Symphony
Telarc CD-80192
10:15 AM / John McLaughlin / When Love is Far Away
Katia and Marielle Labeque, Pianos and Synthesizers
Sony Masterworks SK 47227
10:18 AM / Richard Wagner / Tristan und Isolde: Prelude and Liebestod
Seiji Ozawa, Conductor
Berlin Philharmonic
Philips 426 271-2
10:43 AM / Duke Ellington / In a Sentimental Mood
The Chestnut Brass
Newport Classic NPD 85557
10:47 AM / George Gershwin / Love is Here to Stay
The Chestnut Brass
Newport Classic NPD 85557
10:54 AM / Milt Gabler and Bert Kaempfert / Love (L-O-V-E)
Doc Severinsen, Trumpet
Erich Kunzel, Conductor
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Steven Scmidt, Piano
Frank Proto, Bass
Roland Wilcox, Drums
Telarc CD-80304
11:10 AM / Stephen Foster / Why, No One to Love
The Chestnut Brass
Naxos 8.559124
11:11 AM / Harold Arlen / Down with Love
The King’s Singers
RCA Victor 09026-61427-2
*For those not so enamored with the holiday.
11:14 AM / George Antheil / Valentine Waltzes
Marthanne Verbit, Piano
Albany TROY 071
11:21 AM / Donald Draganski / Heart’s Desire
Susan Nigro, Contrabassoon
Mark Lindebland, Piano
Crystal CD346
11:31 AM / Vincenzo Bellini / La Sonnambula (The Sleepwalker) Act II, Scene 12 and Aria Finale
Renee Fleming, Soprano
Patrick Summers, Conductor
Orchestra of St. Lukes
Decca 289 497 101-2
*Soprano, Renee Fleming was born on Valentine’s Day in 1959.
11:50 AM / Alan Hovhaness / Love Song Vanishing into Sounds of Crickets, Op. 327
Wayne Johnson, Piano
Crystal CD813
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