Music in the Morning with Rick Westover

Monday, April 2

9:08 AM / Nicolo Paganini / Trio in a for Two Violins and Guitar
Dora Bratchkova, Violin
Gotz Hartmann, Violin
Adriano Sebastiani, Guitar
Dynamic CDS 76

9:12 AM / Leopold Godowsky / Ballet Music from Rosamunde
Konstantin Scherbakov, Piano
Naxos 8.225187

9:16 AM / Maurice Ravel / Daphnis and Chloe Suite I
Daniel Barenboim, Conductor
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Erato 2292-45766-2
*First performed on 4/2/1911 in Paris.

9:36 AM / Girolamo Frecobaldi / Canzon No. 1
The New York Trumpet Ensemble
MMG MCD 10001

9:41 AM / Michael Praetorius / Pavane de Spaigne/Spagnoletta
Philip Pickett, Director
New London Consort
L’oiseau-Lyre 414 633-2

9:48 AM / J. C. Bach / Trio for Flute, Violin and Cello
Jean-Pierre Rampal, Flute
Isaac Stern, Violin
Mstislav Rostropovich, Cello
Sony Classical SK 44568

10:01 AM / NPR Newscast

10:06 AM / Dr. Sue Ann Martin / Arts Almanac

10:09 AM / Segei Prokofiev / Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67
Jonathan Winters, Narrator
Efrem Kurtz, Conductor
Philharmonia Orchestra
EMI 7 49918 2
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10:39 AM / R. Carlos Nakai / Children’s Dance
R. Carlos Nakai, Flutes
Canyon CR-613

10:44 AM / Benjamin Britten / Phantasy Quartet for Oboe, Violin, Viola and Cello, Op. 2
Pamela Woods, Oboe
Audubon Quartet
Telarc CD-80205

11:01 AM / NPR Newscast

11:07 AM / L. M. Gottschalk / The Dying Poet (Meditation)
Robert Silverman, Piano
Marquis Classics ERAD 161

11:16 AM / L. V. Beethoven / Symphony No. 1 in C, Op. 21
Claudio Abbado, Conductor
Vienna Philharmonic
Deutsche Grammophon 427 301-2
*Beethoven conducted the first performance 4/2/1800 in Vienna.

11:45 AM / Bohuslav Martinu / Quartet for Oboe, Violin, Cello and Piano
Joel Marangella, Oboe
Charmain Gadd, Violin
Alexander Ivashkin, Cello
Kathryn Selby, Piano
Naxos 8.553916

 

 

Tuesday, April 3

9:08 AM / Giuseppe Tartini / Concerto Grosso No. 3 in C
Chiara Banchini, Director
Ensemble 415
Harmonia Mundi HMC 901548

9:18 AM / Edvard Grieg / Six Lyric Pieces, Op. 43
Nicholas Roth, Piano
Blue Griffin Recording BGR145

9:36 AM / Luigi Boccherini / Concerto for Cello and orchestra in B-flat
Matt Haimovitz, Cello
Andrew Davis, Conductor
English Chamber Orchestra
Deutsche Grammophon 429 219-2

10:01 AM / NPR Newscast

10:06 AM / Dr. Sue Ann Martin / Arts Almanac

10:08 AM / J. Haydn / Trio in E, Hob. XV:28
Trio 1790
CPO 999 829-2

10:29 AM / Ferde Groffe / Grand Canyon Suite
William T. Stromberg, Conductor
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Naxos 6.110002
*Grofe died 4/3/1972 in Santa Monica.

11:01 AM / NPR Newscast

11:07 AM / Carl Czerny / Exercise in Repeated Notes, Op. 740, No. 7
Fredrick Moyer, Piano
JRI Recordings J121

11:10 AM / Johann Georg Pisendel / Allegro: from Sonata in a
Rachel Barton Pine, Violin
Cedille Records CDR 90000 078

11:15 AM / Jacob van Eyck / Onder de Linde groene
Heiko ter Schegget, Recorder
NM Classics 92101

11:20 AM / W. A. Mozart / Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 24 in c, K.491
Malcolm Bilson, Fortepiano
John Eliot Gardiner, Director
The English Baroque Soloists
Archiv 427 652-2
*4/3/1781 marked the public debut of Mozart.  Five years later, to the day, the composer and pianist presented this very selection in Vienna.

 

 

Wednesday, April 4

9:08 AM / Franz Schubert / Sonata in b-flat, D. 28
The Atlantis Ensemble
Wildboar WLBR 9704

9:22 AM / Paul Creston / Gregorian Chant for String Orchestra
Arthur Lief, Conductor
New York Chamber Orchestra
Vanguard Classics OVC 4076

9:34 AM / Mario Castel-Nuovo Tedesco /Concerto for 2 Guitars, Op. 201
Kazuhito and Naoko Yamashita, Guitars
Leonard Slatkin, Conductor
London Philharmonic Orchestra
BMG Classics 60355-2-RC

10:01 AM / NPR Newscast

10:06 AM / Dr. Sue Ann Martin / Arts Almanac

10:10 AM / Antonio Bazzini / La Ronde de lutins, scherzo fantastique for Violin and Piano, Op. 25
Yulian Sitkovetsky, Violin
Bella Davidovich, Piano
Artek AR-0030-2

10:17 AM / Georges Bizet / The Fair Maid of Perth - Suite
Daniel Barenboim, Conductor
Paris Orchestra
EMI Classics 0777 7 64869 2 5

10:34 AM / J. S. Bach / Two-Part Inventions
Leigh Howard Stevens, Marimba
Music Masters MMD 60124F

10:40 AM / J. S. Bach / Air
The Classical Jazz Quartet
Classical Jazz 5508-2

10:51 AM / Elmer Bernstein / Prelude from The Ten Commandments
Erich Kunzel, Conductor
Cincinnati pops Orchestra
Telarc CD-80319
*E. Bernstein was born 4/4/1922 in New York City.

11:05 AM / Franz Schubert / Symphony No. 9 in C, D. 944 “Great”
Ivan Fischer, Conductor
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Hungaroton HCD 12722-2

 

 

Thursday, April 5

9:08 AM / L. V. Beethoven / Rondo. Allegro: from Sonata No. 2 in g, Op. 5, No. 2
Paul Olefsky, Cello
Walter Hautzig, Piano
Americus AMR 19961001

9:19 AM / Ralph Vaughn Williams / The Lark Ascending
Sarah Chang, Violin
Bernard Haitink, Conductor
The London Philharmonic
EMI Classics 7243 5 55487 2 6

9:33 AM / Claude Debussy / Arabesque
Aldo Ciccolini, Piano
EMI Classics 7243 5 66753 2 2

9:38 AM / Richard Yardumian / Armenian Suite
Varujan Kojian, Conductor
The Utah Symphony Orchestra
Pheonix PHCD 112
*American composer - Yardumian was born 4/5/1917.

9:54 AM / David Wilde / The Cellist of Sarajevo
Yo-Yo Ma, Cello
Sony Classical SK 64114

10:15 AM / Louis Spohr / Grand Polonaise, Op. 40
Ulf and Gunhild Hoelscher, Violins
Christian Frohlich, Conductor
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
CPO 999 798-2
*Spohr was born in Brunswick on 4/5/1784.

10:25 AM/ Fernando Sor / Souvenir de Russie
David Starobin, Guitar
Bridge BCD 9004

10:38 AM / Johann Wilhelm Hertel / Trumpet Concerto in D
Hakan Hardenberger, Trumpet
Sir Neville Marriner, Conductor
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
Philips 420 203-2

10:50 AM / Johann Strauss Jr. / Die Fledermaus Overture
Harry Rabinowitz, Conductor
London Symphony Orchestra
Sony Classical MLK 64 063
*First performed in Vienna on 4/5/1874.

11:07 AM / David Ott / Music of the Canvas
Zdenek Macal, Conductor
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
Koss Classics KC-1023

11:36 AM / Anon., et al / Kemp’s Jig, et al
Konrad Ragossnig, Lute
Josef Ulsamer, Director
Ulsamer-Collegium
Archiv 415 294-2

11:44 AM / Jennifer Higdon / blue cathedral
Robert Spano, Conductor
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Telarc CD-80596

 

 

Friday, April 6

9:09 AM / Carlos Slazedo / Intimate Preludes
Yolanda Kondanassis, Harp
Telarc CD-80533
*Salzedo was born 4/6/1885.

9:17 AM / Camille Saint-Saens / Tarantelle, Op. 6
Marc Grauwels, Flute
Guy Vanderborght, Clarinet
Belgium Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra
Naxos 8.555977

9:27 AM / Francis Poulenc / Sextet
Andre Previn, Piano
Elizabeth Mann, Flute
Steve Taylor, Oboe
David Schifrin, Clarinet
Dennis Godburn, Bassoon
Richard Todd, French Horn
BMG Classics 09026-68181-2
*Previn celebrates a birthday today, born in Berlin 1929.

9:46 AM / Giovanni Platti / Concerto in g for Oboe, Strings and Continuo
Anthony Camden, Oboe
Nicholas Ward, Conductor
City of London Sinfonia
Naxos 8.554772

10:01 / NPR Newscast

10:06 AM / Dr. Sue Ann Martin / Arts Almanac

10:10 AM / J. S. Bach / Sinfonia for Easter Oratorio
for Oboe with Strings and Harpsichord
Humbert Lucarelli, Oboe
Krista Bennion Feeney and Anca Nicolau, Violins
Ronald Lawrence, Viola
Myron Lutzke, Cello
John Feeney, Bass
Bradley Brookshire, Harpsichord
Crystal CD726

10:16 AM / Carl Stamitz / Orchestral Quartet in F, Op. 14, No. 4
Donald Armstrong, Director
NZSO Chamber Orchestra
Naxos 8.557671

10:42 AM / J. S. Bach / Italian Concerto in F, BWV 971
Alexis Weissenberg, Piano
Deutsche Grammophon 423 592-2

10:54 AM / Leos Janacek / Con moto: from Fairy Tales for Cello and Piano
Members of the Vlach Quartet Prague
Naxos 8.553895

11:01 AM / NPR Newscast

11:07 AM / Antonin Dvorak / Symphony No. 4 in d, Op.13
Rafael Kubelik, Conductor
Berlin Philharmonic
Deutsche Grammophon 423 120-2
*First performed in Prague on 4/6/1892.

11:49 AM / Johannes Brahms / Ballade No. 2 in D: from Four Ballades, Op. 10
Alfred Brendel, Piano
Philips 426 439-2