Adams: Violin Concerto; Kremer, Nagano, London Symphony Orchestra (Nonesuch)

Stradella: Sonata for Violins and Trumpet; Keavy, Parley of Instruments (Hyperion)

Borodin: Symphony No. 3 in a; Svetlanov, USSR Symphony Orchestra (Melodiya)

Del Tredici: Four Songs on Poems of James Joyce; Shelton, Del Tredici (DG)

Gliére: Zaporozhy Cossacks, Op. 64; Downes, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (Chandos)

Onslow: Wind Quintet, Op.81, No.3; Stalder Quintet (Jecklin)

Palestrina: Missa Papae Marcelli; Preston, Choir of Westminster Abbey (DG Archiv)

Fauré: Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op. 117; Doane, Snyder (Bridge)

Sammartini: Concerto for Piccolo-Cello, Strings, and Continuo in C; Zipperling, Camerata Köln (Deutsche Harmonia Mundi)

Rodrigo: Four Pieces for Piano; Pizarro (Collins)

Bridge: Suite for String Orchestra; Boughton, English String Orchestra (Nimbus)

Mozart: String Quintet No. 3 in C, K. 515; Salomon String Quartet, Whistler (Hyperion)

Hindemith: Symphony, "Mathis der Maler"; Blomstedt, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra (London)

Dukas: Variations, Interlude, and Finale on a Theme by Rameau; Fingerhut (Chandos)

Elgar: Allegro (Concert Solo), Op. 46; Golub (Arabesque)

Enescu: Piano Sonata No. 3 in D, Op. 25; Lipatti (EMI)

Felix Mendelssohn, "Felix Meritis"

Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 1 in c, Op. 11; von Dohnányi, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Decca)

Mendelssohn: Variations sérieuses in d, Op. 54; Deferne (CBC)

Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words, Book VI, Op. 67; Edlina (Chandos)

Daugherty: Raise the Roof

Bassett: Concerto Concerto for Orchestra

Sierra: Concerto for Saxophones; James Carter, saxophones

Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite No. 3; Dorati, Philharmonia Hungarica (Mercury)

Wieniawski: Légende for Violin and Piano, Op. 17; Mordkovitch, Kirby (Chandos)

Mathias: Symphony No. 1, Op. 31; Mathias, BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra (Nimbus)

Spohr: Potpourri for String Quintet; New Haydn Quartet, Falvay (Marco Polo)

Arnold: English Dances (complete); Thomson, Philharmonia Orchestra (Chandos)

Bach-Busoni: Chaconne, from Partita No. 2 in d for Solo Violin, S. 1004; Rubinstein (RCA Victor)

Barber: Medea, Suite; Schenck, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (Koch)

Telemann: Trio for Recorder, Violin, and Basso Continuo No. 5 in a; Aulos Ensemble (MusicMasters)

Berwald: Symphony No. 3 in C, "Sinfonie singulière"; Järvi, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra (DG)

Enescu: String Quartet No. 2 in G, Op. 22; Enesco Quartet (Forlane)

Dittersdorf: Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra in G; Holliger, Füri, Camerata Bern (DG Archiv)

Dohnányi: Serenade for Violin, Viola, and Cello in C, Op. 10; Perlman, Zukerman, Harrell (Columbia LP)

Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 33; Starker, Dorati, London Symphony Orchestra (Mercury)

Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 3 in b; Lipatti (EMI)

Pizzetti: Tre composizioni corali; Parkman, Danish National Radio Chamber Choir (Chandos)

and other choral works by 20th-century Mediterranean composers.

Nystroem: Ishavet, exc.; Järvi, Malmö Symphony Orchestra (BIS)

Nystroem: Sinfonia concertante for Cello and Orchestra, exc.; Ullner, P. Järvi, Malmö Symphony Orchestra (BIS)

Nystroem: Sinfonia espressiva, exc.; P. Järvi, Malmö Symphony Orchestra (BIS)

Rangström: Vauxhall (Orchestral suite in miniature); Vänskä, Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra (Caprice)

Rangström: Sub Umbra; Luboff, Dale Warland Singers (Walton)

Shostakovich: Dances of the Dolls; Margalit (Koch)

Glinka: Kamarinskaya; Svetlanov, USSR Symphony Orchestra (Chant du Monde)

Arutinian: Suite; Verdehr Trio (Crystal)

Martinu: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 1; Suk, Neumann, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra (Supraphon)

Blumenfeld: Two Impromptus, Op. 13; Thomson (Ivory Classics)

Schchedrin: Concerto for Piano and Orchstra No. 3; Shchedrin, Svetlanov, USSR Symphony Orchestra (ABC Westminster LP)

Schlegel: Piano Quartet in C, Op. 14; Perry, Pacey, Ferschmann, Bingham (NM Classics)

Vainberg: Symphony No. 5 in f, Op. 76; Kondrashin, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra (Russian Disc)

Haydn: String Quartet in F, Op. 74, No. 2; Salomon Quartet (Hyperion)

Kabalevsky: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D, Op. 50; Stott, Sinaisky, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (Chandos)

Dvorak: Gypsy Songs, Op. 55; Benackova, Firkusny (RCA Victor)

Scriabin: Symphony No. 1 in E, Op. 26; Avdeyeva, Grigoriev, Svetlanov, Russian Choir, USSR Symphony Orchestra (Melodiya)

Handel and Johannes Speth (1664-1719?)

Taneyev: Piano Quartet, Op. 20; Stepniak, Mendelssohn Piano Trio (Centaur)

Lekeu: Piano Quartet in b, unfinished: Ensemble Musique oblique (Harmonia Mundi)

Stravinsky: The Song of the Nightingale

Barber: Violin Concerto, Op. 14; Joshua Bell, violin

Ruggles: Evocations

Tchaikovsky: Serenade in C, Op. 48

Beach: Sonata in a for Piano and Violin; Polk, Pascal (Arabesque)

Lutoslawski: Concerto for Oboe, Harp, and Chamber Orchestra; H. Holliger, U. Holliger, Lutoslawski, Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks (Philips)

Bach, C.P.E.: Quartet in a for Flute, Viola, Cello, and Harpsichord, Wq. 93; Koopman, Hazelzet, Peeters, van der Meer (Philips)

Dohnányi: Violin Concerto No. 2 in c, Op. 43; Graham, Farrer, English Sinfonia Orhcestra (ASV)

Rheinberger: Sonata for Organ No. 20 in F, Op. 196; Farrell (Prezioso)

Monteverdi: Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda; Ferrarini, Franzetti, Abbondanza, Alessandrini, Concerto Italiano (Opus 111)

Miaskovsky: String Quartet No. 3 in d, Op. 33, No. 3; Leningrad Taneyev Quartet (Melodiya)

Lalo: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in d; Starker, Skrowaczewski, London Symphony Orchestra (Mercury)

Bartók: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1; Kremer, Argerich (DG)

Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherezade, Op. 35; Temirkanov, New York Philharmonic Orchestra (RCA Victor)

ECAC Tournament, Quarterfinals Game 1

Saint-Saëns: Samson et Delila; Denyce Graves, José Cura, Jean-Philippe Lafont, Bertrand de Billy conducting.

ECAC Tournament, Quarterfinals Game 2

Preacher: The Very Reverend Gilleasbuig Macmillan, Dean, St. Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh, Scotland; Dean of the Order of the Thistle; Chaplain-in-Ordinary to H.M. Queen Elizabeth II. Music includes Mozart’s Missa brevis in D, K. 194 (186h), and the Ave verum corpus, K. 618.

Joseph Szigeti, violinist:

Puccini: La Fanciulla del West; Nilsson, Mongelli, Gibin; Matacic, Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro alla Scala (EMI)

Chabrier: Pièces pittoresques; Kyriakou (Vox)

Shostakovich: Ballet Suite No. 3; Järvi, Scottish National Orchestra (Chandos)

Tippett: Sonata for Four Horns; NFB Horn Quartet (GM)

Beck, F. I.: Symphony in B-flat; Ward, Northern Chamber Orchestra (Naxos)

Stephan: Music for Seven Stringed Instruments; Hartog, Schliephake, Passaggio, Donderer, Akahoshi, Tainton, Schmidt (Koch-Schwann)

Cowell: Symphony No. 16, "Icelandic"; Strickland, Iceland Symphony Orchestra (CRI)

Roussel: Suite for Piano in f-sharp, Op. 14; Parkin (Chandos)

Mozart, L.: Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra in D; Vosburgh, Schwarz, Seattle Symphony Orchestra (JVC)

Britten: Elegy for Solo Viola; Jackson (EMI)

Janacek: Sinfonietta, Op. 60; Rattle, Philharmonia Orchestra (EMI)

Meyerbeer: Quintet for Clarinet and String Quartet in E-flat; Klöcker, Philharmonia Quartet of Berlin (Orfeo)

Telemann: Suite for Flute and Strings in a; Baker, Janigro, I Solisti di Zagreb (Vanguard)

Mahler: Four Rückert Lieder; Fischer-Dieskau, Bernstein (Sony)

Takemitsu: Landscape I; Ensemble Kaï (BIS)

Scelsi: String Quartet No. 2; Arditti String Quartet (Naïve)

Takemitsu: A way a lone; Tokyo String Quartet (RCA)

Scelsi: String Quartet No. 3; Arditti String Quartet (Naïve)

Blitzstein: Airborne Symphony; Holland, Scheff, Shaw, Bernstein, New York City Symphony Orchestra (RCA Victor)

Rheinberger: Sonata for Organ No. 5 in f sharp, Op. 111; Eden (Prezioso)

Britten: Sinfonietta, Op. 1; Glover, London Mozart Players (ASV)

Haydn: Trio No. 2 in G; B. Kuijken, S. Kuijken and W. Kuijken (Accent)

Tubin: Requiem for Fallen Soldiers; Järvi, Lund's Student Choral Society, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra (BIS)

Grieg: Ballade, Op. 24; Rubinstein (RCA)

Gossec: Grande Simphonie; Orchestre de Bretagne (ASV)

Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 14 in F-sharp; Borodin String Quartet (EMI)

Mozart: Sonata all'epistola in C for Organ and Strings; Zuckriegel, Hinreiner, Salzburger Mozartspieler (Koch Schwann)

Dvorak: String Quartet in a, op. 16; Stamitz Quartet (Bayer)

Vivaldi: Concerto for Three Oboes, Bassoon, Two Recorders, Violin, Strings, and Continuo in g, RV 576; Güttler, Virtuosi Saxoniae (Berlin Classics LP)

Saint-Saëns: Fantaisie in D flat; Phillips (York)

Palestrina: Missa Beatae Mariae Virginis II; Patterson, Gloriae Dei Cantores (Gloriae Dei Cantores)

Martinu: Sonata No. 3 for Cello and Piano; Dieltiens, Groslot (Accent)

Sibelius: Symphony No. 6 in d, Op. 104; Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (DG)

Ravel: Ma Mère l’Oye; R. and G. Casadesus (Sony)

Debussy: Estampes; Thibaudet (London)

Poulenc: Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra in d; Duchable, Collard, Conlon, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra (Erato)

The Opposition

Dreyschock: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in d, Op. 137; Lane, Willén, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra (Hyperion)

Liszt: Sonata in b, S. 178; Argerich (DG)

Verdi: Requiem; Christine Brewer, Nancy Maultsby, Vinson Cole, Kristinn Sigmundson, Choral Union of the University Musical Society (postponed from an earlier date)

Chadwick: String Quartet No. 4; Portland String Quartet (Northeastern)

Haydn: Symphony No. 85 in B-flat, Hob. 85, "La Reine"; Wolff, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra (Teldec)

Loeffler: Two Rhapsodies for Oboe, Viola, and Piano; de Vries, Guittart, Janssen (Chandos)

Boccherini: Sinfonia for Guitar, 2 Violins, Cello, 2 Oboes, and Orchestra, Op. 21, No. 3; Scimone, I Solisti Veneti (Erato)

Mendelssohn-Hensel: Piano Sonata in c; Serbescu (cpo)

Bartók: Rhapsody for Violin and Orchestra No. 2, Sz. 90; Stern, Bernstein, New York Philharmonic Orchestra (Sony)

Stamitz: Parthia No. 1 in B; Consortium Classicum (cpo)

Bach, J.C.: Concerto for Oboe, Strings, and Continuo in F; Glaetzner, Pommer, Berlin Chamber Orchestra (Capriccio)

Liszt: Sonetto 104 del Petrarca, from Anées de pèlerinage, Second Year, Italy; Janis (Mercury)

Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 4 in f; Previn, London Symphony Orchestra

(RCA Victor)

Dvorak: Trio in e, Op. 90, "Dumky"; Golub, Kaplan, Carr (Arabesque)

Shostakovich : Violin Concerto No. 1 in a, Op. 77 (Op. 99); Vengerov, Rostropovich, London Symphony Orchestra (Teldec)

Barber: Prayers of Kierkegaard, Op. 30; Pelton, Shaw, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus (Telarc)

and other choral works by 20th-century American composers

Lundvik: Nocturnes; Luboff, Dale Warland Singers (Walton)

Blomdahl: Sisyphus, Suite; Dorati, Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra (Caprice)

Rangström: Invocatio (Symphony No. 4 in d); Lundkvist, Ahronovitch, Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra (Caprice)

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Howells: Pastoral Rhapsody; Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra (Chandos)

Thomson: Sonata da Chiesa; Salas, Dumouchel, Stubbs, Anderer, Durham (CRI)

Schubert: Symphony No. 6 in C, D. 589; Beecham, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (EMI)

Biber: Sonata for Violin Solo and Continuo No. 1, from Eight Sonatas (1681); Romanesca (Harmonia Mundi)

Diamond: Rounds for String Orchestra; Schwarz, Seattle Symphony Orchestra (Delos)

Vivaldi: Sonata for Cello and Continuo No. 5 in e, RV 40; Coin, Hogwood, Zweistra, Ferré (Oiseau-Lyre)

Bartók: Four Orchestral Pieces, Op. 12, Sz. 51; Boulez, Chicago Symphony Orchestra (DG)

Brahms: Three Intermezzi, Op. 117; Ax (Sony)

Pergolesi: Concerto for Flute and Strings in G; Galway, Scimone, I Solisti Veneti

(RCA Victor)

Ferguson: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1, Op. 2; Heifetz, Steuber (RCA Victor)

Gabrieli: Canzon Septimi Toni No. 2, Canzone VII, IX, XVI, XI, Canzon a 12 Echo; Empire Brass Quintet and Friends (Telarc)

Tubin: Sonatina for Piano in d; Rumessen (BIS)

Mozart: Symphony No. 25 in g, K. 183; Hogwood, Academy of Ancient Music

(Oiseau-Lyre)

Dvorak: String Quintet in G with Double Bass, Op. 77; Portland String Quartet, Karr (Arabesque LP)

Haydn, Mozart,, and Boccherini.

Fauré: Piano Quartet No. 1 in c, Op. 15; Domus (Hyperion)

Bolcom: Piano Quartet (1976); American Trio, Ireland (CRI)

Harrison: Parade

Copland: Symphony for Organ and Orchestra; David Higgs, organ

Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat, Op. 55, "Eroica"

Kox: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra; Viersen, Spanjaard, Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra (NM Classics)

Buxtehude: Sonata for Violin, Viola da gamba, and Continuo in a, BuxWV 254; Coin, Ensemble Baroque de Lomoges (Astrée-Naïve)

Gounod: Symphony No. 2 in E-flat; Marriner, Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields (Philips)

Britten: Alla Marcia for String Quartet; Endellion Quartet (EMI )

Richter: Sinfonia in G; Warchal, Slovak Chamber Orchestra (Opus)

Boulez: Piano Sonata No. 2; Henck (wergo)

Enescu: Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 in A, Op. 11, No. 1; Rozhdestvensky, Leeds Festival Chorus, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (Chandos)

Handel: Prelude and Chaconne in G (Suite for Harpsichord No. 9 of 1733 Set), HWV 442; Krapp (Eurodisc LP)

Carter: Concerto for Orchestra; Gielen, Southwest German Radio Orchestra

(Arte Nova)

Paderewski: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in a, Op. 17; Wild, Fiedler, London Symphony Orchestra (RCA LP)

Kraus: Symphony in c, "Trauer", VB 142; Sundkvist, Swedish Chamber Orchestra (Naxos)

Martinu: Piano Sonata No. 1; Firkusny (RCA)

Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 73; Bernstein, New York Philharmonic Orchestra (Sony)

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Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia; Katarina Karnéus, Matthew Polenzani, Franco Vassallo, Carlos Chausson, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Maurizio Benini conducting.

Preacher: The Very Reverend Gilleasbuig Macmillan, Dean, St. Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh, Scotland; Dean of the Order of the Thistle; Chaplain-in-Ordinary to H.M. Queen Elizabeth II. Music includes a setting of "Salvator Mundi" by Blow and a "Crucifixus" by Lotti.

Rachmaninoff: Prelude in g, Op. 23, No. 5 (International Piano Archive LP)

Chopin: Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise Brillante, Op. 22 (International Piano Archive LP)

Flotow: Martha; Rothenberger, Fassbaender, Gedda, Prey; Heger, Orchestra and Chorus of the Bavarian State Opera, Munich (EMI)

Beethoven: String Trio in E-flat, Op. 3; Mutter, Giuranna, Rostropovich (DG)

Kabalevsky: The Comedians, Op. 26; Sinaisky, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (Chandos)

Schaefer: Piano Quintet, Op. 5; Bogaart, Orpheus String Quartet (NM Classics)

Reger: A Romantic Suite, Op. 125; Albrecht, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

(Koch Schwann)

Arriaga: String Quartet No. 1 in d; Voces String Quartet (MD+G)

Scriabin: Reverie, Op. 24; Ashkenazy, Deutsches Symphony Orchestra (Decca)

Foss: Capriccio; Harnoy, Dussek (RCA Victor)

Weber: Andante and Rondo Ungarese for Viola and Orchestra; Caussé, Les Solistes de Montpellier-Moscou (EMI)

Glazunov: Quartet for Four Saxophones in B-flat, Op. 109; Netherlands Saxophone Quartet (Nonesuch LP)

Telemann: Motet, "Wie ist dein Name so gross" (Donner-Ode); Kwella, Denley, Tucker, George, Roberts, Hickox, Collegium Musicum 90 (Chandos)

Enescu: Sonata No. 3 in a, "in the popular Rumanian style", Op. 25; Weilerstein Duo (Arabesque)

Rimsky-Korsakov: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in c-sharp, Op. 30; Richter, Kondrashin, Moscow Youth Orchestra (Melodiya)

Bloch: String Quartet No. 3; Pro Arte Quartet (Laurel)

Bloch: String Quartet No. 2; Griller Quartet (Dutton)

Conductor Eugene Ormandy, who died March 12, 1985. (Note that this program might be preempted for an ECAC hockey game.)

Sibelius: Symphony No. 1 in e, Op. 39; Philadelphia Orchestra (Victor 78’s/Biddulph)

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in b, Op. 74; Philadelphia Orchestra (Columbia LP)

Mahler: Symphony No. 2; Frank, Gallogly, Twin City Symphony Chorus, Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra (1935 concert performance, Victor 78’s/Biddulph)

Grieg: Symphonic Dances, Op. 64; Järvi, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra (DG)

Martinu: Quartet for Oboe, Violin, Cello, and Piano; Marangella, Gadd, Ivashkin, Selby (Naxos)

Bach, C.P.E.: Cello Concerto in A, W. 172; Starker, Santa Fe Festival Orchestra (Delos)

Schumann, C.: Six Lieder, Op. 13; Bonney, Ashkenazy (London)

Lo Presti: The Masks; DePriest, Oregon Symphony Orchestra (Koch)

Czerny: Grande Sonate brillante in c, Op. 10, for Piano, Four Hands; Tal, Groethuysen (Sony)

Tchaikovsky: Suite for Orchestra No. 4 in G, Op. 61, "Mozartiana"; Svetlanov, USSR Academic Symphony Orchestra (Melodiya)

Corelli: Sonata da Camera, Op. 4, Nos. 3 in A, 4 in D; London Baroque (Harmonia Mundi)

Kodály: Marosszék Dances; Dorati, Philharmonia Hungarica (Mercury)

Hänsel: String Quartet in G; Zurich Chamber Musicians (Jecklin)

Vaughan Williams: Suite for Viola and Orchestra; Riddle, Del Mar, Bournemouth Sinfonietta (Chandos)

Locke: Broken Consort in D; Palladian Ensemble (Linn)

Korngold: Schauspiel Overture, Op. 4; Albert, Northwest German Philharmonic Orchestra (cpo)

Rossini: Duet for Cello and Double-Bass; Mallach, Poppe (Turnabout LP)

Beethoven: Fantasia for Piano, Chorus, and Orchestra in c, Op. 80; Levin, Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique (DG Archiv)

Berg: Piano Sonata, Op. 1; Cherkassky (Nimbus)

Schoenberg: Six Little Piano Pieces, Op. 19; Levinson (N2K)

Webern: Variations for Piano, Op. 27; Ohlsson (Arabesque)

Schoenberg: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 42; Pollini, Abbado, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (DG)

Boulez: Piano Sonata No. 1; Henck (wergo)

Literary Influences: E.T.A. Hoffman and Jean Paul

Schumann: Kreisleriana, Op. 16; Egorov (EMI)

Schumann: Papillons, Op. 2; Horszowski (Nonesuch)

Adams: Tromba Lontana

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23 in A, K. 488; Robert Levin, piano

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8 in c, Op. 65

Villa-Lobos: Concerto Grosso for Woodwind Quartet and Wind Orchestra; Stopler, Morgan, J. DeRoche, Kirk, D. DeRoche, DePaul University Wind Ensemble (Albany)

Bach: Prelude, Fugue and Allegro in E-flat, S. 998; Leonhardt (Philips)

Finzi: Lo, the Full, Final Sacrifice; Bowen, Robertson, Farnes, Cleobury, Choir of King's College (EMI)

Tartini: Sonata for Violin in g, "The Devil's Trill"; Manze (Harmonia Mundi)

Dvorak: Klid (Silent Woods) for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 68 No. 5; Du Pré, Barenboim, Chicago Symphony Orchestra (EMI)

Boatwright: Sonata for Clarinet and Piano; Webster, Snyder (CRI)

Josquin: Liber Generationis Jesu Christe; Wickham, Clerk's Group (ASV)

Chopin: Scherzo No. 3 in c-sharp, Op. 39; Argerich (DG)

Copland: Orchestral Variations; Slatkin, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra

(RCA Victor)

Giuliani: Gran Duetto Concertante, Op. 52, for Guitar and Flute; Yamashita, Galway (RCA Victor)

Chadwick: Symphony No. 3 in F; Järvi, Detriot Symphony Orchestra (Chandos)

Stevens: Sonata for Trumpet and Piano; Marsalis, Stillman (Sony)

Telemann: Concerto in F for Three Violins and Strings; Standage, Collegium Musicum 90 (Chandos)

Debussy: Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp; Ellis, Melos Ensemble (London)

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 25 in C, K. 503; Serkin, Szell, Columbia Symphony Orchestra (Sony)

Prokofiev: Sonata for Cello and Piano in C, Op. 119; Ma, Ax (Sony)

Rautavaara: On the Last Frontier; Segerstam, Finnish Philharmonic Choir, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra (Ondine)

and other choral works by 20th-century Scandinavian composers

Roman: Assaggio in g for violin; Schröder (Caprice)

Rosenberg: String Quartet No. 5; Gotland Quartet (Caprice)

Rosenberg: String Quartet No. 6; Gotland Quartet (Caprice)

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Fine, I: Toccata Concertante; Leinsdorf, Boston Symphony Orchestra (Phoenix)

Shostakovich: Piano Trio No. 1 in c, Op. 8; Oslo Trio (Simax)

Leclair: Concerto for Violin and Strings, Op. 10, No. 4 in F; Standage, Collegium Musicum 90 (Chandos)

Schumann: String Quartet in A, Op. 41, No. 3; Vogler Quartet (RCA Victor)

Dutilleux: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra, "Tout un monde lointain"; Rostropovich, Baudo, Orchestre de Paris (EMI)

Archduke Rudolph of Austria (1788-1831): Sonata for Clarinet and Piano in A, Op. 2; Morales, S. Kagan (Orfeo)

Mathias: Missa Brevis; Patterson, Gloriae Dei Cantores (Gloriae Dei Cantores)

Franck: Symphonic Variations for Piano and Orchestra; Rubinstein, Wallenstein, Symphony of the Air (RCA Victor)

Martinu: Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 2; Dieltiens, Groslot (Accent)

Rameau: Suite for Orchestra, "Les Indes Galantes"; Herreweghe, Orchestre de la Chapelle Royale (Harmonia Mundi)

Chopin: Preludes, Op. 28; Zhukov (Melodiya)

Felix Mendelssohn and Gustav Merkel (1827-1885).

Saint-Saens: Quatuor, Op. 41; Karadar Bertoldi Ensemble (Amadeus)

Copland: Piano Quartet; Kalish, Boston Symphony Chamber Players (Nonesuch)

Mahler: Symphony No. 3 in d; Michelle DeYoung, mezzo-soprano, San Francisco Girls Chorus, Pacific Boys Chorus, Women of the San Francisco Symphony Chorus

Busoni: Sonatina, Kind. 257; Madge (Phillips)

Vivaldi: Bassoon Concerto in C, RV 479; Smith, Ledger, English Chamber Orchestra (ASV)

Sibelius: Piano Quintet in A, Op. 5; Richter, Borodin Quartet (Philips)

Handel: Suite from "Il pastor fido" (Version II, 1734), HWV 8c; Lamon, Tefelmusik (Sony)

Mendelssohn: Piano Quartet No. 2 in f, Op. 2; Schubert Ensemble (ASV)

Stevens: Mass for Double Choir; Spicer, Finzi Singers (Chandos)

Paganini: Quartet for Guitar and Strings No. 7 in E; Gifford, Mozart String Trio (Denon)

Poulenc: Concerto for Organ, Strings, and Timpani; Preston, Firth, Ozawa, Boston Symphony Orchestra (DG)

Mozart: Quintet for Piano and Wind Instruments in E-flat, K452; Levin, Academy of Ancient Music Chamber Ensemble (Decca)

Vaughan Williams: Lord, Thou hast been our Refuge, for Chorus, Organ, and Trumpet; Spicer, Finzi Singers, Bicket, Fremman-Attwood (Chandos)

Corelli: Sonata da Camera a tre for Strings and Continuo in B-flat, Op. 4, No. 9; Purcell Quartet (Chandos)

Copland: Short Symphony (Symphony No. 2); Copland, London Symphony Orchestra (Sony)

Beethoven: String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat, Op. 130; Quartetto Italiano (Philips)

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Verdi: Don Carlo; Sondra Radvanovsky, Violeta Urmana, Richard Margison, Dwayne Croft, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Samuel Ramey, Fabio Luisi conducting.

Preacher: The Reverend Dr. Dorothy A. Austin, Sedgwick Associate Minister in the Memorial Church and Chaplain to the University. Music includes "Ride on in Majesty" by Craig Phillips and "O vos omnes" by Pablo Casals.

Mozart: Symphony No. 35 "Haffner"; London Philharmonic Orchestra (Turnabout LP)

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde; Voigt, Moser, Lang, Weber, Holls; Thielemann, Vienna State Opera Orchestra and Chorus (DG)

Elgar: Sonata No. 1 in G for Organ, Op. 28; Bate (ASV)

Reinhardt: Concerto for Horn and Orchestra in E-flat; Tuckwell, Brown, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields (London)

Schubert: Gesänge des Harfners Nos. 1-3, D. 478; Fassbaender, Garben (Sony)

Yannatos: Prisms (Symphony No. 3); Yannatos, Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra (Albany)

Sor: Sonata in c, Op. 25; Fernández (London)

Strauss, R.: Symphonic Interludes from Intermezzo; Mehta, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (Sony)

Mendelssohn: Sonata in E, Op. 6; Perahia (CBS LP)

Moeren: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra; Mordkovitch, Handley, Ulster Orchestra (Chandos)

Grieg: String Quartet No. 2 in F, movements 1 and 2 (work unfinished); Chilingirian Quartet (Hyperion)

Mozart: Symphony No. 36 in C, K 425, "Linz"; Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (Angel LP)

Debussy: Sonata for Violin and Piano in g; Zuckerman, Neikrug (RCA Victor)

Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F, "Pastorale"; Bernstein, New York Philharmonic Orchestra (Sony)

Milhaud: String Quartet No. 12; Quartetto Italiano (Testament)

Milhaud: String Quartet No. 7; Galimir String Quartet (Pearl)

Villa-Lobos: String Quartet No. 6; Stuyvesant String Quartet (Parnassus)

Berkeley, M.: Gethsemane Fragment; Hickox, BBC National Orchestra of Wales (Chandos)

Bach: St. Matthew Passion, S. 244; Feuge, Klose, von Pataky, Schöffler, Böhme, Weisbach, St. Peter’s School Boys’ Choir, University of Leipzig Chorus, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra (radio broadcast, April, 1935, Rococo LPs)

Liszt: Bagatelle ohne Tonart; Campanella (Acanta)

Yoshimatsu: Symphony No. 3, Op. 75; Fujioka, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (Chandos)

Janacek: Six Folksongs which Eva Gabel Sang; Kusnjer, Lapsansky (Supraphon)

Beethoven: Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt (Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage); Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique (DG)

Miaskovsky: Sonata No. 4 in c, Op. 27; McLachlan (Olympia)

Field: Divertissement for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in A; O’Rourke, Bamert, London Mozart Players (Chandos)

Ullmann: String Quartet No. 3, Op. 46; Members of The Group for New Music (Koch)

Revueltas: Sensemaya; Salonen, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra (Sony)

Zwilich: Double Quartet for Strings; Zwilich, McDermott, Reed, Ham, Ravina, Nelson, Kenote, Hirsu, Donaruma (New World)

Sibelius: Humoresque in g, Op. 89, No. 2; Holmes, Handley, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (Koch Schwann)

Rochberg: Sonata for Violin and Piano; Bachmann, Klibonoff (Connoisseur Society)

Karlowicz: Stanislaw and Anna Oswiecim, Op. 12; Tortelier, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (Chandos)

Novak: Sonata in d for Violin and Piano; Suk, Panenka (Supraphon)

Scriabin: Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra; Zhukov, Yurovsky, Moscow Radio Chamber Orchestra (Russian Disc)

Bruch: Piano Trio in c, Op. 5; Yuval Trio (Centaur)

Kabalevsky: Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra on the theme of the song "School Years", Op. 75; Sheludiakov, Mnatsakanov, Russian Cinematographic Symphony Orchestra (Olympia)

Bartók: Romanian Folkdances, Sz. 56; Würtz (Globe)

Bartók: Fifteen Hungarian Peasant Songs, Sz. 71; Jandö (Naxos)

Bartók: Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm (Nos. 148-153 from Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, Vol. VI); Würtz (Globe)

Milhaud: Saudades do Brazil, Op. 67; Choveaux (Discover)

Carnaval Guests: Chopin and Paganini

Paganini: Caprices for Violin, Op. 1, No. 1-7; Markov (Erato)

Schumann: Allegro in b, Op. 8; Kassen (Harmonia Mundi)

Chopin: Variations on "Là ci darem la mano" from Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Op. 2; Ohlsson, Kord, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra (Arabesque)

Brahms: Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Orchestra in a, op. 102; Emmanuelle Boisvert, violin, Alban Gerhardt, cello

Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 3 in a, Op. 44

Bryars: Four Elements, for Countertenor and Large Chamber Ensemble; James, Heaton, Large Chamber Ensemble (ECM)

Massenet: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in E-flat; Ciccolini, Cambreling, Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra (EMI)

Wilms: String Quartet in g, Op. 25, No. 1; Nomos Quartet (NM Extra)

Tüür: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra; van Keulen, P. Järvi, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (ECM)

Zemlinsky: String Quartet No. 1, Op. 4; Schoenberg Quartet (Chandos)

Penderecki: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra No. 1; Palm, Penderecki, Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra (EMI)

Lichnowsky: Variations (7) on a theme by Paisiello; Genuit (cpo LP)

Shostakovich: Man with a Gun, The (film score), Op. 53; Sinaisky, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (Chandos)

Schobert: Sonata for Harpsichord, Violin, and Cello in c, Op. 16, No. 2; Four Nations Ensemble (ASV)

Picker: And Suddenly It's Evening; T. Sanderling, Russian Philharmonic Orchestra (Chandos)

Liszt: Mephisto Waltz No. 2; Andsnes (EMI)

Boyce: Symphony No. 8 in d; Boughton, English String Orchestra (Nimbus)

Prokofiev: Sonata No. 3 in a, Op. 28; Lill (ASV)

Nielsen: Symphony No. 4, Op. 29, "Inextinguishable"; Berglund, Royal Danish Orchestra (RCA)

Górecki: Szeroka Woda, Op. 39; Ding, Lira Chamber Chorus (Nonesuch)

and other choral works by 20th-century Eastern European composers

Langgaard: Symphony No. 1, "Pastorals of the Rocks", excerpts; Segerstam, Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (Chandos)

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Ives: String Quartet No. 2; Emerson String Quartet (DG)

Paganini: Violin Concerto No. 1 in D, Op. 6; Midori, Slatkin, London Symphony Orchestra (Philips)

Biber: Harmonia Artificiosa: Partia VII in c; Purcell Quartet (Chandos)

Frankel: Symphony No. 6, Op. 49; Albert, Queensland Symphony Orchestra (cpo)

Borodin: Quintet for Strings in f; New Budapest Quartet, O. Kertész (Marco Polo)

Martinu: Fantaisies Symphoniques (Symphony No. 6); Flor, Berlin Symphony Orchestra (RCA)

Donizetti: String Quartet No. 13 in A; Revolutionary Drawing Room (cpo)

Schreker: Symphony in a, Op. 1; Gülke, Cologne Radio Orchestra (Capriccio)

Schubert: Die Schöne Müllerin, D. 795; Sylvan, Breitman (Nonesuch)

Brahms and Rheinberger.

Fibich: Piano Quartet, Op. 11; Lapsansky, Panocha, Kulhan, Sehnoutka (Supraphon)

Husa: Variations for Piano Quartet; Klepac, Prague String Trio (Panton)

Janacek: From the House of the Dead, Overture

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23 in A, K. 488; Ivan Moravec

Martinu: Symphony No. 4

Respighi: Concerto Gregoriano; Cappelletti, Bamert, Philharmonia Orchestra (Koch)

Haydn: Quartet in E-flat, Op. 33, No. 2, "The Joke"; Lindsay Quartet (ASV)

Arensky: Symphony No. 2 in A, Op. 22; Sinaisky, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (Chandos)

Mompou: Música Callada for Piano, Book 1; Henck (ECM)

Gounod: Symphony No. 2 in E-flat; Marriner, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields (Philips LP)

Monteverdi: From Madrigals Book VI, Lamento d’Arianna; Alessandrini, Concerto Italiano (Arcana)

Villa-Lobos: Concerto for Harp and Orchestra; Michel, Almeida, National Opera Orchestra of Monte Carlo (Philips LP)

Chopin: Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op. 65; Harnoy, Katsaris (RCA)

Schütz: Easter Oratorio, SWV 50; Hummel, Jacobs, Concerto Vocale and Ensemble (Harmonia Mundi)

Janacek: String Quartet No. 1 (after Tolstoy’s The Kreuzter Sonata); New World String Quartet (MHS)

Mozart: Concerto for Horn and Orchestra No. 4 in E-flat; Brain, Karajan, Philharmonia Orchestra (EMI)

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Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana and Leoncavallo: I Pagliacci; Violeta Urmana, Eduardo Villa, Frederick Burchinal, Patricia Racette, Vladimir Galouzine, Juan Pons, Dennis Russell Davies conducting.

Preacher: The Right Reverend Dr. Krister Stendahl, Mellon Professor of Divinity Emeritus; Retired Bishop of Stockholm. Music includes "Christ lag in Todesbanden" and "Erstanden ist der heilge Christ" by Praetorius.

Brahms: Quartet No. 3 in B-flat, Op. 67 (Odyssey LP)

Bartók: Quartet No. 2 in a, Op. 17 (Odyssey LP)

Note: if a substantial part of Sunday Night at the Opera for tonight is preempted by a women’s hockey NCAA game, none of the music below will be heard. In whatever time remained in the latter part of the evening, different music would be presented. This depends on the outcome of games played earlier in March.

Arne: Comus; Ritchie, Morison, Herbert, Lewis, St. Anthony Singers, Ensemble Orchestral de l’Oiseau-Lyre (Oiseau-Lyre LPs)

Arne: songs; Forrester, Young, Priestman, Vienna Radio Orchestra (Westminster LP)

Arne: Alfred; Pierard, Holton, Montague, Wallace, Padmore, Sears, Kraemer, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (BBC Music)

Arne: Thomas and Sally; Holt, Temperley, Taylor, Langridge, Preston, Northern Sinfonia (Pye LP)

Linley the younger: The Song of Moses; Gooding, Daneman, Blaze, King, Forbes, Holman, Holst Singers, Parley of Instruments (Hyperion)

Zemlinsky: String Quartet No. 4; Artis Quartett Wien (Nimbus)

Hindemith: String Quartet No. 5; Sonare Quartet (cpo)

Preview of the Beaux Arts Trio concert in Jordan Hall, 8 pm April 1 (see celebrityseries.org or telephone 617-482-2595).

Gounod: Requiem; Buffoni, Friedll, Amoretti, Clément, Charlet, Romand Chamber Choir, Quartet Sine Nomine, Veillon, Fleischmann, Margot (Claves)

Dubois: The Seven Last Words of Christ; M. Stagliano, Nelson, Morgan, Page, Boston Chorale, Foort (Cook LP)

Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48; Denya, Harrell, Pelletier, Disciples de Massenet, Montreal Festivals Orchestra, Roy (Victor 78’s)

Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Op. 71 (Book 10), Nos. 2, 6, 7, "Summer Evening", "Gone", "Rememberances"; Andsnes (EMI)

Rautavaara: Icons, Op. 6; Mikkola (Naxos)

Wirén: Sonatin, Op. 25; Bojsten (BIS)

Englund: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1; Raekallio, Elas, Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra (Ondine)

Eino Tamberg: Festive Music, Op. 117

Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 4 in g, Op. 40; Yefim Bronfman, piano

Strauss, R.: Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40

Corigliano: Fern Hill (1961); Bruffy, Kansas City Chorale (Nimbus)

and other choral works by 20th-century American composers

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Saint-Saëns.

Walton: Quartet for Violin, Viola, Cello and Piano; Donohoe, members of Maggini Quartet (Naxos)

Diamond: Quartet for Piano and String Trio; Votapek, Notre Dame String Trio (Centaur)

Haydn: Piano Concerto in D; Alicia de Larrocha, piano

De Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain; de Larrocha, piano

Nielsen: Symphony No. 3, Op. 27, "Sinfonia Espansiva"

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R. Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier; Angela Denoke, Susan Graham, Laura Aikin, Matthew Polenzani, Håken Hagegård, Peter Rose, Donald Runnicles conducting.

Preacher: The Baroness Neuberger D.B.E., Member of the British House of Lords.

Delibes: Lakme; Sutherland, Vanzo, Bacquier, Berbie; Bonynge, Monte Carlo Opera Chorus and Orchestra (London)

Shostakovich: Festive Overture, Op. 96; Mravinsky, Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra (Russian Disc)

Mendelssohn: String Quartet in f, Op. 80; Bartholdy Quartet (Acanta)

Handel: Coronation Anthems; Cleobury, Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Academy of Ancient Music (EMI)

Bruch: Septet in E-flat, Op. posth.; Klöcker, Consortium Classicum (Orfeo)

Carter: The Minotaur; Schwarz, New York Chamber Symphony of the 92nd Street Y (Nonesuch)

Schmidt: Three Fantasy Pieces for Cello and Piano after Hungarian Melodies; Green, Moyer (Biddulph)

Obrecht: Motet, "Salve Crux"; Wickham, Clerks' Group (ASV)

Strauss, R.: Five Piano Pieces, Op. 3; Gould (Philips)

Haydn: Symphony No. 43 in E-flat, "Mercury"; Müller-Brühl, Cologne Chamber Orchestra (Naxos)

Janacek: String Quartet No. 2, "Intimate Letters"; Enesco Quartet (Forlane)

Vivaldi: Concerto for Mandolins (2), Strings, and Harpsichord in G, RV 532; Orlandi, Frati, Scimone, I Solisti Veneti (Erato)

Schumann: Liederkreis, Op. 24; Shirley-Quirk, Fleisher (Arabesque)

Copland: Concerto for Clarinet and String Orchestra, with Harp and Piano; Stoltzman, Thomas, London Symphony Orchestra (RCA Victor)

Saariaho: Nymphea; Arditti String Quartet (Montaigne)

Adams: John’s Book of Alleged Dances; Kronos Quartet (Nonesuch)

Preview of recital by organist (of Notre Dame, Paris) Olivier Latry at Holy Cross Cathedral on April 8.

Fauré: Songs; G. Martinelli, Wolff, orchestra (Polydor 78/Malibran), Vallin, Faure (EMI), Bernac, Poulenc (Fr. EMI LP), Souzay, Bonneau (London)

Fauré: L’Horizon chimérique, Op. 113; Panzéra, Panzéra-Baillot (Pathé 78/Dutton)

Tippett: Concerto for Double String Orchestra; Marriner, Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields (London)

Oldham, Tippett, Berkeley, Britten, Searle, Walton: Variations on an Elizabethan Theme (Sellenger’s Round); Britten, Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra (concert performance, world premiere, June 20, 1953, Decca LP)

Tippett: The Shires; Tippett, Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra (Argo LP), Fletcher, Leicerstershire Chorale (Unicorn LP)

Tippett: String Quartet No. 4; Lindsay Quartet (ASV)

Tippett: The Rose Lake; Davis, London Symphony Orchestra (RCA Catalyst)

Dukas: La Péri, with Fanfare; López-Cobos, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (Telarc)

Carulli: Concerto in A for Guitar and Orchestra; Scheit, Boettcher, Vienna Festival Chamber Orchestra (Turnabout LP)

MacDowell: Symphony Poem, "Hamlet/Ophelia," Op. 22; Krueger, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (Bridge)

Previn: Four Outings for Brass Quintet; Philip Jones Brass Ensemble (Decca)

Strauss, R.: An Alpine Symphony, Op. 64; Strauss, Bavarian State Orchestra (Koch)

Schumann: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 3 in a, Op. posth.; Kaplan, Kuerti (Arabesque)

Tallis: Motet, "Gaude Gloriosa"; Phillips, Tallis Scholars (Gimell)

Barber: Four Songs, Op. 13; Studer, Browning (DG)

Mozart: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 5 in A, K. 219; Perlman, Levine, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (DG)

Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 4 in e, Op. 44, No. 2; Quatuor Ysaÿe (Decca)

Bach: Concerto for Violin, Oboe and Orchestra in c, S. 1060; Stern, Tabuteau, Casals, Prades Festival Orchestra (Sony)

Chopin: Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise in E-flat, Op. 22; Horowitz (RCA Victor)

Milhaud: Symphony No. 2; Plasson, Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse (DG)

Carter: Piano Sonata; Jacobs (Nonesuch)

Bartók: Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion, Sz. 110; Argerich, Kovacevich, Goudswaard, De Roo (Philips)

"Heavenly Length" — Schubert’s Music

Schubert: Symphony No. 8 in b, D. 759, "Unfinished"; Harnoncourt, Vienna Symphony Orchestra (Teldec)

Schubert: Moments Musicaux, D. 780 (Op. 94); Gilels (RCA Red Seal)

Mozart: Symphony No. 31 in D, K. 300a

Britten: Les Illuminations, Op. 18; Dawn Upshaw, soprano

Sibelius: Symphony No. 5 in E-flat, Op. 82

Lyadov: The Enchanted Lake, Op. 62; Järvi, London Symphony Orchestra (Chandos)

Frank: Sonata da Camera; Quan, Dunkel, Miller (CRI LP)

Muffat: Missa In labore requies; Junghänel, Cantus Cölln, Concerto Palatino (Harmonia Mundi)

Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 8 in B-flat, Op. 84; Pletnev (DG)

Graun: Concerto grosso in g for Flute, Violin, Viola and Cello; Haenchen, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Chamber Orhcestra (Berlin Classics)

Scriabin: Etudes, Op. 8; Merzhanov (Melodiya-Angel LP)

Schütz: "Veni dilecte mi," SWV 274; "Haus und Güter erbet man von Eltern," SWV 21; Musicalische Compagney (MD+G)

Weber: Variations on a Theme from Silvana, for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 33; Brunner, Oppitz (Orfeo)

Del Tredici: Steps, for Orchestra; Mehta, New York Philharmonic Orchestra (New World)

Puccini: Minuetti I, II, III; Raphael String Quartet (Etcetera)

Anonymous: Te Deum laudamus; Angelus ad virginem; Alle, psallite - Alleluya; Neary, Westminster Abbey Choir (Sony)

Bartók: Contrasts for Clarinet, Violin, and Piano; R. Stoltzman, Goode, L. Stoltzman (RCA Victor)

Bax: Symphonic Poem, The Garden of Fand; Boult, London Philharmonic Orchestra (HNH LP)

Beethoven: Sonata No. 3 in C, Op. 2, No. 3; Arrau (Philips)

Kancheli: Styx; Bashmet, Gergiev, Orhcestra of the Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg Chamber Choir (DG)

and other choral works by 20th-century Russian composers

Langgaard: From the Deep; Segerstam, Danish National Radio Choir, Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (Chandos)

Nørgård: Gaudet mater; Parkman, Danish National Choir (Chandos)

Nørgård: Flos ut rosa floruit; Parkman, Danish National Choir (Chandos)

Nørgård: Terrains Vagues; Dausgaard, Danish National Symphony Orchestra (Chandos)

Nørgård: Frostsalme; Parkman, Danish National Choir (Chandos)

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Volkmann: Konzertstück for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 42; Rose, Springer, Hamburg Symphony Orchestra (Turnabout LP)

Bach: Suite for Solo Cello No. 5 in c, S.1011; Starker (Mercury)

Vainberg: Flute Concerto in d, Op. 75; Korneyev, Barshai, Moscow Chamber Orchestra (Russian Disc)

Coleridge-Taylor: Quintet in f-sharp; Wright, Hawthorne String Quartet (Koch)

Kabalevsky: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2, Op. 23; Stott, Sinaisky, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (Chandos)

Telemann: Paris Quartets: Concerto No. 2; B. Kuijken, S. Kuijken, W. Kuijken, Leonhardt (Sony)

Kodály: Variations on a Hungarian Folk Song, "The Peacock"; Järvi, Chicago Symphony Orchestra (Chandos)

Schoenberg: The Book of the Hanging Gardens, Op. 15; DeGaetani, Kalish (Nonesuch)

Vivaldi: Concerto for Mandolin, Strings, and Harpsichord in C, RV 425; Orlandi, Scimone, I Solisti Veneti (Erato)

Ives: Symphony No. 1; Thomas, Chicago Symphony Orchestra (Sony)

Boccherini: String Trio in c, Op. 14, No. 2, G. 96; members of Boccherini Quartet (Channel Classics)

Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in e, Op. 98; Kleiber, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (DG)

Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, and Rachmaninoff.

Chausson: Piano Quartet in A, Op. 30; Touchwood Piano Quartet (ASV)

Bax: Piano Quartet; McCabe, Cummings, Iorio, Thomas (Chandos)

Rouse: Rapture

Brahms: Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Orchestra in a, Op. 102; Kyoko Takezawa, violin, Han-Na Chang, cello

Strauss, R.: Don Juan, Op. 20

Strauss, R.: Der Rosenkavalier, Suite

Mozart: Divertimento in B-flat for Piano, Violin and Cello, K 254; Pires, Dumay, Wang (DG)

Rodrigo: Adagio; Bátiz, State of Mexico Symphony Orchestra (ASV)

Mendelssohn: Sonata in g, Op. 105; Jones (Nimbus)

Harbison: Olympic Dances; Battisti, New England Conservatory Wind Ensemble (Albany)

Turina: Mujeres de Sevilla, Op. 89; Buechner (Connoisseur Society)

Rimsky-Korsakov: Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra; Mauger, Rundell, Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra (Chandos)

Handel: Sonata in F for Two Violins and Continuo, Op. 5, No. 6; London Baroque (Harmonia Mundi)

Titov: Divine Service from the Russian Orthodox Liturgy; Rose Ensemble (Rose)

Bloch: Piano Quintet No. 1; Adkins, Galpérine, Hoffman, Lichten, Schein (Koch)

Hovhaness: Symphony No. 39 for Guitar and Orchestra, Op. 321; Long, Jordania, KBS Symphony Orchestra (Koch)

Tchaikovsky: Grand Sonata in G, Op. 37; Postnikova (Erato)

Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 3 in a, Op. 44; Previn, London Symphony Orchestra (EMI)

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Puccini: Tosca; Maria Guleghina, Salvatore Licitra, Mark Delava, James Conlon conducting.

Preacher: The Reverend Mark D.W. Edington, Epps Fellow, Chaplain to Harvard College, and Assistant Minister in The Memorial Church. Music includes "Urah, hanevel v’chinor" from Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms and the Gloria from Roxanna Panufnik’s Westminster Mass.

Harvard vs. Princeton (DH)

Crimson SportsTalk between Games; Game 1 joined in progress

Handel: Julius Caesar; Kozena, von Otter, Hellekant, Mijanovic, Mehta, Bertin, Ewing, Ankaoua, Minkowski, Les Musiciens du Louvre (DG Archiv)

MacDowell: Suite No. 2, Op. 48, "Indian"; Krueger, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (Bridge)

Cacioppo: Nayenezgani (Monsterslayer), for String Quartet; Emerson String Quartet (Capstone)

Krommer: Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra in E-flat, Op. 36; Boeykens, Caeyers, New Belgian Chamber Orchestra (Harmonia Mundi)

Tippett: Piano Sonata No. 2; Ogdon (EMI)

Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 11 in a; Kapell (RCA Red Seal)

Ligeti: String Quartet No. 1, "Métamorphoses nocturnes" (Nocturnal Metamorphoses) (1953-54); Hagen Quartet (DG)

Scriabin: Symphonic Poem in d, Op. posth.; Golovschin, Moscow Symphony Orchestra (Naxos)

Bax: Red Autumn, Hardanger, The Poisoned Fountain; Brown, Tanyel (Chandos)

Mozart: Six German Dances, K. 600; Graf, Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra (Laserlight)

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 16 in G, Op. 31, No. 1 (1802); Kempff (DG)

Copland: Connotations for Orchestra; Bernstein, New York Philharmonic Orchestra (Sony)

Bach: Suite for Cello Solo No. 4 in E-flat, S. 1010; Ma (Sony)

Sibelius: Symphony No. 3 in C, Op. 52; Vänskä, Lahti Symphony Orchestra (BIS)

Wuorinen: String Quartet No. 1; Fine Arts Quartet (Music & Arts)

Feldman: Structures; Concord String Quartet (Vox)

Rorem: String Quartet No. 4; Emerson String Quartet (DG)

Haydn: Symphony No. 90; Leslie Jones (b. 1905), Little Orchestra of London (Nonesuch LP)

Vivaldi: The Four Seasons; Bernardo Molinari (April 11, 1880-1952), Orchestra Stabile dell’Academia di S. Cecilia (the first recording of the work, 1942, Cetra)

Holst: March from Suite No. 1 for Band; Frederick Fennell (July 2, 1914- December 7, 2004), Eastman Wind Ensemble (Mercury LP)

Vaughan Williams: Folk Song Suite; Fennell, Eastman Wind Ensemble (Mercury LP)

Walton: Façade, exc.; Dame Edith Sitwell, Frederick Prausnitz (August 26, 1920-November 12, 2004), ensemble (Odyssey LP)

Busoni: Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35a; Zukofsky, Prausnitz, New England Conservatory Symphony Orchestra (NEC/Golden Crest LP)

Music conducted by André Kostelanetz (1901-1980).

Griffes: The Pleasure-Dome of Kubla Khan; orchestra (Columbia LP)

Barber: Vanessa, Act IV, Intermezzo; New York Philharmonic Orchestra (Columbia LP)

Milhaud: Chansons de Ronsard; Pons, orchestra (Columbia LP)

Copland: A Lincoln Portrait; Sandburg, New York Philharmonic Orchestra (Columbia LP)

Walton: Sinfonia Concertante (1927 version); Donohoe, Daniel, English Northern Philharmonia (Naxos)

Khachaturian: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in D-flat; Kapell, Koussevitzky, Boston Symphony Orchestra (RCA Victor)

The Legend of Faust

Berlioz: Scenes from Faust, Eight, Op. 1, H. 33; Kirschschlager, Fouchécourt, Caton, Sado, Chorus and Philharmonic Orchestra of Radio France (Erato)

Schubert: Song, "Gretchen am Spinnrade," D. 118; Ameling, Baldwin (Philips)

Schumann: Scenes from Goethe's Faust: Overture in d; Abbado, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (Sony)

Dvorak: Symphony No. 8 in G, Op. 88

Rodrigo: Concerto de Aranjuez; Pepe Romero, guitar

Stravinsky: The Firebird, Suite

Grofé: Mississippi Suite; Stulen, Promenade Orchestra (CBS LP)

Weber: Trio for Flute, Cello, and Piano in g, Op. 63; Adorján, Pergamenshikov, Gililov (Orfeo)

Tubin: Estonian Dance Suite; Järvi, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra (BIS)

Brahms: Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 21, No. 1; Levinson (N2K)

Antheil: Symphony No. 5, "Joyous"; Kolman, Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra (Centaur)

Leclair: Sonata for Strings, Op. 4, No. 2 in B-flat; Purcell Quartet (Chandos)

Dvorak: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in A (1865, ed. Burghauser 1930); Thomas-Mifune, Krecmer, Bamberg Symphony Orchestra (Koch Schwann)

Glass: String Quartet No. 5 (1991); Kronos Quartet (Nonesuch)

Handel: Concerto a due cori No. 3 in F, HWV 334; Lamon, Tafelmusik (Sony)

Rachmaninoff: Fantaisie-Tableaux, Op. 5 (Suite No. 1 for Two Pianos); Thorson, Thurber (Paula)

Moran: Ten Miles High over Albania, for Harps; Falcao (multi-tracked) (Argo)

Schumann: Spanisches Liederspiel, Op. 74; Shirai, Lipovsek, Protschka, Hölle, Shetler (Capriccio)

Bartók: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 2, Sz. 112; Stern, Bernstein, New York Philharmonic Orchestra (Sony)

Webern: Entflieht auf leichten Kähnen, Op. 2 & 2 Lieder, Op. 19; Boulez, Ensemble Intercontemporain, BBC Singers (DG)

and other choral works by 20th-century German and Austrian composers

Dag Wirén Centennial Celebration (Swedish, 1905-1986)

Theme and Variations for Piano, Op. 5; Bojsten (BIS)

Suite miniature for Cello and Piano, Op. 8b; Thedéen, Bojsten (BIS)

Two Songs from Hösthorn, Op. 13; Högman, Bojsten (BIS)

Improvisations for Piano, Op. 35; Bojsten (BIS)

Three Sea Poems, Op. 37; Riska, Jubilate Choir (BIS)

Little Suite for Piano; Bojsten (BIS)

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Higdon: wissahickon poeTrees [sic]; Krzywicki, Network for New Music Ensemble (Albany)

Mussorgsky: Scherzo in B-flat; Abbado, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (Sony)

Tallis: Motet, "Salvator mundi II"; Parrott, Taverner Consort, Taverner Choir (EMI)

Berkeley: Symphony No. 2 (1958, rev. 1976)); Hickox, BBC National Orchestra of Wales (Chandos)

Rheinberger: Sonata for Organ No. 15 in D, Op. 168; Fisher (Prezioso)

Silvestrov: Postludium, Symphonic Poem for Piano and Orchestra; Lubimov, Davies, Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra (ECM)

Reger: Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Mozart, for piano, Four Hands, Op. 132a (see orchestral version Monday evening, April 18); Tal, Groethuysen (Sony)

Lully: Le Divertissement Royal, Suite; Savall, Le Concert des Nations (Alia Vox)

Picker: Rhapsody for Violin and Piano; Hudson, Picker (CRI)

Lazzari: Tableaux maritimes; Adriano, Moscow Symphony Orchestra (Marco Polo)

Charpentier: Te Deum, H. 146; Degelin, Jansen, Nirouët, Caals, Widmer, Devos, Ghent Madrigal Choir, Cantabile Gent, Musica Polyphonica (Erato)

Salieri: Prima la Musica, Poi le Parole; Holl, Hampson, Alexander, Hamari, Harnoncourt, Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam (Teldec)

Bacewicz: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 5; Kobayashi, Gray (Albany)

Vaughan Williams: Flos Campi for Viola, Voices, and Orchestra; Riddle, Del Mar, Bournemouth Sinfonietta and Sinfonietta Choir (Chandos)

Dupré, Ibert, and Messiaen.

Rochberg: Piano Quartet; Galpérine, Hoffman, Lichten, Battersby (Koch International)

Fuchs: Piano Quartet in b; Schilde, Heymann, Rieber, Bode (MD+G LP)

Butterworth: A Shropshire Lad

Holloway: Viola Concerto, Op. 56; Geraldine Walther, viola

Mendelssohn: The Hebrides Overture, Fingal’s Cave, Op. 26

Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A, Op. 90, "Italian"

Papineau-Couture: Sonate en sol; Staryk, Perry (RCA LP)

Heinrich: Barbecue Divertimento; Bruce, American Music Group (Vanguard LP)

Purcell: Ode for St. Cecilia's Day, "Welcome to all the pleasures"; Hamilton, Thornhill, Blaze, van der Zeijst, Padmore, Arnold, Harvey, Herreweghe, Collegium Vocale Chorus and Orchestra (Harmonia Mundi)

Riegger: Dichotomy; Dufallo, Concertgebouw Orchestra (Radio Netherland LP)

Clementi: Sonata in f-sharp, Op. 25, No. 5; Tipo (EMI)

Scriabin: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in f-sharp, Op. 20; Ugorski, Boulez, Chicago Symphony Orchestra (DG)

McLennan: Triptych for Organ; Christie (GM LP)

Schubert: Fernando, Singspiel in one act, D. 220; Hopfner, Mathis, Sima, Holl, Zagrosek, Austrian Radio Chorus and Orchestra (Orfeo LP)

Rochberg: Quartet No. 6; Concord String Quartet (RCA LP)

Saint-Saëns: La Jeunesse d’Hercule; Dutoit, Philharmonia Orchestra (Decca LP)

Scarlatti: Sonata for Recorder, Two Violins and Continuo in a; Brüggen, M. Leonhardt, van den Hombergh, Bylsma, G. Leonhardt (Telefunken LP)

Honegger: Symphony No. 3, "Liturgique"; Jansons, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra (EMI)

Smetana: Piano Trio in g, Op. 15; Trio Parnassus (MD+G)

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Mozart: Die Zauberflöte; Lisa Milne, Erika Miklósa, Matthew Polenzani, Mattias Goerne, René Pape, Kurt Moll, James Levine conducting.

Preacher: The Reverend Dr. Dorothy A. Austin, Sedgwick Associate Minister in the Memorial Church and Chaplain to the University. Music includes the Gloria from Libby Larsen’s Missa Gaia and "A Divine Voice Sings through All Creation" by David Brunner.

Harvard vs. Yale (double-header)

Felix Weingartner, conductor:

Verdi: Macbeth; Cappuccilli, Ghiaurov, Domingo, Verrett; Abbado, Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro alla Scala (DG)

Beethoven: Sonata for Piano and Cello in D, Op. 102, No. 2; Wispelwey, Komen (Channel Classics)

Busoni: Orchestral Suite No. 2, Op. 34a, "Geharnischte Suite"; Järvi, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (Chandos)

Bach: Sonata for Violin and Harpsichord No. 6 in G; Podger, Pinnock, Manson (Channel Classics)

Barber: Capricorn Concerto for Flute, Oboe, Trumpet and Strings, Op. 21; Mariano, Sprenkle, Mear, Hanson, Eastman-Rochester Orchestra (Mercury LP)

Franck: Fantaisie in A; Jones (Afka)

Couperin: Concert Royal No. 3 in A; Trio Sonnerie (ASV)

Bartók: String Quartet No. 1, Op. 7, Sz. 40; Emerson String Quartet (DG)

Mozart: Symphony No. 35 in D, K. 385; Levine, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (DG)

Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin; Perlemuter (Nimbus)

Messiaen: Chronochromie; Boulez, Cleveland Orchestra (DG LP)

Haydn: String Quartet in C, Op. 64, No. 1; Tátrai Quartet (Hungaroton)

Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 15; Grimaud, Staatskapelle Berlin (Erato)

Harvey: String Quartet No. 1; Group for Contemporary Music (Koch)

Kirchner: String Quartet No. 3; Beaux Arts String Quartet (Music & Arts)

Harvey: String Quartet No. 2; Arditti String Quartet (Montaigne)

Mozart: Bassoon Concerto in B-flat, K. 191; Sharrow, Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orchestra (RCA LP)

Mozart: Symphony No. 36 in C,K. 425, "Linz"; Bruno Walter, Columbia Symphony Orchestra – preceded by entire issued rehearsal by Walter for this April, 1955, recording (Columbia LPs)

Reger: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Mozart, Op. 132; Keilberth, Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra (Teldec)

Salieri: Concerto for Flute, Oboe and Orchestra in C; Becker, Lenczès, Faerber, Württemberg Chamber Orchestra of Heilbronn (MD+G)

Zemlinsky: String Quartet No. 2, Op. 15; Artis Quartet of Vienna (Orfeo)

Crussel: Clarinet Concerto No. 3 in B-flat, Op. 11; Johnson, Schwarz, English Chamber Orchestra (ASV)

Tartini: Sonata for Violin in a; Manze (Harmonia Mundi)

Xenakis: Jalons; Boulez, Ensemble Intercontemporain (Erato)

Doppler: Andante and Rondo, Op. 25; Rampal, Arimany, Ritter (Delos)

Schütz: Musikalische Exequien; Stafford, Chance, Lang, Gardner, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, His Majesties Sagbutts and Cornetts (DG Archiv)

Wagner: Fantasia in f-sharp; Möller (Koch Schwann)

Agricola: A la mignonne de fortune; Posch, Ensemble Unicorn (Naxos)

Pleyel: Oboe Quartet in D Op. 25, No. 1; Feit, Volmer, Skabar, Skerjanec (Koch Schwann)

Strauss, R.: Four Last Songs; Norman, Masur, Gewandhaus Orchestra, Leipzig (Philips)

Beethoven: String Quartet in a, Op. 132; Lindsay String Quartet (ASV)

Roussel: Rustiques, Op. 5; Parkin (Chandos)

Cage: Interludes for Prepared Piano (4); Ajemian (CRI)

Gould, M.: Pieces of China; Conti (Albany)

Clara Schumann, "Chiarina," as composer

Schumann, C.: Pièces Fugitives, Op. 15; Eickhorst (cpo)

Schumann, C.: Six Leider, Op. 13; Bonney, Ashkenazy (London)

Schumann, C.: Piano Trio in g, Op. 17; Macalester Trio (Vox)

Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture

Brahms: Violin Concerto in D, Op. 77; Emmanuelle Boisvert, violin

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 6 in b, Op. 54

Chávez: Sinfonia Romanitica (Symphony No. 4); Chávez, Stadium Symphony of New York (Everest)

Vivaldi: Cello Sonata No. 4 in a, RV. 41; Bylsma, Galligioni, Zanenghi, Marcon (Sony )

Schubert: Symphony No. 3 in D, D. 200; Beecham, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (EMI)

Debussy: La Boîte à Joujoux; Sharon (Unicorn)

Fayrfax: Magnificat Regali; Carwood, The Cardinall's Musick (ASV)

van Eijken: Violin Sonata, Op. 18; Thompson, Kuyken (NM Classics)

Zemlinsky: Six Maeterlinck Songs, Op. 13; Söderström, Klee, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (Schwann)

Mozart: Sonata for Bassoon and Cello in B-flat, K. 292; Hübner, Latzko (cpo)

Massenet: Scènes dramatiques; Gardiner, Orchestre National de l'Opera de Monte Carlo (Erato)

Kahn: Serenade in f, Op. 73; de Vries, Guittart, Janssen (Chandos)

Brahms: Double Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Orchestra in a, Op. 102; Stern, Ma, Abbado, Chicago Symphony Orchestra (Sony)

Walton: Belshazzar’s Feast; Hampson, Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Cleveland Orchestra Chorus (EMI)

and other choral works by 20th-century British composers

Kvandal: String Quartet No. 2, Op. 27; Monn Quartet (Philips)

Kvandal: Antagonia, Concerto for Two String Orchestras and Percussion, Op. 38; Andersen, Youth Symphony Orchestra (Philips)

Kvandal: Sonata for Violin Solo, Op. 45; Wenk-Wolff (Philips)

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Primosch: Dream Journal, for Two Pianos and Percussion; Abramovic, Reichert, Liuzzi, Orlando (Albany)

Koussevitsky: Concerto for Contrabass and Orchestra, Op. 3; Karr, Lajovic, Symphony Orchestra of the Bavarian Radio (Schwann)

Machover: Forever and Ever for Hyperviolin and Chamber Orchestra; A. Kavafian, Rose, Boston Modern Orchestra Project (Oxingale)

Stanford: Irish Rhapsody No. 2 in f, Op. 84, Lament for the Son of Ossian; Handley, Ulster Orchestra (Chandos)

Heller: Lalai-Schlafied zum Wachwerden?, for violin and piano; Kobayashi, Gray (Albany)

Sibelius: Incidental Music to The Tempest, Suite No. 1, Op. 109, No. 2; Järvi, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra (BIS)

Starer: Song of Solitude; S. Honigberg (Albany)

Bach: Cantata, S. 21, "Ich hätte viel Bekümmernis"; Vienna Choirboy, Esswood, Equiluz, Wyatt, Harnoncourt, Vienna Boys’ Choir, Chorus Viennensis, Concentus musicus Wien (Teldec)

Debussy: Etudes, Book I; Jones (Nimbus)

Hoffmann: Symphony; Zagrosek, Symphony Orchestra of Berlin (Schwann)

Diamond: String Quartet No. 2; Potomac String Quartet (Albany)

Vorisek: Symphony in D; Parik, Prague Chamber Orchestra (Supraphon)

Liszt: Sonata in b; Argerich (DG)

20th century composers Daniel Pinkham, Jean Langlais, José Jesús Estrada, and Alberto Ginastera.

Strauss, R.: Piano Quartet in c, Op. 13; Gothoni, Lubotsky, Hirvikangas, Rousi (Ondine)

Mahler: Piano Quartet in a, in one movement; Holek, members of Prazak Quartet (Praga)

Mahler/Schnittke: Allegro for Piano Quartet; Berlinsky, members of Borodin String

Quartet (Virgin Classics)

Rautavaara: Adagio céleste (U.S. premiere)

Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E, Op. 64; Midori, violin

Sibelius: Four Legends of the Kalevala, Op. 22

Ginastera: Sonata No. 1, Op. 22; Votapek (Ivory Classics)

Hoffmeister: Concerto for Two Clarinets and Orchestra in E-flat; W. Boeykens, A. Boeykens, Caeyers, New Belgian Chamber Orchestra (Harmonia Mundi)

Cowell: Sonata for Cello and Piano (1915); Krosnick, Kalish (Arabesque)

Lalo: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in d; Rostropovich, Dubrovsky, USSR Symphony Orchestra (Russian Disc)

Luening: Fantasias for Solo Baroque Flute, Three; Solum (CRI)

Nielsen: Concerto for Flute and Orchestra, Op. 57; Flemström, Salonen, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra (Sony)

Xenakis: Nomos Alpha, for Solo Cello; Palm (DG)

Germiniani: Concerto Grosso No. 2 in g, Op. 3, No. 2; Schröder, Mackintosh, Jones, Pleeth, Hogwood, Academy of Ancient Music (Oiseau-Lyre)

Bruch: String Quartet No. 1 in c, Op. 9; Quartetto Academica (Dynamic)

Glazunov: Stenka Razin; Ansermet, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (London)

Ireland: Piano Sonata in e; Parkin (Chandos)

Bach: Suite for Orchestra No. 3 in D, S. 1068; S. Kuijken, La Petite Bande (Deutsche Harmonia Mundi)

Beethoven: String Quartet, Op. 130; Végh Quartet (Valois)

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Wagner: Die Walküre; Olga Sergeeva, Katarina Dalayman, Larissa Diadkova, Plácido Domingo, Mikhail Kit, Stephen Milling, Valery Gergiev conducting.

Includes a tribute to Friedrich Schorr and three important pupils of his, Mack Harrell, James Pease, and Paul Matthen, the last of the three to pass away (last year, in his late 80’s).

Preacher: The Reverend Robert C. Neville, Dean, Marsh Chapel, Boston University. Guest Choir: The St. Paul’s School Madrigal Singers.

Harvard at Brown (double-header)

Crimson SportsTalk between Games; Game 1 joined in progress.

Egon Petri, Pianist:

Franck: Chorale, Prelude, and Fugue; (dell’Arte LP)

Beethoven: Sonata No. 27 in e, Op. 90; (dell’Arte LP)

Taneyev: Oresteia; Tchernobayev, Galushkina, Bokov, Tkatchenko, Schimko, Dubrovin, Kolomyzeva, Chorus and Orchestra of the Belorussian State Opera and Ballet Theatre (DG LPs)

Eckhardt-Gramatté: Suite No. 6; Sampson, Irons (CBC LP)

Haydn: Symphony No. 96 in D Major; Goberman, Vienna State Opera Orchestra (LRM LP)

Tchaikovsky: String Quartet No. 3 in e-flat, Op. 30; Borodin String Quartet (EMI)

Salonen: Giro for Orchestra; Salonen, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra (Sony)

Lübeck: Fantasy for Organ, "Ich ruf zu Dir, Herr Jesu Christ"; Chapuis (MHS LP)

Brahms: Serenade No. 2 in A, Op. 16; Bernstein, New York Philharmonic Orchestra (Sony LP)

Stravinsky: Suite Italienne; Staryk, Perry (RCA LP)

Corelli: Concerto Grosso Op. 6, No. 4 in D; Banchini, Christensen, Ensemble 415 (Harmonia Mundi)

Weber: Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in B-flat, Op. 34, J. 182; Hilton, Lindsay String Quartet (Chandos)

Knussen: Horn Concerto, Op. 28; Tuckwell, Knussen, London Sinfonietta (DG)

Boyce: Symphony No. 2 in A; Boughton, English String Orchestra (Nimbus)

Goldmark: Symphony No. 2 in E-flat, Op. 35; Halász, Rhenish Philharmonic Orchestra (Records International)

Górecki: Broad Waters, Op. 39; Ding, Lira Chamber Chorus (Nonesuch)

Kraus: Symphony in E-flat, VB 144; Sundkvist, Swedish Chamber Orchestra (Naxos)

Britten: String Quartet No. 2; Endellion String Quartet (EMI)

Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 9; Sorrel Quartet (Chandos)

British vocal music, including a mini-tribute to Margaret Field-Hyde, singer and conductor, born May 4, 1905 – we’ll hear her recordings leading The Golden Age Singers in music of Morley et al. (Westminster LPs) – plus British choral music for the season from other sources, including music from The Leaving Service for the end of the school year with the Choir of Christ’s Hospital under Peter Allwood (Carlton).

Preview of the upcoming concerts by the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, Benjamin Zander, conductor (Prokofiev Symphony No. 5, Bridge Oration for Cello and Orchestra) 7:30 April 28 and 3 pm May 1 in Sanders Theater, 8 pm April 30 in Jordan Hall. (Tickets/info: bostonphil.org, 617-236-0999.) Special guest tonight: cellist Alexander Baillie, who will be heard in music of Beethoven and the Dvorak Cello Concerto in b, Op. 104, the latter from an earlier Boston Philharmonic Orchestra concert under Benjamin Zander.

Liszt: Mephisto Polka for Fräulein Lina Schmalhausen; Ranka (Harmonia Mundi)

Tchaikovsky, B.: Symphony No. 2; Kondrashin, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra (Russian Disc)

Rachmaninoff: Etude Tableau in c, Op. 39, No. 7; Schalker (Tudor)

Zwilich: Triple Concerto for Violin, Cello, Piano and Orchestra; Kalichstein, Laredo, Robinson, Stern, Florida State University Orchestra (Koch)

Webern: Piano Quintet (1907); Boulez, Ensemble InterContemporain (DG)

Glinka: Summer Night in Madrid, Spanish Overture No. 2; Svetlanov, USSR Symphony Orchestra (Chant du Monde)

Bach: Partita No. 4 in D, S. 828; Schiff (London)

Kabalevsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in a, Op. 9; Sheludiakov, Mnatsakanov, Russian Cinematographic Symphony Orchestra (Olympia)

Pärt: Adagio for Violin, Cello, and Piano; Kalichstein Laredo Robinson Trio (Arabesque)

Sinding: Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 45; Kraggerud, Engeset, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra (Naxos)

Berwald: Piano Quintet No. 2 in A; Riefling, Benthien Quartet (Nonesuch LP)

Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A, Op. 90, "Italian"; Szell, Cleveland Orchestra (CBS)

Busoni: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, with Men’s Chorus, Op. 38; Ogdon, Revenaugh, John Alldis Choir, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (Philips)

Members of the Davidsbund

Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15; Horowitz (DG)

Schumann: Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6; Haefliger (Sony)

Strauss, R.: Serenade in E-flat for Thirteen Wind Instruments, Op. 7

Brahms: Serenade No. 2 in A, Op. 16

Beethoven (arr. Hidalgo): Grosse Fuge in B-flat, Op. 133

Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes of Carl Maria von Weber

Nielsen: Symphony No. 2, Op. 16, "The Four Temperaments"; Berglund, Royal Danish Orchestra (RCA)

Kodály: String Quartet No. 1, Op. 2; Roth String Quartet (Philips LP)

Pokorny: Concerto in D for Flute and Orchestra; Vester, Schroder, Concerto Amsterdam (BASF LP)

Busoni: Macchiette medioevali; Stephenson (Olympia)

Ginastera: Variaciones Concertantes; Various soloists, Leinsdorf, Boston Symphony Orchestra (RCA LP)

Dvorak: String Quartet No. 14 in A flat, Op. 105, B 193; Prazak Quartet (Praga)

Hartmann: Chamber Concerto for Clarinet, String Quartet, and String Orchestra; Meyer, Petersen Quartet, Poppen, Munich Chamber Orchestra (ECM)

Mozart: String Quartet No. 22 in b-flat, K.589; Alban Berg Quartet (EMI)

Korngold: Viel Larmen un nichts, Op. 11; Albert, North German Philharmonic Orchestra (cpo)

Bach, C.P.E.: Bach’s Feelings, Fantasy for Keyboard in f-sharp, Wq. No. 67; Lubimov (ECM)

Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat, Op. 100; Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (DG)

Daniel-Lesur: Le cantique des cantiques; Creed, RIAS Chamber Choir (Deutsche Schallplatte)

and other choral works by 20th-century French composers

Farewell Celebration

Nielsen: Fynsk Forår; Hansen, Westi, Hermansen, Wöldike, Zahle-School Girls Choir, Copenhagen Boys Choir, Danish Radio Choir and Symphony Orchestra (Mercury LP)

Rautavaara: Cantus Arcticus, Op. 61 (Concerto for birds and orchestra); Pekkanen, Klemetti Institute Symphony Orchestra (Finlandia)

Langgaard: Symphony No. 6, "Heavens Asunder"; Järvi, Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (Chandos)

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Offenbach: Serenade in C for Strings; Stárek, RIAS Sinfonietta (Koch-Schwann)

Kabalevsky: Sonata for Cello and Piano in B-flat, Op. 71; Vectomov, Palenicek (Artia LP)

Corelli: Concerto Grosso Op. 6, No. 4 in D; Banchini, Christensen, Ensemble 415 (Harmonia Mundi)

Butterworth: Bredon Hill and Other Songs (Houseman); Terfel, Martineau (DG)

Salieri: Concerto for Violin, Oboe, Cello, and Orchestra in D; Holliger, Demenga, Füri, Camerata Bern (DG)

Foss: Tashi; Tashi, Foss (RCA)

Wieniawski: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 2 in d, Op. 22; Stern, Kurtz, New York Philharmonic Orchestra (Sony)

Palestrina: Missa De beata virgine; Ugrin, Chorus "Jeunesses Musicales" (Hungaroton)

Dohnanyi: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 2 in c, Op. 43 (1949-50); Graham, Farrer, English Sinfonia (ASV)

Clementi: Sonata in f, Op. 14, No. 3; Horowitz (RCA)

Berg: Three Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 6; Abbado, London Symphony Orchestra (DG)

Chopin: Barcarolle in F sharp, Op. 60; Lipatti (EMI LP)

Mussorgsky-Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition; Reiner, Chicago Symphony Orchestra (RCA)

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Fauré: Piano Quartet No. 2 in g, Op. 45; Domus (Hyperion)

Hahn: Piano Quartet No. 3 in G; Coombs, Stewart, Inoue, De Groote (Hyperion)

Liszt: Symphonic Poem No. 5, Prometheus

Schnittke: Violin Concerto No. 4; Alexander Barantschik

Schumann: Symphony No. 1 in B-flat, Op. 38, "Spring"

Duruflé: Requiem; Shaw, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus (Telarc)

Schumann: Liederkreis, Op. 79; Ameling, Demus (Philips LP)

Britten: Scottish Ballad for Two Pianos and Orchestra, Op. 26; Donohoe, Fowke, Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (EMI)

Schubert: Adagio and Rondo Concertante, D. 487, for Piano, Violin, Viola, and Cello; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble (Chandos)

Victoria: Missa "Ascendens Christus in Altum"; Hill, Choir of Westminster Cathedral (Hyperion)

Flagello: Suite for Harp and String Trio; Reit, Nagata, Creswell, Naegele (Albany)

Pergolesi: Concerto for Violin and String in B-flat; Mussumeli, Scimone, I Solisti Veneti (Erato LP)

Erb: Sunlit Peaks and Dark Valleys; Verdehr Trio (New World)

Enesco: Romanian Rhapsody No. 2 in D, Op. 11, No. 2; Rozhdestvensky, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (Chandos)

Boccherini: Quintet for Guitar and Strings No. 4 in D, G. 448; Yamashita, Tokyo String Quartet (RCA Victor)

Chabrier: Suite Pastorale; Gardiner, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (DG)

Bach: English Suite No. 3 in g, S. 808; Perahia (Sony)

Strauss, R.: Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40; Reiner, Chicago Symphony Orchestra (RCA)

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Gounod: Faust; Soile Isokoski, Kristine Jepson, Roberto Alagna, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, René Pape, James Levine conducting.