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Recorder Sonata in C

Composed by

George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)

Performed by

Bruggen/Bylsma/Asperen

Label

Sony

Catalog Number

60100

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5:50am Music selected by the announcer

6:01am Rhapsodie

Composed by

Marcel Grandjany (1891-1975)

Performed by

Yolanda Kondonassis

6:10am One Lives But Once

Composed by

Johann Strauss Jr., arr. by Karl Tausig

Performed by

Thomas Labé

6:18am Violin Concerto in G minor, RV 317

Composed by

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)

Performed by

Perlman/Israel Philharmonic

6:32am Symphony No. 040 in F

Composed by

Josef Haydn (1732-1809)

Performed by

Cologne Chamber Orchestra/Müller-Brühl

6:49am Waverley Overture, Op. 1

Composed by

Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)

Performed by

London Symphony/Davis

7:01am Overture No. 4 in F

Composed by

Francesco Veracini (1690-1768)

Performed by

Musica Antiqua Cologne/Goebel

7:16am Don Quixote Suite

Composed by

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)

Performed by

Apollo's Fire/Sorrell

7:35am Piano Concerto No. 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 1

Composed by

Mily Balakirev (1837-1910)

Performed by

Binns/English Northern Philharmonia/Lloyd-Jones

7:49am Hebrides Overture, Op. 26

Composed by

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

Performed by

Hague Philharmonic/de Vriend

8:01am Dolly Suite, Op. 56

Composed by

Gabriel Faure (1845-1924)

Performed by

Smith/Sellick

8:19am Overture to The Water Carrier

Composed by

Luigi Cherubini (1760-1842)

Performed by

Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields/Marriner

8:30am 1812 Overture, Op. 49

Composed by

Peter I. Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

Performed by

Bavarian Radio Symphony/Salonen

8:49am Music selected by the announcer

9:01am Prelude to Act 1 & Love-Death from Tristan & Isolde

Composed by

Richard Wagner (1813-1883)

Performed by

NY Philhamonic/Boulez

9:18am Serenade No. 6 in D for Flute, Violin and Viola, Op. 25

Composed by

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Performed by

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

9:44am Three Impromptus

Composed by

Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)

Performed by

Artur Rubinstein

10:01am Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54

Composed by

Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

Performed by

Perahia/Berlin Philharmonic/Abbado

10:32am String Quartet No. 21 in D, K. 575

Composed by

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Performed by

Franz Schubert Quartett

11:00am Symphony No. 4 in C minor, D. 417 "Tragic"

Composed by

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

Performed by

Vienna Philharmonic/Muti

11:33am Prelude, Mazurka and Swanilda's Waltz from Coppelia

Composed by

Leo Delibes (1836-1891)

Performed by

Royal Scottish Nat. Orch./Jarvi

11:42am Songs Without Words, Op. 30

Composed by

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

Performed by

Daniel Gortler

12:01pm Suite No. 3 from Ancient Airs and Dances

Composed by

Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936)

Performed by

L.A. Chamber Orch/Marriner

12:16pm A Moorside Suite

Composed by

Gustav Holst (1874-1934)

Performed by

London Collegiate Brass/Stobart

12:32pm Piano Trio in E flat, WoO 38

Composed by

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Performed by

Kempff/Szeryng/Fournier

12:50pm Music selected by the announcer

1:01pm Overture and Dances from Bartered Bride

Composed by

Bedrich Smetana (1824-1884)

Performed by

Slovak Philharmonic/Wordsworth

1:21pm Symphonic Variations, Op. 78

Composed by

Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)

Performed by

Philharmonia Orchestra

1:45pm Sinfonia in D minor

Composed by

Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710–1784)

Performed by

Cologne Chamber Orchestra/Müller-Brühl

2:00pm Divertimento in D, K. 131

Composed by

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Performed by

Cleveland Orchestra/Szell

2:27pm Bassoon Concerto in F, Op. 75

Composed by

Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826)

Performed by

North West German Philharmonic/Racz

2:45pm Concerto in F for 3 Violins from Tafelmusik, Part II

Composed by

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)

Performed by

Paillard Chamber Orchestra/Paillard

3:00pm Symphony No. 053 in D, "Imperial"

Composed by

Josef Haydn (1732-1809)

Performed by

C.P.E. Bach Chamber Orchestra/Haenchen

3:24pm Poetic Waltzes

Composed by

Enrique Granados (1867-1916)

Performed by

Raphael Feuillatre

3:39pm Violin Concerto No. 2 in E, BWV 1042

Composed by

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Performed by

Oistrach/Vienna Symphony

3:59pm Fantasia on Greensleeves

Composed by

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)

Performed by

Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields/Marriner

4:04pm American Eagle Waltz

Composed by

Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880)

Performed by

Gulbenkian Orchestra/Swierczewski

4:12pm Sara la baigneuse, Op. 11

Composed by

Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)

Performed by

Utah Symphony Orchestra & Chorus/Fischer

4:20pm Elegiac Trio

Composed by

Arnold Bax (1883-1953)

Performed by

Mallarme Chamber Players

4:31pm Carnival Overture, Op. 92

Composed by

Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)

Performed by

The Philharmonic Brass/Sokhiev

4:41pm Legend of the Skerries, Op. 20

Composed by

Hugo Alfven (1872-1960)

Performed by

Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Willen

5:00pm Tango

Composed by

Isaac Albeniz (1860-1909)

Performed by

John Williams

5:04pm Serenade on Country Dances from Old Graz

Composed by

Jeno Takacs (1902-2005)

Performed by

Vienna Quintet

5:16pm Oboe Concerto in D minor, Op. 9 No. 2

Composed by

Tomaso Albinoni (1671-1751)

Performed by

Camden/London Virtuosi/Georgiadis

5:30pm Viennese Good Nature Waltz

Composed by

Johann Strauss Sr. (1804-1849)

Performed by

Boskovsky Ensemble

5:37pm Dance of the Maidens from Spartacus

Composed by

Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978)

Performed by

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Simonov

5:46pm One of Ours - A Cather Symphony

Composed by

Barbara Harbach (b.1946)

Performed by

Slovak Radio Symphony/Trevor

6:00pm Can Can from The Fantastic Toyshop

Composed by

Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936) after Rossini

Performed by

Boston Pops/Fiedler

6:03pm Dances from Lakme

Composed by

Leo Delibes (1836-1891)

Performed by

Radio Luxembourg Symphony/Froment

6:10pm Song without Words in D, Op. 109

Composed by

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

Performed by

du Pre/Moore

6:17pm Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 36

Composed by

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Performed by

Orchestra of the 18th Century/Bruggen

6:50pm Music selected by the announcer

7:01pm Daphnis et Chloe: Suite No. 2

Composed by

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)

Performed by

Vienna Philharmonic/Maazel

7:19pm Symphony No. 1 in G minor

Composed by

Vasily Kalinnikov (1866-1901)

Performed by

National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine/Kuchar

8:00pm Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14

Composed by

Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)

Performed by

Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Muti

8:56pm Prelude in F sharp minor, Op. 23 No. 1

Composed by

Sergei Rachmaninoff

Performed by

Anna Fedorova

9:02pm Piano Concerto in G

Composed by

Josef Haydn (1732-1809)

Performed by

Michelangeli/Zurich Chamber Orch/de Stoutz

9:26pm Siegfried Idyll

Composed by

Richard Wagner (1813-1883)

Performed by

Berlin Philharmonic/Maazel

9:48pm Scherzo No. 4 in E, Op. 54

Composed by

Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)

Performed by

Evgeny Kissin

10:00pm Guitar Quintet No. 5 in D

Composed by

Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805)

Performed by

Romero/Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemble

10:19pm Clarinet Concerto in A, K. 622

Composed by

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Performed by

Stoltzman/English Chamber Orchestra

10:50pm Chaconne in G

Composed by

Marin Marais (1656-1728)

Performed by

Les Voix Humaines

11:00pm Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 30

Composed by

Sergei Taneyev (1856-1915)

Performed by

Han/Sussmann/Lee/Neubauer/Finckel

11:43pm Music selected by the announcer