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Highlights from June 18 to 25

Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: The NDSU Wind Symphony, recorded at the Ordway.
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: Cathedral Resonances (Encore).
Sunday, noon: From the Top.
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
Sunday, 5 pm: Regarding Broadway: Part 4: The Sondheim Years.

Programming Highlights

Thursday, June 20, 2013

6 - 7 AM

6:53 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Marriage of Figaro: Overture
Bruno Weil, conductor
Tafelmusik
Sony 46695
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6:50 Ludwig van Beethoven - String Trio in D, Op. 9 No. 2: 4th mvt
Anne-Sophie Mutter, v
et al
DG 427687
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6:37 Godfrey Ridout - Fall Fair
Uri Mayer, conductor
Edmonton Symphony Orchestra
CBC 5069
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6:32 Henry Cowell - Two Bits
Jeanne Baxtresser, flute
Margaret Baxtresser, piano
MSR 1114
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6:25 George Frideric Handel - Water Music: Allegro and Alla Hornpipe
Bohdan Warchal, conductor
Capella Istropolitana
Naxos 550109
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6:21 Johann Sebastian Bach - Violin Concerto No. 2: 3rd Movement
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Julia Fischer, violin
London/Decca 12490
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6:15 The Writer's Almanac
6:12 Georges Bizet - Carmen: Intermezzo
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Telarc 80048
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6:04 Antonio Vivaldi - La Stravaganza: Violin Concerto No. 9
Christopher Hogwood, conductor
Academy of Ancient Music
Monica Huggett, violin
Oiseau-Lyre 417502
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5 - 6 AM

5:50 Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach - Sinfonia
Ilia Korol, conductor
Moderntimes_1800
Challenge 72193
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5:44 John Dowland - Sir Thomas Monson, his Pavin and Galliard
Nigel North, lute
ECM 1938
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5:35 Maurice Ravel - Kaddisch
Richard Locker, cello
Leggiero 101
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5:22 Georg Philipp Telemann - Don Quixote Suite
Neville Marriner, conductor
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
London/Decca 430265
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5:11 Wilhelm Stenhammar - Song: Interlude
Okko Kamu, conductor
Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra
Naxos 553115
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5:06 Christoph Gluck - Dance of the Blessed Spirits
Paige Brook, conductor
New York Philomusica
Paige Brook, flute
NY Philomusica 22
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5:01 Johan Halvorsen - Festival March
Terje Mikkelsen, conductor
Latvian National Symphony Orchestra
Simax 1199
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4 - 5 AM

4:43 Dmitri Kabalevsky - The Comedians: Suite
Charles Groves, conductor
Philharmonia Orchestra
Denon 73534
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4:31 Giuseppe Tartini - Flute Concerto
Claudio Scimone, conductor
I Solisti Veneti
James Galway, flute
RCA 61164
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4:14 Jennifer Higdon - An Exaltation of Larks
Lark Quartet
Bridge 9379
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4:06 Vincenzo Bellini - Concerto
Jahja Ling, conductor
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Rolf Smedvig, trumpet
Telarc 80232
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4:01 Gabriel Faure - Nocturne No. 11
Jean-Philippe Collard, piano
Brilliant 94035
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3 - 4 AM

3:38 Ernest Bloch - Concerto Grosso No. 2
Agnieszka Duczmal, conductor
Amadeus Chamber Orchestra
CPO 999096
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3:36 Rafael Hernandez - Cachita
Patrick Dupre Quigley, conductor
Seraphic Fire
SFM 11
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3:13 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Violin Concerto No. 1
Viktoria Mullova, conductor
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Viktoria Mullova, violin
Philips 470292
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3:07 Ariel Ramirez - Alfonsina and the Sea
Sharon Isbin, guitar
Sony 84219
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3:01 Ernest Chausson - The Time of the Lilacs
Mischa Maisky, cello
DG 457657
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2 - 3 AM

2:33 Camille Saint-Saens - Symphony
Jean Martinon, conductor
Orchestra of French Radio & TV
EMI 62643
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2:27 Samuel Barber - String Quartet: 2nd movement
Ying Quartet
Dorian 92166
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2:09 Max Bruch - Serenade for Strings
George Hanson, conductor
Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra
Dabringhaus 3351096
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2:06 Jacob Druckman - Aria: Theme by Francesco Cavalli
New York Philomusica
NY Philomusica 52
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2:01 Cecile Chaminade - The Past
Peter Jacobs, piano
Hyperion 66846
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1 - 2 AM

1:49 Alessandro Scarlatti - Sonata No. 9
Musica Pacifica
Dorian 93192
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1:33 Johann Stamitz - Trumpet Concerto
Neville Marriner, conductor
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Hakan Hardenberger, trumpet
Philips 420203
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1:31 Adrian le Roy - The Girl from Milan
New York Renaissance Band
Arabesque 6514
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1:15 Johann Sebastian Bach - Concerto for 2 Violins
Joana Carneiro, conductor
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Ruggero Allifranchini, violin
Steven Copes, violin
SPCO Live Recording 110909
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1:06 Francesco Geminiani - Scots Airs
Palladian Ensemble
Linn 5010
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1:01 Edward Elgar - Nursery Suite: Aubade and Merry Doll
James Judd, conductor
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Naxos 557166
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Midnight - 1 AM

12:43 Charles Stanford - Irish Rhapsody No. 2
Vernon Handley, conductor
Ulster Orchestra
Chandos 9049
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12:39 Richard Strauss - Dreamlight (Traumlicht)
Bavarian Radio Chorus
BR Klassik 900503
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12:06 Sergei Prokofiev - Violin Sonata No. 1
Leonidas Kavakos, violin
Enrico Pace, piano
European Broadcasting Union Recording
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12:01 Anonymous - Child Grove; Easter Thursday; The Beggar's Boy
King's Noyse
Harmonia Mundi 907101
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