Letter V Classical Radio Aug. 24

7-10 p.m. EDT
2300-0200 UTC
WDCE, University of Richmond
90.1 FM
http://wdce.net

Prokofiev: “Overture on Hebrew Themes”
Sarah Nemtanu & Deborah Nemtanu, violins
Pierre Génisson, clarinet
Ensemble Contraste

(Alpha)

Mozart: String Quintet in G minor, K. 516
Alexander String Quartet
Paul Yarbrough, cello

(Foghorn Classics)

Telemann: Concerto in E minor, TWV 52:e1
Dorothee Oberlinger, recorder
Michael Schmidt-Casdorff, flute
Ensemble 1700

(Deutsche Harmonia Mundi)

Ravel: “Miroirs” – IV: “Alborada del gracioso”
(Ravel orchestration)
Boston Symphony Orchestra/Seiji Ozawa
(Deutsche Grammophon)

Richard Strauss: Burleske in D minor
Martha Argerich, piano
Berlin Philharmonic/Claudio Abbado

(Sony Classical)

Bohuslav Martinů: Symphony No. 4
Czech Philharmonic/Václav Neumann
(Supraphon)

Ferdinand Ries: “Ouverture dramatique: l’Apparition”
WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln/Howard Griffiths
(cpo)

Mendelssohn: “Die erste Walpurgisnacht” (“The First Walpurgis Night”)
Annelies Burmeister, alto
Eberhard Büchner, tenor
Siegfried Lorenz, baritone
Siegfried Vogel, bass
Leipzig Radio Choir
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig/Kurt Masur

(Brilliant Classics)

Berlioz: “Lélio” – “Fantaisie on Shakespeare’s ‘The Tempest’ ”
San Francisco Symphony & Chorus/Michael Tilson Thomas
(RCA)