Author: Jonathan Palevsky

We had a great panel and some awesome music…Great to hear some choral music on FTM!  How can you go wrong with Leon Fleisher and Isaac Stern!

PLAY DATE: Sat, 07/26/2025
5:00 PM 1030
Claude Debussy Suite Bergamasque CBS/Sony 459972
SOLO Leon Fleisher, piano LEE-on FLY-sher
15:24 C 6 1-4
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5:17 PM 52093
Johann Sebastian Bach Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben BWV 147DG/Archiv 431809
COND John Eliot Gardiner
ORCH English Baroque Soloists
SOLO Monteverdi Choir
28:05 C 1 8-17
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5:28 PM 6940
Gerald Finzi Magnificat Op 36 Chandos 8936
COND Paul Spicer
SOLO The Finzi Singers
SOLO Harry Bicket, organ
10:03 C 1 16-16
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5:45 PM 235
Edouard Lalo Symphonie Espagnole for Violin & Orch. iCBS/Sony 45956
COND Eugene Ormandy Eugene OR mihn dee
ORCH The Philadelphia Orchestra
SOLO Isaac Stern, violin EYE zihk Stern
31:00 C 1 1-5

This week we are re-running an old show with a great panel and some great pianists.  Our panel was Jack Fishman from Baltimore Choral Arts, Ernie Green from the Annapolis Chorale and Chamber Orchestra and Jed Gaylin from the Bay Atlantic Symphony Orchestra and Hopkins Symphony.

PLAY DATE: Sat, 07/19/2025
5:00 PM 3205
Maurice Ravel Sonatine CBS/Sony 459972
SOLO Leon Fleisher, piano LEE-on FLY-sher
10:14 C 6 5-7
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5:15 PM 88
Johannes Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Op 83 CBS/Sony 47539
COND Leonard Bernstein Leonard BURN stine
ORCH New York Philharmonic
SOLO Andre Watts, piano AHN dray Wahts
50:40 C 1 1-4
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5:30 PM 1031
Claude Debussy Children’s Corner L 119 Philips 456985
SOLO Andre Watts, piano AHN dray Wahts
15:39 C 2 18-23
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5:45 PM 594
Bela Bartok Dance Suite SZ 77 Nimbus 5309
COND Adam Fischer
ORCH Hungarian State Orchestra
18:24 C 1 8-13
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This week our panel was made up of our own Operations Director & Weekend Host  Kati Harrison and Phil Greenfield from The American Record Guide.  We loved the Prokofiev…The rest was fine!

Here are the listings…hope you enjoyed the show!

PLAY DATE: Sat, 07/12/2025
5:00 PM            5532
Sergei Prokofiev              Piano Concerto No.  2 in g Op 16        Harm Mundi 807631
COND Miguel Harth-Bedoya
ORCH Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
SOLO Vadym Kholodenko, piano
33:26    C  1 1-4
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5:15 PM            338
Ludwig van Beethoven          Triple Concerto in C Op 56 for Piano, ViCBS/Sony   763622
COND Giovanni Antonini
ORCH Basel Chamber Orchestra
SOLO Giuliano Carmignola, violin
SOLO Sol Gabetta, cello
SOLO Dejan Lazic, piano
35:12    C  1 2-4
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5:30 PM            50328
Michael Torke                 Concerto for Orchestra                  Ecstatic   92261
ORCH Royal Liverpool Philharmonic O
25:27    C  1 1-7
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5:45 PM            234
Felix Mendelssohn             Symphony No. 4 in A Op 90 “Italian”     Vox/MMG    9041
COND Sergiu Comissiona             SAIR joo  KOH miss ee oh nuh
ORCH Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
28:49    C  1 1-4
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This week our panel was Bassoonist Bryan Young from the Poulenc Trio, Ed Polochick, former conductor of the Peabody Chorus and currently the Music Director of the Lincoln Symphony in Lincoln  Nebraska and Goucher Pianist Emerita Lisa Weiss.  We had some really nice discussions and played some great music!  Here are the listings.

PLAY DATE: Sat, 07/5/2025
5:00 PM 3281
Sergei Prokofiev Toccata Op 11 DG/Archiv 4794647
SOLO Martha Argerich, piano MAR tuh AR gihr ihk
4:07 C 1 4-4
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5:04 PM 4692
Sergei Prokofiev Piano Sonata No. 3 in a Op 28 “From OldDG/Archiv 4795978
SOLO Martha Argerich, piano MAR tuh AR gihr ihk
6:21 C 2 5-5
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5:15 PM 288
Max Bruch Scottish Fantasy Op 46 CBS/Sony 84200
COND Joshua Bell
ORCH Academy of St Martin in Fields
SOLO Joshua Bell, violin
30:39 C 1 1-4
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5:30 PM 653
Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-Flat Op 106 “HDG/Archiv 4798353
SOLO Murray Perahia, piano MIHR ee Pihr IGH uh
40:48 C 1 1-4
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5:45 PM 4025
Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 7 in E DG/Archiv 429079
COND Eugen Jochum Eugene YOH come
ORCH Berlin Philharmonic
67:56 C 7 1-4
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This week our panelists were FTM Panelist Emeritus Dave Donovan, musicologist and author John Gingerich, and pianist Eva Mengelkoch from Towson University.   Of everything played on the show we liked the Cage the most!  🙂  Enjoy the listings!

PLAY DATE: Sat, 06/28/2025
5:00 PM            49422
John Cage                     Three Dances For Prepared Pianos (1945) Naxos      559727
ORCH Pestova/Meyer Piano Duo
23:02    C  1 2-4
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5:15 PM            279
Ludwig van Beethoven          Missa Solemnis – Mass in D Op 123       SoliDeoGlo 718
COND John Eliot Gardiner
ORCH Orch Revolutionnaire et Romant
SOLO Monteverdi Choir
SOLO Lucy Crowe, soprano
SOLO Jennifer Johnson, mezzo sopran
SOLO James Gilchrist, tenor
SOLO Matthew Rose, bass
69:58    C  1 1-5
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5:30 PM            3131
Johannes Brahms               Violin Sonata No.  1 in G Op 78         London     20329
SOLO Leonidas Kavakos, violin
SOLO Yuja Wang, piano              you-zha wong
27:42    C  1 2-4
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5:45 PM            159
Carl Orff                     Carmina Burana                          LPO        76
COND Hans Graf                     HAHNTS GRAHF
ORCH London Philharmonic Orchestra
SOLO and Chorus
60:09    C  1 1-25
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This week our panel featured FTM panelist Emeritus Dave Donovan, Bryan Young Bassoonist with the Poulenc Trio and WBJC’s Kati Harrison.  We like the Previn and the Schumann…but Loved the Mozart and the CPE Bach.  Here are the listings…Hope you enjoyed the show!

PLAY DATE: Sat, 06/14/2025
5:00 PM            49357
Andre Previn                  Violin Sonata No.  2                    DG/Archiv  4792949
SOLO Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin    AHN uh  ZOH fee  MUT ihr
SOLO Lambert Orkis, piano          LAHM-bert  OR-kiss
18:44    C  2 8-10
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5:15 PM            2334
Robert Schumann               Fantasia in C Op 17                     Steinway   300032
SOLO Stanislav Khristenko, piano
31:13    C  1 1-3
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5:30 PM            1819
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart       Clarinet Quintet in A K   581           Cedille    147
ORCH Pacifica Quartet
SOLO Anthony McGill, clarinet
30:54    C  1 1-4
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5:45 PM            42448
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach     Symphony, “Fandango” in e WQ  178       DG/Archiv  4792050
COND Pablo Heras-Casado
ORCH Concerto Koln
10:57    C  1 7-9
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It’s an all new show this week and our panelists were Ernie Green from the Annapolis Chorale and Chamber Orchestra, Phil Greenfield from the American Record Guide and our own Operations Director and Host Kati Harrison.  Some really fine repertoire and performances.

PLAY DATE: Sat, 06/7/2025
5:00 PM 2987
Maurice Ravel Piano Trio in a Chandos 20167
ORCH Neave Trio
26:58 C 1 6-9
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5:15 PM 53322
Fernande Decruck Harp Concerto Claves 3046
COND Matthew Aubin
ORCH Jackson Symphony Orchestra
SOLO Chen-Yu Huang, harp
23:13 C 1 8-11
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5:30 PM 17518
Johannes Brahms Feldeinsamkeit Op 86/2 Avie 2493
SOLO Antonio Meneses, cello
SOLO Gerard Wyss, piano zyai-RARD VISE
3:36 C 1 4-4
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5:33 PM 19161
Johannes Brahms Wie Melodien zieht es mir Op 105/1 Avie 2493
SOLO Antonio Meneses, cello
SOLO Gerard Wyss, piano zyai-RARD VISE
2:17 C 1 5-5
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5:35 PM 18621
Johannes Brahms Sapphische Ode Op 94/4 Avie 2493
SOLO Antonio Meneses, cello
SOLO Gerard Wyss, piano zyai-RARD VISE
2:28 C 1 6-6
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5:45 PM 9543
Manuel Ponce Estrellita Avie 2455
SOLO Anne Akiko Meyers, violin
SOLO Fabio Bidini,piano
3:28 C 1 4-4
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5:48 PM 2666
Heitor Villa-Lobos Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 for voice & Avie 2455
SOLO Anne Akiko Meyers, violin
SOLO Jason Vieaux,guitar
5:12 C 1 5-5
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5:53 PM 6528
Edward K. (Duke) Ellington Solitude Avie 2455
SOLO Anne Akiko Meyers, violin
SOLO Jason Vieaux,guitar
3:12 C 1 6-6

This week we welcome back Phil Greenfield from The American Record Guide and our other distinguished panelists were Jed Gaylin from the Bay Atlantic and Hopkins Symphonies and WBJC’s own Kati Harrison.  I decided we would have 4 great American Symphonies…and by God we did!

PLAY DATE: Sat, 05/31/2025
5:00 PM 4409
Aaron Copland Symphony No. 3 Reference 93
COND Eiji Oue AY-jee OH-way
ORCH Minnesota Orchestra
43:33 C 1 3-6
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5:15 PM 18171
Samuel Barber Symphony No. 1 Op 9 Argo 436288
COND David Zinman David ZIHN mihn
ORCH Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
19:26 C 1 6-9
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5:30 PM 25176
William Grant Still Symphony No. 1 “Afro-American” Cedille 9000055
COND Paul Freeman
ORCH Chicago Sinfonietta
21:10 C 1 9-12
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5:45 PM 4745
Howard Hanson Symphony No. 2 Romantic Mercury 432008
COND Howard Hanson
ORCH Eastman-Rochester Sym. Orch.
27:55 C 1 4-6
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A Great show from a while ago with the late Dave Donovan and Ed Goldstein, Ernie Green from Annapolis Chorale joined in!

PLAY DATE: Sat, 05/17/2025
5:00 PM 3867
Dmitri Shostakovich Symphony No. 7 in C Op 60 “Leningrad” tsoLIVE 1
COND Peter Oundjian
ORCH Toronto Symphony Orchestra
77:58 C 1 1-4
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5:15 PM 1347
Enrique Granados Danzas espanolas No. 11 Zambra Naxos 573948
ORCH Duo Deloro
7:31 C 1 3-3
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5:22 PM 18077
Enrique Granados Goyescas: La Maja y el Ruisenor (The MaiNaxos 573948
ORCH Duo Deloro
4:42 C 1 4-4
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5:30 PM 15190
Johann Sebastian Bach Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1 in F-SharpECM 2627
SOLO Keith Jarrett, piano
3:02 C 2 1-2
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5:33 PM 567
Johann Sebastian Bach Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I in f-SharpECM 2627
SOLO Keith Jarrett, piano
3:36 C 2 3-4
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5:36 PM 15191
Johann Sebastian Bach Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1 in G BWV 8ECM 2627
SOLO Keith Jarrett, piano
3:30 C 2 5-6
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5:40 PM 15192
Johann Sebastian Bach Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1 in g BWV 8ECM 2627
SOLO Keith Jarrett, piano
3:29 C 2 7-8
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5:45 PM 1303
Umberto Giordano Andrea Chenier: Come un bel di di maggioLondon 10015
COND Oliviero de Fabritis Oh LEE vee ehr oh DAY Fah BREE tee
ORCH National Philharmonic Orch.
SOLO Luciano Pavarotti, tenor Loo CHAH noh Pav uh RAH tee
3:09 C 1 10-10
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5:48 PM 1973
Amilcare Ponchielli La Gioconda: “Cielo e mar!” London 10170
COND Leone Magiera
ORCH New Philharmonia Orchestra
SOLO Luciano Pavarotti, tenor Loo CHAH noh Pav uh RAH tee

Our panel was Face The Music panelist emeritus the late Dave Donovan, WBJC’s Kati Harrison and Bassoonist Bryan Young from the Poulenc Trio.  We loved the Shostakovich and the Sibelius.  Here are the listings hope you liked the show.

PLAY DATE: Sat, 5/10/2025
5:00 PM 312
Dmitri Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Op 102 Naxos 573666
COND Vasily Petrenko
ORCH Royal Liverpool Philharmonic O
SOLO Boris Giltburg, piano
19:59 C 1 6-8
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5:15 PM 9869
Johannes Brahms String Sextet No. 1 in B-Flat Op 18 Avie 2294
ORCH Cypress String Quartet
SOLO Zuill Bailey, cello
SOLO Barry Shiffman, viola
37:15 C 1 1-4
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5:30 PM 309
Jean Sibelius Violin Concerto in d Op 47 DG/Archiv 4796038
COND Daniel Barenboim Daniel BAIR ehn boym
ORCH Staatskapelle Berlin State Orch. of Berlin
SOLO Lisa Batiashvili, violin BAHT-ee-AASH-vi-li
33:16 C 1 4-6
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5:45 PM 4694
Alexander Scriabin Piano Sonata No. 9 in F Op 68 “Black MaBridge 9468
SOLO Garrick Ohlsson, piano
8:19 C 2 4-4
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