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Georges Bizet – Symphony in C major Felix Mendelssohn – A Midsummer Night's Dream Op.61 — Incidental Music — Chicago Symphony Orchestra – Jean Martinon (RCA Victrola Stereo Records / Sony Classical)

Now playing, CD 5: Max Bruch – Concerto for Violin No.1 in G minor Op.26 — Yehudi Menuhin (violin) – Robert Schumann – Symphony No.1 in B flat major Op.38 "Spring" — Boston Symphony Orchestra – Charles Munch (RCA Victor Red Seal Records / Sony Classics)

Here is the obituary in the New York Times. (The link above is to the Times' post of the AP obit.)

...hasn't Keurig and A-B already done enough damage to our beverages?

Now playing, CD 16: The Lute in Dance and Dream: Three Centuries of Lute Masterpieces — Lutz Kirchhof [renaissance and baroque lute] (Vivarte / Sony Classical)

Peter Maas – The Terrible Hours: The Man Behind the Greatest Submarine Rescue in History (HarperTorch) A non-fiction book on the rescue of men from the Squalis in 1939, U.S. Navy officer Charles "Swede" Momsen. The submarine went down several hundred feet to the bottom of the sea in the North Atlantic. I think this was the first successful rescue of men from a sunken submarine. Momsen had been researching how to do an underwater rescue since the 1925 sinking of the S-51. He work was often fought against by the Naval beauracracy. Thrilling story.

Alexander Zemlinsky – Symphony in B Flat, Sinfonietta, Prelude to "Es War Einmal…" (world premiere recording of original 1899 version of "Prelude") — Czech Philharmonic Orchestra – Antony Beaumont (Nimbus Records)

Now playing, CD 9: Luigi Boccherini – Concerto for Cello No.7 in G major G 480 — Anner Bylsma (cello) – Symphony in B flat major Op.21/5 G497 – Concerto for Cello No.10 in D major Op.34 G483 — Anner Bylsma (cello) – Symphony in D minor Op.12/4 G506 "La casa del diavolo" Tafelmusik on period instruments – Jeanne Lamon (Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / Sony Classical)

Edvard Grieg – Symphonic Dances Op.64, Piano Concerto Op.16, Wedding Day at Troldhaugen Op.65 — Garrick Ohlsson (piano) – Academy of St Martin in Fields – Sir Neville Marriner (Hanssler Classic)

Now playing, CD 24: Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco – Concerto for Guitar No.1 in D major Op.99 Malcolm Arnold – Serenade for Guitar and Strings Op.50 Stephen Dodgson – Concerto for Guitar No.2 — John Williams (guitar) — English Chamber Orchestra – Sir Charles Groves (Columbia Masterworks / Sony Classical)

Hector Berlioz – Roméo et Juliette Op.17 — Margaret Roggero (mezzo soprano), Leslie Chabey (tenor), Yi-Kwei Sze (bass) — Boston Symphony Orchestra, Harvard Glee Club, Radcliffe Choral Society – Charles Munch (RCA Victor Red Seal Records / Sony Classics) This is the 1953 recording. I don't think I've heard this Berlioz work before. Some very beautiful music here. I sought out a recording of this work because last month my daughter sang in a concert as a member of the choir of the Richmond Symphony Orchestra. (I wasn't able to get down there to hear it, alas.)

Now playing, CD 2: Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No.7 in A major Op.92; Gratulations-Menuet WoO 3 Franz Schubert – Symphony No.2 in B flat major D.125 — Boston Symphony Orchestra – Charles Munch (RCA Red Seal Records / Sony Classics)

Now playing, CD 7, Charles Munch conducts French Music: Maurice Ravel – Rapsodie espagnole Maurice Ravel – La valse Camille Saint-Saëns – La princesse jaune Op.30: Overture Hector Berlioz – Béatrice et Bénédict opera H. 138: Ouvertüre Edouard Lalo – Le Roi d'Ys: Overture — Boston Symphony Orchestra – Charles Munch (RCA Victor Red Seal Records / Sony Classics)

Richard Strauss – Sonata for Violin and Piano in E flat major Op.18 Max Reger – Sonata for Violin No.2 in C minor Op.139 — Gidon Kremer (violin), Oleg Maisenberg (piano) (Brilliant Classics – Legendary Russian Soloists)

Now playing, CD 3 (Columbia Masterworks / Sony Classics) — Robert Casadesus (piano) Vincent D'Indy – Symphony on a French Mountain Air Op.25 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Concerto for Piano No.21 in C major K 467 — Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra of New York – Charles Munch César Franck – Symphonic Variations for Piano and Orchestra M 46 — The Philharmonia Orchestra – George Weldon 1949-50.

Antonín Dvořák – Concerto for Cello in B minor Op.104 B.191 — USSR State Radio & Television Symphony Orchestra – Boris Khaikin, 1957 Robert Schumann – Concerto for Cello in A minor Op.129 — USSR State Symphony Orchestra – Gennadi Rozhdestvensky, 1960 — Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) [Brilliant Classics – Legendary Russian Soloists]

I didn't know Gruenberg, so I looked him up. This concerto was commissioned by Heifetz in 1944, premiered by Ormandy in Philadelphia and recorded by Monteux in 1945. Gruenberg did a lot of film work in Hollywood from 1939-1950 had several Academy Award nominations. He was an uncredited contributor to the score for John Ford's classic Western "Stagecoach."

Now playing, CD 7: Darius Milhaud – Symphonic Suite No.2 Op.57 Ernest Chausson – Poème for Violin & Orchestra Op.25 — Jascha Heifetz (violin) Louis Gruenberg – Violin Concerto Op.47 — Jasucha Heifetz (violin) San Francisco Symphony Orchestra – Pierre Monteux (RCA Victor / Sony Classical)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Quartet for Strings No.16 in E flat major K 428 (421b) – Quartet for Strings No.17 in B flat major K 458 "Hunt" Hagen Quartett (Deutsche Grammophon)

Jean-Philippe Rameau – Hippolyte et Acricie, Orchestral Suite — La Petite Bande – Sigiswald Kuijken (deutsche harmonia mundi)

Now playing, CD 12: Johannes Brahms – Symphony No.4 (Sony Classics) Carlos Chávez – Sinfonía India (Sony Classics) David Diamond – Symphony No.4 — New York Philharmonic – Leonard Bernstein (Sony Classics)

Now playing, CD 23: Niccolò Paganini – Centone di Sonate for Violin and Guitar Op.64/1 in A major – Sonatas (6) for Violin and Guitar Op.3/6 in E minor – Sonata Concertata for Violin and Guitar in A major Op.61/MS 2 – Cantabile for Violin and Piano in D major Op.17 Mauro Giuliani – Duo concertant for Violin and Guitar in E minor Op.25 Itzhak Perlman (violin) & John Williams (guitar) (Columbia Masterworks / Sony Classical)

Now playing, CD 35: Samuel Barber – Capricorn Concerto for Flute Oboe Trumpet and Strings Op.21 — Robert Sprenkle (oboe), Sidney Mear (trumpet), Joseph Mariano (flute) Walter Piston – The Incredible Flutist (Ballet Suite) — Joseph Mariano (flute) Charles Tomlinson Griffes – Poem for Flute and Orchestra — Joseph Mariano (flute) Kent Kennan – 3 Pieces for Orchestra William McCauley – 5 Miniatures for Flute and Strings — Joseph Mariano (flute) William Bergsma – Gold & The Señor Commandante (Ballet Suite) — Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra – Howard Hanson (Mercury Living Presence)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Piano Quartets K478, K493 — Paul Lewis, piano – Leopold String Trio (Hyperion Records)

Now playing, CD 14: Robert Schumann – Concerto for Piano in A minor Op.54 — London Philharmonic Orchestra – Landon Ronald César Franck – Symphonic Variations for Piano and Orchestra M 46 — London Philharmonic Orchestra – Landon Ronald Camille Saint-Saëns – Concerto for Piano No.4 in C minor Op.44 – Orchestra – Charles Munch Alfred Cortot (piano) (EMI Classics)