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Johann Sebastian Bach – Partita for Violin solo No.2 in D minor BWV 1004: 5th movement Chaconne John Dowland – Queene Elizabeth her Galliard P 41 John Dowland – Earl of Essex his Galliard P 42a Daniel Bacheler – Mounsiers Almaine Op.40a Niccolò Paganini – Caprices for Violin solo Op.1/24 in A minor Mauro Giuliani – Variations for Guitar in A major on a theme by Handel Op.107 Fernando Sor – Variations for Guitar on a theme from Mozart's "Magic Flute" Op.9 — John Williams (guitar, transcriptions) – Virtuoso Variations for Guitar (Columbia / Sony Classical), CD 7 from:

Ludwig van Beethoven – Twelve Variations for Cello and Piano in F major on "Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen" from Mozart's The Magic Flute Op.66 – Sonata for Cello and Piano No.1 in F major Op.5/1 – Sonata for Cello and Piano No.2 in G minor Op.5/2 – Seven Variations for Cello and Piano on Mozart's "Bei Männern", WoO 46 — Mischa Maisky (cello), Martha Argerich (piano) (Deutsche Grammophon), CD 27 from:

Camille Saint-Saëns – The Carnival of the Animals — Martha Argerich, Nelson Freire (pianos), (violin), a.o.Gidon Kremer, Isabelle van Keulen (violins), Tabea Zimmermann (viola), Mischa Maisky (cello), Georg Hortnagl (double bass), Irena Grafenauer (flute), Eduard Brunner (clarinet), Markus Steckeler (xylophone), Edith Salmen-Weber (glockenspiel) Alan Ridout – Ferdinand the Bull for speaker and solo violin — Elena Bashkirova (spoken vocals), Gidon Kremer (violin) Frieder Meschwitz – Tier-Gebete for speaker and piano — Gidon Kremer (speaker), Elena Bashkirova (piano) Alan Ridout – Little Sad Sound a melodrama for speaker and double bass — Alois Posch (Double Bass), Gidon Kremer (speaker) (Philips / Deutsche Grammophon)

Now playing: Joseph Haydn – Symphony No.108, No.14, No.40, No.12 [The First Symphonies Written for Prince Esterhazy – CD 3] — Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra – Dennis Russell Davies (Sony Classical)

Franz Joseph Haydn – Quartet for Strings in E flat major Op.64/6 Hob III:64 Luigi Boccherini – Quartet for Strings in D major Op.8/1 G165 Robert Schumann – Quartet for Strings in F major Op.41/2 Giuseppe Verdi – Quartet for Strings in E minor — Quartetto Italiano (Decca Music)

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I saw an exhibit of painter Louise FIshman's work at the Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania. It includes a series of very small paintings, sculptures, sketchbooks as well as some of her larger work. Quite interesting. http://icaphila.org/exhibitions/7957/paper-louise-tiny-fishman-rock

Robert Schumann – Sonata for Violin and Piano No.1 in A minor Op.105 – Sonata for Violin and Piano No.2 in D minor Op.121 Gidon Kremer (violin), Martha Argerich (piano) (Deutsche Grammophon), CD 24 from:

Johann Sebastian Bach – Sonata for Viola da Gamba (Cello) and Piano No.1 in G major BWV 1027 – Sonata for Viola da Gamba (Cello) and Piano No.2 in D major BWV 1028 – Sonata for Viola da Gamba (Cello) and Piano No.3 in G minor BWV 1029 Mischa Maisky (cello), Martha Argerich (piano) (Deutsche Grammophon), CD 21 from:

Now playing: Franz Joseph Haydn – Quartet for Strings in E major Op.2/2 Hob.III/8 — John Williams (guitar), Alan Loveday (violin), Cecil Aronowitz (viola), Amaryllis Fleming (cello) Niccolò Paganini – Trio for Violin Cello and Guitar in D Major — John Williams (guitar), Alan Loveday (violin), Amaryllis Fleming (cello) (Columbia / Sony Classical), CD 6

Joaquin Rodrigo – Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar and Orchestra Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco – Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra No.1 in D major Op.99 — John Williams (guitar) – Members of the Philadelpha Orchestra – Eugene Ormandy (Columbia / Sony Classical)

Dmitri Shostakovich – Quartet for Strings No.15 in E flat minor Op.144 – Quartet for Strings No.8 in C minor Op.110 – Quartet for Strings No.9 in E flat major Op.117 Fitzwilliam String Quartet (Decca Records), CD 14:

Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No.4 in B flat major Op.60 — Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra – André Cluytens (EMI Music France)

Now playing: Sergei Prokofiev – Piano Concertos — No.2 Op.16, No. 3 Op.26 — André Previn (piano) – London Symphony Orchestra – Vladimir Ashkenazy (Decca / London)

Ludwig van Beethoven – Concerto for Violin in D major Op.61 – Romance for Violin and Orchestra No.1 in G major Op.40 – Romance for Violin and Orchestra No.2 in F major Op.50 Salvatore Accardo (violin) – Filarmonica della Scala – Carlo Maria Giulini (Sony Classical)

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Franz Joseph Haydn – Quartet for Strings in E major Op.2/2 Hob.III/8 — John Williams (guitar), Alan Loveday (violin), Cecil Aronowitz (viola), Amaryllis Fleming (cello) Niccolò Paganini – Trio for Violin Cello and Guitar in D Major — John Williams (guitar), Alan Loveday (violin), Amaryllis Fleming (cello) (Columbia / Sony Classical), CD 6 from:

That's very sad to hear. He's only 71.

John Coltrane Quintet with Eric Dolphy, McCoy Tyner, Reggie Workman, Elvin Jones – Olympia Theatre, Paris, 1961 [second concert] [CD 3a from Live 'Trane: Underground] — Blue Trane, I Want To Talk About Your and My Favorite Things; ~49' – Stockholm 1961 [CD 3b from Live 'Trane: Underground] — Naima from 2nd concert (inc.) (02:34) – Berlin 1961 [CD 3c from Live 'Trane: Underground] — Impressions (13:05)

Charles Simic – Dime-Store Alchemy: The Art of Joseph Cornell (Ecco Press)

Now playing: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Violin Concerto No.4 in D K218 — Hilary Hahn (violin) – BBC Symphony Orchestra – Sir Andrew Davis (BBC Music) Erich Wolfgang Korngold – Violin Concerto In D Op.35 — Andrew Haveron (violin) – BBC Symphony Orchestra – Jiří Bělohlávek (BBC Music)

Franz Joseph Haydn – Quartet for Strings in G major Op.77/1 Hob.III:81 "Lobkowitz" Ludwig van Beethoven – Quartet for Strings No.6 in B flat major Op.18/6 — Franco Rossi (cello), Piero Farulli (viola), Elisa Pegreffi (violin), Paolo Borciani (violin) – Quartetto Italiano (Decca Music), 1952, CD 3 from:

Wilhelm Friedemann Bach – Sinfonia in D major F 64 – Sinfonia in D minor F 65 – Concerto for Harpsichord in D major F 41 — Charlotte Nediger (harpsichord) – Sinfonia in F major F 67 "Dissonant" Tafelmusik on period instruments – Jeanne Lamon (Vivarte / Sony Classical) – Overture for Strings in G minor (BWV 1070, attrib. W.F. Bach) — Jeanne Lamon (violin), Stephen Marvin (violin), Christina Mahler (cello), Ivars Taurins (viola), Alison Mackay (double bass), Charlotte Nediger (harpsichord) The Tafelmusik Baroque Soloists (Vivarte / Sony Classical), CD 4 from:

Ludwig van Beethoven – 33 Variations for Piano on a Waltz by Diabelli in C major Op.120 — Sviatoslav Richter (piano) (Decca)