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Wednesday, December 31, 2025

John Adams - Absolute Jest; Grand Pianola Music (Michael Tilson Thomas; John Adams)


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Composer: John Adams
  • Absolute Jest
  • Grand Pianola Music

St Lawrence String Quartet
    Geoff Nuttall, violin
    Scott St. John, violin
    Lesley Robertson, viola
    Christopher Costanza, cello

Orli Shaham, piano
Marc-André Hamelin, piano
Micaela Haslam, soprano
Joanna Forbes L’Estrange, soprano
Heather Cairncross, alto

San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
John Adams, conductor

Date: 2015
Label: SFS Media

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John Adams - Harmonielehre; Short Ride in a Fast Machine (Michael Tilson Thomas)


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Composer: John Adams
  1. Harmonielehre: I.
  2. Harmonielehre: II. The Anfortas Wound
  3. Harmonielehre: III. Meister Eckhardt and Quackie
  4. Short Ride in a Fast Machine

San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

Date: 2012
Label: SFS Media

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John Adams - Naive and Sentimental Music (Esa-Pekka Salonen)


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Composer: John Adams
  1. Naive and Sentimental Music: I. Naive and Sentimental Music
  2. Naive and Sentimental Music: II. Mother of the Man
  3. Naive and Sentimental Music: III. Chain to the Rhythm

Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

Date: 2002
Label: Nonesuch

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Tuesday, December 30, 2025

Various Composers - Balagan (Noa Wildschut; Pablo Barragán; Frank Dupree)


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  • Paul Schoenfield - Trio for clarinet, violin, and piano
  • Claude Vivier - Pièce pour violon et clarinette
  • Béla Bartók - Contrasts
  • Ernest Bloch - Prayer
  • Eden Ahbez - Nature Boy
  • Béla Kovács - Greetings from the Balkan

Noa Wildschut, violin
Pablo Barragán, clarinet
Frank Dupree, piano
Anton Spronk, cello (Béla Kovács' Greetings)

Date: 2024
Label: Accentus Music

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Various Composers - Last Silence (Martha Aarons; Lev Polyakin; Frances Renzi)


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  • Nino Rota - Trio for Flute, Violin & Piano
  • César Cui - 5 Petits duos, Op. 56
  • Paul Schoenfield - 4 Souvenirs
  • Jacques Ibert - 2 Interludes
  • Paul Schoenfield - Last Silence

Martha Aarons, flute
Lev Polyakin, violin
Frances Renzi, piano

Date: 2020
Label: Azica

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Various Composers - Three American Sonatas (Cho-Liang Lin; Jon Kimura Parker)


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  • Paul Schoenfield - Violin Sonata
  • Steven Stucky - Violin Sonata
  • John Harbison - Violin Sonata No. 1
  • Leonard Bernstein - Canon for Aaron

Cho-Liang Lin, violin
Jon Kimura Parker, piano

Date: 2020
Label: Naxos

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Monday, December 29, 2025

Paul Schoenfield - Refractions (Various Artists)


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Composer: Paul Schoenfield
  • Six British Folk Songs
  • Peccadilloes
  • Refractions

James Tocco, piano
Yehuda Hanani, cello
Alexander Fiterstein, clarinet
Paul Schoenfield, piano

Date: 2010
Label: Naxos

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Paul Schoenfield - Camp Songs; Ghetto Songs (Music of Remembrance)


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Composer: Paul Schoenfield
  • Camp Songs
  • Ghetto Songs
  • Gerard Schwarz - Rudolf and Jeanette

Angela Niederloh, mezzo-soprano
Erich Parce, baritone
Music of Remembrance
Gerard Schwarz, conductor

Date: 2009
Label: Naxos

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Paul Schoenfield - Viola Concerto; Four Motets; The Merchant and the Pauper (Various Artists)


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Composer: Paul Schoenfield
  • Viola Concerto
  • 4 Motets
  • The Merchant and the Pauper (Excepts from Act II

Robert Vernon, violin
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
Yoel Levi, conductor

BBC Singers
Avner Itai, conductor

University of Michigan Opera
Kenneth Kiesler, conductor

Date: 2004
Label: Milken Family Foundation / Naxos

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Sunday, December 28, 2025

Various Composers - Portraits. Works for Flute, Clarinet & Piano (McGill/McHale Trio)


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  • Chris Rogerson - A Fish Will Rise
  • Valerie Coleman - Portraits of Langston
  • Guillaume Connesson - Techno Parade
  • Sergei Rachmaninov - Vocalise, Op. 34 No. 14 (arr. Michael McHale)
  • Paul Schoenfield - Sonatina for Flute, Clarinet & Piano
  • Philip Hammond - The Lamentation of Owen O'Neil
  • Traditional - The Lark in the Clear Air (arr. Michael McHale)

McGill/McHale Trio
    Demarre McGill, flute
    Anthony McGill, clarinet
    Michael McHale, piano
&
Mahershala Ali, narrator

Date: 2017
Label: Cedille

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George Gershwin; Maurice Ravel; Paul Schoenfield - Piano Trios (Eroica Trio)


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Composer: George Gershwin; Maurice Ravel; Paul Schoenfield
  • Gershwin - Three Preludes (arr. Penaforte)
  • Ravel - Piano Trio
  • Godard - Berceuse (Jocelyn)
  • Schoenfield - Cafe Music

Eroica Trio
    Adela Peña, violin
    Sara Sant'Ambrosio, cello
    Erika Nickrenz, piano

Date: 1997
Label: EMI

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Saturday, December 27, 2025

Various Composers - American Postcard (Christina & Michelle Naughton)


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  • John Adams - Short Ride in a Fast Machine (arr. Preben Antonsen)
  • Paul Schoenfield - Five Days from the Life of a Manic-Depressive
  • Conlon Nancarrow - Sonatina (arr. Yvar Mikhashoff)
  • Aaron Copland - El Salón México (arr. Leonard Bernstein)
  • John Adams - Roll Over Beethoven (transcr. Preben Antonsen)
  • Aaron Copland - Variations on a Shaker Melody (arr. Bennett Lerner)

Christina Naughton & Michelle Naughton, pianos
Date: 2019
Label: Warner Classics

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Various Composers - American Chamber Music (Nash Ensemble)


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  • Bernard Herrmann - Souvenirs de voyage, for clarinet and string quartet
  • George Gershwin - George Gershwin's Song book, for solo piano
  • Franz Waxman - Four scenes from childhood, for violin and piano
  • George Gershwin - Promenade (Walking the dog), for clarinet and piano (arr. Anthony Wakefield)
  • George Gershwin - Lullaby, for string quartet
  • Aaron Copland - Waltz and Celebration from Billy the Kid, for cello and piano

Nash Ensemble
    Ian Brown, piano
    Richard Hosford, clarinet
    Marianne Thorsen, violin
    Laura Samuel, violin
    Lawrence Power, viola
    Rebecca Gilliver, cello

Date: 2015
Label: Hyperion

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Friday, December 26, 2025

Ella Fitzgerald; Louis Armstrong - Ella and Louis


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  1. Kay Swift, Paul James - Can't We Be Friends?
  2. Karl Suessdorf, John M. Blackburn - Moonlight In Vermont
  3. Irving Berlin - Cheek To Cheek
  4. Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence - Tenderly
  5. Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington - The Nearness Of You
  6. Mitchell Parish, Frank S. Perkins - Stars Fell On Alabama
  7. Yip Harburg, Vernon Duke - April In Paris
  8. Irving Berlin - Isn't This A Lovely Day?
  9. George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin - A Foggy Day
  10. Al Neiburg, Marty Symes, Jerry Livingston - Under A Blanket Of Blue
  11. George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin - They Can't Take That Away From Me

Ella Fitzgerald, vocals
Louis Armstrong, vocals
Oscar Peterson, piano
Herb Ellis, guitar
Ray Brown, bass
Buddy Rich, drums

Date: 1956
Label: Verve

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Ella Fitzgerald; Louis Armstrong - Porgy and Bess


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Composer: George Gershwin
  1. Overture
  2. Summertime
  3. I Wants To Stay Here
  4. My Man's Gone Now
  5. I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'
  6. Buzzard Song
  7. Bess, You Is My Woman Now
  8. It Ain't Necessarily So
  9. What You Want Wid Bess?
  10. A Woman Is A Sometime Thing
  11. Oh, Doctor Jesus
  12. Medley: Here Come De Honey Man - Crab Man - Oh, Dey's So Fresh And Fine (Strawberry Woman)
  13. There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York
  14. Bess, Oh Where's My Bess?
  15. Oh Lawd, I'm On My Way

Ella Fitzgerald, vocals
Louis Armstrong, vocals
Orchestra & Chorus conducted by Russell Garcia

Date: 1957
Label: Verve

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