Piano, hosted by Larry Kelp | features new Andras Schiff, a feature on the fortepiano, | a nod to Pete Seeger's 100th birthday (May 3), a salute to late tuba master Sam Pilafian, | and Cinco de Mayo |
Marian McPartland, piano | In a Sentimental Mood | Live at Yoshi's NItespot | Concord Jazz |
Abdullah Ibrahim, piano | The Wedding | Best of Abdullah Ibrahim | EMI Music South Africa |
Andras Schiff, fortepiano | Vieux Impromptus D899 | Franz Schubert: Sonatas & Impromptus | ECM New Series |
Kristian Bezuidenhout, fortepiano | Haydn: Variations on the Theme : Gott erhalte Franz, den Kaiser Hob i, 430 (from the Emperor string quartet's adagio) | Joseph Haydn: Piano Sonatas | Harmonia Mundi |
Les Arts Florissants | Gesualdo: Madrigals for 5 voices, Book IV | Carlo Gesualdo: Madrigals for 5 voices | `Harmonia Mundi (France) |
Keith Jarrett, harpsichord | J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations 1-11 | J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations | ECM New Series |
Cuarteto Latinoamericano | Silvestre Revueltas: Quartet No. 2: "Magueyes" | Ginestsera, Revueltas, Villa-Lobos String Quartets | Elan |
Roman Simonvic, violin | Paganini: Caprices 15-17 | Nicolo Paganini: 24 Caprices for solo violin | LSO (London Symphony Orchestra) |
Bidu Sayo, soprano | Aria "Ah, non credea mirarti" from Bellini's La sonnambula (1945) | La damoiselle elue - Opera Arias | Sony Classical: Masterworks Heritage |
Deva Premal, vocal | Om Hraum Mitraya | Dakshina | EMI (Narada) |
Swingle Singers | Mozart: Sonata No. 15 | Anyone for Mozart? | Philips |
Kronos Quartet with vocalist Mahsa Vahdat | Placeless | Placeless | Valley Entertainment |
Stan Freberg | John & Marsha | Tip of the Freberg (box) | Rhino |
Pete Seeger, banjo | Bach: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring; Beethoven: from Symphony No. 7; Beethoven (Ode to Joy) | Goofing Off Suite (1955) | Smithsonian Folkways |
Tammy Hall, piano | "The Yellow Bride" (From Azerbaijan) | live on Sing Out, KPFA: 8-17-16 | engineer: Tony Ferro |
a salute to Empire Brass ensemble | founder and tubist Sam Pilafian, | who died April 5 at age 69: | |
Empire Brass | "I Got Plenty of Nothin'" from Porgy and Bess | Bernstein, Gershwin, Tilson Thomas | Telarc |
Empire Brass | Michael Tilson Thomas: Street Song | Bernstein, Gershwin, Tilson Thomas | Telarc |
Alondra de la Parra conducts Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas | Jose Pablo Moncayo: Huapango | Mi Alma Mexicana (My Mexican Soul) | Sony Classical |
George Winston, piano | The Wayward Wind | Restless Wind | Dancing Cat (RCA) |