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>From a February 6th concert at Lincoln Theater in Miami Beach, Florida, we'll hear four sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti. The performance features pianist Pietro (PYAY-troh) de Maria. He'll play Scarlatti's Sonata in G major, K. 547; the Sonata in G major, K. 425; the Sonata E minor, K. 394; and the Sonata in D minor, K. 1. It's music from this year's Miami International Piano Festival of Discovery. (Simon Soong Recordings)

Piano Discovery: From a concert on February 6th at Lincoln Theater in Miami Beach, Florida, we're going to hear a performance of the "Wanderer Fantasy" by Franz Schubert. The performance features pianist Pietro (PYAY-troh) De Maria, one of many pianists who participated at this year's Miami International Piano Festival of Discovery. (Simon Soong Recording)

NPR's Robert Smith reports on the earthquake that shook the northwest yesterday. The temblor took Seattle by surprise yesterday morning, with a magnitude of 6.8.

It was certainly no surprise to see the mighty Berlin Philharmonic taking home a Grammy for Best Orchestral Performance. From that recording, which is conducted by the Berlin Phil's music director designate Sir Simon Rattle, we're going to hear music from the Symphony No. 10 by Gustav Mahler. (EMI Classics 7243 5 56972 2 6)

Beethoven in Chicago: We'll hear music from The Pacifica Quartet. In the late 1990s they won three of the top awards for chamber music groups. Now they are the resident chamber music group at the University of Chicago. We'll hear the Pacifica Quartet play Beethoven's String Quartet in B-Flat, Op. 18, No. 6. It's from an October concert in Mandel (MAN-del) Hall. (Richard Werner)

The Baroque ensemble Music's Re-creation--flute, violin, viola da gamba and harpsichord--performs the Sonata in A by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. Recorded on January 6th in Occidental, CA. (John Kamiyama Wood Recordings)

The New York Collegium, directed by Reinhard Goebel (REYEN-hart GE(R)-bel), performs the Overture No. 6 in G minor by Francesco Maria Veracini (frahn-CHESS-koh veh-rah-CHEE-nee). Recorded last November at Jordan Hall in Boston. (WGBH, Boston)

The Andante from Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 6 is some of the most beautiful music he composed, with echoes of the countryside. We'll hear it performed by the London Symphony Orchestra and conductor Pierre Boulez (boo-LEZZ), from a concert in August at the Lucerne Music Festival. (Swiss Radio/European Broadcasting Union)

Cello teen: We'll hear Dvorak's "Forest Quietude," played by young cellist Alisa Weilerstein (ah-LEE-sah WEYE-ler-steyen). It's music from her debut recording. Her mother, Vivian Hornik Weilerstein, plays the piano. (Angel/EMI 7243 5 73498 2 6)

A rare concert performance by pianist Martha Argerich: We'll hear her join fellow pianist Lilya Zilberstein to play music for piano four hands by Rachmaninoff, his 6 Pieces, Op. 11. They're in concert in the city of Ludwigsburg, Germany. (German Radio/European Broadcasting Union).