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Pletnev's Chopin: It's a pair of luminous miniatures by Frederic Chopin. Pianist Mikhail Pletnev (MEEK-heyel PLET-nyeff) plays the E-minor Waltz that Chopin wrote in 1830. He also plays the Etude in G-sharp minor, Op. 25, No. 6--the so-called "Black Key" etude. (DG 453 456-2)

Basic Brahms: Critic Ted Libbey joins Fred in the PT Basic Record Library to recommend three top-notch recordings of Johannes Brahms' lyrical violin sonatas.

>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.

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)

Grammy Surprises: We'll hear selections from some of the big winners at this week's Grammy Awards. The Emerson String Quartet won the top classical award--Best Classical Album--for their 5-CD set of the string quartets by Dmitri Shostakovich. We'll hear the Emersons' compelling performance of the String Quartet No. 7. Later, we'll also hear from the two classical instrumental soloists who won awards Wednesday. (DG 289 463 284-2)

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)

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)