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Authentic Handel: From a concert at Troy Savings Bank Music Hall in Troy, New York, we're going to hear Bernard Labadie (lah-bah-DEE) and the King's Violins perform the Concerto Grosso in D major, Op. 6, No. 5, by George Frideric Handel. (Dorian Recordings)

NPR's Kate Seelye in Amman reports Arab leaders opened summit talks in the Jordanian capital today. The Palestinian issue tops the agenda, but there are fears that continued tensions between Iraq and Kuwait could mar efforts to present a united Arab stand at the summit.

Schumann in Switzerland: The Piano Concerto in A-minor tops the bill at a concert in Lausanne (loh-ZAHN) Switzerland. We'll hear pianist Christian Zacharias (zah-kah-REE-ahs) do double duty. He conducts the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra from the keyboard. The concert was recorded last fall. (Swiss Radio/EBU)

Emersons in Portland: We'll hear the Emerson String Quartet, fresh off their triumph at last month's Grammy awards. We'll hear music from a concert they gave March 6th at Lincoln Hall Auditorium at Portland State University, in Oregon. We'll hear them play one of Haydn's last string quartets--his Quartet in G major, Op. 77, No. 1. (Recorded by Roderick Evenson)

>From one of Ted Libbey's top Bruckner picks, we'll hear the final movement of the Symphony No. 4, called the "Romantic." Conductor Eugen Jochum (OY-gen YOH-kum) leads the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. (DG 427 200-2)

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.