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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)

Basic Still: PT critic Ted Libbey joins Korva to visit the PT Basic Record Library. Today they discuss, and Ted recommends, top-notch recordings of music by African-American composer William Grant Still. And, from two of Ted's recommended recordings, we'll hear pianist Denver Oldham play William Grant Still's "Summerland," (Koch International Classics 3-7084-2H1) and hear Neem Jarvi (NAY-meh YAIR-vee) lead the Detroit Symphony Orchestra in the final movement from Still's "Afro American Symphony." (CHANDOS CHAN 9154)

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).

Bach among the redwoods: From a concert on January 6th at the Occidental Community Church in Redwood, California, we're going to hear Music's Re-creation perform the Trio Sonata in G major by Johann Sebastian Bach. (John Kamiyama Wood Recordings)