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Dvorak for two: The piano duo of Ingrid Thorson and Julian Thurber tackles one of Antonin Dvorak's "Legends." We'll hear the "Legend" No. 6 in C-sharp minor. (Olympia OCD 708)

Liszt in the Graveyard: Franz Liszt wrote his piano piece called "Funeral" shortly after Frederic Chopin died. He even made a musical reference to Chopin in the piece. We'll hear it performed by pianist Janina Fialkowska (yah-NEE-nah fee-ahl-KAWF-skah) at a concert this summer at the Mannes (MAN-ess) College of Music in New York. From that same concert, Fialkowska also performs three etudes by Frederic Chopin: the Etude in A-flat Op. 10, No. 10; the Etude in G-sharp minor, Op. 25, No. 6, and the Etude in F, Op. 10, No. 8. (Mannes College of Music Audio Services)

Waltzing Prodigy: The Juilliard School of Music is famous for turning out top-notch violinists. We'll hear from current student Shunsuke Sato (SHOON-skay SAH-toh), who played a recital last week at the 92nd Street Y in New York. With pianist Rohan Da Silva (ROH-hahn dah SEEL-vah), Sato plays two slow waltzes: "La plus que lente" (lah ploo keh LAHNT) by Debussy and "Alt Wien" (AHLT VEEN--"Old Vienna") by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (kah-stel-noo-OH-voh-ted-DESS-koh). (Kaufmann Concert Hall)

Telemann amidst splendor: From a concert last March in the Royal Chapel at the Palace of Versailles near Paris, we're going to hear the Limoges Baroque Orchestra perform music from the Paris Quartet No. 6 by Georg Philipp Telemann . (Radio France/EBU)

Pianist Katia Skanavi has been captivating audiences the world over since 1997, when she was named a finalist at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in Texas. From a concert on October 6th at the University of Georgia, we're going to hear Skanavi in a performance of the Serious Variations by Felix Mendelssohn. (ACA Digital Recordings and Horton Systems Company)

Satie on Parade: From this summer's Round Top Festival in Texas, Pascal Verrot (pah-skahl veh-ROH) conducts the Texas Festival Orchestra in the ballet "Parade" by Erik Satie (sah-TEE). (Matthew Snyder Recordings)

Royal Fiddles in Troy: One of America's finest concert halls, the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall in Troy, New York, celebrated its 125th anniversary in April. From a concert at the hall last spring, the Canadian early music ensemble Les Violons du Roy (lay vee-oh-loh(n) doo WAH--The King's Violins), performs George Frideric Handel's Concerto Grosso in D minor, Op. 6, No. 10. We'll also hear an encore, "The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba" from the oratorio "Solomon" by Handel. (Dorian Recordings)

Basic Enigma. PT Basic Record Librarian Ted Libbey adds the "Enigma" Variations by Edward Elgar to the collection, and lists his top picks on compact disc.

Going Up?: Conductor Edo de Waart (AY-doh deh VAHRT) races the Sydney Symphony Orchestra to the top floors, with a performance of Graeme Koehne's (KUH-neh's) "Elevator Music." Recorded in concert at Symphony Hall in Boston. (WGBH, Boston/Antonio Oliart-Ros Recordings)

In July, the musicians at the International Festival-Institute at Round Top, Texas performed a concert that was "Basically Beethoven." From that performance, Michelle Reed Baker, horn, and Matthew Everett, piano, perform the composer's Sonata in F major for Horn and Piano, Op. 17. (Matthew Snyder Recordings)