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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)

Well-Tempered Kapilow: Commentator, conductor and composer Robert Kapilow shows us there's a lot going on inside a simple-sounding Bach prelude. He'll demonstrate with the Prelude No. 6 in D minor from J.S. Bach's "Well-Tempered Clavier," Book One.

And for a complete example of what Robert Kapilow demostrated, Brazilian pianist Joao Carlos Martins (zhoh-WOW KAR-lohss mar-TEENZ) plays J.S. Bach's Prelude and Fugue No. 6 in D minor from "The Well-Tempered Clavier," Book One. (Tomato 2699132)

Russian Round Top: Sergei Prokofiev once referred to his Fifth Symphony as the culmination of his long creative life. From a concert on June 24th at the Round Top Festival in Texas, we're going to hear conductor JoAnn Falletta and the Texas Festival Orchestra in a performance of Prokofiev's Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major. (Matthew Synder Recordings)

Mozart from the Kremlin: The Russian ensemble called Chamber Orchestra Kremlin, along with conductor Misha Rachlevsky (MEE-shah rah-KLEV-skee), paid a visit on March 6th to the Pacific Northwest. We'll hear them perform the Divertimento in D major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart at the Portland Art Museum. We'll also hear two of their encores: a folk song called "Torchlight," and "Sabre Dance" by Aram Khachaturian (AH-rahm kah-chah-TOO-ree-ahn). (Roderick Evenson Recordings)

Basic Tchaikovsky: Ted Libbey stops by to recommend three favorite recordings of Tchaikovsky's "1812" Overture for the P-T Basic Record Library. His picks: Georg Solti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (London 417-400-2); Mikhail Pletnev (MEEK-heyel PLET-nyeff) and the Russian National Orchestra (DG 453-44 6-2); and Valery Gergiev (VAH-leh-ree GAIR-gee-ev) with the Kirov Orchestra (Philips 442-011-2)

>From a new CD that Time magazine critic Terry Teachout reviews later this hour, pianist Arcadi Volodos (ahr-KAH-dee VOH-loh-dohss) performs two short piano pieces Sergei Rachmaninoff: the Prelude in F minor, Op. 32, No. 3, and the Etude-Tableaux in C-sharp minor, Op. 33, No. 6. (Sony Classical ASK 64384)

Armenian Flute: This month, young flute player Emmanuel Pahud (pah-OOD) gives up the top flute seat with the Berlin Philharmonic to take a job as a professor at the Geneva Conservatory--at the age of 30. From a concert in Geneva last March, Pahud plays the solo part in a concerto Aram Khachaturian first wrote for violin. Hans Graf conducts the Orchestra of the Suisse Romande (sweess roh-MAHND). (Swiss Radio/European Broadcasting Union)

A competition winner plays Beethoven: Last month, Italian pianist Philippo Gamba won the Geza Anda 2000 Competition in Zurich. We'll hear the performance that put him over the top. From the finals of the competition, Philippo Gamba joins the Tonhalle Orchestra of Zurich to play Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1 in D, Op. 15. (Swiss Radio/European Broadcasting Union)

O.K. Mozart: From this summer's OK Mozart Festival in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, Ransom Wilson leads the Solisti (soh-LEE-stee) New York Orchestra in Mozart's popular Serenade No. 6 in D-major, the "Serenata Notturna" (sair-eh-NAH-tah noh-TOOR-nah). (Paul Blakemore)