Radio Songs

Gustav Mahler, born 150 years ago today, on 7 July, 1860

Via KDFC, 102.1, out of San Francisco, CA:

• London, UK-born John Rutter's "Meditations for Orchestra #2", performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, John Rutter conducting, on the Decca label (#B0001821).
  
  
• Banchory, Scotland-born James Scott Skinner's "Hector the Hero", performed by Grammy-award winning Caroline Goulding, violin and Janine Randall, piano, on the Telarc label (#80744). Video (note: not the recording heard on KDFC).
  
  
• Bergen, Norway-born Edvard Grieg's "Piano Concerto in a, Op.16" (second movement), performed by the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Valery Gergiev conducting, with pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet, on the Decca label (#467 093). Video (note: not the recording heard on KDFC).