This list reflects the programming of WUNC Radio: All Things Considered, Morning Edition, Talk of the Nation, Weekend Edition Saturday and Sunday, Fresh Air, Monitor Radio Early Edition, The People's Pharmacy and Soundings. NPR (TM) ALBUM REVIEWS FROM WUNC RADIO 4/22 - 4/28 1996 April 22, 1996: A report from Northwest Public Radio's Orlando de Guzman on a high school jazz club attending the Lionel Hampton Jazz festival in Moscow, Idaho. April 22, 1996: A review of Pulp, a British band mixing working class pop with sharp and glossy production values. Their new CD is "Different Class" (Island Records 073145241652). April 25, 1996: A story about the book "The Raven" featured the song "Down by the River" by Hal Kemp with vocalist Janet Blair. The song is out of print. April 26, 1996: Disney has released a second CD featuring arrangements of Disney Tunes in the style of classical composers. Robert Siegel talked to the arranger, Donald Fraser. "Bibbidi Bobbidi Bach" (Delos 001349131952). April 26, 1996: A review of a new CD featuring the work of the mambo's creator, Peres Prado: "The Best of Peres Prado: Mondo Mondo" (Rhino Records 008122718892). The music reviewer is Daisann McLane. April 27, 1996: A profile of pianist Leon Fleisher who has been performing works for the left-hand since his right hand stopped functioning due to repetitive motion injury. He has recently begun to perform again with both hands. April 28, 1996: Irish Singer Noirin Ni Riain talked to Liane Hansen about her new CD of traditional tunes: "Celtic Soul" (Living Music LMUS 0031). Albums on Monitor Radio (R): April 26, 1996: A profile of Steve Turre, who performs on the trombone and on the conch shell. Albums profiled on Fresh Air with host Terry Gross: April 23, 1996: World Music Critic Milo Miles talked about a concert by the albino singer from Mali, Salif Keita. April 24, 1996: "Ain't Nothin' But a She Thing" featuring Patti Smith (London 004228286742). April 25, 1996: REVIEW by Classical Music Critic Lloyd Schwartz: "Susannah", a two CD set of a 1962 performance of the opera featuring the legendary soprano Phyllis Curtin (VAI). April 26, 1996: An interview with former lead guitarist of The Who, Pete Townsend. His newest solo release is "CoolWalkingSmoothTalkingStraightsm" (007567827122). COMING UP ON NPR'S PERFORMANCE TODAY: APRIL 22-26, 1996 Monday, April 22 Hour 1--Yehudi Menuhin, one of the century's great musicians and humanitarians, turns 80 years old today. Martin talks with Lord Menuhin live from his house in London, and we'll hear Menuhin and the Warsaw Sinfonia (of which he's Principal Guest Conductor) perform Beethoven in concert. We'll also hear a tribute to Menuhin-the-man from fellow violinist Robert McDuffie, and preview the six-CD "80th Birthday Edition," a collection of Menuhin's great EMI recordings from the 1930s through the '50s, released this month in England, and appearing this summer in the U.S. Tuesday, April 23 Hour 1--An evil gnome named Gnoise has imprisoned a beautiful princess and silenced her kingdom; will her faithful assistant Fiddle come to the rescue? It's a fairy-tale plot, but the technology is definitely 20th-century. Software critic Frederic Davis reviews a new CD-ROM called the "Juilliard Music Adventure," designed to teach kids the fundamentals of music. [Juilliard Music Adventure on CD-ROM/Theatrix/Emeryville, CA/Windows or Macintosh] Wednesday, April 24 Hour 2--When a great musician's career is cut short by tragedy, every recording she leaves behind becomes a meaningful part of her legacy. So it is with the new release of previously unpublished recordings by Jacqueline du Pre (1945-1978), the masterly cellist struck by multiple sclerosis at what should have been the peak of her career. PT historic recordings critic Leslie Gerber reviews du Pre's performance of Richard Strauss's Don Quixote and Edouard Lalo's Cello Concerto in D minor on a new compact disc. [EMI Classics CDC 5 55528 2] ...And we'll hear selections from an April 23 concert at the 1996 Gilmore Festival featuring acclaimed percussionist Evelyn Glennie and Philip Smith, piano. FOR MORE PROGRAM INFORMATION, COME AND BROWSE PERFORMANCE TODAY'S WORLD WIDE WEB PAGE.... http://www.npr.org/programs/PerformanceToday/pt.html Album Lists are now available on the internet via anonymous ftp (ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/academic/literature/book-reviews) and by gopher (gopher sunsite.unc.edu under the NEWS! then Books from WUNC Radio option). This text is Copyright (c) 1996 by WUNC Radio (WUNCRADIO@UNC.EDU) and Erika Grams (compiler). All Rights Reserved. Permission is granted by the copyright holder to distribute this file electronically or otherwise in full as long as attribution is made.