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 5/27 - 6/2 1996 May 27, 1996: Charles de Ledesma reviews London's easy listening music scene. May 28, 1996: Legendary Indian sarod player Ali Akbar Khan has recorded the music of his father; he could never find a "special student" to teach them to. His most recent recording is "Ali Akbar Khan presents Legacy 16th-18th century music from India" (Triloka 7216-2). May 29, 1996: A review of Tupac Shakur's newest album "All Eyes on Me" (Death Row Records 314-524204-2); review by Bakari Kitwana. Albums mentioned on Monitor Radio (R): May 27, 1996: A review of "That's Why I'm Marching" an anthology of musical memories about World War II (Smithsonian-Folkways 009307400212). A sound portrait of 80-year-old folk musician JoAnn Mar, from San Francisco. May 30, 1996: "American Beauties: The Rags of Joseph Lamb" performed by Virginia Eskin (009667802572). Albums profiled on Fresh Air with host Terry Gross: May 29, 1996: An interview with jazz bassist Charlie Haden. His latest album is "Now Is the Hour" (Verve 314 529 827-2). Last year he released (with pianist Hank Jones) "Steal Away -- Spirituals, Hymns and Folk Songs" (Verve 314 527 249-2). COMING UP ON COMING UP ON NPR'S PERFORMANCE TODAY: MAY 27 - JUNE 2, 1996 Tuesday, May 28 Hour 1--"It might be John Adams' very best piece." So says PT critic Lloyd Schwartz of The Boston Phoenix, who reviews a new recording of Adams' Violin Concerto, which last year won Adams the prestigious $150,000 Grawemeyer Award from the University of Louisville. [Adams: Violin Concerto/"Shaker Loops"--Gidon Kremer, violin; London Symphony Orchestra/Kent Nagano (Nonesuch 79360)] Wednesday, May 29 Hour 2--A "bold, assertive approach to Mozart," unlike most interpretations you hear today: That's what critic Leslie Gerber finds in newly released recordings from the 1960s by pianist Mieczyslaw Horszowski (mee-ETCH-chee-swahf hohr-SHAWF-skee). The collection of Mozart sonatas marks the debut of a new label, Arbiter. Gerber says it has a few flaws and its appeal is primarily to collectors, but he thinks the release is a wonderful discovery that will attract lots of attention. ["W.A. Mozart: The Complete Piano Sonatas, Vol. 1, Sonatas 1-8"--Mieczyslaw Horszowski, piano; (Arbiter 101; 2 CDs)] Thursday, May 30 Hour 2--Basic Beethoven: Martin and Ted Libbey, author of "The NPR Guide to Building a Classical CD Collection" add three recordings of Beethoven's three "Rasumovsky" String Quartets (Op. 59) to the Performance Today Basic Record Library. [Guarneri Quartet (Philips 432 980-2; 2 CDs); Quartetto Italiano (Philips 420 797-2; 3 CDs); Tokyo String Quartet (RCA 60462-2-RC; 3 CDs)] Friday, May 31 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.