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Classical music critic LLOYD SCHWARTZ reviews two recordings of works by the turn-of-the-century black British composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. One of them features historical recordings from the 1920s and 30s. (Pearl label) The other includes modern recordings of his chamber compositions and spirituals. (Koch International Cla TUESDAY, FEB 9INT. 1: Biomedical ethicist ARTHUR CAPLAN. Among the topics Marty discusses with him are the right to die and the implications of the doctor-assisted suicides, specifically how Dr. Jack Kevorkianhas been helping patients die. Caplan is Director of Biomedical Ethics and a professor in the Departments of Philosophy and Surgery at the University of Minnesota.INT. 2: WU NINGKUN (WOO NING-kwun), author of a new personal and political memoir, A Single Tear, about surviving three decades of Communist rule in China. Wu was born in China and received his college education in the United States. He left a promising academic career in this country to return to China in 1951 with hopes that the new Communist regime would benefit his country. Instead, he was labeled counter-revolutionary for teaching works by Western authors and was sentenced to serve time at various labor camps and prisons. He now lives in the United States with his family. (Atlantic Monthly Press).REV. : Classical music critic LLOYD SCHWARTZ reviews two recordings of works by the turn-of-the-century black British composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. One of them features historical recordings from the 1920s and 30s. (Pearl label) The other includes modern recordings of his chamber compositions and spirituals. (Koch International Cla

Rock Critic Ken Tucker on a new direction in rap: PM Dawn''s new album: "The Bliss Album: Vibrations of Love & Anger & the Ponderance of Life & Existence".

2: Our classical music critic LLOYD SCHWARTZ has a collection of poems, "Goodnight, Gracie," (published by Phoenix Poets). David Lehman calls this new collection, "a moving and inventive collection, his best and most ambitious to date." LLOYD is also music editor of The Boston Phoenix and is co-director of the Creative Writing Program at the University of Massachusetts. (REBROADCAST. Originally aired 4/22/93).

2: Interview with ANDRES SERRANO continues.

Jazz critic KEVIN WHITEHEAD reviews three new reissues on the Verve label: "Once Upon a Summertime," by Blossom Dearie, "Dream of You," by Helen Merrill, and "Ella Swings Lightly," by Ella Fitzgerald.

Rock guitarist ERIC CLAPTON. His latest album, "Unplugged," swept the Grammy Awards. The album was inspired, in part, by the death of his young son, who fell from a window ledge and died. CLAPTON is considered one of the greatest, if not the greatest, guitar player in rock history. Clapton started out playing blues with the Yardbirds (For Your Love) in the early 60s, then played with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers before forming Cream, one of the 60s most influental bands (Crossroads, White Room). In this interview from 1989, Terry talks with him about his life and work. (Originally aired 12

BILL LITTLEFIELD. He's a writer and regular sports commentator on NPR's "Morning Edition." LITTLEFIELD has a new book about baseball, "Baseball Days: From the Sandlots to the Show" (Bulfinch Press). LITTLEFIELD has been in love with the game since he was a kid, "Baseball Days" is a sentimental look at America's favorite pasetime

TV critic DAVID BIANCULLI reviews "CBS Reports," the documentary series which is returning to the network.

Maureen Corrigan reviews the new Patricia Cornwell mystery, "Cruel and Unusual".

2: COKIE ROBERTS, Political Analyst for NPR and ABC. Her full name is Mary Martha Corinne Morrison Claiborne Boggs Roberts and she is perhaps the consummate "Washington Insider". The daughter of parents who shared a Congressional seat for a combined total of fifty years, Roberts' star in journalism is rising, covering the capital for NPR, and on ABC's "This Week with David Brinkley", as well as substituting for Ted Koppel on "Nightline" In a conversation recorded live before an audience, Terry asks her about covering Congress and how her political upbringing affects her reporting (Recorded 5/21/93).