Archive for December 3rd, 2012
Musical chairs
When we celebrated the birthday of Romanian-born pianist, Radu Lupu, last week, I made the observation on the air that a number of pianists have idiosyncrasies, and Lupu’s mild and harmless one is to sit on a regular office chair when he is playing. […]
Monday 12/03/12 New York Philharmonic This Week
11:00 PM CONDUCTOR: Charles Dutoit SOLOIST: Nikolai Lugansky, piano Glinka: Overture to Ruslan and Ludmilla Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 Elgar: Enigma Variations Prokofiev: Excerpts from “Romeo and Juliet”
12-03-12 Word On Wine Affordable Burgundy and Malbec!
This week Mary and I review a very decent white burgundy and a bargain Malbec not for the timid! 1)2010 Domaine Cheveau Pouilly Fuisse. Les Grandes Bruyeres. $23. Wow! Affordable white Burgundy…me likey! 2)2010 Hacienda de la Plata Zagal Malbec. $15. Not for the timid but a really solid food wine…Be brave…give it a shot. […]
Playlist: Dec/03/12
10:46 PM Enrique Granados — Valses Poeticos Dagoberto Linhares, guitarGallo, 507 10:13 PM Camille Saint-Saens — Piano Concerto No. 4 Key: cOpus: 44Conductor: Charles MunchEnsemble: Boston Symphony OrchestraAlexander Brailowsky, pianoRCA/BMG, 68165 10:08 PM Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky — The Seasons: December- Christmas Opus: 37Conductor: Richard BonyngeEnsemble: London Symphony OrchestraDG/Archiv, 469376 9:50 PM Georges Bizet — Carmen […]
