Archive for February, 2013
Playlist: Feb/13/13
10:46 PM Robert Beaser — Mountain Songs Valerie Pettys,fluteDavid Hopman,guitarGajo, 1002 10:24 PM Maurice Ravel — Le Tombeau de Couperin Conductor: Kent NaganoEnsemble: National Orchestra of LyonErato, 14331 10:17 PM Frederic Chopin — Polonaise No. 6 Key: A-Flat Opus: 53Jean-Yves Thibaudet, pianoLondon, 466357 9:45 PM Leonard Bernstein — Serenade (after Plato’s “Symposium”) Conductor: David ZinmanEnsemble: […]
Tuesday 2/12/13 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM Jaap Van Zweden conducts a world premiere by Christopher Rouse. Shostakovich: Festive Overture Rouse: Heimdall’s Trumpet [CSO commission, world premiere] (Chris Martin, trumpet) Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony
Playlist: Feb/12/13
10:44 PM Franz Joseph Haydn — Symphony No. 20 Key: CConductor: Antal DoratiEnsemble: Philharmonia HungaricaLondon, 425905 10:30 PM Georg Philipp Telemann — Concerto for 2 Violins Key: CConductor: Richard KappEnsemble: Philharmonia VirtuosiPaul Peabody, violinElizabeth Lim,violinESS.A.Y, 1016 9:50 PM Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky — String Quartet No. 3 Key: e-Flat Opus: 30Ensemble: St. Lawrence String QuartetAngel/EMI, 57144 […]
The Finnish Connection
If ever proof was needed that musicians perform the music of their native countries with special insight, the Finnish conductor, Hannu Lintu, provided that proof with Sibelius’s 2nd Symphony this weekend. Also on the BSO program were Tchaikovsky’s Francesca da Rimini and Liszt’s Piano Concerto with soloist Stephen Hough (the reserve of the English pianist […]
Monday 2/11/13 New York Philharmonic This Week
11:00 PM Conductor: Lorin Maazel Soloist: Yefim Bronfman, piano Brahms: Piano Concerto No 1 Sibelius: Symphony No 2
Playlist: Feb/11/13
10:54 PM Alan Hovhaness — Prayer of Saint Gregory Conductor: Rudolf WerthenEnsemble: I FiamminghiTelarc, 80392 10:40 PM Jean Sibelius — Andante-Festivo Conductor: Adrian LeaperEnsemble: Capella IstropolitanaNaxos, 550330 10:18 PM Johann Sebastian Bach — Orchestral Suite No. 3 Key: DConductor: Sigiswald KuijkenEnsemble: La Petite BandeRCA/BMG, 77008 10:10 PM Sir Arthur Sullivan — Iolanthe: Overture Conductor: Alexander […]
Playlist: Feb/10/13
8:36 PM George Frederich Handel — Music for the Royal Fireworks Conductor: Jeanne LamonEnsemble: TafelmusikCBS/Sony, 63073 8:08 PM Bedrich Smetana — Piano Trio Key: gOpus: 15Ensemble: Mendelssohn Piano TrioCentaur, 2868 8:00 PM Michael Torke — Javelin Conductor: John WilliamsEnsemble: Boston Pops OrchestraCBS/Sony, 62592 6:43 PM George Frederich Handel — Organ Concerto No. 9 Key: B-Flat […]
02/16/13 – Rigoletto – 1PM
Metropolitan Opera Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave Sung in Italian Approximate running time: 3 hrs. 2 min., including 2 intermissions Michael Mayer’s bold new production locates Verdi’s tragedy of lust, betrayal, and revenge in Las Vegas in 1960. Željko Lucic sings the title role and Diana Damrau is his beautiful daughter, who falls under […]
Playlist: Feb/09/13
7:31 PM Jean Sibelius — Violin Concerto Key: dOpus: 47Conductor: Walter HendlEnsemble: Chicago Symphony OrchestraJascha Heifetz, violinRCA/BMG, 7019 7:13 PM George Gershwin — Porgy and Bess: Highlights Jascha Heifetz, violinMilton Kaye, pianoDG/Archiv, 7190 6:42 PM Johannes Brahms — Piano Quartet No. 3 Key: cOpus: 60Jascha Heifetz, violinJacob Lateiner, pianoSanford Schonbach, violaGregor Piatigorsky, celloRCA/BMG, 7873 6:12 […]
Playlist: Feb/08/13
11:47 PM Johannes Brahms — Variations on a Theme by Haydn Key: B-Flat Opus: 56Conductor: Arturo ToscaniniEnsemble: NBC Symphony OrchestraRCA/BMG, 59484 11:39 PM Vangelis — Chariots of Fire: Main Theme Conductor: Erich KunzelEnsemble: Cincinnati Pops OrchestraTelarc, 80168 11:19 PM Henryk Wieniawski — Violin Concerto No. 2 Key: dOpus: 22Conductor: Sir John BarbirolliEnsemble: London Symphony OrchestraJascha […]
