Archive for November, 2012
classical music is everywhere!
I’ve been home sick for a few days and spent much of my time bundled up on the couch knitting and watching meaningless TV. I’ve been watching Miami Ink, a show about a tattoo shop in Miami. I just watched an episode in which a client asked for Beethoven’s portrait on his chest. The artist, […]
Playlist: Nov/30/12
11:31 PM Anton Bruckner — Symphony No. 8 Key: cConductor: Georg TintnerEnsemble: National S.O. of IrelandNaxos, 501101 11:10 PM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Don Giovanni (Complete Opera) Conductor: Herbert von KarajanEnsemble: Vienna Philharmonic OrchestraFritz Wunderlich, tenorEberhard Wachter, baritoneLeontyne Price, sopranoHilde Gueden, sopranoVerona, 27065 10:41 PM Edouard Lalo — Symphony Key: gConductor: Sir Thomas BeechamEnsemble: French […]
11-29-12 Word On Wine Aromas and Flavors!
This week Mary and I talk about tasting aromas and flavors. You have to check out the show and make some notes…it’s complicated! We will post the lists of the wines in a bit…I need to get the article from Mary! Bear with us…but in the meantime click on the show and listen in…You even […]
Bizet’s Habanera With An Industrial Twist
You’ve heard the Habanera from Carmen before, right? I bet you haven’t heard it like this. If you think you’re a jaded opera fan, or not an opera fan at all, I dare you to watch the following video by the French band Zic Zazou without laughing and enjoying the music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=96I_UrTOZF0 Apologies to the […]
Thursday 11/29/12 The Cleveland Orchestra
11:00 PM Nicola Luisotti, conductor VERDI: Aida: Triumphal March and Ballet Music PROKOFIEV: Symphony No. 5 in Bb, Op. 100 BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3 “Eroica”
Playlist: Nov/29/12
10:11 PM Camille Saint-Saens — Symphony Key: FConductor: Jean Jacques KantorowEnsemble: Tapiola SinfoniettaBis, 790 9:55 PM Fernando Sor — Six Divertimenti for Guitar Opus: 13Marc Teicholz,guitarNaxos, 8553354 9:51 PM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Marriage of Figaro: “Voi che Sapete.. “ Conductor: John SnashallEnsemble: London Symphonic BandMembers of…CBS/Sony, 45545 9:16 PM Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Piano […]
Wednesday 11/28/12 Live! At The Concertgebouw
11:00 PM CONDUCTOR: Lorin Maazel ORCHESTRA: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Mahler: Symphony No. 6
Playlist: Nov/28/12
10:56 PM Fritz Kreisler — Miniature Viennese March Ensemble: I SalonistiRCA/BMG, 77377 10:11 PM Frederic Chopin — Piano Concerto No. 1 Key: eOpus: 11Conductor: Emmanuel KrivineEnsemble: Chamber Orchestra of EuropeMaria Joao Pires, pianoDG/Archiv, 457585 9:40 PM Louis Spohr — Symphony No. 2 Key: dOpus: 49Conductor: Choo HoeyEnsemble: Singapore Symphony OrchestraRecordsInt, 7004 9:11 PM Felix Mendelssohn […]
Paper vs. Electronic
If you take the New York Times (as in subscribe to it or read it regularly) you may have noticed that the Book Review now includes a segment called By the Book, which features a Q&A with various writers. This week, it’s the American novelist and nonfiction writer, Anne Lamott, and my attention was caught […]
Tuesday 11/27/12 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM Bernard Haitink conducts Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis. Poulenc: Gloria (Jessica Rivera, soprano; Chicago Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe, chorus director) Beethoven: Missa Solemnis (Erin Wall, soprano; Bernarda Fink, mezzo-soprano; Anthony Dean Griffey, tenor; Hanno Müller-Brachmann, bass-baritone; Chicago Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe, chorus director)