Archive for March, 2013
Playlist: Mar/27/13
10:54 PM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Four Contradences Conductor: Sandor VeghEnsemble: Camerata Academica SalzburgCapriccio, 10377 10:17 PM Nikolai Medtner — Piano Concerto No. 3 Key: eOpus: 60Conductor: Jerzy MaksymiukEnsemble: BBC Scottish Symphony OrchestrNikolai Demidenko, pianoHyperion, 66580 10:06 PM Camille Saint-Saens — Havanaise for Violin and Orchestra Opus: 83Conductor: Zubin MehtaEnsemble: Israel Philharmonic OrchestraMaxim Vengerov, violinTeldec, […]
Tuesday 3/26/13 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM Sir Mark Elder conducts an eclectic program from the Romantic era. Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini Overture Mendelssohn: Symphony No 5 (Reformation) Chopin: Piano Concerto No 2 in F Minor, Op 21 (Emanuel Ax, piano) Wagner: Rienzi Overture Bizet: L’Arlesienne Suite No 2 (Ludovic Morlot, conductor)
Playlist: Mar/26/13
10:41 PM Johann Strauss II — Indigo & the Forty Thieves: Potpourri Conductor: Christian PollackEnsemble: Slovak State Phil.(Kosice)M Polo/HK, 225074 10:33 PM Frederic Chopin — Waltz No. 2 Key: A-Flat Opus: 34Lang Lang, pianoCBS/Sony, 19012 10:16 PM Johann Sebastian Bach — Concerto for 2 violins Key: dConductor: Arpad GereczEnsemble: Les Solistes RomandsArthur Grumiaux, violinHerman Krebbers, […]
3-25-13 Word On Wine Whites From Portugal!
This week Mary and I begin our all too brief sampling of table wines from Portugal! None of these were expensive but all were good and some were very good. The reds next week! First the whites! 1)2010 Herdade Da Comporta. 65% Arinto and 35% Antau Vaz. This was a treat. Nice minerality and stoniness…good […]
Monday 3/25/13 New York Philharmonic This Week
11:00 PM Conductor: Alan Gilbert Soloists: Glenn Dicterow, violin Dvořák: Carnival Overture Bartók: Violin Concerto No 1 Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 4 Encore: Tchaikovsky: Polonaise from Eugene onegin
Playlist: Mar/25/13
10:16 PM Camille Saint-Saens — String Quartet No. 2 Key: GOpus: 153Ensemble: Fine Arts QuartetNaxos, 572454 10:06 PM Engelbert Humperdink — Hansel and Gretel: Overture Conductor: Herbert von KarajanEnsemble: Berlin PhilharmonicAngel/EMI, 65914 9:24 PM Ludwig van Beethoven — Piano Concerto No. 5 Key: E-Flat Opus: 73Conductor: Kurt SanderlingEnsemble: Bavarian Radio SymphonyMitsuko Uchida, pianoPhilips, 462586 9:18 […]
Playlist: Mar/24/13
8:06 PM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Serenade No. 7 Key: DConductor: Gunter WandEnsemble: North German Radio SymphonyRCA/BMG, 60068 8:00 PM Richard Addinsell — The Prince and the Showgirl: Selections Conductor: Kenneth AlwynEnsemble: BBC Concert OrchestraM Polo/HK, 8223732 6:19 PM Franz Schubert — Grand Duo for Piano 4-Hands Key: COpus: 140Yaara Tal, pianoAndreas Groethuysen,pianoCBS/Sony, 68240 6:00 […]
03/30/13 – La Traviata – 1:00pm
Metropolitan Opera La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave Sung in Italian Approximate running time: 2 hrs. 37 min, one intermission. Soprano Diana Damrau tackles Verdi’s eternal heroine for the first time anywhere in Willy Decker’s inspiring production. Plácido Domingo expands his repertoire to sing the baritone role of Germont, Violetta’s tormentor. Tenor […]
Playlist: Mar/23/13
8:50 PM Richard Strauss — Befreit Opus: 39Conductor: Richard StampEnsemble: Academy of LondonGundula Janowitz, sopranoVirgin, 90794 8:03 PM Gioacchino Rossini — Soirees Musicales June Anderson, sopranoRaul Gimenez, tenorKathryn Bouleyn, sopranoAlessandro Corbelli, baritoneNina Walker, pianoNimbus, 5132 8:00 PM Christoph Willibald Gluck — Orfeo ed Eurydice: Deh placatevi Conductor: Pierre MonteuxEnsemble: Rome Opera Orchestraand ChorusRise Stevens, mezzo-sopranoRCA/BMG, […]
My turn to play groupie!
Judith recently had a wonderful fangirl moment with Emanuel Ax; now it’s my turn. For some years, I’ve been a devotee of Dmitri Hvorostovsky’s singing. Jim and I have seen him perform operatic roles, song cycles, and recitals, all brilliantly. I had the chance to interview “Dima” in 2002 when he was in town to […]
