Archive for April, 2013
Playlist: Apr/18/13
10:23 PM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Piano Concerto No. 23 Key: AConductor: Sir Neville MarrinerEnsemble: Academy of St Martin in FieldsAlfred Brendel, pianoPhilips, 442269 10:19 PM Francois Joseph Gossec — Gavotte Conductor: Rudolf WerthenEnsemble: I FiamminghiKochSchwan, 311197 9:52 PM Franz Joseph Haydn — Symphony No.102 Key: B-Flat Conductor: Eugen JochumEnsemble: London Philharmonic OrchestraDG/Archiv, 437201 9:21 […]
Wednesday 4/17/13 Live! At The Concertgebouw
11:00 PM Conductors, Riccardo Chailly & Herbert Blomstedt Alexander Kerr, violin STRAVINSKY – Violin Concerto Herbert Blomstedt BRAHMS – Symphony No. 4 Encore: Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 Finale
Playlist: Apr/17/13
10:53 PM Franz Liszt — Sonetto No.123 Van Cliburn, pianoRCA/BMG, 63613 10:24 PM Benjamin Godard — Violin Concerto No.1 Opus: 35Conductor: Kirk TrevorEnsemble: Slovak State Phil.(Kosice)Chloe Hanslip, violinNaxos, 570554 9:53 PM Ottorino Respighi — Church Windows Conductor: Keith ClarkEnsemble: Pacific Symphony OrchestraReference, 15 9:16 PM Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda — Symphony No.6 Key: gConductor: Jiri MalatEnsemble: […]
Tuesday 4/16/13 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM Emanuel Ax plays Beethoven Emperor Conductor, David Robertson Hindemith: Metamorphosis on Themes of Carl Maria von Weber Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 73, Emperor (Emanuel Ax, piano) Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances, Op. 45 Beethoven: Consecration of the House, Op. 124
Playlist: Apr/16/13
10:46 PM Anton Von Webern — Im Sommerwind Conductor: Eliahu InbalEnsemble: Frankfurt Radio Symphony OrchDenon, 78843 10:24 PM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Serenade No. 6 Key: DConductor: Peter WohlertEnsemble: Berlin Chamber OrchestraLaserLight, 15648 10:16 PM Franz Lehar — The Merry Widow: Waltz (Ballsirenen Conductor: Willi BoskovskyEnsemble: Vienna Johann Strauss OrchestrAngel/EMI, 64796 9:36 PM Franz Schubert […]
Humpty Dumpty is an Ultra-Runner
Today is April 15th – tax day, right? Well, yes. This year, it also happens to be the date of the Boston Marathon, and although Jim isn’t running, I’m sure he’s following the race online. Today is also the 10th anniversary of an event that we often refer to as The Great Splat. The following […]
Birthdays
This past weekend, we lost a couple of great musicians. sir Colin Davis, longtime conductor of the London symphony orchestra (in fact, it’s longest-term music director) died at the age of 85, and Adolphe Herseth, long time principal trumpet for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and considered one of the finest trumpeters in America died at […]
Monday 4/15/13 New York Philharmonic This Week
11:00 PM A retrospective of Philharmonic recordings of Spanish and Latin-American music. CONDUCTORS: Leonard Bernstein; José Serebrier; Pierre Boulez SOLOISTS: Sharon Isbin, guitar; Jan Deaetani, mezzo-soprano; Marilyn Horne, mezzo-soprano CHAVEZ: Sinfonia India (recorded 1961) PONCE: Concierto de sur (recorded 2004) FALLA: The Three-Cornered Hat (recorded 1975) FALLA: El Amor Brujo (recorded 1976)
Playlist: Apr/15/13
10:52 PM Johann Adolf Hasse — Sinfonia Key: DConductor: Reinhardt GoebelEnsemble: Musica Antiqua KolnDG/Archiv, 4776730 10:20 PM Henry Hadley — Salome (Symphonic Peom) Opus: 55Conductor: Karl KruegerEnsemble: Royal Philharmonic OrchestraBridge, 9124 10:13 PM Sir Arthur Sullivan — Sorcerer: Overture Conductor: Alexander FarisEnsemble: Scottish Chamber OrchestraNimbus, 5066 9:39 PM Ludwig van Beethoven — Piano Concerto No. […]
Playlist: Apr/14/13
8:09 PM Gustav Holst — The Planets Opus: 32Conductor: Herbert von KarajanEnsemble: Vienna Philharmonic OrchestraVienna State Opera ChorusLondon, 4758225 8:00 PM Maurice Ravel — Miroirs: Alborada del gracioso Conductor: Kent NaganoEnsemble: National Orchestra of LyonErato, 14331 6:33 PM Ralph Vaughan Williams — Piano Concerto Key: CConductor: Bryden ThomsonEnsemble: London Symphony OrchestraHoward Shelley, pianoChandos, 8941 6:00 […]
