Archive for July, 2013
Playlist: Jul/13/13
8:40 PM Joseph Canteloube — Songs of the Auvergne: Series 1 Conductor: Jeffrey TateEnsemble: English Chamber OrchestraDame Kiri Te Kanawa,sopranoLondon, 444995 8:16 PM Franz Schubert — Evensong (set of songs for male chorus) Conductor: Robert ShawEnsemble: Robert Shaw Chamber SingersMembers of…Telarc, 80340 8:03 PM Fernando Obradors — Canciones clasicas espanolas Ailyn Perez, SopranoIain Burnside, pianoOpus […]
Another kind of time
A few weeks ago, my niece – who is more than just a niece; she’s like a combination of a sister and a bosom buddy – recommended a memoir by the prolific writer and theologian, Frederick Buechner. She thought that, as a nonfiction writer and an occasional memoirist myself, I would appreciate his style, and […]
Playlist: Jul/12/13
11:47 PM Jean Sibelius — Kullervo Symphony Opus: 7Conductor: Esa-Pekka SalonenEnsemble: Los Angeles PhilharmonicMarianne Rorholm, mezzoJorma Hynninen, baritoneHelsinki Univ. Men’s ChorusCBS/Sony, 52563 11:43 PM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Cosi fan Tutte: “Soave sia il vento” Conductor: Sir Charles MackerrasEnsemble: Scottish Chamber OrchestraMiah Persson, sopranoChristine Rice, mezzo-sopranoBryn Terfel, baritoneDG/Archiv, 6730 11:20 PM Erich Wolfgang Korngold — […]
7-11-2013 Word On Wine Handcraft Artisan Collection Wines.
Not too long ago I spoke with Cheryl Indelicato (best winemaker name ever!) about Handcraft Artisan Wines and because the web was not working quite well that week I never got a chance to post the interview. Handcraft is producing some nice California varietals with a nice Italian twist. These wines are all very reasonable, […]
Thursday 7/11/13 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM Gianandrea Noseda, conductor Nicholas Angelich, piano BERLIOZ: Excepts from Romeo and Juliet BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 2
Playlist: Jul/11/13
10:43 PM Franz Liszt — Fantasy on Hungarian Folk Tunes Conductor: Russell StangerEnsemble: Royal Philharmonic OrchestraEarl Wild, pianoChesky Rec, 50 10:39 PM Erkki Melartin — Pastorale for Orchestra Conductor: Ilpo MansnerusEnsemble: Finnish Radio Symphony OrchYLE, 9802 10:31 PM Camille Saint-Saens — Samson and Delilah: Bacchanale Opus: 47Conductor: Leonard SlatkinEnsemble: National Philharmonic Orch.Reader’s, 79 9:57 PM […]
Wednesday 7/10/13 Live! At The Concertgebouw
11:00 PM Conductor: Evan Fischer Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 4 and 3 “Eroica”
Playlist: Jul/10/13
10:51 PM Enrique Granados — Goyescas: Los Requiebros Alicia de Larrocha, pianoRCA/BMG, 60408 10:17 PM Alexander Moyzes — Pohronie Dances, Suite for Large Orch. Opus: 43Conductor: Ondrej LenardEnsemble: Slovak Radio SO, BratislavaM Polo/HK, 223278 10:10 PM Sir Arthur Sullivan — The Mikado: Overture Conductor: J. Lynn ThompsonEnsemble: Ohio Light OperaAlbany, 1070 9:53 PM Franz Joseph […]
Tuesday 7/09/13 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM Susanna Malkki, Conductor Vladim Gluzman, violin Ives: The Unanswered Question Musgrave: Autumn Sonata Ives: Three Places in New England Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra Bernstein: Serenade, after Plato’s Symposium
Playlist: Jul/09/13
10:52 PM Hector Berlioz — Reverie and Caprice for Violin & Orch. Opus: 8Ensemble: Orpheus Chamber OrchestraGuillermo Figueroa, violinDG/Archiv, 431680 10:02 PM Christian Sinding — Symphony No. 3 Key: FOpus: 121Conductor: David PorcelijnEnsemble: N.German Radio Phil.(Hanover)CPO, 999596 9:24 PM Johannes Brahms — Piano Trio No. 1 Key: BOpus: 8Ensemble: Storioni Trio AmsterdamPentatone, 328 9:15 PM […]
