Archive for March, 2015
Playlist: Mar/25/15
10:51 PM Muzio Clementi — Overture Key: DConductor: Francesco La VecchiaEnsemble: Rome Symphony OrchestraNaxos, 573071 10:19 PM Felix Mendelssohn — Octet Key: E-Flat Opus: 20Ensemble: Sejong Soloistscanary, 8 10:13 PM Max von Schillings — Dance of the Flowers Conductor: Jan StulenEnsemble: Kolner Rundfunk Sinfonie Orch.CPO, 999233 9:35 PM Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov — Symphony No. 1 Key: […]
Tuesday 3/24/15 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM Pierre Boulez, conductor Haydn: Symphony No. 103 in E-flatMajor (Drum Roll) Rands: Cello Concerto (Johannes Moser, cello) Bartok: Piano Concerto No. 1 (Barenboim) Janacek: Sinfonietta
Playlist: Mar/24/15
10:48 PM Johannes Brahms — Three Chorale Preludes (arr. Winds) Opus: 122Conductor: Frederick FennellEnsemble: Philharmonia a VentElf, 1010 10:37 PM Georg Philipp Telemann — Concerto for Flute, Violin, and Strings Key: eConductor: Manfredo KraemerEnsemble: Les Boreades de MontrealFrancis Colpron, fluteManfredo Kraemer,violinAtma, 2193 9:53 PM Karl Goldmark — Rustic Wedding Symphony Key: E-Flat Opus: 26Conductor: Stephen […]
Monday 3/23/15 New York Philharmonic This Week
11:00 PM Conductor: Alan Gilbert Soloist: Emmanuel Ax, piano Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 25 Bruckner: Symphony No. 3 Falla: Suite No. 2 from The Three-Cornered Hat
Playlist: Mar/23/15
10:17 PM Ludwig van Beethoven — String Quartet No. 13 Key: B-Flat Opus: 130Ensemble: Quartetto ItalianoPhilips, 4758685 9:42 PM Georges Bizet — Symphony No.1 Key: CEnsemble: Orpheus Chamber OrchestraDG/Archiv, 423624 9:32 PM Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco — Variations on a Popular Air Opus: 95Lorenzo Micheli, guitarNaxos, 554831 9:14 PM Joseph Haydn — Piano Trio No. 29 Key: […]
05/09/15 – The Rake’s Progress – 1pm
Metropolitan Opera The Rake’s Progress by Igor Stravinsky Libretto by W. H. Auden and Chester Kallman Approximate running time 3 hrs. 10 min. James Levine revisits one of his favorite 20th-century classics: Stravinsky’s only full-length opera, with its wondrous neo-classical score, back on the Met stage for the first time in 12 years. Paul Appleby adds another leading role […]
05/02/15 – Un Ballo in Maschera – 1pm
Metropolitan Opera Un Ballo in Maschera by Giuseppe Verdi Libretto by Antonio Somma Approximate running time 3 hrs. 20 min. Tenor Piotr Beczala sings King Gustavo for the first time at the Met in his very first collaboration with Music Director James Levine. Sondra Radvanovsky, Dolora Zajick, and Dmitri Hvorostovsky reprise their acclaimed interpretations in the revival of David […]
04/25/15 – Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci – 1pm
Metropolitan Opera Cavalleria Rusticana by Pietro Mascagni Libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci Pagliacci by Ruggero Leoncavallo Libretto by Ruggero Leoncavallo Approximate running time 3 hrs. 5 min. Opera’s most enduring tragic double bill returns in an evocative new production from Sir David McVicar (Giulio Cesare, Maria Stuarda, Il Trovatore), who sets the verismo action across two […]
04/18/15 – Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk – 1pm
Metropolitan Opera Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk by Dmitri Shostakovich Libretto by Alexander Preys and the composer Approximate running time 3 hrs. 15 min. Shostakovich’s towering tragedy of adultery and murder stars the commanding dramatic soprano Eva-Maria Westbroek as the heroine who suffers the vicissitudes of her treachery. Brandon Jovanovich is her co-conspirator and lover, and James Conlon conducts. […]
04/11/15 – Don Carlo – 1pm
Metropolitan Opera Don Carlo by Giuseppe Verdi Libretto by Joseph Méry and Camille du Locle Approximate running time 4 hrs. 35 min. Dynamic maestro Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Verdi’s ambitious score with a stand-out cast in Nicholas Hytner’s handsome production. Yonghoon Lee sings the title role, with Barbara Frittoli, Ekaterina Gubanova, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, James Morris, and Ferruccio Furlanetto, reprising […]
