Archive for October, 2014
Playlist: Oct/09/14
10:51 PM Camille Saint-Saens — Barcarolle Key: FOpus: 108Ensemble: Fine Arts QuartetCristina Ortiz, pianoNaxos, 572904 10:33 PM Sir Charles Villiers Stanford — Irish Rhapsody No. 3 for Cello/Orch Opus: 137Conductor: Vernon HandleyEnsemble: Ulster OrchestraRaphael Wallfisch, celloChandos, 8861 10:19 PM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Symphony No. 13 Key: FConductor: Nicholas WardEnsemble: Northern Chamber OrchestraNaxos, 8550873 10:00 […]
Should corporate sponsors butt out of opera?
It seems a conflict of interest is keeping one of the most beloved works in the operatic repertoire off the stage at West Australia Opera, at least for the next couple of seasons. Before you click on the following link from Limelight, please note that I have my own biases in this case: I’m a […]
Wednesday 10/08/14 San Francisco Symphony
11:00 PM CONDUCTOR: Vasily Petrenko SOLOIST: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano Arvo Pärt: Fratres Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 3 in E major Respighi: Fountains of Rome (Fontane di Roma) Respighi: Pines of Rome (Pini di Roma) Encore: Shostakovich: Symphony No. 9 in E-Flat Major, Op. 70 (Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor)
Playlist: Oct/08/14
10:40 PM Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Eugene Onegin: Polonaise Opus: 24Conductor: Seiji OzawaEnsemble: Philharmonia OrchestraAngel/EMI, 65145 10:20 PM Edward MacDowell — Sonata No. 4 Opus: 59James Barbagallo,pianoNaxos, 559019 10:10 PM Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov — May Night overture Conductor: Gerard SchwarzEnsemble: Seattle SymphonyNaxos, 572788 9:40 PM Alexander Borodin — Petite Suite Conductor: Neeme JarviEnsemble: Gothenburg Symphony OrchestraDG/Archiv, […]
Tuesday 10/07/14 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM Conductor: Riccardo Muti MUSICAL CONTENT: Schubert: Overture in the Italian Style Morricone: Voices from the Silence (Ora Jones, narrator; Rosa Feola, soprano) Schubert: Mass in A-flat Major (Rosa Feola, soprano; Michaela Selinger, mezzo-soprano; Antonio Poli, tenor; Riccardo Zanellato, bass) Mozart: Ave verum corpus Vivaldi: Magnificat
Playlist: Oct/07/14
10:57 PM Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari — The Jewels of the Madonna:Intermezzo #2 Conductor: Richard KappEnsemble: Philharmonia VirtuosiRCA/BMG, 61935 10:48 PM Johann Sebastian Bach — Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring Ensemble: Orpheus Chamber OrchestraDG/Archiv, 429390 10:33 PM Mauro Giuliani — Sonata Eroica Key: AOpus: 150Pepe Romero, guitarPhilips, 454262 10:14 PM Cecil Armstrong Gibbs — Prelude, Andante, & […]
10-6-14 Annapolis Chorale Performs Carmina Burana!
This Saturday J. Ernest Green and the Annapolis Chorale and Chamber Orchestra will perform Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana. Not only will they present this perennial favorite but they will also be opening the new remodeled Maryland Hall. For information you can go to Liveartsmaryland.org Ernie came by for an interview and we had fun as […]
Monday 10/06/14 New York Philharmonic This Week
11:00 PM Conductors: Jeffrey Kahane & Alan Gilbert Soloists: Jeffrey Kahane, harpsichord and piano Sheryl Staples, violin; Liang Wang, oboe; Michelle Kim, violin; Marc Ginsberg, violin; Lisa E. Kim, violin Bach: Concerto for Violin and Oboe Mozart: Symphony No.33 Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.1 Vivaldi: Concert for Four Violins Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a […]
Playlist: Oct/06/14
10:05 PM Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Symphony No. 5 Key: eOpus: 64Conductor: Vladimir LandeEnsemble: Saint Petersburg Symphony OrchMarquis, 81421 9:54 PM Richard Wagner — Tristan und Isolde: Prelude to Act 1 Conductor: Claudio AbbadoEnsemble: Berlin PhilharmonicDG/Archiv, 985 9:44 PM Alan Hovhaness — Alleluia & Fugue for string orchestra Opus: 40Conductor: Rudolf WerthenEnsemble: I FiamminghiTelarc, 80503 […]
10-05-14 Toccata
PLAY DATE: Sun, 10/05/2014 6:00 PM 8718 Dietrich Buxtehude Toccata in F BUX 156 PGM 104 SOLO Gavin Black, organ 9:05 C 1 6-6 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6:13 PM 8075 Anton Rubinstein Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Op 94 M Polo/HK 8223489 COND Robert Stankovsky ORCH Slovak Radio SO, Bratislava SOLO Joseph Banowetz,piano 46:50 C 1 […]