Archive for July, 2022
Playlist: Jul/08/22
11:06 PM Nicolas Flagello — Missa Sinfonica (1957) Conductor: John McLaughlin WilliamsNaxos, 559347 10:54 PM Antonio Vivaldi — Concerto Key: A major Conductor: Howard GriffithsEnsemble: Zurich Chamber OrchestraSharon Isbin, guitarWarnerClas, 45312 10:33 PM Alexander Scriabin — The Poem of Ecstasy Opus: 54Conductor: Neeme JarviChandos, 8849 10:06 PM Arrigo Boito — Mefistofele: Prologue in Heaven Conductor: […]
Thursday 07/07/22 Deutsche Welle Festival Concerts
11:00 PM Conductor: Jörg Widmann Orchestra: Camerata Salzburg Mozart: Fantasia for a Mechanical Organ in F-minor, KV 608 (Arrangement for orchestra by Hermann Zilcher) Sinfonia concertante for violin, viola and orchestra in E-flat major, KV 364 (320d) Soloists: René Capuçon violin and Gérard Caussé (Viola) Jörg Widmann: Con brio – Concert overture for orchestra Mozart: Symphony in C-major, “Jupiter”, Nr. 41, KV551 […]
Playlist: Jul/07/22
10:39 PM Mauro Giuliani — Sonata for Violin & Guitar Itzhak Perlman, violinJohn Williams, guitarCBS/Sony, 34508 10:04 PM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Piano Concerto No. 9 Key: E flat major Conductor: Claudio AbbadoEnsemble: London Symphony OrchestraRudolf Serkin, pianoDG/Archiv, 4775214 9:45 PM Silvius Leopold Weiss — L’Esprit Italien Lutz Kirchhof, luteCBS/Sony, 48391 8:29 PM Gustav Mahler […]
Wednesday 07/06/22 California Symphony
11:00 PM Conductor: Donato Cabrera Soloist: Annie Wu, Flute American Composer: Kevin Puts Puts: Network (California Symphony Commission) Mozart: Flute Concerto in G Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27
Playlist: Jul/06/22
9:59 PM Anton Bruckner — Symphony No. 2 Key: C minor Conductor: Bernard HaitinkPhilips, 442040 9:25 PM Antonin Reicha — Wind Quintet No. 5 Key: B flat major Opus: 88Naxos, 8554227 8:40 PM Hector Berlioz — Harold in Italy Opus: 16Conductor: Vladimir AshkenazyEnsemble: Helsinki PhilharmonicDavid Aaron Carpenter, violaOndine, 1188 7:59 PM Antonin Dvorak — Legends […]
Tuesday 07/05/22 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM Gershwin: Cuban Overture Daniel Barenboim conductor Gershwin/Tovey: A Foggy Day Bramwell Tovey conductor and piano Ives: The Unanswered Question (original version) Adolph Herseth trumpet; Michael Tilson Thomas conductor Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story Daniel Barenboim, conductor Ives/Schuman: Variations on America Morton Gould, […]
Playlist: Jul/05/22
10:34 PM Robert Schumann — Cello Concerto Key: A minor Opus: 129Conductor: Stanislaw SkrowaczewskiEnsemble: London Symphony OrchestraJanos Starker, celloMercury, 432010 10:11 PM Isaac Albeniz — Iberia (Orchestral Suite) Conductor: Paul DanielEnsemble: London Symphony OrchestraJohn Williams, guitarCBS/Sony, 48480 9:22 PM Hugo Alfven — Symphony No.5 in A minor Key: A minor Conductor: Neeme JarviBis, 585 9:06 […]
Monday 07/04/22 New York Philharmonic
11:00 PM Strauss & Bettison Strauss: Don Quixote Bernard Haitink, conductor Cynthia Phelps, viola; Carter Brey, cello Bettison: Threaded Madrigals for solo viola Rebecca Young, viola Strauss: Ein Heldenleben Alan Gilbert, conductor Frank Huang, violin
Playlist: Jul/04/22
10:58 PM George Gershwin — By Strauss Tupelo, 30801 10:13 PM Antonin Dvorak — Symphony No. 9 Key: E minor Opus: 95Conductor: Paavo JarviTelarc, 80616 9:50 PM Edward MacDowell — Orchestral Suite No.1 Opus: 42Conductor: Karl KruegerBridge, 9124 9:38 PM Scott Joplin — Treemonisha Overture and Act III Prelude Conductor: Gunther SchullerDG/Archiv, 435709 9:09 PM […]
Classical Music Connections
Years ago while watching the TV series Breaking Bad, I was introduced to the actor John de Lancie. He played the tired and on the edge of a nervous breakdown father of Jesse Pinkman’s troubled girlfriend, Jane. First I realized that John de […]