Archive for February, 2024
Vocalise 2-10-24
8:00 PM Giacomo Puccini Tosca: “Vissi D’Arte” CBS/Sony 80468 COND Kurt Herbert Adler ORCH Metropolitan Opera Orchestra SOLO Leontyne Price, soprano ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8:06 PM Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 2 in c “Resurrection” Mov’ts 4 & 5 Philips 420824 COND Seiji Ozawa ORCH Boston Symphony Orchestra SOLO Dame Kiri Te Kanawa,soprano SOLO Marilyn Horne, mezzo-soprano SOLO […]
2-10-24 Music in Maryland…A Quick Tribute To Leontyne Price and Seiji Ozawa plus the BSO Playing Gershwin that isn’t Rhapsody in Blue!
Leontyne Price turned 97 today and though we paid tribute to her on the Opera Preview her recording of Samuel Barber’s Knoxville Summer of 1915 is stunning. Also we are playing Gershwin’s Piano Concerto because everyone else is playing Rhapsody in Blue in honor of the centennial! Finally a couple of Seiji Ozawa recordings in […]
Playlist: Feb/10/24
8:55 PM Franz Schubert — Ave Maria [Ellens Gesang III (hymne)] Opus: 52Conductor: William SelfEnsemble: St. Thomas Choir of Men & BoysLeontyne Price, sopranoRCA/BMG, 68157 8:52 PM John Newton — Amazing Grace Conductor: William SelfEnsemble: St. Thomas Choir of Men & BoysLeontyne Price, sopranoRCA/BMG, 68157 8:45 PM Gabriel Faure — Pavane Opus: 50Conductor: Seiji OzawaEnsemble: […]
Toccata listings for 2/11/24
On tonight’s program, an organ sonata, a set of variations on a theme of Mozart, and a piano concerto by a great African American composer. Thanks so much for listening, and enjoy! 6:00 PM 31578 Franz Xaver Schnizer Organ Sonata No.1 in C Ars Musici 1116 SOLO Edgar Knapp,organ 12:32 C 1 10-13 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ […]
Playlist: Feb/09/24
11:50 PM Richard Strauss — Der Rosenkavalier: Act 3 Conductor: Claudio AbbadoEnsemble: Berlin PhilharmonicKathleen Battle, sopranoRenee Fleming, sopranoFrederica Von Stade, mezzoAndreas Schmidt, bassCBS/Sony, 52565 11:39 PM Modest Moussorgsky — Pictures at an Exhibition: Conductor: Stanley BlackLondon, 452492 11:33 PM Paul W. Whear — String Quartet Four for Four , 4444 11:08 PM Sergei Rachmaninoff — […]
Thursday 2/08/24 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM SIBELIUS—Finlandia, Op. 26 SIBELIUS—Symphony #7 in C Major, Op. 105 DVORAK—Symphony #7 in D minor, Op. 70 Lorin Maazel, conductor
Playlist: Feb/08/24
10:21 PM Karl Goldmark — Violin Concerto No.1 Key: A minor Opus: 28Conductor: Harry BlechEnsemble: Philharmonia OrchestraNathan Milstein, violinTestament, 1047 10:08 PM Franz Liszt — Carnival in Pest Leslie Howard, pianoHyperion, 67418 9:32 PM Ludwig van Beethoven — Symphony No. 2 Key: D major Opus: 36Conductor: Leonard BernsteinCBS/Sony, 61835 9:16 PM Paul Creston — Sonata […]
Wednesday 2/07/24 European Broadcasting Union
11:00 PM ORCHESTRA: Oslo Philharmonic, Norway CONDUCTOR: Klaus Mäkelä SOLOIST: Yuja Wang, piano Maurice Ravel: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand in D Major Maurice Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Major Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47
Playlist: Feb/07/24
10:30 PM Giovanni Bottesini — Gran Concerto No. 1 for Double Bass Key: F sharp minor Conductor: Andrew LittonEnsemble: English Chamber OrchestraThomas Martin, double bassNaxos, 570397 10:21 PM Frederic Chopin — 3 Waltzes Opus: 64Ruth Slenczynska, pianoDG/Archiv, 4841302 9:47 PM Erkki Melartin — Symphony No.5,”Sinfonia Brevis” Opus: 90Conductor: Leonid GrinOndine, 799 9:27 PM Sir Arnold […]
Jane Eyre comes to Annapolis
Classical Theatre of Maryland is back with another stage adaptation of a beloved literary classic, this time the world premiere of an original staging of Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre. The production runs from February 8th through 25th, adapted by the creative duo of Laura Rocklyn and Sally Boyett (also the CTM Producing Artistic Director) and […]
