Archive for March, 2025
Playlist: Mar/26/25
10:23 PM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Symphony No. 40 Key: G minor Conductor: Sir Charles MackerrasTelarc, 80139 9:59 PM Alexander Scriabin — The Poem of Ecstasy Opus: 54Conductor: Pierre BoulezDG/Archiv, 459647 9:21 PM Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky — String Quartet No. 2 Key: F major Opus: 22Teldec, 90422 9:11 PM Ludwig van Beethoven — Fidelio: Overture […]
Tuesday 3/25/25 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM Igor Stravinsky Fireworks, Op. 4 Pierre Boulez conductor 1992 (Deutsche Grammophon) Alexander Scriabin Prometheus: The Poem of Fire, Op. 60 Pierre Boulez conductor Duain Wolfe director, Chicago Symphony Chorus Anatol Ugorski piano 1996 (Deutsche Grammophon) Edgard Varèse Ionisation Pierre Boulez conductor 1995 (Deutsche Grammophon) Arnold Schoenberg […]
Playlist: Mar/25/25
10:22 PM Ludwig van Beethoven — Piano Concerto No. 1 Key: C major Opus: 15Conductor: Arturo ToscaniniEnsemble: NBC Symphony OrchestraAnia Dorfmann, pianoRCA/BMG, 5390102 9:35 PM Anton Bruckner — String Quintet Key: F major Ensemble: Melos Quartet of StuttgartEnrique Santiago, violaHarm Mundi, 901421 9:14 PM Bela Bartok — Dance Suite Conductor: Adam FischerNimbus, 5309 9:00 PM […]
Monday 03/24/25 New York Philharmonic
11:00 PM VAUGHAN-WILLIAMS: Fantasia on Greensleeves Leonard Bernstein, conductor; David Nadien, violin DEBUSSY: La Mer Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor MAHLER: Adagietto from Symphony No. 5 Lorin Maazel, conductor COPLAND: Appalachian Spring Alan Gilbert, conductor BERLIOZ: Dream of a Witches’ Sabbath from Symphonie fantastique Alan Gilbert, conductor BRAHMS: Adagio from Violin […]
Playlist: Mar/24/25
10:36 PM Leonard Bernstein — On the Waterfront – Sym. Suite Conductor: Scott WeissNaxos, 573056 10:15 PM Franz Schubert — Fantasie for piano four-hands Key: F minor Opus: 103Maria Joao Pires, pianoRicardo Castro, pianoDG/Archiv, 4775233 9:41 PM Johannes Brahms — Double Concerto for Violin,Cello & Orch. Key: A minor Opus: 102Conductor: Daniel BarenboimEnsemble: Chicago Symphony […]
Playlist: Mar/23/25
8:19 PM Antonin Dvorak — Piano Trio No. 3 Key: F minor Opus: 65Naxos, 573279 7:33 PM Michael Nyman — The Piano Soundtrack Conductor: Michael NymanEnsemble: Munich Philharmonic OrchestraJohn Harle, saxophoneVirgin, 88274 7:25 PM Isaac Albeniz — Suite Espanola: Asturias (Leyenda) Catalog No.: 5 Opus: 47Manuel Barrueco, guitarAngel/EMI, 54382 7:20 PM Leonard Bernstein — I […]
2-22-22 Face The Music Listings!
Greetings! Some really nice recordings this week…We loved the Handel and the Hahn…The others not so much! composer pianist John Bowen and Dave Donovan FTM Panelist Emeritus were our guests! 5:00 PM 16368 Kurt Weill Concerto for Violin & Wind Orchestra OpConcerto 2071 COND Jeffrey Tate ORCH San Carlo Theatre soloists SOLO Gabriele Pieranunzi, violin […]
Playlist: Mar/22/25
8:55 PM Gabriel Faure — Apres un Reve (After a Dream) Opus: 7Dame Kiri Te Kanawa,sopranoRichard Amner, pianoCBS/Sony, 39208 8:39 PM Maurice Ravel — Bolero Conductor: Mathieu RomanoIntegra, 181341 8:11 PM Edvard Grieg — Haugtussa op.67 The mountain maid Lise Davidsen, sopranoLeif Ove Andsnes, pianoLondon, 34877 8:00 PM Maurice Ravel — Piano Concerto Key: G […]
Leif Ove Andsnes returns to Baltimore after 25 years
The Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes returns to Baltimore for a Shriver Hall Concert Series recital this Sunday. His program features sonatas by two of his compatriots, Edvard Grieg and Geirr Tveitt, along with the cycle of 24 Preludes by Frédéric Chopin. It was my pleasure to talk to him by phone. […]
Playlist: Mar/21/25
11:46 PM Johannes Brahms — Double Concerto for Violin,Cello & Orch. Key: A minor Opus: 102Conductor: Claudio AbbadoEnsemble: Berlin PhilharmonicGil Shaham, violinJian Wang, celloDG/Archiv, 469529 11:17 PM Arthur Honegger — Symphony No. 3 Conductor: Mariss JansonsAngel/EMI, 55122 10:54 PM Henry Purcell — Love’s goddess sure was blind Conductor: Robert KingEnsemble: King’s ConsortGillian Fisher, sopranoJames Bowman, […]
