Morning Classics: it's Earth Day, with sounds of the natural world
04/22/09 8:00AM
Antonin Dvorak takes us on a walk "In Nature's Realm" for this Earth Day...the morning continues to unfold in a bouquet of springtime waltzes and songs, Saint-Saens' "Carnival of the Animals", Francaix's "Flower-clock Suite", and a serenade to a tree from Handel's opera "Xerxes".
Playlist
8:08am
Vals de la Primavera
| Composer | Augustin Barrios |
|---|---|
| Soloists | David Russell, guitar |
| Record co./Cat # | Telarc 80373 |
| Note | ("Springtime Waltz") |
8:13am
In Nature's Realm (Concert overture)
| Composer | Antonin Dvorak |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | London Symphony Orchestra |
| Conductor | Istvan Kertesz |
| Record co./Cat # | London 430046 |
8:28am
Xerxes: Frondi Teneri / Ombra mai fu (aka: the "Largo" from Xerxes)
| Composer | George Friederich Handel |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | La Grande Ecurie, Chambre du Roy |
| Conductor | Jean-Claude Malgoire |
| Soloists | Carolyn Watkinson, mezzo-soprano |
| Record co./Cat # | Sony 89370 |
| Note | (Act I, Xerxes' aria: "Tender and beautiful fronds...never was made a plant more dear") |
8:31am
I Vespri Siciliani: 4 Seasons
| Composer | Giuseppi Verdi |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Metropolitan Opera Orchestra |
| Conductor | James Levine |
| Record co./Cat # | Sony 52489 |
| Note | (ballet sequence from Act III, scene 2) |
9:02am
Violin Concerto "Il Rosignuolo" in A, RV 335a
| Composer | Antonio Vivaldi |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca |
| Conductor | Giuliano Carmignola, conductor & violinist |
| Record co./Cat # | Erato 80225 |
| Note | ("The Nightingale") |
9:13am
An den Fruhling, D 338
| Composer | Franz Schubert |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Robert Shaw Chamber Singers |
| Conductor | Robert Shaw |
| Soloists | Norman Mackenzie, piano |
| Record co./Cat # | Telarc 80340 |
| Note | ("In the spring" on text by Friedrich von Schiller) |
9:17am
Carnival of the Animals
| Composer | Camille Saint-Saens |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Trio a Cordes Francais |
| Soloists | Jean-Philippe Collard & Michel Beroff, pianos |
| Record co./Cat # | EMI 47543 |
9:41am
L'horloge de Flore
| Composer | Jean Francaix |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Scottish Chamber Orchestra |
| Conductor | Jukka-Pekka Saraste |
| Soloists | Gregor Zubicky, oboe |
| Record co./Cat # | Simax 1064 |
| Note | ("The Flower Clock" - after Carl Linnaeus) |