The Best of VPR Classical New Recordings
10/17/09 8:00AM
Over the past few months, I've been featuring new recordings and new
additions to the VPR Classical music library on Friday afternoons.
This morning we'll listen to some of the best of those recordings, and
maybe even throw in a few brand new ones.
Playlist
8:02am
The Secret: Overture
| Composer | Bedrich Smetana |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | BBC Philharmonic |
| Conductor | Gianandrea Noseda |
| CD/Album | Smetana: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2 |
| Record co./Cat # | Chandos 10518 |
8:11am
Mazurka in C, Op. 24/2, B 89/2
| Composer | Frederic Chopin |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Vassily Primakov, piano |
| CD/Album | Chopin: Mazurkas |
| Record co./Cat # | Bridge 9289 |
8:13am
Mazurka in D, Op. 33/2, B 115/2
| Composer | Frederic Chopin |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Vassily Primakov, piano |
| CD/Album | Chopin: Mazurkas |
| Record co./Cat # | Bridge 9289 |
8:15am
Mazurka in a, Op. 17/4, B 77/4
| Composer | Frederic Chopin |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Vassily Primakov, piano |
| CD/Album | Chopin: Mazurkas |
| Record co./Cat # | Bridge 9289 |
8:24am
Love is now become a trade
| Composer | Henry Purcell |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | The King's Consort |
| Conductor | Robert King |
| Soloists | Charles Daniels, tenor |
| CD/Album | The Secular Solo Songs of Henry Purcell, Vol. 3 |
| Record co./Cat # | Hyperion 66730 |
8:25am
Ask me to love no more
| Composer | Henry Purcell |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | The King's Consort |
| Conductor | Robert King |
| Soloists | James Bowman, counter-tenor |
| CD/Album | The Secular Solo Songs of Henry Purcell, Vol. 3 |
| Record co./Cat # | Hyperion 66730 |
8:26am
If music be the food of love (third version)
| Composer | Henry Purcell |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | The King's Consort |
| Conductor | Robert King |
| Soloists | Barbara Bonney, soprano |
| CD/Album | The Secular Solo Songs of Henry Purcell, Vol. 3 |
| Record co./Cat # | Hyperion 66730 |
8:32am
The Golden Spinning Wheel, Op. 109
| Composer | Antonin Dvorak |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Berlin Philharmonic |
| Conductor | Simon Rattle |
| CD/Album | Dvorak: Tone Poems |
| Record co./Cat # | EMI 58019 |
9:00am
Keyboard Sonata #3 in D, Op. 8/3
| Composer | Charles Avison |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | The Avison Ensemble |
| CD/Album | Avison: Trio and Keyboard Sonatas Opp. 1 and 8 |
| Record co./Cat # | Divine Art 21214 |
9:11am
Automne, Op. 60/3
| Composer | Lennox Berkeley |
|---|---|
| Soloists | James Gilchrist, tenor ; Anna Tillbrook, piano |
| CD/Album | Lennox Berkeley: Songs |
| Record co./Cat # | Chandos 10528 |
9:16am
String Quartet: Assex vif - Tres Rhythme in F
| Composer | Maurice Ravel |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Ebene Quartet |
| CD/Album | Debussy - Faure - Ravel: String Quartets |
| Record co./Cat # | Virgin Classics 519045 |
9:24am
Piano Concerto in a, Op. 16
| Composer | Edvard Grieg |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Orchestra of Opera North (UK) |
| Conductor | Howard Shelley, conductor and piano soloist |
| CD/Album | Schumann-Grieg-Saint-Saens: Piano Concertos |
| Record co./Cat # | Chandos 10509 |