RSSMorning Classics: The Road Not Taken
Monday, 11/09/09 8am
"Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,..." - that's the opening line from Robert Frost's The Road Not Taken, and we'll hear a choral setting of that work this morning as sung by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.
Playlist
8:08am
24 Caprichos de Goya: El Sueno de la Razon
| Composer | Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Lily Afshar, guitar |
| CD/Album | "24 Caprichos de Goya" |
| Record co./Cat # | Summit 167 |
| Note | ("The sleep of reason") |
8:14am
Sinfonia Concertante in Eb (for Oboe, Clarinet, Horn & Bassoon), K 297b
| Composer | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Chamber Orchestra of Europe |
| Conductor | Alexander Schneider |
| Soloists | Douglas Boyd, oboe ; Richard Hosford, clarinet ; Jonathan Williams, horn ; Robin O'Neill, bassoon |
| CD/Album | "Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante, K297b" |
| Record co./Cat # | Music Masters 60096 |
| Note | (Recorded live at St. John's, Smith Square, London) |
8:43am
Scherzo #4 in E, Op. 54, B 148
| Composer | Frederic Chopin |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Emanuel Ax, piano |
| CD/Album | "Chopin - Scherzos and Mazurkas - Emanuel Ax" |
| Record co./Cat # | Sony 44544 |
8:55am
The Planets: Jupiter, Bringer of Jollity
| Composer | Gustav Holst |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Berlin Philharmonic |
| Conductor | Colin Davis |
| CD/Album | "Holst: The Planets" |
| Record co./Cat # | Philips 422403 |
9:02am
Transcendental Etude #12: Chasse-neige
| Composer | Franz Liszt |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Jorge Bolet, piano |
| CD/Album | "Liszt: Piano Works, vol. 7" |
| Record co./Cat # | London 414601 |
| Note | ("snow plough") |
9:08am
Frostiana: The Road Not Taken
| Composer | Randall Thompson |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | The Orchestra at Temple Square |
| Conductor | Craig Jessop |
| Soloists | Mormon Tabernacle Choir |
| CD/Album | "Choose Something Like A Star" |
| Record co./Cat # | MTT (Mormon Tabernacle Choir) 5 |
| Note | (on poetry by Robert Frost) |
9:13am
Le Tombeau de Couperin
| Composer | Maurice Ravel |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Boston Symphony Orchestra |
| Conductor | Bernard Haitink |
| CD/Album | "Ravel: Bolero" |
| Record co./Cat # | Philips 456569 |
9:31am
Piano Concerto #4 in g
| Composer | Giovanni Paisiello |
|---|---|
| Arranger | (edited by Pietro Spada) |
| Ensemble | English Chamber Orchestra |
| Conductor | Stephanie Gonley |
| Soloists | Mariaclara Monetti, piano |
| CD/Album | "Paisiello: Complete Piano Concertos" |
| Record co./Cat # | ASV 229 |
