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Afternoon Classics: Early Dvorak and early Beethoven

Tuesday, 11/03/09 3pm

Dvorak's 5th Symphony is probably the latest of his "early" symphonies, and reflects a lot of the musiscal maturity that is contained in his later works.  We'll hear it today, as well as Beethoven's Piano Concerto #1.

Playlist

3:02pm

Peter Schmoll: Overture

Composer Carl Maria von Weber
Ensemble Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor Neeme Jarvi
CD/Album Weber: Overtures
Record co./Cat # Chandos 9066
 

3:12pm

Symphony #5 in F, Op. 76

Composer Antonin Dvorak
Ensemble BBC Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Jiri Belohlavek
CD/Album Dvorak: Symphonies 5 & 6, etc.
Record co./Cat # Warner 63235
 

3:57pm

The Washington Post March (1889)

Composer John Philip Sousa
Ensemble St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Leonard Slatkin
CD/Album The American Album
Record co./Cat # RCA 60778
 

4:07pm

Concerto for 2 Violins, strings & continuo in A, TWV 52

Composer Georg Phillip Telemann
Ensemble Berlin Baroque Soloists
Conductor Rainer Kussmaul
CD/Album Telemann: Sinfonia Melodica
Record co./Cat # Deutsche Grammophon 5761
 

4:16pm

Piano Concerto #1 in C, Op. 15

Composer Ludwig Van Beethoven
Ensemble Berlin Philharmonic
Conductor Claudio Abbado
Soloists Maurizio Pollini, piano
CD/Album Beethoven: Die 6 Kalvierkonzerte
Record co./Cat # Deutsche Grammophon 439770
Note (Live recording at The Philharmonie, Berlin - December of 1992)
 

4:54pm

Tahiti Trot (Tea For Two)

Composer Dmitri Shostakovich
Ensemble Chicago Sinfonietta
Conductor Paul Freeman
CD/Album Shostakovich Film Festival
Record co./Cat # Pro Arte 551