VPR Classical Debuts
Friday, 11/06/09 3pm
Baroque masterworks by Handel and Purcell, a new Schumann Piano Quintet
recording, and mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kozena's album "Songs My Mother
Taught Me" will be heard for the first time on VPR Classical this afternoon.
Playlist
3:02pm
Suite Algerienne, Op. 60
| Composer | Camille Saint-Saens |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Swiss Italian Orchestra |
| Conductor | Francis Travis |
| Soloists | Jody Levitz, viola |
| CD/Album | Saint-Saens: Suite algerienne - La princesse jaune |
| Record co./Cat # | Chandos 9837 |
3:23pm
Sheep May Safely Graze, BWV 208
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Andrew Rangell, piano |
| Record co./Cat # | Dorian 80147 |
| Note | (from Cantata #208) |
3:29pm
Piano Quintet in Eb, Op. 44
| Composer | Robert Schumann |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Takacs Quartet |
| Soloists | Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano |
| CD/Album | Schumann: String Quartet Op. 41 No. 3 - Piano Quintet Op. 44 |
| Record co./Cat # | Hyperion 67631 |
4:13pm
Serenade for 13 Winds
| Composer | Richard Strauss |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Seattle Symphony Orchestra (wind players) |
| Conductor | Gerard Schwarz |
| CD/Album | Strauss: Heldenleben/Macbeth/Serenade for Winds, Schwarz - Seattle Symphony |
| Record co./Cat # | Delos 3094 |
4:23pm
Fantasia #1 in three parts
| Composer | Henry Purcell |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Fretwork |
| CD/Album | Henry Purcell: The COmplete Fantazias |
| Record co./Cat # | Harmonia Mundi 907502 |
4:26pm
Fantasia #2 in three parts
| Composer | Henry Purcell |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Fretwork |
| CD/Album | Henry Purcell: The COmplete Fantazias |
| Record co./Cat # | Harmonia Mundi 907502 |
4:29pm
Fantasia #3 in three parts
| Composer | Henry Purcell |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Fretwork |
| CD/Album | Henry Purcell: The COmplete Fantazias |
| Record co./Cat # | Harmonia Mundi 907502 |
4:33pm
Orchestral Suite #4 "Mozartiana" in G, Op. 61
| Composer | Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Radio Symphony Orchestra of Stuttgart |
| Conductor | Neville Marriner |
| CD/Album | Tchaikovsky: Suites 3 & 4 ' Mozartiana' |
| Record co./Cat # | Capriccio 10200 |
5:07pm
Academic Festival Overture in c, Op. 80
| Composer | Johannes Brahms |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Cleveland Orchestra |
| Conductor | George Szell |
| CD/Album | Brahms: Symphony No. 4 |
| Record co./Cat # | Sony 37778 |
5:19pm
Gypsy Melodies: #4 - Songs My Mother Taught Me, Op. 55/4
| Composer | Antonin Dvorak |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Magdalena Kozena, mezzo-soprano ; Malcolm Martineau, piano |
| CD/Album | Magdalena Kozena: Songs My Mother Taught Me |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 4776665 |
5:21pm
Gypsy Melodies: #5 - The strings are tuned, Op. 55/5
| Composer | Antonin Dvorak |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Magdalena Kozena, mezzo-soprano ; Malcolm Martineau, piano |
| CD/Album | Magdalena Kozena: Songs My Mother Taught Me |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 4776665 |
5:23pm
Gypsy Melodies: #3 - And the wood is quiet all around, Op. 55/3
| Composer | Antonin Dvorak |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Magdalena Kozena, mezzo-soprano ; Malcolm Martineau, piano |
| CD/Album | Magdalena Kozena: Songs My Mother Taught Me |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 4776665 |
5:27pm
Concerto #4 in Eb
| Composer | John Hebden |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Cantilena |
| Conductor | Adrian Shepherd |
| Soloists | Angus Anderson, violin ; Wanda Wojtasinska, violin |
| CD/Album | Hebden: 6 Concertos for Strings-Cantilena |
| Record co./Cat # | Chandos 8339 |
5:38pm
Holberg Suite, Op. 40
| Composer | Edvard Grieg |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Scottish Baroque Ensemble |
| Conductor | Leonard Friedman |
| CD/Album | Scandinavian Serenade |
| Record co./Cat # | CRD 3342 |
6:07pm
Estancia
| Composer | Alberto Ginastera |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | New World Orchestra |
| Conductor | Michael Tilson Thomas |
| CD/Album | Tanzago - Music of Latin America |
| Record co./Cat # | Argo 436737 |
6:21pm
Violin Sonata in F, Op. 1/12, HWV 370
| Composer | George Friederich Handel |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Academy of Ancient Music |
| Conductor | Richard Egarr |
| Soloists | Richard Egarr, harpsichord ; Pavlo Beznosiuk, violin |
| Record co./Cat # | Harmonia Mundi 907465 |
6:37pm
Piano Concerto #1 (with Trumpet) in c, Op. 35
| Composer | Dmitri Shostakovich |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | I Musici de Montreal |
| Conductor | Maxim Shostakovich |
| Soloists | Dmitri Shostakovich Jr., piano ; James Thompson, trumpet |
| CD/Album | Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 1 |
| Record co./Cat # | Chandos 8357 |




