Chopin's 200th
03/01/10 8:00AM
Chopin's birthday is generally celebrated on March 1st, though the
actual date is a little unclear. We do know for sure he was born in 1810,
so we're siezing the opportunity of his bicentennial to feature lyrical
works like his Barcarolle, Scherzo #4, and Fantaisie-Impromptu. We'll also hear his fanciful variations on Rossini's operatic melody, Non piu mesta, and for a GRAND grande finale, Artur Rubinstein takes the stage for Chopin's first Piano Concerto.
Playlist
8:08am
Barcarolle in F#, Op. 60, B 158
| Composer | Frederic Chopin |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Vlado Perlemuter, piano |
| CD/Album | "Chopin Piano Sonatas - Perlemuter" |
| Record co./Cat # | Nimbus 5038 |
8:16am
La Cenerentola: Non piu mesta
| Composer | Gioacchino Rossini |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Orchestre del Teatro Commedia di Bologna |
| Conductor | Riccardo Chailly |
| Soloists | Cecilia Bartoli, mezzo-soprano |
| CD/Album | "The Ultimate Divas Album" |
| Record co./Cat # | London 460596 |
8:20am
Variations on "Non piu mesta"
| Composer | Frederic Chopin |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Marc Grauwels, flute ; Catherine Michel, harp |
| CD/Album | "Romantic Music for Flute & Harp" |
| Record co./Cat # | Marco Polo 8.220441 |
8:29am
Variations on "La ci darem la mano", Op. 2
| Composer | Frederic Chopin |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Warsaw Philharmonic |
| Conductor | Kazimierz Kord |
| Soloists | Garrick Ohlsson, piano |
| CD/Album | "Chopin: The Complete Piano Works, Vol. 9" |
| Record co./Cat # | Arabesque 6702 |
8:49am
Scherzo #4 in E, Op. 54, B 148
| Composer | Frederic Chopin |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Yundi Li, piano |
| CD/Album | "Chopin: Scherzi, Impromptus" |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 3887 |
9:02am
Concerto in Bb for Strings "Polish"
| Composer | Georg Phillip Telemann |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Musica Antiqua Koln |
| Conductor | Reinhardt Goebel |
| CD/Album | "Telemann: String Concertos" |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 463074 |
9:12am
Fantasie-Impromptu in c#, Op. 66, B 87
| Composer | Frederic Chopin |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Maria Joao Pires, piano |
| CD/Album | Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 - Fantaisie Op. 49 etc." |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 457585 |
9:19am
Piano Concerto #1 in e, Op. 11, B 53
| Composer | Frederic Chopin |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | New Symphony Orchestra of London |
| Conductor | Stanislaw Skrowaczewski |
| Soloists | Artur Rubinstein, piano |
| CD/Album | "Artur Rubinstein - The Chopin Collection" |
| Record co./Cat # | RCA 5612 |