Paganiniana
03/16/10 3:00PM
Today we'll listen to variations on themes by the Italian violin virtuoso Niccolo Paganini. by Brahms, Liszt, Lutoslawski, and more. We'll also hear a few other examples of composers paying tribute to one another, like Ravel's "Le Tombeau de Couperin" and one of Charles Avison's concerti grossi based on music by Domenico Scarlatti.
Playlist
3:02pm
The Silken Ladder: Overture
| Composer | Gioacchino Rossini |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | National Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Conductor | Riccardo Chailly |
| CD/Album | Rossini: 14 Overtures |
| Record co./Cat # | London 443850 |
3:09pm
Symphony #73 "La Chasse" in D, HOB 1/73 ("The Hunt")
| Composer | Franz Joseph Haydn |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Philharmonia Hungarica |
| Conductor | Antal Dorati |
| CD/Album | Haydn: The Symphonies |
| Record co./Cat # | London 448531 |
3:35pm
Variations on a Theme by Paganini in a, Op. 35
| Composer | Johannes Brahms |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Lilya Zilberstein, piano |
| CD/Album | Brahms: Paganini-Variationen - Intermezzi Op. 117 |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 431123 |
4:07pm
Concert de Trompettes
| Composer | Michel Richard Delalande |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Simphonie du Marais |
| Conductor | Hugo Reyne |
| CD/Album | Delalande / Symphonies pour les Soupers du Roy |
| Record co./Cat # | Harmonia Mundi 901337 |
4:16pm
Czech Suite
| Composer | Antonin Dvorak |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | North German Radio Symphony |
| Conductor | John Eliot Gardiner |
| CD/Album | Brahms - Dvorak |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 437506 |
4:40pm
Paganini Etude #1
| Composer | Franz Liszt |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Valery Kuleshov, piano |
| CD/Album | Van Cliburn Competition 1993 |
| Record co./Cat # | Philips 438906 |
| Note | (Recorde live at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, 1993) |
4:45pm
Paganini Etude #2
| Composer | Franz Liszt |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Valery Kuleshov, piano |
| CD/Album | Van Cliburn Competition 1993 |
| Record co./Cat # | Philips 438906 |
| Note | (Recorde live at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, 1993) |
4:49pm
Paganini Etude #3 "La Campanella" ("the little bell")
| Composer | Franz Liszt |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Valery Kuleshov, piano |
| CD/Album | Van Cliburn Competition 1993 |
| Record co./Cat # | Philips 438906 |
| Note | (Recorde live at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, 1993) |
4:55pm
Klipp-Klapp Galopp
| Composer | Johann Strauss II |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic (Kosice) |
| Conductor | Johannes Wildner |
| CD/Album | The Best of Marco Polo |
| Record co./Cat # | Marco Polo 8.223002 |
5:07pm
La Traviata: Prelude to Act I
| Composer | Giuseppi Verdi |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Berlin Philharmonic |
| Conductor | Herbert von Karajan |
| CD/Album | Verdi: Ouverturen und Vorspiele |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 419622 |
5:12pm
Le Tombeau de Couperin (orchestral version)
| Composer | Maurice Ravel |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Orpheus Chamber Orchestra |
| CD/Album | Pavane - Ravel & Satie & Faure |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 449186 |
5:28pm
Souvenir de Paganini in A, Op. posth, KK 1203
| Composer | Frederic Chopin |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Lilya Zilberstein, piano |
| CD/Album | Chopin: Complete Edition, Vol. 7 |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 463066 |
5:34pm
Concerto Grosso #6 (after Scarlatti) in D
| Composer | Charles Avison |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | The Avison Ensemble |
| CD/Album | Charles Avison: 12 Concerti Grossi after Scarlatti |
| Record co./Cat # | Divine Art 21213 |
5:48pm
Variations on a Theme by Paganini
| Composer | Witold Lutoslawski |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Royal Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Conductor | Vladimir Ashkenazy |
| Soloists | Peter Jablonski, piano |
| CD/Album | Rachmaninov/Shostakovich/Lutoslawski |
| Record co./Cat # | London 436239 |
6:07pm
Oboe Concerto in C, K 314
| Composer | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | The English Concert |
| Conductor | Trevor Pinnock |
| Soloists | Paul Goodwin, oboe |
| CD/Album | C. Ph. E. Bach/Lebrun/Mozart: Oboenkonzerte |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 431821 |
6:28pm
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
| Composer | Sergei Rachmaninoff |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Moscow Philharmonic |
| Conductor | Kirill Kondrashin |
| Soloists | Van Cliburn, piano |
| CD/Album | Van Cliburn in Moscow - Rachmaninoff - Brahms |
| Record co./Cat # | RCA 62695 |
6:53pm
Caprice #24 in a, Op. 1
| Composer | Nicolo Paganini |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Thomas Zehetmair, violin |
| CD/Album | Paganini: 24 Caprices |
| Record co./Cat # | Teldec 26774 |
