Buried Treasure
05/15/10 8:00AM
This morning we'll listen to some little-known gems spanning the
centuries of classical music. We'll hear great works by composers that
have faded into obscurity, and obscure works more well-known composers.
Playlist
8:02am
Rienzi: Overture
| Composer | Richard Wagner |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Conductor | Christian Thielemann |
| CD/Album | German Overtures |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 474502 |
8:18am
Concerto for Strings "Polish" in G
| Composer | Georg Phillip Telemann |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | The English Concert |
| Conductor | Trevor Pinnock |
| CD/Album | Christmas Concertos |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 435262 |
8:30am
Piano Sonata #10 in C, K 330
| Composer | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Mitsuko Uchida, piano |
| CD/Album | Mozart: 2 Piano Sonatas K. 330 & 333 - Adagio K. 540 & Gigue K 574 |
| Record co./Cat # | Philips 412616 |
8:53am
The Magic Flute: Overture, K 620
| Composer | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Scottish Chamber Orchestra |
| Conductor | Charles Mackerras |
| CD/Album | Mozart: Die Zauberflote (Highlights) - Mackerras |
| Record co./Cat # | Telarc 80345 |
9:05am
Barcarolle in F#, Op. 60, B 158
| Composer | Frederic Chopin |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Krystian Zimerman, piano |
| CD/Album | Chopin: 4 Balladen / Barcarolle / Fantasie |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 423090 |
9:18am
4 Old Hungarian Folksongs, Sz 50
| Composer | Bela Bartok |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Hungarian People's Army Male Chorus |
| Conductor | Zoltan Vasarhelyi |
| CD/Album | Bartok: Choral Works |
| Record co./Cat # | Hungaroton 31047 |
9:26am
Hary Janos: Suite
| Composer | Zoltan Kodaly |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
| Conductor | Neeme Jarvi |
| CD/Album | Kodaly: Hary Janos Suite, etc. |
| Record co./Cat # | Chandos 8877 |
9:55am
Rusalka: Polonaise
| Composer | Antonin Dvorak |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Czech Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Conductor | Vaclav Neumann |
| CD/Album | Dvorak: Cello Concerto - Lloyd Webber |
| Record co./Cat # | Philips 422387 |
10:03am
Duetto (for double bass & trombone)
| Composer | Edward Elgar |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Jeremy McCoy, double bass ; Demian Austin, trombone |
| CD/Album | Dialogues With Double Bass |
| Record co./Cat # | Bridge 9163 |
10:08am
Capriccio (for Oboe & Orchestra)
| Composer | Amilcare Ponchielli |
|---|---|
| Arranger | (recontstructed from the original fragment by Wolfgang Hohensee) |
| Ensemble | Berlin Symphony Orchestra |
| Conductor | Claus Peter Flor |
| Soloists | Burkhard Glaetzner, oboe |
| CD/Album | Romantic Oboe Concertos |
| Record co./Cat # | Capriccio 10281 |
10:24am
3 German Songs: Das Finden ("To find")
| Composer | Franz Xavier Mozart |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Barbara Bonney, soprano ; Malcom Martineau, piano |
| CD/Album | Barbara Bonney - The Other Mozart |
| Record co./Cat # | London 5505 |
10:27am
3 German Songs: Bertha's Lied in der nacht ("Bertha's song in the night")
| Composer | Franz Xavier Mozart |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Barbara Bonney, soprano ; Malcom Martineau, piano |
| CD/Album | Barbara Bonney - The Other Mozart |
| Record co./Cat # | London 5505 |
10:34am
Sonata #7 for Flute & bass continuo in Bb
| Composer | Teodorico Pedrini |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Musique des Lumieres |
| CD/Album | Pedrini: Concert Baroque a La Cite Interdite |
| Record co./Cat # | Astree 8609 |
10:47am
Concerto da camera in a, Op. 10/1 ("chamber concerto")
| Composer | Charles-Valentin Alkan |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra |
| Conductor | Martyn Brabbins |
| Soloists | Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano |
| CD/Album | The Romantic Piano Concerto Vol. 7 |
| Record co./Cat # | Hyperion 66717 |
11:05am
Men and Mountains
| Composer | Carl Ruggles |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Cleveland Orchestra |
| Conductor | Christoph Von Dohnanyi |
| CD/Album | Ives: 3 Places in New England/Ruggles: Sun-treader |
| Record co./Cat # | London 443776 |
11:18am
Aqui Ta Naqui lyai ("Here our Father in present, it's a gift which you give us")
| Composer | Anonymous |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Florilegium |
| Soloists | Katia Escalera, soprano |
| CD/Album | Bolivian Baroque |
| Record co./Cat # | Channel Classics 22105 |
11:28am
Cradle Song (for double bass & viola)
| Composer | Reinhold Gliere |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Jeremy McCoy, double bass ; Ira Weller, viola |
| CD/Album | Dialogues With Double Bass |
| Record co./Cat # | Bridge 9163 |
11:35am
String Quartet: iii - Scherzo
| Composer | Giuseppe Verdi |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Delme String Quartet |
| CD/Album | Verdi & Strauss: String Quartets |
| Record co./Cat # | Hyperion 66317 |
11:48am
Triumphlied: Lebhaft - Etwas lebhafter - Feierlich, Op. 55 ("Song of Triumph")
| Composer | Johannes Brahms |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Danish National Radio Symphony & Chorus |
| Soloists | Bo Skovhus, baritone |
| CD/Album | Brahms: Trumphlied, etc. |
| Record co./Cat # | Chandos 10165 |
| Note | (text taken from Revelations, chapter 19. Written 1870-1 as a song of deliverance and victory to celebrate Germany's victories in the Franco-Prussian War and the reunification of the empire.) |
