Menotti's 100th
07/07/11 8:00AM
Gian Carlo Menotti's centennial birth anniversary is today. We'll honor
him with a gift: "This is my box" is an aria sung by one of the three
wise men in Menotti's classic "Amahl and the Night Visitors".
Playlist
8:08am
Otello: Ballet music
| Composer | Giuseppe Verdi |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Metropolitan Opera Orchestra |
| Conductor | James Levine |
| CD/Album | "Verdi: Ballet Music - James Levine" |
| Record co./Cat # | Sony 52489 |
8:15am
Fantasia on Rossini's "Otello"
| Composer | Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Leonidas Kavakos, violin ; Peter Nagy, piano |
| CD/Album | "Leonidas Kavakos Plas: Kreisler, Paganini, Wieniawski, Tchaikovsky, Debussy, Schubert" |
| Record co./Cat # | Delos 3116 |
8:29am
The Banquet & Processional
| Composer | Anonymous (13th & 14th c. sources) |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | New London Consort |
| Conductor | Philip Pickett |
| CD/Album | "The Feast of Fools" |
| Record co./Cat # | L'Oiseau Lyre 4780028 |
8:37am
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 |
9:02am
Sonata "Immitation del Cuccu" in G (the "Cuckoo Imitation" sonata)
| Composer | Johann-Jacob Walther |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Musica Antiqua Koln |
| Conductor | Reinhardt Goebel |
| CD/Album | "Scherzi Musicali: Biber-Schmelzer-Walther" |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 429230 |
9:11am
Amahl and the Night Visitors: This is my box
| Composer | Gian Carlo Menotti |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | NBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus |
| Conductor | Thomas Schippers |
| Soloists | Andrew McKinley, tenor |
| CD/Album | "Menotti - Amahl and the Night Visitors" |
| Record co./Cat # | RCA 6485 |
| Note | (Recorded on Jan. 4th and 10th, 1952 in NY under the personal direction of the composer) |
9:13am
La Boite a Joujoux ("The Toybox")
| Composer | Claude Debussy |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Montreal Symphony Orchestra |
| Conductor | Charles Dutoit |
| CD/Album | "Debussy: Children's Corner - La Boite a Joujoux, etc." |
| Record co./Cat # | London 444386 |
9:48am
Three Romances for Piano
| Composer | Clara Schumann |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Helene Boschi, piano |
| CD/Album | "Clara Schumann / Piano Works" |
| Record co./Cat # | Calliope 9211 |