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Happy Birthday Felix!

Friday, 02/03/12 9am

By Walter Parker

For Mendelssohn's birthday, we'll listen to a trio, a quartet, and a chorus.

 

Playlist

9:01am

Orchestral Suite #2 in a, BWV 1067

Composer Johann Sebastian Bach
Ensemble Ensemble Sonnerie
Conductor Monica Huggett
Soloists Gonzalo X. Ruiz, oboe
CD/Album Bach: Four Orchestral Suites
Record co./Cat # Avie 2171
Note (reconstructed version in A minor, believed to be the original key, for oboe instead of flute)
 
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9:21am

Piano Trio #1 in d, Op. 49

Composer Felix Mendelssohn
Ensemble Claremont Trio
CD/Album Mendelssohn: Trios Op. 49 & 66
Record co./Cat # Arabesque 6786
 
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9:51am

Viejo Zortzico ("Old Zortzico" [zortzico=Basque dance in 5/8])

Composer Jesus Guridi
Soloists Victoria Drake, harp
CD/Album Spanish Gold
Record co./Cat # Well-Tempered Productions 5179
 
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10:01am

Symphony #15 in G, K 124

Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ensemble The English Concert
Conductor Trevor Pinnock
CD/Album The Complete Mozart Symphonies
Record co./Cat # Deutsche Grammophon 471666
 
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10:18am

Elijah: He Watching Over Israel (oratorio chorus)

Composer Felix Mendelssohn
Ensemble Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Conductor Robert Shaw
CD/Album Choral Masterpieces
Record co./Cat # Telarc 80119
 
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10:24am

Piano Concerto #2 in c, Op. 18

Composer Sergei Rachmaninoff
Ensemble Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Conductor Claudio Abbado
Soloists Yuja Wang, piano
CD/Album Rachmaninov: Paganini Rhapsody - Piano Concerto No. 2
Record co./Cat # Deutsche Grammophon B0015338
 
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11:01am

String Quartet #5 in Eb, Op. 44/3

Composer Felix Mendelssohn
Ensemble Pacifica Quartet
CD/Album Mendelssohn: The Complete String Quartets
Record co./Cat # Cedille 82
 
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11:33am

Harmony Music #5 for Wind Quintet

Composer Edward Elgar
Ensemble Athena Ensemble
CD/Album Elgar: Music for Wind Quintet Vol. 1
Record co./Cat # Chandos 6553
 
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12:01pm

Concerto #2 a Due Cori in F, HWV 333

Composer George Frideric Handel
Ensemble Zefiro
Conductor Alfredo Bernardini
CD/Album Handel: Musick for the Royal Fireworks, Concerti a due cori
Record co./Cat # Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 367912
 
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12:18pm

Piano Concerto in F

Composer George Gershwin
Ensemble Gewandhaus Orchestra of Leipzig
Conductor Riccardo Chailly
Soloists Stefano Bollani, piano
CD/Album Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
Record co./Cat # Decca 15311
 
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12:50pm

Gitano

Composer Federico Mompou
Soloists Victoria Drake, harp
CD/Album Spanish Gold
Record co./Cat # Well-Tempered Productions 5179
 
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