RSSTwo Sides of Beethoven
Tuesday, 02/21/12 3pm
We'll hear his "Moonlight" Sonata, and his brief cantata based on Goethe, "Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage."
Playlist
3:02pm
La Princesse Jaune: Overture, Op. 30 ("The yellow princess")
| Composer | Camille Saint-Saens |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | London Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Conductor | Geoffrey Simon |
| CD/Album | Saint-Saens: Requiem, Organ Symphony |
| Record co./Cat # | Cala 4032 |
3:13pm
Scherzo #1 in b, Op. 20, B 65
| Composer | Frederic Chopin |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Emanuel Ax, piano |
| CD/Album | Chopin - Scherzos and Mazurkas - Emanuel Ax |
| Record co./Cat # | Sony 44544 |
3:27pm
Don Juan
| Composer | Richard Strauss |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
| Conductor | Fritz Reiner |
| CD/Album | Strauss - Ein Heldenleben - Don Juan |
| Record co./Cat # | RCA 5408 |
3:48pm
Water Music: Suite #2
| Composer | George Frideric Handel |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | English Baroque Soloists |
| Conductor | John Eliot Gardiner |
| CD/Album | Haendel - Water Music |
| Record co./Cat # | Erato 88005 |
4:07pm
Orfeo ed Euridice: Dance of the Blessed Spirits
| Composer | Christoph Willibald Gluck |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Orpheus Chamber Orchestra |
| CD/Album | Classical Hits |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 437782 |
4:15pm
Sonata
| Composer | Joseph Bodin de Boismortier |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet |
| CD/Album | Baroque Recorder Music |
| Record co./Cat # | L'Oiseau-Lyre 421130 |
4:25pm
Piano Concerto in G
| Composer | Maurice Ravel |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Cleveland Orchestra |
| Conductor | Pierre Boulez |
| Soloists | Krystian Zimerman, piano |
| CD/Album | Ravel: The Piano Concertos, Valses Nobles |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 449213 |
4:50pm
Light Cavalry: Overture
| Composer | Franz Von Suppe |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Montreal Symphony Orchestra |
| Conductor | Charles Dutoit |
| CD/Album | Suppe Overtures |
| Record co./Cat # | London 414408 |
5:07pm
Facade: Suite #2
| Composer | William Walton |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | London Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Conductor | Jan Latham-Koenig |
| CD/Album | Walton: Facade Suites 1-3, Sinfonia Concertante etc. |
| Record co./Cat # | Chandos 9148 |
5:20pm
Four Seasons: Winter (L'Inverno) in f, Op. 8/4, RV 297
| Composer | Antonio Vivaldi |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Concerto Italiano |
| Conductor | Rinaldo Alessandrini |
| Soloists | Francesca Vicari, violin |
| CD/Album | Vivaldi: Le Quattro Stagioni |
| Record co./Cat # | Naive 30363 |
5:32pm
Piano Sonata #14 "Moonlight" in c#, Op. 27/2
| Composer | Ludwig van Beethoven |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Maurizio Pollini, piano |
| CD/Album | Beethoven Piano Sonatas Op. 27 & 28 |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 427770 |
5:50pm
Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage, Op. 112
| Composer | Ludwig van Beethoven |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra |
| Conductor | John Eliot Gardiner |
| Soloists | Monteverdi Choir |
| CD/Album | Beethoven: Messe in C - Ah! Perfido |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 435391 |
| Note | (on verse by Johann von Goethe) |
6:07pm
The Flying Dutchman: Overture (German: Der fliegende Holländer)
| Composer | Richard Wagner |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam |
| Conductor | Edo de Waart |
| CD/Album | Wagner Overtures |
| Record co./Cat # | Philips 400089 |
6:20pm
Harp Sonata
| Composer | Germaine Tailleferre |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Sarah Schuster Ericsson, harp |
| CD/Album | 20th Century Harp Sonatas |
| Record co./Cat # | Dorian 92106 |
6:33pm
Orchestral Suite #4 "Mozartiana" in G, Op. 61
| Composer | Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Radio Symphony Orchestra of Stuttgart |
| Conductor | Neville Marriner |
| CD/Album | Tchaikovsky: Suites 3 & 4 ' Mozartiana' |
| Record co./Cat # | Capriccio 10200 |
| Note | (including themes from "Don Giovanni" and the motet "Ave Verum Corpus") |
