Enigma Variations
07/20/12 9:00AM By Walter Parker
Listen today for Edward Elgar's Enigma Variations, played by the Cincinnati Symphony, conducted by Paavo Jarvi. What's the solution to the enigma? This is most convincing to me.
Playlist
9:01am
Concerto for 2 Violins, Strings, & basso continuo in a, RV 523
| Composer | Antonio Vivaldi |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Venice Baroque Orchestra |
| Conductor | Andrea Marcon |
| Soloists | Viktoria Mullova, violin ; Giuliano Carmignola, violin |
| CD/Album | Vivaldi: Double Concertos |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 4777466 |
9:12am
Piano Concerto #15 in Bb, K 450
| Composer | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Chamber Orchestra of Europe |
| Soloists | Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano |
| CD/Album | Mozart: Piano Concertos 6, 15 & 27 |
| Record co./Cat # | Warner 62259 |
9:39am
Le Voyage dans La Lune: Overture & Ballet des Flocons de neige ("A Trip to the Moon: Overture & Ballet of the snowflakes")
| Composer | Jacques Offenbach |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Philharmonia Orchestra |
| Conductor | Antonio de Almeida |
| CD/Album | Offenbach - Overtures & Ballets |
| Record co./Cat # | Philips 422057 |
10:01am
String Quartet #1 in a, Op. 41/1
| Composer | Robert Schumann |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Ysaye Quartet |
| CD/Album | Schumann: String Quartets Op. 41 |
| Record co./Cat # | Ysaye Records 502 |
10:27am
In jejunio et fletu ("In Fasting and Weeping")
| Composer | Thomas Tallis |
|---|---|
| Conductor | Paul Hillier |
| CD/Album | Tallis - Theatre of Voices & The King's Noyse |
| Record co./Cat # | Harmonia Mundi 907154 |
10:31am
A Solfing Song
| Composer | Thomas Tallis |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | The King's Noyse |
| Conductor | David Douglass |
| CD/Album | Tallis - Theatre of Voices & The King's Noyse |
| Record co./Cat # | Harmonia Mundi 907154 |
10:34am
Dereliquit Impius
| Composer | Thomas Tallis |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Theatre of Voices |
| Conductor | Paul Hillier |
| CD/Album | Tallis - Theatre of Voices & The King's Noyse |
| Record co./Cat # | Harmonia Mundi 907154 |
10:40am
Prelude, Chorale & Fugue
| Composer | Cesar Franck |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Awadagin Pratt, piano |
| CD/Album | Awadagin Pratt: A Long Way from Normal |
| Record co./Cat # | EMI 55025 |
11:01am
Concerto for 2 Harpsichords & Orchestra in F, Wq 46
| Composer | Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Musica Antiqua Koln |
| Conductor | Reinhardt Goebel |
| Soloists | Robert Hill, harpsichord ; Andreas Staier, harpsichord |
| CD/Album | C.P.E. Bach & W.F. Bach: Concertos for 2 Harpsichords |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 419256 |
11:26am
Enigma Variations, Op. 36
| Composer | Edward Elgar |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra |
| Conductor | Paavo Jarvi |
| CD/Album | Britten: Young Person's Guide - Four Sea Interludes / Elgar: Enigma Variations |
| Record co./Cat # | Telarc 80660 |
12:04pm
Plink, Plank, Plunk!
| Composer | Leroy Anderson |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Rochester Pops |
| Conductor | Erich Kunzel |
| CD/Album | Syncopated Clock and Other Favorites by Leroy Anderson |
| Record co./Cat # | Pro Arte 264 |
12:09pm
Quintet for Piano & Winds
| Composer | Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Capricorn |
| CD/Album | Glinka: Sextet / Rimsky-Korsakov: Quintet |
| Record co./Cat # | Hyperion 66163 |
12:40pm
Concert Music for Strings & Brass
| Composer | Paul Hindemith |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | San Francisco Symphony |
| Conductor | Herbert Blomstedt |
| CD/Album | Hindemith: Nobilissima Visione, etc. |
| Record co./Cat # | London 433809 |
12:57pm
Jazz Pizzicato
| Composer | Leroy Anderson |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Rochester Pops |
| Conductor | Erich Kunzel |
| CD/Album | Syncopated Clock |
| Record co./Cat # | Pro Arte 264 |
