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Symphonies of Schumann and Haydn

08/14/12 3:00PM

We'll hear Schumann's Symphony #2, and Haydn's Symphony #94, known as the "Surprise" Symphony.

Playlist

3:02pm

Brandenburg Concerto #1 in F, BMV 1046

Composer Johann Sebastian Bach
Ensemble Orchestra Mozart
Conductor Claudio Abbado
CD/Album Bach: Brandenburg Concertos
Record co./Cat # Deutsche Grammophon 4778908

3:21pm

Symphony #2 in C, Op. 61

Composer Robert Schumann
Ensemble Staatskapelle Dresden
Conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch
CD/Album Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 1-4, etc.
Record co./Cat # EMI 67771

4:05pm

Merry Mount: Love duet, Op. 31

Composer Howard Hanson
Ensemble Seattle Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Gerard Schwarz
CD/Album Hanson: Symphony No. 4/Serenade/Lament for Beowulf/Pastorale/Merry Mount
Record co./Cat # Delos 3105

4:11pm

Israel in Egypt: Overture

Composer George Frideric Handel
Ensemble English Chamber Orchestra
Conductor Simon Preston
Soloists Simon Preston, organ
CD/Album Handel: Israel in Egypt, etc.
Record co./Cat # London 443470

4:18pm

Four Seasons in Buenos Aires: Verano Porteno ("Summer")

Composer Astor Piazzolla
Soloists John Williams, guitar
CD/Album Classic Williams: Romance of the Guitar
Record co./Cat # Sony 89141
Note (aka: 4 Estaciones Portenas)

4:24pm

Symphony #94 "Surprise" in G, HOB 1/94

Composer Franz Joseph Haydn
Ensemble Hanover Band
Conductor Roy Goodman
CD/Album Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 94 & 95
Record co./Cat # Nimbus 5126

4:48pm

Overture for Wind Instruments

Composer Felix Mendelssohn
Ensemble London Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Claudio Abbado
CD/Album Mendelssohn: Overtures
Record co./Cat # Deutsche Grammophon 423104

5:05pm

Salome: Dance of the Seven Veils

Composer Richard Strauss
Ensemble New York Philharmonic
Conductor Leonard Bernstein
CD/Album R. Strauss: Don Quixote - Bernstein
Record co./Cat # Sony 47625

5:16pm

Serenade for Strings

Composer Herbert Howells
Ensemble City of London Sinfonia
Conductor Richard Hickox
CD/Album Howellls: Music for Strings
Record co./Cat # Chandos 9161
Note (written in 1917)

5:22pm

Violin Concerto in D, Op. 4/11, RV 204

Composer Antonio Vivaldi
Ensemble The English Concert
Conductor Trevor Pinnock
Soloists Simon Standage, violin ; Micaela Comberti, violin 2 solo vns 1st mvmt only
CD/Album Vivaldi: La Stravaganza
Record co./Cat # Deutsche Grammophon 429753

5:30pm

Piano Concerto in a, Op. 16

Composer Edvard Grieg
Ensemble Berlin Philharmonic
Conductor Mariss Jansons
Soloists Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
CD/Album Grieg, Schumann: Piano Concertos
Record co./Cat # EMI 57562

6:02pm

Valse-Scherzo (for violin & ochestra), Op. 34

Composer Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Ensemble London Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Leonard Slatkin
Soloists Midori, violin
CD/Album Paganini: Violin Concerto #1, Tchaikovsky: Valse-Scherzo, Serenade melancolique
Record co./Cat # Philips 420943

6:09pm

Danses sacree et profane ("Sacred and profane dances")

Composer Claude Debussy
Ensemble Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam
Conductor Bernard Haitink
CD/Album Bizet, Debussy: Orchestral Works
Record co./Cat # Philips 416437

6:20pm

String Quintet

Composer Luigi Boccherini
Soloists Soovin Kim, violin ; Janos Starker, cello ; and others
CD/Album Janos Starker Celebration
Record co./Cat # Delos 3344

6:38pm

Suite #2 for 2 Pianos, Op. 17

Composer Sergei Rachmaninoff
Soloists Martha Argerich, piano ; Nelson Freire, piano
CD/Album Rachmaninoff - Ravel - Argerich/Freire
Record co./Cat # Philips 411034

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