Nothin' Like a Piano Septet
08/16/12 3:00PM
We'll hear the Piano Septet in D Minor of Hummel this afternoon. Also:
trips to Paris with Svendsen and Gershwin, and the Oboe Concerto of
Vaughan Williams.
Playlist
3:02pm
Trumpet Concerto in c (transcription of Oboe Cto. in c)
| Composer | Alessandro Marcello |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | St. Paul Chamber Orchestra |
| Conductor | Hugh Wolff |
| Soloists | Sergei Nakarjakov, trumpet |
| CD/Album | Sergei Nakariakov: Baroque Trumpet Concertos |
| Record co./Cat # | Teldec 10788 |
3:14pm
Serenade for Winds
| Composer | Alec Wilder |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Manhattan Chamber Orchestra |
| Conductor | Richard Auldon Clark |
| CD/Album | For the Friends of Alec Wilder |
| Record co./Cat # | Newport 85570 |
| Note | (written 1979) |
3:27pm
Piano Septet #1 in d, Op. 74
| Composer | Johann Nepomuk Hummel |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Nash Ensemble |
| CD/Album | Hummel - Berwald - Septets |
| Record co./Cat # | CRD 3344 |
4:05pm
The Trojans: Prelude to Act II
| Composer | Hector Berlioz |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | London Symphony Orchestra |
| Conductor | Colin Davis |
| CD/Album | Berlioz-Harold en Italie-Tristia-London Symphony Orchestra-Davis |
| Record co./Cat # | Philips 416431 |
4:12pm
Impromptu in Ab, Op. 142/2, D 935
| Composer | Franz Schubert |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Murray Perahia, piano |
| CD/Album | Schubert Impromptus - Perahia |
| Record co./Cat # | Sony 37291 |
4:20pm
Serenade for Flute & Guitar
| Composer | Domenico Cimarosa |
|---|---|
| Soloists | James Galway, flute ; Kazuhito Yamashita, guitar |
| CD/Album | Italian Serenade - James Galway - Kazuhito Yamashita |
| Record co./Cat # | RCA 5679 |
4:33pm
An American in Paris
| Composer | George Gershwin |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | London Symphony Orchestra |
| Conductor | Andre Previn |
| CD/Album | Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue, etc. |
| Record co./Cat # | EMI 66943 |
4:52pm
Water Music
| Composer | Arnold Bax |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Eric Parkin, piano |
| CD/Album | Bax: Piano Music Vol. 2 |
| Record co./Cat # | Chandos 8497 |
5:05pm
Carnival in Paris, Op. 9
| Composer | Johan Svendsen |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Latvian National Symphony Orchestra |
| Conductor | Terje Mikkelsen |
| CD/Album | Johan Svendsen - Symphonic Works |
| Record co./Cat # | CPO 777372 |
5:19pm
Les jeux d'eaux a la Villa d'este ("Fountains at the Este Villa")
| Composer | Franz Liszt |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Jorge Bolet, piano |
| CD/Album | Liszt Liebestraum - Favorite Piano Works |
| Record co./Cat # | London 444851 |
5:28pm
Violin Concerto #1 in g, Op. 26
| Composer | Max Bruch |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Montreal Symphony Orchestra |
| Conductor | Charles Dutoit |
| Soloists | James Ehnes, violin |
| CD/Album | James Ehnes - Max Bruch |
| Record co./Cat # | CBC (RCI) 5245 |
5:55pm
Scherzo
| Composer | Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Maxim Vengerov, violin ; Itamar Golan, piano |
| CD/Album | Paganini-Sarasate-Kreisler-Wieniawski |
| Record co./Cat # | Teldec 77351 |
6:02pm
Tahiti: Farewell
| Composer | Michael Torke |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Royal Liverpool Philharmonic |
| Conductor | Clark Rundell |
| CD/Album | Tahiti |
| Record co./Cat # | Ecstatic 92231 |
6:07pm
Piano Sonata #18 "The Hunt" in Eb, Op. 31/3
| Composer | Ludwig van Beethoven |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Louise Lortie, piano |
| CD/Album | Louis Lortie plays Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas |
| Record co./Cat # | Chandos 10616 |
6:30pm
Oboe Concerto in a
| Composer | Ralph Vaughan Williams |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | London Symphony Orchestra |
| Conductor | Bryden Thomson |
| Soloists | David Theodore, oboe |
| CD/Album | Vaughan Williams: Pastoral Symphony |
| Record co./Cat # | Chandos 8594 |
6:52pm
The Silken Ladder: Overture (Italian: La Scala di Seta)
| Composer | Gioachino Rossini |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
| Conductor | Fritz Reiner |
| CD/Album | Rossini-Overtures |
| Record co./Cat # | RCA 60387 |
