Pictures at an Exhibition
08/29/12 3:00PM
Modest Moussorgsky's piano masterpiece, as orchestrated by Maurice
Ravel, will be heard this afternoon. Also: Brahms' Haydn Variations and
late piano music by Antonin Dvorak.
Playlist
3:02pm
Das Rheingold: Entrance of the Gods into Valhalla
| Composer | Richard Wagner |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Cleveland Orchestra |
| Conductor | George Szell |
| CD/Album | Wagner: Orchestral Music-George Szell |
| Record co./Cat # | Sony 48175 |
3:09pm
12 Variations on a French song "Ah, vous dirai-je, Maman" in C, K 265 (French Nursery song, aka: the "Twinkle, twinkle" variations)
| Composer | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Andras Schiff, piano |
| CD/Album | Mozart: Piano Variations K265 & K455 etc. |
| Record co./Cat # | London 421369 |
3:25pm
Pictures at an Exhibition
| Composer | Modest Moussorgsky |
|---|---|
| Arranger | (orch. 1923 by Maurice Ravel, on commission from Serge Koussevitsky) |
| Ensemble | Metropolitan Opera Orchestra |
| Conductor | James Levine |
| CD/Album | Mussorgsky: Bilder einer Ausstelung, Strawinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 437531 |
4:05pm
Gloriana: Courtly Dances
| Composer | Benjamin Britten |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | English Symphony Orchestra |
| Conductor | William Boughton |
| CD/Album | Britten - English Symphony Orchestra, William Boughton |
| Record co./Cat # | Nimbus 5295 |
4:16pm
3 Dances: Toccata, Corrente, La Volta
| Composer | Michelangelo Galilei |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Goran Sollscher, guitar |
| CD/Album | Greensleeves |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 413325 |
4:22pm
Ave Maris Stella ("Hail, Star of Heaven")
| Composer | Edvard Grieg |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Grex Vocalis |
| Conductor | Carl Hogset |
| CD/Album | Edvard Grieg: Choral Music |
| Record co./Cat # | 2L (Lindberg Lyd) 45 |
4:26pm
Rustic Wedding Symphony: Wedding March and Variations, Op. 26
| Composer | Karl Goldmark |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland |
| Conductor | Stephen Gunzenhauser |
| CD/Album | Goldmark: Rustic Wedding Symphony |
| Record co./Cat # | Naxos 8.550745 |
4:43pm
Andante Spianato & Grand Polonaise in Eb, Op. 22, B 58 & B 88
| Composer | Frederic Chopin |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Christiane Klonz, piano |
| CD/Album | Christiane Klonz: Bach - Mozart - Chopin - Schostakowitch |
| Record co./Cat # | Animato 6094 |
5:05pm
I Quattro Rusteghi: Preludio & Intermezzo ("The School for Fathers", or, "The Four Curmudgeons")
| Composer | Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Royal Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Conductor | Jose Serebrier |
| CD/Album | Wolf-Ferrari: Jewels of the Madonna |
| Record co./Cat # | ASV 861 |
5:12pm
Piano Sonata #24
| Composer | Franz Joseph Haydn |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Leif Ove Andsnes, piano |
| CD/Album | Haydn: Piano Sonatas |
| Record co./Cat # | EMI 56756 |
5:21pm
Trio Sonata
| Composer | Johann Joachim Quantz |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Camerata Koln |
| CD/Album | Vivaldi-Marcello-Quantz-Bach-Fasch |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 77172 |
5:34pm
Variations on a Theme by Haydn (orchestral version) in Bb, Op. 56a
| Composer | Johannes Brahms |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Conductor | Leonard Bernstein |
| CD/Album | Brahms: Symphonie Nr. 3 - Haydn-Variationen |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 410083 |
5:56pm
Commando March
| Composer | Samuel Barber |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Royal Scottish National Orchestra |
| Conductor | Marin Alsop |
| CD/Album | Barber: Piano Concerto |
| Record co./Cat # | Naxos 8.559133 |
6:02pm
Flute Quartet #3
| Composer | Domenico Cimarosa |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Dolezal Quartett |
| Soloists | Loic Poulain, flute |
| CD/Album | Cimarosa: Six Flute Quartets |
| Record co./Cat # | Adda 581031 |
6:14pm
Mazeppa: Cossack Dance
| Composer | Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra |
| Conductor | Raymond Leppard |
| CD/Album | Tchaikovsky: Manfred |
| Record co./Cat # | KOSS Classics 2216 |
6:19pm
Guitar Concerto #1 in A, Op. 30
| Composer | Mauro Giuliani |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields |
| Conductor | Neville Marriner |
| Soloists | Pepe Romero, guitar |
| CD/Album | Giuliani: Guitar Concertos No. 1 & No. 3 |
| Record co./Cat # | Philips 420780 |
6:43pm
Poetic Tone-Pictures: #1 - On the Road at Night, Op. 85/1
| Composer | Antonin Dvorak |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Vassily Primakov, piano |
| CD/Album | Dvorak - Vassily Primakov, Justin Brown, Odense SO |
| Record co./Cat # | Bridge 9309 |
6:49pm
Poetic Tone-Pictures: #3 - At the Old Castle, Op. 85/3
| Composer | Antonin Dvorak |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Vassily Primakov, piano |
| CD/Album | Dvorak - Vassily Primakov, Justin Brown, Odense SO |
| Record co./Cat # | Bridge 9309 |
6:55pm
Poetic Tone-Pictures: #8 - Goblin's Dance, Op. 85/8
| Composer | Antonin Dvorak |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Vassily Primakov, piano |
| CD/Album | Dvorak - Vassily Primakov, Justin Brown, Odense SO |
| Record co./Cat # | Bridge 9309 |
