La Folia Variations
09/06/12 9:00AM
Our music today will include 2 sets of variations on the traditional La Folia tune. We'll hear Francesco Geminiani's Concerto Grosso after Corelli's La Folia Sonata, as updated by the East Coast Chamber Orchestra, and Rachmaninoff's Corelli Variations.
Playlist
9:02am
| Harp Concerto in Bb, Op. 4/6 |
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| Composer: George Frideric Handel |
| Ensemble: The English Concert |
| Conductor: Trevor Pinnock |
| Soloists: Ursula Holliger, harp |
| CD/Album: Handel: Organ Concertos Op. 4 |
| Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 413465 |
9:19am
| Rob Roy: Overture |
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| Composer: Hector Berlioz |
| Ensemble: Montreal Symphony Orchestra |
| Conductor: Charles Dutoit |
| CD/Album: Berlioz: Harold in Italy |
| Record co./Cat #: London 421193 |
9:35am
| Holberg Suite, Op. 40 |
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| Composer: Edvard Grieg |
| Ensemble: Australian Chamber Orchestra |
| Conductor: Richard Tognetti |
| CD/Album: Mozart: Symphony No. 29; Elgar: Serenade for Strings; Grieg: Holberg Suite; Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 3 |
| Record co./Cat #: Sony 53356 |
10:01am
| Polonaise-fantaisie in Ab, Op. 61, B 159 |
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| Composer: Frederic Chopin |
| Soloists: Richard Goode, piano |
| CD/Album: Chopin - Richard Goode |
| Record co./Cat #: Nonesuch 79452 |
10:17am
| Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, BWV 225 ("Sing to the Lord a New Song") |
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| Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Ensemble: Vocalconsort Berlin |
| Conductor: Marcus Creed |
| CD/Album: J.S. Bach: Motets |
| Record co./Cat #: Harmonia Mundi 902079 |
10:33am
| Symphony #34 in C, K 338 |
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| Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
| Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields |
| Conductor: Neville Marriner |
| CD/Album: Mozart: The Late Symphonies Nos. 33-39 & 41 |
| Record co./Cat #: Philips 412996 |
11:01am
| 'La Folia' Variations in d |
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| Composer: Francesco Geminiani/Michi Wiancko |
| Ensemble: East Coast Chamber Orchestra |
| CD/Album: East Coast Chamber Orchestra |
| Record co./Cat #: eOne 7784 |
11:17am
| Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42 |
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| Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff |
| Soloists: Vassily Primakov, piano |
| CD/Album: Rachmaninoff - Vassily Primakov, piano |
| Record co./Cat #: Bridge 9348 |
11:41am
| Sylvia: Ballet suite |
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| Composer: Leo Delibes |
| Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra |
| Conductor: Ondrej Lenard |
| CD/Album: The Best of French Ballet |
| Record co./Cat #: Naxos 8.550080 |
12:05pm
| Banjo and Fiddle |
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| Composer: William Kroll |
| Soloists: Sarah Chang, violin ; Charles Abramovic, piano |
| CD/Album: Simply Sarah |
| Record co./Cat #: EMI 56161 |
12:08pm
| Berceuse ("lullaby") |
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| Composer: Gabriel Faure |
| Soloists: Sarah Chang, violin ; Charles Abramovic, piano |
| CD/Album: Simply Sarah |
| Record co./Cat #: EMI 56161 |
12:12pm
| Spanish Dances: Zapateado, Op. 23/#2 ("Stomping Dance") |
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| Composer: Pablo de Sarasate |
| Soloists: Sarah Chang, violin ; Charles Abramovic, piano |
| CD/Album: Simply Sarah |
| Record co./Cat #: EMI 56161 |
12:19pm
| Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34 |
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| Composer: Benjamin Britten |
| 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 |
12:39pm
| Second Rhapsody |
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| Composer: George Gershwin |
| Ensemble: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Conductor: JoAnn Faletta |
| Soloists: Orion Weiss, piano |
| CD/Album: Orion Weiss Plays Gershwin |
| Record co./Cat #: Mel Kaplan 4 |