Happy Birthday, Yo Yo (A Day Late)
10/08/12 3:00PM
Yo Yo Ma's birthday was yesterday...oh well, better late than never!
Playlist
3:02pm
Oboe Concerto in d
| Composer | Alessandro Marcello |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Guildhall String Ensemble |
| Conductor | Robert Salter, leader (concertmaster) |
| Soloists | Malcolm Messiter, oboe |
| CD/Album | Baroque Oboe Concertos |
| Record co./Cat # | RCA 60224 |
3:14pm
Six Piano Pieces, Op. 118
| Composer | Johannes Brahms |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Ignat Solzhenitsyn, piano |
| CD/Album | Solzhenitsyn plays Brahms |
| Record co./Cat # | Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia 2009-05 |
3:39pm
Cello Concerto #1 in a, Op. 33
| Composer | Camille Saint-Saens |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | National Orchestra of France |
| Conductor | Lorin Maazel |
| Soloists | Yo Yo Ma, cello |
| CD/Album | Cello Concerti - Yo Yo Ma, Maazel |
| Record co./Cat # | Sony 35848 |
4:05pm
Nocturnes: #2 - Fetes ("parties" or "celebrations")
| Composer | Claude Debussy |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Boston Symphony Orchestra |
| Conductor | Charles Munch |
| CD/Album | Debussy: La Mer, etc. |
| Record co./Cat # | RCA 6719 |
4:13pm
Symphony #3 in F, WQ 183
| Composer | Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | The English Concert |
| Conductor | Andrew Manze |
| CD/Album | C.P.E. Bach: 4 Symphonies |
| Record co./Cat # | Harmonia Mundi 907403 |
4:24pm
I will life up mine eyes (setting of Psalm 121)
| Composer | Morten Lauridsen |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Polyphony |
| Conductor | Stephen Layton |
| CD/Album | Morten Lauridsen - Nocturnes |
| Record co./Cat # | Hyperion 67580 |
4:29pm
Symphony #3 "Unfinished" in a
| Composer | Alexander Borodin |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Seattle Symphony Orchestra |
| Conductor | Gerard Schwarz |
| CD/Album | Borodin: Symphonies 1-3 |
| Record co./Cat # | Naxos 8.572786 |
4:48pm
Marche Slave, Op. 31
| Composer | Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Kirov Orchestra, St. Petersburg |
| Conductor | Valery Gergiev |
| CD/Album | Mussorgsky - Tchaikovsky |
| Record co./Cat # | Philips 442775 |
5:05pm
Helios Overture
| Composer | Carl Nielsen |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Hollywood Bowl Pops Orchestra |
| Conductor | John Mauceri |
| CD/Album | Songs Of The Earth |
| Record co./Cat # | Philips 438867 |
5:16pm
Les jeux d'eaux a la Villa d'este ("Fountains at the Este Villa")
| Composer | Franz Liszt |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Carol Rosenberger, piano |
| CD/Album | Water Music of the Impressionists |
| Record co./Cat # | Delos 3006 |
5:25pm
Tafelmusik: Overture (Suite)
| Composer | Georg Phillip Telemann |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Musica Antiqua Koln |
| Conductor | Reinhardt Goebel |
| CD/Album | Telemann: Tafelmusik - Auswahl |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 429774 |
5:51pm
The Barber of Seville: Overture
| Composer | Gioachino Rossini |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields |
| Conductor | Neville Marriner |
| CD/Album | Rossini - Famous Overtures - Neville Marriner |
| Record co./Cat # | Philips 412893 |
6:02pm
Introduction & Tarantella, Op. 43
| Composer | Pablo de Sarasate |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Sarah Chang, violin ; Charles Abramovic, piano |
| CD/Album | Simply Sarah |
| Record co./Cat # | EMI 56161 |
6:08pm
Octet #2
| Composer | Carl Stamitz |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Consortium Classicum |
| CD/Album | Carl Stamitz: Wind Symphonies |
| Record co./Cat # | CPO 999081 |
6:21pm
Impromptu #2 in F#, Op. 36, B 129
| Composer | Frederic Chopin |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Bella Davidovich, piano |
| CD/Album | Chopin: Ballades, Impromptus |
| Record co./Cat # | Philips 411427 |
6:28pm
Enigma Variations, Op. 36
| Composer | Edward Elgar |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Montreal Symphony Orchestra |
| Conductor | Charles Dutoit |
| CD/Album | Elgar: Enigma Variations - Falstaff |
| Record co./Cat # | London 430241 |
