Mendelssohn's Octet
10/15/12 9:00AM
The Octet for Strings of Felix Mendelssohn. written when he was just 16, exudes such maturity and mastery that it seems a miracle. We'll listen to the recording by the Emerson Quartet, playing all the parts.
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Playlist
9:02am
| Symphony #5 in D, Op. 2 |
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| Composer: William Boyce |
| Ensemble: The English Concert |
| Conductor: Trevor Pinnock |
| CD/Album: Boyce: 8 Symphonies |
| Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 419631 |
9:12am
| Sheherazade: Ouverture de feerie |
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| Composer: Maurice Ravel |
| Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra |
| Conductor: Claudio Abbado |
| CD/Album: Ravel: Tzigane, Sheherazade, La Valse U.A. |
| Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 427314 |
9:27am
| Octet for Strings in Eb, Op. 20 |
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| Composer: Felix Mendelssohn |
| Ensemble: Emerson String Quartet |
| CD/Album: Mendelssohn: The String Quartets |
| Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon B0003888 |
10:01am
| Adagio |
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| Composer: Tomasso Albinoni |
| Ensemble: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra |
| CD/Album: Albinoni: Adagio - Pachelbel: Canon, U.A. |
| Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 429390 |
10:10am
| Piano Sonata #15 "Pastoral" in D, Op. 28 |
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| Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven |
| Soloists: Murray Perahia, piano |
| CD/Album: Beethoven: PIano Sonatas Opp. 26, 14 & 28 - Murray Perahia |
| Record co./Cat #: Sony 326462 |
10:36am
| 3 Pieces for Small Orchestra (Evening Piece, Irish Landscape, Dance in the Sunlight) |
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| Composer: Arnold Bax |
| Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra |
| Conductor: Jeffrey Tate |
| CD/Album: The Banks of Green Willow |
| Record co./Cat #: EMI 64200 |
11:01am
| Suite for Oboe, Clarinet, and Viola |
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| Composer: Randall Thompson |
| Soloists: Peter Christ, oboe ; David Atkins, clarinet ; Alan de Veritch, viola |
| CD/Album: Oboist Peter Christ |
| Record co./Cat #: Crystal 321 |
11:18am
| Symphony #3 "Polish" in D, Op. 29 |
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| Composer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky |
| Ensemble: Gewandhaus Orchestra, Leipzig |
| Conductor: Kurt Masur |
| CD/Album: Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 3 |
| Record co./Cat #: Teldec 46322 |
11:57am
| Mazurka in B, Op. 41/3 |
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| Composer: Frederic Chopin |
| Soloists: Artur Rubinstein, piano |
| CD/Album: Artur Rubinstein - The Chopin Collection: The Mazurkas |
| Record co./Cat #: RCA 5614 |
12:05pm
| Concerto Grosso #3 in c, Op. 6/3 |
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| Composer: Arcangelo Corelli |
| Ensemble: The English Concert |
| Conductor: Trevor Pinnock |
| CD/Album: Corelli: Concerti Grossi Op. 6 |
| Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 423626 |
12:17pm
| Pour le Piano: Sarabande |
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| Composer: Claude Debussy |
| (orch. Ravel) |
| Ensemble: St. Paul Chamber Orchestra |
| Conductor: Hugh Wolff |
| CD/Album: Ravel: Ma Mere l'Oye, Le Tombeau de Couperin |
| Record co./Cat #: Teldec 74006 |
12:22pm
| Danse (orchestral version) |
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| Composer: Claude Debussy |
| Ensemble: St. Paul Chamber Orchestra |
| Conductor: Hugh Wolff |
| CD/Album: Ravel: Ma Mere l'Oye, Le Tombeau de Couperin |
| Record co./Cat #: Teldec 74006 |
12:29pm
| Piano Quintet in Eb, Op. 44 |
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| Composer: Robert Schumann |
| Ensemble: Artemis Quartet |
| Soloists: Leif Ove Andsnes, piano |
| CD/Album: Schumann - Brahms |
| Record co./Cat #: Virgin Classics 395143 |
12:57pm
| finale from Concerto Grosso #7 in D, Op. 6/7 |
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| Composer: Arcangelo Corelli |
| Ensemble: English Concert |
| Conductor: Trevor Pinnock |
| CD/Album: Corelli: Concerti Grossi Op. 6 |
| Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 423626 |