Classics and Jazz
10/17/12 7:00AM
We'll hear the first Jazz Suite of Dmitri Shostakovich, as well as a Handel Harpsichord Suite performed by preeminent jazz pianist Keith Jarrett.
Playlist
7:01am
The Bartered Bride: Overture
| Composer | Bedrich Smetana |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Philharmonia Orchestra |
| Conductor | William Boughton |
| CD/Album | Popular Operatic Overtures |
| Record co./Cat # | Nimbus 5120 |
7:09am
String Sonata #2 in A
| Composer | Gioachino Rossini |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | I Solisti Veneti |
| Conductor | Claudio Scimone |
| CD/Album | Rossini / 6 Sonates pour Cordes / C. Scimone |
| Record co./Cat # | Erato 75467 |
7:22am
Harpsichord Suite #1
| Composer | George Frideric Handel |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Keith Jarrett, piano |
| CD/Album | Handel - Suites for Harpsichord |
| Record co./Cat # | ECM 1530 |
7:37am
The Snow Maiden: Suite
| Composer | Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Scottish National Orchestra |
| Conductor | Neeme Jarvi |
| CD/Album | Rimsky-Korsakov: Suites |
| Record co./Cat # | Chandos 8327 |
7:52am
Cantabile & Presto
| Composer | Georges Enesco |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Irena Grafenauer, flute ; Michael Grandt, piano |
| CD/Album | Showpieces-Grafenauer-Grandt |
| Record co./Cat # | Philips 426248 |
8:06am
A Duet For Our Time: Of beauty
| Composer | Eric Ewazen |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | New Trombone Collective |
| Conductor | Arjan Tien |
| CD/Album | New Trombone Collective |
| Record co./Cat # | Et Cetera 1355 |
| Note | (used as the 2010 VPR "election" theme music) |
8:13am
Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso
| Composer | Camille Saint-Saens |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields |
| Conductor | Neville Marriner |
| Soloists | Leila Josefowicz, violin |
| CD/Album | Leila Josefowicz: Bohemian Rhapsodies |
| Record co./Cat # | Philips 454440 |
8:23am
Khovanshchina: Prelude (Dawn Over The River Moscow)
| Composer | Modest Moussorgsky |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Montreal Symphony Orchestra |
| Conductor | Charles Dutoit |
| CD/Album | Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition, etc. |
| Record co./Cat # | London 417299 |
8:30am
Jazz Suite #1
| Composer | Dmitri Shostakovich |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam |
| Conductor | Riccardo Chailly |
| CD/Album | Shostakovich: Jazz Music |
| Record co./Cat # | London 433702 |
8:40am
Intermezzo in Eb, Op. 119/4
| Composer | Johannes Brahms |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Anton Kuerti, piano |
| CD/Album | Brahms: Piano Concertos and Piano Solo Works |
| Record co./Cat # | Analekta 9205 |
8:46am
Tales of Hoffmann: Barcarolle (Belle nuit, o nuit d'amour) (Act IV: Belle nuit, o nuit d'amour)
| Composer | Jacques Offenbach |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Netherlands Symphony Orchdestra |
| Conductor | Alun Francis |
| Soloists | Jaap van Zweden, violin ; Allison Eldredge, cello |
| CD/Album | Romantic Duet |
| Record co./Cat # | RCA 38615 |
8:52am
Cosi fan tutte: Overture, K 588
| Composer | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Staatskapelle Dresden |
| Conductor | Colin Davis |
| CD/Album | Mozart: Overtures-Staatskapelle Dresden-Sir Colin Davis |
| Record co./Cat # | RCA 56698 |
