Requiem
10/30/12 3:00PM
Durufle's Requiem is one of the pinnacles of 20th century choral writing.
Playlist
3:02pm
Trio Sonata #3
| Composer | George Frideric Handel |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemble |
| CD/Album | Handel: Trio Sonatas Op. 2 |
| Record co./Cat # | Philips 412595 |
3:14pm
Requiem, Op. 9
| Composer | Maurice Durufle |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Toulouse Capitol Orchestra |
| Conductor | Michel Plasson |
| Soloists | Orfeon Donostiarra ; Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo soprano ; Thomas Hampson, baritone ; Marie-Claire Alain, organ |
| CD/Album | Durufle - Requiem - Messe 'Cum Jubilo' |
| Record co./Cat # | EMI 56878 |
4:05pm
Rakastava For Strings
| Composer | Jean Sibelius |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | CBC Vancouver Orchestra |
| Conductor | Mario Bernardi |
| CD/Album | Northern Landscapes |
| Record co./Cat # | CBC (RCI) 5157 |
4:17pm
Alessandro: (ballet selections)
| Composer | Christoph Willibald Gluck |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Musica Antiqua Koln |
| Conductor | Reinhardt Goebel |
| CD/Album | Rebel: Die Elemente - Gluck: Alessandro |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 445824 |
4:27pm
Symphony #84 in Eb, HOB 1/84
| Composer | Franz Joseph Haydn |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment |
| Conductor | Sigiswald Kuijken |
| CD/Album | Haydn: Symphonies 82, 83 & 84 |
| Record co./Cat # | Virgin Classics 90793 |
4:53pm
Swan Lake: Valse, Op. 20
| Composer | Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra |
| Conductor | Valery Gergiev |
| CD/Album | Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake |
| Record co./Cat # | London 4757669 |
5:05pm
I Vespri Siciliani: Four Seasons ballet: Autumn (The Sicilian Vespers)
| Composer | Giuseppe Verdi |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Metropolitan Opera Orchestra |
| Conductor | James Levine |
| CD/Album | Verdi: Ballet Music - James Levine |
| Record co./Cat # | Sony 52489 |
| Note | (from Act III, scene 2) |
5:15pm
Piano Sonata #22 in F, Op. 54
| Composer | Ludwig van Beethoven |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Louise Lortie, piano |
| CD/Album | Louis Lortie plays Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas |
| Record co./Cat # | Chandos 10616 |
5:28pm
Symphonie Concertante for Violin and Viola in Bb, B 112
| Composer | Ignaz Pleyel |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Baltimore Chamber Orchestra |
| Conductor | Markland Thakar |
| Soloists | David Perry, violin ; Victoria Chiang, viola |
| CD/Album | Pleyel: Symphonies Concertantes |
| Record co./Cat # | Naxos 8.570320 |
5:50pm
Le Corsaire: Overture (Corsaire = a pirate)
| Composer | Hector Berlioz |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Boston Symphony Orchestra |
| Conductor | Charles Munch |
| CD/Album | Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique - Roman Carnival & Corsair Overtures |
| Record co./Cat # | RCA 6720 |
6:02pm
The Lark Ascending
| Composer | Ralph Vaughan Williams |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Monte Carlo Philharmonic |
| Conductor | Yakov Kreizberg |
| Soloists | Julia Fischer, violin |
| CD/Album | Julia Fischer: Poeme |
| Record co./Cat # | London Decca 15535 |
6:17pm
Flute Quartet #4 in A, K 298
| Composer | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Lisa Beznosiuk, flute ; Pavlo Beznosiuk, violin ; Tom Dunn, viola ; Richard Tunnicliffe, cello |
| CD/Album | Mozart: Flute Quartets / Beethoven: Serenade |
| Record co./Cat # | Avie 2108 |
6:30pm
In The South (Alassio) Overture
| Composer | Edward Elgar |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Philharmonia Orchestra |
| Conductor | Giuseppi Sinopoli |
| CD/Album | Elgar: Enigma Variations, In The South, Serenade |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 423679 |
6:54pm
Sonatina
| Composer | Bela Bartok |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Sylvia Parker, piano |
| CD/Album | Bartok, Griffes, Mozart, D. Scarlatti |
| Record co./Cat # | Centaur 2811 |
