Halloween 2012
10/31/12 3:00PM
We'll observe Halloween with the four late tone poems of Dvorak (one in
each hour, and each with its own grisly Czech folk tale), as well as
music of Liszt, Beethoven, Berlioz, and Scriabin.
Playlist
3:03pm
The Noon Witch, Op. 108
| Composer | Antonin Dvorak |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Berlin Philharmonic |
| Conductor | Simon Rattle |
| CD/Album | Dvorak: Tone Poems |
| Record co./Cat # | EMI 58019 |
3:18pm
Piano Trio #5 "Ghost" in D, Op. 70/1
| Composer | Ludwig van Beethoven |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano ; Itzhak Perlman, violin ; Lynn Harrell, cello |
| CD/Album | Beethoven: Piano Trios |
| Record co./Cat # | EMI 47455 |
3:43pm
Totentanz
| Composer | Franz Liszt |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Boston Symphony Orchestra |
| Conductor | Seiji Ozawa |
| Soloists | Krystian Zimerman, piano |
| CD/Album | Liszt: Piano Concertos 1-2, Totentanz |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 423571 |
4:05pm
Die Fledermaus: Overture ("The Bat")
| Composer | Johann Strauss II |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Cincinnati Pops Orchestra |
| Conductor | Erich Kunzel |
| CD/Album | Viennafest |
| Record co./Cat # | Telarc 80547 |
4:15pm
Passacaglia
| Composer | George Frideric Handel |
|---|---|
| Arranger | arr. Johan Halvorsen |
| Soloists | Jaime Laredo, violin ; Sharon Robinson, cello |
| CD/Album | Conversations |
| Record co./Cat # | Arabesque 6735 |
4:23pm
Water Night
| Composer | Eric Whitacre |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Polyphony |
| Conductor | Stephen Layton |
| CD/Album | Cloudburst |
| Record co./Cat # | Hyperion 67543 |
4:30pm
The Water Goblin, Op. 107
| Composer | Antonin Dvorak |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Berlin Philharmonic |
| Conductor | Simon Rattle |
| CD/Album | Dvorak: Tone Poems |
| Record co./Cat # | EMI 58019 |
4:53pm
La Ronde des Lutins ("The Goblin's Round")
| Composer | Antonio Bazzini |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Maxim Vengerov, violin ; Itamar Golan, piano |
| CD/Album | Paganini-Sarasate-Kreisler-Wieniawski |
| Record co./Cat # | Teldec 77351 |
5:05pm
Damnation of Faust: Menuet des Follets ("Minuet of the Will-o'-the-Wisps")
| Composer | Hector Berlioz |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Baltimore Symphony Orchestra |
| Conductor | David Zinman |
| CD/Album | La Marseillaise & Other Berlioz Favorites |
| Record co./Cat # | Telarc 80164 |
5:12pm
Flute Sonata "Il Pastor Fido" ("The faithful shepherd")
| Composer | Nicolas Chedeville |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Camerata Koln |
| CD/Album | Vivaldi: Chamber Music with Wind Instruments |
| Record co./Cat # | EMI 47574 |
5:22pm
The Wood Dove B 198, Op. 110 (aka: "The Wild Dove")
| Composer | Antonin Dvorak |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Berlin Philharmonic |
| Conductor | Simon Rattle |
| CD/Album | Dvorak: Tone Poems |
| Record co./Cat # | EMI 58019 |
5:44pm
Concert Rondo "Krakowiak" in F, Op. 14, B 29
| Composer | Frederic Chopin |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Warsaw Philharmonic |
| Conductor | Kazimierz Kord |
| Soloists | Garrick Ohlsson, piano |
| CD/Album | Chopin: The Complete Piano Works, Vol. 9 |
| Record co./Cat # | Arabesque 6702 |
6:02pm
Don Juan: Dance of the Spectres and the Furies
| Composer | Christoph Willibald Gluck |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Il Giardino Armonico |
| Conductor | Giovanni Antonini |
| CD/Album | La Casa del Diavolo |
| Record co./Cat # | Naive 30399 |
6:07pm
Piano Sonata #9 "Black Mass", Op. 68
| Composer | Alexander Scriabin |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Ruth Laredo, piano |
| CD/Album | Alexander Scriabin - Ruth Laredo - Complete Piano Sonatas |
| Record co./Cat # | Nonesuch 73035 |
6:15pm
Dido & Aeneas: The Witches' Scene
| Composer | Henry Purcell |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Musicians of the Globe |
| Conductor | Philip Pickett |
| Soloists | Teresa Shaw, mezzo-soprano ; Catherine King, mezzo-soprano |
| CD/Album | Purcell's Shakespeare |
| Record co./Cat # | Philips 446218 |
6:25pm
The Golden Spinning Wheel, Op. 109
| Composer | Antonin Dvorak |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Berlin Philharmonic |
| Conductor | Simon Rattle |
| CD/Album | Dvorak: Tone Poems |
| Record co./Cat # | EMI 58019 |
6:55pm
Poetic Tone-Pictures: #8 - Goblin's Dance, Op. 85/8
| Composer | Antonin Dvorak |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Vassily Primakov, piano |
| CD/Album | Dvorak - Vassily Primakov, Justin Brown, Odense SO |
| Record co./Cat # | Bridge 9309 |
