Tchaikovsky's Second Piano Concerto
11/09/12 3:00PM
Stephen Hough plays Tchaikovsky's neglected Piano Concerto #2. Also, music for the birds.
Playlist
3:02pm
Serenade #2 (for 2 Violins & Viola)
| Composer | Bohuslav Martinu |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Prague Chamber Orchestra |
| CD/Album | Martinu: 5 Serenades |
| Record co./Cat # | Supraphon 110098 |
3:09pm
Two Elegiac Melodies, Op. 34
| Composer | Edvard Grieg |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Australian Chamber Orchestra |
| Conductor | Richard Tognetti |
| CD/Album | Grieg: Music for String Orchestra |
| Record co./Cat # | BIS 1877 |
3:19pm
Piano Concerto #2 in G, Op. 44
| Composer | Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Minnesota Orchestra |
| Conductor | Osmo Vanska |
| Soloists | Stephen Hough, piano |
| CD/Album | The Romantic Piano Concerto Vol. 50 |
| Record co./Cat # | Hyperion 67711 |
4:11pm
Julius Caesar: Overture (Italian: Giulio Cesare)
| Composer | George Frideric Handel |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | English Chamber Orchestra |
| Conductor | Richard Bonynge |
| CD/Album | Handel: Overtures and Sinfonias, etc. |
| Record co./Cat # | London 466434 |
4:17pm
Bells
| Composer | William Grant Still |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Denver Oldham, piano |
| CD/Album | Africa - Piano Music of William Grant Still - Denver Oldham, piano |
| Record co./Cat # | KOCH 7084 |
4:27pm
Oboe Concerto in C, K 314
| Composer | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | The English Concert |
| Conductor | Trevor Pinnock |
| Soloists | Paul Goodwin, oboe |
| CD/Album | C. Ph. E. Bach/Lebrun/Mozart: Oboenkonzerte |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 431821 |
4:48pm
The Merry Widow: Overture
| Composer | Franz Lehar |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra |
| Conductor | Michael Jurowski |
| CD/Album | Lehar - Overtures & Waltzes |
| Record co./Cat # | CPO 999891 |
5:05pm
Violin Concerto "The Cuckoo" in A, RV 335
| Composer | Antonio Vivaldi |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Academy of Ancient Music |
| Conductor | Christopher Hogwood |
| Soloists | Andrew Manze, violin (MAN-zee) |
| CD/Album | Vivaldi: Violin Concertos, Op. 6 |
| Record co./Cat # | London 455653 |
5:16pm
The Bluebird
| Composer | Charles Villiers Stanford |
|---|---|
| Conductor | John Rutter |
| Soloists | The Cambridge Singers |
| CD/Album | There is Sweet Music |
| Record co./Cat # | Collegium 104 |
5:21pm
Le Chant des Oyseaux ("The Song of the Birds")
| Composer | Clement Janequin |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Ensemble Clement Janequin |
| CD/Album | Le Chant des Oyseaux |
| Record co./Cat # | Harmonia Mundi 901099 |
5:27pm
The Snow Maiden: Dance of the Birds
| Composer | Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Scottish National Orchestra |
| Conductor | Neeme Jarvi |
| CD/Album | Rimsky-Korsakov: Suites |
| Record co./Cat # | Chandos 8327 |
5:32pm
The Birds (Italian: Gli Uccelli)
| Composer | Ottorino Respighi |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields |
| Conductor | Neville Marriner |
| CD/Album | Respighi: Ancient Airs $ Dances - La Boutique Fantastque - Gli Ucceli |
| Record co./Cat # | Philips 420485 |
5:53pm
The Lark
| Composer | Mikhail Glinka |
|---|---|
| Arranger | (arr. Mily Balakirev) |
| Soloists | Evgeny Kissin, piano |
| CD/Album | Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition |
| Record co./Cat # | RCA 63884 |
6:02pm
Autumn Legend
| Composer | William Alwyn |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | City of London Sinfonia |
| Conductor | Richard Hickox |
| Soloists | Nicholas Daniel, english horn |
| CD/Album | Alwyn: Autumn Legend / Lyra Angelica etc. |
| Record co./Cat # | Chandos 9065 |
6:15pm
Trio Sonata
| Composer | Johann Joachim Quantz |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Camerata Koln |
| CD/Album | Vivaldi-Marcello-Quantz-Bach-Fasch |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 77172 |
6:27pm
Symphony #4 in d, Op. 120
| Composer | Robert Schumann |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam |
| Conductor | Riccardo Chailly |
| CD/Album | Schumann: Symphonies 1 & 4 |
| Record co./Cat # | London 425608 |
