...to be thankful for
11/22/12 7:00AM
Music for Thanksgiving this morning, some American favorites and beautiful works from all over
Playlist
7:01am
Three American Perennials for Woodwind Quintet: Ragtime
| Composer | Rick Sowash |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Aeolian Winds |
| Soloists | Peggy Holleran Greb, flute ; Laura Gershman, oboe ; Alex K. Jones, clarinet ; Barbara Folb, horn ; Steven Ehrin, bassoon |
| CD/Album | Rick Sowash: American Perennials |
| Record co./Cat # | Rick Sowash Productions RSP-8 |
7:06am
American Rhapsody, Op. 47
| Composer | Ernst von Dohnanyi |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Danubia Symphony Orchestra |
| Conductor | Domonkas Heja |
| CD/Album | Dohnanyi: Suite for Orchestra etc. |
| Record co./Cat # | Warner 62409 |
7:20am
Adagio and Rondo for Glass Armonica in C, K 617
| Composer | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Emerson String Quartet |
| Soloists | Dennis James, glass armonica |
| CD/Album | Cristal: Glass Music Through the Ages |
| Record co./Cat # | Sony 89047 |
7:34am
Blumenstuck in Db, Op. 19 ("Flower Piece")
| Composer | Robert Schumann |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Vladimir Horowitz, piano |
| CD/Album | Vladimir Horowitz Live at Carnegie Hall |
| Record co./Cat # | Sony 44681 |
| Note | (Recorded live at Carnegie Hall - historic 1965 concert) |
7:42am
The Lark Ascending
| Composer | Ralph Vaughan Williams |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | London Symphony Orchestra |
| Conductor | Colin Davis |
| Soloists | Hilary Hahn, violin |
| CD/Album | Elgar: Violin Concerto - Vaughan Williams: The Lark |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon B0003026 |
8:05am
Festive Overture, Op. 96
| Composer | Dmitri Shostakovich |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Russian National Orchestra |
| Conductor | Mikhail Pletnev |
| CD/Album | Russian Overtures |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 439892 |
8:11am
From Grandmother's Garden: 3 selections, Op. 97
| Composer | Amy Beach |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Joanne Polk, piano |
| CD/Album | Fire-Flies: The Solo Piano Music of Amy Beach |
| Record co./Cat # | Arabesque 6721 |
| Note | (Morning Glories, Mignonette, Honeysuckle) |
8:19am
The Thieving Magpie: Overture (Italian: La Gazza Ladra)
| Composer | Gioachino Rossini |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Montreal Symphony Orchestra |
| Conductor | Charles Dutoit |
| CD/Album | Rossini Overtures |
| Record co./Cat # | London 433074 |
8:30am
Suite #2 (Indian): Love Song, Op. 48
| Composer | Edward MacDowell |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic |
| Conductor | Charles Anthony Johnson |
| CD/Album | Orchestral Music of Edward MacDowell |
| Record co./Cat # | Albany 224 |
8:38am
Appalachia Waltz
| Composer | Mark O'Connor |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Mark O'Connor, violin ; Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin |
| CD/Album | Double Violin Concerto |
| Record co./Cat # | OMAC 8 |
8:45am
Toccata and Fugue in F, BWV 540
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Ton Koopman, organ |
| CD/Album | J. S. Bach: Organ Works |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 410999 |
9:04am
Agnus Dei ("Lamb of God")
| Composer | Samuel Barber |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Handel & Haydn Society |
| Conductor | Grant Llewellyn |
| CD/Album | Peace |
| Record co./Cat # | Avie 39 |
| Note | (Barber's choral arrangement of the Adagio from the String Quartet, Op. 11) |
9:12am
Eclogue for Piano & String Orchestra, Op. 10
| Composer | Gerald Finzi |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | New Philharmonia Orchestra |
| Conductor | Vernon Handley |
| Soloists | Peter Katin, piano |
| CD/Album | Gerald Finzi: Nocturne, Severn Rhapsody, Eclogue... |
| Record co./Cat # | Lyrita 239 |
