Masterpieces
11/21/12 3:00PM
Some big-time beautiful works today, including Franck's Violin Sonata, Tchaikovsky's Rococo Variations, and Mendelssohn's Octet.
Playlist
3:02pm
Symphony #4 in Bb, Op. 20
| Composer | Niels Wilhelm Gade |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Stockholm Sinfonietta |
| Conductor | Neeme Jarvi |
| CD/Album | Gade: Symphonies 3 & 4 - Jarvi |
| Record co./Cat # | Bis 338 |
3:23pm
Variazioni sulla Ritirata Notturna di Madrid, G 418 ("Variations on Night Music in the streets of Madrid")
| Composer | Luigi Boccherini |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | I Solisti Italiani |
| CD/Album | I Solisti Italiani/Promenade Concert |
| Record co./Cat # | Denon 75040 |
3:31pm
Violin Sonata in A
| Composer | Cesar Franck |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Joshua Bell, violin ; Jeremy Denk, piano |
| CD/Album | French Impressions |
| Record co./Cat # | Sony 88697820262 |
4:05pm
Variations for Clarinet and Orchestra
| Composer | Gioachino Rossini |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Bologna Comic Opera Theatre Orchestra |
| Conductor | Riccardo Chailly |
| Soloists | Dimitri Ashkenazy, clarinet |
| CD/Album | Rossini: String Sonatas Vol. 1 |
| Record co./Cat # | London 433701 |
4:14pm
Petit Quatour (1935)
| Composer | Jean Francaix |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Sabine Meyer, clarinet ; Eddie Daniels, clarinet ; Reiner Wehle, bass clarinet ; Wolfgang Meyer, basset horn |
| CD/Album | Blues for Sabine |
| Record co./Cat # | EMI 55253 |
4:22pm
I Thank You God for Most This Amazing Day
| Composer | Eric Whitacre |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Polyphony |
| Conductor | Stephen Layton |
| CD/Album | Cloudburst |
| Record co./Cat # | Hyperion 67543 |
| Note | (#3 of "Three Songs of Praise"; setting of text by e.e. cummings) |
4:29pm
Sonata in A, K 404
| Composer | Domenico Scarlatti |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Mikhail Pletnev, piano |
| CD/Album | Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonatas |
| Record co./Cat # | Virgin Classics 45123 |
4:40pm
Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33
| Composer | Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Philharmonia Orchestra |
| Conductor | Giuseppi Sinopoli |
| Soloists | Mischa Maisky, cello |
| CD/Album | Elgar: Cellokonzert-Tchaikovsky: Rokoko Variatonen |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 431685 |
5:05pm
Ma Vlast: Tabor
| Composer | Bedrich Smetana |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Vienna Philharmonic |
| Conductor | James Levine |
| CD/Album | Smetana - Ma Vlast |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 431652 |
5:19pm
Piano Sonata #19 in g, Op. 49/1
| Composer | Ludwig van Beethoven |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Louise Lortie, piano |
| CD/Album | Louis Lortie plays Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas |
| Record co./Cat # | Chandos 10616 |
5:27pm
Violin Concerto #4 in D, K 218
| Composer | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Kremerata Baltica |
| Soloists | Gidon Kremer, violin and conductor |
| CD/Album | Mozart: The COmplete Violin Concertos |
| Record co./Cat # | Nonesuch 512789 |
5:50pm
Voyage for Flute & Strings (1983)
| Composer | John Corigliano |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Eastman Philharmonia |
| Conductor | David Effron |
| Soloists | James Galway, flute |
| CD/Album | Corigliano - Pied Piper Fantasy - Voyage |
| Record co./Cat # | RCA 6602 |
6:02pm
Concert de Trompettes
| Composer | Michel Richard Delalande |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Simphonie du Marais |
| Conductor | Hugo Reyne |
| CD/Album | Delalande / Symphonies pour les Soupers du Roy |
| Record co./Cat # | Harmonia Mundi 901337 |
6:11pm
Impromptu #1 in Ab, Op. 29, B 110
| Composer | Frederic Chopin |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Yundi, piano |
| CD/Album | Chopin: Scherzi, Impromptus |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon B0003887 |
6:17pm
Octet for Strings
| Composer | Felix Mendelssohn |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Boston Chamber Music Society |
| CD/Album | Mendelssohn / Enescu: Octets |
| Record co./Cat # | BCMS 5 |
6:49pm
Finlandia
| Composer | Jean Sibelius |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Boston Symphony Orchestra |
| Conductor | Vladimir Ashkenazy |
| CD/Album | Sibelius: Symphony No. 2/Finlandia |
| Record co./Cat # | London 436566 |
