Viktoria Mullova Plays Prokofiev
11/27/12 9:00AM By Walter Parker
Russian-born violinist Viktoria Mullova is 53 today. We'll listen to her play the Violin Concerto No. 2 of Prokofiev.
We'll also listen to Elgar's Enigma Variations. Read about the solution to the 'enigma.'
And we'll hear Ravel's Bolero. Check out this flash mob Bolero at the Copenhagen train station.
Playlist
9:02am
Twelve German Dances
| Composer | Franz Joseph Haydn |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | I Musici de Montreal |
| Conductor | Yuli Turovsky |
| CD/Album | Dances from the Heart of Europe: I Musici de Montreal/Turovsky |
| Record co./Cat # | Chandos 10094 |
9:12am
Flute Sonata in b, BWV 1030
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Robert Stallman, flute ; Edwin Swanborn, harpsichord |
| CD/Album | Bach Sonatas - Stallman and Swanborn |
| Record co./Cat # | Bogner's Cafe 105 |
9:32am
Symphony on Two Russian Themes
| Composer | Mikhail Glinka |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | BBC Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Conductor | Vasili Sinaisky |
| CD/Album | Glinka: Orchestral Works |
| Record co./Cat # | Chandos 9861 |
9:47am
Fest- Und Gedenkspruche (Thanksgiving Motet), Op. 109 (Festival and Commemorative Sentences)
| Composer | Johannes Brahms |
|---|---|
| Conductor | Marcus Creed |
| Soloists | RIAS Chamber Chorus |
| CD/Album | Brahms: Sacred Choral Music |
| Record co./Cat # | Harmonia Mundi 901591 |
10:01am
Variations Chromatiques
| Composer | Georges Bizet |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Andrew Rangell, piano |
| CD/Album | 5 Variations - Andrew Rangell |
| Record co./Cat # | Bridge 9331 |
10:15am
Violin Concerto #2 in g, Op. 63
| Composer | Sergei Prokofiev |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Royal Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Conductor | Andre Previn |
| Soloists | Viktoria Mullova, violin |
| CD/Album | Shostakovich, Prokofiev: Violin Concertos |
| Record co./Cat # | Philips 422364 |
10:44am
Clarinet Concerto #3 in Bb
| Composer | Carl Stamitz |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields |
| Conductor | Iona Brown |
| Soloists | Sabine Meyer, clarinet |
| CD/Album | Johann & Carl Stamitz: Klarinettenkonzerte |
| Record co./Cat # | EMI 54842 |
11:01am
Sonata No. 2
| Composer | George Frideric Handel |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Hannes Laubin, trumpet ; Wolfgang Laubin, trumpet ; Bernhard Laubin, trumpet ; Simon Preston, organ |
| CD/Album | Awake the Trumpet's Lofty Sound |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 419245 |
11:15am
Enigma Variations, Op. 36
| Composer | Edward Elgar |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Philharmonia Orchestra |
| Conductor | Giuseppi Sinopoli |
| CD/Album | Elgar: Enigma Variations, In The South, Serenade |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 423679 |
11:52am
Prelude #1: Frenetique
| Composer | Francois Dompierre |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Alain Lefevre, piano |
| CD/Album | Alain Lefevre - Dompierre: 24 Preludes |
| Record co./Cat # | Analekta 9292 |
11:53am
Prelude #9: Obstine
| Composer | Francois Dompierre |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Alain Lefevre, piano |
| CD/Album | Alain Lefevre - Dompierre: 24 Preludes |
| Record co./Cat # | Analekta 9292 |
11:56am
Prelude #10: Energique
| Composer | Francois Dompierre |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Alain Lefevre, piano |
| CD/Album | Alain Lefevre - Dompierre: 24 Preludes |
| Record co./Cat # | Analekta 9292 |
12:05pm
Symphony #2 in Bb, Wq 182/2
| Composer | Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | The English Concert |
| Conductor | Trevor Pinnock |
| CD/Album | Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: The Symphonies for Strings |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 415300 |
12:19pm
Violin Sonata #2 in e, Op. 108
| Composer | Gabriel Faure |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Arthur Grumiaux, violin ; Paul Crossley, piano |
| CD/Album | Faure - Franck: The Violin Sonatas - Arthur Grumiaux |
| Record co./Cat # | Philips 426384 |
12:43pm
Bolero
| Composer | Maurice Ravel |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Conductor | Lorin Maazel |
| CD/Album | Lorin Maazel Conducts Ravel |
| Record co./Cat # | RCA 68600 |