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Dave Brubeck 1920-2012

12/06/12 9:00AM By Walter Parker

Pianist, composer, bandleader Dave Brubeck died Wednesday.  He would have been 92 today.  We'll remember him with a piece for strings and his improvised piano called Regret.  We'll also sample Quartet San Francisco's album of his music.

 

 

Playlist

9:02am

Suite de Clairque

Composer Jeremiah Clarke
Ensemble English String Orchestra
Conductor William Boughton
Soloists John Wallace, trumpet
CD/Album Rule Brittania
Record co./Cat # Nimbus 5155

9:13am

Piano Trio #2 in c, Op. 66

Composer Felix Mendelssohn
Soloists Joseph Kalichstein, piano ; Jaime Laredo, violin ; Sharon Robinson, cello
CD/Album Mendelssohn/Brahms/Dvorak Trios
Record co./Cat # Vox 3029

9:43am

Le Tombeau de Couperin (wind arrangement)

Composer Maurice Ravel
Arranger (arr. Mason Jones)
Ensemble Imani Winds
CD/Album Imani Winds
Record co./Cat # KOCH 7661

10:01am

Jeux d'enfants ("Children's Games")

Composer Georges Bizet
Ensemble Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam
Conductor Bernard Haitink
CD/Album Bizet, Debussy: Orchestral Works
Record co./Cat # Philips 416437

10:14am

Regret for Strings and Solo Piano

Composer Dave Brubeck
Ensemble London Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Russell Gloyd
Soloists Dave Brubeck, Piano
CD/Album Classical Brubeck
Record co./Cat # Telarc 80621

10:24am

The Virgin Mary Had A Baby Boy

Composer Trad. West Indian
Arranger arr. Robert DeCormier
Ensemble Counterpoint
Conductor Robert De Cormier
Soloists Roger Grow, percussion
CD/Album Christmas in Vermont
Record co./Cat # Albany 985

10:27am

Christmas Cantata: Gloria in excelsis Deo

Composer Daniel Pinkham
Ensemble Counterpoint
Conductor Robert De Cormier
Soloists David Neiweem, organ ; The VSO Brass Quintet
CD/Album Christmas in Vermont
Record co./Cat # Albany 985

10:31am

Symphony #1 in eb, Op. 1

Composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Ensemble Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Neeme Jarvi
CD/Album Rimsky-Korsakow: 3 Symphonien
Record co./Cat # Deutsche Grammophon 423604

11:01am

String Quartet #19 "Dissonance" in C, K 465

Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ensemble Emerson String Quartet
CD/Album Mozart: Jagd-Quartett, Disonanzen-Quartett, Haydn: Kaiser-Quartett
Record co./Cat # Deutsche Grammophon 427657

11:31am

Lux Aeterna: Veni, Sancte Spiritus

Composer Morten Lauridsen
Ensemble Polyphony
Conductor Stephen Layton
CD/Album Lauridsen: Lux Aeterna, Madrigali, Latin Motets
Record co./Cat # Hyperion 67449

11:33am

Lux Aeterna: Agnus Dei - Lux Aeterna

Composer Morten Lauridsen
Ensemble Polyphony
Conductor Stephen Layton
CD/Album Lauridsen: Lux Aeterna, Madrigali, Latin Motets
Record co./Cat # Hyperion 67449

11:45am

Gotterdammerung: Dawn & Siegfried's Rhine Journey

Composer Richard Wagner
Ensemble Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Conductor Riccardo Chailly
CD/Album Wagner: Orchestral Favorites
Record co./Cat # London 448155

12:05pm

Concerto Grosso #4 in a, Op. 6

Composer George Frideric Handel
Ensemble Handel & Haydn Society
Conductor Christopher Hogwood
CD/Album Handel: Concerti Grossi Op. 6
Record co./Cat # L'Oiseau-Lyre 436845

12:17pm

Three Concert Studies

Composer Franz Liszt
Soloists Louis Lortie, piano
CD/Album Liszt: Piano Sonata & 3 Concert Studies
Record co./Cat # Chandos 8548

12:41pm

Three to Get Ready

Composer Dave Brubeck
Arranger (arr. by Jeremy Cohen)
Ensemble Quartet San Francisco
CD/Album Quartet San Francisco: QSF Plays Brubeck
Record co./Cat # ViolinJazz 106

12:45pm

It's a Raggy Waltz

Composer Dave Brubeck
Arranger (arr. by Jeremy Cohen)
Ensemble Quartet San Francisco
CD/Album Quartet San Francisco: QSF Plays Brubeck
Record co./Cat # ViolinJazz 106

12:51pm

Quem Pastores Laudavere

Composer Michael Praetorius
Ensemble Parley of Instruments
Conductor David Hill
Soloists Choir of Westminster Cathedral
CD/Album Praetorius Christmas Music
Record co./Cat # Hyperion 66200

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