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 |
