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♥ HALL OF FAME #253 FLORENCE QUIVAR TURNS 64 TODAY |
1:00 pm Gustav Mahler Austria (1860 - 1911) Symphony No. 8 in E-flat, Symphony of a Thousand (1906) Vienna Phil Orch / Lorin Maazel Sharon Sweet & Pamela Coburn, s's; Florence Quivar & Brigitte Fassbaender, a's; Richard Leech, t Sony Classical 45754 BUY CD |
♥ HALL OF FAME #180 ON THIS DAY IN 1875: "CARMEN" IS RESOUNDING FAILURE AT THE OPERA-COMIQUE |
2:31 pm Georges Bizet France (1838 - 1875) Carmen: Habanera National Phil Orch / Leopold Stokowski Sony Classical 47279 BUY CD |
| GIOVANNI BATTISTA VIOTTI (68) DIED THIS DAY IN 1824 |
2:34 pm Giovanni Battista Viotti Italy (1755 - 1824) Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in C Venice Solisti / Claudio Scimone Ofra Harnoy, vc RCA 09026-61228-2 BUY CD |
ON THIS DAY IN 1859: 'FAUST', BASED ON GOETHE'S PLAY, OPENS AT PARIS OPERA |
3:00 pm Charles Gounod France (1818 - 1893) Faust: Waltz Cologne Salon Orch RCA 09478-69296-2 BUY CD |
| ON THIS DAY IN 1782: PREMIERE OF MOZART'S SYMPHONY NO. 35 IN D IN VIENNA |
3:07 pm Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Austria (1756 - 1791) Symphony No. 35 in D, K. 385, Haffner (1782) (transc. Hummel) Parlor Phil Mark Kroll, fp Boston Skyline BSD 144 BUY CD |
| NATIONAL ANTHEM DAY [CONGRESS DECLARES ANTHEM ON 3/3/1931] |
3:35 pm John Stafford Smith Great Britain (1750 - 1836) National Anthem of the United States (The Star-Spangled Banner) RCA Victor Sym Orch / Robert Shaw Robert Shaw Cho RCA 60814-2-RG BUY CD |
| PAUL WITTGENSTEIN (73) DIED THIS DAY IN 1961 |
3:40 pm Maurice Ravel France (1875 - 1937) Concerto for Piano (left hand) and Orchestra in D (1930-31) Concertgebouw Orch / Bruno Walter Paul Wittgenstein, p Radio Netherlands Worldwide 97017 BUY CD |
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3:57 pm Henry Purcell Great Britain (1659 - 1695) Trumpet Tune (Martial Air) New England Brass Ens E. Power Biggs, o CBS MLK 45525 BUY CD |
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FEDERICO MORENO TORROBA BORN THIS DAY IN 1891 |
4:00 pm Federico Moreno Torroba Spain (1891 - 1982) Aires de la Mancha (5) for Guitar Pepe Romero, g Philips 442 150-2 BUY CD |
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4:10 pm Gerardo Gombau Spain (1906 - 1972) Don Quijote velando las armas [Don Quixote keeping vigil over his armour] Madrid Community Orch / Jose Ramon Encinar Naxos 8.570260 BUY CD |
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4:20 pm Antonin Dvorak Czech Republic (1841 - 1904) Quartet for Strings No. 5 in f, Op. 9/B. 37 (1873) Prague String Quartet DG 463 165-2 BUY CD |
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4:54 pm Pablo Luna Spain (1879 - 1942) Waltz for Guitar Rene Gonzalez, g EFM Productions EFMRGZ1 BUY CD | |
♥ HALL OF FAME #043 ON THIS DAY IN 1877: BOLSHOI THEATRE PREMIERES SWAN LAKE BALLET |
1:00 pm Piotr Tchaikovsky Russia (1840 - 1893) Swan Lake (selections) Philadelphia Orch / Eugene Ormandy CBS Odyssey MBK 42252 BUY CD |
| MORITZ MOSZKOWSKI (70) DIED THIS DAY IN 1925 |
1:53 pm Moritz Moszkowski Poland (1854 - 1925) Etude for Piano in A-flat, Op. 72/13 Ilana Vered, p Connoisseur Society CD 4197 BUY CD |
SAMUEL ADLER TURNS 80 TODAY |
2:00 pm Samuel Adler United States (1928 - ) A Psalm Trilogy Gloriae Dei Cantores / Elizabeth C. Patterson GLOR GDCD 027 BUY CD |
| CARLOS SURINACH BORN THIS DAY IN 1915 |
2:10 pm Carlos Surinach Spain (1915 - 1997) Ritmo Jondo Philharmonia a Vent Wind Orch / John Boyd Klavier Records K 11166 BUY CD |
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2:18 pm Ludwig van Beethoven Germany (1770 - 1827) Quartet for Strings No. 10 in E-flat, Op. 74, Harp (1809) Alexander String Quartet Arte Nove 74321 59224 2 BUY CD |
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| MARIO DAVIDOVSKY TURNS 74 TODAY |
2:50 pm Mario Davidovsky Argentina (1934 - ) Synchronism No. 6 for Piano and Electronic Sounds Alan Feinberg, p Argo 436 925-2 BUY CD |
LILI KRAUS BORN THIS DAY IN 1905 |
3:00 pm Carl Maria von Weber Germany (1786 - 1826) Konzertstueck for Piano and Orchestra in f, Op. 79 (J. 282) (1821) Concertgebouw Orch / Pierre Monteux Lili Kraus, p Radio Netherlands Worldwide 97017 BUY CD |
| ANTONIO VIVALDI BORN THIS DAY IN 1678 |
3:18 pm Antonio Vivaldi Italy (1678 - 1741) Magnificat in g, RV. 611 Concerto Italiano / Rinaldo Alessandrini Deborah York & Patrizia Biccire, s's; Sara Mingardo, c; Akademia Opus 111 OP 30195 BUY CD |
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♥ HALL OF FAME #175 RECORDED LIVE JANUARY 7, 1973 |
3:39 pm Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Austria (1756 - 1791) Concerto for Horn and Orchestra No. 4 in E-flat, K. 495 (1786) Royal Concertgebouw Orch / Ferdinand Leitner Barry Tuckwell, fh Radio Netherlands Worldwide RCO 06004 BUY CD |
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♥ HALL OF FAME #227 |
3:57 pm Antonio Vivaldi Italy (1678 - 1741) Concerto for 2 Mandolins (or 2 Guitars), Strings and Continuo, RV. 532: Andante La Grande Ecurie et la Ch du Roy / Jean-Claude Malgoire Andre Saint-Clivier & Christian Schneider, m's CBS MFK 46359 BUY CD |
ALEXANDER GOEDICKE BORN THIS DAY IN 1877 |
4:00 pm Alexander Goedicke Russia (1877 - 1957) Miniature (arr. S. Aslamazian) Moscow Ch Orch / Constantine Orbelian Delos DE 3244 BUY CD |
| KARL LEOPOLD ROELLIG (68) DIED THIS DAY IN 1804 |
4:05 pm Karl Leopold Roellig Austria (1735 - 1804) Quintet for Glass Harmonica and String Quartet in c Bruno Hoffman, glass hm; Herbert Anrath & Walter Albers, v's; Ernst Nippes, vi; Hans Plumacher, vc Vox ACD 8174 BUY CD |
| BERNARD HAITINK TURNS 79 TODAY |
4:16 pm Maurice Ravel France (1875 - 1937) Daphnis et Chloe: Suite No. 1 for Orchestra Royal Concertgebouw Orch / Bernard Haitink Pentatone Classics PTC 5186 167 BUY CD |
| SANDOR VERESS (85) DIED THIS DAY IN 1992 |
4:29 pm Sandor Veress Hungary (1907 - 1992) Transylvanian Dances (4) for String Orchestra (1943-49) Bern Sym Orch / Dmitri Kitaienko Musica Helvetica MH CD 86.2 BUY CD |
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4:45 pm Johann Strauss (II) Austria (1825 - 1899) Wiener Blut [Vienna Blood] (waltz) for Orchestra, Op. 354 King's Singers; Sabine Meyer, cl; Manuel Barrueco, g; Georg Hoertnagel, db EMI 54057 BUY CD |
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| ANTONIO VIVALDI BORN THIS DAY IN 1678 |
4:49 pm Antonio Vivaldi Italy (1678 - 1741) Concerto for 4 Violins, Strings and Continuo in b, Op. 3/10, RV. 580 Accademia Bizantina / Ottavio Dantone Stefano Montanari, Fiorenza De Donatis, Paolo Zinzani & Laura Mirri, v's Arts Music 47647-2 BUY CD |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV (61) DIED THIS DAY IN 1953 |
1:00 pm Sergei Prokofiev Russia (1891 - 1953) Ivan the Terrible, Op. 116 [arranged in oratorio form by Abram Stasevich in 1961] (1942-45) London Sym Orch & Cho / Mstislav Rostropovich Christopher Plummer, nar; Tamara Sinyavskaya, ms; Sergei Leiferkus, br; New London Children's Cho Sony Classical 48387 BUY CD |
ALPHONSE HASSELMANS BORN THIS DAY IN 1845 |
2:36 pm Alphonse Hasselmans Belgium (1845 - 1912) Etude Marisa Robles, h Boston Skyline BSD 119 BUY CD |
| BARRY TUCKWELL TURNS 77 TODAY |
2:41 pm Richard Strauss Germany (1864 - 1949) Concerto for Horn and Orchestra No. 1 in E-flat, Op. 11 (1884) Royal Phil Orch / Vladimir Ashkenazy Barry Tuckwell, fh London 430 370-2 BUY CD |
WILLIAM SHIELD BORN THIS DAY IN 1748 |
3:00 pm William Shield Great Britain (1748 - 1829) When Bidden to the Wake or Fair Mark O'Connor, v; Yo-Yo Ma, vc Sony Classical 63216 BUY CD |
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3:09 pm Antonin Dvorak Czech Republic (1841 - 1904) Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano No. 3 in f, Op. 65 (1883) David Golub, p; Glenn Dicterow, v; James Kreger, vc Bridge 9242 BUY CD |
| RICHARD HICKOX TURNS 60 TODAY |
3:50 pm Jeremiah Clarke Great Britain (1674 - 1707) Ayres for the Theatre City of London Baroque Sinfonia / Richard Hickox EMI 47664 BUY CD |
THOMAS ARNE (67) DIED THIS DAY IN 1778 |
4:00 pm Thomas Arne Great Britain (1710 - 1778) Rule Brittania Band of The Life Guards / Colin Reeves Sony Classical 48473 BUY CD |
| FRANCESCO GASPARINI BORN THIS DAY IN 1661 |
4:04 pm Francesco Gasparini Italy (1668 - 1727) Mirena e Floro (intermezzo III) for 2 Voices and Orchestra Comic Intermezzo Orch Peter Van De Graaff, br; Kathleen Van De Graaff, s Naxos 8.570035 BUY CD |
| JOSEF REICHA (43) DIED THIS DAY IN 1795 |
4:16 pm Josef Reicha Czech Republic (1752 - 1795) Concerto for 2 Violins and Orchestra in D, Op. 3 Czech Ch Orch / Ondrej Kukal Mikael Ericsson, vc; Jana Vlachova Supraphon SU 3873-2 BUY CD |
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4:38 pm Joaquin Turina Spain (1882 - 1949) Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello No. 1, Op. 35 (1926) Eaken Piano Trio Excelcius 7301.72 BUY CD |
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1:00 pm Antonin Dvorak Czech Republic (1841 - 1904) Quartet for Strings No. 3 in D, B. 18 (1869-70) Prague String Quartet DG 463 165-2 BUY CD |
TODAY IS ALAMO DAY [185 TEXANS KILLED IN SAN ANTONIO IN 1836] |
2:11 pm Dimitri Tiomkin United States (1894 - 1979) The Alamo (1960): The Green Leaves of Summer Boston Pops Orch / John Williams Sony Classical 48224 BUY CD |
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♥ HALL OF FAME #135 KIRIL KONDRASHIN BORN THIS DAY IN 1914 |
2:16 pm Felix Mendelssohn (-Bartholdy) Germany (1809 - 1847) Symphony No. 4 in A, Op. 90, Italian (1833) Royal Concertgebouw Orch / Kiril Kondrashin Radio Netherlands Worldwide RCO 06004 BUY CD |
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2:47 pm Anonymous Saltarello John Williams, g Sony Classical 60586 BUY CD |
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| ZOLTAN KODALY (84) DIED THIS DAY IN 1967 |
2:50 pm Zoltan Kodaly Hungary (1882 - 1967) Hary Janos (excerpts) Budapest Festival Orch / Ivan Fischer Philips 289 462 824-2 BUY CD |
KIRI TE KANAWA TURNS 64 TODAY |
3:00 pm Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Austria (1756 - 1791) Nehmt meinen Dank, ihr holden Goenner, K. 383 (1782) Vienna Ch Orch / Gyoergy Fischer Kiri Te Kanawa, s London 430 207-2 BUY CD |
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♥ HALL OF FAME #018 LORIN MAAZEL TURNS 78 TODAY |
3:05 pm Ludwig van Beethoven Germany (1770 - 1827) Symphony No. 5 in c, Op. 67 (1807-08) Vienna Phil Orch / Lorin Maazel CBS MDK 44783 BUY CD |
| FRIEDRICH DOTZAUER (77) DIED THIS DAY IN 1860 |
3:40 pm Friedrich Dotzauer Germany (1783 - 1860) Etude for Cello in G, Op. 120/8 Janos Starker, vc Parnassus PACD 97-008 BUY CD |
| JOHN PHILIP SOUSA (77) DIED THIS DAY IN 1932 |
3:43 pm John Philip Sousa United States (1854 - 1932) Salute to John Philip Sousa (arr. Wright) Canadian Brass / Lukas Foss Philips 434 276-2 BUY CD |
| MARIELLE LABEQUE TURNS 56 TODAY |
3:54 pm Manuel de Falla Spain (1876 - 1946) La Vida Breve: Dance No. 1 Katia Labeque & Marielle Labeque, p's Philips 438 938-2 BUY CD |
ALEXANDER ALEKSANDROVICH ALYABYEV (63) DIED THIS DAY IN 1851 |
4:00 pm Alexander Aleksandrovich Alyabyev The Nightingale I Salonisti London 425 214-2 BUY CD |
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4:05 pm Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Russia (1844 - 1908) The Nightingale, Op. 2/2 Olga Borodina, ms; Larissa Gergieva, p Philips 442 780-2 BUY CD |
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4:09 pm Enrique Granados Spain (1867 - 1916) La maja y el ruisenor [The Maiden and the Nightingale] Van Cliburn, p RCA 60414-2-RG BUY CD |
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4:17 pm Igor Stravinsky Russia (1882 - 1971) The Firebird Suite for Orchestra (1911; rev. 1919 & 1945) (transc. Lawrence Odom) United States Air Force Band / Lowell E. Graham Klavier Records K 11167 BUY CD |
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4:45 pm Francois Couperin France (1668 - 1733) Le Rossignol en Amour Mie Miki, acco Challenge Classics 72014 BUY CD |
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4:50 pm Norbert Duechtel - Lieb Nachtgall, Wach Auf [Dear Nightingale, Awake] Thomas Cho / Georg Christoph Biller Philips 446 344-2 BUY CD |
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4:53 pm Joseph Lamb United States (1887 - 1960) Ragtime Nightingale for Piano (1915) Joshua Rifkin, p London 425 225-2 BUY CD | |
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1:00 pm Gustav Mahler Austria (1860 - 1911) Symphony No. 9 in D (1908-09) Royal Liverpool Phil Orch / Gerard Schwarz Artek AR 0041-2 BUY CD |
JOHN BACCHUS DYKES BORN THIS DAY IN 1823 |
2:23 pm John Bacchus Dykes Great Britain (1823 - 1876) Ten Thousand Times Ten Thousand (hymn) Philadelphia Brass Ens & Percussion / Richard P. Condie Mormon Tabernacle Cho; Alexander Schreiner, o Sony Classical 48293 BUY CD |
| CHARLES GROVES BORN THIS DAY IN 1915 |
2:27 pm Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco Italy (1895 - 1968) Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra No. 1 in D, Op. 99 (1939) English Ch Orch / Charles Groves John Williams, g CBS M2K 44791 BUY CD |
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♥ HALL OF FAME #149 RECORDED OCTOBER 7, 1946 AT THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS |
2:49 pm Tomaso Antonio Vitali Italy (1663 - 1745) Chaconne Nathan Milstein, v; Josef Blatt, p Bridge 9064 BUY CD |
PABLO DE SARASATE BORN THIS DAY IN 1844 |
3:00 pm Pablo de Sarasate Spain (1844 - 1908) Introduction and Tarantella for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 43 (transc. Eaken Piano Trio) Eaken Piano Trio Eaken Piano Trio 35371CD BUY CD |
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♥ HALL OF FAME #039 ON THIS DAY IN 1785: MOZART, PLAYS DEBUT OF PIANO CONCERTO NO. 21 IN VIENNA |
3:07 pm Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Austria (1756 - 1791) Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 21 in C, K. 467, Elvira Madigan (1785) Salzburg Mozarteum Camerata Acad / Sandor Vegh Andras Schiff, p London 430 510-2 BUY CD |
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♥ HALL OF FAME #283 ANNA MOFFO (73) DIED THIS DAY IN 2006 |
3:36 pm Sergei Rachmaninoff Russia (1873 - 1943) Vocalise for Soprano in e, Op. 34/14 (1912, rev. 1915) American Sym Orch / Leopold Stokowski Anna Moffo, s RCA 09026-61851-2 BUY CD |
| CHARLES GROVES BORN THIS DAY IN 1915 |
3:44 pm George Frideric Handel Germany (1685 - 1759) Semele: Where'er You Walk Royal Phil Orch / Charles Groves E. Power Biggs, o CBS MLK 39441 BUY CD |
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3:48 pm Carl Czerny Austria (1791 - 1857) Fantasie for Piano 4-Hands in f, Op. 226 Yaara Tal & Andreas Groethuysen, p's Sony Classical 45936 BUY CD |
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DUDLEY BUCK BORN THIS DAY IN 1839 |
4:00 pm Dudley Buck United States (1839 - 1909) Festival Overture on the American National Air for Orchestra (1887) St. Louis Sym Orch / Leonard Slatkin St. Louis Sym Orch Cho/Thomas Peck RCA 09026-60983-2 BUY CD |
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4:08 pm Albert Franz Doppler Austria (1821 - 1883) Duettino sur des motifs americains for 2 Flutes and Piano, Op. 37 (arr. Risto Keinaenen) Sinfonia Finlandia / Patrick Gallois Patrick Gallois & Kazunori Seo, fl's Naxos 8.570378 BUY CD |
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4:16 pm Antonin Dvorak Czech Republic (1841 - 1904) Quartet for Strings No. 12 in F, Op. 96/B. 179, American (1893) Prague String Quartet DG 463 165-2 BUY CD |
| SLATKIN WAS 2003 FINE ARTS RADIO INTERNATIONAL AWARD HONOREE |
4:41 pm Victor Herbert United States (1859 - 1924) American Fantasia for Orchestra St. Louis Sym Orch / Leonard Slatkin RCA 09026-60983-2 BUY CD |
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4:52 pm William Schuman United States (1910 - 1992) New England Triptych for Orchestra (1956): Be Glad Then, America Keystone Wind Ens / Jack Stamp Klavier Records K 11155 BUY CD | |
GRAMMY® 1993 NOMINEE: BEST CLASSICAL ALBUM |
1:00 pm Claude Debussy France (1862 - 1918) Le Martyre de Saint Sebastien (incidental music) for Orchestra and Chorus (1911) London Sym Orch / Michael Tilson Thomas Sylvia McNair, s; Ann Murray & Nathalie Stutzmann, ms's; Leslie Caron, nar; London Sym Cho Sony Classical 48240 BUY CD |
ANTONIO BAZZINI BORN THIS DAY IN 1818 |
2:08 pm Antonio Bazzini Italy (1818 - 1897) Le ronde des lutins (scherzo fantastique) for Violin and Piano, Op. 25 Itzhak Perlman, v; David Garvey, p RCA 82876-62516-2 BUY CD |
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2:14 pm Franz Schubert Austria (1797 - 1828) Sonata for Piano 4-Hands in C, D. 812 (Op. 140), Grand Duo (1824) Allan Schiller & John Humphreys, p's Naxos 8.570354 BUY CD |
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3:00 pm Mauro Giuliani Italy (1781 - 1829) Duo concertant for Flute (or Violin) and Guitar in e, Op. 25 Kim Sjogren, v; Lars Hannibal, g Our Recordings 8.226904 BUY CD |
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3:27 pm Dietrich Buxtehude Germany (1637 - 1707) Fuga for Organ in B, BuxWV 176 Bine Bryndorf, o Dacapo Records 6.220530 BUY CD |
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3:32 pm Ludwig van Beethoven Germany (1770 - 1827) Variations and Fugue for Piano in E-flat, Op. 35, Eroica (1802) Olli Mustonen, p London 436 834-2 BUY CD |
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3:55 pm Frederic Chopin Poland (1810 - 1849) Fugue for Piano in a Cyprien Katsaris, p Sony Classical 53355 BUY CD |
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ON THIS DAY IN 1929: RICHARD RODGERS' MUSICAL "SPRING IS HERE" OPENS |
4:00 pm Richard Rodgers United States (1902 - 1979) Spring is Here: With A Song In My Heart Orch / Ray Sinatra Mario Lanza, t RCA 09026-60889-2 BUY CD |
| ON THIS DAY IN 1888: DVORAK SYMPHONY NO. 2 PREMIERES IN PRAGUE |
4:05 pm Antonin Dvorak Czech Republic (1841 - 1904) Symphony No. 2 in B-flat, Op. 4 (1865) Scottish National Orch / Neeme Jaervi Chandos 8589 BUY CD |
| ASTOR PIAZZOLLA BORN THIS DAY IN 1921 |
4:54 pm Astor Piazzolla Argentina (1921 - 1992) Las cuatro estanciones portenas [The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires] for Guitar (ca. 1968): Spring Goeran Soellscher, g DG 449 185-2 BUY CD |
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1:00 pm Anton Bruckner Austria (1824 - 1896) Symphony No. 9 in d [unfinished] (1891-96) Suisse Romande Orch / Marek Janowski Pentatone Classics PTC 5186 030 BUY CD |
THOMAS ARNE BORN THIS DAY IN 1710 |
2:04 pm Thomas Arne Great Britain (1710 - 1778) British Grenadiers New York Phil / Leonard Bernstein Sony Classical 46709 BUY CD |
| FRIEDRICH KUHLAU (45) DIED THIS DAY IN 1832 |
2:06 pm Friedrich Kuhlau Germany (1786 - 1832) Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in C, Op. 7 Salzburg Sym Orch / Theodore Guschlbauer Felicja Blumental, p Brana Records BR 0016 BUY CD |
| DAVID DANIELS TURNS 42 TODAY |
2:38 pm Alessandro Scarlatti Italy (1660 - 1725) Ombre tacite e sole (cantata) Arcadian Acad / Nicholas McGegan David Daniels, ct Conifer 75605-51319-2 BUY CD |
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2:53 pm Domenico Scarlatti Italy (1685 - 1757) Sonata for Keyboard in E Ida Presti & Alexandre Lagoya, g's Philips 422 285-2 BUY CD |
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JENO HUBAY (78) DIED THIS DAY IN 1937 |
3:00 pm Jeno Hubay Hungary (1858 - 1937) Fantasie brillante on Bizet's Carmen for Violin and Piano, Op. 3/3 Livia Sohn, v; Benjamin Loeb, p Naxos 8.570202 BUY CD |
| TOLCHARD EVANS (76) DIED THIS DAY IN 1978 |
3:10 pm Tolchard Evans Great Britain (1901 - 1978) Lady of Spain (1931) Orch / Ray Sinatra Mario Lanza, t RCA 09026-60889-2 BUY CD |
| LIVE RADIO BROADCAST, 7/5/1951 |
3:13 pm Manuel de Falla Spain (1876 - 1946) El amor brujo (ballet) for Mezzo-Soprano and Orchestra (1915): suite Concertgebouw Orch / Leopold Stokowski Radio Netherlands Worldwide MCCL 97018 BUY CD |
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♥ HALL OF FAME #022 EUGENE ORMANDY (85) DIED THIS DAY IN 1985 |
3:37 pm Joaquin Rodrigo Spain (1901 - 1999) Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar and Orchestra (1939) Philadelphia Orch / Eugene Ormandy John Williams, g CBS MYK 36717 BUY CD |
AMPARO ITURBI, SISTER OF JOSE ITURBI, BORN THIS DAY IN 1899 |
4:00 pm Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Austria (1756 - 1791) Sonata for 2 Pianos in D, K. 448/375a (1781): Allegro con spirito Jose Iturbi & Amparo Iturbi, p's RCA 09026-68390-2 BUY CD |
| SISTER OF FELIX MENDELSSON |
4:09 pm Fanny Mendelssohn (-Hensel) Germany (1805 - 1847) Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello in d, Op. 11 Ambache Ch Ens BBC Music 4/9 BUY CD |
| ORLI SHAHAM IS GIL'S SISTER |
4:36 pm Antonin Dvorak Czech Republic (1841 - 1904) Romantic Pieces (4) for Violin and Piano, Op. 75 (1887) Gil Shaham, v; Orli Shaham, p DG 449 820-2 BUY CD |
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♥ HALL OF FAME #194 THE LAST OF OUR 'SISTERS HOUR' |
4:50 pm Antonin Dvorak Czech Republic (1841 - 1904) Slavonic Dance in A-flat, Op. 72/8 (1886) Katia Labeque & Marielle Labeque, p's Philips 426 264-2 BUY CD |
NEW! ♥ HALL OF FAME #150 |
1:00 pm Gustav Mahler Austria (1860 - 1911) Symphony No. 1 in D, Titan (1888; rev. 1893-96) Royal Liverpool Phil Orch / Gerard Schwarz Artek AR 0041-2 BUY CD |
| ON THIS DAY IN 1947: "BRIGADOON" OPENS AT THE ZIEGFELD THEATRE IN NEW YORK |
1:52 pm Frederick Loewe United States (1901 - 1988) Brigadoon: There But for You Go I English Northern Philharmonia / Paul Daniel Bryn Terfel, b-br DG 289 457 628-2 BUY CD |
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1:57 pm William Croft Great Britain (1678 - 1727) Scotch Tune Colin Booth, hc Soundboard SBCD 991 BUY CD |
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2:00 pm Mauro Giuliani Italy (1781 - 1829) Gran duetto concertante for Flute and Guitar in A, Op. 52 (1813-14) Kim Sjogren, v; Lars Hannibal, g Our Recordings 8.226904 BUY CD |
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2:16 pm Sergei Rachmaninoff Russia (1873 - 1943) Duets (6) for Piano 4-Hands, Op. 11 (1894) Yaara Tal & Andreas Groethuysen, p's Sony Classical 47199 BUY CD |
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2:40 pm Jean Francaix France (1912 - 1997) Piccoli duetti (5) for Flute and Harp Laurel Zucker, fl; Susan Jolles, h Cantilena Records 66016-2 BUY CD |
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| GRAMMY® 2000 WINNER: CLASSICAL PRODUCER OF THE YEAR |
2:50 pm Edgar Meyer United States (1960 - ) Duet for Cello and Bass Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Edgar Meyer, db Sony Classical 66782 BUY CD |
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2:57 pm Friedrich Dotzauer Germany (1783 - 1860) Canon for 2 Violins in G Vera Beths & Lisa Rautenberg, v's Sony Classical 64307 BUY CD |
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♥ HALL OF FAME #013 KARL MUENCHINGER (74) DIED THIS DAY IN 1990 |
3:00 pm Johann Pachelbel Germany (1653 - 1706) Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Continuo in D Stuttgart Ch Orch / Karl Muenchinger London 289 460 250-2 BUY CD |
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3:06 pm Antonin Dvorak Czech Republic (1841 - 1904) Quartet for Strings No. 1 in A, Op. 2/B. 8 (1862) Prague String Quartet DG 463 165-2 BUY CD |
| DVORAK'S SON-IN-LAW |
3:55 pm Josef Suk Czech Republic (1874 - 1935) Burleska for Violin and Piano, Op. 17/4 (1900) Elmar Oliveira, v; Robert McDonald, p MMG MCD 10027 BUY CD |
AMY WOODFORDE-FINDEN (58) DIED THIS DAY IN 1919 |
4:00 pm Amy Woodforde-Finden Great Britain (1860 - 1919) Kashmiri Love Song (arr. Lenehan) Julian Lloyd Webber, vc; John Lenehan, p EMI 59488 BUY CD |
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♥ HALL OF FAME #135 ON THIS DAY IN 1833: MENDELSSOHN FINISHES HIS ITALIAN SYMPHONY |
4:05 pm Felix Mendelssohn (-Bartholdy) Germany (1809 - 1847) Symphony No. 4 in A, Op. 90, "Italian" (1833): Saltarello Orch of the 18th Century / Frans Brueggen Philips 434 135-2 BUY CD |
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4:11 pm Simone Molinaro Italy (1565 - 1615) Saltarello, fr Il Conte Orlando (Ballo detto) Collegium Terpsichore / Fritz Neumeyer Boston Skyline BSD 118 BUY CD |
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4:15 pm Franz Mittler Austria (1893 - 1970) Quartet for Strings No. 3 in d (1915-18) Hugo Wolf Quartet CPO 777 329-2 BUY CD |
| MICHEL BLAVET BORN THIS DAY IN 1700 |
4:48 pm Michel Blavet France (1700 - 1768) Sonata for Flute and Continuo No. 4 in g, La Lumagne Irena Grafenauer, fl; Jorg Baumann, vc; Brigitte Engelhard, hc Philips 426 713-2 BUY CD |
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1:00 pm Georg Philipp Telemann Germany (1681 - 1767) Musique de Table [Tafelmusik] [18 compositions--solos, trios, quartets, concertos and overtures-- in 3 sets] (1733) Cologne Musica Antiqua / Reinhard Goebel Archiv Produktion 429 774-2 BUY CD |
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GRAMMY® 1958 NOMINEE: BEST CLASSICAL PERFORMANCE, CHAMBER |
2:17 pm Ludwig van Beethoven Germany (1770 - 1827) Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello No. 1 in E-flat, Op. 1/1 (1794-95) Joseph Fuchs, v; Pablo Casals, vc; Eugene Istomin, p Sony Classical 58988 BUY CD |
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2:49 pm Edvard Grieg Norway (1843 - 1907) Slatter (suite) for Orchestra, Op. 72 (orch. Oistein Sommerfeldt) Royal Scottish National Orch / Bjarte Engeset Naxos 8.557854 BUY CD |
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3:00 pm Ralph Vaughan Williams Great Britain (1872 - 1958) The Lover's Ghost Coro / Mark Griffiths Dal Segno DSPRCD600 BUY CD |
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| JOSEPH FUCHS (97) DIED THIS DAY IN 1997 |
3:07 pm Ludwig van Beethoven Germany (1770 - 1827) Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello No. 4 in D, Op. 70/1, Ghost (1808) Joseph Fuchs, v; Pablo Casals, vc; Eugene Istomin, p Sony Classical 58991 BUY CD |
| FRANCOIS MOREL TURNS 82 TODAY |
3:34 pm Francois Morel Canada (1926 - ) Deux Etudes de Sonorite for Piano Andrea Anderson, p Euterpe Productions 1005 BUY CD |
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3:43 pm George Frideric Handel Germany (1685 - 1759) Concerto grosso in B-flat, Op. 6/7 (HWV 325) (1739) Boston Baroque / Martin Pearlman Telarc CD-80688 BUY CD |
ON THIS DAY IN 1885: "MIKADO" OPENS AT THE SAVOY AND RUNS FOR ALMOST 2 YEARS |
4:00 pm Arthur Sullivan Great Britain (1842 - 1900) The Mikado: A More Humane Mikado Never Did in Japan Exist (To Let the Punishment Fit the Crime) King's Singers RCA 09026-61885-2 BUY CD |
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4:06 pm Julien-Francois Zbinden Switzerland (1917 - ) Trois esquisses japonaises for Harp, Op. 72 Mahalia Kelz, h Musica Helvetica MH CD 104.2 BUY CD |
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| ON THIS DAY IN 1824: SCHUBERT STRING QUARTET IN A-MINOR PREMIERES IN VIENNA |
4:21 pm Franz Schubert Austria (1797 - 1828) Quartet for Strings (No. 13) in a, D. 804 (Op. 29/1), Rosamunde (1824) Emerson String Quartet DG 289 459 151-2 BUY CD |
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♥ HALL OF FAME #247 JOHANN STRAUSS SR. BORN THIS DAY IN 1804 |
4:55 pm Johann Strauss Sr. Austria (1804 - 1849) Radetzky March for Orchestra, Op. 228 (1848) Vienna Phil Orch / Carlos Kleiber Sony Classical 45938 BUY CD |
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1:00 pm Antonin Dvorak Czech Republic (1841 - 1904) Stabat Mater for SATB Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus, Op. 58 (1876-77) Bavarian Radio Sym Orch & Cho / Rafael Kubelik Edith Mathis, s; Anna Reynolds, c; Wieslaw Ochman, t; John Shirley-Quirk, b DG 453 025-2 BUY CD |
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2:28 pm Peadar Kearney Ireland (1883 - 1942) National Anthem of Ireland Slovak Radio Sym Orch Bratislava / Peter Breiner Marco Polo 8.223388 BUY CD |
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2:30 pm Charles Villiers Stanford Ireland (1852 - 1924) Symphony No. 7 in d, Op. 124 (1912) Bournemouth Sym Orch / David Lloyd-Jones Naxos 8.570285 BUY CD |
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JAMES SCOTT SKINNER (83) DIED THIS DAY IN 1927 |
3:00 pm James Scott Skinner Great Britain (1843 - 1927) Hector the Hero Denver Brass John Kuzma, bagpipes Klavier Records K 11107 BUY CD |
| ON THIS DAY IN 1867: BRAHMS' WALTZES FOR PIANO, OP. 39, DEBUTED IN VIENNA |
3:08 pm Johannes Brahms Germany (1833 - 1897) Waltzes (16) for Piano (or Piano 4-Hands), Op. 39 (1865) Leon Fleisher, p Sony Classical 63225 BUY CD |
| LADISLAV KUPKOVIC TURNS 72 TODAY |
3:27 pm Ladislav Kupkovic Slovakia (1936 - ) Souvenir for Violin and Piano (1971) Kremerata Baltica Gidon Kremer, v Nonesuch 79657-2 BUY CD |
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3:34 pm (Franz) Joseph Haydn Austria (1732 - 1809) Symphony No. 49 in f, La Passione (1768) St. Petersburg Camerata / Saulius Sondeckis Sony Classical 48372 BUY CD |
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NEW! PERFORMED ON THE "KING" CELLO OF 1566, THE WORLD'S OLDEST |
4:00 pm Gianbattista Degli Antonii Italy (1660 - 1698) Ricercate (12) for Cello solo, Op. 1: No. 6 Julius Berger, vc Solo Musica SM 112 BUY CD |
| JOSEF RHEINBERGER BORN THIS DAY IN 1839 |
4:07 pm Josef Rheinberger Liechtenstein (1839 - 1901) Nonet for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, Violin, Viola, Cello and Double Bass in E-flat, Op. 139 Vienna-Berlin Ens Sony Classical 58971 BUY CD |
| ELISABETH JACQUET DE LA GUERRE BORN THIS DAY IN 1665 |
4:41 pm Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre France (1665 - 1729) L'Isle de Delos: Sinfonie and Musette Ens Galilei Telarc CD-80536 BUY CD |
| ON THIS DAY IN 1917: JEROME KERN'S MUSICAL "HAVE A HEART" CLOSES ON BROADWAY |
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