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1:00 pm Joseph Guy (Marie) Ropartz French Symphony for Orchestra and Chorus No. 3 in E (1905) Toulouse Capitole Orch / Michel Plasson Francoise Pollet, s; Nathalie Stutzman, a; Thierry Dran, t; Frederic Vassar, b; Orfeon Donostiarra EMI 47558 BUY CD |
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| JEREMIAH CLARKE (33) DIED THIS DAY IN 1707 |
1:57 pm Jeremiah Clarke British (1674 - 1707) Ayre English Ch Orch / Anthony Newman Wynton Marsalis, tr Sony Classical 66244 BUY CD |
ON THIS DAY IN 1832: "CALM SEA AND PROSPEROUS VOYAGE" DEBUTS BERLIN |
2:00 pm Felix Mendelssohn (-Bartholdy) German (1809 - 1847) Meerestille und glueckliche Fahrt [Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage] (overture), Op. 27 (1828) Ulster Orch / Nicholas Braithwaite BBC Music 14/3 BUY CD |
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2:14 pm Ludwig van Beethoven German (1770 - 1827) Meerestille und glueckliche Fahrt [Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage] (cantata) for Orchestra and Chorus, Op. 112 (1814-15) Orch Revolutionnaire et Romantique / John Eliot Gardiner Monteverdi Cho Archiv Produktion 435 391-2 BUY CD |
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| ON THIS DAY IN 1913: PAUL WITTGENSTEIN MAKES HIS DEBUT AS A PIANIST |
2:23 pm Maurice Ravel French (1875 - 1937) Concerto for Piano (left hand) and Orchestra in D (1930-31) Monte Carlo Opera Orch / Alceo Galliera Werner Haas, p Philips 438 353-2 BUY CD |
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2:41 pm Robert Schumann German (1810 - 1856) Fantasiestuecke for Clarinet (or Violin or Cello ad lib.) and Piano, Op. 73 (1849) Matt Haimovitz, vc; Itamar Golan, p Oxingale OX2002 BUY CD |
| ON THIS DAY IN 1956: BERNSTEIN'S "CANDIDE" PREMIERES IN NEW YORK CITY |
2:54 pm Leonard Bernstein American (1918 - 1990) Candide: Make Our Garden Grow Boston Pops Orch / John Williams Tanglewood Festival Cho/John Oliver Sony Classical 48224 BUY CD |
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3:00 pm Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Austrian (1756 - 1791) Demofoonte (opera seria fragment): Sinfonie No. 10 in G, K. 74 Capella Coloniensis / Bruno Weil Arts Music 47746-8 BUY CD |
| FRANZ XAVER RICHTER BORN THIS DAY IN 1709 |
3:09 pm Franz Xaver Richter Czech (1709 - 1789) Concerto for Trumpet, Strings and Continuo in D London Phil Orch / Elgar Howarth Hakan Hardenberger, tr Philips 426 311-2 BUY CD |
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3:24 pm Fernando Sor Spanish (1778 - 1839) Etudes (12) for Guitar, Op. 6 Goran Krivokapic, g Naxos 8.570502 BUY CD |
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| E.J. (ERNEST JOHN) MOERAN (55) DIED THIS DAY IN 1950 |
3:55 pm E.J. (Ernest John) Moeran British (1894 - 1950) To Daffodils King's Singers EMI 49765 BUY CD |
MAURICE GREENE (59) DIED THIS DAY IN 1755 |
4:00 pm Maurice Greene British (1696 - 1755) Suite of Voluntaries for Trumpet and Organ in D Claude Rippas, tr; P. Ambros Koch, o JPMC Records MP070-135-CD BUY CD |
| ADVENT SEASON BEGAN YESTERDAY |
4:10 pm Felix Mendelssohn (-Bartholdy) German (1809 - 1847) Im Advent [Advent] (motet), Op. 79/5 Gloriae Dei Cantores Gloriae Dei Cantores 107 BUY CD |
| ON THIS DAY IN 1902: NIELSEN PREMIERES HIS 2ND SYMPHONY [THE 4 TEMPERAMENTS] |
4:13 pm Carl Nielsen Danish (1865 - 1931) Symphony No. 2, Op. 16, The Four Temperaments (1902) San Francisco Sym Orch / Herbert Blomstedt London 430 280-2 BUY CD |
| 'SAGUINE' IS ONE OF THE FOUR TEMPERAMENTS OR HUMOURS |
4:46 pm Johann Strauss (II) Austrian Die Sanguiniker [The Sanguine Ones] (waltz) for Orchestra, Op. 27 Polish State Phil Orch / Oliver Dohnanyi Marco Polo 8.223208 BUY CD |
| TODAY IS THE NATIONAL DAY OF ROMANIA |
4:57 pm Anton Pann Romanian (1796 - 1854) National Anthem of Romania Slovak Radio Sym Orch Bratislava / Peter Breiner Marco Polo 8.223836 BUY CD |
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1:00 pm Henry Purcell British (1659 - 1695) Ode for St. Cecilia's Day for Chorus, Strings and Continuo, Z. 328, Hail bright Cecilia (1692) Gabrieli Players / Paul McCreesh Gabrieli Consort Archiv Produktion 445 882-2 BUY CD |
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1:51 pm George Frideric Handel German (1685 - 1759) Ode for St. Cecilia's Day for Soprano, Tenor, Orchestra and Chorus, HWV 76: Awake the Trumpet's Lofty Sound New England Brass Ens E. Power Biggs, o CBS MLK 39441 BUY CD |
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1:53 pm Padre Antonio Soler Spanish (1729 - 1783) Concerto for 2 Organs No. 4 in F: Minuet Jon Gillock, o; Kathleen Bride, h Milan 35764-2 BUY CD |
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2:00 pm Jacques Offenbach French (1819 - 1880) Overture to a Grand Orchestra Cincinnati Pops Orch / Erich Kunzel MMG MCD 10022 BUY CD |
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2:10 pm Georg Christoph Wagenseil Austrian (1715 - 1777) Symphony in D, Op. 3/1 Stuttgart Ch Orch / Johannes Goritzki CPO 777 112-2 BUY CD |
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| MARJANA LIPOVSEK TURNS 62 TODAY |
2:22 pm Johannes Brahms German (1833 - 1897) Unbewegte laue Luft, Op. 57/8 Marjana Lipovsek, ms; Charles Spencer, p Sony Classical 52490 BUY CD |
| JOHANN WENZEL KALLIWODA (65) DIED THIS DAY IN 1866 |
2:27 pm Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda Czech (1801 - 1866) Morceau de Salon for Oboe and Piano, Op. 228 Hansjoerg Schellenberger, ob; Rolf Koenen, p Sony Classical 48051 BUY CD |
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2:37 pm Sergei Prokofiev Russian (1891 - 1953) Quartet for Strings No. 2 in F, Op. 92 (1941) Emerson String Quartet DG 431 772-2 BUY CD |
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3:00 pm Alexander Borodin Russian (1833 - 1887) Nocturne for String Orchestra [arr. from Quartet No. 2 for Strings] Columbia Sym Orch / Frank Brieff Sony Classical 64537 BUY CD |
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| ON THIS DAY IN 1953: "KISMET," BASED ON BORODIN, OPENS AT ZIEGFELD THEATRE |
3:07 pm Robert Wright American (1914 - 2005) Kismet (1955): And This is My Beloved Orch / Irving Aaronson Mario Lanza, t; Cho RCA 60720-2-RG BUY CD |
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3:12 pm Ludwig van Beethoven German (1770 - 1827) Symphony No. 8 in F, Op. 93 (1812) Royal Phil Orch / Andre Previn RCA 60362-2-RC BUY CD |
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3:40 pm Johann Sebastian Bach German (1685 - 1750) Sonata for solo Violin No. 3 in C, BWV 1005 (1720) (transc. Sollscher) Goeran Soellscher, g DG 435 471-2 BUY CD |
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NEW! MATT HAIMOVITZ TURNS 38 TODAY |
4:00 pm Frederic Chopin Polish (1810 - 1849) Introduction and Polonaise for Cello and Piano in C, Op. 3, Polonaise brillante (1829-30) Matt Haimovitz, vc; Itamar Golan, p Oxingale OX2002 BUY CD |
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4:11 pm Felix Mendelssohn (-Bartholdy) German (1809 - 1847) Rondo brilliant for Piano and Orchestra in E-flat, Op. 29 (1834) City of Birmingham Sym Orch / Lawrence Foster Stephen Hough, p Hyperion 66969 BUY CD |
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| HALSEY STEVENS BORN 100 YEARS AGO TODAY |
4:22 pm Halsey Stevens American (1908 - 1989) Sonata for Trumpet and Piano (1953-56) Wynton Marsalis, tr; Judith Lynn Stillman, p Sony Classical 47193 BUY CD |
| JOSE SEREBRIER TURNS 70 TODAY |
4:38 pm Jose Serebrier Uruguayan (1938 - ) Fantasia for Strings (1960) Toulouse Ch Orch / Jose Serebrier Naxos 8.559303 BUY CD |
| WILLIAM GRANT STILL (83) DIED THIS DAY IN 1978 |
4:50 pm William Grant Still American (1895 - 1978) In Memoriam for Orchestra (1943) Fort Smith Sym / John Jeter Naxos 8.559174 BUY CD |
♥ 2009 HALL OF FAME #019 WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (35) DIED THIS DAY IN 1791 |
1:00 pm Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Austrian (1756 - 1791) Requiem for Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass, Orchestra and Chorus in d, K. 626 (1791) Philharmonia Orch / Carlo Maria Giulini Lynne Dawson, s; Jard van Nes, ms; Keith Lewis, t; Simon Estes, b; Philharmonia Cho/Horst Neumann Sony Classical 45577 BUY CD |
KARL AMADEUS HARTMANN (58) DIED THIS DAY IN 1963 |
2:02 pm Karl Amadeus Hartmann German (1905 - 1963) Concerto funebre for Violin and String Orchestra (1939; rev. 1959) Moscow Virtuosi / Vladimir Spivakov Vladimir Spivakov, v RCA 60370-2-RC BUY CD |
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2:22 pm Piotr Tchaikovsky Russian (1840 - 1893) Fatum (symphonic poem) for Orchestra in c, Op. 77 (1868; destroyed by Tchaikovsky, reconstructed 1896) St. Louis Sym Orch / Leonard Slatkin RCA 60432-2-RC BUY CD |
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2:40 pm Maurice Ravel French (1875 - 1937) Gaspard de la nuit for Piano (1908) Martha Argerich, p EMI 57101 BUY CD |
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JOHANN FRIEDRICH FASCH (70) DIED 250 YEARS AGO TODAY |
3:00 pm Johann Friedrich Fasch German (1688 - 1758) Concerto in D Tempesta di Mare Chandos 0751 BUY CD |
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3:14 pm Franz Schubert Austrian (1797 - 1828) Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello No. 2 in E-flat, D. 929 (Op. 100) (1827) Mieczyslaw Horszowski, p; Alexander Schneider, v; Pablo Casals, vc Sony Classical 58988 BUY CD |
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FRANCESCO GEMINIANI BORN THIS DAY IN 1687 |
4:00 pm Francesco Geminiani Italian (1687 - 1762) Concerto grosso in d, Op. 7/2 La Petite Bande / Sigiswald Kuijken Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 77010-2-RG BUY CD |
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4:11 pm Leopold Mozart Austrian (1719 - 1787) Symphony in C, C. 1 London Mozart Players / Matthias Bamert Chandos 10496 BUY CD |
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4:25 pm Theodore Dubois French (1837 - 1924) Sonata for Cello and Piano in D Benoit Loiselle, vc; Stephane Lemelin, p Atma Classique ACD2 2380 BUY CD |
| KRYSTIAN ZIMERMAN TURNS 52 TODAY |
4:49 pm Claude Debussy French (1862 - 1918) Ce qu'a vu le vent d'ouest (prelude) for Piano Krystian Zimerman, p DG 435 773-2 BUY CD |
| JOSE CARRERAS TURNS 62 TODAY |
4:53 pm Gaetano Donizetti Italian (1797 - 1848) Ti voglio bene assai English Ch Orch / Vjekoslav Sutej Jose Carreras, t Philips 434 926-2 BUY CD |
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1:00 pm Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco Italian (1895 - 1968) Les Guitares bien temperees [The Well-Tempered Guitars] (24 preludes and fugues for 2 guitars), Op. 199 (1962) Brasil Guitar Duo Naxos 8.570778 BUY CD |
JAMES GALWAY TURNS 69 TODAY |
2:00 pm Saverio Mercadante Italian (1795 - 1870) Concerto for Flute and Orchestra in D: Polacca Venice Solisti / Claudio Scimone James Galway, fl RCA 09026-60917-2 BUY CD |
| ON THIS DAY IN 1844: SCHUMANN'S QUARTET, OP. 47 DEBUTS WITH CLARA AT PIANO |
2:07 pm Robert Schumann German (1810 - 1856) Quartet for Piano and Strings in E-flat, Op. 47 (1842) Emerson String Quartet members Menahem Pressler, p DG 445 848-2 BUY CD |
| ERNEST SCHELLING (63) DIED THIS DAY IN 1939 |
2:35 pm Ernest Schelling American (1876 - 1939) Symphonic Variations for Orchestra and Piano (Impressions from An Artist's Life): Variation XV Evelyn McCarty, ob; Imelda Delgado, p Boston Records 2050 BUY CD |
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2:39 pm Manuel Ponce Mexican (1882 - 1948) Sonata Clasica for Guitar, Hommage a Fernando Sor (1930) Jason Vieaux, g Azica 71212 BUY CD |
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2:56 pm Fernando Sor Spanish (1778 - 1839) El que quisiera amando (seguidilla) Teresa Berganza, ms; Jose Miguel Moreno, g Philips 411 030-2 BUY CD |
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JULIAN RACHLIN TURNS 34 TODAY |
3:00 pm Jean Sibelius Finnish (1865 - 1957) Serenade for Violin and Orchestra in g, Op. 69/2 (1912-13) Pittsburgh Sym Orch / Lorin Maazel Julian Rachlin, v Sony Classical 53272 BUY CD |
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♥ 2009 HALL OF FAME #094 ON THIS DAY IN 1915: SIBELIUS' SYMPHONY NO. 5 DEBUTS IN HELSINKI, FINLAND |
3:10 pm Jean Sibelius Finnish (1865 - 1957) Symphony No. 5 in E-flat, Op. 82 (1915; rev. 1916; 1919) Berlin Phil Orch / James Levine DG 445 865-2 BUY CD |
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♥ 2009 HALL OF FAME #177 JAMES GALWAY TURNS 69 TODAY |
3:40 pm Johann Sebastian Bach German (1685 - 1750) Air on the G String [arrangement of the Air from Suite for Orchestra No. 3 in D, BWV 1068] Royal Phil Orch / Charles Gerhardt James Galway, fl RCA 09026-61928-2 BUY CD |
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3:45 pm Michel Corrette French (1707 - 1795) Symphonies (6) en quatuor contenant les plus beaux noels francais et etrangers (1781): No. 5 in a Arion Ens Early-Music.Com 7768 BUY CD |
NEW! ♥ 2009 HALL OF FAME #054 |
4:00 pm Gabriel Faure French (1845 - 1924) Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11 (1865) National Orch of France / Laurence Equilbey Christophe Henry, o; Stephane Degout, br; Luc Hery, v; Sandrine Piau, s; Accentus Naive 5137 BUY CD |
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♥ 2009 HALL OF FAME #027 ON THIS DAY IN 1813: BEETHOVEN'S 7TH SYMPHONY DEBUTS IN VIENNA |
4:07 pm Ludwig van Beethoven German (1770 - 1827) Symphony No. 7 in A, Op. 92 (1811-12) Vienna Phil Orch / Carlos Kleiber DG 447 400-2 BUY CD |
| BOHUSLAV MARTINU BORN THIS DAY IN 1890 |
4:46 pm Bohuslav Martinu Czech (1890 - 1959) Variations on a Theme of Rossini for Cello and Piano (1942) Janos Starker, vc; Gyoergy Sebok, p Mercury 434 358-2 BUY CD |
| JAMES GALWAY TURNS 69 TODAY |
4:55 pm Traditional Irish Crowley's Reel (arr. Galway/Moloney) National Phil Orch & The Chieftans James Galway, fl RCA 09026-60917-2 BUY CD |
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1:00 pm Nicolas Chedeville French (1705 - 1782) Les Saisons amusantes (1739) Les Eclairs de Musique Matthias Loibner, hurdy-gurdy; Enrico Casazza, baroque v; Chiara de Ziller, r Arts Music 47669-8 BUY CD |
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1:56 pm Theodore Dubois French (1837 - 1924) Andante appassionato for Cello and Piano (pub. 1925) Benoit Loiselle, vc; Stephane Lemelin, p Atma Classique ACD2 2380 BUY CD |
CESAR FRANCK BORN THIS DAY IN 1822 |
2:00 pm Cesar Franck Belgian (1822 - 1890) Pieces (3) for Organ (1878): No. 2 Cantabile in B, M 36 Colin Walsh, o Guild 7324 BUY CD |
| ELLIOTT CARTER TURNS 100 TOMORROW |
2:08 pm Elliott Carter American (1908 - ) Etudes (8) and a Fantasy for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet and Bassoon (1950) New York Woodwind Quintet Boston Skyline BSD 137 BUY CD |
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2:27 pm Anton Arensky Russian (1861 - 1906) Fantasia on Themes of Ryabinin for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 48 (1899) BBC Scottish Sym Orch / Jerzy Maksymiuk Stephen Coombs, p Hyperion 66624 BUY CD |
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| JASCHA HEIFETZ (86) DIED THIS DAY IN 1987 |
2:37 pm Ludwig van Beethoven German (1770 - 1827) Trio for Strings in D, Op. 9/2 (1797-98) Jascha Heifetz, v; William Primrose, vi; Gregor Piatigorsky, vc RCA 7873-2-RG BUY CD |
YURI TEMIRKANOV TURNS 70 TODAY |
3:00 pm Hector Berlioz French (1803 - 1869) Beatrice et Benedict: Overture Royal Phil Orch / Yuri Temirkanov RCA 09026-61203-2 BUY CD |
| OLIVIER MESSIAEN BORN 100 YEARS AGO TODAY |
3:10 pm Olivier Messiaen French (1908 - 1992) Theme et Variations for Violin and Piano (1932) Anne Akiko Meyers, v; Li Jian, p Avie AV 0024 BUY CD |
| LEIGH HARLINE (62) DIED THIS DAY IN 1969 |
3:18 pm Leigh Harline American (1907 - 1969) Pinocchio (1940): Medley Columbia Sym Orch / Jerold D. Ottley Mormon Tabernacle Cho Sony Classical 80317 BUY CD |
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♥ 2009 HALL OF FAME #036 SARAH CHANG TURNS 28 TODAY |
3:24 pm Felix Mendelssohn (-Bartholdy) German (1809 - 1847) Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in e, Op. 64 (1844) Berlin Phil Orch / Mariss Jansons Sarah Chang, v EMI 56418 BUY CD |
| ON THIS DAY IN 1830: U.S. POET EMILY DICKINSON IS BORN |
3:52 pm Aaron Copland American (1900 - 1990) Why do they shut me out of Heaven?, fr Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson Jan DeGaetani, ms; Leo Smit, p Bridge 9046 BUY CD |
| MORTON GOULD BORN THIS DAY IN 1913 |
3:54 pm Morton Gould American (1913 - 1996) Symphonette No. 2: Pavane Seattle Sym Orch / Gerard Schwarz Delos 3166 BUY CD |
MASTERPIECES FROM "MASTERPIECE (THEATRE)" THIS HOUR |
4:00 pm Jean-Joseph Mouret French (1682 - 1738) Rondeau, fr Symphonies and Fanfares for the King's Supper Collegium Musicum of Paris / Roland Douatt Delos 3218 BUY CD |
| THEME FOR THE 1967 BRITISH MINI-SERIES, "THE FORSYTE SAGA" |
4:03 pm Eric Coates British (1886 - 1957) The Three Elizabeths (suite) for Orchestra (1944): Halcyon Days London Pops Orch / Frederick Fennell Mercury 434 330-2 BUY CD |
| ROBERT GRAVES' 1934 NOVELS TURNED INTO A 1976 MINI-SERIES |
4:12 pm Wilfred Josephs British (1927 - 1997) I, Claudius (1976): Theme Studio Orch / Marcus Dods Delos 3218 BUY CD |
| DOUBLE BASS FEATURED THE REMAINDER OF THE HOUR |
4:14 pm Giovanni Bottesini Italian (1821 - 1889) Gran Duo concertant for Violin, Double Bass and String Orchestra (or Piano) (1880) St. Paul Ch Orch / Hugh Wolff Joshua Bell, v; Edgar Meyer, db Sony Classical 60956 BUY CD |
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4:29 pm Serge Koussevitzky American (1874 - 1951) Valse miniature for Double Bass Eugene Levinson, db Cala Artists 0507 BUY CD |
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4:32 pm Edgar Meyer American (1960 - ) Double Concerto for Cello and Double Bass St. Paul Ch Orch / Hugh Wolff Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Edgar Meyer, db Sony Classical 60956 BUY CD |
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| GARY KARR TURNED 67 ON NOVEMBER 20 |
4:52 pm Ernest Bloch Swiss (1880 - 1959) From Jewish Life for Cello and Piano (1924): Prayer London Double Basses / Geoffrey Simon Gary Karr, db Cala Artists 0110 BUY CD |
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5:00 pm Michel Corrette French (1707 - 1795) Symphonies (6) en quatuor contenant les plus beaux noels francais et etrangers (1781): No. 5 in a Arion Ens Early-Music.Com 7768 BUY CD |
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♥ 2009 HALL OF FAME #063 |
5:21 pm Piotr Tchaikovsky Russian (1840 - 1893) The Nutcracker (suite) for Orchestra, Op. 71a (1892; arr. Piano, 1897) (transc. Stephan Esipoff) Aurora Duo Naxos 8.570418 BUY CD |
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5:45 pm Carson Cooman American - New World Carols: An American Christmas Triptych, Op. 515 (2003) Cho of Royal Holloway; Samuel Rathbone, o / Rupert Gough Naxos 8.559361 BUY CD | |
NEW! ♥ 2009 HALL OF FAME #167 I. ALLEGRO |
5:00 pm Edward Elgar British (1857 - 1934) Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in b, Op. 61 (1910) Chicago Sym Orch / David Zinman Gil Shaham, v Canary Classics CC06 BUY CD |
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NEW! FIRST HALF TONIGHT, PART 2 SAME HOUR TOMORROW NIGHT |
5:26 pm Gian Carlo Menotti Italian (1911 - 2007) Amahl and the Night Visitors (television opera in 1 act) (1951) Nashville Sym Orch / Alastair Willis Ike Hawkersmith, trb; Kirsten Gunlogson, ms; Dean Anthony, t; Todd Thomas, br; Chicago Sym Cho Naxos 8.669019 BUY CD |
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5:54 pm Leroy Anderson American (1908 - 1975) Sleigh Ride (song) for Orchestra (1948) (arr. Jeff Scott) Imani Winds Koch Classics 7748 BUY CD | |
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1:00 pm Charles Villiers Stanford Irish (1852 - 1924) Symphony No. 1 in B-flat (1875) Bournemouth Sym Orch / David Lloyd-Jones Naxos 8.570356 BUY CD |
| ON THIS DAY IN 1909: "KIKIMORA" FOR ORCHESTRA DEBUTS IN ST. PETERSBURG |
1:50 pm Anatoly Liadov Russian (1855 - 1914) Kikimora for Orchestra, Op. 63 (1909) BBC National Orch of Wales / David Atherton BBC Music 3/11 BUY CD |
PHILIP LEDGER TURNS 71 TODAY |
2:00 pm Traditional I Sing of a Maiden King's College Cho, Cambridge; Francis Grier, o / Philip Ledger EMI 47500 BUY CD |
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♥ 2009 HALL OF FAME #044 |
2:04 pm Johann Sebastian Bach German (1685 - 1750) Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-flat, BWV 1051 (1708-10) English Concert / Trevor Pinnock Archiv Produktion 410 501-2 BUY CD |
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♥ 2009 HALL OF FAME #011 |
2:22 pm Johann Pachelbel German (1653 - 1706) Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Continuo in D Berlin Phil Orch / Herbert von Karajan DG 445 282-2 BUY CD |
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2:28 pm Leopold Mozart Austrian (1719 - 1787) Symphony (Partia) in C, C. 4 London Mozart Players / Matthias Bamert Chandos 10496 BUY CD |
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2:41 pm Karl Jenkins British (1944 - ) Palladio for 4 Violins and String Orchestra, Diamond Music London Phil Strings / Karl Jenkins Sony Classical 62276 BUY CD |
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CARL FRIEDRICH ZELTER BORN 250 YEARS AGO YESTERDAY |
3:00 pm Carl Friedrich Zelter German (1758 - 1832) Der Kuckuck und der Esel [The cuckoo and the donkey] Vienna Ch Orch / Uwe Christian Harrer Vienna Boys' Cho Philips 400 014-2 BUY CD |
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3:03 pm Frederick Delius British (1862 - 1934) On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring for Orchestra (1912) Kostelanetz Orch / Andre Kostelanetz Sony Classical 47280 BUY CD |
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3:11 pm Mark O'Connor American (1961 - ) Johnny Appleseed Suite Colorado Sym Orch / Marin Alsop Mark O'Connor, v; John Jarvis, p; Bryan Sutton, g Omac Records 8 BUY CD |
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3:31 pm Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Russian (1844 - 1908) The Golden Cockerel: Suite Russian National Orch / Mikhail Pletnev DG 447 084-2 BUY CD |
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4:00 pm Domenico Cimarosa Italian (1749 - 1801) Cleopatra: Overture Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia / Alessandro Amoretti Naxos 8.570508 BUY CD |
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| PERCY FLETCHER BORN THIS DAY IN 1879 |
4:06 pm Percy Fletcher British (1879 - 1932) At the Court of Cleopatra Queen's Hall Light Orch / Charles Williams Guild 5107 BUY CD |
| ON THIS DAY IN 1891: BRAHMS' CLARINET QUINTET PREMIERES IN BERLIN |
4:10 pm Johannes Brahms German (1833 - 1897) Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in b, Op. 115 (1891) Fine Arts String Quartet Reginald Kell, cl Boston Skyline BSD 135 BUY CD |
| ANDREI SCHULZ-EVLER BORN THIS DAY IN 1852 |
4:46 pm Andrei Schulz-Evler Arabesques on Themes from Johann Strauss' The Beautiful Blue Danube for Piano Jorge Bolet, p Philips 456 724-2 BUY CD |
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5:00 pm Traditional English The Twelve Days of Christmas Orch at Temple Square / Craig Jessop Mormon Tabernacle Cho; The King's Singers Mormon Tabernacle Choir 1 BUY CD |
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5:16 pm Gian Carlo Menotti Italian (1911 - 2007) Amahl and the Night Visitors (television opera in 1 act) (1951) Nashville Sym Orch / Alastair Willis Ike Hawkersmith, trb; Kirsten Gunlogson, ms; Dean Anthony, t; Todd Thomas, br; Chicago Sym Cho Naxos 8.669019 BUY CD |
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5:48 pm John Tavener British (1944 - ) Birthday Sleep (1999) Cho of Clare College, Cambridge / Timothy Brown Naxos 8.572168 BUY CD |
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5:55 pm John Tavener British (1944 - ) O Thou Gentle Night (2000) Stefan Berkieta, br; Cho of Clare College, Cambridge / Timothy Brown Naxos 8.572168 BUY CD |
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