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Classical Music 7:00-9:30pm

Playlist for Thursday, September 24, 2009

Hosted by Meera Collier-Mitchell

Time

Composer

Selection

Performers

Record Title

Label

7:00

W.A. Mozart
(1756—1791)

Comic Duet: Nun libes Weibchen/Now, Dear Wifey (1790) 2:23

Lux Musica, Linda Burman-Hall, director & keyboards

 

Classical Cats

Kleos Classics

W.A. Mozart

Ein musikalischer Spaß, K. 522 (A Musical Joke) 23:09

  1. Allegro (4:49)
  2. Menuetto (Maestoso) & Trio (7:19)
  3. Adagio cantible (6:48)
  4. Presto (4:09)

The English Concert, Andrew Manze, director

Night Music

Harmonia Mundi

7:30

Sergei Prokofiev
(1891—1953)

Symphony No. 1 in D Major, Op. 25 “Classical”

  1. Allegro (4:50)
  2. Larghetto (4:38)
  3. Gavotte: Non troppo allegro (1:51)
  4. Final: Molto vivace (4:24)

National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, Theodore Kuchar, conductor

Prokofiev: Symphonies 1 &  2, &c.

Naxos

Erik Satie
(1866—1925)

Trois morceaus en forme de poire/Three Pieces in the Form of a Pear (12:12)

Klára Körmendi, Gábor Eckhardt, pianos

Satie: Piano Works Vol. 4

Naxos

8:00

György Ligeti
(b. 1923)

Six Bagatelles (11:46)

  1. Allegro con spirito (1:13)
  2. Rubato, lamentoso (3:05)
  3. Allegro grazioso (2:29)
  4. Presto ruvido (1:03)
  5. Adagio, Mesto (2:21)
  6. Molto vivace. Capriccioso (1:27)

Aeolian Winds:

Fiona Wilkinson, flute

Ian Franklin, oboe

Peter Shackleton, clarinet

David Haward, bassoon

Derek Conrod, horn

The Devil’s Dictionary

CBC Records

 

Einojuhani Rautavaara

(composed 1973)

Lorca Suite, Op. 72 (6:33)

  1. Canción de jinete (1:19)
  2. El Grito (1:49)
  3. La Luna Asoma (2:05)
  4. Malagueña (1:20)

Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Paul Hillier, director

Baltic Voices 1

Harmonia Mundi

 

Roger Stratton

Like Ghosts of Eagles (2:51)

Earlham College Concert Choir, Daniel Graves, conductor

Singing Out of the Silence

Earlham College Press

8:30

J.S. Bach

Coffee Cantata, BWV 211 (24:37)

  1. Recitative: Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht (Be quiet, stop chattering) (4:08)
  2. Aria: Ei! wie schmeckt der Coffee susse (Oh! The coffee tastes so sweet!) (5:09)
  3. Aria: Madchen, die von harten Sinnen (Hard-hearted girls) (3:50)
  4. Aria: Heute not, lieber Vater, tut es doch (Today, even, dear father, see to it!) (7:07)
  5. Die Katze lasst das Mausen nicht (A cat won’t stop catching mice) (4:24)

Emma Kirkby, soprano

Rogers Covey-Crump, tenor

David Thomas, bass

The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood, conductor

J.S. Bach: Coffee & Peasant Cantatas

Decca Records

9:00

Domenico Scarlatti

The Cat Fugue

Lilnda Burman-Hall

Classical Cats

Kleos

J.S. Bach

First Movement from Concerto for Violin, Strings and Continuo in A minor, BWV 1041 (3:50)

Bobby McFerrin, Vocals

Layton James, Harpsichord

The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Bobby McFerrin, conductor

Paper Music

Sony Classical

Astor Piazzolla
(1921—1992)

Three Preludes for Piano:

▪          Leijia’s Game (3:55)

▪          Flora’s Game (7:30)

▪          Sunny’s Game (3:45)

Dominique Lumet, piano

Astor Piazzolla: Preludes, Etudes, &c.

Harmonia Mundi

Scott Joplin
(1868—1917)

Bethena: “A Concert Waltz” (7:53)

Alexander Peskanov, piano

Scott Joplin: Piano Rags

Naxos

A. Seymour Brown/Nat Ayer, Ken Malucelli

King Chanticleer (4:22)

Chanticleer, Joseph Jennings, conductor

The Anniversay Album

SF Chanticleer

 

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