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Classical Music 7:00-9:30pm

Playlist for Thursday, February 11, 2010

Hosted by Meera Collier-Mitchell

Time

Composer

Selection

Performers

Record Title

Label

7:00

J. S. Bach
(1685—1750)

Sonata in D major, BWV 963

▪          [first movement]

▪          [second movement]

▪          Fugue

▪          Adagio

▪          Them all’ imitatio Gallina Cuccu

Angela Hewitt, piano

Bach Fantasia & Fugue in A Minor, &c.

Hyperion

Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, BWV 225

▪          Singet dem Herrn

▪          Gott, nimm dich ferner unser an: Chorus I aria; Wie sich ein Vater erbarmet: Chorus II chorale

▪          Lobet den Herrn

Solisti e Coro della Radio Svizzera, Lugano

Ensemble Vanitas

Diego Fasolis, conductor

J.S. Bach: Magnificat BWV 243; Cantata BWV 21; Motet BWV 225

Musica Helvetica

Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten

Angela Hewitt, piano

Bach Fantasia & Fugue in A Minor, &c.

Hyperion

7:30

Alexander Scriabin
(1872—1915)

Seven Preludes, Op. 17 (1895-1896)

1.       D minor: Allegretto

2.       E-flat major: Presto

3.       D-flat major: Andante

4.       B-flat major: Lento

5.       F minor: Presto

6.       B-flat major: Andante doloroso

7.       G minor: Allegro assai

Piers Lane, piano

The Complete Preludes of Alexander Scriabin

Hyperion

7:45

Alexander Glazunov
(1865—1936)

The Seasons, Op. 67 & 67a

▪          Winter

▪          Spring

▪          Summer

▪          Autumn

Minnesota Orchestra, Edo De Waart, conductor

The Seasons

Telarc

8:15

Morten Lauridsen
(b. 1943)

Mid-Winter Songs (1983)

▪          Lament for Pasiphaë

▪          Like Snow

▪          She tells her love while half asleep

▪          Mid-Winter Waking

▪          Intercession in Late October

Polyphony, Stephen Layton, conductor

Britten Sinfonia, Jacqueline Shave, leader

Morten Lauridsen: Nocturnes

Hyperion

8:40

Heitor Villa-Lobos
(1887—1959)

Aria from Bachianas Brasilieras No. 5

Dawn Upshaw, soprano

Cello Orchestra

White Moon

Nonesuch

 

Per Nørgård
(b. 1932)

Winter Hymn

Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Paul Hillier, conductor

Baltic Voices 2

Harmonia Mundi

9:00

Claude Debussy
(1862—1918)

Rêverie

Rie Schmidt, flute

Benjamin Verdery, guitar

Reverie: French Music for Flute and Guitar

Newport Classic

 

Francis Poulenc
(1899—1963)

Un soir de neige

 

Robert Shaw Festival Singers

Appear & Inspire

Telarc

 

Frank Martin
(1890—1974)

Quatre pièces brèves

1.       Prelude: Lent—Vite

2.       Air: Lent et bien rythme

3.       Plainte Sans lenteur

4.       Comme une Gigue: Con moto

Julian Bream, guitar

Nocturnal

EMI Classics

 

Heitor Villa-Lobos

Prelude No. 1 in E Minor

Prelude No. 5 in D

Julian Bream: Rodrigo & Villa-Lobos

RCA Victor

 

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