This morning we’ll honor maestro James Levine, on his 68th birthday. He’s currently the music director of the Boston Symphony Orchesrta, and at the Metropolitan Opera where he’s been leading the orchestra for close to 40 years!
Happy B-day James Levine!
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Playlist:
8:08 am
- Recuerdos de la Alhambra
- Composer: Francisco Tarrega
- Soloists: Julian Bream, guitar
- CD/Album: "Julian Bream - La Guitarra Romantica"
- Record co./Cat #: RCA 60429
- Note: ("Reminiscences of the Alhambra")
8:12 am
- Concert Piece in f for Clarinet & Basset Horn , Op. 113
- Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
- Ensemble: London Sinfonietta Soloists
- Soloists: Thea King, clarinet ; Georgina Dobree, basset-horn
- Conductor: Alun Francis
- CD/Album: "The Clarinet in Concert"
- Record co./Cat #: Hyperion 22017
8:22 am
- Don Carlos: Ballet of the Queen ("La Peregrina")
- Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
- Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
- Conductor: James Levine
- CD/Album: "Verdi: Ballet Music - James Levine"
- Record co./Cat #: Sony 52489
8:38 am
- Concerto in d for 2 Violins, Strings & Continuo , BWV 1043
- Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
- Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra
- Soloists: Anne-Sophie Mutter & Salvatore Accardo, violins
- CD/Album: "J.S. Bach: Violin Concertos: Mutter: Abbado"
- Record co./Cat #: EMI 47005
9:02 am
- Beatrice & Benedict: Overture
- Composer: Hector Berlioz
- Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor: Charles Munch
- CD/Album: "Franck-Symphony in D minor-Chicago Symphony Orchestra-Monteux"
- Record co./Cat #: RCA 6805
9:10 am
- A Shakespeare Ode
- Composer: Thomas Linley (the Younger)
- Ensemble: Musicians of the Globe
- Conductor: Philip Pickett
- CD/Album: "Linley Jr. - A Shakespeare Ode - Musicians of the Globe - Pickett"
- Record co./Cat #: Philips 446689
9:23 am
- Symphony #40 in g , K 550
- Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor: James Levine
- CD/Album: "Mozart: Symphonien Nr. 40 & 41 'Jupiter' "
- Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 429731