We’ll hear Bela Bartok’s gorgeous Third Piano Concerto on his birthday,
along with a concerto for birds by Rautavaara and chamber music by
Chausson featuring Soovin Kim.
Bartok’s birthday and Music for Birds
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Playlist:
3:02 pm
- Concertpiece for 4 Horns & Orchestra in F , Op. 86
- Composer: Robert Schumann
- Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
- Conductor: Christian Thielemann
- CD/Album: Schumann: Symphony No. 2, Manfred" Overture, etc."
- Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 453482
3:22 pm
- Symphony "La Casa del Diavolo" in d , Op. 12 , G 506
- Composer: Luigi Boccherini
- Ensemble: Tafelmusik
- Conductor: Jeanne Lamon
- CD/Album: Boccherini: Concerti da Violoncello/Sinfonie
- Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Harmonia Mundi (DH Mundi) 7867
- Note: (on melodies from Gluck's ballet, "Don Juan")
3:40 pm
- Cantus Arcticus (Concerto for Birds & Orchestra)
- Composer: Einojuhani Rautavaara
- Ensemble: Helsinki Philharmonic
- Conductor: Leif Segerstam
- CD/Album: Rautavaara: Clarinet Concerto, Cantus Arcticus, etc.
- Record co./Cat #: Ondine 1041
4:07 pm
- Egmont: Overture , Op. 84
- Composer: Ludwig Van Beethoven
- Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor: Claudio Abbado
- CD/Album: Beethoven: Ouverturen
- Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 429762
4:16 pm
- Auf dem Wasser zu Singen , Op. 72 , D 774 (song: "To be sung on the water")
- Composer: Franz Schubert
- Soloists: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone ; Gerald Moore, piano
- CD/Album: Schubert: 21 Lieder
- Record co./Cat #: EMI 69503
- Note: (text by Friedrich Leopold)
4:20 pm
- Piano Concerto #3 in E , Sz 119
- Composer: Bela Bartok
- Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
- Soloists: Helene Grimaud, piano
- Conductor: Pierre Boulez
- CD/Album: Bartok: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-3
- Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 3885
4:48 pm
- Concert Waltz #1
- Composer: Alexander Glazunov
- Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
- Conductor: Evgeny Svetlanov
- CD/Album: Glazunov: The Seasons
- Record co./Cat #: EMI 47847
5:07 pm
- Concerto in b , Op. 3/10 , RV 580
- Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
- Ensemble: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
- CD/Album: Albinoni: Adagio - Pachelbel: Canon, U.A.
- Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 429390
5:16 pm
- Les jeux d'eaux a la Villa d'Este ("Fountains at the Este Villa")
- Composer: Franz Liszt
- Soloists: Lazar Berman, piano
- CD/Album: Liszt: Annees de pelerinage
- Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 437206
5:25 pm
- Symphony #41 "Jupiter" in C , K 551
- Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor: Karl Bohm
- Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 413547
5:55 pm
- Thunder & Lightning Polka (aka: "Unter Donner und Blitz")
- Composer: Johann Strauss II
- Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor: Fritz Reiner
- CD/Album: Strauss Jr.: Waltzes; Josef Strauss / Reiner, Chicago Symphony
- Record co./Cat #: RCA 5405
6:07 pm
- The Lark Ascending
- Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
- Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Soloists: Sarah Chang, violin
- Conductor: Bernard Haitink
- CD/Album: Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5, etc.
- Record co./Cat #: EMI 55487
6:21 pm
- Concert for Violin, Piano, & String Quartet in D , Op. 21
- Composer: Ernest Chausson
- Ensemble: Jupiter String Quartet
- Soloists: Soovin Kim, violin ; Jeremy Denk, piano
- CD/Album: Soovin Kim, Jeremy Denk, Jupiter String Quartet: Chausson & Faure
- Record co./Cat #: Azica 71243