Mardi Gras

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We’ll observe Mardi Gras with the New Orleans composer Louis Moreau Gottschalk.

Playlist:
3:02 pm
  • Harp Sonata
  • Composer: Germaine Tailleferre
  • Soloists: Judy Loman, harp
  • CD/Album: 20th Century Masterworks for Harp
  • Record co./Cat #: Marquis Classics 81289
3:13 pm
  • Oboe Concerto in D , AV 144
  • Composer: Richard Strauss
  • Ensemble: Academy of London
  • Soloists: Ray Still, oboe
  • Conductor: Richard Stamp
  • CD/Album: Strauss - bach - Marcello: Oboe Concertos
  • Record co./Cat #: Virgin Classics 90813
3:40 pm
  • Dolly Suite (orchestral version) , Op. 56
  • Composer: Gabriel Faure
  • Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra
  • Conductor: Seiji Ozawa
  • CD/Album: Faure: Pelleas et Melisande - Dolly
  • Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 423089
4:05 pm
  • The Abduction from the Seraglio: Overture , K 384
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
  • Conductor: Neville Marriner
  • CD/Album: Mozart: Overtures
  • Record co./Cat #: EMI 47014
4:15 pm
  • The Planets: Mars, Bringer of War
  • Composer: Gustav Holst
  • Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra
  • Conductor: Seiji Ozawa
  • CD/Album: Holst: The Planets
  • Record co./Cat #: Philips 416456
4:26 pm
  • Bamboula (Danse des Negres)
  • Composer: Louis Moreau Gottschalk
  • Soloists: Cecile Licad, piano
  • CD/Album: Gottschalk: Piano Music
  • Record co./Cat #: Naxos 8.559145
4:36 pm
  • Le Banjo (Fantasie Grotesque)
  • Composer: Louis Moreau Gottschalk
  • Soloists: Cecile Licad, piano
  • CD/Album: Gottschalk: Piano Music
  • Record co./Cat #: Naxos 8.559145
4:43 pm
  • Othello Overture
  • Composer: Antonin Dvorak
  • Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic
  • Conductor: Claudio Abbado
  • CD/Album: Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 - Othello
  • Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 457651
5:05 pm
  • Orchestral Suite #5: Scenes Napolitaines ("Neopolitan Scenes")
  • Composer: Jules Massenet
  • Ensemble: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
  • Conductor: Jean-Yves Ossonce
  • CD/Album: Massenet: Orchestral Suites Nos. 4-7
  • Record co./Cat #: Naxos 8.553125
5:19 pm
  • Variations on "Ein Madchen oder Weibchen" in F , Op. 66
  • Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Soloists: Zuill Bailey, cello ; Simone Dinnerstein, piano
  • CD/Album: Zuill Bailey - Simone Dinnerstein: Beethoven
  • Record co./Cat #: Telarc 80740
  • Note: (from Mozart's opera, "The Magic Flute"; Act II - Papageno's aria: "A girl or little wife")
5:31 pm
  • Sonata "La Pastorella" in A ("The Shepherdess")
  • Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber
  • Ensemble: Musica Antiqua Koln
  • Conductor: Reinhardt Goebel
  • CD/Album: Scherzi Musicali: Biber-Schmelzer-Walther
  • Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 429230
5:38 pm
  • Concerto for 2 Pianos in d
  • Composer: Francis Poulenc
  • Ensemble: Rotterdam Philharmonic
  • Soloists: Francois-Rene Duchable, piano ; Jean-Philippe Collard, piano
  • Conductor: James Conlon
  • CD/Album: Poulenc: Concerto for 2 Pianos, etc
  • Record co./Cat #: Erato 88140
6:02 pm
  • Purple
  • Composer: Michael Torke
  • Ensemble: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
  • Conductor: David Zinman
  • CD/Album: Michael Torke: Ecstatic Orange, etc
  • Record co./Cat #: Argo 433071
6:10 pm
  • Piano Trio in F , Op. 22
  • Composer: Johann Nepomuk Hummel
  • Ensemble: Voces Intimae String Quartet
  • Soloists: Riccardo Cecchiti, piano
  • CD/Album: Hummel: Piano Trios Vol. 1 - Voces Intimae
  • Record co./Cat #: Warner 62595
6:26 pm
  • Guitar Quintet "Fandango" , G 448
  • Composer: Luigi Boccherini
  • Ensemble: Europa Galante
  • Soloists: Giangiacomo Pinardi, guitar ; Mauro Occhoniero, castanets
  • CD/Album: Boccherini: Guitar Quintets
  • Record co./Cat #: Virgin Classics 45607
6:48 pm
  • Voyevode: Overture , Op. 78
  • Composer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  • Ensemble: National Orchestra of Ukraine
  • Conductor: Theodore Kuchar
  • CD/Album: Tchaikovsky: Dances and Overtures
  • Record co./Cat #: Naxos 8.554845

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