Rachmaninoff was born on April 1, 1873. Also, musical jokes for April Fools Day.
Rachmaninoff’s Birthday
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Playlist:
3:02 pm
- Sonata a 5 Per Camera al Giorno Dellecorreggie
- Composer: Johann Heinrich Schmelzer
- Ensemble: Tafelmusik
- Conductor: Jeanne Lamon
- CD/Album: Schmelzer: Sonatas - Tafelmusik - Jeanne Lamon
- Record co./Cat #: Sony 53963
3:09 pm
- Sonata for Bassoon and Cello in Bb , K 292
- Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Soloists: Alexander Heller, bassoon ; Yo Yo Ma, cello
- CD/Album: Marlboro Music Festival - 40th Anniversary - Mozart Srenade No. 10 K 361 - Sonata K. 292
- Record co./Cat #: Sony 46248
- Note: (Recorded at Marlboro, 1975)
3:25 pm
- Piano Concerto #2 in c , Op. 18
- Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff
- Ensemble: The Cleveland Orchestra
- Soloists: Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
- Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy
- CD/Album: Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2/ Pagamomo Rhapsody
- Record co./Cat #: London 440653
4:12 pm
- Caprice on Danish and Russian Airs
- Composer: Camille Saint-Saens
- Ensemble: Reykjavik Wind Quintet
- Soloists: Vovka Ashkenazy, piano
- CD/Album: Piano and Wind
- Record co./Cat #: Chandos 10420
4:26 pm
- Flute Sonata #2 , Op. 10/2
- Composer: Carl Maria von Weber
- Soloists: Aurele Nicolet, flute ; Bruno Canino, piano
- CD/Album: Carl Maria Von Weber: Kammermusik
- Record co./Cat #: Novalis 150065
4:34 pm
- Salve Regina (antiphonal for 4 Voices)
- Composer: William Byrd
- Ensemble: Chanticleer
- CD/Album: Byrd / Intempore Paschali / Chanticleer
- Record co./Cat #: Harmonia Mundi 905182
4:40 pm
- Rhapsodie Espagnole
- Composer: Maurice Ravel
- Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor: Lorin Maazel
- CD/Album: Lorin Maazel Conducts Ravel
- Record co./Cat #: RCA 68600
5:05 pm
- Julius Caesar: Overture , Op. 128
- Composer: Robert Schumann
- Ensemble: Polish National Radio Orchestra
- Conductor: Johannes Wildner
- CD/Album: Schumann: Overtures
- Record co./Cat #: Naxos 8.550608
5:16 pm
- Quartet for Saxophones
- Composer: Pierre-Max Dubois
- Ensemble: The Prism (Saxophone) Quartet
- CD/Album: The Prism Quartet
- Record co./Cat #: KOCH 7024
- Note: (written in 1956)
5:28 pm
- Symphony #60 "Il distratto" in C , HOB 1/60
- Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
- Ensemble: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
- CD/Album: Haydn: Symphonien Nr. 60 & 91
- Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 437783
5:54 pm
- Scherzo a la Russe
- Composer: Igor Stravinsky
- Ensemble: Russian National Orchestra
- Conductor: Mikhail Pletnev
- CD/Album: Stravinsky: Symphony in E Flat - The 'Firebird' Suite
- Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 453434
6:02 pm
- Scherzo #1 in b , Op. 20
- Composer: Frederic Chopin
- Soloists: Vassily Primakov, piano
- CD/Album: Chopin Ballades, Scherzos, Sonatas
- Record co./Cat #: LP Classics 1009
6:13 pm
- String Quartet in g
- Composer: Claude Debussy
- Ensemble: Alban Berg Quartet
- Record co./Cat #: EMI 47347
6:37 pm
- Tristan und Isolde: Prelude & Liebestod
- Composer: Richard Wagner
- Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic
- Conductor: Seiji Ozawa
- CD/Album: Wagner - Overtures and Preludes
- Record co./Cat #: Philips 426271
6:55 pm
- Last Tango In Bayreuth
- Composer: Peter Schickele (aka: PDQ Bach)
- Ensemble: Tennessee Bassoon Quartet
- Conductor: Peter Schickele
- CD/Album: P.D.Q. Bach: Music for an Awful Lot of Winds and Percussion
- Record co./Cat #: Telarc 80307