Festivals in the Air

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As we move towards the New Year, the Festival Prelude of Strauss, Schumann’s Carnival Prank, and lots of other festive music.

Playlist:
7:01 am
  • Fantasia on "La ci darem la mano" (from Mozart's Don Giovanni)
  • Composer: Franz Danzi
  • Ensemble: Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Sabine Meyer, clarinet
  • Conductor: Jorg Faerber
  • CD/Album: Danzi: Flute and Clarinet Concertos
  • Record co./Cat #: RCA 61976
7:12 am
  • Cantata #42: Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbats: Sinfonia , BWV 42 ("The evening, though, of the very same Sabbath...")
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina
  • Conductor: Ottavio Dantone
  • CD/Album: Bach Sinfonia
  • Record co./Cat #: London Decca 4782718
7:20 am
  • Le Rouet d'Omphale ("Omphale's Spinning Wheel")
  • Composer: Camille Saint-Saens
  • Ensemble: Orchestre National de O.R.T.F.
  • Conductor: Jean Martinon
  • CD/Album: Saint-Saens Symphony No. 3 'Organ' / Poulenc Organ Concerto
  • Record co./Cat #: Erato 89244
  • Note: (orchestral version)
7:28 am
  • Vocalise , Op. 34/14
  • Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff
  • Soloists: Anne Akiko Meyers, violin ; Sandra Rivers, piano
  • CD/Album: Salut d’Amour
  • Record co./Cat #: RCA 62546
7:36 am
  • Divertimento a Tre
  • Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
  • Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Soloists: Christopher Warren-Green, violin ; Michael Thompson, horn ; Andrew Shulman, cello
  • Conductor: Christopher Warren-Green
  • CD/Album: Haydn Trumpet and Horn Concertos
  • Record co./Cat #: Nimbus 5010
7:44 am
  • Introduzione and Rondo Brillant in A , Op. 56
  • Composer: Johann Nepomuk Hummel
  • Ensemble: Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Soloists: Joshua Pierce, piano
  • Conductor: Bystrik Rezucha
  • CD/Album: Joshua Pierce: Rondo Brillante
  • Record co./Cat #: MSR 1196
  • Note: (Early Romantic works for Piano and Orchestra)
8:06 am
  • Flute Concerto #7 , Op. 5
  • Composer: Arcangelo Corelli
  • Ensemble: The English Concert
  • Soloists: Maurice Steger, recorder
  • Conductor: Lawrence Cummings
  • CD/Album: Mr. Corelli in London
  • Record co./Cat #: Harmonia Mundi 907523
8:17 am
  • 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
8:36 am
  • Faschingsschwank aus Wien: First movement , Op. 26 ("Carnival Prank from Vienna")
  • Composer: Robert Schumann
  • Soloists: Murray Perahia, piano
  • Record co./Cat #: Sony 46337
  • Note: includes "La Marseillaise" reference
8:46 am
  • Festival Prelude
  • Composer: Richard Strauss
  • Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic
  • Soloists: Wolfgang Meyer, organ
  • Conductor: Karl Bohm
  • CD/Album: Richard Strauss: Orchesterwerke
  • Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 423488

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