We’ll remember American pianist Earl Wild, who died last January at age 94, with his 1961 recording of Gershwin’s Piano Concerto in F. Also on this New Year’s Eve, we’ll listen to something from the 2006 Vienna New Year’s Day concert and Franz Waxman’s Variations on Auld Lang Syne in the styles of various classical composers.
Earl Wild Plays Gershwin
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Playlist:
10:01 am
- Queen of Spades: Overture (aka: the "Pique Dame" Overture)
- Composer: Franz Von Suppe
- Ensemble: Montreal Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor: Charles Dutoit
- CD/Album: Suppe Overtures
- Record co./Cat #: London 414408
10:11 am
- Les petits riens (Ballet suite) , K 229b ("Little nothings")
- Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Ensemble: Concerto Koln
- Conductor: Anton Steck
- CD/Album: Mozart - Concerto Koln
- Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 4775800
10:31 am
- Symphonie Fantastique: A Ball (Waltz) , Op. 14
- Composer: Hector Berlioz
- Ensemble: Cleveland Orchestra
- Conductor: Pierre Boulez
- CD/Album: Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, Tristia
- Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 453432
10:39 am
- 16 Waltzes (for piano 4-hands) , Op. 39
- Composer: Johannes Brahms
- Soloists: Veri and Jamanis piano duo (Frances Veri & Michael Jamanis)
- CD/Album: Veri & Jamanis: Brahms Waltzes & Hungarian Dances
- Record co./Cat #: Prince 9806
11:01 am
- Artist's Life Waltz , Op. 316 ("German: Kunstlerleben")
- Composer: Johann Strauss II
- Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic
- Conductor: Mariss Jansons
- CD/Album: New Year's Concert 2006
- Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 4775566
11:09 am
- Furioso Polka quasi Galopp , Op. 260
- Composer: Johann Strauss II
- Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic
- Conductor: Mariss Jansons
- CD/Album: New Year's Concert 2006
- Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 4775566
11:13 am
- Wiener Dreivierteltakt Viennese Three-Quarter Time
- Composer: Johan Wagenaar
- Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
- Conductor: Riccardo Chailly
- CD/Album: Wagenaar: Orchestral Works
- Record co./Cat #: London 425833
11:25 am
- Symphony #4 in Bb , Op. 60
- Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
- Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor: Simon Rattle
- CD/Album: Beethoven Symphonies
- Record co./Cat #: EMI 57445
12:01 pm
- Souvenirs
- Composer: Samuel Barber
- Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor: Yoel Levi
- CD/Album: Barber: Concertos for Violin & Piano; Souvenirs
- Record co./Cat #: Telarc 80441
12:22 pm
- Romance in f , Op. 11
- Composer: Antonin Dvorak
- Ensemble: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
- Soloists: Arabella Steinbacher, violin
- Conductor: Marek Janowski
- CD/Album: Dvorak - Szymanowski - Violin Concertos
- Record co./Cat #: PentaTone 5186353
12:36 pm
- Les Biches
- Composer: Francis Poulenc
- Ensemble: French National Orchestra
- Conductor: Charles Dutoit
- CD/Album: Poulenc: Aubade, Les Biches, etc.
- Record co./Cat #: London 452937
1:01 pm
- Piano Concerto in F
- Composer: George Gershwin
- Ensemble: Boston Pops Orchestra
- Soloists: Earl Wild, piano
- Conductor: Arthur Fiedler
- CD/Album: Gershwin - Popular Works
- Record co./Cat #: RCA 68019
- Note: recorded 1961
1:31 pm
- Invitation to the Dance
- Composer: Carl Maria von Weber
- Arranger: (orch. & arr. by Hector Berlioz)
- Ensemble: Cleveland Orchestra
- Conductor: Christoph von Dohnanyi
- CD/Album: Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique
- Record co./Cat #: London 430201
1:41 pm
- Auld Lang Syne Variations
- Composer: Franz Waxman
- Ensemble: Kremerata Baltica
- Conductor: Gidon Kremer
- CD/Album: Gidon Kremer / Kremerata Baltica / Happy Birthday
- Record co./Cat #: Nonesuch 79657
1:48 pm
- Auld Lang Syne Fantasy
- Composer: Simone Mantia
- Ensemble: American Serenade Band
- Soloists: Michael J. Colburn, euphonium
- Conductor: Henry Charles Smith
- CD/Album: The Golden Age of Brass, Vol. 3
- Record co./Cat #: Summit 150
1:55 pm
- Revirado
- Composer: Astor Piazzolla
- Soloists: John Muratore, guitar ; Roberto Cassan, accordian
- CD/Album: Domenie
- Record co./Cat #: PN Recordings (PontNeuf) 907