Erzsebet, the Blood Countess

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16th-century Hungarian Countess Erzsebet Bathory was accused of unspeakable crimes.  Was she really the ‘Blood Countess’ of legend?  That’s the subject of Erzsebet by Vermont composer Dennis Bathory-Kitsz, which will receive its premiere performances this weekend in Hyde Park, Plainfield and Burlington.  At 11 today I speak with him and we listen to some of his Csardas, played by Michael Arnowitt.  Dennis reworked Csardas as the overture to Erzsebet. 

 

 

Playlist:
9:01 am
  • Serenade #12 for Winds in c , K 388
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Ensemble: Marlboro Music Festival
  • CD/Album: Marlboro Music festival - 40th Anniversary - Mozart: Serenades
  • Record co./Cat #: Sony 47295
9:27 am
  • Kreisleriana , Op. 16
  • Composer: Robert Schumann
  • Soloists: Vassily Primakov, piano
  • CD/Album: Schumann - Vassily Primakov, piano
  • Record co./Cat #: Bridge 9300
10:01 am
  • A la musique
  • Composer: Emmanuel Chabrier
  • Ensemble: Toulouse Capitol Orchestra & Women of the Chorus of Toulouse Midi-Pyrenees
  • Soloists: Barbara Hendricks, soprano
  • Conductor: Michel Plasson
  • CD/Album: Chabrier: Oeuvres pour Orchestre
  • Record co./Cat #: EMI 74336
  • Note: Ode to music, for a friend's housewarming.
10:11 am
  • String Quartet #15 in G , D 887
  • Composer: Franz Schubert
  • Ensemble: Hugo Wolf Quartet
  • CD/Album: Hugo Wolf Quartett - Franz Schubert: Streichquartette D 87 & D 887
  • Record co./Cat #: VMS Musical Treasures 208
11:03 am
  • Csardas (excerpts)
  • Composer: Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
  • Soloists: Michael Arnowitt, piano
  • CD/Album: Alive and Well
  • Record co./Cat #: Michael Arnowitt
11:15 am
  • Tzigane (Concert Rhapsody)
  • Composer: Maurice Ravel
  • Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Soloists: Maxim Vengerov, violin
  • Conductor: Antonio Pappano
  • CD/Album: Lalo - Saint-Saens - Ravel
  • Record co./Cat #: EMI 57593
11:26 am
  • Symphony #1 in g , Op. 7 , FS 16
  • Composer: Carl Nielsen
  • Ensemble: Royal Danish Orchestra
  • Conductor: Paavo Berglund
  • CD/Album: Nielsen: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4
  • Record co./Cat #: RCA 7701
12:01 pm
  • Sinfonia in F , F. 67
  • Composer: Wilhelm Friedemann Bach
  • Ensemble: Les Violons du Roy, Quebec
  • Conductor: Bernard Labadie
  • CD/Album: Music of Bach's Sons
  • Record co./Cat #: Dorian 90239
12:17 pm
  • Clarinet Sonatina
  • Composer: Joseph Horovitz
  • Soloists: Gervase de Peyer, clarinet (JAIR-vahz de PY-er) ; Gwenneth Pryor, piano
  • CD/Album: English Music for Clarinet & Piano
  • Record co./Cat #: Chandos 8549
12:32 pm
  • Concierto de Aranjuez
  • Composer: Joaquin Rodrigo
  • Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Soloists: Manuel Barrueco, guitar
  • Conductor: Placido Domingo
  • CD/Album: Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez, Songs, etc.
  • Record co./Cat #: EMI 56175
12:54 pm
  • Habanera
  • Composer: Emmanuel Chabrier
  • Ensemble: Toulouse Capitole Orchetra
  • Conductor: Michel Plasson
  • CD/Album: Chabrier: Oeuvres pour orchestre
  • Record co./Cat #: EMI 74336

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