Pianist Van Cliburn died Wednesday at age 78. We’ll remember him today with music of Chopin, Brahms and Rachmaninoff.
New York Times obituary
Playlist:
9:02 am
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Symphony #86 in D
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Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
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Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
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Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle
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CD/Album: Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 22, 86 & 102
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Record co./Cat #: EMI 55509
9:30 am
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Fantaisie in f , Op. 49 , B 137
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Composer: Frederic Chopin
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Soloists:
Van Cliburn, piano
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CD/Album: My Favorite Chopin - Van Cliburn
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Record co./Cat #: RCA 60358
9:45 am
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Montgomery (Early my God, without delay)
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Composer: Justin Morgan
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Ensemble: His Majestie's Clerkes
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Conductor: Paul Hillier
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CD/Album: Goostly Psalmes
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Record co./Cat #: Harmonia Mundi 907128
9:47 am
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Amanda (Death like an overflowing stream)
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Composer: Justin Morgan
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Ensemble: His Majestie's Clerkes
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Conductor: Paul Hillier
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CD/Album: Goostly Psalmes
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Record co./Cat #: Harmonia Mundi 907128
9:49 am
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Fantasy On a Hymn by Justin Morgan
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Composer: Thomas Canning
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Ensemble: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
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Conductor: Jesus Lopez-Cobos
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CD/Album: American Adagios
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Record co./Cat #: Telarc 80503
10:01 am
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Dances
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Composer: Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger
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Ensemble: Chatham Baroque
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CD/Album: Kapsberger - Chatham Baroque - Alla Luce
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Record co./Cat #: Chatham Baroque 1
10:16 am
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Variations & Fugue on a Theme by Handel in Bb , Op. 24
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Composer: Johannes Brahms
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Soloists:
Van Cliburn, piano
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CD/Album: Brahms: Concerto no. 1
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Record co./Cat #: RCA 60357
10:44 am
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In the Fen Country
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Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
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Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra
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Conductor: Bernard Haitink
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CD/Album: Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 6, etc
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Record co./Cat #: EMI 56762
11:01 am
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Adagio and Rondo for Glass Armonica in C , K 617
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Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Ensemble: Emerson String Quartet
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Soloists:
Dennis James, glass armonica
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CD/Album: Cristal: Glass Music Through the Ages
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Record co./Cat #: Sony 89047
11:15 am
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Piano Concerto #2 in c , Op. 18
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Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff
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Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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Soloists:
Van Cliburn, piano
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Conductor: Fritz Reiner
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CD/Album: Rachmaninoff: Concerto No. 2 - Beethoven: Concerto No. 5
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Record co./Cat #: RCA 61961
11:52 am
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En barque, le soir...
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Composer: Jacques Ibert
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Soloists:
Lavinia Meijer, harp
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CD/Album: Divertissements: Lavinia Meijer, harp
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Record co./Cat #: Channel Classics 28908
12:05 pm
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Iolanthe: Overture
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Composer: Gilbert & Sullivan
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Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
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Conductor: Neville Marriner
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CD/Album: Gilbert & Sullivan: Overtures
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Record co./Cat #: Philips 434916
12:14 pm
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Pastoral Fantasia
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Composer: William Alwyn
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Ensemble: City of London Sinfonia
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Soloists:
Stephen Tees, viola
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Conductor: Richard Hickox
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CD/Album: Alwyn: Autumn Legend / Lyra Angelica etc.
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Record co./Cat #: Chandos 9065
12:29 pm
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Piano Trio #6 in Eb , Op. 70/2
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Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
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Ensemble: ATOS Trio
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CD/Album: Beethoven/Schubert/Schumann
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Record co./Cat #: Azica 71251