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This morning, VPR Classical presents another installment of The Morning
News, a survey of recent additions to our music library that were
acquired through the support of our listeners.   We’ll hear the first
release on Steinway and Sons’ new recording label, a new recording of
chamber music by Olivier Messiaen, and more.

Playlist:
10:02 am
  • Slavonic Dance #2 in e , Op. 46/2
  • Composer: Antonin Dvorak
  • Ensemble: Budapest Festival Orchestra
  • Conductor: Ivan Fischer
  • CD/Album: Dvorak: Slavonic Dances, op 46 & op. 72
  • Record co./Cat #: Channel Classics 90210
10:07 am
  • Slavonic Dance #3 in Ab , Op. 46/3
  • Composer: Antonin Dvorak
  • Ensemble: Budapest Festival Orchestra
  • Conductor: Ivan Fischer
  • CD/Album: Dvorak: Slavonic Dances, op 46 & op. 72
  • Record co./Cat #: Channel Classics 90210
10:15 am
  • Toccata in e , BWV 914
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Soloists: Jeffrey Biegel, piano
  • CD/Album: Bach on a Steinway
  • Record co./Cat #: Steinway & Sons 30001
10:27 am
  • 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)
10:45 am
  • Nabucco: Overture
  • Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
  • Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic
  • Conductor: Edward Downes
  • CD/Album: Verdi: Complete Preludes, Overtures and Ballet Music
  • Record co./Cat #: Chandos 10343
10:58 am
  • The Lark Ascending
  • Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: Nigel Kennedy, violin
  • Conductor: Simon Rattle
  • CD/Album: Sir Simon Rattle
  • Record co./Cat #: EMI 97588
11:20 am
  • Fantaisie for Violin and Piano
  • Composer: Olivier Messiaen
  • Soloists: James Clark, violin ; Matthew Schellhorn, piano
  • CD/Album: Messiaen: Chamber Works
  • Record co./Cat #: Signum 126
11:34 am
  • Bright Mass with Canons: Agnus Dei
  • Composer: Nico Muhly
  • Ensemble: Los Angeles Master Chorale
  • Conductor: Grant Gershon
  • CD/Album: Nico Muhly: A Great Understanding
  • Record co./Cat #: London 14741
  • Note: (Nico is a Vermont native, born in Randolph in 1981)
11:41 am
  • Summa
  • Composer: Arvo Part
  • Ensemble: La Pieta
  • Soloists: Angele Dubeau, violin ; Angele Dubeau, conductor
  • Conductor: Angele Dubeau
  • CD/Album: Arvo Part, Portrait
  • Record co./Cat #: Analekta 8731
11:50 am
  • Le festin d'Esope , Op. 39/12 ("Aesop's Feast")
  • Composer: Charles-Valentin Alkan
  • Soloists: Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano
  • CD/Album: Alkan: Grande Sonate - Sonatine - Le Festin d'Esope
  • Record co./Cat #: Hyperion 66794

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