Playlist for Friday, December 14, 2012

Ives: Variations on "America" (1891)

E Power Biggs

CBS MS-7269

Barber: "Knoxville: Summer of 1915," Op 24

Dumbarton Oaks Chamber Orch / William Strickland

Eleanor Steber

Sony MPK-46727

Diamond: Symphony #3 (1945)

Seattle Sym / Gerard Schwarz

Seattle Sym Orch

Delos DE-3103

Newscast

Couperin: Concert Royal #1

Jed Wentz

Musica Ad Rhenum

Brilliant Classics 92178 (7)

Rameau: "Le Rappel des Oiseaux; La Poule"

Alain Lefèvre

Koch 3-7389-2

Respighi: "Gli Uccelli (The Birds)" (1927) "The Cuckoo"

Christopher Lyndon Gee

Australian Chamber Orch

Omega OCD-1007

Respighi: "Adagio con variazioni" (1908, 1921)

Moscow Phil / Kiril Kondrashin

Mstislav Rostropovich

EMI/Ang CDZM5-72016-2 (13)

Arnold: Four Scottish Dances, Op 59

Dallas Wind Sym / Jerry Junkin

Reference Recordings RR-66-CD

Newscast

Whitacre: "I Thank You God for Most This Amazing Day"

Polyphony / Stephen Layton

Hyperion CDA-67543

R Clarke: Viola Sonata (1919)

Virginia Eskin,Patricia McCarty

Northeastern NR-212-CD

Copland: "Fanfare for the Common Man" (1942)

Detroit Sym Orch / Antal Dorati

Lon 466909-2

Ravel: "Le Tombeau de Couperin"

Hugh Wolff

St Paul Chamber Orch

Teldec 74006-2

Holst: "A Dirge for Two Veterans" (text by Walt Whitman)

City of London Sinfonia / Richard Hickox

Joyful Company of Singers

Chandos CHAN-9437

Bach: Violin Concerto #1 in a, BWV 1041

Los Angeles Chamber Orch / Jeffrey Kahane

N/A

DG B0000986-02

Rodrigo: "Concierto de Aranjuez" (1939)

Montreal Sym Orch / Charles Dutoit

Carlos Bonell

Lon 400054-2

Fine Arts Calendar

Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto #5 in F, Op 103, "Egyptian"

City of Birmingham Sym Orch / Sakari Oramo

Stephen Hough

Hyperion CDA-67331/2 (2)

Mozart: Divertimento in F, K 213

Danzi Wind Quintet

Seon SB2K-60115 (2)

Rossini: "William Tell" Overture

Atlanta Sym Orch / Yoel Levi

Telarc CD-80334

Sgambati: "Cola di Rienzo" incidental music Overture

Rome Sym Orch / Francesco La Vecchia

Naxos 8.573007

Wagner: "Rienzi" Rienzi's prayer, "Allmächt'ger Vater, blick herab"

London Sym Orch / Sir John Barbirolli

Lauritz Melchior

EMI/Ang CDH7-69789-2

Grieg: "Peer Gynt" Suite #2, Op 55

Philadelphia Orch / Eugene Ormandy

RCA 60538-2

Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Op 68 #5, "Cradle Song"

Artur Rubinstein

RCA 63185-2