Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Letter V Classical Radio this week

July 31
noon-4 p.m. EDT
1600-2000 UTC
1700-2100 GMT
WDCE, University of Richmond
90.1 FM
www.wdce.org

Mozart: “Cosí fan tutte” Overture
Concerto Köln/René Jacobs (Harmonia Mundi France)

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major
Leif Ove Andsnes,
piano & director
Mahler Chamber Orchestra
(Sony Classical)

Barber: “Capricorn” Concerto
Basel Chamber Orchestra/Christopher Hogwood (Arte Nova)

Vivaldi: Concerto in E flat major, RV 253
(“La Tempesta di Mare”)
Simon Standage, violin
The English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (CRD)

Tchaikovsky: “Souvenir de Florence”
Sarah Chang & Bernhard Hartog, violins; Wolfram Christ & Tanja Christ, violas; Georg Faust & Olaf Maninger, cellos (EMI Classics)

Liszt: “Études de Paganini”
No. 1 in G minor (“Tremolo”),
No. 2 in E flat major (“Octave”),
No. 3 in G sharp minor (“La Campanella”)
Marc-André Hamelin, piano (Hyperion)

Lalo: “Symphonie espagnole”
Maxim Vengerov, violin
Philharmonia Orchestra/Antonio Pappano
(EMI Classics)

Past Masters:
Dohnányi: “Variations on a Nursery Song”
Erno Dohnányi, piano
London Symphony Orchestra/Lawrance Collingwood (EMI Classics)
(recorded 1931)

François-Adrien Boieldieu: “The Caliph of Baghdad” Overture
New Philharmonia Orchestra/Richard Bonynge (Decca)

Past Masters:
Rimsky-Korsakov: “Scheherazade”
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Fritz Reiner
(RCA Victor)
(recorded 1960)

Saint-Saëns: “Samson et Delila” – Bacchanale
Montreal Symphony Orchestra/Charles Dutoit (London)