Tuesday, August 5, 2014

Letter V Classical Radio this week

Aug. 7
noon-4 p.m. EDT
1600-2000 UTC
1700-2100 GMT
WDCE, University of Richmond
90.1 FM
www.wdce.org

Tchaikovsky: “Swan Lake” – Waltz
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic/Vasily Petrenko (Avie)

Stravinsky: Capriccio for piano and orchestra
Olli Mustonen, piano
Deutsches Symphony Orchestra, Berlin/
Vladimir Ashkenazy (London)

Mozart: Quartet in C major, K. 465 (“Dissonance”)
Quartetto Italiano (Philips)

Smetana: “Libuše” Overture
Cleveland Orchestra/Christoph von Dohnányi (Decca)

Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor
Itzhak Perlman, violin
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Daniel Barenboim (Erato)

Past Masters:
Britten: Serenade for tenor, horn and strings
Peter Pears, tenor; Barry Tuckwell, French horn
London Symphony Orchestra/Benjamin Britten (London)
(recorded 1963)

Giovanni Gabrieli:
Magnificat à 33
Gabrieli Consort & Players/Paul McCreesh
(DG Archiv)

J.S. Bach: “The Art of the Fugue” –
Contrapunctus XIX
(orchestration by Luciano Berio)
Giuseppe Verdi Symphony Orchestra, Milan/Riccardo Chailly (Decca)

Brahms: Sonata in F minor, Op. 34b
Martha Argerich & Lilya Zilberstein, pianos
(EMI Classics)

Handel: Trio Sonata in G major, Op. 5, No. 4
Brook Street Band (Avie)

Past Masters:
Dvořák: Symphony No. 7
in D minor
Cleveland Orchestra/
George Szell (Sony Classical)
(recorded 1960)

Vivaldi: Flute Concerto in G major, Op. 10, No. 4
Matthias Maute, traverso
Rebel/Jörg-Michael Schwarz (Bridge)