Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Letter V Classical Radio this week


Mozart and his orbit: His music alongside that of contemporaries and composers of the subsequent generation in whose work Mozart resonates.  

July 16
11 a.m.-2 p.m. EDT
1500-1800 UTC/GMT
WDCE, University of Richmond
90.1 FM
www.wdce.org

Josef Mysliviček: Symphony No. 5 in B flat major
L’Orfeo Baroque Orchestra/
Michi Gaigg (cpo)

Haydn: Quartet in D minor, Op. 76, No. 2 (“Fifths”)
Carmina Quartet (Denon)

Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major, K. 218
Rachel Barton Pine, violin
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields/
Neville Marriner (Avie)

Schubert: Fantasie in F minor, D. 940
Katja & Ines Lunkenheimer,
piano four-hands
(Telos Music)

Beethoven: Variations on “Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen” from Mozart’s “The Magic Flute”, Op. 66
Matt Haimovitz, cello
Christopher O’Riley, fortepiano (Pentatone)

Mozart: Divertimento in E flat major, K. 289
Octophorus (Accent)

Rossini: “La scala di seta” Overture
Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Claudio Abbado (Deutsche Grammophon)

Boccherini: “La Musica notturna della Strade di Madrid”
Le Concert des Nations/
Jordi Savall (AliaVox)

Past Masters:
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major, K. 503
Leon Fleisher, piano
Cleveland Orchestra/
George Szell
(Sony Classical)
(recorded 1959)

Mendelssohn: String Symphony No. 6 in E flat major
Nieuw Sinfonietta Amsterdam/Lev Markis (BIS)