A special show at a special time: Sampling some of
the finest recordings of 2016 – which, as you’ll hear, turned out to be a banner year for piano discs.
Dec. 28
11 a.m.-3 p.m. EST
1600-2000 UTC/GMT
WDCE, University of Richmond
90.1 FM
http://www.wdce.org
Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 3 in E flat major, K. 447
Pip Eastop, natural horn
Hanover Band/Anthony Halstead
(Hyperion)
Peteris Vasks:
Cello Concerto No. 2
(“Presence”)
Sol Gabetta, cello
Amsterdam Sinfonietta/
Candida Thompson
(Sony Classical)
Past Masters:
Prokofiev: Sonata No. 3 in A minor, Op. 28
Martha Argerich, piano
(recorded 1960)
(Deutsche Grammophon)
Tommaso Vitali:
Chaconne in G minor
Jessica Lee, violin
Reiko Uchida, piano
(Azica)
Franck:
Prelude, Chorale and Fugue
Benjamin Grosvenor, piano
(Decca)
J.S. Bach: Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004
Rachel Barton Pine, violin
(Avie)Beethoven:
Sonata in D major,
Op. 10, No. 3
Lucas Debargue, piano
(Sony Classical)
Ginastera: “Pampeana” No. 1, Op. 16
Gil Shaham, violin
Orli Shaham, piano
(Oberlin Music)
Liszt: “Transcendental Études” –
IX: Ricordanza
X: Allegro agitato molto
XI: “Harmonies du soir”
Kirill Gerstein, piano
(Myrios Classics)
Arthur Bird:
Reverie, Op. 37, No. 4
Artis Wodehouse, harmonium
(Raven Recordings)
Berlioz:
“Symphonie fantastique”
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra/
Daniel Harding
(Harmonia Mundi)