This program features works inspired by verses of Carl Sandburg, François Villon, Wallace Stevens, Nikolaus Lenau, and Billy Collins. Playlist LEO SOWERBY (1895–1968) Prairie – Poem for Orchestra after Carl Sandburg (16:41) From Prairie: Tone Poems by Leo Sowerby Cedille Records CDR 90000 033 (Track 2) Czech National Symphony Orchestra Paul Freeman, conductor COLERIDGE-TAYLOR PERKINSON […]

This week features a program of musical depictions. Playlist: BÉLA BARTÓK (1881–1945) Two Portraits, Op. 5 (1911) (11:54) No. 1 “Idealistic” Andante sostenuto (9:43) No. 2 “Distorted” Presto (2:11) From Jennifer Koh: Portraits Cedille Records CDR 90000 089 (Tracks 5–6) Jennifer Koh, violin Grant Park Orchestra Carlos Kalmar, conductor JENNIFER HIGDON (b. 1962) Piano Trio […]

Our first show for July — “Art and Music” month on WFMT —  features compositions inspired by various forms of art including public parks, lithographs, and a fountain, plus a piece for which Cedille and violinist Jennifer Koh commissioned a work of video art.   Playlist for July 3, 2013 Music and Art JOHN CORIGLIANO […]

Our last of 4 shows devoted to Russian-based, Russian composers features the Pacifica Quartet’s performances of string quartets by Dmitri Shostakovich.   Playlist for June 26, 2013 Shostakovich on Cedille DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH (1906–1975) String Quartet No. 1 in C major, Op. 49 (14:41) I. Moderato II. Moderato III. Allegro molto IV. Allegro From The Soviet […]

Continuing with WFMT’s monthly theme of Russia, this week’s show comprises all 4 Prokofiev works recorded on Cedille plus “encores” by his colleagues Mieczslaw Weinberg and Aram Khachaturian. Performances are by pianist Easley Blackwood, cellist Wendy Warner and pianist Irina Nuzova, soprano Patrice Michaels and pianist Deborah Sobol, the Pacifica Quartet, and pianist Dmitry Paperno. […]

Continuing with WFMT’s monthly theme of Russia, this week’s show features two late masterpieces by one of the three great Russian Soviet composers, and the only one to come of age during the pre-revolutionary era of Tchaikovsky and Rimsky-Korsakov: Nicolai Yakolevich Miaskovsky (1881-1950). We’ll hear his Second Cello Sonata performed by cellist Wendy Warner and […]

Cedille Chicago Presents a program of music of Tchaikovsky featuring performances by Dmitry Paperno, Vermeer Quartet, and Patrice Michaels with Deborah Sobol. Subscribe to the Cedille Email List to receive one free music track from each week’s show!   Playlist for June 5, 2013 Tchaikovsky on Cedille PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY (1840–1893) Meditation, Op. 72, No. 5 (4:46) From Dmitry […]

Cedille Chicago Presents a single disc: our new May 26, 2013 release, Delights & Dances, featuring music for string quartet and orchestra including two world premieres — performed by the Harlem Quartet with the Chicago Sinfonietta, conducted by its new music director, Mei-Ann Chen, making her full-length album recording debut. Subscribe to the Cedille Email […]

This week, Cedille Chicago Presents the label’s two full-length opera recordings, both featuring the forces of Chicago Opera Theater— the first CD recording of Gian Carlo Menotti’s The Medium and the world premiere recording of Robert Kurka’s The Good Soldier Schweik — with extensive excerpts from each. Subscribe to the Cedille Email List to receive […]

This week, Cedille Chicago Presents Chicago choirs that have recorded for Cedille, including His Majestie’s Clerkes (now called Bella Voce), Chicago a cappella, the William Ferris Chorale, the Grant Park Chorus, and the Chicago Children’s Choir. Subscribe to the Cedille Email List to receive one free music track from each week’s show!   Playlist for […]