Cedille Chicago Presents

This week’s program is devoted to our new release for September, Mendelssohn & Schumann Violin Concertos, with Rachel Barton Pine and the Göttinger Symphonie Orchester conducted by Christoph-Mathias Mueller.   Playlist for September 25, 2013 Rachel Barton Pine plays Mendelssohn & Schumann Violin Concertos ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810–1856) Violin Concerto in D minor, WoO 23 II. […]

In continued conjunction with WFMT’s September monthly theme of duets and duos, this week’s program is devoted to duos with strings.  Featured are violinists Rachel Barton Pine and Jennifer Koh, and cellist Wendy Warner. Playlist for September 18, 2013 Duos with Strings BOHUSLAV MARTINU (1890–1959) Duo No. 2 (1958) (10:08) I. Allegretto II. Adagio III. Poco […]

In conjunction with WFMT’s September monthly theme of duets and duos, this week’s program is devoted to duos with flute.  Featured are flutists Mary Stolper and Mathieu Dufour, and the Cavatina Duo of Eugenia Moliner, flute, and Denis Azabagic, guitar.   Playlist for September 11, 2013 Duos with Flute WILLIAM FERRIS (1937-2000) Lux Aeterna for […]

In conjunction with WFMT’s September monthly theme of duets and duos, this week’s program is devoted to piano duo recordings. Featured are Georgia & Louise Mangos, Elizabeth Buccheri & Richard Boldrey, and Ursula Oppens & Jerome Lowenthal.   Playlist for September 4, 2013 Piano Duos FRANZ LISZT (1811-1886) Symphonic Poem for Two Pianos No. 7, […]

We unveil our new release for August: Haydn & Mysliveček Cello Concertos, featuring soloist Wendy Warner with Camerata Chicago conducted by Drostan Hall. On the program, we’ll audition two movements from each concerto: the familiar C major and D major concertos by Haydn, and the concerto in C major by his Bohemian contemporary, Josef Mysliveček. […]

The last of our four consecutive programs devoted to Chicago composers, featuring music by Stacy Garrop with works by Sebastian Huydts and Brian Baxter at the end. Playlist for August 21, 2013 Chicago Composers Present, Part 2 STACY GARROP (b. 1969) String Quartet No. 2: Demons and Angels (2005) III. Inner Demons (7:35) From Composers […]

Cedille Chicago Presents Chicago composers, featuring music by Easley Blackwood, John LaMontaine, and Lita Grier.     Playlist for August 14, 2013 Chicago Composers Present, Part 1 EASLEY BLACKWOOD (b. 1933) Cello Sonata, Op. 31 IV. Finale. Allegro (8:44) From Blackwood & Bridge: Cello Sonatas Cedille Records CDR 90000 008 (Track 6) Kim Scholes, cello […]

The second or four programs on Chicago composers, featuring those of the recent past.   Playlist for August 7, 2013 Chicago Composers of the Recent Past WILLIAM FERRIS (1937–2000) Snowcarols IV. See amid the winter snow (8:21) From Snowcarols Cedille Records CDR 90000 101 (Track 13) William Ferris Chorale Composer Festival Orchestra Paul French, conductor […]

The first of four programs showcasing Chicago composers, featuring music by Rudolph Ganz, Leo Sowerby, and Robert Kurka. Playlist RUDOLPH GANZ (1877–1972) Piano Concerto in E-flat Major, Op. 32 (1940) I. March-like: Allegro alla marcia (7:35) From Chicago Concertos Cedille Records CDR 90000 028 (Track 1) Ramon Salvatore, piano Chicago Sinfonietta Paul Freeman, conductor RUDOLPH […]

Cedille Chicago Presents music based on stories from ancient Greece, Germany, the Ukraine, and the Inuit people of the arctic.   Playlist for July 24, 2013 Music & Legends STACY GARROP (b. 1969) String Quartet No. 3, “Gaia” II. Creation of Mother Earth (5:14) From In Eleanor’s Words: Music of Stacy Garrop Cedille Records CDR […]