Episode #47: A little bit of this, a lot of that (Look! Cute marmosets!)

Uploaded: January 15, 2022

Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola (Overture) [8:20]

Bamberger Symphoniker

Jonel Perlea, conductor

VOX ALLEGRETTO II ACD 8015

Franz von Suppé: Ein Morgen, ein Mittag, ein Abend in Wien [7:32]

Detroit Symphony Orchestra

Paul Paray, conductor

MERCURY LIVING PRESENCE 434 309-2

Franz Josef Haydn: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Hob.XVIII:4

I.  Allegro moderato* [9:43]

II.  Adagio cantabile* [9:09]

III.  Rondo. Presto [4:17]

*Cadenzas by Nino Rota

Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, piano

Züricher Kammerorchester

Edmond de Stoutz, conductor

EMI CDC 7 49324 2

Ferde Grofé: Mississippi Suite

I.  Father of the Waters [3:02]

II.  Huckleberry Finn [2:12]

III.  Old Creole Days [2:29]

IV.  Mardi Gras [4:06]

New York Philharmonic

André Kostelanetz, conductor

CBS RECORDS GREAT PERFORMANCES MYK 37759

Richard Rodgers, arr. by Bill Holman: Slaughter on 10th Avenue (from the movie On Your Toes) [6:18]

Anita O’Day, vocals

Orchestra conducted by Bill Holman

VERVE V6-8572

William Campbell Jr., & Thomas McAleese: Reflections of my life [4:18]

Marmalade

RHINO R2 70922

Johann Schrammel, arr. Willi Schmidt-Petersen: Wien bleibt Wien [3:03]

Berliner Philharmoniker Wind Ensemble

Herbert von Karajan, conductor

DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON D 201841

Antoine Dessane: Quadrille Canadienne: 97 [0:46]

Elaine Keillor, piano

CARLETON SOUND cscd-1008

Johannes Brahms: Piano Trio No. 1 in B-flat Major, Op. 8

I.  Allegro con brio [9:54]

II.  Scherzo. Allegro molto [6:09]

III.  Adagio [7:06]

IV.  Allegro [6:33]

Antonín Dvořák: Piano Trio in E Minor, Op. 90, “Dumky”

I.  Lento maestoso [4:05]

II.  Poco adagio [6:41]

III.  Andante [5:46]

IV.  Andante moderato [4:45]

V.  Allegro [4:17]

VI.  Lento maestoso [5:16]

The Rembrandt Trio:

Gerard Kantarjian, violin

Coenraad Bloemendal, ‘cello

Valerie Tryon, piano

DORIAN RECORDINGS DOR-90160

Episode #46: Austrian Piety

Uploaded: January 8, 2022

Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber: Missa Salisburgensis / Motet “Plaudite tympana”

Ein langer und schöner Aufzug (Bartholomäus Riedl) &

Ein schöner Aufzug (Pater Ignatius Augustiner) [2:39]

Kyrie [5:51]

Gloria [9:44]

Sonatae tam aris quam aulis servientes: Sonata XII [5:21]

Credo [15:05]

Sonatae tam aris quam aulis servientes: Sonata V [6:03]

Sanctus – Benedictus [8:05]

Agnus Dei [8:26]

Sonata Sancti Polycarpi [4:34]

Motet “Plaudite tympana”

Gabrieli Consort & Players

Paul McCreesh, director

Musica Antiqua Köln

Reinhard Goebel, director

ARCHIV PRODUKTION 457 611-2

Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. “0” in D Minor

I.  Allegro [15:15]

II.  Andante [13:47]

III.  Scherzo. Presto [6:47]

IV.  Finale: Moderato [10:35]

Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

Riccardo Chailly

LONDON 421 593-2

Episode #45: A Beethoven Binge

Uploaded: January 1, 2022

Ludwig van Beethoven

Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat Major, Op. 106

I.  Allegro [11:42]

II.  Scherzo. Assai vivace [3:07]

III.  Adagio sostenuto – Largo [24:09]

IV.  Allegro risoluto [10:37]

Andrew Rangell, piano

DORIAN RECORDINGS DOR-90143

String Quartet in C-sharp Minor, Op. 131

I.  Adagio, ma non troppo e molto espressivo [6:58]

II.  Allegro molto vivace [3:05]

III.  Allegro moderato [0:56]

IV.  Andante, ma non troppo e molto cantabile – Andante moderato e lusinghiero – Adagio – Allegretto – Adagio, ma non troppo e semplice – Allegretto [14:17]

V.  Presto – Molto poco adagio [5:27]

VI.  Adagio quasi un poco andante [2:04]

VII.  Allegro

Große Fuge in B-flat Major, Op. 133

I.  Overtura. Allegro – Fuga: [4:41]

II.  Meno mosso e moderato [2:54]

III.  Allegro molto e con brio [3:30]

IV.  Meno mosso e moderato [1:02]

V.  Allegro molto e con brio [1:51]

VI.  Allegro [1:27]

Amadeus Quartet:

Norbert Brainin, violin

Siegmund Nissel, violin

Peter Schidlof, viola

Martin Lovett, ‘cello

DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 423 473-2

Episode #44: A Passionate Prince, and A Happy Birdcatcher...and Some Masons

Uploaded: December 25, 2021

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, KV620

Act I  [1:03:14]

Act II  [1:10:28]

Tamino  Nicolai Gedda

Pamina  Gundula Janowitz

Papageno  Walter Berry

Queen of the Night  Lucia Popp

Sarastro  Gottlob Frick

Speaker  Franz Crass

1st Lady  Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

2nd Lady  Christa Ludwig

3rd Lady  Marga Höffgen

Papagena  Ruth-Margaret Pütz

Monostatos / 1st Priest  Gerhard Unger

1st Armed Man   Karl Liebl

2nd Armed Man / 2nd Priest  Franz Crass

1st Boy  Agnes Giebel

2nd Boy  Anna Reynolds

3rd Boy  Josephine Veasey

Philharmonia Chorus (chorus master: Wilhelm Pitz)

Philharmonia Orchestra

Otto Klemperer, conductor

WARNER CLASSICS 50999 4 04378 2 8

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Episode #43: Christmas Music for People who hate Christmas Music

Uploaded: December 18, 2021

Part I: so you THINK you know Christmas Music!

Michael Praetorius: Chorale, “In dulci jubilo” [8:34]

Julianne Baird, soprano

Mark Bleeke, tenor

Peter Becker, countertenor/baritone

Wilbur Pauley, bass

Robert Burrows, organ

The New York Cornet and Sacbut Ensemble,

Ben Peck, director

NEWPORT CLASSIC NC 60021

Traditional, arr. Rev. Thomas Barrett Armstrong:  Huron Carol, “Jesous Ahatonhia" [2:03]

St. Michael’s Choir School, Toronto

Rev. Thomas Barrett Armstrong, director

ST. MICHAEL’S CHOIR SCHOOL DTC6651

Selections from Georg Christian Schemelli’s “Musicalisches Gesang-Buch” (1763) harmonized by Johann Sebastian Bach

Uns ist ein Kindlein heut geboren, BWV 414 [2:37]

Auf, auf die rechte Zeit ist heir, BWV 440 [1:19]

Ermuntre dich, mein schwacher Geist, BWV 454 [5:08]

Ihr Gestirn, ihr hohlen Lüfte, BWV 366 & 476 [4:22]

Ich steh an deiner Krippen hierm BWV 469 [2:52]

Ich freue mich in dir, BWV 465 [1:39]

O Jesulien süß, BWV 493 [2:12]

Beschränkt, ihr Weisen, BWV 443 [2:09]

Arleen Augér, soprano

Peter Schreier, tenor

Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart

Bach-Collegium Stuttgart

Hellmuth Rilling, conductor

CBS RECORDS MASTERWORKS M2K 38972

Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Messe de Minuit, sur les airs populaires Françaises de Noël, H. 9

I.  Kyrie [1:29]

II.  Joseph est bien marié (by Jean-François D’Andrieu) [4:47]

III.  Christe – Kyrie II [2:39]

IV.  Une jeune pucelle (by Louis-Claude D’Aquin) [8:39]

V.  Gloria [5:34]

VI.  Credo [9:57]

VII.  Laissez paistre vos bestes (by Nicolas Le Bègue) [2:31]

VIII.  Sanctus – Benedictus [2:40]

IX.  Vous qui désirez sans fin [2:25]

X.  Agnus Dei [1:51]

Henri Ledroit, countertenor

John Elwes, tenor

Gregory Reinhart, bass

Odile Bailleux, solo organ

Les Petits Chanteurs du Chaillot

La Grande Ecuire & la Chambre du Roy

Jean-Claude Malgoire, conductor

CBS RECORDS MASTERWORKS MK 44706

Richard Addinsell: A Christmas Carol – Suite [14:08]

Main title – Toy shop – Cratchit and Scrooge – Christmas Past – Christmas Present – Cratchit and Tiny Tim – Christmas Future – Graveyard – Christmas Day – Finale

Ambrosian Singers

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

David Newman, conductor

TELARC CD-88801

Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata, BWV 65: “Sie werden aus Saba alle kommen” [17:13]

David Gordon, tenor

Daniel Lichti, bass

The Bach Festival Choir of Bethlehem

The Bach Festival Orchestra

Greg Funfgeld, conductor

DORIAN RECORDINGS DOR-90113

Elizabeth DiSavino: Suite of Mediaeval Carols [2:50]

Solid Brass

DORION RECORDINGS DOR-90114

Engelbert Humperdinck, arr. Sir Charles Mackerras: Weihnachten [3:09]

Roud Folk Song Index No. 700, arr. Sir Charles Mackerras: I saw three ships [1:25]

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano

Ambrosian Singers

Philharmonia Orchestra

Sir Charles Mackerras, conductor

EMI STUDIO CDM 7 63574 2

Alessandro Stradella: Cantata per il Santissimo Natale, “Ah. Ah troppo è ver” [31:18]

Mechtild Bach, soprano

Ruth Ziesak, soprano

Kai Wessel, countertenor

Christoph Prégardien, tenor

Michael Schopper, bass

La Stagione Frankfurt

Michael Schneider, conductor

BMG DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI 7718-2-RC

Episode #42: Vivaldi’s Opus VIII

Uploaded: December 11, 2021

Antonio Vivaldi: Il cimento dell’armonia e dell’inventione. 12 Concerti, Op. VIII

Le quattro stagioni

Concerto No. 1 in E Major, RV 269, “La primavera”

I.  Allegro [3:07]

II.  Largo [1:52]

III.  Allegro [3:15]

Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, RV 315, “L’estate”

I.  Allegro non molto – Allegro [5:41]

II.  Adagio – Presto [2:19]

III.  Presto, Tempo impetuoso d’estate [2:50]

Concerto No. 3 in F Major, RV 293, “L’autunno”

I.  Allegro – Allegro assai [4:06]

II.  Adagio molto [2:36]

III.  Allegro [2:46]

Concerto No. 4 in F Minor, RV 297, “L’inverno”

I.  Allegro non molto [3:29[

II.  Largo [1:11]

III.  Allegro [3:11]

Altri concerti

Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major, RV 253, “La tempesta di mare”

I.  Presto [2:39]

II.  Largo [2:29]

III.  Presto [3:30]

Concerto No. 6 in C Major, RV 180, “Il piacere”

I.  Allegro [2:43]

II.  Largo [2:08]

III.  Allegro [2:40]

Concerto No. 7 in D Minor, RV 242

I.  Allegro [2:58]

II.  Largo [1:51]

III.  Allegro [2:59]

Concerto No. 8 in G Minor, RV 332

I.  Allegro [2:37]

II.  Largo [2:14]

III.  Allegro [3:57]

Concerto No. 9 in D Minor, RV 236

I.  Allegro [2:57]

II.  Largo [1:57]

III.  Allegro [2:31]

Concerto No. 10 in B-flat Major, RV 362, “La caccia”

I.  Allegro [2:59]

II.  Largo [2:26]

III.  Allegro [2:21]

Concerto No. 11 in D Major, RV 210

I.  Allegro [4:25]

II.  Largo [1:54]

III.  Allegro [4:48]

Concerto No. 12 in C Major, RV 178

I.  Allegro [3:16]

II.  Largo [2:26]

III.  Allegro [3:20]

Jürg Schaeftlein, oboe

Alice Harnoncourt, violin

Concentus musicus Wien

Nikolaus Harnoncourt, director

WARNER CLASSICS DAS ALTE WERK 0825646905485

(Photo: Sir Peter Ustinov; Pen Sketch of David Cavlovic, 1986)

Episode #41: Magyar Melodies

Uploaded: December 4, 2021

Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dances for piano four-hands, WoO 1

No. 1 in G Minor: Allegro molto [3:12]

No. 2 in D Minor: Allegro non assai – Vivace [4:09]

No. 3 in F Major: Allegretto [2:48]

No. 4 in F Minor: Poco sostenuto – Vivace – Molto allegro [4:34]

No. 5 in F-sharp Minor: Allegro – Vivace [ 1:55]

No. 6 in D-flat Major: Vivace – Molto sostenuto [3:13]

No. 7 in A Major: Allegretto [1:51]

No. 8 in A Minor: Presto [2:43]

No. 9 in E Minor: Allegro non troppo – Poco sostenuto [2:25]

No. 10 in E Major: Presto [1:40]

No. 11 in A Minor: Poco andante [2:55]

No. 12 in D Minor: Presto – Poco meno presto [2:29]

No. 13 in D Major: Andantino grazioso – Vivace [1:38]

No. 14 in D Minor: Un poco andante [1:57]

No. 15 in B-flat Major: Allegretto grazioso [2:23]

No. 16 in F Minor: Con moto – Presto – Poco meno presto [2:32]

No. 17 in F-sharp Minor: Andantino – Vivace – Meno presto [3:27]

No. 18 in D Major: Molto vivace [1:18]

No. 19 in B Minor: Allegretto – Piú presto [2:07]

No. 20 in E Minor: Poco allegretto – Vivace [2:12]

No. 21 in E Minor: Vivace – Piú presto [1:23]

Alfons & Aloys Kontarsky, piano

DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON GALLERIA 429 160-2

Zoltán Kodály: Háry János, Op. 15 [1:39:11]

Narrator    Sir Peter Ustinov

Örsze  Erszébet Komlóssy

Marczi  László Palócz

Háry / Napoleon  György Melis

Bombazine  Zsolt Bende

Marie-Louise  Olga Szönyi

Empress  Margit László

Edinburgh Festival Chorus

Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir

London Symphony Orchestra

István Kertész, conductor

LONDON 443 488-2

Episode #40: Gentle Music for the Cozy Dark

Uploaded: November 27, 2021

Girolamo Frescobaldi:  Toccate d’Intavolatura di Cimbalo, Libro I (1615)

Toccata prima [5:10]

Toccata seconda [5:36]

Toccata terza [4:06]

Toccata quarta [4:12]

Toccata quinta [5:00]

Toccata sesta [6:02]

Toccata settima [5:12]

Toccata ottava [4:20]

Toccata nona [6:01]

Toccata decima [4:27]

Toccata undicesima [5:38]

Toccata duodecima [4:31]

Laura Alvini, harpsichord

FONIT CETRA ITALIA CDC36

Maurice Ravel, arr. by Carlos Salzedo: Sonatine en trio

I.  Modéré [4:12]

II.  Mouvement de menuet [2:28]

III.  Animé [3:37]

François Devienne:  Duo concertante for flute and viola in C Minor, Op. 5, No. 3 [7:08]

Allegro molto con expressione – Rondo

Gabriel Fauré: Impromptu for harp, Op. 86 [7:50]

Claude Debussy: Syrinx for flute [2:44]

Sonata for flute, viola, and harp

I.  Pastorale [6:28]

II.  Interlude [5:17]

III.  Final [4:21]

The Orpheus Trio:

Paula Robison, flute

Scott Nickrenz, viola

Heidi Lehwalder, harp

VANGUARD EVERYMAN CLASSICS VSD-25002

Episode #39: Crisp Nordic Air

Uploaded: November 20, 2021

Jean Sibelius:  Symphony No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 39

I.  Andante ma non troppo – Allegro energico [12:06]

II.  Andante (ma non troppo lento) [10:23]

III.  Scherzo: Allegro – Lento (ma non troppo) – Tempo I [5:40]

IV.  Finale (Quasi una Fantasia): Andante – Allegro molto [13:39]

Pelleas and Melisande – Incidental Music (selections), Op. 46

No. 1. At the Castle Gate [4:25]

No. 2.  Melisande [4:00]

No. 9.  The Death of Melisande [5:49]

The Hallé Orchestra

Sir John Barbirolli, C.H., conductor

EMI EMINENCE CD-EMX 2130

Vagn Holmboe: Solhymne, Op. 77

I.  Tempo giusto [4:13]

II.  Parlando [3:09]

III.  Tempo giusto [5:20]

Peter Bruun: Forårssang [4:38]

Vandring I Skoven [3:27]

Per Nørgård: Two Hans Christian Andersen Poems

I.  Lysets fædreland [2:53]

II.  Løft mig kun bort [2:06]

Bo Holten: Ps. 23: Herren Er Min Hyrde [5:44]

Herman D. Koppel: Three Pieces for Mixed Choir with Texts from the Psalms of David, Op. 74

I.  Herre, din miskundhed rækker til Himlen [2:11]

II.  Herre, min Gud, jeg råber om dagen [2:15]

III.  Kom, lad os juble for Herren [1:44]

Jørgen Jersild: Il Cantico Delle Creature [6:33]

Poul Ruders: Three motets

I.  Preghiera semplice [5:11]

II.  Caritas nunquam excidit [3:38]

III.  Psalm 86 [6:25]

DR Vokalensemblet

Søren Kinch Hansen, conductor

DACAPO 8.226051