Francois Couperin Redux

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Today we’ll listen to one of the Royal Concerts of Francois Couperin, written to be performed at the Sunday evening concerts at Versailles in the presence of Louis XIV.  We’ll also hear music based on Couperin by Richard Strauss and Ravel’s tribute to Couperin.

 

 

Playlist:
9:02 am
  • Serenata
  • Composer: Gioacchino Rossini
  • Ensemble: Bologna Comic Opera Theatre Orchestra
  • Conductor: Riccardo Chailly
  • CD/Album: Rossini: String Sonatas Vol. 1
  • Record co./Cat #: London 433701
9:11 am
  • Keyboard Partita #2 in c , BWV 826
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Soloists: Simone Dinnerstein, piano
  • CD/Album: Something Almost Being Said
  • Record co./Cat #: Sony 98943
9:35 am
  • Symphony #34 in C , K 338
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
  • Conductor: Neville Marriner
  • CD/Album: Mozart: The Late Symphonies Nos. 33-39 & 41
  • Record co./Cat #: Philips 412996
10:01 am
  • Piano Trio , Op. 150
  • Composer: Amy Beach
  • Ensemble: Lark Quartet members
  • Soloists: Joanne Polk, piano
  • CD/Album: Amy Beach: Morning Glories
  • Record co./Cat #: Arabesque 6747
10:17 am
  • Symphony #5 in D
  • Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • Ensemble: Curtis Institute Symphony Orchestra
  • Conductor: Andre Previn
  • CD/Album: Andre Previn - Curtis Institute Orchestra - Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5
  • Record co./Cat #: EMI 55371
11:01 am
  • Piano Sonata #15 "Pastoral" in D , Op. 28
  • Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Soloists: Murray Perahia, piano
  • CD/Album: Beethoven: PIano Sonatas Opp. 26, 14 & 28 - Murray Perahia
  • Record co./Cat #: Sony 326462
11:27 am
  • Serenade for Strings in C , Op. 48
  • Composer: Piotr Ilych Tchaikovsky
  • Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Conductor: Daniele Gatti
  • CD/Album: Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 6
  • Record co./Cat #: Harmonia Mundi 907394
12:05 pm
  • Royal Concert #1
  • Composer: Francois Couperin
  • Ensemble: Smithsonian Chamber Players
  • Conductor: Kenneth Slowik
  • CD/Album: F. Couperin: Concerts Royaux
  • Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 77327
12:19 pm
  • Divertimento after Couperin: Musette de Choisy, etc. , Op. 86
  • Composer: Richard Strauss
  • Ensemble: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
  • CD/Album: R. Strauss: Der Burger Als Edelmann
  • Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 435871
12:25 pm
  • Divertimento after Couperin: Le Tic-Toc-Choc / La Lutine , Op. 86
  • Composer: Richard Strauss
  • Ensemble: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
  • CD/Album: R. Strauss: Der Burger Als Edelmann
  • Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 435871
12:29 pm
  • Divertimento after Couperin: Le Trophee, etc. , Op. 86
  • Composer: Richard Strauss
  • Ensemble: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
  • CD/Album: R. Strauss: Der Burger Als Edelmann
  • Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 435871
12:41 pm
  • Le Tombeau de Couperin (orchestral version) ("The grave of Couperin") = memorial to Couperin
  • Composer: Maurice Ravel
  • Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
  • Conductor: Claudio Abbado
  • CD/Album: Ravel: Klavierkonzerte U.A.
  • Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 423665

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