Midday Classical: The Verdi Requiem

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We’ll listen to a new recording of the Messa da Requiem by Verdi. 
Antonio Pappano, who is 50 today, conducts the Orchestra and Chorus of the St. Cecilia
National Academy.  In May, Robert DeCormier will conduct the Vermont Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in this dramatic work.  

Playlist:
10:01 am
  • Wind Quintet
  • Composer: Josef Bohuslav Foerster
  • Ensemble: Aulos Wind Quintet
  • CD/Album: Janacek/Haas/Foerster: Wind Quintets
  • Record co./Cat #: KOCH 310051
10:22 am
  • Lemminkainen Suite: selections , Op. 22
  • Composer: Jean Sibelius
  • Ensemble: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic
  • Conductor: Paavo Jarvi
  • CD/Album: Sibelius: Lemminkainen Suite - Luonnotar
  • Record co./Cat #: Virgin Classics 45213
11:01 am
  • The Magic Flute: Overture , K 620
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Ensemble: Tafelmusik
  • Conductor: Bruno Weil
  • CD/Album: Mozart: Overtures - Eine kleine Nachtmusik
  • Record co./Cat #: Sony 46695
11:09 am
  • Piano Trio #1 in Bb , Op. 99 , D 898
  • Composer: Franz Schubert
  • Soloists: Isaac Stern, violin ; Leonard Rose, cello ; Eugene Istomin, piano
  • CD/Album: Isaac Stern: In Tribute and Celebration
  • Record co./Cat #: Sony 89936
11:49 am
  • Cuban Overture
  • Composer: George Gershwin
  • Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
  • Conductor: James Levine
  • CD/Album: Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue, An American in Paris, u.a.
  • Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 431625
12:01 pm
  • Requiem
  • Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
  • Ensemble: Orchestra & Chorus of St. Cecilia National Academy
  • Soloists: Anja Harteros, soprano ; Sonia Ganassi, mezzo-soprano ; Rolando Villazon, tenor ; Rene Pape, bass
  • Conductor: Antonio Pappano
  • CD/Album: Verdi: Messa da Requiem
  • Record co./Cat #: EMI 98936
1:27 pm
  • Cello Sonata in g , Op. 65 , B 160
  • Composer: Frederic Chopin
  • Soloists: Yo Yo Ma, cello ; Emanuel Ax, piano
  • CD/Album: Chopin: Trio - Polonaise Brilliante - Cello Sonata
  • Record co./Cat #: Sony 53112
1:55 pm
  • Mazurka in f# , Op. 59/3 , B 157/3
  • Composer: Frederic Chopin
  • Soloists: Emanuel Ax, piano
  • CD/Album: Chopin - Scherzos and Mazurkas - Emanuel Ax
  • Record co./Cat #: Sony 44544

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