Walter Parker Talks With Michael Arnowitt

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Vermont pianist Michael Arnowitt celebrates his 50th birthday with a concert with orchestra Sunday afternoon in Montpelier.  The featured work will be Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 2.  Also on the program will be works by Bach, Prokofiev and Arnowitt, himself.  At 11 this morning I’ll speak with Michael about it.

 

 

Playlist:
9:02 am
  • Adagio con variazioni for cello & orchestra
  • Composer: Ottorino Respighi
  • Ensemble: Orchestre de Paris
  • Soloists: Mischa Maisky, cello
  • Conductor: Semyon Bychkov
  • CD/Album: Adagio - Misha Maisky
  • Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 435781
9:17 am
  • Ceremony of Carols: This Little Babe / Carol of the Children
  • Composer: Benjamin Britten / John Rutter
  • Ensemble: Essex Children's Choir of Vermont
  • Soloists: Heidi Soons, harp
  • Conductor: Constance Price
  • CD/Album: 25th Anniversary Twelfth Night 2012
  • Record co./Cat #: Essex Children's Choir 2012
9:24 am
  • Pour le Piano: Sarabande
  • Composer: Claude Debussy
  • Arranger: orch. Ravel
  • Ensemble: St. Paul Chamber Orchestra
  • Conductor: Hugh Wolff
  • CD/Album: Ravel: Ma Mere l'Oye, Le Tombeau de Couperin
  • Record co./Cat #: Teldec 74006
9:29 am
  • Danse (orchestral version)
  • Composer: Claude Debussy
  • Arranger: orch. Ravel
  • Ensemble: St. Paul Chamber Orchestra
  • Conductor: Hugh Wolff
  • CD/Album: Ravel: Ma Mere l'Oye, Le Tombeau de Couperin
  • Record co./Cat #: Teldec 74006
9:36 am
  • Suite #2 for 2 Pianos , Op. 17
  • Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff
  • Soloists: Martha Argerich, piano ; Alexandre Rabinovitch, piano
  • CD/Album: Rachmaninov: Suites Op. 5 & Op. 17 - Symphonic Dances Op. 45
  • Record co./Cat #: Teldec 74717
10:01 am
  • Sonata In 3 Parts #6
  • Composer: Henry Purcell
  • Soloists: Pavlo Beznosiuk, violin ; Rachel Podger, violin ; Christophe Coin, cello ; Christopher Hogwood, organ
  • CD/Album: Purcell: Sonatas of Three Parts, 1683
  • Record co./Cat #: L'Oiseau-Lyre 444449
10:10 am
  • Violin Concerto in b , Op. 61
  • Composer: Edward Elgar
  • Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: Gil Shaham, violin
  • Conductor: David Zinman
  • CD/Album: Elgar: Violin Concerto, Op. 61
  • Record co./Cat #: Canary Classics 6
11:00 am
  • Michael Arnowitt interview
11:04 am
  • Piano Concerto #2 (excerpt)
  • Composer: Johannes Brahms
  • Ensemble: Cleveland Orchestra
  • Soloists: Rudolf Serkin
  • Conductor: George Szell
  • CD/Album: Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 - Serkin
  • Record co./Cat #: Sony 42262
11:10 am
  • Piano Concerto #2 (excerpt)
  • Composer: Sergei Prokofiev
  • Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchetra
  • Soloists: Horacio Gutierrez, piano
  • Conductor: Neeme Jarvi
  • CD/Album: Prokofiev: Piano Concertos 2 & 3
  • Record co./Cat #: Chandos 8889
11:15 am
  • Four Piano Blues: No. 4
  • Composer: Aaron Copland
  • Soloists: Michael Arnowitt, piano
  • CD/Album: Classical / Jazz - Michael Arnowitt
  • Record co./Cat #: Musical Heritage Society 512994
11:19 am
  • Piano Sonata #15 "Pastoral": Scherzo in D , Op. 28
  • Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Soloists: Michael Arnowitt, piano
  • CD/Album: Beethoven: Sonatas - Michael Arnowitt
  • Record co./Cat #: Ursa Minor 95101
11:23 am
  • Love's Labours Lost: Suite , Op. 28
  • Composer: Gerald Finzi
  • Ensemble: English String Orchestra
  • Conductor: William Boughton
  • CD/Album: Finzi: Orchestral Works
  • Record co./Cat #: Nimbus 5101
11:51 am
  • Legends in c# , Op. 59/6
  • Composer: Antonin Dvorak
  • Ensemble: Budapest Festival Orchestra
  • Conductor: Ivan Fischer
  • CD/Album: Dvorak: Legends, Prague Waltzes, etc.
  • Record co./Cat #: Philips 464647
12:05 pm
  • Concerto for 2 Mandolins in G , RV 532
  • Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
  • Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
  • Soloists: James Tyler, mandolin ; Douglas Wootton, mandolin
  • Conductor: Neville Marriner
  • CD/Album: Vivaldi: 6 Double Concertos
  • Record co./Cat #: Philips 412892
12:19 pm
  • Three Romances , Op. 94
  • Composer: Robert Schumann
  • Soloists: Allan Vogel, oboe ; Bryan Pezzone, piano
  • CD/Album: Oboe Obsession
  • Record co./Cat #: Delos 3235
12:34 pm
  • Bold Island Suite , Op. 46
  • Composer: Howard Hanson
  • Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
  • Conductor: Erich Kunzel
  • CD/Album: Symphonic Music of Howard Hanson
  • Record co./Cat #: Telarc 80649

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