If I Rest, I Rust

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Spanish tenor/baritone and conductor Plácido Domingo is known for
saying, "If I rest, I rust". He turns 69 today, we’ll celebrate with
the stunning aria E lucevan le stelle ("And the stars were shining") from Puccini’s Tosca.
The second hour features a flurry of musical snowflakes from
Tchaikovsky, Morten Lauridsen, and Lalo Schifrin. (No accumulation
expected.)

Playlist:
8:08 am
  • Tragic Overture , Op. 81
  • Composer: Johannes Brahms
  • Ensemble: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Conductor: Jiri Belohlavek
  • CD/Album: "Brahms: Symphony No. 2 / Overtures"
  • Record co./Cat #: Supraphon 1990
8:22 am
  • Piano Sonata #10 in G , Op. 14/2
  • Composer: Ludwig Van Beethoven
  • Soloists: Stephen Bishop Kovacevich, piano
  • CD/Album: "Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 8-11"
  • Record co./Cat #: EMI 56586
8:37 am
  • Tosca: E Lucevan le Stelle
  • Composer: Giacomo Puccini
  • Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Soloists: Placido Domingo, tenor
  • Conductor: Giuseppi Sinopoli
  • CD/Album: "Mad About Tenors"
  • Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 439517
  • Note: * Placido Domingo's birthday! (Jan. 21, 1941) *
8:43 am
  • A Moorside Suite
  • Composer: Gustav Holst
  • Ensemble: London Collegiate Brass
  • Conductor: Richard Hickox
  • CD/Album: "Holst: The Planets, etc."
  • Record co./Cat #: Regis 1200
9:02 am
  • The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Waltz of the Snowflakes
  • Composer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  • Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
  • Conductor: Andre Previn
  • CD/Album: "Tchaikovsky: The Ballets"
  • Record co./Cat #: EMI 73624
9:08 am
  • Mid-Winter Songs: 3 selections
  • Composer: Morten Lauridsen
  • Ensemble: LA Master Chorale & Sinfonia Orchestra
  • Conductor: Paul Salamunovich
  • CD/Album: "Lauridsen: Lux Aeterna"
  • Record co./Cat #: RCM 19705
9:16 am
  • Dances Concertantes for Clarinet & Orchestra
  • Composer: Lalo Schifrin
  • Ensemble: Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: David Shifrin, clarinet
  • Conductor: Lalo Schifrin
  • CD/Album: "Shifrin Plays Schifrin"
  • Record co./Cat #: Aleph Records 37
9:43 am
  • Horn Concerto in D
  • Composer: Franz-Xaver Pokorny
  • Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
  • Soloists: Hermann Baumann, horn
  • Conductor: Iona Brown
  • CD/Album: "Horn Concertos"
  • Record co./Cat #: Philips 422346

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