Great works for piano and strings in A Major…both of which are being
performed in the area this weekend. Brahms A Major Piano Quartet,
Dvorak A Major Piano Quintet.
The “A Major” Effect
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Playlist:
3:02 pm
- Flattergeister Waltz , Op. 62
- Composer: Josef Strauss
- Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor: Zubin Mehta
- CD/Album: New Year's Concert 2007
- Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon B0008289
3:11 pm
- Piano Quintet in A , Op. 81 , B 155
- Composer: Antonin Dvorak
- Ensemble: Borodin String Quartet
- Soloists: Sviatoslav Richter, piano
- CD/Album: Dvorak - Piano Quintets - Borodin Quartet - Richter
- Record co./Cat #: Philips 412429
3:53 pm
- Silvana: Overture
- Composer: Carl Maria von Weber
- Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
- Conductor: Neeme Jarvi
- CD/Album: Weber: Overtures
- Record co./Cat #: Chandos 9066
4:11 pm
- Ma Vlast: Vltava (The Moldau)
- Composer: Bedrich Smetana
- Ensemble: Czech Philharmonic
- Conductor: Jiri Belohlavek
- CD/Album: Smetana: My Country
- Record co./Cat #: Supraphon 1986
4:24 pm
- Divertimento #12 in Eb , K 252
- Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Ensemble: Amadeus Winds
- CD/Album: Mozart: Wind Divertimenti
- Record co./Cat #: L'Oiseau-Lyre 425819
4:36 pm
- Harp Concerto in C
- Composer: Francois Boieldieu
- Ensemble: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
- Soloists: Nicanor Zabaleta, harp
- Conductor: Ernst Marzendorfer
- CD/Album: Great Works for Harp
- Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 439693
5:05 pm
- Dances of Galanta
- Composer: Zoltan Kodaly
- Ensemble: Philharmonia Hungarica
- Conductor: Antal Dorati
- CD/Album: Antal Dorati-Kodaly-Bartok
- Record co./Cat #: Mercury 432005
5:21 pm
- Overture (Sinfonia) #3
- Composer: Johann Christian Bach
- Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music
- Conductor: Christopher Hogwood
- CD/Album: J.C. Bach: Six Favourite Overtures
- Record co./Cat #: L'Oiseau-Lyre 417148
5:29 pm
- Les jeux d'eaux a la Villa d'Este ("Fountains at the Este Villa")
- Composer: Franz Liszt
- Soloists: Lazar Berman, piano
- CD/Album: Liszt: Annees de pelerinage
- Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 437206
5:38 pm
- Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun (French: "Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un Faune")
- Composer: Claude Debussy
- Ensemble: Saint Cecilia Orchestra
- Conductor: Leonard Bernstein
- CD/Album: Debussy: La Mer - Images - Prelude
- Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 429728
5:50 pm
- Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage , Op. 112
- Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
- Ensemble: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
- Soloists: RIAS Chamber Chorus
- Conductor: Riccardo Chailly
- CD/Album: Beethoven: Messe in C-Dur
- Record co./Cat #: London 417563
- Note: (on verse by Johann von Goethe)
6:02 pm
- Piano Quartet #2 in A , Op. 26
- Composer: Johannes Brahms
- Soloists: Isaac Stern, violin ; Jaime Laredo, viola ; Yo Yo Ma, cello ; Emanuel Ax, piano
- CD/Album: Brahms: Klavierquartette, Opp. 25, 26 & 60
- Record co./Cat #: Sony 45846
6:55 pm
- Thunder & Lightning Polka
- Composer: Johann Strauss II
- Ensemble: Philadelphia Orchestra
- Conductor: Eugene Ormandy
- CD/Album: Johann Strauss: Waltzes and Polkas
- Record co./Cat #: Sony 87281