The “A Major” Effect

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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.

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

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