Program Guide 05-08-2017
Almanac
May 8
1745 Carl Stamitz baptized – German composer (d.1801); eldest son of Johann Stamitz, and the most prominent composer of the second generation of the influential Mannheim School.
1829 Louis Moreau Gottschalk – American composer and pianist (d.1869); a virtuoso performer of his own romantic piano works, the earliest of which created a sensation in Europe.
1945 Keith Jarrett – American pianist and composer who performs both jazz and classical music (74 years old); one of his trademarks is frequent, loud vocalizations (grunting, squealing, and tuneless singing), similar to that of Glenn Gould, Thelonious Monk, Erroll Garner and others.
1945 Aaron Copland's Pulitzer Prize for Music for his Appalachian Spring ballet score was announced on V-E Day (the end of World War II in Europe).
1952 Kálmán Berkes – Hungarian, clarinetist (67 years old); has been principal clarinetist in leading Hungarian orchestras including the Hungarian State Opera, the Budapest Philharmonic and the Budapest Festival Orchestra.
1956 Javier Álvarez – Mexican composer (63 years old); one of the best-known Mexican composers of his generation.
Recording of the Week
Program Guide
00:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Angela Mitchell
00:02:00 00:22:05 Carl Stamitz Viola Concerto No. 1 in D major
Baltimore Chamber Orchestra Markand Thakar Victoria Chiang, viola Naxos 572162
00:26:00 00:32:27 Aaron Copland Appalachian Spring
Aaron Copland Chamber Ensemble CBS 42431
01:01:00 00:26:44 Carl Maria von Weber Clarinet Quintet in B flat Op 34
Auer Quartet Kálmán Berkes, clarinet Naxos 553122
01:31:00 00:24:11 Johann Sebastian Bach Keyboard Concerto No. 1 in D minor
Apollo's Fire Jeannette Sorrell Jeannette Sorrell, harpsichord Avie 2207
01:58:00 00:39:57 Ralph Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 5 in D major
Robert Spano Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Telarc 80676
02:40:00 01:02:49 Franz Schubert Octet in F major
Cleveland Octet Sony 62655
03:45:00 00:23:48 Édouard Lalo Piano Concerto in F minor
Frankfurt State Orchestra Nikos Athinäos David Gross, piano Signum 6600
04:11:00 00:40:05 Antonín Dvorák String Quintet No. 2 in G major Op 77
Chamber Music Soc Linc Center Delos 3152
04:54:00 00:23:46 Sir Alexander Mackenzie Pibroch Op 42
Royal Scottish Nat'l Orch David Davies Malcolm Stewart, violin Hyperion 66975
05:21:00 00:16:01 Michael Haydn Symphony No. 25 in G major
Matthias Bamert London Mozart Players Chandos 9352
05:40:00 00:07:17 Stanislaw Moniuszko Overture 'The Hetman's Mistress'
Antoni Wit Warsaw Philharmonic Naxos 572716
05:50:00 00:05:18 Ludwig van Beethoven Scherzo from Sonata No. 18 Op 31
Peter Takács, piano Cambria 1175
06:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Jacqueline Gerber
06:07:00 00:03:25 Antonio Salieri Tarare: Act 2 Overture
Thomas Fey Heidelberg Symphony Hänssler 98269
06:14:00 00:08:11 Antonín Dvorák Scherzo from Symphony No. 9 Op 95
Ferenc Fricsay Berlin Philharmonic DeutGram 4796018
06:23:00 00:02:06 François Couperin Suite No. 18: Le Tic-Toc-Choc
Angela Hewitt, piano Hyperion 67440
06:26:00 00:03:55 Maurice Ravel Pantoum from Piano Trio
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano; Joshua Bell, violin; Steven Isserlis, cello Decca 425860
06:31:00 00:03:26 Eleanor Farjeon Morning Has Broken
La Pietà Angèle Dubeau Angèle Dubeau, violin Analekta 8737
06:40:00 00:09:19 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Finale from Symphony No. 40
Jeannette Sorrell Apollo's Fire Avie 2159
06:50:00 00:03:55 Igor Stravinsky Scherzo à la russe
Michael Tilson Thomas London Symphony RCA 68865
06:57:00 00:02:01 John N. Klohr Billboard March
Loras John Schissel Virginia Grand Military Band WalkFrog 430
07:02:00 00:06:57 Camille Saint-Saëns La princesse jaune: Overture Op 30
José Serebrier BBC Concert Orchestra BBC 63
07:12:00 00:08:51 Georg Philipp Telemann Concerto Polonois in G major
Jeannette Sorrell Apollo's Fire Koch Intl 7576
07:21:00 00:02:16 Leos Janácek Lachian Dances: Blessing Dance
Antoni Wit Warsaw Philharmonic Naxos 572695
07:25:00 00:03:28 John Dowland Kemp's Jig, Mistress Winter's Jump & My Lady Hunsdon's Puffe
La Nef Atma 2650
07:31:00 00:04:21 Jerome Moross Theme & Variations from Symphony No. 1
JoAnn Falletta London Symphony Albany 1403
07:40:00 00:08:53 Ludwig van Beethoven Leonore Overture No. 1 Op 138
Daniel Harding German Chamber Philharmonic VirginClas 45364
07:51:00 00:03:51 Arvo Pärt Agnus Dei from 'Berlin Mass'
Chamber Ensemble Richard Stoltzman, clarinet; Bill Douglas, bassoon RCA 68416
07:57:00 00:02:09 Claude Debussy Preludes Book 1: Minstrels
Pascal Rogé, piano Decca 4785437
08:07:00 00:06:13 Peter Tchaikovsky The Sleeping Beauty: Rose Adagio
Mikhail Pletnev Russian National Orchestra DeutGram 457634
08:16:00 00:07:27 Stanislaw Moniuszko The New Don Quixote: Overture
Antoni Wit Warsaw Philharmonic Naxos 572716
08:26:00 00:04:00 George Frideric Handel Israel in Egypt: But as for his people
English Baroque Soloists Sir John Eliot Gardiner Monteverdi Choir Philips 432110
08:31:00 00:04:54 Giacomo Puccini Scherzo for Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly Verdi Symphony Milan Decca 2141
08:40:00 00:08:48 Antonio Vivaldi Flute Concerto in F major
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Patrick Gallois, flute DeutGram 437839
08:50:00 00:02:35 Aram Khachaturian Masquerade: Mazurka
Neeme Järvi Royal Scottish Nat'l Orch Chandos 8542
08:55:00 00:05:38 Richard Rodgers Flower Drum Song: Overture
John Mauceri Hollywood Bowl Orchestra Philips 434932
09:06:00 00:17:59 Jean-Baptiste Lully Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme: Suite
Tempesta di Mare Chandos 805
09:28:00 00:06:58 Richard M & Robert B Sherman The Jungle Book: Medley
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Erich Kunzel Singing Hoosiers Telarc 80196
09:35:00 00:03:55 Domenico Scarlatti Sonata in A major
Yevgeny Sudbin, piano Bis 2138
09:46:00 00:06:59 Anton Reicha Finale from Wind Quintet No. 23 Op 100
Aulos Wind Quintet Schwann 310011
09:55:00 00:02:32 Goff Richards Homage to the Noble Grape: Champagne
London Brass Teldec 46069
10:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Mark Satola
10:01:00 00:03:07 Louis Moreau Gottschalk The Banjo Op 15
Cecile Licad, piano Naxos 559145
10:05:00 00:03:07 Louis Moreau Gottschalk Pasquinade Op 59
Cecile Licad, piano Naxos 559145
10:10:00 00:11:12 Antonio Casimir Cartellieri Symphony No. 2 in E flat major
Gernot Schmalfuss Evergreen Symphony Orchestra CPO 777667
10:23:00 00:04:24 Franz Joseph Haydn Finale from Symphony No. 6
Ádám Fischer Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orch Nimbus 5240
10:29:00 00:04:06 Stanislaw Moniuszko Jawnuta: Overture
Antoni Wit Warsaw Philharmonic Naxos 572716
10:37:00 00:09:19 Ignace Jan Paderewski Romanze from Piano Concerto Op 17
London Symphony Arthur Fiedler Earl Wild, piano Elan 82266
10:49:00 00:01:00 Peter Heidrich Happy Birthday Tango
Kremerata Baltica Gidon Kremer Gidon Kremer, violin Nonesuch 79657
10:51:00 00:19:06 Carl Stamitz Cello Concerto No. 3 in C major
Prague Chamber Orchestra Christian Benda Christian Benda, cello Naxos 550865
11:11:00 00:08:32 Johann Stamitz Symphony for Strings in B flat major
Donald Armstrong New Zealand Chamber Orch Naxos 553194
11:22:00 00:08:21 Mily Balakirev Oriental Fantasy 'Islamey' Op 18
Valéry Gergiev Mariinsky Theater Orchestra Philips 470840
11:32:00 00:11:23 Sir Arthur Sullivan Overture di ballo
Sir Neville Marriner Academy St. Martin in Fields Philips 434916
11:46:00 00:08:21 Frédéric Chopin Polonaise No. 1 in C sharp minor Op 26
Maurizio Pollini, piano DeutGram 4793449
11:55:00 00:05:29 Ottorino Respighi Three Botticelli Pictures: La Primavera
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra DeutGram 437533
12:07:00 00:08:53 Stanislaw Moniuszko The Countess: Overture
Antoni Wit Warsaw Philharmonic Naxos 572716
12:18:00 00:05:59 Franz Lehár The Count of Luxemburg: Waltzes
Arthur Fiedler Boston Pops Orchestra RCA 68793
12:26:00 00:03:30 Jean Sibelius Humoresque No. 5 in E flat Op 89
London Symphony Sir Colin Davis Salvatore Accardo, violin Philips 4788977
12:31:00 00:03:07 Louis Moreau Gottschalk The Banjo Op 15
Cecile Licad, piano Naxos 559145
12:38:00 00:03:10 William Kroll Banjo and Fiddle
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, vn; Sandra Rivers, piano EMI 54576
12:43:00 00:12:18 Antonín Dvorák Slavonic Rhapsody No. 3 in A flat major Op 45
Neeme Järvi Royal Scottish Nat'l Orch Chandos 8589
12:57:00 00:02:32 Richard Wagner The Flying Dutchman: Sailors' Chorus
Dresden State Orchestra Silvio Varviso Men of; Leipzig Radio Chorus Philips 422410
13:00 THE BIG WORK AT ONE
13:01:00 00:32:27 Aaron Copland Appalachian Spring
Aaron Copland Chamber Ensemble CBS 42431
13:35:00 00:10:20 Morton Gould American Symphonette No. 2
David Alan Miller Albany Symphony Orchestra Albany 1174
13:47:00 00:11:04 Louis Moreau Gottschalk Méhul's Overture to 'Young Henry's Hunt'
Hot Springs Festival Orchestra Richard Rosenberg Richard & John Contiguglia; Angela Draghicescu, piano; Chin-Ming Lin, piano; Joshua Pepper, piano Naxos 559320
14:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Mark Satola
14:00:00 00:02:43 Percy Grainger Handel in the Strand
Marc-André Hamelin, piano Hyperion 66884
14:03:00 00:02:43 Percy Grainger The Lost Lady Found
City of London Sinfonia Richard Hickox Joyful Company of Singers Chandos 9554
14:07:00 00:13:19 Stanislaw Moniuszko Overture 'The Fairy Tale'
Antoni Wit Warsaw Philharmonic Naxos 572716
14:23:00 00:06:02 Franz Joseph Haydn The Apothecary: Overture
Giuseppe Sinopoli Dresden State Orchestra EMI 56535
14:24:00 00:11:26 Felix Mendelssohn String Symphony No. 1 in C major
Nicholas Ward Northern Chamber Orchestra Naxos 553161
15:01:00 00:14:35 Jacques Ibert Escales 'Ports of Call'
Charles Dutoit Montreal Symphony Decca 440332
15:18:00 00:07:21 Jean Françaix L'Heure du berger
Pascal Rogé, piano; Catherine Cantin, flute; Maurice Bourgue, oboe; Michel Portal, clarinet; André Cazalet, horn Decca 425861
15:27:00 00:05:22 John Field Nocturne No. 4 in A major
Elizabeth Joy Roe, piano Decca 4789672
15:35:00 00:03:32 Johann Sebastian Bach Cantata No. 29: Sinfonia
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra Jeanne Lamon Jeanne Lamon, violin Tafelmusik 1001
15:43:00 00:03:45 Johann Sebastian Bach Fantasia & Fugue in D minor
Canadian Brass Steinway 30008
15:49:00 00:07:58 Frederick Delius Dance Rhapsody No. 2
Sir Charles Mackerras Welsh National Opera Orchestra Argo 433704
16:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Bill O’Connell; COMPOSERS DATEBOOK: Stravinsky's "Dumbarton Oaks" Concerto
15:58:00 00:05:09 Stanislaw Moniuszko Verbum nobile: Overture
Antoni Wit Warsaw Philharmonic Naxos 572716
16:07:00 00:02:22 Domenico Cimarosa Il maestro di cappella: Overture
Myung-Whun Chung St Cecilia Academy Orchestra DeutGram 471566
16:12:00 00:11:25 Antonio Vivaldi Four Seasons: 'Spring' Concerto in E major Op 8
I Musici Felix Ayo Felix Ayo, violin Philips 4788977
16:26:00 00:06:04 John Williams Hook: The Banquet
John Williams Boston Pops Orchestra Sony 68419
16:34:00 00:04:50 John Williams Pops on the March
John Williams Boston Pops Orchestra Sony 46747
16:41:00 00:07:48 Antonín Dvorák Scherzo from Symphony No. 5 Op 76
Witold Rowicki London Symphony Philips 4788977
16:52:00 00:02:49 Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck Laudate Dominum La Nuova Musica
John Rutter Cambridge Singers Collegium 134
16:56:00 00:03:10 Peter Tchaikovsky Swan Lake: Goblet Dance
Valéry Gergiev Mariinsky Theater Orchestra Decca 10104
17:04:00 00:06:38 Javier Alvárez Metro Chabacano
Keri-Lynn Wilson Simón Bolívar Symphony Dorian 90254
17:11:00 00:03:58 Ernest Schelling Suite Fantastique: Scherzo Op 7
BBC Scottish Symphony Martyn Brabbins Ian Hobson, piano Hyperion 66949
17:17:00 00:09:27 Franz Schubert Finale from String Quintet
Cypress String Quartet Gary Hoffman, cello Avie 2307
17:28:00 00:07:26 Carl Maria von Weber Preciosa: Overture Op 78
Karl Münchinger Vienna Philharmonic Decca 4785437
17:40:00 00:06:20 Frédéric Chopin Nocturne No. 12 in G major Op 37
Byron Janis, piano EMI 56780
17:46:00 00:01:48 Frédéric Chopin Etude No. 5 in G flat major Op 10
Irena Portenko, piano Blue Griff 213
17:50:00 00:03:00 George Harrison Here Comes the Sun
Chamber Ensemble Christopher Austin Milos Karadaglic, guitar Mercury 24425
17:54:00 00:04:03 Adolphe Adam Giselle: Grand Pas de Deux
Erich Kunzel Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Telarc 80625
18:00 DINNER CLASSICS
18:09:00 00:15:51 Charles Gounod Faust: Ballet Music
Sir Georg Solti Orch of the Royal Opera House Decca 4785437
18:27:00 00:07:22 Louis Moreau Gottschalk The Union Op 48
Cecile Licad, piano Naxos 559145
18:36:00 00:02:55 Louis Moreau Gottschalk La jota aragonesa Op 14
Cecile Licad, piano Naxos 559145
18:41:00 00:12:02 Richard Strauss First Waltz Sequence from 'Der Rosenkavalier'
Kazuki Yamada Orch de la Suisse Romande PentaTone 518
18:55:00 00:03:50 Louis Moreau Gottschalk God Save the Queen Op 41
Alan Feinberg, piano Argo 430330
19:00 SYMPHONY AT SEVEN with John Simna
19:02:00 00:12:43 Hector Berlioz Overture to 'Les Francs Juges' Op 3
Sir Colin Davis London Symphony Philips 4788977
19:16:00 00:38:25 Antonín Dvorák Cello Concerto in B minor Op 104
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Sir Colin Davis Heinrich Schiff, cello Philips 4788977
19:57:00 00:02:47 Claude Debussy Children's Corner: Serenade of the Doll
Yoav Talmi Quebec Symphony Orchestra Atma 2377
20:00 WCLV ESSENTIAL CLASSICS
20:02:00 00:08:04 Johann Strauss Jr The Gypsy Baron: Overture
Daniel Barenboim Vienna Philharmonic Decca 12569
20:12:00 00:15:07 Johann Sebastian Bach Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor
Curtis 20/21 Ensemble Vinay Parameswaran Jennifer Koh, violin; Jaime Laredo, violin Cedille 146
20:29:00 00:28:26 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 39 in E flat major
Christoph von Dohnányi Cleveland Orchestra Decca 436421
20:57:00 00:02:43 André Grétry Céphale et Procris: Tambourin
Stefan Sanderling Orchestre de Bretagne ASV 1095
21:00 NIGHT MUSIC with Rob Grier; COMPOSERS DATEBOOK: Stravinsky's "Dumbarton Oaks" Concerto
21:03:00 00:12:28 Louis Moreau Gottschalk Variations on the Portuguese National Anthem
Hot Springs Festival Orchestra Richard Rosenberg Michael Gurt, piano Naxos 559320
21:17:00 00:09:40 Stanislaw Moniuszko Paria: Overture
Antoni Wit Warsaw Philharmonic Naxos 572716
21:28:00 00:09:40 Franz Schubert Piano Trio in E flat major
Joseph Kalichstein, piano; Jaime Laredo, violin; Sharon Robinson, cello Bridge 9376
21:40:00 00:06:35 Ola Gjeilo Unicornis captivatur
Charles Bruffy Phoenix Chorale Chandos 5100
21:48:00 00:35:44 Aaron Copland Appalachian Spring
Michael Tilson Thomas San Francisco Symphony RCA 63511
22:24:00 00:16:57 Keith Jarrett Bridge of Light
Fairfield Orchestra Thomas Crawford Patricia McCarty, viola ECM 1450
22:45:00 00:14:07 Antonín Dvorák Hussite Overture Op 67
István Kertész London Symphony Decca 4785437
23:00 QUIET HOUR
23:02:00 00:06:40 Franz Joseph Haydn Adagio from String Quartet No. 24 Op 20
Angeles Quartet Decca 4783695
23:08:00 00:05:20 Carl Stamitz Romance from Cello Concerto No. 1
Prague Chamber Orchestra Christian Benda Christian Benda, cello Naxos 550865
23:16:00 00:08:07 Dmitri Shostakovich Prelude & Fugue No. 1 in C major Op 87
Keith Jarrett, piano ECM 1469
23:24:00 00:14:41 Keith Jarrett Elegy for Violin & Strings
Fairfield Orchestra Thomas Crawford Michelle Makarski, violin ECM 1450
23:41:00 00:07:32 Louis Moreau Gottschalk The Dying Poet
Cecile Licad, piano Naxos 559145
23:48:00 00:06:19 Carl Busch Elegie Op 30
Reuben Blundell Gowanus Arts Ensemble New Focus 166
23:56:00 00:02:42 Robert Schumann Forest Scenes: Prophet Bird Op 82
Sviatoslav Richter, piano DeutGram 4796018
