Archive for September, 2008

Playlist #859: 09-29-2008

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
George Gershwin: Three preludes for piano (1926)
Michael Tilson Thomas pf (CBS Masterworks 42516)
Michael Tippett: Fantasia concertante on a theme of Corelli (1953)
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra / Christopher Hogwood cond (London D102952)
Antonín Dvořák: Mĕsíčku na nebi hlubokém (O moon high up in the deep sky) from Rusalka (1900)
Frederica von Stade mz / Boston Symphony Orchestra / Seiji Ozawa cond (Sony 46687)
Johannes Brahms: Intermezzi op. 117 (1892)
Ivo Pogorelich pf (Deutche Grammophon 437460-2)
Antonín Dvořák: Humoresque in E-flat minor, op. 101, no. 1 (1894)
Rudolf Firkušný pf (Sony 46687)

Playlist #857: 2008-09-15

Tuesday, September 16th, 2008
John Charlillo: Self-similarity (1992)
Roger Zahab vn / John Charlillo etronics (Truemedia D93317)
Terry Riley: The cusp of magic (2004)
Kronos Quartet (David Harrington, vn; b dm; peyote rattle; toys / John Sherba vn; perc / Hank Dutt va; toys / Jeffrey Zeigler vc; toys) / Wu Man pipa; toys (Nonesuch 360508)
Ram Narayan, arr. Kronos Quartet: Alap from Raga mishra bhairavi (1989)
Kronos Quartet (David Harrington shruti box / John Sherba tambura / Hank Dutt va / Jeffrey Zeigler vc) Terry Riley tambura / Wu Man electric sitar (Nonesuch 360508)

Playlist #855: 2008-09-01

Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008
Hugo Wolf: Abschied (Farewell) (1888)
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Bar / Svjatoslaw Richter pf (Deutsche Grammophon 2530 584)
Lou Harrison: Concerto for pipa with string orchestra (1997)
Wu Man pipa / The New Professionals Orchestra / Rebecca Miller cond (Mode 140)
Joaquin Nin-Culmell: Tonadas, volume 1, nos. 1-8 (1956)
Maria Luisa Cantos pf (Marco Polo 8.223534)
Joaquin Nin-Culmell: Tonadas, volume 2, nos. 22, 24 (1956)
Alicia de Larrocha pf (London CS 6677)