Archive for February, 2009

Read it and weep

Monday, February 23rd, 2009

Eric Felten has a splendid piece on the abhorrent farce of an “all-star quartet” going through the motions at the inauguration last month. I find it pretty dang hard to maintain any respect for these eminent folks, but my distress isn’t going to make a dent in the cash that just keeps rolling in.

Now available at kusf-archives.com…

Monday, February 23rd, 2009

Classics without walls has joined the estimable roster of programs archived at the estimable kusf-archives.com. Whether the show itself is estimable is known only to you. Check out the variety of KUSF New Music programming as well as a sampling of cultural shows, all characterized by a high degree of nift.

Playlist #879: 2009-02-16

Monday, February 16th, 2009
Michael Praetorius: Dances from Terpsichore (excerpts) (1612)
New London Consort / Philip Pickett cond (L’Oiseau Lyre 153566)
John Adams: Phrygian Gates (1977)
John Novacek pf (Nonesuch 79699)

John Adams: Road Movies (1995)
Leila Josefowicz vn / John Novacek pf (Nonesuch 79699)

Michael Praetorius: Dances from Terpsichore (excerpts) (1612)
New London Consort / Philip Pickett cond (L’Oiseau Lyre 153566)

Playlist #877: 2009-02-02

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009
Gustav Charpentier: Depuis le jour, from Louise (1899)
Leontyne Price sop / RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra / Francesco Molinari-Pradelli cond (Aria, RCA 6587-2-RC)
Aaron Copland: Concerto for clarinet and string orchestra, with harp and piano (1947-1948)
Stanley Drucker cl / New York Philharmonic / Leonard Bernstein cond (Deutsche Grammophon 183588)
Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and fugue no. 1 in C major BWV 870, from The Well-tempered clavier, book 2 (1738)
Keith Jarrett hp (ECM 1433/3 847 936-2)
Arnold Schönberg: Gurre-Lieder: “Der Hahn erhebt den Kopf zur Kraht” (1900/1911)
Chor des NDR Hamburg / Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks / Operachor der Stültischen Bühnen Frankfurt a.M. / Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt / Eliahu Inbal cond (PCM/Denon 81757 9066 2)
Fritz Kreisler: Praeludium and allegro in the style of Pugnani (1910)
William Primrose va / Franz Rupp pf (Pearl GEMM 9253)
Alexander Scriabin: Piano Sonata no. 4, F sharp minor, op. 30 (1903)
Robert Taub pf (Harmonia Mundi 90011)