Playlist #866: 2008-11-17

November 17th, 2008 · < Renée >
Henry Wolff: Ascension of the subtle body
Henry Wolff tin’sha bells / Nancy Hennings singing bowl, thilbu (Celestial Harmonies 13027-2)
Peter Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence, op. 70
The Chamber Orchestra of Europe / Gerard Korsten cond (Deutsche Grammophon D 110467)
Jake Heggie: Winter Roses: Three Songs
Frederica von Stade ms / Jake Heggie pf (Flesh and Stone, Songs of Jake Heggie) (Classical Action)
John Cage: Ryoanji
Jeffrey Krieger elec vc (CRI 750)

Playlist #865: 2008-11-10

November 10th, 2008 · < mtheo & renée >
Ursula Mamlock: From my garden (1983)
Roger Zahab vn (Truemedia D93317)
Aram Khachaturian: Trio (1932)
Strata (James Stern va / Nathan Williams cl / Audrey Andrist pf) (Arizona University Recordings 3097)
Henry Cowell: Three works for piano: Aeolian Harp (1923) / The Banshee 1925) / The Lilt of the Reel (1925)
Henry Cowell pf (CRI 750)
Harry Partch: Ulysses at the edge of the world (1960)
The Gate Five Ensemble of the University of Illinois (CRI 750)
Egon Wellesz: Symphony no. 7, op. 102 (1968)
Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien / Gottfried Rabi cond (cpo/ORF 999 808-2)

Playlist #862: 10-20-2008

October 20th, 2008 · < Renée >
Michael Torke: Monday (1992)
London Sinfonietta / Lothar Zagrosek cond (Ecstatic 092204)
Nikolai Medtner: Forgotten melodies, op. 38 (1922)
Evgeny Svetlanov pf (Russian Disc 10 045)
Aaron Copland: Twelve poems of Emily Dickinson (1950)
Phillis Curtin sop / Aaron Copland pf (VAI 1194)

Playlist #860: 10-06-08

October 6th, 2008 · < Renée >
Karen Tanaka: Crystalline II (1996)
Xak Bjerken pf (CRI 855)
Igor Stravinsky: Apollo (1947)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Simon Rattle cond (EMI D 163864)
Samuel Barber: String quartet op. 11 (1936)
Emerson String Quartet (Philip Setzer vn / Eugene Drucker vn / Lawrence Dutton va / David Finckel vc) (Deutche Grammophon 101392)
Johannes Brahms: He, zigeuner, from Zigeunerlieder op. 103 (1888)
Anne Sofie von Otter mz / Bengt Forsberg pf (Deutche Grammophone 429 727-2)

Playlist #859: 09-29-2008

September 30th, 2008 · < Renée >
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

September 16th, 2008 · < Renée >
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

September 2nd, 2008 · < mtheo & renée >
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)

Playlist #854: 2008-08-25

August 26th, 2008 · < Renée >
Somei Satoh: From the depth of silence (2001)
Janácek Philharmonic / Petr Kotik cond (Mode 135)
Somei Satoh: Burning meditation (1993)
Janácek Philharmonic / Thomas Buckner Bar / Petr Kotik cond (Mode 135)
John Adams: Gnarly buttons (1996)
Michael Collins cl / London Sinfonietta / John Adams cond (Nonesuch 79465)

Playlist #848: 2008-07-14

July 15th, 2008 · < Renée >
Benjamin Britten: Young Apollo, Op. 16 (1939)
I Musici de Montréal / Yuri Turovsky cond (Chandos 241-2)
Henryk Górecki: Harpsichord concerto, Op. 40 (1980)
I Musici de Montréal / Yuri Turovsky cond (Chandos 9590)
Benjamin Britten: Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge, Op. 10 (1937)
English Chamber Orchestra / Benjamin Britten cond (London 417 509-2)
Samuel Barber: Ballade, Op. 46 (1977)
John Browning pf (MHS 513597L)

Playlist #843: 2008-06-09

June 10th, 2008 · < Renée >
Vincent Persichetti: The hollow men (1944)
Anthony Plog tpt / Hans-Ola Ericsson org (BIS-CD-565)
Elie Siegmeister: On this ground (1972)
Kenneth Boulton pf (Naxos 8.559020)
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Missa Papae Marcelli (1555)
Pro Cantione Antique / Bruno Turner cond (MHS 416608T)