January 25, 2011
Russian Chemistry
Cellist Wendy Warner and pianist Irina Nuzova join host Fred Child in the PT studios for conversation and music. Russian music, in particular. The duo has a new CD out featuring Russian cello music. Warner and Nuzova talk about what makes these pieces so special, and about the musical chemistry they felt the first time they played together.
Today's Playlist
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Frederic Chopin
Mazurkas No. 2 in C-sharp, Op. 6, and No. 2 in C, Op. 24
Emanuel Ax, piano
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Pixinguinha
One to Zero
Marina Piccinini, flute, the Brasil Guitar Duo
Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado
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Johann Joseph Fux
Sonata Pastorale a Tre
Chatham Baroque
Synod Hall, Oakland, Pennsylvania
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Frederic Chopin
Three Mazurkas, Op. 30
Yulianna Avdeeva, piano
Chopin International Piano Competition, Warsaw, Poland
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Josef Suk
Fairy Tale, Op. 16 (Pohadka)
The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, New York
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David Popper
Two movements from In the Forest, Op. 50
Wendy Warner, cello, Eileen Buck, piano
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Overture to the Marriage of Figaro
The Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra, Neville Marriner, conductor
Opera Comique, Paris, France
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Perfchat with Wendy Warner and Irina Nuzova
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Alexander Scriabin
Etude No. 11, Op. 8
Wendy Warner, cello, Irina Nuzova, piano
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul
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Nikolai Miaskovsky
First movement from Sonata No. 2 in A Minor for Cello and Piano, Op. 81
Wendy Warner, cello, Irina Nuzova, piano
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul
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Sergei Rachmaninoff
Second movement from Sonata in G Minor for Cello and Piano, Op. 19
Wendy Warner, cello, Irina Nuzova, piano
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul
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Gazi Giray Han
Mahur Pesrev
Armonico Tributo and Sarband
St. James's Church, Bruges, Belgium