February 23, 2010
Making the Geese Angry
The young Sergei Prokofiev was fed up with critics who thought he could only write avant-garde music. So he threw them a musical curve ball, his "Classical" symphony, written in a Haydnesque style. He called it "a challenge to make the geese angry." John Axelrod leads the Swiss Italian Orchestra, in concert in Lugano, Switzerland.
Today's Playlist
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Ottornio Respighi
Excerpts from Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 3
The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra with conductor Sir Neville Marriner
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George Frideric Handel
Sonata in G, HWV 358
Erik Bosgraaf, recorder, and Francesco Corti, harpsichord
Oriol Martorell Hall, Barcelona, Spain
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Leopold Godowsky
Excerpts from Renaissance Suite
Pianist Sergei Kasprov
Flagey Studio 1, Brussels, Belgium
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Pat Metheny and Jason Vieaux
Excerpts from Five Songs in the form of a Baroque Suite
Guitarist Jason Vieaux
92nd Street Y, New York City
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Josquin des Prez and Guillaume Dufay
Sacred and Secular Suite
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra with conductor Brad Lubman
Ordway Center, St. Paul
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Alexander Scriabin
Romance
Cellist Narek Hakhnazaryan and pianist Noreen Polera
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
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Peter Tchaikovsky
Melodie No. 3, Op. 42
Cellist Narek Hakhnazaryan and pianist Noreen Polera
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
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Camille Saint-Saens
March from Algerian Suite, Op. 60
The Swiss Italian Orchestra with conductor Francis Travis
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Mikhail Glinka
Divertimento Brillante on Themes from Bellini's La Sonnambula
Musicians from Traunstein Summer Concerts
Klosterkirche, Traunstein, Germany
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Sergei Prokofiev
Symphony No. 1 in D (Classical)
The Swiss Italian Orchestra with conductor John Axelrod
Congress Palace, Lugano, Switzerland
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Johann Kaspar Kerll
Toccata in G Minor
Harpsichordist Kristian Bezuidenhout
Tropical Baroque Music Festival, Coral Gables, Florida
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Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger
Toccata Arpeggiata
Guitarist Gareth Koch
Spivey Hall, Morrow, Georgia
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George Frideric Handel
Trio Sonata in F
The Poulenc Trio
Flagler Museum, Palm Beach, Florida