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February 9, 2011

Grammy Nominees and the Piano Puzzler

All this week on PT, we're taking a look at some of this year's Grammy-nominated recordings, leading up to this Sunday's Grammy Awards. On today's show, highlights from new CDs by cellist Matt Haimovitz, pianist Marc-Andre Hamelin, and the Trondheim Soloists. Plus, Bruce Adolphe joins host Fred Child for an award-worthy Piano Puzzler.

Today's Playlist

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hour 1

  • Leonard Bernstein
    Aristophanes, from Serenade for Solo Violin, Strings, Harp, and Percussion
    Hilary Hahn, violin, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, David Zinman, conductor
  • John McLaughlin
    Open Country Joy
    Matt Haimovitz, cello, Uccello
  • George Gershwin
    Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)
    Matt Haimovitz and Leana Rutt, cellos, Uccello
  • Marc-Andre Hamelin
    Landler No. 1, from Con Intimissimo Sentimento
    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano
  • The Piano Puzzler
    This week's contestant is Chris Willis from Santa Monica, California
  • Alexander Glazunov
    Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 82
    Hilary Hahn, violin, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Leonard Slatkin, conductor
    Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
  • Johann Sebastian Bach
    Sarabande from Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004
    Hilary Hahn, violin
    Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles

hour 2

  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    First movement from Piano Sonata in F-sharp Minor
    Mikhail Pletnev, piano
  • Felix Mendelssohn
    Concert Piece No. 2 in D Minor for Clarinet, Basset Horn, and Piano, Op. 114
    David Shifrin, clarinet, Jose Franch-Ballester, basset horn, Jeremy Denk, piano
    Alice Tully Hall, New York City
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Sinfonia in F, Wq. 183, No. 3
    The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Giovanni Antonini, conductor
    The Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
  • Edvarg Grieg
    In the Folk Style, from Two Nordic Melodies Op. 63
    The Trondheim Soloists
  • Emilia Amper
    Abrege, Folk Suite for Nyckelharpa and String Orchestra
    Emilia Amper, nyckelharpa, The Trondheim Soloists
  • Gjermund Larsen
    First movement from Diplom, Folk Suite for Fiddle and String Orchestra
    Gjermund Larsen, fiddle, the Trondheim Soloists
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