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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Leonard Bernstein
Aristophanes, from Serenade for Solo Violin, Strings, Harp, and Percussion
Hilary Hahn, violin, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, David Zinman, conductor
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John McLaughlin
Open Country Joy
Matt Haimovitz, cello, Uccello
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George Gershwin
Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)
Matt Haimovitz and Leana Rutt, cellos, Uccello
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Marc-Andre Hamelin
Landler No. 1, from Con Intimissimo Sentimento
Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano
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The Piano Puzzler
This week's contestant is Chris Willis from Santa Monica, California
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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
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Sarabande from Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004
Hilary Hahn, violin
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
First movement from Piano Sonata in F-sharp Minor
Mikhail Pletnev, piano
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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
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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Sinfonia in F, Wq. 183, No. 3
The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Giovanni Antonini, conductor
The Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Edvarg Grieg
In the Folk Style, from Two Nordic Melodies Op. 63
The Trondheim Soloists
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Emilia Amper
Abrege, Folk Suite for Nyckelharpa and String Orchestra
Emilia Amper, nyckelharpa, The Trondheim Soloists
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Gjermund Larsen
First movement from Diplom, Folk Suite for Fiddle and String Orchestra
Gjermund Larsen, fiddle, the Trondheim Soloists