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March 4, 2008

Beethoven's second symphony

Critics have been raving about the Minnesota Orchestra's recordings of the Beethoven symphonies. Find out what's so special about conductor Osmo Vanska's take on Beethoven when they perform the Second Symphony at a concert in Minneapolis.

Today's Playlist



hour 1

  • Georges Bizet
    Premier Nocturne in F
    Pianist Glenn Gould
  • Eugene Bozza
    Scherzo, Op. 48
    The Aquilon Wind Quintet
    Old Abbey, Mettlach, Germany
  • Don Carlo Gesualdo
    "Belta, pi che t'assenti"
    Pomerium Musices with conductor Alexander Blachly
  • Don Carlo Gesualdo
    "Belta, pi che t'assenti,""Deh, come invan sospiro" and "Gia piansi nel dolore" from Madrigals, Book VI
    The Brentano String Quartet
    Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul
  • Georges Bizet
    Suites No. 1 and 2 from "L'Arlesienne"
    The West German Radio Symphony Orchestra with conductor Lionel Bringuier
    Philharmonie, Cologne, Germany
  • Marcelo Zarvos
    "Arrival"
    Ethel
    Grand Canyon Music Festival, Grand Canyon, Arizona
  • Edvard Grieg
    Notturno from Lyric Pieces, Book Five, Op. 54
    Pianist Denys Proshayev
    Neues Gewandhaus, Leipzig, Germany

hour 2

  • Gabriela Montero and Antonio Vivaldi
    "Summer and Winter" and "Autumn"
    Pianist Gabriela Montero
  • Antonio Vivaldi
    Concerto in D, RV 93
    Guitarist Sharon Isbin and the Sichuan Quartet
    Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado
  • Antonio Vivaldi
    Andante from Double Orchestra Concerto in B-flat
    The Venice Baroque Orchestra with harpsichordist and conductor Andrea Marcon
    Emmanuel Church, Boston
  • Ludwig van Beethoven
    Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 36
    The Minnesota Orchestra with conductor Osmo Vanska
    Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis
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