July 23, 2008
A supergroup plays Mozart
Last week, Colorado's Aspen Festival hosted a concert that offered a rare opportunity to hear three masters of their instruments playing chamber music together. We'll go there to hear violinist Gil Shaham, pianist Yefim Bronfman and cellist Lynn Harrell play a Mozart Piano Trio. Find out why this was the festival's toughest ticket.
Today's Playlist
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Frederic Chopin
Mazurka in C-sharp Minor, Op. 50, No. 3
Pianist Leon Fleisher
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Alfred Schnittke
Polka
The Moscow Soloists with violinist and director Yuri Bashmet
Coolidge Auditorium, Washington, D.C.
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Peter Tchaikovsky
Third movement from Quartet No. 1 in D, Op. 11
The Artemis Quartet
Dalton Center Recital Hall, Kalamazoo, Michigan
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"The Piano Puzzler"
This week's contestant is Richard Reese from Sarasota, Florida
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Gabriel Faure
"Vocalise-etude"
Mezzo-soprano Susan Graham and pianist Malcolm Martineau
Jordan Hall, Boston
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Maurice Ravel
Piano Concerto for the Left Hand in D
Pianist Leon Fleisher with the Ile de France National Orchestra and conductor Yoel Levi
Dvorak Hall, Prague, Czech Republic
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Henri Sauguet
"Brezairola"
Mezzo-soprano Susan Graham and pianist Malcolm Martineau
Jordan Hall, Boston
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Sergei Prokofiev
Fourth movement from Piano Concerto No. 1 in D-flat, Op. 10
Pianist Yefim Bronfman with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Zubin Mehta
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Isaac Albeniz
"Asturias"
Pianists Yuri Kuznetsov and Tanja Starchenko
Grand Concert Hall of the Belarussian Philharmonic, Minsk, Belarus
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Trio in C, K. 548
Violinist Gil Shaham, cellist Lynn Harrell and pianist Yefim Bronfman
Aspen Music Festival and School, Aspen, Colorado
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Jean-Marie Leclair
Violin Concerto in G Minor
Violinist Stephanie-Marie Degand with Le Concert d'Astree and conductor Emmanuelle Haim
The Palace of Versailles, Versailles, France