This week on Exploring Music, Bill plays his favorite recordings, those that have found their way into his “Keepers Box.” Consisting of mostly newer releases, Bill’s Keepers Box is full of upcoming stars as well as established masters.
Bill’s Keepers
Playlist
Episode 1
Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 49
I – Molto allegro e agitato
III – Scherzo: Leggiero e vivace
IV – Finale: Allegro assai appassionato (excerpt)
Itzhak Perlman, violin; Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Emanuel Ax, piano
Sony 752192
13:52, 1:22
Variations for solo flute
Robert Stallman, flute
Bogner’s Cafè 104
11:02
Book III: Musette de Taverny & Le Rossignol et Amour
Robert Stallman, flute; Edwin Swanborn, harpsichord.; Karl Bennion, cello
Bogner’s Cafè 104
5:40
Episode 2
Traditional: So Ro, Godt Barn (Rest Now, Sweet Child)
Arranged by Tone Krohn
Trio Mediaeval
ECM 000988802
3:08
III – Presto
The Knights/Jacobsen
Lara St. John, violin; Scott St. John, cello;
Ancalagon 136
6:08
Episode 3
Webern: Im Sommerwind
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Haitink
CSO Resound 9011002
15:01
II – Adagio
III – Allegro assai. Alla breve
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra/Fleisher
Leon Fleisher, piNO
Sony 743505
15:01
Episode 4
Elgar: Viola Concerto In E Minor (adapted from the cello concerto), Op. 85
III – Adagio
IV – Allegro – Moderato – Allegro, ma non troppo – Poco più lento – Adagio
Philharmonia Orchestra/Eschenbach
David Aaron Carpenter, viola
Ondine 11532
15:51
El Puerto & Fête-dieu à Seville
Lang Lang, piano
Sony 771901
20:34
II – Andante cantabile
Wendy Warner, cello; Irina Nuzova, piano
Cedille 120
7:29
from Strings & Threads Suite
Sharon Isbin, guitar; Mark O’Connor, violin
Sony 745456
1:14
Episode 5
Bach: Partita No. 1 in B-flat Major, BWV 825
Murray Perahia, piano
Sony 744361
1:37, 18:27
Elgar: Violin Concerto in B Minor
III – Allegro molto
Staatskapelle Dresden/Davis
Nikolaj Znaider, violin
Masterworks 760588
19:12
Schubert: Impromptu No. 3 in G-flat Major, Op. 90, No. 3, D. 899
Vassily Primakov, piano
Bridge 9327
6:11