Back again! Last year we gave an entire week of listener requests, but the suggestions just kept on coming. This edition includes African-American composers, a Japanese Koto ensemble playing Handel, and traditional Hawaiian pieces.
Listeners Choice, Part II
Playlist
Episode 1
Haydn: Water Music (excerpts)
New Koto Ensemble of Tokyo/Fukumura
Ang 37620 (LP)
4:29
arr. Central Philharmonic Society: Yellow River Piano ConcertoChina Philharmonic Orchestra/Yu; Lang, p.
DG B0008233
20:24
Donizetti: “O luce di quest’ anima” fr. Linda di Chamounix
Columbia Symphony Orchestra/ Kostelanetz; Pons, s.
Sony 60655
3:19
Rodgers: Victory at Sea (excerpts)
Cincinnati Pops/Kunzel
Telarc80175
11:34
Hadjidakis: “Pai efiye to treno”
Gheorghiu, s.; Martineau, p.
Lon 458360
3:32
Theodorakis: Finale to Zorba’s Ballet Suite
Oslo Phil/ Jansons
EMI 65676
4:36
Episode 2
Still: Symphony No. 1, I & III
Detroit Symphony Orchestra/Järvi
Chan 9154
7:26, 3:05
Still: Little Folk Suites, II & III
Oregon String Quartet
Koch 7546
3:39
Still: Quit Dat Fool’nish
Gearhart, v.; Steinhardt, p.
Koch 7546
1:10
Walker: Lyric for Strings
Chicago Sinfonietta/ Freeman
Cedille 61
5:23
Hailstork: Epitaph For A Man Who Dreamed
Chicago Sinfonietta/ Freeman
Cedille 61
7:36
Ellington: Tone Parallel to Harlem
Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra & New York Phil/ Marsalis & Masur
NYPO Box Set
13:36
Joplin: Ragtime Dance
Rifkin, p.
Nonesuch 79159
3:16
Joplin:Solace
Cincinnati\Pops/Kunzel; Tritt, p.
Telarc 80112
2:08
Still: Blues (ca. 1943) for Violin & Piano (excerpt)
Gearhart, v.; Steinhardt, p.
Koch 7546
2:13
Episode 3
Schubert: “An die Musik”, D. 547
Wunderlich, ten.; Giesen, p.
DG 435145
2:17
Schubert: “Heidenröslein”
Wunderlich, ten.; Giesen, p.
DG 435145
1:43
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde (excerpt)
New York Phil/Walter; Ferrier, alt.
NYPO Box Set
8:37
Mahler: Kindertoten-lieder(excerpts)
Vienna Phil/Walter; Ferrier, alt.
EMI 61003
9:11
Elgar: Imperial March, Op. 32
Royal Phil/Menuhin
Virgin 61430
4:14
Elgar: Enigma Variations (excerpts)
Vienna Phil/Solti
Lon 452853
4:46
Dvorák: Cypresses (excerpts)
Chilingirian Quartet
Chan 8826
9:09
Dvorák: Song to the Moon fr. Rusalka
LSO/Solti; Fleming, s.
Lon 455760
6:43
Episode 4
IppolitovIvanov: “Praise the Lord, O My Soul”
Spiritual Revival Choir of Moscow/Kontorovich
Delos 3264
2:39
Chesnokov: “From My Youth” & “Gabriel Appeared”
St. Petersburg Chamber Choir/Korniev; Hvorostovsky,bar.
Phi 446089
6:25
Szymanowski: Sinfonia Concertante, Op. 60, I
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra/Semkow; Paleczny, p.
Pantheon 18401
18:17
Górecki: Three Pieces in Old Style
I Fiamminghi/ Werthen
Telarc 80417
8:13
Tansman:Sonatine
Peck, fl.; Buccheri, p.
Boston Records 1042
10:03
Weill: “Lost in the Stars”
Orch/Strata; Ramey, bs.
Phi 90865
4:47
Weill: “Stay Well” fr. Lost in the Stars
Orch/Stern; Upshaw, s.
Nonesuch 79345
2:37
Weill: “My Ship” fr. Lady in the Dark
Orch/Stern; Upshaw, s.
Nonesuch 79345
2:44
Episode 5
Goedicke: Concertstücke, Op. 11
BBC Scottish Symphony Orch/Brabbins; Coombs, p.
Hyp 66877
13:51
Anderson: Piano Concerto in C Major, II
Cincinnati Pops/Kunzel; Goodyear, p.
Telarc 80112
5:08
Anderson: Summer Skies
Eastman Rochester Pops Orchestra/Fennell
DG 469376
2:59
Trad. Chant: “Ho’opuka e ka La ma ka Hikina” & “Waimea”
arr. Naope
1:51
Pahinui:Haleakala
Gabby Pahinui & the Sons of Hawaii
2:43
Kane: Wai’anae Slack Key Hula
Ray Kane
Punahele 38001
2:56
Pahinui: Aloha Ka Manini
Pahinui & Sons, Chillingsworth, Cooder
Edsel
2:30
Kane: Hawaii Aloha
Ray & Elodie Kane
2:36
Hanson: Symphony No. 2, Romantic, II
RCA Symphony Orch/Gerhardt
Chesky 112
7:05
McGlaughlin: Exploring Music Theme
Orch/McGlaughlin
2:04
Ali‘i ‘Iolani
Makaha Sons Of Ni’ihau
Tropical Music
1:38