Our two-week series focusing on legendary partnerships between composers continues. This week starts in Paris with French impressionist composers Debussy and Ravel, focusing on their respective quartets. Bill then explores the friendship between Béla Bartôk and Zoltan Kodály, in particular their love of Hungarian folk music. In the middle of the week Bill tips his hat to the title of our theme by playing the second movement of Bartôk’s Concerto for Orchestra, “Giuoco delle coppie” or “The Game of Pairs”. We close this week with Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic in a performance of his longtime friend Aaron Copland’s third symphony.
Game of Pairs, Part II
Playlist
Episode 1
Ravel, Maurice: Ravel: String Quartet in F II. Assez vif – très rythmé (excerpt)
Emerson Quartet
Debussy, Ravel: String Quartets
DG 445509
1:30
Davis,Miles: “So what”
Miles Davis
Kind of Blue
Columbia CL 1355
0:10
Debussy, Claude: String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 10, I. Animé et très décidé
Emerson Quartet
Debussy, Ravel: String Quartets
DG 445509
3:32
Debussy, Claude: Ravel: String Quartet in F I. Allegro moderato – très doux (excerpt)
Emerson Quartet
Debussy, Ravel: String Quartets
DG 445509
:13
Debussy, Claude: Ravel: String Quartet in F I. Allegro moderato – très doux
Emerson Quartet
Debussy, Ravel: String Quartets
DG 445509
8:10
Debussy, Claude: String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 10, II. Assez vif et bien rythmé
Emerson Quartet
Debussy, Ravel: String Quartets
DG 445509
3:41
Debussy, Claude: Ravel: String Quartet in F II. Assez vif – très rythmé
Emerson Quartet
Debussy, Ravel: String Quartets
DG 445509
5:54
Debussy, Claude: String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 10, III. Andantino, doucement expressif
Emerson Quartet
Debussy, Ravel: String Quartets
DG 445509
7:39
Debussy, Claude: Ravel: String Quartet in F III. Très lent (excerpt)
Emerson Quartet
Debussy, Ravel: String Quartets
DG 445509
2:17
Debussy, Claude: String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 10, IV. Très modéré
– En animant peu à peu – Très mouvementé et avec passion
Emerson Quartet
Debussy, Ravel: String Quartets
DG 445509
6:56
Debussy, Claude: Ravel: String Quartet in F IV. Vif et agité
Emerson Quartet
Debussy, Ravel: String Quartets
DG 445509
5:15
Episode 2
Debussy, Claude: Suite Bergamasque L.75:3 Clasire De Lune
Columbia Symphony Orchestra/ Isaac Stern, violin
Isaac Stern/ Lalo. Saint-Saëns, Chausson
Sony Classical SM2K 64501
1:30
Debussy, Claude: Sonata for Violin and Piano in G Minor Allegro vivo, Intermede, Tres Anime
Joseph Szigeti, violin; Béla Bartók, piano
Joseph Szigeti Béla Bartók
Vanguard 72025
11:55
Debussy, Claude: La Mer, L 109 – “De L’Aube À Midi Sur La Mer” and “Dialogue Du Vent Et De La Mer”
Boston Symphony Orchestra/ Charles Munch
Debussy -La Mer
RCA – CAPC 2111 SA
16:38
Ravel, Maurice: Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2
I. Lever du jour
II. Pantomime
III. Danse Générale
Cleveland Orchestra/ Dohnányi
Ravel: Bolero La Valse- Daphis et Chloe
Warner Classics 771936
16:11
Debussy, Claude: “The Maid with the Flaxen Hair”
Columbia Symphony Orchestra/ Isaac Stern, violin
Humoresque Favorite Violin Encores
Sony Classical SM2K 45816
2:33
Ravel, Maurice: Ma Mére L’oye: V. Le Jardin Féerique
Seoul Philharmonic/ Myung Whun Chung
Debussy/ Ravel
DG 476 449
1:39
Debussy, Claude: Suite Bergamasque L.75:3 Claire De Lune
Columbia Symphony Orchestra/ Isaac Stern, violin
Isaac Stern/ Lalo. Saint-Saëns, Chausson, Symphonie Espagnol, Violin Concerto No. 3, Poème Op. 25
Sony Classical SM2K 64501
4:15
Episode 3
Kodály, Zoltan: Summer Evening (excerpt)
Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra/ Kodály
Kodaly Conducts Kodaly
DG 2543809 (LP)
1:34
Kodály, Zoltan: Duo Op. 7 III.
Jascha Heifetz, violin; Gregor Piatigorsky, violoncello
The Heifetz Collection, Vol 27 – Arensky, Turina: Trios
RCA 61758
8:20
Bartók, Bela: In Transylvania from – 10 Easy Pieces (w/Bartok Announcement)
Bartók, Bela, piano
Composers In Person – Bela Bartók, Ernö Dohnányi
Priceless 22719
3:14
Bartók, Bela: Dance Suite, SZ 77
Philharmonia Hungarica/ Antal Doráti
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, Dance Suite
Merc 432017
16:40
Kodály, Zoltan: Dances of Galánta (1933)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/ Neeme Järvi
Kodály: Háry János Suite
Chan 8877
16:31
Episode 4
Bela Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra II. Giuoco delle coppie (excerpt)
Hungarian State Symphony Orchestra/ Adám Fischer
Bartok: Orchestral Works
Nimbus 5229
00:40
Kodaly, Zoltán: Háry János Suite, Op. 35A
I. Prelude: The Fairy Tale Begins
II. Viennese Musical Clock
III. Song
IV. Battle & Defeat of Napoleon
V. Intermezzo
VI. Entrance of The Emperor and His Court
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/ Neeme Järvi
Kodály: Háry János Suite
Chandos 8877
24:29
Bela Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra II. Giuoco delle coppie
Hungarian State Symphony Orchestra/Adám Fischer
Bartok: Orchestral Works
Nimbus 5229
6:57
Bela Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
II. Giuoco delle coppie
IV. Intermezzo interrotto
V. Finale : pesante
Hungarian State Symphony Orchestra/Adám Fischer
Bartok: Orchestral Works
Nimbus 5229
14:48
Béla Bartók: Concerto for Piano & Orchestra No. 3 II. Adagio religioso
Hungarian State Symphony Orchestra/János Ferencsik; Dezsö Ránki, piano
Ránki Plays Bartók
Hungaroton 31036
2:52
Bela Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra II. Giuoco delle coppie (excerpt)
Hungarian State Symphony Orchestra/ Adám Fischer
Bartok: Orchestral Works
Nimbus 5229
:30
Episode 5
Copland, Aaron: Symphony No. 2, Short Symphony (excerpt)
London Symphony Orchestra/ Copland
The Copland Collection – Early Orchestral Works 1923-1935
Sony 47232
1:38
Copland, Aaron: El Salón México
New York Philharmonic Orchestra/ Leonard Bernstein
Copland: El Salón México, Clarinet Concerto
DG 431 672
12:00
Copland, Aaron: Copland: Piano Variations
Stephen Hough, piano
New York Variations
Hyperion 67005
2:23
Copland, Aaron: Appalachian Spring
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra/ Dennis Russell Davies
Copland: Appalachian Spring, Nonet, 2 Pieces For String Quartet
Pro Arte 140
3:43
Copland, Aaron: Appalachian Spring
SPCO/ Dennis Russell Davies
Copland: Appalachian Spring, Nonet, 2 Pieces For String Quartet
Pro Arte 140
6:36
Copland, Aaron: Symphony No. 3 IV. Molto Deliberato (excerpt)
New York Philharmonic Orchestra/ Leonard Bernstein
Copland: Symphony No 3, Quiet City
DG 419 170
4:40
Bernstein, Leonard: Symphony No. 2 for Piano and Orchestra,e Age of Anxiety
(after W.H. Auden) [original 1949 version] The Masque, The Epilogue
Original Jacket Collection – Bernstein Conducts Bernstein
DG 415 964
9:48
Bernstein, Leonard: Serenade: Agathon
London Symphony Orchestra/Hugh Wolff; Brian Lewis, violin
Bernstein: Serenade; McLean: Elements
Delos 3357
7:08
Copland, Aaron: Clarinet Concerto, I (excerpt)
New York Philharmonic Orchestra/Bernstein; Drucker, clarinet
Copland: El Salón México, Clarinet Concerto
DG 431 672
1:49