This week features music that Bill discovered while preparing for Exploring Music. He loves the line from Duke Ellington’s song, “How could I know about love – I didn’t know about you.” Bill shares some remarkable music he has unearthed, including hidden gems, unexpected delights, and wonderful treasures shared by our listeners. Listen to “Autumn on a Calm Lake,” played by Lang Lang, and enjoy Cecilia Bartoli singing “Chants Populaires,” composed by Maurice Ravel. Also, don’t miss Peter Lieberson’s songs inspired by Pablo Neruda’s love sonnets, beautifully performed by mezzo-soprano Lorraine Hunt Lieberson.
I Didn’t Know About You
A winding road not knowing what's behind each turn
Playlist
Episode 1
Lu Wencheng: Autumn Moon On A Calm Lake
Lang Lang, piano
Dragon Songs
DG B000823300
4:03
Du Ming-Xin: Straw Hat Dance
Lang Lang, piano
Dragon Songs
DG B000823300
6:10
Bartók, Béla: Piano Quintet, DD 77II. Vivace (Scherzando)
IV. Poco A Poco Piu Vivace
Kodály Quartet & Jénö Jándo
Bartok Quintet
Naxos 8.550886
17:11
Ravel, Maurice: Chants Populaires:
I. Chanson Française
II. Chanson Espagnole
III. Chanson Italienne
IV. Chanson Hébraïque
Cecilia Bartoli, ms Myung-Whun Chung, piano
Songs of Love
Lon 452667
10:12
Bizet, Georges: Roma, III. IV.
Orchestre National De Lille/Jean Claude Casadesus
Georges Bizet
Apex 7489952
13:47
Bartók, Béla: Piano Quintet, DD 77II. Vivace (Scherzando)
IV. Poco A Poco Piu Vivace
Kodály Quartet & Jénö Jándo
Bartok Quintet
Naxos 8.550886
1:51
Episode 2
Lienas: Lamentatio
Boston Camerata/Cohen
Nueva Espana – Close Encounters In The New World 1590 – 1690
Erato 45977
0:46
Mahler, Gustav: Gustav Mahler: Piano Quartet Movement in A minor
David Kim; Choong-Jin Chang, Efe Baltacigil, Christoph Eschenbach
Gustav Mahler
Ondine 1084
13:23
MacDowell, Edward: New England Idyls, Op. 62
I. An Old Garden; II. Mid-Summer: III. Mid-Winter: IV. With Sweet Lavender
Michel Legrand, piano
Four Piano Blues
Apex 49576
10:42
Menotti, Gian Carlo: Violin Concerto, II
Pacific Symphony Orchestra/Keith Clark; Ruggiero Ricci, violin
Menotti Barber violin Concerto
Reference 45
7:58
Lienas: Lamentatio
Schola Cantorum of Boston; Boston Camerata
Nueva Espana – Close Encounters In The New World 1590 – 1690
Erato 45977
6:59
Enriquez: Recordando a Juan de Lienas
Orquesta Filarmónica del Bajío
Nueva Espana – Close Encounters In The New World 1590 – 1690
Coro A.M.E.N. 10152
6:23
Fibich, Zdenek: Poem
Trondheim Symphony Orchestra/Goran W. Nilson; Arve; Tellefsen, violin
Arve Tellefsen
Grappa 4104
3:34
Episode 3
Szymanowska, Maria: Nocturne B-flat Major, Moderato
Anna Ciborowska, piano
Maria Szymanowska Piano Works
Dux 450
5:30
Paderewski, Ignacy: Minuet, Op. 14, No. 1
Sergei Rachmaninoff, piano
Sergej Rachmaninoff* – His Complete Recordings
RCA 61265
3:52
Alwyn, William: Concerto for harp and string orchestra,
Lyra Angelica, I & II
City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox; Rachel Masters, harp
William Alwyn
Chan 9065
15:15
Alwyn, William: Autumn Legend
City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox; Rachel Masters, harp
William Alwyn
Chan 9065
11:57
Ligeti, György: Etude for Piano, Book 1 No. 6, Automne à Varsovie
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano
Études for Piano
Sony 62308
4:22
Piazzolla, Astar: Otoño Porteño
Daniel Barenboim, piano; Rodolfo Mederos, double bass; Héctor Console, band.
Otoño Porteño
Teldec 13474
4:53
Rachmainoff: Italian Polka For Trumpet & Piano (4 Hands)
Vladimir Ashkenazy & Vovka Ashkenazy; piano, Alastair Mackie, tenor
Piano Transcriptions
Decca 470291
1:57
Alwyn, William: Concerto for harp and string orchestra, Lyra Angelica – IV Allegro jubiloso
City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox; Rachel Masters, harp
William Alwyn
Chan 9065
2:51
Episode 4
Hahn, Reynaldo: Piano Concerto in E I. Improvisation; II. Danse III. Rêverie, Toccata et Finale
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Jean-Yves Ossonce; Stephen Coombs, piano
Hahn and Massenet
Hyperion 66897
16:27
Lieberson, Peter: Neruda Songs (excerpts)
Boston Symphony Orchestra/James Levine; Lorraine Hunt- Lieberson, mezzo soprano
Lorraine Hunt-Lieberson
Nonesuch 79954
20:28
Charpentier, Gustave: Impressions of Italy on the Hill Tops
Orchestre du Theatre National/Pierre Dervaux
Massenet: Le Cid • La Vierge • Scènes Pittoresques / Charpentier: Impressions D’Italie
EMI 65150
6:01
Charpentier, Gustave: Louise: Depuis Le Jour”
Prague Philharmonia/Emmanuel Villaume; Anna Netrebko, soprano
Louise
DG B001221702
5:20
Hahn, Reynaldo: Piano Concerto in E I. Improvisation; II. Danse III. Rêverie, Toccata et Finale
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Jean-Yves Ossonce; Stephen Coombs, piano
Hahn and Massenet
Hyperion 66897
1:57
Episode 5
Taverner, John: “Dum Transisset Sabbatum”
Choir of King’s College Cambridge/Philip Ledger
Music for the Holy Week
EMI 65103
8:23
Tavener, John: “The Hidden Face”
Fretwork; Michael Chance, ct.; Nicholas Daniel, oboe
The Hidden Face
HM 907285
17:42
Tallis, Thomas: “Why fum’th in Sight”
Theatre of Voices/Hiller
Lamentations, Motets & String Music
HM 907154
3:45
Vaughan Williams, Ralph: Fantasia On A Theme By Thomas Tallis
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Elgar / Vaughan Williams
DG 419191
14:11
Ellington, Duke: “I Didn’t Know About You”
Karrin Allyson, Russ Long, Gerald Spaits, Todd Strait
I Didn’t Know About You
Concord 4543
4:29
