Afternoon Classical playlist for 07/03/2014

Program: 
Afternoon Classical
  • Respighi, Ottorino
-
St. Gregory the Great
from
  • Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy, Conductor
(
  • Columbia Masterworks
)
  • Janáček, Leoš
-
Concertino
from
  • Rudolf Firkunsy, piano; Philadelphia Woodwind Quintet
(
  • Columbia Masterworks
)
  • Janáček, Leoš
-
Idylle
from
  • Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, James Colon (conductor)
(
  • Erato
)
  • Janáček, Leoš
-
Na Soláni Čarták
from
  • Prague Philharmonic Choir, Prague Symphony Orchestra, Jirí Pinkas, conductor
(
  • Supraphon
)
  • Janáček, Leoš
-
String Quartet No. 2 "Intimate Pages"
from
  • Janáček Quartet
(
  • Quintessence
)
  • Barber, Samuel
-
Sleep Now
from
  • Susan Naruki, soprano; Donald Berman, piano
(
  • Bridge
)
  • Thompson, Randall
-
Siciliano
from
  • Chris Pedro Trakas, baritone; Donald Berman, piano
(
  • Bridge
)
  • Laderman, Ezra
-
Songs from Michelangelo No. 1
from
  • Chris Pedro Trakas, baritone; Donald Berman, piano
(
  • Bridge
)
  • Bermel, Derek
-
Spider Love
from
  • Chris Pedro Trakas, baritone; Donald Berman, piano
(
  • Bridge
)
  • Beeson, Jack
-
Prescription for Living
from
  • Chris Pedro Trakas, baritone; Donald Berman, piano
(
  • Bridge
)
  • Naginski, Charles
-
Look Down, Fair Moon
from
  • Chris Pedro Trakas, baritone; Donald Berman, piano
(
  • Bridge
)
  • Sessions, Roger
-
Two Tableaux and Malinche's Aria from Montezuma
from
  • Susan Naruki, soprano; Curtis Macomber, violin; Fred Sherry, cello; Tara O'Connor, flute; Charles Neidich, clar; Daniel Druckman & James Baker, perc; Donald Berman, pno; Jeffrey Milarsky, conductor
(
  • Bridge
)
  • Harris, Roy
-
Symphony 1933
from
  • Boston Symphony Orchestra; Serge Koussevitsky, conductor
(
  • Columbia Masterworks
)
  • Janáček, Leoš
-
Taras Bulba
from
  • Philharmonia Orchestra; Simon Rattle, conductor
(
  • Angel
)

Today on WKCR Afternoon Classical, we celebrated the 160th anniversary of the birth of composer Leos Janáček with various orchestral, vocal, and chamber works by the composer. And to celebrate Independence Day, we heard vocal works by American composers from the American Academy in Rome, along with Roy Harris' Symphony 1933.

Department: 
Classical