Listening (2009: A - January)
Submitted by ryab on Sat, 12/20/2008 - 06:48
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- Jan. 1, '09
- Bartók, Béla - Quartet for Strings No. 4, Sz 91
- Performers: Végh String Quartet
- Puccini, Giacomo - Tosca
- Performers: Victor De Sabata/Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra & Chorus with Maria Callas/Giuseppe Di Stefano/Tito Gobbi/Angelo Mercuriali/Dario Caselli/Alvaro Cordova/Franco Calabrese/Melchiorre Luise Victor
- Jan. 2, '09
- Zelenka, Jan Dismas - Sonata for 2 Oboes, Bassoon and Basso Continuo No. 1 in F, ZWV 181, Sonata for 2 Oboes, Bassoon and Basso Continuo No. 2 in G flat, ZWV 181, & Sonata for Violin, Oboe, Bassoon and Basso Continuo No. 3 in B flat
- Performers: Heinz Holliger/Klaus Thunemann/Maurice Bourgue/Klaus Stoll/Jonathan Rubin/Christiane Jaccottet/Thomas Zehetmair
- Jan. 3, '09
- Maxwell Davies, Peter - Quartet for Strings No. 3 "Naxos"
- Performers: Maggini String Quartet
- Jan. 4, '09
- Amadeus Mozart, Wolfgang - Pieces (3) for Piano and Strings, K 442 [Fragments], Piano Trio No. 1 in B flat major, K. 254, Piano Trio No. 2 in G major, K. 496, Piano Trio No. 3 in B flat major, K. 502, Piano Trio No. 4 in E major, K. 542, Piano Trio No. 5 in C major, K. 548, & Piano Trio No. 6 in G major, K. 564
- Performers: Beaux Arts Trio
- Jan. 7, '09
- Schoenberg, Arnold - Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night) for String Sextet, Op. 4 & Trio for Violin, Viola and Cello, Op. 45
- Performers: Schönberg Ensemble
- Bach, Johann Sebastian - Sonata for Viola da Gamba & Harpsichord No. 1 in G major, BWV 1027, Sonata for Viola da Gamba & Harpsichord No. 2 in D major, BWV 1028, & Sonata for Viola da Gamba & Harpsichord No. 3 in G minor, BWV 1029
- Bach, Carl Philipp Emmanuel - Sonata for Viola da Gamba & Basso Continuo in D major, Wq 137/H 559
- Performers: Daniel Müller-Schott & Angela Hewitt
- Messiaen, Olivier - Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum (I Await the Resurrection of the Dead), for 34 winds & 3 percussion, I/47 & Chronochromie, for orchestra, I/43
- Performers: Pierre Boulez/Cleveland Orchestra
- Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus - Quartet for Strings No. 20 in D major, K 499 "Hoffmeister"
- Performers: Klenke String Quartet
- Dutilleux, Henri - Strophes (3) sur le nom de Sacher
- Henze, Hans Werner - Serenade for Cello Solo
- Crumb, George - Sonata for Cello Solo
- Ligeti, György - Sonata for Cello Solo
- Bacri, Nicholas - Suite for Cello Solo No. 4, Op. 50
- Performer: Emmanuelle Bertrand
- Jan. 8, '09
- Dvorák, Antonín - Quartet for Strings No. 10 in E flat major, Op. 51 (B 92) "Slavonic"
- Performers: Panocha String Quartet
- Bartók, Bela - Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta, Sz.106
- Performers: Fritz Reiner/Chicago Symphony Orchestra
- Jan. 9, '09
- Pärt, Arvo - Cantus In Memory Of Benjamin Britten
- Performers: Dennis Russell Davies/Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
- Pärt, Arvo - Fratres
- Performers: Gidon Kremer/Keith Jarrett
- Pärt, Arvo - Tabula Rasa
- Performers: Gidon Kremer/Tatjana Gridenko/Alfred Schnittke with Saulius Sondeckis/Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra
- Copland, Aaron - Fanfare for the common man
- Performers: Aaron Copland/London Symphony Orchestra
- Jan. 10, '09
- Beethoven, Ludwig van - Quartet for Strings No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 131
- Performers: LaSalle String Quartet
- Beethoven, Ludwig van - Quartet for Strings No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132
- Performers: Smetana String Quartet
- Dutilleux, Henri - Quartet for Strings, "Ainsi la Nuit"
- Performers: Belcea String Quartet
- Beethoven, Ludwig van - Quartet for Strings No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132 - III. Molto Adagio — Andante — Heiliger Dankgesang eines Genesenen an die Gottheit, in der lydischen Tonart
- Performers: Busch String Quartet
- Performers: Takács String Quartet
- Performers: Lindsay String Quartet
- Jan. 11, '09
- Greenwood, Jonny - Soundtrack: There Will Be Blood (Open Spaces, Future Markets, Prospectors Arrive, Eat Him By His Own Light, Henry Plainview, There Will Be Blood, Oil, Proven Lands, Hope Of New Fields, Stranded the Line, & Prospectors Quartet)
- Performers: Martin Burgess/Caroline Dale/Michael Dussek & Robert Ziegler/BBC Concert Orchestra Orchestra
- Jan. 12, '09
- Beethoven, Ludwig van - Quartet for Strings No. 14 in C sharp minor
- Performers: Lindsay String Quartet
- Brahms, Johannes - Quintet for Piano & Strings in F minor, Op. 34
- Performers: Leon Fleisher/Emerson String Quartet
- Haydn, Franz Joseph - Seven last words of Christ on the Cross, Op. 51/H 3 No. 50-56
- Performers: Tátrai String Quartet
- Jan. 13, '09
- Beethoven, Ludwig van - Quartet for Strings No. 12 in E flat major, Op. 127, Quartet for Strings No. 13 in B flat major, Op. 130, Quartet for Strings No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 131, Grosse Fuge for String Quartet in B flat major Op. 133, Quartet for Strings No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132, & Quartet for Strings No. 16 in F major, Op. 135
- Performers: Lindsay String Quartet
- Jan. 14, '09
- Bryars, Gavin - The Sinking of the Titanic (1969-)
- Performers: Gavin Bryars/Philip Jeck/Alter Ego ensemble
- Beethoven, Ludwig van - Quartet for Strings No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132 - III. Molto Adagio — Andante — Heiliger Dankgesang eines Genesenen an die Gottheit, in der lydischen Tonart
- Performers: Lindsay String Quartet
- Jan. 15, '09
- Bryars, Gavin - The Sinking of the Titanic (1969-)
- Performers: Gavin Bryars/Philip Jeck/Alter Ego ensemble
- Schubert, Franz - Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished"
- Performers: Nikolaus Harnoncourt/Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
- Jan. 16, '09
- Treuting, Jason - June, White, Work Slow Life, May, September, Go, What the Hell, Old, Fire Escapes, July, March, & February
- Performers: Eric Beach/Josh Quillen/Adam Sliwinski/Jason Treuting [So Percussion] with Lawson White/Grey McMurray/Masaru "Dai" Takahashi
- Bryars, Gavin - The Sinking of the Titanic & Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet (1975 Brian Eno production)
- Performers: Gavin Bryars/Unidentified Ensemble
- Bryars, Gavin - Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet (1993)
- Performers: Gavin Bryars/Tom Waits/Orchestra
- Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus - Concerto for Piano & Orchestra No. 21 in C major, K 467 "Elvira Madigan" & Concerto for Piano & Orchestra No. 22 in E flat major, K 482
- Performers: Murray Perahia/English Chamber Orchestra
- Jan. 17, '09
- Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus - Concerto for Piano & Orchestra No. 23 in A major, K 488
- Performers: Murray Perahia/English Chamber Orchestra
- Dvorák, Antonín - Rusalka
- Performers: Sir Charles Mackerras/Czech Philharmonic Orchestra & Kühn Mixed Chorus with Renée Fleming/Ben Heppner/Dolora Zajic/Franz Hawlata/Lívia Aghová/Eva Urbanová/Ivan Kusnjer/Zdena Kloubová/Dana Buresova/Hana Minutillo
- Dvorák, Antonín - Rusalka: Mesicku Na Nebi Hlubokém (Song to the Moon)
- Performers: Benackova Gabriela with James Levine/Metropolitan Opera orchestra & chorus
- Collage Concert - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
- Performers: students at the UM School of Music, Theatre & Dance
- Jan. 18, '09
- Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus - Die Zauberflöte
- Performers: Otto Klemperer/Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus with Ruth-Margret Pütz/Lucia Popp/Christa Ludwig/Anna Reynolds/Elisabeth Schwarzkopf/Karl Liebl/Gundula Janowitz/Marga Höffgen/Agnes Giebel/Nicolai Gedda/Gottlob Frick/Franz Crass/Walter Berry/Gerhard Unger
- Jan. 19, '09
- Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus - Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K 550 & Symphony No. 41 in C major, K 551 "Jupiter"
- Performers: Charles Mackerras/Prague Chamber Orchestra
- Dvorák, Antonín - Slavonic Dances, Op. 46 - No. 1 in C Major, No. 2 in E minor, No. 3 in A-flat Major, No. 4 in F Major, No. 5 in A Major, No. 6 in D Major, No. 7 in C minor, & No. 8 in G minor & Slavonic Dances, Op. 72 - No. 1 in B Major, No. 2 in E minor, No. 3 in F Major, No. 4 in D-flat Major, No. 5 in B-flat minor, No. 6 in B-flat Major, No. 7 in C Major, & No. 8 in A-flat Major
- Performers: George Szell/Cleveland Orchestra
- Jan. 20, '09
- Kabalevsky, Dmitri - Concerto for Cello No. 2, Op. 77
- Performers: Raphael Wallfisch with Bryden Thompson/London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Jan. 21, '09
- Shankar, Ravi - The Sounds Of India: An Introduction To Indian Music featuring: Dádrá, Máru-Bihág, Bhimpalasi, & Sindhi-Bhairavi
- Performers: Ravi Shankar/Chatur Lal/N.C. Mullick
- Jan. 22, '09
- Bartók, Béla - Quartet for Strings No. 2, Op. 17 in A minor
- Performers: Végh String Quartet
- Bartók, Béla - Quartet for Strings No. 1, Sz 40 in A minor, Quartet for Strings No. 3, Sz 85 & Quartet for Strings No. 5, Sz 102
- Performers: Juilliard String Quartet
- Bartók, Béla - Hungarian Folksongs for Violin & Piano
- Performers: André Gertler & Diane Andersen
- Jolas, Betsy - Quatuor II
- Performers: Mady Mesplé/Le Trio à cordes Français
- Thorne, Francis - Burlesque Overture
- Performers: Francis Thorne with William Strickland/Polish National Radio Orchestra
- Carter, Elliot - Elegy & Quartet for Strings No. 2
- Performers: Arditti Quartet
- Debussy, Claude - Quartet for Strings in G minor, Op. 10
- Performers: Belcea Quartet
- Jan. 24, '09
- Mendelssohn, Felix - Quartet for Strings No. 4 in E minor, Op. 44 (No. 2), Quartet for Strings No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 44 (No. 3), & Quartet for Strings No. 6 in F minor, Op. 80
- Performers: Quatuor Ysaÿe
- Jan. 25, '09
- Piazzolla, Astor - Libertango
- D'Rivera, Paquito - Aires Tropicales
- Traditional - Steal away to Jesus
- Schifrin, Lalo - Quintet for Winds "La Nouvelle Orleans"
- Coleman, Valerie - Afro-Cuban Concerto for Wind Quintet
- Scott, Jeff - Homage to Duke
- Performers: Imani Winds with Rene Marie & Rolando Morales-Matos
- Beethoven, Ludwig van - Quartet for Strings No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132 - III. Molto Adagio — Andante — Heiliger Dankgesang eines Genesenen an die Gottheit, in der lydischen Tonart
- Performers: Lindsay String Quartet
- Jan. 26, '09
- Schubert, Franz - Lieder: An die Entfernte, D 765, Schwanengesang, D 744/Op. 23 No. 3, Der Schiffer, D 536, Der Wanderer, D 649/Op. 65 No. 2, Nachtgesang, D 314, Das Zügenglöcklein, D 871, Der Jüngling und der Tod, D 545, Das Heimweh, D 456, Das Lied im Grünen, D 917/Op. 115 No. 1, Der Tod und das Mädchen, D 531/Op. 7 No. 3, Der Winterabend, D 938, Der zürnende Barde, D 785, Der Strom, D 565, Litanei auf das Fest Aller Seelen, D 343, Sei mir gegrüsst, D 741/Op. 20 No. 1, Du bist die Ruh, D 776/Op. 59 No. 3, Heidenröslein, D 257/Op. 3 No. 3, Ständchen, D 889, Der Jüngling an der Quelle, D 300, Die Forelle, D 550, & Der Erlkönig, D 328
- Performers: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau & Gerald Moore [1958, 1962, & 1965 EMI Performance]
- Schubert, Franz - Winterreise, D 911/Op. 89: Gute Nacht (Good Night), Die Wetterfahne (The Weather-vane), Gefror'ne Tränen (Frozen Tears), Erstarrung (Numbness), Der Lindenbaum (The Linden Tree),Wasserfluth (Torrent), Auf dem Flusse (On the Stream), Rückblick (Retrospect), Irrlicht (Will o' the wisp), Rast (Rest), Frühlingstraum (Dream of Springtime), Einsamkeit (Loneliness/Solitude), Die Post (The Post), Der greise Kopf (The Grey Head), Die Krähe (The Crow), Letzte Hoffnung (Last Hope), Im Dorfe (In the Village), Der stürmische Morgen (The Stormy Morning), Täuschung (Deception), Der Wegweiser (The Signpost), Das Wirtshaus (The Inn, Mut (Courage), Die Nebensonnen (The Phantom Suns), & Der Leiermann (The Organ Grinder)
- Performers: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau & Gerald Moore [1962 EMI Performance]
- Beethoven, Ludwig van - Sonata for Piano No. 29 in B flat major, Op. 106 "Hammerklavier"
- Performer: Wilhelm Kempff
- Jan. 27, '09
- Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus - Symphony No. 29 in A major, K. 201
- Performers: Charles Mackerras/Prague Chamber Orchestra
- Jan. 28, '09
- Rachmaninov, Sergey - Concerto for Piano & Orchestra No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
- Performer: Sviatoslav Teofilovich Richter with Stanislaw Wislocki/Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra
- von Webern, Anton - Quartet for Strings, M 79, Quartet for Strings, Op. 28, Sätze for String Quartet, Op. 5: Heftig bewegt, Sehr langsam, Sehr bewegt, Sehr langsam, & In zarter Bewegung, & Bagatelles for String Quartet, Op. 9: Mäßig, Leicht bewegt, Ziemlich fließend, Sehr langsam, Äußerst langsam & Fließend
- Performers: LaSalle String Quartet
- Jan. 29, '09
- Beethoven, Ludwig van - Sonata for Piano No. 12 in A flat major, Op. 26 "Funeral March", Sonata for Piano No. 13 in E flat major, Op. 27 "Quasi una fantasia", Sonata for Piano No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 "Moonlight", Sonata for Piano No. 15 in D major, Op. 28 "Pastoral", Sonata for Piano No. 16 in G major, Op. 31, Sonata for Piano No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31 "Tempest", Sonata for Piano No. 18 in E flat major, Op. 31, Sonata for Piano No. 19 in G minor, Op. 49, & Sonata for Piano No. 20 in G major, Op. 49
- Performer: Alfred Brendel [1990s Philips Set]
- Jan. 30, '09
- Debussy, Claude - La Mer, Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, Printemps, & Nocturnes for Orchestra: Nuages, Fêtes, & Sirènes
- Performers: Michel Plasson/Toulouse Capitole Orchestra & Toulouse Mid-Pyrénées Region Chorus
- Janácek, Leos - Jenufa [Disc 1]
- Performers: Charles Mackerras/Vienna State Opera Chorus & Orchestra with Elisabeth Söderström/Vera Soukupová/Jindra Pokorna/Dalibor Jedlicka/Wieslaw Ochman/Eva Randová/Peter Dvorsky/Ivana Mixová/Václav Zitek/Marie Mrázová/Lucia Popp/Jana Jonásová
- Chopin, Frédéric - Sonata for Piano No. 1 in C minor, Op. 4
- Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes
Author Comments:
Jan. 1, '09
Puccini's Tosca in honor of Harvey Milk.
"--If a bullet should enter my brain, let that bullet destroy every closet door... And that's all. I ask for the movement to continue. Because it's not about personal gain, not about ego, not about power... it's about the "us's" out there. Not only gays, but the Blacks, the Asians, the disabled, the seniors, the us’s. Without hope, the us's give up--."
I've been waiting for a nice list so I can start delving into classical music, and it looks like this is the one to do it! Thanks for the list (even though you didn't make it for me)!