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Classical Music Hosted By: John Montanari and Walter Carroll Apr 16, 2012
9:00AM - 4:00PM

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9:00:00AMGymnopédie No. 1
 Name: Duo Orfeo
Name of CD: I Sing the Body Electric
Composer: Erik Satie, arranged by Joe Ricker
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9:07:00AMOverture to Alcina
 Name: Il Complesso Barocco
Name of CD: Handel: Alcina
Composer: George Frideric Handel
Conductor: Alan Curtis
Track Label: Archiv Produktion
Notes: Alcina, one of Handel's greatest opera, was first performed at the Covent Garden Theatre, London, on this date in 1735.
Catalog Number: 477 7374

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9:14:00AMDivertimento No. 2 in Hungarian Folk Tunes, Op. 24
 Name: Hungarian Chamber Orchestra
Name of CD: Leó Weiner: Works
Composer: Leó Weiner
Conductor: Vilmos Tátrai
Track Label: Hungaroton
Notes: Hungarian composer and teacher Leó Weiner was born in Budapest on this date in 1885.
Catalog Number: 31992

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9:30:00AMMusica Callada, Book One, I-III
 Name: Duo Orfeo
Name of CD: I Sing the Body Electric
Composer: Frederic Mompou, arranged by Joe Ricker
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Notes: Catalan composer and pianist Frederic Mompou was born in Barcelona on this date in 1893.

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9:37:00AMClarinet Concerto No. 1 in F minor, Op.74
 Name: Martin Fröst, clarinet
Name of CD: Weber: Clarinet Concertos & Quintet
Composer: Carl Maria von Weber
Conductor: Jean-Jacques Kantorow
Orchestra/Ensemble: Tapiola Sinfonietta
Track Label: Bis
Catalog Number: 1523

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9:57:00AMSelection Le prophète: “ “Ah, mon fils, soit béni!”
 Name: Marilyn Horne, mezzo-soprano
Name of CD: Souvenir of a Golden Age
Composer: Giacomo Meyerbeer
Conductor: Henry Lewis
Orchestra/Ensemble: L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Track Label: Decca
Notes: Meyerbeer's grand opera Le prophète was first performed in Paris on this date in 1849.
Catalog Number: B0010789-02

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10:03:00AMFour Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes, Op. 33a
 Name: BBC Philharmonic
Name of CD: Britten: Cello Symphony • Symphonic Suite from Gloriana • Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
Composer: Benjamin Britten
Conductor: Edward Gardner
Track Label: Chandos
Catalog Number: 10658

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10:20:00AMPiano Trio in D major, Op. 70, No. 1, “Ghost”
 Name: Trio Wanderer
Name of CD: Beethoven: Complete Piano Trios
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
Track Label: Harmonia Mundi
Catalog Number: 902100.03

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10:49:00AMSymphony in D major, Wq. 183, No. 1
 Name: Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Name of CD: Friedrich der Grosso — Music for the Berlin Court
Composer: Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach
Track Label: Harmonia Mundi
Catalog Number: 902132

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11:01:00AMSerenade for small orchestra, Op. 3
 Name: Budapest Festival Orchestra
Name of CD: Solti — The Last Recording
Composer: Leó Weiner
Conductor: Sir Georg Solti
Track Label: London
Notes: Hungarian composer and teacher Leó Weiner was born in Budapest on this date in 1885.
Catalog Number: 289 458 929-2

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11:23:00AMFirst Suite for Band in E-flat major
 Name: “The President's Own” United States Marine Band
Name of CD: The Bicentennial Collection
Composer: Gustav Holst
Conductor: Frederick Fennell
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11:35:00AMMusica Dolorosa
 Name: I Fiamminghi
Name of CD: Music of Pēteris Vasks
Composer: Pēteris Vasks
Conductor: Rudolf Werthen
Track Label: Telarc
Notes: Happy 66th birthday to Latvian composer Pēteris Vasks!
Catalog Number: 80457

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11:49:00AMPiano Concerto in F major
 Name: Orion Weiss, piano
Name of CD: Gershwin: Piano Concerto
Composer: George Gershwin
Conductor: JoAnn Falletta
Orchestra/Ensemble: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Track Label: Naxos
Catalog Number: 8.559705

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12:25:00PMAlcina: “Verdi prati”
 Name: Maité Beaumont, mezzo-soprano
Name of CD: Handel: Alcina
Composer: George Frideric Handel
Conductor: Alan Curtis
Orchestra/Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco
Track Label: Archiv Produktion
Notes: Alcina, one of Handel's greatest opera, was first performed at the Covent Garden Theatre, London, on this date in 1735.
Catalog Number: 477 7374

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12:31:00PMSymphony No. 28 in C major, K. 200
 Name: Prague Chamber Orchestra
Name of CD: Symphonies Nos. 25, 28 & 29
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Conductor: Sir Charles Mackerras
Track Label: Telarc
Catalog Number: 80165

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12:53:00PMMoon River (from Breakfast at Tiffany's)
 Name: I Salonisti
Name of CD: I Salonisti Play Film Music
Composer: Henry Mancini, arranged by Vilmos Körmendi
Track Label: Sony Classical
Notes: Composer, conductor and arranger Henry Mancini was born in Cleveland on this date in 1924.
Catalog Number: 61731

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12:56:00PMSmile (from Modern Times)
 Name: I Salonisti
Name of CD: I Salonisti Play Film Music
Composer: Charlie Chaplin, arranged by John Glenesk Mortimer
Track Label: Sony Classical
Notes: The great film actor and director Charles Chaplin, who composed or co-composed the music for many of his films, was born in London on this date in 1889.
Catalog Number: 61731

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1:02:00PMSymphonic Dances, Op. 45
 Name: London Symphony Orchestra
Name of CD: Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances
Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff
Conductor: Valery Gergiev
Track Label: LSO Live
Catalog Number: 0688

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1:40:00PMConcerto in C major for strings and continuo, RV 114
 Name: Arte dei Suonatori
Name of CD: Vivaldi: Concertos for Strings
Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
Track Label: Bis
Catalog Number: 1845

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1:48:00PMToccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565
 Name: Paul Bisaccia, piano
Name of CD: Masterworks!
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach, arranged by Ferruccio Busoni
Track Label: Towerhill Recordings
Catalog Number: 72028

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2:00:00PMLe prophète: “Roi du ciel”
 Name: Ben Heppner, tenor • London Voices
Name of CD: French Opera Arias
Composer: Giacomo Meyerbeer
Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung
Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
Track Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Catalog Number: 289 471 372-2

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2:05:00PMViolin Concerto No. 2 in F-sharp minor, Op. 45
 Name: Antal Szalai, violin
Name of CD: The Leó Weiner Album
Composer: Leó Weiner
Conductor: Zsolt Hamar
Orchestra/Ensemble: Budapest Chamber Symphony
Track Label: BMC
Catalog Number: 018

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2:33:00PMHungarian Dance No. 5
 Name: The American Horn Quartet & The Horns of the New York Philharmonic
Name of CD: Take 9
Composer: Johanne Brahms, arranged by Robert Elkjer
Track Label: MSR Classics
Catalog Number: 1089

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2:36:00PMTake Five
 Name: The American Horn Quartet & The Horns of the New York Philharmonic
Name of CD: Take 9
Composer: Paul Desmond, arranged by Calvin Custer & Philip Myers
Track Label: MSR Classics
Catalog Number: 1089

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2:40:00PMMúsica Callada I-IV
 Name: Herbert Henck, piano
Name of CD: Mompou: Música Callada
Composer: Frederic Mompou
Track Label: ECM New Series
Notes: Catalan composer and pianist Frederic Mompou was born in Barcelona on this date in 1893.
Catalog Number: 78118-21523-2

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2:50:00PMSymphony No. 9 in C major, D. 944, “Great”
 Name: Royal Flemish Philharmonic
Name of CD: Schubert: Symphony No. 9
Composer: Franz Schubert
Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe
Track Label: PentaTone Classics
Catalog Number: 5186372

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3:51:00PMConcerto for five flutes in D Major, Op. 15, No. 3
 Name: Stephen Schultz, flutes
Name of CD: Boismortiers: Concertos for Five Flutes
Composer: Joseph Bodin de Boismortier
Track Label: Dorian
Catalog Number: 90803

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