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The Top Ten Composers List #9 Aaron Copland
TOP TEN FAVORITE COMPOSER 9. Aaron Copland

Monday 6

10:00 Copland: Appalachian Spring (San Francisco Symphony, Thomas; RCA CD 63720).

6:00 Copland: Tender Land Suite (Boston Symphony, Copland; RCA CD 6802).


Tuesday 7

10:00 Copland: Billy The Kid (Baltimore Symphony, Zinman; London CD 440 639).

6:00 Copland: Piano Concerto (Lorin Hollander, piano; Seattle Symphony, Schwarz; Delos CD 3154).


Wednesday 8

10:00 Copland: Clarinet Concerto (Richard Stolzman, clarinet; London Symphony Orchestra, Leighton-Smith; RCA CD 61360).

6:00 Copland: Symphony No. 3 (NY Philharmonic, Bernstein; Sony CD 63155).


Thursday 9

10:00 Copland: Red Pony Suite (St. Louis Symphony, Previn: Sony CD 62401).

6:00 Copland: Symphony for Organ and Orchestra (Simon Preston, organ; St. Louis Symphony, Slatkin; RCA CD 678292).


Friday 10

10:00 Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man; Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo (Buffalo Philharmonic, JoAnn Falletta) and JoAnn Falletta's Top Ten.

6:00 TOP TEN FAVORITE COMPOSER 9.Copland: Music for the Theatre (NY Philharmonic, Bernstein; DG CD 431 672).

Saturday 11

1:00 TOP TEN FAVORITE COMPOSER 9. Copland: Lincoln Portrait (James Earl Jones, narrator; Seattle Symphony, Schwarz; Delos CD 3140).


Sunday 12

1:00 TOP TEN FAVORITE COMPOSER 9.Copland:Old American Songs (Samuel Ramey, bass; Warren Jones, piano; London CD 433 027).


#10. Felix Mendelssohn:

Monday @ 10am: Violin Concerto in E minor(Jascha Heifetz, violin; Boston Symphony, Munch; RCA SACD 61391).

Monday @ 6pm: Symphony No. 1 in C minor (Vienna Philharmonic, C. von Dohnanyi; London CD 460 236).

Tuesday @ 10am:Piano Concerto No. 2(Murray Perahia, piano; ASMF, Marriner; Sony CD 42401).

Tuesday @ 6pm: Symphony No. 5, Reformation (London Symphony Orchestra, C Abbado; DG CDbox 415 353).

Wednesday @10am:String Octet (Emerson Quartet; DG CD B0003888).

Wednesday @ 6pm: Two Piano Concerto in A-flat(Stephen Coombs,Ian Munro, pianists; BBC Scottish Symphony Orch, Maksymiuk; Hyperion CD 66567).

Thursday @ 10am: Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor (Andras Schiff, piano; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Dutoit; London CD 414 672).

Thursday @ 6pm:Symphony No. 2 in B-flat, Lobgesang (Anne Schwanewilms, sop; Petra-Maria Schnitzer, sop; Peter Seiffert, ten; Gewandhaus Orchestra, Chailly; Decca CD 475 6939).

Friday @ 10am:Symphony No. 4 in A, Italian(Buffalo Philharmonic, JoAnn Falletta).

Friday @ 6pm: Die Erste Walpurgisnacht(Birgit Remmert, alto; Uwe Heilmann, ten; Thomas Hampson, bar; Rene Pape, bass; The Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Nikolaus Harnoncourt; Teldec CD 74882).

Saturday @ 1pm: Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Scottish(London Symphony Orchestra, C. Abbado; Decca CD 475 8677).

Sunday @ 1pm: A Midsummer Night's Dream(Lucia Popp, sop; Mariana Lipovsek, mz; Bamberg Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Claus Peter Flor; RCA CD 7764).