Symphony No. 36 in E♭ Major Symphony No. 37 in C Major Symphony No. 38 in C Major, "Echo" Symphony No. 39 in G minor, "Tempesta di mare" Symphony No. 40 in F Major Purchase the music (without talk) at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p1212/Haydn%3A_Symphonies_36_-_40.html Your purchase helps to support our show! Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by La Musica International Chamber Music Festival and Uber. @khedgecock #ClassicalMusicDiscoveries #KeepClassicalMusicAlive #LaMusicaFestiv...
Jan 19, 2021•1 hr 29 min•Season 17Ep. 37
On CROSSWIND, flutist Erin Helgeson Torres and saxophonist Michael Rene Torres, who have performed as Tower Duo since 2007, deliver a stunning set of performances that utilize flute and saxophone. Each performance evokes a sensory or psychological experience as wide-ranging as the various sensations encountered in a wet, humid environment, or the juxtaposition of consonance and dissonance. The album accentuates the duo’s emphasis on performing and premiering contemporary works by emerging compos...
Jan 18, 2021•1 hr 22 min•Season 15Ep. 76
WHEN THE SOUL SPEAKS demonstrates the abilities of The Bonifantes Boys Choir and Jan Jirásek through the performance of Latin Christian masses, Buddhist mantras and Quran excerpts, and traditional Czech hymns -- together presenting the idea that different religions and cultural customs can stand together side by side. Purchase the music (without talk) at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p813/When_the_Soul_Speaks.html Your purchase helps to support our show! Classical Music Discoveries is s...
Jan 18, 2021•52 min•Season 15Ep. 75
Prima la musica e poi le parole (First the music and then the words) is an opera in one act by Antonio Salieri to a libretto by Giovanni Battista Casti. The work was first performed on 7 February 1786 in Vienna, following a commission by the Emperor Joseph II. The opera (more specifically, a divertimento teatrale) was first performed at one end of the orangery of the Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna by an Italian troupe; simultaneously, Mozart's Der Schauspieldirektor was staged at the other end. The...
Jan 18, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Season 15Ep. 102
GREAT SOUTHERN LAND marks trumpeter Phillip Chase Hawkins’ recording debut. Hawkins’ decision to present the music of internationally renowned composer Brendan Collins in both duo and trio configurations clearly illustrates the exceptional synergy that exists between composer and artist. Each piece presents a unique scene, from Australian bushrangers escaping prison to the rich sounds of Vienna and its composers. Purchase the music (without talk) at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p811/Gr...
Jan 18, 2021•1 hr 16 min•Season 15Ep. 74
PIECES OF MIND AND MATTER features five-string duos in chronological order of their creation, though even the precise instrumental set-up of the individual parts betrays long, careful thought. With the mathematical precision and analytical construction in PIECES OF MIND AND MATTER, it would be hard to dispute that mathematics and music do indeed go together – if one only understands both, as Paul Lombardi indubitably does. Purchase the music (without talk) at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/sto...
Jan 18, 2021•56 min•Season 15Ep. 73
The idea for THE JOHN PSATHAS PERCUSSION PROJECT: VOLUME ONE began in 2013 with John Psathas’ piano and gamelan piece Waiting: Still which Omar Carmenates arranged for percussion trio. While unknown at the time, this arrangement launched a five-year-long relationship that culminates in Carmenates’ debut. Purchase the music (without talk) at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p807/John_Psathas_Percussion_Project%3A_Vol_1.html Your purchase helps to support our show! Classical Music Discoverie...
Jan 17, 2021•1 hr 22 min•Season 15Ep. 72
“Music is a game we play… It is to be respected, but not to be taken too seriously. It belongs to all of us. It is ours to create and recreate, to mess around with, as long as we give credit.” In his own words, Toker expresses the freedom that can be found within the written page of every musical score. A whole world can be discovered, rediscovered, and recreated in a single piece, and TOKER MESSING AROUND seeks to do just that. Purchase the music (without talk) at: http://www.classicalsavings.c...
Jan 17, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Season 15Ep. 71
Matthew Burtner presents the haunting beauty of GLACIER MUSIC, an electroacoustic collection featuring the Alaskan natural landscape as the central instrument. with the sounds of snow, trickling streams, and the cracks, pops and thunder as glaciers break apart and fall. Burtner, who was born in Alaska and grew up among the glaciers, also sculpts scientific measurements of glacial melt into the music through a technique known as sonification. Purchase the music (without talk) at: http://www.class...
Jan 17, 2021•1 hr 25 min•Season 15Ep. 69
Composer David Carpenter’s debut, FROM THE VALLEY OF BACA, features three works that illustrate the expansive scope of his compositional style. From the lyrical Trio to the powerfully poetic title work for baritone and piano, to the romantically-inclined Sonata, FROM THE VALLEY OF BACA demonstrates the composer’s ability to express his artistic vision in a wide variety of musical genres. Purchase the music (without talk) at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p801/From_the_Valley_of_Baca.html...
Jan 17, 2021•1 hr 15 min•Season 15Ep. 68
Inspired by poetry and prose, composer Mark Volker’s latest release YOUNG PROMETHEUS is about reactions. From the philosophical reaction to the “Three Quotations" to the physical reactions in “Echoes of Yesterday," Volker creates an atmosphere that both conveys the optimistic and ominous. Purchase the music (without talk) at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p799/Young_Prometheus.html Your purchase helps to support our show! Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by La Musica Internationa...
Jan 16, 2021•1 hr 15 min•Season 15Ep. 67
This latest record is a treasure trove of piano music by the late composer and pianist Sara Feigin. Led by Carmela O’Flaherty, the composer’s daughter, the project consists nearly entirely of previously unperformed and unrecorded works for piano. Pianist Benjamin Goodman masterfully interprets her vibrant, virtuosic music. Purchase the music (without talk) at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p797/Piano_Works_by_Sara_Feigin.html Your purchase helps to support our show! Classical Music Disco...
Jan 16, 2021•56 min•Season 15Ep. 65
Up-and-coming composer Peter Dayton makes his debut with the release of Notes to Loved Ones, an album of works for piano and strings. Dayton’s style of composition is heavily influenced by people with whom he is fascinated and their works of art. Purchase the music (without talk) at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p794/Notes_to_Loved_Ones.html Your purchase helps to support our show! Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by La Musica International Chamber Music Festival and Uber. @khed...
Jan 16, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Season 15Ep. 64
Timothy Lee Miller presents SOMETHING MORE, eight original jazz compositions that explore the unique relationships that the composer has with his family. Expanding upon something as simple as a photograph or a memory, Miller's noir-influenced jazz expands his reflections beyond words, and instead creates story through moods. Purchase the music (without talk) at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p792/Something_More.html Your purchase helps to support our show! Classical Music Discoveries is ...
Jan 16, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Season 15Ep. 63
Karkanawi Promo Purchase the music (without talk) at: http://www.classicalsavings.store Your purchase helps to support our show! Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by La Musica International Chamber Music Festival and Uber. @khedgecock #ClassicalMusicDiscoveries #KeepClassicalMusicAlive #LaMusicaFestival #CMDGrandOperaCompanyofVenice #CMDParisPhilharmonicinOrléans #CMDGermanOperaCompanyofBerlin #CMDGrandOperaCompanyofBarcelonaSpain #ClassicalMusicLivesOn #Uber Please consider supporting ou...
Jan 16, 2021•22 min•Season 15Ep. 62
SPOON HANGING FROM MY NOSE, the debut album by composer J.A. Kawarsky, combines spirit and wit with compositions that dance between tender and strikingly agitated. With works for orchestra, some composed by Kawarsky and others originally by Brahms but arranged and reimagined by Kawarsky, the album as a whole is a triumphant entrance into the full album release for the composer. Purchase the music (without talk) at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p790/Spoon_Hanging_from_My_Nose.html Your p...
Jan 16, 2021•1 hr 21 min•Season 15Ep. 61
Using the sounds of handmade paper, electronics, and surf guitar among others, Ted Coffey composes a sometimes fragile, sometimes brutal order that swings from textualism to song. Written for dance, both fixed media and live computer-mediated performance, Coffey’s music feels spontaneous without sacrificing finely calculated craft. Purchase the music (without talk) at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p785/Works_for_Dance.html Your purchase helps to support our show! Classical Music Discove...
Jan 16, 2021•1 hr 13 min•Season 15Ep. 60
MANY NEW TRAILS TO BLAZE showcases three musicians in an intellectually driven, globally inspired set of compositions. Each work, from the genre-crossing Sonata for Three to the tonal balancing act in Flying Over Water, presses boundaries, and the three instruments work together to draw every ounce of potentiality from the notes. Purchase the music (without talk) at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p782/Many_New_Trails_to_Blaze.html Your purchase helps to support our show! Classical Music ...
Jan 16, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Season 15Ep. 59
While New Zealand guitarist and composer Campbell Ross cites influences as varied as Claude Bolling, Manuel Ponce and Benjamin Britten when discussing the works featured on CONCERTANTE, it is clear that his own distinctive style is manifested throughout the album. Purchase the music (without talk) at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p780/Concertante_-_Modern_Works_for_Guitar.html Your purchase helps to support our show! Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by La Musica International Ch...
Jan 16, 2021•1 hr 49 min•Season 15Ep. 58
With the release of MÚSICA UNIVERSAL, traditional Cuban tunes and wider genres of pop and soul stand side by side. Vocal Universo’s performances intend to appeal to all varieties of musical tastes, with the understanding that humanity has a deeper understanding of music that breaks through language and genre barriers. Purchase the music (without talk) at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p778/Universo.html Your purchase helps to support our show! Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by ...
Jan 13, 2021•48 min•Season 15Ep. 57
In Havana, recording sessions are done a little differently. Musicians and producers gather at recording studios, where a well-stocked bar and ample Wi-Fi are available in the lobby. A sense of ease and relaxation permeates the air -- people gather not just to produce recordings, but to create art with each other in a communal music experience. Purchase the music (without talk) at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p776/Espontaneo.html Your purchase helps to support our show! Classical Music...
Jan 13, 2021•57 min•Season 15Ep. 56
For composer and legendary Russian art and music figure Stas Namin, the current state of the world points towards a trajectory of violence and dissonance, as humanity curiously turns from a collective to an individual mind. This dissonance, drama, and the cosmic cycle of breaking down and rebuilding is translated through the power of the LSO, in an epic performance born from a philosophical pondering of the state of humanity. Purchase the music (without talk) at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/...
Jan 13, 2021•55 min•Season 15Ep. 55
Vittoria Ricci, principle horn of the CMD Grand Opera Company of Venice, performs Mozart. 1 - Horn Concerto in D Major, K. 412 2 - Horn Concerto in E-flat Major, K. 417 3 - Horn Concerto in E-flat Major, K. 447 4 - Horn Concerto in E-flat Major, K. 495 Kathryn Cavanaugh, conductor/director CMD Grand Opera Company of Venice Orchestra Purchase the music (without talk) at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p773/Vittoria_Ricci_Performs_Mozart.html Your purchase helps to support our show! Classic...
Jan 13, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Season 15Ep. 54
The Christmas Oratorio (German: Weihnachts-Oratorium), BWV 248, is an oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach intended for performance in church during the Christmas season. It was written for the Christmas season of 1734 and incorporates music from earlier compositions, including three secular cantatas written during 1733 and 1734 and a largely lost church cantata, BWV 248a. The date is confirmed in Bach's autograph manuscript. The next performance was not until 17 December 1857 by the Sing-Akademie ...
Jan 13, 2021•2 hr 49 min•Season 15Ep. 53
Rhonda Skaggs, principle oboe Dominique Beaulieu, conductor CMD Paris Philharmonic in Orleans 1 - R Strauss: Concerto for Oboe and Small Orchestra in D Major 2 - Vaughan-Williams: Concerto for Oboe and Strings 3 - JS Bach: Sonata for Oboe and Continuo 4 - Britten: 6 Metamorphoses after Ovid 5 - Stravinsky: Pastorale 6 - Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin Purchase the music (without talk) at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p772/Introducing_Rhonda_Skaggs.html Your purchase helps to support our s...
Jan 13, 2021•1 hr 26 min•Season 15Ep. 52
Amy Shaw is our first musician, of ours, that we have ever featured. We discovered Amy while she was practicing in her apartment. Her 2nd story window was open and we could hear her from the street. Several people had gathered to listen to her and we asked if they came here often to listen to her. "Oh yes, we wouldn't miss it. Whoever it is, plays so beautifully." So we went up to her apartment and introduced ourselves. Amy has been playing trumpet since she was 8 years old and was working as a ...
Jan 13, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Season 15Ep. 50
99 hand-picked selections for the 2019 New Year's Celebration. This is our most popular album to download. Purchase the music (without talk) at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p1209/New_Year_2019.html Your purchase helps to support our show! Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by La Musica International Chamber Music Festival and Uber. @khedgecock #ClassicalMusicDiscoveries #KeepClassicalMusicAlive #LaMusicaFestival #CMDGrandOperaCompanyofVenice #CMDParisPhilharmonicinOrléans #CMDGer...
Jan 13, 2021•7 hr 12 min•Season 15Ep. 49
Solomon, HWV 67, is an English oratorio by George Frideric Handel. The anonymous libretto – currently thought to have been penned by the English Jewish poet/playwright Moses Mendes (d.1758) – is based on the biblical stories of the wise king Solomon from the First Book of Kings and the Second Book of Chronicles, with additional material from Antiquities of the Jews by ancient historian Flavius Josephus. The music was composed between 5 May and 13 June 1748, and the first performance took place o...
Jan 13, 2021•2 hr 46 min•Season 17Ep. 34
Tina Vivaldi performs works by Jolivet, Chaminade, Martin, Godard, Saint-Saens and Ibert. Purchase the music (without talk) at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p1207/Tina_Vivaldi_-_Art_of_the_French_Flute.html Your purchase helps to support our show! Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by La Musica International Chamber Music Festival and Uber. @khedgecock #ClassicalMusicDiscoveries #KeepClassicalMusicAlive #LaMusicaFestival #CMDGrandOperaCompanyofVenice #CMDParisPhilharmonicinOrléans...
Jan 11, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Season 17Ep. 33
Raymonda is a ballet in three acts, four scenes with an apotheosis, choreographed by Marius Petipa to music by Alexander Glazunov, his Opus 57. It was first presented by the Imperial Ballet at the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre on 19 January [O.S. 7 January] 1898 in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The ballet was created especially for the benefit performance of the Italian ballerina Pierina Legnani, who created the title role. Among the ballet's most celebrated passages is the Pas classique hongrois (a.k....
Jan 10, 2021•2 hr 22 min•Season 17Ep. 32
