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Episode 57: 17057 Mozart: Serenades and Piano

01 Serenade No. 11 in E-flat Major, K. 375 02 Serenade No. 12 in C minor, K. 388 03 Sonata for Two Pianos in D Major, K. 448 Purchase the music (without talk) at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p1261/Mozart%3A_Serenades_and_Piano.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 #CMD...

Feb 17, 20211 hr 31 minSeason 17Ep. 57

Episode 56: 17056 Mozart: 2 Serenades

Serenade No. 10 for winds in B-flat major, K. 361 "Gran Partita" Serenade No. 13 for strings in G major, K. 525 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik" Purchase the music (without talk) at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p1260/Mozart%3A_2_Serenades.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 ...

Feb 16, 20211 hr 12 minSeason 17Ep. 56

Episode 55: 17055 Mozart Plays Around

01 Oboe Quartet in F Major, K. 370 02 Horn Quintet in E-flat Major, K. 407 03 A Musical Joke, K. 522 Purchase the music (without talk) at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p1259/Mozart_Plays_Around.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...

Feb 15, 20211 hrSeason 17Ep. 55

Episode 54: 17054 Classical Love Songs

01 Liebestraum 02 The Young Prince and the Princess 03 Solveig's Song 04 Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture 05 Sonata for Violin and Piano in A Major 06 Nocturne 1 07 Nocturne 5 08 Liebeslieder Waltz Purchase the music (without talk) at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p1258/Classical_Love_Songs.html Your purchase helps to support our show! Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by La Musica International Chamber Music Festival and Uber. @khedgecock #ClassicalMusicDiscoveries #KeepClassic...

Feb 14, 20211 hr 6 minSeason 17Ep. 54

Episode 44: 1044 Verdi: Jérusalem

Jérusalem is a grand opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi. The libretto was to be an adaptation and partial translation of the composer's original 1843 Italian opera, I Lombardi alla prima crociata. It was the one opera which he regarded as the most suitable for being translated into French and, taking Eugène Scribe's advice, Verdi agreed that a French libretto was to be prepared by Alphonse Royer and Gustave Vaëz, who had written the libretto for Donizetti's most successful French opera, La fav...

Feb 13, 20213 hr 14 minSeason 10Ep. 44

Episode 53: 17053 Mozart: 21 Lieder

01 Ridente la calma, K. 152 02 Dans un bois solitaire, K. 308 03 Oiseaux si tous les ans, K. 307 04 Das Traumbild, K. 530 05 Die Verschweigung, K. 518 06 An Chloe, K. 524 07 Als Luise die Briefe, K. 520 08 Das Lied der Trennung, K. 519 09 An die Einsamkeit, K. 391 10 Komm liebe Zither, K. 351 11 Die Zauberer, K. 472 12 Die Kleine Spinnerin, K. 531 13 Sehnsucht nach dem ruhlinge, K. 596 14 Das Veilchen, K. 476 15 Im Fruhlingsanfang, K. 597 16 Die Zufriedenheit, K. 473 17 Abendempfindung, K. 523 1...

Feb 13, 20211 hr 7 minSeason 17Ep. 53

Episode 52: 17052 Mozart: Violin Sonatas K. 301, 304, 376, 526

WA Mozart Series 01 Violin Sonata No. 24 in F major, K. 376 02 Violin Sonata No. 18 in G Major, K. 301 03 Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 21 in E minor, K. 304 04 Sonata in A for Violin and Keyboard, K. 526 Dominique Beaulieu, violin Joana Filipe Martinez, piano Purchase the music (without talk) at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p1256/Mozart%3A_Violin_Sonatas_K._301%2C_304%2C_376%2C_526.html Your purchase helps to support our show! Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by La Musica In...

Feb 13, 20211 hr 19 minSeason 17Ep. 52

Episode 39: 17039 Dreams of a New Day

Fast-rising American operatic baritone Will Liverman, tapped for major roles at principal opera houses across the country, makes his debut as a featured artist with Dreams of a New Day, an intimate, heartfelt recital he calls “a passion project . . . years in the making.” Purchase the music (without talk) at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p1216/Dreams_of_a_New_Day.html Your purchase helps to support our show! Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by La Musica International Chamber Mus...

Feb 12, 20211 hr 5 minSeason 17Ep. 39

Episode 35: 17035 THE TOWER AND THE GARDEN

On THE TOWER AND THE GARDEN, the multi-GRAMMY winning choir The Crossing and conductor Donald Nally ponder the fragility of the earth, the awe of nature, and the power of language to unite, or divide, society. Purchase the music (without talk) at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p1210/THE_TOWER_AND_THE_GARDEN.html Your purchase helps to support our show! Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by La Musica International Chamber Music Festival and Uber. @khedgecock #ClassicalMusicDiscoveri...

Feb 12, 20211 hr 11 minSeason 17Ep. 35

Episode 30: 17030 Borne by a Wind

Boston-born composer Sid Richardson releases Borne by a Wind. In this debut portrait album, Richardson explores the point of intersection between music and literature in gritty and original ways, opening with Red Wind (2017), a collaboration with African-American experimentalist poet and National Book Award-winner Nathaniel Mackey that features Mackey as the narrator in excerpts from his poetry collection Blue Fasa alongside the Deviant Septet. Earlier works on the album include There is no slee...

Feb 12, 20211 hr 1 minSeason 17Ep. 30

Episode 123: 16123 Caraballo - Thankful (paid promo)

Thankful, performed by Abner Carabello To have your music played on our show, please visit: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p87/Play_Your_Track_on_Our_Show.html Purchase the music (without talk) at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p1011/Carabello_-_Thankful.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 #...

Feb 11, 20219 minSeason 16Ep. 123

Episode 51: 17051 Bartok Piano Works

Six Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56 Allegro Barbaro, BB. 63, Sz. 49 Sonatina Over Themes of Peasants from Transsylvania, Sz. 55 Piano Concerto No 1, BB. 91, Sz. 83 Piano Concerto No 2, BB. 101, Sz. 95 Piano Concerto No 3, BB. 127, Sz. 119 Purchase the music (without talk) at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p1254/Bartok_Piano_Works.html Your purchase helps to support our show! Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by La Musica International Chamber Music Festival and Uber. @khedgecock #Cla...

Feb 11, 20211 hr 40 minSeason 17Ep. 51

Episode 50: 17050 Balakirev: Symphony No. 2 in D minor

Mily Balakirev began work on his Symphony No. 2 in D minor in 1900, but did not complete the work until 1908. The premiere of the symphony was conducted by Russian composer Sergei Liapunov, a student of Balakirev, in St. Petersburg in 1909. Another performance was held in Paris soon afterward, but the piece has since become one of the lesser-known symphonies in the repertoire. Purchase the music (without talk) at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p1253/Balakirev%3A_Symphony_No._2_in_D_minor...

Feb 10, 202140 minSeason 17Ep. 50

Episode 49: 17049 Shostakovich: Symphony No. 14, Op. 135

The Symphony No. 14, Op. 135 by Dmitri Shostakovich was completed in the spring of 1969 and was premiered later that year. It is a work for soprano, bass, and a small string orchestra with percussion, consisting of eleven linked settings of poems by four authors. Most of the poems deal with the theme of death, particularly that of unjust or early death. They were set in Russian, although two other versions of the work exist with the texts all back-translated from Russian either into their origin...

Feb 09, 202154 minSeason 17Ep. 49

Episode 17: 16017 TAPEREBÁ

This is a 1-track sample of this album. Described by critics as “beyond category, to use Duke Ellington’s signature compliment” (All About Jazz), Japanese marimba extraordinaire Mika Stoltzman brings her wealth of experience to her latest “Mikarimba” album, TAPEREBÁ. Vibrant and bursting with flavor (just like the Brazilian fruit from which the album derives its title), the jazzy TAPEREBÁ features performances by Stoltzman and a circle of legendary fellow artists. With over 25 Grammy Awards shar...

Feb 08, 20218 minSeason 16Ep. 17

Episode 16: 16016 DAWN BREAKS

This is a 1-track sample of this album. Maija Hynninen — composer and sound artist — works in concert music, electronic instrument design, and multidisciplinary performances. The essence of her music builds on the unique moments where the parameters of this world are slightly altered to allow a glimpse of another reality to be present. It can be a moment where the timbre of purely acoustical writing gives surprising results or when electronics project sound into another domain, space, and realit...

Feb 08, 202114 minSeason 16Ep. 16

Episode 15: 16015 Carollo: Symphony No. 3

This is a 1-track sample of this album. Quite surprisingly, Symphony No. 3 had humble beginnings. Back in the late 2000s, composer John A. Carollo connected on MySpace with English soprano Sharon Selman, who was deeply involved in the preservation of trees and forests. She suggested that Carollo use the poetry of William Blake as a starting point to create a piece about nature. Carollo didn't think twice; and a song cycle named Awake Humanity to Nature’s Beauty! was composed, then reworked, resu...

Feb 08, 20216 minSeason 16Ep. 15

Episode 14: 16014 DIMENSIONS VOL. 2

This is a 1-track sample of this album. Jan Järvlepp was born in Ottawa, Canada of Estonian and Finnish parents in 1953. He began playing pop guitar at the age of 12 and took up cello in high school at the age of 14. He also learned to play bass guitar and harmonica. At the University of Ottawa, McGill University, and the University of California, San Diego he majored in composition while developing his cello playing skills. Purchase the music (without talk) at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/s...

Feb 08, 20219 minSeason 16Ep. 14

Episode 48: 17048 Haydn: Symphonies 41 - 45

Symphony 41 in C Symphony 42 in D Symphony 43 in E-flat "Mercury" Symphony 44 in E minor "Mourning" Symphony 45 in F-sharp minor "Farewell" Purchase the music (without talk) at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p1246/Haydn%3A_Symphonies_41_-_45.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 #CMDGrandOperaCompany...

Feb 08, 20212 hr 12 minSeason 17Ep. 48

Episode 47: 17047 Bennett: Victory at Sea

Victory at Sea is a documentary television series about warfare in general during World War II, and naval warfare in particular, as well as the use of industry in warfare. It was originally broadcast by NBC in the United States in 1952–1953. It was condensed into a film released in 1954. Excerpts from the music soundtrack, by Richard Rodgers and Robert Russell Bennett, were re-recorded for record albums. The original TV broadcasts comprised 26 half-hour segments—Sunday afternoons at 3pm (EST) in...

Feb 07, 20211 hr 18 minSeason 17Ep. 47

Episode 46: 17046 Donizetti: Elvida

Elvida is a melodrama or opera in one act by Gaetano Donizetti. Giovanni Schmidt wrote the Italian libretto. The opera was written as a pièce d'occasion for the birthday of Queen Maria of the Two Sicilies. The choice of subject matter was no doubt intended as an elegant acknowledgment of the Queen's Spanish ancestry. Donizetti received a little financial reward for the work and, as a result, put the minimum of effort into its composition. Elvida was first performed on 6 July 1826 at the Teatro S...

Feb 06, 20211 hr 12 minSeason 17Ep. 46

Episode 36: 17036 Uncovered 1

Catalyst Quartet poses, “Over the course of time there have been many overlooked artists in classical music. It is important to acknowledge that we have not yet heard the whole story. Composers like Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Florence Price, and Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson have contributed beautifully crafted work to the repertoire but are not widely celebrated because quality recordings and performances of their music are rare or non-existent. With our next recording project, we are helping to cha...

Feb 05, 20211 hr 24 minSeason 17Ep. 36

Episode 1: 16001 MUSICAL IMAGES FOR CHAMBER ORCHESTRA, Vol. 1

This is a 1-track sample of this album. When Mark John McEncroe is asked what kind of music he composes, his reply invariably is "I don’t know, I just write it." It's a clever answer: at first glance, it is humble and modest, but it also reveals a considerable degree of naturalness, authenticity, and intuition. The same can be said for McEncroe's music, which is unapologetically evocative and driven by sentiment, with long lyrical lines and pleasant harmonies. The neo-Romantic style of orchestra...

Feb 04, 20216 minSeason 16Ep. 1

Episode 202: 15202 Sirens

Acclaimed composer Craig Safan's newest album, Sirens. Inspired by the classic tales of Homer's The Odyssey. The tracks that make up Sirens were enhanced by live players as well as sonic elements Safan recorded while exploring the landmarks of Sicily, the Aeolian Islands, and environs. This album is a compelling and intriguing musical work from start to finish that transports the listener into the world of Odysseus and the Sirens. Purchase the music (without talk) at: http://www.classicalsavings...

Feb 04, 202154 minSeason 15Ep. 202

Episode 201: 15201 Dreamers

This is a 1-track sample of this album. In 2016, composer and pianist Jeffrey Jacob conducted interviews with children of illegal immigrants, whose plight ended up inspiring the pianist's fifth symphony. Remarkably for a contemporary composition, the work is quite condensed timewise; nevertheless, it packs the whole gamut of human sentiment, with the movements titled I. Lagrimas [Tears], II. Fear; Grace, and III. Separation, Grief; Resolution, Triumph. Purchase the music (without talk) at: http:...

Feb 04, 20216 minSeason 15Ep. 201

Episode 200: 15200 LELA KAPLOWITZ: TO ONE

This is a 1-track sample of this album. On TO ONE, Croatian-born Lela Kaplowitz delivers a collection of songs that expressively hearken back to the singer/songwriter era of the 1970s, reviving the spirit of such ground-breaking artists as Carole King, Laura Nyro, and Roberta Flack. Kaplowitz, who has been lauded by jazz vocal legend Sheila Jordan as “an extremely talented vocalist” and Bobby McFerrin as having a “wonderful voice,” presents a nuanced mélange of pop, soul, jazz, and even folk mus...

Feb 04, 20214 minSeason 15Ep. 200

Episode 199: 15199 PLAYING ON THE EDGE

This is a 1-track sample of this album. Described as having “Versatility and flair with lively improvisations” by the New York Times and being “always compelling and always exhilarating” by Imperfect Fifths, NYC-based Sirius Quartet is only the most natural choice for showcasing the genius of five genre-bending contemporary composers. PLAYING ON THE EDGE brings inspiration and experience from all walks of life into one string quartet collection with the music of composers Jennifer Castellano, Ia...

Feb 03, 20219 minSeason 15Ep. 199

Episode 198: 15198 Windswept

This is a 1-track sample of this album. Throughout WINDSWEPT, the wind quintet makes up the characters of collective stories written by five unique composers. In each piece, the Boston-based Arcadian Winds project a storytelling experience that is joyful, moving, and meaningful to hear. Purchase the music (without talk) at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p1235/WINDSWEPT.html Your purchase helps to support our show! Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by La Musica International Chambe...

Feb 03, 20216 minSeason 15Ep. 198
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