REDEEMING LOVE (ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK) with music by composers BRIAN TYLER and BRETON VIVIAN. The album features music written by the composing duo for the Western romance based on the bestselling novel by Francine Rivers. The project is the latest collaboration between Redeeming Love director DJ Caruso and Brian Tyler, who have worked together since 2008 on five of the director’s previous films. For Redeeming Love, co-composers Tyler and Vivian have crafted a sweeping score that ca...
Feb 14, 2022•3 min•Season 18Ep. 211
Les Huguenots was some five years in creation. Meyerbeer prepared carefully for this opera after the sensational success of Robert le diable, recognizing the need to continue to present lavish staging, a highly dramatic storyline, impressive orchestration, and virtuoso parts for the soloists – the essential elements of the new genre of Grand Opera. Meyerbeer and his librettist for Robert le Diable, Eugène Scribe, had agreed to collaborate on an epic work concerning the French Wars of Religion, w...
Feb 13, 2022•3 hr 34 min•Season 18Ep. 92
The new album “On DSCH” by Igor Levit is a 3CD discographic tour de force by “one of the essential artists of our time” (The New York Times). That the self-styled “maximalist” enjoys pushing himself to his limits – intellectually and physically – is well known, but the present project – two key cycles of musical modernism - puts all others in the shade. Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87Stevenson: Passacaglia on DSCH Purchase the music (without talk) at:Igor Levit - On DSCH (classicals...
Feb 12, 2022•3 hr 56 min•Season 18Ep. 208
Multi-Grammy-nominated cellist Matt Haimovitz’s latest recording, PRIMAVERA II the rabbits, features the next 13 of 81 new pieces written for Haimovitz. Commissioned by THE PRIMAVERA PROJECT, also featuring Haimovitz’s new arrangement of Josquin de Prez’s Kyrie (from Missa Hercules Dux Ferrariae). The project asks composers to respond to Sandro Botticelli’s enigmatic painting, Primavera, and the prophetic large-scale triptych, Primavera 2020, by contemporary artist Charline von Heyl. Purchase th...
Feb 11, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Season 18Ep. 207
aubades, the new album from Jean-Michel Blais, marks the Montreal-born artist's transition from pianist to composer as he writes for an ensemble for the first time in his career. Written during the pandemic and following a breakup, Blais has used his distinctive musical voice to create a defiantly uplifting record with glistening instrumental textures and warm major tonalities. The title refers to the "aubade," a Middle Ages morning love song about lovers separating at daybreak: a dawn serenade....
Feb 10, 2022•48 min•Season 18Ep. 206
This year's concert was broadcast to over 90 countries all over the world and watched by more than 50 million viewers on TV. The TV broadcast gained a market share of 60% in its home country Austria – the highest share since 2014 - with 1,16 million viewers The program included works by members of the Strauß dynasty (Johann Strauß I and II as well as Josef Strauß) including 6 premieres of works not previously heard at a New Year’s Concert. 1 Phönix-Marsch, Op. 105 Josef Strauss2 Phönix-Schwingen...
Feb 09, 2022•1 hr 53 min•Season 18Ep. 201
Modern Times is a 1936 American silent comedy film written and directed by Charlie Chaplin in which his iconic Little Tramp character struggles to survive in the modern, industrialized world. The film is a comment on the desperate employment and financial conditions many people faced during the Great Depression — conditions created, in Chaplin's view, by the efficiencies of modern industrialization. Purchase the music (without talk) at:Chaplin: Modern Times (classicalsavings.com)Your purchase he...
Feb 08, 2022•1 hr 33 min•Season 18Ep. 90
Daniel Hope takes a deep dive into the rich repertoire of American music, exploring its roots and distinctive qualities. "We know a piece is from America the moment we hear it", says Hope. "But what makes music sound American?". Hope’s new album provides some answers, presenting works by composers as diverse as Leonard Bernstein, Sam Cooke, Aaron Copland, Duke Ellington, George Gershwin, Florence Price, Samuel A. Ward, and Kurt Weill in outstanding new classical and jazz arrangements for solo vi...
Feb 07, 2022•1 hr 31 min•Season 18Ep. 204
Robert le diable (Robert the Devil) was immediately successful from its first night on 21 November 1831 at the Opéra; the dramatic music, harmony and orchestration, its melodramatic plot, its star singers, and its sensational stage effects compelled Frédéric Chopin, who was in the audience, to say, "If ever magnificence was seen in the theatre, I doubt that it reached the level of splendor shown in Robert...It is a masterpiece...Meyerbeer has made himself immortal". Robert initiated the European...
Feb 06, 2022•3 hr 19 min•Season 18Ep. 91
The album includes some works known to millions worldwide, and others, such as the Suite from Far and Away and the moving Elegy for cello and orchestra, that may be less familiar but are no less brilliant. Maestro Williams briefly introduced many of the pieces, adding to the sense of occasion and expressing his joy at working with the mighty Berliner Philharmoniker. “For any musician to be standing in front of this orchestra, and to be here with you for these few moments, is truly a great honour...
Feb 05, 2022•1 hr 53 min•Season 18Ep. 203
GRAMMY Award-winning Catalyst Quartet releases UNCOVERED Volume 2: Florence B. Price on Azica Records. The album is the second issue of a multi-volume anthology highlighting string quartet works by historically important Black composers which aims to bring greater awareness and programming of their music. Volume 2 is entirely devoted to the six known string quartet and piano quintet works of composer Florence B. Price – including four world premiere recordings – performed with pianist Michelle C...
Feb 04, 2022•2 hr 6 min•Season 18Ep. 77
Jasmin Lacasse Roy is an accomplished musician who draws his inspiration from a wide range of sources: from Hendrix to Debussy. In addition to several other awards, he won first prizes at the International Fringe Music Competition of Hong Kong, the Montreal Guitar Grand Prix, and the Canadian Music Competition. His style plays with the limits of expectation, reimagining the repertoire in new and surprising ways. As a composer and performer, Jasmin's work features touches of Glass and Rachmaninof...
Feb 03, 2022•37 min•Season 18Ep. 200
This episode introduces Giacomo Meyerbeer, our featured opera composer for the month of February 2022. Meyerbeer is almost a completely unknown opera composer in today's world, although he was the most internationally famous opera composer of his day. However, thanks to the politically driven "cancel culture" of his day - Wagner and the Nazi regime, his extraordinary and beautiful operas are rarely performed today, and yet, they are some of the greatest operas that exist. Join us as we resurrect...
Feb 02, 2022•30 min•Season 18Ep. 94
Charlie Chaplin and Virginia Cherrill in City Lights (1931) City Lights proved to be the hardest and longest undertaking of Chaplin’s career. By the time it was completed he had spent two years and eight months on the work, with almost 190 days of actual shooting. The marvel is that the finished film betrays nothing of this effort and anxiety. Purchase the music (without talk) at:Chaplin: City Lights (classicalsavings.com)Your purchase helps to support our show! Classical Music Discoveries is sp...
Feb 01, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Season 18Ep. 89
Fresh from this year’s triumph of the Nomadland and The Father soundtracks, illustrious composer and pianist Ludovico Einaudi announces Underwater, his first new solo piano album in 20 years. 1. Luminous2. Rolling Like A Ball3. Indian Yellow4. Flora5. Natural Light6. Almost June7. Swordfish8. Wind Song9. Atoms10. Temple White11. Nobody Knows12. Underwater Purchase the music (without talk) at:Ludovico Einaudi: Underwater (classicalsavings.com)Your purchase helps to support our show! Classical Mus...
Jan 31, 2022•58 min•Season 18Ep. 98
Tristan und Isolde (Tristan and Isolde), WWV 90, is an opera in three acts by Richard Wagner to a German libretto by the composer, based largely on the 12th-century romance Tristan and Iseult by Gottfried von Strassburg. It was composed between 1857 and 1859 and premiered at the Königliches Hoftheater und Nationaltheater in Munich on 10 June 1865 with Hans von Bülow conducting. Wagner referred to the work, not as an opera, but called it "eine Handlung" (literally a drama, a plot, or an action). ...
Jan 30, 2022•4 hr 3 min•Season 18Ep. 72
In January 2022, violinist Sean Lee and pianist Peter Dugan celebrate Paganini in the first-ever performance of all 24 Caprices in the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s 52-year history as well as the release of a new EP of nine Caprices with accompanying music videos. A top prizewinner at the “Premio Paganini” International Violin Competition, Lee embraces the legacy of his late mentor, violinist Ruggiero Ricci, as one of few violinists who dare to perform the complete 24 Caprices of Nic...
Jan 29, 2022•23 min•Season 18Ep. 75
New York Festival of Song (NYFOS) releases From Rags to Riches: 100 Years of American Song on its new in-house label, NYFOS Records. The label’s debut album features the acclaimed voices of mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe and tenor William Burden, together with Steven Blier, Artistic Director of the NYFOS who accompanies Blythe and Burden, on the piano in works spanning art song, musical theater, jazz, and opera. The album is taken from a live concert recording at the Kaye Playhouse at Hunter Col...
Jan 28, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Season 18Ep. 47
Piano music to help you achieve inner calm. Tracklist:StaySheAcross the DistanceOne Day You Finally KnewI Wish I Were CloseBlackwater PondI Wrote You a SongShe Dreams of TimeWhat Gorgeous ThingRainPurchase the music (without talk) at:Calm It Down (classicalsavings.com)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 #CMDGrand...
Jan 25, 2022•31 min•Season 18Ep. 88
Critically-acclaimed composer Danaë Xanthe Vlasse’s new album Mythologies has been nominated for the GRAMMY® Award for Best Classical Solo Vocal Album. Featuring sopranos Hila Plitmann and Sangeeta Kaur – the literal and figurative muses for Mrs. Vlasse – the stunning new album honors her heritage with a collection of works inspired by Ancient Greek myths. Purchase the music (without talk) at:Mythologies (classicalsavings.com)Your purchase helps to support our show! Classical Music Discoveries i...
Jan 25, 2022•1 hr 21 min•Season 18Ep. 83
Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods), WWV 86D, is the last in Richard Wagner's cycle of four music dramas titled Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung, or The Ring for short). It received its premiere at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus on 17 August 1876, as part of the first complete performance of the Ring. Help support our show by purchasing this album at:Downloads (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store) Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by La Musica International Chamber Music Festi...
Jan 23, 2022•4 hr 38 min•Season 18Ep. 71
Two of Norway's most celebrated musicians come together to perform the music of the country's most celebrated composer, Edvard Grieg. Soprano Lise Davidsen and pianist Leif Ove celebrate the songs of Grieg with a wide-ranging collection of songs. Recorded in the Arctic Circle in Bodo - Lise describes the `magical' time recording this music with a special team in rural Norway. Tracklist: Grieg: Haugtussa Op. 67 Grieg: en Svane (No. 2 from Seks Digte Af Henrik Ibsen Op. 25) Grieg: Med en Vandlije ...
Jan 21, 2022•1 hr 30 min•Season 18Ep. 82
Composer Eric Nathan releases the world premiere recording of Missing Words (2014-2021). Performed by the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, American Brass Quintet, cellist Parry Karp and pianist Christopher Karp, International Contemporary Ensemble, Neave Trio, and Hub New Music, this 84-minute magnum opus is a six-part series inspired by German words invented by writer Ben Schott in his book Schottenfreude (2013) that describe ineffable experiences of contemporary life. The musical works speak t...
Jan 21, 2022•37 min•Season 18Ep. 65
Performed by Sylvia Keller and members of the CMD Paris Philharmonic in Orleans. Purchase the music (without talk) at:Haydn: Piano Trios 38 - 41 (classicalsavings.com)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#CMDGrandOperaCompany...
Jan 18, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Season 18Ep. 73
The libretto arose from Wagner's gradual reconception of the project he had initiated with his libretto Siegfrieds Tod (Siegfried's Death) which was eventually to be incarnated as Götterdämmerung, the final section of the Ring cycle. Having grappled with his text for Siegfrieds Tod, and indeed having undertaken some musical sketches for it during 1851, he realized that it would need a 'preface'. At this point, he conceived that the prefatory opera, Der junge Siegfried, could act as a comic foil ...
Jan 16, 2022•4 hr 6 min•Season 18Ep. 70
2022 Grammy Winner for Best Orchestral Performance Florence Beatrice Price (née Smith; April 9, 1887 – June 3, 1953) was an African-American classical composer, pianist, organist, and music teacher, born in Little Rock, Arkansas, educated at the New England Conservatory of Music, who was active in Chicago from 1927 until her death in 1953. Price is noted as the first African-American woman to be recognized as a symphonic composer, and the first to have a composition played by a major orchestra. ...
Jan 15, 2022•1 hr 17 min•Season 18Ep. 87
Symphony No. 71 in B♭ major (by 1780)Symphony No. 72 in D major (between 1763 and 1765)Symphony No. 73 in D major, La chasse (1782)Symphony No. 74 in E♭ major (1780/1781)Symphony No. 75 in D major (between 1779 and 1781)Sylvia Wagner conducts the German Grand Opera Company of Berlin Orchestra Purchase the music (without talk) at:Haydn: Symphonies 71 - 75 (classicalsavings.com)Your purchase helps to support our show! Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by La Musica International Chamber Musi...
Jan 14, 2022•1 hr 53 min•Season 18Ep. 81
A London Symphony is the second symphony composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams. The work is sometimes referred to as Symphony No. 2, though the composer did not designate that name for the work. First performed in 1914, the original score of this four-movement symphony was lost and subsequently reconstructed. Vaughan Williams continued revisions of the work into its final definitive form, which was published in 1936. Sir Adrian Boult - conductor London Symphony Orchestra Note: This is an extremely ...
Jan 11, 2022•48 min•Season 18Ep. 63
More than the other Ring dramas, Die Walküre has achieved some popularity as a stand-alone work and continues to be performed independently from its role in the tetralogy.The story of Die Walküre is based on the Norse mythology told in the Volsunga Saga and the Poetic Edda. In this version, the Volsung twins Sieglinde and Siegmund, separated in childhood, meet and fall in love. This union angers the gods who demand that Siegmund must die. Sieglinde and the couple's unborn child are saved by the ...
Jan 09, 2022•3 hr 48 min•Season 18Ep. 69
Buxtehude - Praeludium in D MinorMendelssohn - Prelude in G MajorWhitlock - FidelisCome, Come, Ye Saints (arr. Keller)An Old Melody (arr. Keller)Cook - FanfareSylvia Keller - organist Purchase the music (without talk) at:Sylvia Keller Organ Recital 2 (classicalsavings.com)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 #CMDG...
Jan 04, 2022•28 min•Season 18Ep. 63
