Letter V Classical Radio March 27

In the first hour, sampling a multi-century range of music from new recordings by pianists Lang Lang, Jeremy Denk and Michele Tozzetti.

noon-3 p.m. EDT
1700-2000 UTC/GMT
WDCE, University of Richmond
90.1 FM
http://wdce.net

Ginastera: “Danza de la moza donosa,” Op. 2, No. 2
Lang Lang, piano
(Deutsche Grammophon)

Carlo Gesualdo: Madrigali, Book VI – “O dolce mio tesoro”
Monteverdi: “Scherzi musicali” – “Zefiro torna, e di soavi accenti”
Purcell: “Ye tuneful muses” – Ground in C minor
(transcriptions by Jeremy Denk)
Scarlatti: Sonata in B flat major, K. 551
J.S. Bach: “Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue” in D minor, BWV 903
Jeremy Denk, piano
(Nonesuch)

Bernstein: Sonata
Michele Tozzetti, piano
(Piano Classics)

J.C. Bach: Sinfonia concertante in A major, WC 34
Stephan Schardt, violin
Joachim Fiedler, cello
Musica Antiqua Köln/Reinhard Goebel
(DG Archiv)

Mendelssohn: Double Concerto in D minor, MWV 04
Kristian Bezuidenhout, fortepiano
Gottfried von der Goltz, violin & direction
Freiburger Barockorchester
(Harmonia Mundi)

Past Masters:
Handel: Passacaglia in G minor
(arrangement by Johan Halvorsen)
Jascha Heifetz, violin
William Primrose, viola
(Biddulph)
(recorded 1941)

Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major
Boris Giltburg, piano
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic/Vasily Petrenko
(Naxos)

Dvořák: Symphony No. 8 in G major
Budapest Festival Orchestra/Iván Fischer
(Channel Classics)

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