The first of three samplers of new classical recordings, with works by Bach, Haydn, Mendelssohn and Dukas; new music by Danny Elfman and Jonathan Leshnoff; and the 1893-94 version of Gustav Mahler’s “tone poem in the form of a symphony,” originally titled “Titan,” ultimately his Symphony No. 1 in D major.
noon-3 p.m. EDT
1700-2000 UTC/GMT
WDCE, University of Richmond
90.1 FM
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Haydn: Symphony No. 65 in A major
Kammerorchester Basel/Giovanni Antonini
(Alpha)
Jonathan Leshnoff: Guitar Concerto
Jason Vieaux, guitar
Nashville Symphony/Giancarlo Guerrera
(Naxos)
Dukas: “Villanelle”
Richard Watkins, horn
Julius Drake, piano
(Signum Classics)
Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor
Jan Lisiecki, piano
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
(Deutsche Grammophon)
Danny Elfman: Piano Quartet
Philharmonic Piano Quartet Berlin
(Sony Classical)
J.S. Bach: Aria variata in A minor, BWV 989 (“alla Maniera Italiana”)
Tamara Stefanovich, piano
(Pentatone)
Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D major (“Titan”)
(Hamburg/Weimar version, 1893-94)
Les Siècles/François-Xavier Roth
(Harmonia Mundi)
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