A second sampler of the season’s new classical recordings, with standards of Bach, Mendelssohn and Rachmaninoff, discoveries from William Grant Still and Radames Gnattali, and violinist Joshua Bell playing a novel arrangement of Saint-Saëns’ “Introduction and rondo capriccioso.”
1-3 p.m. EDT
1700-1900 UTC/GMT
WDCE, University of Richmond
90.1 FM
http://wdce.org
J.S. Bach: “Brandenburg” Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050
Elbipolis Barockorchester Hamburg/Jürgen Gross
(Challenge Classics)
William Grant Still: “Ennanga”
(Ashley Jackson arrangement)
Ashley Jackson, harp
Harlem Chamber Players
(Bright Shiny Things)
Mendelssohn: Fantasie in F sharp minor, Op. 28 (“Sonate écossaise”)
Maximilian Schairer, piano
(Hänssler Classic)
Saint-Saëns: Introduction and rondo capriccioso in A minor, Op. 28
(Phoon Yew Tien arrangement)
Joshua Bell, violin
Singapore Chinese Orchestra/Tsung Yeh
(Sony Classical)
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor
Kirill Gerstein, piano
Berlin Philharmonic/Kirill Petrenko
(Berliner Philharmoniker)
Radames Gnattali: Sonatina No. 2 for guitar & piano
Fabio Zanon, guitar
Clelia Iruzun, piano
(Somm)
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