Letter V Classical Radio Sept. 3

As we bid farewell to summer, thumbing through sonic postcards from some of classical music’s most observant tourists.

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Gershwin: “An American in Paris”
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra/Louis Langrée
(Fanfare Cincinnati)

Dvořák: Quartet in F major, Op. 96 (“American”)
Smetana Quartet
(Testament)

William Grant Still: “Danzas de Panama” (excerpts)
Berlin Symphony Orchestra/Isaiah Jackson
(Koch International Classics)

Mendelssohn: “The Hebrides” Overture
London Symphony Orchestra/Peter Maag
(Decca)

Tchaikovsky: String Sextet in D minor, Op. 70 (“Souvenir de Florence”)
Valeriy Sokolov & Annabelle Meare, violins
Lawrence Power & Yura Lee, violas
Jan Vogler & Christian Poltéra, cellos

(Sony Classical)

Jacques Ibert: “Escales” (“Ports of Call”)
Minnesota Orchestra/Eiji Oue
(Reference Recordings)

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