Four Centuries of Great Music – 12-29-24
Music from among my favorite recordings or 2024 that I didn’t play this year on Four Centuries of Great Music – so much great music and so little time.
Debra Kaye: String Quartet No. 2 – I. A shimmering idea…you decide to follow
Debra Kaye: String Quartet No. 2 – II. The beauty of the dream upon reflection
Debra Kaye: String Quartet No. 2- III. Danza Energico
Howland Quartet
Debra Kaye – TIME IS THE SEA WE SWIM IN Navona Records – March release
Carl Reinecke: Piano Concerto No 3 in C major, Op 144 – 1 Allegro
Carl Reinecke: Piano Concerto No 3 in C major, Op 144 – 2 Largo
Carl Reinecke: Piano Concerto No 3 in C major, Op 144 – 3 Finale Allegro vivace e grazioso
Simon Callaghan, piano with the Sinfonieorchester St. Gallen conducted by Modestas Pitrėnas
Reinecke & Sauer: Piano Concertos
Hyperion Records
(5-31-24)
Craig Rutenberg, piano
Virgil Thomson: A Gallery of Portraits for Piano and Other Piano Works
Everbest Music
Virgil Thomson: Cantabile: A Portrait of Nicolas de Chatelain
Virgil Thomson: Bugles and Birds: A Portrait of Pablo Picasso
Virgil Thomson: Persistently Pastorale: Aaron Copland
Virgil Thomson: Five-Finger Exercise: Portrait of Briggs Buchanan
Virgil Thomson: With Trumpet and Horn: A Portrait of Louise Ardant
May release
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
Concerto for 2 Pianos and Orchestra in D Minor, FP61 (1932)
Francis Poulenc: Concerto for 2 Pianos and Orchestra in D Minor – I. Allegro ma non troppo
Francis Poulenc: Concerto for 2 Pianos and Orchestra in D Minor – II. Larghetto
Francis Poulenc: Concerto for 2 Pianos and Orchestra in D Minor – III. Finale
Mari Kodama, Momo Kodama, pianos with Orchestre de la Suisse Romande conducted by Kent Nagano
Mozart & Poulenc: Double and Triple Piano Concertos
Pentatone Records
May release
Gabriel Fauré
Gabriel Fauré: Pavane, Op. 50 (Version for Orchestra)
Gabriel Fauré: Berceuse, Op. 16 (Version for Violin and Orchestra)
Renaud Capuçon, Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne
GABRIEL FAURÉ – Renaud Capuçon
John Field – Variations on a Russian Folk Song
Piers Lane, piano
Russian Variations
Hyperion Records
May release
- 3:00pm Four Centuries of Great Music by Introduction on Four Centuries of Great Music (Pre-recorded)
- 3:00pm Four Centuries of Great Music December 29, 2024 Favorites from 2024 not played on Four Centuries of Great Music Part 1 by Favorites from 2024 not played on Four Centuries of Great Music on Four Centuries of Great Music
- 3:01pm Commentary on the Music by Dave Lake on live (live)
- 3:02pm Debra Kaye: String Quartet No. 2 – I. A shimmering idea…you decide to follow by Howland Quartet on TIME IS THE SEA WE SWIM IN (Navona Records )
- 3:08pm Debra Kaye: String Quartet No. 2 – II. The beauty of the dream upon reflection by Howland Quartet on TIME IS THE SEA WE SWIM IN (Navona Records )
- 3:13pm Debra Kaye: String Quartet No. 2- III. Danza Energico by Howland Quartet on TIME IS THE SEA WE SWIM IN (Navona Records )
- 3:23pm Commentary on the Music by Dave Lake on live (live)
- 3:23pm Four Centuries of Great Music by Mid-hour Break on Live (Live)
- 3:26pm Commentary on the Music by Dave Lake on live (live)
- 3:27pm Carl Reinecke: Piano Concerto No 3 in C major, Op 144 – 1 Allegro by Simon Callaghan, piano with the Sinfonieorchester St. Gallen conducted by Modestas Pitrėnas on Reinecke & Sauer: Piano Concertos (Hyperion Records)
- 3:39pm Carl Reinecke: Piano Concerto No 3 in C major, Op 144 – 2 Largo by Simon Callaghan, piano with the Sinfonieorchester St. Gallen conducted by Modestas Pitrėnas on Reinecke & Sauer: Piano Concertos (Hyperion Records)
- 3:43pm Carl Reinecke: Piano Concerto No 3 in C major, Op 144 – 3 Finale Allegro vivace e grazioso by Simon Callaghan, piano with the Sinfonieorchester St. Gallen conducted by Modestas Pitrėnas on Reinecke & Sauer: Piano Concertos (Hyperion Records)
- 4:00pm Carl Reinecke: Piano Concerto No 3 in C major, Op 144 – 3 Finale Allegro vivace e grazioso by Simon Callaghan, piano with the Sinfonieorchester St. Gallen conducted by Modestas Pitrėnas on Reinecke & Sauer: Piano Concertos (Hyperion Records)
- 4:00pm Four Centuries of Great Music December 29, 2024 Favorites from 2024 not played on Four Centuries of Great Music Part 2 by Favorites from 2024 not played on Four Centuries of Great Music on Four Centuries of Great Music
- 4:02pm Commentary on the Music by Dave Lake on live (live)
- 4:03pm Virgil Thomson: Cantabile: A Portrait of Nicolas de Chatelain by Craig Rutenberg, piano on Virgil Thomson: A Gallery of Portraits for Piano and Other Piano Works (Everbest Music )
- 4:07pm Virgil Thomson: Bugles and Birds: A Portrait of Pablo Picasso by Craig Rutenberg, piano on Virgil Thomson: A Gallery of Portraits for Piano and Other Piano Works (Everbest Music )
- 4:10pm Virgil Thomson: Persistently Pastorale: Aaron Copland by Craig Rutenberg, piano on Virgil Thomson: A Gallery of Portraits for Piano and Other Piano Works (Everbest Music )
- 4:14pm Virgil Thomson: Five-Finger Exercise: Portrait of Briggs Buchanan by Craig Rutenberg, piano on Virgil Thomson: A Gallery of Portraits for Piano and Other Piano Works (Everbest Music )
- 4:17pm Virgil Thomson: With Trumpet and Horn: A Portrait of Louise Ardant by Craig Rutenberg, piano on Virgil Thomson: A Gallery of Portraits for Piano and Other Piano Works (Everbest Music )
- 4:20pm Commentary on the Music by Dave Lake on live (live)
- 4:21pm Four Centuries of Great Music by Mid-hour Break on Live (Live)
- 4:23pm Commentary on the Music by Dave Lake on live (live)
- 4:24pm Francis Poulenc: Concerto for 2 Pianos and Orchestra in D Minor – I. Allegro ma non troppo by Mari Kodama, Momo Kodama, pianos with Orchestre de la Suisse Romande conducted by Kent Nagano on Mozart & Poulenc: Double and Triple Piano Concertos (Pentatone Records)
- 4:29pm Francis Poulenc: Concerto for 2 Pianos and Orchestra in D Minor – II. Larghetto by Mari Kodama, Momo Kodama, pianos with Orchestre de la Suisse Romande conducted by Kent Nagano on Mozart & Poulenc: Double and Triple Piano Concertos (Pentatone Records)
- 4:37pm Francis Poulenc: Concerto for 2 Pianos and Orchestra in D Minor – III. Finale by Mari Kodama, Momo Kodama, pianos with Orchestre de la Suisse Romande conducted by Kent Nagano on Mozart & Poulenc: Double and Triple Piano Concertos (Pentatone Records)
- 4:42pm Commentary on the Music by Dave Lake on live (live)
- 4:43pm Gabriel Fauré: Pavane, Op. 50 (Version for Orchestra) by Renaud Capuçon, Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne on GABRIEL FAURÉ – Renaud Capuçon (Deutsche Grammophon)
- 4:49pm Gabriel Fauré: Berceuse, Op. 16 (Version for Violin and Orchestra) by Renaud Capuçon, Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne on GABRIEL FAURÉ – Renaud Capuçon (Deutsche Grammophon)
- 4:52pm Commentary on the Music by Dave Lake on live (live)
- 4:53pm John Field – Variations on a Russian Folk Song by Piers Lane, piano on Russian Variations (Hyperion Records)
- 4:59pm Commentary on the Music and Closing Comments by Dave Lake on live (live)
