Music in the Morning with Rick Westover

Monday, January 29

9:09 AM / Leonardo Vinci / Sonata in D for Flute and Continuo
John Solum, Transverse Flutes
Igor Kipnis, Harpsichord
Arthur Fiacco, Cello
Epiphany EP-2

9:20 AM / Arvo Part / Fratres (Brothers)
France Springuel, Cello
Mireille Gleizes, Piano
Telarc CD-80387

9:33 AM / Benjamin Britten / Lachrymae, Op 48a
Iona Brown, Conductor
Norwegian Chamber Orchestra
Lars Anders Tomter, Viola

9:51 AM / John Dowland / Flow My Tears (Lachrimae)
Sting, Vocals
Edin Karamazov, Lute
Deutsche Grammophon B0007220-02

9:56 AM / Ralph Carmichael / Quiet Place
Katia and Marielle LaBeque, Midi Grand Pianos and Synthesizers
Sony Masterworks SK 47227

10:07 AM / Dr. Sue Ann Martin / Arts Almanac
*The text edition of Arts Almanac can be found at www.wcmu.org

10:11 AM / Ralph Vaughn Williams / English Folk Songs – Suite
Vernon Handley, Conductor
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
EMI Eminence CD-EMX 2179

10:23 AM / Garialan Blugraye / Fire Rose
G. Blugraye, Guitar
Daniel Sanchez, Guitar
D. L. Turner, Bass Guitar and Harp
Larry Cunningham, Percussion and Synthesizer
Dame Maria Del Carmen, Castenets
Jule and Lisa Montez, Palmas
Self Released

10:34 AM / Ermanno Wolf-Ferrri / Idillio-Concertino
Lucia Matos, Conductor
Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra
Andrea Gullickson, Oboe
Cala CACD 1037

10:56 AM  / John Dowland / Weep You No More, Sad Fountains
Sting, Vocals and Arch Lute
Edin Karamazov, Lute
Deutsche Grammophon B0007220-02

11:07 AM / Vicente Emilio Sojo / Five Pieces
John Williams, Piano
Sony Classical SK 90451
*more information on his website . . .  johnwilliamsguitar.com

11:16 AM / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky / Suite No. 4 “Mozartiana,” Op. 61
Neeme Jarvi, Conductor
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Chandos CHAN 9514

11:42 AM / Elton John and Bernie Taupin / Can You Feel the Love Tonight from the Lion King, in the style of Tchaikovsky
Donald Fraser, Conductor
English Chamber Orchestra
Paul Barritt, Violin
Delos DE 3186

11:48 AM / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Rondo in D
Claudio Arrau, Piano
Philips 422 056-2

 

 

Tuesday, January 30

9:08 AM / Jean Baptiste Arban / Variations on a Themefrom Norma for Cornet and Piano
Haken Hardenberger, Trumpet
Roland Pontinen, Piano
BIS-CD-287

9:16 AM / Cipriano de Rore / Alla dolce ombra
Quink Vocal Quintet
Telarc CD-80209

9:29 AM / Cesar Franck / Symphonic Variations
Riccardo Chailly, Conductor
Concertgebouw Orchestra
London 417 487-2

9:47 AM / Eugene Ysaye / Sonata #6 in E for Solo Violin, Op. 27, No. 6
David Chan, Violin
Ambassador ARC 1017

9:55 AM / Frederic Chopin / Berceuse in D-flat, Op. 57
Katia Skanavi, Piano
Pro Piano PPR224522

10:06 AM / Dr. Sue Ann Martin / Arts Almanac
*Find the text edtition online . . . wcmu.org

10:11 AM / Andy Statman / Flatbush Waltz
Itzhak Perlman, Violin
The Andy Statman Klezmer Orchestra
Angel 7243 5 55555 2 6

10:19 AM / George Frederick McKay / Caricature Dance Suite
Snikertyskip / Jabbertyflip / Swaggerhop / Burlesque March
William Bolcom, Piano
Naxos 8.559143
*You have to smile seeing movements titled like this.

10:31 AM / Aaron Copland / Billy the Kid (Suite from the Ballet)
Gerard Shwarz, Conductor
Seattle Symphony
Delos DE 3104 (13491 3104 2)
*The Boston Symphony first performed this piece on January 30th, 1942. 
That said, the work was premiered by the NBC Symphony November 9th, 1940.
**Aaron Copland and William Bonney (Billy the Kid) were both born in Brooklyn.

10:53 AM / Ferdinando Carulli / Serenade II in G
Peter-Lukas Graf, Flute
Konrad Ragossnig, Guitar
Claves CD 50-8304

11:08 AM / Johannes Bernardus van Bree / Grand Quartet No. 3 in d
Nomos Quartet
NM Extra 98010
*Born 1-29-1801

11:38 AM / Antonio Vivaldi / Concerto in F for Violin, Strings and Basso Continuo
Andrea Marcon, Conductor
Venice Baroque Orchestra
Giuliano Carmignola, Baroque Violin
Sony Classical SK 87733

11:52 AM / Aleksandr Ivanov-Kramskoi / Lullaby
David Starobin, Guitar
Bridge BCD 9004

 

 

Wednesday, January 31

9:07 AM / Philip Glass / Modern Love Waltz
Gloria Cheng, Piano
Telarc CD-80549
*Happy Birthday, Philip Glass.  Born 1-31-1937

9:12 AM / Cyril Scott / Lotusland, Op. 47, No. 1
Marthanne Verbit, Piano
Albany TROY 070

9:18 AM / Tadao Sawai / Hana (Flower or resplendent radiance)
Kazue Kudo, Koto
Kazue Frances Asawa, Flute
Crystal CD316

9:32 AM / Joseph Curiale / The Multiples of One
Bryan Pezzone, Piano
Miriam Clarke, Flute
Jon Clarke, Oboe
Robert Becker, Viola
Larry Corbett, Cello
Orchard Road Music
*Simply one of our favorite composers working today.

9:38 AM / Sandor Veress / Four Transylvanian Dances for String Orchestra
Camerata Bern
Musica Helvetica MH CD 63.2

9:55 AM / Francisco Mignone / Brazilian Waltz, No. 15 in d
Alexandra Mascolo-David, Piano
AMD Music
*Read an article about CMU Professor of Music Mascolo-David’s new CD  at cm-life.com.  Use the search box to pull the story up. 

10:06 AM / Dr. Sue Ann Martin / Arts Almanac
*The text edition is on the web . . . wcmu.org

10:11 AM / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Trio Sonata (Arranged by Deszo D’Antalffy from the G Major Duo for Violin and Viola)
Trio Lyra
Marquis 7 74718 13332 8

10:29 AM / Pieter Hellendaal / Concerto Gross VI in F
Jan Willem de Vriend, Conductor
Combattimento Consort Amsterdam
NM Classics 92019

10:45 AM / Franz Liszt / Hungarian Fantasy
Charles Dutoit, Conductor
Montreal Symphony Orchestra
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Piano
London 433 075-2

11:08 AM / Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach / Symphony in C
Burkhard Glaetzner, Conductor
Neues Bachisches Collegium Musicum
Brilliant Classics 99785/7

11:29 AM / Jean Francaix / Quartet for English Horns and Strings
Patrick McFarland, English Horn
with members of  The Atlanta Quartet
Arundax Recordings

11:45 AM / Johann Strauss / Tales from the Vienna Woods Waltz
Erich Kunzel, Conductor
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
*From an album of selections used by a number of figure skating greats for their Classical Programs.  In this case, that of Toller Cranston, who won bronze Olympic and World medals.

 

 

Thursday, February 1

9:07 AM / H. Owen Reed / Michigan Morn
Nina Nash-Robertson
The CMU Concert Choir
*From the album New Beginning, released after the construction of the new School of Music building on the campus of Central Michigan University.

9:12 AM / Felix Mendelssohn / Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Yoel Levi, Conductor
Atlanta Symohony Orchestra
Telarc CD-80551
*First Performed on this day in 1827.  Can you remember what you were up to at 17 years of age?  Mendelssohn was composing this brilliant overture.

9:26 AM / Florence Price / Dances in the Canebrakes
Althea Waites, Piano
Cambria Master Recordings CD-1097
*CMU Public Radio celebrates Black History Month with a number of special programs.  Check our Radio page for more information.

9:39 AM / Heitor Villa-Lobos / Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5
Enrique Batiz, Conductor
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Barbara Hendricks, Soprano
Eldon Fox, Cello
EMI CDC 7 47433 2

9:52 AM / Maurice Ravel / String Quartet: 2nd Movement (Assez Vif – Tres Rhythm)
Borromeo Quartet
Image Racordings IRC9901

10:10 AM / Leonardo Leo / Concerto in D
Reinhard Goebel, Conductor
Musica Antiqua Koln
Deutsche Grammophon 435 393-2

10:27 AM / Rick Sowash / A Little Breakfast Music
The West End Chamber Ensemble
*Brunch anyone?
**The composer has a website . . .  sowash.org

10:52 AM / Johann Sebastian Bach / Fugue in g “The Great”
Eugene Ormandy, Conductor
Philidelphia Orchestra
CBS Masterworks MLK 39442

11:08 AM / Anthony Davis / Notes from the Underground
Neeme Jarvi, Conductor
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Unisys

11:20 AM / Edward Elgar / Falstaff – Symphonic Study in c, Op. 68
Charles Dutoit, Conductor
Montreal Symphony Orchestra
London 430 241-2

 

 

Friday, February 2

9:09 AM / David Balakrishnan / String Quartet No. 1:
Balapadem – 4th Movement “Hindu Toes”
Turtle Island String Quartet
Windham Hill Jazz WD-0110
*David Balakrishnan,  violinist for the Turtle Island String Quartet.

9:12 AM / Ottmar Liebert / Bombay
Ottmar Liebert, Guitar
Mark Clark, Percussion
Jon Gagan, Bass
Oscar Castro-Neves, Conductor/Arranger
*So concludes our brief stop in India.

9:21 AM / W. A. Mozart / Symphony No. 8 in D
Sir Charles MacKerras, Conductor
Prague Chamber Orchestra
Telarc CD-80272

9:38 AM / Aulis Sallinen / Winter was Hard, Op. 20
Kronos Quartet
San Francisco Girls Chorus
Elizabeth Appling, Director
Earl L. Miller, Reed Organ
Elektra/Nonesuch 9 79181-2
*Winter’s wrath is upon us.

9:40 AM / A. Vivaldi / Sonata No. 6 in B-flat
Christophe Coin, Cello
And Friends
Decca 421 060-2

9:52 AM / Three Spirituals for Children’s Choir / Arranged by Robert A. Harris

Martha Shaw, Conductor
Spivey Children’s Chorus
NPR Classics PTCD1996
*From a collection of live performances at Spivey Hall in Atlanta, in celebration of the Summer Games.

10:12 AM / William C. Banfield / Symphony No. 6
“Four Songs for Five American Voices”
Alan Balter, Conductor
Akron Symphony Orchestra
Telarc CD-80409
*From the album, American Voices, the African-American Composer’s Project.

10:42 AM / Jacques Ibert / Three Brief Pieces
The Wind Quintet of the Danish National Symphony Orchestra
Ralf Gothoni, Piano
Naxos 8.557356

10:50 AM / Johann Pachelbel / Canon
John Georgiadis, Conductor
Munich Radio Orchestra
James Galway, Flutist
RCA Victor 09026-63950-2
*Galway performs next week with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra at the Max M. Fisher Music Center in Detroit.  D.S.O. Ticket Office # 313-576-5111.

10:56 AM / Gabriel Faure / The Secret, Op. 23 No. 3
Barbara Hendricks, Soprano
Michel Dalberto, Piano
EMI CDC 7 49841 2

11:08 AM / R. Wagner / Forest Murmurs (from Siegfried)
Sir George Solti, Conductor
Vienna Philharmonic
Time-Life Music R964-18

11:17 AM / A. Dvorak / Silent Woods for Cello and Orchestra
Dmitry Yablonsky, Conductor and Cello
Russian Philharmonic Orchestra
Naxos 8.557352

11:25 AM / J. Haydn / Symphony No. 103in E-flat “drum roll”
Jack Martin Handler, Conductor
European Soloists of Luxembourg
Legacy JK 89859