All Pieces for Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
American composer John Corigliano essentially got his start with the New York Philharmonic. His father was the orchestra’s first violinist for mor...
- Added: Jul 30, 2010
- Length: :29
Betty Olivero’s Neharót Neharót was composed in 2006 in response to the pain and suffering of the war in Lebanon. It’s written for solo viola, two...
- Added: Jul 30, 2010
- Length: :22
It’s the same music, but in a different setting and with a very different sound. Samuel Barber arranged his well-known “Adagio for Strings” for ch...
- Added: Jul 30, 2010
- Length: :25
Violinist Gil Shaham calls the Octet for Strings by Mendelssohn “a mind blowing achievement.” What makes it so great? He says it’s a case, at lea...
- Added: Jul 28, 2010
- Length: :28
We know Haydn, the wonderful composer of symphonies and string quartets, but did you know he also wrote some terrific Violin Concertos? Violinist ...
- Added: Jul 28, 2010
- Length: :25
The technical and musical challenges for the pianist who plays Brahms are immense, and when it comes to his “Paganini Variations,” pianist Yuja Wan...
- Added: Jun 28, 2010
- Length: :24
Musicians, conductors and orchestras receive both criticism and compliments for their work – it’s all part of the musician’s life. While each is b...
- Added: Jun 28, 2010
- Length: :32
Two of the works on pianist Yuja Wang’s recent CD are orchestral works, transcribed for piano. For her performance of (La Valse by Ravel) ... (Thr...
- Added: Jun 28, 2010
- Length: :24
What makes American music American? Composer and violinist Mark O’Connor tries to tell that story – or history – in his “Appalachia Waltz.” Use th...
- Added: Jun 28, 2010
- Length: :33
The title of Yuja Wang’s new recording is “Transformation.” It’s a fitting title – especially for one of the Scarlatti keyboard sonatas, which she...
- Added: Jun 28, 2010
- Length: :22
There’s been some discussion lately about the future of the symphony orchestra and classical music in general. Although there are some legitimate ...
- Added: Jun 28, 2010
- Length: :21
Pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet has a new recording of the Gershwin Piano Concerto. It features the evocative, but rarely heard orchestration by Ferde...
- Added: Jun 28, 2010
- Length: :24
With all the wonderful music Gershwin wrote in a short period of time, pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet wonders why many people still ask if his music i...
- Added: Jun 28, 2010
- Length: :19
Pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet has an all-Gershwin CD includes the well known Piano Concerto and Rhapsody in Blue. It also contains Gershwin’s “Varia...
- Added: Jun 28, 2010
- Length: :26
Mark O’Connor’s “Americana Symphony” is largely based on the melody from his best known composition, “Appalachia Waltz.” He believes America’s ear...
- Added: Jun 28, 2010
- Length: :23
There’s an undeniably American element running through much of George Gershwin’s music. There’s also something almost street-smart about his music...
- Added: Jun 28, 2010
- Length: :22
Some say Ravel’s “La Valse” is a tribute to the famous Viennese dance form – while others say Ravel creates something quite dark, especially when t...
- Added: Jun 28, 2010
- Length: :18
Pianist Yuja Wang has a CD that includes a Theme and Variations and two orchestral works that have been transcribed for piano. But that’s not the ...
- Added: Jun 28, 2010
- Length: :21
Three of the main figures are brought together in the final scene of Mozart’s Don Giovanni – they are the notorious, lustful and unsympathetic Don,...
- Added: Jun 28, 2010
- Length: :24
Composer Mark O’Connor says there’s a “stir fry” element that defines American music. People from different lands stirred their own musical experi...
- Added: Jun 28, 2010
- Length: :28
