Rachmaninoff's Vespers
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 - 1943) Vespers (All-Nght Vigil), Op. 37 USSR State Academic Russian Choir; Alexander Sveshnikov, cond. Pipeline Music custom CD (from Amazon.com)
Reminding you that all music was once new ® • with host John Birge
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 - 1943) Vespers (All-Nght Vigil), Op. 37 USSR State Academic Russian Choir; Alexander Sveshnikov, cond. Pipeline Music custom CD (from Amazon.com)
Niccolo Paganini (1782 - 1840) Caprice No. 10 James Ehnes, violin Telarc 80398
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714 - 1788) excerpt from Wuerttemberg Sonatas Mahan Esfahani, hc. Hyperion 67995
Daniel Pinkham (1923 - 2006) Serenades Maurice Murphy, trumpet; London Symphony; James Sedares, cond. Koch International 7179
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827) String Quartet in Eb, Op. 127 LaSalle Quartet DG 453 768
Samuel Barber (1910 - 1981) Dover Beach Samuel Barber, baritone; Curtis String Quartet Pearl 0049
Adam Schoenberg (b. 1980) American Symphony for Orchestra Kansas City Symphony; Michael Stern, cond. Reference RR-139
Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949) Ein Heldenleben (A Hero's Life), Op. 40 Minnesota Orchestra; Eiji Oue, cond. Reference 83
Walter Piston (1894 – 1976) Variations for Cello and Orchestra Mstislav Rostropovich, vcl; London Symphony Orchestra; Gennadi Rozhdestvensky, cond. Intaglio 7581 or Doremi DHR7974-9 (r. live 1967)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891 - 1953) Cello Sonata in C, Op. 119 Mstislav Rostropovich, vcl; Sviatoslav Richter, p (r. March 1, 1950) EMI Classics 72016
Host John Birge presents a daily snapshot of composers past and present, with timely information, intriguing musical events and appropriate, accessible music related to each.
He has been hosting, producing and performing classical music for more than 25 years. Since 1997, he has been hosting on Minnesota Public Radio's Classical Music Service. He played French horn for the Cincinnati Symphony and Pops Orchestra and performed with them on their centennial tour of Europe in 1995. He was trained at the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, Eastman School of Music and Interlochen Arts Academy.