Puccini victorious
Giacomo Puccini (1858 -1924) Nessun dorma, fr Turandot Academy of St Martin in the Fields; Neville Marriner, cond. EMI 49552
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Composers Datebook®
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Composers Datebook for April 25, 2008
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Seasonal music by Haydn
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809) Ländler, fr The Seasons Academy of St Martin in the Fields; Neville Marriner, cond. Philips 438715
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Meeting deadlines: Tchaikovsky and Zaimont
Peter Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893) May, fr The Seasons, Op. 37b Lang Lang, piano Sony 11758 Judith Lang Zaimont (b. 1945) The May Fly, fr Calendar Collection Nanette Kaplan Solomon, piano Leonarda 334
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Morton Gould re-writes history
Morton Gould (1913 - 1996) Fall River Legend New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; James Sedares, cond. Koch 7181
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Bernstein debuts as a composer
Leonard Bernstein (1918 - 1990) Clarinet Sonata Gary Gray, clarinet; Clifford Benson, piano Centaur 2165 Leonard Bernstein (1918 - 1990) America, fr West Side Story Suite Katia and Marielle Labeque, pianos CBS/Sony 48381
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Rimsky-Korsakov joins the Navy (and sees the world)
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908) Prelude (A Hymn to Nature), fr The Invisible City of Kitezh Scottish National Orchestra; Neeme Järvi, cond. Chandos 8327
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"76 Trombones" plus one: Meredith Willson and Wendy Mae Chambers
Meredith Willson (1902-1984) Symphony No. 1 (A Symphony of San Francisco) Moscow Symphony; William T. Stromberg, cond. Naxos 559006 Wendy Mae Chambers (b. 1953) A Mass for Mass Trombones trombone ensemble; David Gilbert, conductor Centaur 2263
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Of Mice and Maestros: Leopold Stokowski
Thomas Canning (b. 1911) Fantasy on a Hymn Tune by Justin Morgan Houston Symphony: Leopold Stokowski, cond. Everest 9004
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Hugo Wolf and the Wagner-Brahms Wars
Hugo Wolf (1860-1903) Italian Serenade I Solisti Italiani Denon 9150
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Meyerbeer and Lloyd Webber: "On Ice"
Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791-1864) The Prophet: Ballet of the Skaters: Galop Barcelona Symphony Orchestra/Michal Nesterowicz Naxos 573076 Andrew Lloyd Webber (b. 1948) Starlight Express Suite Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, cond. Telarc 80405
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About Composers Datebook®
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.