Rossini's first big hit
Mauro Giuliani (1781 — 1829) Tancredi Variations, Op. 87 Ricardo Gallén, guitar Naxos 8.555284
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Schoenberg hissed
Arnold Schoenberg (1874 — 1951) String Quartet No 1, Op 7 Kolisch Quartet Music and Arts 1056
A Hovhaness premiere
Alan Hovhaness (1911 - 2000) Lousadzak Keith Jarrett, piano; American Composers Orchestra; Dennis Russell Davies, cond. MusicMasters 60204
Palestrina by Palestrina (and Pfiztner)
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525 — 1594) Pope Marcellus Mass Voices of Ascension; Dennis Keane, cond. Delos 3210 Hans Pfitzner (1869 — 1949) Palestrina Berlin State Orchestra; Otmar Suitner, cond. Berlin Classics 1001
Kreisler in the style of Kreisler
Fritz Kreisler (1875 — 1962) Violin Concerto (in the style of Vivaldi) Gil Shaham, violin; Orpheus Chamber Orchestra DG 439933
Torke abroad
Michael Torke (b. 1961) An American Abroad Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Marin Alsop, cond. Naxos 8.559167
Glass Philip Glass Philip Glass
Philip Glass (b. 1937) Symphony No. 3 Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra; Dennis Russell Davies, cond. Nonesuch 79581
Shapero goes classical
Harold Shapero (b. 1920) Symphony for Classical Orchestra Los Angeles Philharmonic; André Previn, cond. New World 373
Schubert and the Maiden?
Franz Schubert (1797–1828) String Quartet in d (Death and the Maiden) Emerson String Quartet DG 459 151
Armer's musical sci-fi in SF
Elinor Armer (b. 1939) Uses of Music in Uttermost Parts SF Chamber Singers; Women's Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, cond. Koch 7331
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.