On Tuesday's Performance Today, Emily Reese of Top Score Podcast joins Fred in the studio to discuss the classical roots of modern video game music.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
George Gershwin: Three Preludes: Prelude No. 1
Eroica Trio
EMI 556482
Tomaso Albinoni: Concerto B-flat Major Trumpet and Strings, Op. 7, No. 3
David Washburn, trumpet: Ani Kavafian & Tee Khoon Tang, violins; Hsin-Yun Huang, viola; Peter Wyrick, cello; Charles Chandler, bass; Kenneth Cooper, harpsichord
Music@Menlo, St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Palo Alto, CA
Music@Menlo Live 1. Italy
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto in B-flat Major for Violin, Cello, and Strings, RV 537
Ani Kavafian, solo violin; David Finckel, solo cello; Sophie Arbuckle & Miho Saegusa, violins; Ida Bryhn, viola; Peter Wyrick, cello; Charles Chandler, bass; Kenneth Cooper, harpsichord
Music@Menlo, St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Palo Alto, CA
Music@Menlo Live 1. Italy
Franz Schubert: Impromptus, Op. 142, D. 935: No. 1 in F Minor, Allegro moderato; No. 2 in A Flat Major, Allegretto
David Jalbert, piano
Montreal Chamber Music Festival, Schubertiade, Saint James United Church, Montreal, Quebec
George Gershwin: Cuban Overture
Munich Philharmonic; James Levine, conductor
Philharmonie im Gasteig, Munich, Germany
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue/Cuban Overture/Porgy and Bess Suite/An American in Paris
Deutsche Grammophon 4674102
Hour 2
Igor Stravinsky: Scherzo a la russe
Russian National Orchestra; Mikhail Pletnev, conductor
Stravinsky Symphony in E-flat, The Firebird
Deutsche Grammophon 453434
Gustav Grefberg: Brothers: Tale of Two Sons: Main Theme; Winged Hope
Emma Sunbring, kulning (vocals); Christopher Ohman, viola
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons Soundtrack
Overkill Soundtracks
Edvard Grieg: Two Nordic Melodies, Op. 63: 1. I folkstonestil (In Folk Style)
Trondheim Soloists; Geir Inge Lotsberg, concertmaster; Oyvind Gimse, artistic/musical director
In Folk Style
(recording label not available) catalog number: 2L68
Igor Stravinsky: Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring): Part 1: Introduction and Augers of Spring
New York Philharmonic; Alan Gilbert, conductor
Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York, NY
Peter McConnell: Broken Age: Battle at Shellmound
The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; Brett Kelly, conductor
Broken Age Soundtrack
Christophe Heral and Billy Martin: Rayman Legends: Mysterious Swamps; Enchanted Forest
Rayman Legends Soundtrack
Ubisoft Music
Spencer Nilsen (arr. Dren McDonald): Ecco The Dolphin: Echos of Ecco
String Arcade: Alisa Rose, violin; Celia Harris, violin; Emily Onderdonk, viola; Robin Reynolds, cello
The String Arcade
Nobuo Uematsu (arr. David Peacock): Final Fantasy VII Suite
Videri String Quartet: Pamela Cumming, violin; Aubrey Holmes, violin; Roselie Samter; viola; Brent Austin, cello
Portals
Joypad Records
Koji Kondo: Super Mario Bros Theme
Videri String Quartet: Pamela Cumming, violin; Aubrey Holmes, violin; Roselie Samter; viola; Brent Austin, cello
Portals
Joypad Records
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