On Wednesday's Performance Today, pianist Mitsuko Uchida plays a quietly dramatic piano concerto by Mozart in concert with the Cleveland Orchestra.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Felix Mendelssohn: Hexenlied "Witches' Song" Op. 8, No. 8
Daniel Hope, violin; Sebastian Knauer, piano
Daniel Hope, Mendelssohn
DG 477 6634
Felix Mendelssohn: Auf Flugeln des Gesanges "On Wings of Song" Op. 34, No. 2
Daniel Hope, violin; Sebastian Knauer, piano
Daniel Hope, Mendelssohn
DG 477 6634
Mikhail Glinka: Overture to Ruslan and Ludmilla
Greenville Symphony Orchestra; Edvard Tchivzhel, conductor
Peace Center for the Performing Arts, Greenville, SC
Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Caroline Cassil from Sutherlin, OR
Felix Mendelssohn: Twelve Fugues for String Quartet No. 10
The Shanghai String Quartet
Museum of Jewish Heritage, New York, NY
Felix Mendelssohn: String Quartet in F minor, Op. 80, No. 6
Miami String Quartet: Benny Kim, violin; Cathy Meng Robinson, violin; Scott Lee, viola; Keith Robinson, cello
Viginia Arts Festival, Robin Hixon Theater, Norfolk, VA
Hour 2
Claude Debussy: 12 Etudes for Piano: Etude No. 5, "Pour les Octaves;" Etude No. 6, "Pour huit doigts"
Mitsuko Uchida, piano
Debussy 12 Etudes
Philips 422412
Frederic Chopin: Etude No. 13 in A-flat Major, Op. 25, No. 1, "Harp Study"
Lang Lang, piano
Live In Vienna
Sony 771901
Franz Liszt: Etude No. 2 in E Major, from Grandes Etudes de Paganini, S. 141
Yefim Bronfman, piano
Summer Night Concert Schonbrunn 2010
Deutsche Grammophon 4763793
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491
Mitsuko Uchida, piano and conductor; Cleveland Orchestra
Mozart Piano Concertos 23, K488 & 24, K491
Decca 001327602
Salamone Rossi: Sonata No. 4 sopra l'aria dei Ruggiero
Arnaud Sussmann, violin; Erin Keefe, violin; Laurence Lesser, cello; Kenneth Cooper, harpsichord
Music@Menlo Live 5. Unfolding of Music II
Music@Menlo 20085
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