On Thursday's Performance Today, Lynne Rossetto Kasper, host of The Splendid Table, joins us for a musical and culinary Thanksgiving. She and Fred talk about the powerful memories that come from great food and music, and share things the things for which they feel especially grateful.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Irving Berlin/Dick Hyman & George Gershwin/Earl Wild: Cheek to Cheek & I Got Rhythm
Jenny Lin, piano
Get Happy: Jenny Lin
Steinway & Sons 30011
Traditional Catalan: Song of the Birds
Amit Peled, cello; Noreen Polera, piano
Brooks Center for the Performing Arts, Clemson, SC
John Lennon/Paul McCartney: Blackbird
Eldar Djangirov, piano
Windham Chamber Music Festival, Windham Civic Centre, Windham, NY
Traditional (arr. Colin Jacobsen): Little Birdie
Brooklyn Rider
Mogens Dahl Concert Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Magic Flute: Der Vogelfanger bin ich ja (The bird-catcher, that's me)
Wolfgang Schulz, flute; Hansjorg Schellenberger, oboe
Mozart Opera Duets for Flute and Oboe
DG 423 611-2
Wayne Horvitz: Thursday, At Dusk, In Spokane, Washington
Laura DeLuca, clarinet; Wayne Horvitz, piano
Otis Spann and Other Compositions
Periplum P0100
George Gershwin: Catfish Row: Symphonic Suite from Porgy and Bess
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Gershwin: American in Paris
EMI 64084
Hour 2
Gioacchino Rossini: William Tell: Overture: Finale
Orchestra of La Scala, Milan; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
The Greatest Classical Show On Earth
London/Decca 460250
Paul Simon: The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feeling Groovy)
Simon and Garfunkel
Simon and Garfunkel Collected Works
Columbia 45322
Giacomo Puccini: O mi babbino caro from Gianni Schicchi
Angela Gheorghiu, soprano; London Symphony Orchestra; Antonio Pappano, conductor
The Opera Album
EMI 67830
Charles Dumont: Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien
Edith Piaf
Edith Piaf: The voice of the sparrow; the very best of Edith Piaf
Capitol Records 96632
Charles Gounod: Concert Waltz from Faust
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra; David Zinman, conductor
Delibes/Coppelia/Chopin/Gounod
Philips 438763
Giacomo Puccini: O soave fanciulla from La Boheme
Renata Tebaldi, soprano; Carlo Bergonzi, tenor; Orchestra of the Academy of St. Cecilia, Rome; Tullio Serafin, conductor
La Boheme
London Decca 411868
Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068
Academy of Ancient Music; Richard Egarr, director and harpsichord
J.S. Bach Orchestral Suites
AAM 3
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