Richard Wagner's operas are so dramatic, they're sometimes an inch away from self-parody. On Monday's Performance Today, the Cleveland Orchestra gives a serious (and seriously great) performance of the Ride of the Valkyries. Plus, we'll hear a bit of Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd's take on Wagner's music.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Richard Wagner: Ride of the Valkyries from Die Walkure
Cleveland Orchestra; Franz Welser-Most, conductor
Severance Hall, Cleveland, OH
Wagner: Wesendonck-Lieder Preludes & Overtures
Deutsche Grammophon 4778773
Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 12, No. 2
Alina Ibragimova, violin; Cedric Tiberghien, piano
Beethoven Violin Sonatas 2
Wigmore Hall Live 41
Charles Ives: Symphony No. 2: Lento (maestoso); Allegro
New York Philharmonic; Alan Gilbert, conductor
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York, NY
Charles Ives (orch. Henry Brant): A Concord Symphony: The Alcotts
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA
Hour 2
Peter Warlock (arr. Jay Lichtmann): Capriol Suite
Summit Brass
Gates Auditorium, Newman Center for the Performing Arts, Denver, CO
Summit Brass: A Summit Brass Night
Catalog 500
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Flight of the Bumblebee
Christian Lindberg, trombone; Roland Pontinen, piano
The Virtuoso Trombone
Bis 258
Antonin Dvorak: Symphonic Variations for Orchestra, Op. 78, on "I Am a Fiddler"
Budapest Festival Orchestra; Ivan Fischer, conductor
Palace of Arts, Budapest, Hungary
Dvorak: Cello Concerto, Symphonic Variations
Channel Classics 25807
Frederic Chopin: Polonaise Brillante, Op. 3
Mischa Maisky, cello; Martha Argerich, piano
Mischa Maisky, Martha Argerich Live in Japan
Deutsche Grammophon 471346
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