Classical Music Discoveries

Episode 77: 17077 Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances

Ancient Airs and Dances is a set of three orchestral suites by Italian composer Ottorino Respighi, freely...

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Episode 76: 17076 Respighi: Lucrezia

Lucrezia is an opera in one act and three tableaux by Ottorino Respighi to a libretto by Claudio Guastalla, after...

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Episode 43: 17043 And the Sun Darkened

GRAMMY-nominated vocal quartet New York Polyphony marks a return to form for the ensemble – a 58-minute...

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Episode 75: 17075 Respighi: Roman Trilogy and Church Windows

Ottorino Respighi, 9 July 1879 – 18 April 1936, was an Italian composer, violinist, and teacher who was one...

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Episode 74: 17074 Tchaikovsky: Onegin Ballet

Ballet "Onegin" is an adaptation of the verse novel Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin set to music by Tchaikovsky...

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Episode 73: 17073 Erik Satie Ballets

An eccentric, Satie was introduced as a "gymnopedist" in 1887, shortly before writing his most famous works, the...

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Episode 72: 17072 Chopin: The Complete Nocturnes

Frédéric Chopin wrote 21 nocturnes for solo piano between 1827 and 1846. They are generally considered among the...

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Episode 71: 17071 Schubert and Gliere 3rd Symphonies

Franz Schubert's Symphony No. 3 in D major, D 200, was written between 24 May and 19 July 1815, a few months after...

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Episode 70: 17070 Prokofiev: The Prodigal Son, Op. 46

Prodigal Son, or Le Fils prodigue, Op. 46 is a ballet created for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes by George Balanchine...

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Episode 69: 17069 Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36

Edward Elgar composed his Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36, popularly known as the Enigma Variations,...

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• 8 días

Episode 68: 17068 Debussy: Preludes, Book 2

Claude Debussy's Préludes are 24 pieces for solo piano, divided into two books of 12 preludes each. Unlike some...

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Episode 67: 17067 Telemann Cantatas

01 All Eyes are Watching 02 There is No Circumcision in Christ 03 I Am the First 04 See a Virgin is Pregnant...

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Episode 66: 17066 Vivaldi: The Four Seasons and Tchaikovsky: The Seasons, Op. 39a

Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons Concerto No. 1 in E major, Op. 8, RV 269, "Spring" (La primavera) Concerto No. 2...

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Episode 64: 17064 Offenbach: Orpheus in the Underworld

Orpheus in the Underworld and Orpheus in Hell are English names for Orphée aux enfers, a comic opera with music by...

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Episode 63: 17063 Shostakovich: Symphony No. 15 and Piano Concerto No. 2

Symphony No. 15 in A Major, Op. 141 by Dmitri Shostakovich was his last. He completed it in the summer of 1971...

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Episode 62: 17062 Bartok Orchestral Works

01 Four Orchestral Pieces, Op. 12 02 Concerto for Orchestra, Sz. 116 03 Dance Suite, Sz. 77 04 2 Pictures, Op 10 05...

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Episode 61: 17061 Haydn: Symphonies 46-50

Symphony No. 46 in B major (1772) Symphony No. 47 in G major, The Palindrome (1772) Symphony No. 48 in C major,...

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Episode 60: 17060 Playful Mozart

11 playful works by Mozart composed when he was 26 years old. Purchase the music (without talk) at:...

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Episode 60: 17060 Playful Mozart

11 playful works by Mozart composed when he was 26 years old. Purchase the music (without talk) at:...

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Episode 57: 17057 Mozart: Serenades and Piano

01 Serenade No. 11 in E-flat Major, K. 375 02 Serenade No. 12 in C minor, K. 388 03 Sonata for Two Pianos in D...

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