Ludwig van Beethoven - Fantasia in C Minor for Piano, Chorus, and Orchestra Op. 80 (Choral Fantasy) - Bernard Haitink conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra and John Alldis leads the London Philharmonic Choir (A seldom played Beethoven piece that foreshadows the choral movement of the Ninth Symphony)
Sergei Rachmaninov - Symphonic Dances - The Utah Symphony under the baton of Keith Lockhart
Ottorino Respighi - Church Windows; Four Symphonic Impressions - Jesus Lopez Cobos directs the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra - The Italian composer known for his brilliant orchestration was born on this day in 1879 and lived until 1936.
Harry Somers - from the Trois Chansons de la Nouvelle France: L'Hirondelle, messagere des amours and La Fontaine est profonde - The Elmer Eisler Singers and the CBC Vancouver Orchestra are directed by Elmer Eisler - Somers, a Canadian composer born in 1925, worked as a taxi driver, music copyist, and a variety of other odd jobs to supplement his income as a composer.
Charles Villiers Stanford - The Bluebird - Simon Joly directs the BBC Singers - The final, sustained note sung by a boy treble nevers fails to give this programmer goosebumps.
Franz Schmidt - Intermezzo from the opera Notre Dame - Herbert von Karajan directs the Berlin Philharmonic
Thursday, July 09, 2009
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