Sunday Classics

Piano – June 30, 2019

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Explorations deep into the language of music. There’s a lot that’s Bach, and a lot that’s not. Hosted by Sherry Gendleman and Larry Kelp.

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Artist Song Album Label
It's Pride Sunday on the finalJune edition of PIANO, hosted by Larry Kelp, and yes, we continue oursalute to Accordion Awareness Month
Andras Schiff, fortepianoFranz Schubert: Sonata in G Major, D894Franz SchubertECM New Series
Gustav Leonhardt, harpsichord; Leonhardt ConsortJ.S.Bach: Concerto No. 1 in D minor for Harpsichord and continuo, BWV 1052Cembalo Konzerte d-moll: J.S. & C.P.E. BachSeon (Sony Europe)
Jessye Norman, sopranoPurcell: Thy hand, Belinda, when I am laid in earth (from "Dido and Aeneas"Brava, Jessye!Philips
Tallis ScholarsTallis: Spem in AliumThomas Tallis: Spem in AliumGimell
(Spem in Alium is inspired by the story of Judith beheading Holofernes; this week a billionaire bought Caravaggio's painting of Judith beheading Holofernes, for more than $34 million; now let's hear an instrumental version of "Spem in Alium"
Kronos QuartetThomas Tallis: Spem in AliumBlack AngelsNonesuch
Continuing "Piano"'s salute to June as Accordion Awareness Month, we feature appropriate accordion-relatedselections:
Mie Miki: accordion; Nobuko Imai, violaGuillaume de Machaut: Motet 23 and Rondeau 14AntiquitiesBIS
Guy Klucevsek, accordionShostakovich: five Preludes from 24 Preludes and Fugues for PianoThe Heart of the AndesWinter & Winter
Kronos Quartet with Astor Piazzolla, bandoneonPiazzola: Asleep (from Five Tango Sensations)Five Tango SensationsNonesuch
Maria Kalaniemi, accordionYxi Kaunis Papillinen PolskaMaria KalaniemiGreen Linnet
James Crabb & Geir Draugsvall: accordionsMussorgsky: Pictures at an ExhibitionStravinsky/MussorgskyEMI Classics
Cristina Ortiz, pianoRavel: Jeux d'eau, Alborado del graciosoImpressions of FranceMCA Classics
Charles Owen, pianoPoulenc: Piano Improvisations 1=2Francis Poulenc Piano MusicSomm

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