It's Pride Sunday on the final | June edition of PIANO, hosted by | Larry Kelp, and yes, we continue our | salute to Accordion Awareness Month |
Andras Schiff, fortepiano | Franz Schubert: Sonata in G Major, D894 | Franz Schubert | ECM New Series |
Gustav Leonhardt, harpsichord; Leonhardt Consort | J.S.Bach: Concerto No. 1 in D minor for Harpsichord and continuo, BWV 1052 | Cembalo Konzerte d-moll: J.S. & C.P.E. Bach | Seon (Sony Europe) |
Jessye Norman, soprano | Purcell: Thy hand, Belinda, when I am laid in earth (from "Dido and Aeneas" | Brava, Jessye! | Philips |
Tallis Scholars | Tallis: Spem in Alium | Thomas Tallis: Spem in Alium | Gimell |
(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 Quartet | Thomas Tallis: Spem in Alium | Black Angels | Nonesuch |
Continuing "Piano"'s salute to June | as Accordion Awareness Month, | we feature appropriate accordion-related | selections: |
Mie Miki: accordion; Nobuko Imai, viola | Guillaume de Machaut: Motet 23 and Rondeau 14 | Antiquities | BIS |
Guy Klucevsek, accordion | Shostakovich: five Preludes from 24 Preludes and Fugues for Piano | The Heart of the Andes | Winter & Winter |
Kronos Quartet with Astor Piazzolla, bandoneon | Piazzola: Asleep (from Five Tango Sensations) | Five Tango Sensations | Nonesuch |
Maria Kalaniemi, accordion | Yxi Kaunis Papillinen Polska | Maria Kalaniemi | Green Linnet |
James Crabb & Geir Draugsvall: accordions | Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition | Stravinsky/Mussorgsky | EMI Classics |
Cristina Ortiz, piano | Ravel: Jeux d'eau, Alborado del gracioso | Impressions of France | MCA Classics |
Charles Owen, piano | Poulenc: Piano Improvisations 1=2 | Francis Poulenc Piano Music | Somm |