May 2010 - Meeting

Programme for Wednesday, May 5th 2010

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

1. Piano Quartet No.1 in G minor. Op.25 (iv. Rondo alla Zingarese. Presto) - Schubert Ensemble of London (8:39)
2. Hungarian Dances for Orchestra (No. 1 in G minor; No. 3 in F major; No. 6 in D major) - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; cond. Claudio Abbado (8.15)
3. A German Requiem, Op.45 (4. How lovely are thy dwellings) - Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; cond. John Eliot Gardiner (5.25)
4. Variations on a Theme of Haydn for orchestra in B flat major (St. Anthony Variations), Op.56a (I. Chorale St Antoni: andante; variation VI, vivace; variation VII, grazioso) ) - Staatskapelle Dresden Orchestra, cond. Claudio Abbado (6.16)
5. Violin Concerto in D, Op.77 (iii. Allegro giocoso, ma non tropo vivace) - Maxim Vengerov, violin; Chicago Symphony Orchestra, cond. Daniel Barenboim (7.56)
6. Piano Concerto No.2 in B flat, Op.83 (iii. Andante) - Sviatoslav Richter, piano; Orchestra de Paris, cond. Lorin Maazel (12.31)
7. Symphony No.2 in D, Op.73 (iii. Allegro con spirito) - Vienna Philharmonic Orch. cond. Wilhelm Furtwangler (8.28)
8. Double Concerto for Violin & Cello in A minor, Op.102 (ii. Andante) - David Oistrakh, violin; Mstislav Rostropovich, cello; Cleveland Orchestra, cond. George Szell (7.50)
9. Clarinet Quintet in B minor Op.115 (i. Allegro) - Thea King, clarinet; Gabrieli String Quartet (12.40)

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