The Komodo Dragon Show: March 2012

28 March 2012

Ish bin ein Berliner.

Set #1 - 8:00am - 9:00am

*1. Alexander Zemlinksy: Sinfonietta (1934)

22:01

2. Arnold Schönberg: String Quartet op.7 (1905)

Lark Quartet: Eva Gruesser - violin, Jennifer Orchard - violin, Anna Kruger - viola, Astrid Schween - cello

Arabesque Recordings, Z6671

44:16

Set #2 - 9:00am - 10:00am

3. Arnold Schönberg: Brettl-Lieder (1901)

Text by Frank Wedekind, Otto Julius Bierbaum, Hugo Salus, Gustav Hochstetter, Colly & Emanuel Schikaneder

Jody Karin Applebaum - soprano, Marc-André Hamelin - piano

Masterpieces of Cabaret

Music & Arts, CD-729

20:33

4. Kurt Weill: Little Threepenny Music (1929)

24:01

5. Franz Schreker: Chamber Symphony (1916)

26:20

Tracks 4-5

Raffi Armenian - conductor, Canadian Chamber Ensemble

Music from Berlin in the 1920's

CBC Records, SMCD5010

Set #3 - 10:00am - 11:00am

*6. Alexander Zemlinksy: Die Seejungfrau [The Mermaid] (1903)

41:06

(A segue into next week's nautical opera.)

*Tracks 1 & 6

James Judd - conductor, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

Naxos, 8.570240

21 March 2012

Set #1 - 8:00am - 9:30am

1. Béla Bartók: 14 Bagatelles (1908)

22:06

2. Béla Bartók: Out of Doors Suite (1926)
17:02

Tracks 1-2

Jerome Lowenthal - piano

Pro Piano Records, PPR224515

3. Jan Rääts: 24 Estonian Preludes (1989)

Lorenzo Meo - piano

The E.P.M. Project

n.l., n.n.

40:48

Set #2 - 9:30am - 11:00am

4. Jan Rääts: 24 Marginalia for 2 Pianos (1982)

Lorenzo Meo - piano

Boundaries: Music by Jan Rääts

n.l., n.n.

32:41

5. Boris Tishchenko: Sonata No.7 for Piano with Bells (1982)

Sedmara Zakarian Rutstein - piano, Michael Rosen - bells

Albany Records, TROY 096

51:29

14 March 2012

Today's show is brought to you by the letter H.

Set #1 - 8:00am - 9:00am

1. Siegmund von Hausegger: Natursymphonie (1911)

Ari Rasilainen - conductor, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, WDR Rundfunkchor Köln

CPO, 777 237-2

56:37

Set #2 - 9:00am - 10:00am

2. Lou Harrison: Seven Pastorales (1952)

Dennis Russell Davies - conductor, Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra

MusicMasters, 67089

19:31

3. Rodolfo Halffter: Don Lindo de Almería Suite (1936)

José Ramón Encinar - conductor, Orchestra of the Communidad de Madrid

Naxos, 8.557623

19:18

4. Alberto Ginastera: Popol Vuh (1975-83)

Leonard Slatkin - conductor, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

RCA, 09026-60993-2

25:07

Set #3 - 10:00am - 11:00am

5. Joseph Haydn: Symphony No.92 "Oxford" (1789)

25:55

6. Joseph Haydn: Symphony No.96 "Miracle" (1791)

23:09

Tracks 5-6

George Szell - conductor, Cleveland Orchestra

Sony, SBK 46332

06 March 2012

Special guest Amir Amiri joins me in the third hour to discuss his composition Nafas (Breath) for choir, santur, viola and percussion.

Listeners in the Winnipeg area can catch Amir's composition at Camerata Nova's Chant! concert on Saturday, March 10 at 8pm and Sunday, March 11 at 2pm, at Église Précieux-Sang (200 Kenny Street).

Set #1 - 8:00am - 9:00am

1. Miles Davis: Spanish Key (rec. Nov. 2006-July 2007)

Gino Banks - drums, Louiz Banks - piano/Fender Rhodes, Rakesh Chaurasia - flute (solo), Selva Ganesh - kanjira [frame drum], Adam Holzman - keyboards, Dave Liebman - Indian flute, Shankar Mahadevan - vocals, Rudresh Mahanthappa - alto sax, Sridhar Parthasarthy - mrdangam [double-sided drum], Taufiq Quresh - djembe/world percussion, Benny Rietvold - bass, Wallace Roney - trumpet, Mike Stern - guitar, Lenny White - drums

Miles from India

Times Square Records, TSQ-CD-1808

20:04

2. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan: Aag daman mein lag jai (rec. 1988?)

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Party

The Supreme Collection Vol.1

Caroline Records, CAR 7552-2

26:18

("My life will be set on fire.")

3. Philip Glass & Ravi Shankar: "India" from Orion (2004)

Philip Glass Ensemble, Michael Riesman - conductor, Gaurav Mazumdar - sitar

Orange Mountain Music, OMM0021

12:51

Set #2 - 9:00am - 10:00am

4. Dhun Kafi (rec. 1963)

Ravi Shankar - sitar, Kanai Dutt - tabla

Ravi Shankar: In Celebration Highlights

EMI, CDC 7243 5 55617 2 5