Alexander Scriabin was not so much a composer as a musical metaphysician. He tried to create music with the power to change the world. Did he succeed? On Friday's Performance Today, we head to Warsaw for a rare performance of the Piano Concerto by the young Scriabin. Nick Canellakis guest-hosts.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Scriabin / Rachmaninoff: Enigme No. 2 / Etude-tableau in D minor, Op. 39 No. 8
Arcadi Volodos, piano
Arcadi Volodos Live at Carnegie Hall
Sony 60893
Alexander Scriabin: Piano Concerto in F sharp minor, op. 20
Alexei Volodin, piano; Sinfonia Varsovia; Robert Trevino, conductor
Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival, Philharmonic Concert Hall, Warsaw, Poland
Steve Reich: Cello Counterpoint
Rose Bellini, cello; Maya Beiser, 7 pre-recorded cello tracks
Classical KING FM's Second Inversion. Rethink Classical, KING FM studios, Seattle, WA
Franz Lehar: Gern hab ich gefrau'n gekusst from Paganini
Jack Swanson, tenor; Roderick Phipps-Kettlewell, piano
Performance Today Young Artist in Residence, Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, MN
Hour 2
Dmitri Shostakovich: Prelude & Fugue No. 21 in B flat major
Jenny Lin, piano
Shostakovich: 24 Preludes & Fugues
Hanssler 98530
Dmitri Shostakovich: Piano Trio No. 1, op. 8
Michael Brown, piano; Nicolas Dautricourt, violin; David Finckel, cello
Music@Menlo, The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton, Atherton, CA
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 19: Movements 3 & 4
Bion Tsang, cello; Adam Neiman, piano
Seattle Chamber Music Society, Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA
Johannes Brahms: Tragic Overture in D minor, Op. 81
Nashville Symphony; Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Nashville Symphony, Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Nashville, TN
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