Poster Andre Watts
Andre Watts
Steve J. Sherman
Performance Today®

Andre Watts: A career launched by Bernstein

Leonard Bernstein took a keen interest in helping many of his fellow musicians. He launched dozens of careers, including that of pianist Andre Watts. Less than a week after Watts debuted on stage with Bernstein and the NY Philharmonic, they made what became a best-selling recording. Hear it on Tuesday's Performance Today.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Franz Liszt: Il Penseroso from Years of Year 2, Italy
Andre Watts, piano
Andre Watts Plays Liszt Album 1
EMI 64599

Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-flat Major, BWV 1051
Yura Lee, viola; Richard O'Neil, viola; Colin Carr, cello; Efa Baltacigil, cello; Nicholas Canellakis, cello; Joseph Conyers, double bass; Kenneth Weiss, harpsichord
CMSLC & U of GA Performing Arts Center, Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, University of Georgia Performing Arts Center, Athens, GA

Franz Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major
Andre Watts, piano; New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
Liszt/Ravel: Piano Concertos
Sony 47571

Astor Piazzolla: Resurreccion del Angel
Hector del Curto Quintet
The Aspen Music Festival and School, Harris Hall, Aspen, CO

Hour 2

Nino Rota: The Godfather: Suite
James Galway, flute; Galway Pops Orchestra; Vincent Fanuele, conductor
Galway At The Movies
RCA 61326

Hildegard von Bingen (arr. Marianne Pfau): Three Antiphons
Arnaud Sussman, violin; Yura Lee, violin; Susan Gulkis Assadi, viola; Bion Tsang, cello
Seattle Chamber Music Society, Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA

Nino Rota: Intermezzo for Viola and Piano
Steven Tenenbom, viola; Alessio Bax, piano
Franklin College Chamber Music Series & CMSLC, Hodgson Concert Hall, UGA Performing Arts Center, Athens, GA

Alexander Scriabin: Symphony No. 4, Op. 54 The Poem of Ecstasy
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Louis Langree, conductor
Music Hall, Cincinnati, OH

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