MSO On Stage: 2019 Series
Streaming Radio Series
PROGRAM 1: RACHMANINOFF’S SECOND CONCERTO
Released September 24, 2019
Recorded September 15-16, 2018
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Ken-David Masur, conductor
Boris Giltburg, piano
Rachmaninoff
Concerto No. 2 in C minor for Piano & Orchestra, Opus 18
Brahms
Symphony No. 2 in D major, Opus 73
PROGRAM 2: STRAVINSKY & RESPIGHI
Released October 1, 2019
Recorded September 21-22, 2018
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Karina Canellakis, conductor
Boulanger
D’un soir triste
Stravinsky
Le Sacre du printemps [The Rite of Spring] (1947 version)
Recorded November 16-18, 2018
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Jader Bignamini, Conductor
Tchaikovsky
Capriccio italien, Opus 45
Respighi
I pini di Roma [The Pines of Rome]
PROGRAM 3: GLUZMAN PLAYS TCHAIKOVSKY
Released October 8, 2019
Recorded September 28-29, 2018
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Yaniv Dinur, conductor
Vadim Gluzman, violin
Wiesenberg
Jerusalem, for symphony orchestra
Tchaikovsky
Concerto in D major for Violin & Orchestra, Opus 35
Shostakovich
Symphony No. 12 in D minor, Opus 112, “The Year 1917”
PROGRAM 4: THUNDERING ORGAN SYMPHONY
Released October 15, 2019
Recorded November 9-10, 2019
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Johannes Debus, conductor
Louis Lortie, piano
Wagner
Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Mozart
Concerto No. 27 in B-flat major for Piano & Orchestra, K. 595
Saint-Saens
Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Opus 78, “Organ Symphony”
PROGRAM 5: STRAUSS AND DVOŘÁK
Released October 22, 2019
Recorded January 18-19, 2019
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Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Frank Almond, violin
Strauss
Don Juan, Opus 20
Bartók
Deux Portraits, Opus 5 [Two Portraits]
Dvořák
Symphony No. 6 in D major, Opus 60 [old No. 1]
PROGRAM 6: TCHAIKOVSKY’S PATHETIQUE
Released October 29, 2019
Recorded January 26-27, 2019
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Joshua Weilerstein, conductor
Orli Shaham, piano
Still
Poeme for Orchestra
Bartók
Concerto No. 3 for Piano & Orchestra
Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Opus 74, “Pathetique”
PROGRAM 7: REGAL CLASSICS
Released November 5, 2019
Recorded February 8-9, 2019
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Alexander Shelley, conductor
Blake Pouliot, violin
Mendelssohn
The Hebrides Overture, Opus 26, “Fingal’s Cave”
Bruch
Scottish Fantasy for Violin & Orchestra, Opus 46
Walton
Symphony No. 1 in B-flat major [corrected 1968 version]
PROGRAM 8: RACHMANINOFF’S PAGANINI RHAPSODY
Released November 12, 2019
Recorded February 22-24, 2019
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Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor
Simon Trpceski, piano
Prokofiev
Suite from Love for Three Oranges, Opus 33a
Rachmaninoff
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Opus 43
Prokofiev
Symphony No. 7 in C-sharp minor, Opus 131
PROGRAM 9: GERMAN REQUIEM
Released November 19, 2019
Recorded March 29-30, 2019
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Eun Sun Kim, conductor
Sonora Slocum, flute
Tara Erraught, mezzo-soprano
Stephen Powell, baritone
Milwaukee Symphony Chorus
Cheryl Frazes Hill, director
Reinecke
Concerto for Flute & Orchestra, Opus 283, in D major
Brahms
Ein deutsches Requiem, Opus 45 [A German Requiem]
PROGRAM 10: DE WAART CONDUCTS MAHLER
Released November 26, 2019
Recorded April 26-27, 2019
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Edo de Waart, conductor
Mahler
Symphony No. 9 in D Major
PROGRAM 11: KAHANE PLAYS AND CONDUCTS
Released December 3, 2019
Recorded May 24-25, 2019
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Jeffrey Kahane, conductor
Jeffrey Kahane, piano
Todd Levy, clarinet
Mozart
Concerto No. 14 in E-flat major for Piano & Orchestra, K. 449
Schubert
Symphony No. 7 in B minor, D. 759, “Unfinished”
Mozart
Concerto in A major for Clarinet & Orchestra, K. 622
Strauss
Overture to Die Fledermaus
PROGRAM 12: FRENCH MASTERS
Released December 10, 2019
Recorded June 7-8, 2019
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Matthias Pintscher, conductor
Javier Perianes, piano
Matthias Pintscher
towards Osiris
Debussy
La mer
Saint-Saens
Concerto No. 5 in F major for Piano & Orchestra, Opus 103, “Egyptian”
Scriabin
The Poem of Ecstasy, Opus 54 [Symphony No. 4]
PROGRAM 13: CARMINA BURANA
Released December 17, 2019
Recorded June 21-23, 2019
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Francesco Lecce-Chong, conductor
Sarah Shafer, soprano
Derrek Stark, tenor
Hugh Russell, baritone
Milwaukee Symphony Chorus
Cheryl Frazes Hill, director
Milwaukee Children’s Choir
Lynn Swanson, director
John Adams
Doctor Atomic Symphony
Orff
Carmina burana
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