Classical Music with Shawn Evans - Wed, 06/06/2012

For the recent full moon and Venus transit, some music about both of those astronomical bodies (and the goddess Venus as well).

TimeArtistAlbumTrackWhat's This?
11:06 AM
Kelly Nassief, Richmond Symphony
live, local recording
Song fo the Moon (from Rusalka)
Composer:
Antonin Dvorak
11:16 AM
David Allen Wehr
Liszt Transcriptions from Wagner
Evening Star (from Tannhauser)
Composer:
Richard Wagner/Franz Liszt
11:23 AM
Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg
Schubert: Lieder
Der Wanderer an den Mond (The Wanderer to the Moon) D. 870
Composer:
Franz Schubert
11:26 AM
Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg
Schubert Lieder
Abdenstern (Evening Star) D. 806
Composer:
Franz Schubert
11:29 AM
Czech State Philharmonic, Jose Serebrier
Chadwick: Aphrodite etc.
Aphrodite
Composer:
George Chadwick
12:08 PM
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Clare College Chapel Choir
John Blow: Venus and Adonis
Overture and Prologue from Venus and Adonis
Composer:
John Blow
12:19 PM
National Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin
Michael Kamen: The New Moon in the Old Moon's Arms
The New Moon in the Old Moon's Arms
Composer:
Michael Kamen
01:06 PM
Wiener Philharmoniker, Andre Previn
Strauss Rosenkavalier Suite etc.
Introduction and Moonlight Music from Capriccio
Composer:
Richard Strauss
01:21 PM
Mark Clinton, Nicole Narboni
Tailleferre: Works for Two Pianos
La Nouvelle Cythere (island sacred to Venus)
Composer:
Germaine Tailleferre
01:47 PM
Philharmonia Orchestra, Antonio de Almeia
Offenbach: Overtures and Ballets
Le voyage dans la lune (Voyage to the Moon excerpts)
Composer:
Jacques Offenbach
02:06 PM
Kronos Quartet
Salome Dances for Peace
Half-Wolf Dances Mad in the Moonlight
Composer:
Terry Riley
02:16 PM
Ensemble Wien-Berlin
Spohr, Martinu
Grand Nonetto, op. 31
Composer:
Louis Spohr
02:51 PM
Michala Petri, Keith Jarrett
Bach Sonatas
Recorder Sonata BWV 1033
Composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach

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