The Winter Connection 2
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Andrew Wyeth, "Not Plowed," watercolor on paper, 1985
American painter Andrew Wyeth called winter a time “when you feel the bone structure of the landscape. Something waits beneath it; the whole story doesn't show.”
That’s often true of music inspired by the season, as well. We’ve highlighted some of it in another program, but there’s still lots more to share.
And so we present a second celebration of winter in music--by Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, Debussy, Holst, Piazzolla, and more.
FEATURED RECORDINGS
Title |
Group/Artist |
Catalog # |
UPC |
Debussy: Complete Works for Piano, Vol. 3 |
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet |
Chandos CHAN 10467 |
095115146729 |
Prokofiev: Music for Children [for Winter Bonfire: Waltz on the Ice] |
New London Orchestra, Ronald Corp |
Helios CDH55177 |
034571151779 |
Tchaikovsky: Symphonies 1, 2 & 5 [for Symphony No. 1, “Winter Daydreams”] |
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Vasily Petrenko |
Onyx ONYX4150 |
880040415022 |
Schickele: String Quartets & Piano Quintet [for String Quartet No. 5. “Winter Goodbye”] |
Audubon Quartet |
Centaur CRC 2505 |
675754284121 |
Offenbach Romantique,[for Grand Ballet of the Snowflakes] |
Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski |
Archiv Produktion 477 6403 |
028947764038 |
Korngold: Orchestral Works, 1-4, Vol. 1 [for the Prelude and Serenade from The Snowman] |
Northwest German Philharmonic, Werner Andreas Albert |
CPO 999 150-2 |
761203915026 |
Holst: Cotswold Symphony etc. [for A Winter Idyll] |
Ulster Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta |
Naxos 8.572914 |
747313291472 |
MacDowell: Piano Music, Vol. 1 [for “Mid-winter,” from New England Idyls] |
James Barbagallo |
Naxos 8.559010 |
636943901021 |
Raff: Symphony No. 8 & 11 [for Symphony No. 11, “Winter”] |
Philharmonia Hungarica, Werner Andreas Albert |
CPO 999 536-2 |
761203953622 |
The 12 Seasons [for “Winter,” from Astor Piazzolla’s’ The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires] |
David Aaron Carpenter, Salome Chamber Orchestra |
Warner Classics 0825646486953 |
825646486953 |