The River Connection 2
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Cargo ships pass along the Mississippi River in New Orleans, Louisiana
“The flow of a river is endless, and its water is never the same,” wrote a 13th century Japanese poet.
Composers, too, have been inspired by the varied nature of the rivers they knew. We’ve featured some in another program—but like a river’s flow, there’s always more to come along.
In this hour, music celebrating the German Rhine, the Mississippi, the Thames in England, the Red River in Texas, and more.
FEATURED RECORDINGS
| Title |
Group/Artist |
Catalog # |
UPC |
| Handel: Water Music |
Gottingen Festival Orchestra, Laurence Cummings |
Accent ACC 26407 |
4015023264076 |
| Price: Mississippi River Suite |
Women’s Philharmonic, Apo Hsu |
Koch 3-7518-2 HI |
099923751823 |
| Schumann: Complete Symphonies [for “Rhenish”] |
Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra, John Elliot Gardner |
Archiv Produktion 289 457 591-2 |
028945759128 |
| The Ring: An Orchestral Adventure, [for Das Rheingold] |
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, Edo De Waart |
RCA Red Seal 74321 447842 |
743214478424 |
| Abbado Conducts Mussorgsky [for Khovanshchina Prelude: "Dawn on the Moscow River"] |
London Symphony, Claudio Abbado, |
RCA Gold Seal 61354 |
09026613542 |
| Grainger: Orchestral Works 3 [for “Spoon River”] |
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Hickox |
Chandos CHAN 9839 |
095115163825 |
| Schubert: Piano Quintet in A major, “The Trout”. |
Andras Schiff and members of the Hagen Quartet |
Decca 411 975-2 |
028941197528 |
| Finzi: Introit, etc [for A Severn Rhapsody, by Gerald Finzi] |
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Adrian Boult |
Lyrita SRCD 239 |
5020926023926 |
| The Western Film World of Dimitri Tiomkin [for Red River] |
London Studio Symphony Orchestra, Laurie Johnson |
Unicorn-Kanchana UKCD2011 |
5016908201123 |
