The Vacation Connection
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Postcards from Mendelssohn & Dvorak, snaps of Debussy & Gershwin
Mendelssohn hiked through the Scottish Highlands. Saint-Saens favored Algiers. Debussy spent a quiet summer on the English coast, while Gershwin enjoyed the cosmopolitan charms of Paris. And Dvorak chose a farm town in Iowa.
Very different vacations, to be sure--but each inspired some extraordinary music.
In this hour, a tuneful tour with composers who just wanted to get away from it all.
FEATURED RECORDINGS
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Title
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Group/Artist
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Catalog #
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UPC
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Dvorak String Quartets Op. 106 & 96 [for “American” String Quartet]
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Pavel Haas Quartet
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Supraphon SU-4038-2
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099925403829
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Saint-Saens: Javotte, Rapsodie Bretonne, etc., [for
Algerian Suite]
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Monte Carlo Philharmonic, David Robertson
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Auvidis V 4688
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3298490046883
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Elgar: Wand of Youth, etc [for Three Bavarian Dances]
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London Philharmonic, Adrian Boult
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EMI CDM 7 69207 2
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07777692072
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Mendelssohn: Symphonies 1-5 [for “Scottish” Symphony]
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Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
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Deutsche Grammophon 00289 479 7337
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028947973379
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Debussy Orchestral Music [for La Mer]
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Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink
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Philips 438 742-2
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028943874229
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Serenade [for Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir of Florence]
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Metamorphosen Berlin, Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt
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Sony 88985422242
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889854222420
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Gershwin: An American In Paris
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Harmonie Ensemble New York, Steven Richman
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Harmonia Mundi HMU 907658
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093046765828
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