The Chance Connection
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![Detail from "At the Roulette Wheel in Monte Carlo," by Edvard Munch (1892)](/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,width=780/media/12272733/edvard-munch-at-the-roulette-wheel-in-monte-carloedvard-munch-at-the-roulette-wheel-in-monte-carlo.jpg)
Detail from "At the Roulette Wheel in Monte Carlo," by Edvard Munch (1892)
“You win some, you lose some,” or so goes the old saying. But a person may win very little or lose a lot—in fact, sometimes lose everything.
In this hour, taking a chance—in music by Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, Puccini, Copland, and more.
FEATURED RECORDINGS
Title |
Group/Artist |
Catalog # |
UPC |
Copland: Billy the Kid, Rodeo |
Colorado Symphony, Andrew Litton |
BIS BIS-2164 |
7318599921648 |
Mozart: Così fan Tutte |
MusicaAeterna, Teodor Currentzis |
Sony Classical 88765466162 |
887654661623 |
Manon Ballet |
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Richard Bonynge |
Decca 470 525-2 |
028947052524 |
Tchaikovsky: Suites Queen of Spades & The Voyevoda |
New Zealand Symphony, Peter Breiner |
Naxos 8.573015 |
747313301577 |
Turina - Piano Works [for El Casino de Algeciras] |
Martin Jones |
Nimbus NI1710 |
0710357171024 |
Young: Around the World in 80 Days [for Aloft Above France] |
Studio orchestra, conducted by Victor Young |
Hit Parade Records 13502 |
730531350229 |
Prokofiev - Suites from The Gambler, etc. |
Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Dima Slobodeniouk |
BIS BIS-2301 |
7318599923017 |
The Italian Intermezzo [for L’amico Fritz, by Pietro Mascagni] |
BBC Philharmonic, Gianandrea Noseda |
Chandos CHAN 10634 |
095115163429 |
Salonen Conducts Stravinsky [for Jeu de cartes - First Deal] |
Philharmonia Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen |
Sony Classical 88985369592 |
889853695928 |
Pops Plays Puccini [for Nessun Dorma! fromTurandot] |
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Erich Kunzel) |
Telarc CD-80260 |
089408026027 |