The Solar Connection
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“An almost perfectly spherical star, consisting of hot plasma, interwoven with magnetic fields,” says Wikipedia.
French poet Arthur Rimbaud put it this way: “The hearth of affection and life,” pouring “burning love on the delighted earth.”
In other words, the sun.
In this hour, a journey from dawn to dusk in music by Vivaldi, Liszt, Grieg, Strauss, Respighi, and more.
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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Gilbert & Sullivan: The Mikado
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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royston Nash
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Decca 000018402
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028947364429
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Delius: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring [for A Song Before Sunrise]
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Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner
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London 421 390-2
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028942139022
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Strauss: Alpine Symphony
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Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lorin Maazel
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RCA Red Seal 57128
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743215712824
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Greig: Peer Gynt
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Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi
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Virgin Classics 7243 5 4522 2 7
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72435452227
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D’Indy: Orchestral works Vol. 3 [for Diptyque Mediterraneen, I. Soleil Matinal]
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Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Rumon Gamba
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Chandos CHAN 10585
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095115158524
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English Country Dances, [for The Glory of the Sun]
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Paul O’Dette, Andrew Lawrence-King, and David Douglass
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Classical Express HCX 3957186
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713746718626
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Gossec: Le Triomphe De La Republique
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I Barocchisti, Diego Fasolis
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Chandos CHAN 0727
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095115072721
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Gilson: The Sea (for break & closing music)
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Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Frederic Devreese
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Naxos 8.553602
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730099460224
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Rameau: Les Indes Galantes
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Les Arts Florissants, William Christie
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Harmonia Mundi HMC 901368
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093046136727
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Liszt: From Canticle of the Sun
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Leslie Howard
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Hyperion CDA66694
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034571166940
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Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
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Janine Jansen & ensemble
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Archiv Produktion 028947709824
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028947709824
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Respighi Album [for The Fountains of Rome]
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London Symphony Orchestra, Lamberto Gardelli
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EMI Classics 5865492
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724358654929
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Grofe: Grand Canyon Suite
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Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Lorin Maazel
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Sony SK 52491
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07464524912
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