KBAQ 89.5 FM - CD of the Week

Piano sonatas and sonatinas of Ferdinand Ries - KBAQ 89.5 FM

music@kbaq.org — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:22:50 +0000

Pianist Susan Kagan performs music written by Beethoven's friend and pupil Ferdinand Ries.

Conductor Pierre Boulez and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra perform Stravinsky - KBAQ 89.5 FM

music@kbaq.org — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:39:21 +0000

Boulez leads the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in Stravinsky's Symphony in Three Movements, Four Etudes, and Pulcinella.

Stile Antico sings liturgical works by John Sheppard - KBAQ 89.5 FM

music@kbaq.org — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 18:46:24 +0000

The young singers of Stile Antico perform the work of a neglected Tudor master, John Sheppard.

Note: no audio feature for this week.

The versatile viol - KBAQ 89.5 FM

music@kbaq.org — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 18:29:25 +0000
Tina Chancey plays Jean-Marie Leclair's violin sonatas on the pardessus de viole in a new recording from Hesperus/Golden Apple Recordings.

Wife-and-husband ASU faculty artists Katherine McLin and Andrew Campbell - KBAQ 89.5 FM

music@kbaq.org — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 19:20:15 +0000
In the recording "Beau Soir", the McLin/Campbell Duo explores French violin-piano music of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This recording was locally recorded and produced, and it's available on the Tempe-based Summit Records label.

Perlman, Ma, & Ax play Mendelssohn - KBAQ 89.5 FM

music@kbaq.org — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:36:41 +0000
KBAQ Music Director Sterling Beeaff reviews a new CD of Mendelssohn's piano trios in a surprising first-time recording collaboration between three classical music superstars. Cellist Yo-Yo Ma, violinist Itzhak Perlman, and pianist Emanuel Ax joined forces to commemorate the Mendelssohn bicentennial.

Leonard Slatkin conducts the Detroit Symphony Orchestra in works by Rachmaninoff - KBAQ 89.5 FM

music@kbaq.org — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 21:23:37 +0000
Conductor Leonard Slatkin leads the Detroit Symphony Orchestra in Rachmaninoff's second symphony and "Vocalise" in a new live recording chosen by KBAQ's music director, Sterling Beeaff.