KBAQ 89.5 FM - CD of the Week

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.

American clarinetist Jon Manasse plays music by Mozart & Spohr - KBAQ 89.5 FM

music@kbaq.org — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 02:43:16 +0000

KBAQ Music Director Sterling Beeaff reviews a refreshing new recording by American clarinetist Jon Manasse with conductor Gerard Schwarz and the Seattle Symphony.

Israeli composer Avner Dorman's concertos for mandolin, piccolo, piano, and concerto grosso - KBAQ 89.5 FM

music@kbaq.org — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 19:24:32 +0000

KBAQ Music Director Sterling Beeaff reviews a Naxos recording of concertos by Avner Dorman.

Nikolaj Znaider tackles Elgar's violin concerto - KBAQ 89.5 FM

music@kbaq.org — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 02:46:07 +0000

Sterling Beeaff reviews a performance of Sir Edward Elgar's violin concerto featuring soloist Nikolaj Znaider, Staatskapelle Dresden, and conductor Sir Colin Davis.

KBAQ CD of the Week Retrospective - KBAQ 89.5 FM

music@kbaq.org — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 21:38:04 +0000

Enjoy a journey through past KBAQ CDs of the Week, including performances by pianist Louis Lortie, violinist Lara St. John, Trio Settecento, narrator Stephen Fry, and conductor Sandor Vegh. Music includes works by Margo Guryan, Felix Mendelssohn, Johan Svendsen, Giuseppe Martucci, Franz Schubert, and Astor Piazzolla.

Note: no audio feature this week

The Manchester Carols -- verse by Carol Ann Duffy; music by Sasha Johnson Manning - KBAQ 89.5 FM

music@kbaq.org — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 19:08:47 +0000
The Manchester Carols were written in 2007 by British Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy and composer Sasha Johnson Manning, and performed on the CD of the Week by the Manchester Carollers with Richard Tanner leading the Northern Chamber Orchestra.

'A Chatman Christmas' -- choral music of Stephen Chatman - KBAQ 89.5 FM

music@kbaq.org — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 18:51:16 +0000
Sterling Beeaff celebrates the season with "A Chatman Christmas", featuring the University of British Columbia Singers led by Bruce Pullan.