Classical Music Discoveries

Flutist Rita D’Arcangelo performs Elgar's Saluti d'Amour, Op. 12 from her album Allegro con Brio Rita’s piano accompanist is Giuliano Mazzoccante Sponsors of this show are: La Musica International Chamber Music Festival Southwest Symphony Orchestra Dennis Loeffel - Classical Essentials Flowers.FM - Sponsor of the Wagner Opera Series Book-a-Room Other Links: Advertise on Classical Music Discoveries Become a Friend of Classical Music Discoveries About our Recording Equipment Websites for Musicians Created by Musicians Grocery and Travel Coupons (save thousands of dollars) Have Your Music Played on Classical Music Discoveries Music Store - download music from our shows (without the show dialogues) Classical Essentials - FREE Classical Music (sponsored by Dennis Loeffel)

Welcome the 36th edition of La Musica Chamber Music Hour sponsored by La Musica International Chamber Music Festival in Sarasota, Florida. Be sure to visit their website at: www.LaMusicaFestival.org to learn about their 2017 Season beginning in April. In this broadcast we will be pleased to hear La Musica perform: Duo for Violin and Cello, Op. 7 by Kodaly The World Premiere of Jerry Bilik’s Quintet for Piano and Strings, Op. 30 Piano Quartet in A Major, Op. 26 by Johannes Brahms Musicians are: Claudio Cruz, Federico Agostini and Cecilia Ziano, violins Bruno Giuranna, viola Jeong Hyuon Lee and Antonio Meneses, celli Scott Faulkner, bass Derek Han, piano We wish to thank Sally Faron and the staff at La Musica International Chamber Music Festival for allowing us to broadcast their concerts worldwide. Sponsors of this show are: La Musica International Chamber Music Festival Southwest Symphony Orchestra Dennis Loeffel - Classical Essentials Flowers.FM - Sponsor of the Wagner Opera Series Book-a-Room Other Links: Advertise on Classical Music Discoveries Become a Friend of Classical Music Discoveries About our Recording Equipment Websites for Musicians Created by Musicians Grocery and Travel Coupons (save thousands of dollars) Have Your Music Played on Classical Music Discoveries Music Store - download music from our shows (without the show dialogues) Classical Essentials - FREE Classical Music (sponsored by Dennis Loeffel)

Flutist Rita D’Arcangelo performs Faure's Berceuse, Op. 16 from her album Allegro con Brio Rita’s piano accompanist is Giuliano Mazzoccante Sponsors of this show are: La Musica International Chamber Music Festival Southwest Symphony Orchestra Dennis Loeffel - Classical Essentials Flowers.FM - Sponsor of the Wagner Opera Series Book-a-Room Other Links: Advertise on Classical Music Discoveries Become a Friend of Classical Music Discoveries About our Recording Equipment Websites for Musicians Created by Musicians Grocery and Travel Coupons (save thousands of dollars) Have Your Music Played on Classical Music Discoveries Music Store - download music from our shows (without the show dialogues) Classical Essentials - FREE Classical Music (sponsored by Dennis Loeffel)

Flutist Rita D’Arcangelo performs Rossini's La Danza from her album Allegro con Brio Rita’s piano accompanist is Giuliano Mazzoccante Sponsors of this show are: La Musica International Chamber Music Festival Southwest Symphony Orchestra Dennis Loeffel - Classical Essentials Flowers.FM - Sponsor of the Wagner Opera Series Book-a-Room Other Links: Advertise on Classical Music Discoveries Become a Friend of Classical Music Discoveries About our Recording Equipment Websites for Musicians Created by Musicians Grocery and Travel Coupons (save thousands of dollars) Have Your Music Played on Classical Music Discoveries Music Store - download music from our shows (without the show dialogues) Classical Essentials - FREE Classical Music (sponsored by Dennis Loeffel)

In this broadcast we welcome Italian flutist, Rita D’Arcangelo to the Classical Music Discoveries’ family. Rita, born in Italy, began her flute studies at the State Conservatory of Music in Pescara, where she graduated with distinction, studying with Sandro Carbone.  She holds degrees from the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, The International Academy of Music in Milan and the Hochschule fur Musik in Mannheim. It was her privilege to participate in the first Italian masterclass held by James Galway and has since attended Galway’s masterclasses in Italy and Switzerland. To learn more about Rita and her extensive accomplishments and awards, please visit her website at RitaDarcangelo.com. In this broadcast, we will be pleased to hear Rita perform: Cesar Franck: Sonata in A Major Sergei Prokofiev: Sonata in D Major, Op. 94 Rita’s piano accompanist is Giuliano Mazzoccante Sponsors of this show are: La Musica International Chamber Music Festival Southwest Symphony Orchestra Dennis Loeffel - Classical Essentials Flowers.FM - Sponsor of the Wagner Opera Series Book-a-Room Other Links: Advertise on Classical Music Discoveries Become a Friend of Classical Music Discoveries About our Recording Equipment Websites for Musicians Created by Musicians Grocery and Travel Coupons (save thousands of dollars) Have Your Music Played on Classical Music Discoveries Music Store - download music from our shows (without the show dialogues) Classical Essentials - FREE Classical Music (sponsored by Dennis Loeffel)

Classical Music Discoveries' producer, Ken Hedgecock, conducts the Staatskapelle Dresden performing several waltzes by Tchaikovsky. Waltzes are from Symphonies 3,5,6; ballets Nutcracker, Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty and other works. Order now at: https://www.facebook.com/commerce/products/1001739549880832/ Price: $9.99 USD

Welcome the 35th edition of La Musica Chamber Music Hour sponsored by La Musica International Chamber Music Festival in Sarasota, Florida. Be sure to visit their website at: www.LaMusicaFestival.org to learn about their 2017 Season beginning in April. In this broadcast we will be pleased to hear La Musica perform: The Jet Whistle by Villa-Lobos Piano Quintet in C minor by Ralph Vaughan-Williams String Quintet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 111 by Johannes Brahms Musicians are: Carol Wincenc - flute Federico Agostini, Claudio Cruz and Cecilia Ziano - violins Hsin-Yun, Bruno Giuranna - violas Antonio Meneses, Jeong Hyuoun Lee - cellos Scott Faulkner - bass Derek Han - piano We wish to thank Sally Faron and the staff at La Musica International Chamber Music Festival for allowing us to broadcast their concerts worldwide. Sponsors of this show are: La Musica International Chamber Music Festival Southwest Symphony Orchestra Dennis Loeffel - Classical Essentials Flowers.FM - Sponsor of the Wagner Opera Series Book-a-Room Other Links: Advertise on Classical Music Discoveries Become a Friend of Classical Music Discoveries About our Recording Equipment Websites for Musicians Created by Musicians Grocery and Travel Coupons (save thousands of dollars) Have Your Music Played on Classical Music Discoveries Music Store - download music from our shows (without the show dialogues) Classical Essentials - FREE Classical Music (sponsored by Dennis Loeffel)

Our 3-year project of producing and recording all 20 of Verdi's operas comes to a close! Aroldo is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, based on and adapted from their earlier 1850 collaboration, Stiffelio. The first performance was given in the Teatro Nuovo Comunale in Rimini on 16 August 1857. Sponsors of this show are: La Musica International Chamber Music Festival Southwest Symphony Orchestra Dennis Loeffel - Classical Essentials Other Links: Advertise on Classical Music Discoveries Become a Friend of Classical Music Discoveries About our Recording Equipment Websites for Musicians Created by Musicians Grocery and Travel Coupons (save thousands of dollars) Sousa Fundraising Have Your Music Played on Classical Music Discoveries Music Store - download music from our shows (without the show dialogues) Classical Essentials - FREE Classical Music (sponsored by Dennis Loeffel)

Every season the Southwest Symphony Orchestra features youth soloists in the “Salute to Youth” concert.  This concert features young classical musicians in the Southern Utah area and never fails to disappoint audience all over the world through our broadcasts. This year’s  youth soloists and music selections are: Adam Costello, piano, performing Ravel’s “Piano Concerto in G Major - Allegremente” Sabrena Scheffel, cello, performing Saint-Saens’ “Allegro Appassionato in B minor for Cello, Op. 43” Rachel Kaneversky, clarinet, performing Weber’s “Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F minor, Op. 73 - Allegro moderato” Teague Lawrence, violin, performing Wieniawski’s “Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 22 - Allegro moderato” Aubrey Aikele, piano, performs Mendelssohn’s “Piano Concerto No 2, Op. 40 - Allegro appassionato” Violinists Audrey Godfrey and Aly Candland team up to perform Sarasate’s “Navarra for Two Violins, Op.33” The concert concludes with an exceptional performance by Abigail Clark of Prokofiev’s “Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 63 - Allegro moderato” To watch high definition videos of each of these performances, please visit the Southwest Symphony Orchestra playlist on YouTube or visit the orchestra’s website at www.SouthwestSymphony.co.  A CD of this concert is also available at www.ClassicalRecordings.co First, the concert opens with Smetana’s “Dance of the Comedians” from “The Bartered Bride.” The concert is conducted by Maestro Gary Caldwell. Sponsors of this show are: La Musica International Chamber Music Festival Southwest Symphony Orchestra Dennis Loeffel - Classical Essentials Other Links: Advertise on Classical Music Discoveries Become a Friend of Classical Music Discoveries About our Recording Equipment Websites for Musicians Created by Musicians Grocery and Travel Coupons (save thousands of dollars) Sousa Fundraising Have Your Music Played on Classical Music Discoveries Music Store - download music from our shows (without the show dialogues) Classical Essentials - FREE Classical Music (sponsored by Dennis Loeffel)

La Musica International Chamber Music Festival begins on April 4th!  If you haven’t already done so, please visit their website at www.LaMusicaFestival.org to purchase your tickets.  You will NOT want to miss out on their landmark 30th Anniversary. In this month’s edition of La Musica Chamber Music Hour, we are pleased to hear: Beethoven: “String Quintet in C Major, Op. 29” Harbison: “Twilight Music for Horn, Violin and Piano” Dvorak: “Piano Trio No. 3 in F minor, Op. 65” Performers are: Federico Agostini Claudio Cruz Daniel Avshalomov Bruno Giuranna Julie Albers Eric Ruske Jennifer Frautschi Derek Han Antonio Meneses Sponsors of this show are: La Musica International Chamber Music Festival Southwest Symphony Orchestra Dennis Loeffel - Classical Essentials Other Links: Advertise on Classical Music Discoveries Become a Friend of Classical Music Discoveries About our Recording Equipment Websites for Musicians Created by Musicians Grocery and Travel Coupons (save thousands of dollars) Sousa Fundraising Have Your Music Played on Classical Music Discoveries Music Store - download music from our shows (without the show dialogues) Classical Essentials - FREE Classical Music (sponsored by Dennis Loeffel)

1228 Beth LevinPersonae Beth Levin is no stranger to our listening audience.  A child prodigy, Beth made her debut performance with the Philadelphia Orchestra at the age of 12.   Beth has since appeared as a concerto soloist with major symphony orchestras all over the world. For more information on Beth, please visit her website at www.BethLevinPiano.com For this broadcast we are pleased to feature one of Beth’s latest CDs called Personae featuring music by Chopin, Eliason and Schumann. First we will hear “Dances of the League of David, Op. 6” by Robert Schumann.  This is a highly personal biographic work of his split personality and mood swings. Next we will hear “Disegno 2 for Piano” by Anders Eliasson. The concluding work is the famous “Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 35” by Chopin. To purchase this and other CDs by Beth Levin, please visit Amazon or Itunes. Sponsors of this show are: La Musica International Chamber Music Festival Southwest Symphony Orchestra Dennis Loeffel - Classical Essentials Other Links: Advertise on Classical Music Discoveries Become a Friend of Classical Music Discoveries About our Recording Equipment Websites for Musicians Created by Musicians Grocery and Travel Coupons (save thousands of dollars) Sousa Fundraising Have Your Music Played on Classical Music Discoveries Music Store - download music from our shows (without the show dialogues) Classical Essentials - FREE Classical Music (sponsored by Dennis Loeffel)

The 1980s were a fun, exciting time in pop culture ... and especially at the movies! 1985 in particular was a cultural lynchpin for a whole generation. We traveled through time in Back to the Future, hunted for treasure with The Goonies and hung with friends in St. Elmo’s Fire. Throughout this year – one film after another of these iconic movies have been celebrating their 30th anniversaries. The Goonies, which originally opened on June 7, 1985 celebrated with a fan-week in Astoria,Oregon, with many events and lots of media coverage. Brat Pack spoke to a whole generation in St. Elmo’s Fire, and this film reaching 30 inspired many press stories looking back on the time and the movement. And the biggest film of 1985 … Back To The Future has received worldwide attention for its Back To The Future Day. In fact, on October 21, Doc and Marty were on the front page of almost every newspaper in the world!1985 AT THE MOVIES brings them all together! This is the soundtrack of the era … the soundtrack of the year, for 1985!The five scores nominated for the Academy Award were Out of Africa by John Barry, Agnes of God by Georges Delerue, The Color Purple by Quincy Jones, Silverado by Bruce Broughton and Witness by Maurice Jarre. The winner was Out of Africa, but they are all here, and together for the first time! James Horner composed one of his most-loved scores for Ron Howard’s Cocoon and Michael Kamen composed an absolute masterpiece for Terry Gilliam’s acclaimed satire Brazil. 1985 saw John Barry compose his second to last James Bond score for A View To A Kill. The music for Rambo: First Blood Part II was one of Jerry Goldsmith’s biggest hit of all time!To record this amazing collection of great film music from 1985 we created the Varèse Sarabande Symphony Orchestra, an all-star orchestra made up of the best musicians in Los Angeles. We also included an astounding group of brilliant soloists, including flutist Sara Andon, violinists Belinda Broughton and Bruce Dukov, pianist Mike Lang, saxophonist Dan Higgins and singer Bobbi Page, among others. To conduct this astounding group of musicians we had the great composer David Newman! The entire project was produced by Robert Townson, who also wrote the detailed booklet of liner notes.To this day, now thirty years later, we instantly return to 1985 when we hear any of these scores. How we cherish those days, and the memories of seeing these films for the first time … some with our best friends, some with family, some with early or even first girlfriends and boyfriends. One of the biggest entertainment stories of 2015 was looking back to 1985 and remembering what a great year it was at the movies! 1. Back To The Future - Music by Alan Silvestri2. The Goonies - Music by Dave Grusin3. St. Elmo’s Fire — Love Theme - Music by David Foster, (Mike Lang - piano)4. Legend — Re-United - Music by Jerry Goldsmith, Lyrics by John Bettis, (Suzanne Waters - vocal)5. Return to Oz - Music by David Shire, (Bruce Dukov - violin, Steve Erdody - cello)6. Lifeforce - Music by Henry Mancini7. Revolution - Music by John Corigliano, (Sara Andon - flute)8. Cocoon - Music by James Horner9. A View To A Kill - Music by John Barry, (Sara Andon - flute)10. The Color Purple - Music by Quincy Jones, Arranged by John Williams, (Belinda Broughton - violin)11. Witness — Building The Barn - Music by Maurice Jarre12. Agnes of God - Music by Georges Delerue, (Sara Andon - flute)13. Silverado - Music by Bruce Broughton14. Out of Africa - Music by John Barry15. Brazil - Music by Michael Kamen16. Rambo: First Blood Part II - Music by Jerry GoldsmithProduced by Robert TownsonVarèse Sarabande Symphony Orchestra Conducted by David Newman Sponsors of this show are: La Musica International Chamber Music Festival Southwest Symphony Orchestra Dennis Loeffel - Classical Essentials Other Links: Advertis(continued)

Turandot is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini, completed by Franco Alfano, set to a libretto in Italian by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni. Though Puccini's first interest in the subject was based on his reading of Friedrich Schiller's adaptation of the play, his work is most nearly based on the earlier text Turandot by Carlo Gozzi. The original story is based on the epic Turan-Dokht from the book Haft-Peykar, work of 12th-century Persian poet Nizami. The opera's story is set in China and involves Prince Calàf, who falls in love with the cold Princess Turandot. To obtain permission to marry her, a suitor has to solve three riddles; any false answer results in death. Calàf passes the test, but Turandot still hesitates to marry him. He offers her a way out: he agrees to die should she be able to guess his real name. The opera was unfinished at the time of Puccini's death in 1924, and was completed by Franco Alfano in 1926. The first performance was held at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan on 25 April 1926 and conducted by Arturo Toscanini. This performance included only Puccini's music and not Alfano's additions. The first performance of the opera as completed by Alfano was the following night, 26 April, although it is disputed whether this was conducted by Toscanini again or by Ettore Panizza. Puccini's Turandot is sponsored, in part, by QR Radio. Order Turandot below. This recording is available by Digital Download or shipped to you on 3 CDs. Select format and shipping Digital Download $5.99 USD CDs w/ USA Shipping $19.99 USD CDs w/ International Shipping $29.99 USD

Many of our listeners will ask Ken what’s on his playlist? Just a few years ago if you had asked that, people would be wondering, “What are you talking about?” My have the times changed with today’s modern electronics and so has our vocabulary grown to reflect the advancement of today’s modern high tech gadgets. So in answer to everyone’s question, we present to you a broadcast made exclusively of Ken’s 5-star classical playlist. Probably a great many numbers you will recognize, but maybe some are not too familiar to you. Don’t worry, we’ll list the name of each piece as it is being played. Also by clicking on the name of each piece, you will be take over to our CD store so you can order Ken’s playlist for yourself as a digital download for only $1.99! So now we are pleased to bring to you - Ken’s 5-star Playlist Order the music used for this broadcast below:

The Symphony No. 6 in A minor by Gustav Mahler, sometimes referred to as the Tragic, was composed between 1903 and 1904. The work's first performance was in Essen, Germany, on May 27, 1906, conducted by the composer. The tragical ending of No. 6 has been seen as unexpected, given that the symphony was composed at what was apparently an exceptionally happy time in Mahler's life: he had married Alma Schindler in 1902, and during the course of the work's composition his second daughter was born. The symphony is far from the most popular of Mahler's works. Statistics compiled by the League of American Orchestras show that over the seven seasons in the U.S. and Canada ending with 2008-2009, the symphony was programmed considerably less often than Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 4, and 5. However, both Alban Berg and Anton Webern praised it when they first heard it: for Berg it was "the only sixth, despite the Pastoral"; while Webern actually conducted it on more than one occasion. We are sure you will find this recording by the CMD Philharmonic of Paris one of the best performances of this symphony. You can purchase a digital or CD recording of this symphony below: Choose format and shipping option Digital Download only $9.99 USD 2 CDs w/US Shipping $19.99 USD 2 CDs w/International Shipping $29.99 USD