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Happy Birthday!
This piece, along with a performance at a famous exhibition, made the name of its composer. It also helped establish him has one of the masters of this musical style. We used to think that he had been born in November of a certain year, but records show that he was actually born at some point in the six months prior to January of that same year…
Music on this episode
Henry Purcell “Come ye sons of art, away”; “Sound the trumpet, sound” English Concert/Trevor Pinnock Purcell: Dido & Aeneas; King Arthur; Dioclesian; Timon of Athens; 3 Odes Archiv Prod Import
(2003)
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Aaron Copland Piano Variations Robert Weirich Piano Music of Aaron Copland Albany Records
(2008)
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Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) String Quartet, op. 76/3, mvt. 2 Kumho String Quartet Kumho Asiana String Quartet plays Haydn, Ravel, Dvorak Delos
(1996)
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John Tavener Birthday Sleep Polyphony/Stephen Layton John Tavener: Schuon Hymnen; The Second Coming; Exhortations and Kohima Hyperion UK
(2004)
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Elliott Carter What Next?: Excerpt Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra/Peter Eötvös Elliot Carter: What Next? ECM New Series
(2003)
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Thomas Tallis (1505-1585) Spem in Alium Peter Phillips/The Tallis Scholars Tallis: Spem in Alium Gimell UK
(2001)
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Robert Schumann (1810-1856) A Woman’s Life and Love: “Since I first saw him” Janet Baker, mezzo-soprano; Daniel Barenboim, piano Janet Baker sings Ravel: Sheherazade; Chausson; Duparc; Schumann; Brahms Angel Records
(1996)
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Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992) The Nativity of Our Lord: The Eternal Destiny; Angels Jennifer Bate Olivier Messiaen - The Celestial Banquet, Nativity of the Lord Jade/Milan Records
(2006)
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Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) String Quartet No. 2; “For Jean on her Birthday,” mvt. 4 Maggini Quartet Vaughan Williams: Phantasy Quintet/String Quartets 1 & 2 Naxos
(2001)
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Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826) Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F minor Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra/ Johannes Wildner Weber: Clarinet Concertos - Concertino Naxos
(1994)
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Scott Joplin (1868-1917) The Maple Leaf Rag Andre Russo, p. Dirty Little Secret Endeavor Classics
(2007)
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Edmund Rubbra (1901-1986) A Tribute for Ralph Vaughan-Williams on His 70th Birthday for orchestra Bournemouth Sinfonietta/ Hans-Hubert Schonzeler Rubbra: Symphony No.10 / A Tribute / Improvisations on Virginal Pieces by Giles Farnaby Chandos
(2008)
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