Our Great Classics

A bi-weekly look at this great music we call classical. An eclectic mix of great classics, be they from releases of last week or the last century. A new podcast every second Tuesday. A creation of Vas Pollakis and Thom McKercher.

Podcast 2 - December 9, 2008

Podcast 1 - November 3, 2008

1. Rossini: La Gazza Ladra Overture
Tullio Serafin Rome Opera Orchestra
Available on Rossini Weekend DG 4776096 or on DG Webshop

2. J. S. Bach: Fugue BWV 846
Emerson String Quartet
Available on Bach Fugues DG 4777458 or on DG Webshop

3. Webern: Passacaglia for Orchestra
Herbert von Karajan Berlin Philharmonic
DG 4577602 or on DG Webshop

4. Berlioz: Soldiers’ Chorus and Students’ Song from the “Damnation of Faust”
Igor Markevitch Lamoureux Orch. Brasseur Choir
Available on DG 4636732 or on DG Webshop

5. Beethoven: Cavatina from the String Quartet Op. 130
Emerson String Quartet
Avaialbe on Beethoven The Late String Quartets DG 4743412 or on Dg Webshop

6. Henze: Symphony No. 1
Second Movement
Hans Werner Henze Berlin Philharmonic
Available on DG Webshop

7. Haydn: Symphony No. 88
4th movement opening from 00:00 to 00:26
Leonard Bernstein Vienna Philharmonic
Available on DG 4749192 or DG webshop

8. Haydn: Symphony No. 88
3rd movement opening from 00:00 to 00:30
Karl Bohm Vienna Philharmonic

9. Haydn: Symphony No. 88
3rd & 4th movements
Wilhelm Furtwangler Berlin Philharmonic
Available on DG 4749982 or on DG Web Shop