Music Matters: New and Old, Week I

Contemporary works that examine the music of the past.

Schoenberg/Brahms Piano Quartet IVmvt 4: Rondo alla zingarese: Presto. London Symphony Orchestra, cond. Neeme Järvi (CHANDOS) [dur. 9’34”]

Luciano Berio: Rendering Mvt I, Allegro. London Symphony Orchestra. Luciano Berio, cond. (BMG) [10’58]

Sciarrino Le Voci Sottovetro (the Voices Behind Glass), Mvt. 4. “Moro, Lasso" 4’50
I die, alas, of pain.
O cruel fate, that who could grant me life, gives me death instead.
Ensemble Recherche. Sonia Turchetta, mezzo-soprano (DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON)

Mauricio Kagel, Music for Renaissance Instruments, excerpt [4’]
Collegium Instrumentale, conducted by the composer (KAIROS)

Airdate: 
Wednesday, December 9, 2015