Date	Title
16 Nov 2009	Podcast: William Schuman - Prayer in a Time of War Listen to podcast When he graduated from high school, William Schuman enrolled in New York University with every intention of doing a commerce degree. Then his sister took him to a New York Philharmonic concert conducted by Arturo Toscanini. That very night, he decided to become a composer. Schuman went on to become one of the most important American composers and composition teachers of the 20th century. He was president of Julliard School, President of Lincoln Centre in New York, and the composer of eight major symphonies. This podcast looks at a new recording of his Symphony No. 6, Prayer in a Time of War, and New England Tryptich, with the Seattle Symphony conducted by Gerard Schwarz. Album details… Catalogue No.: Naxos 8.559625 Subscribe to Podcast: Enhanced* \| Regular \| iTunes Store Download this Episode: AAC* \| MP3 * enhanced version of the podcast contains chapter markers and cover art. About Raymond Bisha
10 Nov 2009	Podcast: Bohuslav Martinu’s Piano Concertos Listen to podcast Czech-born composer Bohuslav Martinu was born in a church tower in Policka, Bohemia in 1890. He became a student in the Prague Conservatory, and played with the Czech Philharmonic before moving to Paris to study composition. When World War Two broke out, he fled Europe and moved to the United States where he taught at the Mannes School of Music in New York. All the while, he composed incessantly - including the two piano concertos on this disc. Performers include pianist Robert Kolinsky, conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy, and Sinfonieorchester Basel. Album details… Catalogue No.: Ondine ODE 1158-2 Subscribe to Podcast: Enhanced* \| Regular \| iTunes Store Download this Episode: AAC* \| MP3 * enhanced version of the podcast contains chapter markers and cover art. About Raymond Bisha
10 Nov 2009	Podcast: Le Voyage Dans La Lune Listen to podcast Between 1902 and 1904, French film director Georges Melies made Le Voyage Dans La Lune, the world’s first science fiction film. In this CD + DVD project, composer/conductor Robert Ian Winstin has asked four different composers including himself, “Professor Louie Hurwitz, James Guymon and Don Myers to each write their own original soundtracks for this film. The result is four soundtracks that couldn’t be more different - and more effective. Album details… Catalogue No.: ERM Media Film Subscribe to Podcast: Enhanced* \| Regular \| iTunes Store Download this Episode: AAC* \| MP3 * enhanced version of the podcast contains chapter markers and cover art. About Raymond Bisha
04 Nov 2009	Podcast: To The Four Corners with Huang Ruo Listen to podcast Huang Ruo was born in Hainan Island, China the same year the Cultural Revolution ended. This allowed him to get a unique kind of musical education as “western” music was again allowed back into China. This experience, along with his subsequent study in the United States, has helped him develop a unique compositional voice. In this podcast, he talks about his musical youth, and about his new CD with Future in REverse (FIRE) ensemble. Album details… Catalogue No.: Naxos 8.559653 Subscribe to Podcast: Enhanced* \| Regular \| iTunes Store Download this Episode: AAC* \| MP3 * enhanced version of the podcast contains chapter markers and cover art. About Raymond Bisha
02 Nov 2009	Podcast: Don Giovanni … for string quartet Listen to podcast Since the first performance of Mozart’s opera Don Giovanni, there has been a steady stream of arrangements of the piece. By the end of the 19th century, there were already more than 600 published arrangements. Some were note very good, but others, such as the music featured in this podcast, were excellent. On this CD, Quatour Franz Joseph performs an arrangement of Don Giovanni for string quartet, made sometime around 1800. Album details… Catalogue No.: ATMA ACD22559 Subscribe to Podcast: Enhanced* \| Regular \| iTunes Store Download this Episode: AAC* \| MP3 * enhanced version of the podcast contains chapter markers and cover art. About Raymond Bisha
28 Oct 2009	Podcast: Carlo Gesualdo, composer, murderer Listen to podcast Carlo Gesualdo, Prince of Venosa, was one of the more colorful characters among Italian Renaissance composers. He wrote unusual and highly emotional music, and he was a murderer. This podcast looks at both his personal life (sometimes gruesome) as well as his music. Music by Gesualdo’s fellow composers Pomponio Nenna and Luzzasco Luzzaschi is also included. The featured artists in this podcast, and on the CD are Concerto Italiano conducted by Rinaldo Alessandrini. Album details… Catalogue No.: Naive OP30486 Subscribe to Podcast: Enhanced* \| Regular \| iTunes Store Download this Episode: AAC* \| MP3 * enhanced version of the podcast contains chapter markers and cover art. About Raymond Bisha
26 Oct 2009	Podcast: Morten Lauridsen’s Choral Music Listen to podcast Morten Lauridsen is America’s pre-eminent composer of choral music. His music, with long, arching, expressive lines is enjoyed by performers and audiences alike. In the CD featured in this podcast, the Elora Festival Singers under conductor Noel Edison present five of his pieces - O nata lux and O Magnum Mysterium, two of his most famous sacred works, plus collections of songs based on Italian Renaissance poetry, as well as poems by Robert Graves and Rainer Marie Rilke. Album details… Catalogue No.: Naxos 8.559304 Subscribe to Podcast: Enhanced* \| Regular \| iTunes Store Download this Episode: AAC* \| MP3 * enhanced version of the podcast contains chapter markers and cover art. About Raymond Bisha
19 Oct 2009	Podcast: Eliesha Nelson plays Quincy Porter Listen to podcast Although Quincy Porter is better known as a teacher, he was also a fine composer, violist and conductor. A rediscovery of his music is overdue, and what better place to start than with this CD of his complete viola music, with Eliesha Nelson, recording artist and member of the Cleveland Orchestra. This CD also features John McLaughlin Williams as conductor, pianist and violinist, harpist Douglas Rioth, and the Northwest Sinfonia. Album details… Catalogue No.: Dorian Sono Luminus DSL-90911 Subscribe to Podcast: Enhanced* \| Regular \| iTunes Store Download this Episode: AAC* \| MP3 * enhanced version of the podcast contains chapter markers and cover art. About Raymond Bisha
13 Oct 2009	Podcast: The Masses of Joseph Haydn Listen to podcast Over the course of his 73 years, Franz Joseph Haydn wrote a huge amount of music, including more than a dozen Masses. This podcast looks at those masses, and a new recording by Trinity Church Choir, REBEL Baroque Orchestra, J.Owen Burdick and Jane Glover. Album details… Catalogue No.: Naxos 8.508009 Subscribe to Podcast: Enhanced* \| Regular \| iTunes Store Download this Episode: AAC* \| MP3 * enhanced version of the podcast contains chapter markers and cover art. About Raymond Bisha
06 Oct 2009	Podcast: David Aaron Carpenter plays Elgar and Schnittke Listen to podcast With his CD of Elgar’s Cello Concerto, and Alfred Schnittke’s Viola Concerto, New York-based violist David Aaron Carpenter puts himself onstage as one of the leading violists of the new generation. His performance of Edward Elgar’s Cello Concerto also makes a compelling case for performing the piece more often on viola. In this CD, Carpenter is accompanied by the Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Christoph Eschenbach. Album details… Catalogue No.: Ondine ODE 1153-2 Subscribe to Podcast: Enhanced* \| Regular \| iTunes Store Download this Episode: AAC* \| MP3 * enhanced version of the podcast contains chapter markers and cover art. About Raymond Bisha
29 Sep 2009	Podcast: Orjan Sandred’s Cracks and Corrosion Listen to podcast Orjan Sandred is a Swedish electro-acoustic composer who spends his summers in Europe, and his winters teaching at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Canada. In this podcast, he describes his approach to sound and composition as he creates music that combines live performers with computer generated or altered sounds. Album details… Catalogue No.: Navona NV5814 Subscribe to Podcast: Enhanced* \| Regular \| iTunes Store Download this Episode: AAC* \| MP3 * enhanced version of the podcast contains chapter markers and cover art. About Raymond Bisha
28 Sep 2009	Podcast: Johan Svendsen’s Norwegian Rhapsodies Listen to podcast Johan Svendsen was the one of the leading figures in Norwegian music during the romantic era, both as a composer and a conductor. This podcast introduces you to his Norwegian Rhapsodies, as well as the music he wrote for Romeo and Juliet, and his piece Zorahayda, based on the story Rose of Alhambra by the American author Washington Irving (who also wrote The Legend of Sleepy Hollow). The performers are the South Jutland Symphony Orchestra, and conductor Bjarte Engeset. Album details… Catalogue No.: Naxos 8.570322 Subscribe to Podcast: Enhanced* \| Regular \| iTunes Store Download this Episode: AAC* \| MP3 * enhanced version of the podcast contains chapter markers and cover art. About Raymond Bisha
27 Sep 2009	Podcast: Michael Daugherty’s Metropolis Symphony Listen to podcast The inspiration for Michael Daugherty’s Metropolis Symphony can be traced all the way back to his youth, as he watched on television as the caped superhero rescued humanity - as especially Lois Lane - from all kinds of deadly situations. Daugherty’s ability to allow the visual world to inspire the musical is evident in many of his works such as Deux Ex Machina, included on this CD, and Fire and Blood that was inspired by murals by Diego Rivera. The performers on this present CD include the Nashville Symphony Orchestra, pianist Terrence Wilson, and conductor Giancarlo Guerrero. Album details… Catalogue No.: Naxos American Classics 8.559635 Subscribe to Podcast: Enhanced* \| Regular \| iTunes Store Download this Episode: AAC* \| MP3 * enhanced version of the podcast contains chapter markers and cover art. About Raymond Bisha
23 Sep 2009	Podcast: Rautavaara’s 12 Concertos Listen to podcast Einojuhani Rautavaara is Finland’s best known composer, especially internationally. Rautavaara’s music has been described as a mixture of modernism and mystic romanticism - an attempt to define a compositional style that is unique, personal, and very hard to define. Among his finest works are 12 concertos, composed over the past four decades, and collected together in this 4-CD box on the Ondine label. Performers include violinist Elmar Oliveira, cellist Marko Ylonen, harpist Marielle Nordmann, organ player Kari Jussila, clarinetist Richard Stoltzman, and pianists Ralf Gothoni and Vladimir Ashkenazy. Album details… Catalogue No.: Ondine ODE1156-2Q Subscribe to Podcast: Enhanced* \| Regular \| iTunes Store Download this Episode: AAC* \| MP3 * enhanced version of the podcast contains chapter markers and cover art. About Raymond Bisha
22 Sep 2009	Podcast: Fanfares and Overtures with Rutgers Wind Ensemble Listen to podcast Fanfares and Overtures, the first CD by the esteemed Rutgers Wind Ensemble on Naxos Wind Band Classics, presents a dizzying range of music that include either fanfares or overtures. The CD includes music by Herbert Owen Reed, Vaclav Nelhybel, WIlliam Schuman and Karel Husa whose “Music for Prague” may be one of the finest pieces of musical protest music ever written. Album details… Catalogue No.: Naxos 8.572230 Subscribe to Podcast: Enhanced* \| Regular \| iTunes Store Download this Episode: AAC* \| MP3 * enhanced version of the podcast contains chapter markers and cover art. About Raymond Bisha
15 Sep 2009	PODCAST: Richard Strauss’ Orchestral Suites Listen to podcast Richard Strauss wrote some of the finest operas of the 20th century. Pieces like Elektra, Salome and Der Rosenkavalier helped push the limits of the operatic artform, and also established Strauss as one of the truly great composers for the media. In a few cases, he created orchestral suites from these stage works, and it’s this music that is featured in this podcast, including his suites for Der Rosenkavalier, Die Frau Ohne Shatten and Josephs-Legende. JoAnn Falletta conducts the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra in in this new Naxos CD. Album details… Catalogue No.: Naxos 8.572041 Subscribe to Podcast: Enhanced* \| Regular \| iTunes Store Download this Episode: AAC* \| MP3 * enhanced version of the podcast contains chapter markers and cover art. About Raymond Bisha
14 Sep 2009	Podcast: Heinrich Biber’s Missa Salisburgensis Listen to podcast Missa Salisburgensis is a mass Heinrich Ignaz von Biber wrote for 53 individual voices and instruments, composed to celebrate the 11-hundreth anniversary of the founding of the archdiocese of Salzburg. I was composed to be performed in the Salzburg Cathedral - 444 feet long, with a ceiling more than 100 feet high. For this piece, Biber placed the audience in the middle, with the musicians divided into 8 groups all around them. You might call it the original Surround Sound. Album details… Catalogue No.: NCA 60192 Subscribe to Podcast: Enhanced* \| Regular \| iTunes Store Download this Episode: AAC* \| MP3
07 Sep 2009	Podcast: Romantic Violin Concertos Listen to podcast Danish music may be one of the finest under-discovered realms in all classical music. This is particularly true of music from the Romantic era, as this podcast and CD show. These violin concertos by Niels Gade, Peter Erasmus Lange-Muller and Rued Langgaard - hardly household names - deserve to be heard more widely on CD, and much more often in concert. These performances were recorded in 2009 with violin soloist Christina Astrand and the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by John Storgards. Album details… Catalogue No.: Dacapo 6.220562 Subscribe to Podcast: Enhanced* \| Regular \| iTunes Store Download this Episode: AAC* \| MP3 * enhanced version of the podcast contains chapter markers and cover art. About Raymond Bisha
31 Aug 2009	Podcast: The World’s Most Beautiful Horn Concertos Listen to podcast Former horn player Raymond Bisha takes you on a personal tour of this new CD set from Profil celebrating the French Horn, and some of it’s finest players including Wilhelm Bruns, Hermann Baumann, Peter Damm and the legendary Erich Penzel play music by Handel, Telemann, Mozart, Schumann and Strauss. Album details… Catalogue No.: Profil PH08075 Subscribe to Podcast: Enhanced* \| Regular \| iTunes Store Download this Episode: AAC* \| MP3 * enhanced version of the podcast contains chapter markers and cover art. About Raymond Bisha
25 Aug 2009	Podcast: Open Crossings, the Music of Andy Teirstein Listen to podcast Andy Teirstein is a composer and multi-instrumentalist based in New York. His strong roots in classical music, folk music and dance have helped him create a musical language that crosses all boundaries. Most of the pieces on this CD are chamber pieces, ranging from “3 Movements for String Quartet and Folk Musician” to the chamber melodrama “The Shooting of Dan McGrew”. In this interview, Teirstein talks about composing music for theater, working in a Mexican circus, the poetry of Mahmoud Darwish, and his dream of writing a companion piece to “What is Left of Us”. Album details… Catalogue No.: Naxos 8.559617 Subscribe to Podcast: Enhanced* \| Regular \| iTunes Store Download this Episode: AAC* \| MP3 * enhanced version of the podcast contains chapter markers and cover art. About Raymond Bisha
24 Aug 2009	Podcast: Leonard Bernstein’s Mass, with Marin Alsop and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Listen to podcast Leonard Bernstein wrote his Mass at the request of Jacqueline Onassis, for the opening of the John F. Kennedy Centre for the Performing Arts in Washington. It is a huge work, almost an hour and three-quarters long, that with bewildering range of musical styles. In this recording, Bernstein’s protege Marin Alsop, music director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, shows convincingly that she may be the best interpreter of his music alive today. This recording also features Jubilant Sykes, the Morgan State University Choir and the Peabody Children’s Chorus. Album details… Catalogue No.: Naxos 8.559622-23 Subscribe to Podcast: Enhanced* \| Regular \| iTunes Store Download this Episode: AAC* \| MP3 * enhanced version of the podcast contains chapter markers and cover art. About Raymond Bisha
18 Aug 2009	Podcast: Michael Daugherty’s Fire and Blood Listen to podcast Composer Michael Daugherty was the composer-in-residence for four years at the Detroit Symphony, and composed all of the music on this CD for that orchestra. The title work was inspired by the giant murals at the Detroit Institute of Arts by Diego Rivera. Rivera was commissioned by Edsel Ford to create a mural celelbrating the Detroit automobile industry. This CD features the Detoit Symphony, conducted by Neeme Jarvi, with soloists Ida Kavafian on violin, and Brian Jones on Timpani. Album details… Catalogue No.: Naxos 8.559372 Subscribe to Podcast: Enhanced* \| Regular \| iTunes Store Download this Episode: AAC* \| MP3 * enhanced version of the podcast contains chapter markers and cover art. About Raymond Bisha
17 Aug 2009	Podcast: Music for Kings and Queens - the Choral Music of Hubert Parry Listen to podcast Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry had his first serious music training as a student at Eton College, that icon of British education. He went on to be Principal of the Royal College of Music, a Professor at Oxford, wrote music for Royal Coronations, and was knighted for his efforts. This podcast looks at some of his finest choral compositions - music fit for a king in performances by the Manchester Cathedral Choir. Album details… Catalogue No.: Naxos 8.572104 Subscribe to Podcast: Enhanced* \| Regular \| iTunes Store Download this Episode: AAC* \| MP3 * enhanced version of the podcast contains chapter markers and cover art. About Raymond Bisha
10 Aug 2009	Podcast: Trendsetters - Music for Wind Band by Hindemith, Holst, Grainger and Schwanter Listen to podcast Trendsetters may be the perfect introduction to 20th-century wind band music. It introduces four different composers, each with their own unique style. Percy Grainger’s Lincolnshire Posy, Gustav Holst’s First Suite in E flat for Military Band, Paul Hindemith’s Symphony in B flat, and Joseph Schwantner’s … and the mountains rising nowhere each offer a unique take on what the wind band can be. Album details… Catalogue No.: Naxos 8.572242 Subscribe to Podcast: Enhanced* \| Regular \| iTunes Store Download this Episode: AAC* \| MP3 * enhanced version of the podcast contains chapter markers and cover art. About Raymond Bisha
03 Aug 2009	Podcast: Richard Strauss’s Alpine Symphony Listen to podcast Richard Strauss wrote his Alpine Symphony in 1915, inspired by the death of his friend Gustav Mahler. This is a huge work, requiring an orchestra of 125 people, and is monumentally difficult as well. This podcast looks at a new recording of the piece with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra conducted by Marek Janowski. Album details… Catalogue No.: Pentatone PTC5186339 Subscribe to Podcast: Enhanced* \| Regular \| iTunes Store Download this Episode: AAC* \| MP3 * enhanced version of the podcast contains chapter markers and cover art. About Raymond Bisha
27 Jul 2009	Podcast: An American Operatic Masterpiece - Deems Taylor’s Peter Ibbetson Listen to podcast Deems Taylor was a music critic, composer, broadcaster, and an important person in the development of classical music in the first half of the 20th century. This podcast looks at his opera Peter Ibbetson, composed for the Metropolitan Opera in New York. This performance features the Seattle Symphony and Chorus, conducted by Gerard Schwarz, plus soloists Charles Robert Austin, Anthony Dean Griffey, Lauren Flanigan, Richard Zeller, and Lori Summers. Album details… Catalogue No.: Naxos 8.669016-17 Subscribe to Podcast: Enhanced* \| Regular \| iTunes Store Download this Episode: AAC* \| MP3 * enhanced version of the podcast contains chapter markers and cover art. About Raymond Bisha
20 Jul 2009	Podcast: KZ Musik - Encyclopedia of Music Composed in Concentration Camps Listen to podcast An introduction to KZ Musik: Encyclopedia of Music Composed in Concentration Camps 1933-1945. When completed, this 24 CD project will be the most comprehensive collection ever made of music composed in World War II concentration camps. Music by Gideon Klein, Robert Dauber, Rudolf Karel, Erwin Schulhoff, Ilse Weber, Viktor Ullmann, Hugo Lowenthal, David Grunfeld. Album details… Catalogue No.: KZ Musik 231694, KZ Musik 231785-89 Subscribe to Podcast: Enhanced* \| Regular \| iTunes Store Download this Episode: AAC* \| MP3 * enhanced version of the podcast contains chapter markers and cover art. About Raymond Bisha
14 Jul 2009	Podcast: Voice from Argentina: Alberto Ginastera and his String Quartets Listen to podcast A podcast introduction to the string quartets of Argentinean composer Alberto Ginastera, and a new recording with the Enso Quartet and soprano Lucy Shelton. Album details… Catalogue No.: Naxos 8.570780 Subscribe to Podcast: Enhanced* \| Regular \| iTunes Store Download this Episode: AAC* \| MP3 * enhanced version of the podcast contains chapter markers and cover art. About Raymond Bisha
13 Jul 2009	Podcast: Heartbeat of Brazil - The String Quartets of Villa Lobos Listen to podcast Heitor Villa-Lobos was one of the most prolific composers of all time. Along the way he wrote 17 string quartets. This podcast is an introduction to these quartets, and to a Dorian box set featuring the complete string quartets with Cuarteto Latinoamericano. Album details… Catalogue No.: Dorian Sono Luminus DSL-90904 Subscribe to Podcast: Enhanced* \| Regular \| iTunes Store Download this Episode: AAC* \| MP3 * enhanced version of the podcast contains chapter markers and cover art. About Raymond Bisha
07 Jul 2009	Podcast: Wild Grass - the Music of Zhou Long and Chen Yi Listen to podcast Zhou Long and Chen Yi studied together at the Beijing Conservatory of Music, and at Columbia University in New York. They are now both on the composition faculty at University of Missouri, Kansas City. This podcast looks at a new CD of their chamber music with the Beijing New Music Ensemble Album details… Catalogue No.: Naxos 8.570604 Subscribe to Podcast: Enhanced* \| Regular \| iTunes Store Download this Episode: AAC* \| MP3 * enhanced version of the podcast contains chapter markers and cover art. About Raymond Bisha
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