This Saturday evening at 8:00 on WHRO-FM, Raymond Jones invites you to explore fresh recordings that span centuries, styles, and cultures. All part of the latest edition of “This Just In.”
Jones will treat the audience with a preview of an upcoming Naxos Release: “The French in Spain.” In this musical postcard of Spain seen through French eyes, JoAnn Falletta and the Buffalo Philharmonic capture the shimmering colors of Debussy’s “Images No. 2: Iberia.”
Then we turn to Vienna, with a vigorous account of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7, performed on this occasion by the National Philharmonic of London, under the baton of Carlos Paita, and issued by the French label Le Palais des Dégustateurs.
The program also shines a light on rarely heard voices like Emil von Sauer’s Piano Concerto No. 1. This Capriccio release offers a fascinating glimpse into late Romantic German repertoire that deserves a wider audience. Pianist Oliver Triendl joins the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin under Roland Kluttig in this performance.
From the label CPO arrives a sparkling performance by the WDR Funkhausorchester with conductor Ernst Theis, bringing to life Albert Lortzig’s Ballet Music from “Hans Sachs.” And from Pentatone comes Antonín Dvořák’s exuberant “Slavonic Rhapsody,” with the Czech Philharmonic led by Tomáš Netopil.
For those following our recent journey through Brilliant Classics’ “Nordic Symphonies” collection, this week brings Carl Nielsen’s Symphony No. 3, “Sinfonia Espansiva,” performed by the Janáček Philharmonic under Theodore Kuchar.
And finally, the night concludes with something truly unique: Gonzalo Grau’s “Odisea: Concerto for Venezuelan Cuatro and Orchestra,” performed by Jorge Glem on the cuatro with the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela under Gustavo Dudamel.
Join “This Just In” this Saturday evening at 8:00 on WHRO-FM 90.3, or stream online, and enjoy three hours of fresh classic recordings.
