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Just a little over an hour, it all fits on one player - and here's what you'll be hearing:

Auditorium du Louvre : Liszt, Schubert, Chopin
présenté par Rodolphe Bruneau-Boulmier

Franz Liszt
Harmonies poétiques et religieuses S.173 (1845,1852)

Franz Schubert & Franz Liszt, Arrangeur
Am tage aller seelen D.343

Franz Schubert
Mélodie hongroise en Si mineur D.817 (1824)

Frédéric Chopin
Prélude en Mi mineur Op.28 N°4 (1838, 1839)

Brigitte Engerer, Piano
Concert donné le 2 décembre 2009.

As always, turn it up,turn off the phone and relax for an hour. It's Anti-Road Rage Wednesday again.

Peace of mind is what we're all about.

oh . . .and donating to keep Newstalgia up and running too if you can:

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The venerable war-horse Espana by Emmanuel Chabrier opens the concert, followed by a wildly well-received Saint-Saens Piano concerto Number 2, with Pianist Romain Descharmes, who follows with two encores. The concert concludes with the seldom heard (at least here in the U.S.) La Tragèdie de Salomè by the early 20th century composer Florent Schmitt.

A good concert of mostly familiar music done as only a French orchestra can.

The concert is broken up between two players - the Chabrier and the Saint-Saens (and encores) are on the top player and the Schmitt is on the bottom player.

For you note takers:

16 mai 2012
En direct de la Cité de la Musique : Chabrier, Saint-Saëns, Schmitt

Emmanuel Chabrier
España (1883)

Camille Saint-Saëns
Concerto N°2 en sol mineur Op.22 (1868)

Florent Schmitt
La Tragédie de Salomé Op.50 (1907)

Romain Descharmes, Piano
Orchestre de Paris
Alain Altinoglu, Direction
Coproduction Cité de la musique, Orchestre de Paris.

Enjoy.

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Here is the rundown:

1.Robert Schumann
Scènes d'enfants Op.15 (1838)

2. Robert Schumann
Carnaval Op.9 (1934,1935)

3. Edvard Grieg
Six images poétiques Op.3 (1863)

4. Edvard Grieg
Sonate en mi mineur Op.7 (1865)

5. Franz Liszt
Mephisto valse N°1 S 514 (1856,1861)

6. Alexandre Scriabine
Etude en do dièse mineur op 2

7. Alexandre Scriabine
Etude en ré dièse mineur op 8 n°12

8. Serge Rachmaninov
Prélude en sol dièse mineur op 32 n°12

9. Grigori Ginzburg
Figaro Fantaisie d'après Rossini

10. Duke Ellington / Denis Matsuev
Improvisation sur le thème de Caravan

Concert donné le 17 avril 2012. Production Théâtre des Champs-Elysées.

The two Schumann pieces are on the top player and the rest of the concert (with all the encores) are on the bottom player.

Great concert, enthusiastic audience, wonderful repertoire. And all on an Anti-Road Rage Wednesday.

Life is good.

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L.A.'s very own (we like to think so) Gustavo Dudamel leading Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France in an all-Brahms program (Symphony Number 3 and Symphony Number 1). Recorded live last week as it was happening, it's further evidence that Gustavo Dudamel is one of the greats and the brightest light to come along in a very long time.

The program is broken up between two players. The top player is the Brahms 3rd Symphony and the bottom player is the Brahms 1st Symphony. Announcements are in French and the audience is bonkers.

Here's the program:

Brahms:
Symphonie n°3 en fa majeur Op.90 (1883)
1- Allegro con brio
2- Andante
3- Poco allegretto
4- Allegro

Symphonie n°1 en ut mineur Op.68 (1876)
1- Poco sostenuto - Allegro
2- Andante sostenuto
3- Poco allegretto e grazioso
4- Adagio - Piu andante - Allegro non troppo ma con brio - Piu allegro

Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
Gustavo Dudamel, Direction

Enjoy and see a live concert at some point soon.

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This weekend it's his Quintet for Piano and String Quartet from this circa 1958 Studio Broadcast performance.

The legendary Pianist and interpreter of other composer's works was a composer of note himself as this piece will attest.

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His Variations For String Quartet written in 1946. The Parrenin Quartet were one of the pioneering performing ensembles in France in the 1950's and 1960's. I am not sure they recorded this work commercially and I highly doubt this broadcast recording has been available in any form.

Like a lot of contemporary music from this period, it can take some getting used to. Not helped is the fact the original discs were damaged in spots with some pretty nasty scratches to contend with, and I'm not certain if this piece has gotten much in the way of exposure since it's 1946 premier. Suffice to say Martinet was a prolific composer who only died two years ago (at the age of 98) and had been active for a very long time and made a substantial contribution to the music world.

Not all listening is easy the first time around, but if you stick it out, the benefits can be substantial.

And so ends the weekend.

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Deserts by Edgar Varese and Atom Heart Mother by Pink Floyd. I told you it was unusual.

The Orchestra is led by Pierre-Andre Valade in the Varese and Jean-Jacques Justafre in the Pink Floyd.

I've split the concert up between three players with the second (or middle) player featuring an interview with Ron Geesin who provided the original orchestra scoring for the album as well as the 2008 revision and is featured on Piano during this concert.

Needless to say, the audience is enthusiastic and even the folks at Radio France Musique are having a good time.

Here's the rundown for the program:

mercredi 7 mars 2012
Théâtre du Châtelet : Passons le bac avec les Pink Floyd

(1st Player) Edgar Varèse

Déserts* pour orchestre et bandes magnétiques

14h36

(2nd Player) Interview de Ron Geesin par Didier Varrod

14h51

(3rd player)Pink Floyd
Atom Heart Mother**, Version révisée par Ron Geesin (2008)

Ron Geesin, Composition et piano
Jean-Claude Auclin, Violoncelle
Serge Munuera, Orgue Hammond
Amaury Filliard, Guitare électrique
Philippe Chayeb, Guitare basse électrique
Claude Salmieri, Batterie
Ensemble vocal Les Métaboles

Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
Pierre-André Valade, Direction*
Jean-Jacques Justafré, Direction**

Didier Varrod, Présentation

Concert donné le 12 Janvier 2012 en partenariat avec le Ministère de l’Education Nationale.

I think this is one of those concerts you'll want to play loud. Just sayin'.

Anti-Road Rage nonetheless.

Enjoy.

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The concert was recorded by Radio France Musique on June 19, 2011. And for you note takers:

Schwarzenberg : Récital Paul Lewis, Piano

Franz Schubert

Valses Op.18 D.145 (1815, 1821)

Impromptu en ut mineur Op.90 N°1 D.899 N°1 (1827)
Impromptu en Mi bémol majeur Op.90 N°2 D.899 N°2 (1827)
Impromptu en Sol bémol majeur Op.90 N°3 D.899 N°3 (1827)
Impromptu en La bémol majeur Op.90 N°4 D.899 N°4 (1827)
Mélodie hongroise en Si mineur D.817 (1824)
Sonate N°18 en Sol majeur Op.78 D.894 (1826)

Concert donné le 19 juin 2011, Hall Angelika Kauffmann dans le cadre du Festival des

Schubertiade

The almost 90 minute concert is broken up between two players. The announcements are in French and somebody in Master Control forgot to flip the switch, so the first part of the concert is in Mono and the second half is in Stereo.

I know. You'd think . . . .

Still, France Musique runs two of these concerts a day and most of them are live-as-it-happens and off-the-cuff. So you can't really blame them for spacing out every now and then.

Besides, it's Anti-Road Rage Wednesday.

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Here's the lineup and particulars via Radio France:

vendredi 1er juillet 2011

En direct du Moulin à Jazz
Domaine de Fontblanche
13127 Vitrolles
dans le cadre du Charlie Jazz Festival

Charles Lloyd New Quartet
Charles Lloyd, saxophone
Jason Moran, piano
Reuben Rogers, contrebasse
Eric Harland, batterie

The concert runs around 90 minutes and was live from the stage on July 1, 2011. It also includes an interview with Charles Lloyd for the first 10 or so minutes.

A great concert and a good way to end the week by one of the legendary figures in Jazz.

Enjoy.

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The concert was recorded live earlier today (September 14th) by Radio France Musique and features a lot of familiar, if not potboiler, material. Berlioz: Le Corsair Overture followed by the Chopin First Piano concerto (and several encores) and ending up with the ever-popular 5th Symphony of Beethoven.

Classical music for people who may be getting their feet wet with classical music, put together by a great little band and a soloist on the rise. Can't ask for better.

The concert is broken up between two players - the top player features the Berlioz and Chopin (and encores) and the bottom player features the Beethoven all to itself.

Notes:

mercredi 14 septembre 2011
En direct de la Salle Pleyel : Berlioz, Chopin, Beethoven

Hector Berlioz
Le corsaire, Ouverture Op.21 (1844)

Frédéric Chopin
Concerto N°1 en Mi mineur Op.11 (1830)

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphonie n°5 en Ut mineur Op.67 (1807,1808)

Jan Lisiecki, Piano
Orchestre de Paris
Paavo Järvi, Direction

You can whistle along to this one if you want.