Over to Barcelona this week for a concert recorded this past February 22nd by Radio Nacional Espana, featuring Pianist Miquel Villalba in music of Satie, Ravel, Poulenc and Montsalvatge.

Broken up between two players, the concert goes something like this:

Ciclo de Cámara. Concierto celebrado en L´Auditori deBarcelona el 22 de febrero de 2012.

Part 1: POULENC: 3 Mouvements perpétuels.
MONTSALVATGE:3 Divertimentos para piano.
MILHAUD: Saudades doBrasil, Op. 67.
MONTSALVATGE: Sonatine pour Ivette.

Part 2: SATIE: 3 Gymnopédies.
RAVEL: Sonatine.
MONTSALVATGE: 4 Diàlegs amb el piano.
Miquel Villalba, Piano.

Good concert and one that definitely ranks high in the Anti-Road Rage Wednesday lexicon.

Enjoy.

Over to Madrid this week for a soothing blast of Chamber music as performed by Ruben Reinas, violin, - Javier Albares, cello and Cameron Roberts, piano. It was recorded and broadcast live a couple weeks ago (Feb. 4th) by Radio Nacional Espana and their excellent Radio Clasica outlet.

Featured are works by Montsalvatge, Debussy and Villa-Lobos and the concert is broken up over two players with the Montsalvatge and Debussy on the top player and the Villa-Lobos taking up the bottom player.

Here's the rundown:

Los conciertos de Radio Clásica

Música de Cámara de la Orquesta y Coro de RTVE.

Transmisión directa desde el Teatro Monumental de Madrid.

MONTSALVATGE: Trío para violón, violonchelo y piano.

DEBUSSY: Trío para violín, violonchelo y piano en Sol mayor.

VILLA LOBOS: Trío para violín, violonchelo y piano nº 3.

Ruben Reina (vl.), Javier Albarés (vc.), Cameron Roberts (p.).

I realized we haven't had any chamber music on the Mid-Week concert in a while - of all things, talk about perfect Anti-Road Rage music. I promise we'll do more in the coming weeks.

In the meantime, enjoy and put down the baseball bat.