Four Centuries of Great Music July 20, 2024 New Classical Music Albums release in May and June of 2024

FCGM-07-14-24.  New Releases May and June

Today on Four Centuries of Great Music I a featuring new classical music album releases from May and June of this year.

I am opening the show today with a cut from a recently released album of the music of  Gabriel Fauré.  With 2024 being the 100th anniversary of Gabriel Fauré’s death, I do expect several more albums of the music of Gabriel Fauré to be released.  We are opening with a performance  of Gabriel Fauré’s Ballade, Op. 19 (Version for Piano and Orchestra) as performed by Guillaume Bellom, piano and Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne conducted by Renaud Capuçon    from the album Renaud Capuçon - Gabriel Fauré    Deutsche Grammophon    released on June 21st    13:19

Next on this episode of Four Centuries of Great Music featuring new classical music album releases from May and June is a performance of Margaret BROUWER Rhapsody, Concerto for Orchestra  14:14
I. Regrets 5:41
II. Airs and Rhapsodies 4:31
III. Dance 4:00

With Marin Alsop conducting the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra from the album Margaret BROUWER - Rhapsodies  Naxos.   A June 14th release



Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op.33, TH.57
As modified by Wilhelm Fitzenhagen

1 Moderato assai quasi Andante – Thema: Moderato semplice 2.41
2 Var. I: Tempo della Thema 0.54
3 Var. II: Tempo della Thema 1.19
4 Var. III: Andante sostenuto 3.57
5 Var. IV: Andante grazioso 2.05
6 Var. V: Allegro moderato 3.46
7 Var. VI: Andante 2.45
8 Var. VII e Coda: Allegro vivo 2.19

John-Henry Crawford
Dvořák Tchaikovsky
San Francisco Ballet Orchestra | Martin West
Orchid Classics


Anton Bruckner:  

01.  Symphony No. 3 in D Minor, WAB 103 "Wagner" (1877 Version): I. Mehr langsam, misterioso    16:25

ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Markus Poschner, conductor and Soloists

02. Symphony No. 3 in D Minor, WAB 103 "Wagner" (1877 Version): II. Adagio etwas bewegt, quasi andante        14:36

ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra.  Markus Poschner, conductor and Soloists

03.    Symphony No. 3 in D Minor, WAB 103 "Wagner" (1877 Version): III. Scherzo. Ziemlich schnell        6:32

ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra and Soloists, Markus Poschner conducting

04. Symphony No. 3 in D Minor, WAB 103 "Wagner" (1877 Version): IV. Finale. Allegro    12:26

ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra and Soloists, Markus Poschner conducting
Bruckner Symphony No. 3 in D Minor, WAB 103 Wagner (1877 Version)
Capriccio - Chandos
June, 2024


William Byrd: Callino Casturame, BK35
William Byrd:  Fantasia, BK13

Mishka Rushdie Momen, piano

Reformation; Keyboard works by William Byrd, Orlando Gibbons, John Bull & Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck    Hyperion Records
June 28th release