Episode 47: 15047 R Strauss: Daphne
Considered by many to be the greatest of ALL Strauss operas that you've never heard of. Although Strauss described Daphne as a "bucolic tragedy," based on Greek myth, it is not an opera about loss,...
24 Nov 20201h 47min
Episode 48: 15048 Mozart: Idomeneo
Idomeneo, re di Creta ossia Ilia e Idamante (Italian for Idomeneus, King of Crete, or, Ilia and Idamante; usually referred to simply as Idomeneo, K. 366) is an Italian language opera seria by Wolfgang...
24 Nov 20202h 42min
Episode 120: 16120 Delibes: Coppelia
Coppélia (sometimes subtitled: The Girl with the Enamel Eyes) is a comic ballet originally choreographed by Arthur Saint-Léon to the music of Léo Delibes, with libretto by Charles-Louis-Étienne Nuitte...
24 Nov 20201h 46min
Episode 121: 16121 Delibes: Sylvia
Sylvia, originally Sylvia, ou La nymphe de Diane, is a full-length ballet in two or three acts, first choreographed by Louis Mérante to music by Léo Delibes in 1876. Sylvia is a typical classical ball...
23 Nov 20201h 49min
Episode 17014: 17014 Haydn: Symphonies 26 - 30
Franz Joseph Haydn (31 March 1732 – 31 May 1809) was an Austrian composer of the Classical period. He was instrumental in the development of chamber music such as the piano trio. His contributions to ...
21 Nov 20201h 29min
Episode 17013: 17013 Donizetti: Maria di Rohan
Maria di Rohan is a melodramma tragico, or tragic opera, in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti. The Italian libretto was written by Salvadore Cammarano, after Lockroy and Edmond Badon's Un duel sous le c...
20 Nov 20201h 47min
Episode 46: 14046 Thanksgiving Dinner Music
Music to play for Thanksgiving Dinner. Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by La Musica International Chamber Music Festival and Uber. @khedgecock #ClassicalMusicDiscoveries #KeepClassicalMusi...
17 Nov 20202h 24min
Episode 17012: 17012 Handel: Messiah, HWV 56
Messiah, HWV 56, is an English-language oratorio composed in 1741 by George Frideric Handel, with a scriptural text compiled by Charles Jennens from the King James Bible, and from the Coverdale Psalte...
17 Nov 20202h 25min
