Afternoon Classics - Wednesday Dec. 31, 2008

Greetings on this the last day of 2008. While this is the first posting for Afternoon Classics it is only the beginning! I will be posting a playlist for each show along with the occasional comments when something comes to my attention. Like today: it is well known that people make New Year's Resolutions on New Year's Eve that they will ultimately break before the end of January. Well to assist in that process I am providing 60+ minutes to ponder by, courtesy of Michael Gandolfi, check the playlist. 

In order played:

Mozart; Symphony in A major, KV 134, Schlierbacher Kammerorchester, Thomas Fey

Prokofief; String Quartet No. 2 in F major, Op. 92, Emmerson String Quartet

Gandolfi; The Garden of Cosmic Speculation, Atlanta SO, Robert Spano

Tchaikovsky;   Symphony No. 1 in G minor "Winter Dreams", Op. 13, London SO, Antal Dorati

Stravinsky;    Apollon Musagéte, Ballet in 2 Scenes, Columbia SO, Igor Stravinsky

Strauss, Johann;   Overture to "Die Fledermaus", Vienna Philharmonic, Lorin Maazel

Strauss, Johann;   Blue Danube Waltz, Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra, Willi Boskovsky

Strauss, Johann;   Wiener Blut Waltz, Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra, Willi Boskovsky

Strauss, Johann Sr.; Radetsky March, Vienna Philharmonic, Lorin Maazel