Franz Waxman (1906-1967)
Part Two
Tuesday 20 May 2008 12:00-13:00 (Radio 3)
Repeated: Tuesday 20 May 2008 20:45-21:45 (Radio 3)
Donald Macleod and film musicologist Rachel Segal explore the life and work of Franz Waxman, one of Hollywood's most celebrated and prolific composers.
Playlist
2/5. Annus Mirabilis
The programme looks at the year 1947 - a frenetic year for Waxman, even by his own standards - where he found time to launch the Los Angeles Music Festival, promote the career of a young Isaac Stern, conduct across the world and write one of his finest film scores.
Enescu, arr. Waxman - Roumanian Rhapsody no.1
Mark Kaplan (violin)
Orquestra Simfonica de Barcelona i Nacional De Catalunya, Lawrence Foster
KOCH 37442 [1]
Track 19
Fantasy On Themes From Bizet's Carmen
Isaac Stern (violin), New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Franz Waxman
PEARL GEMMCD 9248 [1]
Track 9
"Auld Lang Syne" Variations - for string trio and piano
I. Eine Kleine Nichtmusik
II. Moonlight Concerto
III. Chaconne Son Gout
IV. Hommage To Shostakofiev
Members of the Kremerata Baltica
NONESUCH 7559796572 [1]
Tracks 21-24
Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra (from "The Paradine Case")
Moderato Appassionato
David Buechner (piano); New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, James Sedares
KOCH 372272
track 1
"Tristan and Isolde" Fantasia
Chloe Hanslip (violin), Charles Owen (piano)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin
NAXOS 8559302 [1]
Track 3
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