Thursday, June 21
It's the solstice and we've got ourselves a theme. Break out the summer music, laddies!
11 AM
- Gershwin: Porgy and Bess: "Summertime." Kathleen Battle, Orchestra of St. Luke's, Previn (DG 427 787)
- Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Overture. Vienna Phil, Thielemann (DG 289 474 5022)
- Delius: Summer Night on the River. Welsh National Opera Orch, Mackerras (Argo 433 704)
- Berlioz: Les Nuits d'Ete, selections. Measha Brueggergosman, Quebec Sym, Talmi (CBC 5236)
- Glazunov: The Seasons: Spring and Summer. Royal Phil, Ashkenazy (London 433 000)
- Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night's Dream: Wedding March. Boston Sym, Ozawa (DG 439 897)
- Vivaldi: The Four Seasons: Summer. Gidon Kremer, Kremerata Baltica (Nonesuch 79568)
- Rodrigo: Concierto de Estio. Mikhail Ovrutsky, Castille and Leon Sym Orch, Bragado-Darman (Naxos 8.555840)
- Alfven: The Mountain King: Summer Rain. Royal Stockholm Phil, Jarvi (BIS 585)
- Alfven: Midsummer Vigil (Swedish Rhapsody No. 1). Minnesota Orch, Oue (Reference 80)
- Grondahl: Fantasy Pieces, Op. 45: Summer Song. Iceland Sym, Engeset (Naxos 8.557017)
- Prokofiev: Summer Night, op. 123: Suite. Russian National Orch, Pletnev (DG 445 830)
- Bax: Summer Music. Royal Scottish National Orch, Lloyd-Jones (DG 445 830)
- Barber: Knoxville: Summer of 1915. Kathleen Battle, Orch of St. Luke's, Previn (DG 437 787)
