Wednesday, November 28

There's a lot of activity among Augusta's top classical ensembles this week. Sunday, December 2 brings the annual Augusta Opera Holiday Concert at St. Paul's. There's the annual Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols with the Augusta Collegium Musicum and Augusta Choral Society, Tuesday, December 4 at the Sacred Heart Cultural Center. And the Augusta Symphony's string ensemble, the Augusta Virtuosi, visits Evans for a Saturday concert at the Hardin Performing Arts Theatre.

11 AM . . . . . .
  • Rossini: La Danza. Joseph Alessi et al. (Naxos 8.570232)
  • Haydn: Symphony No. 88. Berlin Phil, Rattle (EMI 94237)
  • Respighi: Rossiniana, Suite for Orchestra. Buffalo Phil, Falletta (Naxos 8.557711)
  • Buxtehude: Duo Sonata in F, Op. 1/1. Holloway, ter Linden, Mortensen (DaCapo 8.224003)
12 N . . . .
  • Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. Mikhail Pletnev, Berlin Phil, Abbado (DG 289 457 583)
  • Rachmaninoff: Fantaisie Tableaux (Suite No. 1 for Two Pianos, Op. 5). Emanuel Ax, Yefim Bronfman (Sony 61767)
  • Tchaikovsky: Andante Cantabile. Indianapolis Sym, Leppard (Koss 3303)
1 PM . . . .
  • Gabrieli: Three canzons. Empire Brass and friends (Telarc 80553)
  • Brahms: String Quartet No. 3 in B-flat. Ludwig Quartet (Naxos 8.554601)
  • Sibelius: Musette. Rachel Barton Pine, Matthew Hagle (Cedille 90000 097)
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