Sunday, September 9, 2007

The Grand Piano Podcast 001 - History of Piano in Sound

This show originally aired in the Fall of 1998. We explore the origins of the piano and developments through the first couple of centuries.

Lodovico Giustini - Sonata #4 E min. - Mieczysław Horszowski - Bartolomeo Cristofori piano

Joseph Haydn - Trio #39 G Maj. - Huguette Dreyfus (vienese fortepiano), Edward Melkus (violin), Elisabeth Vogt (cello)

Ludwig Beethoven - Op. 126 #6 Bagatelle - Andras Schiff - Beethoven's own Broadwood piano

Frederic Chopin - Andante Spinato & Grande Polonaise - Emanual Ax (Erhard fortepiano), Sir Charles Mackerras cond. the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

This show originally aired over WMHT-FM in Fall of 1998.

128 kB mp3 - 48 mB - 52 minutes

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