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Howard's Day Off - July 9 2016 (A third edition of great classical music stories.)

---FIRST HALF HOUR---

:04—Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943): Prelude in E major, Op. 32, Alexander Budyonny, piano [TB 527398].

:07—Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943): Sym. No. 1, Op. 13, second move., Vladimir Ashkenazy, Concertgebouw Amsterdam [London 411 657].

:16—Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943): Sym. No. 1, Op. 13, fourth move., Leonard Slatkin, Detroit Symphony [Naxos 573234].

---SECOND HALF HOUR---

:31—Richard Wagner (1813-1883): Overture to “The Flying Dutchman,” 1843, Neville Marriner, Minnesota Orchestra [Telarc 80083].

:43—Johannes Brahms (1833-1897): “Academic Festival Overture,” 1880, Georg Solti, Chicago Symphony [Decca 289 460 982].

:54—Gustav Mahler (1860-1911): Seventh Symphony, beginning, excerpt, Yoel Levi, Atlanta Symphony [Telarc 80514].

---THIRD HALF HOUR---

:04—Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840-1893): “Romeo & Juliet,” excerpt, 1870, Riccardo Chailly, Cleveland Orchestra [London 414 159].

:10—Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840-1893): Sym. No. 6, “Pathetique,” Op. 74, finale, Seiji Ozawa, Boston Symphony [Erato 88242].

:21—Claude Debussy (1862-1918): “La mer,” first move., “From Morning to Noon on the Sea,” 1905, Pierre Boulez, Cleveland Orchestra [DG 439 896].

---FOURTH HALF HOUR---

:31—Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953): Sym. No. 7, slow move., Seiji Ozawa, Berlin Philharmonic [DG 435 027].

(TRICK QUESTION: HOW MANY GREGORIAN CHANTS DID POPE GREGORY COMPOSE?)

:38—Anonymous: “Os Iusti,” Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo de Silos, from the 1973 album “Chant” [Angel 55138].

:41—Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971): “Rite of Spring,” part one, second section, 1913, Vladimir Fedoseyev, Moscow Radio Symphony [Melodiya 10029].

:45—Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971): “Rite of Spring,” part one, third part, Mobtown Modern Big Band [Innova 824].

:51—Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971): “Rite of Spring,” part two, fifth section, 1913, Vladimir Fedoseyev, Moscow Radio Symphony [Melodiya 10029].

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