It was quite the coup for Nathaniel Shilkret to secure both Arnold Schoenberg and Igor Stravinsky to provide music for the Genesis Suite. There was just one problem though: the two composers hated each other. So, while it was a feat getting them both to compose for Shilkret, it was also quite another feat for Shilkret to make sure the composers never got together....
| Genesis Suite (1945) Tovah Feldshuh, Barbara Feldon, David Margulies, Fritz Weaver, Isaiah Sheffer, narrators; Ernst Senff Chor; Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin; Gerard Schwarz, conductor - Genesis Suite (1945) - Naxos |
| I. Arnold Schoenberg: Prelude
II. Nathaniel Shilkret: Creation III. Alexandre Tansman: Adam and Eve IV. Darius Milhaud: Cain and Abel V. Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: The Flood VI. Ernest Toch: The Covenant (The Rainbow) VII. Igor Stravinsky: Babel |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Suite, KV 399 (385i) Colin Tilney, fortepiano (Kenneth Bakeman, 1983, after Anton Walter) - Colin Tilney plays Mozart, Vol. 2 - Doremi 
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| I. Overture: Grave—Allegro
II. Allemande III. Courante |
| Fernando Sor: Divertissement for two guitars, Op. 62 Aradia Guitar Duo: Simon Davies; Nicholas Lee - The Aradia Guitar Duo. Grand Duo - Landor Records |
| I. Andantino cantabile |
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Incredible show, David. Well done. A masterpiece!
11:41 AM, July 29th, 2024