It’s been a pretty low-key couple of days. I’m anticipating a burst of posts on some Portland classical music scene issues shortly. For now, here’s what’s playing on my iPod today:
- Bartòk – Concerto for Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustvo Dudamel, cond.
DG Concerts (iTunes store exclusive download) - Barber – Knoxville, Summer of 1915: Dawn Upshaw, soprano; Orchestra of St. Luke’s, David Zinman, cond.
Nonesuch - Eric Whitacre – When David Heard: Polyphony, Stephen Layton, dir.
Hyperion - Roberto Sierra – Viola Concerto (2006): Roberto Diaz, viola; I Musici Montreal, Yuli Turovsky, cond.
Live recording from International Viola Congress in Montreal (avail at composer’s website) - Journey – Journey’s Greatest Hits
- Dvorak – String Quartet Op. 105: Hagen Quartet (DG)
- Dolly Parton – The Grass is Blue