Compact Discoveries 64: Music for Autumn
Series: Compact Discoveries
From: Fred Flaxman
Length: 00:57:56
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The program includes "Autumn" from The Seasons by Glazunov, "Autumn" from The Four Seasons by Vivaldi, "Autumn Song" from The Seasons by Tchaikovsky, Autumn Colors by Zamfir, and Autumn Leaves by Joseph Kosma, as interpreted by Richard Hayman and his Orchestra, jazz violinist Stéphane Grappelli with classical violinist Yehudi Menuhin, and French singer Jacques Douai.
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The program includes "Autumn" from The Seasons by Glazunov, "Autumn" from The Four Seasons by Vivaldi, "Autumn Song" from The Seasons by Tchaikovsky, Autumn Colors by Zamfir, and Autumn Leaves by Joseph Kosma, as interpreted by Richard Hayman and his Orchestra, jazz violinist Stéphane Grappelli with classical violinist Yehudi Menuhin, and French singer Jacques Douai.
Transcript
Program 64
"Music for Autumn"
MUSIC: Kosma: excerpt from Autumn Leaves, performed by Richard Hayman and his Orchestra [Naxos 8.555009, track 4] [under the following]
Welcome to Compact Discoveries. I'm your guide Fred Flaxman, and during the next hour let's celebrate autumn together with music inspired by the season. This will include Autumn Leaves by Joseph Kosma, as interpreted by Richard Hayman and his Orchestra, jazz violinist Stéphane Grappelli with classical violinist Yehudi Menuhin, and French singer Jacques Douai... "Autumn Song" from The Seasons by Tchaikovsky, "Autumn" from The Four Seasons by Vivaldi, and Autumn Colors by Zamfir. These are all my personal favorites of the many pieces by many composers with autumn as their theme.
MUSIC: above piece fades out
But first, one of the most exciting tributes to autumn ever composed: Alexander Glazunov's "Autumn" from his Opus 67...
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