Compact Discoveries 197: Robert Fuchs's Serenades, Part 1
From: Fred Flaxman
Series: Compact Discoveries
Length: 59:01
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Compact Discoveries guide Fred Flaxman presents the first two of Fuchs's five serenades for string orchestra in this hour, and the other three in hour number two.
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Compact Discoveries guide Fred Flaxman presents the first two of Fuchs's five serenades for string orchestra in this hour, and the other three in hour number two.
Broadcast History
This is the world premiere of this program.
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Compact Discoveries®
a series of one-hour radio programs produced, written, hosted, and edited by Fred Flaxman
©2012 by Fred Flaxman
Program 197
"Robert Fuchs’s Serenades, Part 1"
MUSIC: Fuchs: opening of the third movement of Serenade No.1 in D, Op. 9 performed by the Cologne Chamber Orchestra conducted by Christian Ludwig [Naxos 8.5722221, Track 3] [under the following]
Hello and welcome to Compact Discoveries. I’m your guide, Fred Flaxman, and I’m going to fill this hour and the next Compact DIscoveries hour with my very latest compact discoveries: the delightful serenades of the Romantic period Austrian composer and teacher of Mahler, Wolf, and Sibelius -- Robert Fuchs.
Quite frankly, the reason I’m devoting two hours to this undeservedly little known composer’s music is because I can’t decide which movements of his serenades I would select over others if I were just to devote...
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Musical Works
| Title | Artist | Album | Label | Year | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fuchs's Serenades 1 and 2 | Cologne Chamber Orchestra | Fuchs's Serenades 1 and 2. | Naxos | 00:00 |
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