Compact Discoveries 198: Robert Fuchs's Serenades, Part 2
From: Fred Flaxman
Series: Compact Discoveries
Length: 58:01
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Fred Flaxman presents a second hour of serenades by the Romantic period Austrian composer and teacher. Included are Serenades 3 and 4 and the first movement of Serenade No. 5.
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This is the world premiere.
Transcript
Compact Discoveries®
a series of one-hour radio programs produced, written, hosted, and edited by Fred Flaxman
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Program 198
"Robert Fuchs’s Serenades, Part 2"
MUSIC: Fuchs: opening of the third movement of Serenade No. 3, Op. 21 performed by the Cologne Chamber Orchestra conducted by Christian Ludwig [Naxos 8.572607, 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 of Compact DIscoveries with more of my very latest compact discoveries: the tuneful serenades of the Romantic period Austrian composer and teacher -- Robert Fuchs.
In the first hour of this two-part exploration of Fuchs’s serenades, I played for you the Naxos recording of Serenades 1 and 2. In this hour you’ll hear Serenades 3 and 4 in their entirety, and the first movement of his Serenade No. 5. If you missed the...
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Musical Works
| Title | Artist | Album | Label | Year | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Fuchs Serenades 3, 4, and 5 | Cologne Chamber Orchestra | Robert Fuchs Serenades 3, 4, and 5. | Naxos 8.572607 | 2012 | 68:54 |




