Composer of the Week
Franz Waxman, Annus Mirabilis
Donald Macleod looks at the year 1947 - a frenetic year for Waxman, even by his own standards - where he found time to launch the Los Angeles Music Festival, promote the career of a young Isaac Stern, conduct across the world and write one of his finest film scores. Enescu, arr Waxman: Roumanian Rhapsody No 1 Mark Kaplan (violin) Orquestra Simfonica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya Lawrence Foster (conductor) Fantasy on Themes from Bizet's Carmen Isaac Stern (violin) New York Philharmonic Orchestra Franz Waxman (conductor) Auld Lang Syne - Variations, for string trio and piano Members of the Kremerata Baltica Rhapsody for piano and orchestra (The Paradine Case - film score) David Buechner (piano) New Zealand Symphony Orchestra James Sedares (conductor) Tristan and Isolde Fantasia Chloe Hanslip (violin) Charles Owen (piano) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Leonard Slatkin (conductor).