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From the Archives - Castaway Classics 3

Delphine Fant
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Upsplash

What music would you like to have if marooned on a desert island? Host Frank Byrne shares some of his favorites – music by Richard Strauss and Josef Strauss, Mascagni, Chopin, and Bolcom. Get your sunscreen and dream of warmer weather as you listen to these musical masterpieces.

Compositions and Recordings

Four last Songs
by Richard Strauss
George Szell and the Berlin Radio Symphony
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano

Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana
by Pietro Mascagni
Herbert von Karajan and the Berlin Philharmonic

Polonaise in Ab - "Heroic"
by Frederic Chopin
Artur Rubenstein, piano

Graceful Ghost Rag
by William Bolcom
Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

Music of the Spheres
by Josef Strauss
Herbert von Karajan and the Vienna Philharmonic

Frank Byrne is the host of From the Archives.
Sam Wisman is a senior producer for 91.9 Classical KC and a backup announcer for KCUR 89.3