Have you seen Wes Anderson's new film Moonrise Kingdom? I strongly recommend it, not least because it spotlights the music of Benjamin Britten. Britten's opera Noye's Fludd (Noah's Flood) is part of the plot, twice. And the film opens and closes emphatically with his Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, in a recording I recognized immediately because I grew up with it. We hear that same recording, with its child narrator, right after the 1:00 news. We also hear ballet music for another, older story of teen lovers, Romeo and Juliet, in the 11:00 hour. -SZ
| Artist | Title | Album | Label | Help Support GPB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rachmaninoff, S. | Vocalise, Op. 34/14 | Royal Liverpool Phil, Petrenko | EMI 79019 | iTunes Link |
| Mozart, W.A. | Symphony No. 32 in G major, K. 318 | Prague Chamber Orch, Mackerras | Telarc 80203 | |
| Prokofiev, S. | Romeo and Juliet, Ballet, Suite No. 2 | Oslo Phil, Jansons | EMI 49289 | iTunes Link |
| Beethoven, L.v. | Cello Sonata No. 2 in G minor, Op. 5/2: Finale | Zuill Bailey, Simone Dinnerstein | Telarc 80740 | iTunes Link |
| Mascagni, P. | Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo | Quartetto Gelato | Marquis 601 | iTunes Link |
| Rachmaninoff, S. | Elegiac Trio No. 1 in G minor | Gina Levinson, Gary Levinson, Eugene Levinson | Cala 0507 | iTunes Link |
| Brahms, J. | Serenade No. 2 in A major | London Sym, Haitink | LSO 0056 | iTunes Link |
| Piazzolla, A. | Tanti Anni Prima (Ave Maria) | Gidon Kremer, Oleg Maisenberg | Teldec 0630-17222 | |
| Britten, B. | Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fuge on a Theme of Purcell) | New York Phil, Bernstein, narrated by Henry Chapin | Sony 46712 | iTunes Link |
| Bruch, M. | Octet for strings | Bronx Arts Ensemble | Premier 1048 | |
| Handel, G.F. | Oboe Sonata in F major | Academy of Ancient Music, members | Harmonia Mundi 907465.66 | iTunes Link |
