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Playlist.
September 2, 2004

ARTIST	SONG/ALBUM	COUNTRY	LABEL	YEAR
P.I. Tchaikovsky performed by the Rembrandt Trio	“Piano Trio in a Op. 50”	Russia/UK	Hyperion	1991
Sergei Rachmaninoff performed by Vladimir Horowitz, the RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra conducted by Fritz Reiner	“Piano Concerto no. 3 in d”	Russia	Philips	1999
Anton Arensky performed by the Raphael Ensemble	“Quartet in a Op. 35 for violin, viola, two cellos”	Russia/UK	Hyperion	1998
Terem Quartet	“Peddlers” from “No, Russia cannot be perceived by wit”	Russia	Intuition	1999
Shoghaken Ensemble	“Antarayin Tsayner” from “Traditional Dances of Armenia”	Armenia	Traditional Crossroads	2004
Hasmik Harutyunyan	“Agna Oros” from “Armenian Lullabies”	Armenia	Traditional Crossroads	2004
Djivan Gasparyan	“I will not be sad in this world” from “I will not be sad in this world”	Armenia	Opal	1989
L’Ensemble Soinari	“Un hiver froid” from “Idjassi”	Georgia	Long Distance	2000
Alem Qasimov	“Vatan Molkou” from “Azerbaijan Music”		Azerbaijan
Ensemble Aznach	“Tcherkezi” from “Zoura”	Chechnya	Arion	2001
Rustavi Folk Choir	“Gaprindi Shave Mertskhalo” from “Georgian Lyric Songs”	Georgia	Mazur	2000
Loyko	“Selem” from “The Russian Gypsy Band Live in Concert”	Russia
Loyko	“Gambrinus” from “The Russian Gypsy Band Live in Concert”	Russia
Bach/Siloti performed by Emil Gilels	“Prelude in b minor”	Germany/Russia	Philips	1999

Today’s show was dedicated to Michel Tordion, a family friend whom I knew my whole life. He died August 30^th, and will be sorely missed. He had a great love for Russian music so I chose some of the greatest pieces by three great Russian composers. The trio by Tchaikovsky was written as an elegy mourning Tchaikovsky friend Nicholas Rubinstein, a great pianist and founder of the Moscow Conservatory. The Arensky quartet was inspired by Tchaikovsky’s trio and was written as an elegy to that great composer. After these three works we heard a set of music from Russia and neighbours, some of the most heartfelt, sad, and beautiful music can be found in Armenia and Georgia. After the Russian pyrotechnics of Lokyo, the great Russian pianist Emil Gilels’ magnificent live recording of the Bach-Siloti prelude provides the most perfect, beautiful end.