Classical Music Playlist, January 27, 2025
Today is Mozart’s birthday and we’ve got some of his music every hour from 6a to 7pm, including his Requiem Mass for today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Horn Concerto No. 4 in Eb major K 495
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor Lowell Greer, natural horn
6:17 a.m.
John Field
Piano Concerto No. 2 in Ab major
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor John O'Conor, piano
6:50 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ave Verum Corpus K 618
; Edward Higginbottom, conductor Oxford New College Choir
6:54 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
6:59 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1: III. final movement in Bb minor Opus 23
Berlin Philharmonic; Herbert Von Karajan, conductor Evgeny Kissin, piano
7:08 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Serenade for Winds in Eb major K 375
Winds of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe
7:32 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik in G major K 525 (FROM THE RUSSELL KLETZING COLLECTION)
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
7:51 a.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Artist's Life Opus 316 Kunstlerleben
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor
7:59 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Scherzo capriccioso Opus 66
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; Marin Alsop, conductor
8:15 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Quintet for piano & winds in Eb major K 452
Academy of Ancient Music Robert Levin, fortepiano; Members of...
8:41 a.m.
Richard Strauss
Serenade in Eb major Opus 7
Stockholm Philharmonic (members of); Paavo Berglund, conductor
8:52 a.m.
Gustav Holst
The Planets: Jupiter, the Bringer of Jolity Opus 32
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
9:01 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter" in C major K 551
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
9:41 a.m.
Gabriel Faure
Pavane Opus 50
Seattle Symphony; Ludovic Morlot, conductor
9:48 a.m.
Franz Strauss
Nocturno for Horn and Piano Opus 7
Peter Landgren, horn; Ann Schein, piano
9:56 a.m.
Camargo Mozart Guarnieri
Brazilian Dance (Dansa Brasiliera)
Simon Bolivar Orchestra; Maximiano Valdez, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Fantasia and Fugue in A minor in A minor BWV 904
Vikingur Olafsson, piano
10:10 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quartet No. 15 in D minor K 421
Quatuor Mosaiques
10:45 a.m.
Alma Deutscher
The Chase (Impromptu in C minor)
Alma Deutscher, piano
10:50 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Violin Concerto: III. Allegro giocoso ma non troppo (Finale) in A minor Opus 53
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra; Andres Orozco-Estrada, conductor Hilary Hahn, violin
10:55 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dance No. 15 in C major Opus 72
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
11:00 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Piano Sonata in G minor in G minor (1843) H395
Anna Shelest, piano
11:18 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 40: I. Molto Allegro in G minor K 550
Bremen German Chamber Philharmonic; Tarmo Peltokoski, conductor
11:46 a.m.
Vassili Kalinnikov
Intermezzo No. 1 for orchestra in F# minor
London Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
11:52 a.m.
John Williams
Saving Private Ryan: Hymn to the Fallen
Boston Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor Tanglewood Festival Chorus
12:00 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Overture K 492
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
12:04 p.m.
Gioachino Rossini
THE BARBER OF SEVILLE: Overture (IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA)
Philharmonia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
12:12 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
THE MAGIC FLUTE: Overture (Die Zauberflote) K 620
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
12:19 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
MAGIC FLUTE: Der Holle Rache K 620
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor Sumi Jo, soprano
12:23 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
DON GIOVANNI Overture K 527
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Christian Baldini, conductor
12:28 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
DON GIOVANNI: La ci darem la mano K 527
Academy of Saint Cecilia Orchestra; Myung Whun Chung, conductor Bryn Terfel, baritone; Cecilia Bartoli, mezzo-soprano; John Fisher, harpsichord
12:32 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Variations on Mozart's "La ci darem la mano" in Bb major Opus 2
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment; Charles Mackerras, conductor Emanuel Ax, piano
12:50 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
ABDUCTION FROM THE SERAGLIO Overture K 384
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
12:56 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Turkish Rondo (from Sonata No. 11 "Turkish March") in A major K 331
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Edward Gardner, conductor Alison Balsom, trumpet
1:00 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
DER FREISCHUTZ: Overture Opus 77 J 277
Tapiola Sinfonietta; Jean Jacques Kantorow, conductor
1:10 p.m.
Scott Joplin
Solace
Lara Downes, piano; Joe Brent, vihuela
1:17 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major K 467
English Chamber Orchestra; Jeffrey Tate, conductor Mitsuko Uchida, piano
1:46 p.m.
Marianna Martines
Sinfonia in C major
La Floridiana; Nicoleta Paraschivescu, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Requiem Mass in D minor K 626
La Chapelle Royale; Collegium Vocale Gent; Philippe Herreweghe, conductor Sybilla Rubens, soprano; Annette Markert, alto; Ian Bostridge, tenor; H. Muller-Brachmann, baritone
2:48 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Song without Words for cello and piano Opus 109
Haruma Sato, cello; Wataru Hisasue, piano
2:54 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No. 3: Air in D major BWV 1068
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor
3:00 p.m.
Charles-Marie Widor
Organ Symphony No. 5: Toccata Opus 42
Simon Preston, organ
3:07 p.m.
Mel Bonis
Piano Quartet No. 1: III. Andante in Bb major Opus 69
Mozart Piano Quartet
3:14 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Clarinet Concerto in A major K 622
Berlin Philharmonic; Claudio Abbado, conductor Sabine Meyer, basset clarinet
3:41 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Music for the Royal Fireworks HWV 351
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
4:01 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor K 466
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Richard Goode, piano
4:31 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
EUGENE ONEGIN: Polonaise
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
4:37 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
String Symphony No. 6 in Eb major
Heidelberg Symphony; Thomas Fey, conductor
4:48 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 1 in Eb major K 16
Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra; Hans Graf, conductor
5:00 p.m.
Maurice Ravel
Le tombeau de Couperin (The tomb of Couperin)
Lyon Opera Orchestra; Kent Nagano, conductor
5:19 p.m.
Bear McCreary
Battlestar Galactica: Dreilide Thrace Sonata No. 1
Bear McCreary, piano
5:26 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 35 "Haffner" in D major K 385
English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
5:49 p.m.
Karl Jenkins
Palladio: I. Allegretto
London Philharmonic Strings; Karl Jenkins, conductor
5:53 p.m.
Mikhail Glinka
RUSLAN AND LUDMILA: Overture
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Andre Previn, conductor
5:59 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Serenade No. 10 for winds "Gran Partita" in Bb major K 361 (FROM THE RUSSELL KLETZING COLLECTION)
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
6:49 p.m.
Manuel Ponce
Romantic Sonata: III. Musical Moment (Sonata romantica "Hommage a Franz Schubert")
Marcin Dylla, guitar
6:54 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Sonata No. 12: II. Adagio
Chick Corea, piano
