Classical Music Playlist, February 5, 2025
Dmitri Shostakovich was born in 1906 in Tsarist Russia and became a fast-maturing adolescent with the arrival of the 1917 Russian revolution that changed life into the Soviet system of deprivation and civil war. And while his conservative musical education never advanced past about 1905, he absorbed new early 20th century ideas and served them up in his music with scathing opinion and biting humor (which got him in trouble with Soviet authorities). Written as a conservatory graduation requirement, the 19 year old Shostakovich's First Symphony enjoyed a spectacular 1926 premiere in Leningrad and established his reputation abroad the following year. It's today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Johann Friedrich Fasch
Overture for 2 flutes, 2 oboes and strings in F major FWV K: F3
Les Amis de Philippe; Ludger Remy, conductor
6:15 a.m.
Franz Schubert
String Quartet No. 14 "Death and the Maiden" in D minor D 810
Emerson String Quartet
6:54 a.m.
Armas Jarnefelt
Praeludium
Minnesota Orchestra; Eiji Oue, conductor
6:59 a.m.
Franz Berwald
Concert Piece in F major Opus 2
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Klaus Thunemann, bassoon
7:11 a.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Suite in D major TWV 55:D19
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
7:38 a.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Concert Etudes: Automne in Db major Opus 35/2
Anna Shelest, piano
7:45 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 9: II. Molto Vivace (Scherzo and Trio) in D minor Opus 125
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
7:59 a.m.
Richard Wagner
TANNHAUSER Overture
Berlin Philharmonic; Seiji Ozawa, conductor
8:15 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 29 in A major K 201
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
8:42 a.m.
Sonny Kompanek
Killer Tango
Canadian Brass
8:47 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Africa-Fantasie Opus 89
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Geoffrey Simon, conductor Gwendolyn Mok, piano
9:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Water Music Suite No. 1 in F major HWV 348
Les Violons du Roy; Bernard Labadie, conductor
9:29 a.m.
Jessie Montgomery
Strum
Catalyst Quartet
9:37 a.m.
Franz Schubert
Impromptu No. 4 in F minor Opus 142 D 935
Michel Dalberto, piano
9:45 a.m.
Zoltan Kodaly
Marosszek Dances
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Overture in C major
The Women's Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
10:11 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Poetic Tone Pictures: VII. Furiant Opus 85
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
10:15 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
String Quartet No. 13 in Bb major Opus 130
Takacs Quartet
11:00 a.m.
John Field
Piano Concerto No. 1 in Eb major
London Mozart Players; Matthias Bamert, conductor Miceal O'Rourke, piano
11:21 a.m.
Manuel Ponce
Giga
Horst Klee, guitar
11:23 a.m.
Steve Reich
Electric Counterpoint: Third Movement
Valerie Milot, harp
11:29 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 5 in D major Opus 6 HWV 323
Les Violons du Roy; Bernard Labadie, conductor
11:45 a.m.
Pablo de Sarasate
Carmen Fantasy
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra; Andres Orozco-Estrada, conductor Hilary Hahn, violin
12:01 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Concertpiece for piano and orchestra in F minor Opus 79 (Konzertstuck)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor Nikolai Demidenko, piano
12:18 p.m.
Jennifer Higdon
Amazing Grace
Serafin String Quartet
12:22 p.m.
Hans Zimmer
The Frozen Planet
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
12:28 p.m.
Zoltan Kodaly
Hary Janos Suite
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor
12:52 p.m.
Richard Wagner
DIE WALKURE: Ride of the Valkyries
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Daniel Barenboim, conductor
12:59 p.m.
Alexander Glazunov
The Seasons: Autumn Opus 67
Minnesota Orchestra; Edo de Waart, conductor
1:11 p.m.
Karl Jenkins
The Armed Man--A Mass for Peace: XII. Benedictus
Berlin Chamber Orchestra; Berlin Radio Choir Daniel Hope, violin
1:17 p.m.
Emmanuel Chabrier
Bourree Fantasque
L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
1:25 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Serenade for Winds in D minor Opus 44
Prague Philharmonia; Jakub Hrusa, conductor
1:50 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 7: II. Allegretto in A major Opus 92
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Dmitri Shostakovich
Symphony No. 1 in F minor Opus 10
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
2:36 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Fantasie-impromptu in C# minor Opus 66
Olga Kern, piano
2:42 p.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Lark Ascending
Philharmonia Orchestra; Andrew Litton, conductor Anne Akiko Meyers, violin
2:58 p.m.
Jan Dismas Zelenka
Capriccio No. 2 in G major Z 183
Bern Camerata; Alexander van Wijnkoop, conductor
3:13 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Piano Quintet in Eb major Opus 44
Artemis Quartet Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
3:42 p.m.
Traditional Japanese
Sakura sakura cherry blossom
Xuefei Yang, guitar
3:49 p.m.
Benjamin Britten
Gloriana: Courtly Dances
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
4:00 p.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 5 in Bb major Opus 6
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
4:11 p.m.
Aaron Copland
Rodeo
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
4:31 p.m.
Aaron Jay Kernis
100 Greatest Dance Hits: II. Salsa Pasada
Escher Quartet Jason Vieaux, guitar
4:34 p.m.
Teresa Carreno
Vals Gayo Opus 38
Clara Rodriguez, piano
4:40 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 31 "Paris" in D major K 297
Orchestra of the 18th Century; Frans Bruggen, conductor
4:59 p.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Tafelmusik II: Concerto for 3 violins in F major
Musica Antiqua Koln; Reinhardt Goebel, conductor Members of...
5:14 p.m.
Florence Price
Dances in the Canebrakes
Chicago Sinfonietta; Mei-Ann Chen, conductor
5:25 p.m.
Claude Debussy
La Mer
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Bernard Haitink, conductor
5:49 p.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Blue Danube Waltz Opus 314
Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra; Willi Boskovsky, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Clara Schumann
Piano Trio in G minor Opus 17
Nash Ensemble
6:29 p.m.
Gyorgy Ligeti
Bagatelle No. 3 (from Six Bagatelles for Wind Quintet)
Albert Schweitzer Quintet
6:32 p.m.
Keith Jarrett
Adagio for Oboe and String Orchestra
The Fairfield Orchestra; Thomas Crawford, conductor Marcia Butler, oboe
6:43 p.m.
Alexander Zhuk
Ukrainian Rhapsody
Anna Shelest, piano
6:50 p.m.
Philip Glass
Piano Concerto No. 3: I.
A Far Cry Simone Dinnerstein, piano
