Classical Music Playlist, April 14, 2025
Though the 1875 Symphony No. 1 by American composer John Knowles Paine was composed in the U.S., it wasn't published until 1908, two years after his death. But his 1879 Symphony No. 2 was published in 1880, making it the first full-score symphony ever published in America. It's today's Midday Masterpiece.
By the way, Paine gave each movement a description of its content:
I. Adagio sostenuto - "Departure of Winter" Allegro ma non troppo "Awakening of Nature"
II. Scherzo: Allegro "May-Night Fantasy"
III. Adagio "A Romance of Springtime"
IV. Allegro giojoso "The Glory of Nature"
6:00 a.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Concerto for trumpet, violin and strings in D major
Musica Antiqua Koln; Reinhardt Goebel, conductor Friedemann Immer, Trumpet; Reinhard Goebel, violin
6:13 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Sonata No. 13 in Bb major K 333
Andras Schiff, piano
6:34 a.m.
Victor Ewald
Quintet No. 1 in Bb minor Opus 5
Center City Brass Quintet
6:48 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 3 "Scottish": IV. Allegro vivacissimo in A minor Opus 56
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
6:59 a.m.
Charles Gounod
FAUST: Ballet Music
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Seiji Ozawa, conductor
7:17 a.m.
Alexander Glazunov
Violin Concerto in A minor Opus 82
RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra; Walter Hendl, conductor Jascha Heifetz, violin
7:37 a.m.
John Field
Nocturne No. 6 in F major H 40
Alice Sara Ott, piano
7:43 a.m.
Alan Hovhaness
Symphony No. 2 "Mysterious Mountain" Opus 132
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
8:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Music for the Royal Fireworks HWV 351
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
8:19 a.m.
Franz Liszt
Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major
Budapest Festival Orchestra; Ivan Fischer, conductor Zoltan Kocsis, piano
8:40 a.m.
Bear McCreary
Battlestar Galactica: The Shape of Things to Come
studio ensemble; Bear McCreary, conductor
8:43 a.m.
John Williams
E.T. The Extra Terrestial: Flying Theme
London Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
8:48 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for 2 mandolins in G major RV 532
Europa Galante; Fabio Biondi, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter" in C major K 551
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
9:40 a.m.
Josef Suk
Piano Trio: II. Andante in C minor Opus 2
Neave Trio
9:45 a.m.
Jan Dismas Zelenka
Capriccio No. 2 in G major Z 183
Bern Camerata; Alexander van Wijnkoop, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
The Battle of Legnano: Overture (LA BATTAGLIA DI LEGNANO)
Philharmonic of La Scala; Riccardo Muti, conductor
10:10 a.m.
Ignaz Moscheles
Piano Concerto No. 5 in C major Opus 87
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra; Howard Shelley, conductor Howard Shelley, piano
10:41 a.m.
Isaac Albeniz
Suite Espanola: No. 4 "Cadiz" Opus 47
Pepe Romero, guitar
10:47 a.m.
Benjamin Britten
Soirees musicales (Suite after Rossini) Opus 9
Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra; Okko Kamu, conductor
10:59 a.m.
Grace Williams
Penillion
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Sir Charles Groves, conductor
11:16 a.m.
George Gershwin
Rhapsody in Blue
Boston Pops Orchestra; Arthur Fiedler, conductor Earl Wild, piano
11:34 a.m.
Anton Bruckner
Symphonic Prelude in C minor
Bamberg Symphony; Jakub Hrusa, conductor Maria Duenas, violin
11:45 a.m.
Johan Wagenaar
Cyrano de Bergerac Overture Opus 23
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
12:00 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Academic Festival Overture Opus 80
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
12:11 p.m.
Lucas Saboya
Zamba Negra (from Suite Ernestina)
Jose Antonio Escobar, guitar
12:15 p.m.
Johan Halvorsen
Entry March of the Boyars
Bergen Philharmonic; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
12:20 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 35 "Haffner" in D major K 385
English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
12:45 p.m.
Richard Strauss
Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks Opus 28
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; Manfred Honeck, conductor
1:00 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto for oboe and violin in C minor BWV 1060
Academy of Ancient Music; Christopher Hogwood, conductor Stephen Hammer, oboe; Catherine Mackintosh, violin
1:15 p.m.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Piano Quintet in G minor Opus 1
Catalyst Quartet Stewart Goodyear, piano
1:43 p.m.
Amilcare Ponchielli
LA GIOCONDA: Dance of the Hours
Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; Ondrej Lenard, conductor
1:52 p.m.
Howard Shore
The Forest: 3rd movement
National Arts Centre Orchestra; Alexander Shelley, conductor Milos Karadaglic, guitar
2:00 p.m.
John Knowles Paine
Symphony No. 2 "In the Spring" in A major Opus 34
Ulster Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
2:48 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Serenade No. 10 for winds "Gran Partita": III. Adagio in Bb major K 361
Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble
2:55 p.m.
Jean-Baptiste Lully
ARMIDE: Passacaille
La Petite Bande; Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor
3:00 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Bagatelles Opus 47
Bonn Beethovenhalle Orchestra; Dennis Russell Davies, conductor
3:20 p.m.
Scott Joplin
Maple Leaf Rag
Eugene List, piano
3:25 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 99 in Eb major
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
3:51 p.m.
Mauro Giuliani
Guitar Concerto No. 3: III. Polonaise. Allegretto in F major Opus 70
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Pepe Romero, guitar
4:01 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor Opus 22
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Pascal Roge, piano
4:26 p.m.
Gisle Kverndokk
Symphonic Dances: II. Waltz
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra (sta VAHN ger); Ken-David Masur, conductor
4:31 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Sleeping Beauty: Waltz from Act I
Philadelphia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
4:36 p.m.
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4: I. Preludio W284 Introdu��o
Nelson Freire, piano
4:39 p.m.
Claude Debussy
The Girl with the Flaxen Hair (from Preludes, Book I: No. 8) (La fille aux cheveux de lin)
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
4:42 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 Opus 46
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
5:00 p.m.
Catrin Finch
Celtic Concerto
Sinfonia Cymru; John Rutter, conductor Catrin Finch, harp
5:13 p.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
English Folk Song Suite
University of Texas Wind Ensemble; Jerry Junkin, conductor
5:26 p.m.
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger
Earina Suite
Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra; Michail Jurowski, conductor
5:48 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
String Symphony No. 6 in Eb major
Heidelberg Symphony; Thomas Fey, conductor
5:59 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
String Quartet No. 10 in Eb major Opus 51
Takacs Quartet
6:32 p.m.
Isolina Carrillo
Dos Gardenias
Havana Lyceum Orchestra; Jose Antonio Mendez Padron, conductor Sarah Willis, horn; Harold Madrigal Frias, trumpet
6:38 p.m.
Maurice Ravel
Pavane for a Dead Princess (Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte)
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
6:46 p.m.
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 10: III. Purgatorio in F# major
Berlin Philharmonic; Simon Rattle, conductor
6:50 p.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Violin Concerto No. 1: III. Moderato in D major Opus 19
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra; Klaus Makela, conductor Janine Jansen, violin
