Classical Music Playlist, April 21, 2025
Claude Debussy in 1909. Color by Klimbim (Olga Shirnina) who grants free use.
“Music must be freed from all learned bombast. It must endeavor with modesty to give joy. Exaggerated complication is the opposite of art. Beauty must be sensually perceivable so that it can...penetrate us without us having difficulty understanding it.”
Before Claude Debussy said that in a 1910 interview, he demonstrated it in his compositions. In what might be called his quiet revolution, Debussy consciously rejected traditional form in favor of music with a new color and mood. Clair de Lune, Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, and Pelléas et Mélisande are examples. He was working toward that in 1893 with his only String Quartet. It's today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Johann Georg Knechtl
Horn Concerto in D major
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Iona Brown, conductor Barry Tuckwell, horn
6:08 a.m.
Alexander Glazunov
Symphony No. 4 in Eb major Opus 48
BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra; Tadaaki Otaka, conductor
6:43 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Das Jahr (The Year): 9. September: At the River
Anna Shelest, piano
6:48 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 1 in Eb major K 16
Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra; Hans Graf, conductor
7:00 a.m.
Francesco Geminiani
Concerto Grosso "La Follia" in D minor
Les Violons du Roy; Bernard Labadie, conductor
7:12 a.m.
Johan Halvorsen
Symphony No. 2 "Fate" (Fatum) in D minor
Bergen Philharmonic; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
7:41 a.m.
Francesco Tristano
On John Bull's Galliard In D
Basel Chamber Orchestra; Irene Delgado-Jimenez, conductor Francesco Tristano, piano
7:46 a.m.
Grace Williams
Fantasia on Welsh Nursery Tunes
Royal Ballet Sinfonia; Andrew Penny, conductor
7:58 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor": III. Rondo in Eb major Opus 73
London Symphony Orchestra; Colin Davis, conductor Evgeny Kissin, piano
8:09 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 29 in A major K 201
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
8:36 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Piano Quintet No. 2: III. Scherzo (Furiant) in A major Opus 81
Takacs Quartet Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano
8:41 a.m.
Richard Strauss
Don Juan Opus 20
Staatskapelle Dresden; Rudolph Kempe, conductor
8:59 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor Opus 60
Krystian Zimerman, piano; Maria Nowak, violin; Katarzyna Budnik, viola; Yuya Okamoto, cello
9:34 a.m.
Antonio Lauro
Venezuelan Waltzes (Valses Venezolanos)
Pepe Romero, guitar
9:44 a.m.
Johann Heinichen
Concerto for horns, flutes, oboes and strings in F major
Musica Antiqua Koln; Reinhardt Goebel, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
My Home Overture Opus 62
Scottish National Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
10:10 a.m.
Alberto Ginastera
Impressions of the Puna (Impresiones de la Puna)
Shanghai String Quartet Eugenia Zukerman, flute
10:18 a.m.
Joseph Wolfl
Piano Concerto No. 6 "The Cuckoo" Opus 49
S. W. German Radio Symphony Orchestra; Johannes Moesus, conductor Yorck Kronenberg, piano
10:37 a.m.
Louis Theodore Gouvy
Fantaisie Symphonique in G minor Opus 69
Saarbrucken Radio Philharmonic Orchestra; Jacques Mercier, conductor
11:00 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 103 "Drum Roll" in Eb major
Lausanne Chamber Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
11:29 a.m.
John Field
Nocturne No. 8 in Eb major H 30
Alice Sara Ott, piano
11:32 a.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Re-Inventions: Re-Invention No. 1
La Pieta; Angele Dubeau, conductor
11:38 a.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 8 "Christmas Concerto" in G minor Opus 6
Les Violons du Roy; Bernard Labadie, conductor
11:52 a.m.
Elmer Bernstein
The Magnificent Seven
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
11:59 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Concert Rondo "Krakowiak" (krak-KOH-vee-akk) in F major Opus 14
Slovak State Philharmonic, Kozice; Robert Stankovsky, conductor Idil Biret, piano
12:16 p.m.
Danny Elfman
Percussion Concerto: II. D.S.C.H.
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor Colin Currie, percussion
12:21 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 1 in C major Opus 21
German Chamber Philharmonic; Paavo Jarvi, conductor
12:46 p.m.
George Enescu
Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 in A major Opus 11
National Orchestra of France; Cristian Macelaru, conductor Alice Sara Ott, piano
1:00 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Aria Variata in A minor BWV 989
Vikingur Olafsson, piano
1:15 p.m.
Niels Gade
Symphony No. 3 in A minor Opus 15
Danish National Symphony Orchestra; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
1:45 p.m.
Florence Price
String Quartet in G major: II. Andante moderato - Allegretto in G major
Pacifica Quartet
1:53 p.m.
Dmitri Kabalevsky
Colas Breugnon: Overture
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Claude Debussy
String Quartet in G minor Opus 10
Nash Ensemble
2:26 p.m.
Valentin Silvestrov
Bagatelle (Op. 1, No. 1) Opus 1/1
Dmytro Choni, piano
2:30 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Scherzo capriccioso Opus 66
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; Marin Alsop, conductor
2:46 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Symphony No. 3: III. Allegro in A minor Opus 44
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
3:00 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 4 in F major Opus 3/4a HWV 315
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
3:12 p.m.
Lucas Ruiz de Ribayaz
Tarantela
The Harp Consort
3:14 p.m.
Aram Khachaturian
Masquerade: Waltz
The Bolshoi Theater Orchestra; Mark Ermler, conductor
3:20 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor Opus 40
Royal Flemish Philharmonic; Phillippe Herreweghe, conductor Martin Helmchen, piano
3:43 p.m.
Ottorino Respighi
Fountains of Rome
Philadelphia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
4:00 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 25 in G minor K 183
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
4:22 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Trio "Archduke": II. Scherzo in Bb major Opus 97
Esther Abrami Quintet Emanuel Ax, piano; Leonidas Kavakos, violin; Yo Yo Ma, cello
4:25 p.m.
Agustin Barrios
Maxixe
Xuefei Yang, guitar
4:28 p.m.
Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 4 "Romantic": I. Bewegt, Nicht Zu Schell in Eb major
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Karl Bohm, conductor
4:49 p.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Blue Danube Waltz Opus 314
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor
4:59 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 9: II. Molto Vivace (Scherzo and Trio) in D minor Opus 125
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
5:11 p.m.
Edward K. (Duke) Ellington
In a sentimental mood
Jason Vieaux, guitar
5:16 p.m.
Bela Bartok
Piano Concerto No. 3 SZ 119
Helsinki Philharmonic; Susanna Malkki, conductor Andreas Haefliger, piano
5:41 p.m.
Alexander MacKenzie
Second Scottish Rhapsody Opus 24
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Martyn Brabbins, conductor
5:59 p.m.
Edouard Lalo
Symphony in G minor
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Yondani Butt, conductor
6:28 p.m.
Ernest Chausson
Poeme
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France; Mikko Franck, conductor Hilary Hahn, violin
6:46 p.m.
Hayato Sumino
Nocturne II - After Dawn
Hayato Sumino, piano
6:50 p.m.
Gustav Holst
The Planets: Neptune, the Mystic Opus 32 7. Neptune, the Mystic
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
