Classical Music Playlist, May 8, 2025
Louis Théodore Gouvy in 1860
Louis Théodore Gouvy was a man of two cultures: France and Germany. He was born into a French family who lived in a region that fell into Prussian control shortly before his birth (1819). This dual-identity influenced his music. Drawn not to opera, which was all the rage in France, but to pure instrumental music of interest in the German countries, this is where he found most of his influence and his success. Johannes Brahms admired his music; and though he was a friend of French composers Massenet, Lalo and Saint-Saëns, and Hector Berlioz even wrote favorable reviews of his music, the French public were not swayed. To the French he was too German; to many Germans, he was too French. Though he composed a sizable output, after his death Gouvy’s music remained largely ignored until the end of the 20th century. Of his nine symphonies, the Symphony No. 2 by Théodore Gouvy is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 12 in B minor Opus 6/12 HWV 330
Aradia Ensemble; Kevin Mallon, conductor
6:12 a.m.
Clara Schumann
Piano Sonata in G minor
Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
6:33 a.m.
Carl Reinecke
Flute Concerto in D major Opus 283
Residentie Orkest Den Haag; Neeme Jarvi, conductor Sharon Bezaly, flute
6:52 a.m.
Gioachino Rossini
LA SCALA DI SETA (The Silken Ladder): Overture
Philharmonia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
7:00 a.m.
Florence Price
Symphony No. 1: I. Allegro ma non troppo in E minor
Chineke! Orchestra; Roderick Cox, conductor
7:19 a.m.
George Gershwin
Rhapsody in Blue
Buffalo Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor Orion Weiss, piano
7:39 a.m.
Esther Abrami
Transmissions
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra; Irene Delgado-Jimenez, conductor Esther Abrami, violin
7:44 a.m.
Richard Wagner
TANNHAUSER Overture
Berlin Philharmonic; Seiji Ozawa, conductor
8:00 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
8:18 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Keyboard Concerto No. 1 in D minor BWV 1052
Staatskapelle Berlin Simone Dinnerstein, piano
8:42 a.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Sea Songs
Northern Sinfonia of England; Richard Hickox, conductor
8:46 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dance No. 8 in G minor Opus 46
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
8:51 a.m.
Alfredo Casella
Italia: IV. Finale (Allegro molto vivace...) Opus 11
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
9:01 a.m.
Edward MacDowell
Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor Opus 23
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Walter Hendl, conductor Van Cliburn, piano
9:29 a.m.
Isaac Albeniz
Zambra Granadina
David Russell, guitar
9:35 a.m.
Jan Dismas Zelenka
Capriccio No. 3 in F major Z 184
Bach Sinfonia; Daniel Abraham, conductor
9:52 a.m.
Anton Bruckner
Symphonic Prelude in C minor
Bamberg Symphony; Jakub Hrusa, conductor Maria Duenas, violin
10:00 a.m.
Hamilton Harty
John Field Suite
Ulster Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor
10:20 a.m.
Julia Perry
Ye, Who Seek the Truth
Experiential Orchestra; James Blachly, conductor
10:26 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 17 "Tempest" in D minor Opus 31/2
Stewart Goodyear, piano
10:50 a.m.
George W. Chadwick
Symphonic Sketches: Jubilee
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
10:59 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in Eb major Opus 74
Staatskapelle Dresden; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Sabine Meyer, clarinet
11:23 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Nocturne No. 7 in C# minor Opus 27/1
Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, piano
11:29 a.m.
Alan Hovhaness
Symphony No. 2 "Mysterious Mountain" Opus 132
Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Litton, conductor
11:47 a.m.
Franz Berwald
Concert Piece in F major Opus 2
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Klaus Thunemann, bassoon
11:59 a.m.
Josef Suk
Fantastic Scherzo Opus 25
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
12:15 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Kinderszenen: Traumerei (Dreaming) Opus 15/7
Lise de la Salle, piano
12:18 p.m.
Clara Schumann
Scherzo No. 1 in D minor in D minor Opus 10
Angela Cheng, piano
12:24 p.m.
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger
Frosoblomster, Suite No. 1 (The Flowers of Froso) op. 16
Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra; Michail Jurowski, conductor
12:43 p.m.
Hugo Alfven
Mountain King Suite
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Niklas Willen, conductor
1:00 p.m.
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Overture
Polish National Radio Orchestra; Antoni Wit, conductor
1:11 p.m.
Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 5 in Eb major Opus 82
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra; Mariss Jansons, conductor
1:42 p.m.
Ricardo Castro
Plainte Opus 38/2
Orquesta Sinfonica de Mineria (OSM) Jorge Federico Osorio, piano
1:45 p.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Song Without Words Opus 8/1
Sarah Cahill, piano
1:51 p.m.
Hugo Wolf
Italian Serenade in G major
I Solisti Italiani
2:00 p.m.
Louis Theodore Gouvy
Symphony No. 2 in F major Opus 12
Saarbrucken Radio Philharmonic Orchestra; Jacques Mercier, conductor
2:33 p.m.
John Field
Nocturne No. 9 in E minor H 46
Alice Sara Ott, piano
2:37 p.m.
Gabriel Faure
Masques and Bergamasques Opus 112
Lyon National Orchestra; Emmanuel Krivine, conductor
2:52 p.m.
Franz Von Suppe
Light Cavalry Overture
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
3:00 p.m.
Giacomo Puccini
Preludio Sinfonico in A major
Philharmonic of La Scala; Riccardo Muti, conductor
3:10 p.m.
Joseph Bodin de Boismortier
Chaconne (from Daphnis and Chloe)
Le Concert Spirituel; Herve Niquet, conductor
3:15 p.m.
Dieterich Buxtehude
Ciacona for Organ in E minor BUX 160
Simon Preston, organ
3:22 p.m.
Harry Thacker Burleigh
Southland Sketches (1916)
Kristin Lee, violin; Jeremy Ajani Jordan, piano
3:34 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 29 in A major K 201
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
3:59 p.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Symphony No. 1 "Classical" in D major Opus 25
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Claudio Abbado, conductor
4:13 p.m.
Mauro Giuliani
Guitar Concerto No. 1 in A major Opus 30
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Pepe Romero, guitar
4:37 p.m.
Margaret Bonds
Spiritual Suite: III. Troubled Water
Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, piano
4:43 p.m.
Charles Stanford
Irish Rhapsody No. 5
Ulster Orchestra; Vernon Handley, conductor
4:59 p.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Overture in C major
The Women's Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
5:10 p.m.
Enrique Soro
Three Chilean Airs (Tres aires chilenos)
Chile Symphony Orchestra; Jose Luis Dominguez, conductor
5:22 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Cello Concerto in A minor Opus 129
Radio Philharmonic Orchestra of France; Paavo Jarvi, conductor Truls Mork, cello
5:47 p.m.
Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 9: II. Scherzo in D minor WAB 109
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; Manfred Honeck, conductor
5:59 p.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Cinderella Suite No. 1 Opus 107
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
6:29 p.m.
Don Brandon Ray
Three Homestead Dances
Dublin Philharmonic Orchestra; Derek Gleeson, conductor
6:46 p.m.
Hayato Sumino
Human Universe
Hayato Sumino, piano
6:53 p.m.
Mark O'Connor
Butterfly's Day Out
Yo Yo Ma, cello; Edgar Meyer, bass; Mark O'Connor, mandolin
