Classical Music Playlist, May 12, 2025
Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871-1927)
Inspired by the sunny Mediterranean climate of Italy on a trip to Florence, Swedish composer Wilhelm Stenhammar composed his "Serenade" in the early 1900s. It's been described as "Southern Temperament combined with Nordic dreaminess," and as one of his two greatest orchestral compositions. It's today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto for flute, violin and continuo in A minor BWV 1044
Musica Antiqua Koln; Reinhardt Goebel, conductor
6:20 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Symphony No. 1 in C major Opus 19
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
6:47 a.m.
Giovanni Palestrina
Ave Regina Caelorum
; Joseph Jennings, conductor Chanticleer
6:51 a.m.
Franz Strauss
Nocturno for Horn and Piano Opus 7
Peter Landgren, horn; Ann Schein, piano
7:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 3 in E minor Opus 6/3 HWV 321
Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor
7:13 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 97 in C major HOB I:97
Heidelberg Symphony Orchestra; Thomas Fey, conductor
7:39 a.m.
William Kroll
Banjo and Fiddle
Leonidas Kavakos, violin; Peter Nagy, piano
7:41 a.m.
Louis Moreau Gottschalk
Grand Tarantelle Opus 67/5
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor William Tritt, piano
7:50 a.m.
Alexander Glazunov
Concert Waltz No. 1 (Valse de Concert) in D major Opus 47
Bamberg Symphony; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
8:00 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto, Op. 4, No. 4 in A minor Opus 4 RV 357
Academy of Ancient Music; Christopher Hogwood, conductor Monica Huggett, violin
8:09 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor K 466
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Richard Goode, piano
8:40 a.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Symphony No. 2: II. Allegro molto in E minor Opus 27
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
8:51 a.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Blue Danube Waltz Opus 314
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Niels Gade
Symphony No. 5 in D minor Opus 25
Stockholm Sinfonietta; Neeme Jarvi, conductor Roland Pontinen, piano
9:28 a.m.
Bernhard Molique
Concertino for oboe in G minor
Czech National Symphony Orchestra; Paul Freeman, conductor Alex Klein, oboe
9:43 a.m.
Maurice Ravel
Bolero
Berlin Philharmonic; Pierre Boulez, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Jan Dismas Zelenka
Capriccio No. 1 in D major Z 182
Bern Camerata; Alexander van Wijnkoop, conductor
10:16 a.m.
Francesco Tristano
Toccata
Arctic Philharmonic; Christian Kluxen, conductor Francesco Tristano, piano
10:24 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 34 in C major K 338
English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
10:51 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Piano Sonata No. 1: IV. Finale in C major Opus 1
Norman Krieger, piano
11:00 a.m.
Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 3 in C major Opus 52
Helsinki Philharmonic; Paavo Berglund, conductor
11:30 a.m.
Florence Price
Piano Quintet: III. Juba in A minor
Takacs Quartet Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano
11:34 a.m.
Ottorino Respighi
Ancient Airs and Dances: Suite No. 3
Sinfonia 21; Richard Hickox, conductor
11:52 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Coriolan Overture in C minor Opus 62
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
12:00 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Toccata & Fugue in D minor BWV 565
Jean Guillou, organ
12:09 p.m.
John Field
Nocturne No. 2 in C minor H 25
Alice Sara Ott, piano
12:13 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Piano Concerto in A minor Opus 54
Berlin Philharmonic; Mariss Jansons, conductor Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
12:45 p.m.
Charles Stanford
Irish Rhapsody No. 1 in D minor Opus 78
Ulster Orchestra; Vernon Handley, conductor
1:00 p.m.
Dorothy Howell
Lamia
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Rumon Gamba, conductor Sophie Langdon, violin; Richard Watkins, horn
1:15 p.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Phantasy Quintet
Medici String Quartet
1:32 p.m.
Mel Bonis
Flute Sonata in C# minor Opus 64
Maria Cecilia Munoz, flute; Tiffany Butt, piano
1:51 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Four Seasons: Winter (L'Inverno) in F minor Opus 8/4 RV 297
Venice Baroque Orchestra; Andrea Marcon, conductor Giuliano Carmignola, violin
2:00 p.m.
Wilhelm Stenhammar
Serenade in F major Opus 31
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
2:33 p.m.
Danny Elfman
Percussion Concerto: II. D.S.C.H.
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor Colin Currie, percussion
2:38 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Rhapsody No. 2 in G minor Opus 45
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Kurt Masur, conductor
2:53 p.m.
Mikhail Glinka
RUSLAN AND LUDMILA: Overture
Bavarian Radio Symphony; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
2:59 p.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Piano Sonata in G minor in G minor (1843) H395
Anna Shelest, piano
3:17 p.m.
Cesare Negri
Renaissance Dances For Lute
Ronn McFarlane, lute
3:24 p.m.
Bedrich Smetana
String Quartet No. 1 "From My Life" in E minor
Takacs Quartet
3:50 p.m.
Henry Litolff
Concerto Symphonique No. 4: II. Scherzo Opus 102
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor Yuja Wang, piano
3:59 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 5 in C minor Opus 67
German Chamber Philharmonic; Paavo Jarvi, conductor
4:30 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Piano Quartet No. 3: II. Scherzo. Allegro in C minor Opus 60
Krystian Zimerman, piano; Maria Nowak, violin; Katarzyna Budnik, viola; Yuya Okamoto, cello
4:35 p.m.
Francesco Geminiani
Concerto Grosso "La Follia" in D minor
Les Violons du Roy; Bernard Labadie, conductor
4:47 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 2: III - Allegro scherzando in C minor Opus 18
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Moshe Atzmon, conductor Cristina Ortiz, piano
5:00 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Serenade for Winds in D minor Opus 44
Prague Philharmonia; Jakub Hrusa, conductor
5:24 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto, Op. 3, No. 6 in A minor Opus 3/6 RV 356
Venice Baroque Orchestra Avi Avital, mandolin
5:33 p.m.
Clara Schumann
Piano Concerto in A minor Opus 7
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic; Holly Mathieson, conductor Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
5:55 p.m.
Jean Sibelius
Andante Festivo
English String Orchestra; William Boughton, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Piano Concerto No. 4 in C minor Opus 44
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor Jean-Philippe Collard, piano
6:27 p.m.
Agustin Bardi
Gallo Ciego blind rooster
Apollo Chamber Players Hector del Curto, bandoneon
6:32 p.m.
Avril Coleridge-Taylor
Sussex Landscape Opus 27
Chineke! Orchestra; Roderick Cox, conductor
6:46 p.m.
Valerie Coleman
Shotgun Houses: III. Rome 1960
Pacifica Quartet Anthony McGill, clarinet
6:53 p.m.
Scott Joplin
Solace
Lara Downes, piano; Joe Brent, vihuela
