Classical Music Playlist, May 19, 2025
Mozart’s String Quintets have been called his finest chamber music. No. 4 in g-minor is dark and dramatic, full of “inconsolable sorrow,” as Tchaikovsky said, until the music finally breaks out of the dark and into a sunny G-major conclusion. Enjoy this beautiful trip through lament & resignation to hope & optimism for today’s Midday Masterpiece
6:00 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for oboe & bassoon in G major RV 545
Ensemble Zefiro; Alfredo Bernardini, conductor Paolo Grazzi, oboe; Alberto Grazzi, bassoon
6:10 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quartet No. 22 in Bb major K 589
Dover Quartet
6:35 a.m.
Edvard Grieg
Lyric Suite Opus 54
Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor
6:51 a.m.
Thomas de Hartmann
Cello Concerto: III. Finale. Allegro ma non troppo Opus 57
Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra Matt Haimovitz, cello
7:00 a.m.
Friedrich Witt
Concerto for Two Horns and Orchestra (No. 3) in F major
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor Jacek Muzyk, horn; Daniel Kerdelewicz, horn
7:19 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
American Suite in A major Opus 98
Budapest Festival Orchestra; Ivan Fischer, conductor
7:40 a.m.
William Grant Still
Summerland
Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, piano
7:45 a.m.
Hamilton Harty
Comedy Overture
Ulster Orchestra; Takuo Yuasa, conductor
7:59 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Piano Concerto No. 11 in D major HOB 18:11
Norwegian Chamber Orchestra Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
8:18 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 1 in C major Opus 21
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
8:44 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Sinfonia (Konzertsatz) in D major BWV 1045
Brandenburg Consort; Roy Goodman, conductor
8:50 a.m.
Erich Korngold
The Sea Hawk (1940) Suite
Oregon Symphony; James DePreist, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Wilhelm Stenhammar
Symphony No. 2 in G minor Opus 34
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
9:44 a.m.
Gabriel Olafs
Melodia Suite: Absent Minded & Filma
Reykjavik Orchestra; Viktor Orri Arnason, conductor Gabriel Olafs, piano
9:53 a.m.
Vincenzo Bellini
Norma: Overture
Philharmonic of La Scala; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Piano Concerto No. 1 in Db major Opus 10
Montreal Symphony Orchestra; Charles Dutoit, conductor Martha Argerich, piano
10:16 a.m.
Danny Elfman
Percussion Concerto: II. D.S.C.H.
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor Colin Currie, percussion
10:21 a.m.
Louis Theodore Gouvy
Symphony No. 1 in Eb major Opus 9
Saarbrucken Radio Philharmonic Orchestra; Jacques Mercier, conductor
10:53 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
ABDUCTION FROM THE SERAGLIO Overture K 384
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
11:00 a.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Lark Ascending
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Simon Rattle, conductor Nigel Kennedy, violin
11:19 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Piano Concerto No. 2 in Eb major Opus 32
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor Nikolai Demidenko, piano
11:42 a.m.
Roland Dyens
Tango En Skai (Immitation Leather Tango)
Jason Vieaux, guitar
11:44 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G minor
Staatskapelle Berlin; Otmar Suitner, conductor
11:49 a.m.
Arnold Bax
The Happy Forest
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; David Lloyd-Jones, conductor
11:59 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for 2 mandolins in G major RV 532
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor James Tyler, mandolin; Robin Jeffrey, mandolin
12:11 p.m.
Teresa Carreno
Elegy No. 1 Opus 17
Clara Rodriguez, piano
12:14 p.m.
Mel Bonis
Soir et Matin: I. Soir (Evening) in Bb major Opus 76
Sandrine Cantoreggi, violin; Gustav Rivinius, cello; Sheila Arnold, piano
12:20 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
The Hero's Song Opus 111
Scottish National Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
12:43 p.m.
Johann Neruda
Trumpet Concerto in Eb major
Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra; Arnie Roth, conductor George Vosburgh, trumpet
12:59 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Variations on Mozart's "La ci darem la mano" in Bb major Opus 2
Warsaw Philharmonic; Kazimierz Kord, conductor Garrick Ohlsson, piano
1:19 p.m.
Claude Debussy
Sonata for flute, viola & harp L148
Philippa Davies, flute; Lawrence Power, viola; Lucy Wakeford, harp
1:38 p.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Vienna Blood Opus 354 Wiener Blut
Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Jascha Horenstein, conductor
1:46 p.m.
Georges Bizet
Carmen Suite No. 1
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quintet No. 4 in G minor K 516
Nash Ensemble w/ Philip Dukes Philip Dukes, viola
2:38 p.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
LA FORZA DEL DESTINO Overture
Philharmonic of La Scala; Riccardo Muti, conductor
2:47 p.m.
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in D minor
Weimar State Orchestra; Arthur Fagen, conductor
2:59 p.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 2 in F major Opus 6
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
3:09 p.m.
Franz Schubert
Nocturne (Notturno for Piano Trio) in Eb major Opus 148 D 897
Takacs Quartet Andreas Haefliger, piano
3:20 p.m.
Etienne-Nicolas Mehul
Symphony No. 1 in G minor
Rhenish Philharmonic Orchestra; Jorge Rotter, conductor
3:47 p.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Wasps: Overture
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Vernon Handley, conductor
3:58 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor Opus 37
Mahler Chamber Orchestra; Leif Ove Andsnes, conductor Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
4:35 p.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Five Pieces for Guitar: 2. Romantico
Franz Halasz, guitar
4:40 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Four Seasons: Summer (L'Estate) in G minor Opus 8 RV 315
Europa Galante Fabio Biondi, violin
4:52 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 4: III. Allegro giocoso in E minor Opus 98
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
4:59 p.m.
Karl Goldmark
In Italy Overture Opus 49
Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra; Andras Korodi, conductor
5:13 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 8: III. Allegretto grazioso in G major Opus 88
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Alice Sara Ott, piano
5:20 p.m.
Ethel Smyth
Concerto for Violin, Horn and Orchestra
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Odaline de la Martinez, conductor Sophie Langdon, violin; Richard Watkins, horn
5:49 p.m.
John Knowles Paine
Symphony No. 2 "In the Spring": II. Scherzo (May-Night Fantasy) in A major Opus 34
Ulster Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Franz Liszt
Piano Sonata in B minor S 178
Krystian Zimerman, piano
6:31 p.m.
Grace Williams
Symphony No. 2: III. Allegro scherzando
BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra; Vernon Handley, conductor
6:40 p.m.
Dominick Argento
Valentino Dances
Minnesota Orchestra; Eiji Oue, conductor William Schimmel, accordion
6:51 p.m.
Yann Tiersen
Amelie's Waltz
La Pieta; Angele Dubeau, conductor Angele Dubeau, violin
6:54 p.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Unsent Love Letters
Tamara-Anna Cislowska, piano
