Classical Music Playlist, July 14, 2025
Chinese Kiosks of the Prince's Garden of Aranjuez | Photo: Ángel Serrano Sánchez de León | Source: Wikipedia
As Spanish composer Manuel de Falla originally conceived his symphonic impressions of gardens as a set of Nocturnes for piano, he titled the work, “NIGHTS in the Gardens of Spain.” Imagine the nighttime smell of jasmine as a gypsy dances in a warm summertime garden for today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Willem De Fesch
Concerto No. 1 in D major Opus 5
Musica Ad Rhenum
6:08 a.m.
Ethel Smyth
Piano Trio in D minor
Neave Trio
6:40 a.m.
Napoleon Coste
Variations on a theme by Rossini
Pavel Steidl, guitar
6:55 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
XERXES: Largo: "Ombra mai fu"
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
6:59 a.m.
Maurice Ravel
Sonatine
Eliane Elias, piano
7:13 a.m.
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Violin Concerto in A major Opus 5/2
Encore Chamber Orchestra; Daniel Hege, conductor Rachel Barton Pine, violin
7:38 a.m.
Agustin Barrios
Aire de Zamba
Angel Romero, guitar
7:41 a.m.
Jessie Montgomery
Strum
Catalyst Quartet
7:49 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Oboe Concerto No. 12 in C major RV 449
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor Paul Goodwin, oboe
7:59 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Scherzo capriccioso Opus 66
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Jose Serebrier, conductor
8:16 a.m.
Aram Khachaturian
Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus & Phrygia
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Aram Khachaturian, conductor
8:26 a.m.
Earl Wild
Grand Fantasie on Porgy and Bess: Summertime (After G. Gershwin)
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
8:29 a.m.
Gabriel Faure
Papillon Opus 77
Yo Yo Ma, cello; Kathryn Stott, piano
8:33 a.m.
Leo Delibes
Coppelia: (Suite from the ballet)
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Heinz Fricke, conductor
8:59 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 4 "Italian" in A major Opus 90
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
9:29 a.m.
Sonny Kompanek
Killer Tango
Canadian Brass
9:34 a.m.
Saverio Mercadante
Trio for violin, clarinet and cello
Bel Canto Ensemble
9:48 a.m.
Johann Graun
Trio for 2 violins and basso continuo in G major W 84
Les Amis de Philippe
10:00 a.m.
John Rutter
Folk Suite
Royal Ballet Sinfonia; David Lloyd-Jones, conductor
10:13 a.m.
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Grand Concerto for bassoon and orchestra in F major
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Klaus Thunemann, bassoon
10:37 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Harpsichord Concerto in D minor BWV 974
Vikingur Olafsson, piano
10:48 a.m.
Santiago de Murcia
La Jota
Richard Savino, guitar; Mauro ReFosco, percussion; Yousif Sheronick, percussion
10:50 a.m.
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Quintet for Guitar and String Quartet: IV. Finale Op 143
Pacifica Quartet Sharon Isbin, guitar
10:58 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 5 in C minor Opus 67
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Carlos Kleiber, conductor
11:33 a.m.
Amy Beach
Scottish Legend Opus 54/1
Alan Feinberg, piano
11:36 a.m.
Steve Reich
Nagoya Marimbas
David Tanenbaum, guitar
11:42 a.m.
Anton Arensky
Piano Quintet: Scherzo Opus 51
Ying Quartet Adam Neiman, piano
11:52 a.m.
Valerie Coleman
Umoja
Imani Winds
11:54 a.m.
Samuel Scheidt
Canzona Bergamasca
The Paramount Brass
12:00 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
In Nature's Realm Overture Opus 91
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; John Farrer, conductor
12:14 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Arabeske
studio ensemble; Amy Andersson, conductor Peter Dugan
12:22 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Flute & Harp Concerto in C major K 299
Berlin Philharmonic; Ernst Marzendorfer, conductor Nicanor Zabaleta, harp; Karlheinz Zoeller, flute
12:52 p.m.
Clarence Cameron White
Levee Dance
Rachel Barton Pine, violin; Matthew Hagle, piano
12:55 p.m.
William Grant Still
Lyric Quartet: III. The Jovial One
Catalyst Quartet
1:00 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 6 "Le Matin" in D major
Lausanne Chamber Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
1:19 p.m.
Jessie Montgomery
Peace
Anthony McGill, clarinet; Gloria Chien, piano
1:24 p.m.
Tessa Lark
Applachian Fantasy
Tessa Lark, violin
1:29 p.m.
Percy Grainger
Lincolnshire Posey
"The President's Own" United States Marine Band; Gerard Schwarz, conductor
1:45 p.m.
Johann Christian Bach
Sinfonia Concertante for violin, cello and orchestra in A major
London Festival Orchestra; Ross Pople, conductor Members of...
2:00 p.m.
Manuel de Falla
Nights In the Gardens of Spain
Orchestre de Paris; Daniel Barenboim, conductor Martha Argerich, piano
2:26 p.m.
Philip Glass
String Quartet No. 3 "Mishima": VI. Mishima Closing
Kronos Quartet
2:30 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for diverse instruments in C major RV 558
Academy of Ancient Music; Andrew Manze, conductor
2:42 p.m.
Maurice Ravel
Daphnis et Chloe: Suite No. 2
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
3:00 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Trio "Ghost": I. Allegro vivace e con brio in D major Opus 70/1
The Gold Coast Trio Rachel Vetter Huang, violin; Susan Lamb Cook, cello; Hao Huang, piano
3:08 p.m.
Arthur Foote
Serenade: Gavotte Opus 25
Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor
3:11 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantata No. 29: Sinfonia BWV 29
Brandenburg Consort; Roy Goodman, conductor Paul Nicholson, organ
3:16 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Clarinet Concerto in A major K 622
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Charles Neidich, basset clarinet
3:46 p.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
English Folk Song Suite
University of Texas Wind Ensemble; Jerry Junkin, conductor
3:59 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
The Hero's Song Opus 111
Scottish National Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
4:21 p.m.
Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Te Deum: Prelude
English Chamber Orchestra; Anthony Newman, conductor Wynton Marsalis, trumpet
4:23 p.m.
Gaspar Sanz
Canarios
Chatham Baroque
4:28 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Piano Concerto No. 2: I. Maestoso in F minor Opus 21
Mahler Chamber Orchestra; Mikhail Pletnev, conductor Daniil Trifonov, piano
4:44 p.m.
Dorothy Howell
Lamia
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Rumon Gamba, conductor Sophie Langdon, violin; Richard Watkins, horn
4:48 p.m.
Shelley Washington
Middleground
PubliQuartet
4:58 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Serenade No. 2 in A major Opus 16
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
5:30 p.m.
Johann Heinichen
Concerto for 2 trumpets and organ in F major S 233
Saxony Virtuosi; Ludwig Guttler, conductor
5:39 p.m.
Johann Kaspar Mertz
Hungarian Fantasy (Fantasie Hongroise) Opus 65/1
David Russell, guitar
5:45 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Zadok the Priest HWV 258
English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor Monteverdi Choir
5:51 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
String Quartet No. 2 (unfinished): II. Allegro scherzando in F major
Oslo Camerata; Stephan Barratt-Due, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Symphony No. 3 "Organ" in C minor Opus 78
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Charles Munch, conductor Berj Zamkochian, organ
6:35 p.m.
Florence Price
Violin Concerto no. 1: II. Andante in D major
Janacek Philharmonic; Ryan Cockerham, conductor Er-Gene Kahng
6:42 p.m.
Frederic Hand
Heart's Song
Frederic Hand, guitar
6:47 p.m.
Nitin Sawhney
Breathing Light Leictes Blut
Helene Grimaud, piano
6:51 p.m.
Jon Batiste
Chopinesque
Jon Batiste, piano
6:55 p.m.
John Williams
Sugarland Express: Theme
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor Toots Thielemans, harmonica
