Classical Music Playlist, July 28, 2025
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
The Symphony No. 1 by the 23 year old Sergei Rachmaninoff had a disastrous premiere performance. Conductor Alexander Glazunov gave the symphony very little rehearsal and, it’s been said, he was drunk on the podium. The whole experience devastated Rachmaninoff so badly that for three years he composed nothing more until after months of psychotherapy and hypnosis. Finally, Rachmaninoff emerged from his funk with his spectacularly successful Piano Concerto No. 2, but writing symphonies still intimidated him. He didn’t compose his Second Symphony for another ten years. After Rachmaninoff’s death, performances of his Symphony No. 1, with better conductors, have led it to be hailed as a triumph. It’s today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Andre Cardinal Destouches
Les Elements (1721)
Limoges Baroque Ensemble; Jean-Michel Hasler, conductor
6:20 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quartet No. 15 in D minor K 421
Quatuor Mosaiques
6:55 a.m.
Jean Sibelius
Karelia Suite: III. Alla Marcia Opus 11
Philharmonia Orchestra; Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
7:01 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Piano Sonata No. 1: IV. Finale in C major Opus 1
Norman Krieger, piano
7:09 a.m.
Franz Krommer
Concerto for two clarinets in Eb major Opus 91
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Kenneth Sillito, conductor Sabine Meyer, clarinet; Julian Bliss, clarinet
7:34 a.m.
Ernesto Nazareth
Perigoso
Estela Olevsky, piano
7:38 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto, Op. 3, No. 6 in A minor Opus 3/6 RV 356
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor Elizabeth Wallfisch, violin
7:46 a.m.
Gioachino Rossini
WILLIAM TELL: Overture (GUILLAUME TELL)
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Claudio Abbado, conductor
7:58 a.m.
Ferdinand David
Bassoon Concertino in Bb major Opus 12
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Klaus Thunemann, bassoon
8:08 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in Bb minor Opus 23
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor Andras Schiff, piano
8:43 a.m.
Alessandro Piccinini
Passacaglia
Ronn McFarlane, lute
8:47 a.m.
Mohammed Fairouz
Piano Miniature No. 6, Addio
Lara Downes, piano
8:51 a.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Overture in D major
Berlin Academy of Ancient Music
8:59 a.m.
Franz Berwald
Symphony No. 1 "Sinfonie serieuse" in G minor
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
9:31 a.m.
Harald Saeverud
Posthumous Manuscripts: Capriccio in G in G
Oda Voltersvik, Piano
9:35 a.m.
Pall Isolfsson
Festival Overture
Iceland Symphony Orchestra; Petri Sakari, conductor
9:50 a.m.
Johan Svendsen
Norwegian Rhapsody No. 2 (Norsk Rapsodi No. 2) Opus 19
South Jutland Symphony Orchestra; Bjarte Engeset, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 3 in C minor Opus 6
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
10:10 a.m.
Isaac Albeniz
Suite Espanola: No. 1 "Granada" Opus 47/1
Pepe Romero, guitar
10:16 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Horn Trio in Eb major Opus 40
Lowell Greer, natural horn; Steven Lubin, fortepiano; Stephanie Chase, violin
10:46 a.m.
Arnold Bax
Tintagel
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Osmo Vanska, conductor
11:01 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No. 4 in D major BWV 1069
La Petite Bande; Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor
11:21 a.m.
Dmitri Shostakovich
Symphony No. 1: I. Allegretto-Allegro non troppo in E minor Opus 10
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
11:31 a.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Piano Sonata in C minor Opus 21
Joanne Polk, piano
11:49 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Hebrides Overture in B minor Opus 26
London Symphony Orchestra; Barry Wordsworth, conductor
12:00 p.m.
Paul Dukas
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Ulster Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
12:12 p.m.
Marie Awadis
Etude No. 3: Ballade
Marie Awadis, piano
12:15 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
MAZEPPA: Gopak
Minnesota Orchestra; Eiji Oue, conductor
12:21 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major K 218
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra; Yakov Kreizberg, conductor Julia Fischer, violin
12:45 p.m.
Alexander Glazunov
Saxophone Concerto in Eb major Opus 109
Russian National Orchestra; Jose Serebrier, conductor Marc Chisson, alto saxophone
12:59 p.m.
Fran�ois-Joseph Gossec
Symphony in F major Opus 12/6 B 59
London Mozart Players; Matthias Bamert, conductor
1:15 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": II. Largo in E minor Opus 95
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Seong-Jin Cho, piano
1:28 p.m.
John Ireland
Piano Concerto in Eb major
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic; John Wilson, conductor John Lenehan, piano
1:54 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto in D major: I. Allegro in D major BWV 972
Bamberg Symphony; Jakub Hrusa, conductor Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
1:57 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No. 2: Badinerie in B minor
American Bach Soloists; Jeffrey Thomas, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Symphony No. 1 in D minor Opus 13
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
2:43 p.m.
Sebastian Iradier
La Paloma the dove
Pablo Sainz Villegas, guitar
2:46 p.m.
Ronn McFarlane
Fermi's Paradox
Carolyn Surrick, viola da gamba; Ronn McFarlane, lute
2:52 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Sinfonia in G minor RV 157
Rebel Baroque Orchestra; Jorg-Michael Schwarz, conductor
3:00 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Trumpet Concerto in Eb major
German Chamber Philharmonic; Thomas Klug, conductor Alison Balsom, trumpet
3:15 p.m.
Lili Boulanger
2 Pieces for Violin and Piano (arr for cello & piano)
Matt Haimovitz, cello; Mari Kodama, piano
3:21 p.m.
Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 5 in Bb major D 485
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
3:50 p.m.
Adolphe Adam
SI J'ETAIS ROI (If I were King) Overture
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
3:58 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 14 in Eb major K 449
English Chamber Orchestra; Jeffrey Tate, conductor Mitsuko Uchida, piano
4:22 p.m.
Gioachino Rossini
The Thieving Magpie (LA GAZZA LADRA): Overture
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
4:33 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Clarinet Concerto No. 1: III. Rondo in F minor Opus 73
Staatskapelle Dresden; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Sabine Meyer, clarinet
4:55 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
4:59 p.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Concerto for horn and strings in D major
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Iona Brown, conductor Hermann Baumann, horn
5:09 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 101 "Clock" in D major
Orchestra of St. Luke's; Charles Mackerras, conductor
5:37 p.m.
Adolphus Hailstork
Three Spirituals
Virginia Symphony Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
5:46 p.m.
Jose Moncayo
Sinfonietta
Mexico National Symphony Orchestra; Enrique Arturo Diemecke, conductor
5:59 p.m.
Carl Nielsen
Rhapsodic Overture "An Imaginary Trip to the Faroe Islands"
Aarhus Symphony Orchestra; Lance Friedel, conductor
6:10 p.m.
Gabriel Faure
Piano Trio in D minor Opus 120
Beaux Arts Trio
6:32 p.m.
Alexandre Tansman
Cavatina
Javier Calderon, guitar
6:49 p.m.
Joe Hisaishi
One Summer's Day (from Spirited Away)
London Symphony Orchestra; Roman Simovic, conductor Joe Hisaishi, piano
6:53 p.m.
Gabriel Olafs
Islandus: The Drifter
Reykjavik Orchestra; Viktor Orri Arnason, conductor Gabriel Olafs, piano
