Classical Music Playlist, July 29, 2025
Alexander von Zemlinsky (1871-1942)
Young composer Alexander von Zemlinsky had fallen in love with Alma Schindler but after a time she left him for Gustav Mahler. Dejected, Zemlinsky expressed his feelings in a new tone poem, The Mermaid, inspired by the Hans Christian Anderson tale "The Little Mermaid." He felt the story paralleled his life (though with genders reversed): failing to win Alma was like the Mermaid failing to win the Prince. The work was premiered in Vienna in 1905 but was later assumed lost. It was only in the 1980s that pieces of the score around the world were compared and the full piece given its first modern performance in 1984 and in 2013 a critical edition was edited by a Zemlinsky scholar. The work has since been enjoying a revival with sentiments reflecting reviews of the 1905 premiere that called it such things as ‘charming’ and ‘poetical.” Zemlinsky’s “The Mermaid” is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Samuel Wesley
Symphony in Bb major
Milton Keynes Chamber Orchestra; Hilary Davan Wetton, conductor
6:21 a.m.
Joaquin Rodrigo
Concierto para una fiesta
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Sachio Fujioka, conductor Craig Ogden, guitar
6:50 a.m.
Johan Christian Schieferdecker
Concerts musicaux No. 1
Berlin Academy of Ancient Music
7:03 a.m.
Max Bruch
Scottish Fantasy: IV. Finale Opus 46
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Joshua Bell, conductor Joshua Bell, violin
7:13 a.m.
Georges Bizet
Symphony No. 1 in C major
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
7:45 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
String Quartet No. 14: V. Presto in C# minor Opus 131
Takacs Quartet
7:51 a.m.
ANONYMOUS
Propinan de Melyor
Piffaro Renaissance Band
7:53 a.m.
Aaron Copland
Rodeo: Hoe-Down
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
7:58 a.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 5 in Bb major Opus 6
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
8:09 a.m.
Niels Gade
Symphony No. 5 in D minor Opus 25
Stockholm Sinfonietta; Neeme Jarvi, conductor Roland Pontinen, piano
8:36 a.m.
Dmitri Shostakovich
Suite for Variety Orchestra: Waltz No. 2
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
8:40 a.m.
Reinhold Gliere
Concert Waltz Opus 90
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Vassily Sinaisky, conductor
8:47 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major BWV 1048
Il Giardino Armonico; Giovanni Antonini, conductor
8:59 a.m.
Arthur Foote
Piano Trio No. 2 in Bb major Opus 65
Neave Trio
9:22 a.m.
Hector Berlioz
Symphonie Fantastique: A Ball Opus 14
Lyon National Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
9:30 a.m.
Gustav Holst
St. Paul's Suite Opus 29/2
Guildhall String Ensemble; Robert Salter, conductor
9:43 a.m.
Franz Liszt
Les Preludes (Symphonic Poem #3) S 97
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor
10:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso "Alexander's Feast" in C major HWV 318
English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
10:13 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
"Military" Polonaise in A major Opus 40/1
Jon Kimura Parker, piano
10:20 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 99 in Eb major
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
10:47 a.m.
John Williams
STAR WARS - THE FORCE AWAKENS: Rey's Theme
Studio Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
10:50 a.m.
Amy Beach
Ballade, Op. 6 Opus 6
Anna Shelest, piano
11:00 a.m.
Maurice Ravel
Le tombeau de Couperin The tomb of Couperin
Ulster Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
11:17 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 2 in C minor Opus 17
Philharmonia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
11:51 a.m.
Jean Sibelius
Violin Concerto: III. Allegro, ma non tanto in D minor Opus 47
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra; Klaus Makela, conductor Janine Jansen, violin
12:00 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 4 in F major Opus 3/4a HWV 315
Musicians of the Louvre; Marc Minkowski, conductor
12:13 p.m.
William Grant Still
Wood Notes: I. Singing River
Fort Smith Symphony; John Jeter, conductor
12:19 p.m.
Frederick Delius
Summer Night on the River
Welsh National Opera Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
12:27 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphonic Variations Opus 78
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; Marin Alsop, conductor
12:51 p.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
NABUCCO Overture (Sinfonia)
Philharmonia Orchestra; Tullio Serafin, conductor
1:00 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto in E minor RV 281
Europa Galante Fabio Biondi, violin
1:12 p.m.
Carl Nielsen
Aladdin Suite Opus 34
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
1:39 p.m.
Florence Price
Dances in the Canebrakes
Althea Waites, piano
1:49 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 4: IV. Finale. Allegro con fuoco in F minor Opus 36
Philadelphia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Alexander von Zemlinsky
The Mermaid (Die Seejungfrau)
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
2:41 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Harpsichord Concerto in D minor BWV 974
Vikingur Olafsson, piano
2:52 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
THE MAGIC FLUTE: Overture (Die Zauberflote) K 620
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
3:00 p.m.
Richard Strauss
Serenade in Eb major Opus 7
Stockholm Philharmonic (members of); Paavo Berglund, conductor
3:10 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor" in Eb major Opus 73
Mahler Chamber Orchestra; Leif Ove Andsnes, conductor Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
3:49 p.m.
Gentil Montana
Suite Colombiana No. 2: IV. Porro
Jose Antonio Escobar, guitar
3:53 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Sleeping Beauty: Polonaise from Act III
London Symphony Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
3:59 p.m.
Stanislaw Moniuszko
Bajka (The Fairy Tale): Overture
Warsaw Philharmonic; Antoni Wit, conductor
4:14 p.m.
Joaquin Rodrigo
Fantasy for a Gentleman
Lausanne Chamber Orchestra; Lawrence Foster, conductor Sharon Isbin, guitar
4:37 p.m.
Harry Thacker Burleigh
From the Southland: I. Through Moanin' Pines
Jeni Slotchiver, piano
4:39 p.m.
Bela Bartok
Romanian Folk Dances SZ 68
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
4:47 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Violin Concerto: III. Allegro Giocoso (Finale) in D major Opus 77
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Bernard Haitink, conductor Henryk Szeryng, violin
4:57 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major K 467
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra; Paavo Jarvi, conductor Lars Vogt, piano
5:25 p.m.
Cesar Franck
Symphony: II. Allegretto in D minor
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Pierre Monteux, conductor
5:37 p.m.
Mikhail Glinka
Spanish Overture No. 2
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Vassily Sinaisky, conductor
5:47 p.m.
Hamilton Harty
Fantasy Scenes
Ulster Orchestra; Takuo Yuasa, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
String Quartet No. 13 in Bb major Opus 130
Takacs Quartet
6:44 p.m.
Richard Strauss
Andante for Horn Op. Posth. in C major AV 86a
Hermann Baumann, horn; Leonard Hokanson, piano
6:49 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Trio "Archduke": II. Scherzo in Bb major Opus 97
Esther Abrami Quintet Emanuel Ax, piano; Leonidas Kavakos, violin; Yo Yo Ma, cello
6:54 p.m.
Yiruma
non e la fine
Yiruma, piano; Chanuk Kang, cello
