Classical Music Playlist, August 7, 2025
Illustration of Anna Pavlova in Les Sylphides for a 1909 production in Paris
Russian dancer and choreographer Michail Fokine (1880-1942) happened upon Alexander Glazunov’s orchestration of four piano pieces by Frédéric Chopin into a suite titled Chopiniana and thought this would make a good basis for a new ballet. Long story short, Glazunov orchestrated one more Chopin piece (a waltz) for Fokine, who then chose more Chopin pieces, had others orchestrate them for re-choreographed presentations now titled “Les Sylphides,” and still others made new orchestrations of the Fokine-selected Chopin pieces in later years including English composer & arranger Roy Douglas in 1936. In 1963, conductor Eugene Ormandy recorded the Douglas version with the Philadelphia Orchestra and that recording of Chopin's “Les Sylphides” is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Johann Heinichen
Concerto for horns, flutes, oboes and strings in F major
Musica Antiqua Koln; Reinhardt Goebel, conductor
6:14 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 48 "Maria Theresa" in C major HOB 48
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
6:43 a.m.
Giovanni Palestrina
Missa Papae Marcelli: Gloria
The Tallis Scholars; Peter Phillips, conductor
6:49 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Phaeton - Symphonic Poem Opus 39
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
6:59 a.m.
George W. Chadwick
Symphonic Sketches: Jubilee
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
7:08 a.m.
Gabriel Faure
Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor Opus 15
Emanuel Ax, piano; Isaac Stern, violin; Jaime Laredo, viola; Yo Yo Ma, cello
7:41 a.m.
Giovanni Gabrieli
Sonata VI a 8 pian e fort
The Wallace Collection; Simon Wright, conductor
7:45 a.m.
Giovanni Gabrieli
Canzon Duodecimi Toni No. 2
The Wallace Collection; Simon Wright, conductor
7:51 a.m.
Franz Von Suppe
Light Cavalry Overture
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Gustav Kuhn, conductor
7:59 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Concertpiece for piano and orchestra in F minor Opus 79 (Konzertstuck)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor Nikolai Demidenko, piano
8:16 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik in G major K 525 (FROM THE RUSSELL KLETZING COLLECTION)
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
8:35 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
St. Anthony Variations in Bb major Opus 56
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
8:53 a.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Romeo & Juliet: Dance of the Knights Opus 64
Cleveland Orchestra; Lorin Maazel, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Igor Stravinsky
The Fairy's Kiss: Divertimento
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor
9:25 a.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Tango Ballet
Apollo Chamber Players Hector del Curto, bandoneon
9:38 a.m.
Ernst von Dohnanyi
Symphonic Minutes Opus 36
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
9:54 a.m.
Johan Halvorsen
Entry March of the Boyars
Bergen Philharmonic; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto No. 1 for four violins and orchestra in D major Opus 3 RV 549
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor Members of...
10:08 a.m.
Edward Elgar
Cockaigne Overture (In London Town) Opus 40
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
10:25 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Symphony No. 1 in C major Opus 19
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
10:51 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Ballade No. 2 in F
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
10:59 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Violin Concerto in D major Opus 35
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Jakub Hrusa, conductor Nicola Benedetti, violin
11:36 a.m.
Reinhold Gliere
Romance Opus 35/6
Felix Klieser, horn; Christof Keymer, piano
11:41 a.m.
Grace Williams
Fantasia on Welsh Nursery Tunes
London Symphony Orchestra; Sir Charles Groves, conductor
11:53 a.m.
Florence Price
Symphony No. 3: IV. Scherzo: Finale
Philadelphia Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
12:00 p.m.
Jose Moncayo
Huapango
Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas; Alondra de la Parra, conductor
12:09 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Scherzo in D minor
St. Petersburg Philharmonic; Mariss Jansons, conductor
12:16 p.m.
Alberic Magnard
Symphony No. 3 in Bb minor Opus 11
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Jean-Yves Ossonce, conductor
12:54 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Overture K 492
London Philharmonic Orchestra; George Solti, conductor
1:00 p.m.
Gioachino Rossini
OTELLO: Overture
National Philharmonic Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
1:09 p.m.
Gentil Montana
Suite Colombiana No. 2: III. Bambuco
Jose Antonio Escobar, guitar
1:11 p.m.
Santiago de Murcia
La Jota
The Harp Consort Paul O'Dette, baroque guitar; Andrew Lawrence-King, harp
1:19 p.m.
Louise Farrenc
Symphony No. 3 in G minor Opus 36
North German Radio Symphony; Johannes Goritzki, conductor
1:51 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
SAMSON ET DELILA: Bacchanale Opus 47
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Paul Paray, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Les Sylphides: Suite
Philadelphia Orchestra; Eugene Ormandy, conductor
2:26 p.m.
Claude Debussy
Suite Bergamasque
Seong-Jin Cho, piano
2:46 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
Lyric Pieces: March of the Trolls Opus 54/3
Malmo Symphony Orchestra; Bjarte Engeset, conductor
2:50 p.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Vienna Blood Opus 354 Wiener Blut
Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Jascha Horenstein, conductor
2:59 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Rhapsody No. 3 in Ab major Opus 45
Scottish National Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
3:12 p.m.
Joan Ambrosio Dalza
Saltarello
Calliope
3:17 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor Opus 37
Berlin Philharmonic; Claudio Abbado, conductor Maurizio Pollini, piano
3:53 p.m.
Emmanuel Chabrier
Espana (Spanish Rhapsodie)
Ulster Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
4:00 p.m.
Dmitri Shostakovich
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major Opus 102
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor Yefim Bronfman, piano
4:20 p.m.
Jean-Baptiste Lully
ARMIDE: Passacaille
La Petite Bande; Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor
4:24 p.m.
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Les Indes Galantes: Air of the Savages
Orchestre de la Chapelle Royale; Philippe Herreweghe, conductor
4:28 p.m.
Josef Suk
Fantastic Scherzo Opus 25
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
4:43 p.m.
Howard Hanson
MERRY MOUNT suite
Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor
5:00 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Serenade No. 10 for winds "Gran Partita": I. Largo - Allegro Molto in Bb major K 361 (FROM THE RUSSELL KLETZING COLLECTION)
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
5:10 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Violin Concerto in D minor BWV 1052
Amsterdam Bach Solisten; Thomas Zehetmair, conductor Thomas Zehetmair, violin
5:33 p.m.
Zoltan Kodaly
Marosszek Dances
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
5:47 p.m.
Franz Liszt
Mephisto Waltz No. 1
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 31 "Hornsignal" in D major HOB I:31
Heidelberg Symphony Orchestra; Thomas Fey, conductor
6:27 p.m.
Ina Boyle
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra; Irene Delgado-Jimenez, conductor Esther Abrami, violin
6:46 p.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Histoire du Tango: II. Cafe 1930
Irmgard Toepper, flute; Hugo German Gaido, guitar
6:53 p.m.
Thelonious Monk
Monk's Mood
Kristin Lee, violin; Jeremy Ajani Jordan, piano
