Classical Music Playlist, August 27, 2025
After having been a professor at the Paris Conservatory since 1871, and its director since 1896, French composer Théodore Dubois retired in 1905. And in that year he also composed his Quintet for Piano, Oboe and String Trio. It ignores the Impressionism of the day and remains in the Romantic French tradition. It’s today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Bassoon Concerto in E minor in E minor RV 484
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor Milan Turkovich, bassoon
6:12 a.m.
Jules Massenet
Suite No. 7 "Alsatian Scenes" (Scenes Alsaciennes)
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; Jean-Yves Ossonce, conductor
6:36 a.m.
Edouard Lalo
Scherzo in D minor
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Yondani Butt, conductor
6:41 a.m.
Joseph Wolfl
Piano Concerto No. 6 "The Cuckoo" Opus 49
S. W. German Radio Symphony Orchestra; Johannes Moesus, conductor Yorck Kronenberg, piano
7:00 a.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Symphony No. 1 "Classical" in D major Opus 25
Royal Scottish Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
7:16 a.m.
Francesco Molino
Guitar Concerto in E minor Opus 56
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Iona Brown, conductor Pepe Romero, guitar
7:41 a.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Concerto for 3 trumpets in Bb major TWV 44:43
English Chamber Orchestra; Raymond Leppard, conductor Wynton Marsalis, trumpet
7:53 a.m.
Valerie Coleman
Umoja
Imani Winds
7:55 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
8:00 a.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Piano Concerto in C# minor Opus 30
Bergen Philharmonic; Dmitri Kitayenko, conductor Geoffrey Tozer, piano
8:14 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Swan Lake Suite Opus 20
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Enrique Batiz, conductor
8:42 a.m.
Claudio Monteverdi
ORFEO: Toccata
Musica Reservata; John Beckett, conductor
8:44 a.m.
Tielmann Susato
Bergerette "Sans roch"
New London Consort; Philip Pickett, conductor
8:48 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Violin Concerto: III. Rondo - Allegro in D major Opus 61
Bremen German Chamber Philharmonic; Paavo Jarvi, conductor Janine Jansen, violin
9:00 a.m.
Cesar Franck
Symphony in D minor
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Pierre Monteux, conductor
9:40 a.m.
Stewart Goodyear
The Kapok
iSing Silicon Valley; Jennah Delp Somers, conductor Inbal Segev, cello; Stewart Goodyear, piano
9:47 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major BWV 1047
European Brandenburg Ensemble; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Adolphus Hailstork
Three Spirituals
Virginia Symphony Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
10:09 a.m.
Fernando Sor
Etude No. 17 in E minor Opus 6/11
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra; Irene Delgado-Jimenez, conductor Pablo Sainz Villegas, guitar
10:12 a.m.
Ethel Smyth
String Quintet in E major: III. Scherzo - Allegro Vivace in E major Opus 1
Mannheim String Quartet
10:19 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Quartet No. 2 in Eb major K 493
Emanuel Ax, piano; Isaac Stern, violin; Jaime Laredo, viola; Yo Yo Ma, cello
10:50 a.m.
Ambroise Thomas
MIGNON: Overture
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Seiji Ozawa, conductor
10:59 a.m.
Bernhard Crusell
Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in Eb major Opus 1
Cologne Academy; Michael Alexander Willens, conductor Eric Hoeprich, clarinet
11:23 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Piano Sonata No. 1: IV. Finale in C major Opus 1
Norman Krieger, piano
11:32 a.m.
Ernst von Dohnanyi
Serenade in C major Opus 10
NES Chamber Orchestra; Dmitry Sitkovetsky, conductor
11:53 a.m.
Dag Wiren
Concert Overture No. 2 Opus 16
Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra; Thomas Dausgaard, conductor
11:59 a.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 5 in Bb major Opus 6
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
12:10 p.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Russian Rag
Sydney Alpha Ensemble; David Stanhope, conductor
12:14 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
12:17 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Piano Concerto No. 5 in F major Opus 103
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor Jean-Philippe Collard, piano
12:48 p.m.
Amilcare Ponchielli
LA GIOCONDA: Dance of the Hours
Philadelphia Orchestra; Eugene Ormandy, conductor
1:00 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Variations on a Rococo Theme Opus 33
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; Lorin Maazel, conductor Yo Yo Ma, cello
1:20 p.m.
Gabriel Faure
PELLEAS ET MELISANDE: Sicilienne Opus 80
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
1:23 p.m.
Jean Sibelius
Karelia Suite: III. Alla Marcia Opus 11
Philharmonia Orchestra; Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
1:29 p.m.
George Gershwin
An American in Paris
London Symphony Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
1:49 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
My Home Overture Opus 62
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Andre Previn, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Theodore Dubois
Quintet for piano, oboe and strings in F major
Trio Hochelaga Philippe Magnan, oboe; Jean-Luc Plourde, viola
2:29 p.m.
Miguel Llobet
Six Catalan Folk Songs
Eduardo Fernandez, guitar
2:38 p.m.
Richard Strauss
Don Juan Opus 20
Cleveland Orchestra; George Szell, conductor
2:55 p.m.
Giovanni Gabrieli
Canzon Septimi Toni No. 2
Chicago Symphony Brass; Mark Ridenour, conductor
3:00 p.m.
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Overture
Polish National Radio Orchestra; Antoni Wit, conductor
3:10 p.m.
Alberto Ginastera
Impressions of the Puna (Impresiones de la Puna)
Shanghai String Quartet Eugenia Zukerman, flute
3:17 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Concerto No. 1: III. Presto - Molto allegro e vivace in G minor Opus 25
London Mozart Players; Jonathan Bloxham, conductor Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
3:25 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
String Quartet "Emperor" in C major Opus 76/3
Takacs Quartet
3:53 p.m.
Hector Berlioz
Damnation of Faust: Hungarian March Opus 24
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
4:00 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Scherzo capriccioso Opus 66
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; Marin Alsop, conductor
4:16 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in Bb minor Opus 23
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor Andras Schiff, piano
4:50 p.m.
Henry Purcell
Timon of Athens: Curtain Tune on a Ground
Collegium Musicum 90; Richard Hickox, conductor
4:52 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantata No. 29: Sinfonia BWV 29
Brandenburg Consort; Roy Goodman, conductor Paul Nicholson, organ
4:57 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G minor
London Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
5:02 p.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
DIE FLEDERMAUS Overture (The Bat)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Franz Bauer-Theussl, conductor
5:11 p.m.
Richard Strauss
Serenade in Eb major Opus 7
Eastman Wind Ensemble; Frederick Fennell, conductor
5:22 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 4 in Bb major Opus 60
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic; Charles Mackerras, conductor
5:54 p.m.
Jean Sibelius
Romantic Waltz from "Kuolema" (Valse Romantique) Opus 62
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Yondani Butt, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Bernhard Crusell
Sinfonia Concertante for clarinet, horn, bassoon and orchestra Opus 3
New York Scandia Symphony; Dorrit Matson, conductor Steven Hartman, clarinet; Marc Goldberg, bassoon; Peter Reit, horn
6:29 p.m.
Bedrich Smetana
Pleasant Landscape Opus 5/3 (Freundliche Landschaft)
Antonin Kubalek, piano
6:31 p.m.
David N. Baker
Deliver My Soul
Rachel Barton Pine, violin; Matthew Hagle, piano
6:36 p.m.
Igor Stravinsky
Scherzo fantastique Opus 3
Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor
6:50 p.m.
Philip Glass
The Hours Suite: II. The Poet Acts
Janacek Philharmonic; Mark Shapiro, conductor Gregory Harrington, violin
6:54 p.m.
Hania Rani; Dobrawa Czocher
There Will Be Hope
Hania Rani, piano; Dobrawa Czocher, cello
