Classical Music Playlist, September 23, 2025
Johannes Brahms circa 1885
Johannes Brahms was hesitant to write a symphony largely because he felt Beethoven’s shadow always weighing on him. But he finally felt up to the task and completed his Symphony No. 1 at age 43 in 1876, almost fifty years after Beethoven’s death. And in his final movement, Brahms included a theme very reminiscent of the “Ode to Joy” melody from Beethoven’s Ninth as an acknowledgement to the master. The Brahms Symphony No. 1 is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Franz Krommer
Quartet for oboe, violin, viola & cello in C major
Terzetto Paul Goodwin, oboe
6:16 a.m.
Franz Berwald
Symphony No. 3 "Sinfonie singuliere" in C major
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
6:44 a.m.
Franz Schubert
Impromptu No. 2 in Eb major Opus 90/2 D 899
Krystian Zimerman, piano
6:50 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
String Quartet Op. 76/4 "Sunrise": I. Allegro con spirito in Bb major Opus 76/4
Aeolian String Quartet
7:00 a.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Concertino Opus 107
Residentie Orkest Den Haag; Neeme Jarvi, conductor Sharon Bezaly, flute
7:08 a.m.
Amy Beach
Piano Quintet in F# minor Opus 67
Takacs Quartet Garrick Ohlsson, piano
7:37 a.m.
Johan Svendsen
Carnival in Paris (Karnival i Paris) Opus 9
Latvian National Symphony; Terje Mikkelsen, conductor
7:51 a.m.
Hector Berlioz
Roman Carnival Overture Opus 9
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; David Zinman, conductor
8:01 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto No. 1 for four violins and orchestra in D major Opus 3 RV 549
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor Members of...
8:10 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 2 in C minor Opus 17
Philharmonia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
8:43 a.m.
Valentin Silvestrov
Bagatelle (Op. 1, No. 1) Opus 1/1
Dmytro Choni, piano
8:46 a.m.
Teresa Carreno
Mi Teresita (Little Waltz)
Gabriela Montero, piano
8:52 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
FIDELIO Overture Opus 72
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Serenade No. 1 in D major Opus 11
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
9:50 a.m.
Clara Schumann
Scherzo No. 2 in C minor in C minor Opus 14
Anna Shelest, piano
9:55 a.m.
Giovanni Gabrieli
Canzon Septimi Toni No. 2
Chicago Symphony Brass; Mark Ridenour, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Gabriel Faure
Masques and Bergamasques Opus 112
Lyon National Orchestra; Emmanuel Krivine, conductor
10:13 a.m.
Francisco Tarrega
Capricho arabe (Arabian Caprice)
Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
10:19 a.m.
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Quintet for Guitar and String Quartet: IV. Finale Op 143
Pacifica Quartet Sharon Isbin, guitar
10:26 a.m.
Ferdinand Ries
Piano Concerto No. 4 in C minor Opus 115
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Uwe Grodd, conductor Christopher Hinterhuber, piano
10:53 a.m.
Aaron Copland
The Tender Land: Finale: The Promise of Living Living
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
11:00 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Concert Rondo "Krakowiak" in F major Opus 14
Northwest Sinfonietta; Christophe Chagnard, conductor Joel Fan, piano
11:14 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F major BWV 1046
Musica Antiqua Koln; Reinhardt Goebel, conductor
11:34 a.m.
Grace Williams
Sea Sketches: V. Calm Sea in Summer
English Chamber Orchestra; David Atherton, conductor
11:40 a.m.
Edvard Grieg
Violin Sonata No. 3: II. Allegretto espressivo alla Romanza in C minor Opus 45
Duo Gazzana; Mykola Hobdych, conductor Natascia Gazzana, violin; Raffaella Gazzana, piano
11:48 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
DER FREISCHUTZ: Overture Opus 77 J 277
Hanover Band; Roy Goodman, conductor
11:59 a.m.
Georges Bizet
L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2
Montreal Symphony Orchestra; Charles Dutoit, conductor
12:19 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Romance in F minor Opus 5
Bruce Liu, piano
12:26 p.m.
Ernst von Dohnanyi
Ruralia Hungarica Opus 32b
Budapest Symphony Orchestra; Gyorgy Lehel, conductor
12:52 p.m.
Gioachino Rossini
TANCREDI: Overture
National Philharmonic Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
1:00 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 7 in Bb major Opus 6/7 HWV 325
Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor
1:13 p.m.
Charles Stanford
Irish Rhapsody No. 4 in A minor Opus 141
Ulster Orchestra; Vernon Handley, conductor
1:33 p.m.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
African Suite: African Dance Opus 35/4
Chineke! Orchestra; Kevin John Edusei, conductor
1:41 p.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Three Portraits from "The England of Elizabeth"
London Symphony Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 1 in C minor Opus 68
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor
2:50 p.m.
Mel Bonis
Soir et Matin: I. Soir (Evening) Opus 76
Neave Trio
2:55 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantata No. 29: Sinfonia BWV 29
Brandenburg Consort; Roy Goodman, conductor Paul Nicholson, organ
3:00 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
SAMSON ET DELILA: Bacchanale Opus 47
Minnesota Orchestra; Eiji Oue, conductor
3:08 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight" in C# minor Opus 27/2
John O'Conor, piano
3:25 p.m.
Ernst von Dohnanyi
Concertpiece for cello and orchestra (Konzertstuck) in D major Opus 12
London Symphony Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor Raphael Wallfisch, cello
3:50 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Oberon Overture J 306
Hanover Band; Roy Goodman, conductor
4:00 p.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Capriccio Espagnol Opus 34
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
4:16 p.m.
Richard Strauss
Don Juan Opus 20
Staatskapelle Dresden; Rudolph Kempe, conductor
4:34 p.m.
Isaac Albeniz
Asturias (Leyenda) - from "Suite Espanola" Opus 47
Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
4:40 p.m.
Karen LeFrak
Habanera Nights
Sharon Isbin, guitar; ...and friends
4:45 p.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Overture in D major
Berlin Academy of Ancient Music
4:52 p.m.
Paul Dukas
Villanelle for horn and orchestra
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Kurt Masur, conductor Hermann Baumann, horn
4:59 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Trumpet Overture Opus 101
London Symphony Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor
5:09 p.m.
Johann Neruda
Trumpet Concerto in Eb major
Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra; Arnie Roth, conductor George Vosburgh, trumpet
5:26 p.m.
John Williams
Theme from The Patriot
Boston Pops Orchestra; Keith Lockhart, conductor Middlesex County Fifes & Drums
5:35 p.m.
Mauro Giuliani
Guitar Concerto No. 1 in A major Opus 30
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Pepe Romero, guitar
5:59 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Piano Concerto No. 5 in F major Opus 103
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Pascal Roge, piano
6:29 p.m.
Ottorino Respighi
Ancient Airs and Dances: Suite No. 3
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Hugh Wolff, conductor
6:46 p.m.
Gisle Kverndokk
Symphonic Dances: II. Waltz
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra (sta VAHN ger); Ken-David Masur, conductor
6:52 p.m.
Max Richter
Autumn 1
Berlin Chamber Orchestra; Andre de Ridder, conductor Daniel Hope, violin
