Classical Music Playlist, October 21, 2025
Optional accordions in the score of Tchaikovsky's quasi-experimental "Suite No. 2."
The freedom to do just about anything in the "Suite" form let Tchaikovsky experiment with orchestral sounds including adding a quartet of optional accordions to the mix in the 'Scherzo burlesque' 3rd movement of his Suite No. 2 "Caractéristique," today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 9 in E major Opus 14/1
Andras Schiff, piano
6:15 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto for flute, violin and continuo in A minor BWV 1044
Musica Antiqua Koln; Reinhardt Goebel, conductor
6:36 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Overture for Wind Instruments Opus 24
London Symphony Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor
6:47 a.m.
Franz Schubert
Rondo for piano four-hands in A major Opus 107 D 951
Paul Badura-Skoda, piano; Andrea Bonatta, piano
7:00 a.m.
Bedrich Smetana
LIBUSE: Overture
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
7:10 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 26 "Coronation" in D major K 537 (FROM THE RUSSELL KLETZING COLLECTION)
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Alfred Brendel, piano
7:43 a.m.
Ernesto Lecuona
Andalucia Suite: Malaguena
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
7:47 a.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
OTELLO: Ballet Music
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Jose Serebrier, conductor
7:54 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
EUGENE ONEGIN: Polonaise
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
8:00 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Rhapsody No. 3 in Ab major Opus 45
Scottish National Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
8:13 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 1 in C major Opus 21
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
8:37 a.m.
Franz Liszt
Consolation No. 3 in Db major G 172
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
8:41 a.m.
Karen LeFrak
Habanera Nights
Sharon Isbin, guitar; ...and friends
8:46 a.m.
Karol Szymanowski
Concert Overture Opus 12
BBC Symphony Orchestra; Edward Gardner, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Hamilton Harty
Irish Symphony
Ulster Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor
9:35 a.m.
William Grant Still
Wood Notes: I. Singing River
Fort Smith Symphony; John Jeter, conductor
9:43 a.m.
Ignaz Moscheles
Concertante for flute and oboe in F major
Czech National Symphony Orchestra; Paul Freeman, conductor Mathieu Dufour, flute; Alex Klein, oboe
10:00 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 35 in Bb major
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor Simon Standage, violin
10:19 a.m.
Clara Schumann
Three Romances for Piano: I. Andante Opus 11
Lara Downes, piano
10:22 a.m.
Teresa Carreno
Elegy No. 2 Opus 18
Alexandra Oehler, piano
10:29 a.m.
Joseph White
Violin Concerto in F# minor
Encore Chamber Orchestra; Daniel Hege, conductor Rachel Barton Pine, violin
10:52 a.m.
Paul Dukas
Villanelle for horn and orchestra
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Kurt Masur, conductor Hermann Baumann, horn
10:59 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Carnival Overture Opus 92
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
11:09 a.m.
Julie Cooper
Firedove
The Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge Anna Lapwood, organ; Elena Urioste, violin
11:16 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 22 in Eb major K 482
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor John O'Conor, piano
11:50 a.m.
Jean Sibelius
Finlandia Opus 26
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
11:59 a.m.
Robert Schumann
Concertpiece for 4 horns & orchestra: I. Lebhaft in F major Opus 86
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor Members of...
12:08 p.m.
Claude Debussy
Clair de lune ("Moonlight")
Hayato Sumino, piano
12:12 p.m.
John Williams
STAR WARS - ATTACK OF THE CLONES: Across the Stars (Love Theme)
London Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
12:19 p.m.
Joaquin Rodrigo
Concierto Serenata for harp and orchestra
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Ernst Marzendorfer, conductor Nicanor Zabaleta, harp
12:43 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Fantasy on Polish Airs in A major Opus 13
Warsaw Philharmonic; Kazimierz Kord, conductor Garrick Ohlsson, piano
12:59 p.m.
Richard Wagner
TANNHAUSER Overture
Berlin Philharmonic; Seiji Ozawa, conductor
1:15 p.m.
Francisco Tarrega
Capricho arabe (Arabian Caprice)
Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
1:22 p.m.
Samuel Barber
Violin Concerto Opus 14
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor Elmar Oliveira, violin
1:47 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 1 in Eb major K 16
Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra; Hans Graf, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Suite No. 2 in C major Opus 53
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
2:39 p.m.
Franz Liszt
Liebestraume: Nocturne No. 3 in Ab major S 541
Evgeny Kissin, piano
2:45 p.m.
Charles Avison
Concerto No. 3 in G minor Opus 3/3
Avison Ensemble; Pavlo Beznosiuk, conductor
2:55 p.m.
Manuel de Falla
EL AMOR BRUJO: Ritual Fire Dance
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
3:00 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Scherzo capriccioso Opus 66
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
3:15 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Four Seasons: Summer (L'Estate) in G minor Opus 8/2 RV 315
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor Jeanne Lamon, violin
3:27 p.m.
Bela Bartok
Piano Concerto No. 3 SZ 119
Budapest Festival Orchestra; Ivan Fischer, conductor Zoltan Kocsis, piano
3:51 p.m.
Michael Torke
Javelin
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
4:00 p.m.
Mikhail Glinka
Spanish Overture No. 2
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Vassily Sinaisky, conductor
4:10 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Clarinet Concerto in A major K 622
German Chamber Philharmonic; Florian Donderer, conductor Martin Frost, clarinet
4:38 p.m.
Agustin Barrios
Vals Tropical
David Russell, guitar
4:41 p.m.
Amy Beach
Gaelic Symphony: II. Alla siciliana - allegro vivace - andante in E minor Opus 32
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
4:50 p.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 5 in Bb major Opus 6
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
5:01 p.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Concertino Opus 107
Residentie Orkest Den Haag; Neeme Jarvi, conductor Sharon Bezaly, flute
5:09 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Aria Variata in A minor BWV 989
Vikingur Olafsson, piano
5:25 p.m.
Florence Price
Symphony No. 3
Philadelphia Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
5:57 p.m.
Gabriel Faure
Papillon Opus 77
Yo Yo Ma, cello; Kathryn Stott, piano
6:01 p.m.
Carl Reinecke
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major Opus 144
Sinfonieorchester St Gallen; Modestas Pitr�nas, conductor SImon Callaghan, piano
6:37 p.m.
Philip Glass
Violin Concerto No. 1: Movement 1
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor Gidon Kremer, violin
6:44 p.m.
Tomaso Albinoni
Adagio in G minor
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra; Karl Munchinger, conductor Martin Haselbock, organ
6:52 p.m.
Hayato Sumino
Nocturne II - After Dawn
Hayato Sumino, piano
6:55 p.m.
Fernando Sor
Etude No. 17 in E minor Opus 6/11
Andres Segovia, guitar
