Classical Music Playlist, October 22, 2025
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Robert Schumann wrote two of his three piano trios in 1847, the second making, as he said, a "friendlier and more immediate impression" than his first. And this despite that year being a sad one with the death of his 16 month old son and the sudden deaths of friends Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn. Though it has two middle movements that might be expressive of that year’s sadness, the F-major second Trio begins with high spirits, and ends with a mostly optimistic and cheerful movement. The Piano Trio No. 2 by Robert Schumann is today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Bassoon Concerto in A minor in A minor RV 498
Seattle Baroque Michael McCraw, bassoon
6:11 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quintet No. 3 in C major K 515
Nash Ensemble w/ Philip Dukes Philip Dukes, viola
6:46 a.m.
Manuel Ponce
Giga
Horst Klee, guitar
6:48 a.m.
Francois Couperin
The Bells of Cythera (Le Carillon de Cithere)
Assad Brothers Sergio Assad, guitar; Odair Assad, guitar
6:52 a.m.
Vincenzo Bellini
NORMA: Overture (Sinfonia)
Philharmonia Orchestra; Tullio Serafin, conductor
6:59 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Saul: Sinfonia HWV 53
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor Trevor Pinnock, organ
7:17 a.m.
John Field
Piano Concerto No. 1 in Eb major
New Irish Chamber Orchestra; Janos Furst, conductor John O'Conor, piano
7:39 a.m.
Francisco Tarrega
Memories of the Alhambra (Recuerdos de la Alhambra)
Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
7:43 a.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Fast Blue Village 2
Del Sol String Quartet
7:49 a.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Morning Papers Opus 279 (Morgenblatter)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor
7:59 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 2: IV. Allegro con spirito in D major Opus 73
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor
8:08 a.m.
Joaquin Rodrigo
Concierto Andaluz for 4 guitars
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Los Romeros
8:34 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto No. 11 in D major Opus 4/11 RV 204
Academy of Ancient Music; Christopher Hogwood, conductor Monica Huggett, violin
8:42 a.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Capriccio Espagnol Opus 34
London Symphony Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
8:58 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Flute & Harp Concerto in C major K 299
Berlin Philharmonic; Claudio Abbado, conductor Emmanuel Pahud, flute; Marie-Pierre Langlamet, harp
9:27 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
French Suite No. 1 in D minor BWV 812
Glenn Gould, piano
9:40 a.m.
Charles Stanford
Irish Rhapsody No. 4 in A minor Opus 141
Ulster Orchestra; Vernon Handley, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Marianna Martines
Sinfonia in C major
La Floridiana; Nicoleta Paraschivescu, conductor
10:12 a.m.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Romance in G major Opus 39
Chineke! Orchestra; Kevin John Edusei, conductor Elena Urioste, violin
10:23 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Piano Concerto No. 2 in Eb major Opus 32
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor Nikolai Demidenko, piano
10:46 a.m.
Franz Liszt
Mephisto Waltz No. 1
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor
10:59 a.m.
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger
Earina Suite
Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra; Michail Jurowski, conductor
11:21 a.m.
Alexander Zhuk
Ukrainian Rhapsody
Anna Shelest, piano
11:27 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
EUGENE ONEGIN: Waltz
New York Philharmonic; Kurt Masur, conductor
11:35 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso "Alexander's Feast" in C major HWV 318
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
11:49 a.m.
Richard Wagner
DIE MEISTERSINGER: Prelude
Berlin Philharmonic; Herbert Von Karajan, conductor
11:59 a.m.
Jan Dismas Zelenka
Capriccio No. 1 in D major Z 182
Bern Camerata; Alexander van Wijnkoop, conductor
12:16 p.m.
William Grant Still
Summerland
Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, piano
12:20 p.m.
Gentil Montana
Suite Colombiana No. 2: I. El Margariteno (pasillo) The Song of the Dreamer
Jose Antonio Escobar, guitar
12:25 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 82 "The Bear" in C major
Heidelberg Symphony; Thomas Fey, conductor
12:53 p.m.
Edward Elgar
Pomp & Circumstance March No. 4 in G major Opus 39/4
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
1:00 p.m.
Franz Schubert
Rosamunde Overture Opus 26 D 797 (The Magic Harp)
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Claudio Abbado, conductor
1:11 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Song without Words for cello and piano Opus 109
Elizabeth Dolin, cello; Bernadene Blaha, piano
1:16 p.m.
Edward MacDowell
Piano Concerto No. 2: II. Presto Giocoso in D minor Opus 23
Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Litton, conductor Andre Watts, piano
1:22 p.m.
Carl Nielsen
Aladdin Suite Opus 34
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
1:48 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 4: IV. Allegro energico e passionato in E minor Opus 98
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Piano Trio No. 2 in F major Opus 80
Florestan Trio
2:27 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 7: II. Allegretto in A major Opus 92
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
2:35 p.m.
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Trumpet Concerto in Eb major
German Chamber Philharmonic; Thomas Klug, conductor Alison Balsom, trumpet
2:54 p.m.
Leonard Bernstein
CANDIDE: Overture
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
3:00 p.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Tafelmusik II: Concerto for 3 violins in F major
Musica Antiqua Koln; Reinhardt Goebel, conductor Members of...
3:15 p.m.
Agustin Barrios
Vals (Waltz) No. 4 in G major Opus 8/4
Jason Vieaux, guitar
3:21 p.m.
Louis Theodore Gouvy
Symphony No. 4 in D minor Opus 25
Saarbrucken Radio Philharmonic Orchestra; Jacques Mercier, conductor
3:49 p.m.
Anton Arensky
Piano Quintet: Scherzo Opus 51
Ying Quartet Adam Neiman, piano
3:59 p.m.
Claude Debussy
Petite suite
Ulster Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
4:13 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 4 "Italian" in A major Opus 90
London Symphony Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor
4:42 p.m.
Philip Glass
Symphony No. 3: Movement IV
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra; Dennis Russell Davies, conductor
4:47 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Leonore Overture No. 3 Opus 72
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
5:01 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Capriccio Italien Opus 45
Berlin Philharmonic; Seiji Ozawa, conductor
5:17 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Quintet for piano & winds in Eb major K 452 (FROM THE RUSSELL KLETZING COLLECTION)
Alfred Brendel, piano; Heinz Holliger, oboe; Eduard Brunner, clarinet; Hermann Baumann, horn; Klaus Thunemann, bassoon
5:43 p.m.
Edouard Lalo
Norwegian Rhapsody (Rapsodie Norvegienne)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Yondani Butt, conductor
5:55 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble
6:00 p.m.
Ignaz Moscheles
Piano Concerto No. 4 in E major Opus 64
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra; Howard Shelley, conductor Howard Shelley, piano
6:27 p.m.
John Williams
Raiders of the Lost Ark: Marion's Theme
Los Angeles Recording Arts Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
6:30 p.m.
Ina Boyle
Phantasy for Violin and Chamber Orchestra
Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra (THESS-sal-loh-NEE-kee); Daniel Geiss, conductor Daniel Hope, violin
6:38 p.m.
Jacques Ibert
Three Brief Pieces (Trois Pieces Breves)
Reykjavik Wind Quintet
6:45 p.m.
Dag Wiren
Concert Overture No. 2 Opus 16
Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra; Thomas Dausgaard, conductor
6:51 p.m.
Andrew York
Spin
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
