Classical Music Playlist, November 18, 2025
The Cévennes Mountains of France (source of d'Indy's folk song) | photo by Marie H Ray on Unsplash
French composer Vincent d’Indy wrote his 1886 “Symphony on a French Mountain Air '' around a folk song he heard in the Cévennes mountains of Southwestern France. The unusual scoring features a piano that is prominent but never becomes dominant. It’s today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Emanuele Barbella
Concerto for Mandolin in D major
Il Giardino Armonico; Giovanni Antonini, conductor Avi Avital, mandolin
6:09 a.m.
Ottorino Respighi
The Fantastic Toyshop (La Boutique Fantasque): Suite
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
6:30 a.m.
Jean-Baptiste Lully
ARMIDE: Passacaille
La Petite Bande; Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor
6:35 a.m.
Bernhard Crusell
Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in Eb major Opus 1
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Gunther Herbig, conductor Emma Johnson, clarinet
7:00 a.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 6 in F major Opus 6
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
7:12 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 35 "Haffner" in D major K 385
English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
7:36 a.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
English Folk Song Suite
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic; James Judd, conductor
7:46 a.m.
Gustav Holst
St. Paul's Suite Opus 29/2
Guildhall String Ensemble; Robert Salter, conductor
8:00 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Hebrides Overture in B minor Opus 26
London Symphony Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor
8:11 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 94 "Surprise" in G major
Heidelberg Symphony; Thomas Fey, conductor
8:36 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Carnival of the Animals: The Swan (Le Cygne)
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello; Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano; Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, piano
8:39 a.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
WILD SWANS: Eliza Aria
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra; Ola Rudner, conductor Jane Sheldon, soprano
8:43 a.m.
Hamilton Harty
Comedy Overture
Ulster Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor
8:59 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor Opus 60
Krystian Zimerman, piano; Maria Nowak, violin; Katarzyna Budnik, viola; Yuya Okamoto, cello
9:34 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 2 in Bb major Opus 3/2 HWV 313
Handel & Haydn Society; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
9:47 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 3 "Eroica": IV. Finale: Allegro molto in Eb major Opus 55
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
10:00 a.m.
August Soderman
Swedish Folk Songs and Dances
Norrlands Opera Symphony Orchestra; Roy Goodman, conductor
10:12 a.m.
Isaac Albeniz
Asturias (Leyenda) - from "Suite Espanola" Opus 47
Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
10:19 a.m.
Edvard Grieg
String Quartet No. 1 in G minor Opus 27
Guarneri Quartet
10:53 a.m.
Jacob Gade
Copenhagen Life, Waltz
Odense Symphony Orchestra; Matthias Aeschbacher, conductor
10:59 a.m.
Alan Hovhaness
Symphony No. 2 "Mysterious Mountain" Opus 132
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
11:16 a.m.
Rebecca Clarke
I'll Bid My Heart Be Still
Philip Dukes, viola; Sophia Rahman, piano
11:20 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Song without Words for cello and piano Opus 109
Haruma Sato, cello; Wataru Hisasue, piano
11:26 a.m.
Claude Debussy
Images for Orchestra: Iberia
Cleveland Orchestra; Pierre Boulez, conductor
11:46 a.m.
Wilhelm Stenhammar
Excelsior! Opus 13
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
11:59 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in Bb major BWV 1051
European Brandenburg Ensemble; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
12:17 p.m.
Enrique Granados
Dance of the Green Eyes
Barcelona Symphony Orchestra; Pablo Gonzalez, conductor
12:20 p.m.
Manuel de Falla
EL AMOR BRUJO: Ritual Fire Dance
Philadelphia Orchestra; Eugene Ormandy, conductor
12:26 p.m.
Reinhold Gliere
The Red Poppy [ballet]: Suite
New Jersey Symphony; Zdenek Macal, conductor
12:54 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dance No. 1 in C major Opus 46
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
1:00 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Capriccio Italien Opus 45
Berlin Philharmonic; Seiji Ozawa, conductor
1:16 p.m.
Jules Massenet
THAIS: Meditation
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor Yuri Torchinsky, violin
1:22 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Symphony No. 1 "Spring" in Bb major Opus 38
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
1:54 p.m.
Gian Carlo Menotti
AMELIA GOES TO THE BALL Overture
Columbia Symphony Orchestra; Thomas Schippers, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Vincent d'Indy
Symphony on a French Mountain Air
Montreal Symphony Orchestra; Charles Dutoit, conductor Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
2:28 p.m.
Valentin Silvestrov
Bagatelle (Op. 1, No. 1) Opus 1/1
Dmytro Choni, piano
2:32 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C major BWV 1066
La Petite Bande; Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor
2:56 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dance No. 6 in D major
Staatskapelle Berlin; Otmar Suitner, conductor
3:01 p.m.
Richard Wagner
DIE MEISTERSINGER: Prelude
Berlin Philharmonic; Herbert Von Karajan, conductor
3:11 p.m.
Leo Brouwer
Preludio
Manuel Barrueco, guitar
3:14 p.m.
Santiago de Murcia
Villanos
Richard Savino, guitar; Mauro ReFosco, percussion; Yousif Sheronick, percussion
3:17 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 8 in G major Opus 88
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
3:54 p.m.
Jean Francaix
Wind Quintet No. 1: I. Andante tranquillo
Reykjavik Wind Quintet
3:59 p.m.
Hugo Alfven
Swedish Rhapsody No. 1 "Midsummer Night Vigil" Opus 19
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Paavo Berglund, conductor
4:13 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 19 in F major K 459
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor John O'Conor, piano
4:40 p.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
The Tsar's Bride overture
Kirov Orchestra; Valery Gergiev, conductor
4:49 p.m.
Edward Elgar
Pomp & Circumstance March No. 4 in G major Opus 39/4
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
4:54 p.m.
Paul Hindemith
Symphonic Metamorphosis: IV. March
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Randall Goosby, violin
5:00 p.m.
Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 5 in Bb major D 485
Orchestra of the 18th Century; Frans Bruggen, conductor
5:28 p.m.
Undine Smith Moore
Afro-American Suite for Flute, Cello, and Piano: III. Adagio ma appossionato
Mallarme Chamber Players
5:31 p.m.
Mauro Giuliani
Guitar Concerto No. 3: III. Polonaise. Allegretto in F major Opus 70
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Pepe Romero, guitar
5:40 p.m.
Albert Dietrich
Introduction and Romance Opus 27
Oldenburg State Orchestra (Oldenburgische Staatsorchester); Alexander Rumpf, conductor Marie-Louise Neunecker, horn
5:50 p.m.
Michael Torke
Javelin
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Igor Stravinsky
Petrushka
Berlin Philharmonic; Bernard Haitink, conductor
6:36 p.m.
Erkki Melartin
Songs from Lake Ladoga (Suite) Opus 153
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Jorma Panula, conductor
6:45 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue (from the Well-Tempered Clavier I:02) in C minor BWV 847
David Korevaar, piano
6:48 p.m.
Paulinho Nogueira
Bachianinha No. 1
Plinio Fernandes, guitar
6:52 p.m.
Clarence Cameron White
Levee Dance
Rachel Barton Pine, violin; Matthew Hagle, piano
6:56 p.m.
Mohammed Fairouz
Piano Miniature No. 6, Addio
Lara Downes, piano
