Classical Music Playlist, December 29, 2025
Composer Max Bruch in 1881
German composer Max Bruch wrote his Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra for a piano duo of two sisters, Rose and Ottilie Sutro (nieces of Adolph Sutro, Mayor of San Francisco (1894–1896) and founder of the Sutro Baths). Before they premiered the Concerto in 1916 they made extensive changes unauthorized by Bruch to suit their own abilities and copyrighted it as their own new work and continued to tinker with it over the years. In 1971 Bruch’s original orchestral parts were collected and the premiere recording of Bruch’s intended concerto was made in 1973. A 1995 recording of the original Bruch Concerto with husband and wife pianists, Joan Yarborough and Robert Cowan, is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Anton Wilhelm Solnitz
Sinfonia in A major Opus 3/4
Musica Ad Rhenum
6:12 a.m.
Alexander Borodin
Petite Suite
Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra; Ghennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor
6:43 a.m.
Gisle Kverndokk
Symphonic Dances: II. Waltz
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra (sta VAHN ger); Ken-David Masur, conductor
6:49 a.m.
Giacomo Puccini
Preludio Sinfonico in A major
Philharmonic of La Scala; Riccardo Muti, conductor
7:00 a.m.
Jean-Philippe Rameau
LE TEMPLE DE LA GLOIRE: Suite I The Temple of Glory
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
7:19 a.m.
Ernst von Dohnanyi
Ruralia Hungarica Opus 32b
Budapest Symphony Orchestra; Gyorgy Lehel, conductor
7:45 a.m.
TRADITIONAL
The Lark in the Clear Air
McGill/McHale Trio Demarre McGill, flute; Anthony McGill, clarinet; Michael McHale, piano
7:50 a.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Artist's Life Opus 316 Kunstlerleben
Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Jascha Horenstein, conductor
8:00 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for eleven instruments in C major RV 555
Europa Galante; Fabio Biondi, conductor
8:09 a.m.
Louise Farrenc
Symphony No. 3 in G minor Opus 36
North German Radio Symphony; Johannes Goritzki, conductor
8:41 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
"Military" Polonaise in A major Opus 40/1
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
8:48 a.m.
Max Bruch
Scottish Fantasy: IV. Finale Opus 46
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Alexander Platt, conductor Rachel Barton Pine, violin
8:59 a.m.
Robert Schumann
Cello Concerto in A minor Opus 129
Champs-Elysees Theatre Orchestra; Philippe Herreweghe, conductor Christophe Coin, cello
9:26 a.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 12 in F major Opus 6
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
9:37 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight": I. Adagio sostenuto in C# minor Opus 27/2
Alice Sara Ott, piano
9:43 a.m.
Thelonious Monk
Monk's Mood
Kristin Lee, violin; Jeremy Ajani Jordan, piano
9:49 a.m.
Mikhail Glinka
Valse Fantasie
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major BWV 1047
Berlin Academy of Ancient Music Friedemann Immer, baroque trumpet
10:12 a.m.
Agustin Barrios
Vals (Waltz) No. 4 in G major Opus 8/4
Jason Vieaux, guitar
10:18 a.m.
Giovanni Paisiello
Piano Concerto No. 8 in F major
Saint Cecilia Chamber Orchestra; Pietro Spada, conductor Pietro Spada, piano
10:46 a.m.
Ernest Chausson
Viviane Opus 5
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
11:00 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 40 in G minor K 550
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
11:30 a.m.
Teresa Carreno
Ballade Opus 15
Clara Rodriguez, piano
11:38 a.m.
Charles Stanford
Irish Rhapsody No. 5
Ulster Orchestra; Vernon Handley, conductor
11:54 a.m.
Gian Carlo Menotti
AMELIA GOES TO THE BALL Overture
Columbia Symphony Orchestra; Thomas Schippers, conductor
11:59 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Violin Concerto No. 2 in E major BWV 1042
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra Gottfried von der Goltz, violin
12:17 p.m.
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Fantasie Polonaise Opus 19
Polish National Radio Orchestra; Antoni Wit, conductor Janina Fialkowska, piano
12:39 p.m.
Leo Brouwer
El Decameron Negro: 3. Balada de la doncella enamorada
Sharon Isbin, guitar
12:45 p.m.
Ariel Ramirez
MISA CRIOLLA: II. Gloria
Zurich Chamber Orchestra; Daniel Hope, conductor Daniel Hope, violin; Palau de la Musica vocal quartet
12:52 p.m.
Vincenzo Bellini
Norma: Overture
Philharmonic of La Scala; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
12:59 p.m.
Arnold Bax
Tintagel
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Osmo Vanska, conductor
1:13 p.m.
Connor Chee
Navajo Vocable No. 12
Connor Chee, piano
1:17 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Romance Opus 36
Hermann Baumann, horn; Reiko Honsho, piano
1:21 p.m.
Franz Schubert
Quartet for guitar, flute, viola & cello in G major D 96
Wolfgang Schulz, flute; Goran Sollscher, guitar; Wolfram Christ, viola; Georg Faust, cello
1:48 p.m.
Benjamin Britten
Gloriana: Courtly Dances
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Max Bruch
Concerto for 2 pianos and orchestra Opus 88a
Moscow Philharmonic; Paul Freeman, conductor Joan Yarborough, piano; Robert Cowan, piano
2:26 p.m.
William Grant Still
Wood Notes: I. Singing River
Fort Smith Symphony; John Jeter, conductor
2:33 p.m.
Charles Gounod
Petite Symphonie for winds in Bb major
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
2:55 p.m.
Elmer Bernstein
Guitar Concerto "For Two Christophers": III. Celebration
London Symphony Orchestra; Elmer Bernstein, conductor Christopher Parkening, guitar
3:00 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for violin, oboe and strings in G minor RV 576
Europa Galante; Fabio Biondi, conductor Members of...
3:12 p.m.
Esther Abrami
Transmissions
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra; Irene Delgado-Jimenez, conductor Esther Abrami, violin
3:17 p.m.
Hubert Parry
Symphony No. 3 "English" in C major
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Matthias Bamert, conductor
3:52 p.m.
Edward Elgar
Pomp & Circumstance March No. 4 in G major Opus 39/4
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
3:59 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 92 "Oxford" in G major
Berlin Philharmonic; Simon Rattle, conductor
4:25 p.m.
Grace Williams
Hiraeth for Harp
Sandrine Chatron, harp
4:27 p.m.
Amy Beach
Romance (1893) in D major Opus 23
Kristin Lee, violin; Jun Cho, piano
4:34 p.m.
Claude Debussy
Images for Orchestra: Iberia
Cleveland Orchestra; Pierre Boulez, conductor
4:54 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Creatures of Prometheus Overture Opus 43
German Chamber Philharmonic; Daniel Harding, conductor
5:00 p.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Serenade to Music
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Vernon Handley, conductor
5:11 p.m.
Roberto Firpo
Viviani
Cortango
5:14 p.m.
Laszlo Draskoczy
Dances from Korond
Tapiola Sinfonietta; Jan Soderblom, conductor Kari Kriikku, clarinet
5:19 p.m.
John Field
Piano Concerto No. 4 in Eb major
New Irish Chamber Orchestra; Janos Furst, conductor John O'Conor, piano
5:52 p.m.
Leon Minkus
Don Quixote: Grand pas de deux
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Carl Nielsen
Symphony No. 1 in G minor Opus 7
Royal Danish Orchestra; Paavo Berglund, conductor
6:32 p.m.
Rebecca Clarke
Cortege
Ian Jones, piano
6:37 p.m.
Jon Batiste
Nocturne No. 1 in D minor
Jon Batiste, piano
6:41 p.m.
Einojuhani Rautavaara
Two Serenades: No. 2: Serenade pour la vie (Serenade for Life)
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France; Mikko Franck, conductor Hilary Hahn, violin
6:49 p.m.
Hector del Curto
Trace of Time
Apollo Chamber Players Hector del Curto, bandoneon
