Classical Music Playlist, January 6, 2026
We’ll celebrate German composer Max Bruch’s 1838 birthday today with his ever-popular Violin Concerto No. 1 from 1866 for today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Saul: Sinfonia HWV 53
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor Trevor Pinnock, organ
6:17 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Bassoon Concerto in Bb major K 191 (FROM THE RUSSELL KLETZING COLLECTION)
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Klaus Thunemann, bassoon
6:36 a.m.
Tielmann Susato
Galliardes Nos. 2,11,9,4,7,10,3,15
New London Consort; Philip Pickett, conductor
6:47 a.m.
Giovanni Paisiello
Piano Concerto No. 7 in A major
Saint Cecilia Chamber Orchestra; Pietro Spada, conductor Pietro Spada, piano
7:00 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 3 "Eroica": I. Allegro con brio in Eb major Opus 55
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
7:16 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
String Quartet No. 12 "American" in F major Opus 96
Cypress String Quartet
7:41 a.m.
Paquito D'Rivera
Aires Tropicales: VI. Contradanza
Imani Winds
7:43 a.m.
Gabriela Lena Frank
Three Latin American Dances: The Mestizo Waltz
Utah Symphony Orchestra; Keith Lockhart, conductor
7:47 a.m.
Paul Dukas
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Andre Previn, conductor
8:00 a.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Concerto for 3 oboes and strings in Bb major TWV 44:43
Musica Antiqua Koln; Reinhardt Goebel, conductor Peter Westermann, oboe; Michael Niesemann, oboe; Piet Dhont, oboe
8:10 a.m.
William Grant Still
Symphony No. 2 in G minor
Philadelphia Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
8:42 a.m.
ANONYMOUS
Saltarello
John Williams, guitar
8:44 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 4 "Italian": IV. Saltarello (Presto) in A major Opus 90
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
8:51 a.m.
Percy Grainger
Children's March "Over the Hills and Far Away"
Dallas Wind Symphony; Jerry Junkin, conductor Arts District Chorale
8:59 a.m.
Max Bruch
Kol Nidrei Opus 47
London Symphony Orchestra; Antal Dorati, conductor Janos Starker, cello
9:11 a.m.
Louis Theodore Gouvy
Symphony No. 5 in Bb major Opus 30
Saarbrucken Radio Philharmonic Orchestra; Jacques Mercier, conductor
9:35 a.m.
Dorothy Howell
Lamia
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Rumon Gamba, conductor Sophie Langdon, violin; Richard Watkins, horn
9:51 a.m.
Ricardo Castro
Piano Concerto: III. Polonaise in A minor Opus 22
Orquesta Sinf�nica de Miner�a (OSM); Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor Jorge Federico Osorio, piano
10:00 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
In Nature's Realm Overture Opus 91
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Seiji Ozawa, conductor
10:15 a.m.
Edward K. (Duke) Ellington
In a sentimental mood
Jason Vieaux, guitar
10:20 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Clarinet Quintet in A major K 581
Pacifica Quartet Anthony McGill, clarinet
10:52 a.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Running Set
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic; James Judd, conductor
11:00 a.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Symphony No. 3: III. Allegro in A minor Opus 44
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
11:13 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Sonata Movement (Sonatensatz) in E in E major (1822, age 16) H44
Leanne Rees, piano
11:21 a.m.
Max Bruch
Scottish Fantasy Opus 46
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor Anne Akiko Meyers, violin
11:50 a.m.
Malcolm Arnold
Four Scottish Dances Opus 59
Philharmonia Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor
12:00 p.m.
Gioachino Rossini
The Thieving Magpie (LA GAZZA LADRA): Overture
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Claudio Abbado, conductor
12:10 p.m.
Alfonso Montes
Milonga in the Style of Piazzolla (Milonga a Piazzolla)
Castellani Andriaccio Duo
12:13 p.m.
Agustin Barrios
Maxixe
Xuefei Yang, guitar
12:17 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor Opus 37
Staatskapelle Dresden; Hans Vonk, conductor Christian Zacharias, piano
12:53 p.m.
Bedrich Smetana
BARTERED BRIDE: Dance of the Comedians
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
1:00 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for diverse instruments in C major RV 558
Europa Galante; Fabio Biondi, conductor
1:11 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Serenade No. 2 in A major Opus 16
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
1:43 p.m.
Clara Schumann
Three Romances for Violin and Piano: No. 3 Leidenschaftlich schnell in Bb Opus 22
Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano; Elena Urioste, violin
1:49 p.m.
John Williams
E.T.: Adventures on Earth
Los Angeles Recording Arts Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Max Bruch
Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26 in G minor Opus 26
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Jakub Hrusa, conductor Nicola Benedetti, violin
2:25 p.m.
Sebastian Iradier
La Paloma the dove
Pablo Sainz Villegas, guitar
2:28 p.m.
Paulinho Nogueira
Bachianinha No. 1
Plinio Fernandes, guitar
2:33 p.m.
Richard Strauss
DER ROSENKAVALIER: Concert Suite
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
2:55 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Rondo Alla Turca (from Piano Sonata No. 11) in A major
Mitsuko Uchida, piano
3:00 p.m.
Maurice Ravel
Le tombeau de Couperin The tomb of Couperin
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Hugh Wolff, conductor
3:18 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major Opus 3/3 RV 310
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor Elizabeth Wallfisch, violin
3:26 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Serenade for Winds in D minor Opus 44
Oslo Wind Soloists
3:50 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
4:00 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
Norwegian Dances Opus 35
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
4:18 p.m.
Dmitri Shostakovich
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major Opus 102
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor Yefim Bronfman, piano
4:38 p.m.
Isaac Albeniz
Suite Espanola: No. 3 "Sevilla" Opus 47
Xuefei Yang, guitar
4:42 p.m.
Gentil Montana
Suite Colombiana No. 2: III. Bambuco
Jose Antonio Escobar, guitar
4:47 p.m.
Bedrich Smetana
Ma Vlast: IV. From Bohemia's Woods and Meadows
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic; Libor Pesek, conductor
5:00 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 4: IV. Finale. Allegro con fuoco in F minor Opus 36
Philadelphia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
5:10 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Vocalise Opus 34/14
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
5:18 p.m.
Edward Elgar
Enigma Variations Opus 36
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
5:50 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 3 "Scottish": IV. Allegro vivacissimo in A minor Opus 56
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Max Bruch
Concerto for Clarinet, Viola and Orchestra in E minor Opus 88
London Symphony Orchestra; Alun Francis, conductor Thea King, clarinet; Nobuko Imai, viola
6:21 p.m.
Florence Price
Fantasie Negre (No. 1) in E minor
Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, piano
6:30 p.m.
Arvid Kleven
Lotusland
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra (sta VAHN ger); Susanna Malkki, conductor
6:45 p.m.
Anna Clyne
Shorthand REDUX
The Knights; Eric Jacobsen, conductor Yo Yo Ma, cello
6:52 p.m.
Mel Bonis
Flute Sonata: III. Adagio in C# minor Opus 64
Maria Cecilia Munoz, flute; Tiffany Butt, piano
