Classical Music Playlist, January 13, 2026
Beethoven dedicated over a dozen works to his friend, patron, and composition student, the powerful Archduke Rudolph of Austria. Those dedications include the “Archduke” Piano Trio, Beethoven's final piano trio.
Beethoven’s two premiere performances in 1814 of the “Archduke” Trio marked his last appearances as a pianist, never again performing in public afterwards due to his deafness. However, the music was praised for its grandeur, nobility, and “genial vitality.” With a recent recording featuring legends Emanuel Ax, Leonidas Kavakos, and Yo-Yo Ma, Beethoven’s “Archduke” Piano Trio is today’s Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
6:00 a.m.
Franz-Xaver Pokorny
Horn Concerto in D major
Prague Chamber Orchestra Radek Baborak, horn
6:16 a.m.
Niels Gade
Symphony No. 2 in E major Opus 10
Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
6:44 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Goldberg Variations No. 1 BWV 988
Mahan Esfahani, harpsichord
6:46 a.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Re-Inventions: Re-Invention No. 1
La Pieta; Angele Dubeau, conductor
6:51 a.m.
Jacques Offenbach
LA BELLE HELENE: Overture
Philharmonia Orchestra; Neville Marriner, conductor
7:00 a.m.
Mikhail Glinka
Spanish Overture No. 1 "Jota aragonesa"
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Vassily Sinaisky, conductor
7:10 a.m.
Cesar Franck
Symphony: I. Lento - Allegro non troppo in D minor
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Pierre Monteux, conductor
7:29 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Piano Concerto No. 11 in D major HOB 18:11
Norwegian Chamber Orchestra Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
7:49 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
String Quartet No. 14: V. Presto in C# minor Opus 131
Takacs Quartet
7:54 a.m.
Dmitri Shostakovich
Festive Overture Opus 96
Scottish National Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
8:01 a.m.
Robert Schumann
Piano Concerto: I. Allegro affettuoso in A minor Opus 54
San Francisco Ballet Orchestra; Martin West, conductor Lara Downes, piano
8:16 a.m.
Alexander Borodin
Symphony No. 2 in B minor
Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor
8:45 a.m.
Percy Grainger
Molly on the Shore
Dallas Wind Symphony; Jerry Junkin, conductor
8:49 a.m.
Richard Strauss
Horn Concerto No. 2: III. Rondo in Eb major
London Symphony Orchestra; Istvan Kertesz, conductor Barry Tuckwell, horn
8:55 a.m.
Armas Jarnefelt
Praeludium
Minnesota Orchestra; Eiji Oue, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Louise Farrenc
Sextet in C minor Opus 40
Linos Ensemble
9:26 a.m.
Georg Caspar Schurmann
Suite "Louis the Pious" (Ludovicus Pius)
Berlin Academy of Ancient Music
9:47 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Rhapsody in B minor Opus 79/1
Van Cliburn, piano
10:00 a.m.
Hubert Parry
Lady Radnor's Suite
City of London Sinfonia; Richard Hickox, conductor
10:15 a.m.
Santiago de Murcia
Fandango
Ensemble Kapsberger; Rolf Lislevand, conductor
10:23 a.m.
Johan Halvorsen
Suite from "Mascarade"
Bergen Philharmonic; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
10:52 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto, Op. 3, No. 6 in A minor Opus 3/6 RV 356
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor Elizabeth Wallfisch, violin
11:00 a.m.
Florence Price
Symphony No. 3: III. Juba
Philadelphia Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
11:06 a.m.
Myroslav Skoryk
Three Extravagant Dances: II. Blues: Almost American
Anna Shelest, piano; Dmitri Shelest, piano
11:13 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 9 "From the New World" in E minor Opus 95
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
11:56 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Partita No. 3 for Solo Violin: Gavotte en Rondeau in E major BWV 1006
Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
12:00 p.m.
Richard Strauss
Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks Opus 28
Scottish National Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
12:17 p.m.
Johann Friedrich Fasch
Concerto for 2 Horns, 2 Oboes, Bassoon and Strings in F major FWV L: F2
Les Amis de Philippe; Ludger Remy, conductor
12:31 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Sonata No. 10 in C major K 330
Alicia de Larrocha, piano
12:50 p.m.
Gioachino Rossini
OTELLO: Overture
National Philharmonic Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
1:00 p.m.
Etienne-Nicolas Mehul
Symphony No. 1 in G minor
Rhenish Philharmonic Orchestra; Jorge Rotter, conductor
1:27 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Prelude in C-sharp minor in C# minor Opus 3/2
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
1:33 p.m.
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Guitar Concerto No. 1 in D major Opus 99
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Pepe Romero, guitar
1:54 p.m.
Frederick Delius
KOANGA: La Calinda
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Christopher Seaman, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Trio "Archduke" in Bb major Opus 97
Emanuel Ax, piano; Leonidas Kavakos, violin; Yo Yo Ma, cello
2:42 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Fugue "Little Fugue" in G minor BWV 578
Canadian Brass
2:46 p.m.
Giovanni Gabrieli
Canzon Septimi Toni No. 2
Chicago Symphony Brass; Mark Ridenour, conductor
2:50 p.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
NABUCCO Overture (Sinfonia)
Philharmonia Orchestra; Tullio Serafin, conductor
3:00 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Mandolin Concerto in C major RV 425
Venice Baroque Orchestra Avi Avital, mandolin
3:08 p.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Scheherazade: Festival at Baghdad Opus 35
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor
3:21 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Overture K 492
London Philharmonic Orchestra; George Solti, conductor
3:26 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor Opus 18
Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Litton, conductor Stephen Hough, piano
4:00 p.m.
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Overture
Polish National Radio Orchestra; Antoni Wit, conductor
4:10 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Sinfonia concertante in Bb major HOB 105
Cologne Chamber Orchestra; Helmut Muller-Bruhl, conductor Christian Hommel, oboe; Martin Kevenhorster, bassoon; Winfred Rademacher, violin; Oren Shevlin, cello
4:31 p.m.
Florence Price
String Quartet No. 2: III. Juba in A minor
Catalyst Quartet
4:36 p.m.
Alberto Ginastera
Estancia: Malambo
Lyon National Orchestra; David Robertson, conductor
4:41 p.m.
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger
Frosoblomster, Suite No. 1 (The Flowers of Froso) op. 16
Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra; Michail Jurowski, conductor
5:00 p.m.
George W. Chadwick
Symphonic Sketches: Jubilee
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
5:09 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
American Suite in A major Opus 98
Prague Philharmonia; Jakub Hrusa, conductor
5:32 p.m.
Wilhelm van Wassenaer
Concerto Armonico No. 4 in G major
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra; Ton Koopman, conductor
5:43 p.m.
Franz Strauss
Horn Concerto No. 1 Opus 8
Bratislava Philharmonia Orchestra; Dale Clevenger, conductor Steven Gross, horn
5:59 p.m.
Franz Schubert
Piano Sonata No. 13 in A major Opus 120 D 664
Radu Lupu, piano
6:20 p.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Tafelmusik III: Suite (Overture) in Bb major TWV 55:B1
Musica Antiqua Koln; Reinhardt Goebel, conductor
6:46 p.m.
Charles Ives
Symphony No. 4: III. Fugue
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
6:54 p.m.
Ricardo Castro
Plainte Opus 38/2
Orquesta Sinfonica de Mineria (OSM) Jorge Federico Osorio, piano
6:57 p.m.
George Walker
Caprice
George Walker, piano
