Classical Music Playlist, January 20, 2026
The music in Mozart’s Piano Concerto #17 almost feels like it could have escaped from one of his sparkling operas. Lighthearted, with hummable melodies, and a slow second movement that Leonard Bernstein once commented was Mozart at the peak of his lyrical powers in a combination of serenity and melancholy. And the opening melody of the final movement became so popular in Vienna that even Mozart’s pet bird sang it. Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 17 is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Francesco Veracini
Overture No. 3 in Bb major
Musica Antiqua Koln; Reinhardt Goebel, conductor
6:13 a.m.
Alexander Glazunov
Ballet Scenes Opus 52 (Scenes de Ballet)
Scottish National Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
6:43 a.m.
Jean-Fery Rebel
The Characters of the Dance (Les Caracteres de la danse)
Palladian Ensemble
6:53 a.m.
Giovanni Gabrieli
Canzon in the 12th tone
Chicago Symphony Brass; Mark Ridenour, conductor
6:59 a.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
The Battle of Legnano: Overture (LA BATTAGLIA DI LEGNANO)
Philharmonic of La Scala; Riccardo Muti, conductor
7:09 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Piano Sonata No. 48 in C major HOB 16/35
Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, piano
7:24 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Serenade for Winds in Eb major K 375
Winds of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe
7:49 a.m.
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 3 in D major
Weimar State Orchestra; Arthur Fagen, conductor
7:58 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto No. 1 (originally for violin) in A minor BWV 1041
Elias String Quartet Xuefei Yang, guitar
8:14 a.m.
Adolphe Adam
SI J'ETAIS ROI (If I were King) Overture
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
8:23 a.m.
Igor Stravinsky
Pulcinella Suite
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
8:45 a.m.
Henri-Joseph Rigel
Symphony No. 7 in D major
Concerto Koln
9:01 a.m.
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 3: I. Kraftig in D minor "powerful"
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
9:37 a.m.
Salomone Rossi
Sonata No. 11 detta La Scatola
Sonnambula
9:42 a.m.
Claude Debussy
Children's Corner
Philharmonia Orchestra; Geoffrey Simon, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 11 in Bb major Opus 6
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
10:10 a.m.
Arnold Bax
In the Faery Hills
Ulster Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor
10:27 a.m.
Victor Herbert
Cello Concerto No. 2 in E minor Opus 30
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Lynn Harrell, cello
10:52 a.m.
H. T. Burleigh
Deep River
PubliQuartet Lara Downes, piano
10:55 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
MASS IN B MINOR: Cum Sancto Spiritu in B minor BWV 232
English Baroque Soloists; Monteverdi Choir; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
10:59 a.m.
Gioachino Rossini
THE BARBER OF SEVILLE: Overture (IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA)
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Claudio Abbado, conductor
11:08 a.m.
Richard Wagner
Siegfried Idyll
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Bernard Haitink, conductor
11:28 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 36 "Linz" in C major K 425
Prague Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
12:01 p.m.
Josef Suk
Fantastic Scherzo Opus 25
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
12:17 p.m.
Tielmann Susato
Bergerette "Sans roch"
New London Consort; Philip Pickett, conductor
12:21 p.m.
Ferdinand Ries
Piano Concerto No. 4 in C minor Opus 115
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Uwe Grodd, conductor Christopher Hinterhuber, piano
12:48 p.m.
Jean Sibelius
Romantic Waltz from "Kuolema" (Valse Romantique) Opus 62
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Yondani Butt, conductor
12:53 p.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Romeo & Juliet: Dance of the Knights Opus 64
Cleveland Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
12:58 p.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
String Quartet in Eb major
Nash Ensemble
1:18 p.m.
Samuel Barber
Symphony No. 1 Opus 9
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Marin Alsop, conductor
1:41 p.m.
Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre
C�phale et Procris: Overture
Sonnambula
1:46 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Rhapsody No. 3 in Ab major Opus 45
Scottish National Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major K 453 (FROM THE RUSSELL KLETZING COLLECTION)
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Alfred Brendel, piano
2:30 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major BWV 1049
European Brandenburg Ensemble; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
2:47 p.m.
ANONYMOUS
Gallarde Faraboscho
Ensemble Galilei
2:48 p.m.
Turlough O'Carolan
Loftus Jones
Ensemble Galilei
2:52 p.m.
Johan Wagenaar
El Cid: overture Opus 27
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
2:59 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Manfred Overture Opus 115
London Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
3:12 p.m.
Franz Liszt
Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major
Bergen Philharmonic; Dmitri Kitayenko, conductor Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
3:35 p.m.
Gentil Montana
Suite Colombiana No. 2: I. El Margariteno (pasillo) The Song of the Dreamer
Jose Antonio Escobar, guitar
3:41 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 24 in D major
Academy of Ancient Music; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
4:00 p.m.
Arnold Bax
Overture to a Picaresque Comedy
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor
4:12 p.m.
Niels Gade
Symphony No. 5 in D minor Opus 25
Stockholm Sinfonietta; Neeme Jarvi, conductor Roland Pontinen, piano
4:39 p.m.
William Grant Still
Lyric Quartet: III. The Jovial One
Catalyst Quartet
4:42 p.m.
Luigi Boccherini
Quintet for guitar and strings No. 4: III. Fandango in D major G 448
Pacifica Quartet Sharon Isbin, guitar
4:51 p.m.
Gustav Holst
The Planets: Mars, Bringer of War Opus 32
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
4:59 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for 2 mandolins in G major RV 532
Europa Galante; Fabio Biondi, conductor
5:10 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Nocturne No. 8 in Db major Opus 27/2
Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, piano
5:16 p.m.
Foday Musa Suso
Tilliboyo (Sunset)
Kronos Quartet; Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir
5:21 p.m.
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Flute Concerto in D minor H 426
Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra; Janos Rolla, conductor Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute
5:43 p.m.
Leos Janacek
THE CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN: Suite
Czech State Philharmonic Brno; Jose Serebrier, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quartet No. 19 "Dissonance" in C major K 465
Diderot String Quartet
6:33 p.m.
Alexander MacKenzie
Twelfth Night Opus 40
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Martyn Brabbins, conductor
6:53 p.m.
Jean-Michel Blais
murmures
Jean-Michel Blais, piano
