Classical Music Playlist, April 27, 2026
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Franz Schubert’s String Quintet in C-major is generally regarded as his finest chamber work, as well as one of the greatest of all chamber compositions. American music writer and composer Jan Swafford wrote, “Everything about this work is extraordinary — its breadth of expression from deepest tragedy to exultant joy to transcendent peace." It was Schubert’s final instrumental composition written a couple months before he died at the age of 31 in 1828, and it’s today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Charles Avison
Concerto No. 1 in D minor Opus 4/1
Avison Ensemble; Pavlo Beznosiuk, conductor
6:09 a.m.
Robert Schumann
String Quartet in F major Opus 41/2
Melos Quartet
6:32 a.m.
Florence Price
Fantasie Negre No. 2 in G minor
Michelle Cann, piano
6:42 a.m.
Arnold Bax
Tintagel
Ulster Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor
6:58 a.m.
Gioachino Rossini
Bassoon Concerto
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Gianandrea Noseda, conductor Karen Geoghegan, bassoon
7:17 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 6 "Le Matin" in D major
Lausanne Chamber Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
7:36 a.m.
Leo Brouwer
Afro-Cuban Lullaby (Cancion de Cuna: Berceuse)
Pablo Sainz Villegas, guitar
7:40 a.m.
Teresa Carreno
Vals Gayo Opus 38
Clara Rodriguez, piano
7:46 a.m.
Elena Roussanova
Moments of Arrival
Prague Radio Symphony; Julius Williams, conductor
7:59 a.m.
Alexander Glazunov
Saxophone Concerto in Eb major Opus 109
Russian National Orchestra; Jose Serebrier, conductor Marc Chisson, alto saxophone
8:13 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 1 in C major Opus 21
Minnesota Orchestra; Osmo Vanska, conductor
8:41 a.m.
Ernesto Nazareth
Odeon - Tango Brasileiro
Richard Cionco, piano
8:44 a.m.
Stewart Goodyear
The Kapok
iSing Silicon Valley; Jennah Delp Somers, conductor Inbal Segev, cello; Stewart Goodyear, piano
8:50 a.m.
Johannes Bernardus Van Bree
THE BANDIT: Overture (Le Bandit)
Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra; Jac Van Steen, conductor
8:59 a.m.
Amy Beach
Piano Concerto in C# minor Opus 45
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Rebecca Miller, conductor Danny Driver, piano
9:35 a.m.
Alan Hovhaness
Symphony No. 2 "Mysterious Mountain" Opus 132
Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Litton, conductor
9:53 a.m.
Hector Berlioz
Damnation of Faust: Hungarian March Opus 24
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Symphony in G Major in G major
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor
10:15 a.m.
Roland Dyens
Tango En Skai (Immitation Leather Tango)
Jason Vieaux, guitar
10:17 a.m.
Manuel de Falla
EL AMOR BRUJO: Ritual Fire Dance
S. W. German Radio Symphony Orchestra; Jose Serebrier, conductor
10:23 a.m.
Louise Farrenc
Piano Trio No. 2 in D minor Opus 34
Linos Ensemble
10:50 a.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
10:59 a.m.
Arnold Bax
Morning Song (Maytime in Sussex)
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor Margaret Fingerhut, piano
11:08 a.m.
Isaac Albeniz
Suite Espanola: No. 1 "Granada" Opus 47/1
Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
11:13 a.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Five Pieces for Guitar: 2. Romantico
Franz Halasz, guitar
11:18 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Bagatelles Opus 47
Takacs Quartet
11:36 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 35 "Haffner" in D major K 385
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor
12:00 p.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Tafelmusik II: Concerto for 3 violins in F major
Musica Antiqua Koln; Reinhardt Goebel, conductor Members of...
12:15 p.m.
Teng Yu-hsien
Spring Breeze
Xuefei Yang, guitar
12:20 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Symphony No. 1 "Spring" in Bb major Opus 38
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
12:52 p.m.
Jean Sibelius
Andante Festivo
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra; Mariss Jansons, conductor
12:58 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Guitar (or Mandolin) Concerto in D major RV 93
Venice Baroque Orchestra Avi Avital, mandolin
1:08 p.m.
Mel Bonis
Flute Sonata in C# minor Opus 64
Maria Cecilia Munoz, flute; Tiffany Butt, piano
1:27 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 52 in C minor
Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra; Adam Fischer, conductor
1:49 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Oberon Overture J 306
Philharmonia Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Franz Schubert
String Quintet in C major Opus 163 D 956
Mir� Quartet Matt Haimovitz, cello
2:51 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dance No. 4 in F major Opus 46
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
3:00 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 3 in E minor Opus 6/3 HWV 321
Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor
3:13 p.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Adios Nonino
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Ettore Stratta, conductor El Quinteto Buenos Aires
3:18 p.m.
Lucas Ruiz de Ribayaz
Paradetas
The Harp Consort
3:23 p.m.
Arvid Kleven
Lotusland
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra (sta VAHN ger); Susanna Malkki, conductor
3:38 p.m.
Antonio Salieri
Concerto for oboe and flute in C major
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Kenneth Sillito, conductor Heinz Holliger, oboe; Aurele Nicolet, flute
3:58 p.m.
Joaquin Rodrigo
Concierto Serenata for harp and orchestra
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Ernst Marzendorfer, conductor Nicanor Zabaleta, harp
4:22 p.m.
Zenobia Powell Perry
Piano Potpurri: No. 5. A Jazz Trifle
LaDoris Hazzard Cordell, piano
4:25 p.m.
Teresa Carreno
Elegy No. 1 Opus 17
Clara Rodriguez, piano
4:30 p.m.
Gustav Holst
St. Paul's Suite Opus 29/2
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
4:44 p.m.
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6 "Carnival in Pest" in D major
Budapest Symphony Orchestra; Andras Korodi, conductor
4:58 p.m.
Gioachino Rossini
SEMIRAMIDE: Overture
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Claudio Abbado, conductor
5:11 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Piano Concerto No. 5 in F major Opus 103
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor Jean-Philippe Collard, piano
5:41 p.m.
Jorge Calandrelli
Solitude
Milos Karadaglic, guitar; Jess Gillam, soprano saxophone
5:44 p.m.
Philip Glass
Symphony No. 3: Movement IV
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra; Dennis Russell Davies, conductor
5:49 p.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 11 in Bb major Opus 6
Musica Amphion; Pieter-Jan Belder, conductor
5:59 p.m.
Johan Halvorsen
Suite from "Mascarade"
Bergen Philharmonic; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
6:28 p.m.
Samuel Barber
Violin Concerto: II. Andante Opus 14
London Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor Anne Akiko Meyers, violin
6:38 p.m.
Franz Waxman
Rhapsody for piano and orchestra
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; James Sedares, conductor David Buechner, piano
6:51 p.m.
John Williams
Munich: Prayer For Peace
Los Angeles Recording Arts Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
6:55 p.m.
Domenico Scarlatti
Sonata in B minor K 27
Eliot Fisk, guitar
