Classical Music Playlist, June 15, 2026
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco in 1929
On a trip to Los Angeles in 1950, guitarist Andrés Segovia met with his old friend, composer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, who was now living in California and the composer lured Segovia to perform with a local chamber music society by promising to write a new guitar quintet for him. Segovia performed, and the composer composed. The Quintet for Guitar and String Quartet that resulted from that bargain is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Jacques Aubert
Suite No. 5 (Concert de simphonies) in F major
Collegium Musicum 90; Simon Standage, conductor
6:23 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major K 218
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra; Yakov Kreizberg, conductor Julia Fischer, violin
6:47 a.m.
Edouard Lalo
Norwegian Rhapsody (Rapsodie Norvegienne)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Yondani Butt, conductor
7:00 a.m.
Jacques Offenbach
LA BELLE HELENE: Overture
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
7:09 a.m.
Sebastian Iradier
La Paloma the dove
Pablo Sainz Villegas, guitar
7:12 a.m.
Gaspar Sanz
Canarios
Chatham Baroque
7:16 a.m.
John Field
Piano Concerto No. 2 in Ab major
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor John O'Conor, piano
7:50 a.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Symphony No. 5: II. Allegro marcato in Bb major Opus 100
Royal Scottish Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
8:00 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto for two violins (Double Concerto) in D minor BWV 1043
Academy of Ancient Music; Andrew Manze, conductor Andrew Manze, violin; Rachel Podger, violin
8:15 a.m.
Mauro Giuliani
Guitar Concerto No. 1 in A major Opus 30
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Pepe Romero, guitar
8:39 a.m.
Giovanni Gabrieli
Sonata XIX for 15 parts
Empire Brass
8:45 a.m.
Bedrich Smetana
Ma Vlast: IV. From Bohemia's Woods and Meadows
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Vaclav Neumann, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor Opus 19
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello; Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
9:37 a.m.
Maurice Ravel
Bolero
Berlin Philharmonic; Pierre Boulez, conductor
9:53 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
String Symphony No. 1 (Concerto) in A major RV 159
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Piano Sonata No. 1: IV. Finale in C major Opus 1
Norman Krieger, piano
10:08 a.m.
Edward Elgar
In The South (Alassio) overture Opus 50
BBC Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
10:30 a.m.
Antonio Rosetti
Concerto for Horn No. 2 in Eb major C 49
Prague Chamber Orchestra Radek Baborak, horn
10:51 a.m.
Francisco Tarrega
Memories of the Alhambra (Recuerdos de la Alhambra)
Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
10:55 a.m.
Mel Bonis
Suite orientale: 2. Danse d�Alm�es Opus 48/2
WDR Symphony Orchestra; Joseph Bastian, conductor
11:00 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Clarinet Quintet in Bb major Opus 34 J 182
Manhattan String Quartet Jon Manasse, clarinet
11:27 a.m.
Ernst Eichner
Harp Concerto No. 1 in C major Opus 6
Kurpfalz Chamber Orchestra; Stefan Fraas, conductor Silke Aichhorn, harp
11:51 a.m.
Rachel Portman
Flight
La Pieta; Angele Dubeau, conductor Francine Kay, piano
11:55 a.m.
Joseph Curiale
Awakening: Joy
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Joseph Curiale, conductor
12:00 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Introduction and Allegro appassionato in G major Opus 92
Berlin Philharmonic; Claudio Abbado, conductor Murray Perahia, piano
12:16 p.m.
Leo Delibes
Sylvia: Pizzicato Polka
New Philharmonia Orchestra; Richard Bonynge, conductor
12:18 p.m.
Manuel Ponce
Concierto del Sur: III. Allegro moderato e festivo
Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas; Alondra de la Parra, conductor Pablo Sainz Villegas, guitar
12:25 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Serenade for Winds in D minor Opus 44
Oslo Wind Soloists
12:50 p.m.
Gustav Holst
The Planets: Jupiter, the Bringer of Jolity Opus 32
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
12:59 p.m.
Francesco Geminiani
Concerto Grosso No. 10 in F major Opus 7/10
Academy of Ancient Music; Andrew Manze, conductor
1:09 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 16 in D major K 451
English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor Malcolm Bilson, fortepiano
1:34 p.m.
Henri-Joseph Rigel
Symphony No. 7 in D major
Concerto Koln
1:49 p.m.
Teresa Carreno
Un reve en mer A dream at sea
Sarah Cahill, piano
1:55 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantata No. 29: Sinfonia BWV 29
Brandenburg Consort; Roy Goodman, conductor Paul Nicholson, organ
2:00 p.m.
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Quintet for Guitar and String Quartet Op 143
Pacifica Quartet Sharon Isbin, guitar
2:25 p.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
LA FORZA DEL DESTINO Overture
Philharmonic of La Scala; Riccardo Muti, conductor
2:33 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 10 in D minor Opus 6/10 HWV 328
Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor
2:48 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Rhapsodie d'Auvergne Opus 73
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor Jean-Philippe Collard, piano
2:59 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Egmont Overture Opus 84
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
3:08 p.m.
Valentin Silvestrov
Bagatelle (Op. 1, No. 1) Opus 1/1
Dmytro Choni, piano
3:11 p.m.
Gyorgy Ligeti
Bagatelle No. 3 (from Six Bagatelles for Wind Quintet)
Albert Schweitzer Quintet
3:15 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 104 "London" in D major
Orchestra of St. Luke's; Charles Mackerras, conductor
3:45 p.m.
Giacomo Puccini
Capriccio Sinfonico
Philharmonic of La Scala; Riccardo Muti, conductor
3:59 p.m.
George Gershwin
An American in Paris
London Symphony Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
4:19 p.m.
TRADITIONAL
The Lark in the Clear Air
McGill/McHale Trio Demarre McGill, flute; Anthony McGill, clarinet; Michael McHale, piano
4:22 p.m.
Ethel Smyth
Serenade in D: II. Scherzo. Allegro vivace in D major
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Odaline de la Martinez, conductor Tasmin Little, violin; John Lenehan, piano
4:30 p.m.
Joseph Kraus
Sinfonie in D major VB 143
Concerto Koln
4:49 p.m.
Kevin Puts
Home
Conspirare; Craig Hella Johnson, conductor Mir� Quartet
4:56 p.m.
Johannes Hanssen
Valdres March
Boston Pops Orchestra; Arthur Fiedler, conductor
5:01 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 5: I. Allegro con brio in C minor Opus 67
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
5:08 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Poetic Tone Pictures: I. Twilight Way Opus 85
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
5:15 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
Holberg Suite Opus 40
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
5:36 p.m.
Igor Stravinsky
Pulcinella Suite
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
5:59 p.m.
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari
Piano Trio No. 1 in D major Opus 5
Munich Piano Trio
6:33 p.m.
Henry Purcell
DIDO AND AENEAS
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra; Thomas Hengelbrock, conductor
6:52 p.m.
Isaac Albeniz
Majorca (Mallorca) Opus 202
Pepe Romero, guitar
