Classical Music Playlist, July 9, 2026
Johannes Brahms c 1862 by Carl Anton Schulz
In his mid-20s in the mid-1850s, Johannes Brahms was daunted by the shadow of Beethoven who had died only about 30 years before. Because of this, Brahms resisted composing a symphony until he was 46 when he felt better experienced. He gained some of that orchestral experience by writing other music including his two orchestral Serenades. The Brahms Serenade No. 1, completed in 1858 at age 25, is today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Gabriel Faure
Piano Quintet No. 2 in C minor Opus 115
Domus; Anthony Marwood, 2nd violin
6:32 a.m.
Carlos Guastavino
Las Presencias: VI. Jeromita Linares
Camerata Bariloche
6:45 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 1 in G major Opus 6/1 HWV 319
Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor
6:58 a.m.
Scott Joplin
Treemonisha Overture
Houston Grand Opera Orchestra; Gunther Schuller, conductor
7:07 a.m.
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Violin Concerto in A major Opus 5/2
Encore Chamber Orchestra; Daniel Hege, conductor Rachel Barton Pine, violin
7:32 a.m.
Fernando Sor
Etude No. 17 in E minor Opus 6/11
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra; Irene Delgado-Jimenez, conductor Pablo Sainz Villegas, guitar
7:36 a.m.
Clara Schumann
Scherzo No. 1 in D minor in D minor Opus 10
Angela Cheng, piano
7:42 a.m.
Gabriel Pierne
Concert Piece for harp & orchestra (Concertstucke) in G# major Opus 39
French Radio and Television Orchestra; Jean Martinon, conductor Lily Laskine, harp
7:59 a.m.
Charles Stanford
Irish Rhapsody No. 5
Ulster Orchestra; Vernon Handley, conductor
8:15 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 53 "L'Imperiale" in D major
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
8:38 a.m.
Claude Debussy
Suite Bergamasque
Lyon National Orchestra; Jun Markl, conductor
8:56 a.m.
Ernesto Nazareth
Odeon - Tango Brasileiro
Richard Cionco, piano
9:00 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Bagatelles Opus 47
Takacs Quartet
9:18 a.m.
Ottorino Respighi
Three Botticelli Pictures
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Hugh Wolff, conductor
9:38 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Keyboard Concerto No. 7 in G minor BWV 1058
A Far Cry; Simone Dinnerstein, conductor Simone Dinnerstein, piano
9:52 a.m.
Ethel Smyth
THE BOATSWAIN'S MATE: Overture
BBC National Orchestra of Wales; Rumon Gamba, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 3: I. Allegro con brio in F major Opus 90
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
10:12 a.m.
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4: I. Preludio W284 Introdu��o
Nelson Freire, piano
10:15 a.m.
George Walker
Prelude
George Walker, piano
10:19 a.m.
Johan Svendsen
Symphony No. 2 in Bb major Opus 15
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra; Mariss Jansons, conductor
10:53 a.m.
Jean Sibelius
Andante Festivo
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
10:59 a.m.
Igor Stravinsky
The Fairy's Kiss: Divertimento
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor
11:25 a.m.
John Williams
STAR WARS - A NEW HOPE: Binary Sunset
London Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
11:27 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto No. 11 in D major Opus 4/11 RV 204
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor Simon Standage, violin; Micaela Comberti, violin; Jane Coe, cello
11:35 a.m.
Marianna Martines
Piano Sonata No. 3 in A
Leanne Rees, piano
11:49 a.m.
Jonathan Leshnoff
Guitar Concerto: III. Lively (Finale)
The Nashville Symphony; Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor Jason Vieaux, guitar
11:59 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Violin Concerto: III. Rondo - Allegro in D major Opus 61
Bremen German Chamber Philharmonic; Paavo Jarvi, conductor Janine Jansen, violin
12:10 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
ALMIRA: Suite of instrumental music
Berlin Academy of Ancient Music
12:26 p.m.
Hamilton Harty
John Field Suite
Ulster Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor
12:47 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture
London Symphony Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor
1:00 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Piano Quintet: I. Allegro non troppo in F minor Opus 34
Artemis Quartet Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
1:16 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 35 "Haffner" in D major K 385
English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
1:40 p.m.
Leo Brouwer
Afro-Cuban Lullaby (Cancion de Cuna: Berceuse)
Pepe Romero, guitar
1:44 p.m.
Claude Champagne
Rustic Dance (Dance Villageoise)
Quebec Symphony Orchestra; Yoav Talmi, conductor
1:50 p.m.
Pietro Locatelli
Concerto Grosso No. 5 in D major Opus 1/5
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Serenade No. 1 in D major Opus 11
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
2:49 p.m.
Isaac Albeniz
Iberia: Festival Day in Seville (Fete-Dieu a Seville)
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
2:59 p.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 3 in C minor Opus 6
Musica Amphion; Pieter-Jan Belder, conductor
3:11 p.m.
William Brade
Three Masque Dances of Count Palatine
The King's Noyse; David Douglass, conductor
3:15 p.m.
Aaron Jay Kernis
100 Greatest Dance Hits: II. Salsa Pasada
Escher Quartet Jason Vieaux, guitar
3:19 p.m.
Charles Gounod
Petite Symphonie for winds in Bb major
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
3:40 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Concertpiece for piano and orchestra in F minor Opus 79 (Konzertstuck)
Staatskapelle Dresden; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Peter Rosel, piano
3:59 p.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Suite in D major TWV 55:D19
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
4:25 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
EUGENE ONEGIN: Waltz
New York Philharmonic; Kurt Masur, conductor
4:33 p.m.
John Williams
The Reivers: Main Title
Studio Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
4:38 p.m.
Henry Purcell
Indian Queen: Symphony
Parley of Instruments
4:44 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Concert Rondo "Krakowiak" in F major Opus 14
Northwest Sinfonietta; Christophe Chagnard, conductor Joel Fan, piano
5:00 p.m.
Josef Suk
Fantastic Scherzo Opus 25
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
5:15 p.m.
Manuel de Falla
Three-Cornered Hat Suite
Philharmonia Orchestra; Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor
5:35 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
French Suite No. 1 in D minor BWV 812
Andras Schiff, piano
5:49 p.m.
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari
The Secret of Susanna: Overture
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Jose Serebrier, conductor
5:52 p.m.
Bedrich Smetana
THE SECRET: Overture
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Jules Massenet
CINDERELLA: Suite (Cendrillon)
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
6:21 p.m.
Ernest Chausson
Poeme
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France; Mikko Franck, conductor Hilary Hahn, violin
6:39 p.m.
Harry Thacker Burleigh
From the Southland: I. Through Moanin' Pines
Jeni Slotchiver, piano
6:41 p.m.
Enrique Soro
Danza Fantastica
Chile Symphony Orchestra; Jose Luis Dominguez, conductor
6:47 p.m.
Joe Hisaishi
A Town with an Ocean View (from Kiki's Delivery Service)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Joe Hisaishi, conductor
6:53 p.m.
Anna Clyne
DANCE: I. when you're broken open
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Marin Alsop, conductor Inbal Segev, cello
