Classical Music Playlist, November 21, 2022
One of the most famous pieces composed by Richard Strauss (1864-1949) is his tone poem "Also sprach Zarathustra" with its famous opening "Sunrise" movement. But there's so much more music after that, a total of nine sections lasting over 30 minutes. Strauss took inspiration from the book of the same name by Friedrich Nietzsche. Strauss wrote in a letter,
“I never intended to write philosophical music, nor did I seek to portray Nietzsche’s great work in music. Rather I wanted to convey, through music, some idea of the development of the human race, from its origins, through the different stages of its religious and scientific development, to Nietzsche’s concept of the Superman."
And that pretty much sums up the arc of the Stanley Kubrick film "2001: A Space Odyssey," so it's perfectly fitting that he began that film with the famous "Sunrise" movement that opens the Strauss tone poem. "Also sprach Zarathustra" is today's Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
6:00 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Cello Concerto in C major RV 398
Collegium Musicum; Paul Sacher, conductor Mstislav Rostropovich, cello
6:09 a.m.
Victor Herbert
Cello Concerto No. 1 in D major Opus 8
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Lynn Harrell, cello
6:37 a.m.
John Williams
Empire of the Sun: Cadillac of the Skies
Los Angeles Recording Arts Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
6:43 a.m.
Hubert Parry
Symphonic Variations
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Matthias Bamert, conductor
6:59 a.m.
Pietro Locatelli
Concerto Grosso No. 5 in D major Opus 1/5
Raglan Baroque Players; Nicholas Kraemer, conductor
7:09 a.m.
Jules Massenet
Suite No. 4 "Picturesque Scenes" (Scenes pittoresques)
Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
7:27 a.m.
Valerie Coleman
Umoja
Imani Winds
7:31 a.m.
Alexander MacKenzie
Twelfth Night Opus 40
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Martyn Brabbins, conductor
7:52 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major Opus 3 RV 310
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor Simon Standage, violin
7:59 a.m.
Arnold Bax
Overture to a Picaresque Comedy
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; David Lloyd-Jones, conductor
8:11 a.m.
Kurt Atterberg
Horn Concerto Opus 28
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Gerard Oskamp, conductor Albert Linder, horn
8:32 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Poetic Tone Pictures: X. Bacchanalia Opus 85
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
8:37 a.m.
Elena Ruehr
String Quartet No. 3: III. How She Danced
Cypress String Quartet
8:43 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Concert Rondo "Krakowiak" (krak-KOH-vee-akk) in F major Opus 14
Slovak State Philharmonic, Kozice; Robert Stankovsky, conductor Idil Biret, piano
9:00 a.m.
Florence Price
Symphony No. 1 in E minor
Philadelphia Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
9:42 a.m.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
African Suite: African Dance Opus 35/4
Chineke! Orchestra; Kevin John Edusei, conductor
9:49 a.m.
Edward Elgar
My love dwelt in a Northern land Opus 18/3
; John Rutter, conductor Cambridge Singers
9:55 a.m.
Scott Joplin
Gladiolus Rag
Lara Downes, piano
10:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 2 in F major Opus 6/2 HWV 320
Academy of Ancient Music; Andrew Manze, conductor
10:12 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Intermezzo in A major Opus 118/2
Orli Shaham, piano
10:19 a.m.
Francesco Molino
Guitar Concerto in E minor Opus 56
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Iona Brown, conductor Pepe Romero, guitar
10:44 a.m.
Edward K. (Duke) Ellington
In a Sentimental Mood
Rachel Barton Pine, violin; Matthew Hagle, piano
10:47 a.m.
Gabriel Faure
Pavane Opus 50
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
10:55 a.m.
Paul Dukas
Villanelle for horn and orchestra
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Kurt Masur, conductor Hermann Baumann, horn
11:02 a.m.
Ottorino Respighi
Pines of Rome
Berlin Philharmonic; Herbert von Karajan, conductor
11:25 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Athalia: March of the Priests Opus 74
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
11:32 a.m.
Johann Christian Bach
Keyboard Concerto in D major Opus 7/3
Hamburg Camerata; Ralf Gothoni, conductor Anastasia Injushina, piano
11:44 a.m.
Philip Sparke
Fiesta!
Philharmonia a Vent; John Boyd, conductor
11:51 a.m.
Scott Joplin
The Entertainer
New England Conservatory Ragtime Ensemble
11:57 a.m.
Agustin Barrios
The Bees (Las Abejas)
David Russell, guitar
12:00 p.m.
Leo Delibes
Sylvia Suite
Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra; Janos Sandor, conductor
12:18 p.m.
Francesco Tristano
On John Bull's Galliard In D
Francesco Tristano, piano
12:23 p.m.
Daniel-Francois Auber
Gustav the Third, or The Masked Ball: Overture (GUSTAVE III, ou le Bal Masque)
English Chamber Orchestra; Richard Bonynge, conductor
12:34 p.m.
Elliott Carter
A Fantasy about Purcell's Fantasia upon one note
London Gabrieli Brass Ensemble; Christopher Larkin, conductor
12:39 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 6 "Le Matin" in D major
Ensemble for 18th Century Music; Eiji Hashimoto, conductor
12:59 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
1:07 p.m.
Zhen Chen
Lullaby
Lin Ma, Pipa; Zhen Chen, piano; Cho-Liang Lin, violin; Elmira Darvarova, violin; Milan Milisavljevic , viola
1:12 p.m.
Hector Berlioz
Damnation of Faust: Hungarian March Opus 24
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; David Zinman, conductor
1:17 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Sonata for Cello and Piano in Eb major Opus 19
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello; Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
1:54 p.m.
Giovanni Gabrieli
Canzon duodecimi toni
Empire Brass
2:00 p.m.
Richard Strauss
Also Sprach Zarathustra Opus 30
Scottish National Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
2:33 p.m.
Johann Friedrich Fasch
Quartet for 2 oboes, bassoon and continuo in D minor
Camerata Koln
2:42 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Poetic Tone Pictures: VII. Furiant Opus 85
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
2:46 p.m.
Catrin Finch
Celtic Concerto
Sinfonia Cymru; John Rutter, conductor Catrin Finch, harp
3:01 p.m.
William Boyce
Symphony No. 1 in Bb major Opus 2
Aradia Ensemble; Kevin Mallon, conductor
3:10 p.m.
Valentin Silvestrov
Melodies of the Moments, Cycle III: II. Barcarole
Daniel Hope, violin; Alexey Botvinov, piano
3:14 p.m.
Michio Miyagi
The Sea in Springtime (Haru no Umi)
Yolanda Kondonassis, harp
3:23 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in Bb minor Opus 23
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor Andras Schiff, piano
3:58 p.m.
Edward Elgar
Serenade for string orchestra in E minor Opus 20
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
4:12 p.m.
Bear McCreary
Battlestar Galactica: Dreilide Thrace Sonata No. 1
Bear McCreary, piano
4:19 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
FIDELIO Overture Opus 72
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
4:26 p.m.
Giovanni Paisiello
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major
Saint Cecilia Chamber Orchestra; Pietro Spada, conductor Pietro Spada, piano
4:51 p.m.
Jean Sibelius
Karelia Suite: III. Alla Marcia Opus 11
Philharmonia Orchestra; Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
4:55 p.m.
Johann Strauss, Sr.
Radetzky March Opus 228
Berlin Philharmonic; Herbert Von Karajan, conductor
4:59 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 100 "Military" in G major
Orchestra of St. Luke's; Charles Mackerras, conductor
5:22 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Humoresque No. 7 in Gb major Opus 101/7
Orion Weiss, piano
5:27 p.m.
George Walker
Folk Songs for Orchestra
Cleveland Chamber Symphony; Edwin London, conductor
5:40 p.m.
John Williams
Lincoln: With Malice Toward None
Los Angeles Recording Arts Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
5:46 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major BWV 1048
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
5:59 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor K 478
Emanuel Ax, piano; Isaac Stern, violin; Jaime Laredo, violin; Yo Yo Ma, cello
6:26 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Mandolin Concerto in C major RV 425
I Solisti Veneti; Claudio Scimone, conductor Bonifacio Bianchi, mandolin
6:36 p.m.
Amy Beach
Violin Sonata: I. Allegro moderato in A minor Opus 34
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Odaline de la Martinez, conductor Tasmin Little, violin; John Lenehan, piano
6:47 p.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Oblivion
RTE Concert Orchestra [of Ireland] Fionnuala Hunt, violin
6:53 p.m.
Clarice Assad
Archetypes: IV. The Lover
Third Coast Percussion
