Classical Music Playlist, April 15, 2022
Swedish pianist, composer, and conductor Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871-1927) completed his Piano Concerto #2 on his 36th birthday in 1907. As one of Sweden’s greatest pianists, he HAD been performing his Piano Concerto #1 for years but got tired of it, wrote the 2nd which is a much more mature work and still hugely popular in Sweden. But he didn’t perform the 2nd Concerto as much because he had turned more to conducting for the rest of his life. With its intriguing conflicts between the piano and orchestra (often playing in different keys), Wilhelm Stenhammar’s inventive yet immensely listenable Piano Concerto #2 is today’s Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
6:00 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto, Op. 4, No. 1 in Bb major Opus 4 RV 383
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor Simon Standage, violin
6:09 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Serenade for Strings in E major Opus 22
Prague Philharmonia; Jakub Hrusa, conductor
6:39 a.m.
Joaquin Turina
Sonata for Guitar Opus 61
Manuel Barrueco, guitar
6:50 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Piano Sonata No. 26 in A major HOB 16/26
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
7:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 2 in F major Opus 6/2 HWV 320
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra; Ton Koopman, conductor
7:13 a.m.
Charles Gounod
FAUST: Ballet Music
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
7:31 a.m.
Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Trumpet Air No. 2 (Air de Trompette) in D major
Hannes Laubin, trumpet; Wolfgang Laubin, trumpet; Bernhard Laubin, trumpet; Simon Preston, organ; Norbert Schmitt, timpani
7:35 a.m.
Mateo Albeniz
Sonata in D major
Alicia de Larrocha, piano
7:39 a.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
7:46 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Violin Concerto: III. Allegro giocoso in D major Opus 77
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor Joshua Bell, violin
7:55 a.m.
William Grant Still
Panamanian Dances (Danzas de Panama)
Berlin Symphony Orchestra; Isaiah Jackson, conductor
8:12 a.m.
Edvard Grieg
Piano Concerto in A minor Opus 16
Bergen Philharmonic; Ole Kristian Ruud, conductor Noriko Ogawa, piano
8:44 a.m.
Philip Glass
String Quartet No. 3 "Mishima": VI. Mishima Closing
Attacca Quartet
8:48 a.m.
Luigi Cherubini
MEDEA: Overture
Munich Radio Orchestra; Kurt Redel, conductor
8:57 a.m.
Robert Schumann
Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish" in Eb major Opus 97
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
9:28 a.m.
Edward Elgar
My love dwelt in a Northern land Opus 18/3
; John Rutter, conductor Cambridge Singers
9:32 a.m.
Ludovico Einaudi
Le Onde
La Pieta Angele Dubeau, violin
9:38 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for 2 trumpets in C major RV 537
Ensemble Zefiro; Alfredo Bernardini, conductor Gabriele Cassone, trumpet; Luca Marzana, trumpet
9:46 a.m.
Scott Joplin
Bethena: A Concert Waltz
Giovanni DeChiaro, guitar
9:52 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Rondo for violin and orchestra in C major K 373 (FROM THE RUSSELL KLETZING COLLECTION)
New Philharmonia Orchestra; Alexander Gibson, conductor Henryk Szeryng, violin
10:00 a.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus
New Queen's Hall Orchestra; Barry Wordsworth, conductor
10:14 a.m.
Franz Danzi
Sinfonia Concertante for Flute, Clarinet, & Orchestra in Bb major Opus 41
Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra; Allen Tinkham, conductor Anthony McGill, clarinet; Demarre McGill, flute
10:35 a.m.
Danny Elfman
Serenada Schizophrana: Pianos
Studio Orchestra; John Mauceri, conductor
10:43 a.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Concertino Opus 107
Residentie Orkest Den Haag; Neeme Jarvi, conductor Sharon Bezaly, flute
10:52 a.m.
Samuel Barber
Adagio for Strings Opus 11
Kronos Quartet
11:00 a.m.
Giovanni Paisiello
Piano Concerto No. 8 in F major
Saint Cecilia Chamber Orchestra; Pietro Spada, conductor Pietro Spada, piano
11:29 a.m.
Bengt Hallberg
Blacksmith's Tune
Scandinavian Brass Ensemble; Jorma Panula, conductor
11:35 a.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 3 in C minor Opus 6
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
11:45 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dance No. 4 in F major Opus 46
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Vaclav Neumann, conductor
11:53 a.m.
Claude Debussy
Clair de lune ("Moonlight")
Tzimon Barto, piano
12:00 p.m.
Arnold Bax
Overture to a Picaresque Comedy
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor
12:11 p.m.
Joaquin Rodrigo
Fantasy for a Gentleman
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Pepe Romero, guitar
12:35 p.m.
Pietro Mascagni
Regina Coeli (Easter Hymn from Cavalleria Rusticana)
National Philharmonic Orchestra; Gianandrea Gavazzeni, conductor London Opera Chorus
12:41 p.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Morning Papers Opus 279 (Morgenblatter)
Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra; Willi Boskovsky, conductor
12:51 p.m.
Jean Sibelius
Swan of Tuonela
Minnesota Orchestra; Eiji Oue, conductor Marni J. Hougham, English horn
1:02 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
DER FREISCHUTZ: Overture Opus 77 J 277
Philharmonia Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
1:12 p.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Spring In Buenos Aires
David Tanenbaum, guitar
1:18 p.m.
Baldassare Galuppi
Sonata in F major Illy 50
Matteo Napoli, piano
1:22 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 22 "The Philosopher" in Eb major
Hanover Band; Roy Goodman, conductor
1:45 p.m.
Bedrich Smetana
Ma Vlast: The Moldau (Vltava)
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Andre Previn, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Wilhelm Stenhammar
Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor Opus 23
Munich Philharmonic Orchestra; Stig Westerberg, conductor Janos Solyom, piano
2:30 p.m.
Henry Purcell
Indian Queen: Symphony
Parley of Instruments
2:36 p.m.
Maya Le Roux
Short Suite for a Prince: Prelude (Petite suite pour un Prince)
Maya Le Roux, guitar
2:40 p.m.
Bernhard Crusell
Clarinet Quartet No. 1 in Eb major Opus 2
Allegri String Quartet (members of) Thea King, clarinet
3:01 p.m.
Henriette Renie
Harp Concerto in C minor
Rhenish Philharmonic Orchestra; Shao-Chia Lu, conductor Xavier de Maistre, harp
3:22 p.m.
William Byrd
O Magnum Mysterium
; John Rutter, conductor Cambridge Singers
3:29 p.m.
Benjamin Britten
Matinees musicales (Suite after Rossini) Opus 24
Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra; Okko Kamu, conductor
3:44 p.m.
Gioachino Rossini
THE BARBER OF SEVILLE: Overture (IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA)
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
3:53 p.m.
Johann Friedrich Fasch
Concerto for trumpet in D major
English Chamber Orchestra; Raymond Leppard, conductor Wynton Marsalis, trumpet
4:00 p.m.
Leo Delibes
Sylvia Suite
Philadelphia Orchestra; Eugene Ormandy, conductor
4:13 p.m.
Victor Herbert
Five Pieces for Cello & Strings
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Lynn Harrell, cello
4:29 p.m.
Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov
Procession of the Sardar Opus 10
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; David Zinman, conductor
4:34 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 1: I. Vivace in F# minor Opus 1
San Francisco Symphony; Edo de Waart, conductor Zoltan Kocsis, piano
4:47 p.m.
Max Richter
Summer 1
Berlin Chamber Orchestra; Andre de Ridder, conductor Daniel Hope, violin
4:51 p.m.
Marianne Martinez
Concerto for Harpsichord in E major: I. Allegro in E major
La Floridiana; Nicoleta Paraschivescu, conductor Nicoleta Paraschivescu, harpsichord
4:59 p.m.
Claude Debussy
Suite Bergamasque
San Francisco Ballet Orchestra; Emil Decou, conductor
5:19 p.m.
Teresa Carreno
Nocturne No. 10, "Souvenirs de mon pays"
Alexandra Oehler, piano
5:27 p.m.
Luigi Boccherini
Symphony in A major Opus 37/4 G 518
German Chamber Academy of Neuss; Johannes Goritzki, conductor
5:50 p.m.
Florence Price
Violin Concerto no. 1: II. Andante in D major
Janacek Philharmonic; Ryan Cockerham, conductor Er-Gene Kahng
5:57 p.m.
Agustin Barrios
Danza Paraguaya No. 1
David Russell, guitar
6:00 p.m.
Igor Stravinsky
Symphony in Eb major Opus 1
St. Petersburg Philharmonic; Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
6:36 p.m.
David Lyon
Short Suite
Royal Ballet Sinfonia; David Lloyd-Jones, conductor
6:47 p.m.
Edward K. (Duke) Ellington
Sophisticated Lady
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Simon Rattle, conductor Various soloists
6:53 p.m.
Enrique Granados
Danzas espanolas No. 5 "Andaluza"
Sharon Isbin, guitar
