Classical Music Playlist, October 10, 2023
Czech composer Antonín Dvořák
For being charmingly tuneful, with a strong accent of the composer’s Czech folk music, the Piano Quintet No. 2 in A by Antonín Dvořák is often cited among the best in the form alongside the Piano Quintets of Brahms and Schumann. It’s today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Johan Helmich Roman
The Drottningholm Music (2)
Stockholm Museum Chamber Orchestra; Claude Genetay, conductor
6:15 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 84 in Eb major
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra; Ton Koopman, conductor
6:39 a.m.
Max Richter
Mercy
Hilary Hahn, violin; Cory Smythe, piano
6:45 a.m.
Lars-Erik Larsson
Pastoral Suite Opus 19
CBC Vancouver Orchestra; Mario Bernardi, conductor
7:13 a.m.
Ernst von Dohnanyi
Variations on a Nursery Song Opus 25
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic; Domingo Hindoyan, conductor Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
7:39 a.m.
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4: I. Preludio W284
Plinio Fernandes, guitar
7:44 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Legend No. 6 Opus 59
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
7:51 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Coriolan Overture in C minor Opus 62
London Classical Players; Roger Norrington, conductor
7:59 a.m.
Michael Torke
Sky: I. Lively
Albany Symphony Orchestra; David Alan Miller, conductor Tessa Lark, violin
8:10 a.m.
Aaron Copland
Appalachian Spring
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
8:36 a.m.
Lucas Ruiz de Ribayaz
Paradetas
The Harp Consort
8:39 a.m.
Hans Zimmer
The Frozen Planet
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
8:45 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Danse Macabre Opus 40
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; Lorin Maazel, conductor
8:52 a.m.
John Williams
Themes from Jurassic Park
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
8:59 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Violin Concerto in D major Opus 35
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor Jascha Heifetz, violin
9:30 a.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Adios Nonino
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Ettore Stratta, conductor El Quinteto Buenos Aires
9:37 a.m.
Edvard Grieg
String Quartet No. 1: III. Intermezzo in G minor Opus 27
Guarneri Quartet
9:45 a.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Prelude & Cube
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra; Brandenburg Choir; Paul Dyer, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Aria Variata in A minor BWV 989
Vikingur Olafsson, piano
10:15 a.m.
Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished" in B minor D 759
Swedish Chamber Orchestra; Thomas Dausgaard, conductor
10:37 a.m.
Manuel Ponce
Estrellita
State of Mexico Symphony; Enrique Batiz, conductor
10:43 a.m.
Aram Khachaturian
Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus & Phrygia
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Aram Khachaturian, conductor
10:53 a.m.
Jean-Baptiste Lully
Chaconne in G major
Musica Antiqua Koln; Reinhardt Goebel, conductor
10:59 a.m.
Alexander Borodin
PRINCE IGOR Overture
Philharmonia Orchestra; Geoffrey Simon, conductor
11:11 a.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Tritsch-Tratsch Polka "Chit-Chat Polka" Opus 214
Berlin Philharmonic; Herbert Von Karajan, conductor
11:14 a.m.
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 3: I. Kraftig in D minor "powerful"
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
11:50 a.m.
Leo Brouwer
Afro-Cuban Lullaby (Cancion de Cuna: Berceuse)
Pablo Sainz Villegas, guitar
11:55 a.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Etude Pathetique Opus 124
Joanne Polk, piano
12:00 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 103 "Drum Roll" in Eb major
Orchestra of St. Luke's; Charles Mackerras, conductor
12:31 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Poetic Tone Pictures: VII. Furiant Opus 85
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
12:35 p.m.
Elmer Bernstein
The Magnificent Seven
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
12:41 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 4: I. Allegro non troppo in E minor Opus 98
Berlin Philharmonic; Herbert von Karajan, conductor
12:55 p.m.
Gabriela Lena Frank
Leyendas: VI. Coqueteos
Del Sol String Quartet
1:00 p.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Scheherazade: Festival at Baghdad Opus 35
Philharmonia Orchestra; Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
1:14 p.m.
Dorothy Howell
Piano Concerto in D minor in D minor
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Rebecca Miller, conductor Danny Driver, piano
1:35 p.m.
Mario Albanese
Jequibau
Plinio Fernandes, guitar
1:39 p.m.
Jean Sibelius
Finlandia Opus 26
Turku Philharmonic; Jorma Panula, conductor
1:49 p.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
AIDA: Triumphal March from Act II
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Robert Shaw, conductor Atlanta Symphony Chorus
2:00 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major Opus 81
Takacs Quartet Andreas Haefliger, piano
2:40 p.m.
Aldemaro Romero
Fuga con Pajarillo
Sphinx Virtuosi Daniel Hope, violin; Alexey Botvinov, piano
2:49 p.m.
Eric Whitacre
THE SACRED VEIL: XII. Child of Wonder
Los Angeles Master Chorale; Eric Whitacre, conductor Jeffrey Zeigler, cello; Lisa Edwards, piano
2:55 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G minor
North German Radio Symphony; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
2:59 p.m.
Jean-Philippe Rameau
The Temple of Glory: Suite II (Le temple de la gloire)
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
3:16 p.m.
Lili Boulanger
One Spring Morning (D'un Matin de Printemps)
The Women's Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
3:22 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Bassoon Concerto in Bb major K 191
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Gianandrea Noseda, conductor Karen Geoghegan, bassoon
3:42 p.m.
Gentil Montana
Suite Colombiana No. 2: III. Bambuco
Jose Antonio Escobar, guitar
3:46 p.m.
Clara Schumann
Four Fugitive Pieces Opus 15
Angela Cheng, piano
4:01 p.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
LA FORZA DEL DESTINO Overture
Philharmonic of La Scala; Riccardo Muti, conductor
4:09 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Sleeping Beauty Suite Opus 66
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Herbert Von Karajan, conductor
4:32 p.m.
Leo Brouwer
El Decameron Negro: 1. El arpa del Guerrero
Sharon Isbin, guitar
4:36 p.m.
Sade Adu
Love Is Stronger Than Pride
Voces8; Eric Whitacre, conductor Nelson Freire, piano
4:41 p.m.
Charles Ives
Symphony No. 4: III. Fugue
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
4:49 p.m.
Max Bruch
Scottish Fantasy: IV. Finale Opus 46
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Joshua Bell, conductor Joshua Bell, violin
4:59 p.m.
Dmitri Shostakovich
Jazz Suite No. 1
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
5:08 p.m.
Franz Liszt
Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major
Budapest Festival Orchestra; Ivan Fischer, conductor Zoltan Kocsis, piano
5:29 p.m.
Derrick Skye
Black Ocean
Conspirare; Miro String Quartet; Craig Hella Johnson, conductor
5:37 p.m.
Aram Khachaturian
Gayne Ballet Suite
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
5:48 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Academic Festival Overture Opus 80
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Michael Daugherty
Tales of Hemmingway
The Nashville Symphony; Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor Zuill Bailey, cello
6:29 p.m.
Jon Terryl "Terry" Plumeri
Windflower
Moscow Philharmonic; Jon Terryl "Terry" Plumeri, conductor Sara Watkins, oboe
6:44 p.m.
Max Richter
In the Garden
La Pieta Angele Dubeau, violin
6:50 p.m.
Remo Pignoni
Por el sur
Mirian Conti, piano
6:52 p.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Winter in Buenos Aires (Invierno Porteno)
David Tanenbaum, guitar