Classical Music Playlist, January 1, 2024
"Der Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer" (Wanderer above the Sea of Fog) | c. 1818 by Caspar David Friedrich
"An Alpine Symphony" by Richard Strauss is scored for a massive orchestra of well over 100 musicians including wind and thunder machines, all to evoke the journey (somewhat autobiographical of an adventure at age 15) of a hike up an Alpine mountain from daybreak and encountering along the way a forest, stream, waterfall, hunters, shepherds (listen for cowbells!) all before reaching the summit, where an awe-inspiring panorama awards the adventurer. Then a thunderstorm, a descent (and all the previous sights briefly heard again in reverse order) before arriving back at the mountain's base at sundown. It’s an exhilarating exercise and trip into nature for today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto Grosso in D major RV 562
Europa Galante; Fabio Biondi, conductor Fabio Biondi, violin; Alessandro Pique, oboe; Dileno Baldin, horn; Ermes Pecchimini, horn
6:17 a.m.
Niels Gade
Symphony No. 1 in C minor Opus 5
Danish National Symphony Orchestra; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
6:49 a.m.
Tielmann Susato
Galliardes
New London Consort; Philip Pickett, conductor
7:00 a.m.
Jean Sibelius
Karelia Suite Opus 11
Helsinki Philharmonic; Okko Kamu, conductor
7:17 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 9 "Jenamy" in Eb major K 271
Norwegian Chamber Orchestra Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
7:48 a.m.
Jennifer Higdon
Amazing Grace
Serafin String Quartet
7:53 a.m.
Richard Wagner
DIE WALKURE: Ride of the Valkyries
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra; Mariss Jansons, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Manuel de Falla
Three-Cornered Hat Suite
Philharmonia Orchestra; Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor
10:19 a.m.
Mauro Giuliani
Guitar Concerto No. 3 in F major Opus 70
English Chamber Orchestra; Raymond Leppard, conductor Angel Romero, guitar
10:47 a.m.
George Enescu
Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1 in A major Opus 11
Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Eduardo Mata, conductor
11:02 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral": I. Allegro ma non troppo in F major Opus 68
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
11:14 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quartet No. 14 "Spring" in G major K 387
Quatuor Mosaiques
11:49 a.m.
Juan Ara��s
A Festive Chaconne (Chacona: "Un sarao de la chacona")
Piffaro Renaissance Band
11:50 a.m.
Tielmann Susato
Bergerette "Sans roch"
New London Consort; Philip Pickett, conductor
11:55 a.m.
Claude Champagne
Rustic Dance (Dance Villageoise)
Quebec Symphony Orchestra; Yoav Talmi, conductor
12:01 p.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Concerto for trumpets, oboes, strings and timpani in D major TWV 54:D3
English Chamber Orchestra; Simon Preston, conductor Hannes Laubin, trumpet; Wolfgang Laubin, trumpet; Bernhard Laubin, trumpet
12:11 p.m.
Teresa Carreno
Mi Teresita (Little Waltz)
Gabriela Montero, piano
12:17 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish" in Eb major Opus 97
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
12:47 p.m.
Igor Stravinsky
Scherzo fantastique Opus 3
St. Petersburg Philharmonic; Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
1:00 p.m.
Franz Schubert
Rosamunde Overture Opus 26 D 797 (The Magic Harp)
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
1:11 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
String Quartet "Joke" in Eb major Opus 33/2 (HOB III: 38)
Kodaly Quartet
1:29 p.m.
Amy Beach
Ballade, Op. 6 Opus 6
Anna Shelest, piano
1:38 p.m.
Paul Hindemith
Symphonic Metamorphosis
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Richard Strauss
An Alpine Symphony Eine Alpensinfonie Opus 64
Berlin Philharmonic; Herbert Von Karajan, conductor
2:51 p.m.
Dobrinka Tabakova
Concerto for Cello and Strings: II. Longing
Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra; Maxim Rysanov, conductor Kristina Blaumane, cello
3:01 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Rhapsody No. 1 in D major Opus 45
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Kurt Masur, conductor
3:14 p.m.
Friedrich Kuhlau
Concertino for 2 horns and orchestra Opus 45
Odense Symphony Orchestra; Othmar Maga, conductor Ib Lanzky-Otto, horn; Froydis Ree Wekre, horn
3:38 p.m.
Charles-Valentin Alkan
Barcarolle Opus 65/6
Sphinx Virtuosi; Joe Hisaishi, conductor Bruce Liu, piano
3:42 p.m.
Aaron Copland
Cuban Dance (Danzon Cubano)
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; David Zinman, conductor
3:50 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Trumpet Overture Opus 101
London Symphony Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor
4:00 p.m.
Bernhard Crusell
Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in Eb major Opus 1
Cologne Academy; Michael Alexander Willens, conductor Eric Hoeprich, clarinet
4:24 p.m.
Gabriel Olafs
Fantasia for cello and orchestra
Reykjavik Orchestra; Viktor Orri Arnason, conductor Steiney Sigur�ardottir, cello; Gabriel Olafs, piano
4:27 p.m.
Teresa Carreno
Gottschalk Waltz Opus 1
Alexandra Oehler, piano
4:35 p.m.
J. P. E. Hartmann
Hakon Jarl Opus 40
Danish National Symphony Orchestra; Thomas Dausgaard, conductor
4:45 p.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 10 in C major Opus 6
Musica Amphion; Pieter-Jan Belder, conductor
4:59 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Bagatelles Opus 47
Bonn Beethovenhalle Orchestra; Dennis Russell Davies, conductor
5:19 p.m.
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4: I. Preludio W284
Plinio Fernandes, guitar
5:24 p.m.
Frederick the Great
Flute Concerto in C major
C. P. E. Bach Chamber Orchestra; Peter Schreier, conductor Patrick Gallois, flute
5:39 p.m.
Jules Massenet
LE CID: Ballet Suite
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Vassili Kalinnikov
Symphony No. 2 in A major
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
6:38 p.m.
Erik Satie
Gnossienne No. 1
Lang Lang, piano
6:42 p.m.
Ricardo Castro
Plainte Opus 38/2
Orquesta Sinfonica de Mineria (OSM) Jorge Federico Osorio, piano
6:46 p.m.
Ben Shirley
High Sierra Sonata: III. Reflections on a Day
Pacifica Quartet Anthony McGill, clarinet
6:54 p.m.
Yiruma
non e la fine
Yiruma, piano; Chanuk Kang, cello