Classical Music Playlist, February 2, 2024
In early 1945, Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich announced that he was working on "a symphony of victory with a song of praise" featuring chorus that would glorify the Red Army and Stalin who looked forward to the tribute to himself. But Shostakovich said "I simply couldn't" compose a work that elevated Stalin and he wrote what was one of his shortest symphonies with humor instead of heroism. The hammer soon fell. The following year the Chief Soviet propagandist effectively condemned the Symphony in his oppressive doctrine of 1946 that pressured artists to conform to the Soviet party line. The Symphony was banned outright in 1948. Shostakovich didn't compose another Symphony until the death of Stalin in 1953. The charmingly subversive Symphony No. 9 by Shostakovich is today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Jan Dismas Zelenka
Capriccio No. 1 in D major Z 182
Bern Camerata; Alexander van Wijnkoop, conductor
6:16 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Carnival of the Animals
Sinfonia da Camera; Ian Hobson, conductor Ian Hobson, piano
6:40 a.m.
Ernst von Dohnanyi
Serenade in C major Opus 10
Denes Kovacs, violin; Laszlo Barsony, viola; Karoly Botvay, cello
7:01 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Trumpet Concerto in Eb major
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor (Adolph) "Bud" Herseth, trumpet
7:16 a.m.
Georges Bizet
L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2
Montreal Symphony Orchestra; Charles Dutoit, conductor
7:36 a.m.
Agustin Barrios
Maxixe
Xuefei Yang, guitar
7:40 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for four mandolins in B minor Opus 3/10 RV 580
Il Giardino Armonico; Giovanni Antonini, conductor Avi Avital, mandolin
7:50 a.m.
Joe Hisaishi
Merry-Go-Round of Life (from Howl's Moving Castle)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Joe Hisaishi, conductor Alice Sara Ott, piano
8:00 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": III. Scherzo in E minor Opus 95
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
8:08 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 16 in D major K 451
English Chamber Orchestra; Jeffrey Tate, conductor Mitsuko Uchida, piano
8:32 a.m.
Koji Kondo
The Legend of Zelda Suite
London Philharmonic Orchestra
8:38 a.m.
Isaac Albeniz
Espana: No. 2 Tango Opus 165/2
Jason Vieaux, guitar
8:41 a.m.
Manuel de Falla
La Vida Breve: Spanish Dance No. 2
Pinchas Zukerman, violin; Marc Neikrug, piano
8:45 a.m.
Juventino Rosas
Over the Waves (Sobre las olas)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Franz Bauer-Theussl, conductor
8:52 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 4: III. Allegro giocoso in E minor Opus 98
Berlin Philharmonic; Herbert von Karajan, conductor
8:59 a.m.
Albert Dietrich
Symphony in D minor Opus 20
Oldenburg State Orchestra (Oldenburgische Staatsorchester); Alexander Rumpf, conductor
9:44 a.m.
Paulinho Nogueira
Bachianinha No. 1
Plinio Fernandes, guitar
9:48 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
MASS IN B MINOR: Cum Sancto Spiritu in B minor BWV 232
English Baroque Soloists; Monteverdi Choir; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
9:52 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
"Military" Polonaise in A major Opus 40/1
Folke Nauta, piano
10:00 a.m.
Franz Schubert
Rosamunde Overture Opus 26 D 797 (The Magic Harp)
London Classical Players; Roger Norrington, conductor
10:10 a.m.
Gentil Montana
Suite Colombiana No. 2: II. Guabina Viajera (Traveller Guabina)
Jose Antonio Escobar, guitar
10:18 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 38 "Prague" in D major K 504
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
10:50 a.m.
Joe Hisaishi
Princess Mononoke
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; The Bach Choir; Joe Hisaishi, conductor Grace Davidson, soprano
10:56 a.m.
Charles Stanford
Four Irish Dances: A March-Jig
Piers Lane, piano
11:01 a.m.
Jean Sibelius
Karelia Overture Opus 10
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor
11:10 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Largo in E minor
Joanne Polk, piano
11:14 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Allegro di molto in E minor
Joanne Polk, piano
11:18 a.m.
Luigi Boccherini
Quintet for guitar and strings No. 3 in Bb major G 447
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemble Pepe Romero, guitar
11:43 a.m.
Giovanni Gabrieli
Sonata No. 15 (octavi toni for 12 parts)
Philadelphia Orchestra & Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass Ensembles
11:49 a.m.
Aaron Copland
Our Town
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
11:59 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Trio No. 1: I. Molto allegro in D minor Opus 49
Jalina Trio Line Fredens, violin; Janne Fredens, cello; Natsuki Fukasawa, piano
12:10 p.m.
Juanjo Mosalini
Toma, Toca (Take it, Play it)
Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston; Gisele Ben-Dor, conductor Juanjo Mosalini, bandoneon
12:14 p.m.
Camargo Mozart Guarnieri
Brazilian Dance (Dansa Brasiliera)
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
12:17 p.m.
Modest Mussorgsky
Pictures at an Exhibition
Philadelphia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
12:50 p.m.
Franz Liszt
Liebestraume: Nocturne No. 3 in Ab major S 541
Antonin Kubalek, piano
12:56 p.m.
Giacomo Puccini
TURANDOT: Nessun dorma
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Zubin Mehta, conductor Luciano Pavarotti, tenor
1:00 p.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Concerto for flute, strings and continuo in G major
Berlin Baroque Soloists; Rainer Kussmaul, conductor Emmanuel Pahud, flute
1:10 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 1 "Winter Daydreams": III. Scherzo in G minor Opus 13
Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor
1:17 p.m.
Gabriel Faure
Piano Quartet No. 2 in G minor Opus 45
Emanuel Ax, piano; Isaac Stern, violin; Jaime Laredo, viola; Yo Yo Ma, cello
1:54 p.m.
Grace Williams
Penillion: IV. Allegro agitato
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Sir Charles Groves, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Dmitri Shostakovich
Symphony No. 9 in Eb major Opus 70
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
2:26 p.m.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
African Suite: African Dance Opus 35/4
Chineke! Orchestra; Kevin John Edusei, conductor
2:34 p.m.
Emanuele Barbella
Concerto for Mandolin in D major
Il Giardino Armonico; Giovanni Antonini, conductor Avi Avital, mandolin
2:43 p.m.
Jules Massenet
Suite No. 4 "Picturesque Scenes" (Scenes pittoresques)
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; Jean-Yves Ossonce, conductor
3:00 p.m.
Anton Arensky
Piano Quintet: Scherzo Opus 51
Ying Quartet Adam Neiman, piano
3:09 p.m.
Johan Halvorsen
Entry March of the Boyars
Bergen Philharmonic; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
3:15 p.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Suite in D major TWV 55:D19
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
3:42 p.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Prelude & Cube: II. Cube
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra; Brandenburg Choir; Paul Dyer, conductor
3:50 p.m.
Mauro Giuliani
Guitar Concerto No. 3: III. Polonaise. Allegretto in F major Opus 70
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Pepe Romero, guitar
3:59 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto, Op. 4, No. 1 in Bb major Opus 4 RV 383
Academy of Ancient Music; Christopher Hogwood, conductor Monica Huggett, violin
4:09 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 1 in C major Opus 21
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
4:33 p.m.
Alexandre Desplat
The Shape of Water: Main Theme
London Symphony Orchestra; Alexandre Desplat, conductor Alexandre Desplat, whistler
4:38 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Piano Quartet: IV. Finale in Eb major Opus 47
Emerson String Quartet Menahem Pressler, piano
4:47 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Symphony No. 3: III. Allegro in A minor Opus 44
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Osmo Vanska, conductor
5:00 p.m.
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 1 in F minor
Budapest Symphony Orchestra; Andras Korodi, conductor
5:14 p.m.
Clara Schumann
Piano Concerto in A minor Opus 7
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic; Holly Mathieson, conductor Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
5:36 p.m.
Percy Grainger
The Gum Suckers March
Dallas Wind Symphony; Jerry Junkin, conductor
5:41 p.m.
Philip Glass
Metamorphosis II
La Pieta; Angele Dubeau, conductor Francine Kay, piano
5:49 p.m.
Aram Khachaturian
Gayne Ballet Suite
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
String Quartet No. 10 in Eb major Opus 51
Takacs Quartet
6:34 p.m.
TRADITIONAL
Wild Mountain Thyme
Sharon Isbin, guitar
6:37 p.m.
Sergio Assad
Farewell
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
6:41 p.m.
Howard Shore
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
City of Prague Philharmonic; Nic Raine, conductor
6:48 p.m.
Mark O'Connor
Butterfly's Day Out
Yo Yo Ma, cello; Edgar Meyer, bass; Mark O'Connor, mandolin
6:53 p.m.
Edward K. (Duke) Ellington
Sophisticated Lady
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Simon Rattle, conductor Various soloists