Classical Music Playlist, February 4, 2025
Costume design by Ivan Bilibin (1929) for the opera Prince Igor from which Borodin took unused musical ideas for his Symphony No. 2
A music critic at the time commented that Russian composer Alexander Borodin’s 2nd Symphony had “the flavor of an ancient Russian epic.” That's fitting, as the composer included unused musical ideas from his opera “Prince Igor” that he was writing at the same time. Borodin’s colorful and grand 2nd Symphony is today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Johan Christian Schieferdecker
Concerts musicaux No. 1
Berlin Academy of Ancient Music
6:12 a.m.
Gabriel Faure
Piano Quintet No. 2 in C minor Opus 115
Domus; Anthony Marwood, 2nd violin
6:44 a.m.
Jean-Baptiste Lully
ARMIDE: Overture
La Petite Bande; Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor
6:47 a.m.
Jean-Baptiste Lully
March for the Turkish Ceremony
Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall, conductor
6:50 a.m.
Theodore Dubois
Quintet for piano, oboe and strings: IV. Finale: Allegro con fuoco in F major
Trio Hochelaga Philippe Magnan, oboe; Jean-Luc Plourde, viola
7:00 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major BWV 1047
European Brandenburg Ensemble; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
7:12 a.m.
Ottorino Respighi
The Fantastic Toyshop (La Boutique Fantasque): Suite
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
7:34 a.m.
Claude Debussy
Clair de lune ("Moonlight")
Hayato Sumino, piano
7:39 a.m.
Gabriela Lena Frank
Leyendas: VI. Coqueteos
Del Sol String Quartet
7:43 a.m.
Robert Schumann
Manfred Overture Opus 115
Philharmonia Orchestra; Christian Thielemann, conductor
7:59 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Piano Quintet: I. Allegro non troppo in F minor Opus 34
Artemis Quartet Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
8:15 a.m.
Joaquin Rodrigo
Concierto de Aranjuez
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Pepe Romero, guitar
8:40 a.m.
Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 9: II. Scherzo in D minor WAB 109
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; Manfred Honeck, conductor
8:51 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto No. 11 in D major Opus 4/11 RV 204
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor Simon Standage, violin; Micaela Comberti, violin; Jane Coe, cello
9:00 a.m.
Niels Gade
Symphony No. 1 in C minor Opus 5
Danish National Symphony Orchestra; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
9:32 a.m.
Edvard Grieg
Lyric Pieces: Wedding Day at Troldhaugen Opus 65
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
9:40 a.m.
ANONYMOUS
Chacona
Ensemble Caprice; Matthias Maute, conductor
9:42 a.m.
Andrea Falconieri
Ciacona
Daniel Hope, violin; and friends
9:46 a.m.
Bedrich Smetana
Ma Vlast: II. The Moldau (Vltava)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic; Libor Pesek, conductor
10:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 1 in G major Opus 6/1 HWV 319
Aradia Ensemble; Kevin Mallon, conductor
10:12 a.m.
Gabriel Faure
Elegie Opus 24
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello; ...and friends
10:21 a.m.
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Piano Concerto No. 2 in A minor Opus 85
English Chamber Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor Stephen Hough, piano
10:52 a.m.
Peter Maxwell Davies
Farewell to Stromness
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
10:57 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G minor
North German Radio Symphony; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
11:01 a.m.
Alexander Borodin
PRINCE IGOR: Polovetsian Dances
Bavarian Radio Symphony & Chorus; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
11:15 a.m.
Julia Perry
Ye, Who Seek the Truth
Experiential Orchestra; James Blachly, conductor
11:21 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 101 "Clock" in D major
Orchestra of St. Luke's; Charles Mackerras, conductor
11:49 a.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 7 in D major Opus 6
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
12:00 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 6: III. Scherzo (Furiant) in D major Opus 60
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
12:09 p.m.
Gustav Holst
Brook Green Suite Opus 190
New Zealand Chamber Orchestra; Nicholas Braithwaite, conductor
12:18 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Flute Concerto No. 1 in G major K 313
Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor Jacques Zoon, flute
12:42 p.m.
Maurice Ravel
Bolero
London Symphony Orchestra; Pierre Monteux, conductor
12:58 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Water Music Suite No. 2 in D major HWV 349
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
1:09 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Bassoon Sonata Opus 168
David McGill, bassoon; Peter Serkin, piano
1:24 p.m.
Erich Korngold
Violin Concerto in D major Opus 35
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor Itzhak Perlman, violin
1:49 p.m.
J. P. E. Hartmann
Hakon Jarl Opus 40
Danish National Symphony Orchestra; Thomas Dausgaard, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Alexander Borodin
Symphony No. 2 in B minor
Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor
2:27 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Vocalise Opus 34/14
Howard Shelley, piano
2:35 p.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Russian Easter Festival Overture Opus 36
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
2:51 p.m.
Dmitri Shostakovich
Cello Concerto No. 1: I. Allegretto in Eb major Opus 107
Philadelphia Orchestra; Eugene Ormandy, conductor Mstislav Rostropovich, cello; Mason Jones, horn
2:59 p.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 9 in F major Opus 6
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor
3:10 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Trio "Ghost": I. Allegro vivace e con brio in D major Opus 70/1
The Gold Coast Trio Rachel Vetter Huang, violin; Susan Lamb Cook, cello; Hao Huang, piano
3:18 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Serenade No. 2 in A major Opus 16
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
3:51 p.m.
Richard Strauss
SALOME: Dance of the Seven Veils
Staatskapelle Dresden; Rudolph Kempe, conductor
4:00 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Piano Concerto No. 11 in D major HOB 18:11
Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra; Jorg Faerber, conductor Martha Argerich, piano
4:20 p.m.
Jules Massenet
CINDERELLA: Suite (Cendrillon)
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
4:42 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Violin Concerto: III. Allegro vivacissimo (Finale) in D major Opus 35
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Bernard Haitink, conductor Henryk Szeryng, violin
4:53 p.m.
Hubert Bath
Cornish Rhapsody
BBC Concert Orchestra; Christopher Warren-Green, conductor Valentina Lisitsa, piano
5:00 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Oboe Concerto No. 12 in C major RV 449
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor Paul Goodwin, oboe
5:10 p.m.
Paulinho Nogueira
Bachianinha No. 1
Plinio Fernandes, guitar
5:14 p.m.
Ethel Smyth
String Quintet in E major: III. Scherzo - Allegro Vivace in E major Opus 1
Mannheim String Quartet
5:20 p.m.
Igor Stravinsky
Pulcinella Suite
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Yuri Temirkanov, conductor
5:45 p.m.
Jean-Michel Damase
Seventeen Variations for wind quintet
Reykjavik Wind Quintet
6:00 p.m.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Piano Quintet in G minor Opus 1
Catalyst Quartet Stewart Goodyear, piano
6:27 p.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Serenade to Music
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Vernon Handley, conductor
6:39 p.m.
Wynton Marsalis
Violin Concerto in D: IV. Hootenanny in D
Philadelphia Orchestra; Cristian Macelaru, conductor Nicola Benedetti, violin
6:50 p.m.
Amy Beach
From Blackbird Hills
Lara Downes, piano
6:53 p.m.
Jessie Montgomery
Peace
Anthony McGill, clarinet; Gloria Chien, piano
