Classical Music Playlist, February 7, 2025
Violinist Pablo de Sarasate
Really more of a Concerto with Spanish motifs throughout, Édouard Lalo composed his Symphonie espagnole for, and perhaps in consultation with, the great Spanish violin virtuoso of the time, Pablo de Sarasate. Lalo had the good luck to premiere this new symphony in early 1875 during a vogue for Spanish music in Europe (and just a month before Georges Bizet’s opera “Carmen” made its debut). Lalo's Symphonie espagnole is today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Tomaso Albinoni
Oboe Concerto No. 8 in G minor Opus 9
Collegium Musicum 90; Simon Standage, conductor Anthony Robson, oboe
6:11 a.m.
Joseph Kraus
Violin Concerto in C major VB 151
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; Uwe Grodd, conductor Takako Nishizaki, violin
6:42 a.m.
John Williams
Themes from Jurassic Park
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
6:49 a.m.
Emmanuel Chabrier
Larghetto for Horn & Orchestra
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor Ronald Janezic, horn
7:00 a.m.
Jan Dismas Zelenka
Capriccio No. 1 in D major Z 182
Bern Camerata; Alexander van Wijnkoop, conductor
7:16 a.m.
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Grand Concerto for bassoon and orchestra in F major
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Klaus Thunemann, bassoon
7:41 a.m.
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Choros No. 1
Pepe Romero, guitar
7:46 a.m.
Elmer Bernstein
The Magnificent Seven
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
7:53 a.m.
Bedrich Smetana
BARTERED BRIDE: Dance of the Comedians
Janacek Philharmonic; Theodore Kuchar, conductor
7:59 a.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 2 in F major Opus 6
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
8:10 a.m.
Edward Elgar
Enigma Variations Opus 36
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor
8:40 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Fugue "Little Fugue" in G minor BWV 578
Carlo Curley, organ
8:44 a.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Spring in Buenos Aires (Primavera Portena)
A Far Cry Jason Vieaux, guitar; Julien Labro, bandoneon
8:51 a.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Romeo & Juliet: Dance of the Knights Opus 64
Boston Ballet Orchestra; Jonathan McPhee, conductor
8:59 a.m.
Hector Berlioz
Harold in Italy Opus 16
Lyon National Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor Lise Berthaud, viola
9:42 a.m.
Jules Massenet
THAIS: Meditation
English Chamber Orchestra; Nigel Kennedy, conductor Nigel Kennedy, violin; London Voices
9:50 a.m.
Francesco Geminiani
Concerto Grosso No. 6 in A major Opus 2/6
La Petite Bande; Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor
10:00 a.m.
John Rutter
Folk Suite
Royal Ballet Sinfonia; David Lloyd-Jones, conductor
10:13 a.m.
Frederick Delius
KOANGA: La Calinda
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Christopher Seaman, conductor
10:17 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Sleeping Beauty: Polonaise from Act III
London Symphony Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
10:23 a.m.
Jean-Philippe Rameau
LE TEMPLE DE LA GLOIRE: Suite I The Temple of Glory
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
10:43 a.m.
Franz Liszt
Les Preludes (Symphonic Poem #3) S 97
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor
10:59 a.m.
Fela Sowande
African Suite: Selections
Chicago Sinfonietta; Paul Freeman, conductor
11:10 a.m.
Hildur Gudnadottir
Ascent
Voces8
11:17 a.m.
Bernhard Crusell
Clarinet Concerto No. 3 in Bb major Opus 11
English Chamber Orchestra; Gerard Schwarz, conductor Emma Johnson, clarinet
11:43 a.m.
Howard Shore
The Forest: 3rd movement
National Arts Centre Orchestra; Alexander Shelley, conductor Milos Karadaglic, guitar
11:50 a.m.
Robert Schumann
Piano Quartet: IV. Finale in Eb major Opus 47
Emerson String Quartet Menahem Pressler, piano
12:00 p.m.
Jennifer Reason
LOCAL ARTIST FEATURE: George England, baroque guitar
Jennifer Reason, host
12:11 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 27 in Bb major K 595 (FROM THE RUSSELL KLETZING COLLECTION)
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Alfred Brendel, piano
12:41 p.m.
Joe Hisaishi
One Summer's Day (from Spirited Away)
London Symphony Orchestra; Roman Simovic, conductor Joe Hisaishi, piano
12:45 p.m.
Carl Nielsen
Masquerade Overture
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
12:51 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major Opus 3/3 RV 310
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor Elizabeth Wallfisch, violin
12:58 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 9 in F major Opus 6/9 HWV 327
Handel & Haydn Society; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
1:13 p.m.
Alexander Scriabin
Symphony No. 4 "The Poem of Ecstasy" Opus 54
Kansas City Symphony; Michael Stern, conductor
1:33 p.m.
Isaac Albeniz
Espana: No. 5 "Capriccio Catalan" Opus 165
Jason Vieaux, guitar
1:37 p.m.
Chilly Gonzales
Contretemps
Alice Sara Ott, piano
1:41 p.m.
Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 6: I. Majestoso in A major
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Edouard Lalo
Symphonie Espagnole in D minor Opus 21
Philharmonia Orchestra; Antonio Pappano, conductor Maxim Vengerov, violin
2:35 p.m.
Sebastian Iradier
La Paloma the dove
Pablo Sainz Villegas, guitar
2:38 p.m.
Gaspar Sanz
Canarios
Chatham Baroque
2:42 p.m.
Manuel de Falla
Three-Cornered Hat Suite No. 2
Boston Pops Orchestra; Arthur Fiedler, conductor
2:55 p.m.
Luigi Boccherini
Finale from the "Fandango" Quintet in D major G 448
Bingham String Quartet Jason Carter, guitar
3:02 p.m.
George W. Chadwick
Symphonic Sketches: Jubilee
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
3:11 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 4 in E minor Opus 98
Berlin Philharmonic; Herbert Von Karajan, conductor
3:52 p.m.
Clara Schumann
Three Romances for Violin and Piano: No. 3 Leidenschaftlich schnell in Bb Opus 22
Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano; Elena Urioste, violin
3:57 p.m.
Claude Debussy
The Girl with the Flaxen Hair (from Preludes, Book I: No. 8) (La fille aux cheveux de lin)
Empire Brass
4:01 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique": III. Molto Vivace in B minor Opus 74
Philharmonia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
4:11 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 22 in Eb major K 482
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor John O'Conor, piano
4:45 p.m.
John Williams
STAR WARS - THE FORCE AWAKENS: Rey's Theme
Studio Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
4:48 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
4:53 p.m.
Jean Sibelius
Overture in A minor
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
5:00 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto No. 11 "The Lyre" (La Cetra) in C minor Opus 9 RV 198
Academy of Ancient Music; Christopher Hogwood, conductor Simon Standage, violin
5:11 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 40: I. Molto Allegro in G minor K 550
Bremen German Chamber Philharmonic; Tarmo Peltokoski, conductor
5:19 p.m.
Alexander Borodin
Petite Suite
Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra; Ghennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor
5:50 p.m.
Ernest Chausson
Two Dances from The Tempest Opus 18
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Jennifer Reason
LOCAL ARTIST FEATURE: George England, baroque guitar
Jennifer Reason, host
6:10 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
String Quartet No. 14 in Ab major Opus 105
Takacs Quartet
6:43 p.m.
Joaquin Turina
Bullfighter's Prayer (Oracion del Torero) Opus 34
Pacifica Quartet Sharon Isbin, guitar
6:52 p.m.
Bela Bartok
Allegro Barbaro for piano SZ 49
Zoltan Kocsis, piano
6:54 p.m.
Joe Hisaishi
My Neighbor Totoro (from My Neighbor Totoro)
London Symphony Orchestra; Roman Simovic, conductor Joe Hisaishi, piano
