Classical Music Playlist, May 14, 2025
Maurice Ravel said that a Concerto should not aim to be profound and dramatic but lighthearted and sparkling. It was with this idea that he composed his Piano Concerto in G-major that premiered in 1932. Opening famously with a whip crack (or a slapstick from the percussion section), and inspired by America's jazz and his Basque ancestry, Ravel's Piano Concerto stands as a cheerful farewell from a composer who would soon fall so ill he could no longer compose. This was his penultimate composition and it was hailed as a masterpiece wherever it was performed across the globe soon after its premiere. It's today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 64 "Tempora mutantur" (The Times Change) in A major
Academy of Ancient Music; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
6:21 a.m.
Alexander Borodin
String Quartet No. 2 in D major
Takacs Quartet
6:49 a.m.
Nicolas Chedeville
Sonata (from "Il Pastor Fido") in G minor The Faithful Shepherd
Paul Goodwin, oboe; Susan Sheppard, cello; John Toll, harpsichord; Nigel North, lute
6:59 a.m.
Gabriel Faure
Dolly Suite Opus 56
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
7:17 a.m.
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Cello Concerto in A major Wq 172 / H 439
English Chamber Orchestra; Andrew Davis, conductor Matt Haimovitz, cello
7:38 a.m.
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Choros No. 1
Turibio Santos, guitar
7:41 a.m.
Leo Delibes
Sylvia: Pizzicato Polka
New Philharmonia Orchestra; Richard Bonynge, conductor
7:45 a.m.
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6 "Carnival in Pest" in D major
Budapest Symphony Orchestra; Andras Korodi, conductor
7:59 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Keyboard Concerto No. 4 in A major BWV 1055
Australian Chamber Orchestra; Richard Tognetti, conductor Angela Hewitt, piano
8:14 a.m.
Ottorino Respighi
Pines of Rome
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor
8:37 a.m.
Edvard Grieg
Violin Sonata No. 3: II. Allegretto espressivo alla Romanza in C minor Opus 45
Duo Gazzana; Mykola Hobdych, conductor Natascia Gazzana, violin; Raffaella Gazzana, piano
8:44 a.m.
Ernst von Dohnanyi
Symphonic Minutes Opus 36
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
9:01 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 7 in D minor Opus 70
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Bomsori Kim, violin
9:36 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Bassoon Sonata Opus 168
David McGill, bassoon; Peter Serkin, piano
9:51 a.m.
Adolphe Adam
SI J'ETAIS ROI (If I were King) Overture
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Maurice Ravel
Daphnis et Chloe: Suite No. 2
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
10:17 a.m.
Robert Schumann
String Quartet in F major Opus 41/2
Melos Quartet
10:40 a.m.
Emmanuel Chabrier
Larghetto for Horn & Orchestra
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Kurt Masur, conductor Hermann Baumann, horn
10:50 a.m.
Anton Arensky
Piano Quintet: Scherzo Opus 51
Ying Quartet Adam Neiman, piano
11:00 a.m.
Joaquin Rodrigo
Concierto de Aranjuez
Monteverdi Orchestra; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor Julian Bream, guitar
11:23 a.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Baires Promenade
Cortango
11:26 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
MAZEPPA: Gopak
Minnesota Orchestra; Eiji Oue, conductor
11:31 a.m.
Clara Schumann
Variations on a theme by Robert Schumann Opus 20
Sarah Cahill, piano
11:45 a.m.
Lars-Erik Larsson
Pastoral Suite Opus 19
CBC Vancouver Orchestra; Mario Bernardi, conductor
11:59 a.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Russian Easter Festival Overture Opus 36
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
12:15 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight": I. Adagio sostenuto in C# minor Opus 27/2
Alice Sara Ott, piano
12:20 p.m.
Philip Glass
Symphony No. 3: Movement IV
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra; Dennis Russell Davies, conductor
12:25 p.m.
Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished" in B minor D 759
Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra; David Zinman, conductor
12:47 p.m.
Alexander von Zemlinsky
Symphony No. 2: IV. Moderato (Finale) in Bb major
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
1:00 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Violin Sonata No. 1 "Rain": I. Vivace ma no troppo in G major Opus 78
Leonidas Kavakos, violin; Yuja Wang, piano
1:12 p.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Overture in D major
Berlin Academy of Ancient Music
1:20 p.m.
Carl Nielsen
Symphony No. 2 "The Four Temperaments" Opus 16
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
1:54 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dance No. 9 in B major Opus 72
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Maurice Ravel
Piano Concerto in G major
London Symphony Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor Martha Argerich, piano
2:23 p.m.
Paul Dukas
Polyeucte Overture
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
2:39 p.m.
Hugo Alfven
Swedish Rhapsody No. 1 "Midsummer Night Vigil" Opus 19
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Paavo Berglund, conductor
2:53 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major Opus 3/3 RV 310
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor Elizabeth Wallfisch, violin
3:01 p.m.
Marianna Martines
Piano Concerto in A Major in A major
Orqueste Filarmonia Iberica; Melani Mestre, conductor Melani Mestre, piano
3:17 p.m.
Franz Berwald
Symphony No. 3 "Sinfonie singuliere" in C major
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
3:45 p.m.
Franz Schubert
Impromptu No. 2 in Eb major Opus 90/2 D 899
Radu Lupu, piano
3:51 p.m.
Tomaso Albinoni
Adagio in G minor
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
4:00 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Carnival Overture Opus 92
Cleveland Orchestra; George Szell, conductor
4:10 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 15 in Bb major K 450
English Chamber Orchestra; Jeffrey Tate, conductor Mitsuko Uchida, piano
4:35 p.m.
Johan Wagenaar
Cyrano de Bergerac Overture Opus 23
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
4:50 p.m.
Ethel Smyth
Serenade in D: IV. Finale. Allegro con brio in D major
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Odaline de la Martinez, conductor Tasmin Little, violin; John Lenehan, piano
5:00 p.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Tafelmusik II: Concerto for 3 violins in F major
Musica Antiqua Koln; Reinhardt Goebel, conductor Members of...
5:15 p.m.
Emmanuel Chabrier
Danse Slav (from Le Roi Malgre Lui)
Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra; Herve Niquet, conductor
5:21 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 103 "Drum Roll" in Eb major
Lausanne Chamber Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
5:50 p.m.
Amilcare Ponchielli
LA GIOCONDA: Dance of the Hours
National Philharmonic Orchestra; Bruno Bartoletti, conductor
5:59 p.m.
Gabriel Faure
Piano Quintet No. 2 in C minor Opus 115
Domus; Anthony Marwood, 2nd violin
6:31 p.m.
Alexander Glazunov
Concert Waltz No. 2 (Valse de Concert) Opus 51
Bamberg Symphony; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
6:42 p.m.
Eric Ewazen
Pastorale (from Ballade, Pastorale and Dance)
Eric Ewazen, piano; Baerli Nugent, flute; David Wakefield, french horn
6:50 p.m.
Lars-Erik Larsson
Pastoral
New York Scandia Symphony; Dorrit Matson, conductor
6:55 p.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Violin Concerto No. 1: III. Moderato in D major Opus 19
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra; Klaus Makela, conductor Janine Jansen, violin
