Classical Music Playlist, May 15, 2025
The many moods of Robert Schumann
Robert Schumann described his Symphony No. 2 as "music of light and shade, sunshine and shadow" but also as a musical autobiography because of his physical and emotional states while composing it. These are reflected in movements that pass through anguish, agitation and melancholy, but — because he wrote, “I began to feel like myself while working on the last movement; I recovered totally only after completing the entire piece" — the symphony ends in victory. The Symphony No. 2 by Robert Schumann is today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Jacques Aubert
Concerto for 4 violins, cello & continuo "Le Carillon" in E minor Opus 26/4
Collegium Musicum 90; Simon Standage, conductor
6:11 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 8 "Pathetique" in C minor Opus 13
John O'Conor, piano
6:30 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Octet in E flat: I. Allegro moderato in Eb major Opus 20
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Pinchas Zukerman, conductor
6:46 a.m.
John C. Williams
Aeolian Suite: Double Dance
Studio Orchestra; William Goodchild, conductor John Williams, guitar
7:01 a.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 10 in C major Opus 6
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
7:14 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 10 (for two pianos) in Eb major K 365
English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor Malcolm Bilson, fortepiano; Robert Levin, fortepiano
7:40 a.m.
Ferenc Farkas
Old Hungarian Dances
Vienna Quintet
7:50 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Romance Opus 36
Hermann Baumann, horn; Reiko Honsho, piano
7:53 a.m.
Leonard Bernstein
CANDIDE: Overture
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Litton, conductor
7:59 a.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Capriccio Espagnol Opus 34
London Symphony Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
8:15 a.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini in G minor Opus 43
San Francisco Symphony; Edo de Waart, conductor Zoltan Kocsis, piano
8:38 a.m.
Sonny Kompanek
Killer Tango
Canadian Brass
8:42 a.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Romeo & Juliet: Dance of the Knights Opus 64
Philadelphia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
8:47 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Violin Concerto: III. Allegro giocoso ma non troppo (Finale) in A minor Opus 53
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra; Andres Orozco-Estrada, conductor Hilary Hahn, violin
9:00 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 104 "London" in D major
Collegium Musicum 90; Richard Hickox, conductor
9:29 a.m.
Louise Farrenc
Etude No. 10 in F# minor Op 26/10
Lang Lang, piano
9:35 a.m.
Victor Ewald
Quintet No. 1 in Bb minor Opus 5
Center City Brass Quintet
9:49 a.m.
John Williams
STAR WARS - THE FORCE AWAKENS: The Jedi Steps and Finale
Studio Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Trumpet Overture Opus 101
London Symphony Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor
10:10 a.m.
Lowell Liebermann
Gargoyles: II. Adagio semplice, ma con molto rubato Opus 29
Dmytro Choni, piano
10:13 a.m.
Lowell Liebermann
Gargoyles: III. Allegro moderato Opus 29
Dmytro Choni, piano
10:17 a.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Suite in C major TWV 55:C6
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
10:43 a.m.
Ferdinando Carulli
Guitar Concerto in E minor Opus 140
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Iona Brown, conductor Pepe Romero, guitar
11:00 a.m.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Violin Concerto in G minor Opus 80
Chineke! Orchestra; Kevin John Edusei, conductor Elena Urioste, violin
11:33 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Intermezzo in Eb major Opus 117/1
Stephen Kovacevich, piano
11:39 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 4 in F major Opus 3/4a HWV 315
Handel & Haydn Society; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
11:53 a.m.
Leo Delibes
Sylvia: Procession of Bacchus from Act III
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
12:00 p.m.
Jean Sibelius
Karelia Overture Opus 10
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor
12:09 p.m.
Mario Albanese
Jequibau
Plinio Fernandes, guitar
12:11 p.m.
Johannes Hanssen
Valdres March
Boston Pops Orchestra; Arthur Fiedler, conductor
12:16 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor Opus 49
Claremont Trio
12:45 p.m.
Cesar Franck
The Accursed Huntsman (Le Chasseur Maudit)
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
1:00 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for four mandolins in B minor Opus 3/10 RV 580
Il Giardino Armonico; Giovanni Antonini, conductor Avi Avital, mandolin
1:10 p.m.
Arvo Part
Mirror in the Mirror (Spiegel im Spiegel)
Anne Akiko Meyers, violin; Akira Eguchi, piano
1:19 p.m.
Louis Spohr
Symphony No. 2 in D minor Opus 49
NDR Radio Philharmonic Hanover; Howard Griffiths, conductor
1:47 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major BWV 1048
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Symphony No. 2 in C major Opus 61
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
2:38 p.m.
Claude Debussy
Arabesque No. 1 in E major
Yolanda Kondonassis, harp
2:44 p.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Caprice Symphony in G major TWV 50:1
Ensemble Caprice; Matthias Maute, conductor
2:53 p.m.
Reinhold Gliere
Concert Waltz Opus 90
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Vassily Sinaisky, conductor
3:01 p.m.
Friedrich Kuhlau
Elf-Mound Overture Opus 100
Odense Symphony Orchestra; Othmar Maga, conductor
3:12 p.m.
Hania Rani; Dobrawa Czocher
There Will Be Hope
Hania Rani, piano; Dobrawa Czocher, cello
3:18 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Sleeping Beauty Suite Opus 66
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Herbert Von Karajan, conductor
3:41 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
Norwegian Dances Opus 35
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra; Paavo Jarvi, conductor
4:00 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Sinfonia concertante in Bb major HOB 105
Cologne Chamber Orchestra; Helmut Muller-Bruhl, conductor Christian Hommel, oboe; Martin Kevenhorster, bassoon; Winfred Rademacher, violin; Oren Shevlin, cello
4:21 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Piano Sonata No. 2: III. Marche fun�bre (Funeral March) in Bb minor Opus 35
Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, piano
4:31 p.m.
Jean Sibelius
Karelia Suite: III. Alla Marcia Opus 11
Philharmonia Orchestra; Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
4:35 p.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
March from Tsar Saltan Suite Opus 57
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
4:41 p.m.
Maurice Ravel
Le tombeau de Couperin (The tomb of Couperin)
Lyon Opera Orchestra; Kent Nagano, conductor
5:00 p.m.
Ricardo Castro
Piano Concerto: III. Polonaise in A minor Opus 22
Orquesta Sinf�nica de Miner�a (OSM); Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor Jorge Federico Osorio, piano
5:08 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 40: I. Molto Allegro in G minor K 550
Bremen German Chamber Philharmonic; Tarmo Peltokoski, conductor
5:16 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Bagatelles Opus 47
Bonn Beethovenhalle Orchestra; Dennis Russell Davies, conductor
5:36 p.m.
Richard Strauss
DER ROSENKAVALIER: Concert Suite
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
5:59 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Trio "Archduke" in Bb major Opus 97
Emanuel Ax, piano; Leonidas Kavakos, violin; Yo Yo Ma, cello
6:42 p.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Histoire du Tango: III. Night Club 1960
Manuel Barrueco, guitar; Emmanuel Pahud, flute
6:49 p.m.
Felipe Villanueva
Poetic Waltz (Vals Poetico)
State of Mexico Symphony; Enrique Batiz, conductor
6:53 p.m.
Alan Hovhaness
Nocturne for Harp No. 1 Opus 20
Yolanda Kondonassis, harp
