Classical Music Playlist, May 20, 2025
Composer Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967)
Háry János, the title character of the 1926 opera by Hungarian composer Zoltán Kodály, is a spinner of tall tales about his own heroism. He claims to have won the heart of Napoleon’s wife and single-handedly defeated Napoleon’s armies. But in the end, he misses his village sweetheart and gives up all his make-believe riches to be with her. In a note to his publisher Kodály described Háry as symbolic of the Hungarian people: dreamers and poets, with the potential to accomplish heroic dreams. The “Háry János Suite” of musical episodes from the opera is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Johann Rosenmuller
Sonata No. 9 in D major
Parley of Instruments; Roy Goodman, conductor
6:08 a.m.
Ignaz Moscheles
Piano Concerto No. 4 in E major Opus 64
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra; Howard Shelley, conductor Howard Shelley, piano
6:35 a.m.
Hugo Wolf
Italian Serenade in G major
Hagen Quartet
6:42 a.m.
Alexander MacKenzie
Second Scottish Rhapsody Opus 24
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Martyn Brabbins, conductor
7:00 a.m.
Scott Joplin
Treemonisha Overture
Houston Grand Opera Orchestra; Gunther Schuller, conductor
7:08 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major K 331 (FROM THE RUSSELL KLETZING COLLECTION)
Mitsuko Uchida, piano
7:34 a.m.
Bela Bartok
Concerto for Orchestra: IV. Interrupted Intermezzo
Helsinki Philharmonic; Susanna Malkki, conductor
7:38 a.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
The Tsar's Bride overture
Kirov Orchestra; Valery Gergiev, conductor
7:46 a.m.
Bedrich Smetana
Ma Vlast: II. The Moldau (Vltava)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic; Libor Pesek, conductor
8:00 a.m.
Josef Suk
Piano Trio: II. Andante in C minor Opus 2
Neave Trio
8:16 a.m.
Joaquin Rodrigo
Fantasy for a Gentleman
Lausanne Chamber Orchestra; Lawrence Foster, conductor Sharon Isbin, guitar
8:40 a.m.
Juan Ara��s
A Festive Chaconne (Chacona: "Un sarao de la chacona")
Piffaro Renaissance Band
8:41 a.m.
Tielmann Susato
Bergerette "Sans roch"
New London Consort; Philip Pickett, conductor
8:46 a.m.
Jacques Offenbach
ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD: Overture
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Lorin Maazel, conductor
8:57 a.m.
Richard Strauss
Sonatina No. 2 for Winds "The Happy Workshop" in Eb major
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
9:36 a.m.
Fernando Sor
Etude No. 17 in E minor Opus 6/11
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra; Irene Delgado-Jimenez, conductor Pablo Sainz Villegas, guitar
9:38 a.m.
Rachel Portman
Flight
La Pieta; Angele Dubeau, conductor Francine Kay, piano
9:43 a.m.
Maurice Ravel
String Quartet: II. Assez vif. Tres Rythme in F major
Verona String Quartet
9:51 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto Grosso in A minor Opus 3/8
English Chamber Orchestra; Ian Watson, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Frederick Delius
Over the Hills and Far Away
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Christopher Seaman, conductor
10:14 a.m.
Ethel Smyth
Concerto for Violin, Horn and Orchestra
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Odaline de la Martinez, conductor Sophie Langdon, violin; Richard Watkins, horn
10:24 a.m.
Jean-Philippe Rameau
LE TEMPLE DE LA GLOIRE: Suite I The Temple of Glory
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
10:44 a.m.
Aram Khachaturian
Flute Concerto: I. Allegro con Fermezza
Philharmonia Orchestra; Ion Marin, conductor Patrick Gallois, flute
11:00 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Keyboard Concerto No. 3 in D major BWV 1054
Australian Chamber Orchestra Angela Hewitt, piano
11:17 a.m.
Xavier Dubois Foley
Shelter Island
Randall Goosby, violin; Xavier Dubois Foley, double bass
11:23 a.m.
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Guitar Concerto No. 1 in D major Opus 99
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Pepe Romero, guitar
11:45 a.m.
Joe Hisaishi
Merry-Go-Round of Life (from Howl's Moving Castle)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Joe Hisaishi, conductor Yuja Wang, piano
12:00 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Othello Overture Opus 93
Berlin Philharmonic; Claudio Abbado, conductor
12:15 p.m.
Jean-Baptiste Lully
March for the Turkish Ceremony
Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall, conductor
12:17 p.m.
Santiago de Murcia
La Jota
Richard Savino, guitar; Mauro ReFosco, percussion; Yousif Sheronick, percussion
12:21 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major K 488
Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra; Ivor Bolton, conductor Lars Vogt, piano
12:47 p.m.
Carl Nielsen
Violin Concerto: II. Rondo. Allegretto scherzando Opus 33
Danish National Symphony Orchestra; Fabio Luisi, conductor Bomsori Kim, violin
12:59 p.m.
Richard Wagner
FLYING DUTCHMAN Overture (Der Fliegender Hollander)
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
1:11 p.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Symphony No. 7 in C# minor Opus 131
Berlin Philharmonic; Seiji Ozawa, conductor
1:45 p.m.
Florence Price
Piano Quintet: III. Juba in A minor
Takacs Quartet Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano
1:50 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Violin Concerto: III. Allegro Giocoso (Finale) in D major Opus 77
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Bernard Haitink, conductor Henryk Szeryng, violin
2:00 p.m.
Zoltan Kodaly
Hary Janos Suite
Budapest Festival Orchestra; Ivan Fischer, conductor
2:24 p.m.
Zhen Chen
Springfield
Zhen Chen, piano; Jiaju Shen, pipa; Feifei Yang, erhu
2:26 p.m.
Zhen Chen
Dancing in the Rain
Lin Ma, Pipa; Zhen Chen, piano; Elmira Darvarova, violin; Shenghua Hu, violin; Ao Peng, viola
2:30 p.m.
Georges Bizet
L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2
Montreal Symphony Orchestra; Charles Dutoit, conductor
2:50 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 6: III. Scherzo (Furiant) in D major Opus 60
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
3:00 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 5 in D major Opus 6/5 HWV 323
Aradia Ensemble; Kevin Mallon, conductor
3:16 p.m.
Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 4 "Romantic": I. Bewegt, Nicht Zu Schell in Eb major
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Karl Bohm, conductor
3:38 p.m.
Amy Beach
FOUR SKETCHES: 4. Fire-flies Opus 15
Joanne Polk, piano
3:41 p.m.
John Williams
E.T. The Extra Terrestial: Flying Theme
London Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
3:46 p.m.
Florence Price
Symphony No. 4: III. Juba Dance in D minor
Philadelphia Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
3:59 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Keyboard Concerto No. 5 in F minor BWV 1056
Chamber Orchestra of Europe Andras Schiff, piano
4:10 p.m.
Igor Stravinsky
Pulcinella Suite
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
4:34 p.m.
Isaac Albeniz
La Vega
London Symphony Orchestra; Elmer Bernstein, conductor Christopher Parkening, guitar
4:49 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Polonaise No. 6 "Heroic" in Ab major Opus 53
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
4:56 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Overture K 492
London Philharmonic Orchestra; George Solti, conductor
5:01 p.m.
Claude Debussy
Petite suite
Ulster Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
5:15 p.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Decarissimo
Gidon Kremer, violin; Vadim Sakharov, piano; Alois Posch, double-bass; Per Arne Glorvigen, bandoneon
5:20 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Symphony No. 3 "Organ" in C minor Opus 78
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Charles Munch, conductor Berj Zamkochian, organ
5:55 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
String Quartet Op. 76/5: IV. Presto in D major Opus 76/5
Aeolian String Quartet
6:00 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Piano Quintet No. 1 in A major Opus 5
Lafayette String Quartet Antonin Kubalek, piano
6:28 p.m.
Samuel Barber
School for Scandal Overture
Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor
6:37 p.m.
John McLaughlin
"The Mediterranean" Concerto for Guitar: 1st movement
London Symphony Orchestra; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor John McLaughlin, guitar
6:50 p.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Violin Concerto No. 1: III. Moderato in D major Opus 19
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra; Klaus Makela, conductor Janine Jansen, violin
6:54 p.m.
Jessie Montgomery
Peace
Anthony McGill, clarinet; Gloria Chien, piano
