Classical Music Playlist, June 17, 2025
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908) in 1866.
Even while in the Navy as a youth, Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov tried to find time to compose music and receive training whenever he could. By age 29 in 1873, he was no longer at sea but in this year given a civilian post of Inspector of Naval Bands and had been studying in earnest and even teaching. Also in this year he completed his Symphony No. 3 that he had been working on since 1866, with its premiere in February 1874. Unfortunately, his notable composer-friends were far from impressed: “they began, indeed, to look down upon me as one on the downward path." Continuing to teach, study, compose and improve, Rimsky-Korsakov revised the symphony in 1886 and was now considered an immense improvement.
Less well-known than his later programmatic orchestral works like Scheherazade or Capriccio Espagnol, Rimsky-Korsakov’s Symphony No. 3 is an attractive work that provides a fascinating insight into his compositional growth. It’s today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Jean-Philippe Rameau
LE TEMPLE DE LA GLOIRE: Suite II The Temple of Glory
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
6:16 a.m.
Florence Price
String Quartet No. 2 in A minor
Catalyst Quartet
6:49 a.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Les Sylvains (The Fauns) in D major Opus 60
Anna Shelest, piano
6:54 a.m.
Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov
Procession of the Sardar Opus 10
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
7:00 a.m.
Gabriel Faure
Piano Quartet No. 2: IV. Finale - Allegro molto in G minor Opus 45
Yo Yo Ma, cello; Emanuel Ax, piano; Isaac Stern, violin; Jaime Laredo, viola
7:10 a.m.
Niels Gade
Symphony No. 1 in C minor Opus 5
Danish National Symphony Orchestra; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
7:42 a.m.
Roland Dyens
Tango En Skai (Immitation Leather Tango)
Jason Vieaux, guitar
7:45 a.m.
Johan Halvorsen
Entry March of the Boyars
Bergen Philharmonic; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
7:50 a.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Vienna Blood Opus 354 Wiener Blut
Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Jascha Horenstein, conductor
7:59 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Carnival Overture Opus 92
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Andre Previn, conductor
8:09 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor Opus 49
Claremont Trio
8:38 a.m.
John Williams
STAR WARS - THE FORCE AWAKENS: Rey's Theme
Studio Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
8:41 a.m.
Vincenzo Bellini
THE CAPULETS AND THE MONTAGUES: Sinfonia (I CAPULETI E I MONTECCH)
Saint Cecilia Orchestra; Myung Whun Chung, conductor
8:47 a.m.
Richard Wagner
FLYING DUTCHMAN Overture (Der Fliegender Hollander)
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor Opus 18
San Francisco Symphony; Edo de Waart, conductor Zoltan Kocsis, piano
9:32 a.m.
Isolina Carrillo
Dos Gardenias
Havana Lyceum Orchestra; Jose Antonio Mendez Padron, conductor Sarah Willis, horn; Harold Madrigal Frias, trumpet
9:38 a.m.
Howard Hanson
MERRY MOUNT suite
Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor
9:55 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Abu Hassan Overture J 106
Hanover Band; Roy Goodman, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Enrique Soro
Three Chilean Airs (Tres aires chilenos)
Chile Symphony Orchestra; Jose Luis Dominguez, conductor
10:11 a.m.
Ottorino Respighi
Fountains of Rome
Philadelphia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
10:28 a.m.
Bernhard Crusell
Bassoon Concertino in Bb major
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Klaus Thunemann, bassoon
10:47 a.m.
Reinhold Gliere
Ballad Opus 4
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Vassily Sinaisky, conductor Peter Dixon, cello
10:52 a.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Romeo & Juliet: Dance of the Knights Opus 64
Cleveland Orchestra; Lorin Maazel, conductor
10:59 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 1: IV. Finale in C minor Opus 68
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor
11:17 a.m.
Margaret Bonds
Spiritual Suite: III. Troubled Water
Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, piano
11:24 a.m.
Luigi Boccherini
Quintet for guitar and strings No. 3 in Bb major G 447
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemble Pepe Romero, guitar
11:49 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Oberon Overture J 306
London Classical Players; Roger Norrington, conductor
11:59 a.m.
Franz Von Suppe
Light Cavalry Overture
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Gustav Kuhn, conductor
12:07 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Symphonic Dances Opus 45
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
12:43 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Fantasia and Fugue in A minor in A minor BWV 904
Vikingur Olafsson, piano
12:53 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 103 "Drum Roll": IV. Presto [finale]
Orchestra of the 18th Century; Frans Bruggen, conductor
1:00 p.m.
Arnold Bax
Tintagel
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Osmo Vanska, conductor
1:14 p.m.
Aaron Copland
Quiet City
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
1:26 p.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Piano Trio in D minor Opus 11
Nash Ensemble
1:52 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 5: I. Allegro con brio in C minor Opus 67
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Symphony No. 3 in C major Opus 32
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
2:35 p.m.
Florence Price
Piano Quintet: III. Juba in A minor
Takacs Quartet Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano
2:39 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Piano Quintet No. 2: III. Scherzo (Furiant) in A major Opus 81
Takacs Quartet Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano
2:45 p.m.
Johann Christian Bach
Sinfonia No. 3 in Eb major Opus 6/3
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra; David Zinman, conductor
2:53 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Sinfonia (Konzertsatz) in D major BWV 1045
Brandenburg Consort; Roy Goodman, conductor
3:00 p.m.
Franz Schubert
Piano Sonata No. 20: IV. Rondo in A major D 959
Paul Lewis, piano
3:14 p.m.
Ernest Chausson
Viviane Opus 5
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
3:27 p.m.
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Guitar Concerto No. 1 in D major Opus 99
English Chamber Orchestra; Miguel Gomez Martinez, conductor Eduardo Fernandez, guitar
3:48 p.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Artist's Life Opus 316 Kunstlerleben
Berlin Philharmonic; Herbert Von Karajan, conductor
3:59 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 2: IV. Allegro con spirito in D major Opus 73
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor
4:09 p.m.
George Gershwin
Rhapsody in Blue
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor Misha Dichter, piano
4:26 p.m.
Richard Strauss
DER ROSENKAVALIER: Concert Suite
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
4:50 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Danse Macabre Opus 40
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
4:58 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto No. 1 (originally for violin) in A minor BWV 1041
Elias String Quartet Xuefei Yang, guitar
5:14 p.m.
Bedrich Smetana
Polka No. 3 in F major
Frantisek Rauch, piano
5:18 p.m.
Carl Nielsen
Symphony No. 1 in G minor Opus 7
Royal Danish Orchestra; Paavo Berglund, conductor
5:51 p.m.
Giacomo Puccini
Preludio Sinfonico in A major
Philharmonic of La Scala; Riccardo Muti, conductor
6:01 p.m.
Carl Reinecke
Trio piano, oboe and horn in A minor Opus 188
Ingo Goritzki, oboe; Barry Tuckwell, horn; Ricardo Requejo, piano
6:30 p.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Mythic
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra; Ola Rudner, conductor
6:42 p.m.
Gustav Holst
The Planets: Venus, Bringer of Peace Opus 32
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
6:52 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Nocturne No. 11 in G minor Opus 37/1
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
