Classical Music Playlist, June 23, 2025
Sergei Prokofiev | Color by Klimbim (Olga Shirnina) who grants free use.
Composers are hoarders, in a sense. They hold onto musical ideas they “might use someday” instead of throwing out material that isn’t working for them at the moment. Retrieving musical ideas from his sketchbooks and uncompleted projects from between 1911 and 1918 proved useful in 1921 for Sergei Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3 which became his most popular piano concerto and one of the entire 20th century’s most popular. A recording of it with soloist Martha Argerich won a Grammy, and that recording is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Henry Purcell
The Gordian Knot Untied Z 597
La Stravaganza
6:13 a.m.
Carl Stamitz
Viola Concerto in D major Opus 1
Prague Philharmonic Orchestra; Jiri Belohlavek, conductor Jan Peruska, viola
6:36 a.m.
Franz Schubert
Rondo for piano four-hands in A major Opus 107 D 951
Paul Badura-Skoda, piano; Andrea Bonatta, piano
6:48 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 3: I. Allegro con brio in F major Opus 90
Berlin Philharmonic; Herbert von Karajan, conductor
6:59 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
In Nature's Realm Overture Opus 91
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Seiji Ozawa, conductor
7:15 a.m.
Manuel Ponce
Piano Concerto No. 1 "Romantico" in A minor Opus 22
Orquesta Sinf�nica de Miner�a (OSM); Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor Jorge Federico Osorio, piano
7:39 a.m.
Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 4 "Romantic": III. Scherzo in Eb major
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; Manfred Honeck, conductor
7:51 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Piano Quintet No. 2: III. Scherzo (Furiant) in A major Opus 81
Takacs Quartet Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano
7:55 a.m.
Bedrich Smetana
BARTERED BRIDE: Furiant (Bohemian Dance)
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
7:59 a.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 7 in D major Opus 6
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor
8:09 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major K 488
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor John O'Conor, piano
8:35 a.m.
Gabriel Faure
Masques and Bergamasques Opus 112
Lyon National Orchestra; Emmanuel Krivine, conductor
8:50 a.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Morning Papers Opus 279 (Morgenblatter)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor
8:59 a.m.
Kurt Atterberg
Horn Concerto Opus 28
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Gerard Oskamp, conductor Albert Linder, horn
9:20 a.m.
Zoltan Kodaly
Dances of Galanta
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
9:38 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Das Jahr (The Year): 6. June: Serenade
Anna Shelest, piano
9:42 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Das Jahr (The Year): 9. September: At the River
Anna Shelest, piano
9:47 a.m.
Franz Berwald
Concert Piece in F major Opus 2
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Klaus Thunemann, bassoon
10:00 a.m.
Hamilton Harty
Comedy Overture
Ulster Orchestra; Takuo Yuasa, conductor
10:14 a.m.
Undine Smith Moore
Afro-American Suite for Flute, Cello, and Piano: III. Adagio ma appossionato
Mallarme Chamber Players
10:17 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Fugue "Little Fugue" in G minor BWV 557
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
10:22 a.m.
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Fantasie Polonaise Opus 19
Polish National Radio Orchestra; Antoni Wit, conductor Janina Fialkowska, piano
10:45 a.m.
Karol Szymanowski
Concert Overture Opus 12
Polish State Philharmonic; Karol Stryja, conductor
11:00 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 40 in G minor K 550
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
11:30 a.m.
Charles S. Brown
A Song Without Words
Rachel Barton Pine, violin; Matthew Hagle, piano
11:33 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
11:36 a.m.
John Knowles Paine
Overture to Shakespeare's "As You Like It" Opus 28
Ulster Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
11:48 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 4: IV. Allegro energico e passionato in E minor Opus 98
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor
11:59 a.m.
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Symphony in G Major in G major
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor
12:14 p.m.
William Bolcom
Fields of Flowers
Spencer Meyer, piano
12:18 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Prelude No. 15 "Raindrop" in Db major Opus 28
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
12:24 p.m.
Joaquin Rodrigo
Fantasy for a Gentleman
Lausanne Chamber Orchestra; Lawrence Foster, conductor Sharon Isbin, guitar
12:48 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
EURYANTHE Overture Opus 81 J 291
Philharmonia Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
12:59 p.m.
Ethel Smyth
THE BOATSWAIN'S MATE: Overture
BBC National Orchestra of Wales; Rumon Gamba, conductor
1:06 p.m.
Ina Boyle
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra; Irene Delgado-Jimenez, conductor Esther Abrami, violin
1:25 p.m.
Louise Farrenc
Sextet in C minor Opus 40
Linos Ensemble
1:51 p.m.
Fernande Decruck
The Bells of Vienna: Suite of Waltzes Les clochers de Vienne
Jackson Symphony Orchestra; Matthew Aubin, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major Opus 26
Montreal Symphony Orchestra; Charles Dutoit, conductor Martha Argerich, piano
2:30 p.m.
Isaac Albeniz
Suite Espanola: No. 1 "Granada" Opus 47/1
Pepe Romero, guitar
2:36 p.m.
Maurice Ravel
Bolero
London Symphony Orchestra; Pierre Monteux, conductor
2:52 p.m.
Elmer Bernstein
The Magnificent Seven
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
2:59 p.m.
Joe Hisaishi
Merry-Go-Round of Life (from Howl's Moving Castle)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Joe Hisaishi, conductor Yuja Wang, piano
3:15 p.m.
Claude Debussy
Sonata for flute, viola & harp L148
Philippa Davies, flute; Lawrence Power, viola; Lucy Wakeford, harp
3:33 p.m.
Johann Neruda
Trumpet Concerto in Eb major
German Chamber Philharmonic; Thomas Klug, conductor Alison Balsom, trumpet
3:48 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
My Home Overture Opus 62
Scottish National Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
3:59 p.m.
Aaron Copland
Rodeo
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
4:23 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Nocturne No. 7 in C# minor Opus 27/1
Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, piano
4:28 p.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Notturno in G minor H337
Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
4:34 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in Bb major BWV 1051
European Brandenburg Ensemble; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
4:51 p.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
The Tsar's Bride overture
Kirov Orchestra; Valery Gergiev, conductor
4:59 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 35 "Haffner" in D major K 385
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor
5:23 p.m.
Amy Beach
FOUR SKETCHES: 4. Fire-flies Opus 15
Joanne Polk, piano
5:27 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1: III. final movement in Bb minor Opus 23
Berlin Philharmonic; Herbert Von Karajan, conductor Evgeny Kissin, piano
5:35 p.m.
Hugo Alfven
Mountain King Suite
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Niklas Willen, conductor
5:52 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto No. 11 in D major Opus 4/11 RV 204
Academy of Ancient Music; Christopher Hogwood, conductor Monica Huggett, violin
6:00 p.m.
Virgil Thomson
Symphony on a Hymn Tune
Eastman-Rochester Orchestra; Howard Hanson, conductor
6:22 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Bassoon Sonata Opus 168
David McGill, bassoon; Peter Serkin, piano
6:36 p.m.
Grace Williams
Sea Sketches, for string orchestra
English Chamber Orchestra; David Atherton, conductor
6:56 p.m.
Camargo Mozart Guarnieri
Brazilian Dance (Dansa Brasiliera)
Simon Bolivar Orchestra; Maximiano Valdez, conductor
