Classical Music Playlist, June 25, 2025
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Max Bruch’s “Scottish Fantasy” is one of his most popular and enduring compositions. But unlike Felix Mendelssohn, whose 3rd Symphony was inspired by wandering through Scotland and picking up the feel of the place firsthand, Max Bruch got Scottish melodies for his “Fantasy” out of a book in a German library and it wasn’t until the year after the premiere of this work that he finally visited Scotland for the first time! Max Bruch’s “Scottish Fantasy,” featuring violinist Anne Akiko Meyers, is today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 5 in D major Opus 6/5 HWV 323
Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor
6:16 a.m.
Fredrich Ernst Fesca
Symphony No. 3 in D major Opus 13
NDR Radio Philharmonic Hanover; Frank Beermann, conductor
6:45 a.m.
Samuel Akpabot
Pastorale from "Scenes from Nigeria"
Marcus Eley, clarinet; Lucerne DeSa, piano
6:50 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Concerto for Violin & Cello "Double Concerto": III. Vivace non troppo in A minor Opus 102
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Bernard Haitink, conductor Henryk Szeryng, violin; Janos Starker, cello
7:00 a.m.
Engelbert Humperdinck
HANSEL UND GRETEL Overture
London Symphony Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
7:09 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor K 478
Emanuel Ax, piano; Isaac Stern, violin; Jaime Laredo, viola; Yo Yo Ma, cello
7:36 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
FIDELIO Overture Opus 72
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
7:44 a.m.
Charles Stanford
Irish Rhapsody No. 1 in D minor Opus 78
Ulster Orchestra; Vernon Handley, conductor
7:59 a.m.
Mauro Giuliani
Guitar Concerto No. 3: III. Polonaise. Allegretto in F major Opus 70
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Pepe Romero, guitar
8:08 a.m.
Edward Elgar
Enigma Variations Opus 36
London Symphony Orchestra; Pierre Monteux, conductor
8:39 a.m.
Lucas Ruiz de Ribayaz
Tarantela
The Harp Consort
8:41 a.m.
Lucas Ruiz de Ribayaz
Paradetas
The Harp Consort
8:45 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major BWV 1049
Musica Antiqua Koln; Reinhardt Goebel, conductor
9:01 a.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor Opus 30
Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Litton, conductor Stephen Hough, piano
9:40 a.m.
Agustin Barrios
Danzas Paraguayas
David Russell, guitar
9:47 a.m.
Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach
Symphony No. 10 in Eb major HW 1/10
Leipzig Chamber Orchestra; Morten Schuldt-Jensen, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Hector Berlioz
Roman Carnival Overture Opus 9
Scottish National Orchestra; Alexander Gibson, conductor
10:10 a.m.
Joe Hisaishi
My Neighbor Totoro
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; The Bach Choir; Joe Hisaishi, conductor Lang Lang, piano
10:13 a.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Concert Etudes: Automne in Db major Opus 35/2
Anna Shelest, piano
10:20 a.m.
Franz Berwald
Symphony No. 2 "Sinfonie capricieuse" in D major
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
10:49 a.m.
Niels Gade
Hamlet Overture Opus 37
Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Dmitri Kitayenko, conductor
11:00 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major BWV 1047
European Brandenburg Ensemble; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
11:13 a.m.
Juan Arriaga
Symphony in D minor
Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall, conductor
11:43 a.m.
Francesco Tristano
On John Bull's Galliard In D
Basel Chamber Orchestra; Irene Delgado-Jimenez, conductor Francesco Tristano, piano
11:48 a.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Tales From The Vienna Woods Opus 325 (Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Jascha Horenstein, conductor
12:00 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Symphony No. 3 "Organ": Finale in C minor Opus 78
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Charles Munch, conductor Berj Zamkochian, organ
12:08 p.m.
Kevin Puts
Home
Conspirare; Craig Hella Johnson, conductor Mir� Quartet
12:16 p.m.
Mauro Giuliani
Guitar Concerto No. 1 in A major Opus 30
Australian Chamber Orchestra; Richard Tognetti, conductor John Williams, guitar
12:48 p.m.
Modest Mussorgsky
Night on Bald Mountain
Philadelphia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
12:59 p.m.
Antonio Rosetti
Concerto for horn in D minor C 38
Prague Chamber Orchestra Radek Baborak, horn
1:21 p.m.
Henry Purcell
Timon of Athens: Curtain Tune on a Ground
Parley of Instruments
1:27 p.m.
Igor Stravinsky
Pulcinella Suite
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Yuri Temirkanov, conductor
1:52 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Concerto No. 1: III. Presto - Molto allegro e vivace in G minor Opus 25
London Mozart Players; Jonathan Bloxham, conductor Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
2:00 p.m.
Max Bruch
Scottish Fantasy Opus 46
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor Anne Akiko Meyers, violin
2:28 p.m.
Florence Price
Fantasie Negre (No. 1) in E minor
Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, piano
2:38 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 9: II. Molto Vivace (Scherzo and Trio) in D minor Opus 125
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
2:50 p.m.
Anton Arensky
Piano Quintet: Scherzo Opus 51
Ying Quartet Adam Neiman, piano
3:01 p.m.
Bedrich Smetana
Ma Vlast: IV. From Bohemia's Woods and Meadows
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic; Libor Pesek, conductor
3:14 p.m.
Erik Satie
Gymnopedies Nos. 1 & 3
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
3:21 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
Piano Concerto in A minor Opus 16
Berlin Philharmonic; Mariss Jansons, conductor Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
3:51 p.m.
Luigi Boccherini
Quintet for guitar and strings No. 4: III. Fandango in D major G 448
Pacifica Quartet Sharon Isbin, guitar
3:59 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Sleeping Beauty Suite Opus 66
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Herbert Von Karajan, conductor
4:22 p.m.
Franz Schubert
Octet for strings & winds: I. Adagio - Allegro in F major Opus 166 D 803
Academy of Ancient Music Members of...
4:38 p.m.
Joe Hisaishi
My Neighbor Totoro
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; The Bach Choir; Joe Hisaishi, conductor Lang Lang, piano
4:43 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Keyboard Concerto No. 3 in D major BWV 1054
Chamber Orchestra of Europe Andras Schiff, piano
5:00 p.m.
Francesco Geminiani
Concerto Grosso "La Follia" in D minor
Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor
5:11 p.m.
Johan Svendsen
Festival Polonaise (Festpolonese) Opus 12
Latvian National Symphony; Terje Mikkelsen, conductor
5:21 p.m.
Louise Farrenc
Symphony No. 3 in G minor Opus 36
North German Radio Symphony; Johannes Goritzki, conductor
5:52 p.m.
Vassili Kalinnikov
Intermezzo No. 1 for orchestra in F# minor
London Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Etienne-Nicolas Mehul
Symphony No. 2 in D major
Rhenish Philharmonic Orchestra; Jorge Rotter, conductor
6:27 p.m.
Malcolm Arnold
Quintet for Brass: I. Allegro vivace Opus 73
Center City Brass Quintet
6:40 p.m.
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Prelude and Fugue No. 3 in A minor Opus 199
Brasil Guitar Duo
6:47 p.m.
Philip Glass
Piano Concerto No. 3: I.
A Far Cry Simone Dinnerstein, piano
6:55 p.m.
Marie Awadis
Etude No. 3: Ballade
Marie Awadis, piano
