Classical Music Playlist, July 1, 2025
About the time in the late 1700s that the piano was undergoing major evolutions, Mozart's publisher contracted him to compose three Piano Quartets. After writing the first, the publisher released Mozart from the obligation to write the other two because the first, in a minor key, was just too unusual for the time. Minor key, new instrument, new combination of instruments; the publisher felt it was all going to be difficult to promote this new music. However, after about nine months Mozart completed the second quartet, and both have become regarded as the first major piano quartets. Lesser composers had written a few piano quartets, but not of Mozart's quality. And so it was that in the mid 1780s Mozart established a new chamber genre that would inspire such future composers as Mendelssohn and Schumann. Mozart's Piano Quartet No. 2 is today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Charles Avison
Concerto No. 4 in G minor Opus 4/4
Avison Ensemble; Pavlo Beznosiuk, conductor
6:11 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 60 "The Absent-minded Man" (Il Distratto) in C major
Heidelberg Symphony; Thomas Fey, conductor
6:41 a.m.
ANONYMOUS
Contredanses parisiennes
Ensemble Caprice; Matthias Maute, conductor
6:53 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Scherzo (Sonatensatz) F.A.E. in C minor WoO 2
Leonidas Kavakos, violin; Yuja Wang, piano
7:00 a.m.
Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished" in B minor D 759
Swedish Chamber Orchestra; Thomas Dausgaard, conductor
7:21 a.m.
Franz Liszt
Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major
London Symphony Orchestra; Kirill Kondrashin, conductor Sviatoslav Richter, piano
7:44 a.m.
John Williams
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom: Parade of the Slave Children
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
7:50 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 7: IV. Finale in D minor Opus 70
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Bomsori Kim, violin
8:00 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Overture Opus 27
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
8:13 a.m.
Robert Schumann
Symphony No. 1 "Spring" in Bb major Opus 38
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
8:45 a.m.
Paulinho Nogueira
Bachianinha No. 1
Plinio Fernandes, guitar
8:48 a.m.
Gabriela Lena Frank
Leyendas: VI. Coqueteos
Del Sol String Quartet
8:53 a.m.
Richard Strauss
Horn Concerto No. 2: III. Rondo in Eb major
London Symphony Orchestra; Istvan Kertesz, conductor Barry Tuckwell, horn
9:00 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 22 in Eb major K 482
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor John O'Conor, piano
9:35 a.m.
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5: Aria
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Kenneth Silito, conductor Alexandre Lagoya, guitar
9:40 a.m.
Cesar Franck
Symphony: II. Allegretto in D minor
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Pierre Monteux, conductor
9:52 a.m.
Juventino Rosas
Over the Waves (Sobre las olas)
State of Mexico Symphony; Enrique Batiz, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Henry Purcell
The Gordian Knot Untied Z 597
La Stravaganza
10:13 a.m.
Carl Stamitz
Viola Concerto in D major Opus 1
Prague Philharmonic Orchestra; Jiri Belohlavek, conductor Jan Peruska, viola
10:36 a.m.
Franz Schubert
Rondo for piano four-hands in A major Opus 107 D 951
Paul Badura-Skoda, piano; Andrea Bonatta, piano
10:49 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 3: I. Allegro con brio in F major Opus 90
Berlin Philharmonic; Herbert von Karajan, conductor
11:00 a.m.
Edvard Grieg
Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 Opus 46
Malmo Symphony Orchestra; Bjarte Engeset, conductor
11:15 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
11:39 a.m.
Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 4 "Romantic": III. Scherzo in Eb major
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; Manfred Honeck, conductor
11:51 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Piano Quintet No. 2: III. Scherzo (Furiant) in A major Opus 81
Takacs Quartet Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano
11:55 a.m.
Bedrich Smetana
BARTERED BRIDE: Furiant (Bohemian Dance)
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
11:59 a.m.
Hugo Alfven
Swedish Rhapsody No. 1 "Midsummer Night Vigil" Opus 19
Minnesota Orchestra; Eiji Oue, conductor
12:13 p.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Song Without Words Opus 8/1
Sarah Cahill, piano
12:18 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Vocalise Opus 34/14
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Edward Gardner, conductor Alison Balsom, trumpet
12:24 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major BWV 1068
La Petite Bande; Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor
12:45 p.m.
George Enescu
Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 in A major Opus 11
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra; Sergiu Commissiona, conductor
1:00 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 8 "Pathetique" in C minor Opus 13
John O'Conor, piano
1:19 p.m.
Vassili Kalinnikov
Symphony No. 1: II. Andante commodamente in G minor
Scottish National Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
1:27 p.m.
Henriette Renie
Harp Concerto in C minor
Rhenish Philharmonic Orchestra; Shao-Chia Lu, conductor Xavier de Maistre, harp
1:48 p.m.
Jacques Offenbach
ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD: Overture
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Lorin Maazel, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Quartet No. 2 in Eb major K 493
Emanuel Ax, piano; Isaac Stern, violin; Jaime Laredo, viola; Yo Yo Ma, cello
2:30 p.m.
Leonard Bernstein
CANDIDE: Overture
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
2:36 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Scherzo capriccioso Opus 66
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
2:51 p.m.
Gioachino Rossini
THE BARBER OF SEVILLE: Overture (IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA)
Philharmonia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
2:59 p.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Concerto for horn and strings in D major
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Barry Tuckwell, horn
3:09 p.m.
Bela Bartok
Concerto for Orchestra: IV. Interrupted Intermezzo
Helsinki Philharmonic; Susanna Malkki, conductor
3:15 p.m.
Edward MacDowell
Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor Opus 23
Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Litton, conductor Andre Watts, piano
3:41 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 1: IV. Finale in C minor Opus 68
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor
4:00 p.m.
Jean Sibelius
Karelia Overture Opus 10
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor
4:09 p.m.
Georges Bizet
Symphony No. 1 in C major
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
4:38 p.m.
Teresa Carreno
Mi Teresita (Little Waltz)
Gabriela Montero, piano
4:44 p.m.
Ottorino Respighi
Ancient Airs and Dances: Suite No. 1
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
5:00 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Four Seasons: Spring (La Primavera) in E major Opus 8/1 RV 269
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor Jeanne Lamon, violin
5:11 p.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Spring in Buenos Aires (Primavera Portena)
A Far Cry Jason Vieaux, guitar; Julien Labro, bandoneon
5:18 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter" in C major K 551
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor
5:53 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
RUSALKA: Polonaise in Eb major
Prague Philharmonia; Jakub Hrusa, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Igor Stravinsky
Symphony in C in C major
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor
6:29 p.m.
Peter Warlock
Serenade for Strings
London Festival Orchestra; Ross Pople, conductor
6:39 p.m.
Jon Terryl "Terry" Plumeri
Windflower
Moscow Philharmonic; Jon Terryl "Terry" Plumeri, conductor Sara Watkins, oboe
6:53 p.m.
Madeleine Dring
Colour Suite: IV. Blue Air
Sarah Cahill, piano
6:56 p.m.
Olivia Belli
Valse
Olivia Belli, piano
