Classical Music Playlist, July 8, 2025
1803 Portrait of Ludwig van Beethoven by Christian Hornemann
Between his dramatic “Eroica” Symphony No. 3 and his innovative Fifth, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4 is lighter fare because a wealthy Count commissioned him for a conservative symphony more in the style of Haydn. But that doesn’t make it unlistenable or unworthy of the composer. True to Beethoven’s talent, he composed music full of spritely good humor and charm. Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4 is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Francesco Bonporti
Concerto in A major Opus 11/1
Bloomington Baroque; Stanley Ritchie, conductor Stanley Ritchie, violin
6:09 a.m.
Bernhard Crusell
Sinfonia Concertante for clarinet, horn, bassoon and orchestra Opus 3
New York Scandia Symphony; Dorrit Matson, conductor Steven Hartman, clarinet; Marc Goldberg, bassoon; Peter Reit, horn
6:38 a.m.
Mary Kouyoumdjian
Aghavni: III. 1986
Lara Downes, piano
6:40 a.m.
Olivia Belli
Nocturne IV
Olivia Belli, piano
6:45 a.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 6 in F major Opus 6
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
6:59 a.m.
Wilhelm Stenhammar
Excelsior! Opus 13
Royal Scottish Orchestra; Petter Sundkvist, conductor
7:13 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 102 in Bb major
Philharmonia Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor Matthias Feile, cello
7:38 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Guitar (or Mandolin) Concerto in D major RV 93
Lausanne Chamber Orchestra; Lawrence Foster, conductor Sharon Isbin, guitar
7:51 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
THE MAGIC FLUTE: Overture (Die Zauberflote) K 620
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
7:59 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto for oboe and violin in C minor BWV 1060
Academy of Ancient Music; Christopher Hogwood, conductor Stephen Hammer, oboe; Catherine Mackintosh, violin
8:13 a.m.
Robert Schumann
Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish" in Eb major Opus 97
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
8:45 a.m.
Claude Debussy
Arabesque No. 1 in E major
Yolanda Kondonassis, harp
8:50 a.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 1: III. Allegro Scherzando in F# minor Opus 1
San Francisco Symphony; Edo de Waart, conductor Zoltan Kocsis, piano
8:59 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Violin Concerto in D major Opus 61
Bremen German Chamber Philharmonic; Paavo Jarvi, conductor Janine Jansen, violin
9:41 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Fantasie-impromptu in C# minor Opus 66
Antonin Kubalek, piano
9:48 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Overture in C major
The Women's Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Francesco Geminiani
Concerto Grosso "La Follia" in D minor
Les Violons du Roy; Bernard Labadie, conductor
10:11 a.m.
Yiruma
la bianca primavera
Yiruma, piano; Chanuk Kang, cello
10:14 a.m.
John Williams
Munich: Prayer For Peace
Los Angeles Recording Arts Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
10:19 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 27 in Bb major K 595
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor John O'Conor, piano
10:51 a.m.
Emmanuel Chabrier
Festive Polonaise (Le Roi Malgre Lui: Fete Polonaise)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
11:00 a.m.
Mikhail Glinka
RUSLAN AND LUDMILA: Overture
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Andre Previn, conductor
11:06 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue (from the Well-Tempered Clavier I:02) in C minor BWV 847
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano
11:09 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Poetic Tone Pictures: VII. Furiant Opus 85
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
11:13 a.m.
George Frederick Bristow
Symphony No. 3 in F# minor Opus 26
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
11:49 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for 2 oboes, 2 violins, bassoon in C major RV 557
Ensemble Zefiro; Alfredo Bernardini, conductor Members of...
11:59 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
SAMSON ET DELILA: Bacchanale Opus 47
Minnesota Orchestra; Eiji Oue, conductor
12:07 p.m.
Ernst von Dohnanyi
Symphonic Minutes Opus 36
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
12:23 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 92 "Oxford" in G major
Berlin Philharmonic; Simon Rattle, conductor
12:49 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Academic Festival Overture Opus 80
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
1:00 p.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Concerto for flute and strings in D major
Berlin Baroque Soloists; Rainer Kussmaul, conductor Emmanuel Pahud, flute
1:14 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Sonata for Cello and Piano: III. Andante in Eb major Opus 19
Yo Yo Ma, cello; Emanuel Ax, piano
1:22 p.m.
Aaron Copland
The Red Pony Suite
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
1:48 p.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Morning Papers Opus 279 (Morgenblatter)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Franz Bauer-Theussl, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 4 in Bb major Opus 60
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic; Charles Mackerras, conductor
2:32 p.m.
William Bolcom
Ghost Rag: I. Graceful Ghost
Spencer Meyer, piano
2:37 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Flute Concerto No. 1 "La Tempesta di Mare" (The Storm at Sea) in F major Opus 10 RV 433
Tokyo Bach-Mozart Ensemble Masahiro Arita, flute
2:46 p.m.
Alexander Borodin
PRINCE IGOR: Polovetsian Dances
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Robert Shaw, conductor Atlanta Symphony Chorus; Robert Shaw Festival Singers
2:59 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor Opus 18
Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Litton, conductor Stephen Hough, piano
3:32 p.m.
Samuel Barber
Adagio for Strings Opus 11
Cypress String Quartet
3:41 p.m.
Richard Strauss
Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks Opus 28
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; Manfred Honeck, conductor
3:56 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G minor
London Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
4:01 p.m.
Claude Debussy
Petite Suite
Lyon National Orchestra; Jun Markl, conductor
4:15 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphonic Variations Opus 78
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Jiri Belohlavek, conductor
4:38 p.m.
Franz Liszt
Liebestraume: Nocturne No. 3 in Ab major S 541
Claudio Arrau, piano
4:43 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Art of the Fugue: Contrapunctus No. 9 BWV 1080
Les Violons du Roy; Bernard Labadie, conductor
4:47 p.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Concerto for Violin and 3 Horns in D major
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Iona Brown, conductor Hermann Baumann, horn; Timothy Brown, horn; Nicholas Hill, horn
4:59 p.m.
Ethel Smyth
Serenade in D: I. Allegro non troppo in D major
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Odaline de la Martinez, conductor Tasmin Little, violin; John Lenehan, piano
5:15 p.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Lullaby for Nick
Tamara-Anna Cislowska, piano; Elena Kats-Chernin, piano
5:18 p.m.
Ernesto Nazareth
Perigoso
Estela Olevsky, piano
5:23 p.m.
Bernhard Crusell
Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in Eb major Opus 1
Cologne Academy; Michael Alexander Willens, conductor Eric Hoeprich, clarinet
5:46 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Fair Melusina Overture Opus 32
London Symphony Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor
5:58 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor Opus 60
Krystian Zimerman, piano; Maria Nowak, violin; Katarzyna Budnik, viola; Yuya Okamoto, cello
6:33 p.m.
Richard Wagner
LOHENGRIN: Prelude to Act III
Philharmonia Orchestra; Geoffrey Simon, conductor
6:37 p.m.
Gustav Holst
The Planets: Saturn, Bringer of Old Age Opus 32 5. Saturn, Bringer of Old Age
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
6:47 p.m.
TRADITIONAL
Singing on the Fishing Boat at Dusk
Pacific Harmony String Quartet
6:53 p.m.
Vladimir Martynov
The Beatitudes
Kronos Quartet
