Classical Music Playlist, July 21, 2025
French composer Albéric Magnard (1865-1914)
Born into a notable Parisian family in 1865, composer Albéric Magnard resisted the support of his family's comfortable wealth (yet also accepted it). The conflict of begrudgingly accepting financial support and wanting to make a name for himself by his own efforts led Magnard into a fiercely independent personality. He avoided friendly connections that could have helped him along in his career within the Parisian musical world. He published his own compositions and financed his own concerts. And Magnard was politically outspoken. While others in the Paris musical scene tried to stay neutral, Magnard was idealistic and thought of music as a means to achieving social justice and composed works specifically toward that end. For example, he was a supporter of women’s rights and dedicated his Symphony No. 4 to the Union of Women Teachers and Composers who also gave the premiere performance in April 1914. And you can hear Magnard’s Symphony No. 4 today for our Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Joseph Bodin de Boismortier
Ballet No. 2 Opus 52
Le Concert Spirituel; Herve Niquet, conductor
6:09 a.m.
Jan Kalliwoda
Symphony No. 2 in Eb major Opus 17
Cologne Academy; Michael Alexander Willens, conductor
6:38 a.m.
Stanley Myers
Cavatina
Jason Vieaux, guitar
6:43 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 1 in F major K 37
English Chamber Orchestra; Murray Perahia, conductor Murray Perahia, piano
7:00 a.m.
Franz Schubert
Rosamunde Overture Opus 26 D 797 (The Magic Harp)
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
7:11 a.m.
Louise Farrenc
Symphony No. 3 in G minor Opus 36
North German Radio Symphony; Johannes Goritzki, conductor
7:43 a.m.
Emmanuel Chabrier
Danse Slav (from Le Roi Malgre Lui)
L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
7:50 a.m.
Joe Hisaishi
Merry-Go-Round of Life (from Howl's Moving Castle)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Joe Hisaishi, conductor Yuja Wang, piano
8:00 a.m.
Jean Sibelius
Karelia Overture Opus 10
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor
8:09 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Water Music Suite No. 1 in F major HWV 348
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
8:38 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Water Music Suite No. 1: Alla Hornpipe in F major Water Music Suite in F
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
8:44 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Finale of Violin Sonata No. 1 in G minor BWV 1001
Bela Fleck, banjo; Evelyn Glennie, marimba
8:45 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Art of the Fugue: Contrapunctus No. 9 BWV 1080
Les Violons du Roy; Bernard Labadie, conductor
8:49 a.m.
Jose Moncayo
Huapango
Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas; Alondra de la Parra, conductor
8:59 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor Opus 25
London Mozart Players; Jonathan Bloxham, conductor Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
9:20 a.m.
Robert Schumann
Manfred Overture Opus 115
Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor
9:35 a.m.
Kevin Puts
Contact: I. The Call
Philadelphia Orchestra; Xian Zhang, conductor Time for Three
9:44 a.m.
Anton Webern
Im Sommerwind (In the Summer Wind)
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Franz Schubert
Piano Sonata No. 20: IV. Rondo in A major D 959
John O'Conor, piano
10:13 a.m.
Gang Chen; Zhanhao He
The Butterfly Lovers (Concerto for Violin)
Singapore Symphony Orchestra; Lan Shui, conductor Gil Shaham, violin; Jonathan Fox, gu ban; Nella Hunkins, cello; Ta Jin, flute; Gulia Mashurova, harp
10:42 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dance No. 9 in E minor
London Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
10:44 a.m.
Gabriel Faure
PELLEAS ET MELISANDE: Sicilienne Opus 80
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
10:49 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
My Home Overture Opus 62
Janacek Philharmonic; Theodore Kuchar, conductor
10:59 a.m.
Paul Dukas
Symphony in C major
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
11:42 a.m.
Manuel de Falla
EL AMOR BRUJO: Ritual Fire Dance
Alicia de Larrocha, piano
11:47 a.m.
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Gigue
Assad Brothers Sergio Assad, guitar; Odair Assad, guitar
11:51 a.m.
Antonio Valente
Galliarda napolitana
Daniel Hope, violin; and friends
11:54 a.m.
Leonard Bernstein
CANDIDE: Overture
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
11:59 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Africa-Fantasie Opus 89
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor Jean-Philippe Collard, piano
12:11 p.m.
Agustin Barrios
Vals (Waltz) No. 4 in G major Opus 8/4
Jason Vieaux, guitar
12:17 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Symphony No. 1 "Spring" in Bb major Opus 38
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
12:48 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 4: III. Rondo: Vivace in G major Opus 58
Mahler Chamber Orchestra; Leif Ove Andsnes, conductor Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
1:00 p.m.
Niels Gade
Hamlet Overture Opus 37
Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Dmitri Kitayenko, conductor
1:11 p.m.
Scott Joplin
Solace
Lara Downes, piano; Joe Brent, vihuela
1:16 p.m.
Aram Khachaturian
Masquerade: Waltz
The Bolshoi Theater Orchestra; Mark Ermler, conductor
1:22 p.m.
Louise Farrenc
Piano Trio No. 2 in D minor Opus 34
Linos Ensemble
1:49 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Oberon Overture J 306
Philharmonia Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Alberic Magnard
Symphony No. 4 in C# minor Opus 21
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Jean-Yves Ossonce, conductor
2:36 p.m.
Gabriel Faure
Requiem: V. Agnus Dei Opus 48
La Chapelle Royale; Ensemble Musique Oblique; Philippe Herreweghe, conductor
2:44 p.m.
Josef Suk
Piano Trio: II. Andante in C minor Opus 2
Neave Trio
2:49 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Flute Concerto in A minor P 440
Australian Chamber Orchestra; Richard Tognetti, conductor Emmanuel Pahud, flute
3:00 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 3: I. Allegro ma non tanto in D minor
San Francisco Symphony; Edo de Waart, conductor Zoltan Kocsis, piano
3:15 p.m.
Alfonso X "El Sabio"
Cantigas de Santa Maria THE CANTICLES OF HOLY MARY
Narciso Yepes, guitar
3:19 p.m.
Gabriel Olafs
Islandus: Flora II "The Lily"
Reykjavik Orchestra; Viktor Orri Arnason, conductor Gabriel Olafs, piano
3:24 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 104 "London" in D major
Collegium Musicum 90; Richard Hickox, conductor
3:53 p.m.
Mikhail Glinka
RUSLAN AND LUDMILA: Overture
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Vassily Sinaisky, conductor
3:59 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major BWV 1068
La Petite Bande; Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor
4:20 p.m.
Libby Larsen
Blue Piece
Lara Downes, piano; Rachel Barton Pine, violin
4:23 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G minor
Berlin Philharmonic; Claudio Abbado, conductor
4:27 p.m.
Mauro Giuliani
Guitar Concerto No. 1 in A major Opus 30
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Pepe Romero, guitar
4:50 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 20: III. Rondo in D minor K 466
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Jeremy Denk, conductor Jeremy Denk, piano
4:59 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique": III. Molto Vivace in B minor Opus 74
Philharmonia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
5:09 p.m.
Jean-Baptiste Lully
March for the Turkish Ceremony
Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall, conductor
5:11 p.m.
Percy Grainger
The Gum Suckers March
Dallas Wind Symphony; Jerry Junkin, conductor
5:16 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 7 in D minor Opus 70
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
5:53 p.m.
Mykola Lysenko
Overture to the opera "Taras Bulba"
Anna Shelest, piano; Dmitri Shelest, piano
5:59 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Septet in Eb major Opus 20
Hausmusik
6:39 p.m.
Leo Brouwer
Afro-Cuban Lullaby (Cancion de Cuna: Berceuse)
Pablo Sainz Villegas, guitar
6:43 p.m.
George Walker
Prelude
George Walker, piano
6:46 p.m.
Dmitri Shostakovich
Cello Concerto No. 1: I. Allegretto in Eb major Opus 107
Philadelphia Orchestra; Eugene Ormandy, conductor Mstislav Rostropovich, cello; Mason Jones, horn
6:53 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Goldberg Variations: Aria BWV 988
Carol Rosenberger, piano
