Classical Music Playlist, July 24, 2025
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) in 1894.
In the 100 years since Mozart was inspired by a clarinetist to compose his only Clarinet Quintet in 1789, there had been only a few significant other Clarinet Quintets until Johannes Brahms composed his only Clarinet Quintet in 1891. Brahms had actually retired from composing when, like Mozart, he was also inspired by a clarinetist. So he came out of retirement and wrote his Quintet, a Clarinet Trio and Two Sonatas for this clarinetist. Composed when he was at the height of his powers in the twilight of his life and expressing an understandably reflective mood, the Brahms Clarinet Quintet is widely recognized as one of THE great works of chamber music, and it’s today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Georg Muffat
Chaconne in G major
Musica Antiqua Koln; Reinhardt Goebel, conductor
6:16 a.m.
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Cello Concerto in A major Wq 172 / H 439
English Chamber Orchestra; Andrew Davis, conductor Matt Haimovitz, cello
6:37 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
EUGENE ONEGIN: Polonaise
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
6:43 a.m.
John Field
Piano Sonata in C minor Opus 1/3
John O'Conor, piano
7:00 a.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Tales From The Vienna Woods Opus 325 (Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Jascha Horenstein, conductor
7:12 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Concerto No. 5 "Turkish" in A major K 219
Norwegian Chamber Orchestra Henning Kraggerud, violin
7:39 a.m.
Claude Champagne
Rustic Dance (Dance Villageoise)
Quebec Symphony Orchestra; Yoav Talmi, conductor
7:44 a.m.
Ariel Ramirez
MISA CRIOLLA: II. Gloria
Zurich Chamber Orchestra; Daniel Hope, conductor Daniel Hope, violin; Palau de la Musica vocal quartet
7:50 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
SAMSON ET DELILA: Bacchanale Opus 47
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; Lorin Maazel, conductor
7:59 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral": I. Allegro ma non troppo in F major Opus 68
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
8:11 a.m.
Aaron Copland
Appalachian Spring
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
8:37 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Notturno in G minor H337
Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
8:43 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto for two violins (Double Concerto) in D minor BWV 1043
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra; Ton Koopman, conductor Monica Huggett, violin; Alison Bury, violin
8:59 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 1 in C minor Opus 68
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
9:44 a.m.
Arvo Part
Mirror in the Mirror (Spiegel im Spiegel)
Anne Akiko Meyers, violin; Akira Eguchi, piano
9:53 a.m.
Leo Delibes
Sylvia: Procession of Bacchus from Act III
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 70 in D major
Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra; Adam Fischer, conductor
10:18 a.m.
Aleksandra Pakhmutova
Trumpet Concerto
Moscow Chamber Orchestra; Constantine Orbelian, conductor Bibi Black, trumpet
10:34 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Bassoon Sonata Opus 168
David McGill, bassoon; Peter Serkin, piano
10:49 a.m.
John Ireland
Epic March
London Symphony Orchestra; Richard Hickox, conductor
10:59 a.m.
Johann Friedrich Fasch
Concerto for lute and orchestra in D minor
Musica Antiqua Koln; Reinhardt Goebel, conductor Michael Ducker, lute
11:14 a.m.
George Gershwin
Rhapsody in Blue
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor Misha Dichter, piano
11:32 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
St. Anthony Variations in Bb major Opus 56
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
11:49 a.m.
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5: Aria
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Kenneth Silito, conductor Alexandre Lagoya, guitar
11:54 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Sinfonia (Konzertsatz) in D major BWV 1045
Brandenburg Consort; Roy Goodman, conductor
12:01 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Marche Slav Opus 31
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
12:11 p.m.
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Les Cyclopes ("Cyclops")
Bremen German Chamber Philharmonic Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
12:15 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Triple Concerto for piano, violin, cello & orchestra in C major Opus 56
Philharmonia Orchestra; Santtu-Matias Rouvali, conductor Nicola Benedetti, violin; Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello; Benjamin Grosvenor, piano
12:42 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Music for the Royal Fireworks HWV 351
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
1:01 p.m.
Peter van Anrooy
Piet Hein Rhapsody Piet Hein was a pirate
Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra; Kees Bakels, conductor
1:11 p.m.
Charles S. Brown
A Song Without Words
Rachel Barton Pine, violin; Matthew Hagle, piano
1:14 p.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
WILD SWANS: Eliza Aria
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra; Ola Rudner, conductor Jane Sheldon, soprano
1:19 p.m.
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Piano Concerto No. 2 in A minor Opus 85
English Chamber Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor Stephen Hough, piano
1:50 p.m.
Richard Wagner
DIE WALKURE: Magic Fire Music
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Jose Serebrier, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Clarinet Quintet in B minor Opus 115
Pacifica Quartet Anthony McGill, clarinet
2:38 p.m.
Johann Friedrich Fasch
Overture in D major
Tempesta di Mare
2:48 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Creatures of Prometheus Overture Opus 43
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
2:54 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Overture K 492
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
2:59 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Concert Rondo "Krakowiak" in F major Opus 14
Warsaw Philharmonic; Kazimierz Kord, conductor Garrick Ohlsson, piano
3:15 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
American Suite in A major Opus 98
Prague Philharmonia; Jakub Hrusa, conductor
3:39 p.m.
Ferde Grofe
Grand Canyon Suite: On the trail
Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor
3:47 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Symphony No. 3: III. Allegro in A minor Opus 44
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Osmo Vanska, conductor
4:00 p.m.
Florence Price
Piano Concerto in One Movement
New York Youth Symphony; Michael Repper, conductor Michelle Cann, piano
4:18 p.m.
Edouard Lalo
Scherzo in D minor
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Yondani Butt, conductor
4:23 p.m.
Erich Korngold
The Sea Hawk (1940) Suite
Oregon Symphony; James DePreist, conductor
4:33 p.m.
Pietro Locatelli
Concerto Grosso No. 5 in D major Opus 1/5
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor
4:42 p.m.
Zoltan Kodaly
Dances of Galanta
Budapest Festival Orchestra; Ivan Fischer, conductor
4:59 p.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Concerto for trumpets, oboes, strings and timpani in D major TWV 54:D3
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor Members of...
5:10 p.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Fast Blue Village 2
Del Sol String Quartet
5:17 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
Symphonic Dances Opus 64
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Paavo Berglund, conductor
5:47 p.m.
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Overture
Polish National Radio Orchestra; Antoni Wit, conductor
5:58 p.m.
Vassili Kalinnikov
Symphony No. 2 in A major
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
6:37 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Fugue "Little Fugue" in G minor BWV 578
Carlo Curley, organ
6:41 p.m.
Erkki Melartin
Songs from Lake Ladoga (Suite) Opus 153
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Jorma Panula, conductor
6:50 p.m.
Clarence Cameron White
Basque Folk Song
Marcus Eley, clarinet; Lucerne DeSa, piano
6:53 p.m.
Joe Hisaishi
Asian Dream Song
Pan Strings; Joe Hisaishi, conductor Joe Hisaishi, piano
