Classical Music Playlist, July 30, 2025
Anton Arensky (1861-1906)
Russian composer Anton Arensky dedicated his 1894 Piano Trio No. 1 to a Russian cellist who had died in 1889. In an apparent tribute, Arensky has the cello introduce themes throughout nearly the entire Trio, including the beautiful "elegy" movement that starts out sounding funereal but soon changes into subdued but cheerful memories of Arensky's friend and colleague. This stunning Piano Trio No. 1 by Anton Arensky is today's Midday Masterpiece at 2pm.
6:00 a.m.
Friedrich Kuhlau
Piano Sonata in A major Opus 59/1
Jeno Jando, piano
6:08 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Suite No. 1 in D major Opus 43
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
6:44 a.m.
Agustin Barrios
A Dream In The Forest (Un Sueno en la Floresta)
Xuefei Yang, guitar
6:52 a.m.
Tomaso Albinoni
Concerto No. 9 for oboe and strings in F major Opus 7/9
Collegium Musicum 90; Simon Standage, conductor Anthony Robson, oboe
7:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Water Music Suite No. 2 in D major HWV 349
Les Violons du Roy; Bernard Labadie, conductor
7:12 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major Opus 15
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic; Karina Canellakis, conductor Alice Sara Ott, piano
7:46 a.m.
Aaron Jay Kernis
100 Greatest Dance Hits: II. Salsa Pasada
Escher Quartet Jason Vieaux, guitar
7:51 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 104 "London": IV. Spiritoso (Finale) in D major
Orchestra of St. Luke's; Charles Mackerras, conductor
7:59 a.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Capriccio Espagnol Opus 34
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
8:15 a.m.
Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 8: IV. Finale in C minor
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Karl Bohm, conductor
8:40 a.m.
Francesco Tristano
Toccata
Arctic Philharmonic; Christian Kluxen, conductor Francesco Tristano, piano
8:43 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Piano Trio: IV. Finale in D minor
Nash Ensemble
8:49 a.m.
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 3 in D major
Weimar State Orchestra; Arthur Fagen, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 40: I. Molto Allegro in G minor K 550
Bremen German Chamber Philharmonic; Tarmo Peltokoski, conductor
9:27 a.m.
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Choros No. 1
Pepe Romero, guitar
9:34 a.m.
Claude Debussy
Rhapsodie No. 1 for clarinet
Cleveland Orchestra; Pierre Boulez, conductor Franklin Cohen, clarinet
9:43 a.m.
Hugo Alfven
Mountain King Suite
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Niklas Willen, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Lars-Erik Larsson
Pastoral Suite Opus 19
CBC Vancouver Orchestra; Mario Bernardi, conductor
10:14 a.m.
Connor Chee
Navajo Vocable No. 9
Emanuele Arciuli, piano
10:17 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
2 Gavottes in G minor BWV 995
Sharon Isbin, guitar
10:21 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
String Quartet No. 6 in F minor Opus 80
Mir� Quartet
10:50 a.m.
Ricardo Castro
Piano Concerto: III. Polonaise in A minor Opus 22
Orquesta Sinf�nica de Miner�a (OSM); Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor Jorge Federico Osorio, piano
10:59 a.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Suite in D major TWV 55:D19
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
11:26 a.m.
Zenobia Powell Perry
Pavane for Piano
Josephine Gandolfi, piano
11:29 a.m.
Thomas Simpson
Paduan (pavane)
Parley of Instruments; Peter Holman, conductor
11:33 a.m.
Alexander MacKenzie
Twelfth Night Opus 40
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Martyn Brabbins, conductor
11:53 a.m.
Alexander Glazunov
Symphony No. 5: II. Scherzo in Bb major Opus 55
BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra; Tadaaki Otaka, conductor
12:00 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto No. 2 in G minor Opus 3 RV 578
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor
12:09 p.m.
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 10: III. Purgatorio in F# major
Berlin Philharmonic; Simon Rattle, conductor
12:13 p.m.
Bedrich Smetana
BARTERED BRIDE: Overture
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
12:20 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Piano Quintet in Eb major Opus 44
Artemis Quartet Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
12:50 p.m.
Samuel Barber
First Essay for Orchestra Opus 12
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
12:59 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
DER FREISCHUTZ: Overture Opus 77 J 277
Philharmonia Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
1:10 p.m.
Steven Stucky
Funeral Music for Queen Mary (after Henry Purcell)
"The President's Own" United States Marine Band; Timothy Foley, conductor
1:20 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 36 "Linz" in C major K 425
Prague Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
1:53 p.m.
Erik Satie
Gymnopedies Nos. 1 & 3
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
2:00 p.m.
Anton Arensky
Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor Opus 32
Beaux Arts Trio
2:32 p.m.
Richard Wagner
DIE MEISTERSINGER: Prelude
Berlin Philharmonic; Seiji Ozawa, conductor
2:44 p.m.
Gian Carlo Menotti
AMELIA GOES TO THE BALL Overture
Columbia Symphony Orchestra; Thomas Schippers, conductor
2:49 p.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 4 in D major Opus 6
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
3:00 p.m.
Hamilton Harty
Comedy Overture
Ulster Orchestra; Takuo Yuasa, conductor
3:14 p.m.
Gabriel Olafs
Fantasia for cello and orchestra
Reykjavik Orchestra; Viktor Orri Arnason, conductor Steiney Sigur�ardottir, cello; Gabriel Olafs, piano
3:18 p.m.
Francesco Tristano
On John Bull's Galliard In D
Basel Chamber Orchestra; Irene Delgado-Jimenez, conductor Francesco Tristano, piano
3:21 p.m.
George Enescu
Dixtour pour instruments a vent (Dectet for winds) Opus 14
Oslo Wind Soloists
3:42 p.m.
Maurice Ravel
Mother Goose Suite
Philharmonia Orchestra; Geoffrey Simon, conductor
4:00 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
In Nature's Realm Overture Opus 91
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Jose Serebrier, conductor
4:16 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Keyboard Concerto No. 2 in E major BWV 1053
Australian Chamber Orchestra Angela Hewitt, piano
4:36 p.m.
Georges Bizet
CARMEN: Intermezzo, Act III
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
4:39 p.m.
Johannes Hanssen
Valdres March
Boston Pops Orchestra; Arthur Fiedler, conductor
4:44 p.m.
Paul Dukas
Polyeucte Overture
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
5:00 p.m.
Scott Joplin
Treemonisha Overture
Houston Grand Opera Orchestra; Gunther Schuller, conductor
5:08 p.m.
John Field
Nocturne No. 8 in Eb major H 30
Alice Sara Ott, piano
5:11 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Waltz No. 1 "Grande Valse Brillante" in Eb major Opus 18
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
5:17 p.m.
Modest Mussorgsky
Pictures at an Exhibition
Philadelphia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
5:50 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Flute Concerto No. 2 "The Night" (La Notte) in G minor Opus 10 RV 439
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor Lisa Beznosiuk, flute
6:00 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Piano Quartet No. 2 in Eb major Opus 87
Emanuel Ax, piano; Isaac Stern, violin; Jaime Laredo, viola; Yo Yo Ma, cello
6:34 p.m.
Samuel Barber
School for Scandal Overture
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
6:44 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Sleeping Beauty: Panorama from act II
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Herbert von Karajan, conductor
6:49 p.m.
Hildur Gudnadottir
Chernobyl: Vichnaya Pamyat Memory Eternal
Homin Lviv Municipal Choir
6:53 p.m.
Valerie Coleman
Portraits of Langston: II. Danse Africaine
McGill/McHale Trio Demarre McGill, flute; Anthony McGill, clarinet; Michael McHale, piano
