Classical Music Playlist, August 4, 2025
As he had done with his first set of Slavonic Dances three years earlier, Antonín Dvořák composed his set of ten short "Legends" originally for piano 4-hands. Begun in December 1880 and completed the following March, the piano Legends received great admiration from conductors, his publisher and Johannes Brahms. In fact, Brahms wrote to their mutual publisher, "Please give Dvořák my greetings and tell him how much his Legends have given me lasting pleasure. They are a fascinating work, and the man's fresh, exuberant, rich powers of invention are enviable." This prompted the publisher to request from Dvořák — as he had done with Dvořák's Slavonic Dances — an orchestrated version of the Legends, which Dvořák completed before the end of that year. Perhaps because they were composed during a relaxing period between the composition of two larger works — the completion of his Symphony No. 6 and the start of his opera Dimitrij — the Legends are a more subtle and lyrical counterpart to the Slavonic Dances, but again with distinctive Bohemian character. Dvorak's orchestrated Legends are today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Johann Christian Bach
Sinfonia No. 6 in G minor Opus 6/6
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra; David Zinman, conductor
6:10 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
String Sextet in A major Opus 48
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemble
6:40 a.m.
John Williams
STAR WARS - A NEW HOPE: Binary Sunset
London Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
6:43 a.m.
Ignaz Moscheles
Recollections of Ireland Opus 69
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra; Howard Shelley, conductor Howard Shelley, piano
7:00 a.m.
Hector Berlioz
King Lear Overture Opus 4
Scottish National Orchestra; Alexander Gibson, conductor
7:15 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 8 in F major Opus 93
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
7:41 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Prelude No. 15 "Raindrop" in Db major Opus 28
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
7:47 a.m.
Francesco Geminiani
Concerto Grosso "La Follia" in D minor
Les Violons du Roy; Bernard Labadie, conductor
7:59 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
ABDUCTION FROM THE SERAGLIO Overture K 384
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
8:06 a.m.
Robert Schumann
Piano Concerto in A minor Opus 54
Berlin Philharmonic; Mariss Jansons, conductor Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
8:37 a.m.
Santiago de Murcia
Marionas
Richard Savino, guitar
8:40 a.m.
Lucas Ruiz de Ribayaz
Gaytas
The Harp Consort
8:44 a.m.
Richard Strauss
Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks Opus 28
Staatskapelle Dresden; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Alexandre Guilmant
Organ Symphony No. 1 Opus 42
Auburn Symphony Orchestra; Stewart Kershaw, conductor David DiFiore, organ
9:24 a.m.
Heinrich von Herzogenberg
Trio for horn, oboe and piano in D major Opus 61
Barry Tuckwell, horn; Ingo Goritzki, oboe; Ricardo Requejo, piano
9:50 a.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Violin Concerto No. 1: III. Moderato in D major Opus 19
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra; Klaus Makela, conductor Janine Jansen, violin
10:00 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Bassoon Concerto in A minor RV 498
I Solisti Italiani Milan Turkovich, bassoon
10:12 a.m.
Niels Gade
Symphony No. 1 in C minor Opus 5
Danish National Symphony Orchestra; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
10:45 a.m.
Marianna Martines
Piano Concerto in A Major in A major
Orqueste Filarmonia Iberica; Melani Mestre, conductor Melani Mestre, piano
11:01 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 25 in G minor K 183
Prague Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
11:29 a.m.
Jessie Montgomery
Peace
Anthony McGill, clarinet; Gloria Chien, piano
11:34 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Notturno in G minor H337
Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
11:39 a.m.
Michael Torke
Bright Blue Music
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; David Zinman, conductor
11:49 a.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Morning Papers Opus 279 (Morgenblatter)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Franz Bauer-Theussl, conductor
12:01 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Concertpiece for 4 horns & orchestra: I. Lebhaft in F major Opus 86
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor Members of...
12:09 p.m.
Amy Beach
Piano Concerto: II. Scherzo (Perpetuum mobile) in C# minor Opus 45
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Rebecca Miller, conductor Danny Driver, piano
12:16 p.m.
Florence Price
Symphony No. 4 in D minor
Philadelphia Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
12:51 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
1:00 p.m.
Franz Schubert
Fantasie for piano four-hands in F minor Opus 103 D 940
Paul Badura-Skoda, piano; Andrea Bonatta, piano
1:19 p.m.
Emmanuel Chabrier
Joyous March (Joyeuse Marche)
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
1:23 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
EUGENE ONEGIN: Polonaise
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; David Zinman, conductor
1:29 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
Holberg Suite Opus 40
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
1:49 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Piano Concerto No. 1: III. Rondo in E minor Opus 11
Mahler Chamber Orchestra; Mikhail Pletnev, conductor Daniil Trifonov, piano
2:00 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Legends Opus 59
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
2:41 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
String Quintet No. 2: I. Allegro non troppo ma con brio in G major Opus 111
Takacs Quartet Lawrence Power, viola
2:55 p.m.
Mahito Yokota
SUPER MARIO GALAXY: Gusty Garden Galaxy
London Philharmonic Orchestra
3:01 p.m.
Dorothy Howell
Piano Concerto in D minor in D minor
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Rebecca Miller, conductor Danny Driver, piano
3:21 p.m.
Percy Grainger
Molly on the Shore
Dallas Wind Symphony; Jerry Junkin, conductor
3:25 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Athalia: March of the Priests Opus 74
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
3:31 p.m.
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger
Frosoblomster, Suite No. 1 (The Flowers of Froso) op. 16
Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra; Michail Jurowski, conductor
3:49 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 6 in D major Opus 3/6 HWV 317
Academy of Ancient Music; Richard Egarr, conductor Richard Egarr, organ
3:59 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major K. 216
Norwegian Chamber Orchestra Henning Kraggerud, violin
4:21 p.m.
Frederick Delius
KOANGA: La Calinda
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Christopher Seaman, conductor
4:25 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
EUGENE ONEGIN: Waltz
Staatskapelle Dresden; Hans Vonk, conductor
4:33 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major BWV 1047
Berlin Academy of Ancient Music Friedemann Immer, baroque trumpet
4:45 p.m.
Charles Stanford
Irish Rhapsody No. 1 in D minor Opus 78
Ulster Orchestra; Vernon Handley, conductor
5:00 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
My Home Overture Opus 62
Scottish National Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
5:10 p.m.
Chilly Gonzales
Contretemps
Alice Sara Ott, piano
5:13 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Rhapsody in G minor Opus 79/2
Emanuel Ax, piano
5:21 p.m.
William Grant Still
Africa: Symphonic Poem
Fort Smith Symphony; John Jeter, conductor
5:50 p.m.
Gioachino Rossini
LA CENERENTOLA (Cinderella): Overture
Philharmonia Orchestra; Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor
5:59 p.m.
Louis Spohr
Clarinet Concerto No. 4 in E minor WOO 20
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Kenneth Sillito, conductor Sabine Meyer, clarinet
6:24 p.m.
Claude Debussy
Images for Orchestra: Gigues
Cleveland Orchestra; Pierre Boulez, conductor
6:33 p.m.
Nino Rota
Concerto for Strings (Concerto per archi)
Philharmonic of La Scala; Riccardo Muti, conductor
6:49 p.m.
TRADITIONAL
Scarborough Fair
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello; Plinio Fernandes, guitar
6:52 p.m.
Traditional Japanese
Sakura sakura cherry blossom
Xuefei Yang, guitar
