Classical Music Playlist, August 11, 2025
Mily Balakirev (1837-1910)
In the mid 1800s Russian composer Mily Balakirev gathered around him four young composers with limited musical education - Alexander Borodin, César Cui, Modest Mussorgsky and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov; collectively known as "The Five" - and impressed upon them the need to create music on Russian themes separate from the European and, especially, German model. Though he had a terribly problematic personality, especially later, and alienated himself from his disciples, Balakirev remains one of the most important figures in the development of a Russian national music. His Symphony No. 1 is today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Henry Purcell
Suite for Brass
Canadian Brass
6:11 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Piano Quartet No. 2 in A major Opus 26
Krystian Zimerman, piano; Maria Nowak, violin; Katarzyna Budnik, viola; Yuya Okamoto, cello
6:57 a.m.
Johannes Hanssen
Valdres March
Boston Pops Orchestra; Arthur Fiedler, conductor
7:02 a.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
DIE FLEDERMAUS Overture (The Bat)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Franz Bauer-Theussl, conductor
7:12 a.m.
Juan Arriaga
Symphony in D minor
Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall, conductor
7:42 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Sinfonia (Konzertsatz) in D major BWV 1045
Brandenburg Consort; Roy Goodman, conductor
7:48 a.m.
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Overture
Polish National Radio Orchestra; Antoni Wit, conductor
7:59 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Hebrides Overture in B minor Opus 26
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
8:10 a.m.
Alexander Borodin
Symphony No. 2 in B minor
Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor
8:39 a.m.
Alberto Ginastera
Danzas Argentinas: II. Danza de la moza donosa Opus 2 Dance of the Donosa Girl
Martha Argerich, piano
8:41 a.m.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Five Negro Melodies: 4. They will not lend me a child
Neave Trio
8:47 a.m.
Amilcare Ponchielli
LA GIOCONDA: Dance of the Hours
Philadelphia Orchestra; Eugene Ormandy, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 2 in D major Opus 36
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
9:34 a.m.
Claude Debussy
The Girl with the Flaxen Hair (from Preludes, Book I: No. 8)
Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, piano
9:37 a.m.
Philip Glass
String Quartet No. 3 "Mishima": VI. Mishima Closing
Attacca Quartet
9:41 a.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
DON CARLOS: Ballet Music
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Edward Downes, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
DER FREISCHUTZ: Overture Opus 77 J 277
Tapiola Sinfonietta; Jean Jacques Kantorow, conductor
10:09 a.m.
Mel Bonis
Soir et Matin: I. Soir (Evening) in Bb major Opus 76
Sandrine Cantoreggi, violin; Gustav Rivinius, cello; Sheila Arnold, piano
10:13 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dance No. 1 in C major Opus 46
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
10:19 a.m.
Johann Christian Bach
Sextet for oboe, horns, violin, cello and keyboard in C major
The English Concert
10:37 a.m.
Jules Massenet
CINDERELLA: Suite (Cendrillon)
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
10:59 a.m.
Giovanni Paisiello
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major
Saint Cecilia Chamber Orchestra; Pietro Spada, conductor Pietro Spada, piano
11:19 a.m.
Jessie Montgomery
Strum
Catalyst Quartet
11:27 a.m.
Franz Berwald
Symphony No. 3 "Sinfonie singuliere" in C major
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
11:56 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble
12:00 p.m.
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Fantasy
London Symphony Orchestra; Jun'ichi Hirokami, conductor Barry Douglas, piano
12:16 p.m.
Xuefei Yang
Xinjiang Fantasy
Xuefei Yang, guitar
12:22 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 93 in D major HOB I:93
Heidelberg Symphony Orchestra; Thomas Fey, conductor
12:46 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Husitska Overture Opus 67
Janacek Philharmonic; Theodore Kuchar, conductor
1:00 p.m.
Friedrich Kuhlau
Elf-Mound Overture Opus 100
Odense Symphony Orchestra; Othmar Maga, conductor
1:11 p.m.
Gentil Montana
Suite Colombiana No. 2: II. Guabina Viajera (Traveller Guabina)
Jose Antonio Escobar, guitar
1:17 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Nocturne No. 7 in C# minor Opus 27/1
Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, piano
1:24 p.m.
Reinhold Gliere
Horn Concerto in Bb major Opus 91
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Kurt Masur, conductor Hermann Baumann, horn
1:48 p.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Scheherazade: The Young Prince and The Young Princess Opus 35
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Mily Balakirev
Symphony No. 1 in C major
Philharmonia Orchestra; Yevgeny Svetlanov, conductor
2:45 p.m.
Amy Beach
From Blackbird Hills
Lara Downes, piano
2:50 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Violin Concerto: III. Allegro Giocoso (Finale) in D major Opus 77
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor Jascha Heifetz, violin
2:59 p.m.
Gabriel Faure
Dolly Suite Opus 56
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Seiji Ozawa, conductor
3:18 p.m.
Alfonso X "El Sabio"
Cantiga de Santa Maria, No. 48 THE CANTICLES OF HOLY MARY
Ensemble Galilei Maggie Sansone, dulcimer
3:22 p.m.
Jean-Baptiste Lully
March for the Turkish Ceremony
Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall, conductor
3:25 p.m.
Ignaz Moscheles
Piano Concerto No. 3 in G minor Opus 58
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra; Howard Shelley, conductor Howard Shelley, piano
3:56 p.m.
William Grant Still
Lyric Quartet: III. The Jovial One
Catalyst Quartet
4:00 p.m.
Florence Price
Symphony No. 1: I. Allegro ma non troppo in E minor
Philadelphia Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
4:19 p.m.
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Prelude No. 1
Orchestre de Paris; Klaus Makela, conductor Xuefei Yang, guitar
4:24 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
Voces8; Eric Whitacre, conductor Nelson Freire, piano
4:29 p.m.
Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished" in B minor D 759
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
4:55 p.m.
Paul Hindemith
Symphonic Metamorphosis: IV. March
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Randall Goosby, violin
5:00 p.m.
Clara Schumann
Piano Trio in G minor Opus 17
Nash Ensemble
5:30 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Kinderszenen: Traumerei (Dreaming) Opus 15/7
Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
5:34 p.m.
Emmanuel Chabrier
Pastoral Suite (Suite Pastorale)
Ulster Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
5:54 p.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Re-Inventions: Re-Invention No. 1
La Pieta; Angele Dubeau, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Francesca da Rimini Opus 32
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra; Mariss Jansons, conductor
6:23 p.m.
Arvid Kleven
Lotusland
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra (sta VAHN ger); Susanna Malkki, conductor
6:38 p.m.
Dmitri Shostakovich
Prelude and Fugue No. 24 in D minor
Wei Luo, piano
6:51 p.m.
Henri Tomasi
Trumpet Concerto: II. Nocturne
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Edward Gardner, conductor Alison Balsom, trumpet
6:55 p.m.
Olivia Belli
Nocturne IV
Olivia Belli, piano
