Classical Music Playlist, August 12, 2025
Composer Hans Gál (1890-1987)
Composer Hans Gál was born in Austria in 1890. He had notable early success with his music and held important positions. But with the rise of intolerance in Europe preceding WWII, his music was banned and he fled to Scotland. In Edinburgh he taught, composed, won honors and lived the rest of his life to age 97 in 1987. His music was largely neglected after WWII but in the 21st century has seen a revival of interest. The 1952 Symphony No. 3 by Hans Gál is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
String Quartet "Lark" in D major Opus 64/5
Kodaly Quartet
6:19 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 8 "Pathetique" in C minor Opus 13
John O'Conor, piano
6:38 a.m.
Ottorino Respighi
The Fantastic Toyshop (La Boutique Fantasque): Suite
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
7:01 a.m.
Anton Arensky
Piano Quintet: Scherzo Opus 51
Ying Quartet Adam Neiman, piano
7:10 a.m.
Etienne-Nicolas Mehul
Symphony No. 2 in D major
Rhenish Philharmonic Orchestra; Jorge Rotter, conductor
7:38 a.m.
Madeleine Dring
Colour Suite: IV. Blue Air
Sarah Cahill, piano
7:42 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Carnival of the Animals: Aquarium
Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano; ...and friends
7:46 a.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Symphony No. 2: IV. Finale: Allegro vivace in E minor Opus 27
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
8:00 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for 2 trumpets in C major RV 537
English Chamber Orchestra; Raymond Leppard, conductor Wynton Marsalis, trumpet
8:08 a.m.
Edvard Grieg
Piano Concerto in A minor Opus 16
New Philharmonia Orchestra; Paavo Berglund, conductor John Ogdon, piano
8:39 a.m.
Dmitri Shostakovich
Jazz Suite No. 1
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
8:48 a.m.
Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 4 "Romantic": III. Scherzo in Eb major
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; Manfred Honeck, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Serenade No. 2 in A major Opus 16
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
9:33 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Piano Quintet No. 2: III. Scherzo (Furiant) in A major Opus 81
Emerson String Quartet Menahem Pressler, piano
9:39 a.m.
Percy Grainger
Lincolnshire Posey
"The President's Own" United States Marine Band; Gerard Schwarz, conductor
9:54 a.m.
Carl Nielsen
Masquerade Overture
Aarhus Symphony Orchestra; Lance Friedel, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Jan Dismas Zelenka
Capriccio No. 2 in G major Z 183
Bern Camerata; Alexander van Wijnkoop, conductor
10:14 a.m.
Erich Korngold
Violin Concerto in D major Opus 35
London Symphony Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor Gil Shaham, violin
10:40 a.m.
Teresa Carreno
Vals Gayo Opus 38
Clara Rodriguez, piano
10:46 a.m.
Alexander von Zemlinsky
Symphony No. 2: IV. Moderato (Finale) in Bb major
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
10:59 a.m.
Franz Schubert
Nocturne (Notturno for Piano Trio) in Eb major Opus 148 D 897
Takacs Quartet Andreas Haefliger, piano
11:09 a.m.
Anton Bruckner
Os Justi
Tenebrae; Nigel Short, conductor
11:15 a.m.
Charles Gounod
Symphony No. 1 in D major
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
11:43 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Trumpet Concerto in Eb major
German Chamber Philharmonic; Thomas Klug, conductor Alison Balsom, trumpet
11:59 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Water Music Suite No. 2 in D major HWV 349
Orchestra of St. Luke's; Charles Mackerras, conductor
12:10 p.m.
Claude Debussy
Scottish March (Marche Ecossaise)
Ulster Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
12:18 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 26 "Coronation" in D major K 537 (FROM THE RUSSELL KLETZING COLLECTION)
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Alfred Brendel, piano
12:50 p.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
WILD SWANS: Eliza Aria
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra; Ola Rudner, conductor Jane Sheldon, soprano
12:53 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
MASS IN B MINOR: Cum Sancto Spiritu in B minor BWV 232
English Baroque Soloists; Monteverdi Choir; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
12:58 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for four violins in B minor Opus 3/10 RV 580
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor Simon Standage, violin; Elizabeth Wilcock, violin; Micaela Comberti, violin; Miles Golding, violin
1:08 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 7 in A major Opus 92
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
1:48 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Polacca (Polonaise) Brillante Opus 72
Bavarian Radio Symphony; Colin Davis, conductor Gerhard Oppitz, piano
2:00 p.m.
Hans Gal
Symphony No. 3 in A major Opus 62
Orchestra of the Swan; Kenneth Woods, conductor
2:35 p.m.
Enrique Granados
Danzas espanolas No. 10 "Triste"
Angel Romero, guitar; Celedonio Romero, guitar
2:41 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 39 in G minor
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor Simon Standage, violin
3:01 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Academic Festival Overture Opus 80
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
3:11 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
RUSALKA: Polonaise in Eb major
Prague Philharmonia; Jakub Hrusa, conductor
3:18 p.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Piano Trio in D minor Opus 11
Nash Ensemble
3:44 p.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Tafelmusik III: concerto for horns, strings and continuo in Eb major
Musica Antiqua Koln; Reinhardt Goebel, conductor
4:00 p.m.
Jacques Offenbach
LE VOYAGE DANS LA LUNE: Ballet of the Snowflakes
Philharmonia Orchestra; Antonio de Almeida, conductor
4:12 p.m.
Reinhold Gliere
Symphony No. 3 "Ilya Muromets": III. At the Court of Vladimir the Mighty Sun in B minor Opus 42
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Edward Downes, conductor
4:21 p.m.
Franz Liszt
Piano Concerto No. 1 in Eb major
Budapest Festival Orchestra; Ivan Fischer, conductor Zoltan Kocsis, piano
4:40 p.m.
Ottorino Respighi
The Birds (Gli Uccelli)
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Hugh Wolff, conductor
4:59 p.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 9 in F major Opus 6
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor
5:09 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Flute Concerto No. 1 in G major K 313
Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor Jacques Zoon, flute
5:33 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Marche Slav Opus 31
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
5:44 p.m.
Gabriel Faure
Masques and Bergamasques Opus 112
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
6:00 p.m.
George Gershwin
An American in Paris
London Symphony Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
6:19 p.m.
Louise Farrenc
Trio for flute, cello, and piano in E minor Opus 45
Linos Ensemble
6:44 p.m.
Henriette Renie
Piece Symphonique Pi�ce symphonique
Xavier de Maistre, harp
6:54 p.m.
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Solitude
La Pieta Angele Dubeau, violin
