Classical Music Playlist, August 18, 2025
Antonín Dvořák (background photo by Michael Browning on Unsplash)
Czech composer Antonín Dvořák arrived in New York in 1892 to be the Director of a new music school and to help American composers create a uniquely “American” sounding classical music. He found plenty of homegrown music already here that he said should be the basis of an American music: African-American spirituals, Native American songs and dances, and even American popular songs such as those by Stephen Foster. He demonstrated how one could synthesize and adapt these into something new by composing his Symphony No. 9 ”From the New World.” It’s today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Concerto for Violin and 3 Horns in D major
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Iona Brown, conductor Hermann Baumann, horn; Timothy Brown, horn; Nicholas Hill, horn
6:11 a.m.
Carl Nielsen
Wind Quintet Opus 43
Bergen Wind Quintet
6:38 a.m.
Josquin des Pres
Ave Maria
The Tallis Scholars; Peter Phillips, conductor
6:44 a.m.
Tielmann Susato
Pavane "La Bataille"
New London Consort; Philip Pickett, conductor
6:49 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 2: IV. Allegro con spirito in D major Opus 73
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor
6:59 a.m.
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Trumpet Concerto in Eb major
German Chamber Philharmonic; Thomas Klug, conductor Alison Balsom, trumpet
7:18 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto for oboe and violin in C minor BWV 1060
Academy of Ancient Music; Christopher Hogwood, conductor Stephen Hammer, oboe; Catherine Mackintosh, violin
7:33 a.m.
Alfredo Casella
Italia: IV. Finale (Allegro molto vivace...) Opus 11
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
7:41 a.m.
Robert Schumann
Concertpiece for 4 horns & orchestra in F major Opus 86
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor Members of...
8:00 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 7: IV. Finale in D minor Opus 70
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Bomsori Kim, violin
8:10 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor K 466
English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor Malcolm Bilson, fortepiano
8:41 a.m.
John Williams
STAR WARS - THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK: The Rebel Fleet & End Title
London Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
8:49 a.m.
Arturo Marquez
Danzon No. 2
Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 3 "Eroica" in Eb major Opus 55
German Chamber Philharmonic; Paavo Jarvi, conductor
9:47 a.m.
William Bolcom
Ghost Rag: I. Graceful Ghost
Spencer Meyer, piano
9:53 a.m.
Richard Strauss
Horn Concerto No. 2: III. Rondo in Eb major
London Symphony Orchestra; Istvan Kertesz, conductor Barry Tuckwell, horn
10:00 a.m.
Catrin Finch
Celtic Concerto
Sinfonia Cymru; John Rutter, conductor Catrin Finch, harp
10:13 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
String Quartet "Joke" in Eb major Opus 33/2 (HOB III: 38)
Kodaly Quartet
10:31 a.m.
Leos Janacek
THE CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN: Suite
Prague Symphony Orchestra; Petr Altrichter, conductor
10:51 a.m.
John Field
Rondo for piano & strings in Ab major
London Mozart Players; Matthias Bamert, conductor Miceal O'Rourke, piano
11:00 a.m.
Paul Dukas
La Peri: Fanfare
Ulster Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
11:02 a.m.
Paul Dukas
La Peri Lah Pair-EE
Ulster Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
11:21 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Piano Quartet in Bb major Opus 41
Fine Arts Quartet Cristina Ortiz, piano
11:54 a.m.
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Concerto for Mandolin: III. Rondo in G major
Il Giardino Armonico; Giovanni Antonini, conductor Avi Avital, mandolin
11:59 a.m.
Pietro Locatelli
Concerto Grosso No. 5 in D major Opus 1/5
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor
12:09 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
Norwegian Dances Opus 35
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra; Paavo Jarvi, conductor
12:28 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini in G minor Opus 43
San Francisco Symphony; Edo de Waart, conductor Zoltan Kocsis, piano
12:52 p.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Romeo & Juliet: Dance of the Knights Opus 64
Philadelphia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
12:55 p.m.
Percy Grainger
Mock Morris
City of London Sinfonia; Richard Hickox, conductor
1:00 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
FIDELIO Overture Opus 72
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
1:07 p.m.
Jean Sibelius
Andante Festivo
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
1:14 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor K 491
English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor Malcolm Bilson, fortepiano
1:47 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Seiji Ozawa, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 9 "From the New World" in E minor Opus 95
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
2:41 p.m.
Ernesto Lecuona
Andalusia Suite: Malaguena
Richard Cionco, piano
2:46 p.m.
Alexander Glazunov
The Seasons: Autumn Opus 67
Minnesota Orchestra; Edo de Waart, conductor
2:59 p.m.
Richard Wagner
TANNHAUSER Overture
Berlin Philharmonic; Seiji Ozawa, conductor
3:16 p.m.
Isolina Carrillo
Dos Gardenias
Havana Lyceum Orchestra; Jose Antonio Mendez Padron, conductor Sarah Willis, horn; Harold Madrigal Frias, trumpet
3:22 p.m.
Florence Price
Piano Quintet in A minor
Takacs Quartet Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano
3:49 p.m.
Isaac Albeniz
Iberia: Festival Day in Seville (Fete-Dieu a Seville)
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
3:59 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 1 in C major Opus 21
Minnesota Orchestra; Osmo Vanska, conductor
4:26 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue (from the Well-Tempered Clavier I:02) in C minor BWV 847
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
4:29 p.m.
Gabriela Lena Frank
Leyendas: VI. Coqueteos
Del Sol String Quartet
4:34 p.m.
Louis Moreau Gottschalk
Grand Tarantelle Opus 67/5
Northwest Sinfonietta; Christophe Chagnard, conductor Joel Fan, piano
4:43 p.m.
Arnold Bax
Tintagel
Ulster Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor
4:59 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 40: I. Molto Allegro in G minor K 550
Bremen German Chamber Philharmonic; Tarmo Peltokoski, conductor
5:26 p.m.
Enrique Soro
Three Chilean Airs (Tres aires chilenos)
Chile Symphony Orchestra; Jose Luis Dominguez, conductor
5:38 p.m.
Louis Theodore Gouvy
Symphonie breve in G minor Opus 58
Saarbrucken Radio Philharmonic Orchestra; Jacques Mercier, conductor
5:53 p.m.
Reinhold Gliere
Concert Waltz Opus 90
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Vassily Sinaisky, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Max Bruch
Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26 in G minor Opus 26
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Jakub Hrusa, conductor Nicola Benedetti, violin
6:26 p.m.
Maurice Ravel
Daphnis et Chloe: Suite No. 2
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Bernard Haitink, conductor
6:42 p.m.
John Adams
Short Ride in a Fast Machine
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Simon Rattle, conductor
6:48 p.m.
William Grant Still
Wood Notes: I. Singing River
Fort Smith Symphony; John Jeter, conductor
6:54 p.m.
Jason Moran
Cane: IV. Natchitoches to New York
Imani Winds
