Classical Music Playlist, August 19, 2025
Mozart wrote his final instrumental composition, his Clarinet Concerto in A, for the basset clarinet of the time, which was darker-toned and lower pitched than today's modern clarinet. You'll hear that concerto performed on a modern reconstructed basset clarinet for today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for viola d'amore and lute in D minor RV 540
Bach Sinfonia; Daniel Abraham, conductor William Bauer, viola d'amore; Ronn McFarlane, lute
6:13 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 18 "The Hunt" in Eb major Opus 31/3
Richard Goode, piano
6:37 a.m.
Franz Schubert
Octet for strings & winds: I. Adagio - Allegro in F major Opus 166 D 803
Academy of Ancient Music Members of...
6:53 a.m.
Leo Delibes
Sylvia: Procession of Bacchus from Act III
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
7:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Occasional Suite in D major
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
7:16 a.m.
Philip Glass
Symphony No. 3: Movement IV
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra; Dennis Russell Davies, conductor
7:19 a.m.
Manuel Ponce
Concierto del Sur: III. Allegro moderato e festivo
New York Philharmonic; Jose Serebrier, conductor Sharon Isbin, guitar
7:27 a.m.
Ottorino Respighi
Pines of Rome
Philadelphia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
7:50 a.m.
Peter van Anrooy
Piet Hein Rhapsody Piet Hein was a pirate
Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra; Kees Bakels, conductor
8:00 a.m.
Robert Schumann
Piano Quartet: IV. Finale in Eb major Opus 47
Emerson String Quartet Menahem Pressler, piano
8:09 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F major BWV 1046
Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor
8:30 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Capriccio Italien Opus 45
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
8:46 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 17 "Tempest": III. Allegretto in D minor Opus 31/2
John O'Conor, piano
8:53 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 103 "Drum Roll": IV. Presto [finale]
Orchestra of the 18th Century; Frans Bruggen, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 3: I. Kraftig in D minor "powerful"
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
9:36 a.m.
Claude Debussy
Clair de lune ("Moonlight")
Hayato Sumino, piano
9:40 a.m.
Aram Khachaturian
Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus & Phrygia
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Aram Khachaturian, conductor
9:51 a.m.
Rebecca Clarke
Cello Sonata: I. Impetuoso
Raphael Wallfisch, cello; John York, piano
10:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 6 in G minor Opus 6/6 HWV 324
Handel & Haydn Society; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
10:15 a.m.
Harry Thacker Burleigh
Southland Sketches (1916)
Kristin Lee, violin; Jeremy Ajani Jordan, piano
10:28 a.m.
Jan Dussek
Harp Concerto in Eb major Opus 15
Mantova Orchestra; Vittorio Parisi, conductor Roberta Alessandrini, harp
10:54 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Sleeping Beauty: Waltz from Act I
Bavarian Radio Symphony; Hans Vonk, conductor
11:00 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Violin Concerto No. 2 in E major BWV 1042
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Joshua Bell, conductor Joshua Bell, violin
11:16 a.m.
Connor Chee
Navajo Vocable No. 12
Connor Chee, piano
11:19 a.m.
Gabriel Faure
Impromptu No. 1 in Eb major Opus 25
Kathryn Stott, piano
11:25 a.m.
Wilhelm Stenhammar
Serenade in F major Opus 31
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
11:59 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Trumpet Overture Opus 101
London Symphony Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor
12:09 p.m.
Chen Peixun
Autumn Moon on a Calm Lake
Lang Lang, piano
12:13 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Mandolin Concerto in C major RV 425
Venice Baroque Orchestra Avi Avital, mandolin
12:22 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 104 "London" in D major
Orchestra of St. Luke's; Charles Mackerras, conductor
12:52 p.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Artist's Life Opus 316 Kunstlerleben
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor
1:00 p.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Piano Concerto No. 1 in Db major Opus 10
Montreal Symphony Orchestra; Charles Dutoit, conductor Martha Argerich, piano
1:17 p.m.
Mauro Giuliani
Grand Quintet (Gran Quintetto) Opus 65
Artaria Quartet Richard Savino, guitar
1:36 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dance No. 3 in Ab major Opus 46
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
1:42 p.m.
Georges Bizet
L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2
Ulster Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Clarinet Concerto in A major K 622
Staatskapelle Dresden; Hans Vonk, conductor Sabine Meyer, basset clarinet
2:27 p.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Sonata Movement (Sonatensatz) in E in E major (1822, age 16) H44
Leanne Rees, piano
2:35 p.m.
Ethel Smyth
Concerto for Violin, Horn and Orchestra: I. Allegro moderato
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Odaline de la Martinez, conductor Sophie Langdon, violin; Richard Watkins, horn
2:51 p.m.
Franz Von Suppe
Light Cavalry Overture
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Gustav Kuhn, conductor
3:00 p.m.
John Rutter
Folk Suite
Royal Ballet Sinfonia; David Lloyd-Jones, conductor
3:13 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Egmont Overture Opus 84
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor
3:22 p.m.
Franz Liszt
Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major
London Symphony Orchestra; Kirill Kondrashin, conductor Sviatoslav Richter, piano
3:44 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto No. 1 (originally for violin) in A minor BWV 1041
Elias String Quartet Xuefei Yang, guitar
4:00 p.m.
Alexander MacKenzie
Second Scottish Rhapsody Opus 24
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Martyn Brabbins, conductor
4:17 p.m.
Alexander Glazunov
Violin Concerto in A minor Opus 82
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; William Steinberg, conductor Nathan Milstein, violin
4:37 p.m.
George Gershwin
I Got Rhythm Variations
Buffalo Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor Orion Weiss, piano
4:47 p.m.
Kurt Atterberg
Symphony No. 3 "West Coast Pictures": II. Storm in D Opus 10
Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra; Sixten Ehrling, conductor
5:00 p.m.
Engelbert Humperdinck
HANSEL UND GRETEL Overture
London Symphony Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
5:08 p.m.
Florence Price
Symphony No. 4 in D minor
Philadelphia Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
5:45 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Octet: III. Scherzo in Eb major Opus 20
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Pinchas Zukerman, conductor
5:51 p.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
6:00 p.m.
Johan Halvorsen
Ancient Suite (Suite ancienne) Opus 31a
Bergen Philharmonic; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
6:26 p.m.
Arnold Bax
Roscatha
Ulster Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor
6:37 p.m.
Henriette Renie
Contemplation
Xavier de Maistre, harp
6:42 p.m.
William Walton
Crown Imperial
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Litton, conductor
6:50 p.m.
Ricardo Herz
Sisifo na Cidade Grande (Sisyphus in the Big City)
Sphinx Virtuosi; Joe Hisaishi, conductor
6:54 p.m.
Deadmau5
I Remember
Canadian Brass
