Classical Music Playlist, August 20, 2025
Alexander Glazunov in 1907
Russian composer Alexander Glazunov served as Director of the St Petersburg Conservatory for 25 years beginning in 1905. Completed in 1895, his Fifth symphony exhibits a 19th century Russian soul with its heavy orchestration, lightweight ballet sparkle, soaring romance and imperial pageantry. The Symphony #5 by Alexander Glazunov is today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Henry Purcell
Dioclesian Suite ("The Prophetess")
Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall, conductor
6:15 a.m.
Bernhard Crusell
Clarinet Concerto No. 3 in Bb major Opus 11
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Okko Kamu, conductor Martin Frost, clarinet
6:39 a.m.
Josef Suk
Piano Trio: II. Andante in C minor Opus 2
Neave Trio
6:56 a.m.
Florence Price
Piano Concerto in One Movement: III. Allegretto
Chineke! Orchestra; Leslie Suganandarajah, conductor Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, piano
7:01 a.m.
Marianna Martines
Sinfonia in C major
La Floridiana; Nicoleta Paraschivescu, conductor
7:13 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Piano Concerto No. 2 in Eb major Opus 32
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor Nikolai Demidenko, piano
7:36 a.m.
Alexander Glazunov
Symphony No. 4: II. Scherzo in Eb major Opus 48
BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra; Tadaaki Otaka, conductor
7:43 a.m.
Zoltan Kodaly
Dances of Galanta
Budapest Festival Orchestra; Ivan Fischer, conductor
8:00 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Piano Concerto No. 2: I. Allegro non troppo in Bb major Opus 83
Cleveland Orchestra; George Szell, conductor Leon Fleisher, piano; Jules Eskin, cello
8:18 a.m.
Florence Price
Symphony No. 4: III. Juba Dance in D minor
Philadelphia Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
8:20 a.m.
Santiago de Murcia
La Jota
Richard Savino, guitar; Mauro ReFosco, percussion; Yousif Sheronick, percussion
8:24 a.m.
Alexander Arutiunian
Trumpet Concerto
Moscow Chamber Orchestra; Constantine Orbelian, conductor Bibi Black, trumpet
8:41 a.m.
George Gershwin
Rhapsody in Blue
Boston Pops Orchestra; Arthur Fiedler, conductor Earl Wild, piano
8:59 a.m.
Johan Svendsen
Symphony No. 1 in D major Opus 4
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra; Mariss Jansons, conductor
9:36 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Song without Words for cello and piano Opus 109
Haruma Sato, cello; Wataru Hisasue, piano
9:41 a.m.
Charles Gounod
FAUST: Ballet Music
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Seiji Ozawa, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Gioachino Rossini
Bassoon Concerto
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Gianandrea Noseda, conductor Karen Geoghegan, bassoon
10:18 a.m.
Mohammed Fairouz
Piano Miniature No. 6, Addio
Lara Downes, piano
10:20 a.m.
Rachel Portman
Flight
La Pieta; Angele Dubeau, conductor Francine Kay, piano
10:26 a.m.
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Guitar Concerto No. 1 in D major Opus 99
London Mozart Players; Andrew Litton, conductor Nicola Hall, guitar
10:48 a.m.
Jose Moncayo
Sinfonietta
Mexico National Symphony Orchestra; Enrique Arturo Diemecke, conductor
11:00 a.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Capriccio Espagnol Opus 34
Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor
11:18 a.m.
Antonio Salieri
Concerto for oboe and flute in C major
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Kenneth Sillito, conductor Heinz Holliger, oboe; Aurele Nicolet, flute
11:38 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 25: I. Allegro maestoso in C major K 503
English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor Malcolm Bilson, fortepiano
11:53 a.m.
Hugo Alfven
Festival Overture Opus 25
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Niklas Willen, conductor
12:00 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
The Hero's Song Opus 111
Scottish National Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
12:22 p.m.
Gabriel Faure
Pavane Opus 50
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
12:29 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Keyboard Concerto No. 3 in D major BWV 1054
Chamber Orchestra of Europe Andras Schiff, piano
12:46 p.m.
Alexander Borodin
PRINCE IGOR: Polovetsian Dances
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor Gothenburg Symphony Chorus
12:59 p.m.
Francis Poulenc
Flute Sonata (orchestral arrangement)
Residentie Orkest Den Haag; Neeme Jarvi, conductor Sharon Bezaly, flute
1:11 p.m.
Alexander Scriabin
Piano Sonata No. 2 "Sonata Fantasy" in G# minor Opus 19
Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, piano
1:24 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 101 "Clock" in D major
Orchestra of St. Luke's; Charles Mackerras, conductor
1:52 p.m.
Anna Clyne
Shorthand REDUX
The Knights; Eric Jacobsen, conductor Yo Yo Ma, cello
2:00 p.m.
Alexander Glazunov
Symphony No. 5 in Bb major Opus 55
BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra; Tadaaki Otaka, conductor
2:36 p.m.
Francisco Tarrega
Memories of the Alhambra (Recuerdos de la Alhambra)
Xuefei Yang, guitar
2:41 p.m.
Pietro Locatelli
Concerto Grosso No. 6 in C minor Opus 1/6
Raglan Baroque Players; Nicholas Kraemer, conductor
2:52 p.m.
Ottorino Respighi
Church Windows: II. Saint Michael the Archangel
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
2:59 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
In Nature's Realm Overture Opus 91
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Vaclav Neumann, conductor
3:15 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
String Quartet No. 2 (unfinished): II. Allegro scherzando in F major
Oslo Camerata; Stephan Barratt-Due, conductor
3:23 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major K 453 (FROM THE RUSSELL KLETZING COLLECTION)
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Alfred Brendel, piano
3:54 p.m.
Andrew York
Sunburst
Jason Vieaux, guitar
3:59 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for 2 oboes, 2 violins, bassoon in C major RV 557
Ensemble Zefiro; Alfredo Bernardini, conductor Members of...
4:09 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 96 "Miracle" in D major HOB I:96
Heidelberg Symphony Orchestra; Thomas Fey, conductor
4:35 p.m.
Ethel Smyth
Piano Trio: III. Scherzo. Presto con brio in D minor
Neave Trio Tasmin Little, violin; John Lenehan, piano
4:39 p.m.
Maurice Ravel
String Quartet: II. Assez vif. Tres Rythme in F major
Verona String Quartet
4:47 p.m.
Florence Price
Symphony No. 4: III. Juba Dance in D minor
Philadelphia Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
4:59 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major BWV 1049
European Brandenburg Ensemble; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
5:15 p.m.
George Walker
Caprice
George Walker, piano
5:16 p.m.
John Field
Nocturne No. 1 in Eb major H 24
Alice Sara Ott, piano
5:21 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Symphony No. 1 "Spring" in Bb major Opus 38
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
5:54 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Water Music Suite No. 1: Alla Hornpipe in F major Water Music Suite in F
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
5:59 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quintet No. 3 in C major K 515
Nash Ensemble w/ Philip Dukes Philip Dukes, viola
6:34 p.m.
Alexander Scriabin
Fantasy in B minor Opus 28
Oda Voltersvik, Piano
6:45 p.m.
Bela Bartok
Concerto for Orchestra: IV. Interrupted Intermezzo
Helsinki Philharmonic; Susanna Malkki, conductor
6:50 p.m.
Charles S. Brown
A Song Without Words
Rachel Barton Pine, violin; Matthew Hagle, piano
6:54 p.m.
Gabriela Lena Frank
Four Folk Songs: III. Serenata
Claremont Trio
