Classical Music Playlist, August 22, 2025
Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871-1927)
Swedish composer Wilhelm Stenhammar dedicated his 1915 Second Symphony to the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestra for which he was Music Director for 15 seasons beginning in 1907. That very orchestra performs a 1983 recording of Stenhammar’s Symphony No. 2 for today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
String Quintet No. 1: I. Allegro non troppo ma con brio in F major Opus 88
Takacs Quartet Lawrence Power, viola
6:11 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 49 "La Passione" in F minor
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
6:36 a.m.
Friedrich Witt
Concerto for Two Horns and Orchestra (No. 3) in F major
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor Jacek Muzyk, horn; Daniel Kerdelewicz, horn
6:55 a.m.
Alessandro Scarlatti
Sinfonia (from "Clori, Dorino e Amore"
Europa Galante; Fabio Biondi, conductor
7:00 a.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Concertpiece (Concertstuck) in C# minor Opus 40
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Rebecca Miller, conductor Danny Driver, piano
7:16 a.m.
Edvard Grieg
Symphonic Dances Opus 64
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Paavo Berglund, conductor
7:47 a.m.
Francesco Tristano
On John Bull's Galliard In D
Basel Chamber Orchestra; Irene Delgado-Jimenez, conductor Francesco Tristano, piano
7:52 a.m.
Adolphe Adam
SI J'ETAIS ROI (If I were King) Overture
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
8:00 a.m.
Wilhelm Stenhammar
Excelsior! Opus 13
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
8:14 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Serenade for Winds in D minor Opus 44
Prague Philharmonia; Jakub Hrusa, conductor
8:39 a.m.
Agustin Barrios
Vals de Primavera
David Russell, guitar
8:43 a.m.
Joe Hisaishi
Merry-Go-Round of Life (from Howl's Moving Castle)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Joe Hisaishi, conductor Yuja Wang, piano
8:47 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Violin Concerto: III. Allegro giocoso (Finale) in D major Opus 77
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor Joshua Bell, violin
8:57 a.m.
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Piano Concerto No. 3 in B minor Opus 89
English Chamber Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor Stephen Hough, piano
9:34 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
A Night in Lisbon (Une nuit a Lisbonne) Opus 63
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
9:39 a.m.
Jean-Baptiste Lully
March for the Turkish Ceremony
Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall, conductor
9:41 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Rustic Concerto (Concerto "alla Rustica") in G major RV 151
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
9:46 a.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Symphony No. 3: III. Allegro in A minor Opus 44
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Symphony in G Major in G major
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor
10:15 a.m.
Marcel Tyberg
Symphony No. 2: III. Scherzo in F minor
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
10:25 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
String Quartet No. 12 "American" in F major Opus 96
Pacifica Quartet
10:54 a.m.
Giacomo Puccini
Turandot: Nessun Dorma
Academy of Saint Cecilia Orchestra & Chorus; Antonio Pappano, conductor Jonas Kaufmann, tenor
10:58 a.m.
Benjamin Britten
Matinees musicales (Suite after Rossini) Opus 24
National Philharmonic Orchestra; Richard Bonynge, conductor
11:12 a.m.
Mel Bonis
Piano Quartet No. 1: II. Intermezzo in Bb major Opus 69
Mozart Piano Quartet
11:20 a.m.
Muzio Clementi
Symphony No. 4 in D major WoO 35
Philharmonia Orchestra; Claudio Scimone, conductor
11:50 a.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Concertino Opus 107
City of London Sinfonia; Richard Hickox, conductor Susan Milan, flute
11:59 a.m.
Joe Hisaishi
Merry-Go-Round of Life (from Howl's Moving Castle)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Joe Hisaishi, conductor Yuja Wang, piano
12:15 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 33 in Bb major K 319
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
12:38 p.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Tales From The Vienna Woods Opus 325 (Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Jascha Horenstein, conductor
12:49 p.m.
Emmanuel Chabrier
Espana (Spanish Rhapsodie)
Ulster Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
12:56 p.m.
Georges Bizet
CARMEN: Toreador song
London Symphony Orchestra; Neville Marriner, conductor
1:00 p.m.
Manuel de Falla
Three-Cornered Hat Suite
Philharmonia Orchestra; Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor
1:19 p.m.
Reinhold Gliere
Ballad Opus 4
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Vassily Sinaisky, conductor Peter Dixon, cello
1:26 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphonic Variations Opus 78
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Vaclav Neumann, conductor
1:50 p.m.
Gustav Holst
The Planets: Jupiter, the Bringer of Jolity Opus 32
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Wilhelm Stenhammar
Symphony No. 2 in G minor Opus 34
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
2:43 p.m.
Karl Jenkins
Palladio: I. Allegretto
London Philharmonic Strings; Karl Jenkins, conductor
2:47 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
String Quartet Op. 76/5: IV. Presto in D major Opus 76/5
Aeolian String Quartet
2:52 p.m.
Gioachino Rossini
LA SCALA DI SETA (The Silken Ladder): Overture
Philharmonia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
2:59 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 4 in F major Opus 3/4a HWV 315
Academy of Ancient Music; Richard Egarr, conductor
3:13 p.m.
Adam Larrabee
24 Preludes for Banjo: No. 6 "Presto" in c# minor
John Bullard, banjo
3:15 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Prelude in G minor in G minor Opus 23
Yuja Wang, piano
3:20 p.m.
Reinhold Gliere
The Red Poppy [ballet]: Suite
New Jersey Symphony; Zdenek Macal, conductor
3:48 p.m.
Michael Torke
Bright Blue Music
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; David Zinman, conductor
3:58 p.m.
John Ireland
Epic March
London Symphony Orchestra; Richard Hickox, conductor
4:08 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor Opus 22
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor Jean-Philippe Collard, piano
4:33 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Four Seasons: Summer (L'Estate) in G minor Opus 8 RV 315
Europa Galante Fabio Biondi, violin
4:46 p.m.
Bedrich Smetana
Ma Vlast: IV. From Bohemia's Woods and Meadows
Janacek Philharmonic; Theodore Kuchar, conductor
4:59 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Piano Concerto No. 1: III. Rondo in E minor Opus 11
Mahler Chamber Orchestra; Mikhail Pletnev, conductor Daniil Trifonov, piano
5:10 p.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Five Pieces for Guitar: 2. Romantico
Franz Halasz, guitar
5:14 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 6: III. Scherzo (Furiant) in D major Opus 60
Scottish National Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
5:23 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 38 "Prague" in D major K 504
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
5:55 p.m.
Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov
Procession of the Sardar Opus 10
Philadelphia Orchestra; Eugene Ormandy, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor Opus 30
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra; Paavo Berglund, conductor Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
6:43 p.m.
John Adams
Tromba Lontana
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Simon Rattle, conductor Jonathan Holland, trumpet; Wesley Warren, trumpet
6:48 p.m.
Paquito D'Rivera
Aires Tropicales: I & II. Alborada & Son
Imani Winds
6:55 p.m.
Gabriel Olafs
Islandus: Flora II "The Lily"
Reykjavik Orchestra; Viktor Orri Arnason, conductor Gabriel Olafs, piano
