Classical Music Playlist, August 25, 2025
Joaquín Rodrigo in 1960 | photo by Juan Gyenes
In his Concierto de Aranjuez, Spanish composer Joaquin Rodrigo tried to evoke "the fragrance of magnolias, the singing of birds and the gushing of fountains” in the gardens at the Royal Palace of Aranjuez in Spain as he sensed them as a blind man.
The Concierto made Rodrigo famous almost overnight. And he became so revered in his native Spain that he was elevated to nobility in 1991 by King Juan Carlos I with the title of Marqués de los Jardines de Aranjuez (Marquis of the Gardens of Aranjuez).
The Concierto de Aranjuez is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 1 in G major Opus 6/1 HWV 319
Academy of Ancient Music; Andrew Manze, conductor
6:12 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Septet in Eb major Opus 20
Hausmusik
6:52 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Nocturne No. 13 in C minor Opus 48/1
Hayato Sumino, piano
7:00 a.m.
Marin Marais
Suite in Bb major
Musica Pacifica
7:11 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 25 in G minor K 183
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
7:33 a.m.
Bear McCreary
Battlestar Galactica: Dreilide Thrace Sonata No. 1
Bear McCreary, piano
7:39 a.m.
Bedrich Smetana
BARTERED BRIDE: Overture
Janacek Philharmonic; Theodore Kuchar, conductor
7:47 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major BWV 1048
European Brandenburg Ensemble; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
8:00 a.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Wasps: Overture
London Symphony Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
8:10 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 4 "Italian" in A major Opus 90
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment; Charles Mackerras, conductor
8:39 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Melodie (Allegretto) No. 2 in C# minor Opus 4/2
Betty Ann Miller, piano
8:41 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Poetic Tone Pictures: X. Bacchanalia Opus 85
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
8:47 a.m.
Gioachino Rossini
WILLIAM TELL: Overture (GUILLAUME TELL)
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Claudio Abbado, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Granville Bantock
Hebridean Symphony
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Vernon Handley, conductor
9:36 a.m.
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Melody in Gb major Opus 16/2
Stephen Hough, piano
9:40 a.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Vocalise Opus 34/14
Anne Akiko Meyers, violin; Sandra Rivers, piano
9:48 a.m.
Claude Debussy
Rhapsody for Saxophone and Orchestra
Ulster Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor Gerard McChrystal, saxophone
10:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 11 in A major Opus 6/11 HWV 329
Handel & Haydn Society; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
10:17 a.m.
Elmer Bernstein
The Magnificent Seven
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
10:24 a.m.
Vincent d'Indy
Symphony on a French Mountain Air
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Charles Munch, conductor Nicole Henriot-Schweitzer, piano
10:51 a.m.
Jean Sibelius
Karelia Overture Opus 10
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor
11:00 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Violin Concerto in A minor Opus 53
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Teddy Abrams, conductor Rachel Barton Pine, violin
11:34 a.m.
Teresa Carreno
Un reve en mer A dream at sea
Sarah Cahill, piano
11:40 a.m.
Gerardo Matos Rodriguez
La Cumparsita (Tango)
Canadian Brass
11:45 a.m.
Victor Ewald
Quintet No. 1 in Bb minor Opus 5
Center City Brass Quintet
12:00 p.m.
Arnold Bax
Overture to a Picaresque Comedy
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor
12:11 p.m.
Mario Albanese
Jequibau
Plinio Fernandes, guitar
12:14 p.m.
Aram Khachaturian
Masquerade: Waltz
The Bolshoi Theater Orchestra; Mark Ermler, conductor
12:20 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major K 488 (FROM THE RUSSELL KLETZING COLLECTION)
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Alfred Brendel, piano
12:47 p.m.
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in D minor
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor
12:58 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Leonore Overture No. 3 Opus 72
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
1:12 p.m.
Georges Bizet
L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1
Montreal Symphony Orchestra; Charles Dutoit, conductor
1:31 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Piano Concerto No. 11 in D major HOB 18:11
Norwegian Chamber Orchestra Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
1:51 p.m.
Gustav Holst
The Planets: Neptune, the Mystic Opus 32 7. Neptune, the Mystic
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Joaquin Rodrigo
Concierto de Aranjuez
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Pepe Romero, guitar
2:24 p.m.
Scott Joplin
Solace
Tzimon Barto, piano
2:28 p.m.
Ernesto Nazareth
Perigoso
Estela Olevsky, piano
2:33 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major BWV 1050
Berlin Baroque Soloists
2:54 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Aleko: Men's Dance
Moscow Chamber Orchestra; Constantine Orbelian, conductor
2:59 p.m.
Henry Litolff
Concerto Symphonique No. 4: II. Scherzo Opus 102
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor Yuja Wang, piano
3:08 p.m.
Orlando Gibbons
The Silver Swan
; John Rutter, conductor Cambridge Singers
3:10 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Carnival of the Animals: The Swan (Le Cygne)
Yo Yo Ma, cello; Gaby Casadesus, piano; Philippe Entremont, piano
3:14 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik in G major K 525
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra; Ton Koopman, conductor
3:34 p.m.
Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 8: IV. Finale in C minor ed. Haas
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Herbert Von Karajan, conductor
4:00 p.m.
Francesco Geminiani
Concerto Grosso "La Follia" in D minor
Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor
4:11 p.m.
Gentil Montana
Suite Colombiana No. 2: I. El Margariteno (pasillo) The Song of the Dreamer
Jose Antonio Escobar, guitar
4:15 p.m.
Florence Price
Symphony No. 4: III. Juba Dance in D minor
Philadelphia Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
4:22 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor Opus 49
Claremont Trio
4:51 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for 2 trumpets in C major RV 537
English Chamber Orchestra; Raymond Leppard, conductor Wynton Marsalis, trumpet
4:59 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Piano Concerto: III. Allegro vivace in A minor Opus 54
San Francisco Ballet Orchestra; Martin West, conductor Lara Downes, piano
5:12 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
DER FREISCHUTZ: Overture Opus 77 J 277
Philharmonia Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
5:23 p.m.
Ottorino Respighi
Ancient Airs and Dances: Suite No. 2
Lausanne Chamber Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
5:42 p.m.
Franz Liszt
Les Preludes (Symphonic Poem #3) S 97
Philadelphia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Antonio Salieri
Triple Concerto for violin, oboe and cello in D major
Bern Camerata; Thomas Furi, conductor Thomas Furi, violin; Heinz Holliger, oboe; Thomas Demenga, cello
6:27 p.m.
Dmitri Shostakovich
Symphony No. 1: I. Allegretto-Allegro non troppo in E minor Opus 10
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
6:37 p.m.
Kenji Bunch
Concerto for Piano Trio and Percussion
Ahn Trio Matthew Gold, percussion; Brian Resnick, percussion
6:43 p.m.
Mark O'Connor
Appalachia Waltz
Yo Yo Ma, cello; Mark O'Connor, violin; Edgar Meyer, bass
6:50 p.m.
Jonathan Leshnoff
Guitar Concerto: III. Lively (Finale)
The Nashville Symphony; Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor Jason Vieaux, guitar
