Classical Music Playlist, November 4, 2025
After a trip to Salzburg to introduce his newlywed wife to his father (which did NOT go well), Mozart returned to Vienna and along the way made a stopover in Linz, Austria, where he wrote a new symphony in just four days, urged on by a local Count who had quickly planned a concert of the young composer’s music. Mozart was happy to oblige since his hosts were being kind to his new wife, after the strife with his father. The Symphony No. 36 by Mozart, the “Linz” Symphony, is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto Grosso in D major RV 562
Europa Galante; Fabio Biondi, conductor Fabio Biondi, violin; Alessandro Pique, oboe; Dileno Baldin, horn; Ermes Pecchimini, horn
6:17 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 8 "Pathetique" in C minor Opus 13
Stewart Goodyear, piano
6:38 a.m.
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Quintet for Guitar and String Quartet: IV. Finale Op 143
Pacifica Quartet Sharon Isbin, guitar
6:45 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Serenade No. 6 "Serenata Notturna" in D major K 239
Prague Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
6:59 a.m.
Claude Debussy
Children's Corner
Ulster Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
7:17 a.m.
Richard Strauss
Horn Concerto No. 2 in Eb major
London Symphony Orchestra; Istvan Kertesz, conductor Barry Tuckwell, horn
7:39 a.m.
William Bolcom
Fields of Flowers
Spencer Meyer, piano
7:42 a.m.
Bedrich Smetana
BARTERED BRIDE: Dance of the Comedians
Janacek Philharmonic; Theodore Kuchar, conductor
7:49 a.m.
Jose Moncayo
Huapango
Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas; Alondra de la Parra, conductor
7:58 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Capriccio Italien Opus 45
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
8:15 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in Eb major Opus 74
Staatskapelle Dresden; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Sabine Meyer, clarinet
8:38 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo
London Symphony Orchestra; Barry Wordsworth, conductor
8:43 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 4: III. Allegro giocoso in E minor Opus 98
Berlin Philharmonic; Herbert von Karajan, conductor
8:50 a.m.
John Williams
Theme from The Patriot
Boston Pops Orchestra; Keith Lockhart, conductor Middlesex County Fifes & Drums
9:00 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 103 "Drum Roll" in Eb major
Collegium Musicum 90; Richard Hickox, conductor
9:32 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
"Military" Polonaise in A major Opus 40/1
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
9:38 a.m.
Jean-Michel Damase
Seventeen Variations for wind quintet
Reykjavik Wind Quintet
9:52 a.m.
Emmanuel Chabrier
Espana (Spanish Rhapsodie)
Ulster Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Richard Wagner
TANNHAUSER Overture
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
10:15 a.m.
Franz Liszt
Consolation No. 3 in Db major G 172
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
10:21 a.m.
Jules Massenet
Suite No. 7 "Alsatian Scenes" (Scenes Alsaciennes)
Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
10:45 a.m.
Nadia Boulanger
Three Pieces for Cello & Piano
Miriam K. Smith, cello; Sandra Wright Shen, piano
10:52 a.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Romeo & Juliet: Dance of the Knights Opus 64
Kirov Orchestra; Valery Gergiev, conductor
10:59 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Violin Concerto in E minor Opus 64
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Charles Munch, conductor Jascha Heifetz, violin
11:24 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Notturno in G minor H337
Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
11:30 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 18 in F major K 130
Prague Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
11:49 a.m.
Francisco Tarrega
Capricho arabe (Arabian Caprice)
Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
11:54 a.m.
Elmer Bernstein
Guitar Concerto "For Two Christophers": III. Celebration
London Symphony Orchestra; Elmer Bernstein, conductor Christopher Parkening, guitar
12:00 p.m.
Johann Neruda
Trumpet Concerto in Eb major
German Chamber Philharmonic; Thomas Klug, conductor Alison Balsom, trumpet
12:16 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Bagatelles Opus 47
Takacs Quartet
12:33 p.m.
Florence Price
Piano Concerto in One Movement
New York Youth Symphony; Michael Repper, conductor Michelle Cann, piano
12:52 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
THE SEASONS: Autumn: "Juchhe! Der Wein ist da" XXI:3
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra; Rene Jacobs, conductor RIAS Chamber Chorus
12:59 p.m.
Jean Sibelius
Cassazione Opus 6
Tapiola Sinfonietta; Tuomas Ollila, conductor
1:11 p.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Symphony No. 2 (Symphonic Suite) "Antar" Opus 9
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
1:45 p.m.
Isaac Albeniz
Suite Espanola: No. 3 "Sevilla" Opus 47
Xuefei Yang, guitar
1:51 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Seasons: October "Autumn Song" Opus 37
Bruce Liu, piano
1:56 p.m.
Max Richter
Autumn 3
Berlin Chamber Orchestra; Andre de Ridder, conductor Daniel Hope, violin
2:00 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 36 "Linz" in C major K 425
Prague Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
2:32 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude & Fugue No. 1 in C Major (from the Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1) in C major BWV 846
Mahan Esfahani, harpsichord
2:38 p.m.
Aram Khachaturian
Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus & Phrygia
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Aram Khachaturian, conductor
2:48 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
My Home Overture Opus 62
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Vaclav Neumann, conductor
3:00 p.m.
Cesar Franck
Variations Symphoniques
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Claus Peter Flor, conductor Rudolf Firkusny, piano
3:16 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
3:21 p.m.
William Dawson
Negro Folk Symphony
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
3:50 p.m.
George W. Chadwick
Symphonic Sketches: Jubilee
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
3:59 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Introduction and Allegro appassionato in G major Opus 92
Berlin Philharmonic; Claudio Abbado, conductor Murray Perahia, piano
4:14 p.m.
Kurt Atterberg
Horn Concerto Opus 28
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Gerard Oskamp, conductor Albert Linder, horn
4:35 p.m.
Bedrich Smetana
Ma Vlast: II. The Moldau (Vltava)
Prague Philharmonic Orchestra; Libor Pesek, conductor
4:48 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for diverse instruments in C major RV 558
Europa Galante; Fabio Biondi, conductor
4:59 p.m.
Josef Suk
Fantastic Scherzo Opus 25
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
5:15 p.m.
Louise Farrenc
Piano Trio No. 2 in D minor Opus 34
Linos Ensemble
5:42 p.m.
Johann Christian Bach
Sinfonia No. 6 in G minor Opus 6/6
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra; David Zinman, conductor
5:52 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dance No. 4 in F major Opus 46
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Dmitri Shostakovich
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major Opus 102
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Andris Nelsons, conductor Yuja Wang, piano
6:19 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 31 "Paris" in D major K 297
English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
6:38 p.m.
Philip Glass
Cello Concerto No. 1: Movement 1
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic; Gerard Schwarz, conductor Julian Lloyd Webber, cello
6:49 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major Opus 15
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic; Karina Canellakis, conductor Alice Sara Ott, piano
6:56 p.m.
Fernando Sor
Etude No. 17 in E minor Opus 6/11
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra; Irene Delgado-Jimenez, conductor Pablo Sainz Villegas, guitar
