Classical Music Playlist, November 10, 2025
Sergei Rachmaninoff | photo: Library of Congress
In his final orchestral composition, Sergei Rachmaninoff looks back on his life and proposes a look forward after death. His "Symphonic Dances" from 1940 are in three movements with the first quoting his Symphony No. 1 from 1897 whose premiere was a disaster. In the final movement, the medieval chant for the dead, Dies irae, is heard but is ultimately triumphed over with a quotation from Rachmaninoff's 1915 "All Night Vigil," representing Resurrection. At this point in the score Rachmaninoff wrote, "Hallelujah." The "Symphonic Dances" premiered in January 1941. He passed away in March 1943 just days before his 70th birthday. Rachmaninoff’s "Symphonic Dances" are today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Andante and Hungarian Rondo Opus 35
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Klaus Thunemann, bassoon
6:10 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quintet No. 4 in G minor K 516
Alban Berg Quartet Markus Wolf, viola
6:45 a.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Concert Etudes: Automne in Db major Opus 35/2
Anna Shelest, piano
6:52 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Sinfonia in G major RV 149
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor
7:00 a.m.
George Enescu
Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 in A major Opus 11
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra; Sergiu Commissiona, conductor
7:14 a.m.
Jean-Baptiste Lully
Le Divertissement Royal Suite
Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall, conductor
7:37 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 1 "Winter Daydreams": III. Scherzo in G minor Opus 13
Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor
7:45 a.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Piano Concerto in C# minor Opus 30
Bergen Philharmonic; Dmitri Kitayenko, conductor Geoffrey Tozer, piano
7:59 a.m.
Richard Strauss
Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks Opus 28
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; Manfred Honeck, conductor
8:15 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 31 "Hornsignal" in D major
Lausanne Chamber Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
8:43 a.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
8:49 a.m.
Arturo Marquez
Danzon No. 2
Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Alberic Magnard
Symphony No. 3 in Bb minor Opus 11
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Jean-Yves Ossonce, conductor
9:39 a.m.
Lucas Saboya
Zamba Negra (from Suite Ernestina)
Jose Antonio Escobar, guitar
9:43 a.m.
Ernesto Nazareth
Odeon - Tango Brasileiro
Richard Cionco, piano
9:47 a.m.
Tielmann Susato
Rondes
New London Consort; Philip Pickett, conductor
10:00 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
10:11 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Piano Sonata in G minor in G minor (1843) H395
Anna Shelest, piano
10:29 a.m.
Bernhard Crusell
Clarinet Concerto No. 3 in Bb major Opus 11
English Chamber Orchestra; Gerard Schwarz, conductor Emma Johnson, clarinet
10:56 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dance No. 5 in A major Opus 46
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Vaclav Neumann, conductor
11:00 a.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Symphony No. 5 in D major
London Symphony Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor
11:41 a.m.
Sebastian Iradier
La Paloma the dove
Pablo Sainz Villegas, guitar
11:44 a.m.
Pietro Locatelli
Concerto Grosso No. 5 in D major Opus 1/5
Europa Galante; Fabio Biondi, conductor
11:53 a.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Sonata for Cello and Piano: III. Andante in Eb major Opus 19
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello; Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
12:00 p.m.
Emmanuel Chabrier
Festive Polonaise (Le Roi Malgre Lui: Fete Polonaise)
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
12:09 p.m.
Teresa Carreno
Vals Gayo Opus 38
Clara Rodriguez, piano
12:15 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 38 "Prague" in D major K 504
Prague Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
12:50 p.m.
Kevin Puts
Contact: I. The Call
Philadelphia Orchestra; Xian Zhang, conductor Time for Three
1:00 p.m.
Johann Christian Bach
Sinfonia No. 3 in Eb major Opus 6/3
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra; David Zinman, conductor
1:08 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish" in Eb major Opus 97
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
1:39 p.m.
Josef Suk
Piano Trio: II. Andante in C minor Opus 2
Neave Trio
1:44 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto for two violins (Double Concerto) in D minor BWV 1043
Academy of Ancient Music; Andrew Manze, conductor Andrew Manze, violin; Rachel Podger, violin
2:00 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Symphonic Dances Opus 45
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
2:35 p.m.
Alberto Ginastera
Danzas Argentinas: II. Danza de la moza donosa Opus 2 Dance of the Donosa Girl
Martha Argerich, piano
2:37 p.m.
Franz Liszt
Etude No. 3 "The Little Bell" ("La Campanella") in G# minor
Lang Lang, piano
2:43 p.m.
Pieter Hellendaal
Concerto Grosso in D minor Opus 3/2
Combattimento Consort; Jan Willem de Vriend, conductor
2:56 p.m.
Johann Strauss, Sr.
Radetzky March Opus 228
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Willi Boskovsky, conductor
3:00 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major BWV 1049
Apollo's Fire; Jeannette Sorrell, conductor
3:16 p.m.
Hania Rani; Dobrawa Czocher
Con Moto
Hania Rani, piano; Dobrawa Czocher, cello
3:23 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 8 in F major Opus 93
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
3:48 p.m.
Georges Bizet
Carmen Suite No. 1
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
4:01 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
4:32 p.m.
David Pritchard
Stairs
Aquarelle Guitar Quartet
4:36 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dance No. 8 in A minor
Staatskapelle Berlin; Otmar Suitner, conductor
4:40 p.m.
Percy Grainger
Children's March "Over the Hills and Far Away"
Dallas Wind Symphony; Jerry Junkin, conductor Arts District Chorale
4:48 p.m.
Arnold Bax
Overture to a Picaresque Comedy
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; David Lloyd-Jones, conductor
4:59 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 6 in D major Opus 3/6 HWV 317
Academy of Ancient Music; Richard Egarr, conductor Richard Egarr, organ
5:08 p.m.
Kurt Atterberg
Symphony No. 4 "Sinfonia piccola" in G minor Opus 14
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra; Ari Rasilainen, conductor
5:30 p.m.
Clara Schumann
Piano Concerto in A minor Opus 7
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic; Holly Mathieson, conductor Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
5:52 p.m.
Felipe Villanueva
Poetic Waltz (Vals Poetico)
State of Mexico Symphony; Enrique Batiz, conductor
5:55 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Minute Waltz in Db major Opus 64/1
Jon Kimura Parker, piano
5:58 p.m.
Ethel Smyth
Concerto for Violin, Horn and Orchestra
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Odaline de la Martinez, conductor Sophie Langdon, violin; Richard Watkins, horn
6:27 p.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Symphony No. 5: II. Allegro marcato in Bb major Opus 100
Royal Scottish Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
6:37 p.m.
Franz Schubert
Impromptu No. 3 in Gb major Opus 90/3 D 899
Krystian Zimerman, piano
6:43 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Nocturne
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
6:50 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
String Quartet No. 14: V. Presto in C# minor Opus 131
Takacs Quartet
6:55 p.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Michelangelo 70
Gidon Kremer, violin; Per Arne Glorvigen, bandoneon; Alois Posch, double-bass; Vadim Sakharov, piano
