Classical Music Playlist, November 26, 2025
His final major chamber work and written about the same time as his opera “The Magic Flute,” Mozart’s String Quintet No. 6 in E-Flat Major (K. 614) is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Jan Dismas Zelenka
Capriccio No. 2 in G major Z 183
Bern Camerata; Alexander van Wijnkoop, conductor
6:14 a.m.
Joaquin Rodrigo
Concierto Serenata for harp and orchestra
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Ernst Marzendorfer, conductor Nicanor Zabaleta, harp
6:38 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Das Jahr (The Year): 9. September: At the River
Anna Shelest, piano
6:42 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Seasons: November "Troika" Opus 37
Bruce Liu, piano
6:46 a.m.
Gabriel Faure
Masques and Bergamasques Opus 112
Lyon National Orchestra; Emmanuel Krivine, conductor
7:00 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Tragic Overture Opus 81
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
7:14 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Quintet for piano & winds in Eb major K 452
Academy of Ancient Music Robert Levin, fortepiano; Members of...
7:40 a.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
MLADA: Procession of the Nobles
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
7:44 a.m.
Ron Nelson
Rocky Point Holiday
Dallas Wind Symphony; Jerry Junkin, conductor
7:51 a.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
LA FORZA DEL DESTINO Overture
Philharmonic of La Scala; Riccardo Muti, conductor
8:00 a.m.
Michael Torke
Sky: I. Lively
Albany Symphony Orchestra; David Alan Miller, conductor Tessa Lark, violin
8:10 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Sleeping Beauty Suite Opus 66
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Herbert Von Karajan, conductor
8:33 a.m.
Florence Price
Piano Concerto in One Movement
Chineke! Orchestra; Leslie Suganandarajah, conductor Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, piano
8:52 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Sinfonia (Konzertsatz) in D major BWV 1045
Brandenburg Consort; Roy Goodman, conductor
8:59 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 9 "From the New World" in E minor Opus 95
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
9:41 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Waltz No. 1 "Grande Valse Brillante" in Eb major Opus 18
Daniil Trifonov, piano
9:47 a.m.
Samuel Scheidt
Battle Suite: Gailliard Battaglia
Canadian Brass
9:49 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
9:53 a.m.
Santiago de Murcia
La Jota
The Harp Consort Paul O'Dette, baroque guitar; Andrew Lawrence-King, harp
10:00 a.m.
Franz Von Suppe
Light Cavalry Overture
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Gustav Kuhn, conductor
10:08 a.m.
Dmitri Shostakovich
Suite for Variety Orchestra: Waltz No. 2
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
10:13 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter" in C major K 551
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
10:53 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Art of the Fugue: Contrapunctus No. 9 BWV 1080
Les Violons du Roy; Bernard Labadie, conductor
10:55 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Fugue "Little Fugue" in G minor BWV 578
Canadian Brass
11:00 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Mandolin Concerto in C major RV 425
Parley of Instruments; Roy Goodman, conductor Paul O'Dette, mandolin
11:08 a.m.
Franz Schubert
Piano Quintet "Trout" in A major Opus 114 D 667
Emanuel Ax, piano; Pamela Frank, violin; Rebecca Young, viola; Yo Yo Ma, cello; Edgar Meyer, bass
11:47 a.m.
Richard Wagner
LOHENGRIN: Prelude to Act III
Philharmonia Orchestra; Geoffrey Simon, conductor
11:51 a.m.
Frederick Delius
KOANGA: La Calinda
Northern Sinfonia of England; Richard Hickox, conductor
11:56 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G minor
Staatskapelle Berlin; Otmar Suitner, conductor
12:00 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 Opus 46
Berlin Philharmonic; Herbert Von Karajan, conductor
12:16 p.m.
Paquito D'Rivera
Aires Tropicales: VI. Contradanza
Imani Winds
12:17 p.m.
Chiquinha Gonzaga
Corta Jaca
Esther Abrami Quintet Esther Abrami, violin
12:21 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 5 in C minor Opus 67
German Chamber Philharmonic; Paavo Jarvi, conductor
12:53 p.m.
Anton Bruckner
Os Justi
Tenebrae; Nigel Short, conductor
12:59 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto No. 11 in D major Opus 4/11 RV 204
Academy of Ancient Music; Christopher Hogwood, conductor Monica Huggett, violin
1:07 p.m.
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 3: I. Kraftig in D minor "powerful"
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
1:43 p.m.
Teresa Carreno
Ballade Opus 15
Clara Rodriguez, piano
1:52 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 104 "London": IV. Spiritoso (Finale) in D major
Orchestra of St. Luke's; Charles Mackerras, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quintet No. 6 in Eb major K 614
Nash Ensemble Philip Dukes, viola
2:29 p.m.
Mikhail Glinka
Spanish Overture No. 1 "Jota aragonesa"
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Vassily Sinaisky, conductor
2:38 p.m.
Joe Hisaishi
Merry-Go-Round of Life (from Howl's Moving Castle)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Joe Hisaishi, conductor Yuja Wang, piano
2:52 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
EUGENE ONEGIN: Waltz
Staatskapelle Dresden; Hans Vonk, conductor
3:00 p.m.
George Gershwin
Rhapsody in Blue
Boston Pops Orchestra; Arthur Fiedler, conductor Earl Wild, piano
3:17 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dance No. 4 in F major Opus 46
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Vaclav Neumann, conductor
3:25 p.m.
Edward Elgar
Enigma Variations Opus 36
London Symphony Orchestra; Pierre Monteux, conductor
3:55 p.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Sea Songs
Northern Sinfonia of England; Richard Hickox, conductor
4:00 p.m.
Gioachino Rossini
THE BARBER OF SEVILLE: Overture (IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA)
Philharmonia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
4:08 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major BWV 1068
La Petite Bande; Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor
4:30 p.m.
Edward K. (Duke) Ellington
In a sentimental mood
Jason Vieaux, guitar
4:33 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 17 "Tempest": III. Allegretto in D minor Opus 31/2
Richard Goode, piano
4:41 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Concertpiece for 4 horns & orchestra in F major Opus 86
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor Members of...
5:00 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini in G minor Opus 43
San Francisco Symphony; Edo de Waart, conductor Zoltan Kocsis, piano
5:23 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Mazurka No. 3 in F# minor Opus 59
Bela Fleck, banjo; John Williams, guitar
5:28 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 29 in A major K 201
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
5:52 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
Lyric Pieces: Wedding Day at Troldhaugen Opus 65
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
6:00 p.m.
Howard Hanson
Symphony No. 2 "Romantic"
Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor
6:29 p.m.
George Gershwin
I Got Rhythm Variations
Boston Pops Orchestra; Arthur Fiedler, conductor Earl Wild, piano
6:38 p.m.
Jean Sibelius
Swan of Tuonela
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
6:48 p.m.
Philip Glass
Piano Quintet No. 1 "Annunciation" (Part 1)
La Pieta; Angele Dubeau, conductor
