Classical Music Playlist, February 9, 2026
"Macbeth apercevant le spectre de Banco" by Théodore Chassériau [1854]
Beethoven’s "Ghost" Piano Trio earned its nickname for its slow and dark middle movement. While the title appears to have originated with a description of the music by Beethoven’s student, Carl Czerny, the actual ghostly music may have had its origin in Beethoven’s ideas for an opera on Shakespeare’s Macbeth that he was contemplating at the time. Beethoven’s notebook sketches for the ghostly second movement contain a reference to Macbeth. Beethoven’s “Ghost” Trio is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Tafelmusik I: Concerto for flute, violin & strings in A major
Musica Antiqua Koln; Reinhardt Goebel, conductor
6:24 a.m.
Manuel de Falla
Nights In the Gardens of Spain
Orchestre de Paris; Daniel Barenboim, conductor Martha Argerich, piano
6:51 a.m.
Henry Purcell
Timon of Athens: Curtain Tune on a Ground
Parley of Instruments
6:54 a.m.
Malcolm Forsyth
Golyardes' Grounde
Canadian Brass
6:59 a.m.
Percy Grainger
Lincolnshire Posey
"The President's Own" United States Marine Band; Gerard Schwarz, conductor
7:14 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Czech Suite Opus 39
Prague Philharmonia; Jakub Hrusa, conductor
7:39 a.m.
Josef Suk
Fantastic Scherzo Opus 25
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
7:55 a.m.
Giovanni Gabrieli
Canzon Septimi Toni No. 2
Empire Brass; Rolf Smedvig, conductor
7:59 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Mandolin Concerto in C major RV 425
Parley of Instruments; Roy Goodman, conductor Paul O'Dette, mandolin
8:07 a.m.
Jean Sibelius
Karelia Overture Opus 10
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
8:17 a.m.
Edvard Grieg
Holberg Suite Opus 40
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
8:38 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 6 "Le Matin" in D major
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 27 in Bb major K 595
English Chamber Orchestra; Jeffrey Tate, conductor Mitsuko Uchida, piano
9:34 a.m.
Robert de Visee
Suite No. 11 for Guitar in B minor
Manuel Barrueco, guitar
9:47 a.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Scheherazade: Festival at Baghdad Opus 35
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Jan Dismas Zelenka
Capriccio No. 1 in D major Z 182
Bern Camerata; Alexander van Wijnkoop, conductor
10:16 a.m.
John Williams
Themes from Jurassic Park
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
10:23 a.m.
Louis Theodore Gouvy
Symphony No. 2 in F major Opus 12
Saarbrucken Radio Philharmonic Orchestra; Jacques Mercier, conductor
10:57 a.m.
Dorothy Howell
Piano Concerto in D minor in D minor
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Rebecca Miller, conductor Danny Driver, piano
11:18 a.m.
Edward Elgar
Introduction and Allegro Opus 47
BBC Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Davis, conductor
11:33 a.m.
Arvid Kleven
Lotusland
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra (sta VAHN ger); Susanna Malkki, conductor
11:49 a.m.
Leo Brouwer
Afro-Cuban Lullaby (Cancion de Cuna: Berceuse)
Milos Karadaglic, guitar
11:52 a.m.
Richard Wagner
LOHENGRIN: Prelude to Act III
Philharmonia Orchestra; Geoffrey Simon, conductor
11:57 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major BWV 1047
European Brandenburg Ensemble; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
12:10 p.m.
Turlough O'Carolan
Loftus Jones
Ensemble Galilei
12:13 p.m.
Enrique Granados
Danzas espanolas No. 5 "Andaluza"
Maria Duenas, violin; Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
12:18 p.m.
Niels Gade
Symphony No. 1 in C minor Opus 5
Danish National Symphony Orchestra; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
12:51 p.m.
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Quintet for Guitar and String Quartet: IV. Finale Op 143
Pacifica Quartet Sharon Isbin, guitar
12:58 p.m.
Hugo Alfven
Swedish Rhapsody No. 1 "Midsummer Night Vigil" Opus 19
Minnesota Orchestra; Eiji Oue, conductor
1:12 p.m.
Bedrich Smetana
Furiant
Antonin Kubalek, piano
1:17 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dance No. 7 in C minor Opus 46
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Vaclav Neumann, conductor
1:22 p.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Suite in D major TWV 55:D19
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
1:49 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 2: IV. Allegro con spirito in D major Opus 73
Berlin Philharmonic; Herbert von Karajan, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Trio "Ghost" in D major Opus 70/1
Emanuel Ax, piano; Leonidas Kavakos, violin; Yo Yo Ma, cello
2:31 p.m.
Vassili Kalinnikov
Intermezzo No. 1 for orchestra in F# minor
London Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
2:38 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 1 in G major Opus 6/1 HWV 319
Academy of Ancient Music; Andrew Manze, conductor
2:50 p.m.
Jean Sibelius
Finlandia Opus 26
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
2:59 p.m.
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 1 in F minor
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Kurt Masur, conductor
3:11 p.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Piano Concerto No. 1 in Db major Opus 10
Berlin Philharmonic; Claudio Abbado, conductor Evgeny Kissin, piano
3:27 p.m.
Henriette Renie
Harp Concerto in C minor
Rhenish Philharmonic Orchestra; Shao-Chia Lu, conductor Xavier de Maistre, harp
3:48 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
String Quintet No. 1: I. Allegro non troppo ma con brio in F major Opus 88
Takacs Quartet Lawrence Power, viola
4:00 p.m.
William Grant Still
Symphony No. 2 in G minor
Philadelphia Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
4:32 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Romance Opus 36
Hermann Baumann, horn; Reiko Honsho, piano
4:35 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Sinfonia (Konzertsatz) in D major BWV 1045
Brandenburg Consort; Roy Goodman, conductor
4:41 p.m.
Santiago de Murcia
La Jota
The Harp Consort Paul O'Dette, baroque guitar; Andrew Lawrence-King, harp
4:47 p.m.
Zhen Chen
Springfield
Zhen Chen, piano; Jiaju Shen, pipa; Feifei Yang, erhu
4:51 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 20: III. Rondo in D minor K 466
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Jeremy Denk, conductor Jeremy Denk, piano
4:59 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 100 "Military" in G major
Philharmonia Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
5:22 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Piano Sonata No. 3: III. (Variations on theme by Clara Wieck) in F minor Opus 14
Angela Cheng, piano
5:31 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 10 in D minor Opus 6/10 HWV 328
Aradia Ensemble; Kevin Mallon, conductor
5:48 p.m.
Jules Massenet
HERODIADE: Ballet Suite
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; Jean-Yves Ossonce, conductor
5:59 p.m.
Gang Chen; Zhanhao He
The Butterfly Lovers (Concerto for Violin)
Singapore Symphony Orchestra; Lan Shui, conductor Gil Shaham, violin; Jonathan Fox, gu ban; Nella Hunkins, cello; Ta Jin, flute; Gulia Mashurova, harp
6:28 p.m.
Jacques Ibert
Divertissement
San Diego Chamber Orchestra; Donald Barra, conductor
6:46 p.m.
Charles Tomlinson Griffes
Fantasy Pieces: Scherzo Opus 6/3
Kyoko Tabe, piano
6:52 p.m.
Ludovico Einaudi
Experience
La Pieta; Angele Dubeau, conductor Angele Dubeau, violin
6:56 p.m.
Mark Isham
A River Runs Through It: Main Theme
Studio Orchestra
