Classical Music Playlist, May 21, 2024Before it was the timeless Adagio For Strings, it was the 2nd movement of Samuel Barber's only String Quartet. A brand new recording of the full work, performed by the Miró Quartet, is our Midday Masterpiece at 2pm.
Classical Music Playlist, May 20, 2024From a brilliant mind filled with almost too much music, the Symphony No. 1 of George Enescu - Romania's greatest composer, so famous that his hometown renamed itself literally "George Enescu" - is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, May 17, 2024Wind music by Mozart inspired Antonín Dvořák to compose his own tuneful “Serenade for Winds.” Dvořák’s “Serenade” is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, May 16, 2024Written in a single movement, the 1916 Frederick Delius Violin Concerto fluidly unfolds and changes like a dreamscape. It’s today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, May 15, 2024Enduring frustrations of going deaf, unrequited loves and strife with patrons, Beethoven was in a dark and stormy personal space when he composed his Piano Sonata No. 23, “Appassionata,” today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, May 14, 2024The 1915 Symphony No. 2 by Swedish composer Wilhelm Stenhammar, recorded in 1983 by the orchestra to whom he dedicated it, is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, May 13, 2024An expanded string orchestra version of a string sextet that Tchaikovsky wrote and dedicated to the St Petersburg Chamber Music Society for making him an honorary member is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, May 10, 2024Dmitri Shostakovich wrote much of his anxiety and conflict-filled music while under scrutiny of Soviet authorities. But he turned lighthearted with his Piano Concerto No. 2 that he wrote for his son to perform. It’s today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, May 9, 2024After double tragedies in his life, WW I and getting older, Czech composer Josef Suk arrived at a more comfortable and accepting place as expressed in his 1917 tone poem “Ripening,” today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, May 8, 2024Unlike most French composers in the late 1800s who were focused almost exclusively on opera, Camille Saint-Saëns composed a good amount of chamber music including a Piano Quartet in B-Flat major. It’s today's Midday Masterpiece.