Classical Music Playlist, November 29, 2024A suite of music from the 1841 ballet “Giselle” by Adolph Adam — that tells the tale of peasant girl Giselle’s ghost who saves the man she loved in life from a terrible fate — is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, September 20, 2024We’ll celebrate tomorrow’s 150th birthday of English composer Gustav Holst with his entire suite of the astrology-inspired "The Planets" for today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, September 19, 2024Antonín Dvořák’s brooding, epic and sublime Piano Trio No. 3 is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, September 18, 2024The early Symphony in F-minor by the 20 year old Richard Strauss - whose world premiere in New York City was his first work ever performed in America - is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, September 17, 2024Composers and musicologists have praised Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 14 in the highest glowing terms. Even he said it was his favorite, and it’s today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, September 16, 2024Danish composer Asger Hamerik’s 1891 “Serious Symphony” No. 5 whose title matches its musical mood - without being emotionally excessive - is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, September 13, 2024On hearing the 1841 premiere of his Symphony No. 4, Robert Schumann was dissatisfied and shelved it for ten years. He finally revised it to his satisfaction and that 1851 revision of Schumann’s Symphony No. 4 is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, September 12, 2024Danish composer Carl Nielsen played among the second violins for the premiere of his own Symphony No. 1. It’s today’s Midday Masterpiece from a cycle of all the Nielsen symphonies released last year by the Danish National Symphony Orchestra.
Classical Music Playlist, September 11, 2024Sir Stephen Hough is the soloist in the ever-popular Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 for today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, September 10, 2024In a recording performed on period-instruments as would have been heard in his day, the complete Beethoven Symphony No. 5 is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, September 9, 2024Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21, with its cheerful first and final movements and romantic second, is today's Midday Masterpiece.
