Classical Music Playlist, October 4, 2024One of the greatest works of all chamber music, Robert Schumann’s Piano Quintet in E-flat, is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, July 12, 2024The stunning new release of the Sibelius Violin Concerto with Dutch violinist Janine Jansen and Finnish conductor Klaus Mäkelä leading the Oslo Philharmonic is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, July 11, 2024Irish-born pianist John Field was an influence on pianists and composers such as Schumann, Brahms and Chopin. With occasional musical embellishments like an Irish reel, the Piano Concerto No. 2 by John Field is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, July 10, 2024One of Edward Elgar’s final compositions, his String Quartet in E-minor whose second movement his wife Alice likened to “captured sunshine” (and was played at her funeral), is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, July 9, 2024The premiere of the Symphony No. 1 by 23 year old Sergei Rachmaninoff was so poorly performed it psychologically broke him. After his death the symphony was hailed a triumph. It’s today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, July 8, 2024The Mozart Symphony No 40 in g-minor is today’s Midday Masterpiece. It’s a new release by an orchestra and conductor who are each winning prestigious awards in Europe, the Bremen German Chamber Philharmonic and 24 year old conductor Tarmo Peltokoski.
Classical Music Playlist, July 5, 2024To celebrate today’s 100th anniversary of cellist János Starker’s birth, we’ll feature him in performances through the entire 2pm hour beginning with Robert Schumann’s only Cello Concerto fortoday's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, July 4, 2024Though it was composed to celebrate Russia’s defeat of Napoleon, the sheer thunder of Tchaikovsky’s “1812 Overture” makes it popular music for the 4th of July so we’re featuring it as today's Midday Masterpiece!
Classical Music Playlist, July 3, 2024Among the many beloved compositions he wrote in America, the “American String Quartet” by Czech composer Antonín Dvořák is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, July 2, 2024Haydn's "Hornsignal" symphony No. 31, written to show off his employer's newly-restored full horn section and performed on period instruments, is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, July 1, 2024Composed after a personal tragedy and full of grief but also happy memories, Czech composer Bedřich Smetana’s only Piano Trio with the Neave Trio from their upcoming new album is today's Midday Masterpiece.