Classical Music Playlist, May 7, 2021
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Beethoven originally intended to dedicate his third symphony to Napoleon and the great man that he had shown promise to become. But when Napoleon turned out to be more of a tyrant, Beethoven instead dedicated his symphony to “the memory of a great man.” That could be the heroic greatness that anyone could exhibit. The “Heroic” or “Eroica” Symphony #3 by Beethoven at 2:00pm today. [Just for fun: points for you if you recognize from what movie this image of the LP was taken. Trivia: it's a fictional orchestra and conductor.]
6:00 a.m.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Petite Suite de Concert
Chicago Sinfonietta; Paul Freeman, conductor
6:14 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 97 in C major
Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra; Adam Fischer, conductor
6:41 a.m.
Karl Goldmark
In Italy Overture Opus 49
Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra; Andras Korodi, conductor
6:55 a.m.
Valentin Silvestrov
Bagatelle (Op. 1, No. 2) Opus 1/2
Helene Grimaud, piano
6:59 a.m.
Pietro Locatelli
Concerto Grosso No. 5 in D major Opus 1/5
Raglan Baroque Players; Nicholas Kraemer, conductor
7:10 a.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Lark Ascending
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Simon Rattle, conductor Nigel Kennedy, violin
7:28 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 20 in G major Opus 49/2
Emil Gilels, piano
7:38 a.m.
Bedrich Smetana
Ma Vlast: II. The Moldau (Vltava)
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Vaclav Neumann, conductor
7:52 a.m.
Astor Piazzolla
La Muerte del Angel (Death of the Angel)
Franz Halasz, guitar
7:55 a.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
LA TRAVIATA: Drinking Song (Brindisi - Libiamo, ne'lieti calici)
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
7:58 a.m.
Domenico Cimarosa
Oboe Concerto in C minor
I Musici Heinz Holliger, oboe
8:11 a.m.
Florence Price
Symphony No. 1: I. Allegro ma non troppo in E minor
Fort Smith Symphony; John Jeter, conductor
8:29 a.m.
Edvard Grieg
The Poet's Heart Opus 52/3
Oda Voltersvik, Piano
8:32 a.m.
Isaac Albeniz
Asturias (Leyenda) - from "Suite Espanola" Opus 47
Turibio Santos, guitar
8:39 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra; Mariss Jansons, conductor
8:59 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
EURYANTHE Overture Opus 81 J 291
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; Antoni Wit, conductor
9:09 a.m.
Muzio Clementi
Symphony No. 2 in D major WoO 33
Rome Symphony Orchestra; Francesco La Vecchia, conductor
9:34 a.m.
Gabriel Faure
Pavane Opus 50
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
9:42 a.m.
Nino Rota
The Leopard (Il Gattopardo): Dances
Philharmonic of La Scala; Riccardo Muti, conductor
10:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 6 in D major Opus 3/6 HWV 317
Academy of Ancient Music; Richard Egarr, conductor Richard Egarr, organ
10:09 a.m.
Rebecca Clarke
Viola Sonata: I. Impetuoso
Philip Dukes, viola; Sophia Rahman, piano
10:19 a.m.
Bernhard Crusell
Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in Eb major Opus 1
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Sakari Oramo, conductor Kari Kriikku, clarinet
10:40 a.m.
Alexander MacKenzie
Second Scottish Rhapsody Opus 24
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Martyn Brabbins, conductor
10:57 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in D in D major
Vikingur Olafsson
11:01 a.m.
Claude Debussy
Petite Suite
Philharmonia Orchestra; Geoffrey Simon, conductor
11:14 a.m.
Alexander Borodin
Symphony No. 1 in Eb major
Toronto Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Davis, conductor
11:51 a.m.
Rafael Diaz
Al fondo de mi lejania se asoma tu casa
Georgina Isabel Rossi, viola; Silvie Cheng, piano
11:58 a.m.
Leonard Bernstein
Divertimento for Orchestra: Waltz
Minnesota Orchestra; Eiji Oue, conductor
12:01 p.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 9 in F major Opus 6
I Solisti Italiani
12:11 p.m.
Samuel Barber
Violin Concerto Opus 14
London Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor Anne Akiko Meyers, violin
12:35 p.m.
Mauro Giuliani
Grand Overture Opus 61
Pepe Romero, guitar
12:44 p.m.
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5
New World Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor Renee Fleming, soprano
12:56 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dance No. 8 in A minor
Staatskapelle Berlin; Otmar Suitner, conductor
1:01 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Swan Lake: Act I: Waltz Opus 20
Russian National Orchestra; Mikhail Pletnev, conductor
1:09 p.m.
Alexander Glazunov
The Seasons Ballet Opus 67
Czechoslovak RSO, Bratislava; Ondrej Lenard, conductor
1:48 p.m.
Arvo Part
Da pacem Domine
Estonian Phiharmonic Chamber Choir; Paul Hillier, conductor
1:55 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
March in D major K 215 (FROM THE RUSSELL KLETZING COLLECTION)
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 3 "Eroica" in Eb major Opus 55
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
2:45 p.m.
TRADITIONAL
Dark Eyes
Tippett Quartet Jess Gillam, soprano saxophone
2:49 p.m.
David Lyon
Short Suite
Royal Ballet Sinfonia; David Lloyd-Jones, conductor
3:00 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for lute and 2 violins in D major RV 93
Il Giardino Armonico Luca Pianca, Archlute; Members of...
3:10 p.m.
Max Bruch
Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26 in G minor
BBC Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Litton, conductor Rachel Barton Pine, violin
3:37 p.m.
Kenneth Leighton
Serenade: Romanza in C major
Kenneth Smith, flute; Paul Rhodes, piano
3:42 p.m.
Johan Vanhal
Symphony in Ab major
Toronto Camerata; Kevin Mallon, conductor
4:01 p.m.
Franz Schubert
Overture In the Italian Style in C major Opus 170 D 591
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor
4:10 p.m.
Henri-Joseph Rigel
Symphony No. 4 in C minor
Concerto Koln
4:26 p.m.
Jonathan Leshnoff
Guitar Concerto: III. Lively (Finale)
The Nashville Symphony; Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor Jason Vieaux, guitar
4:36 p.m.
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6 "Carnival in Pest" in D major
Budapest Symphony Orchestra; Andras Korodi, conductor
4:51 p.m.
Undine Smith Moore
Afro-American Suite for Flute, Cello, and Piano: III. Adagio ma appossionato
Mallarme Chamber Players
4:55 p.m.
Emmanuel Chabrier
Joyous March (Joyeuse Marche)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
4:59 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Piano Concerto No. 2: II. Allegro appassionato in Bb major Opus 83
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Bernard Haitink, conductor Claudio Arrau, piano
5:10 p.m.
Nikos Skalkottas
Five Greek Dances
I Musici de Montreal; Yuli Turovsky, conductor
5:22 p.m.
Luigi Boccherini
Symphony No. 26 in D major Opus 42 G 520
London Festival Orchestra; Ross Pople, conductor
5:42 p.m.
Edward Elgar
Three Bavarian Dances Opus 27
Bournemouth Sinfonietta; Norman Del Mar, conductor
5:55 p.m.
H. T. Burleigh
Deep River
PubliQuartet Lara Downes, piano
5:59 p.m.
Scott Joplin
Treemonisha Overture
Houston Grand Opera Orchestra; Gunther Schuller, conductor
6:07 p.m.
Maurice Ravel
Piano Concerto in G major
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor Helene Grimaud, piano
6:30 p.m.
Keith Jarrett
Adagio for Oboe and String Orchestra
The Fairfield Orchestra; Thomas Crawford, conductor Marcia Butler, oboe
6:41 p.m.
Claude Debussy
Preludes Book I: No. 11 "Puck's Dance"
Maurizio Pollini, piano
6:44 p.m.
Agustin Barrios
Danza Paraguaya No. 3: London Carape
David Russell, guitar
6:45 p.m.
Jean-Michel Blais
Nostos
La Pieta Angele Dubeau, violin
6:50 p.m.
John Williams
Theme from The Patriot
Boston Pops Orchestra; Keith Lockhart, conductor Middlesex County Fifes & Drums