Classical Music Playlist, July 21, 2021
In 1912, composer Richard Strauss and his operatic librettist conceived a project that was a combination of stage play and opera; first, a revival of the 1670 play by Molière, “Le Bourgeois gentilhomme,” followed by the Strauss opera “Ariadne auf Naxos.” It all turned out to be too cumbersome (and expensive) to produce and tried to appeal to too many tastes (and received hisses from the audience who didn’t care about parts of the over six hour production). So the play and opera were separated, all of it revised and re-premiered, and Strauss then compiled a Suite from the music which we now know as his delightful “Bourgeois Gentleman Suite.” And that’s today’s Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
6:00 a.m.
Jan Dismas Zelenka
Capriccio No. 2 in G major Z 183
Bern Camerata; Alexander van Wijnkoop, conductor
6:14 a.m.
Alexey Shor
Seascapes for Viola and Orchestra
London Philharmonic Orchestra; David Parry, conductor David Aaron Carpenter, viola
6:33 a.m.
Johann Stamitz
Flute Concerto in C major
St. Christopher Chamber Orchestra; Donatas Katkus, conductor Robert Aitken, flute
6:55 a.m.
Kenneth Leighton
Serenade: Romanza in C major
Kenneth Smith, flute; Paul Rhodes, piano
7:00 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
String Quartet Op. 76/3 "Emperor": I. Allegro in C major Opus 76/3
Aeolian String Quartet
7:14 a.m.
Robert Schumann
Ghost Variations Wo0 24
Igor Levit, piano
7:26 a.m.
Jean Joseph Mouret
Fanfare Symphony (Sinfonies de Fanfare) in D major
Bernhard Laubin, trumpet; Hannes Laubin, trumpet; Wolfgang Laubin, trumpet; Simon Preston, organ; Norbert Schmitt, timpani
7:32 a.m.
Alexander MacKenzie
Twelfth Night Opus 40
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Martyn Brabbins, conductor
7:53 a.m.
Hubert Bath
Cornish Rhapsody
BBC Concert Orchestra; Christopher Warren-Green, conductor Valentina Lisitsa, piano
8:00 a.m.
Francesco Geminiani
Concerto Grosso No. 10 in F major Opus 7/10
Academy of Ancient Music; Andrew Manze, conductor
8:12 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Bassoon Concerto in F major Opus 75
Tapiola Sinfonietta; Jean Jacques Kantorow, conductor Jaakko Luoma, bassoon
8:30 a.m.
Julie Amacher
New Classical Trax
American Public Media Julie Amacher
8:36 a.m.
Philip Glass
The Hours Suite: II. The Poet Acts
Janacek Philharmonic; Mark Shapiro, conductor Gregory Harrington, violin
8:41 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture
London Symphony Orchestra; Barry Wordsworth, conductor
8:54 a.m.
Enrique Granados
Danzas espanolas No. 7 "Valenciana"
Alicia de Larrocha, piano
9:00 a.m.
Michael Torke
Bright Blue Music
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; David Zinman, conductor
9:10 a.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Opus 43
Philadelphia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor Andrei Gavrilov, piano
9:33 a.m.
Giovanni Pergolesi
Sinfonia for cello & continuo in F major
Peter Howard, cello; Joshua Koestenbaum, cello; Christoper Hogwood, harpsichord
9:41 a.m.
Carlos Troyer
Traditional Zuni Songs: Lover's Wooing & Zunian Lullaby
Dario Muller, piano
9:49 a.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
English Folk Song Suite
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic; James Judd, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Claude Debussy
Petite Suite
Philharmonia Orchestra; Geoffrey Simon, conductor
10:13 a.m.
Ignaz Holzbauer
Symphony in Eb major Opus 3/1
L'Orfeo Barokorkester; Michi Gaigg, conductor
10:36 a.m.
Ruth Crawford (Seeger)
Suite for Wind Quintet and Piano: II. Giocoso - Allegro non troppo
Ensemble Aventure
10:40 a.m.
Franz Von Suppe
Light Cavalry Overture
Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra; Willi Boskovsky, conductor
10:47 a.m.
Carl Busch
Minnehaha's Vision
Lansdowne Symphony Orchestra; Reuben Blundell, conductor
10:59 a.m.
Antonio Soler
Three Sonatas
State of Mexico Symphony; Enrique Batiz, conductor
11:11 a.m.
William Grant Still
Symphony No. 1 "Afro-American"
Cincinnati Philharmonia Orchestra; Jindong Cai, conductor
11:38 a.m.
Agustin Barrios
Danza Paraguaya No. 1
David Russell, guitar
11:41 a.m.
George Phillip Telemann
Suite No. 6 for flute, harpsichord, lute & viola in D minor TWV 42
Camerata Koln
11:57 a.m.
Mel Bonis
Femmes de Legende: Phoebe Opus 30
Kyra Steckeweh, piano
12:00 p.m.
Maria Newman
String Quartet No. 2 "LAUDS": finale in F major Op. 35
Malibu Coast String Quartet
12:04 p.m.
Louis Spohr
Clarinet Concerto No. 4 in E minor WOO 20
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Kenneth Sillito, conductor Sabine Meyer, clarinet
12:30 p.m.
Jean Sibelius
Presto for string orchestra
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
12:37 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Piano Sonata No. 50 in D major HOB 16/37
Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano
12:50 p.m.
Isaac Albeniz
Iberia: Festival Day in Seville (Fete-Dieu a Seville)
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
1:00 p.m.
Louis Moreau Gottschalk
Grand Tarantelle Opus 67/5
Northwest Sinfonietta; Christophe Chagnard, conductor Joel Fan, piano
1:09 p.m.
Igor Stravinsky
Pulcinella Suite
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
1:31 p.m.
Joaquin Rodrigo
Fandango
Eduardo Fernandez, guitar
1:36 p.m.
Franz Biber
Sonata for 8 trumpets & orchestra in A major
English Chamber Orchestra; Raymond Leppard, conductor Wynton Marsalis, trumpet
1:42 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight" in C# minor Opus 27/2
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
2:00 p.m.
Richard Strauss
Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme Suite Opus 60
Berlin Philharmonic; Simon Rattle, conductor
2:35 p.m.
Gabriel Faure
Requiem: Pie Jesu Opus 48
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andreas Delfs, conductor Renee Fleming, soprano
2:40 p.m.
Richard Danielpour
An American Mosaic: X. Interlude (Third Consolation)
Simone Dinnerstein, piano
2:46 p.m.
Maurice Ravel
Introduction and Allegro
Nicanor Zabaleta, harp; Christian Larde, flute; Guy Deplus, clarinet; ...and friends
2:59 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
Holberg Suite Opus 40
English String Orchestra; William Boughton, conductor
3:17 p.m.
Florence Price
Fantasie Negre (No. 1) in E minor
Lara Downes, piano
3:26 p.m.
Ferdinando Carulli
Serenade No. 5 in A major Opus 109
Karl Bernhard Sebon, flute; Juan Pastor, guitar
3:33 p.m.
Louise Farrenc
Piano Trio No. 1: IV. Finale. Vivace in Eb major Opus 33
Neave Trio
3:42 p.m.
Jan Dismas Zelenka
Capriccio No. 1 in D major Z 182
Bern Camerata; Alexander van Wijnkoop, conductor
3:59 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Hebrides Overture in B minor Opus 26
Bamberg Symphony; Claus Peter Flor, conductor
4:10 p.m.
Joseph Fiala
Concerto for Oboe in Bb major
Prague Chamber Orchestra; Frantisek Vajnar, conductor Jiri Krejci, oboe
4:29 p.m.
Hugo Alfven
Mountain King Suite: Dance of the Shepherd Girl
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Niklas Willen, conductor
4:34 p.m.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Romance in G major
Encore Chamber Orchestra; Daniel Hege, conductor Rachel Barton Pine, violin
4:47 p.m.
Claudio Monteverdi
Monteverdiana
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
4:54 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Impromptu No. 1 in Ab major Opus 29
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
5:00 p.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Symphony No. 1 "Classical" in D major Opus 25
London Symphony Orchestra; Neville Marriner, conductor
5:16 p.m.
Luigi Boccherini
Cello Concerto in C major G 477
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra; Johannes Goritzki, conductor Johannes Goritzki, cello
5:36 p.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Viennese Bon Bons Opus 307
Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Franz Bauer-Theussl, conductor
5:46 p.m.
Francis Poulenc
Presto in Bb major
Pascal Roge, piano
5:49 p.m.
George Phillip Telemann
Oboe Concerto in D minor
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Iona Brown, conductor Heinz Holliger, oboe
5:59 p.m.
Ernst von Dohnanyi
Serenade in C major Opus 10
Denes Kovacs, violin; Laszlo Barsony, viola; Karoly Botvay, cello
6:20 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Sonata No. 10 in C major K 330
Alicia de Larrocha, piano
6:39 p.m.
Margaret Bonds
THE BALLAD OF THE BROWN KING: I. Of the Three Wise Men
The Dessoff Choirs and Orchestra; Malcolm J. Merriweather, conductor Noah Stewart, tenor
6:42 p.m.
Edward K. (Duke) Ellington
In a sentimental mood
Jason Vieaux, guitar
6:47 p.m.
Jessie Montgomery
Coincident Dances
Chicago Sinfonietta; Mei-Ann Chen, conductor
