Classical Music Playlist, December 29, 2021
The Cévennes Mountains of France (source of d'Indy's folk song) | photo by Marie H Ray on Unsplash
French composer Vincent d’Indy composed his 1886 “Symphony on a French Mountain Air '' around a folk song he heard in the Cévennes mountains of Southwestern France. The unusual scoring features a piano that is prominent but never really becomes dominant. It’s today’s Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
6:00 a.m.
Friedrich Kuhlau
Elf-Mound Overture Opus 100
Odense Symphony Orchestra; Othmar Maga, conductor
6:12 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in Bb minor Opus 23
St. Petersburg Philharmonic; Yuri Temirkanov, conductor Denis Matsuev, piano
6:46 a.m.
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Choros No. 1
Pepe Romero, guitar
6:53 a.m.
Georg Christoph Wagenseil
Symphony in C major WV 351
L'Orfeo Barokorkester; Michi Gaigg, conductor
6:59 a.m.
Gustav Holst
Morris Dance Tunes
New Zealand Chamber Orchestra; Nicholas Braithwaite, conductor
7:13 a.m.
Louise Farrenc
Trio for clarinet, cello, and piano: III. Minuetto: Allegro in Eb major Opus 44
Linos Ensemble
7:18 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Occasional Suite in D major
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
7:34 a.m.
Joe Hisaishi
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Winds (NAH-sih-kaw)
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Nick Ingram, conductor Joe Hisaishi, piano
7:53 a.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Vocalise Opus 34/14
Orchestra of St. Luke's; Michael Stern, conductor Joshua Bell, violin
8:00 a.m.
Johan Svendsen
Carnival in Paris (Karnival i Paris) Opus 9
Latvian National Symphony; Terje Mikkelsen, conductor
8:15 a.m.
Max Richter
Spring 3
Berlin Chamber Orchestra; Andre de Ridder, conductor Daniel Hope, violin
8:20 a.m.
Emmanuel Chabrier
Espana (Spanish Rhapsodie)
L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
8:27 a.m.
Julie Amacher
New Classical Trax
American Public Media Julie Amacher
8:32 a.m.
Einojuhani Rautavaara
Two Serenades: No. 2: Serenade pour la vie (Serenade for Life)
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France; Mikko Franck, conductor Hilary Hahn, violin
8:39 a.m.
Muzio Clementi
Piano Sonata in Bb major Opus 24/2
Nikolai Demidenko, piano
8:53 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
ABDUCTION FROM THE SERAGLIO Overture K 384
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Mikhail Glinka
Spanish Overture No. 1 "Jota aragonesa"
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Vassily Sinaisky, conductor
9:10 a.m.
Johann Heinichen
Concerto for violin, flutes, oboes, strings in G major S 213
Musica Antiqua Koln; Reinhardt Goebel, conductor
9:26 a.m.
Leo Brouwer
Zapateada (aire popular cubano)
Pepe Romero, guitar
9:30 a.m.
William Boyce
Symphony No. 5 in D major Opus 2
Aradia Ensemble; Kevin Mallon, conductor
9:38 a.m.
Aaron Copland
The Tender Land: Suite
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Aaron Copland, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Franz Liszt
Piano Concerto No. 1 in Eb major
Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra; Emil Tabakov, conductor Santiago Rodriguez, piano
10:18 a.m.
Gioachino Rossini
Variations for Clarinet and Orchestra in C major Opus 109
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Harry Newstone, conductor Gary Gray, clarinet
10:28 a.m.
Luigi Boccherini
Introduction & Fandango
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
10:35 a.m.
Paul Schoenfield
Cafe Music
Eroica Trio
10:53 a.m.
Henry Purcell
Indian Queen: Symphony
Parley of Instruments
10:59 a.m.
Johann Christian Bach
Sinfonia No. 2 in D major Opus 6/2
Camerata Budapest; Hanspeter Gmur, conductor
11:09 a.m.
Florence Price
Piano Sonata in E minor
Althea Waites, piano
11:35 a.m.
Klaus Badelt; Hans Zimmer
Pirates of the Carribean: He's A Pirate
La Pieta; Angele Dubeau, conductor Angele Dubeau, violin
11:40 a.m.
Leon Minkus
Don Quixote: Grand pas de deux
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
11:47 a.m.
Joel Puckett
Concerto Duo: II. Mama Dee's Song for Joel
Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra; Allen Tinkham, conductor Anthony McGill, clarinet; Demarre McGill, flute
11:59 a.m.
Francesco Geminiani
Concerto Grosso No. 10 in F major Opus 7/10
Academy of Ancient Music; Andrew Manze, conductor
12:10 p.m.
Johan Svendsen
Norwegian Rhapsody No. 3 (Norsk Rapsodi No. 3) Opus 21
South Jutland Symphony Orchestra; Bjarte Engeset, conductor
12:21 p.m.
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Quintet for Guitar and String Quartet Op 143
Pacifica Quartet Sharon Isbin, guitar
12:45 p.m.
Josef Suk
Fantastic Scherzo Opus 25
Buffalo Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
1:01 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 1 in F major K 37
English Chamber Orchestra; Murray Perahia, conductor Murray Perahia, piano
1:18 p.m.
Cecil Burleigh
At Sunset from Rocky Mountain Sketches
Lansdowne Symphony Orchestra; Reuben Blundell, conductor
1:22 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Sonata for Cello and Piano: III. Andante in Eb major Opus 19
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello; Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
1:29 p.m.
Ambroise Thomas
Raymond Overture
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Paul Paray, conductor
1:37 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in Eb major Opus 74
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Charles Neidich, clarinet
2:00 p.m.
Vincent d'Indy
Symphony on a French Mountain Air Opus 25
L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande; Marek Janowski, conductor Martin Helmchen, piano
2:26 p.m.
R. Carlos Nakai
Winter Solstice
R. Carlos Nakai, Native American flute
2:31 p.m.
Mervyn Burtch
Aladdin Overture
Royal Ballet Sinfonia; Andrew Penny, conductor
2:39 p.m.
Frank Bridge
Cherry Ripe
English String Orchestra; William Boughton, conductor
2:44 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 11 in A major Opus 6/11 HWV 329
Handel & Haydn Society; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
3:02 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Piano Concerto: III. Allegro vivace in A minor Opus 54
San Francisco Ballet Orchestra; Martin West, conductor Lara Downes, piano
3:14 p.m.
Luigi Boccherini
Symphony in D minor Opus 37/ 3 G 517
New Berlin Chamber Orchestra; Michael Erxleben, conductor
3:35 p.m.
Agustin Barrios
Danza Paraguaya No. 3: London Carape
David Russell, guitar
3:38 p.m.
William Bolcom
Fields of Flowers
Spencer Meyer, piano
3:42 p.m.
Benjamin Britten
Simple Symphony Opus 4
London Chamber Orchestra; Christopher Warren-Green, conductor
4:01 p.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Concerto for flute and strings in D major
Berlin Baroque Soloists; Rainer Kussmaul, conductor Emmanuel Pahud, flute
4:15 p.m.
Morton Gould
Symphonette No. 2: Pavanne
Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor
4:19 p.m.
Richard Danielpour
An American Mosaic: X. Interlude (Third Consolation)
Simone Dinnerstein, piano
4:25 p.m.
Luigi Cherubini
Eliza: Overture
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
4:33 p.m.
Franz Berwald
Symphony No. 4 in Eb major
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
5:00 p.m.
Federico Moreno Torroba
Sonatina
Denis Azabagic, guitar
5:12 p.m.
Zoltan Kodaly
Marosszek Dances
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
5:26 p.m.
Karl Goldmark
In Italy Overture Opus 49
National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland; Stephen Gunzenhauser, conductor
5:40 p.m.
Amy Beach
From Grandmother's Garden: Honeysuckle Opus 97/5
Joanne Polk, piano
5:44 p.m.
Florence Price
Violin Concerto No. 2
Janacek Philharmonic; Ryan Cockerham, conductor Er-Gene Kahng
5:59 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 5 "Reformation" in D major Opus 107
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
6:30 p.m.
Aram Khachaturian
Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus & Phrygia
The Bolshoi Theater Orchestra; Mark Ermler, conductor
6:39 p.m.
Miguel Llobet
Nine Catalan Folksongs
Julian Bream, guitar
6:57 p.m.
Tan Dun
Eight Memories in Watercolor: 4. Blue Nun
Shen Lu, piano
