Classical Music Playlist, May 17, 2022
Shéhérazade by Paul Émile Detouche (1824)
Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov in 1888 wrote his suite “Scheherazade,” inspired by the collected tales of The Arabian Nights (“One Thousand and One Nights”). While he originally included titles to each movement, he ultimately wanted the music only to be “hints to direct but slightly the hearer’s fancy” toward the more vaguely described “numerous and varied fairy-tale wonders.” But he did include in the music one repeating story: Scheherazade herself, represented by a solo violin accompanied by harp as she begins telling another tale to the cruel Sultan Shahryar who is represented by low brass and woodwinds. Rimsky-Korsakov’s entire 45-minute “Scheherazade” is today’s colorful Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
6:00 a.m.
Edward Elgar
Introduction and Allegro Opus 47
Bavarian Radio Symphony; Colin Davis, conductor
6:16 a.m.
Giovanni Paisiello
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major
Campania Chamber Orchestra; Luigi Piovano, conductor Francesco Nicolosi, piano
6:41 a.m.
Henriette Renie
Legende
Xavier de Maistre, harp
6:51 a.m.
Alexander Reinagle
Overture in G major
Sinfonia Finlandia (Jyvaskyla); Patrick Gallois, conductor
6:59 a.m.
John Rutter
Folk Suite
Royal Ballet Sinfonia; David Lloyd-Jones, conductor
7:13 a.m.
Joseph Kraus
Viola Concerto in Eb major VB 153c
Tapiola Sinfonietta David Aaron Carpenter, viola
7:35 a.m.
Philip Glass
String Quartet No. 3 "Mishima": VI. Mishima Closing
Attacca Quartet
7:38 a.m.
Gustav Holst
The Planets: Mercury, the Winged Messenger Opus 32
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
7:43 a.m.
Grace Williams
Ballads: II. Alla marcia solenne
BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra; Vernon Handley, conductor
7:48 a.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 2: III. Allegro Scherzando in C minor
San Francisco Symphony; Edo de Waart, conductor Zoltan Kocsis, 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.
Franz Krommer
Concerto for two clarinets in Eb major Opus 91
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Kenneth Sillito, conductor Sabine Meyer, clarinet; Julian Bliss, clarinet
8:37 a.m.
John Williams
Superman: Main Title
London Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
8:42 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Polonaise No. 6 "Heroic" in Ab major Opus 53
Lang Lang, piano
8:50 a.m.
Gioachino Rossini
The Thieving Magpie (LA GAZZA LADRA): Overture
London Classical Players; Roger Norrington, conductor
9:01 a.m.
Claude Debussy
Sacred and Profane Dances (Danses Sacree et Profane)
Lyon National Orchestra; Jun Markl, conductor Emmanuel Ceysson, harp
9:11 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 27 in Bb major K 595
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor John O'Conor, piano
9:43 a.m.
Gunther Schuller
Suite for Wind Quintet: II. Blues
Reykjavik Wind Quintet
9:44 a.m.
Erik Satie
Gymnopedie No. 1
John Novacek, piano
9:49 a.m.
Ottorino Respighi
Church Windows: IV. Saint Gregory the Great
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Hubert Parry
An English Suite
City of London Sinfonia; Richard Hickox, conductor
10:23 a.m.
Nadia Boulanger
Three Pieces for Cello & Piano
Amit Peled, cello; Lucy Mauro, piano
10:33 a.m.
William Byrd
The Earl of Oxford's March
Canadian Brass; Robert Moody, conductor
10:37 a.m.
Georges Bizet
L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2
Ulster Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
10:55 a.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
LA TRAVIATA: Act I. Prelude
National Philharmonic Orchestra; Richard Bonynge, conductor
11:00 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Flute Concerto No. 1 "La Tempesta di Mare" (The Storm at Sea) in F major Opus 10 RV 433
Tokyo Bach-Mozart Ensemble Masahiro Arita, flute
11:08 a.m.
Johann Johannsson
A Pile of Dust
Voces8
11:15 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Allegro di molto in E minor
Joanne Polk, piano
11:18 a.m.
Michio Miyagi
The Sea in Springtime (Haru no Umi)
Yolanda Kondonassis, harp
11:28 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 4 in Bb major Opus 60
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
12:01 p.m.
Luigi Boccherini
Quintet for Guitar and Strings No. 9 "Retreat from Madrid" in C major G 453
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemble Pepe Romero, guitar
12:29 p.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Concert Etudes: Automne in Db major Opus 35/2
Anna Shelest, piano
12:36 p.m.
Cesar Franck
The Accursed Huntsman (Le Chasseur Maudit)
Philadelphia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
12:53 p.m.
John Adams
China Gates
Gloria Cheng-Cochran, piano
12:59 p.m.
Mikhail Glinka
RUSLAN AND LUDMILA: Overture
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Vassily Sinaisky, conductor
1:05 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Cello Concerto in B minor Opus 104
Berlin Philharmonic; Lorin Maazel, conductor Yo Yo Ma, cello
1:49 p.m.
Sergio Assad
Farewell
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
1:53 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Sinfonia (Konzertsatz) in D major BWV 1045
Brandenburg Consort; Roy Goodman, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Scheherazade Opus 35
London Symphony Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
2:46 p.m.
Florence Price
Fantasie Negre No. 4
Lara Downes, piano
2:52 p.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Quartet No. 4 in G major
European Baroque Soloists
3:00 p.m.
Jules Massenet
LE CID: Ballet Suite
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
3:21 p.m.
Gabriela Lena Frank
Four Folk Songs: III. Serenata
Claremont Trio
3:27 p.m.
Jan Dismas Zelenka
Capriccio No. 2 in G major Z 183
Bern Camerata; Alexander van Wijnkoop, conductor
3:41 p.m.
Andrew York
Sunburst
Jason Vieaux, guitar
3:47 p.m.
David Stanley Smith
Prince Hal Overture
Lansdowne Symphony Orchestra; Reuben Blundell, conductor
4:01 p.m.
Franz Schubert
Rosamunde Overture Opus 26 D 797 (The Magic Harp)
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Claudio Abbado, conductor
4:12 p.m.
Teresa Carreno
Corbeille de fleurs
Alan Feinberg, piano
4:19 p.m.
Ignace Pleyel
Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in Bb major
S. W. German Chamber Orchestra of Pforzheim; Sebastian Tewinkle, conductor Dieter Klocker, clarinet
4:44 p.m.
Giacomo Puccini
Preludio Sinfonico
Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra; Claudio Scimone, conductor
4:55 p.m.
Federico Moreno Torroba
Castillos de Espana: Torija/Alcaniz (Elegia/Festival)
Andres Segovia, guitar
5:00 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 21: I. Allegro in C major K 467
English Chamber Orchestra; Jeffrey Tate, conductor Mitsuko Uchida, piano
5:16 p.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 1 in D major Opus 6
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor
5:30 p.m.
Frederic Hand
Heart's Song
Frederic Hand, guitar
5:36 p.m.
Clara Schumann
Four Fugitive Pieces Opus 15
Angela Cheng, piano
5:50 p.m.
Max Richter
Autumn 3
Berlin Chamber Orchestra; Andre de Ridder, conductor Daniel Hope, violin
5:52 p.m.
Amy Beach
Romance (1893) in D major Opus 23
Tasmin Little, violin; John Lenehan, piano
6:00 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto No. 1 (originally for violin) in A minor BWV 1041
Elias String Quartet Xuefei Yang, guitar
6:15 p.m.
Dmitri Shostakovich
Prelude and Fugue No. 23 in F major Opus 87/23
Keith Jarrett, piano
6:22 p.m.
Philip Glass
Violin Concerto
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor Gidon Kremer, violin
6:47 p.m.
Ludwig Goransson
Ancestral Plane (Black Panther Original Score)
Studio Orchestra Erina Saito, piano
6:52 p.m.
Myroslav Skoryk
Three Extravagant Dances: II. Blues: Almost American
Anna Shelest, piano; Dmitri Shelest, piano
