Classical Music Playlist, January 23, 2023
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
The Piano Concerto No. 2 by French composer Camille Saint-Saëns opens unusually with more than a minute-and-a-half piano solo. Often the orchestra plays that long before the piano enters. Perhaps his most popular concerto, the capricious nature of styles across all movements prompted Polish composer and pianist Zygmunt Stojowski to joke that it "begins with Bach and ends with Offenbach." Well-crafted and demanding of the soloist, the Piano Concerto No. 2 by Saint-Saëns is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Polonaise No. 4 in C minor Opus 40/2
Folke Nauta, piano
6:09 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major BWV 1068
La Petite Bande; Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor
6:30 a.m.
Carlos Salzedo
Bolero
Yolanda Kondonassis, harp
6:35 a.m.
Ethel Smyth
Sonata for Violin and Piano in A minor Opus 7
Tasmin Little, violin; John Lenehan, piano
7:00 a.m.
Aaron Copland
Our Town
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
7:11 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 6 "Le Matin" in D major
Lausanne Chamber Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
7:31 a.m.
Dave Brubeck
Rising Sun
John Salmon, piano
7:35 a.m.
Ottorino Respighi
Fountains of Rome
Philadelphia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
7:52 a.m.
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Quintet for Guitar and String Quartet: IV. Finale Op 143
Pacifica Quartet Sharon Isbin, guitar
7:59 a.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Tafelmusik II: Concerto for 3 violins in F major
Musica Antiqua Koln; Reinhardt Goebel, conductor Members of...
8:16 a.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Symphony No. 1 "Classical" in D major Opus 25
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Andre Previn, conductor
8:31 a.m.
Maddalena Casulana
Morir non puo il mio cuore
Palaver Strings
8:32 a.m.
George Enescu
Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 in A major Opus 11
National Orchestra of France; Cristian Macelaru, conductor Yuja Wang, piano
8:36 a.m.
George Gershwin
Second Rhapsody
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor Stewart Goodyear, piano
8:53 a.m.
Georges Bizet
CARMEN: Habanera: L'amour est un oiseau.
Symphony Orchestra of Seville; Jose Luis Garcia, conductor Teresa Berganza, mezzo-soprano
8:57 a.m.
Georges Bizet
CARMEN: Toreador song
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
9:01 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso "Alexander's Feast" in C major HWV 318
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
9:15 a.m.
Madeleine Dring
Colour Suite: IV. Blue Air
Sarah Cahill, piano
9:19 a.m.
Edouard Lalo
Norwegian Rhapsody (Rapsodie Norvegienne)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Yondani Butt, conductor
9:31 a.m.
Amy Beach
From Blackbird Hills
Lara Downes, piano
9:36 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
The Hero's Song Opus 111
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Bohumil Gregor, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 6 in F major Opus 6
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
10:12 a.m.
John Williams
Empire of the Sun: Cadillac of the Skies
Los Angeles Recording Arts Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
10:18 a.m.
Ernst von Dohnanyi
Sextet in C major Opus 37
Takacs Quartet Andras Schiff, piano; Radovan Vlatkovic, horn; K�lm�n Berkes, clarinet
10:49 a.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Romeo & Juliet: Dance of the Knights Opus 64
Toronto Symphony Orchestra; Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor
10:54 a.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Re-Inventions: Re-Invention No. 1
La Pieta; Angele Dubeau, conductor
11:00 a.m.
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Piano Concerto No. 3 in B minor Opus 89
English Chamber Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor Stephen Hough, piano
11:37 a.m.
Carlos Rafael Rivera
Cancion
Denis Azabagic, guitar
11:39 a.m.
Francisco Tarrega
Memories of the Alhambra (Recuerdos de la Alhambra)
Narciso Yepes, guitar
11:43 a.m.
Amy Beach
Gaelic Symphony: II. Alla siciliana - allegro vivace - andante in E minor Opus 32
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
11:52 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Cello Concerto in F major RV 411
Il Giardino Armonico; Giovanni Antonini, conductor Christophe Coin, cello
12:00 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 5: I. Allegro con brio in C minor Opus 67
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
12:07 p.m.
Mel Bonis
Soir et Matin: II. Matin (Morning)
Fabienne Sulser, flute; Matthias Walpen, cello; Anne-Marie Aellen, piano
12:14 p.m.
Gabriel Faure
Dolly Suite Opus 56
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Seiji Ozawa, conductor
12:33 p.m.
George Enescu
Romanian Rhapsody No. 2 in D major Opus 11
National Orchestra of France; Cristian Macelaru, conductor Daniel Hope, violin; Alexey Botvinov, piano
12:38 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Keyboard Concerto No. 1 in D minor BWV 1052
New York Philharmonic; Alan Gilbert, conductor Emanuel Ax, piano
1:00 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Andante and Hungarian Rondo Opus 35
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Klaus Thunemann, bassoon
1:11 p.m.
John Lunn
Downton Abbey
La Pieta; Angele Dubeau, conductor Angele Dubeau, violin
1:18 p.m.
Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 3 in C major Opus 52
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra; Mariss Jansons, conductor
1:47 p.m.
Maria Newman
String Quartet No. 2 "LAUDS": finale in F major Op. 35
Malibu Coast String Quartet
1:51 p.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Artist's Life Opus 316 Kunstlerleben
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor Opus 22
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor Andre Watts, piano
2:25 p.m.
Jeno Takacs
Divertimento for Orchestra Opus 75
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra; Milan Horvath, conductor
2:36 p.m.
Traditional Japanese
Sakura sakura cherry blossom
Xuefei Yang, guitar
2:44 p.m.
Edward Elgar
Introduction and Allegro Opus 47
BBC Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Davis, conductor
3:00 p.m.
Michael Torke
Bright Blue Music
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; David Zinman, conductor
3:11 p.m.
Valentin Silvestrov
MAIDAN 2014 - Cycle III: IV. Agnus Dei
Kyiv Chamber Choir; Mykola Hobdych, conductor
3:14 p.m.
Hugo Alfven
Swedish Rhapsody #2 "Uppsala Rhapsody" Opus 24
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Niklas Willen, conductor
3:26 p.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Toccata Opus 39
Enid Katahn, piano
3:31 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Cello Concerto No. 2 in D major Opus 101 HOB VIIb:2
Cologne Chamber Orchestra; Helmut Muller-Bruhl, conductor Maria Kliegel, cello
4:00 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 4 "Italian": I. Allegro Vivace in A major Opus 90
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
4:11 p.m.
Zhen Chen
Springfield
Zhen Chen, piano; Jiaju Shen, pipa; Feifei Yang, erhu
4:15 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Serenade for Winds in D minor Opus 44
Oslo Wind Soloists
4:40 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue (from the Well-Tempered Clavier I:02) in C minor BWV 847
Vikingur Olafsson, piano
4:43 p.m.
Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Te Deum: Prelude
English Chamber Orchestra; Anthony Newman, conductor Wynton Marsalis, trumpet
4:46 p.m.
Georges Bizet
Carmen Suite No. 1
London Symphony Orchestra; Neville Marriner, conductor
5:00 p.m.
Franz Liszt
Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major
Bergen Philharmonic; Dmitri Kitayenko, conductor Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
5:23 p.m.
Lalo Schifrin
from La Nouvelle Orleans
Imani Winds
5:28 p.m.
John Williams
STAR WARS - THE FORCE AWAKENS: The Jedi Steps and Finale
Studio Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
5:38 p.m.
Claude Debussy
The Girl with the Flaxen Hair (from Preludes, Book I: No. 8) (La fille aux cheveux de lin)
Alexis Weissenberg, piano
5:42 p.m.
Don Brandon Ray
Three Homestead Dances
Dublin Philharmonic Orchestra; Derek Gleeson, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Asger Hamerik
Symphony No. 1 "Symphonie Poetique" in F major Opus 29
Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra; Thomas Dausgaard, conductor
6:30 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Violin Concerto: III. Allegro Giocoso (Finale) in D major Opus 77
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor Jascha Heifetz, violin
6:39 p.m.
James Horner
Legends of the Fall: The Ludlows
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Robert Ziegler, conductor Lindsey Stirling, violin
6:44 p.m.
R. Carlos Nakai
Passages: II. We All Dance
R. Carlos Nakai, Native American flute; Luis Engelke, trumpet; William Eaton, harp guitar; Will Clipman, percussion
6:50 p.m.
Alexandre Desplat
The Shape of Water, The Creature, Elisa's Theme
London Symphony Orchestra; Alexandre Desplat, conductor Alexander Desplat, whistler
