Classical Music Playlist, June 23, 2023
Ricardo Castro (1864-1907)
Born in 1864, Mexican pianist and composer Ricardo Castro studied in Europe and became quite an international sensation as well as contributed to the development of classical music in Mexico in the European traditions. He studied early with the greatest pianist in Mexico, toured the US and later dedicated his efforts to composition and wrote concertos, operas and chamber music. In 1900 he began teaching at the National Conservatory of Mexico and later became its director. With help of stipends from the Mexican president, in 1903 he established a residence in Paris where he became friends with Teresa Carreño and made the acquaintance of Cécile Chaminade and Camille Saint-Saëns who offered him support for his Parisian recitals. This led to his success in Belgium where in 1904 he premiered his Piano Concerto which was likened to similar works of Grieg, Chopin, Saint-Saëns and Liszt. He returned to Mexico in 1906 a national hero and in October of that year was invited to play his Concerto for the Mexican president on the occasion of his 25th wedding anniversary. A new release of Ricardo Castro's Piano Concerto in A-minor is today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Henry Purcell
Suite for Brass
Canadian Brass
6:11 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Czech Suite Opus 39
Prague Philharmonia; Jakub Hrusa, conductor
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.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 2 in F major Opus 6
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
7:10 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 2 in D major Opus 36
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
7:44 a.m.
Vincenzo Capirola
Rustic Dance (La Vilanela)
Paul O'Dette, lute
7:46 a.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
MACBETH: Act III: Ballet Music
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Edward Downes, conductor
7:49 a.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Peggy's Rag
Sarah Cahill, piano
7:54 a.m.
Johan Halvorsen
Entry March of the Boyars
Bergen Philharmonic; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
8:00 a.m.
Wilhelm Stenhammar
Excelsior! Opus 13
Royal Scottish Orchestra; Petter Sundkvist, conductor
8:14 a.m.
Alexander Glazunov
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B major Opus 100
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Martyn Brabbins, conductor Stephen Coombs, piano
8:36 a.m.
Sebastian Iradier
La Paloma the dove
Pablo Sainz Villegas, guitar
8:40 a.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Morning Papers Opus 279 (Morgenblatter)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Franz Bauer-Theussl, conductor
8:51 a.m.
Hans Rott
Symphony No. 1: III. Scherzo: Frisch und lebhaft (Fresh and lively) in E major
Bamberg Symphony; Jakub Hrusa, conductor Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
9:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Water Music Suite No. 2 in D major HWV 349
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
9:11 a.m.
Leo Delibes
Sylvia: Procession of Bacchus from Act III
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
9:17 a.m.
Maria Newman
String Quartet No. 2 "LAUDS": finale in F major Op. 35
Malibu Coast String Quartet
9:22 a.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor Opus 18
Philadelphia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor Andrei Gavrilov, piano
10:00 a.m.
Francesco Geminiani
Concerto Grosso No. 10 in F major Opus 7/10
Academy of Ancient Music; Andrew Manze, conductor
10:10 a.m.
Nainita Desai
My Mind Is Still
Voces8
10:17 a.m.
Ethel Smyth
Serenade in D in D major
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Odaline de la Martinez, conductor Tasmin Little, violin; John Lenehan, piano
10:47 a.m.
Gioachino Rossini
THE BARBER OF SEVILLE: Overture (IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA)
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Claudio Abbado, conductor
10:55 a.m.
Ruth Crawford (Seeger)
Rissolty Rossolty
Schonberg Ensemble; Oliver Knussen, conductor
10:59 a.m.
Aaron Copland
Appalachian Spring
Minnesota Orchestra; Eiji Oue, conductor
11:26 a.m.
Manuel de Falla
EL AMOR BRUJO: Ritual Fire Dance
Katia and Marielle Labeque, piano duo
11:31 a.m.
Agustin Barrios
La Catedral
David Russell, guitar
11:39 a.m.
Johann Friedrich Fasch
Concerto for lute and orchestra in D minor
Musica Antiqua Koln; Reinhardt Goebel, conductor Michael Ducker, lute
11:54 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Sleeping Beauty: Polonaise from Act III
London Symphony Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
12:00 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto No. 1 for four violins and orchestra in D major Opus 3 RV 549
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor Members of...
12:09 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
25 Scottish Songs: 2. Sunset Opus 108/2
Voces8; Eric Whitacre, conductor Gerald Finley, baritone; Nicola Benedetti, violin; Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello; Benjamin Grosvenor, piano
12:14 p.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
WILD SWANS: Eliza Aria
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra; Ola Rudner, conductor Jane Sheldon, soprano
12:19 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 22 in Eb major K 482
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor John O'Conor, piano
12:54 p.m.
Gabriel Faure
Pavane Opus 50
Studio Orchestra; William Goodchild, conductor John Williams, guitar
1:00 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Symphony No. 3 "Organ": Finale in C minor Opus 78
Kansas City Symphony; Michael Stern, conductor Jan Kraybill, organ
1:10 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
String Quartet No. 1 in G minor Opus 27
Guarneri Quartet
1:44 p.m.
Leo Brouwer
El Decameron Negro: 1. El arpa del Guerrero
Sharon Isbin, guitar
1:49 p.m.
Mikhail Glinka
Spanish Overture No. 2
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Vassily Sinaisky, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Ricardo Castro
Piano Concerto in A minor Opus 22
Orquesta Sinf�nica de Miner�a (OSM); Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor Jorge Federico Osorio, piano
2:25 p.m.
Gian Carlo Menotti
AMELIA GOES TO THE BALL Overture
Columbia Symphony Orchestra; Thomas Schippers, conductor
2:30 p.m.
Claude Debussy
Rhapsodie No. 1 for clarinet
Cleveland Orchestra; Pierre Boulez, conductor Franklin Cohen, clarinet
2:40 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 11 in A major Opus 6/11 HWV 329
Aradia Ensemble; Kevin Mallon, conductor
2:59 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
String Symphony No. 6 in Eb major
Heidelberg Symphony; Thomas Fey, conductor
3:10 p.m.
John Barry
Dances With Wolves: John Dunbar Theme
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
3:18 p.m.
Erich Korngold
Violin Concerto in D major Opus 35
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Alfred Wallenstein, conductor Jascha Heifetz, violin
3:41 p.m.
Agustin Barrios
Vals Tropical
David Russell, guitar
3:45 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Havanaise Opus 83
Vienna Symphony Orchestra; Manfred Honeck, conductor Maria Duenas, violin
4:00 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Cello Concerto No. 2 in D major Opus 101 HOB VIIb:2
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Stephen Mosko, conductor Mischa Maisky, cello
4:23 p.m.
Philip Glass
Modern Love Waltz
Gloria Cheng-Cochran, piano
4:28 p.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Overture in C major
The Women's Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
4:40 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Trio for violin, lute & continuo in G minor RV 85
Il Giardino Armonico
4:50 p.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Vienna Blood Opus 354 Wiener Blut
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor
5:00 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 2: IV. Allegro con spirito in D major Opus 73
Berlin Philharmonic; Herbert von Karajan, conductor
5:11 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
Piano Concerto in A minor Opus 16
Bergen Philharmonic; Ole Kristian Ruud, conductor Noriko Ogawa, piano
5:43 p.m.
Federico Moreno Torroba
Castillos de Espana: Torija/Alcaniz (Elegia/Festival)
Andres Segovia, guitar
5:48 p.m.
Hans Zimmer
The Frozen Planet
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
5:54 p.m.
Clarence Cameron White
Basque Folk Song
Marcus Eley, clarinet; Lucerne DeSa, piano
5:58 p.m.
Aram Khachaturian
Violin Concerto
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Teddy Abrams, conductor Rachel Barton Pine, violin
6:39 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Turkish Rondo (from Sonata No. 11 "Turkish March") in A major K 331
John O'Conor, piano
6:44 p.m.
Carlos Simon
Be Still and Know
Phoebe Wu, piano; Teagan Faran, violin; Victor Huls, cello
6:51 p.m.
Pat Metheny
Road to the Sun: Part 1
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet Pat Metheny, guitar
6:56 p.m.
Bill Frisell
Change in the Air
Bill Frisell, guitar
