Classical Music Playlist, September 8, 2023
Béla Bartók and wife Ditta Pásztory-Bartók
Béla Bartók was a superb pianist and his first and last compositions in life were both for his instrument: a waltz he wrote at age 9, and his Piano Concerto No. 3 as he was dying in New York City as a gift for his pianist wife to perform to help support herself after he was gone. In fact, he passed before he completed the last 17 measures, which were completed by a friend and former student. (But at the end of the incomplete score, he did write “The End.”) Bartók’s Piano Concerto No. 3 is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 5 in D major Opus 6/5 HWV 323
Academy of Ancient Music; Andrew Manze, conductor
6:15 a.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Symphonic Dances Opus 45
Philadelphia Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
6:52 a.m.
Astor Piazzolla
La Muerte del Angel (Death of the Angel)
Franz Halasz, guitar
6:55 a.m.
Aaron Copland
In Evening Air
Lang Lang, piano
7:00 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 4 "Italian": I. Allegro Vivace in A major Opus 90
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment; Charles Mackerras, conductor
7:11 a.m.
Bernhard Crusell
Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in F minor Opus 5
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Okko Kamu, conductor Martin Frost, clarinet
7:34 a.m.
TRADITIONAL
Wild Mountain Thyme
Sharon Isbin, guitar
7:39 a.m.
Teresa Carreno
Elegy No. 1 Opus 17
Clara Rodriguez, piano
7:44 a.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Tafelmusik II: Concerto for 3 violins in F major
Musica Antiqua Koln; Reinhardt Goebel, conductor Members of...
7:59 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 3 in G major Opus 3/3 HWV 314
Handel & Haydn Society; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
8:08 a.m.
Joaquin Rodrigo
Concierto Andaluz for 4 guitars
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Los Romeros
8:33 a.m.
Madeleine Dring
Colour Suite: IV. Blue Air
Sarah Cahill, piano
8:38 a.m.
George Enescu
Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 in A major Opus 11
National Orchestra of France; Cristian Macelaru, conductor Yuja Wang, piano
8:53 a.m.
Gian Carlo Menotti
AMELIA GOES TO THE BALL Overture
Columbia Symphony Orchestra; Thomas Schippers, conductor
8:59 a.m.
Ernest Chausson
Symphony in Bb major Opus 20
Philharmonia Orchestra; Francesco d'Avalos, conductor
9:31 a.m.
Clara Schumann
Scherzo No. 2 in C minor in C minor Opus 14
Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
9:37 a.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 2 in F major Opus 6
Musica Amphion; Pieter-Jan Belder, conductor
9:49 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Variations concertantes for cello & piano in D major Opus 17
Haruma Sato, cello; Wataru Hisasue, piano
10:00 a.m.
Wilhelm Stenhammar
Excelsior! Opus 13
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
10:13 a.m.
Richard Rodgers
Carousel: Waltz
Stephen Hough, piano
10:18 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Minute Waltz in Db major Opus 64/1
Ingrid Fliter, piano
10:22 a.m.
Carl Nielsen
Symphony No. 2 "Four Temperaments" Opus 16
Royal Scottish Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor
10:53 a.m.
Juanjo Mosalini
Toma, Toca (Take it, Play it)
Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston; Gisele Ben-Dor, conductor Juanjo Mosalini, bandoneon
10:59 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 16 in D major K 451 (FROM THE RUSSELL KLETZING COLLECTION)
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Alfred Brendel, piano
11:23 a.m.
William Grant Still
Lyric Quartet: III. The Jovial One
Catalyst Quartet
11:28 a.m.
Emmanuel Chabrier
Espana (Spanish Rhapsodie)
L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
11:35 a.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Phantasy Quintet
Medici String Quartet
11:52 a.m.
John Mackey
Kingfishers Catch Fire
North Texas Wind Symphony; Eugene Corporon, conductor
11:59 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Violin Concerto in G minor BWV 1056
English Chamber Orchestra; Pinchas Zukerman, conductor Pinchas Zukerman, violin
12:11 p.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Spring in Buenos Aires (Primavera Portena)
David Tanenbaum, guitar
12:16 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Czech Suite Opus 39
Prague Philharmonia; Jakub Hrusa, conductor
12:40 p.m.
Teresa Carreno
Le Sommeil de l'Enfant
Lara Downes, piano
12:44 p.m.
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Les Cyclopes ("Cyclops")
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
12:48 p.m.
Arturo Marquez
Danzon No. 2
Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas; Alondra de la Parra, conductor
12:59 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Bassoon Concerto in A minor in A minor RV 498
Seattle Baroque Michael McCraw, bassoon
1:10 p.m.
Cesar Franck
Symphony: I. Lento - Allegro non troppo in D minor
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Pierre Monteux, conductor
1:29 p.m.
Michael Torke
Sky: I. Lively
Albany Symphony Orchestra; David Alan Miller, conductor Tessa Lark, violin
1:40 p.m.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Petite Suite de Concert Opus 77
Chicago Sinfonietta; Paul Freeman, conductor
1:55 p.m.
Giacomo Puccini
TURANDOT: Nessun dorma
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Zubin Mehta, conductor Luciano Pavarotti, tenor
2:00 p.m.
Bela Bartok
Piano Concerto No. 3 SZ 119
Budapest Festival Orchestra; Ivan Fischer, conductor Andras Schiff, piano
2:25 p.m.
Johann Friedrich Fasch
Concerto for 2 Horns, 2 Oboes, Bassoon and Strings in F major FWV L: F2
Les Amis de Philippe; Ludger Remy, conductor
2:39 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Havanaise Opus 83
Vienna Symphony Orchestra; Manfred Honeck, conductor Maria Duenas, violin
2:51 p.m.
VARIOUS
Yellow River Piano Concerto: I. Prelude: Song of the Yellow River Boatmen in D major
China Philharmonic Orchestra; Long Yu, conductor Lang Lang, piano
2:56 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
My Home Overture Opus 62
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Vaclav Neumann, conductor
3:07 p.m.
Agustin Barrios
Vals de Primavera
David Russell, guitar
3:13 p.m.
Alexey Shor
Seascapes for Viola and Orchestra
London Philharmonic Orchestra; David Parry, conductor David Aaron Carpenter, viola
3:32 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Harpsichord Concerto in D minor BWV 974
Vikingur Olafsson, piano
3:43 p.m.
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6 "Carnival in Pest" in D major
Budapest Symphony Orchestra; Andras Korodi, conductor
3:58 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
Piano Concerto in A minor Opus 16
Berlin Philharmonic; Mariss Jansons, conductor Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
4:28 p.m.
Gabriel Faure
PELLEAS ET MELISANDE: Sicilienne Opus 80
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra; Hans Vonk, conductor
4:33 p.m.
James Horner
THE ROCKETEER: Rocketeer to the Rescue/End Title
Studio Orchestra
4:41 p.m.
Johann Schop
Nobleman
Trio Settecento Rachel Barton Pine, violin; John Mark Rozendaal, viola da gamba; David Schrader, harpsichord
4:43 p.m.
Claudio Monteverdi
ORFEO: Toccata
Musica Reservata; John Beckett, conductor
4:46 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Concertino for Horn in E minor Opus 45
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Kurt Masur, conductor Hermann Baumann, horn
5:00 p.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
English Folk Song Suite
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic; Vernon Handley, conductor
5:12 p.m.
Margaret Bonds
Spiritual Suite: III. Troubled Water
Michelle Cann, piano
5:19 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Leonore Overture No. 2 Opus 72
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
5:34 p.m.
Alan Hovhaness
Symphony No. 2 "Mysterious Mountain" Opus 132
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic; Gerard Schwarz, conductor
5:55 p.m.
Yiruma
la bianca primavera
Yiruma, piano; Chanuk Kang, cello
5:59 p.m.
Victor Herbert
Cello Concerto No. 1 in D major Opus 8
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Lynn Harrell, cello
6:27 p.m.
Dag Wiren
Concert Overture No. 1 Opus 2
Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra; Thomas Dausgaard, conductor
6:36 p.m.
Paul McCartney
Spiral
London Symphony Orchestra; Lawrence Foster, conductor
6:47 p.m.
Max Richter
Mercy
Hilary Hahn, violin; Cory Smythe, piano
6:52 p.m.
John Harle
Rant!
BBC Concert Orchestra; Jessica Cottis, conductor Jess Gillam, soprano saxophone
