Classical Music Playlist, September 18, 2023
After its premiere, one of the greatest piano concertos ever written received insults and rejection and was called unplayable. One scathing review said it would never become an enduring work. They were all wrong. Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 is now recognized as one of the masterwork piano concertos, and it’s today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
William Grant Still
Panamanian Dances (Danzas de Panama)
Berlin Symphony Orchestra; Isaiah Jackson, conductor
6:15 a.m.
Louise Farrenc
Symphony No. 3 in G minor Opus 36
North German Radio Symphony; Johannes Goritzki, conductor
6:47 a.m.
Josquin des Pres
Kyrie (from Missa L'homme arme sexti toni)
The Tallis Scholars; Peter Phillips, conductor
6:52 a.m.
Louis Moreau Gottschalk
Souvenir de Porto Rico Opus 31
Alan Feinberg, piano
7:00 a.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 2: I. Moderato in C minor
San Francisco Symphony; Edo de Waart, conductor Zoltan Kocsis, piano
7:11 a.m.
Ottorino Respighi
Fountains of Rome
Philadelphia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
7:28 a.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 4 in D major Opus 6
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
7:39 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 8: IV. Finale in G major Opus 88
Berlin Philharmonic; Rafael Kubelik, conductor Bomsori Kim, violin
7:44 a.m.
Stanley Myers
Cavatina
Angel Romero, guitar
7:49 a.m.
Mikhail Glinka
Spanish Overture No. 2
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Vassily Sinaisky, conductor
7:59 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Water Music Suite No. 2 in D major HWV 349
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
8:10 a.m.
Franz Liszt
Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major
Bergen Philharmonic; Dmitri Kitayenko, conductor Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
8:36 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Carnival Overture Opus 92
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Vaclav Neumann, conductor
8:47 a.m.
Isaac Albeniz
Espana: No. 2 Tango Opus 165/2
Jason Vieaux, guitar
8:54 a.m.
Manuel de Falla
EL AMOR BRUJO: Ritual Fire Dance
Philadelphia Orchestra; Eugene Ormandy, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Academic Festival Overture Opus 80
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
9:11 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
"Military" Polonaise in A major Opus 40/1
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
9:20 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Flute Concerto No. 1 in G major K 313
Berlin Philharmonic; Claudio Abbado, conductor Emmanuel Pahud, flute
9:46 a.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Five Pieces for Guitar: 2. Romantico
Franz Halasz, guitar
9:54 a.m.
Robert Schumann
Widmung (Dedication) Opus 25/1
Evgeny Kissin, piano
10:00 a.m.
Bernhard Crusell
Clarinet Concerto No. 3 in Bb major Opus 11
Cologne Academy; Michael Alexander Willens, conductor Eric Hoeprich, clarinet
10:26 a.m.
Steve Reich
Electric Counterpoint: Third Movement
Valerie Milot, harp
10:32 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor BWV 1041
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra; Jeffrey Kahane, conductor Margaret Batjer, violin
10:46 a.m.
Gioachino Rossini
SEMIRAMIDE: Overture
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Claudio Abbado, conductor
11:00 a.m.
George Enescu
Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 in A major Opus 11
National Orchestra of France; Cristian Macelaru, conductor Yuja Wang, piano
11:16 a.m.
Johann Heinrich Schmelzer
Sonata Tertia, from Sonatae unarum fidium in G minor
Carrie Krause, baroque violin; John Lenti, theorbo
11:27 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Capriccio Italien Opus 45
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra; Zubin Mehta, conductor
11:44 a.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Peggy's Rag
Sarah Cahill, piano
11:51 a.m.
Gustav Holst
The Planets: Uranus, the Magician Opus 32
Philharmonia Orchestra; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
11:59 a.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Morning Papers Opus 279 (Morgenblatter)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor
12:08 p.m.
John Williams
E.T.: Adventures on Earth
Los Angeles Recording Arts Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
12:22 p.m.
Dorothy Howell
Piano Concerto in D minor in D minor
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Rebecca Miller, conductor Danny Driver, piano
12:43 p.m.
Scott Joplin
The Entertainer
Lara Downes, piano
12:50 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 6: III. Scherzo (Furiant) in D major Opus 60
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
1:00 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
String Quartet No. 15: III. Heiliger Dankgesang in A minor Opus 132 3rd Movement
A Far Cry
1:18 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F minor Opus 73
Staatskapelle Dresden; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Sabine Meyer, clarinet
1:26 p.m.
Ottorino Respighi
The Birds (Gli Uccelli)
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
1:45 p.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 1 in D major Opus 6
Musica Amphion; Pieter-Jan Belder, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in Bb minor Opus 23
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor Andras Schiff, piano
2:35 p.m.
Agustin Barrios
Vals Tropical
David Russell, guitar
2:37 p.m.
Teng Yu-hsien
Spring Breeze
Xuefei Yang, guitar
2:45 p.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Artist's Life Opus 316 Kunstlerleben
Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra; Willi Boskovsky, conductor
2:54 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dance No. 1 in C major Opus 46
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
3:00 p.m.
Georges Bizet
Carmen Suite No. 1
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
3:14 p.m.
Arvo Part
Estonian Lullaby
Anne Akiko Meyers, violin; Reiko Uchida, piano
3:20 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major BWV 1068
American Bach Soloists; Jeffrey Thomas, conductor
3:40 p.m.
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Les Cyclopes ("Cyclops")
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
3:46 p.m.
Gustav Holst
Suite No. 2 in F major Opus 28
North Texas Wind Symphony; Eugene Corporon, conductor
4:00 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 2: IV. Allegro con spirito in D major Opus 73
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor
4:10 p.m.
Ricardo Castro
Piano Concerto: III. Polonaise in A minor Opus 22
Orquesta Sinf�nica de Miner�a (OSM); Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor Jorge Federico Osorio, piano
4:21 p.m.
Arnold Bax
Tintagel
Ulster Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor
4:38 p.m.
Pat Metheny
Last Train Home (Prelude)
Jason Vieaux, guitar
4:46 p.m.
Marianne Martinez
Sinfonia in C major
La Floridiana; Nicoleta Paraschivescu, conductor
5:00 p.m.
Gioachino Rossini
Overture to The Thieving Magpie (LA GAZZA LADRA)
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
5:11 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
EUGENE ONEGIN: Polonaise
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
5:17 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 27 in Bb major K 595
London Symphony Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor Rudolf Serkin, piano
5:51 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
SAMSON ET DELILA: Bacchanale Opus 47
Minnesota Orchestra; Eiji Oue, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 103 "Drum Roll" in Eb major
Collegium Musicum 90; Richard Hickox, conductor
6:31 p.m.
Francesco Tristano
On John Bull's Galliard In D
Basel Chamber Orchestra Francesco Tristano, piano
6:36 p.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Adios Nonino
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Ettore Stratta, conductor El Quinteto Buenos Aires
6:42 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Song without Words for cello and piano Opus 109
Haruma Sato, cello; Wataru Hisasue, piano
6:48 p.m.
Freddie Aguilar
Anak
Xuefei Yang, guitar
6:51 p.m.
Rabih Abou-Khalil
Arabian Waltz
Silk Road Ensemble; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor
