Classical Music Playlist, February 1, 2024
Sergei Rachmaninoff in 1915 and some of the final movement of his Piano Concerto 3
The Washington Post once called the notoriously difficult Piano Concerto No. 3 by Sergei Rachmaninoff, “40 minutes of finger-twisting madness.” Sir Stephen Hough is the able soloist in this “Mt. Everest of concertos” for today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Gaspar Sanz
Suite in e minor in E minor
Chatham Baroque
6:11 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor Opus 25
Quebec Symphony Orchestra; Louis Lortie, conductor Louis Lortie, piano
6:30 a.m.
Josquin des Pres
Ave Maria
Capella Alamire Julia Doyle, soprano
6:37 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Violin Concerto in D minor BWV 1052
The Bach Ensemble; Joshua Rifkin, conductor Stanley Ritchie, violin
6:59 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto in E minor RV 281
Europa Galante Fabio Biondi, violin
7:11 a.m.
Gabriel Faure
Dolly Suite Opus 56
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Seiji Ozawa, conductor
7:31 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Nocturne No. 7 in C# minor Opus 27/1
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
7:36 a.m.
Manuel Ponce
Giga
Horst Klee, guitar
7:39 a.m.
Alexander Glazunov
Symphony No. 6: III. Intermezzo in C minor Opus 58
BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra; Tadaaki Otaka, conductor
7:46 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Piano Quintet: I. Allegro non troppo in F minor Opus 34
Artemis Quartet Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
8:02 a.m.
Richard Wagner
FLYING DUTCHMAN Overture (Der Fliegender Hollander)
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
8:13 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 8 "Pathetique" in C minor Opus 13
John O'Conor, piano
8:33 a.m.
Randy Edelman
Gettysburg: Reunion and Finale
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor Timothy Berens. guitar
8:39 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 4 in A minor Opus 6/4 HWV 322
Handel & Haydn Society; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
8:50 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 8: IV. Finale in G major Opus 88
Berlin Philharmonic; Rafael Kubelik, conductor Bomsori Kim, violin
9:00 a.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Symphony No. 1 in D minor Opus 13
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
9:44 a.m.
Valerie Coleman
Shotgun Houses: III. Rome 1960
Pacifica Quartet Anthony McGill, clarinet
9:52 a.m.
Franz Schubert
Scherzo from "Death and the Maiden" in D minor D 810
Buffalo Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Bassoon Concerto in A minor in A minor RV 498
Seattle Baroque Michael McCraw, bassoon
10:11 a.m.
Xuefei Yang
Xinjiang Fantasy
Xuefei Yang, guitar
10:17 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor Opus 61
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor Chee-Yun, violin
10:47 a.m.
Johann Christian Bach
Sinfonia No. 6 in G minor Opus 6/6
Les Violons du Roy; Bernard Labadie, conductor
11:00 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Horn Trio in Eb major Opus 40
Lowell Greer, natural horn; Steven Lubin, fortepiano; Stephanie Chase, violin
11:30 a.m.
Francesco Tristano
Toccata
Arctic Philharmonic; Christian Kluxen, conductor Francesco Tristano, piano
11:36 a.m.
John Williams
HARRY POTTER and the Sorcerer's Stone: Hedwig's Theme
London Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
11:43 a.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 3 in C minor Opus 6
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
11:53 a.m.
Frederick Delius
On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
Northern Sinfonia of England; Richard Hickox, conductor
12:01 p.m.
Jose Moncayo
Sinfonietta
Mexico National Symphony Orchestra; Enrique Arturo Diemecke, conductor
12:13 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
Lyric Pieces: Norwegian Melody Opus 12/6
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
12:14 p.m.
Arthur Benjamin
Jamaican Rumba
Dusseldorf Symphony Orchestra; Yasuo Shinozaki, conductor Matthew Trusler, violin
12:17 p.m.
Agustin Barrios
La Catedral
Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra; Lionel Bringuier, conductor Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
12:25 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F minor Opus 73
Staatskapelle Dresden; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Sabine Meyer, clarinet
12:48 p.m.
Alexander Scriabin
Fantasy in B minor Opus 28
Oda Voltersvik, Piano
12:59 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto, Op. 4, No. 4 in A minor Opus 4 RV 357
Academy of Ancient Music; Christopher Hogwood, conductor Monica Huggett, violin
1:09 p.m.
Alexandra Streliski
Reveries
Alexandra Streliski, piano
1:12 p.m.
Aaron Jay Kernis
100 Greatest Dance Hits: II. Salsa Pasada
Escher Quartet Jason Vieaux, guitar
1:17 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Serenade for Winds in D minor Opus 44
Prague Philharmonia; Jakub Hrusa, conductor
1:42 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
German Requiem: How Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place Opus 45
Atlanta Symphony and Chorus; Robert Spano, conductor
1:49 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 5 in D minor Opus 3/5 HWV 316
Musicians of the Louvre; Marc Minkowski, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor Opus 30
Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Litton, conductor Stephen Hough, piano
2:39 p.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Histoire du Tango: II. Cafe 1930
Manuel Barrueco, guitar; Emmanuel Pahud, flute
2:47 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor BWV 1041
Academy of Ancient Music; Andrew Manze, conductor Andrew Manze, violin
3:02 p.m.
Dorothy Howell
Lamia
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Rumon Gamba, conductor Sophie Langdon, violin; Richard Watkins, horn
3:18 p.m.
William Grant Still
Summerland
Alexa Still, flute; Susan DeWitt Smith, piano
3:23 p.m.
Henriette Renie
Harp Concerto in C minor
Rhenish Philharmonic Orchestra; Shao-Chia Lu, conductor Xavier de Maistre, harp
3:44 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Song Without Words "Spring Song" (Book V, No. 6) in A major Opus 62/6
Andras Schiff, piano
3:47 p.m.
Emmanuel Chabrier
Pastoral Suite: Rustic Dance (Suite Pastorale: Danse Villageoise)
Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra; Herve Niquet, conductor
3:53 p.m.
Hugo Alfven
Festival Overture Opus 25
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Niklas Willen, conductor
4:00 p.m.
Florence Price
Piano Concerto in One Movement
Chineke! Orchestra; Leslie Suganandarajah, conductor Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, piano
4:19 p.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
WILD SWANS: Eliza Aria
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra; Ola Rudner, conductor Jane Sheldon, soprano
4:23 p.m.
Ottorino Respighi
Ancient Airs and Dances: Suite No. 3
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
4:41 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Oboe Concerto No. 3 in G minor HWV 287
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor David Reichenberg, oboe
4:51 p.m.
Franz Von Suppe
Light Cavalry Overture
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
5:00 p.m.
Alan Hovhaness
Symphony No. 2 "Mysterious Mountain" Opus 132
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
5:17 p.m.
Agustin Barrios
Vals de Primavera
David Russell, guitar
5:22 p.m.
Charles Stanford
Four Irish Dances: A Reel
Piers Lane, piano
5:27 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 25 in G minor K 183
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
5:49 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Harpsichord Concerto: II. Adagio in D minor BWV 974
Plinio Fernandes, guitar
5:54 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dance No. 7 in C minor Opus 46
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
5:59 p.m.
Ferdinand Ries
Symphony No. 6 in D major Opus 146
Zurich Chamber Orchestra; Howard Griffiths, conductor
6:32 p.m.
Gabriel Faure
Pavane Opus 50
Minnesota Orchestra; Eiji Oue, conductor
6:39 p.m.
Gyorgy Ligeti
Bagatelle (from Six Bagatelles for Wind Quintet)
Albert Schweitzer Quintet
6:42 p.m.
Olafur Arnalds
Happiness Does not Wait
La Pieta Angele Dubeau, violin
6:47 p.m.
Hildur Gudnadottir
Ascent
Voces8
6:52 p.m.
Joe Hisaishi
A Town with an Ocean View (from Kiki's Delivery Service)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Joe Hisaishi, conductor Bruce Liu, piano
