Classical Music Playlist, February 5, 2024
The Great Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura) by Hokusai.
Since childhood Claude Debussy had a fascination with the sea. For his three symphonic sketches collectively titled “La Mer” [The Sea], he took inspiration from literature and art including the iconic woodblock print from about 1830 by Japanese artist Hokusai, “The Great Wave off Kanagawa,” which Debussy requested to be printed on the cover of the published music and which he had a framed print of in his home. Debussy’s impressionistic evocation of the sea at different times of day, including the waves and their interaction of the wind, “La Mer,” is today’s today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
French Suite No. 1 in D minor BWV 812
Glenn Gould, piano
6:12 a.m.
Ludwig August Lebrun
Oboe Concerto No. 1 in D minor
Mahler Chamber Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor Albrecht Mayer, oboe
6:33 a.m.
Gerald Finzi
Romance in Eb major Opus 11
Guildhall String Ensemble; Robert Salter, conductor
6:41 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Cello Concerto No. 2 in D minor Opus 119
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor Lynn Harrell, cello
7:00 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Piano Concerto No. 2: I. Maestoso in F minor Opus 21
Mahler Chamber Orchestra; Mikhail Pletnev, conductor Daniil Trifonov, piano
7:16 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Serenade for Winds in C minor K 388
Heinz Holliger, oboe; Louise Pellerin, oboe; Eduard Brunner, clarinet; Klaus Thunemann, bassoon
7:42 a.m.
Leo Brouwer
El Decameron Negro: 1. El arpa del Guerrero
Sharon Isbin, guitar
7:46 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Legend No. 6 Opus 59
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
7:53 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Melodie (Allegretto) No. 2 in C# minor Opus 4/2
Betty Ann Miller, piano
7:54 a.m.
Ernesto Nazareth
Odeon - Tango Brasileiro
Richard Cionco, piano
7:58 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto for oboe and violin in C minor BWV 1060
Academy of Ancient Music; Christopher Hogwood, conductor Stephen Hammer, oboe; Catherine Mackintosh, violin
8:13 a.m.
Manuel Ponce
Piano Concerto No. 1 "Romantico" in A minor Opus 22
Orquesta Sinf�nica de Miner�a (OSM); Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor Jorge Federico Osorio, piano
8:37 a.m.
Tielmann Susato
Rondes
New London Consort; Philip Pickett, conductor
8:50 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dance No. 8 in G minor Opus 46
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
8:55 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 4 in F minor Opus 36
Philadelphia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
9:45 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Intermezzo in A major Opus 118/2
Orli Shaham, piano
9:52 a.m.
Florence Price
Piano Quintet: III. Juba in A minor
Catalyst Quartet Michelle Cann, piano
10:00 a.m.
Giuseppe Tartini
Violin Concerto in G minor Opus 1, Bk. 1, No. 1 D 85
Raglan Baroque Players; Nicholas Kraemer, conductor Elizabeth Wallfisch, violin
10:17 a.m.
William Grant Still
Vignettes for oboe, bassoon and piano
Sierra Winds
10:30 a.m.
Enrique Soro
Three Chilean Airs (Tres aires chilenos)
Chile Symphony Orchestra; Jose Luis Dominguez, conductor
10:41 a.m.
Leos Janacek
THE CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN: Suite
Czech State Philharmonic Brno; Jose Serebrier, conductor
10:59 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 5 in C minor Opus 67
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
11:30 a.m.
Agustin Barrios
Vals Tropical
David Russell, guitar
11:33 a.m.
Frederick Delius
KOANGA: La Calinda
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Christopher Seaman, conductor
11:38 a.m.
Johann Joachim Quantz
Flute Concerto No. 290 in G minor QV 196
Brandenburg Consort; Roy Goodman, conductor Rachel Brown, flute
11:55 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Poetic Tone Pictures: VII. Furiant Opus 85
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
12:00 p.m.
Jean Sibelius
Cassazione Opus 6
Tapiola Sinfonietta; Tuomas Ollila, conductor
12:11 p.m.
Adam Larrabee
24 Preludes for Banjo: No. 6 "Presto" in c# minor
John Bullard, banjo
12:13 p.m.
Igor Stravinsky
Tango in d minor
Lara Downes, piano
12:17 p.m.
Franz Liszt
Les Preludes (Symphonic Poem #3) S 97
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor
12:33 p.m.
Dorothy Howell
Piano Concerto in D minor in D minor
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Rebecca Miller, conductor Danny Driver, piano
12:54 p.m.
Richard Wagner
LOHENGRIN: Prelude to Act III
Philadelphia Orchestra; Christian Thielemann, conductor
12:59 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 6 in G minor Opus 6/6 HWV 324
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra; Ton Koopman, conductor
1:14 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Prelude in C-sharp minor in C# minor Opus 3/2
Sergei Rachmaninoff, piano
1:20 p.m.
Jules Massenet
Suite No. 7 "Alsatian Scenes" (Scenes Alsaciennes)
Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
1:44 p.m.
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Prelude no. 1 in E minor
Julian Bream, guitar
1:50 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Flute Concerto No. 2 "The Night" (La Notte) in G minor Opus 10 RV 439
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor Lisa Beznosiuk, flute
2:00 p.m.
Claude Debussy
La Mer
Cleveland Orchestra; Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
2:24 p.m.
Jean-Baptiste Lully
ARMIDE: Overture
La Petite Bande; Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor
2:26 p.m.
Jean-Baptiste Lully
ARMIDE: Passacaille
La Petite Bande; Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor
2:31 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C minor K 457
Heidi Lowy, piano
2:53 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
EUGENE ONEGIN: Polonaise
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
2:59 p.m.
Gustav Holst
St. Paul's Suite Opus 29/2
Guildhall String Ensemble; Robert Salter, conductor
3:12 p.m.
Henry Purcell
Indian Queen: Symphony
Parley of Instruments
3:19 p.m.
Joaquin Rodrigo
Concierto Andaluz for 4 guitars
Delaware Symphony Orchestra; David Amado, conductor Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
3:44 p.m.
Maria Newman
String Quartet No. 2 "LAUDS": finale in F major Op. 35
Malibu Coast String Quartet
3:49 p.m.
Mikhail Glinka
Spanish Overture No. 2
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Vassily Sinaisky, conductor
3:59 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Water Music Suite No. 1 in F major HWV 348
Les Violons du Roy; Bernard Labadie, conductor
4:28 p.m.
Margaret Bonds
Spiritual Suite: III. Troubled Water
Michelle Cann, piano
4:35 p.m.
Zhen Chen
Dancing in the Rain
Lin Ma, Pipa; Zhen Chen, piano; Elmira Darvarova, violin; Shenghua Hu, violin; Ao Peng, viola
4:37 p.m.
Joe Hisaishi
Rain
La Pieta Angele Dubeau, violin
4:43 p.m.
Maurice Ravel
Miroirs: Une Barque sur l'Ocean (A Boat on the Ocean)
Berlin Philharmonic; Pierre Boulez, conductor
4:53 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Prelude No. 15 "Raindrop" in Db major Opus 28
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
4:59 p.m.
Arnold Bax
Tintagel
Ulster Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor
5:16 p.m.
Isaac Albeniz
Zambra Granadina
David Russell, guitar
5:21 p.m.
Samuel Barber
School for Scandal Overture
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
5:31 p.m.
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Grand Concerto for bassoon and orchestra in F major
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Klaus Thunemann, bassoon
5:56 p.m.
Philip Glass
Symphony No. 3: Movement IV
La Pieta; Angele Dubeau, conductor
6:01 p.m.
Franz Berwald
Symphony No. 4 in Eb major
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
6:28 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Mandolin Concerto in C major RV 425
Venice Baroque Orchestra Avi Avital, mandolin
6:36 p.m.
Edward K. (Duke) Ellington
New World A' Comin'
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor Duke Ellington, piano
6:49 p.m.
Ingolf Dahl
Music for Brass Instruments: Intermezzo
New World Brass; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
6:52 p.m.
Myroslav Skoryk
Three Extravagant Dances: II. Blues: Almost American
Anna Shelest, piano; Dmitri Shelest, piano
