Classical Music Playlist, February 6, 2024
Sergei Prokofiev | Color by Klimbim (Olga Shirnina) who grants free use.
After Stalin’s cultural police banned Prokofiev’s 6th symphony as decadent, he wrote his 7th Symphony for Soviet Children’s Radio hoping it would be perceived as acceptable and awarded a hefty financial state prize. But now being older (in fact this was his final major composition), ill, and financially ruined by Soviet rejections, he composed his 7th Symphony in C-sharp-minor which tempers any intended fairy tale effervescence with a shadowy sense of melancholy. And for the premiere he added a more cheerful ending which, he begged a friend, he hoped would never live on after his death. He did not win the state prize and the original ending of the symphony presages his own death a year later with a “ticking down” rhythm like an unwinding clock that eventually just stops. This original ending of the Prokofiev Symphony No. 7 is heard in today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso "Alexander's Feast" in C major HWV 318
English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
6:14 a.m.
Ferdinand Ries
Piano Concerto No. 9 in G minor Opus177
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; Uwe Grodd, conductor Christoper Hinterhuber, piano
6:45 a.m.
Ferdinando Carulli
Guitar Sonata Opus 5
Richard Savino, guitar
6:54 a.m.
Jessie Montgomery
Peace
Anthony McGill, clarinet; Gloria Chien, piano
7:00 a.m.
Luigi Boccherini
Symphony No. 5 in Bb major Opus 21 G 497
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor
7:17 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Piano Concerto No. 2 in Eb major Opus 32
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor Nikolai Demidenko, piano
7:40 a.m.
Emilio Pujol
Tango Espagnol
Julian Bream, guitar
7:43 a.m.
William Grant Still
Wood Notes: I. Singing River
Fort Smith Symphony; John Jeter, conductor
7:51 a.m.
Emmanuel Chabrier
Bourree Fantasque
L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
7:59 a.m.
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Concerto for Mandolin in G major
Il Giardino Armonico; Giovanni Antonini, conductor Avi Avital, mandolin
8:15 a.m.
Ottorino Respighi
Ancient Airs and Dances: Suite No. 2
Lausanne Chamber Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
8:36 a.m.
Harry Thacker Burleigh
From the Southland: I. Through Moanin' Pines
Jeni Slotchiver, piano
8:38 a.m.
Isaac Albeniz
Suite Espanola: No. 3 "Sevilla" Opus 47
Pepe Romero, guitar
8:44 a.m.
Jose Moncayo
Huapango
Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas; Alondra de la Parra, conductor
8:53 a.m.
Clara Schumann
Scherzo No. 1 in D minor in D minor Opus 10
Angela Cheng, piano
9:00 a.m.
Robert Schumann
Symphony No. 1 "Spring" in Bb major Opus 38
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
9:31 a.m.
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Choros No. 5: Alma Brasileira
Assad Brothers Sergio Assad, guitar; Odair Assad, guitar
9:37 a.m.
Maurice Ravel
Daphnis et Chloe: Suite No. 2
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Bernard Haitink, conductor
9:54 a.m.
Amjad Ali Khan
Love Avalanche
Sharon Isbin, guitar; Ayaan Ali Bangash, sarod; Amit Kavthekar, tabla
10:00 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude, Fugue and Allegro in Eb major BWV 998
Plinio Fernandes, guitar
10:14 a.m.
Lou Harrison
Suite for Violin with American Gamelan: II. Estampie
Boston Modern Orchestra Project; Gil Rose, conductor Gabriela Diaz, violin
10:21 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 27 in Bb major K 595 (FROM THE RUSSELL KLETZING COLLECTION)
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Alfred Brendel, piano
10:52 a.m.
Mieczyslaw Karlowicz
Violin Concerto: III. Finale in A major Opus 8
Polish Chamber Orchestra; Jacek Kaspszyk, conductor Nigel Kennedy, violin
11:00 a.m.
Gioachino Rossini
THE ITALIAN GIRL IN ALGIERS: Overture
Saint Cecilia Orchestra; Myung Whun Chung, conductor
11:08 a.m.
Ernest Farrar
Rhapsody No. 1 "The Open Road" Opus 9
Philharmonia Orchestra; Alasdair Mitchell, conductor
11:20 a.m.
Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 3 in C major Opus 52
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra; Mariss Jansons, conductor
11:49 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Sonata Movement (Sonatensatz) in E in E major (1822, age 16) H44
Leanne Rees, piano
11:56 a.m.
Arthur Foote
Serenade: Gavotte Opus 25
Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor
12:01 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 8 in F major Opus 93
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
12:26 p.m.
Pat Metheny
Last Train Home (Prelude)
Jason Vieaux, guitar
12:32 p.m.
Dobrinka Tabakova
Concerto for Cello and Strings: II. Longing
Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra; Maxim Rysanov, conductor Kristina Blaumane, cello
12:42 p.m.
Alessandro Scarlatti
Toccata in D major
Hannes Laubin, trumpet; Wolfgang Laubin, trumpet; Bernhard Laubin, trumpet; Simon Preston, organ
12:47 p.m.
Carl Nielsen
Masquerade Overture
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
12:53 p.m.
Aaron Copland
Rodeo: Hoe-Down
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
12:58 p.m.
John Field
Rondo for piano & strings in Ab major
London Mozart Players; Matthias Bamert, conductor Miceal O'Rourke, piano
1:07 p.m.
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Prelude and Fugue No. 3 in A minor Opus 199
Brasil Guitar Duo
1:13 p.m.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Violin Concerto in G minor Opus 80
Chineke! Orchestra; Kevin John Edusei, conductor Elena Urioste, violin
1:46 p.m.
Johann Friedrich Fasch
Overture in D major
Tempesta di Mare (Philadelphia Baroque Orchestra)
1:56 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Seasons: February "Shrovetide" Opus 37
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
2:00 p.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Symphony No. 7 in C# minor Opus 131
Berlin Philharmonic; Seiji Ozawa, conductor
2:33 p.m.
Giovanni Gabrieli
Canzon VIII
Empire Brass
2:39 p.m.
Mel Bonis
Piano Quartet No. 1: II. Intermezzo in Bb major Opus 69
Mozart Piano Quartet
2:46 p.m.
Franz Berwald
Concert Piece in F major Opus 2
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Klaus Thunemann, bassoon
2:59 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
ALMIRA: Suite of instrumental music
Berlin Academy of Ancient Music
3:14 p.m.
George Walker
String Quartet No. 1 "Lyric": II. Molto adagio
Catalyst Quartet
3:21 p.m.
Jan Dussek
Piano Concerto in C major Opus 29
Ulster Orchestra; Howard Shelley, conductor Howard Shelley, piano
3:46 p.m.
John Rutter
Folk Suite
Royal Ballet Sinfonia; David Lloyd-Jones, conductor
3:59 p.m.
Richard Wagner
TANNHAUSER Overture
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
4:15 p.m.
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Violin Concerto in A major Opus 5/2
Encore Chamber Orchestra; Daniel Hege, conductor Rachel Barton Pine, violin
4:40 p.m.
Neil Gladd
The Goldberg Rag
Ugo Orlandi, mandolin; Claudio Mandonico, piano; Daniele Bosio, tuba
4:42 p.m.
William Bolcom
Ghost Rag: I. Graceful Ghost
Spencer Meyer, piano
4:48 p.m.
Scott Joplin
Treemonisha Overture
Houston Grand Opera Orchestra; Gunther Schuller, conductor
4:57 p.m.
Claude Debussy
The Girl with the Flaxen Hair (from Preludes, Book I: No. 8)
Pablo Sainz Villegas, guitar
5:01 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Clarinet Concerto - third movement in A major K 622
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Karl Leister, clarinet
5:11 p.m.
Emanuele Barbella
Concerto for Mandolin in D major
Il Giardino Armonico; Giovanni Antonini, conductor Avi Avital, mandolin
5:20 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
Symphonic Dances Opus 64
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
5:52 p.m.
Vincenzo Bellini
THE CAPULETS AND THE MONTAGUES: Sinfonia (I CAPULETI E I MONTECCH)
Saint Cecilia Orchestra; Myung Whun Chung, conductor
5:58 p.m.
Etienne-Nicolas Mehul
Symphony No. 2 in D major
Rhenish Philharmonic Orchestra; Jorge Rotter, conductor
6:26 p.m.
William Grant Still
In Memoriam
Fort Smith Symphony; John Jeter, conductor
6:35 p.m.
David Diamond
Rounds for String Orchestra
do.gma chamber orchestra; Mikhail Gurewitsch, conductor
6:51 p.m.
Tan Dun
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: The Eternal Vow
Shanghai Symphony Orchestra; Tan Dun, conductor Yo Yo Ma, cello
6:53 p.m.
Benjamin Wallfisch
Final Kiss
Studio Orchestra; Benjamin Wallfisch, conductor Yuja Wang, piano
