Classical Music Playlist, April 23, 2024
Franz Berwald (1796-1868)
Swedish composer Franz Berwald just couldn't get a break. In his native Sweden his music was met with indifference. He tried Paris; same thing. Vienna liked his music, but that admiration didn't follow him back to Sweden. Music not working for him, he turned to glassblowing then managing a sawmill. He did find success later in pediatric orthopedics and physical therapy, helping children with congenital spinal deformities. In his sixties, Sweden began to take notice of his music and was made a professor of composition in 1867. But sadly, he died the next year. It was after his death when his music gained wider recognition including his four symphonies. From 1845, just before he was 50 years old, Berwald’s "Naïve” Symphony No. 4 is today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Henry Purcell
Overture, Rondeau & Incidental Music from Abdelazer ("The Moor's Revenge")
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra; Thomas Hengelbrock, conductor
6:13 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 9 "Jenamy" in Eb major K 271
Norwegian Chamber Orchestra Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
6:44 a.m.
John Williams
The Adventures of Tintin: The Duel
Los Angeles Recording Arts Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
6:48 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for 4 violins in Bb major RV 553
Europa Galante; Fabio Biondi, conductor Fabio Biondi, violin; Andrea Rognoni, violin; Raffaello Negri, violin; Renata Spotti, violin
7:00 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 3: I. Allegro con brio in F major Opus 90
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
7:12 a.m.
Wilhelm Stenhammar
Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor Opus 23
Munich Philharmonic Orchestra; Stig Westerberg, conductor Janos Solyom, piano
7:43 a.m.
Florence Price
Fantasy No. 2
Randall Goosby, violin; Zhu Wang, piano
7:50 a.m.
George W. Chadwick
Symphonic Sketches: Jubilee
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
7:59 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Scherzo capriccioso Opus 66
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
8:13 a.m.
Joaquin Rodrigo
Concierto Andaluz for 4 guitars
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Los Romeros
8:38 a.m.
Anthony Holborne
The Night Watch
The King's Noyse
8:40 a.m.
George Enescu
Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 in A major Opus 11
National Orchestra of France; Cristian Macelaru, conductor Yuja Wang, piano
8:44 a.m.
Bedrich Smetana
BARTERED BRIDE: Overture
Janacek Philharmonic; Theodore Kuchar, conductor
8:51 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 21: III. Allegro vivace assai in C major K 467
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor John O'Conor, piano
9:00 a.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Symphony No. 5 in Bb major Opus 100
Philadelphia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
9:46 a.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Piano Trio No. 1: I. Allegro in G minor Opus 11
Neave Trio; Odaline de la Martinez, conductor Tasmin Little, violin; John Lenehan, piano
9:55 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Alexander Glazunov
The Seasons: Autumn Opus 67
Minnesota Orchestra; Edo de Waart, conductor
10:12 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Song Without Words Opus 8/1
Tzimon Barto, piano
10:18 a.m.
Lili Boulanger
Nocturne
Janine Jansen, violin; Itamar Golan, piano
10:23 a.m.
Carel Anton Fodor
Symphony No. 2 in G major Opus 13
Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra; Anthony Halstead, conductor
10:48 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Harpsichord Concerto in D minor BWV 974
Vikingur Olafsson, piano
11:00 a.m.
Paul Dukas
Villanelle for horn and orchestra
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Kurt Masur, conductor Hermann Baumann, horn
11:07 a.m.
Gabriela Lena Frank
Leyendas: VI. Coqueteos
Del Sol String Quartet
11:11 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Symphony No. 3 "Organ" in C minor Opus 78
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor James O'Donnell, organ
11:47 a.m.
Alexander Zhuk
Ukrainian Rhapsody
Anna Shelest, piano
11:55 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dance No. 1 in C major Opus 46
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
12:01 p.m.
Edward Elgar
Enigma Variations Opus 36
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; David Zinman, conductor
12:32 p.m.
Grace Williams
Hiraeth for Harp
Sandrine Chatron, harp
12:34 p.m.
Amy Beach
Scottish Legend Opus 54/1
Alan Feinberg, piano
12:39 p.m.
Giovanni Gabrieli
Canzon Duodecimi Toni No. 2
The Wallace Collection; Simon Wright, conductor
12:44 p.m.
Mario Albanese
Jequibau
Plinio Fernandes, guitar
12:47 p.m.
Aaron Copland
In Evening Air
Lang Lang, piano
12:52 p.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Artist's Life Opus 316 Kunstlerleben
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor
1:00 p.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Symphony No. 1 "Classical" in D major Opus 25
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Andre Previn, conductor
1:14 p.m.
Isolina Carrillo
Dos Gardenias
Havana Lyceum Orchestra; Jose Antonio Mendez Padron, conductor Sarah Willis, horn; Harold Madrigal Frias, trumpet
1:21 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 40 in G minor K 550
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
1:51 p.m.
Alexander Borodin
In the Steppes of Central Asia
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Franz Berwald
Symphony No. 4 in Eb major
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
2:26 p.m.
Chilly Gonzales
Prelude in C Sharp Major
Alice Sara Ott, piano
2:29 p.m.
Chilly Gonzales
Contretemps
Alice Sara Ott, piano
2:33 p.m.
Alexander Arutiunian
Trumpet Concerto
Moscow Chamber Orchestra; Constantine Orbelian, conductor Bibi Black, trumpet
2:51 p.m.
Jean Sibelius
Finlandia Opus 26
Helsinki Philharmonic; Paavo Berglund, conductor
3:00 p.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Piano Concerto No. 1 in Db major Opus 10
Berlin Philharmonic; Claudio Abbado, conductor Evgeny Kissin, piano
3:15 p.m.
John Williams
E.T.: Adventures on Earth
Los Angeles Recording Arts Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
3:26 p.m.
Grace Williams
Sea Sketches, for string orchestra
English Chamber Orchestra; David Atherton, conductor
3:46 p.m.
George Enescu
Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1 in A major Opus 11
London Symphony Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
4:00 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Oboe Concerto No. 12 in C major RV 449
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor Paul Goodwin, oboe
4:11 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
Philharmonia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
4:31 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Trio "Archduke": II. Scherzo in Bb major Opus 97
Emanuel Ax, piano; Leonidas Kavakos, violin; Yo Yo Ma, cello
4:40 p.m.
Gabriel Faure
Song of Jean Racine (Cantique de Jean Racine) Opus 11
St. John's College Choir; George Guest, conductor Stephen Cleobury, organ
4:47 p.m.
Manuel de Falla
Three-Cornered Hat Suite No. 2
Boston Pops Orchestra; Arthur Fiedler, conductor
5:00 p.m.
Richard Strauss
Don Juan Opus 20
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; Manfred Honeck, conductor
5:20 p.m.
Paulinho Nogueira
Bachianinha No. 1
Plinio Fernandes, guitar
5:23 p.m.
Paulinho Nogueira; Luiz Gonzaga
Bachianinha No. 2 / Araponga
Plinio Fernandes, guitar
5:26 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 18 in Bb major K 456
Norwegian Chamber Orchestra Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
5:57 p.m.
Samuel Scheidt
Battle Suite: Gailliard Battaglia
Canadian Brass
6:00 p.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Romeo & Juliet Suite No. 2 Opus 64/2
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Paavo Jarvi, conductor
6:31 p.m.
Earl Wild
Grand Fantasie on Porgy and Bess: Summertime (After G. Gershwin)
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
6:36 p.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Mythic
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra; Ola Rudner, conductor
6:49 p.m.
Hazel Scott
Peace of Mind
Lara Downes, piano
6:52 p.m.
Dave Brubeck
Five Pieces from Two-Part Adventures
John Salmon, piano
