Classical Music Playlist, May 1, 2024
Though the 1875 Symphony No. 1 by American composer John Knowles Paine was composed in the U.S., it wasn't published until 1908, two years after his death. But his 1879 Symphony No. 2 was published in 1880, making it the first full-score symphony ever published in America. It's today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for diverse instruments in C major RV 558
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
6:11 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
String Quartet in Eb major
Nash Ensemble
6:31 a.m.
Leonard Bernstein
Love Theme from ON THE WATERFRONT (Symphonic Suite)
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
6:38 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 95 in C minor
Heidelberg Symphony; Thomas Fey, conductor
6:59 a.m.
Grace Williams
Fantasia on Welsh Nursery Tunes
Royal Ballet Sinfonia; Andrew Penny, conductor
7:11 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 16 in D major K 451
English Chamber Orchestra; Jeffrey Tate, conductor Mitsuko Uchida, piano
7:34 a.m.
Agustin Barrios
Aire de Zamba
Angel Romero, guitar
7:37 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Sleeping Beauty: Polonaise from Act III
London Symphony Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
7:43 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major BWV 1049
Apollo's Fire; Jeannette Sorrell, conductor
7:59 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Carnival Overture Opus 92
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Jiri Belohlavek, conductor
8:10 a.m.
Franz Liszt
Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major
London Symphony Orchestra; Kirill Kondrashin, conductor Sviatoslav Richter, piano
8:32 a.m.
John Williams
Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Raiders' March
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
8:39 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Song Without Words: "May Breezes" in G major Opus 62/1
Andras Schiff, piano
8:41 a.m.
Thomas Morley
Now is the month of maying
; John Rutter, conductor Cambridge Singers
8:44 a.m.
Franz Liszt
Les Preludes (Symphonic Poem #3) S 97
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor
9:01 a.m.
Florence Price
Symphony No. 3
Philadelphia Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
9:33 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Trio "Archduke": II. Scherzo in Bb major Opus 97
Emanuel Ax, piano; Leonidas Kavakos, violin; Yo Yo Ma, cello
9:42 a.m.
Jan Dismas Zelenka
Capriccio No. 2 in G major Z 183
Bern Camerata; Alexander van Wijnkoop, conductor
9:56 a.m.
Edward Elgar
Salut d'amour (Love's Greeting) Opus 12
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor Pinchas Zukerman, violin
10:00 a.m.
Fela Sowande
African Suite: Selections
Chicago Sinfonietta; Paul Freeman, conductor
10:10 a.m.
Robert Schumann
Piano Quintet in Eb major Opus 44
Artemis Quartet Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
10:40 a.m.
Valerie Coleman
Concerto for Wind Quintet: I. Afro
Imani Winds
10:44 a.m.
Max Richter
Spring I
Zurich Chamber Orchestra Daniel Hope, violin
10:48 a.m.
Richard Wagner
FLYING DUTCHMAN Overture (Der Fliegender Hollander)
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
11:00 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 104 "London" in D major
Lausanne Chamber Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
11:27 a.m.
George Gershwin
Three Preludes: 1 & 2
Sharon Isbin, guitar
11:33 a.m.
Edward K. (Duke) Ellington
In a sentimental mood
Jason Vieaux, guitar
11:38 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for 2 violins in G major RV 516
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor Simon Standage, violin; Elizabeth Wilcock, violin
11:48 a.m.
Joe Hisaishi
Rain
La Pieta Angele Dubeau, violin
11:54 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Overture K 492
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
11:59 a.m.
Peter van Anrooy
Piet Hein Rhapsody
Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra; Kees Bakels, conductor
12:10 p.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Tales From The Vienna Woods Opus 325 (Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Jascha Horenstein, conductor
12:22 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in Eb major Opus 74
Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra; Lukas Foss, conductor Jon Manasse, clarinet
12:46 p.m.
Agustin Barrios
Maxixe
Xuefei Yang, guitar
12:49 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
String Quartet No. 14: V. Presto in C# minor Opus 131
Takacs Quartet
12:55 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
MASS IN B MINOR: Cum Sancto Spiritu in B minor BWV 232
English Baroque Soloists; Monteverdi Choir; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
1:00 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
String Sextet in A major Opus 48
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemble
1:30 p.m.
Harry Thacker Burleigh
From the Southland: I. Through Moanin' Pines
Jeni Slotchiver, piano
1:32 p.m.
Santiago de Murcia
Villanos
Richard Savino, guitar; Mauro ReFosco, percussion; Yousif Sheronick, percussion
1:35 p.m.
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in D minor
Budapest Symphony Orchestra; Andras Korodi, conductor
1:47 p.m.
Ethel Smyth
Piano Trio: IV. Finale. Allegro vivace in D minor
Neave Trio
2:00 p.m.
John Knowles Paine
Symphony No. 2 "In the Spring" in A major Opus 34
Ulster Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
2:48 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Seasons: May "Starlit Nights" Opus 37
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
2:54 p.m.
Arthur Benjamin
Jamaican Rumba
Dusseldorf Symphony Orchestra; Yasuo Shinozaki, conductor Matthew Trusler, violin
2:56 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Ruins of Athens: Turkish March Opus 113/4
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
3:00 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso "Alexander's Feast" in C major HWV 318
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
3:13 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Opus 43
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Simon Rattle, conductor Cecile Ousset, piano
3:41 p.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
3:55 p.m.
Agustin Barrios
The Bees (Las Abejas)
Jason Vieaux, guitar
3:57 p.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
TSAR SALTAN: Flight of the Bumblebee
Olga Kern, piano
4:00 p.m.
Arnold Bax
Morning Song (Maytime in Sussex)
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor Margaret Fingerhut, piano
4:09 p.m.
Earl Wild
Grand Fantasie on Porgy and Bess: Summertime (After G. Gershwin)
Reykjavik Orchestra; Viktor Orri Arnason, conductor Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
4:15 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 31 "Hornsignal" in D major
Lausanne Chamber Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
4:43 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Waltz No. 1 "Grande Valse Brillante" in Eb major Opus 18
Stephen Hough, piano
4:49 p.m.
Alexander Glazunov
Concert Waltz No. 1 (Valse de Concert) in D major Opus 47
Bamberg Symphony; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
4:59 p.m.
Gustav Holst
St. Paul's Suite Opus 29/2
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
5:13 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sinfonia Concertante for winds and orchestra in Eb major K 297b
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Libor Pesek, conductor Radomir Pivoda, flute; Jiri Mihule, oboe; Zdenek Tylsar, horn; Frantisek Herman, bassoon
5:39 p.m.
Hugo Alfven
Swedish Rhapsody #2 "Uppsala Rhapsody" Opus 24
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Niklas Willen, conductor
5:51 p.m.
Richard Wagner
DIE WALKURE: Ride of the Valkyries
Berlin Philharmonic; Herbert von Karajan, conductor
5:59 p.m.
Franz Schubert
Piano Quintet "Trout" in A major Opus 114 D 667
Emanuel Ax, piano; Pamela Frank, violin; Rebecca Young, viola; Yo Yo Ma, cello; Edgar Meyer, bass
6:37 p.m.
Aram Khachaturian
Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus & Phrygia
The Bolshoi Theater Orchestra; Mark Ermler, conductor
6:47 p.m.
Lili Boulanger
One Spring Morning (D'un Matin de Printemps)
Neave Trio; Odaline de la Martinez, conductor Tasmin Little, violin; John Lenehan, piano
6:52 p.m.
Derrick Skye
Black Ocean
Mir� Quartet; Conspirare; Craig Hella Johnson, conductor
