Classical Music Playlist, August 15, 2024
Béla Bartók and wife Ditta Pásztory-Bartók
Béla Bartók was a superb pianist and his first and last compositions in life were both for his instrument: a waltz he wrote at age 9, and his Piano Concerto No. 3 as he was dying in New York City as a gift for his pianist wife to perform to help support herself after he was gone. In fact, he passed before he completed the last 17 measures, which were completed by a friend and former student. (But at the end of the incomplete score, he did write “The End.”) Bartók’s Piano Concerto No. 3 is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Bassoon Concerto in F major Opus 75
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Klaus Thunemann, bassoon
6:18 a.m.
Louise Farrenc
Violin Sonata No. 1 in C minor Opus 37
Konstanze Eickhorst, piano; Winfried Rademacher, violin
6:38 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dance No. 2 in E minor Opus 46
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
6:43 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dance No. 14 in Bb major Opus 72
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
6:48 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Fair Melusina Overture Opus 32
London Symphony Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor
7:00 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Oboe Concerto No. 12 in C major RV 449
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor Paul Goodwin, oboe
7:10 a.m.
Robert Schumann
Piano Quintet in Eb major Opus 44
Artemis Quartet Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
7:40 a.m.
Agustin Barrios
Aire de Zamba
Angel Romero, guitar
7:42 a.m.
Percy Grainger
Molly on the Shore
Dallas Wind Symphony; Jerry Junkin, conductor
7:47 a.m.
Karl Goldmark
Im Fruhling Overture (In Spring) Opus 36
Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra; Andras Korodi, conductor
7:59 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major BWV 1048
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor
8:11 a.m.
Ottorino Respighi
The Birds (Gli Uccelli)
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
8:33 a.m.
Gerardo Matos Rodriguez
La Cumparsita (Tango)
Xuefei Yang, guitar
8:37 a.m.
Alexander Arutiunian
Trumpet Concerto
London Symphony Orchestra; Luis Haza, conductor Arturo Sandoval, trumpet
8:53 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
THE MAGIC FLUTE: Overture (Die Zauberflote) K 620
English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
9:01 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 3 "Scottish" in A minor Opus 56
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
9:36 a.m.
Teresa Carreno
Reverie-Impromptu Opus 3
Alexandra Oehler, piano
9:44 a.m.
Johann Friedrich Fasch
Concerto for 2 Horns, 2 Oboes, Bassoon and Strings in F major FWV L: F2
Les Amis de Philippe; Ludger Remy, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Rhapsodie d'Auvergne Opus 73
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor Jean-Philippe Collard, piano
10:11 a.m.
Ludwig August Lebrun
Oboe Concerto No. 1 in D minor
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor Paul Goodwin, oboe
10:32 a.m.
Richard Wagner
Siegfried Idyll
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
10:52 a.m.
Ethel Smyth
THE BOATSWAIN'S MATE: Overture
BBC National Orchestra of Wales; Rumon Gamba, conductor
10:59 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
String Quartet No. 12 "American" in F major Opus 96
Pacifica Quartet
11:28 a.m.
John Williams
STAR WARS - RETURN OF THE JEDI: Luke and Leia
Skywalker Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
11:33 a.m.
John Williams
STAR WARS - A NEW HOPE: The Throne Room & End Title
London Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
11:40 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Piano Sonata in G minor in G minor (1843) H395
Anna Shelest, piano
11:57 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G minor
Staatskapelle Berlin; Otmar Suitner, conductor
12:01 p.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Concerto for horn and strings in D major
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Iona Brown, conductor Hermann Baumann, horn
12:11 p.m.
Xuefei Yang
Xinjiang Fantasy
Xuefei Yang, guitar
12:16 p.m.
Joe Hisaishi
A Town with an Ocean View (from Kiki's Delivery Service)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Joe Hisaishi, conductor Bruce Liu, piano
12:22 p.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
NABUCCO Overture (Sinfonia)
Philharmonic of La Scala; Riccardo Muti, conductor
12:30 p.m.
Max Bruch
Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26 in G minor Opus 26
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Jakub Hrusa, conductor Nicola Benedetti, violin
12:56 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Kinderszenen: Traumerei (Dreaming) Opus 15/7
Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
1:00 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Mandolin (Violin) Concerto No. 1 in A minor BWV 1041
Potsdam Chamber Acadamy Avi Avital, mandolin
1:14 p.m.
Juventino Rosas
Over the Waves (Sobre las olas)
State of Mexico Symphony; Enrique Batiz, conductor
1:22 p.m.
Anton Reicha
Wind Quintet No. 2 in Eb major Opus 88/2
Albert Schweitzer Quintet
1:48 p.m.
Jon Batiste
Nocturne No. 1 in D minor
Jon Batiste, piano
1:51 p.m.
Dave Brubeck
Points On Jazz: Rag
John Salmon, piano
1:54 p.m.
Leonard Bernstein
CANDIDE: Overture
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Bela Bartok
Piano Concerto No. 3 SZ 119
Budapest Festival Orchestra; Ivan Fischer, conductor Zoltan Kocsis, piano
2:24 p.m.
ANONYMOUS
Chacona
Ensemble Caprice; Matthias Maute, conductor
2:26 p.m.
Juan Ara��s
A Festive Chaconne (Chacona: "Un sarao de la chacona")
Piffaro Renaissance Band
2:29 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
String Quartet "The Rider" in G minor Opus 74/3
Hagen Quartet
2:51 p.m.
Gustav Holst
The Planets: Jupiter, the Bringer of Jolity Opus 32
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
3:01 p.m.
Ottorino Respighi
Ancient Airs and Dances: Suite No. 2
Sinfonia 21; Richard Hickox, conductor
3:21 p.m.
James Horner
Braveheart: End Credits
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor Eric Rigler, bagpipes
3:28 p.m.
Richard Strauss
DER ROSENKAVALIER: Concert Suite
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
3:50 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique": III. Molto Vivace in B minor Opus 74
Philharmonia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
4:00 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 1 in C major Opus 21
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
4:28 p.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Les Sylvains (The Fauns) in D major Opus 60
Anna Shelest, piano
4:32 p.m.
Chilly Gonzales
Contretemps
Alice Sara Ott, piano
4:36 p.m.
John Williams
Olympic Fanfare
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
4:41 p.m.
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 1: 2nd movement in D major
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
4:50 p.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
LA FORZA DEL DESTINO Overture
Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Litton, conductor
5:00 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in Bb major BWV 1051
European Brandenburg Ensemble; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
5:16 p.m.
Myroslav Skoryk
Three Extravagant Dances: II. Blues: Almost American
Anna Shelest, piano; Dmitri Shelest, piano
5:24 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
5:50 p.m.
Claude Debussy
La Mer: III. Dialogue of the Wind and the Sea
Cleveland Orchestra; Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Amy Beach
Piano Concerto in C# minor Opus 45
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Rebecca Miller, conductor Danny Driver, piano
6:36 p.m.
George W. Chadwick
Symphonic Sketches: Jubilee
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
6:45 p.m.
TRADITIONAL
Scarborough Fair
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello; Plinio Fernandes, guitar
6:48 p.m.
John Adams
Pavane: She's So Fine (from John's Book of Alleged Dances)
Attacca Quartet
6:55 p.m.
Bobby Hutcherson
Now
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Calvin Simmons, conductor Bobby Hutcherson, vibes
