Classical Music Playlist, September 13, 2024
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Creatives changing their mind about something they’ve created is pretty common. In 1841 Robert Schumann finished and premiered his 4th Symphony, but upon hearing it had second thoughts and shelved it for ten years! With a fresh perspective a decade later, he rethought the music, re-orchestrated it and other changes, and then felt comfortable sending it out into the world. Schumann’s 1851 revised Symphony No. 4 is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Charles Avison
Concerto No. 7 in D major Opus 4/7
Avison Ensemble; Pavlo Beznosiuk, conductor
6:08 a.m.
Arthur Foote
Piano Trio No. 2 in Bb major Opus 65
Neave Trio
6:31 a.m.
Tielmann Susato
Rondes
New London Consort; Philip Pickett, conductor
6:43 a.m.
Ottorino Respighi
Fountains of Rome
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Louis Lane, conductor
7:00 a.m.
Michael Torke
Sky: I. Lively
Albany Symphony Orchestra; David Alan Miller, conductor Tessa Lark, violin
7:10 a.m.
Luigi Boccherini
Quintet for guitar and strings No. 3 in Bb major G 447
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemble Pepe Romero, guitar
7:35 a.m.
Sade Adu
Love Is Stronger Than Pride
Voces8; Eric Whitacre, conductor Carlos Simon, piano
7:39 a.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Romeo & Juliet: Dance of the Knights Opus 64
Cleveland Orchestra; Lorin Maazel, conductor
7:46 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 10 in D minor Opus 6/10 HWV 328
Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor
8:00 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Toccata & Fugue in D minor BWV 565
Canadian Brass
8:09 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Quintet for piano & winds in Eb major K 452
Academy of Ancient Music Robert Levin, piano; Members of...