Classical Music Playlist, September 17, 2024
Composers like Schubert, Schumann and Wagner, plus musicologists over the centuries, have used superlatives of all kinds to describe the String Quartet No. 14 by Beethoven. Revolutionary at the time for its many musical innovations, it was also the composer's own personal favorite string quartet. The String Quartet #14 by Beethoven is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Wagner said of the opening: “the most melancholy sentiment ever expressed in music.”
Writer J.W.N Sullivan called it “the most superhuman piece of music that Beethoven has ever written.”
Schubert remarked, "After this, what is left for us to write?" (The quartet was the last musical work he chose to hear before he died.)
Schumann said that this quartet had a "grandeur...which no words can express.” And that it stood “on the extreme boundary of all that has hitherto been attained by human art and imagination."
Beethoven even wryly commented about it, “Thank God, less lack of imagination than before.”
6:00 a.m.
Johann Joachim Quantz
Flute Concerto in B minor
Brandenburg Consort; Roy Goodman, conductor Rachel Brown, flute
6:15 a.m.
Jan Dussek
Harp Concerto in Eb major Opus 15
Mantova Orchestra; Vittorio Parisi, conductor Roberta Alessandrini, harp
6:41 a.m.
Amy Beach
A Hermit Thrush at Eve Opus 92
Alan Feinberg, piano
6:48 a.m.
Benjamin Britten
Soirees musicales (Suite after Rossini) Opus 9
Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra; Okko Kamu, conductor
7:00 a.m.
Jean-Philippe Rameau
The Temple of Glory: Suite II (Le temple de la gloire)
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
7:16 a.m.
Florence Price
Symphony No. 1: I. Allegro ma non troppo in E minor
Chineke! Orchestra; Roderick Cox, conductor
7:36 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Horn Quintet in Eb major K 407
Quadriga Quartet Wilhelm Bruns, natural horn
7:52 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Coriolan Overture in C minor Opus 62
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor
8:00 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Trumpet Overture Opus 101
London Symphony Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor
8:10 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Sleeping Beauty Suite Opus 66
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Herbert Von Karajan, conductor
8:33 a.m.
Louis Moreau Gottschalk
Grand Tarantelle Opus 67/5
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor William Tritt, piano
8:42 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Fugue "Little Fugue" in G minor BWV 578
Carlo Curley, organ
8:47 a.m.
Gabriel Olafs
Melodia Suite: Absent Minded & Filma
Reykjavik Orchestra; Viktor Orri Arnason, conductor Gabriel Olafs, piano
8:54 a.m.
Koji Kondo
The Legend of Zelda Suite
London Philharmonic Orchestra
9:00 a.m.
Dorothy Howell
Piano Concerto in D minor in D minor
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Rebecca Miller, conductor Danny Driver, piano
9:21 a.m.
Leos Janacek
THE CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN: Suite
Prague Symphony Orchestra; Petr Altrichter, conductor
9:40 a.m.
Maurice Ravel
Mother Goose Suite
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Charles Munch, conductor
10:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 6 in G minor Opus 6/6 HWV 324
Handel & Haydn Society; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
10:15 a.m.
Jeff Beal
Painful Joy
Fourth Wall Ensemble; Christopher Allen, conductor Time for Three
10:23 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 103 "Drum Roll" in Eb major
Lausanne Chamber Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
10:52 a.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Baires Promenade
Cortango
10:55 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dance No. 5 in A major Opus 46
Quebec Symphony Orchestra; Yoav Talmi, conductor
11:00 a.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 4 in D major Opus 6
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
11:10 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Serenade for Winds in Eb major K 375
Winds of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe
11:35 a.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Serenade to Music
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Vernon Handley, conductor
11:47 a.m.
Franz Liszt
Etude No. 3 "The Little Bell" ("La Campanella") in G# minor
Jorge Bolet, piano
11:52 a.m.
Edward MacDowell
Piano Concerto No. 2: II. Presto Giocoso in D minor Opus 23
Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Litton, conductor Andre Watts, piano
11:59 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
SAMSON ET DELILA: Bacchanale Opus 47
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Paul Paray, conductor
12:07 p.m.
Mauro Giuliani
Guitar Concerto No. 1 in A major Opus 30
Australian Chamber Orchestra; Richard Tognetti, conductor John Williams, guitar
12:39 p.m.
Alexander Zhuk
Ukrainian Rhapsody
Anna Shelest, piano
12:46 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 1 "Winter Daydreams": III. Scherzo in G minor Opus 13
Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor
12:54 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
12:59 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Piano Concerto No. 11 in D major HOB 18:11
Norwegian Chamber Orchestra Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
1:19 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 40 in G minor K 550
Bremen German Chamber Philharmonic; Tarmo Peltokoski, conductor
1:46 p.m.
Sonny Kompanek
Killer Tango
Canadian Brass
1:51 p.m.
Emmanuel Chabrier
Festive Polonaise (Le Roi Malgre Lui: Fete Polonaise)
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
String Quartet No. 14 in C# minor Opus 131
Takacs Quartet
2:39 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
EUGENE ONEGIN: Waltz
New York Philharmonic; Kurt Masur, conductor
2:47 p.m.
Henry Litolff
Concerto Symphonique No. 4: II. Scherzo Opus 102
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Moshe Atzmon, conductor Cristina Ortiz, piano
2:56 p.m.
Bear McCreary
Battlestar Galactica: The Shape of Things to Come
studio ensemble; Bear McCreary, conductor
3:00 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for Flute and Bassoon "The Night" (La Notte) in G minor RV 439
Arion Claire Guimond, baroque flute; Mathieu Lussier, baroque bassoon
3:10 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Serenade for Strings in E major Opus 22
Prague Philharmonia; Jakub Hrusa, conductor
3:41 p.m.
Samuel Barber
School for Scandal Overture
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
3:50 p.m.
Gioachino Rossini
THE ITALIAN GIRL IN ALGIERS: Overture
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
4:00 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Fair Melusina Overture Opus 32
London Symphony Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor
4:12 p.m.
Joaquin Rodrigo
Fantasy for a Gentleman
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Pepe Romero, guitar
4:35 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Rhapsody in G minor Opus 79/2
Martha Argerich, piano
4:43 p.m.
Gabriel Faure
Pavane Opus 50
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
4:49 p.m.
Max Bruch
Scottish Fantasy: IV. Finale Opus 46
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Joshua Bell, conductor Joshua Bell, violin
5:00 p.m.
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Overture
Polish National Radio Orchestra; Antoni Wit, conductor
5:10 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Opus 43
Rochester Philharmonic; Christopher Seaman, conductor Jon Nakamatsu, piano
5:36 p.m.
David Crowell
Pacific Coast Highway
Dan Lippel, guitar; Mak Grgic, guitar
5:41 p.m.
Silvestre Revueltas
Sensemaya
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
5:48 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
"Military" Polonaise in A major Opus 40/1
Jon Kimura Parker, piano
5:54 p.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
March from Tsar Saltan Suite Opus 57
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchesta; David Zinman, conductor
5:59 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quintet No. 3 in C major K 515
Nash Ensemble w/ Philip Dukes Philip Dukes, viola
6:34 p.m.
Tomaso Albinoni
Adagio in G minor
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra; Karl Munchinger, conductor Martin Haselbock, organ
6:42 p.m.
Gentil Montana
Suite Colombiana No. 2: I. El Margariteno (pasillo) The Song of the Dreamer
Jose Antonio Escobar, guitar
6:46 p.m.
Joe Hisaishi
Hana-Bi
La Pieta; Angele Dubeau, conductor Angele Dubeau, violin
6:51 p.m.
Francis Poulenc
Sextet for wind quintet & piano: I. Allegro vivace FP 100
Pascal Roge, piano; Patrick Gallois, flute; Maurice Bourgue, oboe; Michel Portal, clarinet
