Classical Music Playlist, July 19, 2024Released today and already receiving positive reviews, a new 66-minute recording of Anton Bruckner’s 7th Symphony from conductor Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, January 2, 2023Inspired by the early 17th century novel by Miguel de Cervantes, the 1897 tone poem "Don Quixote" by Richard Strauss is today's Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
Classical Music Playlist, December 30, 2022The 1941 Violin Concerto by the longtime director of London’s Royal Academy of Music, Sir George Dyson, is today's Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
Classical Music Playlist, December 29, 2022The Piano Concerto No. 1 from 1912 by Ukrainian composer (of Polish descent and eventually a citizen of Austria), Sergei Bortkiewicz, is today's Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
Classical Music Playlist, December 28, 2022Following the international success of his early “Slavonic”-themed works, Czech composer Antonín Dvořák wrote his “Slavonic” String Quartet No. 10 and IT became a hit too! It’s today's Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
Classical Music Playlist, December 27, 2022“It transports us into a world where we cannot recall ever having been before.” That’s what Robert Schumann said of the Symphony No. 9 by Franz Schubert. Also known as the “Great C-major” symphony, it's today's Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
Classical Music Playlist, December 26, 2022Featuring a toy trumpet, ratchet, bird calls and various percussion, the fun "Toy Symphony" (by Leopold Mozart? No one is sure!) is today's Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
Classical Music Playlist, December 23, 2022We’ve got a VERY special holiday gift for you today: the ENTIRE BALLET of “The Nutcracker” by Tchaikovsky. Join Clara on her adventure to the Kingdom of Sweets for today’s Midday Masterpiece starting at 2:00 pm.
Classical Music Playlist, December 22, 2022Sergei Prokofiev’s immensely popular symphonic fairy tale for children, Peter and the Wolf, written for orchestra and narrator and with Sting as the storyteller, is today’s Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
Classical Music Playlist, December 21, 2022"Karolju" [“kah-ROLL-you”] by Christopher Rouse, his suite of original Christmas carols for orchestra and choir made to sound like carol traditions of different countries, is today's Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
Classical Music Playlist, December 20, 2022"Christmas Tree," Franz Liszt's suite of 12 short pieces for solo piano based on Christmas carols, is today's Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.