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, April 11, 2022Today's Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm is the tone poem "The Forsaken Merman" by English composer Ernest Farrar about a merman's mortal wife who returns to land and forsakes her family despite her tears for doing so.
Classical Music Playlist, April 8, 2022Inspiring and relaxing classical music from CapRadio! The Symphony #3 from 1808 by lifelong friend of Beethoven and teacher of Hector Berlioz, Franz Liszt and others, Prague-born composer Anton Reicha, is today's Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
Classical Music Playlist, April 7, 2022Inspiring and relaxing classical music from CapRadio on your radio, smart speaker or our mobile app. One of the greatest works of all chamber music, Robert Schumann's Piano Quintet in E-flat, is today's Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
Classical Music Playlist, April 6, 2022Inspiring and relaxing classical music from CapRadio on your radio, smart speaker or our mobile app. The two completed movements of Franz Schubert’s “Unfinished” Symphony #8 are today's Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
Classical Music Playlist, April 5, 2022Inspiring and relaxing classical music from CapRadio on your radio, smart speaker or our mobile app. The late-in-life major revision of the early Piano Trio #1 by Johannes Brahms is today's Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
Classical Music Playlist, April 4, 2022Franz Joseph Haydn's 2nd Cello Concerto is today's 2pm Midday Masterpiece. Catch that and all the great classics throughout the day on KXPR!
Classical Music Playlist, April 1, 2022In your car, at work or at home, listen for inspiring and relaxing classical music on Capital Public Radio!
Classical Music Playlist, March 31, 2022Happy 337th Birthday, Johann Sebastian Bach! Catch the Gloria from his magnum opus at 2pm. Plus, we finish out Women's History Month with another birthday: composer Louise Farrenc, as well as performances from Ukrainian pianist Anna Shelest.
Classical Music Playlist, March 30, 2022We continue our celebration of Women's History Month by featuring composer Marianne Martinez and clarinetist Sabine Meyer throughout the day. The 2pm Midday Masterpiece is a symphony by Max Bruch, from the same time as his famous violin concerto.
Classical Music Playlist, March 29, 2022Today we feature music by Anna Clyne and Hildur Guðnadóttir as we continue to celebrate Women's History Month. And don't miss today's Midday Masterpiece, the luscious Horn Concerto by Kyiv-born composer Reinhold Glière.