Classical Music Playlist, November 21, 2024After decades of suffering performance in a heavily edited version to which he strongly objected, Tchaikovsky’s original version of his Piano Concerto No. 2 is winning appreciation in recent exposure. It’s today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, October 10, 2024Composed in Fall 1784 during a period of great success and popularity in his first years in Vienna, Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 18 is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, October 9, 2024Generally regarded as Schubert's finest chamber work, as well as one of the greatest of all chamber compositions, the String Quintet in C-major by Franz Schubert is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, October 8, 2024The 1836 Symphony No. 4 by widely respected Prague-born composer Jan Kalliwoda is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, October 7, 2024Autumn is a great time to get married so maybe find some inspiration for a harvest-themed ceremony in the “Rustic Wedding Symphony” by Hungarian composer Karl Goldmark, today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, October 4, 2024One of the greatest works of all chamber music, Robert Schumann’s Piano Quintet in E-flat, is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, October 3, 2024Beethoven’s “Eroica” Symphony No. 3, dedicated to the memory of (any) heroic person, is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, October 2, 2024Filled with what the composer said is “the complex, glowing, agitated soul that I feel vibrating through the Bible,” and performed by Jascha Heifetz protégée Zina Schiff, the Ernest Bloch Violin Concerto is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, October 1, 2024Not just a "one-hit wonder" with The Sorcerer's Apprentice, we celebrate Paul Dukas's birthday today with his Symphony in C from 1896 as our Midday Masterpiece at 2pm.
Classical Music Playlist, September 30, 2024The delightfully Norwegian Symphony No. 1 of Johan Svendsen from 1866 is our Midday Masterpiece, here at 2pm.
Classical Music Playlist, September 27, 2024Contemporary pianists have described Alexander Scriabin’s only Piano Concerto as "like a dream" (Kiril Gerstein) and "unbelievably, insanely beautiful” (Nikolai Demidenko). It's today's Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
