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, December 19, 2022Part I of Handel's "Messiah" that depicts Christ's prophecy and nativity, paired with the "Hallelujah Chorus" that concludes Part II of the oratorio, is today's Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
Classical Music Playlist, December 18, 2022In your car, at work or at home, listen for inspiring and relaxing classical music on Capital Public Radio!
Classical Music Playlist, December 16, 2022Beethoven's 9th Symphony is your Midday Masterpiece today at 2 p.m.
Classical Music Playlist, December 15, 2022In a month where Tchaikovsky's music is part of the sound of the season, today's 2pm Midday Masterpiece is his triumphant Symphony No. 4.
Classical Music Playlist, December 14, 2022Antonio Vivaldi's Gloria, his version of a hymn that dates all the way back to the Roman Empire, is today's Midday Masterpiece at 2pm.
Classical Music Playlist, December 13, 2022Johannes Brahms's joyous Symphony No. 2 is today's Midday Masterpiece at 2pm.
Classical Music Playlist, December 12, 2022Yuja Wang is the soloist in the ever-popular Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 for your Midday Masterpiece today at 2:00 pm.
Classical Music Playlist, December 9, 2022Celebrate Belgian-born French composer César Franck’s birthday tomorrow with his only Symphony (in d-minor) for today's Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
Classical Music Playlist, December 8, 2022Having described it as “dominated from beginning to end by a very human feeling of faith in eternal rest,” Gabriel Fauré’s beautiful Requiem is today’s Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
Classical Music Playlist, December 7, 2022Written in 1902 during Finland’s struggle for independence and seen by some, except the composer, as a nationalist statement, the Symphony No. 2 by Finnish composer Jean Sibelius is today's Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.