Classical Music Playlist, August 9, 2021
The likes of it had never been heard before. And for chamber music to evolve in such an inventive and mature manner from a sixteen year old astonished the music world and put the composer’s name alongside all the great composers of any age. Felix Mendelssohn’s Octet in E-flat unified two string quartets in a symphonic manner that brilliantly arranged nearly every possible combination of 8 instruments to render a complex variety of sound. Besides the structure, the content also charmed audiences. The Scherzo movement, evocative of an ethereal world of fairies and spirits, became a standalone work. Felix Mendelssohn’s Octet in E-flat major is today’s Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
6:00 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor": III. Rondo in Eb major Opus 73
Bavarian Radio Symphony; Kurt Sanderling, conductor Mitsuko Uchida, piano
6:11 a.m.
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger
Symphony No. 4 "Stockholm" (Holmia) in A major
Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra; Michail Jurowski, conductor
6:35 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Sonata No. 7 in C major K 309
Andras Schiff, piano
6:55 a.m.
Benjamin Britten
PETER GRIMES: Sea Interlude No. 2 (Sunday Morning) Opus 33
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Paavo Jarvi, conductor
6:59 a.m.
Isaac Albeniz
Asturias (Leyenda) - from "Suite Espanola" Opus 47
Sharon Isbin, guitar
7:09 a.m.
Gioachino Rossini
Variations for Clarinet and Orchestra in C major Opus 109
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Harry Newstone, conductor Gary Gray, clarinet
7:19 a.m.
John Playford
Moll Peatly, or The Old Marinett
David Douglass, violin; Paul O'Dette, theorbo; Andrew Lawrence-King, harp
7:23 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Sinfonia for String Orchestra No. 7
Sphinx Virtuosi; Damon Gupton, conductor
7:45 a.m.
Marianne Martinez
Piano Concerto in A Major in A major
Orqueste Filarmonia Iberica; Melani Mestre, conductor Melani Mestre, piano
8:01 a.m.
Edward K. (Duke) Ellington
The River Suite: IV. The Lake
Buffalo Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
8:11 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Piano Trio No. 13 in Bb major HOB XV:38
Mendelssohn Piano Trio
8:22 a.m.
Caroline Shaw
Plan and Elevation: I. The Ellipse
Attacca Quartet
8:27 a.m.
Ottorino Respighi
The Fantastic Toyshop (La Boutique Fantasque)
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
8:49 a.m.
Franz Liszt
Berceuse
Benjamin Grosvenor, piano
9:00 a.m.
Michael Torke
Javelin
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
9:10 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Serenade for Strings in C major Opus 48
St. Petersburg Philharmonic; Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
9:39 a.m.
George Phillip Telemann
Concerto for 3 oboes and strings in Bb major
Musica Antiqua Koln; Reinhardt Goebel, conductor Peter Westermann, oboe; Michael Niesemann, oboe; Piet Dhont, oboe
9:49 a.m.
Gustav Holst
Marching Song Opus 22/2
North Texas Wind Symphony; Eugene Corporon, conductor
9:55 a.m.
Stanley Myers
Cavatina
Jason Vieaux, guitar
10:00 a.m.
Emmanuel Chabrier
Danse Slav (from Le Roi Malgre Lui)
Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra; Herve Niquet, conductor
10:06 a.m.
William Alwyn
Elizabethan Dances (1957)
London Symphony Orchestra; Richard Hickox, conductor
10:26 a.m.
Claude Debussy
Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Saint Cecilia Orchestra; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
10:38 a.m.
Bernard Herrmann
The Snows of Kilimanjaro: Memory Waltz
Prague Philharmonic Orchestra; Paul Bateman, conductor
10:44 a.m.
Hubert Parry
Symphonic Variations
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Matthias Bamert, conductor
10:59 a.m.
Claudio Monteverdi
Monteverdiana
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
11:08 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 2 in Bb major Opus 19
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Seiji Ozawa, conductor Rudolf Serkin, piano
11:40 a.m.
Baldassare Galuppi
Flute Concerto in D major
I Solisti Veneti; Claudio Scimone, conductor James Galway, flute
11:52 a.m.
Jennifer Higdon
Amazing Grace
Serafin String Quartet
11:58 a.m.
Leo Delibes
Sylvia: Pizzicato Polka
New Philharmonia Orchestra; Richard Bonynge, conductor
12:01 p.m.
Peteris Vasks
Lonely Angel
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra; Jeffrey Kahane, conductor Margaret Batjer, violin
12:15 p.m.
Cesar Franck
Variations Symphoniques
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Litton, conductor Andrew Litton, piano
12:31 p.m.
George W. Chadwick
Symphonic Sketches: Jubilee
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
12:40 p.m.
Manuel de Falla
La Vida Breve: Spanish Dance No. 2
Katia and Marielle Labeque, piano duo
12:46 p.m.
Jon Terryl "Terry" Plumeri
Windflower
Moscow Philharmonic; Jon Terryl "Terry" Plumeri, conductor Sara Watkins, oboe
1:00 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Piano Sonata No. 50 in D major HOB 16/37
Alfred Brendel, piano
1:12 p.m.
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Prelude and Fugue No. 3 in A minor Opus 199
Brasil Guitar Duo
1:19 p.m.
Henry Purcell
King Arthur: Second Music in D minor
Bournemouth Sinfonietta; Ronald Thomas, conductor
1:22 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
The Golden Spinning Wheel Opus 109
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra; Yakov Kreizberg, conductor
1:52 p.m.
Jules Massenet
THAIS: Meditation
Berlin Philharmonic; Herbert Von Karajan, conductor Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
2:00 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Octet in Eb major Opus 20
Cleveland Quartet Meliora String Quartet
2:32 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Sinfonia (Konzertsatz) in D major BWV 1045
Brandenburg Consort; Roy Goodman, conductor
2:39 p.m.
Hazel Scott
Peace of Mind
Lara Downes, piano
2:44 p.m.
Benjamin Britten
Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra Opus 34
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Paavo Jarvi, conductor
3:02 p.m.
Arthur Foote
Sarabande and Rigaudon Opus 60
Fenwick Smith, flute; Randall Hodgkinson, piano; Marcus Thompson, viola
3:11 p.m.
Claude Debussy
Images for Orchestra: Iberia
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
3:33 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Andante Spianato and Grand Polonaise in G major/Eb major Opus 22
Warsaw Philharmonic; Kazimierz Kord, conductor Garrick Ohlsson, piano
3:48 p.m.
Valerie Coleman
Shotgun Houses: I. Shotgun Houses
Harlem Quartet David Shifrin, clarinet
3:54 p.m.
Giuseppe Sammartini
Pastorale in G major
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
4:00 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 21: I. Allegro in C major K 467
English Chamber Orchestra; Jeffrey Tate, conductor Mitsuko Uchida, piano
4:16 p.m.
Malcolm Arnold
Four Cornish Dances Opus 91
The Queensland Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Penny, conductor
4:27 p.m.
Louise Farrenc
Piano Trio No. 1: I. Allegro in Eb major Opus 33
Neave Trio
4:40 p.m.
Ernest Farrar
Rhapsody No. 1 "The Open Road" Opus 9
Philharmonia Orchestra; Alasdair Mitchell, conductor
4:51 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Romance for violin and orchestra No. 1 in G Opus 40
Festival Strings Lucerne; Daniel Dodds, conductor Midori, violin
4:57 p.m.
Giacomo Puccini
GIANNI SCHICCHI: O Mio Babbino Caro
Maggio Musicale, Firenzi; Lamberto Gardelli, conductor Renata Tebaldi, soprano
5:00 p.m.
Charles Avison
Concerto Grosso No. 5 (after Scarlatti) in D minor
L'Ensemble Berlin
5:11 p.m.
Rebecca Clarke
Chinese Puzzle
Philip Dukes, viola; Sophia Rahman, piano
5:13 p.m.
Carl Stamitz
Horn Concerto in Eb major
Prague Chamber Orchestra; Frantisek Vajnar, conductor Zdenek Tylsar, horn
5:32 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Symphony No. 3 "Organ": II. Second Movement (Finale) in C minor Opus 78
Kansas City Symphony; Michael Stern, conductor Jan Kraybill, organ
5:41 p.m.
Miguel Llobet
Nine Catalan Folksongs
Julian Bream, guitar
6:00 p.m.
Richard Strauss
Oboe Concerto in D major
Staatskapelle Dresden; Rudolph Kempe, conductor Manfred Clement, oboe
6:25 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Romance in F minor Opus 11
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor Pamela Frank, violin
6:36 p.m.
Isaac Albeniz
Suite Espanola: No. 1 "Granada" Opus 47/1
David Russell, guitar
6:41 p.m.
Germaine Tailleferre
Suite Burlesque
Mark Clinton, piano; Nicole Narboni, piano
6:48 p.m.
Nino Rota
Orchestra Rehearsal (Prova d'orchestra)
Orchestra of La Scala, Milan; Riccardo Muti, conductor
