Classical Music Playlist, June 24, 2022
Young Sergei Rachmaninoff had a nervous breakdown after scathing reviews of his Symphony No. 1 in 1897. He was so shaken that he couldn’t compose for three years and eventually sought treatment, including hypnosis, from Dr Nicolai Dahl, a Russian physician of neurology and psychiatry. After more than three months of hypnotherapy and psychotherapy, Rachmaninoff was able again to compose and wrote his Piano Concerto No. 2 which he dedicated to Dr Dahl. Premiered in 1901 with the composer as soloist, the work was a smashing success and assured Rachmaninoff’s fame as a composer and the Concerto remains an enduring favorite today. (And in 1975, pop singer Eric Carmen wrote his hit “All By Myself” based on a theme in the Concerto’s 2nd movement. And Céline Dion had a hit with her cover of the song in 1996).
Yuja Wang is the soloist in the Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto #2 for your Midday Masterpiece today at 2:00 pm.
6:00 a.m.
Giuseppe Tartini
Violin Concerto in Bb major Opus 1, Bk. 3
Raglan Baroque Players; Nicholas Kraemer, conductor Elizabeth Wallfisch, violin
6:11 a.m.
George Phillip Telemann
Suite in C major TWV 55:C6
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
6:37 a.m.
Igor Stravinsky
Tango in d minor
Lara Downes, piano
6:42 a.m.
Jean Sibelius
Karelia Suite Opus 11
Helsinki Philharmonic; Okko Kamu, conductor
6:59 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Concertino for clarinet and orchestra in Eb major Opus 26
Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra; Lukas Foss, conductor Jon Manasse, clarinet
7:11 a.m.
Gabriel Faure
Piano Trio in D minor Opus 120
Gil Shaham, violin; Brinton Smith, cello; Akira Eguchi, piano
7:32 a.m.
Anthony Holborne
Fancy a 3
The American Brass Quintet
7:34 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Chorale Prelude No. 4: Herzlich tut mich erfreuen Opus 122/4
Canadian Brass
7:38 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dance No. 8 in G minor Opus 46
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
7:43 a.m.
Josef Suk
Fantastic Scherzo Opus 25
Buffalo Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
8:00 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
String Quartet Op. 76/3 "Emperor": I. Allegro in C major Opus 76/3
Aeolian String Quartet
8:13 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor Opus 25
London Mozart Players; Howard Shelley, conductor Howard Shelley, piano
8:35 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
2 Gavottes in G minor BWV 995
Sharon Isbin, guitar
8:38 a.m.
Ernesto Lecuona
Andalucia Suite: Malaguena
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
8:44 a.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
AIDA: Triumphal March from Act II
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor Chicago Symphony Chorus
8:57 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Melodie (Allegretto) No. 2 in C# minor Opus 4/2
Betty Ann Miller, piano
9:00 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik in G major K 525
Les Violons du Roy; Bernard Labadie, conductor
9:20 a.m.
Mikhail Glinka
RUSLAN AND LUDMILA: Overture
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Andre Previn, conductor
9:26 a.m.
Amy Beach
Piano Trio: III. Allegro con Brio Opus 150
Jennifer Orchard, violin; Astrid Schween, cello; Joanne Polk, piano
9:32 a.m.
John Dowland
Flow My Tears (Lachrimae)
Attacca Quartet
9:36 a.m.
Samuel Scheidt
Variations on a Galliard of Dowland
German Brass; Enrique Crespo, conductor
9:44 a.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
10:00 a.m.
Emmanuel Chabrier
Festive Polonaise (Le Roi Malgre Lui: Fete Polonaise)
Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra; Herve Niquet, conductor
10:09 a.m.
Juan Arriaga
Symphony in D minor
Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall, conductor
10:39 a.m.
Dmitri Shostakovich
Suite for Variety Orchestra: Waltz No. 2
Matt Haimovitz, cello; Christopher O'Riley, piano
10:44 a.m.
Fela Sowande
African Suite: Selections
Chicago Sinfonietta; Paul Freeman, conductor
10:56 a.m.
Gustav Mahler
Ruckert Lieder: Liebst du um Schonheit
NDR Symphony Orchestra of Hamburg; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor Anne Sofie von Otter, alto
11:00 a.m.
Jules Massenet
Suite No. 7 "Alsatian Scenes" (Scenes Alsaciennes)
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; Jean-Yves Ossonce, conductor
11:24 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Bassoon Concerto in E minor in E minor RV 484
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor Milan Turkovich, bassoon
11:37 a.m.
Ruth Crawford (Seeger)
Rissolty Rossolty
Schonberg Ensemble; Oliver Knussen, conductor
11:41 a.m.
Ferenc Farkas
Old Hungarian Dances
Vienna Quintet
11:52 a.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Vienna Blood Opus 354 Wiener Blut
Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Jascha Horenstein, conductor
12:00 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 6 in D major Opus 3/6 HWV 317
Academy of Ancient Music; Richard Egarr, conductor Richard Egarr, organ
12:10 p.m.
Edward Elgar
Enigma Variations Opus 36
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor
12:41 p.m.
Samuel Barber
Adagio for Strings Opus 11
Kronos Quartet
12:49 p.m.
John Williams
Superman: Main Title
London Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
12:55 p.m.
Lili Boulanger
Prelude in D Flat Major
Anna Shelest, piano
1:01 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 94 "Surprise" in G major
Heidelberg Symphony; Thomas Fey, conductor
1:26 p.m.
Federico Moreno Torroba
Castillos de Espana: Torija/Alcaniz (Elegia/Festival)
Andres Segovia, guitar
1:32 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
EUGENE ONEGIN: Waltz
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Yuri Temirkanov, conductor
1:41 p.m.
Leonard Cohen
Hallelujah
Canadian Brass
1:46 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment; Charles Mackerras, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor Opus 18
Mahler Chamber Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor Yuja Wang, piano
2:34 p.m.
Grace Williams
Hiraeth for Harp
Sandrine Chatron, harp
2:38 p.m.
Joseph Bodin de Boismortier
Gentillesse Ballet No. 5 Opus 45
Le Concert Spirituel; Herve Niquet, conductor
2:46 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Leonore Overture No. 2 Opus 72
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
3:01 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quartet No. 23 in F major K 590
Dover Quartet
3:26 p.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Sea Songs
Bournemouth Sinfonietta; George Hurst, conductor
3:32 p.m.
David Lyon
Short Suite
Royal Ballet Sinfonia; David Lloyd-Jones, conductor
3:43 p.m.
William Grant Still
Folk Suite No. 4
Sierra Winds
3:50 p.m.
Luigi Boccherini
Quintet for guitar and strings No. 4: III. Fandango in D major G 448
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields (members of) Pepe Romero, guitar
3:58 p.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Capriccio Espagnol Opus 34
London Symphony Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
4:15 p.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 5 in Bb major Opus 6
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
4:27 p.m.
Bryce Dessner
El Chan: I. El Charco del Ingenio
Katia and Marielle Labeque, piano duo
4:31 p.m.
Richard Strauss
Horn Concerto No. 1 in Eb major Opus 11
Cleveland Orchestra; George Szell, conductor Myron Bloom, horn
4:49 p.m.
Xavier Dubois Foley
Shelter Island
Randall Goosby, violin; Xavier Dubois Foley, double bass
4:54 p.m.
Gaspar Sanz
Canarios
Chatham Baroque
4:58 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 8: IV. Allegra ma non troppo in G major Opus 88
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Andre Previn, conductor
5:09 p.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Prelude and Fugue in E minor
Joanne Polk, piano
5:17 p.m.
Joseph Kraus
Concerto for viola and cello in G major VB 153a
Tapiola Sinfonietta David Aaron Carpenter, viola; Riitta Pesola, cello
5:42 p.m.
Francesco Geminiani
Concerto Grosso No. 8 in E minor Opus 7/8
Academy of Ancient Music; Andrew Manze, conductor
5:54 p.m.
Walter Mourant
Pied Piper
Northern Sinfonia of England; Steuart Bedford, conductor George Macdonald, clarinet
6:01 p.m.
George Frederick Bristow
Symphony No. 3 in F# minor Opus 26
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
6:37 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
6:42 p.m.
William Bolcom
Fields of Flowers
Spencer Meyer, piano
6:45 p.m.
Scott Joplin
Solace (A Mexican Serenade)
Tzimon Barto, piano
6:51 p.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Histoire du Tango: Cafe 1930
Manuel Barrueco, guitar; Emmanuel Pahud, flute
