Playlist for Thursday, April 23, 2026

Erkki Melartin: "Sleeping Beauty," Op 22

Overture

Tempere Phil/Leif Segerstam
Melartin

Ondine ODE-923-2

Engelbert Humperdinck: "Dornröschen"

Overture

Munich Radio Orch/Ulf Schirmer
Dornröschen

CPO 777510-2

Peter Tchaikovsky: "Sleeping Beauty", Op. 66

Suite for Two Pianos

Katia & Marielle Labèque, p
Piano Fantasy: Music For Two Pianos

Philips 442778-2

Engelbert Humperdinck: "Dornröschen"

Interlude: "The Thorn Castle"

Munich Radio Orch/Ulf Schirmer
Dornröschen

CPO 777510-2

Felix Mendelssohn: String Symphony No. 9 in C

Orpheus Chamber Orch
Symphonies For Strings Nos. 8 • 9 • 10

DG 437528-2

Fanny Mendelssohn: Piano Piece in c

Sontraud Speidel, p
Fanny Mendelssohn

ARS Produktion ARS-38615

Aaron Copland: "Appalachian Spring"

"Variations on a Shaker melody"

Marcelo Bratke, Marcela Roggeri, p's
The Open Prairie - Music for Two Pianos

Etcetera KTC-1223

Gian-Carlo Menotti: "Sebastian"

Suite

Spoleto Festival Orch/Richard Hickox
Menotti: Apocalisse & Other Orchestral Works

Chandos CHAN-9900

Hugo Wolf: "Italienisches Liederbuch"

"Ich esse nun mein Brot"

Geraldine McGreevy, s; Sholto Kynoch, p
Hugo Wolf: The Complete Songs Volume 3

Stone Records 5060192780116

Johannes Brahms: Clarinet Sonata #1 in f, Op 120/1

Richard Stoltzman, cl; Richard Goode, p
The Sonatas For Clarinet And Piano, Op. 120

RCA 60036-2-RG

Adèle Hugo: "Simple Melody" No. 1 in C

Anaïde Apelian, cl; Laurianne Corneille, p
Adèle Hugo: Mélodies sur des poèmes de Victor Hugo

Alpha 1086

Jorge Aragón: "Un Bolero para Sarah"

Sarah Willis, hn; Havana Lyceum Orch/José Antonio Méndez Padrón
Jorge Aragón

Alpha 878

Maurice Ravel: "Boléro"

London Sym Orch/Claudio Abbado
Mad about the Orchestra

DG 439512-2

Frédéric Chopin: "Boléro," Op. 19

Garrick Ohlsson, p
Chopin The Complete Works

Arabesque Z-6686

Mauro Giuliani: "Pièces faciles et agréables," Op 74

#14, Bolero

Mikael Helasvuo, f; Jukka Savijoki, g
Mauro Giuliani - The Complete Works for Flute and Guitar, Vol.3

BIS CD-413

Carl Nielsen: Wind Quintet, Op 43

Pahud, f; J Kelly, ob; S Meyer, cl; S Schweigert, bn; R Baborak, fh
Emmanuel Pahud, flute,
Nielsen: Clarinet & Flute Concertos * Meyer * Pahud * Rattle

EMI 94421-2

Fanny Mendelssohn: Six Songs, Op 1

#2, "Wanderlied"

Emmanuel Pahud, f; Eric Le Sage, p
Fannt Mendelssohn

Warner 5419756355

Gilbert & Sullivan: The Yeoman of the Guard

Overture

St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
Gilbert and Sullivan: Overtures

Philips 434916-2

Ralph Vaughan Williams: Romance and Pastorale

Nash Ensemble
Ralph Vaughan Williams * The Early Chamber Music * The Nash Ensemble

Hyperion CDA-67381/2 (2)

Gustav Holst: Variations on Thaxted

Camerata Chicago/Drostan Hall

DMD Classics 2013 (3)

Ludwig van Beethoven: Variations in C on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op 120

#21

Claudio Arrau, p
Beethoven: Diabelli Variationen

Philips 416295-2

Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat, Op. 19

Jan Lisiecki, p; St Martin's Academy
Beethoven: Piano Concertos

DG 4837637 (3)

Ludwig van Beethoven: 25 Scottish Songs, Op 108

#23, "The Shepherd's Song"

Günther Leib, br; Reinhard Ulbricht, v; Joachim Bischof, vc; Eva Ander, p
Beethoven Complete Edition

Naxos 8.500250 (90)

Carl Orff: "Carmina Burana"

"O, Fortuna"

Atlanta Sym Cho, Orch/Robert Shaw
The Power & The Majesty, Essential Choral Classics

Telarc CD-80397

Carl Orff: Carmina Burana

Suite

Indiana State University Faculty Winds
Carmina Burana

DG ELFCD-1002

Carl Orff: Schulwerk

"Vier Stücke: #4

Karl Peinkofer Percussion Ensemble
Orff-Schulwerk Volume 1: Musica Poetica

Celestial Harmonies 13104-2

Antonin Dvorák: Symphony No. 9 in e minor, Op. 95, "From the New World"

Detroit Sym Orch/Paul Paray
Symphony No. 9 "New World", Symphony No. 2

Mercury 434317-2

Charles Ives: Song, "Her Gown was of Vermilion Silk"

Paul Sperry, t; Irma Vallecillo, p
The Complete Songs of Charles Ives, Vol. 2

Albany TROY-078

Enrique Granados: "Goyescas"

Intermezzo

Janos Starker, vc; Shigeo Neriki, p
Virtuoso Music for Cello

Denon 33C37-7812

Joaquín Turina: "Mujeres de Sevilla", Op 89 (1935)

David Buechner, p
Turina: Mujeres Española

Connoisseur CD-4186

Gioachino Rossini: "The Barber of Seville"

Overture

Scottish Chamber Orch/Jaime Laredo
Rossini: Operatic Overtures Vol. 10

Nimbus NI-5078

Peter Tchaikovsky: "Almaviva's Couplets from the Barber of Seville"

E Raikov, t; USSR TV & Radio Sym/E Akulov

Mobile Fidelity MFCD-870

Ernest Bloch: Violin Sonata No. 1

Jascha Heifetz, v; Emanuel Bay, p
The Heifetz Collection, Volume 8: 1950-1955

RCA 88765440152 (9)

Michael Praetorius: "Terpsichore" (1612)

"La Sarabande"

New London Consort
Dances from Terpsichore

L'Oiseau Lyre 4759101

Bernhard Joachim Hagen: Trio Sonata in E-Flat

I. "Allegro"

Miguel Rincón, l; Il Pomo d'Oro/Zefira Valova, v
Concertos for Baroque Lute

Aparté AP-376

Felix Mendelssohn: "Capriccio brillant" in B minor, Op. 22

Israela Margalit, p; London Sym Orch/Bryden Thomson
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1; Mendelssohn: Capriccio Brilliant

Chandos CHAN-8724

Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 in C, Op. 21

II. "Andante cantabile"

Leonidas Kavakos, v; Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Emanuel Ax, p
Beethoven for Three: Symphony No. 1; Op. 70, No. 1 "Ghost;" Op. 11 "Gassenhauer"

Sony G010005464289W

Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30

III. Finale, "Alla breve"

Yunchan Lim, p; Fort Worth Sym Orch/Marin Alsop
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3, Live from the 2022 Cliburn Competition

Decca 4871023

Sergei Prokofiev: Flute Sonata (Violin Sonata No. 2) in D, Op. 94

IV. Finale, "Allegro con brio"

Brandon Patrick George, f; Jacob Greenberg, p
Brandon Patrick George: Flute Sonatas & Solo Works

Profil PH-18039

Johan Halvorsen: "Mascarade" Incidental Music

"Holberg-Overture"

Norwegian Radio Orch/Ari Rasilainen
Johan Halvorsen: Suite Ancienne, Mascarade

Norsk NKFCD-50033-2

Johann Adolf Hasse: Sinfonia, Op. 5, No. 6

Concerto Köln/Pablo Heras-Casado
El Maestro: Farinelli

Archiv 4792050

Johannes Brahms: Piano Trio No. 1 in B, Op. 8

II. Scherzo

Joshua Bell, v; Steven Isserlis, vc; Jeremy Denk, p
For the Love of Brahms

Sony 88985321792

Frederick Delius: "Florida" Suite

II. "By the river"

Zagreb Festival Orch/Michael Halász
Classical Moments 4: Classical Music for the Home

Naxos 8.555360

Hector Berlioz: "Béatrice et Bénédict"

Overture

London Sym Orch/Sir Colin Davis
Berlioz: Complete Orchestral Music

Philips 456143-2 (6)

Franz Liszt: Fantasy on the Waltz from Gounod's "Faust"

Misha Dichter, p
The Best Of Liszt

Philips 446554-2 (2)

Astor Piazzolla: "Histoire du Tango"

III. "Night Club 1960"

Augustin Hadelich, v; Pablo Sáinz-Villegas, g
Histoire du Tango: Music for Violin and Guitar

Avie AV-2280

Edward German: "Nell Gwyn"

Overture

Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/John Wilson
Made in Britain

Avie AV-2194

Joe Hisaishi: "Howl's Moving Castle"

Symphonic variation on "Merry-Go-Round Of Life;" "Cave of Mind"

Phil Cobb, tr; Royal Phil Orch/Joe Hisaishi
Joe Hisaishi: A Symphonic Celebration

DG 4877352

Lennon-McCartney: "All My Loving"

Trio Rococo
Trio Rococo Plays Beatles - Classical Mystery Tour

RCA 22488-2

Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 3 in C, Op. 52

I. "Allegro moderato"

Oslo Phil/Klaus Mäkelä
Sibelius: Complete Symphonies

Decca 4852256

Maurice Ravel: String Quartet in F

I. "Allegro moderato - Très doux"

Juilliard String Quartet
A Century of French Music

Sony 88875192862

Anton Bruckner: "Abendzauber"

phil Blech Wien/Anton Mittermayr; Olivier Latry, o
Live from Vienna

DG 4857171

Claude Debussy: "Images," Set 3

"Ibéria"

Cleveland Orch/Pierre Boulez
Debussy: Images, Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, Printemps

DG 435766-2

Pablo Casals: "Sardana"

Cellos from London Phil Orch, Royal Phil Orch, BBC Phil & Philharmonia Orch/Simon
The London Cello Sound

Cala CACD-0104

Amadeo Roldán: "La Rebambaramba" Suite

New World Sym/Michael Tilson Thomas
Tangazo - Music of Latin America

Argo 436737-2

Ottorino Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances for the Lute, Set 3

St. Paul Chamber Orch/Hugh Wolff
Respighi

Teldec 18970-2 (2)

Hosted by Kristina Lynn.

Alexander Borodin: "Prince Igor"

Polovtsian Dances

London Sym Cho & Orch/Georg Solti
Weekend in Russia

Decca 417689-2

Fanny Mendelssohn: Andante con moto in E

Sontraud Speidel, p
Hensel Klaviermusik

ARS Produktion ARS-38615

Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 102 in B-Flat

Danish Chamber Orch/Ádám Fischer
Haydn: Late Symphonies, Vol. 4

Naxos 8.574519

Ariel Ramírez: "Misa Criolla"

V. Agnus Dei

Daniel Hope, v; Palau de la Música Vocal Quartet; Michael Metzler, per; Zürich Chamber Orch
Hope

DG 4860543

Michael Tilson Thomas: "Upon Further Reflection"

I. "Bygone Beguine"

John Wilson, p
Upon Further Reflection

Avie AV-2458

Bedřich Smetana: "Tábor"

Czech Phil/Jiří Bělohlávek
Smetana: Má Vlast

Decca 4833187

Adolf Schulz-Evler: Arabesques on Strauss's "Blue Danube"

Benjamin Grosvenor, p
Dances

Decca 4785334

Johann Wilhelm Hertel: Trumpet and Oboe Concerto in E-Flat

Hans Peter Westermann, ob; Friedemann Immer, tr; Cologne Chamber Orch/Helmut Müller-Brühl
Concerti Barocchi

Koch 3-1615-2

Engelbert Humperdinck: "Hansel and Gretel"

Overture

Royal Phil Orch/Rudolf Kempe
Rudolf Kempe - Artist Profile

EMI CDZB5-68736-2 (2)

Caroline Shaw: Three Essays

No. 1, "Nimrod"

Calidore String Quartet
Babel

Signum SIGCD-850

Irene Britton Smith: Violin Sonata (1947)

Blue Violet Duo
Strike, Strum and Stride

Centaur CRC-3978

Jean-Féry Rebel: "Les caractères de la danse"

Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski
Rameau: Les éléments; Les caractères de la danse

Erato 45974-2

Frédéric Chopin: Preludes, Op. 28

No. 15 in D-flat, "Raindrop"

Ivan Moravec, p
Ivan Moravec Plays Chopin

VAI VAIA-1039

Hayato Sumino: "Raindrop Postlude"

Hayato Sumino, p
Chopin Orbit

Sony 19958400662

Inocente Carreño: "Margariteña"

Simón Bolívar Sym Orch/Maximiano Valdés
Caramelos Latinos

Dorian DOR-90227

Georges Bizet: "Carmen"

Suite

Bastille Opera Orch/Myung-Whun Chung
Carmen Suite, L'Arlesienne Suite 1 and 2

DG 431778-2

Fernando Sor: Variations on a theme from Mozart's "Magic Flute," Op 9

Cavatina Duo
Cavatina at the Opera

Bridge 9448

George Frideric Handel: Coronation anthem, "The King Shall Rejoice"

King's College Cho Cambridge, English Chamber Orch/D Willcocks
Coronation Anthems

Decca 421150-2

Jacques Offenbach: "La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein"

Overture

Suisse Romande Orch/Neeme Järvi
Offenbach: Orchestral Works

Chandos CHSA-5160

Frederick Delius: "On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring"

San Francisco Sym/Michael Tilson Thomas
Masterpieces in Miniature

SFS Media SFS-0060

Jean Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47

Hilary Hahn, v; Swedish Radio Sym/Esa-Pekka Salonen
Schoenberg * Sibelius: Violin Concertos * Hahn * Swedish RSO * Salonen

DG B0010858-02

William Grant Still: Folk Suite No. 4

Sierra Winds; Carol Urban-Stivers, p
Get on Board: American Music for Woodwinds by William Grant Still

Cambria CD-1083

Giuseppe Verdi: "Les Vêpres siciliennes"

Four Seasons Ballet: Winter

Bournemouth Sym Orch/José Serebrier
Verdi: Complete Ballet Music from the Operas

Naxos 8.572818-19 (2)

George Whitefield Chadwick: "Suite symphonique"

No. 2, "Romanza"

Czech State Phil/José Serebrier
Chadwick Orchestral Works

Reference RR-74

William White: Fantasia

New York Trumpet Ensemble
Art of the Trumpet

MMG MCD-10001

Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13, "Pathétique"

Alfred Brendel, p
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4, Rondo in B-Flat, "Pathétique" Sonata

MMG MWCD-7107

Michael Haydn: String Quintet in C, P 108

Salzburg Haydn Quintet
Michael Haydn: The Complete String Quintets

CPO 777907-2 (2)

Johann Stamitz: Symphony in A

Camerata Chicago/Drostan Hall
Music by Johann & Carl Stamitz

Centaur CRC-2860

Gaetano Donizetti: "La fille du régiment"

Soldier's chorus: "Rataplan, rataplan, rataplan"

Royal Opera House Cho & Orch/Richard Bonynge
Donizetti: La Fille du Régiment

Decca 414520-2 (2)

Igor Stravinsky: Wind Octet

London Sinfonietta/Riccardo Chailly
Stravinsky: Divertimento, Fanfare for a New Theatre, Three Pieces for Clarinet Solo, Suites Nos. 1 and 2

Decca 417114-2

Heitor Villa-Lobos: "Bachianas Brasileiras" No. 9

New World Sym/Michael Tilson Thomas
Alma Brasileira

RCA 68538-2

Dmitri Shostakovich: "Moscow, Cheryomushki," Op. 105

Suite from the operetta

Philadelphia Orch/Riccardo Chailly
Shostakovich: The Dance Album

Decca 452597-2

Johannes Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat, Op. 83

IV. Finale, "Allegretto grazioso"

Emil Gilels, p; Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner
Fritz Reiner: The Complete RCA Album Collection

RCA 888837019828

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