Playlist for Saturday, March 28, 2026

Giacomo Puccini: "Madama Butterfly"

"Flower Duet"

de los Angeles, s; Pirazzini, ms; Rome Opera House Orch/Santini
Famous Duets From The Opera

Angel AV-34008

Moritz Rosenthal: "Papillons"

Stephen Hough, p
The Piano Album

Virgin 61498-2 (2)

Gabriel Fauré: "Papillon," Op 77

Frédéric Lodéon, vc; Jean-Philippe Collard, p
Faure: Chamber Music, Vol. 1

EMI/Ang CMS7-62545-2 (2)

Jacques Offenbach: "Le Papillon"

Act II

National Phil/Richard Bonynge
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker / Offenbach: Le Papillon

London 444827-2 (2)

David Popper: "Papillon"

Antonio Janigro, vc; Antonio Beltrami, p

Vanguard SVC-80

Ernst Köhler: Papillon

Don Bailey, f, Arcata String Quartet, Grace Paradise, h, Scott Pingel, b,
Irish H,
Voyage

Summit DCD-239

Robert Schumann: "Papillons," Op. 2

Bernard d'Ascoli, p
Schumann 'Carnaval' and 'Papillons'

Nimbus NI-5170

Boris Assafiev: Papillons

London Sym Orch/Richard Bonynge
Homage To Pavlova

London CSA-2232 (2)

Henry Purcell: "Don Quixote"

Duet, "Since times are so bad"

Kirkby, s; Thomas, b; Academy of Ancient Music/Hogwood
Purcell: Theatre Music

L'Oiseau Lyre DSLO-534

Erich Wolfgang Korngold: "Don Quixote" (1909)

"Don Quixote's Dreams of Heroic Deeds"

Alexander Frey, p

Koch 3-7427-2

Ludwig Minkus: Don Quixote

"Entrance of Gamache"

Orch/John Lanchbery
Don Quixote

Angel S-37008

Richard Strauss: "Don Quixote," Op. 35

Minnesota Orch/Edo de Waart; Steven Isserlis, vc; Cynthia Phelps, vi
Elgar: Cello Concerto / Bloch: Schelomo / Kabalevsky: Cello Concerto no. 2 / Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations / R. Strauss: Don Quixote

Virgin 61490-2 (2)

Jan Dismas Zelenka: "Reiterfanfare" #1

Hubert Laws, f; Philharmonia Virtuosi/Richard Kapp
Baroque Trumpetissimo

Ess.a.y CD-1035

Richard Wagner: "Die Walküre"

"Ride of the Valkyries"

London Phil/Adrian Boult

EMI/Ang CDK7-65148-2

Richard Wagner: "Götterdämmerung"

Siegfried's Rhine Journey & Funeral Music

Philharmonia Orch/Otto Klemperer

EMI/Ang CDM7-63618-2

Richard Wagner: "Siegfried"

"Forest Murmurs"

Vienna Phil/Georg Solti

London 410137-2

Fauré-Messager: Souvenir of Bayreuth, Fantasy on Themes from Wagner's Ring

Pierre-Alain Volondat & Patrick De Hooge, p
FAURE: Piano Music for Four Hands

Naxos 8.553638

Franz Waxman: Three Waltzes, "Souvenirs de Paris"

#2

St Clair Trio

Koch 3-7398-2

Vincent D'Indy: "Souvenirs," Op 52

Monte Carlo Phil/James DePreist

Koch 3-7280-2

French ANON 16th c: Chanson, Le cuer est bon

Paris Brass Quintet
Renaissance Music

Peters Int'l PLE-084

Portuguese ANON: Three Sonatas

Wallace Collection, Wallace
Venetian Brass Music

Nimbus NI-5065

Isaac Albéniz: "Iberia," Book 3

Alicia de Larrocha, p
Iberia, Navarra, Suite Espanola

London 417887-2 (2)

Francisco Guerau: Canarios

Pepe Romero, g
Noches de Espana: Romantic Guitar Classics

Philips 442150-2

Mikhail Glinka: "Jota aragonesa" (Spanish Overture #1)

Dresden Staatskapelle/Neville Marriner
Bolero, Capriccio Italien, Caprice Brilliant, España

Philips 410047-2

Peter Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33

Reiner Hochmuth, vc; Polish Chamber Orch/Wojciech Rajski

Thorofon CTH-2027

English Anon 17th c: Two Lute Pieces

Christopher Parkening, g
The Artistry of Christopher Parkening

EMI/Ang CDC7-54853-2

Albert W Ketèlby: In a Monastery Garden

Ambrosian Singers, Philharmonia Orch/John Lanchbery
In A Monastery Garden

EMI/Ang CDC7-47806-2

Haydn Wood: "London Cameos" (1942)

Czecho-Slovak Radio Sym/Adrian Leaper
WOOD : Bright Light Music

Marco Polo 8.223402

Clive Richardson: Beachcomber

New London Orch/Ronald Corp
British Light Music Classics, Vol. 2

Hyperion CDA-66968

Alan Rawsthorne: "Bagatelles"

#2

Stephen Hough, p
Stephen Hough's English Piano Album

Hyperion CDA-67267

Ernst von Dohnányi: Piano Quintet #1 in c, Op 1

András Schiff, p; Takacs Quartet
Piano Quintet No. 1, Sextet

London 421423-2

Derick GERARDE: La Rocha el Fuso

London Early Music Group/James Tyler
O Dolce Vita Mia

Nonesuch D-79029

Camille Saint-Saëns: "Berceuse" in B-Flat, Op. 38

Philippe Graffin, v; Pascal Devoyon, p

Hyperion CDA-67100

Camille Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D, Op. 17

Pascal Rogé, p; London Phil
5 Piano Concertos

London 417351-2 (2)

Max Reger: "Tarantella"

Ron Chen-Zion, cl; Roglit Ishay, p
Reger: Complete Works For Clarinet & Piano

Kontrapunkt 32190

Ned Rorem: Three Barcarolles

Leon Fleisher, p
Copland, Sessions, Kirchner, Rorem

Sony 57338

Jacques Offenbach: "The Tales of Hoffmann"

"Barcarolle" (Belle nuit)

Hollywood Bowl Sym Orch/Carmen Dragon
Nocturne

EMI/Ang CDM7-63664-2

Gian-Carlo Menotti: "Sebastian"

Barcarolle

New Zealand Sym Orch/Andrew Schenck

Koch 3-7600-2

Thomas Morley: Madrigal, "Now Is the Month of Maying"

Deller Consort
The English Madrigal School

Vanguard OVC-2533/34 (2)

Maurice Ravel: "Jeux d'eau"

Philharmonia Orch/Geoffrey Simon
Ravel: Five O'Clock Foxtrot, Bolero, La Valse

Cala CACD-1004

Franz Liszt: "Années de pèlerinage:" 3rd Year, Rome (1867-77)

No. 4, "Les jeux d'eau à la Villa d'Este"

Muza Rubackyte, p

Lyrinx LYR-2216 (3)

Ottorino Respighi: "The Fountains of Rome"

London Sym Orch/Lamberto Gardelli
Gemini - Respighi: Pines Of Rome

EMI/Ang CDC5-86549-2 (2)

Howard Skempton: "A Roma"

John Tilbury, p
Well, Well, Cornelius

Sony SK-66482

Alan Hovhaness: "Mountains and Rivers Without End"

Manhattan Chamber Orch/Richard Auldon Clark
Alan Hovhaness: Mountains and Rivers Without End * Manhattan Chamber Orchestra

Koch 3-7221-2

Francis Poulenc: "Valse" (1919)

Pascal Rogé, p
Piano Works • Ouvres Pour Piano • Klavierwerke / Les Soirées De Nazelles • 3 Mouvements Perpétuels • 3 Novelettes • 9 Improvisations

London 417438-2

Margaret Brouwer: "The Art of Sailing at Dawn"

Vienna Radio Sym Orch/Marin Alsop
Margaret Brouwer: Rhapsodies

Naxos 8.559933

William Bolcom: "Dream Shadows"

Spencer Myer, p
William Bolcom: Piano Rags

Steinway & Sons 30041

Howard Shore: "The Lord of the Rings"

"In Dreams"

Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School Schola Cantorum/Scott Price
In Paradisum

Aparté AP-228

Claude Debussy: "Suite bergamasque"

Lyon National Orch/Jun Märkl
Debussy: Orchestral Works, Vol. 6

Naxos 8.572583

Gioachino Rossini: "La Cenerentola"

Overture

European Wind Soloists/Patrick De Ritis
Italian Opera Transcribed for Wind Ensemble

Naxos 8.573259

Ruth Gipps: "Ambarvalia"

BBC Phil/Rumon Gamba
Ruth Gipps: Orchestral Works Vol. 3

Chandos CHAN-20284

Saturday Morning Listener's Choice

Georg Philipp Telemann: Trumpet Concerto in D, TWV 51:D7

Maurice André, tr; Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan
Hummel, Mozart, Telemann, Vivaldi: Trumpet Concertos

EMI CDC5-56260-2

Duke Ellington: Come Sunday

Lara Downes, p; PUBLIQuartet
New Day Begun

Rising Sun Music RS-012

Mahalia Jackson: "Beautiful Tomorrow"

Mahalia Jackson
Apollo Sessions Vol II (1946-51)

Apollo Sessions Vol II (1946-51)/Pair PCD-2-1346

Antonín Dvořák: "Stabat Mater," Op 58

III. "Eja mater, fons amoris"

Prague Philharmonic Cho, Czech Phil/Jiří Bělohlávek
Dvořák: Stabat Mater, Op. 58

Decca 4831510 (2)

Domenico Scarlatti: Clavier Sonata in D Minor, Kk 141

Joyce Yang, p
Collage

Avie AV-2229

Imogen Holst: Allegro assai for strings

BBC Concert Orch/Alice Farnham
Discovering Imogen

NMC NMCD-280

Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle: "La Marseillaise"

Detroit Sym Orch/Paul Paray
Marches and Overtures à la Française

Mercury 434332-2

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