Playlist for Friday, July 31, 2026

Carl Heinrich Graun: "Cleopatre e Cesare"

Aria, "Sopportar non devo in pace"

Robert Gambill, t; Concerto Köln/René Jacobs

Harmonia Mundi HMC-901561.63 (3)

Johann Gottlieb Graun: "Concerto per il Viola da Gamba Concertata" in a

Jan Freiheit, vi da gamba; Berlin Academy for Ancient Music
Friedrich der Grosse: Music for the Berlin Court

Harmonia Mundi HMC-902132

Marin Marais: Allemande l'Asmatique

Marku Luolajan-Mikkola, viga; Annamari Pölhö, hc
Marais 'Suite d'un Gout Etranger'

Marquis Classics 81207-2

Erik Satie: "Trois gymnopédies"

No. 1

Ronn McFarlane, l; Carolyn Surreck, viga

Flowerpot 2023-01

Erik Satie: "Trois gymnopédies"

No. 2

Ronn McFarlane, l; Carolyn Surreck, viga

Flowerpot 2023-01

Erik Satie: "Trois gymnopédies"

No. 3

Ronn McFarlane, l; Carolyn Surreck, viga

Flowerpot 2023-01

Gabriel Pierné: Cydalise et le chevre-pied

Suite #2

Lille National Orchestra/Darrell Ang
Pierne

Naxos 8.573609

Louis Couperin: Suite in a minor

No. 6, "Menuet de Poitou - Double du menuet"

Blandine Verlet, hc
Louis Couperin: Les pièces de clavessin

Astrée E-8819 (5)

Shulamit Ran: Sonatina for Two Flutes (1961)

Mary Stolper, Mary Hickey, f's
Shulamit Ran * Mirage * Chamber Music for Flute

Erato 12787-2

Louis Ballard: "Fantasy Aborigine" No. 3, "Kokopelli"

Fort Smith Sym/John Jeter
Louis Ballard

Naxos 8.559923

François Joseph Gossec: "Tambourin"

Nora Shulman, f; Judy Loman, h
Dance of the Blessed Spirits

Naxos 8.554166

Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet #12 in E-Flat, Op 127

Takács Quartet
Beethoven: String Quartets Opp 95, 130-133 & 135 * Takács Quartet

London 470849-2 (3)

Ludwig van Beethoven: 12 Contredanses, WoO 14

#3

Capella Istropolitana/Oliver Dohnanyi
BEETHOVEN, L. van: 11 Dances, "Mödlinger Tänze" / 12 German Dances / 12 Minuets (Capella Istropolitana, Dohnányi)

Naxos 8.550433

Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf: "Lauretanische Litanei"

"Salus informorum"

Heiner Hopfer, t; Munich Consortium/Georg Ratzinger
Dittersdorf: Sacred Music

Ars Musici 232221

Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf: String Quartet #5 in E-Flat

Franz Schubert Quartet
Carl Ditters Von Ditterdorf: String Quartets

CPO 999038-2

Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf: "Requiem" in c

"Kyrie"

Regensburger Domspatzen Cho/Georg Ratzinger
Dittersdorf: Sacred Music

Ars Musici 232221

Louise Farrenc: Overture No. 2 in E-Flat, Op. 24

Luxembourg European Soloists/Christoph König
Farrenc

Naxos 8.574094

Camille Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 4 in c, Op. 44

Alexander Brailowsky, p; Boston Sym/Charles Munch
Brailowsky Plays Virtuoso Showpieces

RCA 68165-2 (2)

Camille Saint-Saëns: "Ascanio" (1890)

"Apothéose"

Geneva Grand Theatre Orch/Guillaume Tourniaire
Saint-Saens: Ascanio

B Records LBM-013 (3)

Jean Sibelius: "King Christian II" Suite, Op. 27

No. 5 (Finale), "Ballade"

Lahti Sym Orch/Osmo Vänskä
Karelia Suite / King Christian II / Pelléas Et Mélisande (Original Versions)

BIS CD-918

Sergei Rachmaninoff: Two-Piano Suite No. 2, Op. 17

Cynthia Raim & David Allen Wehr, p's
Rachmaninoff: Suites For 2 Pianos

Connoisseur CD-4214

Jean Sibelius: "King Christian II" Suite, Op. 27

"Menuetto"

Lahti Sym Orch/Osmo Vänskä
Karelia Suite / King Christian II / Pelléas Et Mélisande (Original Versions)

BIS CD-918

Georg Philipp Telemann: Overture (Suite) in C, "Hamburger Ebb' und Flut (Wassermusik)"

Musica Antiqua Köln/Reinhard Goebel
Wassermusik • Water Music • Musique Sur L'Eau / 3 Konzerte • Concertos

DG Archiv 413788-2

George Frideric Handel: "Water Music"

"Bourrée"

Graziano Mandozzi, synthesizer
Bach / Handel 300

DG 415110-2

Marion Bauer: Prelude and Fugue for Flute and Piano, Op 43

Deborah Boldin, f; Virginia Eskin,
Bauer: Prelude and Fugue, Op. 43 - Six Preludes

Albany TROY-465

Leopold Godowsky: Prelude & Fugue on B-A-C-H, for left hand

Marc-André Hamelin, p
Godowsky: Original Works And Transcriptions

Radio Canada Int'l MV-1026

Johann Sebastian Bach: Clavier Concerto No. 3 in D, BWV 1054

Robert Woolley, hc; Purcell Quartet and Friends
Bach: Concertos for Harpsichord & Strings, Vol. 1

Chandos CHAN-0595

Henry Purcell: "Abdelazer, or The Moor's Revenge" Suite

"Rondeau"

Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
For Thy Pleasure: J S Bach and Other Baroque Masters

Delos DE-3205

Henry Purcell: "The Gordian Knot Untied"

Suite

Accademia Bizantina/Stefano Montanari
O Solitude: Songs and Arias by Henry Purcell * Andreas Scholl

London 4782262

Georges Bizet: "L'Arlésienne" Suite No. 2

Ljubljana Sym Orch/Marko Munih
French Favorites

Stradivari SCD-6052

Georges Bizet: "L'Arlésienne" incidental music

Act 3: Melodrama-Finale

Louvre Musicians/Marc Minkowski

Naive V-5130

Gaetano Donizetti: Flute and Harp Sonata in g

Jean-Pierre Rampal, f; Marielle Nordmann, h
Music For Flute & Harp

Sony SK-44552

Gioachino Rossini: "La gazza ladra"

Overture

Atlanta Sym Orch/Yoel Levi
Classical Zoo With Itzhak Perlman, Narrator

Telarc CD-80443

Eric Fenby: Rossini on Ilkla Moor- Overture (1938)

Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland
British Light Music Discoveries

ASV CDWHL-2126

Frederick Delius: Violin Sonata #2 (1923)

Ralph Holmes, v; Eric Fenby, p
The Delius Collection, Vol. 4

Unicorn-Kanchana UKCD-2074

Frederick Delius: Part song, "Frühlingsanbruch"

City of Birmingham Sym Cho/Simon Halsey
Delius: Partsongs / Grainger: Folksongs For Chorus, Songs From 'The Jungle Book'

Conifer CDCF-162

Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Sonata no.1 in D, Op.12/1

Jorja Fleezanis, v; Cyril Huvé, fortepiano

Cypres CYP-1640 (3)

Ludwig van Beethoven: Eleven Bagatelles, Op. 119

No. 4 in A

Melvyn Tan, forte-p

EMI/Ang CDC7-54526-2

Johan Agrell: Violin Concerto in G

Elfa Rún Kristinsdóttir, v; Barokkbandið Brák
Tvær Hliðar | Two Sides

Sono Luminus SLE-70026

Joaquín Rodrigo: "Sonata a la española"

Celil Refik Kaya, g
Rodrigo: Guitar Music, Volume 3

Naxos 8.574004

Maurice Ravel: "Rapsodie espagnole"

IV. Finale, "Feria"

Vienna Phil/Lorin Maazel
Lorin Maazel Conducts Ravel: Bolero, Daphnis & Chloe Suites 1 and 2, La Valse, Rapsodie espagnole

RCA 68600-2

Alexander Glazunov: "Les ruses d'amour (Lady Soubrette)," Op. 61

Waltz

Russian State Sym Orch/Yevgeny Svetlanov
Waltzes And Polonaises By Russian Composers

Melodiya SUCD-1000179

Frédéric Chopin: Fantasy in F minor, Op. 49

Olga Kern, p
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1

Harmonia Mundi HMU-907402

Frank Bridge: Two Entr'actes

English String Orch/William Boughton
Finzi, Bridge, Parry: An English Suite

Nimbus NI-5366

Peter Tchaikovsky: "The Maid of Orléans"

"Danse des bohemiéns"

Royal Opera House Orch/Colin Davis
Tchaikovsky: Ballet Music

Philips 422845-2

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade No. 10 in B-Flat, K. 361, "Gran Partita"

VI. "Tema con variazioni (Andante)"

London Sym Orch Wind Ensemble
Mozart: Wind Concertos

LSO Live LSO-0855

Franz Schubert: "Rosamunde," D 797

Ballet Music No. 2 in G

Orpheus Chamber Orch
Classical Hits

DG 437782-2

John Williams: "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"

Hedwig's Theme

Berlin Phil/John Williams
John Williams: The Berlin Concert

DG B0034852-02

John Williams: "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"

"Harry's Wondrous World"

Berlin Phil/John Williams
John Williams: The Berlin Concert

DG B0034852-02

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Nonet in F minor, Op. 2, "Gradus ad Parnassum"

I. "Allegro energico"

Chineke! Orch members
Chineke! Orchestra: Coleridge-Taylor

Decca 4853322

Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: "Worship, A Concert Overture"

Royal Scottish National Orch/Kellen Gray
African American Voices II

Linn CKD-731

Thomas Arne: Overture No. 7 in D

Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood
Arne: Eight Overtures

L'Oiseau-Lyre 4759117

Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 5 in A, Op. 18, No. 5

I. "Allegro"

Jerusalem Quartet
Beethoven: String Quartets Op. 18

Harmonia Mundi HMC 902207.08 (2)

Morley Calvert: "Monteregian Hills" Suite

Chicago Brass Quintet
Virtuoso Brass

Facet 8006

Felix Mendelssohn: "Athalie," Op. 74

Overture

Bamberg Sym/Claus Peter Flor
Mendelssohn Overtures

RCA 7905-2-RC

Carlos Simon: "The Block"

National Sym Orch/Gianandrea Noseda
Carlos Simon—The Block

National Symphony Orchestra NSO-0015-D

George Gershwin: "Cuban Overture"

Dallas Sym Orch/Andrew Litton
Dayful of Song - Music of Gershwin

Delos DE-3216

Antonín Dvořák: "Scherzo capriccioso," Op. 66

Baltimore Sym Orch/Marin Alsop
Dvorák: Symphony No 6

Naxos 8.570995

Franz Joseph Haydn: Piano Trio in E-Flat, H XV:30

Beaux Arts Trio
Haydn: Complete Piano Trios

Philips 454098-2 (9)

Stanisław Moniuszko: "Bajka (Fairy Tale)"

Overture

Warsaw Phil Orch/Antoni Wit
Stanisław Moniuszko: Overtures

Naxos 8.572716

Dmitri Shostakovich: "Festive Overture," Op. 96

Philharmonic Brass/Tugan Sokhiev
Overture!

Decca 4854171

Manuel Ponce: "Balada Mexicana"

Eva Suk, p; Mexico State Sym Orch/Enrique Bátiz
Música Mexicana Vol. 6

ASV CDDCA-926

Max Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 44

Jack Liebeck, v; BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Martyn Brabbins
The Romantic Violin Concerto -- 21

Hyperion CDA-68055

Fanny Mendelssohn: Andante con moto in E

Sontraud Speidel, p
Hensel Klaviermusik

ARS Produktion ARS-38615

Mario Gangi: "Suite Barocca"

Andrea Pace & Cristiano Poli Cappelli, g's
Mario Gangi: Complete Music for 2 Guitars

Brilliant Classics 95818

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Divertimento in F, K. 138

Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman
Mozart: Divertimenti K. 136, 137, 138 & 251

Erato 45471-2

Ralph Vaughan Williams: "Norfolk Rhapsody" No. 1

London Phil Orch/Bernard Haitink
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5; Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1; The Lark Ascending

EMI CDC5-55487-2

Edvard Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Op. 54

Lyric Suite

Gothenburg Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
Grieg: Symphonic Dances, Norwegian Dances, Lyric Suite

DG 419431-2

Agathe Backer Grøndahl: "Norwegian Folk Tunes and Folk Dances," Op. 33

Natalia Strelchenko, p
Agathe Backer Grøndahl: Complete Piano Music, Vol. 1 - Norwegian Folk Tunes

Arena AR-06007

William Grant Still: "Incantation and Dance"

Alex Klein, ob; Lillia Woolschlager, p
Rush Hour Concert: Master Performers: Alex Klein (July 6, 2021)

WFMT

Peter Boyer: "Celebration Overture"

London Phil Orch/Peter Boyer
Boyer: Symphony No. 1, Silver Fanfare, Festivities, Three Olympians, Celebration Overture

Naxos 8.559769

Richard Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 2 in E-Flat

Martin Owen, hn; BBC Phil/John Wilson
Martin Owen Plays Strauss, Schumann, Weber

Chandos CHAN-20168

Charlotte Sohy: "Triptyque champêtre," Op. 21

Mathilde Calderini, f; Omer Bouchez, v; Lou Yung-Hsin Chang, vi; Yan Levionnois, vc; Constance Luzzati, h
Yan Levionnois, cello,
Charlotte Sohy, Compositrice de la Belle Epoque

La Boîte à Pépites BAP01.03

Alejandro Tobar: "Kalamary"

Norwegian Radio Orch/Miguel Harth-Bedoya
Inca Trial Connections

Naxos 8.574266

Johann Sebastian Bach: "Italian Concerto" in F, BWV 971

Murray Perahia, p
Murray Perahia Plays Bach Concertos

Sony 82429-2 (3)

Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 85 in B-Flat, "La reine"

Les Arts Florissants/William Christie
Haydn: Paris Symphonies, Violin Concerto No. 1

Harmonia Mundi HAF-8905371.72

Johannes Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115

IV. Finale, "Con moto"

Anthony McGill, cl; Pacifica Quartet
Mozart and Brahms Clarinet Quintets

Cedille CDR-90000147

Jules Massenet: "Cendrillon"

Suite

Hong Kong Phil Orch/Kenneth Jean
Massenet: Esclarmonde Suite, Suite No. 1, Cendrillon Suite

Marco Polo 8.223354

Manuel de Falla: "Nights in the Gardens of Spain"

Josep Colom, p; City of Granada Orch/Josep Pons
Falla: El sombrero de tres picos, etc.

Harmonia Mundi HMC-901606

Henryk Wieniawski: "Capriccio-Valse" in E, Op. 7

Leonidas Kavakos, v; Enrico Pace, p
Virtuoso

Decca 4789377

Franz Liszt: "Hungarian Rhapsody" No. 1

Philharmonia Hungarica/Willi Boskovsky
Essential Liszt

EMI CDM7-69011-2

Carl Stamitz: "Parthia" #1 in B-Flat

Consortium Classicum
Carl Stamitz Wind Symphonies / Consortium Classicum

CPO 999081-2

Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 30 in E, Op. 109

Gerardo Teissonnière, p
Beethoven: The Last Sonatas

Steinway & Sons 30188

Erich Wolfgang Korngold: "Overture to a Play," Op. 4

Minería Sym Orch/Carlos Miguel Prieto
Korngold: Violin Concerto * Philippe Quint

Naxos 8.570791

Giuseppe Verdi: "Jérusalem" (Paris version of "I Lombardi")

Ballet music

La Scala Phil/Riccardo Chailly
Viva Verdi

Decca 4783559

Johann Strauss II: "Perpetuum Mobile," Op. 257

Vienna Phil/Zubin Mehta
1995 New Year's Concert

Sony SK-66860

Edward Elgar: Symphony No. 1 in A-Flat, Op. 55

III.-IV.

Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/Vasily Petrenko
Elgar: Symphony No. 1, Cockaigne Overture

Onyx 4145

Felix Mendelssohn: "Warum toben die Heiden," Op. 78, No. 1

Oregon Symphony Horns
The Oregon Symphony Horns and Friends

Centaur CRC-2344

Georges Delerue: "Jules et Jim"

Suite

Studio Orch/Georges Delerue
Jules et Jim/Les Deux Anglaises; Georges Delerue; François Truffaut

Universal UCCM-4094

George Gershwin: "I Got Rhythm" Variations

Jean-Yves Thibaudet, p; Baltimore Sym Orch/Marin Alsop
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue & Piano Concerto

Decca B0014091-02

Ambroise Thomas: "Hamlet"

Ballet Music

London Phil Orch/Antonio de Almeida
Hamlet

EMI CDC7-54820-2 (3)

Peter Tchaikovsky: Six Pieces on One Theme, Op. 21

No. 6, Scherzo

Piers Lane, p
Russian Variations

Hyperion CDA-68428

Elisabeth-Louise Papavoine: Cantata, "Le Cabriolet"

"Tempête"

Sophie de Bardonnèche, v; Baroque ensemble
Hanna Salzenstein, cello,
Destinées

Alpha 1078

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Three-Piano Concerto No. 7 in F, K. 242

Finale, Rondo: "Tempo di menuetto"

Robert, Gaby & Jean Casadesus, p's; Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy
Robert Casadesus Plays Mozart

Sony MPK-46736

Ethel Smyth: Violin Sonata in A minor, Op. 7

Duo FAE
Dissidents of the Gilded Age

Albany TROY-2006

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: "Love's Labour's Lost," Op. 167

Four Dances

Malmö Sym/Andrew Mogrelia
Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 / 4 Dances for Love's Labour's Lost

Naxos 8.572823

Franz Liszt: "Polonaise mélancolique" in C minor

Stephen Hough, p
Liszt: Sonatas, Ballades & Polonaises

Hyperion CDA-67085