Playlist for Sunday, August 30, 2026

Rachmaninoff, Sergei: "Aleko" (1893)

Dance of the Men

Philharmonia Orch/Neeme Järvi
Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances

Chandos CHAN-9081

Rachmaninoff, Sergei: Fourteen Songs, Op. 34

No. 14, "Vocalise"

Maxim Vengerov, v; Ian Brown, p
Kreisler, Paganini, Sarasate, Wieniawski

EMI/Ang CDC5-57916-2

Rachmaninoff, Sergei: Preludes, Op. 32

No. 7 in F

Maxim Philippov, p
Silver Medalist: 11th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition

Harmonia Mundi HMU-907292

Giannini, Vittorio: Piano Concerto (1934)

Gabriela Imreh, p; Bournemouth Sym Orch/Daniel Spalding
GIANNINI, V.: Symphony No. 4 / Piano Concerto (Imreh, Bournemouth Symphony, Spalding)

Naxos 8.559352

Rameau, Jean-Philippe: "Les Tourbillons"

Gustav Leonhardt, hc
Masterpieces Of French Harpsichord Music: Rameau, La Roux, Royer, Duphly

RCA 77924-2-RC

Handel, George Frideric: "Xerxes"

"Largo (Ombra mai fu)"

Mormon Tabernacle Cho, Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy
The Great Choruses Of Bach And Handel

CBS M2X-39102 (2)

Hummel, Johann Nepomuk: Trumpet Concerto in E (1803)

Maurice André, tr; Paris Orchestral Ensemble/Jean-Pierre Wallez
Concerto Pour Trompette/ Concerto Pour 3 Trompettes/ Concerto Pour Trompette

Erato ECD-88007

Fantini, Girolamo: Sonata No. 5, detta del'Adimari

Richard Giangiulio, tr, Paul Riedo, o
Pistons and Pipes

Crystal CD-666

Copland, Aaron: "Quiet City"

William Lang, tr; Michael Winfield, eh; London Sym/Aaron Copland

Sony SM3K-46559 (3)

Hindemith, Paul: Clarinet Sonata

Hansjörg Schellenberger, eh; Ferenc Bognár, p
Kleine Kammermusik • Sonaten

Sony SK-64400

Copland, Aaron: "Scherzo Humoristique, The Cat and the Mouse"

Noel Lester, p
Purrfectly Classical

Centaur CRC-2511

Wolf, Hugo: Song, "Mouse-Catching Rhyme"

Deidra Palmour, ms; Noel Lester, p
Purrfectly Classical

Centaur CRC-2511

Widor, Charles Marie: Organ Symphony #5 in F, Op 42/1

Finale, "Toccata"

Marie-Claire Alain, o (Orléans Cathedral, France)
Famous Music for Organ

Erato ECD-88111

Fine, Irving: "Toccata concertante" (1948)

Moscow Radio Sym/Joel Spiegelman
FINE, I.: Music for Orchestra / Diversions / Symphony / Blue Towers / Toccata concertante (Moscow Radio Symphony, Spiegelman)

Delos DE-3139

Nancarrow, Conlon: Toccata for Violin and Player Piano (1935)

Mia Wu, v
Continuum Performs Nancarrow

Musicmasters 7068-2-C

Beethoven, Ludwig van: Violin Sonata no.9 in A, Op.47, "Kreutzer"

Itzhak Perlman, v; Vladimir Ashkenazy, p

London 458618-2

Rameau, Jean-Philippe: "Dardanus" (1739)

"Air gracieux pour les Plaisirs"

Philharmonia Baroque Orch/Nicholas McGegan
Rameau: Platée & Dardanus Suites

Conifer 51313-2

Nicolai, Otto: "The Merry Wives of Windsor"

Aria, "Horch, die Lerche"

Fritz Wunderlich, t; Bavarian State Opera Orch/Robert Heger

EMI/Ang CMS7-69348-2 (2)

Vaughan Williams, Ralph: "The Lark Ascending"

Tasmin Little, v; BBC Sym/Sir Andrew Davis

Teldec 73127-2

Tchaikovsky, Peter: Album for the Young, Op. 39

#22, "Song of the Lark"

I Musici de Montréal/Yuli Turovsky
Tchaikovsky: Children's Album/ L. Mozart: Toy Symphony

Chandos CHAN-9098

Goldmark, Karl: Piano Trio in e, Op 33 (1879)

Bartos Trio

Hungaroton HCD-31709

Zelenka, Jan Dismas: "Reiterfanfare" #1

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

Ess.a.y CD-1035

Rameau, Jean-Philippe: "Castor et Pollux"

Chaconne

Musique des Lumiéres/Jean-Christophe Frisch
Rameau: Castor et Pollux

Astrée E-8624 (2)

Purcell, Henry: "Chacony" in g

Musica Antiqua Köln/Reinhard Goebel
Chaconne

DG Archiv 453418-2

Handel, George Frideric: Chaconne

Ronald Patterson, v; Roxanna Patterson, vi

MMG MCD-10047

Anonymous, Spanish: Chaconne

Luciano Sgrizzi, hc
The Pleasures of Cervantes: Vocal And Instrumental Music Of Spain, 15th, 16th & 17th Centuries

Nonesuch H-71116

Menotti, Gian-Carlo: Piano Concerto in F (1945)

Earl Wild, p; Sym of the Air/Jorge Mester

Vanguard SVC-3

Schubert, Franz: Song, "An die Laute," D 905

Margaret Price, s; Graham Johnson, p
Schubert: 21 Famous Lieder

Forlane UCD-16698

Diepenbrock, Alphons: Chorus, "Auf dem See"

Netherlands Chamber Cho/Uwe Gronostay
Vox Neerlandica II

NM Classics 92065

Diepenbrock, Alphons: "Academische Feestmars"

Dutch National Youth Wind Orch/Jan Cober

NM Classics 92080

Brahms, Johannes: "Academic Festival" Overture, Op. 80

Houston Sym/Christoph Eschenbach
Brahms: Symphony No. 1 and 2, Academic Festival Overture, Haydn Variations

Virgin Classics 61360-2 (4)

Liszt, Franz: "Gaudeamus igitur-Paraphrase"

Leslie Howard, p
The Complete Liszt Piano Music

Hyperion CDS-44501/98 (98)

Strauss, Richard: "Le bourgeois gentilhomme," Op. 60

"The Fencing Master"

Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen/Paavo Järvi

Pentatone PTC-5186060

Lully, Jean-Baptiste: "Le bourgeois gentilhomme"

Suite

Tempesta di Mare
Comédie et Tragédie, Vol. 1

Chandos CHAN-0805

Lully, Jean-Baptiste: "Le mariage forcé"

Premier Air

New York Kammermusiker/Ilonna Pederson
A Baqroque Celebration

Dorian DOR-90189

Traditional Danish: "Where were you so late last night?"

Danish String Quartet
Last Leaf

ECM 2550

Edvard Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Op. 65

No. 6, "Wedding Day at Troldhaugen"

Slovak State Phil/Stephen Gunzenhauser
Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites Nos. 1 and 2, Lyric Pieces, 3 Orchestral Pieces from Sigurd Jorsalfar

Naxos 8.550140

Fanny Mendelssohn: "Das Jahr"

June, Serenade

Ulrich Urban, p
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel: Das Jahr

Koch 3-6719-2

Florence Price: Symphony No. 1 in E minor

Chineke! Orch/Roderick Cox
Chineke! Orchestra: Florence Price

Decca 4853996

Frederick Delius: "Two Songs to be sung of a summer night on the water"

Guildhall String Ensemble/Robert Salter
English Music for Strings

RCA 7761-2-RC

Johann Sebastian Bach: Schübler Chorale, "Wachet auf (Sleepers Awake)," BWV 645

Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman
The Essential Yo-Yo Ma

Sony S2K-93927 (2)

Richard Strauss: "Capriccio," Op. 85

Prelude for String Sextet

Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch Members
Richard Strauss: Complete Tone Poems and Concertos

Decca 4786480

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

Marc-André Hamelin, p
Marc-André Hamelin, Piano

Isba ISB-CD-5016

Margaret Bonds: "Troubled Water"

Agave
In Her Hands

Acis APL-53714

Georg Philipp Telemann: Suite in C, "La Buffonne"

Philharmonia Virtuosi/Richard Kapp
Telemann: Suites for orchestra

Ess.a.y CD-1017

Manuel de Falla: "La vida breve"

Spanish Dance No. 1

Julian Bream & John Williams, g's
Together

RCA 61450-2

Amilcare Ponchielli: "La Gioconda"

"Dance of the Hours"

Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy
The Fantastic Philadelphians

RCA 63313-2

Ethel Smyth: Serenade in D

Finale, Allegro con brio

BBC Phil/Odaline de la Martinez
Smyth: Orchestral Works

Chandos CHAN-9449

Franz Schubert: Serenade, "Zögernd leise," D 920

Anne Sofie von Otter, ms; Swedish Radio Cho women's voices; Bengt Forsberg, p
Schubert: Lieder

DG 453481-2

William Alwyn: "Elizabethan Dances"

London Sym Orch/Richard Hickox
Alwyn: Symphony No. 4, Elizabethan Dances, Festival March

Chandos CHAN-8902

Peter Tchaikovsky: String Quartet in B-Flat, Op. Posth (1865)

Dudok Quartet
Tchaikovsky String Quartets Vol. 2

Rubicon RCD-1124

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550

I. "Molto allegro"

Cleveland Orch/George Szell
Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 40 & 41, Eine kleine Nachtmusik

CBS MK-42418

Amy Beach: "Summer Dreams," Op. 47

EStrella Piano Duo
In Her Own Voice

Sheridan Music Studio (In Her Own Voice)

Cécile Chaminade: "Callirhoé," Op. 37

Ballet Suite

Metz Grand Est National Orch/David Reiland
Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers

Bru Zane BZ-2006

Juventino Rosas: "Sobre las olas (Over the Waves)"

Cuarteto Latinoamericano and friends
Valses Mexicanos 1900

Dorian DOR-93224

Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A, Op. 90, "Italian"

II. "Andante con moto"

London Sym Orch/Claudio Abbado
Mendelssohn: 5 Symphonies, 7 Overtures

DG 415353-2 (4)

Richard Strauss: "Le bourgeois gentilhomme," Op. 60

"Das Diner (The Dinner)"

Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner
Fritz Reiner: The Complete RCA Album Collection

RCA 888837019828

Antonio Vivaldi: Two-Trumpet Concerto in C, R. 537

B Butler & C Geyer, tr's; Music of the Baroque Orch/T Wikman
With Clarion Voice

D'Note DND-1026

Robert Kyr: "In Praise of Music"

Antioch Chamber Ensemble/Joshua Copeland
Robert Kyr: In Praise of Music

Bridge 9558

Edvard Grieg: "Holberg" Suite, Op. 40

Swiss Chamber Orch
Tchaikovsky & Suk: Serenades for Strings; Grieg: Holberg Suite and Two Elegiac Melodies

ASV CDQS-6094

George Gershwin: Three Preludes (1926)

Pro Arte Guitar Trio
America

ASV CDWHL-2099

Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67

I. "Allegro con brio"

Philharmonia Orch/Kurt Sanderling
100 Best Classics

Warner 094636490120

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

Jennifer Higdon: "Fanfare Ritmico"

Cincinnati Sym Orch/Paavo Järvi
American Portraits

Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Media CSOM-945

Richard Wagner: "Tristan und Isolde"

"Liebestod"

Lise de la Salle, p
Liszt * Lise de la Salle

Naïve V-5267

Richard Wagner: "Wesendonck Lieder"

No. 1, "Der Engel"

Jan Vogler, vc; Dresden Kapellsolisten/Helmut Branny
Jan Vogler: My Tunes

Sony 13065-2

George Frideric Handel: Coronation anthem, "Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened"

St Martin's Academy & Cho/Neville Marriner
Handel: Coronation Anthems

Philips 412733-2

Gabriel Fauré: Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 120

Renaud Capuçon, v; Gautier Capuçon, vc; Nicholas Angelich, p
Fauré: Complete Chamber Music for Strings and Piano

Virgin 070875-2 (5)

Ludwig van Beethoven: "Egmont," Op. 84

Overture

Chicago Sym Orch/Sir Georg Solti
Famous Overtures

Decca 460982-2 (2)

Pēteris Vasks: Oboe Concerto

III. "Evening pastorale"

Albrecht Mayer, ob; Latvian National Sym Orch/Andris Poga
Vasks: Oboe Concerto; Vestijums; Lauda

Ondine ODE-1355-2

William Grant Still: Romance

Felix Viscuglia, sx; Carol Urban-Stivers, p
Get on Board: American Music for Woodwinds by William Grant Still

Cambria CD-1083

Robert Schumann: "Talismane," Op. 25, No. 8

Chicago Horn Consort
Catch Fire

Chicago Horn Consort (Catch Fire)

Jacques Offenbach: "The Tales of Hoffmann"

Barcarolle ("Belle nuit")

Lucienne Renaudin Vary & Erik Truffaz, tr's; Lille National Orch/Roberto Rizzi Brignoli
The Voice of the Trumpet

Warner Classics 0190295888329

Carl Nielsen: "Little Suite," Op. 1

St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
Grieg, Sibelius, Nielsen, Wirén

Argo 417132-2

Nancy Dalberg: Fantasy Piece

Søren Elbæk, v; Morten Mogensen, p
Dalberg: Capriccio for Orchestra, Scherzo for String Orchestra, String Quartet No. 2, Songs, Fantasy Piece

Dacapo 8.224138

Eric Whitacre: "Cloudburst"

Polyphony/Stephen Layton
Eric Whitacre * Cloudburst and Other Choral Works

Hyperion CDA-67543

Johannes Brahms: Clarinet Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 120, No. 1

Jon Manasse, cl; Jon Nakamatsu, p
Brahms: Sonatas, Op. 120

Harmonia Mundi HMU-907430

Igor Stravinsky: Suite No. 2 for Small Orchestra

Orpheus Chamber Orch
Shadow Dances - Stravinsky Miniatures

DG 453458-2

Igor Stravinsky: "Tango"

Orpheus Chamber Orch
Shadow Dances - Stravinsky Miniatures

DG 453458-2

Florence Price: "Memory Mist"

Lara Downes, p
Holes in the Sky

Portrait 19075920792

Claude Debussy: "Suite bergamasque"

III. "Clair de lune"

Philippe Entremont, p
Debussy's Greatest Hits

CBS MLK-45628

Georges Bizet: "Jeux d'enfants," Op. 22

"Petite Suite"

Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Bernard Haitink
Bizet: Symphony in C; Jeux d'enfants; Debussy: Danses sacrée et profane

Philips 416437-2

Percy Grainger: "Tribute to Foster"

"Lullaby"

Martin Jones, p
Percy Grainger: Dished Up for Piano, Vol. 2

Nimbus NI-5232

Michael Abels: "Global Warming"

Sphinx Virtuosi
Songs for Our Times

DG 4865014

Herbert Stothart: "The Wizard of Oz"

Fantasy for Orchestra

London Sym Orch/John Williams
John Williams Conductor

Sony 88985417792

Alessandro Scarlatti: Toccata No. 7

Folia

Robert Woolley, hc
La Folia

Hyperion CDA-67035

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