Playlist for Saturday, August 1, 2026

Malcolm Arnold: "Solitaire" (Ballet, 1956)

Sarabande and Polka

Philharmonia Orch/Bryden Thomson
Arnold: Dances

Chandos CHAN-8867

Malcolm Arnold: Three Shanties, Op 4

Nash Ensemble
The Chamber Music Of Malcolm Arnold – 3

Hyperion CDA-66173

Edward MacDowell: "Sea Pieces," Op 55

"Nautilus"

Bohuslav Martinu Phil/Charles Anthony Johnson
MACDOWELL, E.: Suites Nos. 1 and 2 / Sea Pieces

Albany TROY-224

Edward MacDowell: "Sea Pieces," Op 55

#4, "Starlight"

James Barbagallo, p
MacDowell: Piano Music Vol. 1

Marco Polo 8.223631

Edward MacDowell: "Sea Pieces," Op 55

#8, "In Mid-ocean"

James Barbagallo, p
MacDowell: Piano Music Vol. 1

Marco Polo 8.223631

Gosta Nystroem: Symphony #3 (Sea Symphony)

Söderström, Swedish Radio Sym Orch/Westerberg

Discofil SCD-1015

Dag Wirén: Three Sea Poems, Op 37

#3, "The Sea"

Jubilate Cho/Astrid Riska
Dag Wiren: Chamber Music, Vol. 2

BIS CD-797

Gioachino Rossini: "The Barber of Seville"

Trio, "Ah, qual colpo"

Munich Rococo Soloists
The Munich Rococo Soloists: The Barber of Seville

Koch CD-310061

Gioachino Rossini: "L'Italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers)"

Overture

Montreal Sym Orch
Overtures

London 433074-2

Johannes Brahms: Violin Sonata #2 in A, Op 100

Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, v; Cecile Licad, p

EMI/Ang CDC7-49410-2

Johannes Brahms: "Deutsche Volkslieder" WoO 33

No. 19, "Nur ein Gesicht auf Erden lebt (There’s only one face on earth)"

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, br; Gerald Moore, p
Brahms Volkslieder

EMI/Ang CDC5-85502-2 (2)

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

Eric Ruske, fh; Iris Chamber Orch/Michael Stern
The Romantic Horn Concerti

Albany TROY-782

Hermann Goetz: "Genrebilder", Op 13

#5

Adrian Ruiz, p
GOETZ: Lose Blätter, op.7; Sonatina in F, op. 8, No. 1; Sonatina in E Flat, op. 8, No. 2; Genrebilder, op.13

Genesis GCD-107

Daniel-François Auber: "The Bronze Horse"

Aria, "O tourment du veuvage"

Huguette Tourangeau, s; Suisse Romande Orch/Richard Bonynge
Arias From Forgotten Operas

London OS-26199

Daniel-François Auber: "The Bronze Horse"

Overture

BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier
BBC Philharmonic / Tortelier: French Bonbons

Chandos CHAN-9765

François Boieldieu: "La dame blanche"

Overture

Detroit Sym Orch/Paul Paray
Marches and Overtures a la Fancaise

Mercury 434332-2

Daniel-François Auber: "Manon Lescaut"

Entr'acte

Radio France Phil/Jean-Pierre Marty

EMI/Ang CMS7-63252-2 (2)

Serge Prokofiev: Symphony No. 2 in d minor, Op. 40

Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 2

Chandos CHAN-8368

Max Reger: "Romanze"

Issay Barmas, v

Pearl BVA-1 (3)

Cecile Chaminade: "Air de Ballet," Op 30

Eric Parkin, p
Chaminade: Piano Works

Chandos CHAN-8888

Maurice Ravel: "Shéhérazade, ouverture de féerie" (1898)

Ulster Orch/Yan-Pascal Tortelier
Debussy & Ravel Orchestral Works

Chandos CHAN-8914

Johann Strauss II: A Thousand and One Nights

Intermezzo

Vienna Phil/Rudolf Kempe
Johann Strauss II: Waltzes

Angel S-35851

Robert Schumann: "Myrthen," Op. 25

No. 25, "Aus den östlichen Rosen"

Ian Partridge, t; Julius Drake, p
Schumann: Myrten · Lieder und Gesänge · Die Löwenbraut

Chandos CHAN-9307

Robert Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-Flat, Op. 44

Leif Ove Andsnes, p; Artemis String Quartet
Piano Quintets

Virgin 395143-2

Orlandus (Roland de) Lassus: Motet, "Sicut rosa"

Charles Geyer, tr; Barbara Butler, tr

D'Note DND-1026

Charles-Valentin Alkan: Twelve Studies, Op 39

#1, "Comme le vent"

Bernard Ringeissen, p
Alkan: 12 Etudes Op. 35 and 39, Nos. 3 and 12

Marco Polo 8.223285

Anton von Webern: "Im Sommerwind"

Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Riccardo Chailly
Brahms, Symphony No. 2

London 430324-2

Alban Berg: Piano Sonata, Op. 1

Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Riccardo Chailly
Mahler: The Symphonies

London 448813-2

Frédéric Chopin: "Études," Op. 25

No. 3 in F, "The Horseman"

Lubov Timofeyevna, p
Etudes

Melodiya SUCD-1000071

Franz Joseph Haydn: "Sinfonia Concertante" in B-Flat, H I:105 (Op. 84)

Soloists; Vienna Concentus Musicus/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Haydn: Piano Concerto No. 11, Symphony No. 105, Il Mondo della Luna Overture in C

Teldec 8.43674

David VAN VACTOR: Scherzo

New York Wind Quintet
The Best Of The New York Woodwind Quintet, Vol. 2

Boston Skyline BSD-139

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

Richard Wagner: "Das Rheingold"

Entrance of the Gods into Valhalla

Bournemouth Sym/José Serebrier
Stokowski: Wagner Symphonic Syntheses

Naxos 8.570293

Richard Wagner: "Die Walküre"

Wotan's Farewell & Magic Fire Music

Dresden Staatskapelle/Donald Runnicles
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen (Orchestral Highlights), Siegfried-Idyll

Teldec 17109-2

Richard Wagner: "Die Walküre"

"Ride of the Valkyries"

Cambridge Buskers
The Cambridge Buskers' Compact Classics

DG 423400-2

Richard Wagner: "Siegfried"

"Forest Murmurs"

Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy
Basic 100 Vol 32 - Wagner: Highlights From The Ring

RCA 61850-2

Richard Wagner: "Götterdämmerung"

"Siegfried's Death and Funeral Music"

NBC Sym/Arturo Toscanini
Wagner: Orchestral Excerpts

RCA 59482-2

Peter Schickele: "Last Tango in Bayreuth"

New York Bassoon Quartet
The New York Bassoon Quartet- Now & Then: Recorded works from 1979 and 1999

Leonarda LE-348

Peter Schickele: "Dances for Three" (1980)

"Gigue"

Trio Indiana
Trio Indiana - Defaye, Schickele, Kulesha, Kibbe, Fox

Crystal CD-734

Sergei Rachmaninoff: "Moments musicaux," Op. 16

No. 6 in C

Ian Hobson, p
Rachmaninoff: Early Piano Works

Arabesque Z-6685

Modest Mussorgsky: "Night on Bald Mountain"

London Sym Orch/Yuri Ahronovitch
Russian Spectacular

MCA Classics MCAD-5853

Alexander Raskatov: "Prelude and Fugue in D minor from The Well-Tempered Clavier," BWV 851

Kremerata Baltica/Gidon Kremer
The Art of Instrumentation: Homage to Glenn Gould

Nonesuch 528982-2

Johann Sebastian Bach: "Well-Tempered Clavier," Book 1, BWV 846/69

Prelude & Fugue No. 1 in C

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

Delos DE-3205

Johann Sebastian Bach: "Well-Tempered Clavier," Book 2, BWV 870/91

Fugue No. 8 in d-sharp minor

Swingle Singers
Bach Hits Back

Virgin Classics 45049-2

Johann Sebastian Bach: "Well-Tempered Clavier," Book 1, BWV 846/69

Prelude No. 5 in D

Renaud Capuçon, v; Gautier Capuçon, vc
Inventions * Renaud Capuçon - Gautier Capuçon

Virgin 332626-2

Johann Sebastian Bach: "Well-Tempered Clavier," Book 1, BWV 846/69

Prelude No. 22 in b-flat minor

Yale Cellos/Aldo Parisot
VILLA-LOBOS, H.: Bachianas brasileiras Nos. 1 and 5 / BACH, J.S.: Air / Prelude No. 22 in B-Flat Minor, BWV 867 (Yale Cellos)

Delos D/CD-3041

Heitor Villa-Lobos: "Bachianas brasileiras" No. 1 (1930)

French National Radio Orch/Heitor Villa-Lobos

EMI/Ang CZS7-67229-2 (6)

Johann Sebastian Bach: "Anna Magdalena Notebook"

Minuet in c minor, BWV. Anh 121

Eastern Brass Quintet
Baroque Brass

Klavier KS-536

Hosted by Robbie Ellis.

Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de Saint-Georges): "L'amant anonyme"

Act I, Scene 3: Ballet

Haymarket Opera Orch/Craig Trompeter
L'Amant Anonyme

Cedille CDR-90000217

Edvard Grieg: Norwegian Dances, Op. 35

No. 1, "Allegro marcato"

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

DG 419431-2

Gaetano Donizetti: "La Favorite"

Ballet music

Philharmonia Orch/Antonio de Almeida
Donizetti: Complete Ballet Music From The Operas

Philips 422844-2

Frédéric Chopin: Polonaise No. 6 in A-Flat, Op. 53, "Heroic"

Yundi Li, p
Yundi Li: Live in Beijing

EMI 31639-2

Claire Cowan: "Hansel and Gretel"

"The CanCan"

New Zealand Sym Orch/Hamish McKeich
Royal New Zealand Ballet * Hansel and Gretel * Music by Claire Cowan

(Claire Cowan) (2020)

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